Chapter 2:

"So that's all." Grandma said. She looked at me, smiled, and then gracefully walked back toward the house. I just sat there.

My mouth was gaping open and my eyes were bulging out of my head. Jacob stepped through at that moment into my little meadow that I had claimed just a few months after I was born.

I remember Jacob and me playing lots of fun games and we would always end up rolling around on our backs laughing.

Jacob came over to me and sat down just a foot in front of me. The entire time he was looking into my chocolate brown eyes. I wondered what he was looking for, and if he found it. But then he smiled one of his cheeky but brilliant and lovely smiles and asked, "I saw Esme walking back to the house."

A short laugh burst through his lips. "What happened?" His smile only continued to get bigger. I didn't want to tell Jacob what Grandma and I were talking about so I changed the subject.

"So," I dragged out the letter o. "What did the pack want?" He seemed distracted enough so I continued. "Is something wrong?"

His eyes widened momentarily and then he rushed out the words "No, no." I think he didn't want me to worried like Mama did all the time when it wasn't necessary. "Nothing's wrong." He laid down on his back and looked up at the sky. When was the last time he'd slept? "It's just a stupid leeches scent that Seth came across on his patrol, but we took care of it." He turned his head to look into my eyes again. "Easy."

He looked back up at the sky and smiled. My smile.

"So what happened while I was gone?" He asked me again. Damn! I thought that he would have forgotten. He was clearly amused. Damn!

I didn't have the guts to tell him what had gone on so I just let loose of my mind, placed my hand in his, and let the previous moments replayed themselves.

After a moment of silence, he jerked his head up, startling me. "She really told you all that?" He was surprised.

"Yeah." It was the only thing I could think of to say. I felt my cheeks go warm again so I turned my head away from Jacob, not wanting him to see me.

"Do you wanna head back?" He asked me. "It's starting to get dark." I didn't respond. I stood up and headed in the direction of the house.

When I walked in, Uncle Emmett came bounding up to me and started singing, "Let's talk about sex, baby, let's talk about, you, and me," then he started singing, " Sex on the beach, come on everybody, sex on the beach," then Uncle Emmett lastly sang loudly and proudly, "Let's get physical, physical!"

"Stop it Emmett and come over here. Stop being idiotic." Aunty Rose yelled at him. "Can't you restrain yourself from misbehaving for even one minute?!" Uncle Emmett just laughed.

Jacob walked away, not seeming to care, towards the kitchen. I felt my stomach groan in response to the thought of food, so I followed him into the kitchen.

Seth was already there, chewing on the remains of a burger. I stood in the doorway of the kitchen, talking to Seth. Jacob strolled over to the fridge and pulled out a plate of freshly made sandwiches. He put them down on the bench and then we both sat down on either side on Seth.

I grabbed the sandwich on top and started chewing it slowly, savoring every bite. Mean while Jacob and Seth were shoveling them down their throats, probably not even bothering to taste them or let the sandwiches touch their tongues. I giggled.

"What?" They both said at the same time, turning to look at me. They spat their food everywhere when they spoke. I'm just glad they didn't get any chewed up food on me.

"You guys are pigs!" I exclaimed, smiling.

"Do you have a problem with that?" Jacob asked, examining my face and then smiling. Seth snorted, imitating a pig.

"Ahh, help! I have food in my nose. Ahh!" It was impossible to not laugh at what his snorting had done to him while he had a mouth full of food. Carma. I laughed again, watching him run around in circles with his arms waving in the air.

I turned back to Jacob. "Yes! And Jacob," I started laughing more, I was surprised to realize that my laughing could get worse. "Jacob, do you realize that you have food stuck between your teeth?"

He frowned, turning away so that his back was to me. He was rubbing and picking at his teeth, probably trying to get the food between his teeth unstuck. Then he turned back around to face me and smiled widely, showing all of his teeth. "Better?" It was only just understandable because he was keeping his teeth locked together so that I was able to see them. I just nodded.

Aunty Alice charged into the kitchen at that moment. Her hands were balled into fists and her shoulders were all hunched up.

"Renesmee!" She gave me a stern look. That was surprising. Where was happy Aunty Alice? "Why aren't you upstairs?!"

"Why would I want to be upstairs?" I was having a lot of fun and she wasn't going to ruin my good mood.

"So that I can change your clothes." She rolled her eyes. I couldn't believe this. Hadn't I already been dressed enough by Alice to last me forty lifetimes? And what was wrong with what I had on?

She stalked over to me, still hunched up and grabbed my hand. She started to drag me toward the door.

"Why?" I pulled myself away from her and crossed my arms over my chest. "It's the middle of the night." Did she know that? I hope so. I don't want another one of Aunty Alice's makeovers.

"I know! But I just bought you something and I want to see how it looks on you. Not that I already don't know." She cracked one of her all-powerful Alice smiles and then started getting all excited. Did she see me giving in? She started bouncing slightly, almost as if she was buzzing with anticipation.

"Can't you see it on me in the morning?" I moaned. All this mention of how ate it was was making me tired. Maybe if I fake fall asleep right here, right now, Aunty Alice would leave me alone and go bother somebody else. Maybe she could go put makeup on Emmett.

"Don't even try it!" She interrupted my thoughts. Damn! I forgot that Alice would be able to see any plan forming in my head.

"Please, Nessie?" She dragged out the word please, pouting and making her eyes wide and innocent. She blinked at me a few times from under her impossibly long, dark lashes. Crap! She can't use that face on me. It's irresistible! Its cheating! It's not fair! No! I can't do it. I won't do it. But I felt bad now, like I was letting Aunty Alice down. It would make her day (or night) if I followed her now. But on the other hand, I really was tired. I looked away from her eyes and face, trying to think clearly.

I felt icy hands on my shoulders then. I turned around to find that it was Daddy. He looked at me, nodded to himself I am guessing before looking over my shoulder at Aunty Alice.

"No! That's not fair!" Aunty Alice yelled at him, pouting even more. She tried the same persuasive expression on him that she had used on me just a minute ago. Damn she was good, but Daddy was one step ahead of her.

"Alice, I think that Renesmee should get some sleep." He looked at her for too long, like there was something he was trying to tell her without telling me.

"Fine!" Alice mumbled. She looked away from Dad and back to me. She was smiling again, suddenly happy. Had Daddy just told her she could play doll with me. He better not have. "Okay Nessie, lets get you to bed." I sighed in relief.

She grabbed my hand and then pulled me up the stairs to my room a the end of the hall on the second floor. I stood at the end of my bed, watching her silently as she proceeded into my closet to pull out my newest pajamas. They looked nice. It was green three-quarter silk pants and a green silk button-up, short sleeved shirt. There was also a green singlet that went underneath. Aunty Alice turned around to face the wall while I put the ensemble on.

When I had changed, I crawled into bed. Aunty Alice tucked me in, wished me pleasant dreams, kissed me on the forehead and then left without another word.

I rolled over onto my side, curled up slightly into a ball and then shut my eyes to look at black eyelids until I fell asleep.