"Nessie, calm down. It's just Billy and Rebecca," Jacob said trying to calm me down.
It isn't like I haven't heard all about Billy and Rebecca. It's just that I'm older now, and this is the first time I will ever be at Jacobs house with his dad and sister alone. This wasn't my first time meeting them, of course. But it was the first time since I was three years old. Although when I was three years old I had the body of an eleven year old. Plus then Jacob and I weren't in an…intimate relationship.
"I. Am. Calm," I told Jake in a way that made it pretty apparent that I was, in fact, not calm.
I took another nervous glance down at my outfit. Alice and Rosalie insisted on dressing me up formally for this occasion, but for once I agreed with my mother on my outfit choice. It should be casual. So that is why I am wearing jeans and a blue spaghetti top.
"You look perfect," Jacob said opening the door to his house.
I was instantly hit with the aroma of cooking Italian food. My favorite. Or at least it was my favorite human food. I always prefer blood, of course, but my grandpa has been trying to get me to cut back on my blood intake. My dad is in the process of trying to convince him that there is no reason for trying to do such a thing. Since my dad has his talent of reading minds he knows firsthand how much I prefer blood over human food. Grandpa Carlisle has yet to come around yet.
"Something smells good," Jacob bellowed into the seemingly empty house.
"Jake!" Rebecca shouted running around the corner and instantly wrapped Jacob into a hug. When they finally pulled apart Rebecca glanced behind Jacob her gaze falling upon me.
"Well who do we have here…?" Rebecca asked. "Nessie?" I blushed and nodded. "Wow. When Jacob said you grew…I—I was still expecting the young girl I saw a few years ago. But you! You're a woman! How old are you now?"
"A little over six years old," I told her. I know that she knew about me being a half breed, so there was no need to tell her the same thing I told people who didn't know. I usually told people I was eighteen, because that was the age of my body.
Much to my surprise Rebecca hugged me, and I hugged her softly back.
Then I heard the sound of a wheelchair being rolled toward us. "Billy!" Jacob exclaimed giving his father a pat on the arm and wheeling him the rest of the way over to me.
"Hello Billy," I greeted him politely.
"Hello Renesmee. Wow you've grown," Billy replied. I blushed, and looked down.
"Well! I hope you like Italian Nessie, because I made it just for you," Rebecca told me. "I hope you didn't expect anything…different…like, er…blood."
"Becca!" Jacob scolded.
"What? I'm just saying!"
"No, no really it's okay. I'm not thirsty in that sense," I replied.
"I think we have embarrassed the poor girl enough for one night, let's eat. I know Jacobs hungry," Billy said rolling himself towards the table with Rebecca following.
Jacob pretended a look of shock. "I'm offended! Maybe I'm not hungry!"
I laughed at that. We all knew Jacob was always hungry. "And something else. Becca you said you cooked Italian for Nessie…not that there was anything wrong with that, but why don't you ever cook for me?"
"Shut up and eat Jacob," Becca said taking a seat next to Billy. Jacob and I sat on the opposite side of the table. Jacob started piling the pasta in the middle of the table onto a plate, and then placed the plate in front of me before piling pasta onto his own plate.
"Wow Jake. You never let me get food before you," Becca teased.
Jacob grinned, amused. "Shut up Becca."
I looked down at the food in front of me. There was so much. Jacob knew that I was never one to eat very much. Well when it came to human food I didn't. When it came to blood I could never get enough. I didn't want to seem rude by putting some of it back for someone else to eat, so I reached for Jacobs hand under the table, the hand that wasn't holding a fork and shoveling food into his mouth. I then used my power and showed him in his mind that I was not that hungry, and that there was no need for all of this food!
He flashed me his famous grin reserved just for me and squeezed my hand. He didn't say anything but I figured there was a reason for why he packed so much food on my plate.
Throughout the dinner I picked at my plate and ate a little bit of the pasta. Rebecca and Jacob were arguing throughout dinner in a teasing manner, and Billy just laughed along when he felt like it. It was really nice to watch them this way. It looked so natural, so real. I knew Jacob doesn't spend as much time with his family as he used to and I can't help but feel guilty about that. I know I wouldn't want to be separated from my family.
When I stopped eating altogether Jacob was prepared. He asked me first, "You done eating, Ness?" with a wink. And of course I nodded and pushed my plate over to him, and he gratefully smiled at me and started shoveling the pasta from my plate into his mouth.
Becca, Billy, and I couldn't help but laugh at him as he got pasta all over his shirt in the process of attempting to eat and talk at the same time. "Nessie I don't know what you see in him other than that huge sauce stain on his shirt!" Billy said with a laugh as Jacob attempted to get the stain out.
"Dessert time!" Rebecca exclaimed clearly excited. "Who wants ice cream?" it was with those words that my eyes lit up. If there was one human food that I found almost as appealing as blood it was ice cream. My dad got me hooked on it when I was about two years old, and I haven't stopped eating it ever since. My mother claimed it was unhealthy and I shouldn't be eating it, but grandpa Carlisle assured her that since I grew at the pace I did it wouldn't do anything if I ate it in moderation.
"What flavor?" I asked growing excited.
Rebecca smiled, "Chocolate."
"My favorite!" I exclaimed before I could stop myself, and Jacob chuckled.
Rebecca went into the kitchen for a moment before coming out with a couple bowls, a carton of ice cream, and a bowl of cherries.
I reached for one of the bowls first before I was able to stop myself. Apparently I had moved at an inhuman speed because before anyone could blink, I already had a bowl full of ice cream in front of me with a cherry on top. I grinned sheepishly around the table.
The ice cream in front of me was much too tempting for me not to dig right in at an inhuman pace. So I gave in to temptation and ate as fast as I could. "Oh so that's why you didn't eat any pasta. Saving room for dessert were you?" Billy asked and I blushed before eating another spoonful.
Before long my bowl and Jacobs were empty, and there was only one cherry left. I reached for it at the same time Jacob did. He grinned at me, and I flashed him my crooked smile that I inherited from my father.
"I'll fight you for it," I told him playfully.
"You're on," he replied standing up. I followed him outside to the back of his house. Rebecca and Billy followed us outside.
"Wrestle?" I asked Jacob, and he nodded at me.
"Wait Jake! This isn't fair! You can't fight a girl!" Becca exclaimed.
"You are right it isn't fair. She has the advantage. Don't let her innocent face fool you. She is vicious," Jacob said. "Billy, you ref,"
"Three…two…one…fight," Billy exclaimed.
I saw Jacob lung at me and I instantly stepped to the side, and he went flying on the ground next to me. I laughed down at him, and he stood back up. It was my turn to lunge down at him and I did it so quickly he was on the ground not even a fraction of a second after I pounced. "Jeez Ness, way to go easy on me," he mumbled from beneath me. I was sitting on his back now with his hands locked in mine behind his back. Emmet had taught me that one.
"One…two…three! Nessie wins!" Billy exclaimed. Rebecca was shocked into silence. I giggled and got off of Jacob. He took his time getting up.
"I demand another match," Jacob told me.
"Okay sure. I'll race you. First one to my house and back wins," I replied.
Jacob nodded and Billy said, "Okay. Ready…set…go!" and we were off Jacob fazing while running.
I was not as fast as the rest of my vampire family, but I was not slow either. I was far faster than a human. I was about the same speed as a werewolf, but I didn't get tired as quickly. "Slow poke," I mumbled to Jacob who was behind me. I knew he could hear me because he barked a laugh at me and sped up so he and I were at the same pace.
I sped up and before long I was at my house. My mother and father were outside on the porch and waved as I ran past with Jake on my tail. I could hear Emmet's laughter coming from inside, and even my Aunt Rosalie exclaimed a little "Go Nessie!" from under the hood of her car in the garage. The mood lightened around me and I felt more ambition to win as my uncle Jasper changed my mood.
A few moments later and I was back with Billy and Rebecca. "Yay!" I announced excitedly as Jacob came strolling over from the bushes. He had fazed when we started so he could keep up with me.
"Well…I guess you get the cherry then," Rebecca said handing me the cherry from her hand. I popped it in my mouth and grinned triumphantly before yawning.
"Someone looks tired…I guess I should get you home. Even though we were just there," Jacob said.
I nodded in agreement, and we said our goodbyes and were on our way back to my house. I ran at my top speed eager to get home and tell everyone about my evening. Jacob soon passed me and when we finally got back to my house I couldn't help but ask, "Jacob did you let me win?"
He grinned at me, "Maybe."
I smiled, and kissed him on the check. He grabbed my waste and kissed me on the lips until my father came outside and coughed annoyed. I jumped away from him and hurried to the door. I stopped before going inside though and turned back to Jacob and asked "Can we go hunting tomorrow?"
He flashed me my favorite grin and laughed, "Of course, Nessie."
