CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE- GETTING BACK TO NORMAL

"Renesmee I'm sure you will be fine." My dad tried to reassure me as I fidgeted in my seat as he drove us to school. We had stayed in Forks for the rest of week just to make sure things were safe. Edward and Bella were a little uneasy about me and Jacob dating but not shocked and they soon enough got used to the idea. The only person who wasn't happy was Rosalie but then again she hates Jacob but I don't care. If she can't accept us then that's her problem.

Jacob took my hand and squeezed it reassuringly. I smiled up at him and he smiled back. Dad pulled over and got out of the car. Jacob and I followed us and it felt like a lifetime ago that I was here. Now I had parents, a boyfriend and maybe even my life back on track. I woke up crying in the night still because of Jack and my adoptive parents. I still don't understand what happened to me but I am still grateful for my adoptive parents raising me. Maybe I'll never remember what happened to me. Britney had vanished into thin air so we didn't see her as a threat. Not that just one her could do something to a group of vampires and a pack of wolf shape-shifters.

I saw a few people give us a few weird looks and then I remembered that I was holding Jacob's hand and practically all the girls in school liked him. Great so this would make today even more impossible.

Jake pulled me closer o his side. "You'll be fine." He whispered in my ear. Yeah right. I projected to him and he frowned but said nothing. Jacob kissed the corner of my forehead before we parted ways and I headed for my music class with my dad and Rosalie.

"You smell like wet dog." Rose said wrinkling her nose. I just sighed and pretended I never heard her. When we walked into the classroom all eyes were on us and I looked down not meeting anyone's eyes. I heard a few whispers as I sat down so I just chewed my nails and doodled on my notepad.

After that Art was pretty much the same but I felt better seen as I was sat with Alice and Jacob so we just talked and laughed as we sketched our shoes so Mr. Booth could test our shading skills.

After a long morning the bell finally rang for lunch and I all but launched myself out of my seat and dashed out of the torture room known as a classroom. It reminded me of a time in my freshman year when I ran into the glass door leading into the main office. I was so embarrassed and I can never look at Mrs Morrison the same way again. Every time she sees me it still looks like she is trying hard not to laugh.

I froze when I saw Melanie walking down the corridor on her own from her locker. I have to try and make amends with her. We've been best friends for years and now we barely spoke to each other because I shut her out.

"Melanie, wait up!" I called out running towards her. She stopped at the sound of her name but continued walking when she registered that it was my voice. "Mel please I need to talk to you." I said as I approached behind her.

She finally turned to look at me with a pissed off but curious face. "What Ness? I'm kinda in a hurray." She said annoyed.

"Look Melanie, I'm really sorry about what happened. It wasn't me but the Cullens took me away on a little holiday to help me calm down and I'm feeling better now. Honest. I shouldn't have said those things to you and ignore you like I did. We have been best friends since I moved here and I really hope you can forgive me. I was wrong." I begged her. I pleaded with her with my eyes and her face relaxed.

"Come here you little freak." She joked and pulled me into a tight hug. "I forgive you. I was never really truly mad in the first place. I just felt helpless while you fell apart in front of my eyes. You were a mess Nessie and it scared me to see my best friend like that." She said and we held each other tighter.

We finally pulled apart and she cleared her throat. "So I guess those rumours about you becoming a drug addict and being sent to rehab aren't true then?" she said and I looked at her in shock before I groaned.

"How do people come up with these crazy stories?" I asked

"Beats me." Melanie said with a shrug. "Some of the stuff they do come up with is down right strange."

I laughed once. "Yeah, the story of my life."

Melanie and I both made our way to the cafeteria. We bought our food and we made our way to where my family and Jennifer were waiting for us. Emma was on a vacation to Hawaii and the others had just scattered so it was just us lot. Sammy didn't say much as I sat down next to her; she wouldn't look at me as she sat there playing with her food.

I sighed and leaned down to whisper in her ear. "You'll always be my baby sister." I reassured her. She finally looked up at me and smiled slightly.

"It's good to have the old you back." Sammy said but I knew her well enough to know there was more.

"But?" I asked.

"But seeing you with your real family makes me want to meet mine. Martin wants to wait until he graduates but I want mine to see me graduate and go off to college and all that." She explained.

I wrapped my arm around her shoulder. "You helped me find mine so I guess it's only fair if I return the favour." I said.

"You'll help me?" She asked surprised.

"Of course I will." I said and she smiled brightly.

We all laughed and talked through lunchtime with Jacob eating like a bottomless pit as usual. Jenny found out about me and Jacob and she seemed really happy for us. She seemed more relaxed now that I was pretty much back to my normal self. I was happy too. I was surrounded by family and friends who cared for me and it was a nice feeling. Dad smiled at me and winked and I smiled back.

The bell rang for our afternoon lessons and I began making my way to my French class. I had that class with Jasper although he sat at the back of the room so he had got a head start walking there before me.

I thought I could smell something strange in the air and it was making me edgy but I just tried to ignore it. It was very sweet almost like my family but I had never really smelt that scent before. Well maybe once…

But before I could think an ice cold white hand shot out of the science lab and yanked me inside with an iron grip throwing me onto the floor.

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