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Chapter Twenty
Part Two
Renesmee Cullen
Did Jacob do what I thought he did? He actually asked me to marry him! When did I get so lucky? I wished I could put my feelings for him into proper words so I could reply.
"I love you, too, Jacob Kind Black. Yes! Yes! Yes, of course I will marry you!" I practically squealed at the last part. Not the most romantic thing to do. I smiled at my stupidity and remembered every time we spent together since we were officially 'together'. From the day I told him, sitting on that awful white bed with that stupid machine beeping beside us. To the day he asked me out on our first date, sitting on a wooden branch on First Beach at midnight. I still had the rose in my pink diary. To this morning, where we were laying on the grass in the forest, watching my dream. The dream that would finally come true. But, was that what he was talking to Daddy about? Wow; he must've finally agreed.
"Wow. So that means you're my fiancee?" We both chuckled as he said it; it seemed too weird.
"Yep, and you're my fiance," I said as he slid the ring into my finger.
"It was my mother's," He explained.
It was magnificent; a band of white gold with one beautiful, super-sparkling diamond right in the middle, supported by various tiny diamonds. It looked even better to me knowing it was Jake's. We were to be together forever. Not like I hadn't known that before.
"It's- It's.. wow, Jake. Spectacular, magnificent, jaw-dropping, beautiful or even fantastic doesn't even cover it," I mumbled, still staring at it, "Je t'aime, Jacob Black."
"Was that French?" We both laughed at that point; I knew he knew nothing about French. I repeated it in Quiluete and we kissed at that point.
"What do you want to do now?" I asked as soon as we pulled away, trying to distract myself from all the blushing I've been doing for the past couple of minutes. I must've looked redder than a tomato.
"Umm... Well, you see, I talked to Edward as I've told you and he said we kind of, well, yeah, talk to Bella ourselves. Would you like to go now?" Why wouldn't Momma agree if Daddy had? Well, I don't see a problem so...
"Sure. Why not?" I asked rhetorically.
"Because..." he mumbled, trailing off. It got me a little suspicious but then I decided to drop it; I was going to find out soon enough.
He drove us to the main house in full speed as soon as we had our normal clothes on again. I just kept staring on my ring the whole way there; it seemed too good to be true, too fairy-tale-like to be just real. I loved it.
Jacob was soon to be my husband and maybe even the father of my children. Who knows?
Daddy was waiting for us at the door, along with Jasper. I wondered why first. Daddy glanced at my ring and his eyes widened. Oh, come on! It's not like you didn't know!
"Actually I didn't," he mumbled, looking at Jake accusingly then turning his attention to me, "congratulations," he whispered in my ear. I squealed, for the second time today, in my head and thought,
Thanks Daddy!! For everything. Love you.
"I love you, too, sweetie," he whispered as he hugged me briefly.
"Too much happiness for your own good," Jasper commented, grinning at me. I hugged him, too. "Congrats, Nessie."
"Thanks, Jazz."
I turned my head to Jake then, who was smiling sweetly at me and took his hand to go tell Momma. Where is she?
"The cottage. That's why we're here; to take you guys there so we could all talk," Daddy said. This was getting weirder; why would Daddy and Jasper go with us to Momma to tell her about this?
Anyways, and without any further comments, we ran to the cottage, Jake and I holding hands and him rubbing my finger and the ring gently, absentmindly, apparently.
"Renesmee?" Momma said as she opened the door for all of us. She must have thought that I was going to spend the whole day at La Push as we told them earlier.
"Hey, Momma," I said, sensing the tension around me and trying to ignore it as much as I can. We went inside as she gestured for us to.
We all sat down, Daddy and Jacob in both my sides and Jasper right behind Momma, across the room.
"What is this all about?" She was growing suspicious.
"Umm...Momma, well...Jake asked me to marry him today!" I squealed, again, for the third time today. Alice would be proud.
Her eyes widened, finally noticing the ring I had on my finger, as she stood there speechless, frozen. I felt a strong wave of calmness rush through me. Uh-oh...Why did Momma need that?
"And what did you say?" she asked, dragging the words as if trying her best to be patient. Oh, please! Would Jake be with me, here, right now if I declined his proposal? Oh, well, maybe.
"I agreed," it sounded more like a question; I was getting the slightest bit afraid of her reaction.
Now, her lips were curled back in anger, glaring at Jacob. I got up and stood in front of him, demanding her attention.
"What?" I yelled. Oops; I didn't mean to sound like that but I couldn't explain her reaction. Why would she be mad if Jake and I are getting married? Daddy has agreed so, apparently, I wasn't 'too young' for him right now. Why would she do that?
She ignored me and continued glaring at Jacob silently over my shoulder, I noticed then that he was standing.
"You mongrel! How could you?!" She growled as I, suddenly, felt Daddy's arms lift me from my place, placing me on the other couch there as Momma lunged at Jacob in a speed that even Jasper, who was still standing right behind her, couldn't calm her down. Jacob fell on the floor, shaking violently, as I got off the couch and stood right in front of her.
"What is this all about? Why couldn't you just agree to that? Even Daddy did! Why, Momma? Don't you know what all of this would mean to me? Or don't you believe in me? Don't you think I'm too young because I'm not!" I snapped in one breath. She froze again in front of me and turned her glare to Daddy.
"Bella, love, please listen. I told Jacob I didn't agree completely unless you do," Daddy explained. I felt the tears rolling down my cheeks.
"That's not what this is about!" she snapped back, ignoring Daddy's explanation.
"What is this about, then, Bella? You knew this would be coming! You knew this would happen!" Jacob yelled at her, hugging me gently and rubbing my back as I began to sob.
"That's not why I'm angry, Jacob! I want her to be happy! More than you do, for your information!" She yelled back, Daddy got on her side, hugged her with one hand and whispered something in her ear, too fast and low for me to recognize, even with my super-senses. I felt another wave of calmness rush through me and my tears began to slow down a little. "Well, if what you're coming for is my blessing, then you have it, happy? But I have one condition," she said. I looked at her questioningly as Jacob tensed beside me.
"What?" I demanded.
"She has to know everything," she stated and looked at me, then my ring, and shook her head ever-so-slightly. "Renesmee, honey, I'm sorry for my reaction." I just nodded.
But, what did she mean by 'everything'?
"Jacob?" I called as he seemed zoned out, thinking about something deeply. I suddenly felt afraid, scared of what was about to happen. "Jake?" I repeated, my voice breaking. I heard Daddy sigh.
"Come with me, Ness. I think we need to discuss something." Why did I feel that this was nothing near good? I didn't want to 'hear' what he was thinking, terrified of it.
He took me outside to the woods and ran, dragging me with him. I tried to keep my pace with him but he was much faster, so it was mostly dragging. We stopped when we reached La Push, after nearly 20 minutes of running. We were at the cliff we were at this morning.
"What is it, Jacob?" Might as well get this over with.
"Nessie, please sit down," he whispered, avoiding my gaze. I did as he told me and sat down on the edge of the cliff, swinging my legs in the air, trying to think about something else so I wouldn't get more tensed than I was already.
After a moment of silence, he sat down next to me and spoke again,
"You know I imprinted on you the day you were born, right?" I nodded," Well, before I tell you what this is all about, I need you to know something. The minute I saw you, and imprinted on you, I felt an amazing feeling that I can't describe easily; I felt like I was living in the darkness my whole life and I had just seen the sun rise, lighting my whole world, my whole existence.
"During the time I was in that 'darkness' I made a few stuff that only after I saw you, I regretted deeply. I- I...Well, Renesmee, I don't know how to describe this properly, but promise me you wouldn't react to anything until you hear it all."
"Promise," I whispered, feeling like I would regret it later.
"I-I was in love with Bella," he told me. I could feel my eyes widen, trying to grasp what he had just said. He was...what? My mother?
"Show it to me," I whispered as he didn't speak further; I wanted to know the whole thing before I react, just as I had promised him. I put my hand on his cheek and concentrated.
I saw it, then, and felt it, too. He was actually in love with Momma! I saw it through his eyes, how he saw her, how he...WHAT? He kissed her? And she..! Then, I saw the day of my birth, how he wanted to kill me for what I was doing to my mother while she was pregnant, when he thought I'd killed her. I couldn't take it anymore. I couldn't see that so I took my hand away from his cheek and looked away, trying to hold the flood of emotions that I felt suddenly; a mixture of anger, shock, surprise, betrayal, and sadness.
"Nessie, please, don't go," he pleaded as I got up and started running aimlessly.
This couldn't be happening; I just had the best 'morning' of my life with my 'fiance' who tells me now that he was in love with my mother before he imprinted on me? So, practically speaking, away from all the my-fiance-was-in-love-with-my-freakin'-mother issue, he was forced by some sort of magic or something to get out of love and into a new one. He didn't really love me; I was just his 'perfect match', as some kind of a power decided, and not my mother so, he had to be in love with me instead of her. I was just a replacement Bella- No, not even a replacement, and not a even a rebound, he didn't choose to love me. I knew it was some sort of a magic but I never thought it would have this effect on him. He loved Momma and then, as soon as he imprinted on me, he forgot all about his love for her and loved me instead.
I loved him uncontrollably; I was madly and deeply in love with Jacob Black. It always felt so right, so natural, like breathing. It wasn't just magic, it was more than that; I knew that, deep down, even if we were completely human, I would still fall for him.
I rested my head on a tree as I stopped running for a while, the shining sun was replaced by dark clouds, raining heavily. It was kind of ironic; how he described me as his rising sun and now this sun is all clouded, as if crying with all this rain.
I sat down on the wet grass, letting the sobs free. I glanced again at my ring, my beautiful ring, and wondered where all this would end. Would I be able to forgive them? For all those lies, for how it hurt me deeply to feel like a replacement, like, if he had the chance, he would still love her, and he would hate me. Hate me for what he thought I did, for killing his Bella. He actually wanted to kill me. But, thanks to this whole magical werewolf imprinting, he loved me instead.
Could I continue my life with him?
I knew we both, now, love each other irrevocably and madly but, this wasn't something to ignore.
I heard a low howl beside me and I glanced and wiped my teary eyes to find Seth, in his wolf form, right in front of me. I didn't want to talk to anyone, not now, anyways. Not even my 'big brother', Seth. Not even Daddy, or Jasper. And especially not Jacob or Momma for that matter. I wasn't ready for that. Not yet.
"I'm going home, Seth," I whispered and got on my feet. I was about to run when I saw a huge russet wolf approach.
Jacob.
I looked away and started running. I heard his pleading howls but I couldn't bring myself to stop.
As soon as I was in the house, Daddy got up from the couch in the living room and got to me. I really don't want to talk to anyone right now. Please, Daddy. And, F.Y.I, I'm going to pack my stuff and go to Charlie's or something. Or, you know what, I could go to the Denalis.
"You're not going anywhere, Renesmee," he stated firmly. I wasn't in the mood to argue so I just gave in, telling him mentally that I would just stay in my room for a while and that I needed to be alone.
"Oh, so you're Renesmee!" I heard an unfamiliar, female voice exclaim. I looked at the source of the sound and found a short, extremely pale woman with blond hair. Standing right next to her was a tall man who looked as pale and as 'blond' as her, they could pass as siblings if they wanted to. Those were obviously Peter and Charlotte.
"Yeah. Hello," I whispered, trying to get out a proper tone but failed miserably.
"I'm Charlotte and this is Peter," she introduced, keeping her distance. He waved at me and I waved back at him.
"You know, Charlotte, she smells a lot like that girl we met on our way here," he whispered in her ear, but all of us could hear clearly, of course.
"Who?" I asked. Daddy ignored me and asked another question as he obviously knew.
"What was she doing in Europe?" he asked. WHO? I yelled mentally, not in the mood for anything like this. "Sofia," he whispered gently in my ear. That was when I couldn't take it anymore, those were too many events for one day.
I fainted right there and then.
The next thing I felt was some voices speaking around me...
"Do you think she'd go to the Volturi, Edward?" Carlisle asked.
"Not that she decided to," Alice said.
"Maybe she was just wandering around," Emmett said.
"Do you know how to get in touch with her?" Esme asked.
"Maybe we could ask Nahuel," Daddy replied.
Daddy, please, can you take me up to my room? I really need to stay alone. Besides, I have school tomorrow.
I felt his strong, cold hands carry me upstairs. Then, I felt my soft bed beneath me.
"You have fainted during those three months more than a normal human would in a year, you know," he said, chuckling humorlessly. Probably trying to lighten the mood.
"Yeah," I mumbled and concentrated on sleeping. I didn't want to face anyone. Daddy ignored that thought though.
"He really loves you, Nessie. I honestly think that that was why he loved Bella in the first place but never imprinted on her- Thank God. Because you were always a part of her," he said. That was a new way to look at it.
"Daddy, look, please. I just need to get my mind off this and clear my head. I'll talk to all of you tomorrow. Promise. Happy?" I said, opening my eyes. I saw him smile weakly and nod.
"I'm sorry, honey, I know it hurts. I know you're in pain. And I'm so sorry, Nessie. Your mother isn't that thrilled either," he said.
In the morning! Pretty please?
He sighed and whispered an 'I understand' in my ear.
I got out the few tears I had left and drifted to sleep, trying my best not to think about anything related to that. Or even Sofia for that matter.
Good thing I had school tomorrow; that should be distracting enough...
