Alright, So I know this is a short chapter, but just wait. There's definitely more to come. SOON.
Renesmee Point of View
Jacob and I walked back over to Natalia, already shoving the past five minutes into the back of our heads. Natalia was standing against the wall, wide eyed. She'd obviously just seen the exchange from across the room.
"Sorry, Natalia," I smiled sheepishly.
She snapped out of her wide gaze to focus on us, "Its okay, I think I get it. Marie is kind of known for her… inability to… be attracted to guys who are, uh, single." She said.
"Apparently," Jacob said a little irritably.
Natalia chuckled, "Don't be too upset, at least you got her to stop. I don't think I've ever seen someone straight up told her to knock it off. Actually, this one kid, Josh, he did last year… and things didn't turn out well. I mean, she was bad before, but after Josh crumpled her self esteem, she just made up for it by being ten times worse,"
My brow furrowed, "How many people has she done this to?" How many poor girls were left standing alone after Marie had literally dug her claws into their boyfriends?
"I don't really keep track, but I wonder what she'll do now…"
"I think she'll stop," Jacob said, a little smugly, but there was a slight tinge of aggressiveness in his voice that I was sure Natalia couldn't catch.
"What makes you think that?"
"Jacob and my, uh, brothers, sort of encouraged her to stop. I'm pretty sure she got the hint," I wasn't sure how to describe what had just happened. Translating "My two uncles and my husband sort of just threatened to kill her unless she stopped," was hard to do.
"You're lucky you've got big brothers to take care of you." She eyed Emmett who was dancing with Rosalie. "And I mean that literally when I say big brothers. He looks terrifying. Attractive, but in a dangerous sort of way."
Jacob laughed, "Yeah, Emmett likes to think he can scare people, but he's really just a big doofus most of the time."
As Jacob said that, Emmett turned around and shot a half teasing glare at Jacob, then grinned evilly. I laughed on the inside and wondered what Em's plan for payback would be.
Oddly, at that moment, Natalia's eyes lit up.
"Yes!" she whispered.
"What's going on?" I asked, and followed her gaze. Across the room at the entrance, a group of humans had just walked in. Towards the edge of the group, I recognized the boy from our gym class. He was scanning the room, obviously searching for someone.
Then he spotted Natalia and he grinned, walking over quickly.
"Nat!" He called to her and waved. He rushed over, squeezing between the dancing couples, "Sorry I'm late, the swim meet went a little later than we thought it would." He turned and saw us, "Oh hey,"
"Derek, this is Renesmee and Jacob."
"Hey," he nodded to each of us, then turned back to Natalia, "I'm really sorry."
She smiled, "Its okay, at least you came."
"Were you worried I'd stood you up?" he asked.
"A little," Natalia blushed and looked down.
"That's ridiculous, I wouldn't stand you up."
And then Jacob and I realized that it was our cue to leave, and so we left them to each other, and walked outside for some air.
Edward Point of View
I watched Renesmee and Jacob take off out the front door, happily disappearing into the darkness. Just minutes before, a huge crowd of boys had entered the room. I recognized the human who's thoughts closely resembled that of the long deceased Mike Newton – Ryan – enter the room.
Bella noticed him come inside too, and hissed under her breath silently. I felt her shield slip away and her mind was open to me once again.
Feel free to pull an Emmett if he comes over here, she thought. I laughed.
"I thought you said you didn't need any help with him?"
True, I don't… but that doesn't mean I wouldn't like to watch you handle it in your own way. But only if he starts acting as obnoxious as he was in English the other day. I'll give you a hint if I'd like you to.
I chuckled again, and kissed her forehead.
Focusing on Ryan's thoughts, I mentally put a tab on his "voice" so that I could keep him in check. "I don't think he'll do anything while I'm here. He's rather intimidated by me," I grinned, and Bella laughed lightly, "He's a coward, despite his forwardness with you."
"Most of them are," Bella noted.
"Very true," I turned and saw Ryan walking our way, he hadn't spotted us yet, but he would in about…. Now.
"Hey, Bella!"
Bella plastered a smile on her face, "Hello,"
"How's the dance going? Having fun?"
"Yes, we are," Bella kept her answers short, sure to add the we.
"I just got back from a swim meet, I got first place," he said proudly. But his pride was false. He hadn't won anything. I controlled my immediate desire to roll my eyes. "Do you play any sports?" He asked me, a little arrogantly but he was still hesitant.
"Baseball," Bella and I said at the same time.
"You should go out for the team," he suggested.
"I prefer not to play on high school teams."
Bella smiled coyly at me and pushed her shield back again so that I could hear her internal laughter.
"Oh… okay." Ryan seemed to recognize what he thought was an inside joke. "Well uh… hey Bella, we should hang out sometime. If you're free this weekend a bunch of people are going to Seattle. They're opening this new club and it's supposed to be really great. You should come."
I hadn't seen this one coming. He pulled it out of an earlier conversation he'd had with the other humans on his swim team.
"No thank you, I have plans this weekend." Bella said.
"Oh, okay, well…" He looked at me and gulped, shuddering under my stare, "I'll see you in English, Bella." And he walked away.
"Well that was easy," Bella laughed, then turned at the sound of Emmett's sudden boom of laughter, "What's with him?" she asked.
"Emmett thinks that it is comical that two humans have attempted to become involved – however negatively – with both you and Renesmee in one evening."
What is with the humans here, man? If I were you, I would have smacked that kid in the face for even looking at my girl.
I rolled my eyes at Emmett's commentary, and then pulled Bella closer to me as the music changed into a slow dance.
"Well, Marie can't really count, can she?" Bella asked, "Because she wanted Jacob, not Renesmee."
I chuckled, "I know that, love, Emmett isn't quite as bright as we are though,"
Not cool, Edward. Both you and Jacob have already made cracks at my intelligence tonight. You just wait, you both have it coming to you.
I grinned over at Emmett.
Bella turned over her shoulder to look at Emmett, "I know that face, you may want to watch your back," she laughed and then rested her head in the crook between my chest and my shoulder.
"This is nice," she said, "Although, it doesn't quite compare to dancing at that restaurant in Italy. The music was better,"
I laughed, "And the scenery. I don't know about you but I prefer to the Italian country side to dozens of children eating each other's faces," I looked around and shuddered. The thoughts were worse. Not that there were tons of couples 'making out', but there were more than not.
Bella sighed in the memory of Siena. "We should invite Saba and Penthea, soon. We haven't seen them since Italy, and that was nearly a decade ago."
I nodded in quick agreement, "Renesmee would love that. As would Alice, I know she misses Penthea. It still amazes me how greatly they complement each other."
Saba and Penthea were the daughters of a vampire named Adelphos, who, like Joham, discovered the secrets of our breeding possibilities. However, Adelphos did not create his daughters because of experimentation; it was more out of loneliness. He had sincerely cared for the human women that he seduced, and was remorseful when they died after the birth of their children.
The sisters found each other by mere chance. Saba had been born when Gladiators still roamed the streets as heroes, such as Hercules and Achilles. She and Adelphos had lived together for quite some time, father and daughter. But they had to separate about a century later, and Saba says it was because her father feared the Volturi, and he wanted to keep her safe.
They were never reunited.
But after another hundred years, Saba ran into Penthea. Penthea had been born to Adelphos not long after he and Saba had been separated, and when the sisters found each other, Penthea told Saba that their father had told her about his first daughter, and that it was her job to find him. Around the same time, Adelphos lost a fight to another vampire, and was killed.
When we had visited Italy, the half vampire half human sisters recognized us to be a coven of vampires, and we quickly became friends. Renesmee and Jacob formed a trio with Saba, becoming the best of friends, though Penthea seemed to make a connection with Alice. We all adored the sisters, of course, but those bonds seemed to be the strongest.
"I'll tell Renesmee and have her write to Saba," Bella said smiling.
Then we continued dancing slowly, letting the night fade awaw.
