LOL!! I wouldn't mind being Seth's imprint either but unfortunately things don't occur that way =( and please don't cry Ailish… If you cry, I'm the type of person that cries with other people so please don't cry… though I did feel a little like crying when I read through it all again =( anyway… read on

11) Cut Short

School was empty. Well my eyes saw words and my ears heard voices but none of it mattered nor did it make sense. Jacob was so patient with me, sitting there, writing everything, nudging me and whispering the answer to me when I was called upon. He also unpacked all my equipment when we got into class and packed it up again before he led me out of the class each and every time.

If people smiled at me in the hall, I would smile back. If they waved at me, I would wave back. None of them talked to me, thank heavens. Knowing me I'd probably end up saying something completely opposite of what they were expecting to here. I could just picture it.

Picture it? Forget picturing it; you've already done it, my inside voice reminded me.

"Hey, Nessie. Do you have a spare pen at all?" Hannah-Rose asked me one English lesson. She was one of the three friends I had made

"Not too bad, I just feel a little tired and stuff but yeah. How are you, Kelly?"

Not only did I answer the wrong question, I used a completely different name.

I let out a long sigh and dropped my head into my hands. I really need to sort my head out. My head and everything else.

A very hot hand rested on the small of my back and even hotter breath leaned down to whisper in my ear.

"Are you okay?"

I turned my head on my hands to look at Jacob and reluctantly nodded. "I'm fine, I just…" I broke off and shook my head, not having any words to complete my assurance for him.

He wound his hand around to hold me closer to him and gave me a loving peck on the cheek.

"You all right, Renesmee?" a louder voice asked me.

I looked at Kelly sitting across from me at the lunch table and nodded at her. I decided to give her a small smile, too.

"I'm fine, Kel. I'm just really worn out," I brushed off.

Kelly smiled at me with both her cherry lips and her hazelnut eyes and flicked her curly blonde hair over her shoulders as she leaned across the table to give me a couple of pills.

"Kelly! Are these drugs?!" I thankfully remembered to lower my voice on the last word but I noticed my father narrow his eyes from across the hall.

Kelly, Hannah-Rose and Mickey (her real name was Michaela but we all called her Mickey) laughed at me and I sat there looking from one to the other curiously.

"No, no, no," Mickey said. Out of all three girls I think she looked the most innocent and lovable from her striking red locks and azure eyes. Her face was a kind heart shaped face and her smile was so inviting, you could tell her just about anything. Except the whole vampires-and-werewolves-are-real-and-who-knows,-maybe-witches-and-fairy-godmothers-are-too! thing. I thought it was best to leave that out.

I looked at her and tilted my head in confusion and she laughed again a little before she elaborated and told me they were No Doze tablets to keep your energy up.

"Oh!" I said with a bit of an 'o' mouth. "These types of tablets never work for me though," I said just as her boyfriend, Nick, came back and sat down next to her after he handed her food and drink to her. She smiled thanks at him and he met her lips briefly before he started digging in to his own food.

"Eww, keep it in the bedroom, please," Hannah-Rose commented playfully.

"Wouldn't you love to know what went on in the bedroom?" Nick retorted with a grin before both Hannah-Rose and Mickey turned bright red and suddenly found everywhere else interesting except for Nick and each other.

I laughed for the first time in what felt like weeks, and come to think of it, I think it has been weeks. It must have been, because Jacob looked at me and smiled a huge smile before he kissed me lightly.

"Double act," Mickey laughed.

I laughed into our kiss and Jake pulled away with a smile, shaking his head.

We sat and talked and Hannah-Rose, Mickey and Nick made me laugh a few more times. Kelly couldn't contribute because she was in stitches from Hannah-Rose and Nick paying each other out ironically. The bell went signaling the end of break and Jake and I headed off to sport with Kelly and Hannah-Rose while Mickey and Nick headed off to chemistry.

"Man, I'll be glad to ditch this class when we leave," Mickey muttered as they walked away waving behind them.

In sport, we did nothing except copy down game rules and study first aid in case of injury during a game. It was incredibly boring. I was just starting to get restless from sitting so long after being cheered up so much when the bell rang and everyone looked around stupidly before they packed their bags and began to file out.

"What the…?" I murmured to Jacob.

"Fire drill," he replied as he grabbed me and held me close so he didn't loose me in the pushy crowd.

We stepped outside in the recently revealed sun and I was not surprised to see the absence of illuminating diamond people.

Jacob sat in our class line and pulled me into his lap. I sat there twisting my fingers through his and wrapping and unwrapping his arms around me for my hands to have something to do since my mouth still didn't feel much like talking.

At one point I stared down at Jacob's hands when they were covering mine and marveled at how easily my hands evaporated in his. I brought his hands up to my mouth and kissed his soft skin. This encouraged him to duck his head and plant an open mouthed kiss on my neck and I shivered.

"Don't laugh at me," I complained when his body shook around me.

"Sorry, baby. You always shiver every time I kiss you." He kissed me again on the opposite side of my neck and I shivered again. "See?"

"Yeah," I replied after a minute.

I didn't know he was so perceptive. I mean, I thought I was pretty subtle about it. Oh well, I did try.

It turned out that there was actually a fire thanks to the hospitality students and their I-can't-cook talents. Somehow one of the kitchen ovens caught alight and decided it was going to pass the flames to all the tea towels and fabrics so it would pass through the kitchen quicker.

So we got sent home.

And that's how Jake and I ended up lying in the warm sand at First Beach, imagining what the clouds could be.

"There's a rabbit!" Jake called my cloud a second before I could and I glared at him.

He noticed my silence and turned his head to look at me. When his eyes registered my face they mirrored a look of confusion and he frowned at me.

"What?" he asked.

"That was my cloud. I was gonna call it!" I artificially pouted.

"Sorry. I was quicker."

I had to bite my lip to stop myself from laughing at his pride.

"Uh huh," was all I could reply though. I was lost for any comebacks.

"Well, you should know that werewolves are fast. Nothings faster than a wolf," Jacob cockily pointed out.

"A vampire is," I don't think I could have stated it so pointedly if I tried.

"Yeah but they cheat."

"How?"

"They just do. Lucky you're only half half, you only cheat by half."

I turned my head slowly away from him and looked at the waves rolling in.

"I don't cheat, you always let me win."

"Yeah, but that's because I love you."

I heard him shift and then felt his hot cheek pressed against my stomach.

"Am I upsetting you?" he asked when I didn't respond to his movement.

"No," I whispered to him when I reached my hand down to comb through his hair. I watched his satiny hair fall back over his cheek when it was released from my fingers and brushed it off his cheek with the back of my hand. "I just haven't got good comebacks."

"What's wrong, Nessie? Tell me what you're feeling honey," he murmured into my shirt.

"I just…" I'd confirmed it. Something in the air changed and sent me shooting to my feet, heading for the forest lining the beach.

"NESSIE! SLOW DOWN!" Jacob called after me. "NESSIE! BABY, WAIT!"

I'd never run as fast as this before; Jacob had always caught up to me in seconds of me running ahead of him.

I sheltered my face with my arms as I pushed myself through shrubs and between the diverse trees embellishing the woodland.

"NESSIE!"

Jake's voice was louder than before which was comforting but I wasn't stopping. I had to know.

When I made to leap over a fallen tree and land, I thumped in Leah's silver fur and landed on my butt.

She looked at me and whined, and I shook my head at her.

"Keep him away from me! Leah, I need to do this. On my own!" I told her before I took off again.

I heard Jake acknowledge Leah and Leah's replying growl.

"Leah, don't even try it."

I heard another deeper growl escape from Leah's chest before I heard the fierce responding of Jake's snarl. I pushed myself to run faster when I heard their yelps and barks echo in the forest.

And I held my soul together by a thread when I heard Jacob's raw howl reverberate through my mind when I burst through the door and saw my family sitting there.

"Renesmee…" my father's voice hardly reached my ears before I ran out through the door again.