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Chapter Four

"No! You can't go to Pacific. No!" Jacob was shouting at Renesmee. "Edward, tell her, she can't go!"

Edward said nothing and just stood looking at the scene in front of him amused.

Rosalie was standing by a pile of boxes in the middle of the living room next to Renesmee and looked absolutely livid, as did Jacob who was in front of Renesmee. But Alice, Esme, and Emmett stood in the back of the room with the same amused expression as Edward.

"What is going on?" I said angrily walking over to join Renesmee. I did not like to be out of the loop.

"This dog here is trying to control your daughter's life." Rosalie said scathingly. Rosalie and Jacob never really did get along. They were constantly fighting over Renesmee.

Edward glided over to stand by my side. "Renesmee wants to have the more typical human experience of going away to college and have roommates." He explained to me in a calm and even tone. I stared at him.

"She would go alone, Jacob would stay in Astoria with us." He clarified. Jacob growled.

"Oh, wow" was all I could say. So many things were running through my mind at such a fast speed. I couldn't figure out what emotion I wanted to go with. I was happy that she wasn't quite ready to grow up and be with Jacob. I knew they would end up together, and that was fine, but I wanted her to continue to grow into her own person first. I was worried about her being alone though and how other people would react and treat her. And I was worried about Jacob. Could he handle being away from her?

"Bella, you won't let her do this?" Jacob begged me.

"It's her right to go!" Rosalie yelled at him.

Renesmee glared at Jacob and then looked at me, searching for the original support I had given her.

"Mom, you thought it was a good idea!" She reminded me.

"Okay," I took in a breath to steady myself. The air was full of so many scents and emotions. I was going to do this right this time.

"Edward and I need to discuss this. Renesmee, you did not make it clear that you would be going alone. I am not going to say yes or no until after we discuss it." I looked up to see Esme smiling at me. Yes, she would think I was doing the right thing. I had to admit that I modeled a lot of my parenting style after her. It wasn't that my own mother was a bad parent, she just acted very young and I often found myself parenting her.

I walked out of the room before I could listen to anymore comments, Edward trailing me silently. My shield was relaxed so I knew he could see how jumbled up my thoughts were. I was very interested to hear his own thoughts. He had been so calm in there. Was Jacob really the only reason he didn't want her to go originally?

"Tell me what you are thinking" I hissed at him.

He smiled my favorite crooked-smile at my impatience. He really was so calm about all this. A complete 180 from just a few hours before. Men. I thought annoyingly. His grin became even bigger. I forgot he was listening to my thoughts. "Speak." I said again.

"I don't know," he said in his perfect velvet voice, "I was enjoying your thoughts very much." He kissed my forehead.

"How are you so calm about this?" I demanded.

"Well, I thought about what you said to me earlier, and I had already realized that going to college was a good thing for her. Remember when you were still human and I wanted you to have these experiences? Granted, I wanted to be with you while you were doing them, but I realized it was unfair for me to deny my daughter the same experiences. And well, if Jacob is not going, then maybe its even better. Alice can keep an eye on her, and Ness can continue to grow and blossom. She won't be that far from us. Plus I think its great that she wants to follow in her grandfather's and father's footsteps in the medical field." He told me.

Wow, he was being really reasonable about this. Did he really not want Renesmee to be with Jacob that badly? He was beginning to remind me of my father, Charlie, before Edward and I were married.

"Plus, wouldn't it be nice to have the house to ourselves for a little bit?" He whispered in my ear. I shook my head as my knees grew weak from his insinuation. How did he still have that affect on me after all this time? He laughed at my reaction. He stood back and looked at me again, this time growing serious.

"What do you think about this Bella? I can hear your thoughts but you keep getting sidetracked. I can't tell how you feel exactly about this. I want this to be a joint parenting decision- equal."

"I think… it's the right thing for her. I agree that it is an experience that she should get to have. And I'd rather her do it now while she can go away to someplace that is still rather close to us. I want her to find something that she loves to do. However, I don't think that roommates are a good idea. Maybe she could have her own apartment? She can take care of herself, and we can find a safe and gated community for her to live in, but I think that will be the best idea since her life is so… different."

"Hmm… I think you are right. My smart, little wife," he said to me as he picked me up off my feet in a swooping motion and cradled me in his arms, "now lets go tell her the news and then I think we have some uhh…packing to do in our room." He ran off with me into the living room before I could say anything else.