Full Moon

Chapter 1 - Dinner

"Can you believe it, Edward?" Bella asked, holding her husband's arms tightly around her waste, "She's sixteen. And she's beautiful."

"Nearly as beautiful as her mother..." Edward teased, kissing Bella's cheek, "She looks just like you, you know." Bella smiled warmly as her eyes looked her beautiful daughter up and down. "She'll stop aging soon. The vampire genes will kick in at about eighteen. You'll look like twins for eternity! Every mother's dream!"

Bella laughed and called out her daughter's name who looked up from the book she was reading in the meadow her parents had fallen in love.

"What's up mum?"

"You need to come in. Jacob's coming round for dinner and you don't want to keep him waiting."

Renesme rolled her eyes as she stood up slowly and went over to join her parents.

"You say dinner like it's so normal, when in fact all we do is sit around and talk. Why do you insist on inviting Jacob round for 'dinner' when you know it's just a gathering of friends? We know it, he knows it, it's only you who insists on calling it 'dinner'."

"Renesme -" Edward warned, but Bella shook it off,

"You're entitled to your opinion. Now come on in - last time you kept Jacob waiting he thought you'd been attacked and went stir crazy!" Renesme rolled her eyes, "You know he thinks of you as his little sister, Renesme. He's incredibly protective of you. You should be thankful of that."

"Although remember kid, you'll always have me," Edward said, a little defensively, "And I'll be more useful then that mutt in a real crisis."

"Dad..." Renesme sighed, imitating her father's warning tone. "I'm half vampire. What's the worst that can happen?"

Bella smiled to herself as they reached the house and all headed for the sitting room. Rosalie, Emmett, Jacob, Alice, Esme and Carlisle were already seated, talking quietly amongst themselves. As soon as Bella entered the room though, an uneasy silence fell on them before being quickly followed by the urge to laugh and everyone was filled with a great, jovial sense of happiness. Bella glanced at Jacob.

"Jacob. You were about five seconds too late. I felt the tension. What's wrong or what's happened?"

Edward suddenly let a snarl leave his lips as he scanned the thoughts of everyone in the room and Jacob allowed the uneasy tension to return,

"Bella. You're not going to want to hear this."

"I don't care - what's going on? Someone, tell me?"

Carlisle stood up and glanced at Renesme.

"Perhaps Renesme should go and..." He gave her a sheepish smile, "Wash her hands before dinner?" Renesme rolled her eyes but stayed where she was, folding her arms a little stubbornly, "They do look very grubby Renesme..." She gave in and with another dramatic rolling of her eyes stalked out of the lounge, looking as elegant as a Princess.

"Right," Edward said, "Rosalie. I think you'd better get this out in the open. Bella, I want you to know, you're really not going to like this."

"Not going to like what? And can we hurry this up, Jacob's going to be here soon and I don't want him to burst in, in the middle of some petty argument. Rosalie - what the hell is going on?"

Rosalie pursed her lips and sat forward, letting her pretty blonde curls fall across her face. It was obvious she had something big to say, but shame filled her eyes none the less.

"You have to know, I did it for the good of Renesme."

"Did what?" Bella asked, getting more irritable with every moment that passed that she wasn't aware of what was going on.

"Look. I know that Jacob is meant to be her... protector or whatever, but I've seen the way he looks at me. With pure hatred. And Edward's told me to be a little wary of him from what he's seen in Jacob's thoughts - he fantasizes about killing me for God's sake!" She paused and a smug smile played on her lips, "Not that he could of course, but none the less. Do you really want little Renesme around someone who fantasizes about killing her relatives? So. I got rid of Jacob."

Bella tensed suddenly, venom pouring into her mouth. What did Rosalie mean, she got rid of Jacob?

"Got rid of Jacob... how?" She asked, her voice wavering with a dangerous threat,

"I told him -" Rosalie's smug smile was replaced with a distinctly sheepish grin, "I told him that an offspring of Victoria was out for revenge and after Renesme, and that I had heard rumors of their whereabouts in..." Her eyes dropped to the floor, "England."

"England?" Bella spat. "What gave you the bloody right to send him there? For God's sake Rosalie, I fantasize about killing you sometimes, does that mean you're going to stop me from seeing Renesme?"

"No of course not -"

"When did he go?"

Rosalie's head ducked in shame and she mumbled something about earlier that morning. Bella stood, glaring around at the rest of her family.

"Whoever else knew about this and didn't tell me. Shame on you. Edward, I'm going to England. I will not have one of my best friend's on a wild goose chase around England! England of all places!"

"Bella - it's not necessary for you to go," Carlisle began, forever the voice of reason, "He has a phone, we can reach him. Please, think rationally. There will be a more reasonable way to find him without panicking Renesme as well."

"You... wont be able to call him," Rosalie said, her lips pulled back in a cringe, "I sort of... told him... Edward would try and ring him and stop it so that he could kill the offspring himself to get the glory. So..." Rosalie reached into her purse and pulled out Jacob's phone.

"You did what?" Edward snarled, leaping up and running straight at Rosalie, pushing her off her chair and cracking the marble beneath their two cold, hard bodies. "Do you think I'd be that shallow Rosalie? Do you?"

"Edward, dude!" Emmett reached down and pulled Edward off his wife, "Dude. Stop. Come on. I know you're mad," He said calmly, "But if you go throwing my wife around... I will crush you."

"I'm sorry," Edward growled, "I just didn't realize quite how shallow your wife was."

"Please, I'm sorry it's just, I was worried for Renesme -"

"No!" Edward snapped, wrapping a protective arm around his own wife and glaring at Rosalie, his eyes turning as black as coal, "You just didn't want someone who - God forbid - didn't fall to your feet and worship you, hanging around the whole time. You didn't like me the moment you realized I didn't worship the ground you walk on and you didn't like Bella the moment you realized I chose her over you. You're pathetic."

"That's enough." Emmett said, physically moving himself between his wife and his best friend and brother, "Edward, I love you, but you know when it comes down to it I will side with my wife no matter what."

Alice stood up suddenly, her face filled with horror.

"Bella... Edward... where's Renesme?"

"In her room probably, why?" Bella asked slowly,

"Because I just had a glimpse of the future and..." Alice's eyes widened suddenly, "Renesme's going to England. She overheard everything. You need to go - now. There's going to be trouble."

Bella and Edward looked at each other, dread filling their hearts and souls.

"Bella..." Edward breathed, taking her hand,

"Let's go." Bella whispered back before the two of them ran, full speed, towards Forks airport.