This chapter is for my number one fan (lol) MiissColly.

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Last time on Decisions…

Sighing, I turned to go to my room when my dad stopped me. "A boy stopped by for you today." He said.

I stopped in my tracks. Who would stop by for me? I didn't really have any guy friends. And no one, boy or girl, ever came over, except for Jacob, of course.

"Who was it?" I asked, turning to face my father.

He dragged a hand through his hair before answering. "He said his name is Alex"

Renesmee's POV

"Alex?" I questioned.

My dad ran another hand through his hair, "He said he's in your math class."

I knew who it was right away; I was just surprised that he had come to see me. We barely even talked. He sat in front of me in my Trig class.

"Well," I started as I sat on the couch. "What did he say?"

He walked over to the floor to ceiling windows in our living room and pinched the bridge of his nose.

"He just asked for you, but I read his thoughts and he was planning on asking you out for dinner."

My eyes widened. Going out with someone else had never even crossed my mind before. Jacob was everything I wanted in a guy. Jacob was my first and only boyfriend. I was so wrapped up in my thoughts that I didn't hear my father right away.

"Renesmee?"

"Hmm?"

"He said he would call you later on tonight." He looked at me, gauging my reaction.

My unnaturally quick heartbeat sped up, if that was even possible. Where did that come from?

After taking a deep breath, I said, "Okay, daddy. Thanks." I turned and ran up to my room to think.

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I was at my desk, finishing up some homework, when I heard the phone ring. The pencil I was holding dropped to the floor. No one ever called our house, so I knew it had to be Alex. I grabbed the pencil off the floor then dropped it when I heard a knock at my door.

"Come in."

A head full of bronze hair peeked around the door. "Darling, there's a call for you," my father said. "It's Alex." He waved the phone at me.

Getting up shakily, I took it from him. He smirked at me and stood in my doorway.

"Um, dad?" I raised my eyebrows at him.

"Oh, right. Sorry." He turned and left.

Taking a deep breath, I hit the button to un-mute the call. "Hello?"

I heard an intake of breath. "Uh, hey Renesmee. It's Alex….from Trig."

I giggled a bit at his nervousness. I felt a little more relaxed and sat on the edge of my bed. "I know who you are, Alex. So what's up?"

"Well, I was wondering-if your not doing anything this Saturday-if you, uh, wanted to go...hang out?"

I put a hand to my forehead. Would it be wrong for me to go hang out with him? Just as friends, of course. I mean, I love Jacob.

"Alex, it's really sweet of you to ask me…"

He chuckled, "But?"

"But I have a boyfriend and I don't think it would be….appropriate." I bit my lip nervously. I didn't know how he would react.

"Oh yeah," he said quickly, "I know that. I meant just as friends. You know, we could go eat somewhere, maybe catch a movie or something. I don't know."

What do I do? What do I do? What do I do?

"Well…" I said.

"C'mon, it'll be fun." I could hear the smile in his voice.

"Just as friends, right?" I clarified.

"Of course."

Nessie, this is wrong, you have a great boyfriend already. I thought to myself.

Yeah, but he just wants to hang out. Just as friends.

Jacob will be angry.

But Jacob would want you to have friends, regardless of their gender….right?

"Alex?"

"Yes?"

I took a deep breath before saying, "Okay, we can hang out. But just as friends, okay?"

"Sure!" he replied enthusiastically. "Okay, Renesmee, I'll see you tomorrow."

I frowned, "Tomorrow?"

"Yeah. You are going to school tomorrow, right?" he asked

"Oh, right. Duh. Yeah, I'm sorry, I'm such an idiot." I said, laughing as I turned bright red. I may be half-vampire, but I can still blush.

"Alright, Alex, I'm going to let you go now. I have some homework to finish."

"Okay, goodnight. Oh and Renesmee?"

I froze. "Yes?"

"You're not an idiot."

Against my will, a smile broke out on my face. "Goodnight, Alex."

I heard the line click, and then silence.

I pushed end and threw myself on the bed. Jacob wasn't going to be in town on Saturday. So I wouldn't have to worry about running into him anywhere. But it still felt wrong.

A knock sounded at my door and my mom walked in.

"So," she began. "What did he want?"

I sat up and looked at her. "He wanted to know if we could hang out on Saturday." I looked down at my fingernails.

"Well?" she asked.

I knew that Jacob is a good friend of my mom's and I didn't know what she would say to me. I suddenly felt ashamed. I was thinking about lying, but I already felt the heat creeping to my cheeks, giving me away.

"Ahh," she said. "I see."

My face scrunched up and I felt like I was about to start crying.

Her face softened and she sat on the bed next to me. "Honey, it's okay. Do you have…feelings for him?"

My eyes shot to hers. "No, mom. I barely know him! But I agreed to go out with him on Saturday, just as friends."

She shook her head at me, "There's nothing wrong with that. So what? You have some guy friends, I'm sure Jacob would understand."

I bit my lip and was silent.

"You are going to tell him, right?"

"I don't know mom, he's just going to get angry and think that I want to break up with him or something."

She sighed and put an arm around me pulling me close. "I'm not going to tell you what to do. But listen to this: secrets are no good in a relationship."

"Okay, mom, thanks." I leaned into her embrace, and closed my eyes.

We stood like that for a minute or two, and then she got up, kissed the top of my head, and left without a word.

As soon as she left, the nervousness, guilt and shame came flooding back. What had I gotten myself in to?

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