Rosalie had definitely not grown to accept the idea of Ness and me in the last 10 years. If anything she was more against it than ever. At first she had tried to tell her that I was dangerous and that it was a bad idea to be around me. When that didn't work she resorted to telling her all the gory details about my previous obsession with Bella. I'll admit I was a little worried with that one but Ness took it all in stride, almost as if she were expecting it. She didn't miss much. Lately there had been making casual comments on the subject of our unborn children. Today it took a turn for the worse.
"So Renesmee," Blondie always called her by her real name. "How was school today? Did you learn anything new?"
"No, Aunt Rose," Ness said, almost annoyed. She knew where this conversation was heading. "You know that I already know everything they're going to teach almost as well as you do." Blondie smirked. I wanted to wipe that grin off of her face but I suspected Ness would not be very happy about it. "That's good. I'm glad you remember everything I taught you. Especially all that stuff about genetics." She was trying way too hard to be casual. This was not heading anywhere good. "And the idea that mixing 2 very different sets of chromosomes is a very bad idea"
Seriously? She had resorted to this?
"Are you actually giving me 'The Talk' in terms of chromosomes?" Ness was incredulous. "Because I seem to remember someone else being born with 2 two very different sets of chromosomes. Who could that be? Hmm... I wonder. Maybe me?" Blondie look annoyed so of course I was loving every minute of it. "I'm sorry, but I'm just trying to look out for you. To do what's best for you. You know that's all I want right?" Ness nodded. "I'm just trying to keep you from making a huge mistake"
Ness opened her mouth to reply but I cut her off, "Will you give it a rest Blondie? She's made her decision and you're just going to have to live with it"
"Could you stay out of this please? Just because you want to phase off into the sunset and have a litter of puppies, doesn't mean I have to stand by and watch it happen. She has a choice in this you know"
At this point, Ness was livid. "Puppies?" Obviously Blondie had made a poor choice of words. That kind of thing didn't bother me anymore, but I was used to her constant line of insults. This was the first time that Ness had been in the line of fire.
"Now come on," Rosalie almost stuttered. "You know that I'm only saying that because it's the only way to get through to him. He's not as smart as we are"
Nessie lunged. She caught Blondie by surprise and knocked her to the ground. She got up quickly and came back to stand beside me, her mission accomplished. Blondie looked stunned. "Do not ever talk about Jacob that way again. He is the kindest, strongest, best person I know. From now on, you will be nice to him." Blondie's mouth hung wide open and mine stretched into a huge grin. Ness turned to me, "Don't think you'll get away with it anymore either. From now on you will call her Rosalie. And no more blonde jokes." My smile faded a little. "I expect you two to be civil from now." A small drawback to an otherwise overwhelming victory. All Blondie (I could still think that, I just wasn't allowed to say it) needed was an indication that this behavior was not acceptable and Ness had finally given her that. No more Fido bowls for me.