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Chapter 13: Bad Boy Persona (BPOV)

"Alright, alright…" I laughed, grasping Edward's hand as Esme took Alice's shoulders. "Let's head back downstairs to let… Ren… get ready." Alice and Edward pouted. Well… Alice pouted. Edward looked like he was being asked to kill a puppy. "Come tell us before you leave, okay, hon?"

Renesmee nodded. "'Kay. Thanks."

I smiled. "No problem,"

We walked out of her room, closing the door behind us. When we got downstairs, Edward numbly sat down on the couch.

"I just got her back, and I'm already allowing her to leave again. Her first date- with somebody who isn't Jacob." he said numbly, not looking at anything.

"Edward… First, she doesn't know that we just got her back, and second, you don't know that this is her first date." I tried to joke.

He looked up at me with wide eyes.

"Okay, wrong choice of words." I said quickly. "Umm… Look. She's gonna be have to trust her."

"It's not that I don't trust her. It has nothing to do with trust. It's just… She's growing up, Bella. And we didn't get to see it happen." he said heartbrokenly.

"I know… We just need to be happy with what we did see, and what we're seeing now. We can't dwell on the past- no matter how much we want to."

"I know… But I promise you, and my little girl, that when I find the bastards who did this to our family, I will slowly tear them apart." he promised me, his eyes gleaming with rage.

Taking Nessie's words from earlier, I told him: "I believe you."

*** (RPOV)

After changing shirts, taking off the makeup Alice forced on me this morning, and brushing through my tangled curls, I was ready.

I'd kept on the black leggings, and black boots, but changed into a blood red, sequined tank top that Alice had brought in this morning, one of the few articles of clothing that wasn't pink, and added a black sequined headband to pull my hair away from my face. And, like always, I kept the necklace and the ring on.

I didn't really know what the "proper" attire was for the restaurant that he was taking me to, hell, I didn't know the name of the restaurant, so I went the safe route- kinda fancy.

I also intended to wear a little, over-the-shoulder, black bag, with my phone, some money that Esme had brought by a few minutes earlier, a hair elastic, a pack of cigarettes and lighter that Nik had given me before lunch when he figured out about my smoking habit.

FLASHBACK:

We stepped outside, under the shed. The rain was pounding down, now; we could, not only see it, but also hear it and it fell on the roof. I watched as he pulled something out of his jacket pocket,- a little white box- took out a cigarette, and placed it in between his teeth. He then reached in his pocket, again, and brought the lighter up to his mouth.

He breathed in, and blew out. When he saw me watching, he outstretched the arm with the still-open box and lighter. "Want one?"

I half-smiled, and took them. Placing the cigarette between my teeth, I lit it, and handed them both back to him. "Thanks."

He shook his head, taking another draw from the cigarette. "Just keep it. I doubt you have your own yet." he laughed.

I nodded, raising my eyebrows. "That's about right… Thanks." I stuffed the box and lighter in my bag, taking another breath.

"No prob. I've got another pack, anyway," he laughed.

I rolled my eyes, smiling.

END FLASHBACK

By the time I'd finished getting ready, I still had forty minutes left until Nik would be here. Deciding that I would read, I picked up a book off of the built in bookshelf next to my bed. I guess Bella had brought them in while I was at school. The book I'd picked up was Hopeless by Colleen Hoover. Flipping the cover, and starting the first page, I was immediately lost in the life of Sky Davis.

I was at the part where Sky is reading Six's pointers for high school when a rumbling brought me out of sunny Texas, and back into dreary Washington. I marked my page with a bobby pin from beside my bed, and hopped up to look through the glass wall. I was utterly confused when I saw the glossy black motorcycle pull up into the driveway. The guy on it had on a black helmet, so dark I couldn't see who it was. He was wearing dark wash jeans, a skin tight, black shirt. and black biker boots. When the helmet came off, I shouldn't have been as surprised as I was to see Nik hang the black helmet off of one of the handle bars.

I laughed under my breath and shook my head.

I grabbed the bag off my bed, my jacket off the floor, sprayed my Twilight Woods perfume, and walked out of the room.

Once I made it downstairs, I noticed Edward and Bella looking out of the window at Nik.

"Is that him?" Edward asked, clearly through clenched teeth.

I nodded, trying to get out of the door as fast as I could. "Mm-hm. See ya later."

"Renesmee, remember, call if you need anything, and when you get to the restaurant, leave, and head back home. If something happens, call, and let me know. Got it?" Edward clarified.

I laughed. "Edward, I promise. Now, can I please go…?"

He nodded once. "Yes. But I'll come out there with you."

I stopped in my tracks. "Edward…"

"Renesmee, I am your brother-"

"Foster brother!"

"-and I have a right to know the guy who is taking you out tonight, to an unknown destination, after nine hours of knowing you." he continued without missing a beat.

I was quiet for a few seconds. Well, when he put it that way…

It still didn't make any sense… I wasn't used to having an overprotective foster brother- hell, foster anything who was protective. Normally, if I wanted t go out, they'd either no care, or beat the shit out of me for being "selfish" or "stupid enough to think that I could do anything".

Everything with this family was different. They actually cared. I'd been to enough foster families to know the drill: Keep quiet about whatever was really happening when the social worker-in my case, Carla- comes in and asks how we're doing, and they'll take the money they don't deserve.

But, with the Cullens, I was learning an entire different drill.

I sighed. "Fine. Fine! Come on."

I opened the door just as Nik was about to knock.

"Ren. Hey. You ready to go?" he asked, emerald eyes bright, smile wide.

"Ummm, yeah. Hold on. Some people want to meet you." Edward and Bella were still behind me, watching our interaction. "Nikolas, this is my foster brother, Edward, and his wife, Bella. Guys, this is Nik." I introduced. I moved out of the doorway to let Nik in.

Edward offered his hand as Nik walked in. "Hello, Nikolas. It's nice to meet you."

"You, too." Nik replied quietly, suddenly not as happy as he was two seconds ago. If anything, he was nervous, and that wasn't the Nik that I'd known for nine hours. Though I'd only known him for a short amount of time, I knew that him acting nervous wasn't a very Nik move. It looked like the emotion was foreign to him- like he wasn't used to it. I could tell he was trying to hide it, but, unfortunately for him, it wasn't working.

"Hi, Nik," Bella addressed him, shaking his hand. "Carlisle, Renesmee's foster father, had to work, but he said to tell you that he'll be here tonight to meet you." Bella smiled sweetly. I took a small step away from her. She meant to get it across sweetly, but I could hear the threat in her voice: "She's got more than her foster brother, she's got a father, and three other brothers who wouldn't hesitate to seriously hurt you."

I warned them. Sigh.

As if on cue, Emmett and Jasper came down the steps. I bit my lip and shook my head. Sorry, Nik. I watched as Nik gulped at the sight of Emmett.

"You must be Nik, right? I'm Emmett, and this is Jasper- Ren's other foster brothers." Emmett grinned mischievously.

"Oh, umm…" Nik gulped again. "Nice to meet you all."

A laugh that sounded like wind chimes came from the top of the stairs. I internally groaned.

"Jazzy, Emmett, Edward, stop torturing the poor guy! Nik, it was nice to meet you, but I would leave before anyone else gets here…" Alice warned, looking at me pointedly. I looked around the room, and realized that Jake wasn't there. My eyes widened as I thought about what would happen then.

"Yeah, let's go. Thanks, Alice." I urged, grabbing Nik's arm, and dragging him out the door.

Who would've thought that I'd actually thank Alice Cullen?

Not me, that's for sure.

Once we'd made it safely out of the door, he sighed.

"You didn't tell me you had such a big family."

"You didn't tell me you had a bike," I said back.

"You can't get attacked by a motorcycle."

"Don't have that bad-boy persona, anymore, huh?" I asked.

Nik laughed for the first time since he got here.

"Bad-boy persona, eh?" was all he said.

It was quiet for a minute before I told him my curfew.

"Edward said that you have to have me back by 9:30."

He laughed again. "That won't be a problem. That's still five hours from now." He walked to the back of the bike, opened the whatever-ya-call-it-that-holds-stuff, and pulled out another black helmet, only smaller than the one he wore. He placed it on my head, moving my hair out of the way, and buckled the chinstrap tightly.

"Get on after me, 'kay?" he instructed.

I nodded.

"Renesmee, remember what I said!" Edward yelled from the door.

"Edward! Leave her alone!" I heard Bella. I laughed.

Nik started the bike, turned it around, and told me to get on when I remembered something.

"Hey, how did you know where I lived?"

He froze for a second before relaxing and answering. "It's not that hard to ask find somebody who knows, Ren."

A/N: *Disclaimer: I own nothing!*

Short I know, but I didn't wanna give too much away. Thanks to Dawn who helped, basically, write this with me! The update wouldn't have happened without your help!

The next chapter will be called Not-a-Date, which will contain the… Not-a-Date, haha.

Favorite line... Hmmm... "She's got more than her foster brother, she's got a father, and three other brothers who wouldn't hesitate to seriously hurt you."

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