Chapter 22
Meet the family

He took me into his arms and let me go as soon as he saw my parents. He had five roses in his hand and gave me one. He walked over to my mother and gave her one. Then, he walked over to Rosalie and gave her one and held out his hand.

"Hello, my name is Antoine, Renesmee has told me so much about you guys." He said as he handed roses to Esme and Alice.

They smiled at him and took the roses. He walked over to Carlisle and shook his hand, then Emmett's, then Jasper's. Carlisle stepped forward.

"It's very nice to meat you, Antoine, Renesmee has told us very much about you. She seems very fond of you." He said with a smile. I blushed.

"Well, I'm very fond of her as well, she is the most beautiful young woman I have ever met and she is so down to earth." He said.

I smiled, and blushed even more.

"Well, won't you please come in?" Esme asked as she gestured toward the living room.

"My pleasure." Antoine answered as he followed me into the living room.

I sat on a couch with Antoine and Rosaline and my parents stood across the room from us, Carlisle and Esme sat on another couch across the room, Alice and Jasper sat on the same couch as them, along with Rosalie and Emmet.

"Why don't we get hunting?" I asked. Everyone exchanged looks and finally nodded.

"Where will we be hunting today?" Antoine asked.

"We are going just south of the Canadian border. We've been cleaning the area of animals lately and we need to even out the area." Carlisle replied politely.

Antoine nodded and we went on our way. We all ran through the forest, I looked over at Antoine and smiled and he smiled back, I could feel my father's stare burning into the back of my head. We kept going until we reached our destination.

"We're here." Carlisle stated.

We all nodded and ran separate ways. Antoine, Rosaline, and I went to the right and everyone else went to the left. Antoine caught a wounded dear, Rosaline caught a moose, and I caught a moose as well. When we were finished we ran back to the meeting spot. We were the first one's back and we sat around and waited for everyone to come. It wasn't long before the rest arrived and we all agreed to go home now.

We arrived back at the house and all went inside. I went upstairs with Rosaline to change. I quickly put on the sparkly blue dress and helped Rosaline into hers. We put our shoes on and looked in the mirror. I shaped my curls better and did the same with Rosaline's. When we were ready we left the room and went downstairs. Antoine was down there with everyone, standing around and laughing with Emmet, that worried me, but I went on anyway. When he seen Emmet look up, Antoine turned around right away to see what was going on. I smiled as I walked down the stairs and he met me at the bottom. I was a few steps above him and he reached for my hand and kissed it gently, the way he did the day I met him.

I smiled and blushed and he helped me down the stairs. Esme smiled and leaned into Carlisle, as did Alice to Jasper. We all walked into the living room, where the interrogation would begin. We resumed our earlier positions and everyone looked at us.

"So, Antoine, tell us about yourself." Alice said happily. I looked at him and he smiled.

"Well, I am 16 and I love photography." He answered, but was cut off by Emmet's rude snicker. Rosalie nudged him with her elbow and looked at Antoine, signaling for him to continue.

"How did you meet Renesmee?" Carlisle asked.

"Well, actually, I was in the forest taking some photographs and she was running and lost focus and ran into me. So, I helped her up and looked into her eyes and well…" he trailed off and I smiled at him. Esme smiled at us and then at Carlisle.

"What are your intentions with Renesmee?" my father suddenly asked. I expected Antoine to be taken by surprise, but he kept his composure.

"Well, I'm very old fashion; I believe some things are better to save for after marriage. Other than that, I just plan on being with Renesmee and enjoying how happy she makes me and only hope that I make her as happy." He answered grinning.

Alice smiled and I saw my mother crack a small smile.

"Do you do anything…you know…exciting?" Emmet asked with sarcasm in his voice.

I rolled my eyes at him.

"I go bungee jumping once and a while." Antoine answered. Emmet had a shocked expression on his face.

"Dude! We should go sometime!" he shouted excitedly.

"Hey, anytime man!" Antoine replied smiling.

There was a knock at the door and I looked at everyone puzzled. I didn't invite anyone else and I had no idea who it could be. Alice got up to get the door and she danced out of the room. I heard the door open and some low mumbling and then the door closed. Alice waked back into the room with a disgusted look on her face.

"What's going on?" I asked. She plugged her nose and went back to her seat.

"There's nothing more disgusting than the smell of mutt." She mumbled.

I still couldn't figure it out, until he walked into the room. It was Jake; he had come at the worst possible time. I looked at my father and he nodded at Jake, I knew right away that he had invited him. I sighed and got up.

"Jake, outside right now." I said in an angry tone. I looked back at everyone else.

"I'll be right back, excuse me." I said. They nodded and resumed small talk. Jake followed me outside; he was in for an earful. When we were outside I turned to him with the angriest face I could manage.

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

"I had to come see you, Nessie." He replied. I looked at him and then rolled my eyes.

"Well I don't want to see you." I snapped.

"You won't even forgive me?" he asked in a disappointed voice.

"I don't know, to be honest I haven't thought much about you Jake." I confessed.

He looked so disappointed and looked down and then got down on his knees.

"You've left me no choice." He said.

"Wha—"

"Renesmee Carlee Cullen, I am so sorry for what I have done, I do not deserve your forgiveness, but I am asking for it anyway because you are the sweetest, best friend I have had and I love you. So, please, forgive me?" he pleaded looking into my eyes.

I stood there and I felt absolutely terrible for how I have acted to him, it wasn't his fault, I through myself between them, he didn't know it was me. I began to cry and I turned away. He stood up and put his arms around me.

"Jake, I'm so sorry, I should be the one apologizing." I said quietly. He said nothing in response.

"I want to meet him." He whispered. I looked up at him.

"I want to see what I'm losing you to." He said looking toward the house.

"Are you sure?" I asked.

"Yes, I'm sure." He whispered.

I nodded and brought him to the house. We walked into the living room and everyone looked at me shocked.

"Jake is going to join us." I stated.

Antoine stood up and walked over to Jake and held out his hand.

"Hello, I am Antoine." He said politely. Jake looked at his hand, then his eyes, then finally shook his hand.

"Hey Antoine, I'm Jake." He said politely. I exhaled a sigh of relief.

I walked back over to the couch with Antoine and sat down. Jake sat across the room next to my parents. Rosaline went over and stood in front of Jake.

"Who is this?" he asked with a smile on his face.

"Her name is Rosaline; she's a friend of mine." I replied.

"Is she?" he started to ask.

"Yes, she is like me." I replied.

"Did you find her like this?" he asked. I looked down and Antoine held me.

"No, I didn't." I answered.

"Well then what happened?" he urged. "Oh no Renesmee, did you?"

"Yes, I did." I confessed.

He got up and stormed out of the house. I got up and ran after him.

"Jake! Jake! Jake!" I shouted and then I caught his arm. "What the heck is your problem?"
He pushed me away. "Jake?! What is wrong?!" I yelled.

"You are the problem right now! I can't believe you did that! She was just a sweet innocent girl! How could you?!" he screamed at me.

Everyone came out to see what was going down. When he saw Jake yelling at me, my father pushed past everyone to me. He pushed Jake to the ground but he got up right away.

"How dare you yell at my daughter like that!" he bellowed in his face.

Jake got up and gave my father a super punch and he flew into a tree.

"JAKE HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN OUR TREATY, YOU CANT HURT US—"

"UNLESS ONE OF YOU BITES A HUMAN!" he screamed.

I felt my heart stop.

"Oh my god." I whispered.

"Yes, Renesmee, you broke the treaty. Now, it is off and you are all free range for us." He said.

"You can't do that, we have been nothing but good to you all, we don't hunt on your lands and it was an accident." I argued.

"I don't care if it was an accident, it was the treaty and that is how it goes." He argued back.

"Well then let's just ask Sam." I said as I walked toward the garage.

"Where are you going?"

"I'm going to the reservation." I answered.

"Fine, go ahead, see if I care!" he hollered.

"FINE! I WILL!!" I shouted back.

I got into the yellow Porsche and sped out of the driveway. Jake turned into a wolf and was following closely behind. When I reached the Reservation, I stopped at Sam's house. I got out of the car and walked in. Sam and I were close and he told me to just walk in whenever I wanted. He met me in the kitchen.

"Hey Nessie!" he shouted excitedly.

"Hey Sam." I greeted.

"What's with the look?" he asked. "Well, I have a confession and a compromise to make…" I trailed off. "can my family come here with me?" I asked. "Or better yet! Can you meet us in the meadow?" I asked.

"Sure, I'll be there in a little while." He answered.

I nodded and ran out the door. I arrived back at the Cullen's.

"Sam has agreed to meet us in the meadow and discuss this whole ordeal. He's waiting there as we speak." I stated.

They nodded and darted for the forest immediately. When we got there, Sam, Jake, Seth, Paul, and Quill were already waiting for us. We stopped a few feet from them.

"So, what is the problem?" Sam asked.

"I think I have broken the treaty." I confessed.

"What have you done, Renesmee?" he asked.

"I...I...Well…" I trailed off. "Rosaline, come here." I instructed.

She came to my side and wrapped her arms around my legs.

"Who is this?" he asked.

"This is Rosaline." I answered. "She is part vampire like me."

Sam looked at me in a puzzled way.

"Okay, but how have you broken the treaty?"

"She was human when I found her, it was an accident."

"What happened, start from the beginning."

"She was spending the night with me after her mother abandoned her and I woke up and I was bighting her…I didn't mean to, I swear."

He evaluated my answer for a moment before acting.

"I think, since you all have been so kind and have honored our treaty, I can make an exception." He said. I smiled at Rosaline and picked her up and twirled around with her.

"Well, if this little meeting is over, I think we will be on our way." He said.

"Okay, thank you Sam, you have a good night." Carlisle said in a polite tone.

"Thank you, you too." Sam answered back. We all parted and ran home.

It was only 8:30 when we had gotten back and I wasn't ready to say goodbye to Antoine for the night.

"Mr. and Mrs. Cullen, if it was alright with you, I'd like to take Renesmee to the beach. There are going to be fireworks tonight, with your permission of course." Antoine asked.

My parents looked at each other for a while and then back at Antoine.

"I think that would be fine, please have her back by midnight though." My father answered.

"Thank you, I'll take care of her." Antoine thanked.

"I'm going to go get my suit; I'll meet you back here!" I said excitedly.

I ran out the house and back to our house. I ran into my room and grabbed a hair tie and pulled my hair back to the side and then grabbed my suit and changed. I hurried back over to the Cullen's and Antoine was outside waiting.

I had never seen his car and I was blown away by it. It was a black corvette and he had the top down. He was in his blue swim trunks. He was leaning up against the car and had sunglasses on. He smiled when he saw me. I felt so lucky to be with him, how could he love me, he was so beautiful and I felt so plain next to him. He opened my door for me and helped me in and then walked over to his side and got in. We waved as we drove away.