RENESMEE
"You want to come to the bonfire tonight?" Jacob asked me, we were sitting on the couch in the living room. I was lying on the couch with my legs draped across his lap watching TV.
"Sure, I'll have to ask my parents though."
"Of course."
I dropped my legs from his lap and stood up. "Going to get something to eat want anything?" I asked him.
"It's okay I'll get you something," he said jumping from the couch.
"It's okay, I'll go," I assured him. He smiled at me.
"Sit," he said pointing to the couch.
"Fine," I said and sat back down. He leant over and kissed me gently on the lips. He stayed millimetres away from my lips as he spoke.
"What do you want?" he asked quietly.
"Erm… er..." I had lost my train of thought. I pushed on his chest. "That's not fair. I've forgotten," I said to him. He laughed loudly.
"Sorry," he laughed and I frowned.
"I'll just have a sandwich… one not twenty," I said as he walked out. He came back in a few minutes later with four sandwiches on a plate.
"Here," he said handing me it. My eyes widened.
"I can't eat four Jake," I said taking the plate anyway.
"Only one of them is yours," he said and sat down next to me taking the first of his halves.
"Oh," I whispered feeling stupid. I took one for myself and started eating it. It wasn't as good as blood but I didn't feel like going out hunting today. It was my lazy day. I didn't want to do anything but sit here with Jake.
"Renesmee!" my aunt called from up the stairs. I groaned.
"Yes?" I shouted back.
"We're going shopping," Alice said, suddenly in front of me.
"What?" I squealed. "No!" I protested. She frowned.
"Since when do you hate shopping? You're not your mother. Please don't be mean, Bella already said no," she said sadly. I sighed.
"Aunt Alice!" I moaned.
"We can take Chloe! And Chantelle's coming," she said.
"Only if Aunt Rose and my mom come," I said to her.
"Oh it can be a proper girl's day out! I'll get Esme to come too. You might need to work your magic on your mom though." She said to me, her sad voice suddenly excited.
"Okay then. I'll just get Chantelle to get her to come," I said.
"What? No. I'm not coming!" I heard my mom shout from up the stairs. My aunt and I laughed. I stood up from the couch and ran up the stairs into Chantelle's room.
"Come with me," I said to her. She stopped brushing her hair and followed me out the room. I knocked on my parent's door.
"No!" my mom said from inside.
"Come on mom!" I moaned through the door.
"No," she said. I heard a laugh from behind me. Eddie was leaning against the wall with his arms crossed, fully enjoying the scene.
"I'll open this door. I don't care if you're naked," I said.
"Renesmee!" my mom shouted shocked.
"I'm not lying." I said. "1…2…" I started counting. Jacob had joined Eddie as our audience and was laughing along with him. "MOM!" I squealed. It was so high pitched I saw Jacob cover his ears for a brief second. I put my hand on the door knob and turned it. It was locked. "MOTHER!" I shouted again. I could hear my dad laughing from inside. "Daddy! Open the door," I ordered him.
"Sorry Ness. Your mom won't let me," he said through his laughs. I turned to Chantelle.
"Does your gift work if the person can't see you?" I asked her. She shrugged.
"Aunt Bella, please come shopping with us!" she said through the door.
"Not working!" my mom shouted. I grabbed the door handle and twisted it but nothing happened.
"Eddie," I said to my brother with a smile, he did the same and I heard the lock snap.
"Yes!" I shouted and the door swung open. "Chanti," I instructed my sister. My parents were sitting on their bed, fully clothed but glaring at the door.
"Did you just break our door?" my dad asked my brother, Eddie looked sheepish and walked away pointing at me.
"Please come aunt Bella," Chantelle said making eye contact with my mom. She sighed in defeat.
"That's not fair," she said and stood up from the bed. I smiled widely and kissed Chantelle's head quickly.
"Well done," I said to her. "Mom you're coming, we'll make it fun."
"Fine," she said narrowing her eyes at me. Jacob and Eddie were in hysterics behind us. My mom glared at them and they suddenly stopped laughing,
"Ten minutes Bella!" My aunt Alice called from down the stairs. My mom huffed and walked back into her room and closed the door.
"Don't you dare start laughing," I heard my mom say to my dad.
"Sorry," he whispered. "But all that for a shopping trip?" he asked her, I heard her growl lightly. I laughed and followed Chantelle into her room. She finished brushing her hair and I quickly did mine. I ran into my room to get changed. When I was ready I ran down the stairs.
"We're ready!" Chantelle called.
"Good," my aunt said, with Rose and my grandma behind her.
"Mom!" I shouted.
"I'm coming I'm coming," she said from somewhere up stairs. My dad appeared at the bottom of the stairs, he was soon followed by my mom.
"Have fun," he said to her. She groaned and stepped towards him, he bent down to kiss her quickly. "See you later," he whispered. She turned away from him.
"Okay let's go," my mom said, with a lack of enthusiasm. As everyone was walking out I turned to scan the room, sure enough, Jacob was watching from the living room door, eating a sandwich. I ran over to him and pecked him on his cheek.
"Later," I said.
"Bye," he said, his mouth still stuffed with bread. I laughed and followed my family out the door.
"We have to pick up Chloe; I've already told her we're picking her up." Alice said.
"Did you tell or ask her if she wanted to come?" I said to Alice as we separated into two cars.
"I asked her, and of course she said yes," she said with a smile as she got into the car. Chantelle and I climbed in too.
"The rest will meet us there," Alice said as we pulled up by Chloe's house. I climbed out the front seat and went to knock on Chloe's door. She answered it almost straight away.
"Heya!" she greeted me with a huge smile. "One sec, got to say goodbye to my mom."
"Okay," I said and took a step inside as I waited for her.
"Bye mom," I heard her say in the other room.
"Oh is Renesmee here?"
"Yeah."
"Okay sweetie, have fun," she said and Chloe came bouncing back out into the hall.
"Let's go," she said and we left her house.
We arrived at Seattle and met the rest outside the mall. Aunt Alice had us in and out of every clothes shop there was. I could see Chloe was a little uncomfortable when Alice started picking things out for her. I took her hand.
Don't worry, my family are pretty rich, Alice doesn't see this as spending money on you, she sees it as buying new stuff for her family. I thought to her.
"But I'm not your family," she whispered as low as she could. I knew my mom heard it because she was standing right next to me.
"You are," I replied. I saw my mom smile next to me. Chloe still didn't look convinced. Seconds later Alice came back over and handed us two dresses each.
"Try them on!" She ordered us. We walked over to the changing rooms.
"How does she know my size?" Chloe asked. I shrugged.
"She knows everyone's size," I said and went into my own cubicle. I dressed into a navy dress that reached just above my knees. It was strapless and the torso was pleated, the skirt flowed with layers. I smiled. I actually really liked it. I stepped out of the cubicle. My aunt suddenly appeared.
"Looks great, try the next one on," she said and ran back out with a hand full of clothes. I pulled the next one on. This one was longer; it reached half way down my calves. It had small thin straps, the torso was also pleated but this time it ran from my right shoulder down to my left hip. The skirt was just long and flowed nicely. It was a dark purple, not far off the colour of the last one. I stepped out again. My mom smiled at me.
"Nope, don't like that one," my aunt Alice said.
"I like it," my mom said. I smiled at her.
"Well that says everything doesn't it?" my aunt said with a smile, my mom laughed and just before Alice ran off, Chloe stepped out. I turned to look at her.
"Wow," I said. She looked beautiful. Her dress was black, only it had a weird tint of purple to it. It was velvet and as the lights reflected off it you could see the purple bouncing around. It was similar to the first dress I wore only hers didn't have layers in the skirt.
My aunt squealed in excitement and smiled at Chloe, she rushed over to her, dropping the clothes off in my mom's arms. She knelt down next to Chloe; she played with the material that hugged her waist.
"Perfect!" My aunt said and stood up. "Don't bother with the other one, that one is fine," she said.
"What are these for?" I asked my aunt. My aunt smiled and ran off again. I turned to my mom and raised my eyebrow. Chloe went back into the changing room to change.
"Think about what is in only a month or so," she asked.
I shrugged still completely oblivious to what was going on.
"This time five years ago…"
"Oh… Eddie's birthday," I whispered. She nodded. "But Chloe…" I said and trailed off. My mom shrugged.
"Alice will be Alice," my mom said just as my aunt reappeared.
"Try…" she said pulling a dress out of the pile of clothes she had. "This," she said with a wide smile. I took it from her hands and walked back into the changing room. I looked at the dress properly. I sighed. It was so small. I stripped down from the purple long one and pulled on the black dress. It reached centimetres away from the top of my legs. It was strapless and the torso had lace decorating the cotton. The back was low cut, with just a few strands of lace covering my skin. It was beautiful, I loved it but I doubted that I would be allowed to wear it. It was very revealing. I stepped out of the room. My mom gasped and Chloe's eyes widened. Alice appeared again. She squealed.
"Perfect!" She sang.
"Erm Alice. As much as I agree that that dress is beautiful, my daughter is not wearing it in public."
"What?" Alice said to my mom.
"Edward will go crazy," my mom said.
"She looks hot though!" Alice whined.
"That's the point," my mom said to her.
"Oh please Bella. Please? She's sixteen not six," she asked her. My mom sighed.
"Technically, she is six. Whatever just don't blame me if Edward tries to kill you," my mom said. Alice laughed and ran over to me. She ran a circle around me.
"B-e-a-utiful! Love it!" she called smiling widely at herself. "It amazes me how good I am at this," she said and ran off into the shop again. My mom, Chloe and I laughed. I changed back into my clothes and Chloe and I handed our dresses to Alice. After Alice paid for the clothes, which wasn't just mine and Chloe's dresses we went to find Rose, Esme and Chantelle. They had been searching a few other shops as they waited for us.
"I'm hungry," Chantelle called as we walked into the food court.
"Me too," Chloe said.
"Okay lunch break for the humans," my aunt called and skipped over to a spare table.
After Chloe, Chantelle and I had finished eating we went into a few more shops before heading home.
"Did you have fun?" My mom asked me as we climbed out the car.
"Yeah it was okay. Did you?" I asked her with a smile. She smiled back.
"It was okay," she quoted. My dad suddenly appeared and pulled my mom into a hug, he kissed her shoulder, then her neck, then her cheek and finally her lips. I turned and went to grab some of the bags.
"I'll get them for you," Jacob said from behind me.
"Why thank you kind sir."
"You're welcome beautiful," he said and kissed my temple. I giggled and he took the bags. We walked into the house and he placed the bags on the steps. Chloe, Chantelle and my grandma walked in followed by my Aunt Rose, Aunt Alice and my uncles both carrying bags. Alice shot up the stairs with all the bags and started unloading them. The rest of us walked into the living room. Eddie was watching TV.
"Have fun?" he asked without looking up.
"Mhmm," my mom murmured and sat down next to him, pulling my dad with her. I turned to look at Chloe standing at the door. She looked briefly to me and walked out the room.
"Awkward," Jacob whispered quietly in my ear. "Go after her," he said and kissed my cheek. I turned and walked out the room. Following Chloe's scent wasn't hard; I soon found her upstairs in my room.
"Hey," I whispered.
"Hey," she replied. She sat up on my bed.
"You okay?" I asked, she nodded.
"Yeah, sorry I can't..." she said trailing off.
"It's okay, I get it," I said and climbed onto my bed next to her.
"Nessie?" I heard Jacob say from the other side of the door.
"Yeah?" I asked.
"The bonfire starts in an hour, if you still want to go I think it would be good to ask your parents now," he said.
"Oh!" I said and jumped off my bed. I had forgotten all about tonight. "Chloe I'm really sorry but-."
"It's okay, go have fun. I need to get home anyway. I'll just thank Alice and head home," she said and climbed off my bed.
"Okay," I said to her and pulled her into a hug. She laughed.
"I'll see you tomorrow yeah?" she asked. I nodded.
"Definitely," I said to her, she smiled and walked out, Jacob and I followed her down the stairs to the living room. My mom, my dad, Alice, Eddie and Chantelle were there.
"Hey. I just want to say thanks for today," Chloe said looking at Alice.
"You're welcome!" She said to her. "You got your bags?" she asked, Chloe nodded and lifted her right arm that had three bags in her hand. "Great! See you soon," Alice said and ran over to hug her. Alice moved so fast that Chloe was startled. Most of the room laughed. Alice pulled away and sat down next to my mom.
"Bye everyone," she said waving to the others. Everyone said bye in a friendly manner, except Eddie, he just muttered goodbye and didn't even look up. I narrowed my eyes at him; he could at least be polite.
"Would you like me to take you home Chloe?" my grandma said from the door behind us.
"Oh I was just going to walk it's okay."
"No no. I can't have you out there alone. That wouldn't make me a very good mother. I'll drive you, come on."
"Oh well if that's okay. Thank you Esme."
"You're welcome sweetie," she said and grabbed a pair of keys from the table. She and Chloe walked out. I took the opportunity to ask my parents about tonight.
"Mom…" I said moving over to where my parents were sitting.
"Yes Renesmee you can go. Just be back before midnight. You know the rules," she said. I smiled widely and kissed her cheek.
"Thanks mom." I said and turned to my dad, I smiled at him. "Thanks daddy."
"Mhmm," he murmured looking at Jacob.
"She's in safe hands Edward, no need to worry that ice cold head of yours," Jacob said. I rolled my eyes.
"Let's go!" I said to him taking his hand.
"Let's," he mimicked and followed me out the house.