Chapter One: Crap! Another Filthy Bloodsucker…
Ever since Nessie started maturing my feelings for her transitioned from friend to a lover. I've felt this way for a while now
The Cullens and I moved to Hanover to start high school and some college. Me, Nessie, Alice and Jasper attended Academy High School while Rosalie, Emmett, Bella and Edward attended Dartmouth. Esme stayed at home and Carlisle worked at the hospital.
Before home for me was a small flat in La Push, living with my dad Billy and having some of my greatest family moments with my him. Last year he passed away from lung cancer and I've missed him ever since. He never got to see his grandchild, Keegan. My sister Rachel was 7 months pregnant with Keegan when dad died. I've grieved with them for a couple of months and when the Cullens decided to move I decided to move with them. I couldn't bear to lose Nessie, after I lost my dad. Our home now is a huge white double story house with ivy growing over it like a cascade of beautiful vines.
Carlisle was pestering us to make sure that we remember who we are pretending to be, a new identity in a way.
"Has everyone got their story straight?" Carlisle asked for the third time.
"Yes." we all answered.
"Let me just make sure. Nessie and Edward, you're brother and sister and Esme and I adopted you when we were in England" Carlisle told us. It makes sense that they would be related as Nessie has similar face to Edward and that same bronze hair with beautiful curls.
"Rosalie and Jasper you're twins and your parents died in a car crash and I'm your uncle. Jacob you're Esme's nephew and your family died when you were young and Esme was your only family. Emmett and Bella, you are cousins staying with us to attend Dartmouth and you're my…
"Niece and nephew." Bella and Emmett replied.
"Yes! And Alice you're Esme's goddaughter and your parents died…" Carlisle started.
"My mother died giving birth and my father died in a fire, he was a fireman." Alice answered clearly, without missing anything.
"Correct," Carlisle said assured, "Good luck with tomorrow.
I walked up to Renesmee. Tears flowed down her slightly flushed cheeks. She seemed so excited to start high school; I wondered what could be wrong. All her life she couldn't attend a school because she was growing at a fast pace.
"Hey Nessie, what's wrong?"
She looked up at me with those adorable chocolate eyes and gave me the biggest smile.
"Nothing's wrong! I'm just so happy! I can't wait to go to school and actually learn something in class rather than by reading Carlisle and dad's books." She replied hugging me.
I went downstairs. I never felt this way towards anyone before. Nessie had been hugging me since she learned how to use her arms. But something changed within me last year. I'm in love with her. Not as a friend, not as a brother or even as a protector. I've felt like this for almost a year now. Did she feel it too? Damn. I forgot about Edward's ability.
"Hey Jacob." Edward said calmly. I was surprised. Since when did the leech stop overreacting about situations I can't control? Or even approve of me as a son-in-law.
"I heard that," he muttered, "I'm just asking you a question. I know your feelings have changed since last year. Does this mean you're going to tell her about imprinting any time soon?"
"No. I told you before. I want her to fall in love with me. Not feel obligated to love me." I replied. Jeez leech, how many times do I have to repeat that.
"And I heard that. I'm glad you respect Renesmee to do that," Edward said, walking off, "Oh and Jacob, you're not so bad for a son-in-law."
"Uh thanks." I waited for him to leave. Oh thank gosh, that was awkward. But I guess we would be getting married if she feels the same way.
I thought about random scenarios of how Nessie would fall in love with me. Would I be like her knight in shining armour? Or maybe something less dramatic where she just realizes we're perfect together. I drifted off to sleep, only thinking of Nessie.
I woke up to Nessie throwing pillows at me and yelling at me to wake up. She was so cute like that, knowing how I'm a heavy sleeper she would always wake me up, ever since she was little.
"Wake up, Jake!" she yelled, "it's the first day of school and we have to go!" She threw more pillows at me and started slapping my face lightly. After 15 more minutes of attempting to wake me up she gave up and turned away to leave.
I grabbed her hand. "Stay." I told her.
She giggled. "So I get up and leave and then you decide to wake up?" she questioned me and hit me on the forehead. "Dope head." She teased me.
"Dope head? That's not very nice." I replied, pretending to be hurt.
"My dope head." She corrected herself and gave me the biggest grin, "Go get dressed, okay? We're leaving in ten minutes!"
I put on the school uniform. For guys, the uniform included a white button up shirt with a striped black and red tie, a black blazer and grey trousers. For girls the uniform was a red skirt just above the knee, a black blazer, a white button up shirt and a pair of grey knee high socks or black stockings. I went downstairs, to find Esme cooking breakfast. She tried hard to cook for Nessie and me and is always worrying that it won't taste great, but it always ends up tasting amazing.
"Hey Jake, I made you and Nessie breakfast. Bacon, eggs, toast and a slice of strawberry shortcake I made this morning. How does that sound?" She smiled, revealing her dimples. Esme to me was like a mother.
"Sounds great, Esme." I smiled back.
After Nessie and I finished breakfast, we drove to school in my car. I prefer to drive myself rather than having Edward or Bella drive me around. I was in the same class as Jasper, in Year 10 while Alice and Nessie are in Year 9.
We arrived at school and people were chattering away talking about us. Damn me and by over-strengthened senses. It's awkward when I can hear people just talking about Alice, Jasper, Nessie and me.
"Hey!" a girl said from behind me. I turned around to find a tall blonde girl, with blue eyes.
"Uh, hey." I said, a little taken a back. I never really had a girl come up to me in La Push, so this was certainly unexpected.
"I'm Madison Murray but you can call me Maddy. Since you're new I'm guessing you're Jacob or Jasper?" she asked.
"Um yeah, I'm Jacob." I told her. Jasper walked up from behind me.
"I'm Jasper." Jasper said. Alice came out of nowhere and hugged him from behind smiling.
"And I'm Alice!" she chirped.
"Hey! Who's this Jake?" Nessie asked. I wondered if she was just asking or maybe jealous. I wouldn't mind jealous though.
"Oh. Are you his girlfriend?" she asked curiously.
"No way! Jake and I are just friends!" Nessie smiled at Madison. Damn. I thought it over, she said friend, just a friend.
"Great! Hey Derek!" Madison instructed a guy to come over. He was tall, but shorter than me and had blonde hair and brown eyes and lightly tanned skin.
"Hey Maddy. Who's this?" he asked.
"I'm Renesmee." Nessie introduced. "And I'm Jake." I said smiling. "Alice." "Jasper." they said afterward.
"Nice. So you've met my girlfriend Maddy and I'm Derek. Grade 10, what about you?" Derek asked while stroking his hair making sure every hair was in place.
"Well, Jake and Jasper are in Grade 10 and Nessie and I are in Grade 9." Alice explained for us all.
"Great. I'll see you in class then Alice and Renesmee! Let's go Derek!" Madison said walking off with him.
Nessie and I went to our lockers to get some books. I would have loved to have a locker next to hers, but at Academy High lockers were distributed within classes. So every grade would have a locker area for its own grade. I was curious to see whoever was sharing the locker next to Nessie. She didn't seem to care less about the girl using the locker next to mine. A pale guy with dark brown hair and amber eyes walked up to where Nessie was and opened the locker next to her. I could just tell by his scent.
"Hi. I'm Nessie." Nessie said nervously. He was a vampire. It was good his eyes were amber or I would kill him right there. He was a vegetarian.
"I'm Daniel. I know what you are. Don't worry I won't tell anyone." He said slyly, walking away and waving from behind.
"Nessie are you okay? You seemed a bit uneasy." I asked worried.
"I'm fine Jake, I'm going to get to class now. I'll see you later." She smiled and ran her hands through my hair when she wanted to comfort me.
She walked off to class and I went to get my books for my own class.