Het guys, here's ch. 18. The next chapter there will be a little more action. Prepare for trouble! Also don't forget to review!

RPOV.

I checked the clock on my phone. It was 7:30 which meant I had a half an hour to do my make up and get dressed. But my home screen told me something else as well. I had a new e-mail. So I opened my phone, logged in with my account and opened the most recent one. Like always it was decoded, I quickly grabbed pen and paper and wrote down the cypher. When I decoded the message it read:

- I need to see you. We need to talk. I'm sorry. Love Mom.

It had been months since I talked to my mother. My father made sure that without his permission we wouldn't see each other. But now she gone out of her way to contact me. I was confused, I missed her and I would love to see her. But on the other hand I didn't knew if it was hers, maybe it was my father who was behind this. For now I decided I would let it rest. So I did my make-up. Applied foundation, eyeliner, mascara and painted my lips with red war paint aka lipstick. When I was satisfied with the way I looked I went over my clothes, because I was living out of suitcases I didn't have a lot of choice, but I went with a leather jeans, a red top, black heels and my favorite leather jacket. I was all set and ready to go. When I walked downstairs I got a disapproving look from Edward.

'Where are you going?'

'I'm going to Seth's birthday party. Jacob is coming to get me.' I said. I knew he wasn't a big fan of the wolf pack, but I wouldn't be me if I didn't care what he thought. The relationship I had with Edward was a complicated one, after our little escalation in the detention centre, I had more respect for him than before. But I couldn't shake the feeling that he was invading my privacy and using it to hold me back. Before he could say anything else the doorbell rang, just in time, and I headed out to meet Jacob. When I opened the door he gave me an approving look, letting his eyes wander over me.

'Looking good.' He grinned.

'Thanks, shall we go?' I said as I grabbed my purse. I closed the door behind me and got into his car. The car was freezing and I wondered why it was just my luck that everyone around me didn't feel the cold. Was I really the only one who needed some warmth around here? So I turned the heating up and he smirked.

'Sorry, I didn't thought about it. '

'That's okay. I'm used to it by now.' I sighted. 'Werewolves, vampires they all forget to turn on the heating.'

It was a short drive, Seth lived just across the border. We parked just in front of his house and I noticed there we weren't the first one to arrive. There were so much motorcycles that I almost thought I was entering a Hell's angels party. We walked to the door and I took a deep breath. I liked Seth, he was kind and my friend. The pack was also great, they were all very sweet and caring. But I never spend an entire night with them, what if they didn't like me?

'You okay?' Jacob asked and laid his hand on my shoulder. 'What's up?'

'Nothing. It's fine.' I said and opened the door. There were people scattered all around the house. Most of them just wearing jeans and no shirts. The dining table was turned into a beer pong table and there were red cups everywhere. I looked in the crowd for Seth and found him on the other side of the room. I walked over to him to congratulate him and he pulled me into a warm hug.

'Ness, so glad you could make it.' What was this with the whole Nessie thing. Why did everyone kept calling me that? And who came with that ridiculous nickname? I gave him a kiss on the cheek before pressing the gift I got him into his hands.

'You shouldn't have.' He grinned but eagerly he unwrapped it. It was the newest book of his favorite author.

'I hope you like it' I said. He nodded. 'I love it, thank you.'

Jacob who I'd lost in the crowd somewhere found his way to us. 'Seth congratulations man.' He sat as he punched him on the shoulder. Then he pulled out a 20 dollar bill and pressed that in his hand. 'Didn't have the time to get you a card or anything, but enjoy.' They both chuckled and Seth put the money in his pocket.

'Let's go get a drink and I will introduce you to everybody.' Jake said and guided me to the kitchen. He grabbed a beer and poured me a cola. As he handed it to me, I grabbed the bottle of rum and poured some into the cola before brining it to my lips and taking a big sip.

'Thanks.'

Jacob sighted 'You know I'm a police officer and you are currently a minor right?'

'I won't tell if you won't' I laughed. He smiled and started to introduce me to his friend, some of them were familiar others I'd never seen before. There was Sam who'd been Jacob's superior before Jacob claimed his place as pack leader through his lineage. His girlfriend Emily was there too, which was kind and sweet and somehow reminded me of Esme with her motherly vibe. Then there was Paul, Colin, Jared and his girlfriend Kim. Also there was Embry and Quil with his girlfriend Claire.
We moved on and Jacob introduced me to this girl.

'Renesmee, Leah. Leah Renesmee.' He said and I smiled towards her. She just nodded and took a sip from her beer.

'Pleasure.' She said a little bitchy and I was glad we could move on.

'Don't mind Leah, it's a long story. But trust me it's nothing personal. She's just a little bitter.' Jacob explained to me. By the time Jacob was done introducing me I finished my cup and poured myself a new one, he gave a smile and pretended he didn't see what I was doing.

'Hey Jake, it's beerpong time.' Embry shouted and dragged him over the beer pong table. He shot me an apologetic look for leaving me alone, but I didn't mind. Kim and Claire come to accompany me and we started making small talk. We talked about there jobs, about their boyfriends, about there weekend in Port Angeles and whatever. They were kind for trying to include me in the conversations. After a while when I finished my third cup I felt a little lightheaded and excused myself to get some fresh air. I walked outside into the cold but fresh air, this was my first birthday ever and it was a little overwhelming all those people. But I liked it, I liked that they were coming together to celebrate something. I've never had something like that.

'Uhm Renesmee..?' Someone said from behind me. I turned around to find Elouise there. She startled me a little and just out of precaution I took a step backwards.

'Elouise..' I said not knowing what she wanted or what I should do now. The bitemarks were still in my leg and I knew that I needed to be careful around those baby wolves.

'I'm not going to hurt you.' She said 'I just wanted to apologize for… well you know what.'

We both stared at my leg. 'Apology accepted, if you promise you won't do it again.' I said and offered her my hand. She took it and shook it. 'Promised.'

'Congratulations with Seth by the way.'

'Thanks, I was really wondering what I should get him you know. Being his imprint and all I wanted to surprise him with something he would really like. So I bought this book from his favorite author and he was really happy with it.' Her face lightened up and I pressed my lips together forcing myself to not say a word about it. I didn't want to start with her again.

'I'm really glad everything worked out this way.' She continued. 'At first I was scared that Seth really liked you, but when it became clear that we were each other's imprints I was so relieved.'

'I can imagine.'

She smiled and look at us now. We all here with our imprints celebrating and having fun.'

'Elouise, may I ask you something?' I said bluntly. 'Sure go ahead.'

'Does Leah have an imprint as well?'

For a few seconds she bit her tongue but eventually answered my question anyway.

'It's a delicate subject in the pack. Sam and Leah were first together, but then Sam imprinted on Emily and he left Leah. She was devastated, but soon after that she phased as well. The point is that Leah didn't imprint. At first we thought that female's couldn't imprint at all. But I think I'm the proof that isn't true at all. Anyways it's hard for her, because who wants to have a girlfriend who is a wolf you know?'

I took a sip of my rum cola and let it sink in. 'Yeah I suppose so.'

'But there are much guys that still need to imprint, so it's just a matter of time. I'm just glad that we already found our soulmates you know.'

I was confused by what she was implying, but she cleared up the confusion soon after by saying the words I dreaded to hear.

'I'm really glad Jacob imprinted on you, you're pretty cool. I'm sorry I tried to kill you before.'

I didn't respond but just gulped down the rest of my rum. 'Oh I'm going to say Hi to Seth's mom. Nice talking to you Renesmee.' Elouise said and hurried back inside.

I'd been naïve, I should have known that was the reason Jacob was so obsessed with me. However I wasn't ready for this kind of thing at all. I felt attraction towards Jacob, but I didn't knew if he was my soulmate… It felt like I had no say in the matter at all, everyone here knew that I was his imprintee, except me. Goddammit, I asked him yesterday and he lied straight to my face. It was my own fault, I was so naïve to believe what he told me. I should've known better, from moment one when we met in that AirBnB there was this weird attraction between us.

I didn't know what to do. I decided that I wouldn't say anything until the end of the evening, I didn't want to ruin Seth's party. But he will hear this, I wasn't pleased at all. So I went back inside and refilled my cup, this time the percentages of the drinks were the other way around. More rum with just a slight hint of coke. So there I was forcing more laughter and faking smiles until it was socially acceptable to go home. Jacob got my coat and I said my goodbyes to Seth and his friends, then I grabbed my coat from his hands and walked outside.

'Hey wait up.' Jacob said as he ran after me.

He opened the car and I got in. As I fastened my seatbelt he noticed that there was something wrong.

'Ness. What's up?' He said as we drove to the main road.

'You fucking lied to me.' I growled back.

'What are you talking about?' He asked.

'Why does everyone over there knows I'm your imprint? I asked you YESTERDAY and you lied straight to my face.'

'Ness I can explain.' He said and he parked the car on the side of the road.

'Stop Nessing me' I growled as I folded my arms.

He turned off the ignition and turned towards me. 'Listen I can explain.'

'You can't explain shit, you laid to me Jacob. Straight to my face.'

'Well you didn't really gave a choice didn't you Ness?' he shouted back. He was irritated as well, his face was desperate but he was trying his best to hide it from me.

'What did you want to hear then? That yes you are my imprint. You said yourself that it would freak you out. I don't want to freak you out at all. I didn't want you to find out like this, you are way too young to even think about all this. I wanted you to find out someway special, not like this. But I never wanted it to be like this at all. I planned such a different future for us, but it all went to hell when Victoria took you.' He was angry and punched on the steering wheel.

'I don't know what to do Ness. You are a grown up now and I want to treat you as one but on the other hand your just a kid and you're way too young for all this. I don't know what you want me to do? You don't want to hear that you are my imprint but when I tell you otherwise you get mad. So tell me what do you want me to do?' He asked me. I didn't have the answer for him, I myself was confused as well. It was just freaking me out that I was here in this car with a boy who imprinted on me.

'Are you going to answer me?' He said when I stayed silent.

'I don't know what to say either Jacob' I shouted. 'It's not like a got a say in all this. You just threw this imprinting thing on me and now I have to deal with it.'

'What do you want? Tell me what it is you want, it doesn't matter what it is.' He said as he laid his hand on mine.

'I can't do this right now, start this relationship with you. It's just freaking me out a little okay? This whole imprinting thing, it's kind of freaking me out. No offence' I said.

'Ness, we'll go on your tempo. If you're not ready for this we'll just be friends. Until you want it to be something more and if you don't want to that's fine to. You are not obligated to marry me because I imprinted on you. You do have a say in the matter, also if you don't want to be with me I'll respect that.'

'Okay.' I whispered and pulled back my hand. I stared out the window and he started the car.

'I'll take you home, don't be upset it's fine.' He reassured me. But it was awkward, I knew I never should've kissed him in his house. But I just went with it and now I got myself in this situation. I never showed him boundaries and now we both had these blurred lines. Jacob brought me home and parked the car.

'Thanks for the ride' I whispered and unlocked the door. He seemed tired, hurt in some way. I could understand why he looked like that, but it was still my life and I had to make my own choices. I stepped out of the car and softly closed the door. I fumbled with my key until the front door opened and walked in. I got my phone from my purse and threw my coat and bag in the corner.

It was Bella who welcomed me home. 'Did you have fun?' She asked me trying to make conversation.

'Yeah, it was ehm fun.' I said absentminded. 'Is everything okay?' she asked me. My face was an open book I knew that, but I didn't feel the need to share.

'Yeah, everything's fine. Thanks' I mumbled and walked upstairs to my room. I locked the door and searched for bottle of whiskey Rose got me a few days ago. I sipped from it while I checked my e-mail. There was an e-mail from Tim. I opened it and it read:

Hey Ren,

You know that now who both settled down we don't have to communicate by e-mail anymore? We can just call each other next time. What's your number?

University is nice, I'm doing fine. The diet is fine, but sometimes I feel a little lonely..
But that's okay, because I know I'm trying to make something of myself.

How are you doing? Have you talked to your Mom and Dad? How are the Cullens treating you?

Also how is the other thing? Is it still going well? Now that we celebrated my anniversary, it's your turn... :)

Talk to you soon.

Love,

Tim.

There was an other e-mail which was unopened. It was from an unknown sender. I tried to decrypt it, but I had to try three different cyphers before I could crack it. When it finally did it stated:

Meet me Sunday at the old sailors cliff at 9.

The old sailors cliff was one of the cliffs on Cullen territory which laid close to the border. I stared at my scribbles for a while. Was this really what it read? Did I forget something while decoding? I decoded the original message again and the same answer came out. It was mom. I was sure of it. Nobody else used this cypher.
I had some mixed feeling about this, after I ran away from home I hadn't heard from my mother. I tried to reach out so many times, but she never responded leaving me in the cold. And now suddenly that the Cullens found me she contacted me? It was weird I knew that. But she was still my mother, she raised me like her own and I loved her for that. What to do?

I had seven days left to think about what I was going to do.

JPOV

When I arrived home I was tired, my body was exhausted and my mind was tired. After the attack from Renesmee's father I had to do shifts at the police station and do patrolling by night. I dropped on the couch and decided that I would crash here, I didn't had the energy to walk upstairs. I kicked up my shoes and thought about what she said to me. I did understand that it would scare her off a little, however it still hurt to hear those words. It was like she was ripping up my heart really slowly, I couldn't blame her. But that girl was a hand full. She attracted trouble anywhere and anytime. Her attitude was that of a spoiled princess sometimes, but that smile of hers made that all okay. I just wanted to make her smile every day, seeing how her eyes lightened up made it all worth it. One day she would see that too.

In the next chapter some of Renesmee's darkest secrets come to light. Stay tuned!