Chapter 7

(4 months later)

Renesmee's POV

"Renesmee! You're going to be late for school if you don't wake up!" Alice yelled at me.

"Sure, sure." And with that I got up and started to get ready. She smiled and glided out the door.

Hmm. Where's my outfit? It's not on my bed as usual- Maybe she misplaced it -so I look around my room. Nope, no where.

"Alice! Where's my outfit?"

"Just put something together. You'll look fine!" She trusted me? I don't even trust myself with fashion. What is she thinking?

I groaned and went to my closet. Okay, so nothing formal – comfy and casual – nothing to make me stick out. I look for a pair of jeans and a plain colored t-shirt. I knew Alice would despise this, but I didn't care so I exited my room.

"Oh, no! Why did you inherit your mom's fashion sense…or lack of? You're not wearing that!" Alice remarked as soon as she saw me and took me back into my room. She picked out this amazing striped tunic and paired it with a pair of really cute denim skinny jeans. I loved what she picked out because it showed off my newly formed curves. Curves! I was so grateful that the puberty junk was worth the hassle. Once I finished getting dressed, Rose and Alice did my makeup and hair. As they were finishing, I heard mom walking to the door, probably to pull me out and save me from them. Too late. When he came in saw me, his jaw dropped

"Is that you Nessie?"

"Who else would it be?" I sarcastically remarked.

"You look beautiful!"

"Thanks!" I said and then kissed her on the cheek.

After, I went downstairs with everyone and ate breakfast.

"So, you excited for your first day of school?" dad asked.

"I can't wait." I said sarcastically.

"That's the spirit!" He too said sarcastically. "Anyways...we need to go over some things before you leave."

"I know, I know. Cullens are always polite and always call you by your first name."

"And?"

"And …Rosalie and Jasper are siblings with last name of Hale. Emmett, you, Alice, me, and mom are all siblings but we still are the Cullens. We were all adopted by Grandpa and Grandma when our parents died tragically and had no other family members to take us in."

"Very good!" dad remarked.

After dad thoroughly made sure I was ready to go to school, I packed my backpack full of stuff and went to wait out on the porch for Jake to pick me up.

Our relationship hasn't went anywhere in the past few months. It was like time totally took out that piece of my life. We occasionally had a friendly kiss or two but nothing more. It died down from the time he told me about imprinting. I could no longer feel butterflies in my stomach nor blushed every time I looked at him, just some of the time. He no longer slept on my bed with me. Instead he returned to his home in La Push every night. Of course, we still saw each other every day. I don't think either of us could handle if we didn't. Mom and dad made sure that the relationship didn't go anywhere, as well as Jake. He and I had to promise to them that we would and could wait until I was 18. I knew he would keep that promise and didn't push anymore. Giving him time to think, if that's what he really needed. A month ago, when I turned physically mature – and stuck – at age 18. I expected him to take me, but that didn't happen. After that I just flatly gave up on any romantic future with him and went back to being best friends.

Out of my reminiscing, I heard a honk. Of course it was Jacob. It was a new honk though. He recently had enough time to fix up an "old and used" 2004 BMW 530i – one my dad deemed worthy (300 miles on it and a leaky carburetor, *gasp*) and gave it to Jake as a waiting present. I scoffed.

He got up and opened the passenger side for me. Awww, he's always been such a gentleman. He took my bags and put them in the backseat.

"So you ready for your first day of high school?"

"As ready as I'll ever be." He laughed, then closed the doors and got in.

We had to go to a different school than Forks though. Mom and dad told me not enough time has passed yet. So we decided to choose the second closest school called Port Angeles High School. There no one would know who we were or what we were for that matter. We could have a fresh start and yet still remain living were we are now -same with Jacob.

In no time at all were we at the school. He's been by dad so long now, that he even drives like him! It would normally take an hour to go there, but with his driving, it was more like 30 minutes. Alice told me to keep my phone on just in case she sees any cops by us as we drive, since he was going about 160. All of my family, including me, calls him a slow driver though. We like the need for speed.

By the time we got to school – ugh, it sounds so weird – my family had already beaten us there. They were all using their "conspicuous" cars. So that means dad took the Volvo with mom and Aunt Rosalie drove her bright red convertible. I looked around – almost all the cars there were junky, passed down cars. Of course there were other cars, but I'm sure they were meant to be looked at, unlike ours.

The first thing I noticed were people staring at us. It's a big school – at least 1500 kids in it, I would say. At least with this many, we won't be the target of everyone's stares. Boy was I wrong. I know we're supposedly unbelievable good looking, but this was insane! I can't believe how many people are looking!

"After a few years, you get used to it and don't notice them anymore."Dad said, of course answering what I was thinking.

"Great…" I sarcastically remarked.

"Ok guys, let's go to the office and pick up schedules." Mom said.

So we go and find the office. First hour: Mrs. Fruders for history with … Jasper. Great! He can help me a lot! Also, maybe some heated debates! Second hour: Mr. Rondula for Geometry with … no one.Third hour: Mrs. McBarr for Art Appreciation with … Alice and Rosalie. Lots of talking about very girly stuff, great… Then lunch with … everyone, but Jacob. No! The one thing that I hoped for! Fourth hour: Mr. Gladys for AP English with … mom. Fifth hour: Ms. Zlestzky for Biology with … dad. Hah, I remember the stories he told from his old biology class in Forks. And finally sixth hour: Mr. Payne physical education with … none other than Emmett. This'll be fun especially with Mr. Payne as a teacher…ugh!

And so the day started.

Yup, this is what I thought it'd be like – kids dozing off and boring lectures. History wasn't all bad though. It was quite enjoyable to be in when the teacher remarked on the significance of the cold wars on America and what happened in it. Jasper knew everything there was on wars and so started to stare out the window. Mrs. Fruders saw that and took it as an offense.

"Are you bored…?" She searched for his name. "Jasper?"

I could tell he certainly was. Instead of answering her question with a simple answer, he answered with another question. "Why do you keep repeating the small details that don't matter at all?"

She looked at him with shock and disbelief

"Well, Jasper, since you obviously know enough about it to know what matters, why don't you teach the class about the cold wars?"

At first I thought he'd just say sorry and that would be that, but he actually stood up in front of the class and started talking about them. He had all the students looking at him in interest as he fully described what it was like. The teacher seemed to be really angry at him. Or perhaps it was jealousy because they actually listened to him. Pretty soon she interrupted him and told him to sit down. When he took his seat, he smiled at me like this was the most fun thing he's done in years. In all truth, it probably was. Soon enough, she began teaching and almost putting everyone back to sleep. If just first hour is this interesting, I wonder what the day will be like.

Geometry. I really liked math and made dad teach me all he knew. I could definitely slack off in this class if I wanted to. If I really wanted a challenging math class, it would be more like Calculus III or IV. I don't know why they had me take Geometry. O well.

The teacher seemed nice enough and knew what he was talking about. I remembered how to do what he was explaining to all the kids though and finished m homework for the next two days before he even finished his lecture. I saw the kid next to me look at me with disbelief. After the teacher was done, he started talking to me. So far, no one has. I was fine with that, really.

"So you already take this class or something?"

"Not really, I just understand this stuff."

"Cool. By the way, I'm Josh."

"I'm Ness, nice to meet you."

He looked back to his book. I heard him mutter "Double 'S'" or something. I wasn't real sure – I'll ask everyone at lunch.

Time for art appreciation and Aunt Alice and Aunt Rose gabbing all through class. Fun.

And that's exactly what happened. The only thing is, is that I was in the middle of them. Of course, I talked with them, but still…that doesn't count. They talked all through the slides that Mrs. McBarr had lectured about, making it really difficult to understand the slides. I was even interested in what she had to say! Some of the slides, I've never seen before. Mental note for next class: don't sit in the middle of them, or better yet, don't sit by them at all. That way I might learn something tomorrow.

Lunch. Finally. I'm staving! I get in the huge line. Kids are cutting and no teacher is stopping it at all! How am I supposed to eat in thirty minutes when it takes twenty just to get my food! UGH!

When I do finally get my food, it looks like something that restaurants would throw out for animals. Gross. I continue to take it to the table I see everyone at. Of course, we have our own table.

"Great fitting in guys, and how are we supposed to eat this disgusting stuff?"

"We don't. You need to eat. You can't go all day with nothing to eat." dad said.

"Fine…" I said and forced down the disgusting Monday's surprise down my throat, not trying to think what's in it. I had to plug my nose and close my eyes. I heard everyone laughing at me.

"Welcome to school food Ness. Isn't it the best?"

"Oh! Hi Josh! And ya…it tastes so wonderful." I said. Surprised by Josh having the same lunch and also disgusted at the food the kids had to eat.

"Next time get the pizza. It's edible enough you don't need to close your eyes or plug your nose." I chuckle.

"So uh…can I sit with you and…"

"My family – Jasper, Alice, Edward, Bella, Rosalie, and Emmett."

"Wow big family."

"Ya. We're adopted."

"Oh. So can I sit with you?"

I look around and mom nods. "Sure!" I said, maybe too excited.

We eat. We talk. Josh is actually interesting to be around. I didn't expect to form a friend on the very first day, but whatever, I'm happy. Of course while we were talking, everyone was staring at us and dad was frowning and sighing all the time.

Then the bell rings to signal the end of lunch.

"So what classes do you have next?"

"Umm…Mr. Gladys for AP English, Ms. Zlestzky for Biology, and Mr. Payne for physical education."

"Cool! We have Biology together!" Oh great, dad can spy on all our conversations. Just great. "See ya then!" Josh said then left for his class.

"Bye!" Even though I was sad that dad was in the same class as us, I was eagerly awaiting Biology. Maybe I could get a seat away from him and close to Josh.

English. Maybe because it's AP I'll be challenged. Then I laugh because mom taught me everything there was to know and I even helped her when I was younger with her homework at Dartmouth. Nevermind…

The first words out of my mom's mouth were not 'hello, how was your day' but…

"So? Do you like him?" It disgusted me. She looked like a kid standing in a candy store with no money, begging.

"M…Bella! I just met him!" I exclaimed. Wow…this is what I get for going to school and having class with them! Jeesh!

"Well, you did introduce him to us… So did he ask you out after lunch?"

"No Bella. We're just friends."

"For now…" She giggled like a little girl. But before I could reply, Mr. Gladys interrupted us to start class.

To summarize the drawn out speech that took the entire hour, he told us that we were going over "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Shakespeare's play – Merchant of Venice, and "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin. The Merchant of Venice I have memorized and could probably teach, but besides that…hmm ok this isn't too bad…at least I haven't read "The awakening" more than once.

Glad to get out of that class, I walked…er ran at a human pace, to Biology. All I wanted to do was sit by Josh before dad got there.

I looked around and saw dad and Josh talking. Uh oh...

"Edward! What'd you say to him?" I asked jokingly to lighten the mood. I'm so mad at you! Why'd you do that! Now he probably thinks I'm some girl with an overprotective family…Thanks, just thanks! I knew he was listening to what I thought.

"Oh, we were just talking about guy stuff." Surrrre dad…

Josh smiled at me and then I forgot about everything.

"So where do you want to sit Josh?"

"Well, we kinda have assigned seats by last name…"

I sighed knowing dad would sit by me no matter what, "Well what's your last name?"

"D'Alessio. Is it somewhat close to yours?" I heard lots of hope and snickered a little.

"Ya! Mine's Cullen. Maybe we'll be lucky and be able to sit by each other!"

"Cool!"

As it turns out, we did sit next to each other. At the same table even! Dad still was close by, but at the table left of us. We started talking right where we left off in the cafeteria. I never noticed how blue his eyes were. They reminded me of the blue sky during the day. His hair was a dirty blonde and the way it was formed – trying to form a spike on his head – was cute. He had broad shoulders and you could definitely tell he worked out. Other than admiring how he looked, I learned that he was the captain of the wrestling team, is a pretty good student, and loves skateboarding.

When the teacher started the lesson, she explained that we would be studying respiration, photosynthesis, and then start into genetics. Could be worse…like blood typing. I saw dad smile and nod once to agree. I laughed silently, but my shoulders still allowed Josh to wonder what I had thought. I just told him I'm glad that we're not learning blood typing because I have a fear of blood. Hah!

Class had gone better than I imagined. I didn't think I'd get chastised by dad, but just in case, I found myself running out of the class really fast – forgetting to say goodbye to Josh.

Gym, P.E, whatever you call it, was next. I ran into the locker rooms expecting to change my clothes, but the female instructor told me we didn't have to. Darn, I really wanted to kick some human butt today! I ran back to the gym, saw Emmett, and then stood next to him secretly hoping he wouldn't say anything about Josh. What am I thinking…he's the worst one!

"So you got a boyfriend Nessie?"

"Nope, just a friend. That's it."

"Hah. Ya… for now." He remarked. I got so angry with him I started turning red. I wanted to beat him up, or at least try to…

"Whoa there Nessie. Take it easy. You can kill me back home if you want. Well, actually you'll want to kill us all, I'm sure. Especially since I heard from Rose that Alice had a vision about you and Josh.

"What!? UGH!"

"You don't even want to know?" He seemed surprised.

"I'll know soon enough…" I dreaded what she could've seen.

Coach Payne told us that we'd be playing co-ed tennis for a while. Then he called out the teams.

"Freddy, Justin, Patricia, Edna against Daryl, Gabe, Liz, Morgan. Go to the first court." Hey, maybe I'll be able to beat him if I don't get on his team! "Brad, Emmett, Hannah, Maria against Greg, Cameron, Kayla, Renesmee. Second court." Ha-hah! Then he listed off the other two teams.

My team looked quite different. Greg had platinum blond hair and dark blue eyes and dressed like a prep. Cameron had brown hair and glasses and didn't dress in any certain manner – probably a nerd or geek. Kayla looked different than anyone I've seen before. I was intrigued by her. She had straight, long, black hair and dark eyes, almost black too. She had lots of piercings all over her face and a tattoo on her forearm with a dragon and circling a name. The all black she wore made her incredibly pale skin pop out. Not as pale as mine, but paler than a normal human. What did I hear today? Umm I think Goth is it, but I'm not sure. One thing they all had in common was a frown, making it obvious that they didn't want to be here. And then there was me. I heard almost everyone whisper to each other that I look like a supermodel, so I'll say that describes me. Plus, I had a smile on my face because I knew we had a chance to beat Emmett! I had to do something – a pep talk, see if that works. I need to win!

So I gave them the super quick minute long pep talk. It seemed to put a smile to the guys' faces at least. So now we, well most of us, were ready to smash some skulls. Not literally of course. Well, onto the courts we go.

So by the 10th point that Emmett's team scored, we were losing miserably. Emmett just kept grinning at me like 'You really thought you were going to win. To me? Hah.' and of course I knew he was right, but still, my team had a chance, and still does. We just can't let them get to twenty-one.

I was surprised how much Cameron was really into it. This time, he gave the needed pep talk. Apparently he wants to win just as much. Maybe to impress Hannah, since he couldn't stop looking at her the entire game. I silently laugh.

Whatever made him do it, I didn't care. The next game we whooped butt thanks to him. Everyone seemed to play like their life depended on it. I was so happy that we won!! Not by much (21-18), but we still won over Emmett! That made my day, if nothing else.

When the bell rang to dismiss us, I ran towards the cars and soon found Jacob. He looked to be waiting for me. I had to laugh at the fact that there were many girls around him, yet he didn't give them the time of day. Then Josh broke my sight of him.

"Hey Josh!"

"Hey Ness." He looked to where I was staring. "Is that your boyfriend?"

"Oh, no. We're just really good friends."

"Ok, well I just wanted to say bye."

"Um, well, good bye then."

"See you tomorrow then Ness!" He ran towards his bus. I waved. Then continued walking towards Jacob. He looked to be confused.

"First day and already you have a boyfriend?"

"No! Why does everyone keep thinking that! Jeesh!" He laughed. Quickly, I got in the car and closed the door as hard as I could, but careful not to brake it.

It felt like forever, but really was only fifteen minutes before we were out of the school parking lot.