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Well... here's chapter eight! Enjoy!

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Chapter Eight

The Party

Renesmee's Point of View...

I quietly settled on my seat. I glanced at Peyton who was looking directly on the front board. Jennifer was not in class, I am guessing she'll be absent because she always arrive five minutes before the bell rings.

The bell rang and our teacher, Mr. Russo entered the room, "Directly in front of you is a microscope and a trey of slides. First partners to correctly identify the Epithelial cells will receive five extra points on the next test." he announced as he looked around the room. "Mr. Kapahalo, why don't you move and partner up with Ms. Cullen."

What? No!

Is Mr. Russo trying to get this kid murdered? It's hard enough as it is having him sitting directly in front of me. Now your going to get him to sit next to me?

I watched Peyton gathered his school bag and settled on Jake's empty seat. His scent became stronger than ever. "Hey Nessie," Peyton said in a whisper as he grabs the trey of slides. I tried to hold my breath for as long as I can.

"You may all begin," Mr. Russo said as he began to walk around the classroom.

"Ladies first," Peyton nervously said as he pushed the microscope directly in front of me. I took the first slide and clipped it on the stage clip. I then placed my eyes on the ocular lens.

"Simple squamous," I said in a whisper as I pushed the microscope towards him. I watched Peyton peeked on the microscope to make sure my answer was right.

"Simple squamous," he repeated and wrote down the answer on the answer sheet paper that Mr. Russo had placed on the table.

"Like I said," I said replied. I heard Peyton chuckled. Hearing him chuckle makes the tension between the two of us ease a little bit.

"So Nessie, where's Jacob?" he asked with a bright smile.

"He went to visit a sick friend in Washington." I simply replied as I watched him switch the slides.

"What part of Washington?" he questioned as he peeks on the ocular lens.

"La Push," I replied.

"Pseudostratified columnar epithilium." he said after looking at the slide. As he was about to change the slide I stopped his hand. A quickly pulled my hand away. The warmth of his hand sipped through my black leather gloves. "Sorry," he mumbled.

"May I?" I asked sliding the microscope in front of me. He was right. "Pseudostraitified," I replied.

"Like I said," he said with a half smile.

"You've been to La Push before?" he questioned keeping his eyes on the paper as he write down the answer.

"Yeah, when I was little." I replied.

"I heard La Push has this Native American tribe that still exist, the Quileutes I believe." he said changing to slide three.

"Yeah," I simply replied.

"Was Jacob a Quileute orphan?" he asked as his chocolate brown eyes meets mine. He had a silly crooked smile on his face.

"Ye-yeah." I said pulling the microscope in front of me.

He waited for my answer.

"Simple Cuboidal," I said sliding the microscope in front of him to check my answer, like he did the last time. "Want to check?"

"No, I trust you." he chuckled as he writes down the answer. I took a deep breath and his scent burnt down my throat. "So how long have you lived with Doctor Masen?" he asked.

"Since I was born." I simply replied.

"Must be hard being adopted." he said as his eyes meets mine once again. I bit my lower lip trying to keep my heartbeat on a sensible pace.

"Not really, they're the only family I have ever known." I replied.

"Do you know what happened to your parents?" he asked. Why is he so curious about my life?

"All I know is my sister was one and I was just born. My parents were… were very young when they had us and they couldn't take care of us." I definitely have to let mom in with this reason once I get home.

"Have you met them after you were adopted?" he asked. I shook my head hoping the interrogation would end. "Don't you think they're searching for you?" my parents are searching for me. Right now, my dad, is listening in on our conversation.

"I… I don't know." I replied. I need to stop his continuous interrogation. I need to turn the interrogation to him. "How about you? Any brothers or sisters?" I saw him shook his head. "Only child…"

"Yeah," he replied with a bright smile.

"Why did your family move from Hawaii to the coldest place in the U.S.?"

"My dad is in the military, we travels a lot. He and my mother left me to my grandfather who passed away a month ago."

"I'm sorry for your loss…" I said in a whisper.

"So am I…" he said looking towards the board. "My grandfather was the chief of the Kanaka Maoli tribe. I learned so much from him."

"Don't you have other family member to stay with instead of coming here in Alaska?" He should, and he should have stayed there.

"I do but… I'd rather be with my parents." he replied in a whisper.

"I think you two need to cut the chit chats and get back to work." I heard Mr. Russo said. I turned and he was standing by our desk.

"All done," says Peyton as he hands the paper to Mr. Russo. Mr. Russo scanned the paper for the correct answers.

"Well done, five points." he announced. Everyone in the room groaned. "But the rest of you have to finish your work and if you get them right, you will be awarded two extra points." Mr. Russo added as he walked around the room once again.

"So… how do you like living in Fairbanks so far?" I asked before he could ask me any questions. He let out a light laugh.

"Too cold if you ask me." he replied. He looked more comfortable and at ease. " How about you?" he asked.

"I love it, the weather is really nice." I replied. I turned and saw him starring at me with a smile on his face. "I love the snow."

"Hmn… you don't like the sun?" ha asked with a half smile. I turned to face the chalk board.

"I like the sun, I like going to the beach." growing up, I love going to the beach with Jacob, Quil, and Claire. I heard him laughed.

"Have you been surfing before?" he asked. I turned and looked at him, still starring at me.

"N-no…" I said shaking my head. "I'd love to learn someday."

"Maybe I can teach you one day." he said in a whisper as he continued doodling on his notebook. He wants to teach me how to surf? I always wanted to learn but no one ever thought me how.

I let out a chuckle and replied, "Maybe." He looked up and smiled, looking hopeful that someday we would hang out.

First day back to school and I have survived Peyton's scent. Today was Saturday and I was preparing for Felicia's birthday party. My mom and dad dropped me off the lake house that was owned by Felicia's family. There, the music was blaring and endless laughter. "We will be out there when you need us." my dad said as he points towards the woods. I was right, the two of them would be lurking around keeping an eye on me.

I grabbed the pink wrapped present that I have for Felicia. "Thanks dad, I'll call you when the party is over." I said kissing his right cheek and then mom's left cheek.

"Have fun sweetheart," my mom said as I exit the car. I closed the car door and watched my dad sped out of the driveway. I pressed the doorbell and Felicia opened the door.

"Happy Birthday!" I screamed with as much excitement as I can.

"Nessie! You came!" she said giving me a hug. We both laughed. "Come in… come in…" she said pulling my hand to go inside. There, every inch of the house was covered with pink decorations from streamers, balloons, her birthday banner, table clothes…

"Wow, very pink!" I said with a light chuckle. She smiled and blushed.

"I love pink…" she said in a whisper hiding her embarrassment in a smile.

"I didn't know," I joked. She linked her left arm with mine and guided me to the backyard where everyone was sitting on the picnic blankets that were laid out.

"Nessie, you know everyone." Felicia said as we walked passed Alicia, Jessica, and Sierra who was on the dance team with us. The three of them waved and I waved back. "I want to introduce you to someone though. I don't know if you've met him yet. He's so hot." she excitedly said as she continue to pull me pass Greg, Justin, Tara, Yvette, Chris, and JC. There, surrounded by Pamela, Theresa, Megan, Whitney, and Mary was a guy… "He's new… he's from-"

"Hawaii," I said cutting her sentence.

"You know him?" she asked with both of her eyebrow raised.

"Yeah, he's in my-"before I could finish my sentence, Peyton excused himself from the girls.

"Hey Nessie," he greeted as he walked towards me.

Why is he here? This weekend was suppose to be Peyton free and I am suppose to feel like human because of this party! This is the first party I ever attended alone without any of my family members or Jacob. This was suppose to be exciting and worry free!

"Hey Peyton…" I replied in a whisper.

"You two know each other?" Felicia curiously asked as her eyes flickered between me and Peyton.

"Yeah we were lab partners yesterday and we were in Thespian club together." he said with an innocent smile. "Why did you leave the club anyway?"

"I… I had another priority." I simply replied looking away from him. "Excuse me, I need to go use the bathroom." I said with a smile.

"It's the door under the staircase." Felicia replied with a smile on her face. I bet she's happy that I am leaving her and Peyton alone. I need to go call my dad to see what I can do. I felt my cellphone vibrating inside my packet's pocket. I grabbed the cellphone and it was my dad. I bet he had just read my mind.

"Sweetheart are you alright?" He curiously asked.

"Not really, what do I do daddy?" I asked as I walk inside the house.

"When your mom was human, I used to spend as much time as I can around her and sanitized myself with her scent." I heard my dad replied.

Spend as much time as I can around him?

Sanitizing myself with his scent?

What?

That's… that's crazy!

If I spend as much as I can around him, wouldn't people think we're… I don't know, together. "Well… maybe just good friends like best friends." my dad said after reading my thoughts. But if I try to be best friends with him and hanging out with him all the time, would his scent really just become just like other human's scent? "Not really but it'll help." dad said interrupting my thoughts.

"Alright daddy, I'll try… but, can we go hunting tonight?" I asked as I watched Peyton and Felicia walking inside the house.

"Absolutely," he replied.

"I love you daddy," I said with a smile just as Felicia and Peyton walked closer towards me.

"I love you too sweetheart," he said as I hung up the phone.

"Your dad checking up on you?" Felicia asked with a giggle.

"Yeah Bella and Edward dropped me off so he was wondering if I made it okay because Bella and Edward went shopping." I lied. I was getting better at lying, not that I recommend anyone to lie.

"I'm going to go get something to drink. Do you want some?" Felicia asked me and then turned to Peyton.

"No thank you, I don't want to run back and pee again." I said with a light giggle.

"Peyton?" Felicia asked with a bright smile.

"No thank you," Peyton politely replied with a genuine smile. "I just had two cups of punch after I got here."

"Alright," Felicia said and walked away.

"So," Peyton said as he watched Felicia walking away. "Enjoying the party so far Nessie?" he asked.

"Um," I replied looking towards him. His eyes moved away from Felicia and focused towards me. "I just got here… so its pretty good so far." I replied.

"Felicia told me that they're going to play a game later." he said looking towards the glass door looking at everyone dancing.

"What game?" I asked. He turned back around to look at me.

He shook his head and said, "I don't know."

"Well that makes two of us." I laughed.

"So how is Jacob's sick friend?" he asked with a smile.

"He's doing better." I simply replied.

"That's good to hear. When is he coming back?" whenever I am around Peyton, he always ask so many questions.

"Next week I believe." I replied.

"That's some trust you have with him." he mumbled.

"Excuse me?" I asked with my eyes never leaving his.

"I mean your fifteen and so is he, I am just so amazed on how much trust you two have between each other." he replied as with his eyes turning towards the refreshment table where Felicia was filling a pink plastic cup with a punch.

"Well… first rule of every relationship is trust." I simply replied.

"I guess but who knows, what happens in La Push stays in La Push." he chuckled.

"I don't see why it's any of your business." I replied walking towards the glass door to the backyard. I left warm hands, sipping though my pink leather glove, grabbing my left hand. I turned around and Peyton had my left hand between his hands.

"I'm sorry to intrude," he said with his sincere chocolate eyes meeting mine. "I wasn't thinking."

I bit my lower lip and let out a sigh, "It's alright." I whispered.

"I'm back." Felicia excitedly said. I quickly pulled my hands away from Peyton's. "What's going on?" she asked eyeing both Peyton and I.

"Nothing," I simply replied.

"Well…" Felicia said smiling. "It's time for a game and I got the bottle." she said showing me a glass eight once coke bottle. I raised an eyebrow and Peyton let out a chuckle. "Everyone come inside, we're playing spin the bottle!" Felicia screamed.

"I can't play Felicia, I have a boyfriend." I whisper enough for her to hear.

"Well… you can watch while everyone smooch." she said with a giggle. "Plus I am hoping mine lands to Peyton or vice versa." she whispered to me.

She wants to kiss Peyton? My body began to heat up. I felt the blood on my cheeks heating up.

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