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LONGEST CHAPTER SO FAR!!! Nessie's first day at school!
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Chapter Seven
"Nessie? Nessie! Come on! Wake up! Time for school, sleepyhead!"
"Jake, please, just a couple more minutes," my eyes were still glued to each other.
"It's 6am already! You don't want to be late on your first day, do you?" he shook my shoulder. I sighed.
"Fine," I said, opening my eyes.
"Good morning," he smiled and kissed my cheek. I blushed. Why does this keep happening?!
He chuckled.
"Good morning, Jake," I hugged him. It felt so warm, so comforting that I didn't want to let him go.
"Blondie wants you downstairs to show you how to use that computer program they'd made. Man they're freaks!" he snorted. I laughed and rolled my eyes.
I let go of him then did my morning routine, faster this time. Then I went downstairs, still in my pajamas.
"See who's awake!" Emmett smiled.
"Hey, Emmett,"
"Rose and Alice are waiting for you. Y'know, ever since you were born, we're mostly off the hook; they only force wardrobes on us, no dress-me-up games any more," we both laughed.
"Only dress-Nessie-up games now, right?" he nodded.
"Good Morning, sweetheart. Have you slept well?" Esme asked, smiling.
"Yep! " she smiled.
"Oh, Emmett, dear, why aren't Edward and Bella here?" Emmett cracked at that point.
"Edward is helping Bella 'choose her outfit'" I shivered. Jasper threw a book at him.
"Sorry, Nessie. Someone here needs to keep his mouth shut," I giggled.
"Thanks, Un- I mean, Jasper" he laughed.
"Just don't slip at school," he smiled. I nodded.
"Yes, sir!" They all laughed.
"RENESMEE!" Oh boy, I totally forgot about Rose and Alice!
"Coming!" I answered and stormed into Rosalie's room.
"So, here you go; this button up here-" she pointed on a blue button on the screen, "-chooses your outfit, and the pink button here chooses your make-up for that outfit. So, after you enter the date right there-" she pointed on a textbox under the two buttons, "- you click on the buttons and the outfit number appears," she smiled.
"And of course your closet is now arranged according to the outfit numbers!- but today I get to choose your outfit!" Alice squealed.
"I knew it!" I laughed. Alice rolled her eyes.
In no time I was ready in a navy blue silk dress, a few inches above my knees, with an off-white belt, right on my waist, and off-white high heels. My hair was straightened, not in its usual curls, so its edges were touching my belt from the back even when it was held up in a messy pony tail.
As for my make-up, it wasn't much; just the usual brown mascara, eye-liner and lip-gloss.
Rosalie entered the room and her eyes widened in awe.
"Nessie, you look-"
Alice cut her off, "spectacular!"
"I do?"
"Absolutely!" they replied in unison.
Jacob entered the room then and whistled.
"Wow, Ness," was all he managed to say.
Edward Cullen
"Come on, Bella, we have school in an hour," I muttered as I kissed her jaw. She groaned.
"Do we really have to go?"
"Actually, we don't. But, on the other hand, Renesmee will practically kill us if she doesn't go to high school as we'd promised," I mumbled.
"Renesmee! Right!"
We were dressed in a blur then we ran to the main house.
"Wow, Ness," She really looks amazing but I don't feel good about this. Jacob thought. I frowned; I had been worried enough about the reaction of the stupid, shallow-minded teenagers at school and now Alice made her look like a runway model! What was she thinking making my daughter look like that?
I let go of Bella's hand and ran to Rosalie's room, Bella, Emmett and Jasper following me.
She stood right there, looking absolutely breathtaking, something I won't tolerate.
"Daddy?" Oh, no, he looks annoyed. What did I do this time?
"You didn't do anything, honey," I turned my head to Alice accusingly.
"What, Edward? She looks flawless!" You can't be annoyed because she looks good, can you?
"In your room. Now."
Just don't kill her. Jasper thought. I smiled reassuringly at him; I think I won't.
She followed me to her room, thinking about a song. She was really getting on my nerves.
"What?"
"You don't know?" I answered her, raising an eyebrow.
Honestly, NO, Edward! So what if she looks attractive? What would happen with her being a half-vampire and the fact that she goes to school with SIX vampires? SIX for God's sake!
"You're not the one who'd have to hear what those shallow-minded, stupid teenagers would think! And I think I was very clear before, when I told you that I'd practically rip your head off if you ever dress her like that! She looks like a freaking Barbie doll!" I yelled at her.
No way she's changing, Edward. A jacket is the most I can offer you here.
"A whole new outfit," I demanded.
"Impossible!"
"Fine,"
"What?" Since when did he give up that easily?
"You didn't let me finish. What I meant was 'fine, let's see how many hits it would take to break that cute little Porsche of yours'"
Fine. A jacket and leggings. Happy? She frowned.
"Alright. Just today though; no way she's dressing like that for school again!"
Whatever! She thought as she got out of the room to apply the changes on Nessie's outfit. I sighed in relief.
Thanks, Edward. Jasper thought. I laughed.
"Anytime," I replied while walking into the living room, where everyone was now.
I would've helped with the Porsche, you know; I wasn't too happy about this either. Emmett laughed.
"I know, Emmett. That makes four of us," I grinned.
Four?
"Yeah; you, Jasper, Jacob and I,"
I thought he liked that; he didn't take his eyes off her while you were with Alice. I swear the only reason I left him with all his limbs is that Bella would've killed me for it. I hate the fact that she's still stronger than me even after she's no more a newborn, how come?!
I chuckled; he didn't get over each time Bella won in a wrestling match.
Renesmee Cullen
I liked the way I had been dressed! Why would Daddy do this? What? I don't get to wear whatever I want to wear at school now?
Alice handed me the off-white leggings and jeans jacket and went to get ready. I wore them and got out of the room to find Jake waiting for me. I smiled at him.
"What do you think?"
"Much better," I rolled my eyes.
"Yeah, right,"
"No, really,"
I raised an eyebrow.
"What?"
"How come this is 'much better'? The dress should be worn alone, without leggings or even a jacket!"
"Honestly, Ness, I didn't like the idea of you going to school in that outfit," WHAT?
"Why?"
He grimaced, "I have my own reasons, Nessie, now, it's 7:30 and you have to go; Edward is waiting in the Volvo."
I wasn't going to let this go, but I decided to delay it until after school.
"You're still available after school?" I asked.
"Of course; I told you I was. What do you want to do?"
"I don't know. We'll just decide then," I smiled and hugged him, "Now, I 'have to go'" I quoted, mimicking his voice perfectly. He chuckled.
"Sure, sure," he kissed my forehead, "take care of yourself,"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah! You really have to stop worrying, Jacob; you're getting worse than Daddy!" he laughed.
I released myself from his massive grip and ran downstairs, grabbing my keys on my way.
Alice and Jasper were with Momma and Daddy in the Volvo, while Rose and Emmett were standing by my Nissan.
"Come on! It's 7:35 already!"
"At our speed, we'll be in Port Angeles High in exactly ten minutes. We'll have time, Emmett!"
"Like Edward is going to let you drive that fast!" Rose snorted.
"No, I won't. You'll drive within the speed limit," Daddy said from his car.
I'm not talking to you, by the way. But, ANYWAYS, I'll drive at the speed I want to drive at! It's enough that I have to wear a jacket on a rainless day!
He grimaced, "I have my reasons, Renesmee. And there's a reason Emmett is in your car," he chuckled.
WHAT REASONS? You and Jacob keep saying that!
He didn't answer so I just jumped into my car and was on the road in a second.
"Slow down, Nessie," Emmett said. I shook my head defiantly.
"No," was all I said.
"Do I really have to make you? You know Edward won't be happy about this. Just slow down, Renesmee," I knew he was damn serious; he never used my real name, and he was way stronger than I was or ever will be, so I just slowed down a little bit.
"Happy?"
"Better," he smiled. I didn't smile back; still angry.
We were in the parking lot by 7:50, we still had ten minutes. Of course, Daddy was there before we were; he was the fastest runner and driver.
I got out of the car to find Jasper waiting for me alone by the Volvo.
"They went to get our schedules. Nessie, you really should apologize to him; you weren't exactly nice there, I could tell; he was a mixture of angry and sad on our way here," I sighed.
"I know, Jasper, but he's really controlling! What's with the leggings and the jacket? Then speed limits!"
"Over-protective," he corrected.
"Alright, Jasper, I will; I really hate it when he's mad at me, besides, it's my first day of school, I'm over-tolerating today," we both laughed. Emmett rolled his eyes.
"Edward is waiting by the door; we'd better go now," Emmett said.
No students were in the parking lot; they were all in their classes now; the first period was starting in two minutes.
The school was only one huge building, divided to several floors which had all classes and a smaller one with the main office and the cafeteria.
Sorry, Daddy, I didn't mean to sound so rude. Sorry.
"It's okay, sweetie, I know you didn't," he wrapped his arm around my shoulder. Momma kissed my cheek and wished me luck then got to Daddy's other side.
As we walked down the hallway, students stared at us; I guess they weren't used to seeing seven extra-beautiful vampires every day. Well, six vampires and one half-vampire. Daddy tightened his grip around Momma and me.
What's wrong?
He shook his head as if in denial, unaware of my thought.
Did someone think something? I guessed.
"It's nothing," he smiled, but it never reached his eyes.
Edward Cullen
I knew I was probably overreacting a bit. No, I wasn't; I knew more about hormonal teens than anyone else in the world; it was disgusting enough to hear what they thought about Alice and Rosalie, my sisters in so many ways, and their own human colleagues, including Bella when she was human. But the speed limit thing I knew was a little bit of an overreaction.
I wrapped my arm around Bella's waist and Nessie's shoulder.
Wow. Look at that blonde! And the brunette by that guy's side! They look- I decided to switch to anyone else's thoughts now; Nessie wanted to go to school, I wouldn't take that from her; I wanted her to live a normal life as much as possible.
I bet that bronze-haired girl is single; he looks like her brother. Man they're all HOT! I tightened my grip around my wife and daughter.
I like that boy with the bronze hair and the blond one. The one with the curly hair is damn hot but I bet he won't dump this Blondie; I mean, look at the way he's holding her! I wonder what it would feel like if- The images in her head were repulsive enough that I would've thrown up if possible. I shook my head; this can't be happening again!
Did someone think something? My daughter asked mentally.
"It's nothing," I lied; what would I tell her? She barely knew anything about what those repulsive teenagers were thinking; she was so innocent in a way that was even dangerous for her. Blocking most of the world from her for so long was a mistake that only now I regretted.
Edward, I'm begging you, PLEASE, it's enough that I feel what those moody teens feel; and it makes me sick, now you're doubling it!
"Sorry, Jazz," I whispered, lower than anyone would be able to hear, and tried to think of something else.
I checked Nessie's schedule one more time before the bell rang. Renesmee would only have her first period alone; everyone was enrolling as sophomores this time. A first to us.
I handed her the schedule, the map and the slip the teachers would have to sign. I would wait for her to find out about that schedule thing in class though; I wouldn't want her to yell in the hallway and probably call me 'Daddy' by accident. How I'd miss that word while we're at school!
Renesmee Cullen
I took a look at the schedule, it looked good; I had French, Geometry, Chemistry, Lunch, English then Gym.
I waved Daddy and the others goodbye and went to my French class. One look at the map and I knew every detail in the school. I loved having a super photographic memory; it's a good thing I had that from my vampire side.
As I entered the class, people were still staring. The teacher, on the other hand, was engrossed in whatever she was reading, so I approached her.
"Bonjour, madam, je m'appelle Renesmee Cullen et je suis une élève nouvelle,"
She looked up from the papers she was reading, "Bonjour, Renesmee," she said as she signed the paper I'd handed her and told me to have a seat.
I sat down in the first desk I found empty. The girl sitting next to me seemed friendly; she had dark brown hair, which edges rested on her chin, and blue eyes. She wore a simple red V-neck top with dark skinny jeans and red flats.
"Hi, my name is Stacey," she said.
"Hi, Stacey. I'm Renesmee," a dumbfounded expression crossed her face, I smiled, "Ruh-nez-may, I know it's a little unusual. You can call me Nessie anyways,"
"Oh," she smiled politely, and then the teacher called the class to order.
The class was truly boring; Daddy had taught me French years ago, and this French was so simple that it made me want to sleep. I would have to endure this the whole year, maybe I'd ask Emmett what he did during boring classes; I bet it was fun. I grinned at the thought.
After fighting my urge to sleep for an hour, the bell finally rang. I was getting up from my seat when Stacey talked to me.
"What classes do you have next?"
"Geometry, Chemistry, Lunch, English and Gym"
"Too bad; it would've been nice if we had another class together. I guess I'll see you at lunch?"
"Sure," I smiled at her, hoping to have her as my first friend here; she really did seem nice.
I walked to Geometry slowly. Well, slowly to me.
People were still staring but it didn't really matter anymore; I was getting used to it.
I walked into the class, early as I'd realized; the teacher was still writing the date on the board. But, unlike the French teacher, he did notice me.
"Oh, hello, are you a new student?" the way he was looking at me made me feel self-conscious. Was something wrong with my outfit?
"Umm. Yes; I'm Renesmee Cullen."
"I'm Mr. Peterson," he was still staring, I'd have to go to the bathroom later to see for sure if something was wrong with my outfit, "How old are you? You seem too young." Too young? I looked like a sixteen-year-old and I'm a sophomore, so what was he talking about?
"I'm sixteen," I lied, but I doubted it really counted.
"Aha, well, Ren, I'm sure you'll enjoy your time here," Ren?
"Hello, Mr. Peterson, I'm Emmett Cullen, Renesmee's brother," I would have to thank him for the correction later; I knew little about school but that teacher was definitely weird.
"Umm… Yeah, well, you two have a seat and I'll sign your papers," he looked scared. Good.
Emmett put a hand on my back and led me to our seats at the very back of the class.
"Thank God it wasn't Edward who's with you in this class; according to what this thing was saying to you and the way he was looking at you, I'd bet that his mind isn't in any way decent." I shivered.
"Thanks for the correction, by the way; he was being weird,"
"Just, next time, don't talk to him; I swear I'll rip him apart if he ever looked at you or talked to you that way again!" he whispered. I giggled.
"Come on, Emmett, he was just being over-friendly,"
"Yeah, right!" he snorted, "and wait for me before you enter the class." I rolled my eyes.
"You guys are acting weird," I muttered. He just smiled.
During the class, the teacher wouldn't even look our way. God he really was scared!
The next class, Chemistry, passed in a blur. Alice was with me during that class. She reassured me that my outfit was more than perfect. But then I wondered if I really did have any classes alone besides French.
I met Daddy and everyone else on our way to the cafeteria.
"Hey, honey, how is your day so far?"
"Later, Edward, I have to go now meet Stacey,"
"Stacey?"
Just a girl in my French class, Daddy.
"Okay, sweetie, take care," he kissed my cheek.
"Thanks, Edward,"
I was about to go when I realized that I didn't bring any chocolate or eggs with me. No! Daddy, please tell me that I don't have to eat that mud?
"If you're staying with humans, I'm sorry to tell you that you really have to; it'll look weird if you don't eat any food. And I doubt they have any chocolate or eggs here, I don't know, honestly. Just eat anything and if people asked why you ate so little just say you're on a diet or something," he whispered, so low that no human would hear it even if he was standing right next to me.
I sighed, fine.
I knew it would be harder for me to eat human food that I really hate; they didn't have sensitive stomachs.
I tried to forget it while I searched for Stacey in the cafeteria.
"Hey, Nessie!" she called from behind. I turned around and waved.
"Hi, Stacey!"
"Come on, I'm going to introduce you to my friends; I'm sure you'd like them as much as they'd like you!" Yeah, sure. That depends on how much they'd like me. I wasn't used to being around strangers; the only people who're considered 'strangers' to me that I had been around are the shop assistants.
We took our food and went towards the table where her friends were. My tray only had an apple. I didn't care about the fact that this is totally strange for them; I didn't want to throw up on my first day here. Let's just save it for when I really need it. I saw Daddy chuckle from the table they'd claimed for themselves.
We finally arrived at the table. That human pace is irritating! I thought.
They were two boys and two girls, other than Stacey.
The first boy on the right was blond. His eyes were deep green and he was obviously some kind of a football player or something. He was wearing a blue t-shirt and white pants.
The second one was obviously shorter, and slimmer. He had light brown hair and hazel eyes and was wearing a cream shirt and jeans.
The girl next to him, probably his girlfriend from the way they were so close to each other, was a tall blonde girl with blue eyes. The kind of girl that would make me think if that was the way Rosalie looked like when she was human. She was wearing a pink chiffon blouse with dark jeans and white heels that matched her oversized bag.
The last girl was a brunette. Her hair was mahogany brown, like Momma's, but was only to her shoulders. She was wearing a navy green skirt that was a couple of inches above her knees and a beige tank top.
Just a second after we'd arrived at the table, Stacey started introducing her friends.
"Well, Nessie, those are Brad,-" she pointed at the blond boy,"- Matt, his girlfriend Samantha and Mary," she smiled at me, "Guys, this is Nessie," she announced.
They all had greeted me before I sat down between Brad and Mary; Stacey sat on the other side of Brad.
"So, Nessie, is that your real name?" Brad asked.
"No; actually, my name is Renesmee.'Nessie' is my nickname,"
"Oh. So, Renesmee," finally someone got it right! "How's school so far?"
"Good," I haven't been to school before!
"Nessie, Nessie!" Mary called me, whispering.
"Yes?" I whispered back.
"Look at those guys over there; they look hot!"
I glanced towards where she was pointing. My family!
"Yeah, I know! I mean, just look at that bronze-haired boy, or the blond one!" Stacey joined the conversation. Brad made sure that he didn't have any reaction, but I could see that he didn't like that conversation any more than I did. Matt and Samantha, on the other hand, were busy talking about something in a very low voice.
"Umm… guys, those are my brothers,"
They both blushed and Brad laughed.
"So you're a Cullen or a Hale?" he asked.
"A Cullen. Did you meet any of them today?"
"Yeah; I met that blond guy and the pixie-chick," I laughed.
"Those are Jasper and Alice. The guy with the same color of my hair is Edward Cullen, the one with the curly hair is Emmett Cullen, his girlfriend, the blonde, is Rosalie Hale, Jasper's twin, and Edward's girlfriend is Bella Swan," Momma wanted to keep her previous last name at school.
"Oh, I see," he said.
"So, Nessie, do you want to do something after school today?" Stacey asked.
I was supposed to do something with Jacob today!
"As much as I'd really love to, I promised my best friend that we'd do something today after school,"
"Best friend? I thought you guys just moved here," Mary said.
"Yeah, we did. But we've been friends with his family for a long time and by the time we moved here, they did too," Okay, so that didn't make any kind of sense.
"Oh, okay," she seemed to actually believe it. Daddy was right when he said that humans don't think that much. I chuckled at the thought.
"He can come with us! We're going to see a movie anyways so I think it's going to be okay," Stacey said.
"Yes, Nessie, come! It's going to be fun! We're going to watch that new horror movie, The Uninvited," Brad said, a little bit too enthusiastically.
I glanced at Daddy and saw him nod. Good.
"Sure, I'll text him now and tell him about the plan," I smiled in enthusiasm; I was making friends faster than I thought I would.
I texted Jacob, Hey, Jake! How's everything? Look, my new friends here are going to the movies after school and they said you can come with us; I told them I won't go if you didn't =P what do you think?
A few minutes later, my phone vibrated,
Sure. I'll meet you at home after school then we can go together in my Rabbit.
Great!
Thanks. Miss you! =( I texted him back.
Miss you too, sweetie =)
I smiled, "I'll go home to change after school then we could meet at the movies, okay?"
"Sure, that's great!" Brad said.
"Do you need a ride or will you drive yourself?" Mary asked.
"No, Jake is driving us,"
"Oh," she smiled, "good."
A couple of minutes later, the bell rang.
"What do you have next?" Brad asked, grinning.
"English," Daddy replied. I gasped.
"Oh, okay. I'll see you at the movies, Ness!" he waved me goodbye.
"Yeah, it's going to be so much fun!" Mary squealed. Stacey nodded in agreement.
I waved them goodbye then turned to Daddy, who was still standing by my side.
"I see you made sure I wasn't alone in class," I accused, but smiling. I kind of liked it when he was being protective like that. Yet this morning was too much.
He smiled back at me, "Except French," he reminded me.
"Yeah,"
English and Gym passed really slowly; we had that play called 'Arms and The Man' which was getting on my nerves almost as much as 'Wuthering Heights' got on Daddy's. And I had Gym with Jasper. We both wanted to play baseball Cullen style but, unfortunately, we just had to play it in slow motion, human style.
"I'm not sure I'd be able to bear that class to the end of the year!" Jasper complained.
"Me neither! I wanted to run to get to the ball not walk! Those super-slow, super-fragile humans were getting on my nerves there!" We both laughed.
Jasper and I were close but in our way. We didn't talk much though, but we understood each other easily.
I got into my car at the same second Rose and Emmett did.
"So, how was school, Nessie?" Rose asked.
"Bearable. I made some new friends though,"
"Yeah, they seem nice,"
"I was trying my best not to laugh when you said 'those are my brothers'; you got the girls blushing like crazy!" Emmett commented. We all laughed.
My cell phone rang then. I answered it immediately.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Ness!"
"Jake! How are you?"
"Missing you! How was school?"
"I'll show you everything when I get home; the classes were barely bearable but I made some new friends,"
"Really? Good."
"Yeah, look, I'm driving now and I could swear I saw Daddy glaring at me in his rearview mirror, so I'll talk to you when I get home, ok?"
He laughed, "Yeah, sure; I'm on my way."
I ended the call then.
I couldn't believe how much I'd missed Jacob. I felt like I wanted to drive the car as fast as it can to go home and see him; it was the first day in my entire life, except for when he was 'punished', that we were away from each other for that long! Even when he had to patrol, he'd do it when I was asleep.
By then, I was pretty sure there was something more than friendship between Jacob and me; the way Matt and Samantha were looking at each other and talking to each other reminded me of the way we talk. But still, I'm not that sure; it might be just a feeling. I don't want to mess up anything so I think I'll wait a little before I told him about this.
As we arrived home, Daddy said that he wanted to talk to me. How do I keep forgetting that he has full access to my brain?!
He chuckled –Good; he wasn't mad-, "I just want to tell you something important, honey." I sighed in relief.
"What is it, Daddy?" We were alone now, not that everyone wouldn't hear the whole conversation!
"Nessie, sweetie, I really don't know how to tell you this but here it is- I knew you'd feel that way about Jacob sooner or later, it's true that I don't like it being so soon- you're only six-" I raised an eyebrow, "- technically, and I just want you to know that we support you in whatever decision you make. Just be careful, Renesmee; don't do anything you'd regret and don't do anything I'd make you regret. Okay, sweetie?"
I laughed, "You know, Daddy, that I'm not so sure yet,"
"I know. I just wanted to tell you that in case you were sure anytime soon," he smiled.
I smiled back at him, "Thanks, Daddy. I love you!" I said as I kissed his cheek and hugged him.
"I love you, too. More than you know," he whispered in my ears, hugging me back.
"Now, go change and get ready; Jacob is going to be here in exactly 2 minutes. You have a long day today," he reminded me, laughing.
You bet I do!
I went upstairs to my room where I found a note on the bed,
I missed you ;)
Jake
I smiled; this was going to be great!
