Chapter Five

I woke up the next day with Leah yelling in my ear. "Renesmee Carlie Cullen! Get up! Get up! I thought we were supposed to go hunting last night? That ride must have really tired you out yesterday. Didn't bother me one bit!" What the heck is she doing yelling at me at…what time was it? I glanced at the clock and noticed it was 7:30 in the morning… this time about going hunting? As I started to completely wake up, I finally noticed I was in my bedroom. How did I get here? The last thing I remembered was watching a few reruns on…. "What am I doing in my room? I don't remember ever coming to bed last night!" I asked with a confused look. "Jacob carried you upstairs when he found you on the couch. The kid didn't have the heart to wake you; said you look so peaceful and serene when you were asleep." she said, shaking her head "Me and Emmett wanted to shove you off the couch to see how you would react but that's when your dad and Jacob came in and…well as you can see we didn't do it."

Leah finally left my room where I could get dressed after we talked about all that had happened while they were out hunting. They had found a ton of deer and actually a few bears too. I'm hoping they left a few big ones for me because I sure am starving by now. When was the last time I fed? It had been awhile. Lately I had been surviving on human food (not my favorite!), trying to prepare for when school started and I wouldn't have as much time to go out hunting.

Once I was dressed, I went downstairs to find everyone. Jacob, Seth, and Leah were all sitting at the table eating breakfast when I walked in the kitchen. "Hey, Sleepyhead! You finally up?" Seth joked. I decided to just ignore him as I walked over to Mom who was standing over the stove cooking my breakfast. "What are you cooking, Mom?" I asked, looking over into the skillet. "Omelets, sweetie" she smiled "You like omelets don't you?" "Love 'em! I'm starved so make two for me!" I replied as I hugged her good morning. "Did you sleep well?" I nodded as she continued "I'm sorry we didn't wake you to go hunting. But we knew you were probably tired from the long trip so we let you sleep." I grabbed a plate from the cabinet as she was finishing my last omelet.

"Thanks, Mom. They were great!" I said once I was finished. She really can cook! She is no where near as good as Grandmee, but I would never tell her that. The four of us at the table had finished breakfast in silence, which was strange for us. Both Seth and Jacob had already left the table once Leah and I had finished. "Okay, what's up with them? I asked as we walked out of the kitchen "They are never that quiet!" "You haven't heard yet?" Leah laughed. I shook my head. "Your dad was reading Jacob's mind last night while we were out hunting. Apparently the two of you had an awkward moment yesterday." Dad! Why? I mentally asked him. "What happened last night?" I asked. "Well, it appears that Jacob happened to be thinking about it and he was completely mad with himself for sounding like a fool. Once your dad heard that, he grabbed Jacob by the ear and dragged him farther into the forest, just the two of them. Everyone thinks he gave him the speech of his life, you know, the whole "stay away from my daughter" one." she laughed "But only me and Seth know what really happened, since we were all in wolf form at the time. It was Eddie's best job yet!" Why me? Why did I have to have a dad that read minds? Why couldn't I just be a normal human? Why couldn't Jacob and I just have a normal relationship? "So what did Jacob do?" I questioned. "Absolutely nothing!" she gawked "He never had a chance! Eddie gave the entire speech without stopping for a breath, which I guess really wouldn't be necessary anyway, or even giving Jacob a chance to faze back to human form and explain." Oh God, I'm definitely going to kill my dad now! "But I think they finally settled it all out once Edward calmed down and Jacob fazed back." she continued "But still, it was hilarious the expression Jacob was wearing when they finally came back out of the woods. Never in my life have I seen Jacob so red!"

When we made it into the living room, everyone except dad was watching Uncle Jasper, Uncle Emmett, and Seth play their games. They were so into the game that they were all leaning into each turn or movement they made. I guess Seth finally got to settle that score, I thought to myself. From the look he had on his face, Uncle Emmett and Uncle Jasper had already won, but I decided to ask anyway. "I totally nailed him at Halo 3 and Jasper's football player gave Seth's the tackle of his life on Madden '09!" he laughed deviously. I glanced over and Aunt Alice and Aunt Rosalie before I left to find Dad. I could tell they would much rather be somewhere else.

I finally found Dad in his study, which consisted of a grand piano in the middle of the room and couch to one side. He had one just like it at Grandpa Carlisle's and used it when he needed to think. He was softly playing a song that I recognized as one he wrote for my mom not long after they had met when I walked in the door. As I listened to him play, my anger that had building up slowly started to slip away.

Wait. No. I had to confront him about this. He could not treat my Jacob that way. Whoa! My Jacob? Where did that come from? Oh well.

"Dad, we seriously have to talk!" I growled as I walked over to stand beside the piano.