Back To School CH9 Edward's POV;
A/N: Okay, so I just realized something as I sat down to write this. Though Haines IS a GREAT setting for this story, the population is actually TOO small. The school system says there are only about a hundred kids in the Highschool, there's no way that will be enough to set up this story.. so.. for my sanity's sake I'm going to say it's a little bigger than it is. Hope no one minds. Thank you for reviewing, puglover. ;] First one on the Bella chapter, AND you added a little motivation, asking to update faster, It actually does help.
I climbed into the passenger seat with an exaggerated slowness, a last sign of my rebellion against Bella driving. It was all for show of course. I knew that since her turn she had developed quite the set of driving skills, but with Renesmee in the car, she still didn't drive as fast as I would've.
Clicking my seat belt into place, more a formality and a precaution against gaining any unwanted attention. It was the beginning of a cycle that I knew very well. We would move in. Buy a house that the town had most likely forgotten about, Carlisle would move into the local hospital, impress and charm his way into a well deserved respected status, and we would move into the highschool. Starting off as early as possible and worming our way into existance on the outskirts of the humans knowledge and civilization.
Though my mind was occupied well enough with my own thoughts I still couldn't help but pick up on Renesmee's. Seems she was riding with us as a way of appologising for allowing Jacob to monopolize her attentions on the plane. As well as for allowing him to steal her Daddy's seat. The thoughts made me smile and though no sound left my lips I chuckled.
Out of my perepheral vision I saw Bella look at me, confused. I smiled, trying to convey that I would explain everything to her later. She seemed to get the message and accepted it without giving it away that something was going on underneath Renesmee's impressive array of awareness.
"Mom, Dad?" Renesmee leant forward again, somewhat dangerously, a move that was not missed by Bella's worried eyes. Nontheless she was awaiting an answer. Bella seemed to leave it up to me and I smiled.
Turning slightly in the spacious seats of the familiar model of car I looked at my daughter, her lower lip was caught between her teeth and my heart melted. She had inherited the action from her mother, both of my girls did that when they were nervous. "Renesmee?"
"What's highschool like?" Ever curious, Renesmee had been asking all of us the same question for years. But of course all of us had supplied different and incomplete answers that had left her still wanting.
I turned to look at my wife as she laughed and followed behind the jeep that held the rest of my family. Well, all but Alice and Jasper. My sister had insisted that they go ahead on foot, Alice wanted everything to be perfect when we arrived. She had been all the more excited this time because she now had five new people to impress.
Interrupting my amused thoughts Bella took a nearly inaudible breath as she began. It seemed this time she was putting true effort behind her words. "Highschool is.. complicated." Well, maybe not that much effort.
Just as I was about to pick up the abrupt end of her explanation Bella continued to speak, her words heavy, as if holding special importance. She looked at me then, and her gold eyes spoke volumes. "But it doesn't have to be bad..."
Renesmee seemed to understand that this was all she was going to get and sat back in her seat to mentally pick away at the answers she had been supplied with. She was forever digging and analyzing. A terrifying mixture of both her mother's observation and deduction skills and my own unique insights.
Turning to leave both of my girls with their own internal going-on's I looked out the passenger window and wasn't shocked to see a town passing us by not much different than Forks. Though it did seem to hold an different meaning than Forks had held for me.
A new feeling filled me then, and at first I didn't understand what it was the feeling was, but as I undoubtedly felt the presence of my mate beside me, and my daughter in the background, humming the start of Clair de Lune I realized what it was. This was my first time starting in a new town; with a family.
A/N; For those of you that are confused by the last line I'm referring to the fact that until now he was the only of his siblings and Cullen Clan that didn't move constantly with a mate. ;] Hope you understand the complexity of that. :] Lots of love to anyone that enjoys this story. Please read my friend Kristens story too! She needs some motivation to get over her dry spell! jasper-witlock-hale09