Chapter 9: The Date
Renesmee's POV
I had no idea what is going on right now. Why did Edward and Bella need Jacob and Seth so desperately? Surely they couldn't have done anything so serious that they would be so mad at them. It was all too confusing, something was going on that I had no idea about. I felt like I was missing something very important.
My poor daughter was so tired that I ended up carrying her all the way back to the car. Most moms would not be able to carry their six year old child anymore; but not me. I carried her with ease; thanks to my self termed "super human" strength.
She fell asleep on the way back home , it must be nice to be that young; without a care in the world. Without feeling like you're missing something big.
I got home to an overly excited Bolt who I had to quickly calm before he could wake my daughter.
Hours later my cell phone rang
"Hello" I said
"Renesmee, it's me Jacob"
"Jacob" I said in disbelief. I was sure that I would never hear from him again.
"What happened?" I asked.
"Nothing big" he said not offering any more information.
"Are you free tonight?" he asked sounding hopeful.
I was shocked and happy at the same time. I wondered if he had like me as much as I liked him. Now I know that he did. I wanted to go on a date with him. There was just one problem though; Chloe. I couldn't just leave her here and I didn't have anyone to watch her.
"I'd love to go out with you Jacob, but I can't leave Chloe by herself" I said.
"Bring her along. Seth could look after her again; he misses her already" he said.
I had to admit that it was a great idea.
It was interesting how he didn't seem to mind that I had a little kid. At my age most boys would run from any responsibility. I wondered why he didn't. He actually seems to really like my daughter. Maybe he could be a father to her. Or maybe I'm getting ahead of myself with that one. Although I wish she did have a dad that cared about her. During those few times that I would see Brian he would always give Chloe mean looks that would usually just scare her, and brought up those bad memories of him hurting me.
Anyways, I was glad that I had gotten the opportunity to date again, so I jumped at the chance.
"Okay, where should we meet?" I asked.
"Really, you want to go out?" he asked.
"Of course I do, if not I wouldn't say yes" I replied.
"Okay, what about we meet at your house? I can pick you up from there?" he asked.
I know that it is not the best idea to invite a man that you don't know very well yet to your house. However, somehow I felt like I could really trust him.
"Sure, come around eight o clock?" that would just give us three hours to get ready.
"I'll see you at eight then" he said and we hung up.
Eight o clock came around much faster than I would have like it too. Soon enough I heard the doorbell ring and ring and Bolt started barking frantically like he always does.
"You have a dog?" was the first thing he said when he and Seth walked through the door.
"Yes, Chloe and I love dogs and wolves. They are amazing animals" I said. He and Seth smiled there was some inside joke I was missing.
"Let's just say we do too, especially wolves" Jacob said.
"Where would you like to go?" Jacob asked.
"Is there any good places to eat at around here?" I asked.
"We passed a few restaurants on our way over here, maybe we can go for a drive and see if their is anything that might interest you" he said.
"Okay" I replied.
As we drove around there were a few places to eat and I ended up choosing a TGI Friday's. My favorite restaurant.
We ended up talking a lot throughout the date.
"Do you work around here?" Jacob asked.
"No, I don't have a job actually. When my parents died they left me the house out here. I do want to go back to school, and get a Phd. I want to be a child surgeon one day. I love kids, and I want to be able to help them" I said.
"What about you? What do you do" I asked.
"Nothing at the moment. I want to go to school too, I just don't know what I want to do afterwards yet" he said.
"Well, it's good that you want to go Jacob" I said.
"You can call me Jake" he said.
"In that case Jake you can call me Nessie. That's what my parents used to call me, the would always say that my name is a mouthful" I said.
"I agree. It kind of is a mouthful. But, I like it, it's unique" he said.
"Thank you" I said.
"It seems like those two are getting along" Jacob said as we watched Seth Chloe laughing together.
"Yes, and I like that. She has never really had anyone else besides me and I think it would be good for her to get along so good with other adults. She is very easy going and she gets along well with others and makes friends pretty easily. I just wish she had more role models" I said.
"What happened with her father?" he asked.
"His name is Brian, he left me after I told him I was pregnant" I said trying to keep my fear hidden. I wasn't ready to tell him or anyone what Brian had done. Only my closest friend Nicole knew what happened. I couldn't tell my parents either because they had died before I found out that I was pregnant.
"He's an idiot. It sounds like he missed out on a wonderful thing here" Jacob said.
After hours of continuous talking we had to leave but we weren't ready to end the date yet.
"Want to go for a walk" he asked me.
"Yes" I said.
All four of us decided to walk near the trails and even Chloe didn't seem tired since she took that nap.
Something strange happened then. I caught the whiff of the sweetest scent I had ever smelled in my entire life. It was nothing like anything I had ever smelled before.
"Nessie" Jacob said using my nickname that he seemed to adopt.
It suddenly felt like my throat had been set on fire. That old familiar burning had come back with a vengeance. Some instinct of mine forced me to follow that scent. That scent that my instincts were telling me were the cure for the burning.
So, I ran. I ran faster than I had ever run in my whole life. Focusing on that one thing; that scent. I heard Jacob calling after me in surprise. This was the first time I had used my full speed in front of someone who was not family. That didn't matter anymore, nothing did but quenching this burning. Behind me I could hear heavy breathing, and what sounded like a giant animal coming after me. I looked back to see a horse sized russet colored wolf running after me. Strange creature, but so was I. I was out running this creature easily.
I could see someone up ahead; this person was bleeding.
"Nessie!" I heard several new voices screaming at once. I didn't look back this time, I just kept running towards that scent.
Suddenly someone knocked the breath out of me. I tried fighting him, and a feral growl escaped my chest. How did I even do that?
"Jasper!" I heard my captor screaming. I instantly recognized the owner of the voice as Edward Cullen.
A wave of calm flooded through me out of nowhere before I blacked out.
