11. Night Out
"I am so bored!" Renesmey said as she fell off her bed in a failing attempted to do a headstand
"Me too" Tara said "It's too bad the guys had to turn wolf..." Tara turned looking out the window
"Whats up?"
"Its Just the War is getting so close and I can't see what's going to happen, so many decisions are being changed quickly and its kind of making my head hurt when I try and decipher it"
Renesmey got up and sat next to Tara "Then don't try, I don't want you hurting your self in an attempt to help us"
"But I want to help Renn" Tara smiled
"I know that, and I know there is no way of you staying home while were fighting" Renesmey said as Tara smiled shamelessly
"So what your saying is I don't need to help anymore if I'm hurting myself because I'm going to be there anyway on the front line?" Tara beamed
"Yes" Renesmey sighed in defeat
"Yes" Tara crowed
"Let's go out tonight"
"Out?" Tara asked
"Yeah to a club, ooh lets go to swig!"
"You have to be twenty one to get into swig," Tara said
"Now your just thinking like a normal person... and are we normal?"
"Nope" Tara said happily
"So I already have a fake I.D and you can work some magick cant you?"
"Sure can- there is this one spell that I can use so I can make them think I look twenty one so they wont ask for I.D"
Renesmey Laughed and hugged Tara "You know you are my best friend, my only real first friend"
"Back at you" Tara giggled "Oh!" she gasped
"What?" Renesmey said pulling away
"What shall I wear?"
Renesmey laughed "Fashion show!"
"I'm so bored!" Seth Sang
The pack was searching the grounds looking for any alien scent.
"I want to go and see Nessy"
"Shut Up! I want to see Emily as well but we got to do this y'all! Now focus" Sam Ordered
"No you shut up Sam!" Jacob ordered back, the weight of the alpha in his voice outlawed the command
"Ok, one more round then were going back" Sam sighed in defeat
"Yes" Seth crowed
"Hello?" Jacob called over ACDC, which was blearing out of the speakers
"In here" Renesmey said as the music was turned down
"What was that?" Seth asked
"ACDC- Back in black" Jacob said
Seth didn't reply he was staring at the angel like figure in the corner. Tara was stunning she had black three-inch stilettos on with a tulip shaped Boob tube dress with a little clutch bag and her hair all done up in a bun on the top of her head.
"You look..." Seth trailed off into the silence, Tara smiled- Not an ordinary smile, a smile that could melt butter and then Seth went into a frenzy, he ran a and kissed her and pulled her into a close embrace.
"You look lovely," Jacob said to Renesmey as he slid his warm hands around her waist. She was wearing a black silk mini dress with white accessories and three inch black stilettos.
"Thank you" Renesmey replied as she reached up to kiss him
"So where are we going?" Jacob asked
"We?" Renesmey cocked an eyebrow
"Oh yes I'm not letting you go out when you look like that- too many hormonal men around" he explained
"Fine you can come, were going to Swig"
"Nice" Jacob commented "Com'on Seth lets get changed" he added pulling a reluctant Seth from an equally reluctant Tara
"Where is Tara?" Alfrance asked Edward
"I don't know"
"Edward?" Bella called from the kitchen
"Yes?" Edward replied as he and Alfrance walked in
"Ness's gone too"
"But it's two in the morning! Where could they be?"
"My Tara she is still just a little girl, if something happens and her powers go poof... she..." Alfrance trailed off
Edward laid his arm over her shoulders "Don't worry, She's probably with Nessy, Jacob and Seth. They will protect her"
"When they get back…" Alfrance threatened menacingly
"I'm right there with you" Bella chimed in "In These times, they shouldn't be out there!"
"Your Right, We'll deal with them when they get in" Edward finished
Renesmey slipped off the excruciating painful stilettos when they arrived back at four in the morning.
Tara yawned "I'm beat"
"Same" Seth said, "Shall we?" He asked Tara not waiting for an answer as he scooped her up in his arms and whisked her away to bed.
"Hungry?" Renesmey asked as Jacobs's stomach rumbled
"Yes" He said smiling. The couple walked in to the kitchen and flicked on the harsh light.
They froze
"What is the meaning of this?"
Three figures stood in the kitchen. Alfrance, Edward and Bella.
Jacob shuffled like a guilty school boy "Well... um... Bells, we err went out. We needed to blow off some steam"
Renesmey's mum Bella glared at Jacob "She's still a child Jacob. Four in the morning is no hour for a child"
"I'm not a child!"
"Yes you are"
"And what about my Tara? Even if you think you are not a child she is!" Alfrance exclaimed
Renesmey bowed her head in shame "I'm... I'm sorry Alfrance. I-I didn't think, we were wound so tight. We needed something normal in our life's"
"We will never be normal. No matter how hard we try to fit in we never will." Renesmey had never heard Alfrance use such a tone and so many negative words.
"I am sorry" Renesmey whispered still staring at her bare feet.
"It's ok" Alfrance whispered now grabbing Renesmey by the shoulders "Its ok by me. Just tell me before you whisk my daughter away." and with that Alfrance made her exit.
Renesmey half glanced at her parents hoping all was forgiven. But alas grey scowls still lined their faces.
"We're not finished are we?"
"Nope" Edward said popping the 'p'
"I am sorry mum- dad, but I'm not a child anymore and you cannot boss me around and tell me off for going out with friends and my boyfriend- no matter how late I get back!"
"Your grounded miss" Bella said "I thought I could trust you to be responsible"
"I am being responsible! I'm doing what any normal twenty-six year old would do!"
"Don't use that tone with me! Now go to bed!" Bella shouted
Jacob and Renesmey ended up sleeping in the tree house that looked more like Buckingham palace because Tara and Seth had decided that their love was too much to quench and needed some 'alone time'.
"Jacob" Renesmey whispered
"Mmm"
"I love you"
"I love you too Nessy"
"I'm going to keep on saying it in case anything happens like before, I want you to know that I will always love you"
"I know Ness, do you know what the one and only think that kept me going while I was being held prisoner was?"
Renesmey Shuddered at the image "N-No"
"You" he sighed breathing in her fresh scent "It was always you"
Renesmey turned so she was facing Jacob and kissed him lightly on the mouth then pulled away, this left Jacob wanting more and on a whole new level of temptation. He kissed her back and with a slight moan in the back of his throat a frenzy began.
Renesmey opened her eyes. Her heart thumped as a figure stood over her motionless body. With a huge jolt she realised that the figure was Aro. His long jet-black hair shimmered in the wind; his papery skin looked fragile as if it could snap at any time as it was taught over his knuckles and his piercing red eyes gleamed from the darkness full of hate and wonder.
Aro opened his mouth but to Renesmey's surprise Tara's voice came out "Renn wake up! Now! Renn! Wake up!"
"What?" Renesmey said in complete dismay
This time it was just Aro's voice "I'm sorry about that Dear Renesmey, I just couldn't let that Witch interrupt."
"Witch? Tara!"
"Yes Interesting friends you have here"
"How is this possible?" Renesmey said completely ignoring Aro's last comment
"It's not just you that have interesting friends Nessy"
"You're using a vampires abilities?"
"I had this human secretary once, your parents knew her. She's called Gena"
"And she can project herself and/or anyone else into a sleeping mind?"
"Yes. A chip of the old block you've turned out to be I must say" Aro beamed "And how is Edward and Bella"
"Leave them out of it, you came to see me, so I guess there was something you wanted to ask me?"
"Yes you smart child, I have come to make you an offer" He paused
"And?"
"Come to Italy and join my guard and I will not go to war with your family"
"And why is that supposed to convince me? We stand a better chance of winning than you do!"
"True but we have something that can make you very unhappy"
"What do you mean?" Renesmey's pulse sounded through her ears
"Right now growing inside of you is an abomination to our world"
"I-I'm. No… You're lying" Renesmey gabbled for words that just would not come
"Would I lie about some thing like this?" He asked "No. Now we have a way to torture that rodent from Italy"
"No you wouldn't! there is no way that it would be possible!" Renesmey shouted
"We would! And it is, Jane has been, how do I put this... practising"
"How is it different if I choose to come with you?" pushing the thought out that Jane could really hurt her from afar.
"We will add you and your... offspring to our histories and we shall live peacefully and we would have no need for violence"
"Can I have time to think on it?" Renesmey said lying wildly, this was one thing she didn't want to think about!
"Ovcorse, I will come and visit you tomorrow" the room fuzzed as he said it and it all went black but she was moving. No, not moving shaking. Someone was shaking her.
"Renn!"
"Nessy Darling wake up!"
"Ness?" this low voice stood out from the rest, it was the voice that sang to her, the voice she longed to hear every day, the voice that made her heart zoom as fast as helicopter blades.
"Jacob? Dad? Tara?" Renesmey whispered as she opened her eyelids that felt like they were made of lead.
"Oh thank god!" Edward exclaimed, "I could see it was Aro he has a way of getting into your dreams" he explained
"Jacob, I-I need to talk to you" She paused ignoring her father "Alone"
After Edward and Tara left, Renesmey pulled Jacob back to the bed.
"What happened in there?" Jacob asked his face lined with worry
"It was Aro, he has a new vampire accomplice that can travel into sleeping minds. He told me if I go to Italy then the war would be off,
I asked him why he thought that was going to convince me because we had the best chance at winning. And… and" She broke into a fit of sobs
Jacob pulled her tight "Shush, Shush its ok, you don't have to worry"
Renesmey re-gained control of herself "He said he had a way of making me very unhappy. I had no idea what he was on about, then he said I was carrying and abomination" She herd Jacob breath in sharply, she peered up at him through her long lashes, his face was neither happy or sad it was unreadable "Jacob?"
He cupped her chin and kissed her fiercely full on the mouth "I love you" he whispered
"Aro will torture the baby if I don't go to Italy" her hand moved to her stomach "Our baby"
"I'm not letting you go to that place" he shivered "It's a trap I know it is!"
"But our baby!"
"No were not deciding anything, were going to tell the whole family and we'll vote on it!"
'Dadadadadadadada' Renesmey's heartbeat sounded in her ears, it was the only thing that she could hear.
She could see her father explaining the situation to everybody, she could see their expressions, she could see the dust motes swirl around as everyone's breathing got faster, But she couldn't Hear it. She longed to hear it.
"So I'm calling a vote" Jacob explained shooting a quick glance at the comatose Renesmey "Edward?"
"Never. You're staying here"
"Bella?"
"Well when I was in a situation like this, and everyone would not let me go to the Voltori. I got annoyed. So my vote is yes, if Renesmey wants this then she can do it"
Jacobs face hardened "Blondie?" he looked at Rosalie
"I prefer Rose, and I agree with Bella"
"Carlisle?"
"I do not want my grandchild down there, I am sure Aro will not harm her but I can't promise everyone else wont. So, No"
Jacobs's face relaxed a bit "Emmett?"
"No way! I want a fight! You're staying here Ness!" He grinned
"Esme?"
"If it will settle the war, and Renesmey truly does want to do this then yes, she should go"
"Jasper?"
"If she wishes it"
A deep growl erupted from Jacobs's chest "Alice?"
The petite pixy like woman stood shocked "I don't know, I can't see" she shook her head "Tara, help?"
"Ovcorse" Tara stood for a second "ok now everyone imagine letting Renesmey go to Italy alone" she stood still
Edward and Tara breathed in sharply.
"No, she is not going!" they shouted at the same time
Renesmey had lifted her head up to see all eyes on her "What?"
"Do you want to see?" Tara asked
"Yes" she breathed, she lifted her hand to Tara's head
The images hit her like a brick wall. The big white room and Renesmey standing there before Aro, she was bigger, her belly already protruded outwards, he rested his hand lightly on her shoulder and welcomed her.
The scene changed. Renesmey was walking through tunnels they were dusty.
"Oi!" someone shouted
Renesmey turned. Jane.
"What do you want Jane" Renesmey spat her name
"I wanted to get you for dinner"
The scene changed. Renesmey was pinned down. The guard was laughing
"Whats the matter?" Jane asked, "you killed Demetri, now I'm going to kill you. It's fair play"
"What?"
"Bring in Gina and knock this thing out"
Screams erupted. Not just screams, blood-curdling-hair-standing-on-end screams
They stopped after what felt like eternity and then searing pain and crying started and a thick smell of vampire. And everything was gone.
Renesmey slowly opened her eyes "Okay so no Italy. How are we going to protect my baby from here?"
Bella smiled "I will protect you, it takes very little effort now and I can keep it around you at all times"
Renesmey hugged her mum "I love you"
"I know, and now we need to see if you really are pregnant" she said sincere
"I am. And its going to grow quickly, in the vision I looked full term"
"Oh no. Carlisle get everything ready" Edward commanded
"I'm on it"