The First day of School Part 2
*Renesmee Pov*
"I'm going to school Mom!" I yell as I'm running down the stairs. I can already hear Jacob's car waiting for me outside. I cut through the living room and see my parent's sitting on the couch, reading the newspaper.
"Already? Did you brush your teeth?" My mom says jumping to her feet and flitting in front of me. "Yes mom, I don't have blood breath." I say, rolling my eyes. You can be so annoying Mom. My dad laughs when he hears my thoughts, and my mom turns to him.
"What's so funny?" She asked Dad. "Its nothing Bella, just remember she's not a little girl anymore." "She's only five!" My Mom yells at my Dad. He just sits there and replied calmly to her, "Yes, but she has the mentality of a 17-year-old, so cut her some slack." Thanks Dad, I'm really looking forward to making friends other then Jake and Seth. "I know baby girl." My dad says walking over and giving me a kiss on the forehead. "C'mon Bella, let the girl go to school." Mom sighs and gives me a big hug. "ok, I love you. Please be careful, and let Jacob know if you get thirsty."
"I will Mom! Love you!" I yell out as I race out the door. I can see Jacob and Seth in Jacobs car, waiting for me at the edge of the driveway. The car wasn't anything fancy, not like mom's or dad's, but it got us from point A to point B.
"Hi Jakey." I say to him as I got into the backseat. "Hi Nessie, how was your morning?" Jacob turns back in his seat to look at me. "It was good, but Mom was being overprotective again. Luckily daddy helped me out." I said with a big smile on my face. Seth turns around to look at me too, "Well hi to you too Nessie. What am I, invisible?" That makes me laugh, Seth is always fun when he hangs out with me. "Hi Seth." I say, as I roll my eyes. Seth gives me a play punch on the leg, "That's my girl."
"Hey Jacob is it ok if we go hunting really quick before school?" I asked him as we started passing by the forest that bordered the high school. "I don't see why not, but it's going to have to be small game, we don't have time to go after anything big." "That's fine, I only wanted a snack anyway." Jacob pulls the car over about a half mile from the school. "Okay ill keep a lookout, make it fast alright?" "ok!" I replied as I flit into the forest.
I flit through the forest, letting my nose lead me. I'm fast but nothing like my Mom and especially nothing like my Dad. Dad is the fastest of the whole family. I just stumbled upon the scent of a rabbit, when I hear something running from the north. Whatever it was, it ran faster then a human. I immediately jump up and scale onto a tree, going high up in the branches. I hear the footsteps pass by me, a good hundred meters to my north, which was upwind. Good
I try to sniff out the scent but I smell nothing, so I decided to just head to the edge of the forest where they appeared to be headed. Arriving at the edge I just manage to catch a figure running to the front of the school.
Speaking of school, I realized I was taking too long so I ran back to Jacob as fast as I could. Jacob was still waiting at the side of the road, and threw up his hands in frustration once he saw me. "Are you trying to make us late? What took you so long?" Jacob asked, worry in his eyes. Seth was right behind him, clearly just as concerned. "I'm sorry, I just lost track of time." I lied to him. "Did you at least get your snack?" "Yea a nice rabbit." I lied again.
I hated lying to Jacob, but there was something about that person that made me curious. That and I didn't want to worry him, he was already protective enough as it is. I don't know what to call that connection I have with Jacob. I've heard whisperings about me being an imprint as I grew up and one day confronted Jacob about it. He told me that it was a bond that we would share and that he would be everything I needed him to be.
Whatever that was supposed to mean I didn't know. All I knew was that Jacob was always the big brother I never had. He watched out for me as I grew up, and babysit when mom and dad went out. Of course, he would always be joined by Aunt Alice but that's fine I love my Aunt.
As I got older, I won't lie, my feelings did change for him a little bit, but not into love necessarily. It was more like, a family bond? I don't know and I'm in no hurry to find out. I can tell Jacob's still a little worried, but I gently put my hand on his arm. I'm ok, I promise. Jacob slightly relaxes after that and I give him a reassuring smile. After going into the school, I head to the counselor's office to grab my schedule. "Lily Black?" the secretary asks me. "Yes ma'am" I replied. "I went with the name Lily because mommy always called me her "little flower". I chose Black, well, because it was Jake's last name and we pretended to be cousins.
I look down at my schedule, First period – Math, Second period – Art, Third period – English, Fourth period – Music, then lunch, Fifth period – History, Sixth period – free, Seventh period- Science, Eighth period – Gym.
"Hey we all have math and gym together!" I say loudly once I see their schedules. "Well would you look at that, we really do!" Jacob exclaims sarcastically. I punch him in the arm as we continue walking to my class. "Your no fun" I say with a laugh. "And yet your laughing." Seth points out, I turn and fume at him, stopping him short. I put my finger on his chest "you. stop it. You are not helping." I say with a pout. The boys laugh at this and we resume walking. Finally, we end up at my classroom, "Alright boys, I'll see you later." I say as I walk into the room. I take a seat in the back and get my books out, ready for class to start. I try to be unnoticed, it wouldn't make sense to make friends, that would just lead to too many questions that I couldn't answer.
Mom and Dad said that I have enough friends with the family and the wolves, but its not the same. The wolves are primarily all boys, and I don't tell Seth this, but I really don't like Leah. It's not that I hate her or anything, we just don't get along. Were friendly, just not close.
As for Aunt Rosa and Aunt Alice, they are very cool, and I love to play with them, especially Aunt Alice, but they also treat me more like a kid then a friend. Which is understandable considering I'm their niece. As I was lost in my train of thought, i barely register a blond girl running into class, seconds before it starts. Hmph, another new kid. I lazily thought to myself, as I doodled in my textbook.
The math teacher Mr. Hild was a very nice guy and loved his math. I don't know if I've ever seen a man get so excited about math. About halfway through the class, I notice the blond girl spaced out in her chair.
I think Mr. Hild noticed it too, because he looks down at his seating chart, and then addresses her. "Selena am I bothering you?" Mr. Hild says to the girl. That certainly snapped her into reality, cause now, the whole class was pretty much just staring at her. "No sir." Selena replied. Mr. Hild gives her another smile, "Good, then you will have no problem helping Robbie answer the question then." Question? He didn't even ask a question. I laugh quietly to myself. This girl must have been really spaced out if she didn't realize there never was a question.
"Umm, can you repeat the question please?" Selena asked Mr. Hild. A couple of the kids laugh, myself included, because we all knew, there never was a question to begin with. , "I said, does anybody know what a tetrahedron is?" Mr. Hild asked her. A tetrahedron? We haven't even gone over that yet. There is no way she can know that. To my surprise however the girl slowly nods. "Umm it's a triangular pyramid, a polyhedron with 4 triangle faces." Selena answers him, Mr. Hild raises an eyebrow, clearly just as stunned as I am. How did she know that? "Interesting, that is correct. How did you know that?" Mr. Hild echoed my thoughts.
I can tell the class is really pissed at her now, poor girl. "I was homeschooled." Selena answered Mr. Hild quietly. "Well you were taught very well. Anyways moving on." Mr. Hild continued saying. The class continued like normal but I could feel the hostility from the other classmates towards Selena. This poor girl, she didn't deserve that. I too was homeschooled before going into high school. Grandpa Carlisle taught me anatomy and various sciences. Daddy taught me music and math. Mommy taught me English and Math, Uncle Jasper and Aunt Alice taught me History, and Aunt Rosa taught me acting and arts. So, I knew what she must've gone through, especially going through elementary and middle school.
Overall, I was pretty much taught everything I needed to know before going into high school. Once I learned the basics, everything else came really easy to me especially science and history obviously. When half your family has been alive before the Civil War, you pretty much are told everything that has happened up till now.
The bell finally rang and everybody started getting up or packing their stuff away. Fuck it. I walk over to behind Selena. She's packing her things and goes to sit up, all of a sudden, she stiffens and turns to face me.
She was a beautiful looking girl. Her blonde hair was shoulder length and she had bright blue eyes, with a slight golden ring around them, which was impossible for a human to see. She was also pale, but not like mommy and daddy.
Here goes nothing. "Umm I know that you're the new girl, and I don't want to seem rude or anything, but how did you know Mr. Hilds question? I used to be homeschooled too. Oh, by the way my name is Lily." I ramble to her. Omg what am I saying! I must look like such an idiot.
Selena just sits there stunned for a second. "My dad was very thorough growing up, he loved math in particular so I learned a lot more about that then any other subjects." Selena answered me. I nodded thoughtfully, fully aware that she had lied to me. I didn't know how much of it was a lie though. Maybe something happened with her dad?
"I figured it was something like that. My parents only really focused on English with me, can't do fractions very well but I can proofread your essays like a pro!" I said to her, waving my arms to give some flair to the ending. Selena just stares at me and then starts laughing. Loud. I give her a look, what am I supposed to do? I decided to just go with it and I join Selena as we laugh.
"I'm so sorry" Selena said, with tears in her eyes from laughing too much. "But the way you said that was hysterical! You should totally be an actress." This really was funny, and I couldn't help but let a giggle slip. Aunt Rosa would be so proud. I was about to talk to her about Aunt Rosa, I don't know why, when all of a sudden, the bell goes off, signaling the end of the class
Oh crap, I'm going to be late for art! But I would really like to know this girl, there's something about her. "Oh shoot! I'm going to be late to class. See you at lunch?" I asked Selena. She seemed to be just as hesitant as me and gave me a 'maybe' as we walked out the classroom.
I walk to Art, still thinking about that girl. There was something about her, I didn't know what, but it felt like I needed to know her. It was a very weird feeling. I get into art and learn that we are doing an introductory lesson of colors. How boring.
My family loves art, especially Grandpa, but I never got into it. I appreciate art don't get me wrong, but I never found a fascination in painting. The teacher started us with the basics about primary colors, but I didn't really pay attention.
I kept thinking about Selena. Something drew me to her but I had no idea what. It was as though some invisible thread tied us together, almost like me and Jacob. Speaking of Jacob, I wonder how he's doing right now. I'm pretty sure he has English right now with Seth. I wonder how they are doing?
Before I know it the bell rings and it's time for my next class, English. I love English, mostly because of its creativity. My teacher Mrs Byrne was a very nice lady. However, this lady was obsessed with Shakespeare, first day in class and we are already having to read Macbeth. To top it off Mrs. Byrne wanted us to read two chapters at home. So annoying
Finally, the class ended and I went to Music next. Music was by far one of my most favorite subjects. Daddy taught me to play the piano and mommy taught me the violin. I like daddy's playing better because he wrote his own lullaby just for me, well, me and mommy. He used to play it every night for me when I was growing up, cause the music helped me fall asleep.
Eventually as I got older, which was fast, I wanted to learn how to play just like him. So, every day I practiced until I got really good. I'm no Beethoven but I play a few good tunes. This class however had no piano, so I instead chose the violin. Not wanting to show off I played a few songs really off key.
After what seemed forever, the class was finally over. I get my stuff all packed and head out of the room to see Jacob and Seth waiting for me. "Stalkers now huh?" I say jokingly to them as they fall in next to me as we head to the cafeteria. "Nah, I know your schedule, remember?" Jacob says smiling at me.
"Oh right" I laugh. I knew that, I just like playing around with him and Seth. We walked into the cafeteria and I grabbed a small plate of food. I don't mind human food it doesn't taste bad at all, but Grandpa told my Mom and Dad that while I can eat human food, I get no sustenance from it. I only get anything beneficial by drinking blood.
That doesn't stop me though from keeping up appearances. After I got my food I sit down with Jacob and Seth at a table. Right as I begin eating, I see Selena walk in, I wave over to her and motion for her to come sit with us. "You know her?" Jacob whispers as Selena starts to head over to our table, giving a smile and wave. "Yea, why?" I asked him, but before he could answer, Selena walked over and sat down.
"Hey Lily, how were your classes?" Selena asked me. "Ugh they were so boring. Mrs Byrne, my English teacher, wouldn't stop talking about Shakespeare." I reply to her. She started laughing at that, "It's fine, if it makes you feel any better, these two knuckleheads kept talking to me, I didn't even hear what the teacher was talking about."
I smack Jacob upside the head, "Jacob that was not nice." I say to him. Jacob rubs the back of his head, "It's not my fault, she asked if I was a dog person." I lost it when he said that and started laughing uncontrollably. "What.. What made you say that?" I ask Selena between laughs.
"I said he smelled like a dog." Selena stated. Wait what? I stopped laughing and look at her, isn't that what Aunt Rosa said about the pack? "Really now?" I ask her. I can tell my sudden change in behavior scared her a little bit, cause she gives a meek nod of the head.
I put my hand on Jacob, does she smell anyway different to you? He gives a barely perceptible shake of the head, so I decide to quickly change the conversation. "Well anyways I'm sorry these guys bothered you." I said. "So what classes do you have next?" Selena rummages through her bag and pulls out what I assume is her schedule.
"I have History with Mrs. Filardi, Science with Mrs. Caporaso, Seventh free, then Eighth is Gym with Mr. Chap." She tells me as she reads her schedule out loud. "Ooh I have Mrs. Filardi too, and yay! We have gym together! Seth and Jacob have that class too! Ooh this is going to be so much fun!" I ramble off and pull her into a hug.
The moment I hug her, I suddenly lost control and pushed a vision of my family into her head, I immediately flinched back. Oh my god. What did I do? What did I do! "Umm I got to go, I'll see you in class!" I yell to her, as I grab Jacob and practically drag him out of the cafeteria.
I find an empty classroom and pull Jacob into it, shutting the door behind us. "Can you please tell me what the hell is going on?" Jacob demanded. "I don't know how, but I lost control and used my powers on Selena." I said nervously. "What?!" Jacob said incredulously, "Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm sure" I yell at Jacob, "I know when I use my powers." "Ok, ok" Jacob said, trying to calm me down. "I highly doubt she's going to make an immediate connection between the vision and you, but you have class with her next right?" "Yea, History with Mrs. Filardi."
"ok so here's what you do. You play it off like you had a headache or something. Just keep an eye on her." Jacob sighs, "I wish your father were here, then we could just figure out what she was thinking." "It'll be ok, I'll keep an eye on her." I told Jacob trying to get him to relax. "Look I'll see you in gym alright?" I said to him.
"Ok, be careful, there's something about her I don't like." He said as I was about to walk out. I turn around though when he says that and I look at him. "What do you mean?" I asked. "I don't know, she just doesn't seem normal." I laugh at that, "Well Jacob we aren't exactly normal either." Jacob grumbles under his breath, "You know what I meant." I pat him on the shoulder one last time before I open the door and get ready to walk out. "I'll see you at gym" I said as I walked out.
I appreciate Jacob looking out for me, but I can handle things on my own. I know realistically I'm only 5 years old, but I have the mentality of an 18-year-old, so I know what I'm doing. I get into history class somehow ahead of everybody else, and sit over in the corner.
I see Selena walk in and she walks over to me, sitting in the next seat. After putting her bag down, she looks at me and gives me a small smile, "Hey, is everything ok?" she asks me. "Yeah I'm fine, I just had a headache." I lied to her.
"So how do you know Jacob and Seth?" Selena asked me, oh great, here comes the lie. Jacobs my cousin, he's watched over me since I was little so he can be very protective." Selena begins to comment on that when Mrs. Filardi walked in and the class began.
During the class I kept stealing glances in her direction, what is it about her? I've never been this friendly to another person outside the family before. I think she caught me looking so I focus on the whiteboard and Mrs. Filardi.
Did she see the vision? Did she know it was because of me? I steal another glance at Selena and am startled. The girl must be really nervous for some reason because her whole body was trembling minutely. Even I could barely notice it. All of a sudden, like she had made a decision. She reaches into her bag and pulls out a canteen.
Hmm she must be thirsty. She opens up the cap and takes a quick swig before closing it, but not before the scent hits me. Blood! For a split second all I could think about was blood, and what was in that bag. What snapped me out of it was Selena asking me, "Are you ok?"
Even then it took me a few seconds to snap to reality, with a shake of my head to clear it, I look back up at her. "Yeah, yeah, I'm fine, sorry just lost in thought. "I answer her. "It's ok" she said, smiling, "It happens." After that she turns back to her book and what I assume is doodling in it.
For the rest I kept steal glances at Selena, this girl just keeps getting weirder and weirder, so why do I want to know more? Finally, the class was over and Selena practically ran out, giving me a quick goodbye.
Well that was weird. Next up was my free so I used my spare time to do my homework. I knew Jacob and Seth were busy, so I spent time to myself in the library. Once I finally caught up with schoolwork, I spent the rest of my free reading, causes it pasts the time.
Once the bell rings I get up and head to my next class which was Science. Science was interesting and everything don't get me wrong, but I was too distracted thinking about Selena. I knew we had the next period in gym together, and I couldn't wait to see her again.
There was something about her that was intriguing enough that I needed to know what it was about. Finally, the teacher ended the class so I made a beeline to gym. On my way I overheard through the athletic office doors that we were going to have a girl vs boy dodgeball competition in gym. That's perfect. Selena can be on my team!
I get into the gymnasium and see Seth and Jacob waiting for me. "Hey guys." I said as I walked over to join them. "Hey Nessie, how were your classes?" Seth asked me. "They were good" I replied. Jacob then looks at me, and I already knew what he was going to ask.
"Any news about our friend?" I shook my head no. "Nope we just had a borig history class together." I said lying to him. I hate lying to Jacob, but I wasn't ready to tell him my suspicions about Selena, not yet anyway.
I see Selena walk in and spot us, and she starts to make our way towards our group. Ok, you got this, just play it cool like any other high schooler. I start getting happy though because I just remembered we were going to be on the same team for dodgeball.
Selena finally joins us, so I start jumping up and down all giddy like. "Guess what?" I said to Selena. She laughs at my silliness, "What is it?" She asked. I give her my biggest put, "You're no fun, you have to guess!"
Selena smiles at me, "I'm guessing it has something to do with gym?" i nod up and down enthusiastically. "We're playing dodgeball!" I said. "That sounds great!" she says to me. "Mhm and you're going to be on my team, its guys vs girls!" I said proudly. Ooh this is going to be so much fun!
"Well that doesn't seem very fair." Selena say to me, "Don't worry those boys won't know what hit them." I replied. Mr. Chap lines everyone up and announces that today's class will be dodgeball.
I started walking towards the girls' side of court, and begin to do my stretches. Since I have vampire in me, I don't really need to stretch. Selena runs over to me and stretches her legs out. "How did you know it was dodgeball?" Selena asked me.
I looked up as I finished my stretches, "I overheard Mr. Chap talking about it to the other gym teachers. Apparently, he has a bet going on that the boys are going to win." Selena smiled then said to me, "Well then I guess it's time to show up these guys then." I laughed at that and then the game began.
I was good, but Selena was an animal. Every time one of the boys threw a ball at her it's like she either sensed it and moved out of the way or caught the ball. Her moves however were very feline, and she reacted quickly.
Pretty soon it was just me and her against Seth and Jacob. I start taunting Jacob, simply for the fun of it. Between the two of us it would be an interesting matchup between his strength and my reflexes.
All of a sudden out of the corner of my eye I see Seth throw a dodgeball at the last minute. I quickly duck to avoid the ball, and see Selena distracted for some reason while Jacob throws a ball directly at her. Without even really thinking about it I quickly jump in front of the ball, blocking it from her but also eliminating myself.
Oh well. I thought to myself as I started walking to the side of the court. "I'm so sorry" Selena said to me. "It's fine, but watch out for Jacob he's the stronger of the two" I say to Selena. She nodded her head in thanks and looked over to Jacob and Seth.
"Alright boys, show me what you got." I heard Selena whisper under her breath. "Alright newbie let's see what you got." Seth said, as he launches a ball at Selena. Selena somehow manages to dodge the ball, which made me and Seth give her an impressed look. How the hell did she do that?
Jacob however launched a ball right after Seth, aimed straight at Selena. And that's the game I thought to myself. To my surprise however Selena managed to catch it, but it sent her flying back. She slowly stands up and I cheer for her.
She collected herself and went back to face Seth but then stiffened, and I swear for a good second, her eyes turned red. She shakes her head and her eyes were their normal blue color. I must be seeing things.
Selena faces forward and launches a ball at Seth, completely catching him off guard. It knocks him right in the chest and left him not time to recover the ball. Mr. Chap blows his whistle. "And that's the game, girls win!" The girls side cheers but Selena wants no part of it. She ran over to grab her stuff and runs out of the class.
Jacob and Seth walked over to me, "What the hell just happened?" Jacob asked me. "I have no clue but I think we should follow her." I said to the boys. We grab our stuff and head out of the classroom. "Where did she go?" Seth asked. I sniff around trying to pick up her scent. "I got it" Jacob said, and we follow him out of the school.
The trail lead to the edge of the forest, and into the woods. "Where the hell is she going?" I asked. "No clue." Jacob replied to me. "Screw it let's follow her scent." I said as we journeyed into the forest following her scent.
A/N hey guys! Thanks for reading and the reviews I really appreciate it. Also let me know your guys thoughts on the two different POVs. I thought it be pretty cool to see how Renesmee thought and acted so I plan on rotating between the two POVS every chapter while continuing the story line. Next chapter we are going to learn a little about Selena's past and find out what she's doing in the woods. See you guys soon!
