Chapter 2: First day
This is a all human story for people confused out there
Renesmee is an average 23 year old who now lives in Forks with her parents and brother. Her best friend/Cousin is Mellissa who is Rosalie and Emmett's child, she's a freshman in Forks University
Rosalie is a international spokesmodel for a makeup company and also owns a hair salon
Alice is a professional fashion designer and wedding planner by night
Jasper is or was a pro baseball player but now coaches College students
Emmett was a Football player but now owns a gym across Port Angeles
Esme is a interior decorator
Carlisle is a Doctor in Forks Hospital
Hope you enjoy this chapter
One week later
Today was my first day working at Forks High and I couldn't help the excitement and nervousness that kicked, every teacher has this feeling, heck every employee has this feeling all the time so you can't blame me. I got out of bed and dressed in the best work appropriate clothing and headed down the stairs. I saw my mother in the kitchen wearing another loose shirt
"God mom I swear you're obsessed with loose clothing" I said. She laughed and just rolled her eyes
"So today's your first day at work, are you excited?" she asked with a beaming smile, I nodded slightly
"Yeah I am, yet nervous" I said as the jitters kicked into over drive
"Don't worry you'll be ok" she said reassuring and rubbing my arm. I smiled "So you'll be here at two right?" she asked and I nodded
"Well actually, I think I'm going house hunting today" I said to her, she frowned slightly
"You are?" she said,
"I'm not staying here forever mom, it's just temporary, it was bound to happen soon" I said like it was obvious
"I know, but I didn't think it'll be this soon, anyway we're throwing another get together tonight over the Cullen's, just to congratulate you on your new job" she said, I smiled slightly
"You didn't have to do that" I said sincerely she shook me off
"Ugh, yes we did, and it was more of Alice's idea than mine, I know you dislike parties" she said. I never really embraced the party life, the only parties I'd tolerate or enjoy, we're birthday, engagement, and occasionally new year parties, I guess I was sort of like my mom in that way
"Oh that was generous of her" I muttered with a hint of sarcasm. My mother laughed and that's Eddie came in, he grabbed an apple and wiped it with his sweater
"Morning mother, sister" he said kissing our cheeks. I eyed him carefully astounded at his change
"Mom you guys literally charmed this kid didn't you?" I asked and she just smiled. Eddie rolled his eyes
"Thank you for your lack of confidence in me sister, I love you too" he muttered sarcastically. I just grinned. my father came into view with his suit on
"Morning family, I have to head out now, running a bit late" he said looking at his watched and pecking my mother quickly "But I'll be back before the party, be careful honey" my dad said to my mother who nodded, my mother also owned a restaurant called Belle Italia which she also part owned with my dad, since his always at the hospital she took over everything
"You're not going to work mom?" I asked she nodded "How come?" I asked, she looked at my father first and he shook his head
"I'm not feeling too well so, I'll be staying here" she said with a convincing smile,
"Are you ok? What's wrong" I asked suddenly completely worried
"Oh I'm fine, just a little bug" she said with a assuring smile, I nodded and let it slide
"Oh well I'm off, bye mom" I said kissing her cheek one last time before heading out with my mom and brother. Eddie and I drove in the same car for today,
We got to the school in approximately 5 minutes because we didn't live too far from it, and I parked in the parking lot, Eddie wished me luck and got out and walked to his friends who seemed to be looking at the car, or was it me? Anyway I checked if I looked decent enough and headed to the staff room where the principal took us to the auditorium for a staff meeting, when it ended someone instructed me to my class, and gave me the keys. I was walking to my class room 101 until I was called out
"Hey, you're Renesmee Cullen right? The new music teacher" a woman said, she looked like a teacher, a young one in fact probably in her early to mid twenties, she had dirty light brown hair with blonde highlights on tips, she had lightly tanned skin and she looked about my height, she had beautiful green eyes, and a caring smile
"Yeah, I guess I am" I said with a light chuckle
"Well I'm Jessica Thompson by the way, I'm the Art teacher" she introduced herself, I smiled at her "I'm sure you don't know the ropes of this school, I'll give you a quick tour around it later" she said, I sighed in relief
"Oh thank you so much, I'd much appreciate it, I don't know what I would've done if I got lost in this school" I said, she giggled
"Well let me give you a short one over here is the English room, over there is the Mechanic room, there is the Art room, mine, and other's you'll just have to wait and see, and here's of course yours" she said opening my door, to see a very neatly cleaned class with perfectly clean windows, white board is spotless, desks are neat and cleaned and mine hasn't even been touched
"Wow" was all I said looking around, Jessica laughed
"Yeah, get use to it, because it doesn't last forever" she warned. I sniggered and that's when the school bell went off, declaring everyone must get to their various classes, Jessica said goodbye to me and she left, I had my first class now, of Juniors, so I thought I'd do what every teacher does and write my name on the open board, and I waited until the kids all came pilling up, there was chattering going on until everyone was seated and took the sight of me, I smiled widely at them
"Morning Class, thank you for your patience and for being in my class, as you can see I'm the new teacher her in Forks high, my name is Ms Cullen and have been transferred from New York, I'm very new at this so please stay patient with me guys ok?" I asked and they all nodded, everyone was paying attention especially all the boys for some reason
"Nice to meet you Ms Cullen" a student said smirking widely at me, he looked like one of those laid back learners who could do as they pleased, but I like a challenge
"What's your name?" I asked him
"I'm Matthew" he said with the same smirk, I nodded
"Well Matthew, I hope you're as good as your name appears to be" I said, he nodded, a girl put her hand up
"Yes?" I said to her
"Um…Ms Cullen, I know this is personal and all, but are you perhaps related to Dr Edward Cullen ooh and the author Mrs. Cullen?" she asked with a smile
"Yes I am…" I said waiting for to say her name for me, everyone gasped
"Bree" she said, I nodded at her with a smile. I got up and got blank pages in my hands
"Ok guy's listen up, I know you all have questions you wish to ask, so I'm handing out these pages where you'll write your name, age, and what question you wish to ask, then I'll call out one of you and answer your question, understood?" I said they all agreed happily and I handed the pages, when they were all done. I took them and ended on the last person so I'd answer their question
"Ok Jennifer Tilley, you asked 'where do you come from?'" I said to one of my students
"I was born in New York, but moved here two weeks ago" I said and she nodded approvingly "Ok next one, Jackson Harper, 'How old are you?' I'm 24 years old" I said to him and he nodded with a cute smile (no interest intended) "Ok next up is…Matthew," I said and he just grinned at me, I sighed as I read the note "Are you dating anyone?" I said and almost everyone burst into laughter. I smiled and scoffed at the scene "No Matthew, I'm not" I said and nodded winking at me, I just rolled my eyes at the immature teenager, I went through the class answering all their questions, when my fifth period ended I said goodbye to the kids and went to my Jessica's class so we could head to the bakery for food
"You ready?" she asked and I nodded as got out of her class and walked to her car, the bakery wasn't too far from the school, probably a two minute drive, so we got sandwiches, we got back to the school and as she promised, she gave me a tour
"Well this is Mr. Beckerman's room, don't ever go near him, this is Mrs. Jennifer Baker, one of my friends who is on maternity leave," she said and I smiled at the thought, I embraced the feeling of wanting kids, I particularly liked it when other's had, having kids was a little too much of a responsibility for me, and brought back horrid memories. Jessica carried on "Well this is Mr. Luther's office, and this is the campus base, and lastly this is Mr. Blacks room," she said with a dreamy smile, I nodded "Oh just so you know, Mr. Black is the head coach for the football team, so you know his totally gorgeous" she giggled, I laughed "I think I should introduce you to him" she said, and I shook my head
"Thank you for the offer but no, I'm not really looking for a relationship right now, maybe you should try him out" I said suggestively, she scoffed
"Yeah like that's gonna happen, I hate to say this, but he's way out of my league and I have a man of my own" she said with a blush, I laughed
"Well he's a very lucky man, anyway I was wondering, what if I told you there's a party going on tonight at my house?" I asked, and she beamed a huge smile
"I'm listening." She said expectantly
"Well I was wondering if you'd like to come to it, it starts at 18:00 so…" I said and she squealed and pulled me in a hug
"Of course, why wouldn't I" she said, I smiled at her, and that's when the bell rang
"Ok I'll send you the directions to my house" I informed her she nodded and we said our goodbyes
Work ended surprisingly fast and now I was talking to my real-estate agent on any houses for sale, there were amazing stocks on the market, and not too pricey too, so I came down to these three houses, one was located near Seattle even though it would be harder for me to get to my work, it was also convenient because it was affordable, small two bedroom apartment, reasonably large lounge and kitchen, and one bathroom, and there was a small house in forks, a little pricier than the apartment but affordable because I'd be also contributing with my savings account money, and lastly there's this three bed room house that is a little pricey for my range but I'd manage, after telling the real-estate lady that I'll have to think about it, after sending the directions to Jess, I made my way to the Cullen house to see lots of cars lined up, and as I entered everyone yelled surprise
"Surprise!" they all exclaimed in unison and I just laughed and thanked them, my mother pulled me into a hug yet again wearing a loosey outfit
"Isn't much a surprise but it's the thought that counts" she said sweetly, I smiled and nodded
"Definitely, Thank you" I said sincerely she smiled and shook her head
"It's not me you should thank," she said and as if on cue, Alice ran up to me and pulled me into a side hug
"So what do you think?" she asked expectantly with a smile. I looked around to see everything was beautiful, food set up everywhere, a banner saying 'Congratulations on the new job Nessie! (Glad you're not a hobo)' it said slightly beneath it and I knew then it was definitely Emmett, who was grinning widely at me, I rolled my eyes
"I think it's perfect Alice" I said she beamed a wider smile and we made our way to the drink table as the music played loudly, that's when Jessica came and it just made me happy
"Hey mom, this is my friend Jessica I met today" I said raising my voice because of the loud music
"It's an honor meeting you Mrs. Cullen, I've read all your books and they really inspired me" she said politely shaking her hand my mom smiled warmly
"Oh the pleasures all mine, thank you, well I'm off now going to look for my crazy husband and probably heading home because I'm not feeling too well, it was good meeting you Jessica" my mother said hugging her quickly which took her off guard, my mother also looked ill, even paler than usual, I didn't quite figure out why
"Thank you, you too" Jessica said and my mom rubbed her arm before, maybe a drink would help?
"Mom do you want a drink?" I asked and she smiled and shook her head "Come on it's a party mom, live a little" I said she laughed but said no "Fine I'll get myself" I said and walked to the drink table, and saw a cocktail stand, I didn't noticed I bumped into some until I felt a hard body behind me, and I spilled the cocktail juice on his shirt. I gasped
"God I'm so sorry, I didn't see you there, it was…" I said grabbing a napkin and whipping his shirt and he just chuckled
"Hey it's okay" he said in a familiar husky voice, I smiled and looked up to see the man I met at the Port Angeles mall
"Oh hey," he said with his heartbreaking smile, I gawked at it before I tore my attention away from him
"Um hey, Jacob right?" I asked even though I did remember his name, I didn't wanna make it too obvious, he nodded with a smile
"Yeah and you're Nessie right?" he played along, I rolled my eyes, and we chuckled
"Ha-ha, yeah, why do we keep meeting like this" I said with a light chuckle still trying to whip the mess I created on his shirt, he laughed, then my Uncle Emmett appeared
"Ah Jakey boy, I see you've met my niece Rennie" he said patting his back, I frowned slightly in confusion, they knew each other?
"Uh yeah," he began and I just laughed
"Wait, so you guys know each other?" I asked they nodded "If you don't mind me asking how?" I asked
"We use to work together" Emmett said, my eyes bulged, they worked together? Small world
"Woah, so…" I began but I was interrupted by someone speaking to the microphone, we turned to see my mother and father standing in the center of the living room
"Testing….Ok, good evening guys" My father said and everyone had his undivided attention "Well thank you all for coming today, to congratulate my daughter, and just for you guys being here, I am truly and forever grateful, anyway, Renesmee, this is just a small gesture of appreciation and we'd like to reminisce you being our little daughter who played mud pies, but now since you're a grown woman, now you have to live your own life, and pretty soon Eddie would be off to college soon, so I guess no more kids running around the house" he chuckled slightly, most of the guests laughed, I smiled and almost had tears welling in my eyes
"Well not for long" my mother said and that stirred up confusion in the room "I'm pregnant!" she exclaimed and everyone's eyes widened in shock, and for at least a few seconds everyone cheered and congratulated my parents while I myself, had my mouth dangling wide open
"Hey Ren, are you okay? Close your mouth, you'll attract flies" my uncle teased with concerned stricken on his face, but there was slight amusement hidden behind it
"Did she just say what I thought she did?" I asked in utter shock, and that's when my mother came over
"Wow mother" I said with a smile beamed across my face, she chuckled
"What do you think? Crazy huh" she asked, I shook my head and pulled her into a hug, that's when I had silent tears falling off my cheeks
"Now I know why you were so obsessed with loose clothes, God I should have known" I cursed at myself and she just laughed, we pulled away to look at each other
"Huge surprise?" she asked
"Humungous surprise, but I love it" I said honestly, she smiled and nodded "So how far along are you?" I asked
"Um 4 months…and a half" she said and my father appeared wrapping his arms around her waist
"This is your third and final child right?" I said glaring at him, he chuckled and nodded
"Oh definitely" he said in obviousness, I smiled and nodded, then Jacob came into view
"Congratulations guys" he said shaking my dad's hand, and hugging my mother, my Uncle Emmett patted his shoulder
"Fast swimmers bro, I'm proud of you" he joked and everyone's eyes widened, my dad punched him in the gut as they play fought, I just laughed at the scene
"Ok ok, boys, stop it before you break Esme's perfect antics" My mother said and they immediately stopped
"I'm going to be a big brother now, I can't believe this is happening" Jason cheered and picked my mother up, and spun her around, she giggled
"What you saying Eddie, you knew" my mom said and Eddie shrugged
"Yeah, yeah anyway you need to head home" he said, and I said goodbye to my parents and told them I'd be home before midnight, but they told me I could come any time, just not before after midnight, so I guess I had a curfew, I spent the remainder of the night getting to know Jacob
"So are you from here?" I asked him as we walked around the garden, it was a cold night and I was practically shivering, Jake took off his Jacket
"Here" he said wrapping it around my shoulder; I smiled at his gentleman characteristics
"Thanks" I said holding it tight, he smiled
"Um, yeah, I was actually born here, La Push, then left for college in Florida, I stayed for a couple of years and decided to come back here and assist my father" he said I nodded
"Why if I may ask" I asked him, he didn't speak for a couple of seconds and I realized I was too far "You don't have to tell me, it's ok, god that was none of my business" I said angry at myself he shook his head
"No it's ok, umm well, my dad contracted diabetes two years ago, so my mom was practically over the edge about it, I decided I'd come and take care of them, then as the time passed, my dad got sicker and had severe pains on both his legs, and the doctors said he'd be paralyzed for at least 10 years…" he said painfully and paused
"Let's not talk about it" I said feeling awful for even bringing it up, he nodded
"So Renesmee tell me about yourself?" he asked, I thought for a sec
"Well I'm from New York, I loved it so much, then my family got relocated here, I wasn't too happy about it for some time, but they said I could stay there with my grandmother, but I always use to visit them almost every summer" I said to him, he looked interested
"So what stop you from visiting them other years?" he asked I shrugged
"Well I always dreamt of fulfilling my dream in music and dance, so I went to College for four years, focused completely on it, and I decided I'd come here and live here permanently, I did love it here when I was a kid so here I am" I said, he smiled happily
"And here you are" he said with a gorgeous smile, I blushed slightly "So are you single?" he asked me, remembering all too well with James
"Yeah unfortunately, well I'm actually just focusing on work now so yeah, not really interested in the dating world yet, and how about you, I'm sure that lucky lady of yours is happy" I said wiggling my eyebrows, he's eyes furrowed in confusion "You know, the one you told me about at the store the other day" I said
"Oh nah that's just my pregnant and completely hormonal sister, she just asked me to get her weird food fetishes, so I offered and I'm glad I did" he said with his signature smile that was just going to kill me
"Why?" I asked him as we walked down the road"I wouldn't have met you" he said, and I blushed scarlet, he just snickered so I changed the subject
"So you didn't tell me, how you know my uncle?" I said to him, he laughed
"Well I was a professional football player for a couple of years during college so I guess that's how I know him, just so you know, I'm not an oldie" he joked, I laughed and nudged him
"So you were a football player huh," I said more of a statement, he nodded slowly "I can see it wasn't your dream career" I said,
"Is it that obvious" he laughed I smiled and nodded, he took a deep breath "Ok, um when I was a kid, I've always loved cars, and as I hit my teenage years, I'd always fix cars with my dad, and now I'm an adult, I've always wanted to open my own mechanic store" he said, I smiled in complete interest
"So have you fulfilled that dream yet" I asked him
"Uh…Um yes, I own a very small store down town" he said I smiled at him
"That's great, now I can go to you whenever my car breaks down" I said with a light chuckle, he nodded "I should stop by sometime" he said
"Yeah I'll definitely arrange that, so where do you work?" he asked, my heart picked up a thousand beats per second, I had to impress this guy, I mean he owns a store and he was a professional football player I'm just a teacher who earns a minimum income salary
"Um yeah; I work at Forks Academy of Dramatic and Music arts" I said slowly and couldn't believe I just lied
"Oh that's cool, I should get lessons from you, because frankly I'm a bad dancer, and don't even know one instrument" he joked, I laughed nervously
"Yeah, but I'm sure you're not that bad" I said, he scoffed
"Yeah right," he joked I smiled
"Well I guess it's my time head back home" I declared he nodded
"Let me walk you to your car," he said and we walked in non-awkward silence to my car until we came to a halt "anyway it was nice meeting you again Nessie" he said we exchanged numbers quickly "I'll give you a call sometime" he said, I smiled and nodded
"Definitely," I said and he leaned in to kiss my cheek, I took a deep breath and he pulled away to smile at me
"Bye" he said and walked away to his car, I smiled widely and opened my car, and then it hit me. What am I doing? I can't be liking a guy right now, but there's something different about Jake that just makes me like him, but I can't do this, I am not ready for a relationship, but maybe I should see where this goes, no!, he's probably like every other guy trying to get in your pants by being so damn charming, I had to stop this, I fought with myself , I drove back home with an overwhelming smile on my face, I got into the house to find it completely dark, as I got in and I tripped over something before containing myself and switching on the light switch, I walked into the house and into the kitchen where I put my keys on the counter and opening the refrigerator, after getting my water I closed the door and caught the sight of my brother standing right in front of me, it startled me completely and he just chuckled
"Jesus! Eddie don't creep up on me like that ok" I said laying my hand on my chest whilst he just carried on laughing "Aren't you supposed to be in bed" I said glaring at him and walking to the living"I was on the verge on dripping into complete unconsciousness, but you came in and your clumsy ass walk me up, woah mom really cursed you" he joked with a light laugh
"Huh now there's the brother I know and don't love" I teased he just narrowed his eyes at me, I sat on couch and he sat on the opposite side next to mine
"So what did you think of the party?" he asked me, I smiled and shrugged
"It was awesome, Alice really outdid herself yet again" I said he agreed
"Yeah it was awesome huh, but you seemed more interested in Jacob right there" he said raising his eyebrows, I blushed and scoffed
"He's just a good buddy" I said to him, and he nodded convinced but still raising his eyebrow, I left out the part 'He'll be a good buddy, for now'
"I still can't wrap my head around mom being pregnant, and I knew all along" Eddie said
"Yeah me too, it was a bombshell, now I know way she always wore loose fitting clothing, I never learn do I" I said he scoffed
"If you're looking for an argument, you certainly aren't getting one from me" he joked and I nudged his arm and laughed
"Do you think we're ready to become older siblings to this new bundle?" I asked him, he shrugged and looked at me confusedly "I mean, we're practically adults, how will we tell our children that their uncle or aunt is seven years older than them" I joked he smiled
"Well I'm ready to be an older brother, if we either get a brother I'll teach him how to be a man, and if it's a girl, I'll be the protective one, and to answer your other question, I have no idea" he said, I snickered slightly and nodded
"You know they're going to annoy you, I've learnt from experience" I teased, he pretended to look offended at what I said and I laughed at his expression and let out a much need yawn
"Anyway, I'm off to bed brother" I said getting up and walking up the stairs "And don't stay up late, but oh look it already is, go to bed" I said and he sighed before following me upstairs, he went directly to his room but briefly turned to smile at me before closing his door, I got into mine and stripped down to my sleepwear before getting into the covers, I got a text from my phone and saw the caller ID was from Jake
-Hey it's Jake, Had a great time tonight, or last night, anyway I'd really like to have that again, J
-Jake
I smiled widely after reading the message before answering him
-I also had a good time, and yeah I feel the same way, it was great seeing you again Jake xoxoxo J
-Nessie
I hit the send button and couldn't help the smile spread across my face, I really liked Jacob but was I ready to head into the dating scene again? Certainly not, but Jake was really good company to keep and it wouldn't hurt to just be friend, before I fell into deep sleep, I briefly thought about my plans for this weekend and of course, Jacob Black, until I fell into an unconscious state with a smile on my face