Chapter 21 – Seeing Tom again + Practicing. (Renesmee POV)
Tom was round exactly half an hour after he rang.
After he rang I got a quick shower and made myself look presentable, after all there was 47 vampires in the house, well at least half.
Mostly the house was packed, and some of the guests didn't like all the cramped in space so they went to the surrounding areas, but my grandfather had asked the vampires who weren't vegetarians to not hunt in the surrounding cities, and go far out.
It was pretty nerve-racking to be around vampires that could want to eat me any second- with me being half HUMAN and that...
After I got a shower I went downstairs and got something to eat, I needed to hunt really badly as I couldn't remember the last time I did. I promised myself I would go tonight.
Tom rang the doorbell, and I skipped over to the door. As I opened it there were four smiling faces behind him.
"Hey Nessie, This is Jalyn, Alicia and Delina and as you know my father." Tom said in a charming voice. He looked over his shoulder and there was three brunette women stood behind him, they looked almost identical. All three had long curly hair, and were pretty tall.
"Hello, I'm Jalyn- these are my sisters Alicia and Delina" the tallest of the women said.
"Hello, I'm Renesmee Cullen" I said politely.
"Lovely to meet you" one of them spoke, I think it was Delina.
"You too...oh, please come in. We have a pretty full house at the moment but please feel free to explore, I'll show you to my grandfather Carlisle and he'll explain more" I said, letting them follow me through the house.
I walked into the kitchen when I saw my grandpa. "Hey, this is Jalyn, Alicia and Delina and Tom's father as well"
"Hello, pleased to meet you all" he said, shaking everyone's hand.
"I'll let you all talk anyway" I said, smiling and taking toms hand. I strolled into the garden with Tom by my side.
"Where we going Ness?" he asked, smiling his cheeky grin at me.
"Somewhere private" I said, smiling back, leading him towards the woods at the back of the house.
bBELLAS POV/b
After Tom rang Nessie, her face lit up. She danced around after getting out of the shower and was herself more than she had been this past week.
Edward let me out into the garden when Tom came, and there must have been about 20 or so vampire there.
Last time when the Volturi came, we had fewer people and it ended successfully – I suppose that is what is making everyone be optimistic about everything, the idea that we might actually live.
"You okay love?" Edward asked me, his put his arm around my waist and pushed me towards where everyone was crowded around.
"What's going on?" I asked, confused.
"Well I suppose people have to...practice in case they...Attack" Edward said quietly. He hated the idea of me fighting, and getting hurt.
"Edward, I'm a vampire for goodness sake; I can't get hurt easily, not like before. I am not a danger magnet no more!" I said, laughing and trying to reassure him.
"True...But still, I don't like the idea of you fighting against someone. It makes me nervous."
"Edward Cullen, I'm fine" I said, kissing his lips tenderly.
"I love you Bella, I will follow you anywhere" Edward said, kissing me again.
I heard a cough, "Um, do you want to practice" Andrew said.
"Yeah, I need some practice" I said, laughing. Andrew reminded me so much of Emmett it was unreal, anyone would think they were twins with their personalities.
"You're a shield right?" Bai said, walking over to me.
"Yes, um a mind one anyway." I replied, sounding very nervous.
"Oh, cool. Do you want to practice with me?" she asked, smiling.
"What's your...Talent?" I asked, still sounding nervous. I really don't know why but she reminded me so much of Makenna.
"I can make people burn, literally." She simply stated.
Okay, now I really was worried. "Um, well..." I replied. Come on Bella, get some courage.
"I won't hurt you, I promise. I'll set my power on the lowest" she said, cheekily grinning.
"Okay, well...What should we do?" I replied.
"EDWARD!" she shouted, smiling.
"Oh no." I whispered.
He came over, with a little bit of a worried look on his face "Can't we just get Makenna again?" he whined.
"No, I need some practice" Bai said, smiling.
"Go get a chicken, and fry it yeah?" Emmet said, laughing. I turned around and he was there, grinning ear to ear.
"Hey sis" he said to me.
"Hey" I replied.
"Come on, just get on with it Edward. Emmett are you going to join in?" Bai asked, smiling.
"Fine" they both said.
They stood a couple of metres away, and I didn't get it for the first and second attempt – I was really rusty. I felt awful about Bai hurting Emmett and Edward, so it pushed me to keep going.
Soon we had about ten vampires watching; Diana, Lara, Leanne, Lena, Asdis, Andrew, Michaela, Iriska, Ashleigh and Chelsea were all cheering me on and after a while they picked up the courage to join Edward and Emmett to help me stretch my shield.
Then after that, Bai and Tia helped me remove my shield from me, onto another person.
Everywhere in the garden were different groups off people showing off their talents, but I didn't get much time to watch...Bai was really strict with me "practicing my talent"
This was going to be a long day...