When I had finished getting ready, I looked at myself in the mirror. It was nice to finally feel like I fit in with the rest of my family. I felt more a part of the Cullen's than I ever had, my family. I looked down at my shoes, and for a moment I felt self conscious, what would the other students think of me when I was wearing these to school? But within a second that thought was dismissed, why would I care what they thought of me? I would be with Edward, my beautiful daughter, and my 'siblings', in my own little bubble. And anyway, I doubt that anyone would dare say anything to us, generally people look at Emmet and back away. This and I was done, a major perk of being a vampire, my hair always looks- well – perfect. Through hazy 'glasses' I can remember being frustrated when my hair looked like a hay stack in the morning, back when I was human.
I strolled downstairs out of habit, it felt strange because of the speed that I could go if I wanted, but when we tried to be as human-like as possible it sort of stuck. Then I saw the faces of my family, naturally they were all centered round Renesmee whilst she was eating one of the few human meals she would tolerate: pancakes. Amazing what you can learn of the food network isn't it. Renesmee's growing was slowing now, and because of this we had allowed her to go to school, for which she was extremely excited. She looked about eleven now, and so she was pretending to be in year seven. Me, Edward and Alice would be year tens, and Rosalie, Jasper, and Emmet would be in year eleven. Our story would seem complicated to humans, but we all knew it by heart. Edward and Renesmee are siblings, Jasper and Rosalie are twins, these and also Alice were adopted by Carlisle at a young age. And me and Emmet, were brother and sister- Carlisle and Esme's biological children- oh how Emmet had loved playing pranks on 'his little sister'.
I went and stood behind Edward, perched on a stool, and kissed his head. He turned around, gave me my crooked smile, and kissed me, deeper and deeper..
"EW! MOM! DAD! EW!" I heard, I pulled away to see Renesmee's face bright red from embarrassment, and smiled in apology.
"Yeah, little sis, didn't you get enough last night? You did by the sounds of it" Said Emmet with a waggle of his eyebrows. I could see him about to continue but I shot him a glare that stopped him. My newborn strength might be fading, but it hadn't gone yet.
"Umm, Bella? It might not be good for you to get your temper up right now, control yourself okay? And Emmet, shut up." Jasper started, he also shot Emmet a look, which I think he took more seriously. It really would not be a good idea to unsettle my temper right now, it's my first day at school and I need to focus.
"I..toilet..upstairs..one..second" Was the mumble that came from Renesmee, Edward shot me a confused look. She was a growing girl and now that I could control my shield, I protected her thoughts from her father, and I only lifted the shield when I needed to. Like, now. My thoughts took a new turn when I saw Jacob run after her.
Ah, Jacob. He had come with us of course, due to the imprint situation he was prepared that we would be moving soon. And he made it clear that he would follow us wherever we go, as long as he could be near my daughter. This brought mixed feelings, I was annoyed because Renesmee was still my 'baby girl' and I didn't want her taken away from me, but at the same time I was glad that she has someone like Jacob to protect her. But things between them weren't heading that way, yet.
"I think its hormones." Started Rosalie, I looked at her. She smiled at me, everyone was worried about her growth speed. But she couldn't be hormonal yet, right? We all heard Carlisle and Esme come down the stairs then, everyone turned to look.
"Rosalie might be right." Carlisle continued "With her growth rate as it is it would seem like she is at the stage of puberty. This might explain what just went on" he pointed upstairs.
Edward seemed lost for words, we all did, even Emmet. "But it's too soon, she's our little girl.." He said, I hugged him and he pulled me onto his lap. All we wanted was a little more time with our baby, time was moving so fast, I wished so much that It would slow down for a while.
"And," Interrupted Carlisle "this would mean that you need to be extra careful around her. Remember how fast this all is for Renesmee, she will be confused right now." He gave me and Edward warm but stern looks, "we know you two lovebirds try, but you will have to stop being so..erm..public about your affection towards each other". He looked to the second floor again "for her sake."
As harsh as it sounded, I understood what he meant. Edward and I were still in the stage where we wanted to be together all the time, without really caring who was around, or where we was. We were trying though, hard as it was, and this would make us try harder. Renesmee being in the mix made it all so much more important now. That's when we all heard he gentle taps of feet coming down the stairs.
Before now I hadn't noticed that Renesmee had her uniform on, and she looked so grown up. I felt sad for a moment about how fast this was, but that changed in an instant when I realised how lucky I was to have a daughter, I know how much Rosalie longed for this and here I was wishing for it to be different.
"Oh my gosh Renesmee, you look beautiful" Smiled Esme, proud grandparent as always. She pulled her into a gentle hug, and I cut in to try and comfort her.
"I'm sorry about that sweetheart. That uniform looks lovely" I grinned at her, and it worked.
"I'm so excited mom!" she squeaked, and everyone laughed. If only we were all this enthusiastic about starting school. Oh, school! I thought, the nerves built up again. This time not just for me, but would Renesmee be okay? She'd never been around that many humans before.
"You will be fine" Alice gave me a knowing look, then looked me up and down. "Oh, them shoes make you look so graceful, Bella!" She laughed. They were still making jokes about my pre-vampire clumsiness, still. Thanks to Alice, the previous tension had vanished.
Jacob pulled Renesmee into a tight hug "Good look today, ness." He looked at her with such intensity that I almost got mad, but they were just best friends, for now.. I thought.
"Now shouldn't you all be going?" He laughed. "You don't want to be late for your first day do you?" He said sarcastically. Renesmee pushed him jokily, and he faked hurt. She beamed at him.
Edward, who had been silent since Carlisle's 'announcement', cleared his throat. "Yes" he ruffled my hair and smiled "let's go."
We all said our goodbyes to Carlisle, Esme, and Jacob who would not be coming to school with us, and went to pile into the cars. Me, Edward and Renesmee in the Volvo. Emmet and Rosalie, Jasper and Alice in the red BMW.
Renesmee bounced around in here seat, looking forward to the day ahead. I laughed, but reminded her "Bella and Edward, okay baby?"
She sighed. "Yeah whatever."
I looked at her, surprised by the sudden attitude. And that's when I started to see it, they were right about her hormones, of course they were. Edward looked at me, and his eyes told me that he had realised the same thing. I let down and shield for a moment, only one thing to share, worry. He smiled slightly.
"We'll be fine." He muttered.
And off we went, high school here we come.
