The Trial

We pulled into the garage and Jacob jumped around the car to get the door. I could hear my father's car speeding his way home about a mile away. We probably had less than a minute with the way he drives.

"Whatever happens," Jake said holding my hands, "We're in this together." He threw me into a hug and rested his lips in my hair.

"I love you." I whispered.

He lowered his lips down to my ear. "I love you too," he whispered, barely audible, "more than you'll ever understand."

I looked up at him, into his deep brown eyes, and in a blur I was out of his arms. I looked up, confused, and saw my father pressing Jacob against the garage wall.

"Daddy STOP! You'll hurt him!"

"Oh I plan on that. I won't kill him, but a few broken bones won't make much of a difference." He snarled back at me.

"Edward, can't we talk about this?" Jacob tried to save his ass.

"Oh, we are way past talking! She's SEVEN!" He snarled, pushing Jake harder into the wall.

"Daddy no! Let him go! Mom do something!" I whirled around to look at her and I could see it in her eyes that she had tried all day to talk him out of this. Unfortunately she had not succeeded. I could feel the hot tears streaming down my face. I looked at Jacobs face, and I could see that he wasn't even considering fighting back. "Daddy…" I sighed. I thought with all the strength I had about how much he means to me. About how much he loves me and how much I love him. I thought about how he was the one who wanted to wait as long as we did. And then I thought about what could happen, what would happen if he hurt my Jacob. I thought about how angry I would be at my dad, about how sad and hurt I would be. The tears were pouring out of my eyes-one human trait I had not been able to avoid. "Please Daddy…" I said again.

With a low snarl he released Jacob from the wall and Jacob fell to the ground. I ran to his aid immediately. I watched as my dad stormed in the house with my mother close on his heels. When she got to the door way she stopped and turned to me. "Sorry Ness. I guess my shield just doesn't stretch as far as him. I thought you guys were out of the way. I'm sorry. I know you wanted to tell him yourself." The grief in her eyes made me feel guilty for ever allowing her to help me.

"It's alright mom. I'm sorry too. Just try and calm him down so that he won't hurt him again, please." She turned and walked into the house to find my father. "Are you alright?" I asked Jacob. The worry in my voice was impossible to miss.

"Yeah I'm fine." He laughed pulling himself off the ground. He obviously thought that I was overreacting, which I kind of was. "Shall we then?" he smiled at me holding out his hand.

"If we have to." I groaned and grabbed his hand. We walked through the door and into the kitchen, but no one was there. "Momma? Daddy?"

"In here love" I heard Alice call. Good. If Alice was here that meant that Jasper was too and he could help calm keep things calm. With any luck Nana would be here too. My dad would never do anything mean in front of Nana Esme. He cares about her too much. I would break her heart.

We turned the corner into the living room and that everyone was there on the coaches. Jacob took my hand and pressed it to his face. Good. Witnesses. I smacked him in the chest knowing very well that my dad was listening. "Have a seat honey." My mom said. She was holding my dad's hand and using her calm voice. I had to remember to thank her later.

"Renesmee," my mother continued, "You have to understand that your father loves you very much. We both do. And to us, you are only seven years old! We have not had enough time to adjust to you physically being a teenager. We didn't get enough time to be parents to a little girl and we don't know how to raise a teenager."

"Nessie-" my father interrupted, "Its not that I don't want you to be able to be a normal teenager. I understand how important that is to you. But you're only seven! You can't wait a few years?! You can't do that for me?"

"Daddy, I-" The tears were starting to form, and I didn't know where to start. "Daddy, you know how I feel about Jacob. I love him so much that if it meant the difference between being with him and not being with him, I would wait centuries if I had to." Jake shot me a distressed look and I squeezed his hand. "But Daddy, think about it this way. You and Momma are soul mates. If I needed you to stay away from her, I have no doubt that you would. Because you love me and you know that it would be worth it in the end when you were reunited. But think about how much that would hurt you. You would die inside and you know it."

"Renesmee that is not the same. I am an adult. You are SEVEN." He was starting to get angry again. "I will not have my seven year old daughter with a 20 something year old… DOG!" That is when I lost it. I couldn't control my tears any longer. I was so furious I couldn't stand it.

"How can you say that? Daddy, please. You have to understand! You have to! I'm sorry that I'm hurting you, but you're hurting me by doing this!" I was shaking with anger and fear waiting for his reply. "Daddy, i love him. Like you love Momma. I need him. I can never be happy without him. Daddy, do you honestly not want me happy?" The tears were pouring down my face like a faucet that couldn't turn off.

He paused, and I could tell that my words had crushed him. "I'm sorry..." he whispered. He jumped out of his seat pulling my mom with him and ran out the door.

My father didn't come home that night. I spent the night crying in Jacobs's arms until I eventually fell asleep. The next morning I woke dazed and confused. I wasn't sure if last night had been a dream. But as I inhaled and my parents scent wasn't fresh in the air, I knew it hadn't been.

I went downstairs, leaving Jacob asleep in my bed, and saw Alice in the kitchen. I immediately ran into her arms. "Do you want to go shopping?" She asked. I nodded fighting back the tears. That was sort of our thing. Whenever one of us was upset, we'd go to the mall and buy things that were extremely pricey and unnecessary. For some reason I always felt better. I pulled out of the hug and held her hands. "I'll go tell Jake and get my things." I told her.

I ran upstairs to find him passed out and snoring on my bed. I laughed to myself and got my shoes and jacket. I walked over to my sleeping boy. Even just leaving for a few hours felt like an eternity. I kissed him on the forehead and was about to leave when he called my name. "Nessie?"

"Yeah baby its me. Sorry I didn't mean to wake you."

"How are you? Are they back?"

"I sat on the edge of the bed and looked at the panels on my floor. "No. I'm going shopping with Alice. I'll be back soon though. Get some sleep. You look exhausted." I laughed. He sat up in the bed so out faces were inches apart. He put his hand under my chin and tilted it so our lips were touching.

"Have fun." He breathed. I could hear his snoring before I got to the bottom of the stairs.

"Don't worry," Alice said as she took my hand, "They'll be back before we're done." She smiled and we walked out to the car we always took on these trips; her yellow porche.

So i finally have a definite story line i'm going to follow. Only took me a few chapters to figure it out! haha. This chapter is not my favorite but its necessary. Next one will be better i promise! i'm actually wicked excited to write it. This week is wicked crazy so i'm not sure when i'll get to update next but i'll try to get one up by thursday at the absolute latest! sooo yeah here it is. Like i said, next one will be better!

~Peace~