BPOV
Moving out to Milford Creek was a piece of cake. Alice told me this was the first time they bought a house in this zone, because she felt the weather wasn't ideal for a iridescent vampire to remain inconspicuous. But here we are.
The house was so different to the one in Forks. It was a Victorian style house, that I internally named 'Foster home for imaginary friends'. It was identical! Again, we asked for the third floor for us; and this time we would share it with Seth. Leah, Tanya, Emmet and Rose shared a wing of the house; while Alice, Jasper, Esme and Carlisle shared the other. To reach the third floor you have to take a different set of stairs. It was supposed to give us privacy, but we knew our family.
When we arrived, Alice was directing everyone to their rooms to make a list of what we would need and was missing. This time Esme would have to decorate with us living there.
Carlisle asked us to sit and discuss what would be our story this time. He said he found that this town's hospital held a clinic that specializes in hematology. When everybody laughed, he noticed the irony.
"But it isn't as I'm going to..."
Emmett was almost on the floor, he was laughing so much. Carlisle smiled and continued. "Ok, it's funny. But the thing is, because of that clinic, most doctors over here are hematologists. They need more surgeons, general practitioners. That's my area of expertise. They accepted me immediately but I need to forward my family information real soon, so they can start with the paperwork. So, how are we going to distribute you this time?"
"Are you going to be Carlisle Cullen?" I asked.
"Nope. Let me introduce you to Dr. Carl Platt." He said with a bow.
Edward smiled. "Well, Nessie and I thought that given our hair color, we could pose as brother and sister; but we want Bella to choose our names." He wriggled his brows, we discussed this last night.
"Please Mom, remember. I want something interesting. Maybe Natasha or..."
"I'm only going to change your last name. Your name is Renesmee to honor your grandmothers." Nessie's eyes got big like saucers.
"Noo! Please, please! Maybe we could use my middle name this time. I'm tired of that nickname. Maybe if you called me Renny or something different."
Jasper was looking intently at her. "You really hate that name, right?"
"Not hate, just don't like it. But everybody has the chance to try something new and, well, I hate being called 'Nessie'" She was wringing her hands.
Edward turned to her. "But you realize that 'Natasha' is a bit over the top, right?"
"The women I found with that name are all beautiful and interesting. The name has personality." Now she was biting her lip. She was truly nervous.
"Well, so we have Carlie and Edward Masen. And you Bella?" Jasper was making a list to send to Jenks so he could get us our papers.
"This time I'll be Bella Platt. So are you and Rosalie going to be twins again?"
Emmett smiled. "No, I win the bet so dear Bella you're my little sister. And I'm keeping my name. So, hi Bella McCarty!"
"But we're all adopted! We'll all be Platt, right?"
Alice had her eyes lost in space. Then she said "It would be better if only a few of us are Platt. Three pairs of brothers and sisters are too much. And Emmett really won the bet. He asked to be your brother. And we want to make it easier for Nessie, sorry, Carlie."
We all agreed. Seth will keep his name, so there won't be a problem with him.
Tanya and Leah were giggling.
"What?" I asked.
"Imagine any woman who birthed a boy as big as Emmett then someone as petite as you. And for the record, Natasha is a cool name, but for someone older Nessie, sorry Carlie." Leah said.
"If it's going to cause trouble, just give me another nickname. Nessie is the one that I hate, right Daddy?"
Edward smiled. I knew deep inside he hated it because Jacob was the one who chose it, well, and because I hated it first.
"So Renny you said?" Esme asked, trailing her hand over my daughter reddish locks.
"Yeah, it sounds better."
We all agreed, and continued discussing.
"So what's the story?" I asked.
"Well, again it will be young doctor and his wife who foster teenagers."
Seth chuckled. "Sorry guys, but we are too many for that excuse. You don't know the amount of rumours about your 'family' that townspeople used to say when you were only five kids. Now we're more."
Tanya came and said. "Well, this time I'll be the bigger sister for Edward and Renny. And before someone argue, our hair is similar. But yours is prettier Renny. So we'll be the Masen, Emmet and Bella will be McCarty, Leah ans Seth are keeping their last name, and the rest will be Platt."
"It's a great idea Tanya." I admitted. "That way we have four adults taking care of us."
Alice smiled. "It will be perfect! Now that our story is settled, I'm taking 'Renny' upstairs for a makeover. She has to give the best first impression"
I didn't know how to feel about my daughter taking my place as Alice's doll, but she went willingly to her.
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A month passed. Renny's enthusiasm morphed to a terrible anxiety and now was back to enthusiasm. It drove us crazy.
After Alice's make over, endless movie marathons, and hours and hours of studying, Renny was ready for school.
Just last week she scared us when suddenly she began to hiperventilate when she didn't understand how to calculate a derivate. She was just starting high school! She only needed a few notions of algebra, not to look at senior level math books that obviously she didn't understand. I insisted she had to drop all her books. Everything she needed to learn, she had. I told her that among her growing rate, her mental development grew exponentially. She was ready. Hell, she will be above her peers!
Then she got anxiety because she was undecided in which clique she would fit. She didn't feel like joining the cheerleader squad, but she didn't want to be bullied. That day Edward had a big argument with Alice about the movies she showed to Renny. It took us hours to convince Renny that high school wasn't like films depicted. Finally she listened to us and accepted that this first time, we all should stay distant to our classmates. It was just to give her a glimpse of how humans interact.
This mood changes drove Edward crazy. Every question our daughter asked, every what if, had Edward over thinking for a day all the multiple possibilities. He was scared and he didn't want Renny to know. Meanwhile my mood changes worsened. One moment I was admiring the talent of my daughter the next one I was crying because all the things she missed by growing so fast. We were quite the pair. Jasper avoided us like the plague.
Today Renny left with the girls to buy backpacks, pens and pads. The guys went to explore, we hadn't found any trace of the mysterious coven. Edward was sulking somewhere in the woods that surrounded the house. I was finally alone.
I went to Renny's room to drop a magazine Tanya bought for her. It had the classic pictures of teen magazines. Young actors claiming they loooved good shy girls, then fifty ways to know if he liked you, what was 'in bangs or no bangs. It seemed like yesterday... wait, it was almost yesterday. I was so glad Renny would never had to deal with fake friends like Jessica Stanley, I was sure Edward would keep them away. That Jessica! Always thinking of ways to get Edward to notice her! And her lewd fantasies... eww! Wait. Will the boys have lewd fantasies about my baby now that she looked like a woman? Now I was crying again. This damn mood changes.
"Baby, are you crying again?" Edward came into the room.
"She's a woman now!"
"No, she's a teenager. There's time for her to enjoy being young."
"But not so much. She didn't have so much time as a kid! How many tea parties did she have? How many Christmas? She never believed in Santa Claus!"
Edward sighed.
"Baby, she may had missed a few things but then she got others. How many girls had their family jumping with them through the highest trees? She rode in giant wolves and visited the jungle without fear. That's how life works."
"I know, but..." Then I huffed. These damn feelings! "Edward, what's wrong with me? I understand why you're so angsty. You hear every time Renny doubts herself, any insecurity she has. But me, I'm supposed to be the one in control. I've been where Renny is now, I know how the first day in a new school was. I did it lots of times. And deep inside I'm fine with Renny growing up; so what's my problem? I can't control it!"
"I talked to Carlisle. He promised me to check with his friends. But he noticed that Renny is also acting different, and he noticed that Jacob changed too. We're wondering if it's related."
That was an idea. What could possibly be happening to the three of us?
"Bella..." He teased my neck with the tip of his tongue. "What do you think about a little rendezvous in the woods, you know, if someone gets back?"
He knew how to play my body. Now the tip of his fingers were caressing the back of my elbows then to my nipples...
"But they were in the forest looking... f-for that coven." I whispered-moaned.
"Not really. They also went to pick up the rest of our documents with Jenks. They'll be back 'til midnight." He whispered in my ear. He knew he had me when I turned and kissed him desperately.
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"Oh! Right there!" I moaned. He always knew how to drive me crazy.
Lately, I found that using my shield to cover not only his mind, but to cover us from anyone surrounding us was easier. But, sometimes when we were almost reaching our peak, my shield slipped. Now I was so close...
"Harder Edward!"
He was sucking my right breast, slowly kissing his way up to my throat where he bit me.
"Yes! Yes! Yes!"
I came as always when he bites me. Then he turned so feral that my shield slipped and I knew he heard something because he stopped middle thrust.
"Someone is here!" He whispered.
I was still coming down from my high, but my senses perceived someone we knew around. I dressed us quickly, Edward was lost in that someone's thoughts. The scent was one known but unexpected.
"Edward, it smells like Jacob."
He turned to me. "I think I know what's happening to you and Renny. That sick jealous prick Jacob!"
Hi! We're exactly on the prologue. I hope the change of names for Nessie/Carlie/Renny wasn't a confusing one. For the rest of the story, her family and friends are going to call her Renny.
Next chapter the old scarred man will explain what happened to Jacob, Bella and Renny.
I want to thank my friend vampireGIRL1 for prereading and chering me up.
See ya.
