4. The Party

We had seen Jane. She seemed different. Lonely. She must not have obeyed Aro's orders and somehow escaped Volterra before she was deceased. I mean, unless it was a trick? But, I couldn't read her mind, that's just what it looked like. And, worse yet, today was the day of my party, that happened yesterday!

We all talked about what could have happened. Esme was willing to take her in, once we found out that this wasn't a trick. I mean, Edward could always tell if people are lying through their thoughts... A knocking on the door interrupted our conversation. Dad perked up, hearing whoever's thoughts. I looked at him, confused. Of course anyone could tell I was confused because of my eyes. I was also nervous, making a darker mixture of the two colors. Gray-ish violet. Dad mouthed Jane's name to me only. My heartbeat, already fast since birth, quickened, at the thought of her.

Dad quickly answered the door in a matter of seconds. Everyone else had question marks on their faces. Jane walked in, looking more innocent than ever. Maybe even a little nicer? I couldn't tell.

"Er, Aro has sent me to check on you and maybe even take you out, he told me to bring Felix and Alec, but I snuck out. I am tired of being there. I see that Renesmee.." I cut her off telling her my preferred name. "Nessie, sorry. I see that Nessie is harmless to humans and that the Volturi have broken their own rules. This coven seems so much more..." she was at a loss for words. Dad nodded his head toward me and I touched his face, nervously, with my palm. Jane wasn't lying.

"I'll show you you're room." Esme said motherly. Alice didn't seem surprised about our guests arrival but she was more than happy to go shopping for her casual clothes and clothes for tonight.

I went up to my other room (besides the one in the cabin) and sat on my bed. If Jane never returned to Volterra, they'd get distracted and forget why they want to destroy me. I layed on my bed, finally relaxed, I sighed a long sigh. I thought about Jake, and why he wasn't here yet. I started tearing up, though it was silly to do this only after I had just seen him yesterday. He was probably on another patrol, searching for the vampires that were on their land, because it was not only Jane, maybe Jane wasn't even there. I mean we could probably be friends if she wasn't part of the Volturi and trying to steal my life for them. Maybe.

A knock on my door made me jump. I hadn't been paying attention to the things around me and it sounded like they had been knocking for a while.

"Come in." I said quietly. Jake entered, followed by Seth, the first youngest werewolf in the pack.

"Hi." he said calmly. I waved and Jake sat near me and kissed my cheek. "Are you going to get ready for your party, soon?"

"I have to wait until Alice gets back from shopping for Jane." I smiled, thankful he was here. He nodded then looked at Seth, who was staring off into space. "Sethy! My bestest friend!" I jumped up and hugged him tightly. I haven't seen him since last week.

"Hey Nessie!" he squeezed me back. "Happy Birthday! How are you?" he laughed and looked down at me. He had grown since last week.

"Good." I rolled my eyes. "And you? I mean, have you Imprinted yet?" I asked, curious of the Imprinting theory.

"Not yet, but I bet some of your friends are cute, I mean, look at you!" he laughed, as did I. Jake elbowed Seth's rib cage hard. Seth laughed harder.

"Okay, Seth. Nessie and I need some time alone." Jake smiled, but was serious. Seth left quickly.

Jake started kissing me, harder than usual. "Jake?" I said, in between breaths.

"Yes, Love?" he said kissing my neck.

"Err, I have to get ready. Alice is here." I sighed, hearing Alice's trill of laughter from downstairs. Jake kissed me one more time and then we were hand-in-hand walking downstairs. Jake stopped short when he saw Jane, and he started trembling. I put one hand on Jake's shoulder. "Jake, she's part of the family now."

I got ready for my party, quickly, putting contacts in just incase my eyes changed. My friends started coming at around five. It was very boring to me, but everyone else seemed to be having fun. Maybe it's because my idea of fun is reading novels. I'm more mature than my peers.

"Hey, Nessie. Happy bithday!" Lexie said, "Great party, too!" she laughed and hugged me. We were just like sister, maybe even twins, if she weren't just human.

"Thanks, Lexie. So, what's new?" I asked, wondering if she had met Seth.

"Partying at the moment." she laughed. "But this one guy keeps staring at me. He's really cute." she blushed.

"You should ask him to dance or hang out or something." I laughed at myself. "Sorry, I'm not really good with guys. Jake and I just sorta happened over time. We knew each other since I was born." Like I had said before.

"Okay, I guess I just introduce myself." she smiled exitedly. I wondered if it was Seth, as she walked to this really pale guy I didn't know either. Unless it was Lucifer, Damien's twin. Damien was cute and really quiet, passive. Lucifer was the opposite. Acting almost "wanna-be gangsta". Damien already had showed his love for me. I hated to break peoples' hearts but I belong to Jacob. I heard Alice change the song to a slow song. "My Love" to be exact. I was in the midst of looking for Jake when Damien came up to me, smiling crookedly. He held out his hand quietly, I looked away, frowning. I didn't want Jake to get mad, but I didn't like watching everyone else with their love. It made me lonely. Without thinking I grabbed Damien's hand, he pulled me close. I felt, and heard, his heart beating under my head. It was soothing me, like daddy's lullaby that he made for me. I felt calm. Halfway through the song Damien stepped back. I looked at him confused and turned around when he was staring in the distance, frowning.

"I'm sorry, Ness. I better go, before your boyfriend kills me." I said for him not to be, and thanked him.

"Bye, Damien."