Chapter 3: Dream

Nessie

Jacob didn't say anything either way. That made me nervous. Jacob grabbed my hand as if he could somehow sense my discomfort. It looked like there was some kind of internal battle raging inside of Jacob right now.

"Why don't we just go to my place when we're done here and hang out?"

"You want to hang out with me? I thought you had plans with this Austen guy?"

Damn I'd forgotten about that. "Well that is not until tonight,"

"are you sure that this guy isn't your boyfriend Nessie?" he sounded slightly jealous.

"I'm sure Jacob. He's just my friend. My best friend. That's it. We've been hanging out together almost every weekend for the last ten years,"

"Renesmee I hate to tell you this but guys don't go out to dinner at night with their best friend. No. I'm sure this guy, whoever he is, sees you as something more than a best friend. Maybe it-"

"Jacob you haven't even met the guy and you're already making assumptions,"

He sighed and then shook his head. He didn't say anything more on the subject. Then he smiled at me. My heart skipped a few beats. "Anyway I'd love to hang out with you until you have to go hang out with your 'friend'" I could hear the quotation marks in his voice.

I didn't care as I didn't want to argue with Jacob. I was just very happy that he was here. My parents weren't home when we arrived at my house an hour later. This didn't surprise me at all though. I knew that they'd been planning on taking some kind of day trip together today. Just the two of them. Although they weren't really speaking to me right now my mom did tell me that.

I took a deep breath. I wasn't sure how much longer I could take the silence between my human parents and I. It was driving me crazy. I loved them and they loved me. Wasn't there someway we could resolve this? Or were they planning on not talking to me until the baby arrived?

"What's bothering you Nessie?"Jacob asked me. He was always so observant of me for some reason. I remembered that from when I was little.

"My parents and I haven't really spoken since I broke the news of my pregnancy to them. The silence is absolutely killing me,"

"I'm guessing they didn't take that news very well, did they?"

I snorted. "That is an understatement. They screamed at me about how disappointed they were in me, how stupid and irresponsible I was, and how I'd just destroyed my future," I felt tears forming in my eyes. "It's been almost three months since we've spoken. I haven't even been able to tell them that they're going to have a grandson. It's like they don't want anything to do with me or my baby,"

"and how is your baby's father taking the news?" I closed my eyes. This was not at all when I wanted to be talking about right now. "You don't have to answer that if you don't want to," Jacob quickly said as if he sensed my discomfort again. I could see the burning curiosity in his eyes.

I took advantage though and changed the subject. I showed him around the house. Then we settled in and ended up watching TV together. Mostly we just talked though. Jacob asked me a lot of questions about my life. He asked about friends, family members, school, vacations that I had taken, birthday celebrations, Christmas celebrations. My favorite memories. I didn't think I'd ever spoken so much in my entire life.

Then before I knew it Austen had pulled into my driveway and was calling me. I felt guilty about leaving Jacob but he assured me that it was fine. He had things he had to do anyway.

Austen smiled when he saw me. "About time Nessie. What took you so long?"

"Sorry I had to lock up," I laughed. I didn't want to tell him about Jacob just yet.

"Well let's go I'm starving,"

I felt tense for unknown reasons. Then we started talking. "So how's, um, everything?" he asked me.

"The same. My parents still not talking to me. Which you should already know that by now because you ask me that every single day," I laughed.

"Well hey things can change from one day to the next," he said.

I didn't enjoy my time with Austen as much as I usually did. My mind was elsewhere with Jacob and he noticed. Though I lied and said that I was thinking about all of the homework that I had to do. I was actually in a rush to get back home.

When I eventually did get back home though I was disappointed to discover that Jacob wasn't there. I quickly got ready for bed. I fell asleep rather quickly that night.

When I woke up the next morning I wondered if I'd just dreamed the whole day with Jacob. Until I saw a note saying. I'll be back soon. Jacob. that he'd left on my nightstand.

So I waited. I waited all day. I didn't hear from him at all. I went to bed that night feeling disappointed. I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep.

I smiled in anticipation when I arrived at Austen's house. I could already hear the loud music blaring inside. He'd been planning this party for weeks now. He had wanted to celebrate the end of our junior year in a memorable fashion.

It seemed like half of the school was here. I quickly spotted Austen and two of our other friends. Adrian and Liam.

"Come over here Nessie!" Austen waved me over with a can of beer in his hand. "Come on have a beer," he tried to push a can of beer in my hand.

"No thanks I'll just have some soda," I said.

"Oh come on Nessie you're missing out on all of the fun here," Adrian laughed.

"Yeah. Come on. Have a beer or a tequila," Liam added.

"Guys stop. I don't want any alcohol. The stuff smells gross. I'm fine with just a Coke,"

They stopped asking me. They knew better. Once I had made up my mind I wasn't going to change it. I opened the refrigerator and helped myself to a can of soda.

My friends were waiting for me when I got back. We sat there talking and eating chips. I finished my soda and was about to get more when Austen stopped me. "Don't worry I'll get it for you,"

He returned a few minutes later with a cup of soda. I drank it fast since I was so thirsty after eating countless chips. I started feeling sick all of a sudden. I must've eaten something bad. It was probably the Taco Bell I'd eaten for lunch that day.

I stood up and felt so dizzy that I nearly fell over. "What's wrong?" Austen asked me.

"I feel sick I think I need to lay down,"

I opened my eyes and at first was surprised by the darkness. It took my brain a second to realize that the party had been months ago. I gasped when I saw two pairs of golden eyes staring at me. I closed my eyes. When I opened them again they were gone. I sighed. It must have been my imagination.

I shivered as the wind blew into my room. The curtains shook as the wind entered. How odd I didn't remember opening my window the night before. I shut it tight and made sure it was locked. Only to see the lock was broken.

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