AN/ Hey guys I am soooo sorry about the late update my computer got a virus so I had to have a friend type this up (thank you Sethluver16). Anyway I hope you enjoy!

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Complicated Measures: Chapter 3

Renesmee's POV

I chucked my phone again after I brushed my hair. It's 7:45 am and Jake's still not here. I wonder if it has to do with last night. I ran downstairs to ask Dad why Jake wasn't here and stopped on the bottom step when I saw Dad looking at me with his keys in his hand. He was waiting on me. Jake wasn't picking me up. Weird…..

~At school~

"Ren? Hey, Ren, snap out of it!" Amy was worrying about me. I'd been distracted all day. I was worried about how Dad was treating Jake today.

"What? Oh, sorry Amy. I didn't mean to snap. I-I just…have a lot to think about."

"It's okay, as long as you have a good reason I don't really care. Anyway, this is Lena Volterra. She's new here and…." She was still rambling on about the strange girl standing in front of me, but her words were lost as I focused on the girl. Her honey-suckle hair was long and curly and reminded me of Dad's hair. She had beautiful pale skin and full, deep red lips, even though she didn't appear to be wearing lipstick. Her eyes were the most interesting though. They were a deep violet, almost maroon. Surely she wore contacts to make them that color, but that would mean her eyes were either blue or…red. But that would mean….no. She couldn't be. I went through what my vampire ears had caught Amy saying in my mind. It was just useless information about her classes and clothes. Then I remembered what Amy had called her. Lena Volterra. Volterra being the city where the Volturi lived.

"I'm sorry, did you say Lena Volterra? Like in Italy?" Amy was glaring at me for my rude interruption and her newfound knowledge that I had not been listening.

"Yes, I'm surprised. Not many people have heard of Volterra. It's a quiet, peaceful, safe haven. My family has lived there for centuries." She had a cocky smile on her perfect face as she spoke in a bell-like voice, usually a vampire trait. I took a deep breath, trying to catch her scent. All I got was human. I should have been able to smell her over the humans if she was a vampire. Either something was wrong with me or I'm overreacting about this girl. I was trying to figure out what was happening when the bell rang.

I walked down the halls in a trance thinking about Lena. Surely the Volturi would have no reason to be in Forks. Our family has done nothing wrong, broken no vampire rules. Maybe some human just had the name. Or maybe-whoa!

I had to be hallucinating. There is no way Dad would let him ever see me again after last night. But there he was, leaning against his car and…..laughing? Was he laughing at me?

"Ren, what's the matter?" Amy had caught up to me. Without realizing it, I had stopped walking and now stood on the steps with my mouth hanging open like an idiot. I felt the blood rise to my cheeks, a not-so-wonderful trait I had inherited from my mother.

"Nothing, just surprised that's all." Good job Renesmee, as if you weren't enough of a freak.

"Okay, whatever." I barely heard her annoyed words as I walked towards him, slowly.

"Hey Nes." He sounded uncomfortable, unsure if he should be here. He didn't pick me up and spin me around. He didn't even touch me, just waited for a response.

"So he didn't let you take me to school, but you can take me home after? What changed? What did you two talk about today?" He knew who I was talking about, there was no need to say it.

"Nes, we should talk about this in the car. I can't answer those questions here, some of them I'll never be able to answer. At least not for a while." So he's keeping secrets from me again. Stay calm, he wouldn't hurt me again, right? I climbed into his car, my heart beating faster, if that was even possible with my normal hummingbird beat.

"Look Nes, you know that I imprinted on you. Eventually, me and you will be closer than anyone else. Nothing will matter if we don't have each other. We will be together forever, Nessie. Right now though, to human eyes you're sixteen, in your mind you're eighteen, but to your parents you're still six. They still see you as their baby and your Dad doesn't want us to be that close yet.

"He doesn't care how we feel about each other or the fact that physically and mentally you are ready to be more than a sister or a close friend. He thinks he control how you feel about me by setting boundaries. I tried to explain that it doesn't work like that but he wouldn't listen. I'm sorry Ness, I tried, but he is as bull-headed, if not more, as you."

"Boundaries? Is that why you didn't take me to school? But you hadn't even talked to him yet! And how is it that you can take me home?" Dad was starting to irritate me. This defiantly classified as over protective.

"He thinks you need some space to become your own person. He called it separation. Funny, Charlie did the same thing and he snuck around with Bella behind his back. Not his best plan. I can't wait to see it backfire." I wanted to tell him that this was stupid and immature but Dad was ticking me off.

"So I'm guessing you didn't have permission to take me home?" My favorite evil grin spread across his face. This was probably doing to get us both in trouble but I didn't care.

"Nes, I didn't have permission to pick you up from school. I'm sure as heck not taking you home." I was going to regret this later, but right now I just wanted to be with Jake.

~At the Rez~

"Renesmee! It's great to see you!" Billy was always so nice. A year ago I told Jake we needed to hang at his place more so he could see his dad.

"Great to see you too Billy!" I'm not sure if he heard me. Jake and I were laughing as he pulled me towards the beach.

~At the beach~

"Hey look at that Nes." He was pointing toward the horizon over the the deep, blue, ocean. I didn't see anything, except for that it was beautiful. Maybe that was the point.

"Jake, I don't-" I was cut off by strong hands pushing me into the water. Maybe it was just Jake being Jake.

"I can't believe you did that jerk!" I tried to keep a straight face but found it to be absolutely impossible. Now we were both in the water, laughing as we splashed each other.

Before I knew it, our water fight settled into us sitting in the shallows of the water watching the sun sink down towards the ocean. After about 10 minutes of this, Jake stood and picked me up, carrying me deeper into the water, staring into my eyes like I was all that mattered. He stopped walking when we were just past waist height and put my down.

With one hand still around me, supporting me, he put a hand to my cheek. He leaned down and kissed me hesitantly. I laughed and put my arms around his neck, lifting myself up and wrapping my legs around his waist. His hands moved to my hips as he kissed me again, passionately this time. My hands knotted in his thick hair. He stepped back into the shallow water and laid down. I wasn't aware of anything except jakes heat and the cool water surrounding us. This was perfect. Just me and Jake like it should be.

~Back at Jake's house~

" Hey Amy, do you mind picking me up from the reservation, Jake's place? And if anyone asks I was hanging with you after school today." I knew she would say yes. She always does. "Thanks Amy, I owe you." I hung up and Jake hugged me from behind. I was wearing some of his clothes while mine were drying. They smelt like him.

"Billy will probably let you stay here tonight. I can sleep on the couch or go to Sam's….or we could share the bed." I giggled as his breath tickled my ear before he went back to kissing my neck. It's not that I wanted to leave, I defiantly didn't. It's just that I wanted to live.

"Jake, Dad's gonna be mad enough already, let's not push it." I really REALLY wanted to stay…..no. I needed to go home. I leaned back and we stayed in each other's arms until Amy pulled up.

"Bye Nes." He kissed the top of my head and hugged me tightly until I shoved him away so I could breathe. Amy gave me a quizzical look but I just smiled.

~At the Cullen home~

"Renesmee, isn't it a little late?" Oh, how I just love the fact that my vampire parents don't sleep.

"I was hanging with Amy, and lost track of time….sorry." He looked like he was buying it. I was being careful, thinking about times me and Amy had gone swimming so he wouldn't ask about my wet hair or why I hadn't answered my phone.

I was lucky Jae decided to shove me in the water, it kept me from smelling like a dog. Just to be safe, I had showered at Jake's house, and run my clothes through the wash. I think my pre-caution helped, Dad looked pretty confused. I laughed as I ran up to hug him.

"Night Dad."

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