A/N: Sorry it took me so long to post this. I've had to do a lot of things for school, like projects and stuff, which, if you ask me, is cruel. I mean, there's like, hardly any school left, but teachers are giving us projects? UGH! excuse my rant... okay, back to the point... :D i hope you like this chapter!
Chapter 8: First Meeting, First Knowing
Renesmee Cullen's POV
After the first month and a half in the new house, I was starting to get used to it. Jake and I had gone back to La Push twice to visit, since we promised we would. We had also ridden through the woods many times; so many that Jacob's paw prints had created a new trail.
But now, after waiting basically my whole life, I get to go to school. I was so ecstatic. Alice had already bought me tons of new clothes; an outfit for everyday of the year, probably.
We went to school tomorrow—Edward, Bella, Alice, Jasper, Rosalie, Emmett, Jake, and I. Both me and Jake had to get up earlier than we were used to; six o' clock. But the others would already be awake, of course.
When I woke up on Sunday morning, I was so excited. I went downstairs for breakfast, which this time my grandma was cooking, and saw Jake already there.
"Hey, Jake!" I exclaimed.
He chuckled, no doubt at my bubbly attitude. "Hey, Ness. You excited about something?"
I looked at him in disbelief. "Um…yeah! We get to go to school tomorrow!"
"Yea!" he said with false enthusiasm.
I smacked his arm and he recoiled.
"Hey!" he said. "That wasn't very nice."
"You spoiling my mood isn't very nice, either," I retorted.
I could see Esme holding back laughter at our exchange.
"Sorry, Ness," he apologized.
"That's okay," I accepted. We could never fight for long, not that we ever fought that much at all in the first place.
My grandma put my breakfast in front of me, and I started eating then. It was delicious. My grandma Esme was just as good of a cook as my mom, even though she had been human about a century ago. Grandma made chocolate chip pancakes, and they were really yummy.
When I was done, I got on the computer—we finally got one—hoping that the time would pass faster. And, after watching countless music videos and playing countless computer games, it had only been four and a half hours.
I then turned off the computer and sat on the couch in the living room where Jake was watching TV. He didn't look like he was paying that much attention, he looked a little bored, actually.
"Hey," I said.
He looked over at me. "Hi."
"What are you watching?" I asked.
He shrugged. "I don't know. It came on after the game."
"I see," I said. There was an awkward, unfamiliar silence between us.
Finally he asked, "Do you want to go visit La Push?"
"Would we have enough time?" I wondered.
"Of course we would. Well, if I ran my full speed, that is. If I run as fast as I can, we'll get there in an hour or so."
"An hour?" I asked disbelievingly. "And I thought last time we visited you were going your full speed."
He chuckled. "You've never seen me going full speed. You'd be surprised…" he grinned.
Curious, I agreed. "Alright. Let's go."
We both walked out the door. I called to Grandma that I was going to La Push with Jake, and she said to be back soon, before dark.
When we got to the edge of the trees, I was surprised when Jake stopped next to me.
"Look, if I'm going too fast for you or something, you have to tell me. I'll slow down. Please don't try to tough it out, okay?" he warned.
I rolled my eyes.
"I'm serious."
"Yes, Jacob. I'll do as you say. I promise," I smiled angelically and vowed mockingly.
This time Jacob rolled his eyes. "Okay, but just remember when I say 'I told you so,' I warned you," he said as he disappeared into the woods.
I saw the enormous russet-colored wolf emerge through the trees. He sank to the ground, and I climbed onto his back. I held on tighter than usual, following his rules.
He turned his giant head around and gave me a look as if to ask, "Are you ready?"
I nodded, and he stood up. Before I knew it or could even register what was happening, we were flying through the trees. All I could see was a solid wall of green, hardly ever flickering, and when it did flicker, it was to brown, the color of the branches. But that was when I could see. The wind was mobbing my face, making it nearly impossible to see or keep them open for more than a second or two.
Holy crap, I thought. He wasn't kidding.
I soon felt my grip dangerously slipping, so, leaving my pride behind me, I yelled over the wind, "Stop!"
He reacted immediately, claws furrowing in the dirt, and spun around. The sudden stillness made my head rush. I slid down the side of him, landing on the hard, cold ground.
Jacob disappeared and came back in human form before I could take a breath. He sprinted over to me.
"Nessie, Ness, are you alright?" he inquired frantically, sinking to the ground next to me.
Blinking a few times, I nodded my head and sat up.
"Holy crap, Jake. You weren't kidding about the speed thing," I admitted. "And please, no saying 'I told you so,'" I begged.
He smiled his beautiful smile at me. "But I did tell you."
"How can you run so freaking fast?" I asked incredulously.
He laughed. "It's a wolf thing. There's a reason we're meant to kill vampires."
I looked sternly at him.
He quickly rethought his words. "Bad vampires."
I took a deep breath. "God, I guess so…"
"Your choice. We can either go back home or you can actually listen to me and hold on for dear life," he smiled jokingly.
"I'll hold on for dear life," I remembered how fast we were going, so I curiously asked, "How far away from home are we, anyway?"
"About twenty-three miles," he said calmly. Although we'd only been traveling for a minute or two, we'd traveled that far?
"Holy crap," I repeated. I seem to be at a loss for words.
He laughed. "Come on," he said, standing up and offering me his hand to help me up.
I took it, and he pulled me upright. He went back into the forest and phased, lowered to the ground, and I climbed onto his back again.
He once again took off running, but this time I was prepared. I grasped two fistfuls of fur and hung on until my knuckles were white, even whiter than normal, that is. I wasn't as pale as my family, but I wasn't as tan as Jake.
He continued running full speed, the thick wall of jade still vanishing around us.
Just as Jake had predicted, we got to the woods in La Push in a little over an hour.
I stepped through the trees, and a couple seconds later, human Jacob joined me.
We were in the woods near his house, and if we ran at a fast human pace, we would be there in about four seconds.
When we got to the front door, Jacob opened it and stepped in.
I saw Billy sitting in the front room watching TV. He looked over at our approach.
"Jake! Ness!" he said, a smile spreading across his face.
Jake smiled. "Hey, Dad."
I smiled, too. "Hi, Billy."
Billy smiled back at both of us, then focused on Jake. "Hey, Jake, there's someone here, they're going to be leaving soon, and they really wanted to see you. You haven't seen them for years…" he hinted.
"Wait…Becca?" Jake guessed.
Billy's smile, if possible, got wider. "Yep."
"What, who's Becca?" I asked curiously. The name wasn't familiar.
"Rebecca is—" he started to say, but right then, a beautiful girl with long, black hair cascading down her back walked through the front door.
"Jake!" she exclaimed, and ran to hug him.
"Becca!" he smiled, just as excited as her. He hugged her back.
After a few more seconds of embracing, they finally let go.
"Holy… Oh my God, Jake! You're…you're, like, a freaking beast!" she said in disbelief. Jake was shirtless, and that didn't help my jealousy lessen.
And I was jealous. This mystery girl that was hugging and praising and telling Jake he was buff and a beast made me jealous. Very jealous. He was my Jacob.
"I told you," Billy said, pulling me back to the present situation. I was sure that by now, I was glaring daggers at her. Rebecca. Ugh.
Rebecca laughed. "I guess so," she looked at me, finally noticing that I was in the room. She took a tiny step back, probably because of my hostile expression. Then she looked back to Jake. "Who's this?" she asked, turning her face towards me again.
"This is Renesmee. But we call her Nessie. Or Ness," Jake explained, focusing on me.
"Hi, Nessie. I'm Rebecca," she extended her hand towards me and I took it, gripping it a little harder than necessary. She soon let go, flexing her hand.
Jacob threw his arm over my shoulder, which made me a little less angry. He still likes me, I thought.
But then, when Jake said, "Becca's my sister. I haven't seen her for years," I felt horrible.
"Oh," was the only thing I could speak. Wow, I had just made a total fool out of myself. Then, I recovered. "I thought Rachel was your only sister."
"She's my only sister that lives here, or in the continental U.S., anyway. Becca lives in Hawaii," he told me. "Rach only stayed here because of Paul, anyway."
"Wait…Rach is…she's dating Paul?" she said in utter disbelief.
Jake laughed. "No."
Rebecca looked relieved. She let out a sigh.
Well, she was relieved until Jake said, "She's married to Paul. They're on their honeymoon. That's why she's not here."
Rebecca looked like her eyes were going to pop out of her head. "P-Paul? She…married…Paul?"
Jacob laughed. "Yes. He's changed from when you last saw him. Trust me."
I was shocked. Did Rebecca not know that Jake was a werewolf? I laid my palm on Jake's cheek, still a habit, and asked him. He shook his head slightly. Wow, Rebecca didn't know.
Becca saw Jake shake his head and my palm on his face. She looked at us questioningly. "What…are…why…?" She couldn't seem to form a proper sentence.
Jacob sighed in exasperation. "Dad, can I tell her? At least about me, and maybe Ness, too?"
Rebecca looked at him with a puzzled, almost worried expression.
Billy looked like he was warring with himself. Then he took a deep breath and said, "Alright."
Jacob looked at Rebecca. "You better sit down."
Rebecca took a seat on the couch, but me and Jacob remained standing.
"Okay, so, you noticed that I, well, don't exactly look like how you remember me?" he began. Rebecca nodded, and he continued. "But one thing, Rebecca. You have to promise that you won't tell anyone, not even your husband, or your kids, or anyone at all."
"I promise," she vowed.
"Alright," he took a deep breath. "Well, how I look now… I've looked like this since I was sixteen. The reason is because… Well, because… I'm…" he hesitated.
I took hold of his hand. "It's okay. Go on," I encouraged.
Becca looked at us curiously.
Jacob didn't let go of my hand. He took breath and got right to point. "I'm a werewolf. Technically a shape-shifter, but either way, I'm a huge, enormous wolf."
Becca looked like she was frozen. It was a few minutes before she. "Wait…you're…you're trying to tell me that…you're a…wolf?"
Jacob nodded.
"But, that's impossible. No one can turn into a giant wolf," she spoke quickly. She was in denial.
Jacob spoke again. "Okay, I'll prove it to you," he walked towards the front door. "Come on, Becca."
I followed him through the doorway, and then a hesitant Rebecca followed. Jacob walked into the woods, and Becca and I followed him. Jake kept going, but I stopped Rebecca as she tried to follow him.
"He'll come," I said.
"This…this isn't real, right?" she asked.
"It's real, Rebecca," I said solemnly.
Just then, the mammoth, red-brown wolf that I loved came through the trees. He walked slowly, almost hesitantly.
"J-Jake?" Rebecca asked, eyes bulging.
Jacob nodded his big wolf head.
Rebecca looked like she was going to pass out, but she soon recovered. I heard her mumble, "Holy…my brother's a werewolf…"
Jacob smiled his wolfy grin and went back into the trees to phase, and came back human and smiling.
"Told you," he said.
Rebecca looked at me. "So did you react like this when you found out that your boyfriend is a werewolf?"
"Wait…boyfriend?" I asked, shocked. Even if Jake and I were allowed to date, we wouldn't call ourselves something as trivial as "boyfriend" and "girlfriend".
"Yeah…you two aren't married, are you?" then she turned to scold Jake. "Why didn't you tell me? Isn't it bad enough that Rachel didn't tell me that she was getting married?" she accused.
"Becca, Becca, no…we're not married. We're not even dating. Nessie's my…friend, like, a third sister, I guess…sort of."
Wait…sort of? What did that mean?
"Sort of?" Becca asked, speaking my thoughts.
"Well, she's my friend now. I imprinted on her." Wait…did he say that proudly? I saw a smile tug at his lips. Wow, he did look proud, and it made my heart flutter.
"Wait, so you mean that legend is true, too?" she asked. How did she know about imprinting? Well, she was Quileute. She would have heard all of the legends.
"Yep. And that brings me to Ness's story," he looked at me. "Do you mind? Or, more importantly, will your family mind?"
"I don't mind. As long as Alice can't see us and Edward doesn't hear us think about it, we should be good."
"Alright. I'll try not to think about it, then," he said and focused his attention back to Rachel, who looked extremely confused. "Okay, there's no other way to say this, so…I'll just say it. Renesmee's a half-vampire."
Becca's face paled and she took a few steps away from me, towards Jake. I sighed. I can't really say I didn't expect this reaction. But, I guess after learning that your brother is a werewolf and then learning that his imprint is a half-vampire, half-human hybrid would make you be sort of freaked out.
"I'm only half vampire. But I'm also half human. I'm like Jake, only he's a wolf," I tried to reason.
Jake smiled reassuringly at Becca. "She's not dangerous. If she was, I wouldn't have brought her here. And she eats human food, she doesn't drink blood. And if she was dangerous, but I assure you she's not, I could take her," he said, and looked over at me and winked.
Even though I knew he could beat me in, well, basically anything, I still said challengingly, "Wanna bet?"
He smiled and nodded. Before I could react, he ran over to me, picked me up, and threw me over his shoulder. He was laughing, and while he was distracted, I used the advantage.
I flipped out of his hold and knocked him to the ground. I pinned his arms over his head, but he was still laughing. I found out why when he flipped, fast as lightning, and was now pinning me to the ground. Now I laughed, too. I couldn't beat him at anything.
Meanwhile, Becca was standing up against a tree, looking at us wide-eyed. Jacob laughed and got up. He extended his arm to me, and I grasped it while he pulled me up from the ground. "Sorry, Becca," he said.
Rebecca slowly advanced towards us, keeping her eyes on me the whole time.
"Really, Rebecca, I wouldn't…couldn't hurt you," I pledged.
She looked a tiny bit relieved, but still kept her distance. "Can we go back to the house now, Jake?" she asked him timidly.
"Yeah, Becca, come on," he led us back to the house.
When we got to the house and Becca had calmed down a bit, she asked, "So, why aren't you two actually dating or married or something?"
I felt my cheeks get hotter at the question, so I looked away, hiding my face with my hair. Thankfully, Jake answered. "It's because Nessie's only almost seven."
"Wait…seven? She looks seventeen!" she exclaimed.
"I'll look like this for, well, basically the rest of my life," I told her.
I heard her mutter enviously, "Lucky." I smiled.
After we had talked about and explained things for a while, I looked at the time on my phone. "Jake! It's nine-thirty!" I nearly shouted.
"What? Really? Crap! Your dad's going to kill me…" he stood up off the couch and I followed suit.
"Wait, why do you two have to go?" Becca asked.
"We have to go because Jake and I are going to school tomorrow!" I beamed at the thought.
"Um, Jake, aren't you a little too old for school now?" Becca asked.
"Yeah… But it was the only way Ness could go, so I agreed," he looked at me. "She probably would have talked me into going, anyway."
I smiled angelically at him. "Yeah, you're probably right. We should go. I promised Esme we'd be back before dark. And it's already after dark. Dang it!" I said, looking out the window into the twilight.
"Sorry, Becca, but we've got to go…vampire rules…" he rolled his eyes, and I smacked his arm. "Hey!" he exclaimed.
Becca laughed. "That's okay, Jake. See you…when I see you." She stood up too and gave Jacob a hug. "Bye, Jake. Love you."
Jacob hugged her back. "Bye, Becca. See you later. Tell Dad we said goodbye. And love you, too." Billy was at Grandpa Charlie's, as he usually was nowadays.
"Will do," Becca said, releasing Jake as she spoke, only to embrace me. "Bye, Ness. I'll assume I'll see you whenever I see Jake from now on, too," she smiled.
"Yeah, probably," I said, smiling too. "Bye, Becca."
She released me and waved to Jake and me as we walked out the door and into the woods, and we waved back.
Jacob disappeared into the trees, coming back as a wolf. I climbed onto his back, holding in tight as we sped home. We got there a little quicker this time, for I didn't have to stop or have Jake slow down.
When we got home, of course my dad was waiting. To lecture us, no doubt.
"Renesmee, you need to get to bed. You have a big day tomorrow," my dad said, voice flat. "You, too, Jacob."
We followed his directions and we both headed up the stairs to our rooms. Alice let us have the two small rooms next to each other, even though my dad was opposed to the idea. I swear, he gets way too paranoid.
I said goodnight to Jake as he went as he entered his room, and I entered my room, too. I had finally gotten my room painted. It was now a little darker than sky blue on two walls, and lime green on the other two. It had sort of a tropical theme. But, the carpet stayed its off-white color.
I changed into my pajamas and crawled into bed, eager for sleep to take over and help pass the time so I could wake in the morning and go to school after waiting almost my entire life.
