Happy Birthday Renesmee!!
It was my birthday tomorrow. Alice was having a joyous time planning my first birthday party, and Rosalie and Esme were only too happy to help her. Momma wanted to try and keep my first birthday simple. Not too much frill and not too many people. Alice completely ignored this request of course and went wild with decorating. There was party paper hanging everywhere there was ceiling. I didn't mind how big the party would be though, as long as Jacob would be there. He promised that he would take a day off of work in order to spend the whole day with me. Leah and members of the pack who didn't know me well weren't coming. Sam and Emily were coming to the party. Jared and Kim were coming, Seth was coming too. So was Billy, grandpa, Embry, Quil and Claire, Paul and Rachael and the Denali family. I hadn't seen the Denali family since they were here last year, and that wasn't under the best of circumstances. I was looking forward to seeing them again. Even Nahuel came. I think Carlisle invited him because he had a few more questions he wanted to ask him with regards to my development. I just hoped that Jacob and the others wouldn't be too uncomfortable with there being so many vampires in one room at a time. But I knew Jacob would never tell me if something was bothering him as long as I was happy.
Nahuel had already arrived yesterday. Jacob was working overtime right now to make up for the work he would be missing on my birthday. Tanya and the others said they would be here by tonight at latest. Daddy and Carlisle had spent most of the day talking to Nahuel, me listening in every now and then.
"I hope you don't mind our asking. But at what age did you and your sisters start maturing physically?" Oh god not this again. Daddy laughed lightly at my thought. Nahuel noticed me standing nearby and looked at my daddy. Daddy nodded, answering Nahuel's silent question. Nahuel answered Carlisle in his low and heavy, but still understandable, Brazilian accent.
"I started maturing when I was three. And if I recall correctly, my youngest sister, Atzi, started maturing when she was two. But then again my sister Citclali didn't start maturing until she was four. It's pretty much the same as human maturing. There isn't a spot on time to expect it, everyone's different." Carlisle nodded his head. Momma was in the kitchen helping Alice and Esme keep an eye on my cake, but she was listening to. Emmett invited himself into the conversation.
"So are we talking cramps, bleeding, bitchyness, PMSing, the whole nine yards?" Rosalie smacked Emmett on the back of the head. "I'm sorry, I have bad experiences with this sort of thing!" Daddy's voice was an aggravated tone.
"Just because your female relatives had it bad doesn't mean Nessie will too." I ran over to momma and touched her hand, asking her my silent question. How bad will it be? Momma sighed, turned away from what she was doing and faced me. "Everyone's different Renesmee. I never had it that bad. I would get cramps, but that was about it. But your grandmother got them so bad, she could barely get out of bed." I winced. Esme added.
"I remember always getting migraines. I remember that they would get so bad, I wouldn't be able to keep food down." I suddenly felt like one of those kids from peter pan that never wanted to grow up. Now I understood why. Rosalie tried to cheer me up.
"Don't worry Nessie. I was only moody. From what I remember, I felt minimal cramping if any at all." Daddy interrupted.
"Don't worry about it now honey. We'll worry about it when it comes along." I sighed heavily and didn't ask anymore. Carlisle got into a few questions with Nahuel about how often, if ever, he got sick. He apparently never got sick, but his youngest sister got the chicken pox once, but that was all. And he claims it only lasted a few hours. As Carlisle and daddy talked more about what they could expect about my aging process with Nahuel, I went over to where Emmett and Rosalie were. They were playing a card game.
"What are you playing?" Emmett didn't look up from shuffling the cards, but he did have a wide grin.
"Gin. You want me to teach you how to play?" I nodded my head, and Emmett taught me how to play Gin. It was an amazingly entertaining game, even though it was so simple. Kind of like a matching game for grownups. Emmett won the first game, but I won all the ones after that. Eventually Emmett got annoyed that I was winning and decided he didn't want to play anymore. Rosalie played with me instead. After a few rounds of Gin, Carlisle and daddy were finished talking to Nahuel.
"Thanks a lot for the information. It's very helpful." Carlisle shook Nahuel's hand as he said this. Daddy nodded his head in agreement.
"No problem. Don't worry, Carlisle. If you apply everything you know about human development, you should be fine. It's the same thing just accelerated. At her rate, she might be full grown by the time she's six." Nahuel smiled at me and I smiled back. I didn't know Nahuel very well, but what I did know about him, I liked. He was a nice guy to talk to and have around. And his accent was mesmerizing.
Later that afternoon, Tanya and her family arrived with several gifts in hand. Carmen ran over to me to give me a hug. Kate and Tanya followed after her, Kate not running quite as fast. She was very to herself. Aside from when she was with Garret, she wasn't a very huggy person. I ran up to greet them and they all took me into their arms for a big hug. Eleazar was close behind Carmen.
"Oh, ¡mi querrida! I'm so happy to see you again!" I hugged Carmen and Tanya tightly. Tanya gave me, in English, the same greeting. I told them how much I missed them and dragged them with me into the house. Garret came closer into the house with Kate. His eyes were the same butterscotch as Kate's eyes. Good, he was keeping with the animal blood diet.
"Hey squirt. You're certainly getting big aren't you?" Garret chuckled lightly. I giggled and nodded my head. Emmett rose up from the couch and walked closer to Garret. They had become close friends when he was here last year.
"She gets bigger every day." I walked over to Garret to give him a hug.
"Emmett hasn't warped your fragile little mind too much I hope." I giggled and showed Garret a few images from the year. All the new swear words he had taught me and the little 'talk' we had last Easter. Daddy gave me a look I pretended not to see. "Dear god, you sick bastard. Have you no decency?" Emmett just laughed.
"Hey. Better she learn it from me rather than high school." Garret laughed with Emmett and Rosalie, daddy, momma and Alice rolled their eyes.
"Wouldn't it be better if she never learn it at all?" Emmett just raised his eyebrow at Garret.
"Yeah. Like that's possible these days." Emmett's tone was sarcastic.
"Oh blow it out your ass Emmett." They both laughed and so did I. Daddy glared at Garret and Emmett. After another hour, Seth came to the house with his back-pack in hand. Edward laughed to himself.
"Physics?" Seth nodded his head with a guilty smile on his face. Seth had never been one for science, and Physics just eluded him. So daddy was helping him with it.
"Is Jacob coming today?" My voice didn't hide my eagerness.
"No, not today. When he said his boss had him working overtime, he meant overtime. I don't think Jacob's getting back home until mid-night tonight." I pouted, Seth shrugged his shoulders with an apologetic look. "Don't worry. Because of all this over time, he'll be free as a bird by the time it's your birthday. And you'll love the present he got you Nessie, scout's honor." I smiled and daddy smiled from Seth's thoughts.
"What did he get me daddy." Daddy just looked at me with a playfully disappointed look on his face. I sighed. While daddy helped Seth with his homework, I went into the kitchen to help momma finish the cake. It was a chocolate angel food cake. I wanted it to be my cake. I hated chocolate, but Jacob loved it. And he liked angel food cake and very rarely got to have any. I was even putting blueberries in the icing so that it would be a purple color. I asked Seth to taste the icing.
"You really taught her how to cook Edward." He tried to sneak another taste, but I took it away.
"Yeah. She's a fast learner. It took no time to teach her to play the piano. I expected it to take a while, but she's already as good as me." I gave them a smug smile and they laughed.
"You spoil her Edward." Seth laughed and patted my head.
"I know." He didn't have a shred of remorse for it. He was laughing with Seth. After getting Seth's approval for my icing, I went back into the kitchen and began icing the cake. It was large enough that everyone who would be eating cake could have some. Daddy was planning on cooking some hotdogs and hamburgers tomorrow for everyone who ate. When I finished icing the cake, momma got the icing gun and spelled out, 'Happy Birthday Renesmee' on the cake with pink icing. In the top middle part of the cake, she put a candle shaped like a one on top. When we were done making the cake, momma covered it and placed it on the dining room table. Seth left after two hours of physics with daddy. He wouldn't be able to come to my party right away but promised that he would come right after school tomorrow, and he was sure to remind me that Jacob promised me the whole day tomorrow. I spent the rest of the afternoon watching Invader Zim episodes on DVD. Gir was a hoot. I even had the doom song on my phone as Emmett's ring tone. Daddy always got a kick out of that little joke. Daddy spent the afternoon playing the piano for momma. Alice, Esme, Rosalie, Carmen, Tanya and Kate were making a few last minute adjustments to the party garlands while Carlisle talked a little more with Nahuel. Emmett, Garret, Eleazar and Jasper spent the rest of the night playing poker. Jasper was winning the most rounds.
After a few hours worth of Invader Zim episodes, I got really tired and momma and daddy took me home. I fell asleep quickly, even though I was excited for tomorrow. I wanted so badly for Jacob to like the cake. I had mixed the batter all by myself and had made the frosting all by myself. As I slept, I hugged the Valentine's Day wolf plush toy that Jacob made for me, and had sweet dreams.
September 10
The next morning, I woke up to a large hand stroking my face and hair. It was hot, but no more than I was on my own. I groaned, not wanting to get out of bed just yet. Jacob didn't try to wake me up. He just sat next to my bad and stroked my hair and face some more. His scent was soothing. It was like being in the woods, but still in the comfort of my own bed. His hand was so gentle, it was like being caressed by warm air. This was how I always liked being woken up. It was such a good way to start the day.
When I finally decided I was awake enough to get out of bed, I opened my eyes and saw Jacob smiling at me. His thumb brushed my cheek a few times and then continued their original course. When I took in a deep breath, I smelled the musk and woods of his skin.
"Happy Birthday Nessie. You're a whole year old." I giggled. It was silly. I was only a year old and yet I looked like a small nine year old. One year going on ten.
"Are momma and daddy already at the house?" Jacob nodded his head.
"Yeah. I got here about an hour ago. I didn't have the heart to wake you up, you looked so peaceful." I smiled and blushed into my pillow. Jacob laughed lightly.
"Is everyone already here?"
"No, not yet. Paul and Rachael are here. Embry, Sam and Emily and Jared and Kim. But that's it so far. Everyone will be here a little later." That was good.
"How's Emily and the baby doing?" Jacob smiled.
"Great. She's due any day now. Poor Emily looks like she's about to pop." I giggled. I was so happy for Emily. She had always wanted a baby boy, and now she was going to finally have one. And Sam was just happy as a clam to be a daddy. He bragged about it every chance he got, and nobody minded in the least. I had even had the pleasure of feeling the baby kick a few times. It always made me jealous of her.
"That's good. Has Rachael had any luck yet?" Jacob shook his head.
"Not yet. They haven't been trying as hard lately. They're considering waiting a while before having a baby." Jacob played with my hair for a few minutes after that as we looked at each other in silence. Eventually, I decided it was time to get out of bed. I pulled myself up and off the bed and went to the bathroom to wash my face and brush my teeth with Jacob leaning on the door frame. "Glad you finally decided to get out of bed, my knees were beginning to hurt." Jacob chuckled and I gave him a half-hearted glare. His knees weren't really bothering him. He was just saying that to tease me.
After finishing my morning cleaning routine, I went back into my room and started to change. Jacob went to the living room to wait for me. I put on a blue jean mini skirt with purple leggings, a fitted purple sweater and a pair of silver flats with big fake crystals between my toes and the top of my shoe. Alice had decided she wanted to start playing with my outfits a little by making me wear things that young adults liked to wear. I really was Alice's own personal Barbie doll. I put my hair in the messy fishtail style that Kim taught me how to do and went back to the living room where Jacob was waiting. Normally, Jacob just wore a t-shirt (or more often than not, no shirt at all) and a pair of sweats. But since it was my birthday, he decided to dress nice and wear a pair of blue jeans, tennis shoes and a black t-shirt. I really wished he would wear more blue jeans. I really liked how they looked on him. When I got into the room, Jacob turned around and looked at me. He smiled lightly, looking kind of amused.
"I see Alice is starting to get creative with your closet." I suddenly felt a little self-conscious.
"Do you not like it?" Jacob stopped smiling and started shaking his head. He had a remorseful look on his face.
"No Nessie, that's not what I meant at all. You look adorable as you always do. I'm just used to seeing you in nothing but dresses is all. I didn't know Alice had decided to change things." He kneeled in front of me while telling me this. I hugged him around his neck. And once he realized I wasn't mad, he hugged me back.
"As long as you like it Jacob." Jacob hugged me a little tighter for a second before releasing me and letting me stand on my own feet. He was smiling his smile again. The smile that always comforted me no matter what.
"I think we'd better get to the house. I'm sure that everyone's starting to wonder why the birthday girl hasn't made an appearance." I giggled and he chuckled his bass laugh. He took my hand in his and we walked back to the house. Apparently, more people had come since Jacob had arrived. I could hear Billy, Charlie, Sam, Jared and Paul playing a card game and eating bagels. When Jacob and I came into the house, grandpa saw me, placed his cards on the table and came to me to give me a hug.
"Hey, Nessie. Happy first birthday!" He kneeled down to hug me and I hugged him around his neck.
"Hi grandpa." I looked over grandpa's shoulder and waved at Billy and the others. They waved back at me with a smile. Billy spoke for everyone.
"Happy Birthday Nessie. How does it feel to be a whole year old?" I giggled. I gave him the thumbs up. I was so glad to see that the others weren't having any trouble not harming grandpa. Especially since Garret was so new to the diet and Nahuel never had that restriction to begin with. I was surprised when I heard daddy's slightly annoyed tone. It wasn't noticeable to anyone but the family.
"Renesmee, come into the kitchen please?" Was I in trouble? I didn't remember doing anything bad. "You're not in trouble, I just need you to come in here for a minute." I sighed, and grandpa released me so I could sneak into the kitchen where momma and daddy were. Jacob went with grandpa to join the card game. When I got into the kitchen, daddy had the same annoyed expression. I saw a large package on the table that smelled like aged stone and mailman.
"What is that daddy?"
"It's your birthday present…..from Aro." Aro? Why would he send me a birthday present? "I'm not sure. I think you made a lasting impression on him. When they were here last year, Aro expressed a great liking to you. He's considering creating a hybrid himself using Felix or Demetri, but he would prefer to have you." As big as this would be to most others, I really thought nothing of it. Aro just seemed like a vampire with a very, very big head. Daddy smirked a little. "A very big head indeed." I giggled and walked over to the large package. It was addressed from Voltera. I cut the tap with my nail and opened the box. Inside was another, smaller box. I took that out of the larger packaging and tried to smell it. I smelled something unfamiliar and I couldn't immediately identify it. I opened the box with my nail again and saw what was in the box. I was amazed by what I saw.
It was a diamond necklace. The band was a white gold. A quarter of the way down the necklace towards the middle, it was lined with a row of one carat diamonds. The pendant itself was huge. It was a large, sectioned diamond cut into the shape of a hibiscus flower. The inside of it was even lined with single carat rubies to add some red accent to the necklace. The box it came in was a small box that was made of pure gold lined with emeralds. It was stunning. Much prettier than the necklace he had given momma for her wedding present. I always thought that one was gaudy looking. This one looked a little more classy than the other necklace which was still somewhere in my room. I think it's under my bed somewhere. I heard someone walk into the kitchen. It was Jacob.
"Wow. That's a huge diamond." Jacob sounded disappointed. Disappointed? What did he have to be disappointed about? I looked at Jacob and his face looked defeated.
"What's the matter Jacob?" He snapped out of his look and gave me a forced smile.
"Oh…nothing Nessie. Just blown away that there are actually diamonds that big is all." He gave me an awkward, forced laugh and then walked out of the kitchen to play cards with the others. I looked at daddy. What's wrong with Jacob?
"Nothing honey. Don't worry about it. You can handle it later after the party." I was about to argue. "Honey, just trust me. You'll be better off waiting 'til later to mention anything to Jacob." I sighed heavily and didn't argue. I put the necklace back into the box it came in and stuffed it back into the packaging. I walked out of the kitchen and into the living room where everyone else was. Everyone was conversing with one another and playing cards. Jacob was sitting next to Billy but not joining in the poker game. Garret was winning this time. Everyone decided to bet using two large bags of m&ms.
I sat next to Jacob on the couch that was pulled in to surround a large table. He didn't say or do anything. I scooted closer to him since he wasn't doing anything. Normally he would at least be playing with my hair, but he wasn't even doing that. I was concerned now. But I didn't say anything. I just watched everyone play poker. Emmett's voice took me by surprise.
"You want to learn how to play poker Nessie?" I looked at him abruptly, but didn't get a chance to answer him. Garret did it for me.
"It's bad enough you taught the girl how to swear. Don't teach her how to gamble too." They laughed amongst themselves while grandpa gave them weary eyes, but said nothing. Carlisle and Nahuel were talking again. I wasn't paying any attention to what they were saying though. Alice and Esme had gone out to get the ingredients for the food daddy was going to make later today. Rosalie was sitting next to Emmett as his 'lady luck'. She was only sitting there playing with her nails though. Emily, Rachael and Kim were talking about Emily's baby and the plans for Jared's and Kim's wedding in October. They had set the date for October 9th. Claire and Quil arrived then. Claire saw me and ran over to me. I got down from my seat to give her a hug back.
"Wow, you one year old now! I so happy dat you have birfday at wast." I giggled at her grammar. I waved at Quil and he waved back. He had a big box in his arm that daddy told him to just put on the kitchen table for later. I suddenly noticed all the gifts that were on the table. I went into the kitchen and looked at all the boxes and who they were from. Then I found Jacob's present. It was a large square shaped box. It was wrapped in birthday wrapping paper. I picked it up and examined it.
"Put it down Nessie. You can wait 'till later." I heard daddy say this from the music room. He and momma were playing with the piano. I put Jacob's present down on the table and went back into the living room where everyone was and took my seat next to Jacob again. Everyone started asking me about how excited I must be that I'm a year old now. I just nodded and answered all their questions and comments accordingly, but Jacob remained oddly silent throughout the whole thing.
A few hours later, daddy started making dinner. He made the patties and sausages. He was making chorizo, polish and Oscar Mayor sausages for the hotdogs. Everyone had said they were in the mood for variety. He made sure there was plenty of sauerkraut for me to nibble on. But I had hunted the other day, so I wasn't really hungry. Once daddy had finished making everything, everyone crowded into the kitchen and started helping themselves to food. We all sat around eating and talking, even though the Quileutes and Charlie were the only ones eating. Charlie had asked why we never eat before, but he decided he didn't want to know and never asked again. Daddy had gotten me a portabella mushroom to pick at while everyone was eating. I sat next to Jacob, who was talking to Seth the whole time. I was getting angry now. What was wrong with him? Daddy cleared his throat and I mentally promised not to say anything yet.
After a few hours of everyone just talking and enjoying the company, momma, Alice, Rosalie and Esme went into the kitchen together. They came out one minute later holding my cake and screaming happy birthday. Once they did that, everyone clapped and started singing happy birthday to me. Even Jacob looked a little less upset. He looked straight at me and sang the song with everyone else. When they finished singing the song and the cake was right in front of me, everyone went silent. I felt Jacob put his hand on my shoulder.
"Make a wish and blow out the candle Nessie." Jacob had told me about this little tradition earlier on in the week. So I closed my eyes, made a wish, and blew out the candle. When I did, everyone clapped for me. Claire was clapping and bouncing at the same time next to Quil. She then ran over to me and gave me a hug, I hugged her back. Kim was close behind.
"YAY! You a bigger girl now. But I still older den you." I giggled and hugged her tightly.
"How could I ever forget that?" Claire and I laughed together for a minute before we let go of each other and she ran back over to Quil to play with him. When she was gone, Kim walked up to me and hugged me.
"Happy birthday Nessie. I know everyone says this, but you're growing up so fast." I smiled. Half because of the commonness of the phrase, and because of its irony. Jacob was playing with my hair. Hopefully that meant he wasn't upset anymore, or at least less upset. "I love this outfit. Is it new?" I laughed.
"It's always new. Alice thinks it's a cardinal sin to wear anything over again. She's like the Hitler of fashion." Everyone who heard me say that laughed. Even Alice giggled a little, but pretended to be genuinely offended.
"You're so lucky. I wish I had someone who could help me out with my clothes."
"Be careful what you wish for Kim." I said. We both laughed and once again, so did everyone that heard me. Everyone had a piece of cake on a plate of their own before daddy and momma brought out my presents. The one from Aro was still safely tucked in the kitchen where no one would see it. I couldn't image a time or place I would ever wear that thing, as pretty as it was. Seth bounced in his chair from excitement.
"Open mine first Nessie." I smiled and looked for his gift. When I found it, it was a medium sized box. I opened it with my nails, cutting through the wrapping paper and the tape. When I opened the box, I loved what I saw. It was a music/jewelry box. When I opened it, it played Canon Dur.
"It's beautiful Seth." Seth smiled with a sense of accomplishment. After opening Seth's, I opened the one from Kim and Jared. It was a box filled with a whole bunch of hair things. Gels, sprays, color, hair pieces, every kind of iron, everything hair. I looked at Kim and gave her the most appreciative smile I could give her. I loved it. She smiled back.
"You owe me a date with your hair Nessie." We giggled together and I promised I would let her go hog wild later on. Alice of course used my birthday as an opportunity to buy me a large make-up kit. Filled with lip sticks, glosses, liners, mascara and every shade of eye shadow imaginable. I had enough in this kit to open my own store. I thanked Alice for her gift and moved on. Daddy and momma gave me a new set of books that daddy said I would like. Emmett and Rosalie got me a new, much simpler, diamond necklace that dangled single carat diamonds. After seeing that, Jacob looked defeated again. I saved Jacob's present for last. I knew he would ask me to do it like that anyway.
I looked at the square shaped box for a second. I was really curious as to what Jacob had gotten me. My guess was jewelry. Those were the gifts I had gotten today that always gave him a strangely defeated look. I opened the wrapping paper more slowly than I had the other gifts. Not so much so that anyone except the vampires would be able to notice. When I was ride of the wrapping paper, I was confronted with a white cardboard box. It didn't have any store label on it, it was simply a white cardboard box. When I opened the box, it was filled with purple wrapping paper that I moved out of the way.
I almost cried. It was stunning. It was a wooden hair comb. It had long combs that would be able to stay in my thick hair with no problem. But what got me was the design on the top. It was a wooden, pink plumeria flower with red on the insides as accents. The flower was surrounded on two sides with pastel green leaves that held the teeth of the comb. What made it even more beautiful was the fact that he made it himself. I had seen the beauty he had made of momma's wolf charm on her bracelet. That carving work was beautiful and I always wished that Jacob would make me something like that. And now he finally had. I looked at Jacob with a huge smile on my face.
"Did you make this yourself?" His face looked shy, but he nodded his head. I looked back at the little comb and looked it over again. It was beautiful. Better than anything anyone could have made or bought me. After looking at it one more time, I laced my fingers gently through my hair (making sure not to ruin my fishtail) and found the perfect place to put my comb. I ran to a mirror and looked at it. It was even more beautiful in my bronze locks. I did cry then, but only one tear. I didn't want him to think I didn't like it. After wiping away the small tear, I ran back out and leaped into Jacob's arms, giving him a hug around his neck.
"I love it." I heard him chuckle a little, and then he hugged me back. Everyone stayed around for a few more hours to talk and watch movies. I gave Kim the rest of the afternoon to play around with my hair with all the new stuff she got me, and experimenting new ways to wear my comb. Alice watched Kim play around with my hair. Claire even made small suggestions, like wearing my comb like a crown. We all giggled and tried it. After Kim and Alice put my hair in an up-do with my comb as a crown, Claire and I danced around a little pretending we were princesses.
Jacob stood around and watched. He didn't look defeated anymore. He looked proud. I was glad. My reaction to his gift was obviously the one he was hoping for. After several hours of catching up and Kim playing with my hair, we ended the night with my hair in a loose bun with my comb in the bun, keeping it supported along with the hair band. Everyone had left except the Denalis, Nahuel and Jacob. Jacob and I went outside for a while.
"Did you like the birthday cake?" He breathed in heavily, a yawn. It had been a long week for him.
"It was awesome. I haven't had angel food cake in forever. What was that icing?" I put on a smug smile.
"You better have liked that cake, I made it all by myself. And I made the icing with cream cheese and blueberries." Jacob laughed.
"Well, than it was the best cake I've ever had." We laughed together while we looked at the stars in the sky.
"What was the matter with you earlier? When I opened that gift from Aro and Rose's and Emmett's gift, you suddenly looked like someone had told you bad news. What was wrong?" Jacob sighed.
"Truthfully?" I nodded. "I kind of thought that after getting those kinds of gifts…you wouldn't like what I made you. It's so simple compared to the necklaces. I actually felt bad that I couldn't get you a diamond necklace like everyone else seems to be able to." I looked at Jacob for a moment and then scooted closer to him. I scooted into his lap, making sure I had his utmost attention. He looked at me.
"I cried." He looked very confused, and then hurt. "I cried because I loved it so much. You were the only one who gave me something handmade. And what's more, you carved it flawlessly, as if it was bought in a store. Diamonds are pretty, but they're just rocks. What you made was from the heart Jacob. And that's why I loved your gift the best." He grinned from ear to ear. He was beaming with joy and what I was sure was pride. He gave me a tight hug which a gladly returned.
"You really loved it that much?" I giggled and then nodded into his shoulder, my little nook. His fingers went into my hair and stopped when they reached his gift to me. "Thank God. It took days for me to make this. I kept redoing it because I kept messing it up." I giggled again.
"You could never mess it up Jacob." He joined my laugh. After we finished laughing, we spent a few hours finding shapes in the stars. When it was ten, I began to get really groggy. Jacob told momma and daddy that he would take me home to the cottage and tuck me in. He told them he would stay there until they got back. I slowly did my usual night time routine and got on my pajamas. Jacob tucked me under the covers and I held my little wolf stuffed toy close to me. Jacob laughed lightly at that. He had taken out my comb and put it in my new jewelry box. I fit perfectly. Probably the reason Seth got it for me. Jacob ran his fingers gently through my hair.
"Happy Birthday Renesmee." He gave me a kiss on my forehead and I blushed again. I never really knew what it was about Jacob that always made me blush, but I hoped to find out what it was one of these days. "Sleep tight birthday girl." I smiled widely.
"Night Jacob." Then I closed my eyes and drifted into sleep with Jacob still stroking my hair. He was there when I woke up that morning. He had fallen asleep next to my bed. I smiled when I saw him. I couldn't help but feel protected. When I finished my morning routine and got dressed, he started to stir. I put my hair in a half ponytail crown and put the hair comb in the back where my hair was restrained into a rubber band. I walked to him and watched him open his eyes.
"Morning sleepy head." I smiled widely and he just chuckled. He lifted himself up and stretched a little.
"Morning, hun." I hid my blush from the nick name. He noticed the comb in my hair and smiled to himself. After he cracked his neck, and I winced at the sound, I reached out my hand for him to take. When he took my hand, I showed him an image of omelets, ham and cinnamon buns with lots and lots of cream cheese icing. He licked his lips. "That sounds delicious right now. Let's get back to the house and demand Edward make me breakfast." I laughed with him for a few minutes. After we finished laughing, with my hand still in his, I lead him to the house, ready to make him breakfast.