"I am not going in there!"

"Aww, Nessie," Jacob whispered in my ear. "Alice worked hard on this and she wants it to be special. If you won't do it for yourself, at least do it for her." With a tiny smile he added, "besides, I'll steal you away before the day is over."

His words made me smile brightly. "Is that a promise?"

He turned me to look at him and he smiled. "You know it. Now, get your blood-sucking butt in there before you get eaten."

I turned unwillingly towards the glass mansion that was our home and walked inside. The house had completely transformed overnight into something straight out of a horror movie. The front entrance was decorated with flowers that led to the other rooms of the house. The staircase was completely intertwined with flowers and vines and hanging from the ceiling just before the stairs was a giant lilac sign with gold and black lettering. It read "Happy Birthday Nessie! May all your wishes come true!"

Kill me now, I thought to myself, just seconds away from bolting.

"I don't think Alice will appreciate that, darling."

I looked over to see my dad leaning against the entrance to the living room, a place that was sure to hold more horror to my eyes. He was laughing at my thoughts of sudden suicide, which I knew made me seem like a complete loon. Hey, I thought. At least I'm not the only member of this family that thinks this is the true form of hell.

I heard my father chuckle and mumble, "Just like your mother."

Damn straight.

"Ugh!" I looked over to Jacob, where he stood with a frustrated look on his face. "You two know that I hate it when you do that. It would be nice to be let into the secrets here!"

I laughed lightly and walked over to him and placed my hand lightly on his cheek. I'm just thinking this place is like hell, I thought, letting him roam through my thoughts of the highly decorated house.

"Oh." He smiled and grabbed my hand. "Now you know what it's like for us wolves."

"Hush, Jake," I said, slapping him on the forearm. "If you hated it that much, you wouldn't be here so damn much."

He looked me in the eyes, his expression becoming a mix of seriousness and curiosity. "I do love it here. Especially when you're here with me."

I stared at him open-mouthed. Did he really just say that? I felt the warmth spreading through my preternaturaly cold skin. We stood there in the hall for several minutes just looking at each other, the party and the other people absolutely forgotten. There was just Jacob.

"Ah-hem." I felt my face flush as I realized that my father was still standing there, no doubt hearing all of my jumbled thoughts along with Jacob's. Sometimes having a psychic father was awesome, but at times like this, I wished my family were normal. Normal teenage girls wouldn't have to go through this humiliation.

Daddy please don't say anything! I begged. I saw him nod and walk back into the living room. I followed him, not turning to see if Jacob was following, my eyes becoming intensely interested on the floor.

"Renesme, honey," I heard my mother say as I entered the living room. The room was actually not as bad as I had envisioned, the only decorations being the flower arrangements on the coffee table and the hanging violet spirals from the ceiling. I walked directly to my mother, my embarassment not completely gone, and wished that I was not totally transparent.

No luck. As soon as I wrapped my arms around her, my mother said, "Renesme, sweetie, what's wrong?" She looked over at my father, who only gave her a simple shake. My fingers brushed over her face and I thought, let it go mom. Not now! She looked at me with confusion, but simply nodded.

Where's Alice, I thought, changing the subject quickly and hoping to distract everyone. My father rolled his eyes, but my mother took the bait.

"She's with Jasper, hunting."

"Nessie!"

I looked over to see Alice herself in the entrance, with a much satisfied Jasper at her heels. Speak of the devil and it will arrive in the form of a happy pixie.

Dad laughed so hard that it made a few of us jump. Good one, right dad? He only laughed louder and came over to hug me.

"You are truly a brilliant girl, Nessie," he said, letting me walk over to Alice and greet her.

"Nessie!" Alice squeeled as soon as I was in arms length. "Your guests are arriving! Now!" She rushed me to the door, where she double and triple checked me. "Greet them and let the fun begin!" She leaned into me and added in an almost inaudible voice, "oh, and just... just go with it later tonight. Your dad will get over it quickly, I mean he did give you the cottage for a reason." She winked and walked back to the living room where I could see the rest of my family gathered, Rose, Emmett, Carlisle and Esme having joined my mom and dad.

I only stared after Alice. What the hell did that mean? Just go with it? What exactly was I supposed to go with? And what the hell did she mean 'your father will get over it." Get over what? I truly hated Alice's love of mystery when it came to my future.

I turned back to the door, already hearing and smelling the approaching guests. I was nervous and mad at the fact that I had to greet everybody and I felt myself fidgeting with my dress.

I felt a hand grab mine and I looked up to see Jacob smiling down at me.

"Ready?" he asked.

"No."

"Don't worry, babe," he said, giving my hand a gentle squeeze. "I'll be here with you the entire time. I promise."

I felt myself relax at his words and turned just in time to greet the first set of guests. True to his word, Jacob stayed lached to my hand the entire night. We welcomed all of the vampires, including Zafrina and her sisters, and Siobhan, Benjamin, and the Denali coven, Garrett still faithfully attached to Kate's electric arm. Only a couple of the wolves showed up (shirtless), the others probably still guarding La Push from the 'non-vegetarian' vampires.

"Nessie, darling" Zafrina said later in the night, taking me from a rather dull conversation with Tanya. "We must begin training your wonderful mind and powers."

I smiled at her. Out of all the foreign vampires that had come to my family's aid six years ago, Zafrina was the only one that had remained in constant contact, becoming my Amazon aunt. She came to visit me and mine every few months, her sisters Kachiri and Senna tagging along often. Zafrina had taken a liking to me when she met me, and wanted to help expand my powers as she helped my mother, believing that I was capable of so much more.

"That would be wonderful, Zafrina!" I exclaimed. Zafrina was one of the few souls besides Jacob that I ever talked to out loud, instead of using my powers.

"Then, darling, let us begin."

And that's how we all found ourselves in the yard with everyone witnessing my feeble attempts at sharing my thoughts without physical contact. I knew that sometime in the future I would be able to succeed, and I knew that Zafrina had all the faith in me to do it, but tonight was not my night. My thoughts were barely on the party and the guests. They were on Alice's mysterious warning and Jacob's constant presence.

After about half an hour of my training, Benjamin took center stage, entertaining us with his displays of moving earth and the elements. It was truly amazing what he did, and I found myself immersed in the moving rocks and the dancing flames. It was like I was a little kid.

"Come on, Nessie," Jacob whispered in my ear, his breath sending shivers through my body. He grabbed my hand and pulled me away from the show, quickly leading me into the forest.

Where are we going? I thought, sure that Alice would probably kill him.

"I did promise to steal you didn't I?" His smile was mischievous, and I knew that this was going to be an interesting night.

But no one knows where we are!

"What's the point of stealing you if I ask for permission?" he mocked, with a rough laugh. "Besides, I don't want people knowing where we are. Tonight you're all mine."

I felt my breath catch when he said this. Tonight I'm his! I thought about a million of possabilities that went along with his words and became a nervous wreck.

Calm yourself Renesmee!

I found myself backtracking, sure that my body and brain were still filled with those darn hormones that my human side came with. I mean, this was Jacob. The same Jacob that had seen me grow up and that had been like my best uncle and friend. My body was overreacting to a male. I was sure it had nothing to do with Jacob.

Then why didn't you react like this with Benjamin or Garrett?

I silently cursed my conscience, hating the fact that it made sense. I had not felt so warm and completed with either of those men around me, or with any of the wolves. This was a feeling that occured only with Jacob. But it couldn't be. It just couldn't. This is Jacob!

We reached my small cottage and I felt Jacob place his hands over my eyes. My heart skipped a beat. He guided me to the into the cottage and I heard him lock the door behind us.

"You ready for your birthday gift, honey?" he asked me.

I nodded my head, for once excited about any sort of present. His hands dropped.

"Happy birthday Renesmee."

And looking into the wonderful scene in front of me, I truly felt it was the best birthday of my short, weird life.

A/N: Thank you soo much for all the wonderful comments... this chapter would not have been possible without them! Sorry for the delay... I was working and stuff! And to all the readers that like this story, check out my other series called "A little turn of events" and let me know what you think! ...... Now can anyone guess what's gonna happen next? ;) Find out in the next chapter of "The Transition"!