The course of true love never did run smooth
-William Shakespeare
I suddenly felt very unsure, I had never had so many questions in my life. My sister and I continued to walk up to my grandparents house, neither of us speaking. I couldn't quite make sure out what had happened back at the house but I knew there was something going on and it involved me in some way or another.
We made it up to the front porch when my aunt Alice swung opened the door and ran right into my sisters arms,
"Congratulations Renesmee!!" Alice squealed at the top of her lungs.
We made our way inside the extremely large home, to find my Aunt Rosalie and my grandma Emse waiting with open arms and enthusiasm for my sister.
"Oh honey I'm so excited for you!" Emse said to Renesmee.
"Thank you guys, I'm so happy right now." my sister said with tears welling up in her eyes.
"Oh its those pregnancy hormones." Rosalie said with a smile on her face.
"Congratulations Renesmee, do you want to come upstairs and we can have an ultrasound done?" My grandpa Carlise came around the corner saying.
"Of course I'm so excited, I don't care what the baby is, I just want him or her to be healthy." Renesmee said.
"Hey you better not be starting without me!" Jacob exclaimed following my sister and everyone else upstairs.
Everyone filtered into the room in anticipation of what we would see. As Carlise applied the jelly to my sisters stomach we all sat in silence, praying, possibly preparing for whatever was to come.
"Well..." Carlise said and took another unnesscary long moment to look at the screen. I couldnt see anything from where I was, I was just simply listening, ready for everything to be okay.
"Well what doc? Everything looks good right?" Jacob said.
I relaxed, alittle ashamed that I was preparing myself to see a mutant of my niece or nephew on that screen.
"Yes Jacob everything looks normal and healthy from what I can tell, Congratulations on your little girl." Cheers broke out and congratulations were abound, Renesmee started to cry and it was an amazing moment for my family.
"Well it looks like were becoming out numbered around here guys!" Emmett claimed coming up the stairs with my uncle Jasper in tow.
There was rambeling about names and what she would look like before I broke out with the questions I knew everyone was thinking but not saying.
"What will she be?" I asked quietly knowing my family would still hear me.
"Im going to run more test later but I didnt notice anything abnormal." Carlise said, it was obviously an uncomfortable conversation and my dad was constantly shrugging his shoulders, answering questions that werent being said aloud.
I was making my way down the hall to the stairs right behind Jacob and my dad when all of sudden my father turned abruptly around to Jacob.
"Excuse me?" My dad said to Jacob.
"Huh?" Jacob said, I knew from his tone that Jacob knew what my dad was referring to but didnt want to talk about it.
My dad looked around Jacob and at me, starring intently.
"What?" I said to him not realizing what was going on, did he hear someone thinking and thought it was me? My dad couldnt read my mind so I knew that wasnt possible.
"I cant deal with all of this right now, Renesmee Im sorry Im happy for you and Jacob but I cant loose booth my little girls today." My dad said in an sad tone and was suddenly gone.
Stupid slow human vision, I thought as I wonder where my dad went.
"WILL SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHATS GOING ON??!!!" I exclaimed, running down the stairs to my awaiting family.
I was suddenly face to face with that weird staring guy, 'what was his name? Oh right David!'
"What is your problem? Take a picture it will last longer!" I said annoyed with him, I mean has he never seen a girl before or what?
I stopped to eye him up and down for the first time, I mean he wasn't bad looking or anything. Actually he was relatively good looking, probably early 20's, wait but how could he be Jacob's nephew and that old? But I let it go, maybe 6'3 with dark hair sleeked back. His eyes were so beautiful, piercing. I was lost in thought when an abrupt loud cough brought me back to reality. Jacob was smiling like a idiot and I blushed, I realized that both of us had been staring at each other with no shame. 'I am sooo glad dads not here,' everytime I even mentioned my attraction to any guy, even on the televison, my dad would growl, this definitely would have been an even more awkward moment.
"Carlie can I speak with you in the kitchen?" My mom asked, maybe she was going to ask me to go and apologize, but I had said way worst to Jacob and never had to apologize, so what was the big deal?
"Whats going on mom, if its what I said to that guy I'm sorry but.." She interrupted me.
"No sweetie that's not it, Carlie you see David he, he's imprinted on you." Mom said hesistantly.
"What?" I said with an almost laugh.
"Yeah right okay Its not april 1st mom very funny." I said walking away to the fridge.
"JACOB!! That was my last apple! Geez!!!" I yelled, didn't he have his own money?
"Sweetie I'm serious that's why your dad took off, he was alittle upset. I'm not joking with you." She said in an almost sad tone.
I turned around slowly not even bothering to close the fridge, my mind went through everything I had been told about imprinting and Jacob and Renesmee relationship. So David was a shapeshifting werewolf, who now unexpectedly imprinted on me? I suddenly got very angry. So this is who im gonna be spending the rest of my life with? I would have no choice? I didn't even know David! I had always thought the ideal as ridiculous, some tribe somewhere with their stupid mystical beliefes is going to tell me what im gonna do with my life?
"NO!" I realized I yelled out loud. I ran back into the living and straight up to this 'David'.
"YOU are not going to tell ME that im going to be with you, you just suddenly show up one day and BAM there you have it??"
"Carlie…" My sister tried saying.
"NO! this was a setup wasn't it?" I turned looking to Jacob whose face was suddenly serious, almost angry.
"No Carlie its fate, I promise you, we never know when its going to happen." He said to me.
"Well this is bullshit!" I screamed running out the door. I heard my grandma yell at me for swearing but at that moment I didn't care, I ran out the door and as quickly as I could through the woods to my house.
I stopped at the front porch where my dad was sitting on the steps. I started bawling and he pulled me into his arms.
"Dad I don't want this, I'm not ready for this, I don't even know him!" I said through hystrics.
He pulled me back and wiped my hair out of my face, and looked at me.
"Carlie trust me this means nothing, David can go back home, it doesn't mean you have to be 'ready for anything'" He said.
I stopped and turned to look back at the forest, did I want David to leave, I mean I hadn't…NO no, of course I want him to leave.
I turned back to my dad, "I just wanna go to my room and be left alone." I said and walked into the house.
Once I was put in my room I heard Jacob and my dad talking.
"Edward you cant just ignore what happened, I know how David is feeling and it wouldn't be right just to send him home." Jacob said.
"She is only fifteen! Of couse I can, I can do the samething I did with you and Renesmee. She is MY daughter and im making the decision!" My dad yelled back.
"Edward please lets just cool down for a second and think this through." My mom said as she tried to settle him down.
"Think this through Bella? Have you gone mad? What were just suppose to hand her over to him, when she clearly doesn't want this?" My dad said to my mom.
"Of course not Edward! But we cant just completely ignore this either! Remember what that did to Jacob?" She said.
She was right Jacob had completely lost it one time when Renesmee got older, I don't remember what happened but something with kissing and he forbad Jacob to see Renesmee anymore. Jacob went alittle nuts to say the least.
"I don't care! Jacob's still alive and Davids not your best friend." My dad sneered the words obnixously.
"EDWARD! You are out of line, apologize! No wait you know what? Don't! Do what you want im through with this conversation!" My mom said and ran off before my dad could even utter out a sorry.
"I'm sorry Jacob." My dad said. "No harm down Edward just give her time to cool off, she'll come around. In the meantime I need to go speak with David about going home," Jacob said and ran off.
I suddenly heard a crack and looked out my window, no one in site but no doubt my dad had broken something. He never usually did that but I understood right now. 'No one has ever loved anyone the way everyone wants to be loved'. Umph, what a stupid notion. I thought as a I remembered the quote I read last week in class by Mignon Mclaughlin. Wait did David love me yet? Or was he just attracted to me? I felt guilty for him having to leave before even having unpacked. I suddenly got up to put my shoes back one.
Well here goes nothing…I thought before making my way out the door.
A/N- Just an F.Y.I In case you are wondering, Carlie looks alot like her dad, she has the same hair color as Bella but green eyes like Edward. Just what I think she would look like...WHATEVER! BLAH!