Chapter 38: Two Weeks Later

RENESMEE

I climbed out of Jacob's car, called out thanks to him and skipped to the main house. As I got closer I could hear someone playing Clair De Lune on the piano.

"I'm back" I shouted through the house and dropped my school bag in the hall before I ran to the music room. The music suddenly stopped playing and I ran into Chantelle. "Oh" I said shocked. "I thought it was my dad playing" I laughed. Chantelle smiled at me.

"Nope just me"

"Where is everyone?"

"Everywhere." She replied and took my hand. She led me to the living room. "Your mom and dad are at your cottage with Eddie, My mom and dad are out hunting, Grandma's in the kitchen and Grandpa's at the hospital."

"Oh ok, Aunt Alice and Uncle Jasper not back yet?" I asked. She just shook her head. My Aunt Alice and Uncle Jasper where on a research mission. The day Eddie was born the adults had spent all night talking about him. My grandpa thought it was best to go back to the islands we spent our holiday and see if there was any clues. Alice and Jasper volunteered as they didn't have any responsibilities or children like the others did. They had been gone over a week and they weren't sure how long it would take. Chantelle and I were missing them a lot. Everyone did but no one would say it like Chantelle and I did.

"Where are your parents?" Jacob asked as he walked into the room. Chantelle had hold of the remote and was switching through channels on the TV. I shrugged.

"Cottage"

"Oh alright, I'll wait here for them"

"My brother is there too, they wouldn't mind if you went over" I told him.

"Humph, I'm fine here"

"Suit yourself" I replied and turned to watch the TV with Chantelle. Chantelle had just settled it on the Disney channel when Grandma Esme walked in.

"Hello Renesmee, did you have a good day at school?" she asked.

"Yes thank you. My friends really want to meet Eddie."

"I bet they do" she chuckled. "Dinner will be ready in an hour girls" Jacob just stared at her. "And Jacob" she laughed and walked out the room just as I heard my parents come through the front door.

"Renesmee?" my mom called.

"In here mom" I called and they came into the living room. My mom was holding Eddie in her arms.

"Sorry; we were going to be back before you got home but we... erm... lost track of time" she said. Ew.

"That's alright" I laughed. Eddie lifted his hand to my mom's face and she put him down on the floor. He walked –very wobbly- over to me on the couch.

"Hiya" I said sweetly to him and he lifted his arms. I bent down and picked him up. Over the past week he had grown to the size of about a 2 year old. He was quickly catching up to Chantelle. She looked 5 or 6 at the most. According to my grandfather he will be the same age as me within the year and soon he will look like my older brother instead of younger. Eddie put his hand on my cheek. Where did you go? Was it school? He asked me. I placed my hand on his. Yeah. It's my last day tomorrow though; I'll be home all the time then. I thought. We often had conversations like this. My mom and my grandmother thought it was cute. Everyone else seemed concerned almost. The reason they acted like that was beyond me. Ok. He said and smiled at me.

"Talk out loud. I always think you guys are working out a conspiracy theory or something when you do that." Chantelle said next to me. I laughed at her and placed my other hand on her cheek. No Chantelle we're not. It's just we would rather communicate like this. "Right" she said and stood up. "I'm going to play in the back yard" she said and walked out the back door. Did I upset her? I thought towards my dad. He shook his head.

"She just wanted to go see Lauren." he answered. Who is Lauren Nessie? Eddie put in my head. No one. I thought.

"Ok" I said out loud. "I'm going to play the piano" I put Eddie back on his feet and stood up.

"Ok sweetheart" my mom said and held her arms out beckoning Eddie to come to her. He ran into her arms and I walked out the room to the music room. No one followed me. I sat on the piano and began playing the same song Chantelle was playing before. Not long after my dad walked in the room. He didn't say anything he just sat down next to me on the bench.

"Hold the tied notes Ness" he said.

"Sorry" I said and did as he asked. It reminded me of the days he used to teach me the piano. I caught onto it pretty fast so he had nothing to teach after a while. I guess you could say I was gifted with music. Just as my dad was. As I brought the song to an end he kissed my temple.

"That was beautiful"

"Thanks daddy" I whispered and smiled.

"Do you want to write a song with me?" he asked.

"Sure"

"I was thinking it should start something like this" he said and placed his hands on the piano. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath and began to play. It started slow at first, it was a sweet melody and not to loud. He suddenly stopped after ten seconds. "That's all I've got so far." He said. I smiled at him and replaced his hands with mine. I, too, closed my eyes and I began playing where my father left off. Letting the music take over my body. It was as easy as breathing. I opened my eyes after I'd played the next few bars and looked at him, he was smiling at me. I just simply nodded at him and moved up the piano. He placed his hands down and we began playing together. I wasn't aware my mom and brother were watching us and as we brought our song to a close they erupted into applause. Well Eddie did, my mom was just smiling at us. My dad and I laughed at Eddie's reaction.

"That was beautiful" my mom said and walked over to us.

"It's not quite finished yet. There are a few bars I think we need to sort out" I replied blushing. My mom stroked my cheek.

"It was beautiful" she repeated.

"Thanks" I laughed and turned back to my dad. "Wanna play it again?"

"Sure" he smiled and placed his hands on the piano. We played the song a few times through tweaking any notes we thought needed changing. Within the hour we had composted a three minute melody between us.

"Dinner was ready half an hour ago but I simply couldn't interrupt your beautiful playing" My Grandma said from the door. "Are you hungry Ness?"

"Yeah" I said and stood up from the piano. I kissed my dad's cheek and ran off to the kitchen. As Chantelle, Jacob and I ate our dinner I could hear my dad playing my mom's lullaby for her. After he had finished I heard Eddie slam on the piano making loud noises.

"I guess your brother doesn't have your talent" Chantelle laughed as she shoved spaghetti into her mouth. I laughed with her as Eddie continued to play horribly.

"I guess not, poor him"

"You learnt the piano Chantelle I'm sure Eddie can to" my grandmother said from the sink.

"I guess, as long as you have Uncle Edward as a teacher anyone can play it, even if you had no fingers" she laughed.

"I was thinking about asking my dad if I can teach him."

"I think that would be lovely Renesmee, what a great idea"

"Thanks grandma" I said and continued eating.

"I agree, it's something you two can bond over and you are fully capable of doing it" my father said as he walked in with my mom on his arm.

"Yay, thank you" I said and smiled the biggest smile I could at him.

"Have you heard from Aunt Alice and Uncle Jasper recently?" Chantelle asked my parents.

"Yeah, they said they could be another few days. They are going to talk to some of the locals and they still haven't checked the ocean for anything yet" my dad answered her.

"What are they expecting to find in the ocean? If it was a sea creature that did this it's not going to have a sign above its head saying 'I can create vampire babies, come have sex near me'" Jacob said to him. My dad narrowed his eyebrows at him. I looked to Chantelle who was completely oblivious and didn't understand what Jacob had said and Eddie was happily playing with my mom's hair. I didn't know if he was paying attention, I'd have to ask him later.

"No Jacob there won't be but there might be something, we need to check" my dad answered him angrily.

"Come on Chantelle, let's go watch TV" I said and stood up.

"Ok" she said still unsure, she was looking at Jacob. I decided to get her out of the room before she used her power to make him tell her what he meant.

"Thanks grandma" I said and grabbed Chantelle's hand, I looked to my dad and he mouthed a thank you to me as we left. After a minute Eddie came into the room and pulled himself onto the couch next to me. He put his hand on my cheek. Mommy said I should come in here. So they could talk as adults. I smiled at him and put my hand on his face. Did you understand what they were saying? I asked. Sort of. I know they were talking about me but I was a little confused. He thought. It's alright, Jacob's just saying things he shouldn't, that's why momma wanted you to come here so they could tell him off, and he's more of a child than us sometimes. I laughed. He smiled back at me.

"Hey Ness" Chantelle called from my other side.

"Yeah?" I asked turning to her.

"What's sex?" she asked. I released a short laugh. I wasn't sure how to answer it. I had only just found out about it myself and I found it disgusting.

"It's nothing you need to know about" I replied to her.

"Huh" she said and turned back to the TV. I pulled her into my side to hug her. She wrapped her arms around my back and put her head on my shoulder. Instead of saying anything out loud, I placed my hand on her cheek. About before. I thought remembering when she stormed off after Eddie and I were talking. You will always be my little sister. Just because he is blood related or venom related or whatever it is, it doesn't mean he's more to me than you. He means the same amount to me as you do. I love you both the same. I thought. I felt her smile and she turned to look up at me.

"Ok" she whispered. I smiled at her and squeezed her closer to my side. Eddie crawled onto my lap and rested his head on my chest. I closed my eyes not really wanting to watch the TV and concentrated on trying to hear what was going on in the other room.

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