JASPER
There were a lot of mixed emotions in the house as I came down the stairs on Friday evening. I felt a pull into the living room. Rosalie and Bella were laughing infectiously; I smiled at them, feeling their happiness radiating the room. I walked out of the room, continuing the search for my wife. I heard her contagious laugh from the kitchen so I made my way into the room. Alice was sitting on the kitchen island swinging her legs backwards and forwards as she spoke to Edward. The moment I stepped in the room she instantly looked up and smiled at me, unable to resist I smiled back and made my way to her side. I could feel the familiar happiness, love and adoration from her as I wrapped my arm around her back. I kissed her temple and looked over to Edward; I felt his emotions shift from happy to concerned, then to angry and then to furious. He stood up from the chair.
"Excuse me," he muttered walking out of the kitchen and through the front door.
"What's going on?" Alice asked. I shrugged; it was weird hearing her ask what was going on. She always knew what was going on. It must have involved Jacob or Renesmee.
"Renesmee go inside please, I want to talk to Jacob alone," I heard Edward say from just behind the front door.
"No dad, whatever you are going to say to him, you can say to me," Renesmee argued. Edward sighed.
"Jasper honey, can you go out there and calm your brother down please? I don't want Renesmee getting upset." Esme asked, I nodded to her and made my way out of the house, immediately feeling Edwards rage, Renesmee's fear and Jacob's usual cockiness. Metaphorically, I threw a bucket over Edward's fire. He groaned.
"Jasper, I need to be annoyed otherwise this won't be as threatening as it is meant to be," he murmured to me.
"I heard that," Jacob said.
"So did I," Renesmee said, I noticed Jacob squeeze her hand that was tightly in his grasp. "Daddy you promised!" Renesmee moaned.
"So did you."
"We didn't do anything!" She shouted back at him.
"He saw you in a towel!" He said back, raising his voice slightly. It was then when Bella came out, joining the family feud.
"What's going on? Edward I thought we said we were going to leave it," she said to him, I felt his anger lessen as he heard her voice at his side.
"But love…" he began looking down at her. She placed her hand on his arm; they stared at each other for a good twenty seconds. She was clearly telling something in her head. I could feel Edward's mood shift, he was still angry but there was a more tranquil feel to him now Bella was with him. "Never again!" he turned back to Renesmee and Jacob.
"If I find out Chloe sleeps with Eddie again then there will be an again. It's not fair." Jacob fought back. Edward narrowed his eyes at him, his anger burning again. I could feel Jacob too, the fire getting brighter and stronger.
"Go find a bone or something Jacob. Let the situation calm down. Edward has had less than ten minutes to think about this." Emmett said appearing next to me. I heard Rosalie laugh from the living room at Emmett's dog joke. Jacob just glared at him. "I'm serious. It's his daughter Jacob. He isn't exactly experienced with handling kids. I don't know what I'm going to do when Chantelle gets her first boyfriend. I'll be just as furious if a man saw my little girl in a towel," Emmett said. I felt a wave of nervousness from Renesmee. As if something in Emmett's statement was wrong. I looked at Edward's reaction; he had a blank expression as he watched Renesmee, no clue in his face as to what Renesmee was thinking.
"Is this really just about the towel?" she asked suddenly gaining confidence to speak again.
"That was when you were a baby and your favourite thing to do was bite him not make out with him," Edward said to Renesmee's thought. She must have brought up when Jacob used to look after her and give her baths, get her changed etc but Edward was right. It was an entirely different situation now. I was starting to side with him.
"Thank you," he said towards me.
"Uncle Jasper!" Renesmee moaned towards me.
"Sorry kid, I have to side with your dad and Emmett here. None of us are experienced with kids, you're not even seven yet and you already have a boyfriend, you have to see this from your father's perspective. He's trying to understand but something's are harder than others." I said to her, trying to calm her.
"I'm not a kid," she muttered.
"You are," Edward answered her.
"I'm not!" she screamed back.
"You're not even seven!"
"Stop that! I'm easily sixteen, stop treating me like I'm a baby!" she shouted at him.
"Jasper… dude," Emmett whispered to me. I focused on calming Renesmee down, only she was too furious for me to cool without touching her. I moved over towards her.
"No!" she screamed at me.
"Calm down! This can't be resolved with violence." I said to her. She narrowed her eyes at me.
"It can be resolved with a lot of shouting though," she said to me, her face matched Edward's perfectly as she glared at me. There was a heavy silence before the door swung open and Eddie came walking out. He walked right up to Renesmee and pulled her hand out of Jacob's.
"Come on you," he muttered pulling her towards the forest.
"Where are we going?"
"Somewhere to talk and cool that little head of yours off," he said tugging her. She sighed, looked over to Edward once, then to Jacob. "If he's not here when I get back I will hate you forever and never speak to you again for the rest of my existence," she said to Edward and walked into the forest with Eddie.
"I think that means you can't kill me," Jacob said grinning.
"I'm not going to kill you mutt." Edward hissed at him, he took Bella's hand and turned back into the house.
"No," Bella said and pulled him in the opposite direction. "We're going somewhere else, where we can talk about this, this has been blown way out of proportion," she said to him. They took off running into the forest, in a different direction to Eddie and Nessie. Emmett, Jacob and I made it back into the house. Alice, Esme and Carlisle were standing in the hall watching the door as we walked in.
"Bella is right you know, this has been blown way out of proportion," Alice said.
"Well that's Edward for you," Emmett said as we made our way into the living room. Emmett walked over to where Rosalie was sitting and Alice followed me over to one of the chairs. Jacob lounged on the couch, letting out a sigh as he did so and Esme and Carlisle sat down on the love seat.
"I wonder when all this drama will end and Edward will realise that he needs to let go a little," Jacob muttered.
"Until you're a father yourself you are not going to know what he is going through, give him a break," Emmett said to him. Jacob rolled his eyes and rested his head on the back of the couch.
"That will spike more drama when that happens," Rosalie muttered. There was a hidden fear of that time. If Renesmee could get pregnant what was it going to be? And how was Edward going to react?
"It's a long time coming yet. Hopefully," Carlisle said as he looked and Jacob.
"Oh come on! You lot are worse than Edward."
"We're just looking out for our little girl," Esme said.
"And you all think that I would disrespect Edward and Bella like that? That imprinting on Renesmee was something that I planned to do?" Jacob asked looking up at Carlisle and Esme.
"No. We know you didn't plan to do it. It's just a bit overwhelming. In the past you were her friend, her brother, now you're more, it's just something we need to get used to. It just seems Edward is having more trouble than anyone else," Alice said from my lap. I felt Jacob's anger finally lessen into a hum.
"Yeah I know," he muttered. There was a sudden crack as the door swung open and hit the wall.
"Hello?" We heard Chantelle sing. She walked into the living room. "Did you all just forget about me?" She said glaring at Emmett and Rosalie the most.
"Oh sweetie! Eddie was meant to pick you up. Oh I'm sorry," Rosalie said jumping up from the couch and making her way over to Chantelle. Chantelle's playful anger slipped away as her mother hugged her.
"It's okay," she said pulling away. "Where's Renesmee?" she asked.
"Somewhere in the forest with Eddie," Emmett said.
"Are they hunting? They could have waited for me," she moaned.
"No honey, they're just talking. There has been a little fight with your uncle Edward and Jacob. Apparently when Jacob slept over last night he saw Renesmee in her towel. Over rated if you ask me," Alice said.
"Oh," Chantelle said and looked to Jacob. Chloe also joined us in the living room; she looked at all of us.
"What did I miss?" she asked.
"Renesmee and Jacob vs. Edward," Emmett said with a smile.
"No one killed anyone did they?" she asked, although it was in a joking tone, I could feel her nervousness waiting for the answer. Emmett shook his head.
"Your boyfriend saved the day."
"Oh, good. Where is he now?" she asked.
"With Renesmee somewhere talking," he said.
"Oh okay," she replied and walked back out of the room and up the stairs. Chantelle followed soon after, Carlisle went to the hospital for work and Esme went back into the kitchen to cook dinner for those who needed it.
Alice, Rosalie, Emmett, Jacob and I were still in the living room. Rose had turned the TV on and she and Alice were watching some fashion channel. I played with the lace on Alice's shirt as she sat on my lap happily enjoying her TV show. I memorised her shoulder blades moving as she leant forward on my lap. She squealed in excitement as some girl came on the TV in a white summer dress. It looked pretty but I didn't know anything about fashion.
"Oh I LOVE it! It's amazing," she sang looking at Rosalie. "I'd say it would look best on Bella though, what do you think?" she said.
"Definitely. Oh! We could get Edward to take her out on a date! That way she can wear it!" Rosalie said to Alice just as excited. I looked at Emmett and we both rolled our eyes.
"I thought the husband was supposed to plan the dates not the sisters," Emmett said.
"Well… Edward has too much on his mind, he needs help from us. Plus that dress!" she squealed again practically jumping from my lap. "Rewind it, I didn't catch the name," she said to Rosalie. Rosalie did as she asked and Alice squealed again once she saw it.
"Oh I don't know. I want it now!" She said. Emmett and I laughed and Jacob rolled his eyes at Alice.
"Oh shut up." She muttered leaning back on my chest. I kissed her shoulder still chuckling to myself.
"Jacob?" Renesmee's voice came echoing into the house. Jacob jumped up from the couch and walked out into the hall. I heard him walk up to her, probably hugging her. Eddie looked briefly into the room and walked back out again and up the stairs. Jacob and Renesmee came into the living room hand in hand.
"Where are my mom and dad?" she asked. We shrugged.
"They went in the opposite direction to you and Eddie. Bella wanted to talk to Edward."
"Oh good. Maybe she'll knock some sense into him." She muttered pulling Jacob over to the couch and pushing him into it before sitting down on his lap. I could feel Emmett's anger go up a notch. He wouldn't say anything to Renesmee but he was the only one that could relate to Edward the most. He was completely on his side.
"Chantelle was looking for you by the way," Jacob said to Renesmee as he kissed her cheek.
"Oh!" Renesmee said and jumped off Jacobs lap. "I'll be back. I have to go and talk to Chantelle," she said and kissed his cheek before running out of the room. I was getting an excited emotion from Renesmee as she went to find her cousin. I was definitely asking Edward about that later.