I knew everyone was on edge about the Volturi, but they just kept telling me to go on with life as normal.

Everything's fine Renesmee.

Don't worry Renesmee.

There's nothing wrong Renesmee.

I am so over people telling me everything is fine when it's clearly not and being kept in the dark all the time.

Not only that, but the dog stuck around. He and dad don't get along, but he and mom are friends I guess. To be honest, I'm with dad on that one, but Grandpa Carlisle offered him a room while he stayed here, and he joined the school we were going to.

Girls were fawning over him, and he quickly established himself as 'the hot new guy.' But anyone could see he just kept fawning over mom dad after day. Any class that dad didn't have with her, but she had with Jacob made him visibly pissed.

"To be honest I just don't see the big deal over him," Mel said.

"Who?"

"The new kid. He's hot and all but all the guys think that he's every girl's new favourite crush. But he's more like a goofy best friend."

"Yeah, I guess."

"He's clearly into your sister. Any chance, she'll leave Edward for him."

I laugh at the idea. "My sister and her boyfriend seem pretty permanent."

She looks at me funny and seems as if she's chewing on her words. "What?" I ask frustrated.

"Sam Tanner said they've been arguing behind the school where the stoners hang out for the past few days."

"I thought they were just stressed," I said going quiet. If I become the reason my parents break up again, I'd never forgiven myself. "Excuse me a minute," I mumble and walk over to the table I've only now noticed doesn't seat them. "Aunty Rose where's, Mom, Dad and Aunt Alice?"

"The bloodsuckers are probably forcing another one of their satanic rituals onto Bella," Jacob murmured from across the cafeteria, fully well knowing all of us would hear.

"They're probably just escaping the mutt's smell," Rosalie hissed back at Jacob, to which he just further antagonised her and laughed. Drawing the attention of everyone around him to him, except unlike when we do something strange, the guys dab him up and the girls swoon.

"Jasper?" I asked worried, hoping he might know where his wife is.

"Renesmee they are all fine," he assured me and send a wave of relation through my body.

"If you mean I'm the reason their marriage is going to fall apart again then yeah, fine."

Emmet scoffed. "I can hear your parents now, like Jaz said their fine, behind the school-"

Before he could continue, I stormed off from the cafeteria.

Bella's pov

His lips trailed down my neck and were sucking on places I missed having his mouth on. This was wrong, we were solving yet another disagreement on how to handle everything with sex. "We should-" I try to say before a wave of pleasure overcame me and all thoughts of rationality rolled along with it.

"I know-" he breathed against my neck, pulling my thighs up so that I would straddle him against the tree. His hands were roaming over every curve and possible point of exploration on my body, his shirt and mine bunched around my hips, as I positioned myself higher over him, climbing higher and hight.

But just as quickly as I was up there, I was down, and within a second Edward had redressed himself and was helping fix my hair. An action we were still doing when Renesmee came around the corner. "Hi sweetheart," I smiled at her, completely thankful for Edward hearing her thoughts before she walked over to us doing something no child should ever witness of their parents.

"I want everyone to stop keeping me out of the dark," she seethes, ignoring any pleasantries.

"What's this about." I step towards her but she steps back shaking her head.

"The Volturi, family decisions, everything. You and dad are fighting because of the Volturi, a problem I cause and therefore one that should be fixed by me. But I can't very well do that when you all keep me in the dark."

"Renesmee we're your parents," Edward soothes lovingly, "It's our job to protect you. Not the other way around."

"I'm not saying I don't want you to not protect me. I'm saying that I want to be a part of the decisions, or at least know what's going on. You think keeping me in the dark is preserving my innocence or soul or whatever. Not knowing if someone is or isn't a threat terrifies me. I need some transparency."

"Sweet girl," I coo, taking her into a hug. "I'm sorry we didn't think about that. I really thought that by telling you that I was just keeping you happy. Not knowing the kind of scary world we live in-"

"The one with vampires and apparently now shapeshifting wolves?" she laughs.

"Just the bad half of that," I whisper with a weak smile. "I just want you to know eternal happiness. I didn't think that fear would be a bi-product of my decisions."

"I'm never scared, I know you and dad and everyone will always protect me," she says holding me tighter. "But I just don't want to feel weak, and I want to feel valued."

"Ok. We can do that," dad says and saunters into the hug.

--

Later in Economics, a class I really do not like right now, Jake took it upon himself to use the time trying to wear me down. Sitting next to me, cracking jokes which I still found funny despite his repulsive odour and the occasional flirt to which I shut down immediately.

"Bels, I am sorry about the way I saw you again after all this time."

"You mean scaring my daughter into thinking that her wife was in danger? Yeah sorry Jake, if it was me, sure I could forgive you. But I don't think you care that I'm a parent now. My daughters needs come first-"

"Before his?" he says in mock belief.

"Edward and Renesmee are my family," I smiled thinking about them. "I'm sorry, because I know that hurts you-"

"You've left him before, I can get you to do it again."

"Isabella Cullen, I ask you to please pay attention to the course, or you will fail in next weeks quiz," the teacher directs at me.

"Sorry," I smiled, knowing I've done this course twice, once with my perfect immortal memory. "I'm never going to leave him again," I shake my head.

"It's a pattern. He leaves, you leave, one day, we'll leave."

"Jacob. I don't want you to think that me being your friend is the same as me keeping my options open. Because there is no future that had you and I together. Ever. Edward is my life, and it physically hurts not being near him right now and I know he's only a building away. I hope you love someone the way I love him-"

"I do-"

"And," I interject, "I hope that they love you back."

we both go silent and look to the front to continue absently listening to the class. "Maybe. But there's no future of mine that your not in it, with me, back in Forks your home. So I won't ever stop showing you that I'm an option as well Bella."

"You know Edwards probably watching this through your thoughts right now."

"I'm planning on it baby," he whispers in my ear.

"Stop," I say harshly, and try to ignore him the rest of the class.

As predicted, Edward was and the second I exited class, he met me at the door, pulling his arm around my waist. "Hello wife," he whispered, into my ear. I knew he was saying it loud enough to get the message across to Jacob.

"How was sociology?" I asked trying to change the subject altogether.

"Interesting. Human nature hasn't evolved in the past 100 years so that was new," he said sarcastically and I laughed.

"Well economics was great," Jacob responded to a question neither of us asked and hung his arm over my shoulders which Edward was quick to shove off with a growl.

"I really get under that ice-cold skin of yours huh?"

"Your insults mean nothing to me," Edward rolled his eyes. But immediately he grew scary angry.

"Edward?" I asked concealed, and he pinned a giddy Jake with his gaze.

"Don't you dare," Edwards spat each word out.

"Please don't fight."