CHAPTER 1: RUNAWAYS

Renesmee POV

They cannot blame me. I never asked to be born. Logically I should never have been born. I am an oddity. I'm a vampire with a soul and I can't take it any more.

But what about Jake? I mean, I never asked him to imprint on me. Hell, I didn't even try to, but here we are, supposed soul mates and all. God! I just wish everyone would leave me alone. I like humans and unlike my mother and father, I can hang around them without wanting to kill them. I mean, I have to at least try things on my own. They owe me that much.

With my mind made up, I started packing my bags. Right now is one of those moments that I'm glad Aunt Alice has a hard time seeing me. It will give me time to get a head start on leaving. It takes about twelve seconds to pack all my necessities. Grabbing a few grand out of the drawer, I head towards my car.

The garage is empty except for my sleek, black Jaguar. Everyone is out hunting and since I'm only half vampire, I get to skip a few trips. Usually I hang out with Jacob, but he decided to visit his father and the pack, mainly Leah, has a problem with me on the reservation. I jump into my car and take off, the thrill of running away is catching up to me and I realize I have escaped once and for all.

I head south for Texas since they can't search for me in daylight, well not unless they want the Volturi on us again, and don't realize someone following me until about three hours in. I made a pit stop at the gas station to refill my tank and load up on junk food when my body instinctively reacts and turns into vamp mode. I quickly assess my surroundings: a couple of teenagers surrounding a truck, but they are only interested in my car, there is a cashier in the store but it is the customer that I recognize. Shit, how the hell could she find me? So much for breaking free.

The pump pops once my tank is full and Leah walks out of the store with a smirk on her face.

"Where ya goin'?"

"What's it to you?"

"Well Jake had me on watch and I'm pretty sure he has realized you're gone, so depending on your destination, I'm going to have to report back to him. Alpha's orders, sorry Nessie." Leah stands in my way to the driver's door and those teens watching the car are preventing me from going vamp and using my speed to get in the car.

"I'm leaving. I don't care what you tell Jake or anybody. I'm not going back. I'm sick and tired of having everyone tell me I'm so special and I have to follow certain rules. I can't even date because of Jacob! Do you know how frustrating it is to not be normal?"

The last question was meant to be rhetorical but Leah responded with a whispered, "Yes." There must have been a look of shock across my face because she continued, "Don't you get it? I'm the only female wolf. Ever. Period. You feel like a freak? Well, we're both freaks. Technically we shouldn't even be what we are." A look of determination crosses her face, "I'm in."

"What?" I asked.

"I'm in. wherever you are going, I want to go too."

"Um, Leah, I don't know…" isn't this the girl who hates me? The girl who got me banned from the rez? Why am I even considering letting her come with me?

"Look, either I go with you or I go wolfie and tell Jake where you are at and just wait for him to get you."

"Okay okay, but whenever you turn into a wolf, for, erm, practical purposes, no letting slip where we are going. Deal?"

"Deal." Leah spit in her hand and went to shake mine, but I pulled back. She looked down sheepishly, "Sorry. I have been hanging around the boys too much."

"What ever. Let's just get in the car and go before anyone catches up to us."