Chapter 2: Strange Confrontation
Renesmee's POV
When I was with Jacob I couldn't help but notice how much bigger than me he was. I'd guess that he was at least a foot or two taller than I was. Seriously, this guy was a giant.
"Jacob, just how tall are you?" I asked as we were walking.
"Six foot seven" he answered.
"Wow, you're tall" I said.
"How tall are you?" he asked.
"Five foot five" I answered.
"Nessie, I have to admit, I'm a little worried about you having such a big dog" he said looking at Beethoven. Jacob had quickly picked up my
"Don't worry about Beethoven, he's really a gentle giant. Honestly he's more of a couch potato really" he said.
"Well, how do you control him? Physically I mean?" he asked still sounding a little worried. I got to admit, I found it kind of flattering that he worried about me, even though we just met.
"It's not hard, really. Like I said, gentle giant" I smiled.
"Okay" he answered
I followed Jacob as he led me through his reservation. We were taking a long time just to find a place to eat. Just when I was about to ask where we were going he stopped right in front of a building.
"Well here we are Ness" he said.
"Thank you Jake" I said. My stomach growled just at the thought of eating. I looked at my watch and saw that it was five o clock. No wonder I'm so hungry. I'm still operating on New York time, and back home it was eight o clock. Stupid jet lag.
"It's not a problem Nessie" he said. He grabbed my hand and let me inside. His hand felt scorching hot for some reason.
"Jake do you have a fever?" I asked. I was suddenly concerned about his health.
"No" he said.
"Really? Don't you feel warm at all? Your hand feels like you stuck it in the oven or something" I said. How could he not know how hot he was?!
"Really Nessie, I'm fine. No need to worry" he said.
"Okay if you say so" I said. I was still a bit worried and I think he could tell.
"Really Nessie, there's no need to worry. Now let's just go get ourselves a table and eat already" he said.
I decided to let the subject drop for now. I could tell that Jacob wasn't feeling very comfortable talking about his odd body temperature for some strange reason.
"So Nessie, are you new around here? I don't remember ever seeing a beautiful face like yours around here" he said. I blushed with embarrassment.
"No, I just moved here today. I came from New York City actually. I was sent to live here with my dad" I explained.
"New York City? Forks must be a big change for you then" he said. He just didn't know how right he was about that.
"It sure is" I said. "I'm having a lot of adjusting to do. Adjusting to small town life that is" I said.
"I think you'll love it here Ness. It's really not that bad" he said. Well if I feel the same the rest of my stay, as I feel right now with Jacob, then maybe it really won't be that bad.
As soon as the waitress brought our appetizers Beethoven put his massive head on my lap, looked at me with those big pleading eyes of his, and then started whimpering.
"What is he doing?" Jacob asked.
"He's begging for food. He does this every time I eat. He learned from an early age that I will always slip him a little extra something special" I said. I gave him some of the bread that we had been brought.
"How long have you had him?" Jacob asked.
"Five years. I've had him since he was two months old" I said. "Do you have any pets?" I asked.
"No" he said.
We continued talking for awhile. Even when we had gotten our food, we continued to talk as we ate. I really was having a lot of fun with Jacob.
"Hey Ness, I got to go use the bathroom but I'll be back in a few minutes" Jacob said.
"Okay Jake" I said.
I sat there thinking about how wonderful everything was going today; despite the strange familiarity of some of this town's occupants. Several other half naked boys appeared. As soon as they saw me fury became the dominant feature on their faces. They were shaking so hard as they tried to contain their rage.
I got scared as they stormed over here.
"What are you doing here on our territory?!" the boy whom I assumed was the leader shouted at me.
I was to scared to answer him. Normally I'm pretty good at standing up for myself but not this time. I froze up. These guys were terrifying.
"You violated the treaty, this means war" one of the other guys said.
My eyebrows furrowed together in confusion "What are you talking about?" I asked.
"Don't act stupid. You are one of them. Just because you and Jacob are meant to be together doesn't give you the right to come onto our land. Our treaty is still intact" he said.
"I have no idea what you're talking about" I said. I'm one of what? What treaty? What did he mean that Jacob and I are meant to be together?
I couldn't be sure of anything, except for one thing. For some reason I was not welcomed here. I gathered my stuff and left. As soon as I was out of the restaurant I started running in the direction that we had come, Beethoven easily keeping up with me. It wasn't a good idea for me to come here. I just hoped that Jacob wouldn't be mad that I left him. I was almost at the border when I heard heavy panting behind me. At first I thought it was just my dog, but then I realized that the panting sound was far to loud to belong to him.
I turned around and was face to face with what looked like some sort of beast. On closer examination I realized that it was a wolf. A russet brown wolf that was probably as a big as a car or a horse. Somehow I knew that this magnificent animal wouldn't hurt me. He rubbed his huge head against my body. I scratched him behind the ears, he seemed to enjoy that. Then the wolf left. I stood there for a few minutes and looked in the direction that he had run off to.
A familiar voice suddenly startled me "Nessie" I immediately recognized it as Jacob's voice.
I looked over in the direction that his voice had come from. To my surprise Jacob was neither angry or upset like I had expected him to be.
"Jake I'm so sorry these guys-"
"It's okay Nessie. I heard about what happened. They are just a bunch of idiots that don't know what they are talking about, don't listen to a word that they say" he said.
"But it sounds like they don't want me here" I said.
"Don't listen to a word they say" he repeated. "You can come as often as you'd like" he said.
"Thanks Jake" I said.
"Always Nessie" he said.
I looked at my watch and realized that it was getting late and I should probably start heading home.
"I should go home now. It's getting late and my dad will probably start to worry" I said.
"Can I drive you?" he offered.
"No, I'll walk" I said.
"Can I at least have your phone number? I'd love to go out with you again" he said.
"Only if you give me yours first" I said.
With that we parted ways with each other's phone numbers.
I smiled the whole way home. Already my stay at Forks seemed like it was going to be much more bearable than what I originally thought that it was going to be.
"Why are you so happy?" dad asked as soon as he saw me.
"I met a boy" I said. Why bother trying to hide it?
"You met a boy already?!" he said a little too loudly.
"Yeah, his name is Jacob Black" I said.
He immediately relaxed "Oh okay. He's a good kid" he said.
I got tired not long after that conversation. It seemed like the day's events were starting to catch up to me. That or the time difference that I still had not adjusted to yet. Or maybe it was some sort of combo of both.
I went upstairs to take a shower before going to bed. I looked at my room, and I was suddenly very thankful that my dad had thought to buy me a large bed ahead of time. It looked extremely inviting right now as my eyes began to droop closed.
After I turned off the lights I felt Beethoven jump into my bed. This wasn't unusual. There were some nights when he absolutely refused to sleep in his bed. I didn't mind, I loved it actually. It just meant that I'd need another shower in the morning.
I was brought back into awareness by a loud ferocious growling. I looked at my dog, who for some reason was standing over me protectively.
I screamed when I saw what appeared to be two people standing in my room. The only feature that I could clearly make out was there gold eyes. I was also pretty sure that it was a man and woman, but that was all that I could see.
Beethoven suddenly charged at them, barking ferociously the whole time. In the process he had knocked me off the bed. I crashed into my nightstand and knocked over a glass vase which shattered into a million pieces. In an attempt to break my fall I threw my left arm out, only for my arm to land on top of the glass. I screamed again as I felt the glass pieces pierce my arm painfully.
Lights suddenly turned on in the hallway. I could hear my father's frantic footsteps as he rushed to my room.
My room suddenly turned into daylight when the lights went on.
"Dad don't shoot!" I shouted when my father walked in with his police gun pointed right at me.
Realization dawned on him that I was not a burglar and he lowered the gun "Nessie, what happened?! I heard you screaming and him barking" he shouted frantically.
"Beethoven woke me up with his growling. I saw two people standing in my room. Beethoven tried to attack them and I got injured in the process" I explained.
"Could you describe them?" he asked.
"I think it was a man and a woman. Both had gold eyes. I couldn't see much though" I said.
He immediately left to go search the entire house, but found nothing.
My dog still seemed a bit on edge as he barked outside the open window frantically.
Open window? Odd, I was sure that it was closed when I went to sleep, a few hours ago.
"Whoever it was they're gone now. I'm going to take you to the hospital now, I think you are going to need stitches" he said.
"and painkillers" I said. My arm felt like it was on fire right now.
He helped me get up and walk to his police cruiser. I was fighting tears the whole way to the hospital. I didn't want my dad to see just how much pain my arm was causing me. Luckily the emergency room didn't seem busy right at that time that we got there.
After a short time of waiting I finally heard someone call my name.
"Hi Renesmee, you'll be seeing Dr. Cullen today" the kindly nurse said.
"Okay" I responded.
I waited a little while longer until that same blond guy I saw earlier came in.
"You're Renesmee?" he asked.
"Yeah that's me" I said.
"I'm Dr. Cullen" he said with a kind smile on his face.
"Nice to meet you Dr. Cullen" I said.
"I'm going to take a look at your arm now" he said. His icy cold hands surprised me nearly as much as Jacob's extremely hot ones had earlier. I wasn't complaining though. His unusual temperature seemed to be numbing the pain. Dr. Cullen handled my arm with so much care that it caused me no pain at all. I got the feeling that he was really good at his job.
"There is so much glass in here. How did this happen?" he asked.
"Long story" I said.
"I'm not going anywhere" he said.
"Why are you so curious?" I asked.
"I'm just naturally curious" he responded. Then he got gave me an anesthetic and started working on my arm. I tried my best not to look as he pulled out piece after piece.
"My dog was protecting me. Two people had broken into my room. My dog knocked me over as he charged at them. I accidentally knocked over my glass vase and that's how I got injured" I explained. I was still a little shaken up.
"Two people broke into your room?" he asked.
"Yes. I couldn't see who they were though. I think it was a man and a woman. I only know for sure that they both had gold eyes like yours" I said.
His expression was unreadable now.
"Well I am just about done now" he said as he finished sewing me up. "I'm going to prescribe you some medicine for the pain. I want you to come back and see me in a few days. In the mean time take extra care of your arm" he said.
"Thank you Dr. Cullen" I said.
"Your welcome. Now if you'll excuse me I need to go home and reprimand my son and my daughter" he said
"Why what did they do?" I asked.
"I just found out that they did something stupid" he said before leaving.
I went to the waiting room where my dad was waiting. Then we left together.
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