Okay so it was pointed out that some of the words that are said in America would be spelled differently or another word is used compared to what would be used in England (I'm from the Uk) for example I spell mum 'mum' where as in America it's spelt 'Mom'
So the lovely sweet and sassy nessie has really helped me out with all the translations so it should make a bit more sense i guess. anyway enjoy!
It was around eleven when he got home, His mother was waiting for him in the kitchen. Silently he opened the door and then with the greatest care he closed it again. He pulled a chair out from under the kitchen table and sat down on it, his mother placed a plate full of food on the table. He looked up at her. Her skin was fair but was draping slightly, wrinkles were forming. Although she looked old her eyes were alert and beautiful much like his. He pushed the plate of food away from him and instead asked for a glass of water.
"What do you think you're doing?" She asked him, sighing to herself as she placed the water on the table then sat down opposite her son.
"I wanted to surprise you." He mutters. He'd thought they'd like it! He hadn't been here in a year, but all he's gotten out of it was grief.
"You told us you weren't coming home this year, that there was too much work back in England for you to do, you know the deal with this, it can cause to much trouble!" His mother looked tired. He could see the soft wrinkles under her eyes, he had missed her so much.
"She's a lot older now, plus this is my home mom, I miss it! I miss you and dad."
"That's not the point here son! She maybe older but that just means that she's more clear on her views! I've told you her views on you. She's not stupid! She will end up recognizing you and she will say how she feels."
"I didn't know that they would still be here, usually they go on vacation this time of year!" She could see the hurt in her son's eyes, he wanted a chance and she could see that, but how much convincing it would take for them to even sit down to talk, well that would be where the real trouble begins.
"Mom I want a chance to prove myself, I'm not eighteenth anymore! I'm 34, I want to be the person that I was always supposed to be."
I got up early the next morning, Carlisle had already gone to work and Esme was still asleep up in bed. I guess I had fallen asleep on the sofa last night so Esme had covered me up in a blanket and gone to bed. It makes sense; I'm too heavy to carry upstairs to bed.
Casually I made my way home, I was in no rush I just wanted to think through what I wanted to say to mom. I wanted to apologize for what I said, she isn't the reason that I go to the woods, I go to the woods because I love it, not because I want to get away from her. She may get moody but so do I, all people do and because of that, her getting moody was not something I could use against her. Lastly I need to apologize to her for accusing her of cheating on James.
I scuttled up to the back door and took the key from under the plant pot next to it. As quietly as I could I unlock the door and push it open.
"Mom I-" I stop mid-sentence, there was a piece of paper on the kitchen table; a note. A note on the kitchen table meant mom had already gone to work. She always leaves a note if she goes before I wake up.
Gone to work,When I get home we can talk about yesterday!
There's stuff I need to tell you -mom x This is good, it means that we might be able to clear some stuff up, like what everyone's hiding from me about why I can't stay at Esme's and Carlisle's. First I'm going to take the next step to getting out more, or at least meeting new people. Maybe I can mention that to mom tonight and that might make her a bit happier.
"Jess, do you want to come over? We can discuss what's happening about the drama club." I left her a message and hung up, while wondering around the house aimlessly. So I just sat on the sofa. Staring at the blank wall next to our TV. Jess would call back soon, she always does, but this feels different. Usually I don't mind being alone, I'd watch TV or listen to music, but none of that seems to be entertaining enough. Everything just feels so uneasy.
After thirty minutes of just staring at the wall the doorbell rings. Of course when I opened it Jess stood there, with a giant smile on her face.
"Have you got the house to yourself?" She asks as she makes her way into the house and heads for the living room.
"Yeah I do, do you want a drink or anything?" I ask as I close the door and follow her into the front room.
"No, come sit down Ness let's talk about the club." Jess taps the space next to her and I follow her command.
"Okay so I have a few notes for you about the club." Jess then proceeds to take out a notepad and pencil. My eyebrows shoot up as I eye the page, every line was full of notes that she had written, it's just a drama group I don't see what's so important about it.
"Okay first off, it's two and a half hours every Wednesday! 5:30 until 8:00."
"What that's a little ridiculous Jess, don't you think? I mean that's a long time to be doing stupid exercises and games to do with drama." She rolls her eyes and then looks back at her page.
"Second, they're going to get to know everyone there for the first two sessions and they're then going to start working on their own production of Grease." Jess pushed back her delicate bangs from her face, then looked at me and smiled. I could feel the frown on my face.
"How do you know all of this?"
"I was the representative for the youth of today at the meeting they held to discuss the drama club and what was going to happen."
"Okay cool but why you?" She looked at me, hurt on her face, then she started to grin a little.
"I was the only one that volunteered to go." I laugh too, that sounds about right. I couldn't imagine anyone in their right mind, who knows Jess choosing to go up against her. Not with something like this. She was in her Element after all.
"Okay Jess, why don't you uh, leave the notes with me and I'll sit down with them tonight and read through it. I really just wanted to talk to you about something." I pull on the sleeves of my shirt and look at her intently.
"Oh okay chick, shoot." She gets herself comfy on the couch, she brings her legs up onto it so that they're tucked under her and then props her elbow on the end of the couch and then leans her head in her hand.
I told her about moms vacation, about how it could be ruined because Esme and Carlisle won't let me stay there. How I felt like they were keeping something from me and the frustration that it was causing me. I then told her about the guy in the mall, where mom went all strange. I told her about how he looks, how he looked sad and unbearably broken and how his eyes looked.
"So.. uh.. did your mom have like a connection with this guy." Jess had sat contently and listened to what I was saying, but now I could see that she didn't really know what to say.
"It really looked like it, I didn't ask her about him. She got in one of her moods and well I sort of flipped and told her that the reason I spent so much time out in the woods was because she was always bitching at me to get out and meet new people and then I sort of accused her of cheating on James." I looked down at my lap, ashamed of myself.
"You what?" I looked up at her, sensing the surprise in her voice. She had covered her hand with her mouth, her eyebrows shot up like rockets.
"I was angry, I was stupid and decided that she never told me anything and then because of what happened in the Mall with that guy, I know that her mood was something to do with that guy and so I bombarded her with questions and I don't know I guess I asked her if she knew the guy because she was cheating on James with him." I realize that I wasn't telling her what had happened very well, but I couldn't do any better, I just didn't have the words to explain myself or make myself look half decent.
"Well I can defiantly see why your mom isn't talking to you." She said smiling at me with the greatest comfort and support.
"I feel so bad Jess." I mutter, tears falling from my eyes.
"Hey , don't be sad! Your mom is your mom and no matter how mad she is at you she will always forgive you Ness. No one loves you more than your mom Renesmee." Jess was rubbing my arm at this point. I smile up at her, sniffing away my feelings and rubbing my tears away.
My phone was on the table, Jess grabbed in as it started to ring, she held it up so I could see the caller Id and smirked. I took it from her hand and pressed the green button.
"Hey." I say brightly trying to keep any sign of upset out of my voice.
"Hey , are you free today?" Jake says just as brightly, a small laugh in his voice.
"Uh, I'm just here with Jess why?" I look over at Jess, she was still smirking, waiting for the gossip.
"Oh I was wondering if you wanted to play some mini golf." I wanted to go I really did, but I couldn't just abandon Jess.
"What?" She whispers leaning forward. I take the pone from my ear and hold it away from us.
"He wants to take me to mini golf, but I don't want to abandon you, I mean I asked you to come over." I whisper to her.
"Don't be stupid go." She laughs waving her hand at me. I smile at her, laughing a thank you.
"Okay, pick me up in five?" I laugh into the phone, smiling widely at Jess.
"Okay, see you then."
"Okay bye Jake."
Jess left as soon as I ended the Call, she said that she was going to Mikes anyway, there's no point in hanging around now. I thank her for listening to me babble on and hug her tightly. A few minutes later Jake beeps his horn. In a rush I grab my bag, phone and a coat then head outside to meet him. As I closed the front door and locked it, I saw Jake had already opened the passenger door for me and was standing next to it, waiting for me to get in. I laugh as I make my way down my path. When I'm close enough to him, I grab his face and then kiss him tenderly.
"Hey you." He smiles looking down at me. I Laugh some more then get into the truck. Soon enough we were on the road. Myself and Jake had settled into a comfortable silence, well that Is before he broke it.
"So how was the hang over?" He asked, smirking to himself.
"I threw up, if that's what you mean."
"Well no surprises there then, you were uh, very noticed at that party." Jake Says clearing his throat and keeping his eyes on the road.
"No surprise there, with my mom causing a massive scene." I mutter as I place my feet up on the dashboard and sink in the passenger seat.
"No I mean with Sam and stuff, he was, well he wasn't happy let's just say that." Jakes' face was plain, but I just smirk at him, like I care what Sam thinks of me.
"Jake you know I don't care what he thinks."
"Yeah but Ness I'm the one who has to get an earful of it, he was nice to you and you, well you took him of guard, he barely knows you and I guess he wasn't expecting you to be so forward." I could see now, that this bothered Jake. Which made me sigh and roll my eyes.
"You cannot seriously be lecturing me about this Jake, he's an asshole, you can't expect me to like him."
"I don't expect you to like him Ness, but I'm not nasty to Jess or anything, God knows if I did I would never hear the end of it! He may be an asshole but he's my friend."
"You realize that makes no sense right, he's an asshole but he's still your friend? If he's an asshole then why are you friends with him." Frustration was building in my voice, but Jake's facial expression didn't changed. He still looked straight ahead at the road.
"Jess is overbearing, controlling and over obsessive, but she's still your friend." I laugh at his audacity. Then look straight ahead, my jaw tensed.
"Yes but Jess cares about the feelings of the people around her." I say through my teeth, almost seething with frustration.
"Alright I'm sorry I brought it up." He mutters, leaving us in total but this time uncomfortable silence.
I looked out the window for the rest of the journey into Seattle, Jake huffed and sighed, I knew that he was trying to think of something to say to break the tension. So instead I did it for him. Leaning across my seat, being careful not to hit the gear shift and I gave him a quick peck on the cheek, which made him smile.
"So Jess is dragging me to this new drama club that is starting up in the youth club that they fixed up, do you want to tag along?" I ask attentively, looking over this time. For the first time since we got in the truck, Jake glances at me quickly, taking his eyes of the road for just a second. He smiled at me then went back to looking at the road.
"Sure why not." He had his half smile on his face, the one that makes me melt, the conversation that we were just having forgotten, well forgotten for now.
Jake soon parked in the parking lot and paid for our game, we made our way around the course joking and laughing about some events that had happened at the party. With every hole he got a good score but I always beat him by one, using one less strike to get the ball in the hole than he did. I wanted to tell him about mom, but I didn't we were having such fun that I didn't want to ruin the atmosphere. I would tell him, just later on when we were in our meadow.
We were on the eighteen hole of the course when Jake's phone started to buzz in his pocket. He was just about to hit the ball in the hole, on his second putt of this hole when it started buzzing in his pocket, distracting him and causing him to miss the hole completely. I laughed at him as I saw his ball move further away from its destination. Jake mutters under his breath as he answers the phone.
"Hello?"
The voice on the other side of the phone was to unrecognizable for me to listen in to the conversations, so I took my turn, meaning that it only took me two putts to complete this hole, I smile all cocky like as I wrote my score down on our sheet. When I look back at Jake however his cheeks were blown out, I could tell he was trying not to laugh, as soon as he saw I was looking at him, his face instantly turned into a frown.
"He did what?" Jake stifled a laugh.
"I well, I guess he had that coming." His laugh was obvious now, looking at him my head cocked to the side. He caught my gaze and cleared his throat, he stopped laughing and I'm pretty sure that he straightened up a little bit too.
"Dude I got to go," Jake ends the call then looked at me smiling before I could say anything he put his hand up to stop me.
"Don't ask because you won't like it, I'm sure Jess will tell you all about it." He went back to putting his ball but I stand in the way and his ball bounces of my feet.
"Ness you're winning there's no need to-"The look on my face stops him mid-sentence, he stares at me awkwardly until I speak.
"What will Jess tell me Jake?" A little line had formed at the other end of the hole where people were waiting for their turn. They were muttering about how they had to wait. So I picked up our balls and moved to the next hole, Jake followed silently.
"Look Ness, it will sound better coming from her, I mean I wasn't there, she was, please don't worry about it now, let's just play," Jacob catches my face in his hands and kisses me long but delicately. I smile as the kiss ends and everything is forgotten, he's my Jacob.
We play until the end and then Jacob receives a call from his dad, telling him that he needs to go to the garage and help him on a car. I assure Jake that I would be fine and that I can get a bus home. Just before he goes to get into his truck he shouts to me across the road.
"I love you Renesmee Elizabeth Swan." I laugh at him and blow him a kiss before shouting.
"I love you too Jake." He catches the kiss in his hand and then presses his hand to his lips. As soon as he drives off I whip out my phone and call Jess, she answers on the first ring.
"Ness." Her sobs come down the phone like a tidal wave. I freeze, every bone in my body went stiff.
"Jessica what's wrong." I feel the panic in my voice. What has he done?
"Sam he, he beat up Mike, Ness he's in the hospital. He hit him so hard that he broke his nose. He's going to have a black eyes and.. and they were kicking him while he was down. He has two broken ribs." Her sobbing had greatened. I was running now, running to the bus stop.
"Where are you Jess, I'll come meet you!" I struggle to get my wallet out of my bag as the bus came down the road.
"I'm at the hospital right now Ness, I'm the only one he's wanting to see at the moment he refuses to see anyone else and he's finding it difficult to talk to the police," I walk away from the bus stop just as the bus pulls up.
"Look if you need me call and I'll be there Jess I'm serious. Calm down talk to the police and then call me when you're ready and we can talk about it in more detail." I was trying to control my now raising anger, she was scared and she needed me.
"Thanks Ness I'll call you tomorrow or I'll come over before drama, you're the best." She hangs up and I pocket my own phone. I didn't know what to do with myself. I had all this anger and adrenaline in me, rising to my breaking point. What's worst of all is that Jake knew about this and he practically laughed on the phone with Sam, giving him a pat on the back for all of his efforts.
Quickly I take out my phone and type a text message to Jake.
You think what happened to mike was funny?
I think what happened was fucked up .
Stalking of angrily I head to a small café just down the street, huffing and puffing over Jake's dick move I order a coffee and muffin then find a small table near the window and sit down. Slowly I put my ear phones in and drown out any thoughts of Sam and just fall into my own world.
It wasn't long however before the other seat at the small square table was pulled back and sat on. Slowly I raise my head from my muffin.
"I'm sorry and you are?" I let venom shoot at him with the words that I speak.
"I know this is pretty rude of me, but I wanted to apologize for yesterday." His voice was gentle and soft, but it was also strained like he was struggling for words. He had shaved since yesterday and now his skin looked smooth and flawless. His black hair fell over his face in a droopy yet complimenting way.
"well you really pissed my mom off, whoever you are, oh and thanks for that, all that anger she for whatever reason has for you was taken out on me, now excuse me but my grandparents always told me not to talk to strangers, so if you'd like to leave me alone now." I smile sarcastically at him while raising my coffee cup to my lips. He just smirks a little.
"You're the image of your mother, you know that right? She had a good way with words too." He was still smirking and I didn't like it, he looked so smug like talking to me was an achievement.
"What is wrong with you?" I ask putting my cup back on its saucer.
"I'm sorry?"
"I don't know you dude, don't you think it's a little strange and perverted for a grown man to sit down and start talking to a sixteen year old girl that he's never met." I look at him with a sarcastic look, turning my nose up at him.
"Oh but we have met, Just when you were a baby. I'm a friend of your moms, but I live over in the UK which is why I was so surprised to see her yesterday, she was angry at me I guess because I haven't had much time to contact her ." He crisscrossed his finger together, lent his elbows on the table and was now covering his mouth with his fingers.
"Yeah and I'm Jennifer Lawrence." I mutter, then look out the window. There I see him, joking and laughing with his friends, all of them slapping him on the back and clapping him on. I rush out of my seat grabbing my phone and bag as I go, storming out of the café I start to shout.
"You nasty son of a bitch," I yell while I push Sam from behind to get his attention, he barely moves but he does turn around.
"What the fuck?" He spat back at me, well looked down at me, I barely reached his shoulder.
"What is wrong with you? Do you get off on stuff like that, beating someone up? Maybe I should break your nose, maybe I should give you a black eye or break a few of your fucking ribs you stupid piece of shit." I yell at him, some of his friends stifled a laugh, Sam turns to them, embarrassed a little and then turns back to me. His jaw was clenched, his fists balled and his face, well his face was turning a painful red.
"Back off little girl, before you strain yourself talking smack." Sam laughs in my face, his 'crew' slowly follow him, each one laughing now. A small circle of spectators had formed, no one was going to intervene or say something, I look at some of the faces, some of the faces I recognized from school. Some of them were tortured by him some way or another and I for one was going to do something about it. As he continues to laugh I push all of the anger and adrenaline into my fist and then quickly swing it, bringing it into the side of his face, Sam's face snaps to the side, he cradles it as he looks at me, shock on both of our faces.
"That's it." Sam roars, he goes for the collar of my coat but before he could reach me his hand was caught with another and the strength of the other person causes Sam to turn around he was met with the owner of the hand that was stopping him from hurting me.
"Get the fuck off me." Sam yells as he pulls his arm from the grasp of the mystery guy.
"Do you enjoy picking on girls? Do you find that amusing?" mom's 'friend' asked.
"Whatever dude she had it coming." As he said that he went to grab me for the second time, which again took me completely off guard. The mystery guy however moved quicker and put himself in the middle of me and Sam again. This time he grabbed the ends of Sam's t-shirt by his neck and almost lifted him off his feet. Sam's face was the look of horror. He was usually the one doing this, not being the one abuse.
"If you touch her, if you ever hurt her I will hurt you in ways you couldn't imagine boy, you hear me?" Sam just looked at the ground. So moms friend proceeded to push him backwards so that he ended up pushed against the cafes wall making people gasp and shriek.
"Do you hear me?" He shouts in his face.
"Yes I understand." Sam shouts back at him, moms friend drops him and then takes a step back.
"Go on get the hell out of here." He smirks; Sam looked from me to mom's friend, then walked off quickly with his friends trailing silently behind him.
"Yeah asshole get the hell out of here." I shout after him laughing at the top of my lungs. To my surprise the crowd started to laugh and cheer along with me. Sam turned back when he heard the Noise and there it was again, his face was turning a painful and pitiful red, he saw what was going on and then stormed down the road and out of sight.
"Thanks for that." I say turning to mom's friend and smiling. Then I surprise myself and stick out my hand for him to shake.
"My name's Renesmee," he takes my hand and shakes it, returning my smile with one of his own.
"Robert." He replies with his own name. The crowd had disappeared by now and it was just us, standing in the street.
"Do you need a ride home?" He offers pointing to the parking lot across the street.
"I uh, I really shouldn't I mean we're cool but I still barely know you." I point out smiling awkwardly at him. He nods his head in acceptance.
"Well I'll drop you home, or to Esme and Carlisle and on the way maybe we can get to know each other a bit more." I nod my head in reply and Cross the street to his car. He seemed pretty genuine and he knew Esme and Carlisle. He may also be able to clear some stuff up for me between him and mom since I won't be asking mom about him any time soon.
"So uh tell me more about how you and mom met like how do you know each other?" The Volvo he was driving was clean and sparkling, like it was brand new today. He controlled it perfectly, a nice difference from Jake's driving.
"We actually grew up together, we went to the same school she was my best friend and I was hers."
"oh right so what do you work as in England?" I ask attentively resisting the urge to prop my feet up on the dash board.
"I'm a doctor, I work in London! That's sort of the reason why me and your mom lost contact; she didn't want me to go. I went to Harvard and then travelled to London for a different culture."
"I guess that would hurt but mom isn't that sort of person who would stop someone from an opportunity like that, there's obviously more of the story." I say raising my eyebrows at him; I see a smirk form on his face.
"Nothing gets past you." He laughs.
"Well?" I ask pushing him for answers.
"Enough about me, tell me about you."
"Uh okay, nothing much too tell really, I'm a straight A student, I prefer being by myself and one day I'm going to rule the world." We both laugh and then settle into a comfortable silence.
After a while he asked "Is there a boyfriend you left out?"
"That's none of your business."
"That's a yes then." He laughs as he turns the car onto my street. He parks with ease and then gets out. He opens my door and then gestured for me to go first. Slowly I make my way up to my front door. Mom was home because her car was parked in the driveway. Suddenly I'm nervous, mom wasn't very happy to see Robert yesterday but I guess if there's any time to put the past in the past it's the present.
"Mom I'm home." I call out as I push the door open, Robert follows me in silently.
"In here sweetie." She calls out from the living room, we both follow the sound of her voice.
"Edward, what the hell are you doing here?" She asks hardness in her voice when she addresses him.
"Please let me explain Bella." He says pleadingly holding his hands up in defence.
"Wait a minute? Your name's Edward? You told me it was Robert." I say confused turning to Edward.
Mom sighs and then turns her attention to me.
"Sit down Ness I have something to tell you." She says all serious.
"We have something to tell you?" Edward corrects her. I sit next to mom and look at both of their serious faces. Mentally I prepare myself for whatever obvious bad news they were going to tell me.
