Jacob's arms were tight around me. I hugged him back with great effort. I could hear Rosalie and Alice's impatient sighs from behind me. I rolled my eyes and squeezed him even tighter before releasing him.

"Are you sure you'll be okay? I could always come with you and"—

"You don't think we can take care of her?" Rosalie questioned.

"I think that I can take myself." I input.

"Of course you can." He said looking into my eyes. I couldn't tell whether he was being sarcastic or serious. I looked to my dad. He looked like he was disagreeing with Jacob. What was new?

"She is just a child." My dad said.

"She is an adult, Edward. She doesn't look like a child, talk like a child, or act like a child." Thank the lord for Aunt Alice.

"I'll be fine. Alice will have her some-what-visions, and her amazing fashion with her."

"We'll take care of her Edward." Rosalie added.

"You better." Jacob scoffed.

"For once I agree." My dad said.

"Of course, now he agrees with the mutt." Rosalie rolled her eyes and opened the door and motioned for me to get in the backseat. I blew a kiss to my family and crawled into Alice's car.

"Are you sure you don't want to come Bella?" Alice asked.

"A little but too sure. But thank you Alice. Have fun. Buy me something."

"Oh, don't worry. I will do both." I was happy when we finally sped off. The girls had wanted to drive, but because some of us did have to sleep, we ended up flying. They had bought our tickets two days ago for a pricey cost. The airport was easy to maneuver through. They flight went by pretty fast. Alice was too thrilled for words when we landed in the JFK airport. We got to our hotel that I would be sleeping in. I took a shower, and we all changed our clothes and left. It was about 7 in the morning when we took our first store by surprise. Alice, Rosalie, and I were constantly throwing clothes, shoes, and accessories over the walls of dressing rooms. At the end of the day Rose and I had each spent almost $4000. Alice had spent nearly $8000, buying things for herself, and the other members of our family. At 10 o'clock they dropped me off at the hotel. They had wanted to stay with me to ensure my safety, but I reassured them that I was in a very crowded hotel and I would be fine. So they left and continued their shopping and whatever else.

We had some trouble getting all of our new things into the airport, but nothing was impossible for Alice. I think Alice ended up FedExing some of her stuff to Washington. She bought me a new Channel dress like she had promised. It wasn't as lovable though. It was strapless and black, and it came down to just above my knees. I still missed my old one.

When I got back I wasn't surprised to see that we hadn't missed much. When did anything happen around here? I took my seat in my second period class. They day had just begun and I was already bored out of my mind. I had read Shakespeare when I was merely two years old. There wasn't a lot to English that I hadn't learned. I had memorized every poster on the wall, every book title on the bookshelf, every scratch on the crappy desk that I sat at. As Ms. Humbly walked in the room I saw someone trailing behind her. I had never seen his face before. I wondered if I had over looked him, but I knew that that would be impossible at such a small school. I studied his face memorizing every human imperfection. I looked around the classroom, there were no empty desk except the seat beside me that teachers usually kept empty to ensure I wasn't cheating when received and A on every test.

"Class, this is Jason Buckler. He is a new student, so I expect you to make him feel welcome."

"Thank you Ms. Humbly." He smiled at the teacher. It was then I realized how gorgeous he was. His smile was pure white and provided enough light to see in a dark room. His short blonde hair was helpful with his looks. He was just above average height for a sophomore, and the most valuable thing he had working for his good looks was that he looked happy, like he actually wanted to be here. Fool. Poor thing didn't realize he was trapped in Alcatraz.

"You may take your seat by the lovely Ms. Cullen." He took the desk next to mine. I tried to give him an encouraging smile, but I was sure it had turned out all wrong.

The bell finally rang and I began to gather my things up.

"Excuse me," he prompted me for my name. Uhg, here we go again. He would ask for my name, I would tell him, and then I would have to explain its oddness.

"Renesmee, and the story behind the name is even longer than the name itself. It's a mouthful, most people just call me Nessie."

"It's unique. I like it."

"Yes, well, unique is what they were aiming for. Um, what did you want?"

"Oh, I was just wondering if you could tell me where my next class was."

"Sure." He handed me his schedule. His next class was geometry, the same class as mine. "Well, it's your lucky day. I have geometry next too. I'll walk you there. Unless you don't want to be seen with me." I laughed at the thought. I doubted that there was one guy who wouldn't like a shot at one of the Cullen girls.

"Would my rep be in inconvenience?"

"Maybe. Your rep would defiantly go up for being one of the only guys brave enough to talk to me, but also possibly down for being one of the only guys brave enough to talk to me."

"It is a chance I am willing to take."

"Right this way sir." I held the door with one hand and motioned out into the hall with the other.

"Ladies first." He said while taking the door from me. I walked out the door amused by his manners. "So is everyone around here nice?"

"I suppose. There are some people I would steer clear of if I were you."

"Like who?"

"Like the Cullens." He looked at me with confusion. "My siblings, well kind of siblings, aren't into the whole bonding thing."

"You are." Ha! I hardly talked to anyone. And then I realized that I had been caring a practical and happy conversation with a stranger.

"Don't get used to it."

"What do you mean?"

"So many questions."

"Do you not have the answers?"

"Yet another question."

"Okay, then you ask the next question."

"I have no questions."

"You have no questions? You don't wonder about the amazing complexity of the Earth? You don't wonder about life? Or about death? You don't crave knowledge that you do not already have?" Whoa, Mr. boy band here was going a little crazy.

"I never said that."

"Yes, you did."

"Okay, fine. No, I could care less about earth, or life, or death. It's something that I don't want to know. I would much rather live without knowing. If you only have so much time here, why waste it wondering about such irrelevant things?" When you were supposedly immortal, these things didn't bother you, but I still wondered why humans cared.

"I disagree with you. If we only have so much time here, why not try and learn everything that we possibly can in our short life."

"So basically what you're saying is 'I see your why? And raise you one why not?'"

"Yes, basically."

"Well basically. This conversation is over, because our geometry teacher is basically an old and lonely hag." I said before stopping in front of our geometry classroom.

"I look forward to continuing the conversation another time."

"And I don't look forward to ending it another time." He laughed at me and then entered the room.

A/N- Bleh, that was a boring chapter, I know. I was disapointed in myself after writing this one. Anyways it was a nesasary chapter. I can PROMISE you that it gets better. I'll try to have the next chapter up ASAP. But the more reveiws the sooner. I think it will take at least 4 reveiws, which isnt a lot, but this chapter was short and not very interesting. So please tell me about how much you hated it so i can make the next chapter better.
Thank you to all of those who have reveiwed or added me to one of your list. Again, i promise it will get better. Sorry.
-Lexie