Bella's POV
When we got to the school we went straight to the gym. Students were dancing (basically jumping up and down to loud music) on one side of the gym and just standing around chatting on the other. Nothing was really different about the space, just the lights were turned off and a few multicolored lights flashed against the wall.
"Hey." Liz called over the music walking towards us. She was wearing black skinny jeans, and a lime green top. Her shoulder length black hair was curled into individual ringlets. She stopped and starred at Emmett for a second, then shot him a flirtatious smile.
"I'm so glad you guys came." Megan said coming up behind Liz. "What do you guys think? It didn't take that long for us to set up but I think it looks pretty good."
"You set this up?" I asked.
Liz answered for her. "Duh, Megan is student council prez. She is gonna plan all the dances this year. And there better be a lot." she added.
Megan smiled.
"Wow, I can't believe I didn't know that." I commented.
The six of us strayed away from the door, and walked over to the back wall of the gym. We chatted about a few things. Or tried to at least. Most of what we were saying was drowned out by two large speakers over by the DJ's table which was being controlled by two seniors. I was really starting to regret coming to this thing. I could care less about keeping up the normal human facade. I didn't want to be here, I wanted to be back at the house watching Renesmee and Nahuel, and making sure nothing happened between them.
"Hey, your name's Emmett right?" A tall girl with very long black hair and tanned skin came up to him ignoring the rest of us.
He nodded. "Yup."
"I'm Sherry, we have a few classes together." she said smiling." Do you want to dance?"
Emmett looked at Rose for approval. She just shrugged, so Sherry grabbed the sleeve of his shirt and dragged him out to a spot in the middle of the gym. Just as they started to dance the music changed to a slow song. Sherry wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled herself closer to him.
My mouth feel open as she pulled herself closer and closer. Emmett reached up and started prying her off his neck but she reached up touching her lips to his.
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Renesmee's POV
Mom and dad had both gone to the school dance and the only person home besides Nahuel and myself was grandpa Cullen. But he was in his study in the basement working on some medical paper.
"I'm bored." I whined looking at Nahuel. "Lets do something."
He smiled. "What do you want to do?"
I thought for a second. "I don't know. Something fun." My mind was blank, I couldn't think of anything.
He thought too. "How bout we talk?"
Ugh. That was the last thing I wanted to do. "I said something fun, talking isn't fun."
"I can be if you talk about the right thing." he defended his suggestion.
I sighed. "I don't want to talk. Talking is all I ever used to do with Jake. And it's boring."
He stared at the floor. "Okay."
Great. I hurt his feelings. This was so deja vu.
"Ness?" Jacob had called
"In here." I answered. He came into my room in the cottage where I was putting away some laundry. "Hey." I smiled, walking over to him and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "What's up?"
"Nothing. I just missed you."
I rolled my eyes. "We've been apart for like three hours."
"It doesn't make a difference how long we've been apart. I miss you ever second I'm not near you." he had been looking right into my eyes as he spoke.
Yuck. Please, somebody gag me. "You need to get a life." I said jokingly, turning back to the pile of clothes on my bed.
"You are my life, I love you." I could here the hurt in his voice. Of course he had taken it seriously. He always took everything so seriously. And I mean everything.
I didn't answer.
"What do you want to do tonight?" he asked me slowly.
Hmm. "How bout we go cliff diving?" I had heard about the pack jumping off a cliff near La Push and I was dying to try it.
"No." he said harshly. I turned to face him. He looked almost angry. "That's to dangerous."
"Seriously, you got to be kidding me. Seth and Leah and the rest of the pack do it all the time and you don't stop them."
"That's different. They can take care of themselves. And I couldn't ever forgive myself if something happened to you. I want us to be together forever." he took a step towards me and reached out for my hands.
I stepped away. He was doing it again. Everyday, everything was always about us and love and forever. We were supposed be taking this slow. He had only just told me about this whole eternally devoted freaky werewolf imprinting thing a little while ago and now he expected me to return the feelings. He had always been there, always been my best friend. And now he wanted to be more? My boyfriend? My husband? Sure I loved him too, he was great. Someone I could talk to about anything without being judged, or just hang out with in a peaceful silence. But this was going way to fast. He was suffocating me, he was always around. I wanted to have some fun, but he never let me. Saying everything was too dangerous or we should just sit around and talk.
"Renesmee?" Nahuel's voice pulled me from my memory.
I looked down and realized my hand had been on his the whole time. He had seen that whole memory. Oops. I pulled my hand away.
"I get it." he said with a comforting smile on his face. "You're young. You aren't ready to settle down. I understand completely." he stood up. Pulling me up off the couch with him. "Let's go out. Do something fun. Find a cliff to jump off, if that's what you want."
I laughed. "Actually my mom told me a scary story about cliff diving, I promised her I would never try it. But going out sounds fun."
Bella's POV
Rosalie was across the gym faster than humanly possible. Edward and I followed at a slower pace.
Emmett pushed Sherry away gently. She looked slightly shocked, but not because he pushed her away because of something else.
"I'm not interested." Emmett said clearly. She didn't seem to hear him.
"Your skin," she whispered in a trance like state. "Your so cold. Why?" she smiled slightly and reached her hand towards him.
He moved away out of her reach and placed a half comforting half restraining arm around Rosalie's shoulders. Which seemed like a very good idea seeing the looks Rose was shooting at this girl.
"Come on, Emmett." Edward said to his brother "I think it's time we go."
Emmett nodded and pulled Rosalie outside. I turned around and saw the confused look on Megan's and Elizabeth's faces before following them out of the building.
"How could you let her do that?!" Rosalie smacked him in the shoulder once we were alone in the school parking lot.
Emmett put on his best shocked and innocent face. "What? It's not like I didn't try to stop her."
"You didn't try very hard!"
"What did you want me to do? Throw her through the wall the second she started getting a little too close?"
"Yes actually." Rose put her hands on her hip.
"Rose," he frowned. "You know I couldn't do that. Not to mention it took everything I had not to eat her." he turned to Edward for a second. "I have no idea how you used to kiss her man, before she was changed." he pointed at me with his thumb.
"Ugh!" Rosalie almost screamed. "Whatever Emmett. I'll see you at school on Monday. Maybe. I'm walking." she spun away from the car and began walking down the road toward our house.
"Awe, Rose," Emmett called after her "Come on baby, don't be like that." he started following her down the road.
I turned to Edward. His eyes were deep in thought as he opened the passenger's side door for me then walked around and started the car.
"Will they be okay?" I asked.
"Hmm?" he said coming out of his thoughts. "Oh. Yes. They'll be fine. But we are going to have to be very careful."
"What?"
He turned to look me in the eyes. "That girl...Sherry, she's curious. She feels we are different, and she wants to know more."
"Oh," I said solemnly. "Will we have to move?"
"Not yet." he answered. "We will have to wait and see. I'll talk to Carlisle when we get home."
He drove the speed limit on the way home-which made me even more worried than I already was. I was glad when we finally got to the house. I walked inside, leaving the car quickly, not waiting for Edward to open my door for me. This made him frown and me laugh. He followed me inside. "I love you." he breathed into my hair before kissing the top of my head.
"I love you too."