After dropping the happy couple back at Jess' house, we decided to check out the new school. We figured if all of us applied, Nessie and Jake included, the younger we could start out, and the less suspicious is would look, an adopted family of eight joining high school. It was only an hour away from Forks, just outside Seattle, where Esme had found the perfect house situated on an exclusive, quiet road round the corner from the school. The four floored mansion had 6 bedrooms, each with en suites and dressing rooms, an open plan kitchen-dining room, 3 main bathrooms, a living room, a breakfast room, 6 car garage, and a 2 acre garden which extended into a forest. Their style had remained the same, Esme had been working there with Alice and a few interior designers, planning a modern yet traditional home, that was bright and open. I was thinking about how Renesmee's loft-converted room was up a spiral staircase , just outside mine and Edward's on the top floor, when he tensed in the seat next to me.
"What is it?" I asked, remaining the speed as I reached for his hand.
He smiled, "Nothing love, Nessie just jumped from her window, but into Jacob's arms."
"I'll kill him. If anything happens with their stupid games, I swear to God," I gripped the steering wheel.
"Bella, she's going to test her limits, it was actually quite an agile jump. Something from my side I guess." He squeezed my hand and grinned.
We pulled up outside the school, taking in the dreary weather, mixed with worn bricks and the rotting sign.
"Nice," I breathed.
"Renesmee will like it," Edward pointed over to the kindergarten next to the school. "she's been dying to start."
How's it going to work? I thought. My shield was constantly pulled back around Edward, so there wasn't much need to speak.
He rolled his eyes smiling, "Once again Bella. Just as it did at Forks, Carlisle and Esme and the foster parents of us all, Renesmee being the newest addition, but Jacob is just a friend of the family."
"So I don't have to act like you're my brother?"
"No, we can be like how Alice and Jasper were, and Emmet and Rosalie. But that," He lifted my left hand and kissed the ring, "will have to come off."
"I know." I sighed, as Edward leaned over to kiss me softly.
"You know," he whispered in my ear, "the house is empty, and our bed looks very lonely up there."
I cut the ignition as he ran to my side of the car, looking around before picking me up and racing to the new house. He turned the handle and ran up the winding staircase as I planted kisses along collarbone. We fell on the floor just outside the room, winding our arms around each other as clothes were thrown in every direction. Eventually he picked me up and placed me over him on the bed. I trailed my fingers down his torso before he hitched my thigh up to his hip, and reached to kiss my lips. I lingered for a second as he breathed slowly on my neck and caressed my back, but brought my hands back up to his tangled hair and kissed him again passionately.
I wrapped my arms around him and rolled over so we were facing each other on our sides. He ran his fingers slowly up my leg and circled my hip bone. We lay there just watching each others faces until we heard the front door open.
"Alice." Edward sighed, glancing to the door as he pulled the sheets over us.
Her fairy footsteps came bouncing up to our room, before she stopped and leaned against the doorframe with her eyes closed. "I'm not a baby sitter for you to come do this all the time. Do you know how much that set cost?" She opened one eye to glare at the bed covers. Edward and I just lay still smiling at each other under them.
"Alice if you don't leave now, you'll see something I'm pretty sure you don't want to." Edward hit the sheets up three times, before Alice butted in.
"No, no, no, that's fine, I'll just let Jacob take Renesmee to watch him cliff dive then yes?"
"What!?" I threw the sheets over and sat up, reaching for my clothes.
"Here." Alice threw my jeans at me. "I'll wait downstairs."
We got dressed, and drove back in my car to La Push where Renesmee was spending the day with Jacob. They were both in Jacob's front garden playing tag.
I rolled the window down, "Jacob are you crazy? She'd watch you do it and copy."
"Do what?" He stopped playing and wandered over innocently.
"Cliff diving." I gritted my teeth.
"Oh. OK. Jee, chill, no biggie." He widened his eyes when I glared at him. "We'll just go to the beach."
"Actually we should probably get her home now," I checked the time, 6ish. "she's up early shopping with Alice for school stuff."
"Umm, yeah sure. Ness!" He called and waved her over from Billy, who had also taken quite a liking to her. She came running over grinning as she waved at us. Reaching up to Jacob, she was suddenly grabbed and thrown in the air before he caught her and nestled her into his chest. "See you tomorrow kid." He tickled her chin.
"Thanks Jakey!" She giggled and attempted to bear hug him.