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Chapter Six:

I woke up the next day to find Momma sitting on the edge of my bed, her face unreadable.

"'Morning, Momma," I muttered groggily.

"Good morning, sweetie. You're better now?"

How did she even know?

"I'm good," I lied; I was so nervous now that I could hear my own heart beat unevenly.

"Yeah, right! - Go do your morning routine and we'll talk later," she sounded annoyed, or worried – may be a combination of both.

I dragged myself out of bed and into the bathroom; I wanted to delay that day as much as possible.

After my morning routine was done, ever-so-slowly. I walked into my room to find Momma and Daddy waiting for me. I groaned; they weren't going to make this any easier, were they?

Daddy pretended as if he hadn't heard that and patted the seat next to his, telling me to come.

He put his arm around me, hugging me tightly.

"Nessie, why didn't you call us?" he was confused. A very rare situation.

I looked at the ground, thinking about what to say. I didn't know so I just put my hands on their cheeks and showed them what happened last night, every single thing.

"Honey, I think you're overreacting a bit," he said, hugging me even tighter. Momma laughed. We raised our eyebrows.

She cleared her throat and tried to keep a straight face, "Sorry," she mumbled.

Daddy I'm going to go talk to him now. Ok? Please don't worry about me; I'll be just fine. I grinned internally; I was getting better at lies. Damn it! He heard that!

"Fine. I'll try my best," he answered, smiling.

"Thanks,"

They got out of the room to let me change. I just changed into the first things I saw, I wasn't even sure they matched.

I got down the stairs in my full speed, praying that neither Alice nor Rosalie would catch me wearing black converse shoes with a knee-length white skirt and a red top. I felt like I was some sort of a flag, frankly, but I didn't care that much.

But when you live in a houseful of vampires, your full speed is like slow-motion to them. Even if you're a half-vampire yourself.

Alice screamed in horror. I giggled at her reaction.

"I won't let you walk even to your bathroom in this! Are you trying to kill me, Nessie?"

I rolled my eyes, "Auntie Alice, please, only one free day! I'm really not in the mood to even try to match clothes, please."

"No way! Impossible! Invraisemblable!" French? Wow.

"Alice!" Daddy and Jasper said in unison. She glared at them.

"I'll close my eyes for two seconds, if I see you here, I swear you'll go to the reservation in a mini-skirt and 5-inches heels" You must be kidding me!

"2,..-" I stormed out of the house before she could continue. Thank God I was in my car before she caught me.

Everything is going to be ok, everything is going to be ok, I kept chanting to myself.

I parked my car near Billy's house.

"NESSIE!" a super-familiar, husky, warm voice called me.

"Jake!" I ran to him and hugged him.

"'You owe me an explanation,'" he quoted. I sighed.

"I know, I know. We have some stuff to talk about." I buried my head in his massive chest and inhaled his musky, delicious scent that I'd missed so much.

"Come in, Billy is watching some game with Charlie. Then we can talk about everything you need to talk about," he smiled his warm smile, my smile.

"Grandpa is in there?" I asked in disbelief. I'd missed him so much! I couldn't believe that I would finally see him again. The nervousness subsided a little.

"Yep!"

I smiled. How easy it was to be with him! Almost like breathing; so natural.

He released me from his grip and took my hand to lead me to the house. As soon as we arrived there, I ran in my full speed to Grandpa Charlie that I startled him. Oops! I'm not supposed to use my full speed in front of him!

He didn't seem to notice my speed; he was concentrating really hard on the game. I never quite understood the relation between men and games or cars. It was the same as the relation between Alice and shopping! I laughed mentally at the thought.

"Renesmee?" As usual, he didn't recognize me at first; I was growing too fast and I didn't see him regularly.

"Grandpa!!" I hugged him, so gently that I won't break him by accident.

"Wow, kid, I almost didn't recognize you!"

I rolled my eyes, "that's always the case, Chief Swan," I smiled; he liked it when I called him that.

"Hey, Ness!"

"Hey, Billy! How are you?"

"Oh, same old, same old!" we all laughed then.

"Come on, Nessie, let's go take a walk outside," Jake suggested.

"Yeah, ok, kids. But, Jake, no motorcycles!" Why?

Jacob rolled his eyes, "Sure, sure."

"I'm serious; don't you remember what happened last time?" he snapped. This was getting weirder every second.

"Do you really think I'd put Ness in the same situation, Charlie? I mean, you got to be kidding me!" he was getting annoyed. Not good.

I took his hand and moved towards the door, waving both of them goodbye.

When we were finally outside, I asked him, "What's the thing with the motorcycles?"

He laughed, "Long story, I'll tell you later,"

"Promise? I really want to know,"

"Yeah, sure. Promise."

We walked to First Beach then our paces slowed.

"So?" he asked, demanding an explanation.

"Umm… well,… the thing is," What do I say? How come I haven't thought about this?

Got it!

"Jake, I don't really know how I feel right now, towards you, I mean. I don't want you to suffer because of me but at the same time, I can't live without you! You're the only person I can trust more than anyone else, even Momma and Daddy. I really didn't know what to do! And I'm sorry! I really am!-" tears were threatening to fall, one more minute! I thought-" I'm sorry I didn't call you back, I'm sorry I-"

He cut me off.

Jacob Black

Whoa. She was sorry? Why? Because she didn't call because she was afraid she'd hurt me? What was she thinking?

"Hey, hey! Easy! You're saying you're sorry?"

She looked at me like I was some sort of an idiot, "Yeah?!"

I took her face in my hands.

"Listen to me, Renesmee, nothing is wrong. Don't blame yourself; I'm the one who messed up in the first place." How was she blaming herself? "I'm sorry, Ness. Now, you're my best friend and I'm yours and it's sunny today- well, sunnier than a normal day here- do you want to do something fun?" Changing the subject always worked with her; she was always so simple, naïve in her own way, so easy to be with. Like breathing. How I loved that angelic girl!

She beamed. "Like what?"

I thought for a moment," Well, we won't ride any motorcycles, that's for sure!" We both laughed.

She looked at me questioningly, "what happened 'last time'?"

Umm. How was I going to explain this? Some sadistic vampire was following your mother to drink her blood, your father killed him, then his mate came to take revenge and I got injured during the fight with, I don't know, just about twenty newborns and Charlie thought it was a motorcycle accident. Yeah, right! She would freak out! Let alone the whole drama with Edward and Bella for telling her this; they edited a lot when they told her about their lives. And this little incident was no exception.

But I can't lie to her!

"Long story short; wolf fight led to some serious injuries and we told Charlie it was a motorcycle accident," I replied.

Understanding crossed her face; "Oh" was all she said.

"So what do you want to do?" I asked, breaking the silence.

"Umm… Cliff-diving?" she smiled; she loved cliff-diving.

I looked at the sky, checking it was still as sunny as I left it a moment ago, "Sure, sure," I grinned.

Renesmee Cullen

I knew what I did was wrong, but he didn't seem hurt to me. As I walked into his room, where there's always a spare swimming suit for cliff-diving, I thought about what happened earlier. The way his black eyes held mine -telling me not to be sorry, pleading me for forgiveness- was breathtaking! I'd never thought about this before, but Jacob was the only person who could sway my mind by a single look, the only one who found it easy to convince me; I was as stubborn as Momma, only Daddy and Alice could change my mind, and not by my own will. But Jacob was different; I felt no need whatsoever to argue with him.

By that time, I was in my one-piece dark green swim suit. It had large white flowers on both sides, I loved it. Then I put on my skirt again and went downstairs to find him waiting for me in front of the house by his Rabbit.

He smiled as he saw me, "I see you're ready. Now, in the car and to the cliff!" He adored cliff-diving as much as I did.

We were there in less than ten minutes. I got out of the car before he had even removed his keys.

The scenery was overwhelming; it never failed to amaze me. The sun rested above a light sheet of clouds enhancing the beauty of the sea and the cliffs. Wow.

Jake had taken off his t-shirt already and was in his shorts, ready to dive. What was wrong today? Did I actually think he was hot? Oh, well, he was! Dang it! I better think about something else, distract myself so Daddy won't catch me when I get home.

"Earth to Nessie!" he waved his hand in front of my face. I rolled my eyes.

"I'm right here! Now, are we going to jump or what?" I smiled enthusiastically, "I want to jump first!"

"Ain't gonna happen! You know the rules, Nessie, I jump first,"

I frowned and pouted; it worked most of the times!

Jacob Black

"NO!" I told her. She kept on pouting but switched her frown to using her full force of her puppy eyes. This was literally torture; it was so hard for me to refuse any of her requests, I was spoiling her, something Bella hated about me.

But this was much bigger than this; what if she drowns? What if I was the reason she gets hurt for whatever reason? No way was I allowing this.

She must've read the worry in my face because she said, "Seriously, Jake, I'm a freaking half-vampire for God's sake! No way I'd end up drowning or something like that! Please, please, please, PLEASE!"

I had to admit, she was right; what could possibly happen to a half-vampire?

I sighed, "Fine. Only once though."

She beamed, "Thank YOU, Jake! You're the best friend ever!" Yeah, best friend. I guess I'll just have to wait a little bit more.

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Renesmee Cullen

I was finally relieved; Jake and I are back to normal. Though I still couldn't explain the blush each time he compliments me or each time he kisses my cheek. It was probably nothing.

Tomorrow was my first day of school! I was so excited!

Of course Alice and Rosalie kept on choosing endless outfits for me and had actually made me a computer program that chooses my outfit for everyday according to the weather, trend and colors that suit me best. Those two were losing it!

"Okay, sweetheart, you know the story by heart now, right?"

Yeah, yeah, yeah! Daddy, please! You guys have been telling me this for the past week; I was yours, Alice's and Emmett's sister. Momma was a family friend's daughter who'd moved to France and left Carlisle and Esme as her legal guardians. And Rose and Jasper were the Hales. I was to call you by your first names and to follow the school rules. Anything else?

He chuckled, "No, Ness, that's it. Now up to your room and into your bed; you'll need all your energy tomorrow."

"Okay, Daddy. Goodnight!" I kissed his cheeks and hugged him. I loved being Daddy's little girl!

Jacob Black

Tomorrow she was going to high school. She was really excited about it. I wasn't though; a lot of stupid, teenage boys who'd just be all over her. How couldn't they? She's the most beautiful girl that ever existed.

I shuddered at the thought. Edward wasn't happier than I was; he would actually hear what they were thinking. I shuddered again, harder this time. Then I heard her run up the stairs to here, her room.

She smiled when she saw me and ran all the way to my arms. I chuckled.

"How's my little Nessie?" She frowned; she didn't like being called 'little', but she let it go.

"Excited! I can't wait for school tomorrow,-" another frown crossed her face, a serious one this time, "-I'll miss you though. I don't know how the whole day would pass without you there!" I smiled at her.

"Just like any other day at school."

"Yeah, probably. Well do you want to do something after school tomorrow?"

"Sure. I'd be here in the morning though; I won't miss your first day for anything!" And I'll miss you so much, and I love you, please don't go and leave me here for the whole day!

She beamed, "Great!"

I sighed as I tucked her in her bed; who'd believe that, Nessie, the little, naïve Nessie, will go to school tomorrow? And HIGH SCHOOL!

I just hope it won't warp her little mind; who knows what high school could do to this angel?

I sighed again; I had to accept it anyways.

I looked at her peaceful, beautiful, sleeping face once more before I jumped out of the window towards the woods. How I love that girl!