Chapter 28: He's back
My eyes fluttered open and a smile spread across my face when I noticed that I was still in Jacobs's arms. I gave his bare chest a kiss before I slipped out of his arms careful not to wake him. I tiptoed out the back door of his house so Billy wouldn't know that I was here. Then I ran as fast as I could back in the direction of my house.
"Damn." I muttered looking up at the tree branch that I needed to get up on. I put my foot on a smaller branch and hoisted myself up to the larger on. Then I crawled over to my window cautiously as the branch began to sway. I opened my window and slipped into my room. I changed back into my PJ's quickly and walked out of the bedroom casually making my way downstairs to the kitchen. I stopped on the bottom step to listen to Bella and Edward's conversation.
"Well if it's a girl I think we should name her Riley." Bella stated.
"Love, it's going to be a boy." Wonderful, they were talking about the soon to be new baby.
"Morning." I said cheerfully as I entered the kitchen. Bella and Edward both stopped their conversation to look at me.
"Morning angel." Edward came over to kiss my head.
"Good morning Ness." Bella smiled softly at me. I sat down next to Bella at the table and took a muffin. "What are we doing today?" I asked.
"We don't have any plans but is there something that you had in mind?" I shrugged.
"We could just have a family day." I said. Edward nodded.
"I like it." Bella said and she placed her hand over mine.
"Cool," I smiled. "I'm going to go change." I left the kitchen quickly and made my way upstairs. Looking at myself in the mirror I sighed. Bella always told me that I was beautiful but I still couldn't see it. If I lifted up my shirt there were still faint marks of scars from when my father would cut me or scratch me but otherwise I looked like a normal girl. I threw on a green tank top and some jean shorts. I put my bronze curly hair in a messy bun. I went to the bathroom, made myself throw up, and then weighed myself like every morning. 89 pounds. I was supposed to be in the 100's but whatever, I really didn't care anymore.
"Ness you ready?" Bella asked on the other side of my door.
"Coming!" I yelled back checking myself quickly in the mirror. Once satisfied I walked into my room to Bella sitting on my bed. She had on hand on her stomach and was whispering something to it. Once she noticed my presense she stopped and blushed.
"You look beautiful." She gushed and grabbed my hand pulling me out of the bedroom.
The car ride was silence the whole way to the beach. But I didn't mind, because it was a peaceful silence. We got there only moments later and we hopped out of the car.
"Renesmee can I talk to you please?" Bella asked as soon as our feet touched the sand.
"Sure." I shrugged.
"Come on." She grabbed my hand and we left Edward sitting alone on the rock that Jake and I had gone to the other day.
"You know that I love you right?" She asked me.
"Of course." I said looking at her. Her brown hair was flying in the light wind. Her flawless face was looking back at me. Then she looked at the ground as we continued walking.
"Even though this baby is coming I won't love you any less." She said touching my shoulder.
"Really?" I asked. Bella looked at me in shock.
"Renesmee stop." She touched my shoulders to stop me from walking. Then she looked at me with her brown eyes.
"You will always be my baby girl and nothing will change that." She said. "Baby or not." She put her hand to her flat stomach. I nodded giving her a real smile.
"Ok." I sighed relieved. Nothing would change between us. We spent the rest of the day just hanging out together. The three of us acting like a family. It was moments like these that I would miss when I the new baby comes along.
"Hey Ness." Jake said opening his door.
"Hi, I just wanted to say thanks for last night." I dropped my gaze. Jake put his hand under my chin and forced me to look into his eyes.
"It's what I'm here for baby." He reached over and kissed my lips. Just then a boy came up behind him.
"Hiya." He waved smiling a cheesy smile at me.
"Hey." I smiled back.
"Oh…Ness this is Seth, Seth this is Ness." Jake said.
"Nice to meet you Seth." I said.
"The same to you Nessie…wait Nessie, like the lockness monster?" He asked.
"Yeah." I laughed. "My father came up with it." I saw Jacob tense out of the corner of my eye so I placed my hand on his arm to calm him down.
"Well I like it." Seth complimented.
"Thanks Seth." I laughed. Not many people took a liking to my nickname.
"So we were just about to go cliff diving….you in?" Jake asked winking his eyes at me. I nodded imidiently. Even though I'm not allowed that wouldn't stop me.
"Ok then let's go!" Seth screamed and we took off running towards the cliffs.
"Ok ready?" Jake asked with his arms around me securely.
"Ready." I said.
"Set?" He asked.
"Set." I said back feeling the butterflies fluttering in my stomach.
"Go!" He screamed and we both launched forwards into the air. Our bodies collided with the icy water and immediately we went under. The coldness was all around me and I pumped my arms trying to break the surface. Once I did I let out a high pitched bell laugh.
"That was amazing!" I said. Jake shook his hair like a dog and we both swam over to the side of the cliff. Not long after Seth launched himself over the edge and I watched as his body sore through the air. He looked so perfect.
"Need a hand?" Jake asked pulling me from my daze.
"Oh yeah, thanks." I placed my hand in his and he hoisted me up onto the rocks. One hand in front of the other I made it back to the top again.
"Lets wait for Seth." Jake said while looking over the edge.
"We can all jump together!" I said excitedly. Jake laughed. I walked over to the edge just in time to see Seth pull himself up to meet us.
"Wanna go all together?" Seth asked.
"Wow wish I thought of that." I said sarcastically. Jake just winked at me.
"What are you doing?" I asked Jake as I noticed him back up.
"Getting a running start." He said. I felt a shiver run down my spine as the wind picked up. It was getting late out. The sun had just gone down and I was just in my bra and underwear while Jake and Seth were in there boxers.
"Ok me too." I practically danced over to where Jake was standing and I beckoned Seth over.
"Fine." He sighed and jogged over.
"Ok everyone get into a start position." Jake announced. Once we were Jake counted down.
"3…2…1." He yelled and the three of us took off running towards the edge. Our feet all hit the side at the same time and we threw our bodies over the edge. Smiling with the wind in my face I suddenly let out an ear piercing scream as my body collided with Seth's right as we hit the water. I couldn't feel anything, just numbness and slowly everything faded away.
"Renesmee!" I heard someone distant scream.
"Ness please wake up!" Another voice yelled. My eyes burst opened and I bent over coughing up water.
"Oh thank the lord." Seth said. When I looked at him I noticed dried blood on his head.
"Are you ok?" Jake asked forcing me to look into his eyes. Not trusting my voice I just nodded.
"You guys hit pretty hard." Jake stated.
"You think?" Seth tapped Jake on the back of the head. Jake lunged playfully at Seth and they both rolled around tackling each other on the sand. I stood up slowly, regretting it right away as my head began to throb.
"I'm going to head home." I said touching the sore spot.
"See you!" Seth waved right before he was pummeled to the ground.
"Bye baby." Jake said giving me a crooked smile. I waved quickly and made my way home. I sighed when my feet his the normal gravel of our driveway. By now it was pitch black out and hard to see where I was going. Walking only a little farther I could finally see the lights from inside the house. And then I could make out a figure sitting on my steps. Once I got closer I realized who it was.
"Kayla?" I asked walking into the light so that she could see me.
"Oh Renesmee." She cried. It was then that I noticed that she had tears streaming down her face.
"What's wrong Kay?" I asked sitting down next to her. I put my arm around her and she rested her head on my shoulder.
"It's been a terrible day." She said.
"Why?" I asked.
"First my parents decided to get a divorce so I went over to Ryan's." She sobbed. She coughed into her arm and then continued. "And second Ryan and I had…you know and then he just left and hasn't talk to me since." She looked up at me with tears falling down her face. Her eyes were red and puffy.
"Kayla, I'm so sorry about your parents. But know that it's not your fault." I said in reassurance.
"I know." She sighed.
"And as for you and Ryan….well I don't know what to say besides that you need to give him time. He might just be thinking." I tried to help her out.
"Your amazing Renesmee." Kayla smiled.
"How?" I asked.
"Because you're just perfect, you always know what to say to help someone else. It's like your gifted." Kayla laughed whipping her tears.
"Well thanks Kayla, I'm glad that you think that." I hugged her.
"Ness everyone thinks that."
"I know one person that doesn't." I sighed.
"Who?" Kayla asked quickly. She sat up and looked directly into my eyes.
"Me." I heard his voice in the darkness. And then he stepped into the light. Holding my breath I took him in. He looked the same as he did all those years ago except he looked a little older. But it was definitely him. My father was back.
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