New Years
Jacob and I were outside his apartment working on his car. He had gotten the cylinder in, now he just needed to rewire a few things. But right now, we were repairing his leather seats. Jacob had somehow managed to take the seats out of his car and tear off all the old leather without completely ruining the seats. He'd even gotten a new rug for the bottom of his car. We had a found a few mystery stains on the bottom. We could identify the cigarette burn marks. Everything else, we didn't want to know.
"How did you get these seats out of the car without ruining them?" Jacob shrugged and smirked.
"It was a pain, let me tell you. I had to ask a guy that works with me at the shop to help me. He'd worked in a remodeling garage for a few years and he knew how to get the seats safely out of the car." I sighed.
"It wasn't Andy, was it?" Jacob chuckled.
"No, Nessie, it wasn't Andy. You think I would trust a pot head with a gift that you gave me?" We laughed.
"I'd hope not Jacob. So who did you ask?"
"Do you remember that one guy that you met at the shop? The one who had the weird beard and smelled like cigarette smoke. He had a voice that made him sound like he had a frog eternally jammed in his throat. We all called him Putty." My face became aware.
"Oh. He was nice. So he used to remodel cars for a living?" Jacob nodded his head.
"Yeah. He'd owned his own business and such, but his wife left him or something and she took all his money with her. So he went to work in the shop."
"That's unfortunate." Jacob nodded. "Did she leave him for someone else or something?" Jacob shrugged.
"I don't know. He didn't elaborate. It was kind of stupid how the subject came up in the first place." I looked at Jacob.
"How was it stupid?" Jacob smirked a little.
"Well, Collin was talking about a new movie that he and his wife had seen the other night. That's when Putty went on a tangent and started telling him that his wife would leave him someday. He described how his wife left him and such and now Collin's worrying over nothing." I giggled.
"I never took Putty as bitter." Jacob laughed.
"Yeah. He was on his best behavior when you were there." We had another laugh, and then continued working on the seats of his car. We had the new leather on in a few short hours. When we had finished everything, we went back up to his apartment and watched a few movies while playing a game of clue. About halfway through the game, Jacob changed the topic of what we had been talking about. "Hey, Nessie?" I looked up at him.
"Yeah, Jacob?"
"Are you and your family doing anything special for New Years tomorrow?" I shook my head.
"Not that anyone's told me about. Why?" Jacob smiled.
"I was wondering if you wanted to some with me, Seth, Quil and Embry to Seattle to watch the fireworks display." I smiled.
"Sounds like a lot of fun. Will Claire be coming too?" Jacob shook his head.
"I'm afraid not. Claire's mother doesn't want her out that late, even if Quil is with her. That and there's going to be a free heavy metal concert playing throughout the night." This took me by surprise.
"Really? Who?" Jacob smirked.
"Slipknot, Nine Inch Nails, Korn and a new band called Disterbia." I giggled. "They're doing a free open concert to open up 2011. I can't wait. Embry really got me to like Slipknot. I never thought I would, but he got me to. Korn's awesome too." I giggled. Jacob had a very wide taste in music. He loved 80's music, but, thanks to Embry, he had discovered a love for heavy metal too. Rap was really the only genre of music he hated. But of course, Embry loved it.
"And daddy's going to let you take me to a concert like that?" Jacob laughed.
"It took a lot of persuading, but he eventually agreed. He told me that if he hears any new words from you, though, it's on me." I giggled again.
"Okay. But don't worry. I'm sure there's nothing they can say that I haven't already heard from Emmett."
"That's what I told Edward." We laughed together for a moment before getting back to our game. A short time later, I thought of a good question.
"When will we have to leave for the concert if we're going to have a prayer of having a decent seat?" Jacob's face looked guilty.
"Truthfully?" I nodded my head. "We'll have to leave the early morning of the concert. That's if we want a good floor spot. And to be perfectly blunt with you, Nessie, I really want a good floor seat." I giggled.
"I'll be sleeping over here the day of the concert then." Jacob smiled.
"That would make it a lot easier, thanks, hun." I blushed lightly at the word. He hadn't seen. He was looking at the board now.
"So how early is early?" Jacob gave me a guilty smile again.
"Early as in four in the morning and try to get there in a half hour. It's free, so every heavy metal fan in the state will probably be there. Truthfully, we probably won't even be the first people there. Embry said he was bringing a tent to keep the rain off. It's supposed to rain tonight, and they're having the concert, rain or shine. It'll be really cool. And it should stop raining in time for the fireworks." I smiled. Jacob really did look excited for the concert.
"Okay. If you're awake, I'll be awake too. I assume you've already called daddy and asked him if it was okay for me to spend the night?" Jacob chuckled.
"Yeah, I did. He just said to ask you. If you wanted to go, then he said he was okay with it." I threw my hands up exaggeratingly.
"Hurray!" Jacob and I laughed some more.
"I even have a nice Slipknot shirt for you to wear." I laughed harder.
"Do you?" Jacob nodded with a big smile on his face.
"Yeah. That and a Korn shirt. Whichever you like better. I'm just wearing a black shirt and my Slipknot jacket. I might go with no shirt at all. I haven't decided yet." I just laughed and shook my head. We finished our game off with random talk. When we finished playing, I made Jacob some dinner. I had forced him to go grocery shopping yesterday, so I knew he had food available.
I made him some pasta with sausages and some bread. I sat next to him and watched him eat his food while watching the movie that we had on. We were watching Saving Private Ryan. The opening scene had been gruesome. I couldn't understand how he could stand to eat with that on.
"How do you like the movie so far?" We were about halfway through the movie when he asked me.
"It's a good story, very gruesome though." Jacob shrugged.
"That's what war is like. This is one of the most historically accurate movies out there with regards to its fighting scenes and such. The whole finding Private Ryan is made up, but everything else is historically accurate. It's one of the best war movies out there." We continued to watch the movie. Jacob was engrossed in the movie. I was engrossed in it to. Thanks to the special effects, everything that was happening looked so real.
When the movie was over, I actually wanted to cry. The ending was so touching. Jacob stood from the couch we had moved to after he'd finished eating and took out the movie from the DVD player. He chuckled when he noticed that I was tearing up.
"I see you liked the movie." I smiled and nodded my head.
"It was a really good movie." Jacob grinned from ear to ear.
"It is. I knew you would like it. Emmett and I were finally able to convince Edward to let you watch it." When Jacob took out the movie, he noticed what time it was. It was ten o'clock. "We better get to bed if we're going to wake up early in the morning. Embry is picking us up at four. His car is the one that has the most room." I nodded my head. I went into my bathroom and did my nightly routine. When I was done, I noticed the sound of the shower going. I went into Jacob's room and hopped onto the left side of his bed.
I waited for about twenty minutes, not really doing anything in particular. I found one of Jacob's many car magazines and looked through that. It had several rows of different makes and models of cars. Jacob even bent the corner of the pages with his favorite articles. I read some of those. It was complete gibberish to me, but I read it to pass the time.
Then I heard the shower turn off. I put the magazine back into the little basket next to his bed and held onto my feet, rolling back and forth waiting for him to come out. I heard his sink turn on so he could brush his teeth and such. I waited another ten minutes for him to be done with all of that. When he was done, he walked out of the bathroom in his pajama pants and a towel around his neck. He smiled when he saw me.
"Sorry, Nessie. I should have waited until you were tucked in to take a shower." I shook my head.
"That's okay. I actually wanted to sleep in here tonight. That way I'll wake up when you do." Jacob smiled and shrugged.
"If you want to. You know that I tend to toss and turn." I giggled.
"I'll be fine. The bed's big enough for you to have your moving space without landing on me." Jacob smiled and ran the towel through his hair. When he dried his hair a little, he hanged the towel on the bathroom doorknob and walked over to the bed. I hopped off so I could help him pull the covers back. When the blankets were pulled back, I hopped back onto the bed and Jacob pulled the covers over.
"Good night, Nessie. Try to get some sleep, we've got a big day tomorrow." I smiled and nodded my head. The bed and the pillow were nice and soft, but not too soft.
"Night, Jacob. Don't let me sleep in." Jacob smiled.
"I won't." Jacob hugged me and kissed the top of my head and I kissed his cheek. I managed to fall asleep before Jacob, so as to avoid his snoring.
New Years Eve
I felt the bed shift slightly. I groaned at the interruption. I heard footsteps going away from me, then coming closer again. The heartbeat was strong and soothing. I felt a warm hand run its fingers gently through my hair. I heard the heartbeat get louder and the scent getting closer to me. It was the clean and masculine scent that I loved so much. I felt his breath brush close to my face and the scent was stronger on his breathe.
"Nessie. Nessie, it's time to wake up. Embry's picking us up in an hour. Go get ready." I groaned again. "I know it's early, Nessie, but we need to get ready." I took in a deep breath full of his scent, forced my eyes to open, and started pushing myself up and out of bed. I rubbed my eyes and looked up at Jacob. He smiled apologetically.
"I'm up, I'm up." Jacob chuckled lightly.
"I put the shirts I told you about last night on your bed. Pick the one you like best. I'll get myself dressed too." I nodded my head tiredly and walked to my bathroom to do my morning routine. When I was done with that, I went to my room and found the shirts that Jacob had told me about. The Slipknot shirt had nine faces on the front and just the logo and star on the back. Each of the faces were frightening.
The Korn t-shirt had its logo on the top front and the back right corner. The back right corner had the head of the doll that was on the front. The doll was holding a piece of fabric with a worm like thing at its feet. I pulled out one of my red, long sleeve t-shirts from my closet and put that on. I put the Slipknot shirt on overtop of that. I knew Jacob would be wearing Slipknot paraphernalia so I wanted to too. I wore a pair of dark wash blue jeans with it. I put my hair up into a ponytail and went out to the living room to wait for Jacob.
I didn't wait very long. He was dressed and out of his room only minutes after me. As he promised, he was wearing only a black t-shirt was a dark wash pair of blue jeans that were being held in place by a thick leather belt. He went into the kitchen and pulled out three strawberry nutrigrain bars. He ate all three of them in under a minute.
"Will Embry be here soon?" Jacob nodded.
"Yeah. He texted me and said he was on his way. He's already picked up Seth and Quil."
"Okay." Jacob went to get his Slipknot jacket out of the coat closet and got his wallet and house keys. Jacob motioned for me to come to him. When I reached him, he took my hand and walked us downstairs and we waited at the front entrance for Embry and the others to come. They got here in two minutes and Embry honked his horn when he was right outside. Jacob and I ran to Embry's car, wanting to get out of the cold. It wasn't bitter cold to us like it would be to anyone human, but it still wasn't nice. Embry greeted us cheerfully when we got into the car.
"Morning you two. I hope you slept well, because you won't be sleeping again for a long time." We all chuckled and Embry sped out of the parking lot and onto the road. He made it to the highway in no time and we were on our way to Seattle.
"Where is the concert being held?" Seth asked once we were on the highway.
"Washington Park. It's the largest park and will hold all the people coming more sufficiently. The roads are even going to be blocked off to make room. So we'll be parking quite a distance away. But don't worry, we'll still get good floor seats." The drive took an hour. When we finally found a parking space in the city, we took all the stuff we brought with us and walked to the concert sight. There were already people there waiting, but not so many that all the good seats were taken.
We set up everything and waited out the day. A few hours later, Jacob and the others had their lunches while more and more people started to file in. Some of the people that came in were normal looking, people I saw whenever I was in Forks or any other towns and cities throughout Washington. But some people were very frightening looking. They had piercings all over their faces and tattoos just about everywhere they could have them and extremely unique hair styles. I stayed close to Jacob. Some of them looked at me in an adoring manor that made me uncomfortable. I touched Jacob's arm.
I'm kind of nervous. I showed Jacob the image of all the people that were giving me weird looks. Some of them looked like they were planning to approach me. Jacob looked behind us and saw the people I was showing him. He sighed.
"Don't worry, Nessie. If any of them try anything, I'll make them pay for it." He smiled reassuringly at me, and I smiled back at him. The others had heard Jacob's comment, and nodded in agreement. Jacob held me closer to him to reassure me. When they finished their lunches, they put everything away and back into the bags. Embry hadn't brought the tent like he'd said he would. Apparently, tents weren't allowed in the area.
A few more hours passed and it was starting to get dark. Embry had said that the concert wasn't starting until nine. We had four hours to go. Eventually, someone approached us. I looked around and noticed who was coming towards us as someone who had been staring at me a few hours ago. I touched Jacob's arm and showed him the image of the person walking towards us. Jacob stiffened, but otherwise didn't react. The guy had dark brown hair and was drenched in cologne I didn't recognize.
He was wearing a simple Nine Inch Nails t-shirt that was black. His hair was spiked and his eyes were red. He wasn't a vampire. I could hear his heartbeat and his scent wasn't sweet enough to be that of a vampire's and his skin had a human's pink hue. He was probably wearing contacts was all. When he was close enough, he smiled strangely at me.
"Hey." Jacob finally turned around to face the man behind us. The guy didn't pay attention to Jacob, though. He was only looking at me. "How're you doin'?" I smiled politely.
"I'm doing good." He smiled wider. His smile looked cocky now.
"That's good." He came a little closer. "So what's your name?" He was coming closer, and it was making me uncomfortable.
"Renesmee." The guy nodded approvingly.
"Pretty name. I'm Brandon." I smiled politely at him, but otherwise said nothing. I still had my hand on Jacob's arm. Brandon made the last few necessary steps to close the remaining gap between us. His smile remained cocky. "What do you say you let me buy you dinner some time?" I wasn't sure what to say, but Jacob finally intervened.
"Do you know how old she is?" Brandon looked at Jacob, his eyes hostile now.
"I wasn't talking to you asshole." Jacob rolled his eyes.
"I don't care whether you were talking to me or not. The point of the matter is that you're hitting on an eleven year old girl." Jacob's tone was harsh and firm. I was technically only a little over a year old, but Brandon didn't need to know that. Brandon's eyes looked shocked.
"No way." Jacob rolled his eyes and motioned for me to stand up and face the guy. I did, and Brandon's eyes looked shocked. "Shit. From behind, I thought you were sixteen or something." I shook my head.
"I'm flattered you thought so but I'm not." Jacob stood up now. He toward a good foot and a half above Brandon.
"Now that this little misunderstanding has been resolved, I think you should go back to your group." Brandon looked like he was about to protest, but then he looked at Jacob's face. He gave Brandon an intimidating look that scared even me. Without a shred of complaint, Brandon walked away and back to wherever his group had been. When he was gone, Jacob looked at me with a much softer and kinder face.
"Thanks for that." Jacob chuckled.
"No problem. I guess I should have expected this. I just never thought I would have to worry about this sort of stuff happening so soon." Jacob looked back at the others, who were now standing to attention. "It's done now. Nothing to worry about." They all nodded their heads and sat back down. Jacob and I joined them.
"What do you mean you weren't expecting this to happen so soon?" Jacob shrugged. He almost looked torn between being sad and being happy. It was so strange.
"I never thought guys would start noticing you like that this soon. I mean, you're growing fast, but you still look no older than eleven. Thirteen at oldest. It took me off guard is all." I wondered, suddenly, why something like this would bother him. He was probably just being defensive of me was all.
Several more hours past, and the curtains finally opened. The band that was playing wasn't familiar to me. They announced themselves as Disterbia and started playing. They weren't great, but they were okay. They played for about an hour and a half. When they were done, Nine Inch Nails come out, and that's when the crowd started going wild. People started ramming against us to get closer to the stage. Jacob took me and held me securely in his arms so he wouldn't lose me. I heard people screaming from both excitement and from the pain of being slammed together.
I didn't know any of the songs that they were playing. Jacob never listened to anything by NIN, so I wasn't really familiar with them. I was more familiar with Slipknot and Korn, even though I hadn't heard many of their songs. The one's I had heard, though, I liked. When NIN played for the same amount of time as Disterbia, they thanked everyone for coming and invited Slipknot to come on stage. That's when Embry started going crazy. So did the rest of the audience. Everything from bras to actual people were being thrown at the stage. It was great.
They were wearing the frightening masks that I always saw them wearing in posters and on CD covers. They played a handful of their most famous songs and the crowd was going wild. I actually caught myself singing along with the songs that I knew. Jacob put me on his shoulders so I could have a better view of them. Several people behind us complained, but I ignored them. I was having too much fun to pay them any mind. I didn't even care when someone's shoe hit my head. I was bombarded by several pairs of underwear too, men and women's underwear.
When Slipknot finished their time on stage, they invited the last act of the night on and the band that would welcome the New Year, Korn. Jonathan Davis went to the microphone to make an announcement before commencing with the performance. Jacob held me up impossibly higher for me to see.
"Hello Seattle!!" The crowd cheered when Jonathan Davis began. "Let's welcome the New Year with a bang!! Scream for me, Seattle!!" And Seattle did scream. And as promised, it began to rain outside. And also like promised, the concert continued anyway. He didn't wait for the crowds cheering to die down before they started playing. Jonathan started singing when the time came, and the crowd went even crazier. It was one of my favorite songs by them, even though the song was extremely vulgar. ADIDAS.
I love this song. I put the thought into Jacob's head when I touched his cheek with my hand. Jacob chuckled lightly.
"Figures." I laughed with him and then we watched the rest of the concert. Korn finished their performance about five minutes before midnight. Jonathan Davis called out all the bands that had played that night and they all wished us a Happy New Year in their own, unique way. When it was a minute before New Years, they all started the countdown and the crowd joined enthusiastically. I joined in counting down. When it finally turned midnight, everyone screamed Happy New Year and started cheering. All the lead singers welcomed 2011 one last time before saying goodnight to Seattle once more.
That's when the fireworks show came. It was beautiful, and I got to watch it with the best view ever. On top of Jacob's shoulders. The fireworks display lasted one hour with all the bands singing a joined song that would only be on the tour CD. The song was relatively slow. I enjoyed it. I realized that the song was a different variation of the Slipknot song 'Snuff'. It was beautiful. I rested my head on top of Jacob's.
"This was a lot of fun, Jacob." I didn't need to talk loudly. The song was very slow and soothing and wasn't so loud that he wouldn't be able to hear me. Jacob brought his hand up to hold my hand on his shoulder.
"I'm glad, Nessie. I had a good time too." I smiled into his hair and took in his scent. It was heavenly. The song playing only added to the euphoric effect. When the fireworks display was over, all the bands left the stage and went wherever they needed to go to meet all of their fans with back stage passes. Those did cost money. Jacob took me off of his shoulders and rested my feet on the ground. "You ready to go home?" He smiled sweetly at me. I realized I wasn't ready for the time together to be over.
"Not yet. Do you think daddy will mind if I spend the night at your apartment again?" Jacob smiled wider. His eyes looked loving and happy. It always made me happy to see him happy.
"We could always call and ask." We both laughed lightly. Embry cleared his throat to get our attention. Seth looked like he was getting ready to run a marathon and Quil looked exhausted.
"That was awesome!!" Seth made his enthusiasm known, and Embry beamed in agreement. Quil wasn't quite as happy as the others were though.
"I feel like my head is spinning. Do you have any idea how many people landed on me throughout the concert? And some girl threw her bra at my head." We all laughed. We walked together to find Embry's car so he could drop us all off. Before we left, though, Jacob bought me my own Slipknot shirt. That actually fit. The one I was wearing was well over three times my size. I knew I had found a new pajama shirt, but I wanted something else for when I was out in public.
He got me the official tour T-Shirt that they were selling, but the one that only had Slipknot on it. Once we had that, we continued through the lines and lines of cars to look for Embry's. It actually took us a half hour to finally find his car. Normally, he just followed his old trail, but this time, it was heavily diluted by the smell of pot smoke. I covered my nose with the bottom of Jacob's Jacket, inhaling his masculine scent.
"You smell it too I see." Jacob chuckled lightly. I only nodded my head. Jacob chuckled again and patted my head and ran his fingers through my hair. When we finally found Embry's car, I hopped into the backseat with Jacob and Quil. Seth sat up front. It took forever to get out of the parking lot with all the other cars and pedestrians that were there. I figured now was the best time to call and ask daddy if I could stay at Jacob's apartment again.
I took out my phone and dialed the number to the house. I didn't bother to ask Embry to turn down his radio. Daddy would be able to hear me and I him. Jacob scooted a little closer to me so he would be able to hear the conversation too. I didn't wait very long before someone answered the phone.
"Hello, Nessie. Is the concert over?" It was Carlisle. He wasn't the person whose permission I needed at the moment.
"Yeah. It was really fun. We had bras thrown at us and everything." Carlisle laughed lightly. I thought I heard a woman's laughter in the background. It was Esme.
"I'm glad to hear that, Nessie. Will you be home soon?" Jacob started playing with my hair.
"Actually, I was hoping I could spend the night at Jacob's house again. Could you ask daddy is that's okay?" Daddy had already taken the phone from Carlisle and was talking now.
"You had bras thrown at you?" His tone seemed annoyed. I couldn't help but laugh.
"Yeah. It was great." I could feel daddy rolling his eyes.
"I'm sure it was." I cut to the chase.
"So can I stay at Jacob's one more night?" Daddy sighed.
"I guess that would be okay. Just be home by one tomorrow okay." I nodded my head.
"Okay. Be back at one. Got it." I heard daddy chuckle lightly.
"I'm glad you had fun, honey. We'll see you tomorrow."
"See you tomorrow, Daddy."
"Night, Nessie."
"Night Daddy." With that, daddy and I ended the phone call. I looked at Jacob and nodded my head. Jacob smirked widely. It ended up taking two hours to just get out of Seattle, but once we finally made it to the highway, we were back in La Push in a little over a half hour. Embry dropped us off and waved goodbye. When he was gone, Jacob led me back to the door and let us in. When we got back into the apartment, Jacob stretched. I heard several joints crack.
"Wow. That was one hell of a concert." I smiled and nodded my head.
"Yeah. That was a lot of fun. I never thought it would be fun to catch a random person's bra." Jacob and I started laughing.
"I actually had people kicking and bumping into me. It was still awesome, though." We laughed again.
"I bet it was." I looked at the clock on the stove and finally noticed how early it was. It was three in the morning. What a night. "We were gone a long time weren't we?" Jacob smiled.
"Yeah, we were. We better get to bed." I nodded my head.
"Yeah. I'll go get ready for bed." I went straight to my bathroom and went about my nightly routine. I heard Jacob go about his too. When I was done, I went into my room to change into my pajamas. Then I decided that I wanted to stay in Jacob's room again. Listening to his heartbeat always made me sleep better. When I was dressed, I went straight into Jacob's room. I pulled back my side's covers and pulled them back over and rested my head on the pillow. When Jacob came out of the bathroom, he just laughed.
"Spending the night again?" I giggled.
"Yeah. Is that a problem?" He laughed again. I was hoping that it wasn't.
"Not at all." Wearing his pajama pants, Jacob ran the towel through his wet hair, put it on the bathroom doorknob, then walked over to the bed and let himself in. I instantly felt warmer and his scent enveloped me. I scooted closer to him and took hold of his left arm.
"Goodnight, Jacob." I felt him smile as he kissed the top of my head. I kissed his cheek in return.
"Goodnight, Nessie." Then Jacob took his arm away. I was confused at first, but then that arm wrapped around me and held me closer to him. I felt safe and warm in his arms and his scent and heartbeat were making me sleepier and sleepier. He gave my head one more kiss before I fell asleep in his arms.