A/N: I hope you've enjoyed the story so far. I won't be able to update for a while, school is getting really busy. It doesn't help that my math teacher is a total asshole. [Do you agree Erin?(a.k.a. tonks-quinn57 )] I'll try to keep up to date though. Mean while you should check out some of my favorite stories. Some I swear are Stephanie Meyer undercover.
-shelby m.r.
Surprise?
"Hey mom, did you know that the biggest butterfly has a wing span of twelve inches?" Renesmee sat in the passenger seat flipping through a Butterfly and Moth fact book she got at the airport.
"No I did not know that. Will you please put your seatbelt on Renesmee."
Bella's foot pressed the accelerator closer to the floor. The engine roared with the power of 640 horses. The dial flicked up to 207 miles per hour. Only four miles an hour off of the top speed.
"You never crash. I don't need it."
"Just in case. Put it on."
"Fine. Isn't Toyota like the safest car though?"
"What? What does that have to do with anything?"
"Wait, what type of car are we in?"
"This is a Lamborghini Murcielago. This is the ninth fastest car in the world. Now put on your seat belt."
Renesmee did as she was told. After two minutes of silence, she could no longer stand the awkwardness.
"I thought vampires can't sleep."
Bella was taken back by this comment.
"They can't. Why?"
"Then what were you doing on the plane?" Bella smiled.
"Meditating. I am in serious need of some down time sometimes and meditation is the only escape from this mess I can come up with."
"So you were meditating, when you saw something."
"Well yeah, but, Wait! How do you know I saw something?"
"Mom, the people around us knew you were seeing something. They just regard it as restless dreaming. I, on the other hand, take it more seriously."
"Renesmee, it was nothing more than a dream of some sort. It was a fragment of my imagination."
"Right."
Renesmee turned in her seat, and crossed her arms. Ten minutes later, she spoke again.
"Our family is a mess, isn't it?"
Bella hit the brakes. The car behind her swerved just in time to miss them.
"What? Why would you think that?"
"You said that meditation is the only way to escape this mess. You meant our family. You can't even deny it, so don't try. Our family is great but it sucks. It really sucks." Renesmee began to tear up.
"Honey…" Bella tried to comfort her. She wrapped her arm around her daughter.
"We are always being chased after by something or someone. Our family is like one big mythical Soap opera. I just want to be normal!!"
"You don't mean that."
"I do. I don't want to but I truly just want to be normal."
Bella faced the road and drove the remaining hour haunted by the ongoing silence.
*****
"Their Home!" Emmet announced to the rest of the house.
Alice rushed upstairs to wake up Jacob.
"Jake, Bella's he…" She began but stopped.
For the moment Alice was watching Jacob, she saw exactly why Bella loved him. His face was peaceful but even in his sleep, Jacob was obviously distraught and worried about Bella. His skin was smooth, representing that of a baby. 'A big baby'. Thought Alice.
Alice slowly approached Jake. He rustled and moaned. The light hit his face in a near magical way. For just a second, Alice thought Jake was almost beautiful. His dark hair was disheveled and his eyes were closed, but somehow, he managed to be, well, pretty.
Alice smiled then shrugged the thought away. She placed the back of her hand on Jacob's cheek and he woke up startled.
"What?" He grumbled sleepily.
"Their home." Alice whispered.
Jacob immediately lost all signs of sleep and nearly beat Alice downstairs.
"Where is she?"
"Chill out, dog, we don't want drool on the floor."
"Oh Rose leave him alone, he's had a rough few days. Bella and Renesmee are just a few minutes away Jake. You should be able to see them through the front window."
Jake pushed his way to the window. Within a minute, as Alice had predicted, Jacob could hear the distant rumble of the approaching Murcielago. After another two minutes, Bella and Renesmee came out of the garage. both carried two large suitcases. Bella stopped, put hers down and whispered something to Renesmee.
Renesmee kept walking but Bella stayed back. Jacob saw Edward appear at the tree line. Bella turned to him. 'They didn't come together? What was going on?' Jacob got that sick feeling in his stomach again. Something was up.
Edward must have heard this thought, he turned his head upward and gave Jacob the saddest most pleading look he had seen in along time. Jacob nodded and left the window. He quickly peeked out another one.
*****
Bella dropped her bags and told her daughter to hurry inside and that she would be in in a minute. She turned around to see her husband stepping out from the woods.
"Bella," He whimpered.
"Edward." Bella ran to him.
She held his neck and pressed her forehead against his. Edward lifted up his hands and backed away.
"Please. I can't bear to touch you. I can't do that again. I'm so sorry."
Bella looked into his eyes. She could see how upset he was. She could also see his confusion. It was obvious that he himself did not know how it had happened.
"No Edward, it's fine. I forgive you."
"No Bella, it's not fine." He paused, emphasizing his point. "Lets go inside, Jacob's already suspicious."
Edward started towards the house. Bella grabbed his hand. When his muscles tensed, she just looked up at him reassuringly.
*****
Renesmee opened the door silently. Nobody was in the entryway. 'hmmm' she thought. She took a deep breath and found the source of the closest smell without even moving.
Just as Jacob was about to drop from the ceiling, Renesmee stepped backwards.
"Nessie." Jacob whispered after he stumbled back to his feet. "You got bigger." Renesmee blushed.
"We're talking height, not chest right?" Jacob blinked, astonished.
"Absolutely, Nessie I hope I don't come across like that."
"No, no, just teasing." Now it was Jacobs turn to blush. "Daddy said I now have the body of a thirteen year old. He also said I am much smarter than my mother, but Shhh, don't tell her that. They both laugh and embrace.
"I missed you like crazy. Do you think your dad will let you come to Emily's on Friday night? It's Leah's birthday."
"I'll just be persuasive. You know we're not supposed to be seeing each other until I'm 'fourteen.' Your lucky my father gave you that much."
"It won't be a date."
"What would you call it?"
"Well… you'll just have to be persuasive."
*****
Alice turned to the door half a second before Edward and Bella walked through it.
"We have bad news."
"Lovely way to greet your family Alice." Edward pointed out.
"Thank you. But before you come in, I want to let you both know that we have a visitor. I hope that's okay with you."
"Why would it be a problem?" Bella asked. Alice smiled at that.
"Edward, Bella, I would like to introduce, Jane."