A/N: So this chapter came a little faster than the others but that was because i wanted to give you sometime before I want into dry season. For those who don't know what that means is that I might not post any new chapters for a while. Not to long, i hope though. I finished school but now i'm in the real world with a job so i won't have much free time on my hands and i have another fanfiction that i have not updated for a while so i need to work on that. If you haven't read This Kind of Love yet, please do... it's a Gundam Wing FF but's got some great reviews. Anyways it's the sequel to another story I wrote so you might want to read A Wager on Love first... Well I hope you like ch 25 and look forward to ch 26 which I will get you as soon as possible. I may just sacrifice my sleep to finish ch26... maybe... we'll see...

Chapter Twenty-five

Nessie

The next morning I arrived at school early, about the same time as Aidin, whom I hadn't really spoken with since we had gotten back. He seemed to be pretty busy, and have a lot on his mind. I slumped into my chair in my first class, English. The first bell rang just as Mr. Brawnson entered the classroom. He was probably my favorite teacher and possible Briann's least. She didn't like English, mainly because there was a lot of reading involved. Just then the class became flooded as kids flew in from the parking lot before the second bell could sound and they were marked tardy. The one thing about Mr. Brawnson was that he didn't accept tardiness. It was probably the biggest reason why Bri disliked him so much. I stared at the clock, and a smile pulled at the corners of my lips.

"5...4...3...2...1.…" When I got to one, Bri rushed through the door just as the bell hummed in the halls. She maneuvered her way through the rows and took her seat. A few other students trailed her.

"You made it." I laughed.

"Don't I always." She was breathing hard, almost as if she had just run a marathon. But she was right, she always did make it just in the knick of time. I pulled my book out from my back pack and set it on my desk. We were currently reviewing the written works of one of my favorite authors, Jane Austin. We had just finished Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and had moved unto Pride and Prejudice. I had read both multiple times but they were classics and never got old.

"Did you finish the review?" I whispered to my best friend. Her face turned green and her jaw hit the ground. That's a 'No', I told myself as I restrained a giggle.

"WHAT? I was too excited about Embry asking me to prom that I completely forgot. I don't even remember Mr. Brawnson telling us we had to do it. When did he assign it?" She searched her bag for her notebook, hoping to write a quick summary.

I rolled my eyes, this was so like her. "When you were too busy flipping through that magazine trying to find a dress yesterday."

"Damn it." she said pressing her pencil to the notebook paper before the tip snapped under the pressure. I covered my mouth to muffle my snicker. She tried again. When I could breath yet again, I turned back to her.

"Do you even know what we're suppose to write about?" She stopped and slumped back in her seat. Her bottom lip, fuller than the top sticking out in a kiddy pout.

"No," she cried before she slammed her head on her desk top causing several classmates to look at her, confused. Grades were very important to seniors. If you didn't pass, you didn't graduate. A seniors worst nightmare. I let out a long breathe and pulled out a sheet of paper from beneath my own report and placed it atop her head. She reached up and grabbed it as she reverted back to an upright position. Her eyes raced over the words before a smiled spread over her teeth. She nearly fell out of her chair as she through her arms around me.

"Thank you Nessie. Thank you so much. I love you. You're the bestiest friend ever." Everyone's eyes were on us now. I had figured that she hadn't heard the assignment yesterday and had written an extra report just for her.

"Your welcome," I laughed, I just couldn't help myself.

"Is there a problem ladies." Mr. Brawnson stated from the front of the class. Bri returned to her seat, smoothing her shirt as she did so.

"No sir, no problem at all."

I met up with Kim in the next period. We had a pop quiz, though it wasn't so 'pop' for me since I already knew the answers. Humanities with Mr. Jennings passed quickly like it always did, leaving us to head to math class. I hadn't spoken to Jacob at all yesterday except for a few moments, and this was the first time I had seen him. I settle into my seat, Quil and Embry chatting away before class started. I went to turn in my homework from chapter 55 and when I returned, Kim was seated on my desk top.

"Did you hear, Embry asked Briann to prom?"

"Yeah," I nodded. " She's really excited." I said just loud enough from him to hear. Embry seemed to turn bright red when I said that.

"Now the only one that left is Jacob." Now it was my turn to blush. I didn't' know why I did. He could always pick someone else but I'd have to kill her if he did. I laughed to myself.

"Are you still not going Quil?" I inquired instead.

"No, the only one I'd want to go with is Claire and she's not old enough."

"I think she'd understand if you went with someone else." I said, just as the first bell rung.

"Yeah well, I might make an appearance, but I'm not going with anyone."

"What about you, Nessie." Embry asked, returning to his normal color. " Has anyone ask you yet." His eyes stiffed to Jacobs and then back to mine. I turned just in time to see a scowling Jacob chuck a large eraser at his head. Embry caught it easily enough, before he fell into a fit of laughter.

"Yes," I smiled. Shock seemed to appear on both of there faces.

"What?" Jacob eyed me.

" But I haven't said yes to anyone yet."

"Really," Embry spoke eyeing Jacob. " Why is that, I wonder?" Sarcasm hanging from his every word. I shrugged. " I don't know. Kim says I should go with someone I really want to go with so…"

"And who do you really want to go with?" Kim asked, leaning into the question. I suddenly felt like I was trapped in an interrogation room and the bright light was beaming right into my face, blinding me, building sweat on my brow.

"I…don't… um…" Just then the bell rang and I sighed. Saved by the bell, I thought. But I knew the answer. I almost wanted to grab Jacob by his shirt and yell; You, you idiot! I want to go with you! But I wouldn't do that. I didn't want to take his choice on the matter away from him. But prom was only days away. I mean hadn't I waited long enough. I groaned to myself as I twisted in my seat toward the front of the class. Everyone could see I had wanted him to ask me, why had he had to be the stupid one and not notice.

Lunch was uneventful, just more prattle about prom and upcoming test. Like he did every day, Ryan waved to me from his table, Ashley never looked very happy about this. I still didn't understand her burning hatred towards me but I didn't care. Bri had mentioned something about how she use to date Ryan, and never quite got over him. She never liked anyone that he took a remote likely too. She had even hated how close Bri had been to her own brother, thus causing the initial feud between the siblings. Ryan somehow felt a devotion to Ashley, his girlfriend at the time. I hadn't really spoken to Ryan since spring break out of that fact that even thought we had two classes together, he was constantly being monitored by Ashley and her friends. After gym, I said goodbye to Bri and headed straight home, I didn't feel like going any where today. I simply wanted to go home and spend time with my family, as boring at it might seem to others. Emmett promised to wrestle with me in secret. We'd see how well we could keep that secret from my dad.

"I'm home," I called as I closed the front door behind me, letting my bag slip off my shoulders unto the floor. There was no need to announce my presence but it was something I did after watching a little too much ABC family. I entered the living room, and stopped immediately. The atmosphere was dry, like someone had died, but everyone was accounted for, or like I had interrupted a very important conversation.

"What's going on?" I asked stepping around the couch to sit next to Esme and my mother.

"Well I guess now is as good as any. We should have probably told you this months ago though," Esme turned to me. I looked to her after I caught everyone's eyes in the room.

"Renesmee," she began. This couldn't be good. No one used my full name, not even my own mother who had detested my nickname from the start. " It's about time that we left Forks." I stared at her blankly, her words not registering right away, but slowly and surely they began to sink in. Leave. We are leaving forks.

"We're leaving?" I knew that this day would come, but that thought never prepared me. I was both thrilled and scared at the same time. I was thrilled because I had always wanted to see the world, to travel, see different places, experience different things. But it scared me because Forks was all I knew, everything I knew, everyone I knew was here. Suddenly the thought of leaving laid heavy in my heart, because if I left, I'd be leaving thing's that I held dear to my heart. My house, my friends, and mostly, my Jacob.

"When?" I breathed.

"Not until after you've graduated." My Dad announced. It was probably his idea. He was keen on me finishing high school, the same as he was with my mother. I breathed a sigh of relief. At any rate, I had a couple of months, it wouldn't make it any easier though. Of that I was sure.

"Where are we going?" It was Esme again whom answered.

"We figured since you weren't part of the decision, that we would let you choose the next location. Obviously you understand the requirements that are necessary so we have full faith in you." Great, I got to choose how far or how close we stayed. I let my head fall. It was a lot. I'd have to be the one to tell everyone that I was leaving but I didn't know how or when I would gather up enough courage to do so.

Later that day I found my self driving. I had no particular destination and soon found myself parked in front of Aidin's home. It had been weeks since I had stopped by and I felt bad. I was feeling that way a lot lately. I turned off the ignition and stepped out of the car. The brink house was no where as large as ours but it was cute and homey just like Aidin's mom. I made my way over the walk way to the front door where I rung the door bell. It was a minute before the door swung open and Aidin's mom greeted me.

"Nessie," she smiled, always happy to see me. She welcomed me in.

"It been a while since you've been over."

"I'm sorry. I've been meaning to stop by." She held up her hands.

"There is no reason to apologize. I'm just happy to see you. Aidin's in his room." I nodded and head up stairs. Aidin's room was the last door on the left and it was slightly open when I reached it. I peeked in before I knocked lightly.

"Aidin, you there." Just then the door swung open and I stepped back.

"Nessie," his face lit up. "What are you doing here?" I hated that he had to ask me that. Was I neglecting my friends now?

"Nothing. Just thought I hadn't been around for a while." I stepped into his room. It was different then when I last saw it.

"You redecorated." the last time I had been here, the wall had been a boring color of plain white, now it was a navy blue almost black. I liked it.

"Yeah Tara helped me out." I smiled. I was glad that he had someone.

"Looks good." I continued to look around and spotted his guitar on his bed.

""were you playing something." he nodded.

"Do you want to hear." I smiled and sat next to him. He placed the instrument under one arms and used it to begin strumming. The melody was beautiful and light. The tempo was steady and heartwarming. Then he began to sing and the word turned out to be even more beautiful. They spoke of a girl, whose eyes shun like the night sky. Whose smile could light any guys heart on fire. When she looked at you, you were no longer who you were. You'd give your life for her. She must be a very special girl, I thought. Then the song ended.

"What did you think?" he glanced up at me.

"It was beautiful."

"I'm glad you like it because it's about you." I couldn't hide my surprise. He diverted his eyes back to his hands. " I wrote back when I first met you and even then I knew you were something special. I also knew that you belonged to someone else and I'm okay with that. We weren't meant to be like everyone thought we were, but you are some one very special to me." I actually couldn't hold back the tears in my eyes. I couldn't stop myself from throwing my hands around him when he gazed at me. Aidin was like a brother to me. We understood each other to the point that words weren't even needed. He had made my transition to the outside world easier, since he had already been through it. He was like family to me. And irreplaceable member. I would miss him a lot when I wasn't here anymore.

"Aidin. Your special to me too. We share something that no one else does. I'm going to miss you so much," He was the first to pull back.

"And I meant to say this earlier. If you don't have someone to go with, I'd like to take you to prom." He reached up and wiped another tear that escaped. I didn't answer. I couldn't so I nodded my head. He chuckled.

"You're such a cry baby," I joined in his laughter.

"I know."

The days passed slowly, prom right around the corner and I still had not gathered up enough nerve to tell anyone. I just couldn't bring my self to bring up the subject at anytime and the only time we had altogether was at lunch. The only person that knew was Aidin and his family because Carlisle felt like they had a right to know. I finally mentioned something to Kim and Bri one day. I sat next to Kim in a gown shop as Bri tried on every dress in the store.

"What's the matter, Ness? You've been so out of it these last couple of days." Kim stated. Bri mumbled something but I just didn't feel like concentrating enough to comprehend it.

"It's nothing, but I do have something to tell you guys." I couldn't meet her eyes.

"What is it?" Bri swung open the curtain to the dressing room she had occupied for the last hour. Kim and I looked her over and I wrinkled my nose in disgust at the same time Kim shook her head. Bri closed the curtain behind her with a huff.

"I'm leaving." the words were just more than a whisper, but loud enough that would Bri to hear it. I did not want to repeat it.

"Leaving, are you still meeting Aidin at that pizza place you guys like so much." Kim questioned.

"Yes but that's not what I'm talking about. I mean I'm leaving. Were moving out of the state. Maybe even out of the country," The curtain flung open, Bri stood there, the purple gown only half way on her.

"What?" she asked despite the fact that I was pretty sure that she had heard me.

"When?" Kim asked. My shoulders fell even lower.

"After graduation."

"When did you find out," Bri came to sit beside me. I continued to stare at my hands in my lap.

"I found out a week ago. I wanted to tell you guys earlier but I just didn't know how."

"It's okay, who else knows." Kim rubbed my back maternally.

"Only Aidin and you guys. I haven't gotten around to telling anyone else."

"So Jacob doesn't know?" Bri inquired. I shook my head. I didn't have the courage yet to tell him. It would hurt me more when I did though.

I couldn't sleep that night. I just couldn't close my eyes. I was tired, there was no lie about that but sleep just would not come. I tried everything, a warm cup of milk, even a CD of my dads. One of his classical favorites. Nothing worked. Frustrated, I sat up and looked around the moonlit room. I threw the covers off and walked over to my window and opened them. There was a futon beneath the windowsill so that I could sit and read while I enjoyed the weather. I sat down and pulled my legs to my chest. I stared up at the heavens. Only the half moon sat bright in the sky. For a girl who had everything she could ever wish for, life sure was still a struggle for me. Whoever preached that money couldn't buy happiness was definitely on to something. It wasn't that I wasn't happy, it was just more… I searched to find the right word… complicated than I originally thought. But that was part of the lure that life had for me. I was smart, but it was book smarts. Life was a whole different ball game. I didn't know everything about life, at least nothing I couldn't read up on, It was this that interested me. I sighed, resting my head on the top of my knees. I had to figure out a way to tell things to Jacob soon. I didn't have a lot of time left, and that was what hurt the most.

A/N: That was a great place to leave off... I wonder how Jacob's going to take the bad news.... look forward to the next chapter..... Ok I couldn't do... to help with the suspence here's a little preview...

I brust through the trees into a clearing and headed straight for the other side when the wind changed and the scent of something sweet lingered in the breeze. I came up short, suddenly feeling a familiar presence behind me. I turned slowly to gaze into the deep red eyes of the female vampire I hand encountered before.

Suddenly the threat on my life became all to real and I stared intently at her before my vision began to blur.

She lunged at me and everything went black.

Ok that probably made it worst...hehehe. Yes I'm evil.......... But I'll tell you now, that chapter 26 is the shortest chapter ever....