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Laura was pleasantly enjoying her walk back from class. The sun was shinning (for once), not a drop of rain coming from the sky, the earthy smell was wonderful (like leaves and grass), and the birds were chirping. Not much could make her feel any less pleasant, until someone pounced on her. A mass of copper curls hit her in the face, and instead of earth she smelled perfume.

"Ow! Renesemee! Get off me!" Renesemee quickly resumed a standing position, after she was piggy backing on Laura.

"It's a beautiful day! I love the sun! It's so wonderful! I wish it would be like this forever!" Renesemee was bouncing up and down looking at the sky.

"Are you ok?" Laura asked, her mood quickly becoming short.

"Yes! I'm wonderful! It's so nice out I could scream!"

"You already are…" Laura started to walk away

"Wait! Where are you going? Do you see anything different?" Renesemee ran in front of her (with odd and graceful speed) and held her arms out to stop her, a huge smile on her face. Laura stopped, nothing seemed different, her hair was the same length, same clothes, same face, her skin looked a bit glow-y in the sunlight, but that was what she usually expected from her.

"Uh, no…nothing out of the ordinary…"

"I'm alone, and I have these." Renesemee quickly pulled a set of car keys to an Audi out of her pocket. She had an evil grin on her face.

"So just because no one is with you, you have car keys?" Laura was confused, Renesemee wasn't making any sense.

"Ugh, Laura, do I have to point everything out to you?" Laura rolled her eyes. "Bella and Edward are sick today, so I took the keys, because they are too sick to come out of their rooms and yell at me, so therefore…" she paused for Laura to say something (she didn't) "We are free and we can go anywhere we want!"

"So… you're stealing your cousin's and his fiancés car? Hmmm, interesting."

"I am not stealing. Borrowing. I am borrowing."

"And what are you planning to do while 'borrowing' this car?"

"Uh, go shopping, duh. And you are coming with me." Laura gave a disapproving look. She did not like to be involved with taking a car without permission.

"I don't know Renesemee, I feel sorta bad just going out in someone's car without them knowing-"

"Laura! It's really no big deal. We'll just be back before twilight so Edward doesn't hunt me down and yell at me. Simple and done." Renesemee was standing up straight looking very proud.

"Who the hell are we, Cinderella? What do you mean back before twilight? That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard." It really was. Renesemee's face fell slack. She looked ashamed.

"I mean, we'll just be back before Edward realizes. And either way he won't care too much. But if you don't want to go its no big deal, we can go another day with the annoying couple." She gave a small smile. Laura picked up on her hint. She never realized that whenever she saw Renesemee she also saw Bella and Edward. This may be the only time she could actually just go out with Renesemee, alone. Not that she minded hanging out with Edward, and Bella (sometimes.)

"Fine," Laura sighed, "Let's go."

Renesemee practically dragged her to the car. Her wrist was throbbing because Renesemee surprisingly had a very strong grip. She felt the same excitement as Renesemee did, until she let go. She got in the passenger seat and was cradling her wrist.

"Ouch, you hurt my wrist." She wasn't in a good mood.

"O, sorry," Renesemee said, very distracted. She rammed the key into the ignition, backed up with ease using the stick, and sped swiftly out of the parking lot.

"Holy shit slow down!" Renesemee was smiling oblivious to Laura's request. Renesemee's phone rang in the cup holder.

"Can you see who that is for me?" Renesemee requested as she was making a left hand turn and placing a CD in the player. Laura picked it up carefully, not wanting to get fingerprints on it, since there were none already.

"It's your Dad." That's all it said, was Dad. She looked at Renesemee, her face looked turbulent.

"Oh shit, don't answer it. I don't want to talk to him."

"Ok…" Laura placed the phone back down. It rang again. Before Laura could pick it up, Renesemee swiftly grabbed it as she was merging (rather fast) onto the highway. Her conversation went like this.

"Hi....uh, I'm out.....with Laura.…we are, uh, going to the mall," Laura heard another voice at the end, "It's really not a big deal! I'll be back before it gets dark," The voice at the other end was slightly louder now, "calm down!! It's not a big deal! You know I drive ok! No, I'm not speeding….yes, yes I know Alice isn't here but….ok, ok, I'll be careful and I'll be back before dark….yeah….bye." Renesemee hung up the phone aggressively and slammed it down in the cup holder. Laura didn't say anything; she thought that would be best.

"He is honestly the most annoying person I have ever known." Started Renesemee.

"Who?"

"Edward! Who else!" She took her eyes off the road to look at Laura. "God, he just doesn't understand, that sometimes, I don't want to hang out with him…or Bella! They are both lunatics!"

"They are nice people Renesemee-"

"Yeah, nice, but annoying. Jesus, its like they won't let me do anything alone, they baby-sit me. So fucking annoying." She sped into the left lane and downshifted to go past a car. Laura felt the force press her into the seat. She didn't respond.

They made it to the mall safe and sound. Even though Renesemee was an incredible speeder, she was rather good at driving. She told Laura Edward taught her, and he was an even better driver. Laura could believe it.

The mall was huge. They looked at a map to see where they wanted to go. Laura had never seen so many stores before. Renesemee yanked her once again and sped to the first store. They tried on so many clothes in many different shops. Laura was really enjoying herself. Renesemee always had something good to say and was very entertaining and witty. Laura never really had a chance to see Renesemee like this, just herself. They bought a lot of clothes. Renesemee especially. By they time they were at the eighth store (or it seemed that way) Laura was feeling hungry, but it seemed to her Renesemee was too distracted by the amount of new clothes to think about that.

"Uh Renesemee," Laura said as Renesemee was speedily trying on jeans in the fitting room, "want to get dinner after this?"

"Oh! Dinner! Yeah, sure! I completely forgot! I guess I had a big lunch." She said clearly over the door. Once she came out with 3 pairs of very expensive jeans, purchased them, and carried the 4 large bags from previous stores out the door she asked Laura where she wanted to eat.

"I don't care, Chick-Fil-A?" Renesemee made a face.

"I really hate chicken. Are there any places I can get a good steak and you can get chicken?"

"An expensive restaurant." Laura laughed to herself, clearly making a joke.

"Excellent! Where?" Renesemee looked at her expectantly. Laura was stupefied, and pointed in a direction where she remembered seeing one. Renesemee, like usual, dragged her in that direction.

The restaurant was tucked into the side of the mall, but it was clearly not meant to be for mall goers, more like mafia meetings and millionaire dinners. Even though they didn't have a reservation, Renesemee helped them get a booth by charming the greeter. Laura took her time to look at the menu.

"Do you know what you're getting?" She asked Renesemee.

"Yea, steak, you?"

"I think I'm gonna get baked chicken."

"This is my treat you know, for coming along with me. This has been really fun."

"Oh," Laura didn't know what to say, "Thank you. Your welcome too, this has been fun." And she wasn't stretching the truth.

Renesemee leaned towards her, her perfume wafting into Laura's nose.

"You know, I really don't have a lot of friends at home. It's mainly just my family and Jacob. This is the first time I've been out with anyone besides them."

This surprised Laura a lot, considering Renesemee's sense of humor, smarts, and good looks.

"Do you have a big family?"

"Yeah, I live with my grandparents, and all my cousins, and their 'significant' others." Interesting, she wondered why she didn't live with her parents since her dad was calling her earlier. But she didn't want to intrude.

They ordered and talked more. Renesemee got a rare steak, just a rare steak. "I don't like anything else." She said blushing, that almost made Laura want to blush too. They talked about their lives back home. Renesemee mainly just talked about Jacob, and Edward and Bella. It took them an hour to eat. It was a delicious meal. Renesemee slipped a black card with the receipt. Laura offered to pay the tip, but Renesemee sternly told her no. They left feeling very happy and a bit tired.

As soon as they were out though, the mood changed.

"Laura…what time is it."

"Seven fifty."

"Shit." Renesemee glanced out the exit doors. It was dark out. Laura gave her an 'uh oh' look.

"Didn't you tell Edward we would be back before dark?"

"Yes." Renesemee said glancing all around.

"Will he be mad we aren't back yet?"

"Yes, but he won't wait around. He's probably here, and it won't take him long to find us." Renesemee was glancing over Laura's shoulders, when her face seemed to drain in horror.

"Oh shit, " she said dropping her head and looking at Laura, "too late."

Laura turned around to see a horrifyingly beautiful Edward drifting towards them, hands in his coat pocket, glaring at Renesemee. He didn't look at all sick, just very, very angry. Renesemee had a stubborn look on her face.

"O, look what hunted us down," Renesemee said to Edward before he could get a word out.

"Renesemee-" It came out almost like a growl. He was about two feet away from them. Laura's face burned with his closeness. She hoped no one realized.

"Where's Bella? Were you afraid she would stop you from tearing me apart?" Renesemee got in his face. Edward glared right back.

"Renesemee, I am taking you and Laura back and we will discuss what will happen when we get home. Why didn't you come back when we agreed? That's unacceptable." He was scolding her, not really yelling at her. Did cousins do that to each other? Edward flicked his gaze over to Laura. She averted her eyes from his. Renesemee looked pissed. Her arms were crossed, large bags still in hand.

"Fine." She spat at him, her voice rising, a couple of heads turned. "What about the car?"

"Alice and Jasper will pick that up tomorrow." How many cars did they have at school?

"Fine." Renesemee said matter-of-fact-ly she still stood her ground, but she looked a bit more exhausted. Edward grabbed her bags and began to walk—more like jog -- away. Renesemee looked at Laura and rolled her eyes and gave him an obnoxious hand signal behind his back. He turned around with controlled speed, and once again glared at Renesemee, he looked crazed. This made Renesemee start to move. They followed him in silence. Renesemee had her arms crossed the whole time. She seemed to be thinking angry thoughts to herself. Laura just felt very awkward. This always happened to her.

They followed Edward towards the parking lot. He unlocked the doors to a new Mercedes and slung Renesemee's bags into the trunk. Renesemee and Laura both slide into the back seat. Somehow, during all the silent commotion, Laura still found time to appreciate the beautiful interior of the car. Edward sped out of the parking lot and drifted on to the highway. Classical music hummed in the background. It was going to be a long ride.