Again, Renesmee grows at a normal pace and will stop growing at age 17.

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RENESMEE'S POV

Chapter 7: My Almost Birthday

*Three Years Later*

"Happy almost birthday Nessie!" shouted Jacob, "This is the last day you get to be ten years old!"

"Uhhhhhh," I groaned, "It's too earlllyyy."

Just then, mommy came through the door. "Come on Nessie, you have to get up! You're gonna be late for school."

All I did was roll over and put a pillow over my head. Jacob jumped on the bed and started tickling me. I screamed and giggled. He didn't stop until daddy came in. Ugh! Daddy always had to ruin the fun. Usually, he would have made some comment on that thought, but after one look at his face, I knew that now was not the time for joking around.

"We have to get Nessie out of here now!" he said urgently.

Jacob wrapped his arms around me protectively. "What's going on?"

Daddy looked at mommy. "It's the Volturi. Alice saw them coming."

I didn't know what they were talking about, but mommy and Jake suddenly looked more serious.

"How much time do we have?"

"It might already be too late."

"Nessie, I need you to listen to me very carefully," said daddy sternly, "pack up you things and then Jacob is going to take you somewhere. We don't have much time, so hurry. I'll explain everything later. I love you baby."

My mother kissed my forehead and whispered, "I love you."

My parents looked into each other's eyes and then left the room. Jake was already packing my bag. I ran to help him, grabbing only the essentials. We had most of my clothes packed in my pink duffle bag in less than a minute. Jacob slung it over his shoulder and was pulling me out the back door. We got into his car and I got one last look at my house before we sped out of sight.

"Jacob. What's going on?"

He said nothing, only focusing on the road.

"JAKE! TELL ME WHERE THE HELL WE'RE GOING!" I yelled. I couldn't help it. I felt my world being turned upside down in less than ten minutes.

He looked a little stunned, but quickly recovered. "When you were a baby, the Volturi came because they thought you were a full vampire. Vampire babies aren't… they aren't allowed to live because they're uncontrollable. We showed them that you're half vampire. They had never seen anything like you before. They left without a fight, but now they're becoming restless. We knew that they would come back eventually, but we didn't think it would be so soon."

I remained silent for a moment; taking it all in. "So they want… they want to kill me?"

"We don't know exactly what they want to do. All we know is that they are becoming more interested in half vampires. They might only want to talk, but we don't want to risk anything. I'm not telling your family where I'm taking you. That way they can't find you and you'll be safe. All we have to do is wait this out."

I couldn't speak. I was completely in shock. Why hadn't anyone told me about this before? Jacob seemed to know my question before I asked it.

"We didn't tell you about this because we didn't want to scare you. We weren't sure if they would ever come, so we didn't see the need to worry you."

I don't know if I fell asleep, but I can't remember much else from that car trip. I know we drove for about five hours before Jacob realized I hadn't eaten anything. He stopped somewhere, I don't know where because I was still in shock, and got me some food. I ate a little bit of it, not tasting anything. I knew Jacob was as worried as I was. He didn't show it, but I could just tell. I felt like a lot of the time I knew what Jake was feeling and he knew what I was feeling. It was a weird connection we had. At about six p.m. we pulled into a hotel parking lot. Jake carried me in and put me on the bed, then went into the bathroom. I woke up around eleven and saw him asleep next to me. I snuggled closer to him and fell back asleep. The next time I woke up, there was light coming through the window. Jake was awake, too, writing in a notebook.

"Hi," I said simply.

He looked at me with relief. "I was getting worried about you."

"I'm okay, just tired," I said. It was weird that I was tired because all I had done was sleep.

"It's okay honey, I'm here. You can go back to sleep. I promise I won't let anyone hurt you."

I closed my eyes again. After a minute I remembered something. "Jake?" I whispered.

"Yes?"

"I love you," and then I was out.

The next time I woke up, there was a small box with wrapping paper on it next to my pillow. I sat up slowly and looked around. I heard water running and assumed that Jacob was in the shower. After a second, I realized that it was my birthday. I couldn't believe that I had forgotten. Jacob came out a few minutes later and sat on the bed. He held the little box in his hand.

"Happy birthday," he said.

I blushed, carefully unwrapping the box. Inside was a simple necklace with a small silver heart charm. I gasped.

"It's beautiful!" I cried.

Jacob picked up the necklace and placed it around my neck. I turned around and hugged him.

"Well, it's not one of Alice's parties, but I'm glad you like it," he said happily.

"Thank you, Jake, I really really love it," I smiled.

It felt like a hundred years ago that Jake was waking me up for my "almost birthday." The fact that today was my actual birthday seemed unreal.

"We are going to relocate today. The farther away we are, the better," Jacob said while we were on the elevator. We went up to the checkout desk. I noticed a restroom and realized that I really did have to go.

"Jake, I need to use the bathroom."

"Okay go ahead, but come right back!" He said, "And don't talk to anyone!"

I ran over to the bathroom, rolling my eyes. While I was washing my hands, a nice looking girl came out of a stall and started washing her hands, too. She smiled at me.

"Hi," she said sweetly, "What's your name?"

"Renemsee," I smiled back, "what's yours?"

"Jane," she said.