My alarm sounded at 10:30 that morning and I woke up, still half dead, to Jacob stripping off to get in the shower. I suddenly felt a lot more alert. He wasn't aware of the fact that I had woke up so I stood up on the bed quietly then jumped on his back.
"Hey!" I said happily. He jumped slightly then swung me round so he was holding me in front of him in a hug.
"Happy birthday Nessie!" He lent down and kissed me softly on the lips.
I giggled childishly "Thanks." It seems stupid to be excited about my birthday when I'm 16, but I couldn't help it. I was all giddy and bright eyed with scary bed hair.
He laughed at me.
I tried to fake a scowl but it wasn't working so I just said "What you laughing at? if it s my hair I ll kill you..." I threatened lightly.
"Well, in that case I better not tell you." He said smiling cheekily. I stood on my tip toes and flicked his nose lightly, smiling at his expression, then dropped back down on the bed.
"Now go shower Jake, you stink." I said joking. He smiled at me then spun around and walked into the bathroom. I shook my head, laughing as he shook his ass like some cocky woman.
I wolf whistled loudly and laughed again. At that moment I heard a little fast knock on the door. Alice, I thought. I quickly jumped up and ran to answer it, but when I got there she was in the living room with a huge box. I cringed at the thought of that box being mine and Alice s best friend for the majority of the day.
"Nessie! Happy Birthday!" She squealed excitedly. She ran up to me and hugged me tightly.
"Thanks Alice." I said smiling at her back. She let go and sat down with the box in front of her. She looked from the box to me a couple of times then smiled up at me like a little exited child.
"You will let me won't you?" Her eyes suddenly turned big and hopeful. How could I refuse that look?
"Of course Alice. But not until I've washed my hair..."
"Obviously... Can I do your hair too?" She had that same hopeful look in her eyes.
"Yes Alice you can do whatever you like." I smiled at her
"Thank you thank you thank you!" She squealed like an exited infant. I couldn't help but smile at her enthusiasm. Emily and Leah came out then, I think Alice woke them but they didn't say anything on the subject.
"Morning sleepy heads." Alice said, still too high for her usually high voice.
"Morning" They both said in unison.
"Hey Leah. Hey Emily." I said smiling at them both.
They smiled at each other, both walked round to me, grabbed one of my hands each, pulled me up and both hugged me saying "Happy Birthday!"
I laughed "Thanks guys."
When Jacob got out of the shower and put some shorts on he walked out to an empty living room; we'd all moved into the huge, beyond huge, walk in wardrobe. It was like something you'd find in a palace. It was so big!
"Hello?" I heard him ask to the house. Leah and Emily laughed while Alice was looking through all my cloths nodding and shaking her head occasionally.
"We're in here." I shouted out to him.
When I had had a shower Alice and I discussed a different hair style. At that moment it was quite plain. It finished at my waist and I had a simple side fringe, all one length. 15 minutes later I had a full fringe, about 5 inches of the length, had it thinned and lots of choppy layers put in. Alice blow dried it, put some rollers in and put it in a net out of the way.
Then she got all exited because she got to do my make-up. *Inner sigh* She didn't want to go over board and hide my natural beauty.
She put a bit of powder on, and then she used bronze eyeliner to give me doe eyes. After, she put on almond eye shadow with midnight blue in the crease to add a mysterious look then finished it with enough mascara to make my eyes pop, but not too much, and a little blush to make my cheeks stand out more after having the powder on.
She smiled down at me very pleased with her work. "Now go get your dress on please Nessie, I've got your shoes and jewellery out here, call me if you need help with the back."
"Okay Alice." I replied smiling back.
"Wait! Don't look in a mirror until you are a finished piece of art." She added grinning angelically.
I rolled my eyes and nodded skipping into the other room. I noticed that Jake wasn't anywhere in our cottage. I assumed, after a short while, that Alice must have sent him away. I got my dress of the hanger and quickly slipped it on. In all truthfulness I did need Alice to fasten it for me. When she came in I noticed she had her rubber gloves on. Why?
I walked out into the other room and my question was answered; she'd made a move on Leah. I couldn't really tell what she'd done because she had foil in her hair, but it was short. I looked at her quizzically.
"Oh, I got bored so I asked if she wanted her hair doing. Emily said no, but I can do it later," She smiled "Leah hesitated for like half a second, so I used it to my advantage." Alice smiled at me sweetly. I laughed slightly shaking my head.
"Leah?" I asked.
She smiled. "True. It s shorter... Kinda like Frankie's out of The Saturdays, and then she added highlights and caramel streaks..."
I nodded in approval at the mental image. "I think it will suit you."
"I know right." Alice smiled again. "Anyway, I'm going to get dressed you girls can chill for a bit. Nessie, I'm going to have fun with your hair when I get back." She wagged her eyebrows, reminding me so much of Emmett.
Emily, Leah and I did exactly what she said: Chilled; we talked about girl stuff, boys, hair, clothes, celebrities...To name a few.
Alice came out to a room buzzing with the sound of three giggling girls. She looked fabulous, as always. She'd put about a million and one grips in to pin her hair back, she had a hand full of hair at the front on either side which she'd curled and she'd ran the straighteners through her fringe to finish it. She had a little scarlet dress on that clashed with her dark hair and pale skin nicely.
"Ali, your hair looks great!" I said too loud in excitement. Everyone laughed at me.
"Thanks Ness... Leah you can take the foil of and wash your hair in about 15 minutes okay. Emily, will you let me loose on you?" She questioned looking like an angel, pulling her wide eyes on her.
Emily smiled kindly. "Of course, Alice."
She set to work immediately while Lah and I chatted on the sofa in the living room.
"You got any idea what you've got for your birthday?" Leah asked
"Not really," I grimaced; I hated not knowing things, whoever said curiosity's not a sin needs to re-think some things. "I know my dad's got me a car but everyone else is keeping quiet..."
"And you don't like that." She surmised from my expression.
I smiled "No, I have a weird thing with not knowing things... I think I can safely blame my dad for that."
"Yeah probably, he didn't like it when he didn't know Bella's thoughts..."
I looked at her searching. "How do you know all this stuff?"
"Your dad's not the only person who reads people well, I know stuff." She smiled.
I nodded impressed.
"Alice, your great!" We heard Emily saying pleased then; we both looked up and saw that Alice had finished with her.
Her once full fringe had all been swept to one side, the rest of her hair was brushed back and the top half was clipped back making it bump up. The overall image looked good. Emily's dress was knee length and a nice Islamic green which went agreeably with her long dark hair and deep eyes.
"I know I am." Alice replied smiling happily.
She was set on doing me last so we all chatted until the alarm went off for Leah to wash her hair. Alice worked so quickly we had spare moments.
Leah's hair looked beautiful. The highlights and caramel streaks looked nice with her skin and it made her eye colour pop more. It would also tie her outfit in; she was going to wear a white and silver belly top and red short shorts. Alice simply blow dried and straightened it for her then sent her and Emily to finish up while she started on me... Again.
She took the net off and rollers out and let it fall in half formed curls. She started skipping round happily looking for her curling wand and straighteners. She went over the curls and straightened my fringe down, smiling happily. I saw her make a grab for the hair spray bottle and quickly closed my eyes and held my breath. That stuff is so strong it near chokes me to death.
"All done!" Alice sang happily putting the spray away. She then passed me my favourite floral perfume and started texting. I assumed she was getting a hold of another family member saying that we were all ready.
Alice led me round to the main house holding my hand and covering my eyes. Emily had hold of my other hand and Leah had hers. I could hear everyone inside whispering quietly, I just couldn't make out what they were saying. Probably planning on jumping out at me... I'll act scared if they do...
"Ali, I m going mad not knowing what you're planning to do with me you know..." I said breaking the silence.
"Oh, I know," I could hear the smile ringing in her voice. "We're at the door now so I'll let you look"
She stopped walking and pulled her hands away from my face. I opened my eyes, fluttering my eyelashes at the light change then looked up the walls and door and windows in amazement.
"WOW! Are you sure you only spent today doing this?" There were black, gold and silver balloons bundled together on every corner. There were streamers and banners matching the colour code, lovely, little, golden lights covering the entire house and the white pine tree next to it. Esme's rose bushes in the flower patch smelled lovely, even from here. I could only begin to imagine what it looked like inside.
Alice smiled proudly then dragged my inside. Her step had a slight exited bounce to it... She seemed like a kid on Christmas Eve.
We walked through the hall way, which looked almost the same, except the silvery glow coming from the next room and the balloons.
I could actually feel a climax building up inside me, I just wanted to get inside, see what it looked like, see Jake again and open my presents.
Suddenly the only thing in my mind was the fact Jacob was behind this very door, probably hiding behind the furniture with everyone else, preparing to jump when the door swings open. But the thought of that just made me start dragging Alice, who had stopped for a moment.
"Calm down Nessie." She laughed.
Alice opened the door which leads to the kitchen. To my intense surprise no one jumped and shouted Happy birthday , but there was a flood of people rushing towards me for hugs and compliments. I didn't have enough time to see the place. Mum and dad were the first people to speak to me of course, shortly followed by the other Cullens.
"Aw, my baby. You're growing up so fast." Mum said holding my hands. I knew if she was human she would be in a flood of tears by her voice.
I smiled at her softly "Yeah mum, I know." I hugged her and dad at once.
"Our little Nessie. You'll always be our little Nessie, no matter how old you are." Dad said smiling at me.
"I know dad. I love you guys."
When the rest of the Cullens had said there things I felt like my head had just been inflated. I know Alice is good, but I m not that amazing surely.
I finally got to look around the place. Alice had literally knocked the walls down between the kitchen, dining room and living room. So it looked absolutely huge! All the kitchen appliances had been moved upstairs, so we just had the counters and the island there with the food on them, plus extra tables; the pack eat enough for a hundred. In here, like everywhere else, there were balloons and streamers. The lights had all been turned off and there were multicoloured lights dotted around the walls and ceiling. I laughed when I noticed all the pictures of me growing up were all around the walls as well.
I had walked around the entire room looking at them, when I got to the most resent one of mum, dad, Jake and I, I felt a pair of big strong arms wrap around my waist softly. Jacob kissed me on the cheek.
"You look beautiful." He whispered to me.
I turned around in his arms and pulled back a little. "You too." I grinned.
He smiled back "Happy birthday!" At those words I heard them approching.
The wolf pack were all walking over to us with Emily, Rachael, Kim and who I assumed was Sarah.
"Hey Nessie!" All the guys shouted. I smiled at all of them.
We talked together for a while and I introduced myself to Sarah, did some catching up with Rachael and Kim. I got bombarded by Embry, little joker he is. He and Emmett really should hang out more often.
I heard the door bell ring and brought Jacob to see who the new arrivals were.
Carlisle and my dad were there saying hello already. I saw strawberry blonde curls and new it must be the Denali coven.
"Renesmee, you've grown so much!" Tanya said, giving me a hug.
"Hi Tanya." I looked around at Eleazar, Carmen, Kate and... Friend? "Hi guys." I smiled at them all.
"Hello Renesmee. I m Garrett". The un-known man told me holding his hand out for me to shake.
"Hey Garrett." I replied smiling shyly. He smiled warmly then took hold of Kate's hand. I smiled, realizing they must be mates. Kate and Carmen both said 'hello' and hugged me, Eleazar shook my hand, smiling politely.
I held Jacob's hand in mine and played with his fingers while talking to Carmen. I saw Eleazar nod knowingly at me. What was that for? I wondered.
A few more vampires came knocking: Zafrini, Senna, Kachiri, Peter and Charlotte. Alice disappeared and a millisecond later the music blasted up, so I guessed we weren't expecting many others.
Embry, Quil and Paul dragged Jake off and the four of them had a little dance-off. It was entertaining to watch; they were all quite good and Emmett thought he'd join in mid way through, so I got some laughs out of it. As the music started to change beats Jake came and took my hand dragging me onto the dance floor with him, grinning.
If it was up to me, I would have spent all night in Jake's arms dancing slowly. It was a scene of pure bliss. But, unfortunately, I was in a room full of friends and family, and had to get back to them.
As the evening wore on, and the wolves had totally cleared the food, I noticed my dad and Alice's eyes suddenly zone out... Focusing on something further away then this room. I started to get suspicious and tried to see if I could hear anything out of the ordinary. I got nothing, what with my partially human ears. My eyes returned to Jacob and he was talking quietly with Sam.
How strange... I decided I was more likely to get information out of Jacob, and so I headed over to him, with my sweet curious expression. I saw him become guarded and defensive as he turned to me. Ah, this may be harder then I imagined...
"Jake...?" I said, sweetness ringing in each letter and I saw has expression falter immediately. "Will you please tell me what's happening?"
I took his hand in both of mine and rubbed small circles on it.
"Nessie... It's nothing you need to worry about love." He smiled softly. But then I heard my father coming behind me and his face changed again.
"Renesmee, I want you to go upstairs." He said in a way that made me think his eyes were burning with sincerity.
I turned around to face him and rested against Jacob.
"Anything that is coming is going to come. A flight of stairs won't change that dad, and you know it."
He sighed, already giving up. "Fine. But stay with Jacob in the back." He walked away, back over to where everyone else was.
Jacob and I followed and did as we were told.
I suddenly realized what all the commotion was about when I saw the five swishing black cloaks in the distance. I gasped, and then leaned into Jacob habitually. He hugged me into him in a protective manner, but also seemed to brace himself.
Edited. Now readable. I need to do that before uploading sorry.
-EmilyMeAtSiix
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