Sweet 19
Jacob and I were sitting on his couch watching a few movies. We were watching 'Psycho', the original. According to every one of my family members, including the Denalis, the original was the only one worth watching. Emmett had been much more colorful in his expression of this opinion, but we got the point.
Jacob said that the original movie was much better than the remake too, so I took his word for it and didn't waste my time with the remake. When the movie ended, Jacob went to the DVD player to change the movie.
"So what did you think?" I giggled. He sounded so hopeful.
"It was good. You were right about Norman Bates. No matter how insane the man is, he was still awesome." Jacob laughed. When he put the DVD back into the case, he put it back on the shelf and started looking through the movies he had.
"So do you want to watch another movie?" I nodded my head. I walked over to his shelf of movies that he had acquired over the years and looked for something that looked good. It seemed like Jacob had everything. His selection wasn't nearly as large as the one daddy, Emmett and Jasper had, but they had a much longer time to collect movies in.
"What about that one?" I pointed to the 'Blaire Witch Project'. Jacob shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't know if Edward would be too happy with me if I let you watch that." I looked from the movie to him.
"Why?" He shrugged again.
"It has a lot of bad language. I mean you never see the witch, but it's pretty freaky. I always liked the movie, though."
"We can watch it anyway. If daddy gets mad, then I'll take the heat. Deal?" Jacob laughed his bass laugh that I loved. He looked back at me with a huge grin on his face.
"Sure, sure." I smiled triumphantly and Jacob teasingly rolled his eyes. I sat back on his couch and waited for him to start the movie. When the movie came on, we watched it together in silence. When the movie was over, I heard Jacob's stomach growl.
"I'll go make some food." I hopped off the couch and went to his kitchen. He got out my stool and placed it in front of the countertop. I searched through his fridge, but I couldn't find anything. I looked at him, and he just grinned apologetically. "When was the last time you went grocery shopping?" Jacob laughed lightly, giving me his guilty face.
"I don't remember to be perfectly honest with you." I rolled my eyes and Jacob just laughed again. No wonder the man was always at my house. He didn't have any food.
"Let's settle for take-out for tonight, then." Jacob sighed.
"There aren't any good places that deliver here. The only thing that delivers to my apartment is Masiano's Pizza, and frankly, I'd rather eat my own foot. At least my foot would taste better." I laughed to myself at his comment.
"I'm not sure you're really in a position to be picky, Jacob." He laughed.
"Why don't we drive to Port Angels or something and find a place to eat there?" I shrugged.
"I'm okay with it. At least you don't have to worry about feeding me." I looked around a little more. "You don't even have the decency to have capers or sauerkraut on hand. Shame on you." Jacob laughed at my joke. Then I took my face out of his fridge and looked at him. He was rubbing the back of his head.
"I really am sorry. I guess I've gotten so used to eating at your house that I never think to go grocery shopping anymore." I grinned.
"I noticed." He chuckled and I giggled with him. "I'll get my coat." While Jacob turned off everything, I got my coat. It was a coat that I pretty much wore all year round. It was a green jacket that I had gotten from momma's friend, Angela, when she had visited the first time.
It had the logo for the University of Seattle where she was going and the school mascot on it. The one she had gotten was too small for her to wear it, so she let me have it. When Jacob finished turning everything off, he walked over and put on his jacket. I loved his jacket. It was a Slipknot jacket that he had gotten when he had gone to the concert with Embry over the summer. It didn't cost too much, and it was warm and comfortable.
He grabbed his keys to the rabbit and we were off. It didn't take him very long to drive us to Port Angels. It always took daddy twenty minutes at longest to get there. Jacob drove a little slower than daddy did, so it took us about a half hour or so.
When we got to Port Angels, we drove around for a few minutes looking for a decent place to eat. Jacob eventually settled on a McDonalds, which I lectured him for.
"I should have never let you watch 'Super Size Me'. Now you're more health conscious than a teenage girl." I giggled.
"You have to admit, that was gross." Jacob sighed.
"Yes, it was. But you also have to admit that all that stuff happened because he was eating only McDonald's food. So no duh one would have health problems if they did that. You're lecturing me for picking a Big Mac over Kung Pow chicken." I giggled. I had tried to convince him to pick the Chinese restaurant earlier, but he wasn't in the mood for Chinese.
"I'm just saying, Jacob. Is it so much to ask that you eat healthy? You are human after all." Jacob grinned and sighed.
"Nessie, you and Edward already feed me healthy food whenever I'm over, which, by the way, is primarily where I spend my time. And you make lunch for me to bring with me to work. I don't think I have to worry about one Big Mac clogging my arteries." I laughed and finally let it go.
Jacob and I waited in line a little longer than I would have liked. We didn't use the drive-through because that line was longer, so we just came inside. When we finally did get to the front, the girl that was running the register was ogling Jacob. I couldn't really understand why, but this annoyed me immensely. The girl didn't look at me, just Jacob.
"What would you like sir?" I rolled my eyes at the girl. It was one thing to be nice to a costumer but a completely different thing for them to be overly friendly. Jacob didn't seem to notice her tone of voice and just ordered his Big Mac, large fries, and a root beer. Jacob looked at me.
"I know you get mad when I ask this, but are you sure you don't want anything?" I just smiled at him and nodded my head, letting him know that I was sure. The girl at the register finally noticed me, and she evidently liked what she saw.
"Oh my God, she's so cute." Oh God, the high pitch sound of her voice. She looked back at Jacob. "Is she a relative of yours?" Jacob shook his head.
"No. I'm a family friend." Jacob left it at that and moved us to the part of the counter where people were waiting for their food. The girl didn't stop looking at Jacob. Another girl that was in the back started starring at him too. I touched Jacob's hand.
I hate to be a pain, but could you wait to eat until we get out to the car or something? Jacob looked at me, confused.
"You could never be a pain, Nessie. Is something wrong?" I sighed and kept my hand on his.
Yes. That girl at the counter and a girl in the back are starring at you and it's making me feel uncomfortable. Jacob chuckled lightly at my thought.
"Okay, Nessie. I'll wait until we get back to my apartment." I smiled at him and he smiled back. A short time after, Jacob's order got called and he went to get his food, asking them to put it in a bag for him. The girl looked a little more disappointed than what was really necessary.
When we got back to the rabbit, Jacob drove us back in twenty five minutes. When he finally parked the car and turned it off, he took his food and was wrestling with his pocket to find his house keys. When we got into his apartment, I was laughing lightly.
"What's so funny?" I laughed a little more before answering him.
"You were in quite a hurry to get back and eat your food." Jacob laughed too, now.
"I'm hungry, so sue me." I giggled as he took out his food and rested it on his small dining table. I sat across from him and watched him eat his food. He was used to me watching him eat his food, so he didn't say anything about it. He was halfway finished with his sandwich when I decided to put in another movie.
"What are you in the mood for?" Jacob turned to look at his shelf of movies.
"Have Emmett or anyone else forced you to watch 'Shawshank Redemption' yet?" I shook my head. "Well, we're watching that. I can't believe Emmett hasn't made you watch that yet."
"Why would he?" Jacob gave me a weird look.
"Because he's a huge movie buff that has forced you to watch several movies, old and new." I giggled. It was true. Emmett had forced me to watch just about every movie we had in our collection. Because of Emmett, I've even seen all the Jaws movies and all the original Frankenstein movies. All five of them. And I hoped I would never have to watch them again.
"He really is." We laughed. Jacob popped in the movie, pressed play when it got to the main menu and went back to the dining table to finish his dinner. I sat next to him so I would be able to see the movie. Jacob had a large TV. It had been Carlisle and Esme's house warming gift. The look he'd gotten on his face was priceless. He'd been speechless for several minutes. He didn't stop starring at it until I pinched him for not hearing something I'd said to him.
We ended up being engrossed in the movie. I actually knew the opening song that was playing on the car radio. It was one of daddy's favorite songs from the forties. He preferred the instrumental songs but this song was an exception to that generalization. While we were watching the movie, it started snowing. I looked outside the window at the snow. I realized that I didn't know what the date was. Silly of me to let that information slip my mind.
"Hey, Jacob." He didn't look away from the screen.
"Yeah?"
"What's the date? Thursday December what?" Jacob sighed and thought about it for a second.
"It's December 4th." I looked at Jacob, trying to understand his lacking emotion in his tone. His birthday was this Sunday. He would be nineteen this year. Granted, nineteen didn't come with anything special, but it was a year closer to a birthday that would.
"Your birthday is this Sunday." He sighed. "Aren't you excited?" He shrugged.
"It's only nineteen. Nothing to really be excited about."
"What do you mean, 'nothing to be excited about'? A birthday's a birthday." Jacob started laughing.
"Nessie, it really isn't a big deal." I sighed. I let the matter go. I would talk to Alice about it later. She would no doubt help me give him a decent birthday. I was smirking. "Nessie, whatever you're planning, don't do it." I looked at him, pretending to be innocent.
"Whatever do you mean, Jacob?" Jacob just looked at me.
"You know what I mean, Nessie." I rolled my eyes.
"Fine. I won't plan anything." Jacob smiled.
"Thank you, Nessie." I smiled sweetly and he smiled back at me. I was still planning to do something, though. We watched the rest of the movie. When the movie was over, I started getting really tired. I yawned. "You want to go to bed, Nessie?"
"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea." Jacob turned off the TV and walked with me to my room. I got my pajamas from my little drawer and went into the bathroom for my night time routine. When I was done, I went to my room and Jacob tucked me in.
"Night, Nessie. Sweet dreams." He was smiling at me and I smiled back.
"Night, Jacob." He kissed the top of my head and I kissed his cheek. He turned off the lights, left my door slightly open, and went into his room. I fell asleep in a matter of minutes.
I woke up that morning to someone placing their hand on the top of my head.
"Nessie, wake up. We need to get going." I opened my eyes to see Jacob kneeling next to my bed. He was wearing his work shirt with his work jeans that were eternally covered in transmission fluid. I rubbed my eyes and forced myself out of bed. Jacob went to the kitchen to get something to eat while I washed my face, brushed my teeth and got dressed. Jacob was taking me with him to work today, so I was sure to bring cloths that I wouldn't miss if they got dirty. I put on a pair of blue jeans and one of Jacob's old shirts. Since the shirt was so big on me, I tied it behind me with one of my rubber bands and tucked the fabric underneath. It was a black shirt anyway, so no one would notice it.
I put my hair in a ponytail so that it wouldn't get in mine, or anyone else's way. After I was done changing, I went into the kitchen where Jacob was, eating a bowl of cheerios. I hopped onto my stool that he hadn't put away the night before and sat on the counter. He laughed when he saw me jump onto the counter.
"I'll be done eating in a moment, Nessie." I smiled.
"Will your boss mind that you're taking me to work with you?" He shook his head.
"I already asked him about it. He said as long as it doesn't slow down the work day and as long as you don't touch anything you're not supposed to, he doesn't mind." He gently nudged my cheek with his fist and then went back to eating his breakfast. When he was done, we got our coats on, locked up, and went to the rabbit to drive to the shop. It took us a half hour to get there. When we arrived, I followed closely behind Jacob. I saw a tall, fair haired man wave at him.
"Hey, Jake. You're a little late." Jacob chuckled lightly at the man's joke.
"Sorry, Andy. But as far as I'm concerned, breakfast comes before work." They shared a good laugh. I held Jacob's lunch in my hands.
"Jacob, where should I put this?" I showed him the bag of food I was holding.
"Oh. There's a fridge in the back. I'll take you to it." Jacob showed me the way to the back of the shop where fridge was. I handed it to him and he wrote his name on the bag with a sharpie and stuck it in the fridge.
Once Jacob had his food in the back, we went to where the workshop was. There was already a line of cars that were being worked on. Jacob went straight to a car that had rear end damages.
"What happened to this car?" Jacob continued to look it over.
"According to the driver, he was in a parking lot backing out of his space when a person came out of nowhere and hit the back of his car." Jacob shook his head in what I assumed was his way of saying that person had been stupid.
"Wouldn't the accident have been that person's fault since they weren't paying attention to oncoming traffic?" Jacob laughed lightly to himself.
"You'd think. But thanks to this guy's lawyer and insurance company, he's saying that he wasn't at fault and shouldn't have to pay for any of the damages to his car. The other driver disagrees, so they're taking it to court." I rolled my eyes.
"Wouldn't it be easier to just admit it was his fault and pay the guy?" Jacob laughed lightly again.
"Not really. Admitting it was his fault means a higher insurance rate for him. But if he can make the accident look like it was the other guys fault, his insurance won't rise as high. And it doesn't help that this guy is driving a sports car that he can't afford." I giggled. That would certainly make things more difficult.
As Jacob had promised his boss that I would, I didn't touch anything or get in anyone's way. I stayed close to Jacob and didn't try to make conversation with him while he was working on something, unless it was to ask the details of a car he was working on. When lunch time came around, everyone went to the back of the shop to get their lunches. I sat next to Jacob at one of the three tables that were in the back. The guy named Andy was the one who sat on the other side of Jacob.
"So you're Nessie, huh?" I nodded. I wasn't sure why this guy would know me, but I didn't question it. "I got to say, Jacob, she's a beauty." I smiled sweetly at the guy.
"Yeah. She is." I blushed when Jacob made that comment. Andy laughed lightly at Jacob.
"Is she your niece or something?" Jacob shook his head.
"No. She's my best friend's daughter. Nessie and I are just really close is all." Andy smiled at me and I smiled back politely.
"Is Nessie her real name." I shook my head.
"My name is Renesmee." Andy chuckled lightly.
"That's a unique name. Can't say I've ever heard that one." Jacob chuckled.
"A unique name for a unique girl, right Nessie?" I nodded and blushed again. I really wished I knew why I blushed when Jacob gave me compliments but not when anyone else did. Andy chuckled, then changed the subject. They started talking about all the things that they needed to do today and how long it was going to take. Eventually, Andy noticed something.
"Why isn't she eating anything?" This comment took me by surprise. Jacob stiffened a little, but otherwise didn't lose his composure.
"She had a really big breakfast. This little thing has a stomach the size of a pea, I swear she does. You give her half a grapefruit and she's good for the rest of the day." Jacob said this with a smile on his face. Probably because he was laughing to himself. He knew that I hated grapefruits. It was just another thing that tasted like sour dirt. I smiled at his little joke.
"Is that healthy?" Jacob pointed at me, emphasizing my appearance.
"You tell me." After looking at me for a moment, Andy just started laughing. Jacob laughed with him. I just smiled.
"Whatever works I guess." After they finally stopped laughing, they went back to their other conversation that they were having about today's work load. After lunch was over, they went back to the workshop and got back to what they were doing. Every so often, a few people would come in with their keys saying they needed a tire change or something.
While Jacob was working on a Ford Escort that needed an oil change, he taught me how to do it. It was a surprisingly easy process. I paid close attention to what he was saying. By the end of Jacob's work day, I had learned how to change a tire, change the oil in a car and change the battery in a car.
When Jacob was finally done with his work day, he said goodbye to everyone and I merely waved at all of them. They made Jacob promise to bring me with him to work again one of these days. Jacob said he would. When we were driving back to the house, Jacob struck up a conversation.
"Why were you so quiet? It's not like you to be that shy." I shrugged.
"I don't know. Andy just made me nervous for whatever reason." Jacob looked at me. Not in any way in particular, he just looked at me.
"Why would you say that?" I shrugged again.
"I don't know. Something about him just bothered me. And he smelled horrible." Jacob laughed out loud when I said that. I looked at him like he was nuts. I wasn't seeing the joke. "Why's that funny?"
"Because he's a pot head." He continued to laugh.
"A what?"
"A pot head. How that guy functions at work, I'll never know. The man smokes marijuana just about every chance he gets. That's what you smelled on him. It's hard to miss." His laugh calmed a little, but he was still chuckling.
"Marijuana?" Jacob nodded his head. "Isn't that illegal?" Jacob nodded his head. "Then why is he still working there?"
"Because our boss doesn't know. And, hell, even if he did, he wouldn't care. He figures as long as you can do your job right, he doesn't care what you do in your free time. The man is indifferent to his detriment."
"Are you and Andy the same age?" Jacob shook his head.
"No. He's about a year or so older than me. He's been working at the shop since he was fifteen though. Like I said, our boss is indifferent to the point of his detriment."
"Don't you need permission to work when you're under the age of sixteen?" Jacob nodded.
"Yeah. But as far as Craig is concerned, if you know what you're doing, he doesn't care." I shrugged it off. We got back to the house after driving for forty minutes. He was driving at a leisurely pace. When we got back to the house, everyone was engrossed in what they normally were. I noticed momma and daddy weren't there.
"Emmett, where's momma and daddy?"
"They went out hunting earlier. They should be back in the next hour." Jacob and I walked into the TV room. Emmett and Jasper were in there playing a game of Gin. Alice and Rosalie were watching them play. Esme was in the family room, arranging some flowers she had put in vases. I assumed Carlisle was upstairs in his office reading a medical journal like he usually did. I never could understand why he read those all the time, even if he's a doctor. Those books were so dry. It was like trying to stay awake while listening to the 700 club.
Jacob and I took advantage of Emmett's break from the news or a game and watched a few episodes of Invader Zim. Jacob and I watched two hours worth of Zim before momma and daddy came home. Momma came to me to give me a hug.
"Hey, Nessie. Did you have fun at work with Jacob?" I nodded my head. I touched her cheek and showed her my day. Momma smiled and laughed at certain parts and just listened at others. Daddy read what I was showing momma and did the same at all the same parts.
"Sounds like you enjoyed yourself today, Nessie." I nodded my head at daddy. Daddy looked at Jacob with a critical look. "Was it really necessary to explain that stuff about Andy?" Jacob chuckled.
"Sorry, Edward. She asked, I answered. She noticed that he smelled weird, I told her why." Daddy chuckled.
"You could have just told her that he naturally smells bad." Jacob laughed again.
"Oh come on, Edward. She would figure out what that smell was eventually anyway. It's better for her to know what that smell is now so she can avoid it in the future, wouldn't you agree?" Daddy looked at Jacob for a moment before he started laughing.
"Since you put it that way, I'll let it go." Momma and Jacob started laughing lightly too. "It's your night to do patrol right?" Jacob nodded, even though daddy had his answer seconds before he did. Jacob looked at me after he's given daddy his answer.
"I better get going now, Nessie. I'll see you tomorrow when I get off of work, okay?" I smiled and nodded my head. He walked over to me and kneeled to my level. We hugged and Jacob kissed the top of my head. "Don't stay up too late, Nessie. I'll see you tomorrow."
"Likewise, Jacob. Have a pleasant patrol." Jacob chuckled lightly at my choice of words. We hugged one more time, then he left. When Jacob was gone, I went straight to Alice. Daddy laughed at what I was thinking. I looked at Alice until she starred back at me. It didn't take long for her to notice me.
"Yes, Nessie?" I gave Alice a big smile.
"Can I ask you for your help with something?" Alice smiled at me.
"Sure. What do you need me to do?"
"Jacob's birthday is this Sunday and I want to throw him a party, whether he likes it or not." Momma was laughing while she walked up behind me.
"Renesmee, don't let it get out of hand. Jacob tends to handle parties the same way I do. Keep it simple." I nodded.
"Don't worry, I wasn't going to invite that many people. I was thinking of just inviting the pack, grandpa and Billy." Momma shrugged.
"That should be okay." She looked at Alice, but was still talking to me. "Don't let Alice go to overboard, okay." I giggled and Alice just held her chin up high. I agreed with momma.
"Try not to go overboard, okay Alice. I really want him to have a good time." Alice rolled her eyes.
"Nessie, its Jacob. As long as you're with him, he could walk through hell and back and still have a good time." I smiled back.
"Regardless, I want this to be a fun party for him. So let's keep it to a bare minimum. And I want to make the cake. I'll make an angel food cake for him. I'm making it vanilla this time. And a strawberry cream cheese icing. He'll love that." Momma and daddy laughed lightly at my enthusiasm. Then Alice reminded me of what I hadn't thought about.
"Have you decided what you want to get him for his birthday?" I just starred at the wall blankly. I had no idea what I was going to get him. Now that I thought about it, the only gift I've given him was that chocolate heart that I made him for Valentine's Day.
I had never made anything by scratch except food. I knew he liked cars, but that wasn't a hobby I could afford to nurture. Daddy laughed lightly at me thought. I ignored him for the moment. I kept thinking and thinking about what I could get him or make him.
"Don't worry, honey. Your momma and I will help you find something nice for him." I sighed a little at that. I couldn't believe this was so hard. Jacob had made me the most beautiful plumeria comb for my birthday. There was no way I could match that. "You don't need to match it, Nessie. He'll love anything you get him or make him." I sighed.
"That doesn't mean I should just get him anything." Daddy chuckled again.
"Don't worry, Nessie. We have until Sunday. We'll come up with something by then." Momma gave me a hug.
"Don't worry. I'll help you find the perfect gift for him." This comment coming from momma bothered me. Momma knew him better than I did. It made me sad that she did. I wanted to be the one that knew Jacob better than anyone, and yet momma knew more about him, even though she didn't spend nearly as much time with him as I did.
Daddy's expression didn't show that he was reading my thoughts, but he could. I knew he would find these feelings aggravating. They were aggravating to me too. I didn't understand why it bothered me so much, but it did.
"Thanks momma." After that, Alice and I talked about what we should do and who we should invite. Once we had finalized who was coming and what decorations would be put up, Alice promised that she would give everyone a call or a text tomorrow regarding Jacob's birthday party to make sure everyone could come. She couldn't be sure like she could with everyone else. No matter how much time passed, she couldn't seem to see the Quileutes.
After about an hour of planning, daddy and momma decided it was time for me to call it a night. I was getting pretty groggy, so I didn't argue. They took me home and let me go about my nightly routine. I went into my room where momma and daddy were waiting to tuck me in. We said good night to each other and I drifted off to sleep after a few short minutes.
I woke up the next morning on my own. The sun was shining behind a few clouds, so I was sure that the sun would be coming in and out throughout the day. I lay in bed for a few minutes, trying to fight of the sleepiness I was feeling. I looked at the clock that I had finally gotten for my room. It was nine in the morning. That was probably the earliest I'd ever woken up on my own.
I got out of bed and went about my morning routine. Momma and daddy said good morning to me from the family room and I gave them the same greeting. After I had brushed my teeth and washed my face, I went back into my room to find something to wear. I just stuck with a pair of caprepants and a short sleeve lavender shirt with a long sleeve navy blue shirt underneath that and wore some footsy shoes that were blue. I let my hair flow freely for today.
I walked into the family room and saw momma and daddy sitting together comfortably in front of the lit fireplace. Daddy looked around to look at me when he knew that I had entered the room.
"Let's get back to the house. Your momma and I will take you out shopping for a present today, okay?" I nodded my head. We walked back to the house and went straight to the garage and into daddy's silver Volvo. We drove into Port Angels first. Daddy had initially suggested the mall, but momma and I both shot down that idea. There was nothing I could get at the mall that Jacob would really like.
We went to several stores throughout Port Angels, looking for something that I knew that Jacob would like. Momma had suggested a few gifts that he would like, but none of them seemed right. After spending three hours in Port Angels, daddy suggested we try going to Hoquiam. There weren't nearly as many stores in Hoquiam, but they did have a lot of car specialty stores.
We looked through all the car parts and all the car bettering items. Still, nothing seemed right. Jacob never listened to his radio, so getting him a 'pimped out' stereo seemed like a wasted investment. We looked at a few more stores that were of the same type and still, I couldn't find anything that was right. After looking at all the specialty stores and coming up short, daddy suggested we try looking again tomorrow. Jacob would be getting off of work soon and had promised to come over after his shift.
On our way back the house, we past a large junkyard and something caught my eye. It was a rabbit, just like Jacob's car that he had rebuilt. But this was a 2007 rabbit. It looked beaten up and needed some serious work.
"Daddy, stop the car." Daddy didn't need to ask why. He already knew. It was perfect. Jacob loved rebuilding cars. It was the one thing he would rather do more than anything in his life. That was the perfect gift. Another project.
Once daddy had the car at a complete stop, I ran out of the car and straight to the rabbit in the junkyard. It looked like it had once been white, but he would change that. Jacob didn't like white cars. He preferred red or blue. His current rabbit was red. I looked at the interior. It had once been black leather. It was perfect. Jacob would have a field day with this car. I looked at daddy with pleading eyes.
"You really think this is the gift you want to get him?" Momma was smiling too. She obviously agreed that this was something that he would greatly appreciate.
"I'm positive. He could even make a good profit off of it once he's don't with it if he wants to. I hope he doesn't though." Daddy laughed at my hopefulness. He walked a little closer and observed the car a little more closely.
"It's a good model, I'll give it that. If his handy work on his current car counts for anything, he'll have this thing running like new in no time." I was jumping with joy now. But now there was one more problem. How were we going to get this to the house and how were we going to get it to his place once we showed it to him?
"Daddy." He already knew what my questions were. Daddy chuckled.
"Don't worry, Nessie. Emmett can bring up his jeep and we can haul the thing back to the house and do likewise when we need to get it back to his place." I smiled triumphantly.
"Awesome. I can't wait for him to see it. I really hope he likes it." Momma smiled widely.
"I can honestly say, Renesmee, that you're giving Jacob the best present he could ever ask for. A new challenge." We both smiled at each other as daddy called Emmett to bring his jeep to where we were so we could haul the car back to the house. Emmett was at the junkyard in less than twenty minutes. He laughed when he saw the car I had picked.
"I have to say, Nessie. Rosalie and Jacob are teaching you well in the way of cars. This things a real beauty." I smiled smugly. Emmett laughed at my expression. We managed to get the car hidden in the garage before Jacob got to the house. Everyone was sworn to secrecy. Everyone went about their previous activities. I went to the music room and started playing the piano while waiting for Jacob.
I heard in open the door to the house and ask daddy where I was. He walked straight into the music room and sat down next to me on the piano bench and watched me play the piano. I smiled and kept playing.
"Would you believe me if I told you you're getting better at this than Edward?" I laughed at that. That wasn't possible. Daddy and Rosalie were the best piano players in the house. True, I was good for someone who'd been playing the piano for as short a time as I had been, but I was still nowhere near as good as daddy and Rosalie.
"No, I wouldn't. I'd say you're tone def." Jacob and I both started laughing. I played a song a little longer with Jacob just watching me play. Then he started poking at the low notes randomly throughout my playing. I giggled again.
"How does this sound?" He started pressing more bass keys.
"It sounds horrible and you're ruining the song, but I don't mind." Jacob laughed again. His laugh was so musical. It was like listening to a bass guitar to me. I loved Jacob's laugh. "So what do you want to do today?"
I shrugged. There wasn't much to do. Emmett and Jasper were wrestling outside and everyone was engrossed in their own activities. Esme and Carlisle were out hunting.
"Are you hungry?" Jacob smiled guiltily.
"I am actually. I haven't eaten since breakfast." This little tidbit of information took me by surprise.
"Why didn't you eat lunch? Didn't you bring something with you to work?" Jacob chuckled lightly.
"I did, but it was eaten before I could get to it."
"Who ate it?"
"Believe it or not, one of the costumers did." I gave Jacob a questioning look. "What happened was, there was this lady that came in because her engine had failed on her. She had brought her four year old son with her to the shop. She let the kid out of her sight and he wondered into the back room where everyone's food was. By the time we found him back there, half the food in the fridge was gone, including my lunch."
"Are you serious?" Jacob laughed at my expression.
"I'm afraid so. And of course, the mother just laughed it off while the rest of us are fuming because some little brat ate our food."
"What do you mean the mother just laughed it off?"
"According to her, it was only natural that her growing son should be hungry, especially since he hadn't eaten his snack yet that day. I tell you, everyone in the shop had their veins busting out of our heads, we were so mad." I laughed with Jacob, even though he looked torn between amusement and annoyance from the situation.
"I suppose we should feed you then. Why should the mechanic go hungry cause of a child with no concept of personal property?" We laughed together as we made our way to the kitchen. I looked through the fridge to look for something good to cook. I found some pork chops and some boxed rice.
I looked for a recipe in Esme's new cookbook looking for a good way to cook pork. I found one that sounded like something that Jacob would enjoy. It had rosemary and such cooked with it, so that should taste pretty good to him. Once I finished cooking his dinner and he helped me set the table, I brought him a plate of the food. I sat next to him and watched him eat as I usually did.
The rest of the afternoon was spent watching football games and watching a few movies with Rosalie and Alice. I touched Alice's arm.
Does everyone know about this Sunday? I looked at Alice and she nodded her head. Will everyone be able to come? Alice nodded her head. That was all I needed to know. After several hours of movies, I got really sleepy. Jacob noticed.
"Do you want me to take you home for the night, Nessie?" I nodded my head. Daddy and momma came into the room and stood next to where Jacob was sitting.
"We'll take her home, Jacob. You better go home and get some sleep. You're thoughts are extremely groggy. Listening to your thoughts right now is like talking to a kid with ADD." Jacob laughed.
"Fine. I'll go home and get some sleep." Jacob walked over to me and kneeled down. "Night, Nessie. I'll see you tomorrow." He kissed the top of my head.
"Night, Jacob. Get some sleep." Jacob smiled and I smiled back. When Jacob had driven off, momma and daddy took me back to the cottage. I did my nightly routine and got into my pajamas. Once momma and daddy tucked me into bed, I fell asleep in no time.
______Sunday_____
It was the day of the party. Alice woke me up early this morning so I could bake the cake and make the icing. Alice hadn't put up many decorations as I had requested. She only put a few balloons and garlands on the front porch. Everyone had helped prepare a wide range of food for everyone to snack on throughout the party. Alice thought it would be better to have bite size stuff instead of a full blown lunch. Everyone got to the house at eleven as promised.
Daddy had called Jacob this morning and told him to wait until twelve to come over. He had told him that I was still sleeping. Jacob did question why he suddenly couldn't just wait for me to wake up like he normally did, but didn't argue for too long. Once everyone's gifts were in order, we waited for Jacob to arrive at the house.
At last, I heard Jacob's car drive up. I ran over to the door but didn't open it. I heard Jacob make an audible sigh when he saw the decorations. I pretended not to hear it though. He walked up the porch stairs and up to the door. Everyone had promised that they wouldn't yell surprise. I didn't want to go to overboard after all. I smiled widely when he finally opened the door.
"I thought I asked you not to do anything." He said all this with a smile on his face. He was annoyed, but not really mad at me. I knew Jacob's fine line in between the two.
"I know. But really wanted to do something for you. I think you'll like the gift I got you. I'll be heartbroken if you don't." I made a fake sad pouty face. Jacob laughed.
"I'll love it no matter what, Nessie." We smiled at each other. I dragged him into the house where everyone was. Jacob was bombarded with congratulations and happy birthday Jacob. Everyone conversed naturally and talked about things that were going on right now. Eventually, Sam was able to convince Jacob to open his presents. Everyone, for the most part, bought him shirts and pants. He simply didn't have many cloths in stock.
"Thanks, guys. You didn't have to." Everyone assured him that they wanted to. Once Jacob noticed that my present wasn't in the pile. He didn't say anything about it of course.
"Jacob." He looked at me.
"Yeah, Nessie?" I grinned from ear to ear. He smiled too. "What are you so happy about?" Still smiling, I grabbed Jacob's hand and dragged him to the garage. When we were in front of his covered gift, I walked over to it.
"You ready for your present Jacob?" Jacob hadn't even seen his present and his eyes already seemed to be popping out of his head.
"You didn't." I shook my head.
"Don't worry, Jacob. It's a fixer-upper." That's when I removed the cover to reveal the 2007 Volkswagen rabbit. Jacob beamed. When he didn't answer me right away, I got nervous. "Do you like it?" Jacob looked at me.
"You got this for me?" I nodded my head, still a little nervous about his reaction.
"Yeah. I know how much you love rebuilding cars. I couldn't find anything that seemed to be a good present when momma, daddy and I went shopping for a gift. But on our way home, we passed a junkyard and I saw this and knew you would have a lot of fun with it."
"Wow." This wasn't the reaction I was looking for. I was getting more and more nervous.
"You don't like it do you?" I felt tears start to come. Jacob seemed to come out of his trance and looked panicked. He walked over to me a kneeled down to my level.
"No, Nessie, that's not it. I love it. I just wasn't expecting it is all." I brushed away the one stray tear,
"You do?" Jacob nodded his head ferociously.
"Yes. It's the best present I've ever gotten. You gave me a new project. How could I not love it?" He was smiling now. He was still looking at me, but his eyes were filled with adoration that was meant for the car. This made me hopeful.
"Promise?" Jacob grinned from ear to ear and so did I.
"I love it, Renesmee. It'll take a long time to finish and a lot of new or used parts to get it running, and I'm going to love every growling minute of it." He wrapped his arms around me and gave me a hug that I gladly returned. He stood up so he wouldn't have to kneel down and he took me with him. I was still much shorter than him, but I was at least getting close to Alice's height.
"I'm glad you like it. Will you let me help you rebuild it?" Jacob laughed lightly at that.
"Sure. I'll teach you everything I know." He let me down and looked at the car when he did. "What color should I make it?" I thought about it. Jacob wasn't a fan of white cars and he thought that black cars showed dirt too much. I thought it would be cool to make it a different color than the rabbit he had now.
"How about yellow?" Jacob just looked at me like I was nuts. I laughed.
"That was a joke right?" I giggled. He playfully rolled his eyes. "Maybe I should make this red too. I like red on rabbits." I giggled again.
"Maybe you should go with blue. Nothing too bright but nothing too dark either." Jacob thought about it for a moment.
"That would be awesome." He opened the door to look at the interior. The moment he saw the interior, he looked back at me. "Nessie, this is awesome! I can't believe you were able to find it in such good condition. I'll have to replace some of the leather and clean a few things off, but this is going to shine when I'm through with it." I was beaming and so was he. He adjusted the seat and looked at the controls.
Jacob spent the rest of the afternoon drooling over the car and how much fun he would have rebuilding it. We found out that the radio in the car still works. When Jacob looked under the hood, I was mortified. There was hardly anything left of the engine. Jacob just laughed though.
"Wow. Looks like I've got quite a project ahead of me." He was wearing my favorite smile, so I didn't question him. Everyone came out to see the car that Jacob would be working on. Quil and Embry had fun looking under the hood and asked Jacob questions that I didn't understand at all. While they were talking, I looked at momma with a blank, confused stare. Momma just laughed.
"I know what you mean, Nessie. Believe me, I know what you mean." Once everyone got their fill of the car, they went back inside to have a piece of cake. I brought a piece out to the garage for Jacob. He smiled my favorite smile at me when he took his eyes from the car.
"Thank you, Renesmee. I really mean it. I love it."
"I'm glad." I walked a little closer to where he was standing. "I brought you some birthday cake. It's vanilla angel food with strawberry cream cheese icing." Jacob licked his lips.
"Sounds like heaven." We laughed lightly at the little joke. He took a bite of the cake. Then he laughed.
"What?" He looked at me.
"It's really good is all. I was thinking I should have you move in with me, that way I wouldn't have to travel as far to get good food." I blushed, but he didn't see. He got right back to eating his cake. An hour later, everyone started going home. Once everyone was gone, Emmett started up the jeep and pulled the car back to Jacob's apartment. Jacob and I followed behind Emmett. When we got back to the apartment, Emmett parked to car in a space close to where Jacob usually parked his car.
"I almost forgot. Here are the keys." I handed Jacob the keys that I had found in the front seat of the car. Jacob just smiled widely. Jacob thanked Emmett for helping him get the car here. Once Emmett left, Jacob and I went back up to his apartment. "What are you going to work on first?"
"The engine. That's always the best place to start. Once I have the engine done, I'll work on the interior, see if I can't get the leather seats fixed. Then we'll paint it last. Sound like a good plan?" I nodded my head. "Awesome."
We watched a few movies together, making fun of them while we watched them. Around nine, I started getting tired. Jacob saw my head start to tilt.
"You want to go to bed, Nessie?" I nodded my head. Jacob went into his room and did his night time routine and I went about mine. By the time I was done, Jacob was already waiting in my room to tuck me in. He smiled when he saw me.
"Hey, Jacob."
"Yeah?"
"Would it be okay if I slept with you tonight? It's really cold in my room." Jacob just looked at me for a moment without answering. "Would that be okay?" Jacob shook his head as if trying to clear it.
"Yeah. Yeah, that's okay. Just remember that you know I snore." I giggled.
"I'll live. Besides, if I listen to your heartbeat, I'll be out in seconds." Jacob smiled and I smiled back. I started blushing about the situation. It seemed strange for me to be blushing. Jacob and I walked over to his room. I hopped into his bed and he sat down next to me. He laid on his back and I wrapped my arms around his arm, still able to hear his heartbeat.
"Good night, Nessie. Thanks for giving me a great birthday." I smiled triumphantly.
"You're welcome, Jacob. I just wanted to get you something cool. Especially after you got me my plumeria comb for my birthday." Jacob laughed lightly.
"I don't want you to feel like you need to top me." I giggled.
"I know. That doesn't mean I can't want to get you something nice."
"I guess. Regardless, I love it."
"I'm glad." Jacob kissed me on the top of my head.
"Get some sleep, Nessie." I nodded my head. I was listening to his heart. I barely mumbled a good night back to him, and before I knew it, I fell asleep holding onto Jacob's left arm.