Chapter 4: Baby i'm a fool for you...
They had taken a slow, silent, walk to the bigger than expected cafeteria, "So Luke, who do you live with?" The question had only just come out of her mouth when a mysterious blond was stood behind her, it had happened so quick, he mustn't have being paying attention to their surroundings. "Hey Nessie, enjoying your first day?" the blond had spoken before glaring at Luke, what had he done wrong, he had only been talking to Renesmee, it wasn't as if he had tried to come onto her. "It's been good Aun… Rosalie… this is Luke by the way…" What had she been about to say? Aunt Rosalie? Surely not… Pushing the whole thing to the back of his mind he smiled at the blond girl who continued to glare at him, "it's nice to meet you…" he smiled again before quickly glancing at Renesmee, "I'll get out of the way, see you around…" Staring at the floor and sighing Luke slowly got an apple from the counter and made his way to a table on his own.
He had only just sat down and took a bite of the apple when a sudden wave of dizziness overwhelmed him, it wasn't unusual for this to happen, it had been happening all his life, just not this strong or in public. Luke's eyes slowly shut before, after a few seconds his body fell of the chair and crashed on the floor. He was unconscious. The thoughts and memories of his childhood began filling up his mind, thoughts and memories he had forgotten, thoughts and memories that should stay unremembered.
A young boy, no more than ten, carefully peeked through the crack of the ajar kitchen door, he had heard his mother and father shouting worse than ever, shouting about him as usual, "I don't want him here! That thing is not my son!" A females had shouted in a shrill tone before flinging a mug of, what appeared to be freshly made, coffee at the male; scolding his right arm. The female tugged open a draw and fumbled for something, screaming she suddenly pulled her hand out of it, blood falling like rubies to the floor, that still didn't stop her though, after a few seconds hesitation she pulled out a sharp, clean, kitchen knife. "You won't stop me this time Rob, he must be killed, the spawn of the devil must be slayed!" she shouted before taking long strides to the door. The boy closed his eyes, he couldn't move, he was too terrified. Then there came a thud and shatter of glass and immediately the young lad's eyes snapped open, the male had dived at the female and sent her flying into the glass table. Slowly pushing open the door with one hand the boy stepped inside the room, courage taking over and instincts to protect his dad at an all time high, "Stop!"
Somehow Luke managed to stop himself from remembering anymore, had his mother really wanted to kill him? Slowly opening his eyes he was shocked to see Renesmee kneeling beside him with a look of worry on her face, he smiled to show he was ok and to say thank you for being there. Sitting up, with Renesmee holding him up as support it dawned on him that most of the school was crowded around him gossiping about what had happened and asking questions about it amongst themselves, not exactly the way he wanted to get noticed or remembered but it was good to see his fellow student were even slightly worried, it showed that people could care.
With a little help from Renesmee, and a strong male called Tai, Luke stood up and sat back on the seat. Everyone began to slowly move back to the places they had came from, they most probably understood that he would want time alone. The only person who didn't move was his lovely angel, she had carefully sat on the chair beside him and was staring with worry and puzzlement. She could clearly tell that Luke still felt slightly dizzy because he suddenly felt her arm wrapped around his back supporting him, he smiled, "Luke… what happened?" Once again her angelic voice and scent slightly dazzled him, how could he refuse to answer her question, "I sometimes get dizzy, this as been the first time I've collapsed though…" She must've known he wasn't telling her something because her next question required an answer with more information, "what happened whilst you was unconscious?"
Sighing Luke began to tell her what had happened, "I saw an event occurred when I was about ten, my mother and father arguing in the kitchen because she wanted to kill someone, she wanted to kill me…" A few heads turned to face him, astonished looks on their faces, he had clearly spoken louder than intended. Turning his voice into a whisper he continued, "She had grabbed a kitchen knife and was heading to the door when my father lunged at her sending them both hurtling into a glass table we had…" He stopped, her hand was now on his shoulder and he could feel his heart pumping away, trying to smash through his rib cage. "Did you do anything, you know, after the fight?" again another question that required a well informed answer, "Once the table had shattered I stepped into the room that was covered in glass, I shouted for them to stop…" he paused letting what memories hadn't returned before finally come back to him, "And then I can remember she had flung herself at me, I felt like that would be the end but luckily my father was quicker than her. He had grabbed me and told me to get my things…" Gently sighing he looked at Renesmee, "And that's all I remember, I spent years blocking it out, my dad keeps saying that it never happened but I know he is just trying to protect me…"
Renesmee stared at him, a shocked expression clearly visible on her face, perhaps she didn't realise how cruel people could be, "Your mom tried to kill you? Are you serious?" The shock never left her and she still hadn't moved her arm away from behind his back, Luke raised his hand, he had to get the topic of his mother's long lost aggression, "May I?" Renesmee knew what he wanted to do and took his hand into hers herself and placed it on the side of her face, gently rubbing her cheek with his thumb, she let out a small giggle which brought a smile to both of their faces.
When she had decided to look over at another table Luke followed her eye line, she seemed to be looking at a group of people, one of which he recognised well, Rosalie was there sat with five other people, another person he recognised was there- the guy who had helped him this morning, sat there with his brown hair, a smile on his face and a white shirt covering a slightly muscular body; he was sat next to a female with curly brunette hair (just like Renesmee's), she was wearing a t-shirt and black, denim, jeans, she seemed to be staring at the male next to her. On the other side were another couple, Rosalie and her partner, Rosalie was one of two blonds sat there, her face stood out as the most beautiful on the table, from what Luke could see she was wearing dark tight jeans and a plaid shirt, next to her sat a muscular male, once again wearing jeans (this time dark blue) and a plain white t-shirt which he covered with a dirty brown jacket. They were both smiling and talking to each other. In between them two couples was another couple consisting of a pixie-like female, who seemed cheerful, wearing a navy blue skirt and black t-shirt which she had covered with a light blue, denim, jacket, next to her was a simply dressed male who looked like he was in a bit of pain, he was staring blankly at nothing in particular, this male was wearing a white shirt and trousers like the ones that came as part of a suit.
The male with the white shirt and slightly muscular body turned and looked at Luke, he stared in puzzlement for a moment before Luke saw a small smile on his face, which Luke returned. Clearly seeing the male smiling Renesmee turned to face Luke once more, "That's my family, you've of course met Rosalie, next to her is her boyfriend Emmett, then there's Alice and Jasper, once again they are a couple, and then the guy smiling is… Edward… and next to him is… his partner Bella…" The way she had stalled at the end it seemed like she was hiding something, "Are you ok? Still up for the snowball fight?" Luke nodded at both of her questions, "Yeah, I'm fine and right about now going out in the snow would be awesome!" he said the last part with much more enthusiasm than the rest of the statement, "I've got to warn you though I do have a powerful shot."
With Luke's confidence that he was alright the pair calmly got up and headed for the door, he noticed that she was walking briskly across the floor, it was almost like she was floating. When they had finally got through the door Luke felt Renesmee's eyes glance at him but he pretended to pay no attention, not until she threaded her fingers in between his own, he glanced at their hands and then to her beaming face which sported a wide smile, which he returned. They continued to slowly walk to the school's sports field, their hands never parting, it felt weird holding her hand, it also felt strange that they would soon be having a snowball fight, would this be one more step closer?
They had only just got outside when Renesmee slipped on a sheet of thin ice, it was instincts and love that then took over Luke, quickly spinning her around so she faced him he wrapped his arms tightly around her, gripping her to him the best he could, and took the fall instead. Of course, she had landed on top of him but at least she was safe. Luke had landed on his back, which had thudded on the mix of concrete and ice, his head inches from the floor. He didn't feel too badly hurt. The couple's eyes met and they stared into each other's for a few seconds, temptation running through him, temptation to kiss her. They both smiled at the same time, with Renesmee eventually letting out a little laugh, her cheeks turning crimson, closing his eyes as a hint of pain shot up his spine Luke felt the lips of his angel press against his own cheek, "Thank you…"
They laid on the ground like that for a while, the only sound being their breathing, but as usual Luke had to do something stupid and spoil the moment, something that could destroy any chance of them being friends or maybe even more, something like saying, "I love you…" He wished that he hadn't said it as soon as the words had left his mouth, one because he didn't know how she felt, two because he couldn't run after saying it as she was on top of him and three because they barely knew each other.
Renesmee, whose cheeks had gone a brighter shade of red, seemed shocked by the statement and didn't say anything, she just stared into his eyes for a moment, seemingly thinking about something, "I'll see you around sometime… we can talk about this later…" She gave him a open mouthed smile showing her perfect, glistening, teeth before pushing herself from him, standing up, and running away back in the direction of the cafeteria. He really buggered things up this time.