Chapter 4: Cryptic

Renesmee's POV

"So where were all of you? I woke up and there was no one here" I said.

"We were out grocery shopping for you. We were hoping that we would be back before you woke up, but there were a lot of unforeseen circumstances" Carlisle answered as he glared at Alice who just shrugged in response.

Why does he have to be so cryptic?

"How long was I asleep?" I asked.

"You were asleep for two days. We were going to wake you up soon" he said.

"Two whole days" I said in disbelief. That is the longest that I had ever slept in my entire life.

"Yes, you were asleep for two days. I'm worried, did you ever get a good night sleep at that orphanage?" he asked.

I hesitated. The truth is that I've only been able to sleep for a few hours a night at that place. Usually I wake up due to pain. But more often than not it is my bullies, or the staff that feel the need to wake me up at an insane hour. The bullies would often approach me as I was sleeping and push me off the bed. Then they would have a good laugh once I was face planted onto the floor. As for the staff, they would rudely wake me early to do chores. On a good night I slept six hours, but usually it was about three to four.

I looked up to see everyone waiting patiently for my answer. The concern was most evident on Edward's face. I'm starting think this boy can read minds or something.

"Well?" Carlisle pressed on.

"No, usually I slept only about three to four hours a night" I said.

"Oh my god" he whispered.

"Why so little? That is not healthy at all" he said.

"The staff would wake me up. Or pain from my illness" I said. I purposely left out the part about the bullies. I didn't want them to feel sorrier for me than they already felt. I didn't want pity.

"Now I'm really concerned about you" he said.

Why? Why was he so concerned about me? He doesn't even know me. Even the people who did know me could care less about me. Most people just acted like I was invisible; unless they were my bullies or the staff forcing me to work.

"Why do you care so much about me? You don't even know me" I asked.

"Well, it's hard to explain. But we do care about you" he said.

So many questions, so little answers.

"Anyways, this is your new home. The room you slept in is yours as well as all the clothes that you found in the closet" he added.

Then I asked the question that had been nagging at the back of my mind for a while.

"How did you guys know what my size was? Everything in there is in my size" I said.

Everyone automatically looked at Alice who just said "I have my ways"

All of this mystery is getting really annoying.

"Um, thanks. You have really good taste in clothes" I said.

"Thank you! Finally someone who appreciates fashion around here!" she shouted an octave to high before coming over to me and hugging me. Everyone else just rolled their eyes.

"So Renesmee, you must be hungry" Esme said.

"No, actually I'm not" I said blushing as I remembered eating all the Nutella and bread.

"I kind of already ate" I said just hoping they wouldn't get mad.

"Was it this?" Carlisle asked holding up the empty jar.

"Yes. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have eaten your food" I said.

"It's okay. Don't worry about it. Alice had bought it just for you. She thought that you might enjoy it. But now we have much better choices for you to eat" Carlisle said.

"Thanks" I said.

I left after that. I went back to the.. I mean my room. These people do seem nice. Maybe this time will be different, just maybe. But I'm not sure, I've been hurt more times than I could count. What makes them any different? But there is a part of me that tells me that I should trust them, that this time will be different. I feel so conflicted.

"Renesmee, can I come in?" came a voice from the hallway. I looked up and saw the woman from my dreams whom I just learned was called Bella.

"Sure" I said.

"I just want you to know that we really do care about you" she said.

"You do?" I asked.

"Yes, Renesmee, we do. We want you to be happy here. I also wanted to say that if you ever need anything, or you just want to talk, I'm always here" she said.

"Thanks" I said.

"You're welcome" she said.

Then I heard a new voice downstairs.

"It sounds like Jacob is home" she said.

"Who's Jacob?" I asked.

"He's another kid that lives with us. Come down and meet him, he's a really nice guy. I think you'll like him" she said.

"Okay" I answered.

We went downstairs.

As soon as I saw him I stopped in my tracks. I could only see his back, but he was just so big! As soon as he turned around he saw me standing there. My eyes traveled up and down his body and stopped at his chest; he had no shirt on. He had the hottest six pack that I had ever seen. Then I looked at his face, he was so beautiful. He had beautiful dark skin, and black eyes. I loved that wolf tattoo that he had on his arm. It made him manlier. He kept looking at me too.

"Hi, I'm Renesmee" I said.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Jacob" he said holding out his hand for me to shake. He was hot! I mean that literally as well as figuratively.

"Jacob, Renesmee dinner is just about ready" Esme said from the kitchen.

"Okay" we both said.

We went into the kitchen and took our seats.

Everyone took their seats at the table. Edward and Bella chose to sit right by me and Jacob sat right in front of me. So I got the perfect view of him.

The Cullens looked disgusted with the food for some reason that I couldn't understand. It seemed like Jacob and I were the only ones actually enjoying it.

As I ate I couldn't keep my eyes off of Jacob. My eyes travelled up his nicely muscled arms and chest. Then I looked at his face. His lips looked so kissable. I envisioned him holding me securely in those muscled arms of his as we kissed passionately.

"Ouch!" I shouted when Edward kicked my leg a little too hard. Also getting everyone's attention in the process.

I looked at him and he just stared back innocently.

"Why did you kick me?" I asked.

"Sorry, it was an accident" he said.

Accident? Yeah right, I could tell that he did it on purpose just in the way he was looking at me.

I chose to let it go.

I looked at Jacob again, and my thoughts started to become…less innocent as I envisioned kissing him again.

"Ouch!" I shouted when Edward elbowed me in the ribs this time.

What the hell!

"Edward, make I speak to you in private" Bella said in a serious manner. Edward didn't answer, but he looked terrified as he got up and left the table with Bella .

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