2. The Question

BPOV

I know my baby is ready for high school, I just don't think I'm ready for her to go. She is 4 years old, whether she looks it or not, she is. Everyone seems so calm about it, even Jake.

"Hey, do you mind if I pick up Nessie from school today? Since I wasn't here for her goodbye, I thought maybe I could be there for the hello." Jake offered.

"Sure, that would be fine, but are you planning on taking a car or your feet?" Edward questioned

"I was gunna take the bike. I thought she might get a kick out of me picking her up from school on the bike." Jake said.

That scared the ever-living day out of me! Why the hell would Edward agree to Jake taking his daughter home from school on a motorcycle?! It was absurd!

"Bella love, you look so uptight, relax! Lets go back to the house, and we will see Nessie when she comes home." Edward said, concerned.

"Well, we'll make sure you two have finished before we let her go home, we don't want her to be stressed about school and then go into cardiac arrest when she finds you two doin' the deed in the house" Emmett said, followed with a wink.

Emmett has his own sense of humor. He loves to get under people's skin, and especially loves trying to make me blush. So, Edward and I do just that. We go to the house, shred our clothes and have hot sex all morning.

RPOV

Maybe mom was right. Maybe I'm not ready for this. As I walk around Forks High School, all I get are stares. People are looking at me up and down. I feel like one of those dreams where you are naked in front of a bunch of people, and I'm really not liking it.

My first class was Algebra II with Mr. Agnes. He was a grumpy old man, who was obsessed with basketball. In my class there was a guy named Max who kept trying to show me around, and show me off as well.

So, at lunch I sat with Max, who introduced me to Julia, who was in my English class, Lucy who was Julia's friend, definitely not a nice person. And he introduced me to Tye, Ashley, and Brad.

Julia had a thing for Max, you could definitely tell. But, it wasn't my place to say anything about it. Right as I was finishing the gourmet lunch my daddy made for me Max started shooting off questions.

"Your last name is Cullen Right?" I nodded

"Wasn't there a few Cullen's who graduated like 4 or 5 years back?" I nodded again, not knowing where he was taking this.

"Are you like, their other sister?" Shit… I was caught. We hadn't discussed this before.

"Um, yes, I am their daughter." Technically I wasn't lying. I said their daughter, not Carlisle and Esme's.

"That's cool. Hey, we're going down to La Push this weekend, do you want to join us?" Tye asked.

"La Push, like the Indian reservation?" I asked. I wasn't aware that anybody but the Quileute's went there.

"Yeah, we go surfing down there." Max answered

"Sure, that sounds like fun. My boyfriend lives down there." It was so weird calling Jake my boyfriend, because he just seemed like so much more. But right as I said that Max and Tye's faces instantly dropped. Good. They were getting too pushy with their eyes anyways.

"You are dating one of the Quileute's?" Tye asked

"Yep, Jacob Black. We've been dating for like… a year now." Ok, so Jake and I weren't really "dating" per say, but like. We hung out a lot and I liked him, and he must like me since he seems to stick around like glue. The rest of lunch was completely silent. After lunch I had Biology with Mr. Molina. I walked in and he sat me in the only empty seat next to a boy named Evan. Evan seemed nice.

"Hi, I'm Evan Cooper, you must be Renesme Cullen right?"

"Um, yea, you can call me Nessie." That's strange how does he know who I am, unless people have been talking about me.

"Yo Nessie is it? Hey, I'm Kayleigh. This is my boyfriend Rob."

"Hi, Kayleigh nice to meet you, and hi Rob." I thought it was a bit out there, but she's just being nice. I loved her t-shirt. Cobra Starship is like my favorite band.

"You like Cobra Starship?" I asked her.

"Like is an understatement. I would so let Gabe Saporta tear apart my cheetah panties any day." She said. Wow. This girl was a fan.

"Haha, yea, he's pretty cute." I had only seen a few pictures of him, but he looked all right.

"So hey, do you want to come over or I could come over and we could hang out sometime?" wow, I've been in this class like 3 seconds and I've already made a friend.

"Sure. How about tomorrow?" I didn't want to do it today because I had to check with mom and dad first.

"Sounds like a plan chica." Right then, the bell rang. So, Mr. Molina began talking… and talking… and talking non stop about Biology. I think there must be some unwritten rule that biology teachers must be crazy to do their job.

Mom always tells me about her old biology teacher. Mr. oh what's his name… I think it started with either a B or an M. I know, complete opposite ends of the alphabet. So, I'm off daydreaming about tomorrow's events with Kayleigh when I see Evan pass me a note.

Hey, so I know you are hanging out with Kayleigh and all tomorrow, but do you think we could hang out sometime? You seem like a cool girl.

I just nod. Are all people in High School this forward with each other? Oh well. Looks like I have plans for the rest of the weekend. Tomorrow with Kayleigh, Friday with Evan, and Saturday with Max and his "crew". Should be exiting.

Finally, the end of the day. I walk out of school with Kayleigh talking to me, and Rob just holding her hand listening to everything she has to say. I was expecting to see my dad's silver Volvo, but instead I see all 6 feet 7 inches of Jake, and I know today has been a fucktastic day! But, he's leaning against his bike, and I am in this super short skirt.

"Holy shit on a crispy! Is that you're boyfriend?" Kayleigh blurted out.

"Yep, catch you tomorrow! Oh wait! Can you put your number into my phone?" I asked. Before I walked away so I would be able to talk to her before tomorrow. She put her number in and walked to her car with Rob. I ran straight over to Jake and gave him a huge hug. But, he ended up picking me up and swinging around, mumbling about how he was sorry he wasn't there this morning.

"Jake. Can't. Breathe." I managed to gasp out.

He let me down, gave me a quick kiss on the nose and helped me on the bike.

"Let's get you back home so you can be grilled with questions about your first day." He said sarcastically. I was getting nervous, because I knew it was coming. But see, ever since I had called Jake my boyfriend today, I've really wanted to talk to him about it. I mean we've never kissed and never done anything relating to what a "couple" would do. So, I just blurted out the only question in my mind.

"Jake. I know you like me, and I like you. Are we boyfriend and girlfriend?"

He totally choked. He got off the bike and just looked directly into my eyes.

"What did you say?" he managed to choke out

"I was wondering if we were boyfriend and girlfriend, or if you are just my friend." I didn't want to pressure him into saying we were. Or ruin our friendship by asking that question if he didn't think of me more that just a friend.

"Nessie, I've been waiting 4 years for you. Are you sure you want to be my girlfriend?" he asked. Shyly.

"Yes" was all I could answer. So right then, I was expecting, oh I don't know… my first kiss?

All he did was get on his bike, but I realized he was going the wrong way to go home. He took me to the mall. Told me to wait on the bike. So I did. But, I decided to text Kayleigh. "Hey cheetah panties, what's up?" Not even 30 seconds later did I get a text back from her saying "Hey big foot's girlfriend, not too much. Miss me already?" Haha, she called Jake big foot. Which really isn't too far from the truth. "Yep. I think I'm going thru withdraws from your quirkiness."

Right as I sent that I noticed Jake come out of the mall with nothing in his hands. That was odd. I thought maybe he needed to pick something up. Maybe he dropped something off. But he took my hand and helped me off the bike.

Then he took off my helmet, got on one knee and said "Renesme Carlie Cullen, I promise to love you and take care of you. Will you be my girlfriend?" and he pulled out a silver ring with 3 diamonds. Holy shit. This looked more like a wedding proposal. "Yes, I would love to!" He got up, put the ring on my right ring finger, and scooped me up into a big hug. When he set me down, he put his hand on my cheek and planted the world's softest, most romantic kiss ever. I just about piddled myself with excitement. His lips were so full, and soft, and warm, and yummy.

After our kiss, Jake helped me up on his bike, and drove me home. I was getting nervous and kept thinking of other things when I walked in the house. I didn't want daddy to know yet. I thought I should tell them instead of him reading my mind.

So, we walked in the front door and my mom came running over. "How was your first day sweetie? Did you make any friends? Were people nice to you?" wow. Jake wasn't kidding when he said I'd be bombarded with questions. I wonder what he was thinking because Dad still looked composed. "It was good. I like my classes and I met a few friends. One of them wants to hang out tomorrow and do homework, and my friend Evan wants to hang out on Friday, and then my other friend Max and Julia and Lucy and Tye want me to go to La Push to go surfing." My mom looked really excited for me.

"That's great sweetie. Um, about your first friend. Will you be going over there?" I never thought of that. Hmm. I should text her and ask her. "Um. I'm not sure yet."

Right then she grabbed both of my hands and wanted to jump up and down like little girls on Christmas. But she found the ring first. "Whoa, honey. What's this? This doesn't look like the Claire's jewelry you buy. This looks expensive." I immediately pulled my hand back and looked to Jake for help. He just started laughing.

He laughed so hard that he fell to the floor. "You. Better. Tell. Them. Before. I. Accidentally. Do" He managed to spit out between laughs. Thanks Jake. Just throw me under the bus. "Well, mom, dad." I then noticed I had the whole fucking family surrounding me. Never before have I gotten nervous. Until now. "Well. Jake asked me to be his girlfriend." I said as fast as I could. But, no such luck they caught all of it.