7. Back to Forks

"Ashley! Hurry up already! You're going to come back you know." I yelled.

"Gosh, Jake! Be a little patient." she said as she hugged her sister.

We decided that we were going to rent a car for our trip back to Forks. Ashley had quite a bit of stuff to bring along for only a few weeks. As I carried her two heavy luggage into the trunk of the car Ashley gave everyone another hug and then got into the car.

"Bye, Mr. Haden. Bye you guys!" I said as I got into the car.

In a couple of hours we were in Forks again and when I parked outside my house she exclaimed, "Wow Jake this place is cool. Is Billy inside?"

"Hold on." I said as dragged her luggage into my house.

As we walked into the house I noticed a note on the table and picked it up. It read:

I went fishing with Charlie.

Sorry I couldn't welcome you.

See you when I get back.

Billy

"I'm sorry you couldn't meet Billy, Ashley."

"So, where am I going to be staying," she said curiously, entering my room.

"Well, you can stay in my room and I'll sleep in the living room.

"That's fine with me. Are you going to be OK though?"

"Of course. No prob."

She unpacked her stuff and came downstairs. We decided to watch a movie so I turned on the TV and went to the kitchen for some snacks.

"I think this is a really cool place. I like how it's small yet cozy environment. It seems so calm compared to California." she said.

"Thanks."

"So Jake, when are you going to take me to meet your friends?" she asked eagerly as she made her self comfortable on the couch.

"Pretty soon but I guess that really depends on what they're going to think about me cheating on Renesmee. I mean I'm not even sure how Billy's going to react. Usually when I make a decision of my own he doesn't really care much but this might be big and so I want to try coming on a different approach with him and everybody else. We should thin of a way to explain to the others our side of the story because Seth probably told the others what's going on. I don't want them to be angry you know." I said as I picked out a movie for us to watch. It's really cool to say 'us' and mean it like as a couple. I sat down next to her and we talked for part of the movie. She held my hand throughout the entire movie when suddenly Billy came home.

"Hey son," Billy said, "Welcome back. Oh, I see your friend is really tired. You should put her upstairs.

"What? Oh, right." I hadn't realized that Ashley fell asleep even though she was resting her head on my shoulder. "Dad, this is Ashley Haden by the way. She's from California."

"You don't have to explain, Jacob. Seth already told the pack and the news got to me too eventually." he said putting the fish away.

"Yeah, I already guessed something like that would happen but it's not as bad as you think Dad."

"Just go put her upstairs and we'll talk about while we eat lunch."

"Okay," I said as I agreed because it felt like her head was getting heavier by the minute on my shoulder. I gently picked her up in my arms and carried her to my room. I noticed her face was glowing as I put her down on the bed. When I put a blanket on her she smiled sweetly in her sleep and I pecked her softly on her cheek leaving her to rest. When I got downstairs I saw that Billy had already set lunch down on the table. As we ate our lunch I explained my version of the story and he listened attentively.

"Well son, I trust you to make the right decision but whatever you do think about before you take action. I have a bad feeling about this and I just want you to take care of yourself and Ashley. I know how much you love her so I just want you to be careful. Especially with the vampires because I know that they're not gong to keep quiet and lay back after they hear this which they probably did." he said thinking deeply of what was to come but even I couldn't imagine how rough the next few weeks were going to be."

In the next few weeks Renesmee got to know everyone around town. She even met the large vampire family on the way. The only ones left, were the two main characters of my past, Bella and Edward.