Hi everyone! I decided to write this fanfic because I completely fell in love with Renesmee as soon as I read Breaking Dawn, so wanted to follow her story as she grew up and into her teen years. I'll be posting new chapters when I can, hopefully once or twice a week. This is my first ever fanfic, so I would love some feedback!
Disclaimer - As sad as it is for me to admit, I don't own Twilight
Renesmee's POV
"But why, Mom?" I asked, stamping my foot a little too loudly for her liking.
"Calm down, Renesmee. You know that your biological age is nearly 16, and Carlisle has predicted that you will reach the age of 17 and stop growing by the end of next year. So, your father and I have decided that now is the perfect time for you to experience a typical year of high school," said Mom, rolling her eyes a little.
"But it will be so boring! I already finished the High School syllabus before I turned one, Mom!"
"I know sweetie, but high school isn't just about learning. It's about making friends, coming of age, falling in loveā¦" she trailed off, looking up at Dad's eyes with a smile. I looked away for fear that they'd start kissing.
"You could do cheerleading," Alice chimed in, an excited expression emerging on her face, "or join the Mathletes. Seriously, it'll be fun!"
"And we'll all go with you," Jasper added helpfully.
I sighed. I realised that perhaps it wouldn't be so bad if my family came along.
Jacob got up and sat down next to me on the creamy white sofa.
"Come on Ness," he said, "it'll be fun! I'll do all of your classes with you so you don't get bored. Plus, you only have to do Senior Year so it won't be too long."
I couldn't resist his puppy-dog eyes.
"OK, fine," I said, "As long as you all promise to come with me."
Alice jumped up and down squealing, and ran out of the house quicker than you could say 'shopping'.
We decided the next day that we would have to move away from Forks for the year. We were reluctant to leave, even just temporarily, but as Carlisle pointed out, it would be somewhat suspicious if the Cullens started at Forks High School just six years after they had supposedly graduated.
Two weeks later, we were packed and ready to drive to our new home in Maine. Esme and Alice had already been up there for a week, preparing our new house.
It didn't take us long to arrive, thanks to Dad's and Emmett's reckless driving. Jake, Mom and I were in Dad's silver Volvo. I noticed Mom's hand tightly gripping the edge of her seat. I wondered why, we were only going at 130mph.
As we pulled up at our new house, the sun began to set, and I gasped. It was the most amazing sight I'd seen in my life. Our new home was nestled in the forest, and the rainbow light from the sky reflected off the pale colour of the house, making it almost sparkle. It was three stories high, and impossibly pretty. Esme had outdone herself this time.
She and Alice came dancing out of the front door and helped us to unpack and get settled. The inside of the house was lovely - it was very pale and open, just like our house at Forks, but it was also rather cosy, with warm, pale carpets and inviting creamy sofas.
My room was large, with a white canopy bed, and an even larger closet, which Alice had insisted on filling. Mine and Jake's rooms were on the opposite side of the house to the rest of the family, as we had to sleep and didn't want to be disturbed.
After unpacking with Alice, I went to Jake's room to see if he needed any help. I noticed that he wasn't wearing a shirt. I realised this was an odd observation for me to make, I'd never really taken much notice of his wardrobe before now.
"Hey Jake. How are you enjoying your new room?"
He clearly hadn't heard me approach - he seemed a little startled by my presence. He grabbed a shirt from his suitcase and quickly pulled it on. I'd seen him without a shirt loads of times. I wondered why he was so quick to cover himself up.
"Hey, Ness. It's great. Esme's done an amazing job here."
I looked around the room. It was done in a darker shade of beige than the rest of the house. It felt almost like the woods. It suited Jake perfectly.
"So, do you need any help unpacking?"
"Nah, I'm fine Ness, but thanks. Do you wanna go find some dinner?"
"Sure," I smiled back at him, "Race you to the kitchen!"
We ate rare-cooked steaks for dinner. I didn't really like human food as much as blood, but I wanted to get used to it. As Emmett pointed out, in a rather uncharacteristic expression of sensibility, we would be much less intimidating to the humans at our school if at least a couple of us ate at lunch time.
I spent the evening with Mom, Alice, Rose and Esme, having 'Girl Talk'. They told me about cliques, boys and everything else that I apparently needed to be educated about before my big first day at school the next day.
I went to bed early, feeling tired for the first time in a while. The next day was going to be interesting, that was for sure.
