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Renesmee's POV
"Are you sure your ready?" Grandpa Carlisle asked me yet again.
It was my first day of high school and everyone was hounding me with questions pertaining to my thirst for human blood. Why can't these people have a little faith in my self-control?
"We do have faith in you, love. It's just that we're concerned for you. We love you and don't want to see you suffer unnecessarily with your thirst." my father said, reading my thoughts. I sighed.
You know the whole mind reading thing is a total invasion of privacy. I directed my thoughts at Dad in a sarcastic tone.
Dad chuckled and mused my hair playfully.
"Okay go over the story once more." Alice chirped as she came to do my hair. It was a little pathetic but Rose and Alice still dressed me and Alice still did my hair. I'm fashion challenged so I don't mind.
"I'm adopted. Edward is my brother, and I'm turning 16 soon. On and on..." I let my voice trail, having said this over a hundred times this week. School wasn't my idea. I was far more advanced then any of those other yahoos. I didn't want to go. It would be a highly depressing thing. Not to mention I'm not one for the theatrics and there would definitely be major interest in my family due to the fact that we're all almost the same age.
"We'll be right there with her the whole time. Quit your worrying." Rosalie spoke up, her hand on my shoulder. I smiled up at her. At least Rose had some faith in me.
"Yeah, no way I'm missing out on your first day of high school. Just another chance to see you trip." Emmett chuckled darkly as I made a face at him.
Yeah…so I'm kind of…sort of…one of…the only clumsy vampires...ever. I trip over flat surfaces and I've destroyed three of Grandma Esme's glass doors by running into them and shattering the glass with my rock hard vampire body. And no, she hasn't been too happy about it.
I suppose it's because I'm so much like my mom, but I can't even begin to imagine my mom graceless. She was the most graceful person I'd met, next to Alice but Alice dances when she walks even a few feet.
"Okay, your ready." Dad said as he grabbed my backpack and handed it to me.
"You think? I've been ready for days. You are the ones who aren't ready." I said as I flung the dull yellow backpack over my shoulder.
"We're just being cautious, dear." Grandma Esme chimed in her lovely bell voice. She was standing over by Grandpa Carlisle, as usual, with her arm around his waist.
"Okay lets go then." Mom said, taking Dad in her arms and steering us towards the door.
I stopped on the porch. "But, wait. Jacob isn't here." I said in a small, disappointed voice.
Jacob Black is my best friend. I've know him my whole life- literally. He was there when I was born and he's been here ever since. You see, Jacob is a werewolf. My family are vampires. I am a half-vampire, half-human hybrid. We make an interesting group. The werewolf and Halfling best friends.
And now, on one of my most stressful days, he's nowhere to be seen. Oh, Jacob.
"We can wait a little but if he doesn't show, Renesmee, we have to leave anyway." Dad said calmly, resting his arm against the Volvo.
"But I want him to be here. He needs to be here." I said in an almost whinny tone.
I'm not a whiner but when it came to Jacob, I some times don't have it in me to ask politely. That boy drives me absolutely nuts sometimes.
"I can attest to that." Dad said, listening to my thoughts and replying. Again I snarled in my head for the lack of privacy I have with him.
"I wouldn't be so smug about that power of yours." Mom said smoothly as she came to stand next to him against the car. He tilted his head in confusion at her.
"And why not?" he asked, smiling only because he was in the presence of the woman he was so wholly devoted to.
"Because that daughter we made is one beautiful girl, and if you thought the thoughts about me back in Forks were bad..." Bella trailed off, letting her words sink in. Emmett roared with laughter at the disgusted, mortified look on Dad's face but I froze. What would they think of me? According to Mom they would all be infatuated by my
obvious beauty, but I doubted that.
I wasn't so dense that I didn't know I was pretty. I had too much of my parents genes to not be pretty. But it was off-putting to think every guy would stare at me. That couldn't be. That wouldn't be. I'm not that pretty. And especially not next to Rose, Alice and Mom.
"So much like your mother." Edward commented on my thoughts with a sigh. "You are gorgeous. I'm no longer looking forward to you going to high school because of that."
"Sure, sure, Daddy." I said flippantly, not buying into his suavely manner.
I watched the hand on my watch impatiently. "If Jacob isn't here in five seconds, we are getting in those cars and leaving, Renesmee." Rose snapped impatiently.
"He'll come! I know it. He has to come." I insisted, still watching my watch. Five seconds passed.
"Come on, Nessie. We are going to be late. He can meet us at the school." Dad insisted, opening the driver side door and getting in with Emmett and Rosalie in the back. I felt Alice's arm on mine as she trailed me over to the Porsche.
"But, Jake..." I whined as I let Alice pull me away. She tossed me into the passengers seat and slammed the door on me. I watched through the glass as she danced over to Jasper, kissed him, then skirted back over to the car and got in.
Jasper was refusing to go back to school so he was staying home with Grandma Esme. His experience with high school wasn't the best so he and Mom were staying behind. Mom was still only a few years old and didn't want to go through it again until absolutely necessary.
Alice revved the engine to life but sighed. She turned to look at me then. "You have that man so ridiculously wrapped around your finger." she whispered and I smiled.
I jumped from the car and turned to see Jacob standing at the edge of the woods with a big grin on his face. I dashed to him while he greeted me.
"Ness, I'm so sorry I'm late I got caught up-" Jacob began but was cut off by my vise grip on his neck. I was sure I was cutting off his oxygen supply but he chuckled and pulled me tighter to his chest, lifting my feet off the ground.
"Well, hello to you too." he laughed, still holding me tight. His laughter rocked me in his arms and I was reminded of my childhood, when he would rock me to sleep.
"I knew you'd come! I told them you'd come!" I called joyfully, my face still pressed to his bare chest. I snuggled into his neck comfortably; breathing in his woodsy musk.
"Of course I came. I was just a little late." he said flippantly. I stayed there, hanging in his arms; my feet off the floor. I was content to be right there in his arms and he seemed content to let me be there. I tilted my head up to look at him.
"Next time your sister has a baby, your bringing me to Hawaii with you. I can't stand for you to be gone another whole week." I said as I looked up a his big puppy brown eyes.
He smiled down at me and let his eyes tell me how much he'd missed me. Chocolate brown irises told me he missed me immensely.
"Alright now that you ogled each other long enough; lets go." Rosalie whined, still in the backseat of Dad's Volvo. I turned, still holding tight to Jacob, and stuck my tongue out at her.
"Pick me up after school?" I asked, looking back up at Jacob. He nodded with a gleaming smile. I absently wondered what people would think of this tall, tan, buff man on a motorcycle when he pulled up to drive me home from school.
"See you soon. Have fun being normal for a little while." Jacob roared with laughter, hugged me a little tighter, then went to stand with Jasper, Mom, Grandma Esme, and Grandpa Carlisle.
Once I was buckled into my passengers seat in Alice's Porsche, she hit the gas and peeled out of the garage and down the lane, Edward trailing along behind.
Yaakoosge Daakahidi Alternative High School, Juneau, Alaska. Student body: 100 even. 105 now that the Cullen's have moved in. Juneau, Alaska isn't exactly the type of place every little girl grows up dreaming about. Small town with small living coders. We'd managed to find a house far enough away that no one would disturb us. But high school? 105 students weren't enough to distract the people from noticing us.
Dad wanted a small high school. I wanted a large high school. Yaakoosge Daakahidi was the compromise. Too small for Edward, even.
It turns out that when you start high school at "15" with no prior elementary school credits; no one wants you. We had to finagle the credits for this school and they don't demand may here.
I was not going to like this!
I knew I would ace all my tests and classes with little effort. It was the students that frightened me…or the lack there of.
What would they think of me; of my family? Would I make any friends at all?
I walked down the hall to my English class wondering these things. Lunch would provide me the opportunity to talk to the rest of my family. Rose and Emmett had gym with me as well. I was so miserably looking forward to those "classes" today.
I found a seat in the back and tossed my stuff down. The class room was incredibly small but then again so was the whole school. There would be no way to get around the inevitable: Teachers were going to call on me for answers and when I got them all right: I would be labeled class nerd or teachers pet. Oh, yes; I was so joyfully looking forward to this…
"Hi, I'm Anna." a chipper blond said with a smile as she took a seat next to me. I smiled back at her.
"Renesmee Cullen." She reached out a hand and we shook. She studied my hand in amazement for a minute. I knew what she was thinking.
So my skin was abnormally, non-humanly, otherworldly hot. Even Jacob felt the burning heat in my skin. It wasn't enough to cause people pain but it was just one more thing that helped me stand out.
"That's an interesting name, Renesmee." Anna said once she'd gotten over the heat in my skin. I giggled; I was getting that a lot today.
"Yeah, it's a mix of both my grandmother's names. Its unique."
"That's for sure! It's really pretty though. I like it."
"Thanks. Most people just call me Ness or Nessie. Like the Loch Ness Monster." I said with another giggle.
"Do I even want to know how you got that nickname?" Anna whispered with a chuckle, lowering her voice for the teacher began his lecture.
I giggled with her; trying to be quite. "No, you really don't." I replied, telling her nothing but the truth.
As it turns out, Anna and I have all the same classes. My first few periods I was left alone but I found English to be one I'd look forward to just as much as lunch or gym. We sat together, walked from class to class together, and she was planning on sitting with us at lunch. I had officially made my first friend here.
"Can you believe we have to read Romeo and Juliet already for English class? I hate literature. Romeo and Juliet is so boring." Anna grumbled as we made our way into the lunch room.
"I enjoyed Romeo and Juliet. I mean yes, Romeo is straight out idiot, but I enjoyed the story." I said simply, adjusting the strap of my backpack. Anna stopped and looked at me.
"You've already read it?" she asked, wide-eyed.
"Yeah I read it when I was three- er, umm, the other day." I stammered, staring at me feet as to not embarrass myself further.
"You read Romeo and Juliet in one day?" Still wide-eyed...first day and I've already made a complete fool of myself.
"It was a long day...a car ride...I had time..." I whispered, trying to get the topic off of myself. "Are you hungry?"
"Yeah sure." She was obviously still distracted by me but she grabbed a tray and began filling it with the cafeteria food.
Human food wasn't my favorite but I'd have to suck it up and eat here for a few years. It would look weird if I didn't eat but I wasn't about to binge on it.
I grabbed an apple, a drink and a French fry and made my way to the table my family had acquired.
"I'm going to sit with Hannah." Anna whispered as she appraised my odd family. I figured she wouldn't want to sit with us, so I wasn't surprised. I nodded and smiled in encouragement.
"Made a new friend?" Emmett asked once I was at our table. I dropped my food down and sat with a humph.
"Yeah, Anna's pretty cool." I said; emotionless. Today was wearing on me already. I was so tired and I'd barely done anything.
"Nice save by the way." Dad murmured low enough that no one would hear but that I could. Though his words were encouraging, his tone told me he was not happy with me. "You almost made an age slip already, Renesmee."
"It was an accident. Besides, I saved it."
"Barely!" Dad hissed, his eyes hardening. "I don't think this is such a good idea any more."
"Oh relax, Edward. She didn't totally blow it. Cut the girl some slack. Just because your stuck listening to these perverts all day doesn't mean you can take it out on us." Rose defended, touching her hand to my thigh lovingly.
Dad growled at her. Were their thoughts so bad?
I looked around the room quickly. I shouldn't have. Every boy in the cafeteria was staring at our table. Not everyone was looking at me but most were.
"They are excited because you seem to be the only one at the table who isn't with someone." Dad grumbled, miffed. I shook my head. That wasn't even possible. I'm not that good looking. That thought elected a snarl from my father and I muttered an apology.
"With all eyes on you, you better eat something." Alice said sweetly, pushing my food closer to me. I sighed but obliged.
I bit into the apple with a shudder. Human food was absolutely revolting. The rest of the school year was going to be absolutely lovely...
I was practically bouncing in my seat. The end of the day was just five minutes away and that would bring me so much closer to Jacob. I was fidgeting with my pencil while I half listened to the teacher droned on and on about the Civil War.
Four more minutes.
"I hate this class." I heard someone whisper behind me. I turned to see the boy sitting behind me smiling at me. I hadn't caught his name but he sat at Anna's table at lunch. He wasn't a bad looking kid. Sandy blond hair and big blue eyes. He had cute dimples and impossible sun freckles (impossible because the sun never shone here). I smiled in return.
"It is quite boring, I must say." I whispered, turning halfway in my seat so that I could see him without drawing attention to us.
"You got that right. Hi, I'm Nick Heartly." he whispered, holding his hand out to me. I waited until the teacher turned around then shook hands with this Nick boy.
"Renesmee Cullen. But everyone calls me Nessie."
"Nessie. Sweet nickname." I smiled at that.
Mr. Grose cleared his throat, staring me down. I dropped my head and after a second he continued.
I looked back up just in time. My heart jumped for joy when I heard that blessed bell ring.
"In a hurry?" Nick chuckled at my hurried movements as I tried to stuff all my crap in my backpack. I smiled at him, flinging the ridiculously heavy bag over my shoulder.
"Just eager to get the hell out of here." I said simply, shrugging and giggling at his exaggerated nod of agreement.
"You going home after this?" he asked as we walked down the hallway to the parking lot.
"Yeah I think so. My family will probably want to hound me with questions about my first day...yay me." I said with thick sarcasm.
Again, Nick agreed.
"Cullen...that's Dr. Cullen right? The new doctor at the hospital in town." Nick asked nonchalantly.
I nodded. "Yep, that's the one. Carlisle is my adopted...grandfather person thing." I said with a awkward laugh. I couldn't believe I'd proved my family right and forgotten the whole story they'd come up with.
"Weird family situation?" he asked as if I hadn't made a total fool of myself five seconds ago.
"Yeah, you could say that." Weird didn't even begin to describe it.
"I can sympathize. I have so many relatives I can't even count them. My dad's on his fourth wife now. And yes, he's had kids with everyone of them." Nick said with a shudder. I couldn't help my reaction. I shuddered along with him. "I have a ton of half siblings all over the country and four stepparents. It sucks. My real mom had kids before she met my father too, so I have even more siblings then necessary."
"Wow. That's kind of messed up." I murmured then mentally slapped my hand to my forehead.
"Tell me about it." he said with an easy laugh.
We made it outside and my heart lurched in my chest yet again. Jacob was leaning by his motorcycle parked next to Alice's Porsche and Dad's Volvo. He was smiling at me so I smiled back.
"You know him?" Nick asked, following my line of sight.
"Yeah, Jake is pretty much my best friend." I said with a retained giggle.
"Sweet bike. You think he'd mind if I checked it out?"
"No, I bet he'd love it."
I showed Nick over to my family and walked up to Jake.
"This is Nick Heartly. He wanted to see your bike." I said to Jacob once we were close enough. Jake nodded and moved away from the bike and over to me. He and Nick traded places next to me and Jake threw his arm around his shoulders.
"You have a bike?" Jacob asked while Nick looked over the motorcycle.
"At my step mom's house, yeah." Nick replied absently.
"Which mom is that?" I asked with a laugh.
"3." he replied and winked at me. I felt Jacob's arm constrict around me a little tighter.
"Mine's not this good though. Yours looks hand built, you do it?"
"Yeah, rebuilt it a few years ago."
"Sweet, man." Nick straightened and turned to look at me. I'd wiggled out of Jacob's hold to fling my backpack in Alice's car and so I was shocked when I turned around to find Nick standing a little too close.
"A bunch of us are going to the dinner after school tomorrow, Ness. You should join me." Nick said with a glowing smile. The way he put it made it less like an invite and more like a date.
I shook my head and backed away an inch. "Not this time, Nick." I tried to sound polite about it.
"That's cool. Maybe next time." he said and skipped off to his own car.
"Not the first to look." Rose sang teasingly behind me.
"But the first to act." Alice countered with a humph.
I shook my head at them and rolled my eyes before turning to Jacob. "Take me home."
"Not this time. I have plans for you." he replied with an evil grin. He kicked his bike to life and handed me back a helmet for Edward's sake. I put it on and slid onto the bike behind Jake and we took off out of the parking lot.
Once we'd lost Dad, I ripped the helmet off and tossed it aside. Jake was insisting on going to some restaurant in town, so that's where we went. I leaned against the bike while I waited for Jake to bring over the food.
"This place has the best burgers." he stated while chomping down on one of his. I snuck him a look and he apologized for making food references.
"You got to eat; lets go hunt." I suggested eagerly. I wasn't having trouble with my thirst at school, but I wasn't going to press my luck.
"Fine. But only some place close. You have some studying to do, missy." Jacob teased. He tossed his wrapper with perfect precision into the trash can and hopped back on the bike.
I couldn't think of a better way to spend my day then with Jacob. I could definitely get used to this.
Though my class mate's stares weren't my favorite, I would make due. If Alice drove me to school and Jake picked me up, I would be happy enough. And I had Anna and Nick to be friends with. Life was pretty good. I couldn't have really asked for much else.
A/N: What did you think? Leave me a review and let me know! Next chapter is going to skip a few months time- but don't worry; you aren't missing a thing! In fact, in skipping a few months; your getting the actions sooner! Yay!