"I KNEW IT!" Alice yelled moments later. "Renesmee, you HAVE to let me plan the wedding! Oh my gosh, I can already see your wedding gown!" Alice gushed.
"There isn't going to be a wedding.." my father mumbled. Everyone else however, ignored him. My mother was ecstatic. It was official, we were all going to be the family she'd longed for for so many years.
"Let me see the ring.." Rosalie said, gracefully pulling my left hand up to view more carefully, and then letting it drop with disgust. "That's the best you could do.. it's not even worth a grand" she said, as if the ring were what mattered.
"Rose.." I snarled, but she didn't hear me.
"It's uhh.. all I could afford" Jacob said, embarrassed.
"Jacob, the ring is perfect.." I vouched. It really was a perfect ring.. small, but delicate. It wasn't about the ring anyway, I was above materialistic things such as rings. The wedding however, I knew I wasn't going to be able to get out of. I loved Alice, but when it came to party planning, she went a tad bit overboard.
"I'd say I've already seen what the floral arrangement will be, but with the timberwolf in the room, it's impossible to see anything" Alice said, irritated. I had to laugh.
"Alice, I haven't even had time to process the fact that I'm engaged.. I don't think I'm ready to think about the floral arrangement and centerpieces quite yet." I laughed.
"Oh Renesmee… I'm so happy for you" my mother said, again, pulling me into a tight hug.
"Thanks mom.. I'm excited to."
"I'm thinking Winter Wedding in Alaska.. crystal vases with purple dyed roses and babies breathe in them for the centerpiece. Purple is a good color for you.. you're bridesmaid dresses could be dark purple with a light purple sash around the waste.. yes, yes very good. Maybe something else besides babies breathe though.. hmm.. A summer wedding would be nice too.. but well, the sunshine could be an issue for those non vampiric guests… and what about the archways.. that would be lovely.." Alice thought aloud.
"Alice…" my father groaned.
"So dad.. any congrats in order?" Jacob said, throwing his big arm around my fathers shoulders in a buddy buddy sort of way.
"No" my father said simply.
"Ah cmon pops.. least you could do is give your son in law a hand shake of congrats"
This time, it wasn't me they needed to restrain. Although my father didn't tackle him like we'd expected, he was clearly beyond agitated.
"Have you all forgotten something very important?" he asked.
"Like what?" I said, thinking back to anything I might have missed in the past few minutes.
"Like the fact that Renesmee is still a newborn. Although she has demonstrated more self control than most newborns, it's no where near how Bella was. Yet we think testing her ability to keep her thirst under control is a good idea with a party full of wedding guests, some of which will be human. "
Oh. That. One minor detail we hadn't thought to address until now.
"I didn't think the wedding had to be like soon.. just.. well, I hadn't really thought about her.." Jacob began, but my father interjected.
"No, Jacob, once again you did not think. Perhaps you should start running your ideas by us first before you act, to avoid such situations." My father pressed. He was definitely being overly harsh.
"Dad, quit. Jacob had planned on doing this before my …. Change. Anyway, I don't mind waiting until I've learned to completely control my appetitie. I wouldn't want to put my family at risk, Charlie especially. We'll wait as long as we have to of course." I reasoned. I didn't like it when my father ganged up on Jacob like that. It made Jacob feel more out of place, as if being the only wolf in a room full of vampires wasn't bad enough.
Carlisle had insisted I try hunting again. It was night time, so there was less risk of picking up a human scent. Again, everyone would go. This time, they would split up though. Surround my every side so if I bolted, someone would stop me. It would give me a sense of freedom while I hunted, without putting anything else in danger. I was again very thirsty. That too familiar burn creeping up to the forefront of my mind. It was all I could think about.
"It'll be alright Ness.. come on" Jacob urged. I wasn't hesitant because I was worried, I was hesitiant because the scents were wrong. They were herbivores, and they didn't smell appetizing.
I groaned and followed Jacob out the door. It wasn't but half a second before I was on the hunt. The animal had once again taken over and I could only focus on one thing. I was very aware of my family following me from every angle, but I didn't care. All I cared about was the family of elk that was about three miles ahead of me. There had to be at least four. Four would make a pretty okay meal, for me. I wasn't sure what Jacob would eat.. then again, I didn't care. I charged toward my prey like a lion, catching them off guard. I killed the male first, ripping at its throat with my teeth. Once he was dead, the female wasn't hard to take down. I let the others go, the sight of blood to much for me to ignore. I sucked both of them dry, only stopping when I ran out. My thirst had again subsided for now.
"Well done Nessie" I hear Emmett say, patting my back as hard as possible.
"Magnificent. You killed both of them before you stopped to drink. Impressive" Carlisle noted.
"So much for the dress I picked out.." Alice complained.
"Look at her hair…" Rosalie commented. Esme just laughed.
"I'm proud of you Renesmee" My mother said, kissing my forehead.
Only Jacob and my father remained silent still. So I hadn't killed anyone, no doubt I was on my way to self control. I could already hear Alice humming the wedding march under her breathe.