Chapter 9. Didn't see that coming... Nessie's POV
I woke up and I had no idea what day it was. Nobody was in the room and the sun was coming in the window from above. Twelve? I went to sit up and noticed that I wasn't in any pain anymore and I could move my leg and arm.
"Oh," I said. Moments later Carlisle walked in.
"Jake will be very upset with me," he said.
"Why," I asked curious.
"Because I told him to go change and promised you wouldn't wake up."
"Oh, that's nothing. I'll fake it," I said winking at him and laid back down the way I was closing my eyes. I waited for about a minute before I heard Jake's voice outside my door.
"She still asleep," I heard him ask.
"Yea," my dad said. "Hasn't woke yet but she should any second now."
"Twenty to be exact," I heard Alice chime in. Those liars I thought and heard my dad laugh.
Jake came in and sat next to my bed. That took him about ten seconds. He sat there for about five before taking my hand. Then I started to stir in my "sleep" for five seconds.
I opened my eyes to Jacob and I saw his breath taking smile stretch across his face and I'm sure by answering smile was just as bright.
"Hi," I said.
"Hi."
"What day is it?"
"Uh. Let's see. The last time you where at home was a Thursday or would you count it as Friday?"
"Friday," I said.
"Okay. So Friday. April 21st. Then you where gone for a week and you didn't get to Forks until April 29th. It was Monday May 1st when you woke up here. Then you slept so it's Friday May 12th, 2017."
"What?"
"Don't worry about school work. It's taken care of."
"I'm not, it's just, wow. I slept that long?"
"Well not by yourself. Carlisle gave you medicine to sleep until he was sure you were fully healed. He made a deal with the people here that he'd work free for however long you had to stay as long as he was the only one to take care of you. You'll have to wear a fake cast out of the hospitable but as soon as we are gone you can take it off."
"What's the cover story back home?"
"You went to visit family. Then the rest of us came too. Simple. People won't need more than that."
"Oh," I said, "and it won't be weird that the other stayed home?"
"People shouldn't press too much. Just say they didn't want to come. Easy."
"My friends will press for all the info they can get. They've all been assuming I go out with you so we won't have to worry about our all-the-sudden stuff."
"Mhmm," he murmured skimming his lips across my cheek. "So tonight I'm taking you out."
"Where are we going?"
"I'm not telling," he winked.
"Then how will I know what to wear," I started to panic.
"Don't worry," he said, "I have the best working on that," he grinned.
"Alice?"
"Yup, she just left. She custom ordered what you are going to wear and is on her way to pick you up. She'll be at the house waiting."
"Will I get to spend any time with my family?"
"No, they won't be there. Alice is going to make them go hunting so you won't be distracted and stop to talk. We don't need to be late tonight we could miss a lot!"
"Oh... Do I at least get a hint," I asked.
"Hmmm. Dinner. That is your hint," he laughed.
"Thanks so much," I rolled my eyes.
"I promise it'll be better as a surprise. I promise."
"I trust you," I whispered then there was a knock on the door.
"Time for you to get ready to leave," she smiled and so did I. I couldn't wait to get out of this place!
My mom helped me get dressed because my whole left side was supposed to be broken. There were only so many options due to the stupid cast I had to wear. I told my mom to screw the winter crap that I wasn't even going to bother it may be chilly but I was going to wear what I wanted.
People could look at me weird if they wanted to. I didn't care. I ended up in a black jumper with details all over it. Since the fake leg cast came up to my thigh it worked. Since the jumper was strapless that worked with the cast that freaking came up past my elbow. My elbow!
I was soooo glad I didn't actually have to wear it for a long period. I couldn't wear heals so I wore some cute, frilly, and girly red gladiator sandals that matched the red detail on the jumper. Throw in a headband with a red bow and my look was complete.
"Mom do you know where Jake is taking me," I asked as I did my makeup.
"I wish I did," she exclaimed, "Alice and your dad know but they won't tell me! It is so frustrating! Jake won't tell me either! I mean you are my daughter I have the right to know!"
"Imagine how I feel," I complained, "it is about me and I don't even now! Jake said it would be better as a surprise so I trust him but I still want to know."
"Yea if he says it'll be better that way than it'll be better that way. That's the way your dad always did things. Why do you think I went to prom?" she laughed.
"When is prom anyway," I asked.
"Next weekend maybe or tomorrow. Not sure. So many schools I get them mixed up!"
"It's my first time through so I want to go! I'm sure Alice has me a dress!"
"I'm sure she does to," she said fixing my hair and kissing my temple, "I'll be waiting in the car with your dad. Jake is rolling you out and Carlisle is signing some papers now."
"Alright," I said.
I put on a few pieces of jewelry then called Jake's name. Just seconds after I said his name he was opening the door. "You ready," he asked.
"Yup," I smiled as he rolled me out to the car. I was in the passenger seat next to Jake because to my dad's dismay Jake was driving. He was too big to sit in the backseat with 2 other people so he got to be up front with me. He shifted the car into its proper gear and we hit the road.
I'm not sure how long it took to get home because I feel asleep again. When we got home there was an unfamiliar car in the drive way which I assumed to be a rental Alice had gotten. As soon as the car stopped Alice ran out.
"Oh thank God you are FINALLY here it took you FOREVER! Ugh! What if I can't redo your makeup," she went on pulling me out of the car. I had already got rid of the casts so there was nothing slowing Alice tugging me along.
"Nessie would you walk faster please," she begged and quickened my pace.
"What's the big rush," I asked, and knew I made a mistake. We were in the hall next to her and Jasper's room. She stopped me and looked at me firmly before chewing me out.
"What's the big rush? Really? What's the big rush? The big rush is I don't want you to be late that's the big rush Renesmee Cullen and so help me if you won't let me get what I need to get done, done then you will have to put up with me miss!"
"Alright, alright," I said opening her door and going straight for her connecting bathroom. I walked in and saw what I was going to be wearing and all the supplies on her counter and my jaw dropped.
Alice had spent an hour working on me and I was now dressed and ready. I was wearing a dark blue dress, but this dress was unbelievable and looked amazing on my body. The silk in the front was tight around my thighs, hips, and middle. It was a little loser up top, so the neckline was kind of draped and showed off just enough cleavage to be sexy but not slutty. Then there was the back!
A silver chain connected to the front on each side and went over each shoulder and ended a little under my boob. When I say this dress was backless I mean that there was absolutely nothing there except for those chains.
When they're finally was a back again it was loose right over my ass. I was then very tight and short underneath. About three inches of fabric going around my thighs. If we went dancing I was going to have to be very careful, but I looked so, so hot? Sexy? Amazing? Wonderful? I don't know I wasn't trying to be vain but, Alice wasn't helping any.
She had curled my hair and it was now all placed on the top of my head. Not sloppy or sophisticated. Young, mature a smart sexy adult kind of hair maybe. It was hard to say. Alice had given me a smoky eye which made me look kind of mysterious and uncontrollable. Add some mascara, eyeliner, blush, and amazing red lipstick and I was everything a guy could dream of! Not to mention the 4 inch stilettos I was wearing and I would still be shorter than Jake.
I was waiting for Alice to call me down stairs she had went to make sure he had found the outfit she had picked out for him and that he looked presentable. All the waiting was driving me absolutely crazy! I was already pacing back and forth in Alice's bedroom.
She hated me just calling her Alice instead of Aunt Alice but all my aunts and uncles hated me taking off the relation to them when I said there name. It wasn't my fault I had gotten in the habit when I started school. My train of thought was lost when I heard Alice yell, "Okay Ness, You can come down now!"
After working up enough courage I opened Alice's door and stepped into the hallway making my way to the stairs. I could hear someone pacing downstairs and was guessing it was either dad or Jake. My money was on Jake. When I reached the stairs and was in sight of everyone I heard Jake's intake of breath.
He was standing in the middle of the living room mid-step from the pacing he was doing. He was staring at me and then our eyes locked and I smiled and blushed at the same time. My mom's mouth was hanging open and my dad's face was nervous, worried maybe. No he was expecting something, but I didn't know what. I could tell this wasn't his favorite outfit for his daughter to wear but technically I was covered.
Alice's smile was dazzling as she appraised her work on what both Jake and I were wearing. Jake was in black pants, a baby blue button down, and a skinny black tie. So we were obviously going somewhere nice but were where we going, that was the question.
When I reached the bottom of the stairs Jake took my hand and said, "Ready to go?"
"As ready as I'll ever be," we tried to make a quick escape but not before Alice could stop us to take a few pictures. When we were finally in the car I asked, "So where are we going?"
"Well," he said calmly, "I know how much you've wanted to see the symphony so Carlisle pulled a few strings to get us some tickets."
"Are you serious," I squealed in delight. I had been dying to see the symphony because they were supposed to be beyond amazing.
Jake continued, "That's not all though."
"There's more," I asked curious.
"Yup. Since this is a special performance and they are not only doing their music but a bunch of dead guys too they are holding a dinner and dance afterwards.
I was beaming, "I love you so much Jake," I said leaning over to kiss his cheek. Thank God this lipstick doesn't smear!
"I love you too but can you promise me something," he asked starting to chuckle.
"Anything," I promised.
"Just make sure I don't fall asleep and get mugged by a bunch of symphony freaks," he laughed.
"Okay," I said laughing with him, "but if I forget and they start beating you up I'm just goanna have to close my eyes cause there is no way I can take on a bunch of symphony freaks," I laughed using his term.
"That works," he said smiling.
The symphony was amazing! They really where the best around! When they had plaid the classics they didn't just play the classics they had redone them and made them even better! All together, like I said, amazing!
We had just finished eating and I was on the dance floor with Jake. We owned the dance floor dancing to Ashley Tisdale's "Be good to Me." A circle had once again formed around us and I felt like the luckiest girl in the world. When the song ended the crowd all started to dance with thee partners to the Lifehouse song, "You and Me."
What day is it? And in what month?
This clock never seemed so alive
I can't keep up and I can't back down
I've been losing so much time
Jake and I were dancing close my arms wrapped around his neck with my head resting on his chest just spinning in small, simple circles.
Cause it's you and me and all of the people with nothing to do
Nothing to lose
And it's you and me and all of the people
And I don't know why, I can't keep my eyes off of you
All of the things that I want to say just aren't coming out right
I'm tripping on words
You've got my head spinning
I don't know where to go from here
Cause it's you and me and all of the people with nothing to do
Nothing to prove
And it's you and me and all of the people
And I don't know why, I can't keep my eyes off of you
Jake started to move closer to the door as we were dancing, spinning as we went. Why were we going to the door? And the back door at that.
There's something about you now
I can't quite figure out
Everything she does is beautiful
Everything she does is right
Just as the song reached the last chorus we were at the door and he opened it still holding me close. With one spin we were outside in an amazing garden. Roses were everywhere along with other flowers. It was dark outside but there was light coming from a white gazebo. We spun that way and finished the song which was barely audible to normal people under the gazebo.
Cause it's you and me and all of the people with nothing to do
Nothing to lose
And it's you and me and all of the people
And I don't know why, I can't keep my eyes off of you
And me and all of the people with nothing to do
Nothing to prove
And it's you and me and all of the people
And I don't know why, I can't keep my eyes off of you
What day is it?
And in what month?
This clock never seemed so alive
When we stopped spinning I looked up at him smiling. He lifted one of his hands off my back and brushed it across my cheek. "Renesmee," he whispered as he did that and a chill went down my spine, a good one. Then he kissed me on the forehead and got down on one knee.
My hands flew to my mouth as I gasped. I couldn't believe it! He was going to propose! No wonder Aunt Alice had dressed me up like this she knew. As I stood there in shock Jake pulled out a little black box and opened it.
The ring was defiantly perfect for me. It had a skinny white gold band with 5 square diamonds on it. The biggest was in the middle, to pretty good ones on either side of that one, and a small one on each end. It wasn't flashy, but it wasn't boring. It was different but amazing. I lost all train of thought when he began to speak.
"Renesmee Carlie Cullen I could never love anyone or anything more than I love you. You have changed my life in so many ways but all were for the better. My life would be absolutely nothing without you Renesmee. I want to say so much more, but I'll finish with this.
"Would you please be my wife? I want to kiss you and tell you how much you mean to me every day and wake up every morning with you next to me. I want to try and make you the happiest woman in the world each and every second. So will you please do me the amazing honor? Renesmee, will you marry me?"
I was so amazingly happy I wanted to scream 'Of course I will you idiot' and then laugh with him. I didn't do that though. This moment was to special and sweet to say any of the funnier things I was thinking. This isn't the moment to laugh, not quite yet. So I made the moment perfect.
"Yes," I whispered simply. A huge grin spread across his face and I smiled back. The perfect moment. He placed the ring on the third finger on my left hand. As he stood back up he picked me up and spun me around hugging me. My trilling joy filled laugh filled the air.
Perfect.
