"Honey, time to wake up." My mom shook my shoulder lightly.
"Ughhhhhhh…." I moaned pulling the covers over my head and rolling back into a ball.
"You better get up, "my Mom laughed, "or I'll go and get Emmett."
"I'm up. I'm up." I said jumping out of bed. Dad's laugh could be heard coming from the kitchen. I ran to him and gave him a hug. "Help, Daddy, Mo m said she get Uncle Emmett on me." I said between laughs.
Dad laughed and held up the spatula in his hand. "Don't worry. I'll protect you." Mom joined us in laughter as Emmett ran into the kitchen and picked me up.
"I'm awake. Let me go!" I screamed in between giggles as he spun me around the kitchen. As we all dissolved into giggles, I inhaled deeply. "Mmmmmhhhh. Pancakes!" We all laughed again.
"Yes, I made your favorite. Chocolate Chip with Peanut Butter." Dad said stacking six pancakes on to a plate for me.
I went and sat down at the table. Emmett excused himself to go get ready and my parents sat down. A beautifully wrapped box sat between them.
"What is it?" I asked, ripping the paper off of it and pulling out a plaid skirt. My parents laughed.
"It's your uniform, silly." Mom told me, in between her laughter.
"I don't see how this is funny." Announced Alice as she came in the front door, she looked stunning, of course, in her uniform. The white shirt under a blue sweater went perfectly with her black hair and plaid skirt. Mine would probably look frumpy compared to hers. "I hate the whole dress code idea. Whatever happened to free expression?" I even had to laugh to this.
"We need to leave in an hour Nessie. Make sure your ready by then." My dad said getting up from the table and taking my dishes. Everyone then left to give me time to get ready. I showered and got dressed. My uniform was also altered. It fit me almost perfectly. I had to remember to thank Alice. I started to search through the mounds of makeup but became easily confused.
"Rosalie." I called and she was up before I could even finish her name.
"What is it, sweetie? What's wrong?" she said panicky Other than my parents, I think Rose worried the most. She saw the piles of makeup around me and slowly the worried look passed.
"I need your help. Where did you get all this make up?" I asked. She laughed then helped me put on just enough make up to make my brown eyes sparkle. She then helped me pin up my bronze curls. "Thanks Rose. I don't know what I'd do without you." I smiled giving her a hug.
"Anytime, sweetie. Now we need to get downstairs before your dad bites both of our heads off." We laughed as we went to the elevator. When we got off my dad looked sharply at Rosalie, "Not funny." He said which caused both of us to burst into a new round of giggles.
"We need to be going." Said Jake stepping in from outside. He looked very handsome in his uniform of khaki pants and a white shirt under a black blazer. His red tie was lying lumpy in his chest. As I was string I noticed the way the shirt rippled against his muscles. The way the khaki's looked against his dark skin. What was I saying Jacob was my best friend? I had never noticed anything about him like that.
We decided to ride, me, Mom, Dad, Jasper, and Alice in the Volvo. Jake would be taking his Rabbit that had arrived sometime last week. Rose and Emmett would be driving his Jeep. It took us 30 minutes to get to school. As we all piled in the Volvo I started to feel extremely nervous. I didn't want to start school. I didn't want to be judged as the new girl. What if they didn't like me? I started to chew on my lip. Suddenly, I felt much better. I looked over, "Thanks Jasper."
He smiled. Even though Jasper was the quietest one of us, he was a great comfort to have around. He was my favorite teacher growing up. He taught me History and since he was actually there for most of what he taught it made it so much more interesting.
Alice looked over."It'll be ok, honey." I touched her hand and used my gift to show her what was wrong. You know how they say a picture is worth a thousand words, I think I understand that more than anyone else. I showed Alice Forks. I showed her Grandpa Charlie, and the old house. I showed her the wolf pack and the forest. In every picture you could see the home-sickness I felt. She squeezed my hand and let go. "I know you miss it. We all miss Forks. But it's part of being in this family. As long as we are together, we can still have good times." She smiled and Mom turned around.
"Ok so we need to go over the story again."
"But, Mom, we have gone over this like 100 times. Do we have to?"
"Renesmee Carlie Cullen go over the story."
"Fine. I and Alice are sophomores. You, Dad, I mean Edward, and Jasper and Rose are juniors. Emmett and Jake are seniors. We have all been adopted by Carlisle and Esme Hale. Edward and I are brother and sister our parents were killed in a car wreck. Jasper and Rosalie are twins they are Carlisle's brother's children. He died in the war. Emmett, Alice, Jake, and Bella are all just orphans. Edward and I have lived with them since five years ago. Everyone else has been there since they were very young." I recited perfectly from memory. They had me recite this every day since we left Forks.
"Very good, sweetie." Mom beamed at me.
"We're here." Dad announced as we pulled up. That's when I first spotted them. They radiated power and no one was walking around them up the stairs. As I stared the one leading the group turned and looked at me.