A/N: Okay, here's chapter 25! I hope you like it and don't think it's far-fetched or awkward or anything. I really liked writing this chapter! And I'm pretty sure that most of you will like the next chapter. :) That is, if it ends up being the same idea that I plan to write. :) Anyway, thanks for reading! Please review! (I love reviews, if you couldn't tell...C:)

Chapter 25: Soaked

Renesmee Cullen's POV

The next morning, after I woke up and got ready for school—Alice had me dressed in a plain white shirt and black pants—I heard Carlisle say that Jacob could go to school today, without the brace. I was extremely excited.

I was downstairs eating breakfast with Jake, and we were about to leave for school. I heard the garage door open and close again.

"Dad?" I called. No answer. "Did they seriously just leave? They're so impatient."

"Apparently. Don't worry. We can take my car," he said, taking his plate to the sink and grabbing his keys from the counter, along with his book bag. "Ready?"

I finished off my water and nodded, picking up my book bag and following Jake into the garage. We both got into his car and rode to school.

We got there in about five minutes. We went to our lockers and got our books and notebooks and went to English. We were reading Romeo and Juliet this year, since we were all sophomores. We had just started the book though. My mom knew the book by heart; she'd read it tons of times.

I saw Ryan as he sat in the desk next to me. Jacob was in the desk on the other side of me. Ryan looked really nervous.

"Hi," he said to me quickly.

"Hey."

"I-I'm sorry about yesterday…" he apologized.

"Um...that's okay, I guess," I allowed reluctantly.

Right then the bell rang and class started. We read a few pages of Romeo and Juliet today, then we had to write a short re-cap.

When the bell rang, announcing second period, I said goodbye to Ryan and walked to gym with Jacob. He was giving death glares to Ryan pretty much the whole class.

Jake and I separated when we reached the locker rooms. I went in and went to get my gym clothes from my locker to change. Veronica stared hatefully at me all the while. There were lines under her eyes, and her face was also a little splotchy, which was proof she'd been crying and losing sleep. A lot.

We went to the main gym after we all were changed, and the guys were already in the gym. I saw Jake and walked over to him. My mom and dad walked over by us then.

"So, do you enjoy being back at school?" I asked Jake, already knowing his answer.

"You're kidding me, right Ness?" he said with no humor whatsoever.

I chuckled a little. I looked over to my left and saw Veronica staring at Jacob, heartbreak in her eyes. And...was that a tear running down her cheek? However, when she caught me looking, she hastily wiped it away and glared. I looked back to Jake.

"She's crying over you," I mumbled to him.

"Oh well. She was so mean to you; she deserves it," he said in a hard voice.

"Yeah, I guess."

"Ness, what's the matter? Are you actually feeling sorry for her? After the way she treated you?" he asked me, confused.

I sighed. "No. It's just...she looks so miserable," I said quietly.

Gym started then, and we had to do warm-ups and run. When everyone was done running, everyone was out of breath except my family, me, and Jake. In fact, we had to struggle to keep a human pace while running around the gym countless times.

We played volleyball in gym today, and me and Jake were on the same team, against my father and Veronica, along with others. There were six players per team. My mom was on another team with people I hardly knew.

During the entire game, Veronica continually spiked the ball at my head. But with my half-vampire reflexes, I was able to hit it before it hit me. Not that it would've hurt me if I didn't dodge it. She also stared at Jacob the whole game. Jake and I won, of course, but Edward's team only lost by a little.

"Alright! Go get changed," Mr. Tural called, walking back into his office.

I walked back into the locker room with my mom and went to my locker to get changed back into my regular clothes. I sort of had to go to the bathroom, so I walked to the stalls that were in the locker room. My locker was pretty much right next to it, and my mom's was next to mine. The bathrooms were right next to the showers, but they were rarely used. When I got to the bathrooms, I saw Veronica standing there against the wall, crying. She was against the wall between the showers and the bathrooms. When she saw me, she wiped at her eyes and turned them into slits.

"So. Are you and…J-Jacob dating yet?" she asked in a pained voice, though she tried desperately to make it sound mean.

"No."

"Wow. That's hard to believe. Whenever you were in the same room as him, his eyes would never leave you. It's like he was freaking connected to you. And…he never loved me, did he?" she asked sourly.

"How should I know?" I actually did know the answer to her question, but I didn't want to give her another reason to hate me. Or keep crying. It got sort of annoying.

"Gee, I don't know. Maybe because you're best friends slash secret lovers," she snarled.

"No we're—" I was cut off as freezing cold water clashed with my skin, drenching my shirt and head. I opened my eyes, which I had closed when the water hit me, and saw that Veronica had a shower hose in her hand, pointed at me. She also had a smug smile painted across her face. I could have run out of the way, but not without questions from any witnesses. The consequence of that: I got all wet. Oh, joy. Then she pointed the hose to my locker, probably soaking my gym clothes, too. Along with Bella's, since Veronica's aim is bad. Great.

Bella appeared quickly, though she ran at a human speed. "Nessie!" she exclaimed when she saw me. She of course was perfectly dry.

By now, Veronica had shut off the water. I heard footsteps, and the assistant gym teacher, a girl, was there. "Veronica Kaplan you are not allowed to use the showers without permission!" she scolded, face red in anger. "Come with me," she said, grabbing Veronica's arm and leading her away.

When Veronica passed me, she whispered, "Karma sucks, doesn't it? That should teach you not to steal my boyfriend."

"He's not your boyfriend anymore. He never really was," I growled quietly. She heard me and glared even more.

The bell rang then. "Bella, what..." I trailed, looking down at my now see-through shirt.

"Um...I don't know. We'll see what we can do..." she said. "Come on." She walked to the locker room door and entered the hallway, standing in front of me. We ran into Edward and Jacob in the hallway, where luckily few people lingered. Edward had a mad and annoyed look on his face, which told me he knew what happened. But Jacob looked shocked when he saw me, which made me guess he had no idea what happened.

"Um..." Jacob swallowed uncomfortably. "What...what happened, exactly, Ness?"

"Gee, I don't know. Ask your ex," I said sourly. I wasn't mad at him; there was no reason to be.

"Oh God. What exactly did she do?"

"She sprayed me with a shower hose. Now, obviously, I'm all wet and my shirt is see-through," I said irritably.

He chuckled a little, almost nervous. "Yeah, I noticed."

My father's jaw tensed.

"Edward, what am I going to do about my shirt? Because I know you don't want it to stay like this all day," I asked.

"I don't know," he said, pinching the bridge of his nose and closing his eyes.

"What about your gym shirt?" Jake suggested.

"She soaked that too," I said, angered.

"Well...you can wear my shirt...if you want to, you know," he told me.

"Thanks, but I don't think shirtless fits in with the dress code," I said, grinning.

"I have a shirt on under this," he said, pointing to his shirt.

I inhaled. "Okay. If you're sure..." Before I could finish saying anything, he was pulling his shirt over his head, revealing a fitted, tight white T-shirt. And wow, did it look good on him...

My father coughed nonchalantly. I stopped thinking.

"Here," he said, handing me his dark blue polo shirt.

"Thanks, Jake," I said, smiling. "Um...I'll be right back." I went into the bathroom across the hall and into a stall. I never did get to go to the bathroom, so I went. When I was done, after washing my hands, I slipped off the wet white shirt that clung to me, making me feel clammy, and pulled on Jacob's shirt. It smelled so good, just like Jacob. It was woodsy and salty, from the ocean. It smelled wonderful. Absolutely wonderful. It was pretty big on me, of course, but it didn't look too bad.

I walked out of the bathroom, and only Jake was there. I looked questioningly at him.

"There next class was on the other side of school. They didn't want to be late. They had to go, you know, to not run," he explained.

"Oh. How much time until the bell?" I asked as we started to walk down the hall toward our next class: science.

"Um...about a minute, I think," he said as we continued walking.

"Crap," I mumbled, walking a little faster. We were downstairs and science was on the second floor, and we still had to stop by our lockers. "You could've left without me. That way you wouldn't have been late," I said.

"I know, but I didn't want to just leave you here."

"I think I know my way around by now, Jake," I told him, smiling.

"I know. I just felt like being nice. Excuse me," he said jokingly. I laughed a little. "Oh, and by the way, you were really good playing the piano last night," he praised.

"Thanks. I hadn't played in years. I was surprised I remembered that much," I said, eyes wide.

He chuckled a bit. "Yeah, no offense, but me too. You must have a good memory." He smiled, as did I. "Oh, and I like that last song you kept playing. Did you compose that?" he asked, honestly interested.

My heart and soul reacted to his words. He liked his song, and he didn't even know it was his song. Or at least that I knew anyway. My smile grew. "Yeah, I did. I'm glad you like it."

We then made it to our lockers and quickly got our materials we needed for science, then practically ran to class. We made it to our seats right as the bell rang. Talk about luck.

I could hardly focus on the video we watched in science. I was too intoxicated with the scent of Jacob all around me, now even on me. The only two things that distracted me—briefly—was Jacob's glorious, muscular body under his fitted white T-shirt, and the stupid girls that kept on staring at him, almost drooling. He, of course, was oblivious to the fact that he was the center of attention for all girls.

At the end of class, the bell rang and the lights in the classroom flashed on, coming as a somewhat shock to my overly sensitive eyes. I could almost feel my pupils contract.

Jake and I gathered up our stuff and walked back to our lockers to get our Social Studies supplies. Then, we went to the first floor for class.

Once again, the same situation as science occurred. I was overwhelmed by Jacob's scent, girls stared, Jake was completely unaware. Or maybe he wasn't. Maybe he just didn't like the attention. Only this time was a bit worse, for two reasons. First reason was because it was a worksheet we had to do and I had to focus more. The second one was that all the lights were on, so people saw me. They saw me in Jake's shirt. I heard them talk and whisper. Naturally, everyone knew about Veronica spraying me. Nothing ever stayed a secret around here. Only, according to some of the gossipers, what Veronica did was accidental. That really pissed me off. I don't know who was telling everybody that piece of untrue crap, probably Veronica herself, but it made me really mad. And gave me even more of a reason to hate her, and I didn't know you could hate anyone more than I ready hated Veronica.

When it was time to go to lunch, Jake, Alice and I got our stuff and went straight to the cafeteria, not bothering to stop by our lockers, as we rarely did.

"Nessie, why are you wearing Jacob's shirt?" Alice demanded in frustration.

"Because Veronica soaked me in the locker room. I surprised you, of all people, wouldn't have heard that yet," I said, a little surprised she hadn't heard the story yet.

"Well, yes, I knew about it, but why are you wearing his shirt? Couldn't you have worn your gym shirt? That would've at least fit," she complained.

"Because she got that wet, too. And Bella's locker, too, before you ask. So, gym shirts were out of the question in that scenario."

I think Alice pouted all the way to lunch.

We were some of the first ones at our table, which surprised me. Only Jasper was there so far. I wondered why they weren't here.

Alice saw my concern and assured me, "The teachers held their classes back for some student's behavioral issues."

"Oh," I said.

A minute later, the rest of my family showed up at the lunch table. About twenty seconds after that, Ryan sat down, still on edge. Jake and my dad glared at him. Emmett was smiling humorously the whole time.

"Hey Renesmee," I heard a voice behind me call. My jaw tensed. I knew that voice. Regardless, I turned around anyway. I saw Jake look from the corner of his eye.

"What, Veronica?" I said in a hard voice. Her table was right behind ours, which I wasn't crazy about. I knew Jake wasn't, either.

"Nice shirt. Isn't that for guys? Maybe you should learn to shop," Veronica chided. Her friends had humored smiles on their faces. Some were giggling. Did I mention that they all hated me, too?

"No thanks. And it's not mine. Jacob let me borrow it," I said, smiling with false sweetness. "Thanks again, Jake," I said too loudly, hugging him.

"No problem, Ness," he said, embracing me back, a little laughter in his voice.

If anything, that shut Veronica up. She turned back to her table, rubbing her eyes.

I let go of Jacob and turned back to the table, sighing in frustration at Veronica. Ryan was looking down at the table, jaw trembling in a little anger and jealousy.

I turned to him. "Ryan, the hug was necessary. Do you really want her to talk to me like that?"

"Well, no. But you're wearing his shirt. His, not mine. I have two shirts on, too," he said.

"Well, were you there? No. Jake was, and I really didn't want to walk around the rest of the day with a transparent shirt," I told him.

His breathing quickened, and he looked like he was off in his own little world. I heard my dad let out a low hiss. I knew it had to do with Ryan's thoughts. Hmmm. Maybe I shouldn't have mentioned me in a transparent shirt. Whoops.

"Um...Ryan..." I said, waving my hand in front of his face.

His cheeks got a little red as he looked at me. "What? Oh, sorry..."

"Yeah, me too," I mumbled so low that only Jake could hear me. Only he was so ticked at imagining what Ryan was probably thinking that he didn't even smile.

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Today I went home with Jacob; Ryan had to watch his little sister again.

Today's after school time was a lot like yesterday, only with much less drama. And a different dinner. Me and Jake still did our homework together, still ate dinner together, and I still played the piano until I was told to go to bed. Jake sat next to me the whole time while I was playing, and I caught him smiling during his song a lot.

When it was time for bed, according to my parents, not me, I reluctantly slid off the shiny black piano bench, trailing my fingers along the glistening keys one last time, and headed up the stairs with Jake.

I got ready for bed after saying goodnight to everyone and got into bed.

I smiled in thinking the knowledge that this time next week, I would be in France with Jacob.

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