Stephanie's Pov
As we arrived at my old home I was smiling brightly, feeling extremely like myself for the first time in many, many months. Being back here, it felt like I could finally let go of everything that happened. Losing Sam, losing my parents, losing Noah and getting beaten by John; it felt like I was now able to put it in the past and move on. I now had the Cullen's, and they were fantastic; everything I could hope for.
"I think that's the first time I've seen you smile like that." Rosalie said as we climbed out of the car and started towards the house.
"Like what?" I asked, looking at her with what I was sure was a confused expression.
"Like you haven't got a care in the world; like you're finally happy." She said and I laughed lightly, which caused her to smile.
"That's because I am happy. Rosalie, going out with you today, seeing Samantha's memorial wall, seeing the place where I nearly gave up, singing; doing all of that made me realize that I can't keep on blaming myself for everything, because if I do, I'm just going to be miserable, and that's not what my parents would have wanted." I explained and Rosalie nodded.
"I understand that. So, now what are we going to do? Are we packing or going to the race course?" Rosalie asked and I smiled.
"Packing first and at about two I'll take you guys to the race course." I said and Rosalie nodded as I opened the front door, letting use both into the house. I walked straight into the lounge and noticed it was only Esme and Carlisle sitting there, which was weird since it was now nine in the morning. "Where's Renesmee and Jacob?"
"They're still sleeping dear." Esme said and I smiled.
"Well then, I guess it's time that they got up." I smirked and after I watched Esme shake her head and Carlisle chuckle, I turned on my heel and headed for the stairs.
Bounding up them and down the hall, I came to a stop in front of the guest bedroom which Renesmee and Jacob were occupying and opened the door, only to see them both completely asleep. With a smile I went over to the curtain and pulled it open, hearing a groan from Renesmee.
"Rise and shine you two." I smiled as I watched both their eyes open.
"Stephanie, go away." Renesmee groaned, pulling the blanket over her head.
"Be up in five or I will make you get up." I warned and I watched as Jacob laughed.
"As if you could." He said and I smirked. It was funny, because he had no clue what I was like.
"This isn't home, this is my house, so you may want to rethink that." I smiled and I headed for the door, only to stop and look back at them, an evil grin on my face. "I better see you in five or mark my words, you'll regret it, just like my brother did."
With that I shut the door and smiled to myself as I went back down the stairs, while I listened to movement coming from where I had just been.
"Do me a favor?" Rosalie asked as I hit the bottom step. "If you decide to bring any of your prank material back home, don't show Emmett."
Once she finished I started to laugh.
"I can't promise that, but I'll do my best." I smiled, then I look sighed. "I guess it's time to get the boxes out of the basement."
With that I lead Rosalie through the house and to the basement door. Pushing it open, I was suddenly engulfed by the musky smell that wafted straight up from the basement. Blowing out a loud breath, I turned on the basement light and went down and as I did I smiled.
"You know I used to be so scared of this place. I could never come down here, because I always thought there were monsters. Add to the fact that Noah was always hiding in here when we were kids and would always jump out and scare me, I was kinda terrified." I told Rosalie and she laughed.
"Your brother reminds me more and more of Emmett every time you talk about him." Rosalie said and I laughed, because it was definitely true that they were similar.
"Trust me Rose, I feel the same way." I smiled as we got to the basement, which wasn't cluttered with much, except for a few boxes of Noah's, Samantha's and my baby stuff. Things mom couldn't stand to part with when Sam died, and a bunch of empty boxes. "Okay, we'll grab the folded-up boxes for now and then sort through the rest later."
"Sounds good." Rose said and she moved forward to grab two dozen folded boxes, more than I ever could.
Grabbing ten myself, we walked back upstairs with them in hand and I kicked the basement door shut behind me as Rosalie and I carried the box through the hall and into the lounge room, where Esme and Carlisle were still sitting, talking casually, which trust me, is weird to see when you know they can sit like a statue for as long as they want. Dropping the boxes on the floor I looked around the lounge and let out a loud sigh.
"This is going to take a while." I said. Having a two-story house was fun, because it gave you a lot of room to do things, but packing it up wasn't going to be. I mean I was only taking the things I wanted and meant a lot to me, the rest was all being sold or disposed of.
"Then I guess we better get started then." Esme said kindly, coming over to me.
"I guess so. There's a ton of bubble wrap in the hall cupboard if you want to grab it, along with packing tape." I said and she nodded, taking off.
- Line Breaker -
Once Esme had returned we started packing away the things I wanted to keep from the lounge room. I wasn't taking everything, so as we went I told them what I wanted and what I didn't. Obviously, I was packing up all the photos I owned and taking them with me, along with a lot of other bits and pieces.
On the matter of Renesmee and Jacob, they were down stairs by the time we started packing, and they both seemed to hurry into the kitchen without saying a word to me. Once they were done in there they started to help with the packing, which we were now two hours into. We had finished packing up the lounge and now Renesmee and Rosalie were helping me pack up the family room while the others took down the photos and paintings off the hall walls.
"Oh, you're so cute." Renesmee said as we packed the photos into the box, and I packed my mom's quilt. Looking over at Renesmee, I saw she was holding a picture of me in a lady bug outfit when I was twelve.
"No, I wasn't." I said bluntly, feeling my cheeks redden. I hated the picture with everything I had, and I still hated my mom for making me wear the god forsaken outfit because everyone always tormented me with it. I would not have cared if I'd been little, but I had been twelve.
"I am so showing this to Emmett." Renesmee said and with that I lunged forward and took it away from her. There was no way in hell Emmett was seeing it. He already teased me enough, I didn't want to add to that.
"No why in hell are you showing him." I said, throwing the picture into the box as Rosalie began to laugh. Sighing I looked over at the stereo and smiled. Moving over to the bookshelf where it sat I grabbed out a C.D I loved and plopped it in.
"What are you doing?" Renesmee asked and I turned to smile at her.
"What does it look like" I smiled and I listened as Kelly Clarkson's "What doesn't kill you make you stronger." came on and I smiled and started to move my head to the music. Pushing away from the bookshelf I danced over to Renesmee and grabbed her hand. "Time to dance."
"What about packing?" She asked over the music and I shrugged.
"We can do both." I smiled and she just shrugged, starting to move to the music.
- Line Breaker -
Not long after we had started Carlisle and Esme had come in and watched us, looking pleased, which was probably because we were having fun. Somehow, I had gotten Rosalie to join in and we were dancing around the room, smiling as we went. I wasn't sure how I got Rosalie to join in, but I did.
It was now an hour later and Renesmee was smiling as she pulled Jacob into the room and tried to get him to dance with her, which was absolutely hilarious to watch.
"Ness, I'm not dancing" Jacob said in protest and I had to bit my lip so I wouldn't laugh at him for sounding like I whining child. I could tell from looking out the corner of my eye that Rosalie was having just as much trouble keeping a calm façade.
"Come on, please" Renesmee begged, pouting at him and being the whipped werewolf he was he groaned in defeat and started to dance with her. Knowing I couldn't miss this chance I turned on my heel and left the room, though I did notice the confused look Rosalie gave me. Running up to my dad's study, which he used to do paperwork and work on his computer when he had been alive, I went in and without thinking too much about it I grabbed his video camera, and making sure it was charged and had a SD card, I ran back down stairs and was met with the amused look on Rosalie's face as I hit record.
"Wolf boy's going to try and kill you if he realizes what you're doing." Rosalie whispered and I smiled back at her.
"I know, but it's worth it." I smirked and I held the camera up, recording Jacob and Renesmee as they danced. I admit that Jacob looked ridiculous at the moment because he was so uncomfortable dancing, but that made this recording the best blackmail in the world.
I stood there for another moment, recording what I could before he caught on, then I opened up the bottom of the camera and slid out the SD card so if Jacob came after me he didn't stand a chance of getting it. Putting the bottom back into place, I looked up and as I did Jacob looked over at me and saw the camera, which made his face become one of disbelief and I knew I had a moment to run, but of course, being me, I couldn't leave without making one sort of little comment.
"Nice dancing Jake, I can't wait to show everyone." I smiled and with that I bolted out of the family room, hearing Jacob hot on my heels and Renesmee and Rosalie laughing. I bolted into the lounge room and barely missed Esme, who was caring a box of my baby stuff into the room. Seeing the amused smile on her face I vaulted over the couch and landed on the other side, turning to see Jacob run in.
"Stephanie, give me the camera." Jacob said, holding his hand out.
"And why would I do that?" I asked, smirking and Jacob just gave me an unhappy look. Obviously, he didn't want me having this.
"Would someone like to explain what we missed?" Carlisle asked and Rosalie smiled.
"Steph recorded Jacob dancing." Rosalie said, but I had to ignore them because Jacob jumped over the couch and I had to duck so he wouldn't hit me. Dancing away from him I gave him a smirk and shook the camera.
"Come on, that's not how you play fetch. Here doggy doggy." I said in a taunting voice and with that I ran again, dodging around the couch and running down the hall.
Knowing this house better than even my parents had, I dodged under the small gap under the stairs. Watching as he ran past, I snuck out of my hiding spot and went into the dance studio, which had originally been a spare room. Originally, this house had two bedrooms on the bottom floor and five on the top. When my parents had bought it, they had turned one of the bottom rooms into a dance studio, one wall lined with mirrors and two with bars, and a piano in the corner, along with a stereo. The other room was a game room, which had a pool table, a plush couch, two beanbags, a flat screen T.V and a bunch of game consoles and games. That had been my brother's favorite room in the world, but I had loved it as well. The other rooms on the bottom floor were the kitchen, dining room, family room, lounge room and laundry. Upstairs consisted of my room, Noah's room, my parents room, my sister's old room, which had been turned into a craft room about two years after she died. There was also my dad's study, which held all his trophies and the spare room.
As I looked around the room I decided to give up running from Jacob and walked over to the piano, placing the camera down where Jacob could easily grab it, not that he was getting the card. Once it was placed down I ran my hand along the piano. It had belonged to my grandmother, who had passed it on to my mother. I had never learned to play it because I just never found the time to because I was already doing so much, but now I wished I had because my mother had loved it so much.
Moving away from that I went over to the stereo and leant down, turning it on and listening to the soft music that started playing. It was the melody my mother had made for me to dance to, and smiling to myself I stood up and moved to the middle of the floor. Smiling I started to move to the music, doing the dance my mother and I had made up. Kicking off my runners I spun around on my toe and leaped over to one of the bars. Grabbing it I twisted my arms and lent back so my head was near the bar and my leg was lifted in the air.
"So much for hiding." Jacob said, coming into the room. Straitening back up I looked at him and shrugged, noticing as I did that the others were standing in the room as well.
"Jake, I could hide forever in this house and still you wouldn't find me." I said. "There's no point in hiding for fun when you know no one can find you."
"I see your point." He said and he walked over to the camera, grabbing it and opening it up.
"I already hid the chip, so don't bother." I said and he looked at me, sighing.
"Fine, you win." He said in defeat and I smiled with victory.
"Great, now how about I give you guys the tour of the house I promised." I smiled and they nodded. "Okay, well obviously this is the dance studio."
"Why is there a piano, I thought you didn't play?" Renesmee asked and I smiled softly.
"I don't, it was my mom's. She was pretty great at it, I mean she made the tune that's playing now." I said, walking over to the CD player and turning it off since I didn't want to waste a huge amount of power.
"Why didn't you learn?" Esme asked and I shrugged.
"I was already doing so much as a kid that I never got a chance to." I said simply.
"Why do you have a dance studio in your house?" Jacob asked and I stared. I guess it was a generally good question, since the reason for a dance studio would be obvious, but it was rare that someone had one in their house.
"Well, I'm a danced and my mom was a dancer, so Mom and Dad decided to turn this room, which was originally an extra bedroom, into a dance studio so Mom could dance at home. We also have a small gym room." I explained. "Now, follow me and I'll begin the tour, then we can head out to the race track. There's some people I need to visit." I said and with that I led them out of the studio and walked across the hall and opened the door to the game room.
"This is the game room and next door is the gym room." I said and I let them look in.
"Emmett would be in paradise here." Rosalie said and I laughed.
"Of course he would, that's why I didn't invite him, because if I did we'd have to call Edward and Jasper here to actually get him out of here." I said and Rosalie burst into laughter, along with everyone else.
"I wish I didn't have to admit it, but I think you might be right." Rosalie said when she stopped laughing.
One thing I hated about them being vampires is that they sounded fine after they finished laughing, but me, I had to catch my breath to even say a word.
"Sadly, I usually am. Now, come on, there's a lot more to see." I smirked and I danced from the room, heading for the back door with a skip in my step.
- Line Breaker -
In the end I showed them the whole house. After the game room I showed them the small gym room and then the backyard, which had the swimming pool and spa. It had the flowers that were in the garden around the fence – which were looking a little dead now – and the fence itself still had the art I had done on it a few years ago. There was the barbecue area and the seating area. There was also the basketball net, which had probably been replaced thirty times since I was eight, though it was when I had learned how to slam dunk too that they started to get destroyed more often, because Noah and I were always doing them.
Once we were finished out the back I led them upstairs, starting with my room, which Esme told me was beautifully designed, which I thanked her for since it had taken me and Mom a week to do when we had redecorated it the summer I turned sixteen, which hadn't been long before the accident.
Once I was done showing them my room I quickly showed them my parents room, Noah's, the craft room and last but not least my dad's study.
"Wow, your dad has a lot of trophies." Jacob said and I smirked. My dad had been racing ever since he was twenty-one, so he had been doing it for twenty something years, and he still also had sport trophies from school.
"He was an incredible driver and played sport through high school and college – he was a basketball player and did track. It was because of this shelf being so full that both Noah and I had to get trophy cases put into our rooms, despite not really wanting them all on display." I said, hoping I wasn't sounding to much like a bragger, though I doubt I could since they had lived very long lives, well except for Jacob and Renesmee.
The truth was that I had more trophies then I could count. They were all for different things, things like spelling bees I had won, sport advents, singing and dancing competitions, good grades and attendance awards.
"That's it, I'm going to see what you won." Renesmee said and before I could stop her she was off.
"She can never just ask." I grumbled as I followed after her. I knew I should have expected her doing this and I wasn't so concerned, but I knew I was going to keep Emmett out of my room when I took them home because I didn't need to give him a reason to tease me anymore then he already did.
Entering my room, I saw Renesmee scanning the case ad wall, where all my trophies and plaques sat. Realizing I had entered the room Renesmee turned to look at me, a smirk on her face.
"You're a geek, you know that right. I mean you have perfect attendance awards, spelling bee trophies and certificates for being an A grade student, not to mention all the clubs you were in growing up and the dance and singing competitions and sport trophies." Renesmee said and I felt like blushing. I had so many awards that I did get embarrassed by them.
"It's just the way I've always been." I said, my eyes dancing over all the trophies.
"Hey, I'm not judging, all this just means you can probably be whatever you want when we graduate high school." Renesmee said and I shrugged, because the truth was that, even though it was way over a year away, I was scared of graduating because I no longer had a clue what I wanted to do with my life. Originally, I was going to apply to Julliard or follow a path in music, but I wasn't sure I wanted to do that now.
"Yeah, I guess. Now, how about we get out of this house and I take you guys to a place that was like a second home." I smiled and I saw Rosalie smirk.
- Line Breaker -
As we arrived at the race course I smiled and climbed out of the car, looking around. There was no one racing at the moment, but since it was twelve I hadn't expected anyone to be out there. They'd all be having lunch right now.
"This was your home away from home." Renesmee said and I smirked.
"I basically grew up here considering my dad was here a lot of the time and I used to go to work with him and Mom." I said and I headed toward the doors.
I knew my family was following me, but at the moment I was so happy that I basically ran through the building and came out to the garage, where Noah's best friends Tony and Luke where standing. Tony's black hair was spiking up, while Luke's ginger hair was starting to get a bit long, so he had it tied back.
As if they knew I was standing there they both turned and smiled as they saw me. I ran over to them and Tony grabbed me in his arms, hugging me. I had grown up with them, so seeing them again was fantastic.
"Welcome back Cross." Tony laughed and I laughed too.
"God I've missed you guys." I said as Tony let me go and I hugged Luke.
"Same here Superstar, I mean we lost the only person who could probably drive around this track backwards." Luke said and I laughed.
"What do you mean "probably" Luke, I already did that." I smirked and Luke rolled his eyes.
"Well it's good to see a smile on your face again." Tony said and I smiled.
"It's all because of them." I said and I turned to look at my family, who were standing not too far away.
"The blonde's pretty." Luke said and I looked at him.
"She's taken, so don't say that where her partner can hear you, not that he is actually here." I smirked and grabbing both Luke's and Tony's hands, I led them over to my family. "Guys, this is my adoptive family. My adoptive parents are Esme and Carlisle Cullen, the blond girl is my adoptive sister Rosalie, along with Renesmee, and the boy beside Renesmee is her boyfriend, Jacob." I introduced, then I motioned to Tony and Luke. "These guys are Tony and Luke, they were my brother's best friends." I said and I watched as Jacob shook Tony's hand as a familiar voice filled the garage.
"Even moving couldn't keep you away." I heard a gruff male voice say and I turned to see Jason standing there, smiling at me.
Smiling, I ran over to him and hugged him. Jason was kinda like an uncle to me, because he was my dad's best friend and I had spent a lot of time with him growing up. Also, he had a J name like my father and his brothers did.
"It's good to see you too Jason." I smiled as I pulled away from him.
"You know you look more like your mother every time I see you." He said and I smiled. "Except for your eyes of course, those are just like your fathers, they even have the same mischievous glint."
With that I was laughing and Jason was smirking at me as he placed a cap on my head, one that represented my dad's old team.
"I'm guessing since you're here that you want to drive the Black Beauty." Jason said and I smirked.
"What's a Black Beauty." Jacob asked and I turned to smirk at him.
"It's what my dad called his race car." I smirked and with that Jason took my hand.
"Come on, I've got your gear out back." He said and with that he led me to the changing rooms.
- Line Breaker -
As I exited the changing room I was ready to race. My suit was black with blue on it and that was the same with my helmet.
As I kept the helmet under my left arm I pulled on my gloves. I always had them on when I raced, though I sometimes went without my helmet, which is insane, I know, but I grew up on this track and if anyone knew it, I did.
When I saw my dad's car sitting there, its engine purring as it sat there, waiting, I couldn't help but brake out in a grin.
"Tony and Luke are going to race against you." Jason said and I smirked.
"You mean they're going to lose." I laughed as I went around the car and got ready to climb into the car. Looking up, I saw my family sitting in the stands, Rosalie holding a video camera like I had asked her to, so I could show it off to Emmett.
Waving at them I climbed into the car and smiled at the feeling of being behind the wheel of it again. Pulling away from the curve I drove over to the starting line and pulled my helmet on. I looked out the side window and saw Luke smiling, so all I did was look forward and reeve the engine, and as the light hit green I was off.
Renesmee's Pov
As I watched Stephanie speed away from the starting line I was amazed at how well she could control the car. We were all great drivers, but Stephanie drove like the car was a part of her.
I let my eyes stay pinned on her as she hit the first corner and I could hear the car shift gear as she drifted around it in a perfect arch.
"She's amazing." I said to Jake, but he wasn't the one to answer me.
"She's Jack and Clara Cross's daughter, she's amazing no matter what she does." Stephanie's friend Jason said as he sat down on the stands not far from me. I could tell from his slightly graying hair that he must have been a friend of her fathers. "She's an amazing girl, you guys are lucky to have her."
"We know that, it's clear to see." Gran said, though I saw her face was a little tense.
"Jack Cross was the best racer on this track, until Stephanie hit sixteen." Jason said and I turned to look at him in confusion.
"What do you mean? I though Stephanie's dad was the record holder." I said and Jason smiled.
"Officially, but when Stephanie officially got her license, though she was driving long before then, they had a race and Stephanie beat him." Jason said and I was surprised, because I knew Stephanie was good, but she had said her dad was better.
"Why didn't she take over the title?" I asked and he looked down at me.
"As far as she was concerned, her father was the best and always would be, even though everyone knew, including him, that she had surpassed him in some ways." Jason said and I looked away from him, back at the race track where Stephanie was speeding around, about half a track ahead of the guys she was racing against. "I should thank you." Jason said and I looked back at him in confusion.
"Why?" I asked and he looked out at where Stephanie was.
"Because you saved her life, and I don't just mean from her uncle." Jason said and I could hear a hint of anger in his voice, which was probably because he knew exactly what John had done to her. "When Stephanie left here, everyone could tell she was broken inside. She hardly talked, and no one could blame her. Losing Jack, Clara and Noah was hard on all of us, but it destroyed Stephanie."
"She was the same when I met her, she acted like she was fine, but she was never completely there." I said and he nodded.
"I'm grateful you guys were able to help her get through it. I've seen how she looks at you and I can tell that you are all as dear to her, that you are her family now." Jason said and I smiled lightly. I wasn't sure what he really thought about it, the fact that we were her new family, but was glad of it.
"What was Stephanie like when she was younger?" I asked and Jason smiled to himself.
"She was always so happy and cheerful. No matter where she went it was like she could light up a room just by being in it, even in the darkest hour. She was also very much obsessed with Disney movies and would always sing along with them, she'd even listen to the songs without the movies, and Jack and Noah even joined in more than once. Her favorite movies were Mulan and Beauty and the Beast because she loved Mulan and Belle and I'm sure they still are." Jason explained and I now kinda wished I had known her when she was a child.
"What about after her sister died" I asked and his face became sad.
"When Samantha died the Cross's had an impossible time dealing, and add the fact that Stephanie had no clue who she was, everything was hard. Even when Stephanie did regain her memory, she was broken because of what had happened." Jason explained and I nodded. I knew Stephanie had had trouble with her sister's death, but it was nice hearing someone else talk about it, because Stephanie was tight lipped about her past and I didn't blame her, not really.
It was then that I heard a screeching and I turned back to the track to see Stephanie spinning to the side and to a complete stop as she passed the finish line. Getting up I started down the stairs, ready to congratulate Stephanie for winning.
Stephanie's Pov
As I skidded to a stop I admitted I wanted to keep going, but I also wanted to see what the others thought and I knew Tony and Luke were never going to beat me, so I spun so I was facing the garage and drove toward it, pulling to a stop when I reached my destination. Shutting down the car I took out the keys and climbed out, letting the cool breeze hit my face as I pulled off my helmet and placed it on the roof of the car. Smiling to myself, I watched as the guys pulled up and my family came into the garage.
"That was amazing Steph, I'll never doubt your driving again." Renesmee said and I smirked.
"Yes, you will." I said, because I knew she would, and I watched as she just smiled.
"Well I hope you never drive like that on the roads." Esme said in a stern voice and I slightly grinned.
"I could say no, but I'd technically be lying 'cause while I don't drive like that, I don't follow the speed limit." I said and Esme's expression became shocked.
"Stephanie, what if you get hurt?" Esme asked in a concerned voice and I sighed.
"Mrs. Cullen, no offense but you need to quit worrying about little Miss Superstar crashing her car, because it isn't gonna happen. If she crashed, it'd be some other idiots fault. Plus, she doesn't speed on packed streets." Tony said as he put an arm around my shoulder, while I just rolled my eyes at him. Here he was, talking to a vampire that was born a century or two ago, and he was telling her to chill. The hilarity.
"It's now my job to worry about her." Esme said and I decided to point out a fact, one I knew she couldn't catch me on because she couldn't bring up the fact that they were vampires.
"I'll make you a deal, if you get the others to drive the speed limit, I will." I said, smiling sweetly at her since I knew Esme was never going to be able to accomplish that, no matter how much of a kick ass mom she was.
"I think she's got you there Mom." Rosalie said and Esme turned her gaze on Rosalie, who winked at me.
"Hey Steph, what's the superstar thing about?" Jacob asked me and I shrugged, though it wasn't me who answered.
"When we found out how talented she is we started calling her it and haven't stopped since. It's been our nickname for her since she was thirteen, which is when we met her." Luke said and I rolled my eyes again. I had told them a million times not to call me superstar, but they kept on calling me it.
"Okay dokay." I said and I took Tony's arm off my shoulder, turning to smile at both the boys. "As much as I want to stay I have a house that won't pack itself." I said and both the boys shifted uncomfortably.
"Once you leave again you probably aren't coming back, am I right?" Tony asked and I nodded.
"As much as I love you guys and my other friends, being here is just too hard for me to handle. I might come back and visit if I can though." I said and they nodded. "And by the way, if you guys want anything that belonged to Noah you're more than welcome to come past sometime while I'm here and have a look. Just call me before you come."
"Will do." Luke said and I smiled, hugging him and Tony.
"Don't kill each other, okay." I said as I pulled away and they both smiled.
"Can't make any promises on that." Tony said and I laughed, then I turned to Jason, who was standing a bit away. Sighing I went over to him and grabbed Jason's hand, placing the car keys to him.
"The Black Beauty's yours now." I said and I knew he was going to protest so I raised my hand to silence him. "My dad always told me you have to work to earn the things life gives you and that greatness isn't just given. Because of him and my mom I have so many options ahead of me, but I know this is never going to be the one I choose, so I want you to have my dad's car. You spent countless hours perfecting this car with my dad, and I know for a fact my father would want you to have it, so take it and don't complain alright.
I watched his face change as he took in what I had said. It was when his face settled with a smile that I knew I had convinced him. "I guess I shouldn't argue with you, I mean you are a Cross." Jason said and I smiled.
"Exactly." I said and he hugged me tightly.
"It's not going be the same without you." Jason said.
"I know." I said and I slowly pulled away, sighing. "I better go get changed."
With that I headed off to the changing rooms.
- Line Breaker -
Once I had gotten changed I folded my racing gear up and put it in the box Jason had given me so I could take it home, which I was okay with, though I doubted I'd ever use it. Once I had that I went back to the others and left with my family, heading back to my house.
Once I was there I went out to the game room and played pool with Renesmee, which I won, then I got on the Wii and we played Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic games and then Just Dance 2016.
In the end we spent the rest of the day mucking around and not getting anything else packed, but then again, I had a week to pack, so when I went to bed I was feeling happy and was looking forward to tomorrow.