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Chapter 12

"Where have you been?" Ron demanded as we walked back into the suite.

"Ron calm down. She's just fine," Harry replied.

"But she was with him," the idiot said glaring daggers at me. "And doesn't he want to eat her or something?"

Jacob snorted, earning a good hard smack from Nessie. "Ouch!"

"Ronald, I was perfectly safe," Hermione assured him, rolling her eyes. "Unlike some people I'm quite capable of using a protective shield and actually keeping it there for more than a few seconds."

The red head turned red, anger radiating off of him.

"And while we're at it, I really don't want to talk to you right now," she added, looking angry.

Ron's face softened as he stepped closer to her. "Hermione, I'm sorry about last night."

"You should be," Nessie replied, stepping closer to her new friend.

Ron sent a heated look toward my niece. "Mione, can we talk alone?"

"No, we can't," Hermione answered.

"And why the bloody he'll not?" he exploded.

"Because she said, that's why," Nessie said, stepping between Hermione and the seething man.

"Oh, would you bugger off! This had nothing to do with you," he spat at my niece.

"I suggest you watch the tone of which you speak to my daughter," Edward practically growled at the startled wizard, who had not seen the angry vampire approach.

"Perhaps you should go back to the tower and cool off until you learn how to address a lady," Harry suggested angrily, stepping closer to Nessie, much like Jacob had done.

"Fine," he said, stomping out of the room.

"Are you okay Nessie?" Harry and Jacob asked in unison, causing her to laugh.

"I'm fine," she assured them, walking toward her room to drop her things off, the boys following close behind.

I walked over to Hermione, who had taken a seat on the couch. "Are you okay?"

She smiled at me as I sat beside her. "I'm fine. I think that I just need to distance myself from Ronald for a while. Thankfully I'm Head Girl this year. So that shouldn't be an issue."

"What does a 'Head Girl' do?" I wondered.

"Well the Head Boy and I will basically over see all of prefects and make sure they are doing the duties that they have been assigned, such as sweeping the halls after curfew, making sure that no one is out of their common rooms."

"How will that help you stay away from the Weasel?" I asked.

She laughed loudly, shaking her head. "That's what Draco Malfoy and his goons call him and they call his sister Weaslette."

"Does she act like her brother?" I asked, wondering if she had earned the nickname as her brother had.

"Defiantly not. She's the only real girl friend I have," Hermione informed me. "Well before Nessie, that is."

Just then Alice, Jasper, Esme, Carlisle and a very stern looking McGonagall walked into the room searching all of our faces.

"Where is he?" Alice asked.

"Where's who?" Bella wondered.

"Ron. Alice saw him make a fool of himself again and Professor McGonagall wanted to escort him back to the Burrow until school starts next week," Carlisle replied.

"Since he can't seem to act the way he should, he had lost his privilege to be here with Harry. I hope it won't upset the boy too much," McGonagall added.

"I'm fine with it," the black haired boy replied as the three walked back into the sitting room.

"He went back to the tower," Jacob informed them, smirking.

"He was rude to Hermione and Nessie so I told him to leave," Harry replied, shrugging as if it were no big deal to send his best friend away.

"Thank you," Professor McGonagall said to Jacob before walking toward the door.

"Professor?" Hermione called before she could leave.

"Yes?"

"Could Ginny come back with you? I thought it might be nice if Nessie had another friend before school starts," she suggested.

"Could she come back? I would love to meet her," Nessie replied excitedly.

"I'll see what I can do," the professor said before exiting the room.

"Daddy, where's my owl?" Renesmee asked, taking a seat next to him.

"He should be in your room," Edward replied, grinning.

"I was just in there and I didn't see him," she said raising an eyebrow at her father.

"He's supposed to magically be delivered," Bella informed her daughter. "Maybe you should go check."

"Okay," she replied, walking back towards her room.

Just then a cage appeared in front of me.

"What's that?" Jacob asked, startled by the clinging of the cage on the coffee table.

Hermione gasped, instantly recognizing the little bird. "It's the precious owl from the store."

"I bought him for you since you didn't have one," I told her, watching her intently to judge her reaction.

A blush quickly covered her angelic face, followed by a small smile. "You didn't have to buy her me."

"I know I didn't but I really wanted to," I replied, shrugging like it was no big deal. But all of the vampires and even Jake knew it was a huge deal. I'm not the type of person to just randomly buy someone something. I really hadn't done that since she died. Only Nessie got things from me, she was special. And apparently, unexpectedly she was now important to me too.

"Thank you so much Emmett!" she replied earnestly leaning over and hugging me tightly. I could vaguely smell the scent that was radiating off of her hair, masked by the protective shield she had around herself. It smelled of honey and almond, an intoxicating scent that could become addictive.

"You're welcome," I replied grinning broadly.

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That evening, we all sat or stood around the living room talking or playing a game called Exploding Snaps that George had sent Nessie by owl.

"How sweet!" she had exclaimed when the package had arrived soon after we had gotten back from Diagon Alley. There was an assortment of products from their store including one of the fluffy creatures that the girls had been cooing at.

Jacob and Harry had glared angrily as she had read the card aloud:

Dear Renesemee,
Thank you for coming and visiting our store today. It was a pleasure to meet you and I hope that I'll have the privilege of seeing you again very soon. Enclosed in this package are several of our best selling products that you will find quite useful in your first few days of Hogwarts. There's also a purple (that's your favourite colour, isn't it?) - and a set of Exploding Snaps that should be quite a lot of fun. I hope you enjoy it all.

Sincerely yours,

George Weasley
"I wonder how he knew that purple was my favourite colour," my niece had mused aloud.

Hermione laughed. "I don't know, Ness. Maybe your purple blouse or maybe the slight hint of purple in your sneakers."

"Or it could be your purple purse," Bella added, grinning.

"Alright, alright," she had said laughing.

"How are you winning so often?" Harry suddenly exclaimed, pulling me out of my thoughts.

Jacob laughed, as did Nessie."Beginner's luck?" the werewolf suggested, grinning.

"It's probably his reflexes," Hermione said from her seat next to me on the couch, where she was reading a book for one of her new classes.

"Bloody werewolf," Harry grumbled.

"It's alright, Harry," Nessie assured him, pulling him close for a hug, causing his face to go from a scowl to a dopy grin.

Hermione chuckled quietly next to me as she turned the page.

"What?" I asked curious as to what had amused her.

Hermione looked back over to where the trio sat, and pulled out a quill and a piece of parchment.

That's going to make the school year very interesting, she wrote.

How so? I wondered.

Well, Jacob has imprinted on Nessie and she knows how he feels for her.

How do you know about imprinting and Jacobs feelings?

Ness told me last night about imprinting and really? Anyone can see that he loves her.

But couldn't that just be the imprint? I asked.

Of course it's the imprint, but from what I understand of it, that's part of him.

I smiled over at her, amazed that she was so intelligent. It is part of him. But why will it make things interesting? She already knows how he feels and he understands he has to wait for her until she's ready.

Yes, but what if she wants to date around before they get together? She wondered.

Then he would watch it happen and grumble about it to Bella or me, most likely, but he would let her do it, because it would be what she wanted.

What if she finds someone she likes more than Jacob?

Then she'll have the best friend she will ever need in Jake.

That would be horrible for him.

Yes, but he would rather have her like that, then not at all, I explained.

I guess I could understand that, Hermione wrote looking over at the two watching as Nessie put a hand on Harry's, stopping him from doing something.
She sure does have quite a few guys wrapped around her finger. I've never seen George or even Harry that smitten before.

She comes by it naturally. She got a great personality and a great heart.

Not to mention she's drop dead gorgeous.

I looked over to see Hermione watching my niece and her best friend interact. She didn't look jealous, just maybe a little worried about the outcome of all the flirting.

If she hurts him, she won't mean to, you know, I wrote.

Hermione smiled over at me before writing. I know. She's one of the sweetest people I've ever met.

Hermione sat the quill and paper down and began to pick up her book before I put a hand gently on her arm, handing her the piece of paper.

You're drop dead gorgeous too, I informed her, earning a blush that creeped across her face.

"Are you writing love letters or what? Mione I don't think I've seen you turn that red since the Yule Ball when you came back to the Tower, after sniffing Viktor Krum half the night," a voice replied from the doorway.

"Ginny!" Hermione exclaimed, her cheeks going more crimson the pink. The young witch stood from her seat next to me and hugged her friend.

Who's Viktor Krum? I wondered, not liking the man or the thought of him 'snogging' Hermione.

"Ginny, I would like you to meet some people," Hermione started.

"This is Carlisle and Esme Cullen. Alice and Jasper. Edward and Bella. This is Jacob and this is Renesemee," she replied.

"Nice to meet you all," Ginny replied, beaming at all of us.

"It's nice to meet you, too" Nessie replied, smiling at her potential new friend.

Ginny turned her gaze at me and smile. "And who are you?"

I laughed loudly at the boldness and spunk of this young red head.

"Oh Merlin! I'm so sorry, Ginny, this is Emmett," Hermione replied, gently placing her hand on my arm ad she did so. Then, as if she realized what she had done, she quickly removed her warm hand from my arm, blushing once more. Damn, I thought when she removed her hand.

"Nice to meet you, Emmett," Ginny said, glancing between Hermione and myself with a devious smile creeping onto her face.

"You too," I said, seeing Alice have the same smile on her lips. That can't be good, I thought.

"Ginny, do you want to stay here?" Nessie asked. "It would be like a big slumber party."

"That would be brilliant," she replied, pulling out a stack full of magazines."I brought these so you could learn about all of the important things in the Wizarding world."

Nessie took the top one off of the stack and read the cover aloud.

"Harry Potter: Most Eligible Bachelor in the entire Wizarding world. His likes and dislikes. Could you be his type? Quiz inside."

"Bloody hell," the boy wonder muttered from his seat at the table as Jacob and I laughed hysterically.

"You two leave him alone," Esme scolded Jacob and I as she walked over and patted Harry on the back affectionately.

"It's alright, Harry," Nessie said, smiling at him. "I think I'll go take that test," she decided, walking towards her room, followed by a grinning Ginny.

Sorry for being MIA for however long its been. I have been focusing on one of my other stories 'In High Demand' and just haven't had time, honestly. I got a review for this story yesterday that had me wanting to look over it again and found this chapter that I hadn't downloaded yet. :) I will try to update again with in the next month, but thats all I can promise. Please review. They really do work...it is the reason that you have this chapter now. :) Oh and thank you to my awesome beta, Just Being Sirius for your help in checking this over. You rock. Happy reading.