Chapter 1: Persuasion
"Come ON, Mom!" I
persuaded. My teenage persuasion instincts kicked in, and my mom had
already lost, and knew it too.
"I just don't see how this is
going to work out. You obviously can't go to Forks High!" my
mother rebutted in horror. "Edward!" she yelled, even though if
she whispered he would've heard her.
My father appeared within a
millisecond. "What is it, love?"
"Have you HEARD what our
all-of-a-sudden-crazy daughter wants to do?!" she yelled in
outrage.
But, as soon as I had thought of my plans about a week
ago, my father had heard it in his own mind.
"I have,
actually," he chuckled to himself, "I don't see the
problem—"
"DON'T SEE THE PROBLEM?!!" my mother went
crazy now as she shouted in anger.
"Bella, Bella!" my dad
said as he attempted to calm my mother down.
"She hasn't even
let me finish!" I complained as my high-pitched voice drowned out
my mother's grouching. My teenage hormones did most of the work for
me.
By the time my mother had stopped grumbling to my dad,
Carlisle, Esme, Rosalie, Emmett, Jasper, and Alice had gathered in
the living room. Alice was smiling at me hugely, so I had a feeling I
would win this argument in the end. After staring at my father for
the longest time (pushing her shield onto him, I assumed), my mom
glanced at Alice, saw the smile, and sighed half-heartedly in defeat.
I smiled and turned to skip into the hall to find Jacob, but my
mother stopped me before I took one step.
"RENESMEE CARLIE
CULLEN! Just because I know I lost, doesn't mean I know why!"
she shouted at me.
I sighed and turned to face my mom. I walked
towards her at a normal pace, and touched my palm to her arm. I
thought very specifically of my plan:
"I want to go to Forks
High School as a junior, just to get the experience I've never
gotten. Everyone from when you went there is gone—either dead or
moved away. Please. This is something I really want to do, and I've
really thought it out. Please, Mom."
I took my hand off of
her arm and looked at her with the most pleading face I had. I knew
she couldn't resist this.
My mom, after staring and both me and
my dad for what seemed like a lifetime, finally sighed in defeat.
Alice and I grinned at each other, and Alice's grin hinted at
something more. Suddenly, her smile stopped when her eyes glazed
over, and when they returned to their normal golden state, she looked
almost annoyed. I raised an eyebrow at her when I was sure my mom
wasn't looking. She was too busy talking to my dad in her head to
notice. My dad sighed, but wasn't unhappy. I didn't feel like
being confused anymore, so I spoke up.
"What's going on?" I
directed my question to Alice, but my dad answered.
"Well, Alice
was planning on accompanying you to school, you know how high school
fascinates her, and another hole entered her vision about thirty
seconds ago," he explained.
After that was said—as if on
cue—every vampire in the room turned to look at the humongous
reddish-brown wolf sleeping soundly on the living room floor.
