21st Celebrations - Chapter 1 / New York

Renesme's POV
In two days time I am going to be 21 years old and what better way to celebrate it then with Jacob in the Big Apple... That's right me and Jacob are going to New York for my 21st birthday. I was going to go to Isle Esme with my family but I did that for my 16th and my 18th so I decided that for my 21st I was going to go crazy and live my life properly, my dad didn't like it much but I didn't know if it was the fact that I was going with Jacob he didn't like or the fact that I was not going to be with him on my 21st birthday but I'm pretty sure he's more mad that I'm going with Jacob. Dad did not like Jacob and he didn't make the fact a secret which was irritating because they just argue all the time and me and mum hate it and always ask them to stop but do they listen to us? No they don't they carry on their silly little arguments like high school kids.

As I packed the last of my stuff for the weekend the door knocked and I called out to whoever it was to come in, the door opened and my mum and dad were on the other side, they gave me a smile before coming in and sitting on the edge of my bed together "Hey" I stated and stopped my packing.

"Hi, you all ready to go?" Mum asked.

"Yeah just a couple more things to pack but pretty much done" I answered.

"I can't believe my baby is twenty one years old... It makes me feel old" She joked.

"You are old" I joked back.

"As we won't see you for your birthday we have decided to give you your present now" Dad said.

He handed me a small box, I opened it and seen the bracelet I've been wanting for ages, it was a charm bracelet from Tiffany's and I noticed that a charm had already been added, it was the number 21, I hugged my mum and dad "Thank you I love it!" I said excitedly.

"I'm glad you like it... Come downstairs when you've finished packing everyone else has their presents for you" Dad said and hugged me one more time before him and mum left my room.

I have the worlds best family! Alice and Jasper had gotten me a dress from Chanel (dad didn't approve because it was 'to short'), Rosalie and Emmett had gotten me some Louboutions to match my dress which again dad didn't approve of, Grandpa Carlisle and Grandma Esme had gotten me a new surf board which had my name written across it (as much as I love shoes and dresses I also love to surf, something that Jacob got me into) and there was a small rectangle box which mum said was from Grandpa Charlie and when I opened it I saw a 21 neckless, it was beautiful and looked like it had a real diamond on it! Grandma Rene said she was coming down with Grandpa Phil a couple days after my birthday to give me my present but seeing them was present enough as I hardly saw them.

Dad brought my suitcase down after I had opened all my presents and spoke to Grandpa Charlie on the phone thanking him for my present and as I hung up the phone the door knocked and I knew it was Jacob so I rushed to the door and flew myself at him and he hugged me back "We're going to New York!" I called out excitedly and he laughed.

Mum and dad dropped us off at the airport but we wasn't allowed to leave them until Jacob had promised to look after me "Jacob you know more about the world then she does so I want you to look after her, do not let her out of your sight OK and if you do lose each other go straight back to the hotel. If you run into any other vampires then you leave you do not fight them or anything, if anything happens you call me straight away" Jacob promised to look after me so I kissed both their cheeks, told them I loved them and went to check in at the airport with Jacob.

We landed in New York and got into the car dad had hired for us to go straight to the hotel and once in our room we noticed that there was only one double bed, we asked for two single beds so Jacob got on the phone down to reception from our room and they said they didn't have a spare room with two single beds. Jacob said he would sleep on the sofa which didn't seem fair but he insisted that I take the bed and he would be fine on the sofa.

After we dumped our stuff we decided to do all touristy things and we had a good time but we needed to stop for a drink, I was so thirsty "So how'd you like New York?" Jacob asked as we sat in a little cafe.

"It's amazing! I would love to live here... What about you?" I asked.

"I love it but I cannot wait to get out and experience the clubs here, see how different they are to back home" He said.

"I don't think they'll be that different" I stated.

"We'll see. I just cannot believe you are turning twenty one and I don't care if this makes me sound old but I remember the day you were born... And now your twenty one and leading your own life" He explained with a smile on his lips.

"You know Jake I don't think I have ever thanked you for being apart of my life. You taught me how to surf, how to be my own person, how to appreciate what I have and you always looked out for me when I was in school and got any trouble, you've always been there for me when I argued with my family, took me in when I thought I could take on the world and left home at seventeen and convinced me to go back home because I wasn't ready and you were right I wasn't. Sometimes I don't think you realise how much influence you have had in my life and I just want to say thanks for everything" We stood up from our chairs and hugged.

"You know you can come to me with anything... Always" He kissed my cheek and we sat back down to finish our drinks.

That night when we got back to the hotel Jacob said he needed to go out and he would be back soon, when he did get back he was carrying three plastic bags and when he put them on the sofa I looked inside and seen lots of alcohol "Just because you can't go out tonight doesn't mean we can't have a drink here" He said with a smirk.

Me and Jacob were playing our own drinking games and taking shots of whiskey and vodka and making our own cocktails. This is what I wanted my birthday to be, me having fun with my friend and it was perfect, I couldn't ask for a better night then the one we had.

When I woke up the next morning me and Jacob were sat on the sofa, I had my head on his shoulder and he had his head on top of my head and the TV was on a movie channel. The table in front of us was covered in empty bottles, glasses and shot glasses. My head felt like there was an elephant sitting on it and I could taste how bad my breath smelt, why did we drink that much? Sorry liver I said in my head.

Jacob woke up five minutes after me and I was still sitting in the position not wanting to move "Morning... How you felling?" He asked.

"Like an elephant is sitting on my head" I said quietly.

He laughed and we separated as he got up and went to the little sink we had and poured us both a glass of water, he handed me mine and I drank it in nearly one go. My throat was raspy and sore from all the shots we were doing but I think it was the vodka shots that did the damage.

An hour later and me and Jacob had managed to drag ourselves to get dressed and went out for some breakfast, we ended up in the cafe we went to the day before, I ordered bacon and toast with a pint of water and Jacob asked for half the menu and a pint of water and we just sat there in silence dying waiting for our food to arrive.

After breakfast we felt to ill to do anything so we just went back to the hotel where we fell onto the sofa, Jacob put the TV on and we found Jaws on one of the channels about to start so we left it on and just cuddled up on the sofa and watched the movie in silence. Cuddling up to Jacob felt so normal and so much like home and I was worried that one day he might forget about me or leave me and then I wouldn't know what I would do I was so used to him being there when I needed him.

I think everyone knew I fancied Jacob and I knew he had imprinted on me, which means he is in love with me, but he hadn't done anything about it since I've been 18 and I was becoming scared that maybe he wasn't going to do anything about it and I was going to be friend zoned for the rest of m life.

As Jacob watched the movie I hatched a plan in my mind to sleep with him on my birthday, when we go out I'm going to get him really drunk and when we get back here I'm going to try it on with him and I'm praying he doesn't push me away because if he does it's going to be awkward forever between us.