This is just an idea I had. Thoughts (like when Bella is communicating with Edward) are in italics. I hope everyone likes it!
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the marvelous works of Stephenie Meyer.
It was two weeks after our encounter with the Volturi, and we all were relaxed. After all, Alice had said they wouldn't be back for a while. So we maintained our daily lifestyle. We even continued living in Forks. I wasn't quite ready to stop seeing Charlie, and Carlisle wanted to finish the summer at the hospital. Edward and I took advantage of this with Renesmee. We took her to our meadow and even showed her Forks High School. When she saw the school, she pressed her hand to my cheek – she still preferred that to talking – and pictured herself walking down the halls.
One day, I was at the Thriftway because we had run out of food – yet again. Having Jacob's pack at the house was nice, but they went through pounds of food a day. I had Renesmee with me, and she was picking out the things she thought "her" Jacob would like. "Oh my gosh, Bella? Is that you? You look soo different." I turned and saw Jessica Stanley staring at me with an odd look on her face. "Yeah, I guess it is," I stammered. If I were still human, I'd be tomato red.
"What happened to you?" Jessica asked. "You look like one of the Cullens now." Little did she know I was one of the Cullens, not only by marriage. "Yeah, I guess since now I'm officially Alice's sister-in-law, she felt that I deserved a makeover," I said, hoping it was a plausible answer. She seemed happy with my answer, and turned to go, but she saw Renesmee in the cart. "Aww, who's this?" Jess inquired. I gave a look to Renesmee, warning her not to talk. "That's Edward's niece," I answered. "We adopted her because his brother died in a car accident." "Ohhh, that's so sweet! But she looks like you, too." Her look became more searching. I mumbled something like, "Not really; her mom had brown eyes too. Listen, I gotta go." I rushed towards the checkout as fast as was humanly possible. Jessica followed me out to the parking lot, and her eyes popped when she saw my car. "Is that – " "Yeah, it's a Ferrari," I said, and got in the car and sped off. Don't ask me why, but I felt like the more time I spent with Jessica, the more vulnerable our secret was.
I raced home, the speedometer never dropping below 90 miles per hour. If my senses hadn't been as good, we probably would have crashed ten times. When I got back to the house, I let out a sigh of relief. There was no way Jessica would have followed me. "Mommy," Renesmee said, "Did you know that girl?" "Yes, Renesmee, she was one of my classmates." I took her hand and walked inside. I opened my shield to Edward. Jessica was at the store, I said. He raised his eyebrows. She just noticed the similarity between Nessie and me; I got home as fast as I could. "I wouldn't worry about it, love," he said. She would never guess."
The next day, we all went about our usual business. No one seemed too worried that Jessica would find out what we were. I still hadn't learned to fight, and I wanted to know how in case the Volturi showed up again. Emmett and I were wrestling in the yard. Rosalie and Alice were dressing Renesmee and taking pictures. They even had a little runway set up. Edward and Jasper were playing chess; even though Edward could read his mind, Jasper was winning.
I heard a car drive up. "Wait – Emmett –" "Come on, Bella, are you scared? You're the one who wanted to learn how to fight." He grabbed my arm and pinned me to the ground, his teeth an inch from my neck. I kicked him and got up. "Bella, what the heck are you doing?" a very familiar voice asked. I gasped and ran inside quicker than a normal human. Inside, the atmosphere had changed. Everyone was tense. "She knows," Edward hissed. "So?" Alice said. "All we have to do is convince her she's a raving lunatic." "She already is one," I muttered, but I sat down on Edward's lap. He pulled me to the side and whispered at vampire speed, "Open up your shield." I did, and let him see how nervous I was. "Come on, Nessie," Rosalie said. "Let's go upstairs."
The door opened, and Jessica Stanley walked in. "You know, it was only a matter of time before anyone found out," she said, her voice trembling. "Found out what?" Jasper asked. "Oh, you know very well what I mean," she snapped. "No, we don't," Emmett said, now right by her side. Jessica flinched. "Fine, if you want to pretend you have no clue what I'm talking about, I'll tell you. I think you guys are vampires. You sure are weird ones, but it's the only explanation. And now you've turned Bella into one, too. And Renesmee, is your real, biological daughter. I have no clue how because it's impossible for you to have a kid, Bella, when you weren't pregnant when you got married and it has NOT been nine months." "Jessica, you're crazy. Vampires don't exist. And besides, we don't have fangs or any coffins around," Alice pointed out.
Jessica looked around. I could tell she was disappointed that there was no hard evidence. But then she walked over to the pantry, Emmett following her. She flung open the doors and said, "There's my evidence. Why else would you have blood bags in your food pantry?" She had opened the doors to Renesmee's blood supply. "Well, you see," Edward said, "Nessie needs blood transfusions sometimes, and it's easier to do it here than have to go to the hospital."
"Hmm…" Jessica said. "And if we were vampires," I said, "Don't you think we would have killed you the second you said you knew what we were? Even if we are vampires, and even if you told everyone else, they wouldn't believe you." Alice added, "They would trust a surgeon over you, don't you think?" Jessica seemed to think about that, and then said, "Fine. But there's something different about you; that much I know. And if I find out what it is –" "You won't," Emmett said, looking menacing. Jessica gulped, then ran out the door.
The tension in the room dissolved, and we started laughing. "She never even guessed we were bluffing," Edward said. Renesmee came down the stairs and put her hand against my cheek. She was glad that the mean girl had gone. Now she could play. I smiled and leaned back against Edward. I had nothing to worry about.
(A/N: Hope you liked it! If I get enough reviews/hits, I might do the story from Jessica's POV)