Dear Diary,

Yesterday did not go how I was expecting it. Let me start off by saying that the family caught me off guard. That's not an excuse, but it's true. So whatever you read after this is all based upon that fact.

When Jake and I entered the Main House through the kitchen door, we were startled with "surprise!"'s from numerous voices. And by "we," I of course mean "me." Jake was startled as much as I was, but it wasn't his name written on the banner in the living room; no, it was mine.

I glared at my vampire relatives, refusing to even acknowledge them, as I made my way into the living room. I tried to ignore the "Happy 17th, Renesmee!" banner, but it was shouting at me from the corner of my eye wherever I went.

I smiled briefly at Charlie and Sue in the far corner with mixed expressions, but they smiled at me and Jacob when we made our way towards the living room.

The three new wolves, Sara (who kept giving me angry glares) and the twins, who I still didn't know the names of, were sitting on the black loveseat like strangers. The taller one looked like he was about to phase from the vampire scents, but the shorter of the two looked like he was excited to be here. He reminded me of a younger version of Seth; trying to take down the Volturi at such a young age.

Speak of the devil, Seth appeared from the front of the house and frowned when he saw me. "Aw man, I missed the 'surprises'?" He whined playfully. "I really wanted to see Nessie's reaction to her party."

The girl standing behind him glanced at me jealously, her light rusett skin tinging pink and making her soft brown hair look lighter. Leah rolled her eyes at the girl, but didn't say anything. She did come over and talk to me though. "So how was your trip? Meet any cute guys?"

Jake let out a growl, but Leah only grinned. "I was talking about for me, of course. Lord knows I wouldn't be talking about for her." She turned her attention back to me with a quick flip of the bird to Jacob. "Our Almighty Leader has gone crazy without you, Ness. Seriously, don't put us through the hasle of having to deal with him without you again." She teased, "Well, with the new wolves to train and Seth imprinting, I haven't had to put up with Jake that much."

"Seth imprinted?" I asked, not sure why the word sounded so weigted on my tongue. Jake hadn't ever explained it to me and every time I tried to ask about it, he would distract me somehow. Now I was curious.

"Yeah." Leah said in a duh tone. "That brunette over there is Jenny. She was visiting La Push to find her birth parents when Seth met her..."

"Enough about that." Jake said, his Alpha tone seaping through as he dismissed Leah. "You guys can talk later." He said in a voice that meant he probably wouldn't let her. Instead, he pulled me over to an empy couch across from Sara and the twins, with the third couch left empty. The whole room had been rearranged since last night.

"So did Jenny figure out who her parents were?" I asked, redirecting my line of questioning. Whatever 'imprinting' was, Jake obviously did not want me to find out about it.

"Well..." Jake stuttered, glancing at the three new wolves with an expression that I could not quite place.

"Happy Seventeenth, sweetie" Esme unintentionally interupted as she came to sit on the couch not occupied yet.

"Thank you, Grandma." I said as sweetly as I could. I knew that this party was all Alice's doing, though the little pixie was nowhere in sight.

"You're so grown up, Nessie." Carlise commented, taking the seat next to his young vampire wife. "It feels like you were gone six months instead of six weeks."

"I know. A lot has changed." I muttered quietly, glancing at Nauhel on the other side of the room. Jake was still by my side, his body wedged close to mine on the loveseat, and I could see that Nauhel was not happy about it.

"That it has." Carlise laughed. "We'll have to take your measurements later today so we can calculate just how old you actually are now. Seventeen is the rough estimation since you are clearly older than the fifteen and a half you left as."

I gave my grandparents a 'lets just do it now so I can ditch this stupid party that I did not even want' look, so Esme added. "After Alice's wonderful party, that is."

"I thought birthday girls were supposed to get their way." I half-whined even though I knew that this party was something I couldn't get out of no matter how much I cried.

"You can have your way with me." One of the twins said saultery. The taller, identical brother beside him slapped the back of his head as Jacob stared angrily at him. Daddy sent the boy his own glare, but remained on the far wall near Mama and Jasper.

"Quin, if I ever hear you speak like that again, I'll have you pulling double shifts for a month, you got that?" Jake quietly growled, authority ringing in his voice.

The taller twin shook his head ashamedly. "I appologize for my brother. He has a one track mind, if you know what I mean." He said with a playful raise of the eyebrows. "I'm Micah Sqyures, by the way, and this is my twin Quincy Ray."

"It's Quin." The shorter twin growled.

"It's alright." I said, placing my arm on Jake's muscley arm to calm him down. "Nice to meet you both." I nodded at Sara, who's face was still familiar thanks to that creepy dream I'd been having. "You're Leah's cousin, right?" I asked.

She nodded. "I'm Sara Clearwater." She had this faraway, half angry look in her eyes and the wolves around me quieted.

"So Harry was your uncle?" I promted when no one spoke.

"Uncle Harry wasn't just my uncle, he was my favorite person in the world." Sara said sadly. "It wasn't until I returned that I found out he had passed away years ago. Dad didn't care enough about us to stick around when I was born, but Uncle Harry sought me out when my mom sent word to La Push that she was pregnant."

"That really is quite sad." Esme said, her heartshaped face losing some of its normal happy glow.

"Nessie! Get in here!" Alice yelled from the kitchen. "We're cutting the cake as soon as you make a wish!"

"Cake!" The wolves yelled, urging me to go to the kitchen. Jake pulled my hand gently, leading the way to the overcrowded dining area. Nauhel made his way over to me and grabbed hold of my other hand.

The second I moved to blow out my candles, that little fact was brought to Jake's attention and he pulled me almost roughly closer to himself. Nauhel felt the shift and pulled me in his own direction.

'Don't let them kill each other' was the last thought I had before I exhaled and Rosalie snapped the picture.