CHAPTER 8:
"Ok. Now continue on the chorus." My dad instructed.
"Sure..." I mumbled, deep in thought.
My dad and I were huddled over the piano and my songbook, trying to write a song from my imagination. I had my hand on his face; replaying the song in my head for him so he could play it on the piano then write it down.
"Oooh. That's very beautiful, Nessie!"
"Thanks." I said when I was finished reaching into my memory.
Then my mom hussled into the room. "Ness, hun, Jacob called and said he'd be here in 5 minutes...?"
"Oh, right. Jacob, Quil, Claire and I are all going for a movie and dinner..." I said.
She raised her eyebrows at me. Oh no, she's going to pry now. "Would this be considered...a date?" She grinned.
I sighed. Well, I'd better let it out know. If I didn't, they would just embarass me more later. Might as well get it over with.
"...Yeah, mom. I guess it is." I muttered.
Her face lit up, and my dad shifted beside me. Oh, please don't make this super awkward.
"That's great, Ness! Just... be safe, okay?" Too late.
"Oh, mom..." I groaned. I got up, wanting to escape this. "Please don't. I'm going to get ready. Thanks dad, that was interesting."
My mom rolled her eyes and walked off. My dad said, "Yes. I'll keep working on your song, Ness. Have... fun, tonight."
I cleared my throat. "Er- yeah. Thanks dad. See you later." I shuddered. I walked out to my bedroom.
Well. I guess it wasn't as bad as I imagined. I was able to stop it before it got any worse. Although i'm sure there will be more prodding when I get back - and not in a rush.
I heard the doorbell ring. I hurriedly grabbed my purse and ran out of my room to answer the door. It was Jacob, of course. I walked out swiftly and shut the door before my mom or dad could come make things more humiliating.
Jacob eyed me weirdly, but then shugged and put this arm around my shoulder. We walked towards the car.
"Hey Nessie!" He beamed.
"Hi Jake. Where are we going first?" I asked.
"Well, we are going to meet Quil and Claire at the Solar Cafe downtown -grab a bite, and then catch the movie at the cinema. Sound good?"
"Yup." He opened the passenger seat for me, and I stepped in. "Thanks," I mumbled.
He jogged around the front of the vehicle and hopped in the drivers seat. He sat there and stared at me for a moment. At first I felt self-consious - was there something on my face? But then he leaned over and kissed me on the cheek. He smiled his huge crooked smile, and then sat back and started the engine. And we drove off.
The car ride was long - and quiet for the most part. I started to feel a bit sleepy in the silence , it was so relaxing. My dad had woken me up quite early this morning to work on our song, so I was pretty tired from that, too. We had made great progress, but the abrupt wakening had done something to me.
The car ride was about half an hour long, and by the time we got to the restraunt I had my head back and my eyes closed - feeling very close to a nap.
"We're here." Jake breathed after he parked the car. I jolted up, not realizing we had arrived already. "Are you tired?"
"Oh, no I'm fine. Let's go." I opened the vehicle door and hurried out much too quickly, stumbling over my feet and almost falling over from the head rush. But Jacob had ran around the car and caught me before I could fall. I was now in his arms, looking up at his gorgeous, tanned face.
I just stared. Maybe it was because of the drowziness, or some other reason I didn't care about thinking of, but I couldn't look away from Jacob. I can usually control myself - I didn't want to make a fool out of myself from drooling or the like - but right now I just didn't seem to care. He looked amazing, and he stared right back at me with the same loving passion.
He brought me up and held me against the side of the car, roughly kissing me. I felt even more lightheaded, but it didn't matter to me. All my brain could register is his body against mine, my lips on his own. My hands had moved up to his face and I felt his arms around my waist. Even then I felt like it came naturally - I didn't have to think.
Then Jacob suddenly pushed away swiftly, his expression looking concerned. "Are you okay?" He gasped.
I tried to focus and think of what could've possibly been wrong with me. I was totally fine. "Yes. Uh- why?" I questioned.
"You...your hands... on my face..." He studdered in confusion.
I blushed emarassedly. He must've been listening to my thoughts again. But I couldn't even remember what I was thinking; like I mentioned, it seemed like I forgot how to use my brain at all when he kissed me. "What did you see?" I wasn't sure I wanted to know the answer.
"Er- nothing." He replied. What?
I raised my eyebrows. "Really?"
"Hmm..." Jake mumbled in thought. Then chuckled. "He shall experiment on that later." He winked.
He pulled me to his side and placed his arm around my shoulders. He walked me to the entrance of the cafe and inside we spotted Quil and Claire at a booth. We went to go join them.
"Hey Renesmee!" Claire squeeled as she saw us making our way towards them. "Hi Jacob!"
"Hey Claire, Quil." I smiled. Jake and Quil waved at each other.
I went to sit beside Claire, who was sitting across from Quil on a bench. Jacob did the same, placing himself in front of me. We smiled at each other, and then turned to our friends.
"So Claire, how old are you now?" I asked. The boys started their own conversation about who-knows-what.
"Well, in 2 months I'll be turning 16!" She beamed. Oh, well she was older than I thought. Age has always been weird in my case, so I'm not too good at determining the age of others.
"That's cool! Hey, thanks for coming to the birthday thing. That was fun."
"No problem! We had a blast! Did you like the nailpolish?" She giggled. "I picked it out myself. Of course Quil had no idea which colours to get, but I knew which ones looked good with your skintone!"
I laughed, "Yea I love them! I'll definitely be painting my nails soon!" Honestly, I didn't even look at my other birthday presents since the bonfire. I've been too consumed in Jacob most of all, writing my song, and family.
"Hey Claire," Jake cut across. "Can you tell Quil here how awesome my new car is?" He chuckled.
"Oh, well how could he possibly doubt it?" I winked.
"Because, the Vanquish is such an old model. 2007? Come on Jake. If you were to get a vehicle at that price, you might as well get the Vantage. It's horsepower is way better improved and the model itself is just much sleeker. And it's from twenty-ten."
The boys continued arguing about cars and engines, without including us girls. I rolled my eyes at them and turned back to Claire.
She was a pretty talkative person, so there was rarely any silence. I found that I could really get along with Claire. Although she is more of a "girly-girl" if you will, I could definitely have good conversatons with her; she was sweet.
The group of us continued talking throughout the evening about various topics: my birthday and the presents; the wolves; the movie tonight; and to my embarassment, me and Jacob.
"So, how did it happen with you two?" Claire asked interestedly. I blushed, and looked at the boys.
"Oh Claire, don't torture the poor girl." Quil joked when he saw my expression. I stuck my tongue out at him.
"Well, I don't really know. It kinda just... happened." Jacob beamed. "And we're happy. Right?" He turned to me. He made it sound like we were a married couple or something.
My face flushed again and I nodded.
Quil and Claire giggled, and we changed to a different topic.
When it was finally time to pay the bill, Claire and Quil got up.
"I have to use the ladies room." Claire blurted and skipped away.
"Yeah, me too." Quil said. Jake laughed. "Hey- you know what I mean..." He stalked off too.
So it was just me and Jacob sitting across from eachother, waiting for the receipt.
"Having fun?" He smiled.
"Most definitely. Claire is so cute."
"Yeah. She's a character, that one." He leaned over the table to peck me on the lips. "Thanks for doing this. It's fun, eh?"
I beamed, "Yea, it's great."
We waited there in a comfortable silence for a while, waiting for the couple to be finished. The waitress came, clearing our dirty dishes off the table and placing the bill down in front of Jacob.
"Thanks." He mumbled as she walked away. He checked the amount due, and wedged the cash inside the booklet.
At that moment, Quil and Claire came back. We stood up, and started heading out of the Cafe.
"So we'll just meet you at the theatre?" Quil asked.
"Yeah. The Middletown Center, right?" Jacob responded.
'Yup. See ya'll there."
We made our way to Jakes car, hopped in, and started on the drive to the movie.
"It should only take ten minutes." Jake assured me.
"Okay!" About 4 minutes in, my cell phone rang. I dug into my purse and pulled it out. The call was from my uncle Jasper.
"Hello?" I answered.
"Hello, Renesmee. Don't be alarmed, but we need you to make your way to Carlisle's house as soon as possible."
"Oh. Uncle, I'm on a date. Can I ask why?" I didn't want to skip out on the movie - I'd actually gotten excited to see it.
"Well, we don't really know. Your auntie and uncle just got back from Mexico, and they have something they'd like to share with everyone. Including you. Your parents are making there way over here now, and I told them I'd get you to come too."
Could it wait? I really didn't want to leave him. Or Claire and Quil. It has been fun. I looked over at Jacob sadly.
He looked back questionably, eyebrow raised. I sighed.
"Okay. I'll text you back, okay Jaz?" I talked in the phone.
"Alright. Bye Ness." Click.
"What's wrong?" Jake asked.
"My uncle says I need to go to my grandpa's house. Now." I said.