Renesmee arrived home to an empty house. She had run all the way home, she was just so excited to get home and share the news that she didn't mind having to take the forest path.

It was strange to be in the house without the sounds of her family around her, she had a huge family and there was always someone there to talk to.

"Esmee? Alice?" She called hoping that they were just upstairs.

The only sound that returned was the echo and even Nessie's sensitive hearing couldn't pick up anything.

She flopped gently onto the sofa and sighed, she had finally made a friend at school and she couldn't even tell anyone. School was a lot harder than she had thought it would be. She found the classes to be a breeze, even though it was only her first time, she found that she could easily remember the syllabus with ease and if she struggled she had more time than most to revise. Everything she was learning was amazing and beautiful, the world around her fascinated her and she felt blessed that she would have forever to explore it. Her love of learning was dampened though, by the people she was at school with, her beauty was threatening and the population was small enough that new people were treated as suspect. At the start of the year a few people had tried to talk to her but she didn't know how to respond, her family had taught her all she would need to know to cope with the work load but she had no idea how to talk to humans, and when she had tried, her words always felt wrong and her acquaintances soon lost interest in her. More recently she had been left completely alone, while her father seemed to have people constantly around him. She regretted the decision to go to school with only one of her family, she had been convinced that she could handle it but until today she hadn't been sure.

"Nessie?"

The moment she heard his voice her heart sped up and her brain was filled with the mixed emotions she felt when it came to Jacob, either way he was her best friend and within seconds she was at the door and in his arms.

He held her tight not wanting to ever let her go; he couldn't even come close to putting into words how he felt for her. In his eyes she was unbelievably, unbearably perfect and he couldn't seem to get enough of her. She pulled away from him leaving his heart yearning for her touch, but just being with her was better than nothing.

" Oh, Jacob it's wonderful, I have such amazing news." She beamed.

He felt his heart skip a beat but then he panicked. He mind reeled with thoughts of what her news could be millions of harmless ideas but one completely devastating thought stuck. What if she'd met someone? It was a nightmare that kept him up some nights and the reason why he had protested profusely about her going to school without him. He felt like he was breaking apart with the sudden worry but he knew he couldn't let it show.

"I got invited to a sleepover!" She squealed.

An instant wave of relief flooded through Jacob. There was no need for him to worry, yet, although he knew that with her looks, he'd be battling the threat of other men for forever.

"That's amazing, but have you even asked your dad yet?" Knowing Edward, he'd probably either ban her from going or require some sort of protection outside of the house; both of these options were more than fine with Jacob.

"No, I haven't seen him yet, what do you think he'll say?"

"Why don't you ask him?" Renesmee turned to see her father leaning in the doorway.

Suddenly she felt extremely self-conscious.

"Daddy!" Renesmee scolded him, he was always doing this, and he never gave her any privacy. She could never keep a secret from her father, every single thought she had was his to hear.

" I'm just looking out for your safety, Nessie." He told her, having read her thoughts on his parenting techniques. "Now, what do you have to ask me?"

You already know, why are you even bothering to ask?

"Because it's polite and because I don't particularly enjoy being able to hear what everyone's thinking all of the time" He replied to her silent question.

She felt deflated, the moment had been so amazing but now she felt the paranoia that came with her father. "Well you sure don't act that way." Renesmee crossed her arms over her chest.

Edward just sighed in response and answered her earlier question. "Anyway, you can't go."

"WHAT!" Renesmee cried. This was probably her only chance to make a friend and now Edward was taking it away from her.

"It's too dangerous." He told her.

"But..."

"Nessie!" Alice ran in and instantly pulled Renesmee into her arms "I'm so happy for you, this is amazing." She gushed; she had seen the day's events through Edward's eyes that morning in a vision.

"She's not going!" Edward told her sternly.

Alice smiled at Nessie and winked "Oh, and why not? We all know that you love sleepovers."

Jacob laughed.

Renesmee didn't get it; still she was so glad that her aunt Alice was there to help her.

Edward blushed heavily but he still protested "It's too dangerous."

"She'll be fine and anyway, if you're that worried, why don't you just keep a watch outside the home. They're teenage girls Edward what's the worst that could happen."

"I don't know, I'll have to ask Bella."

Alice turned to Renesmee beaming. " Okay so we'll need to get you some new pyjamas, a sleeping bag and some slippers." She ticked the items off on her fingers.

Edward just signed and climbed the stairs as the girls planned their shopping trip. Of course Bella was going to say yes, and he wished he had been able to do the same straight away but somehow he found himself becoming more and more paranoid when it came to Nessie. He could never know what was going to happen and that scared him to his core.