Chapter 3

RenesmeePOV

So… School wasn't too bad. I wasn't bothered too much by the smell of humans surrounding me all day long, which was a huge relief. Gym was fun, but that was because Uncle Em made fun of Mom every time she missed the volleyball. One time, towards the end when Uncle Em's back was turned, Mom threw the ball at him with a lot more force than a human could manage. It was really funny.

"Emmett. I swear it wasn't me that threw it at you. It must have been that one kid with the black hair. What was his name again? Rick?" Mom said with a straight face. Dad had once told me that he had to give her lessons on how to put on a "poker face".

"Sure, little sister. I'll believe that the day you see me wearing a pink tutu and wrestling with Alice while blindfolded." Uncle Emmett responded with sarcasm.

"Umm, Emmett?!" Aunt Alice called from her room upstairs. "We did that last weekend, and you lost!"

"Dang it!" Uncle Em yelled as he stamped his way out the back door towards the river. Aunt Rose just rolled her eyes and walked after him.

"So, Nessie?" Jake asked as he tightened his arms that were wound around my waist. "How was your first day of high school? Anything interesting happen?"

"Well…" I began but Dad cut me off.

"Remember, Renesmee" He warned me. "I control your allowance as well as your ability to leave this house unsupervised."

"Whoa!" Jake exclaimed. "Now I wish I could read minds. What happened?"

I pressed my hand against Jake's cheek and showed him everything about today.

"Hahaha!" He laughed and let me go so that he didn't crush me as he rolled around on the floor. "You actually had teachers blatantly hit on you?!" He asked Dad. "That's so gross!"

"Nessie! You are sooo grounded!" Dad yelled from the other room.

That's not fair, Dad! I mentally shouted to him.

"Edward, don't do that." Mom said, sticking up for me. I really owe her a lot.

"Fine, but she will not repeat those events to Carlisle, Esme, or anyone else." He ordered.

"That's okay!" Uncle Emmett yelled, reappearing in the door that connected to the garage. "I'll be glad to tell the whole world!" Poor Uncle Em. He never saw Dad launch at him.

"So, Nessie. Besides being disgusted at how many people flirted with your Dad today, how was it?" Jake requested as he pulled me back into his arms on the couch.

"It was good, I guess. A lot more interesting and easier than I thought it would be" I explained as I ran one hand through the shaggy hair that hung down in front of his face. "I really missed you, though. It would have been ten, no, one thousand times better if you had been there." I told him, sighing at the thought of never having to leave Jacob's side during the day.

"Oh, Nessie" Jake said as he planted a kiss on my forehead.

"JACOB! DO NOT KISS MY DAUGHTER IN MY HOUSE!" Dad yelled from the backyard.

"Isn't it technically Carlisle's house?" Jake questioned quietly. I grinned at him as Dad came back into the house, his shirt ripped and hanging off his torso. Uncle Em came in behind him without a shirt on and rubbing his left arm.

"So, Nessie…" Aunt Rose said as she came in from the garage. "Did you talk to anyone besides your family today at school?"

"No." I stated. "Why would I?"

"Nessie, it's not a crime to make friends other than vampires" Dad lectured.

"Hey! What about werewolves?" Jake demanded.

"You're not a real werewolf, Jacob." Dad explained, rolling his eyes.

"Fine! Shape shifters, then, although werewolf sounds a lot cooler." Jake responded, sulking into the back of the couch.

"Don't worry, Jake. You'll always be my little werewolf." I told him, soothing his frustration at technical language.

"I don't know if little is the best description of a smelly house pet like him" Aunt Rose mumbled as she walked into the kitchen.

"I heard that, Blondie!" Jake yelled over the back of the couch.

As Jake and Aunt Rose continued their bickering, I began to think over what Aunt Rose and Dad had brought to the forefront of my mind. Was it really a bad thing if I made human friends? What was the worst that could happen? They could discover what my family really was, then be hunted and killed by the Volturi. Either that, or be eaten for dinner, I thought.

"Nessie, don't think like that." Dad said.

"What did she think?" Mom whispered to him.

"Tell you later" He responded as he pulled her over towards the piano and began to play her lullaby for her.

I decided, right then and there, that maybe I would give this whole human-friend thing a try. After all, I was half-human. It shouldn't be a bad idea, right?

"Aunt Alice?" I called softly, even though I knew she would hear me no matter how softly I spoke.

"Nessie, you know I can't see you or your future, dear." She told me as she gracefully descended down the stairs. "But if you ask my opinion, I would say that it will be fine. We'll just have to be extra careful".

"Could someone please explain to those of us who don't speak vampire?" Jake demanded.

"Nessie was just wondering about what the possible repercussions would be if she did actually attempt to befriend a human. She had requested that Alice look into the future to see if it would work, but because she's like you, Jake, Alice can't see her future and, therefore, doesn't have a vision of what would or wouldn't happen if Nessie made a human friend." Dad said in a monotone voice from his piano in the other room, as if he were having to explain basic mathematics to a grown man.

"Oh." Jake said "I think it would be a great idea, Nessie!" He was always so supportive of me.

"Okay, then. Tomorrow, I'll try talking to this one girl in my math class. She sits kind of close to me and looked really nice" I informed everyone.

"Great! A girl! I mean… it would just be easier if it was someone who was like you, right?" Jake stammered while blushing and looking down at the floor. He was so cute!

So, I was going to try and befriend a human. This is a good thing, right?