Chapter 24
Emotional breakdown

I woke up gasping for air. Rosaline wasn't in my room with me when I looked at her bed. I looked around the room, but she wasn't there. I still hadn't totally caught my breath from my dream. What could Antoine be? Who could he be? I shook my head from the thought; I wouldn't allow myself to think that. I stood up and shrugged off my dream. I walked over to the window and looked out. It was a sunny day and I knew that I wouldn't be going out in public today. My computer was on and I sat down in front of it. My heart began to race, what if someone was going through my chats with Antoine? When the screen reappeared, I sighed with relief. Rosaline had just been on a Barbie website, which would explain the little sticky note on the bottom corner of the computer.

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I logged onto my chat to see who was online, I was pleased to see that Antoine was online. He signed off immediately after I signed in. I thought that was strange, but I figured that he had something to do. I decided I would get dressed now. I walked over to my closet and put on a blue and pink plaid dress with some white ballet flats. My hair was actually pretty decent so I just brushed it and left it alone. When I walked out of my room I saw Rosaline playing go fish with my dad.

"Good morning honey!" my father said as I sat down at the table.

"Good morning." I replied.

"Do you have any…threes?" my father asked. Rosaline eyed him down carefully and then smiled.

"Go fish!" she exclaimed.

"No!" he shouted back as he grabbed a card from the pile. He then smiled slyly. "Ha! Got a three!"

"Awww, come on! How do you do that?"

"Strategy my dear, strategy."

"Rosaline, playing go fish with him is not the best idea." I said giggling.

"Why not?" she asked.

"He can read your mind silly!" my mother shouted.

"Speaking of which, Bella, love, would you like to play a nice game of B.S.?" he asked with a grin.

"No, I wouldn't in fact!" she replied laughing.

"Aw, come on!" he put his right hand up. "I Edward AnthonyMasen Cullen, solemnly swear not to read Isabella Swan's mind as we play a fun game of bull shi—"

"Edward!" she smacked his shoulder.

"What? I was going to say bull shiitake mushrooms!" he joked playfully.

"Sure you were, sure you were." She said rolling her eyes.

"I want to play bull shiitake mushrooms!" Rosaline suddenly exclaimed.

"No, you really don't!" I laughed.

She sighed and put her head down on the table.

"Well, what can we do? I'm bored!"

I looked at my parents in attempts for ideas.

"Can we go to a water park?" she asked excitedly.

"No, we can't, it's too sunny out." I replied.

"What do you mean it's too sunny out? That's what water parks are for; you go there when it's sunny."

"Oh, that's right; you haven't seen what we look like in the sun!" I said loudly.

"What do we look like in the sun?"

"Well I don't know about any of you, but I dazzle Bella!" my father said with a laugh.

"Edward!" she exclaimed.

"We sparkle; it looks like little diamonds in our skin." I answered her question.

"Cool!! I want to go see!" she hollered.

"Can we go play in the meadow?" I asked.

They looked at each other.

"I don't see the problem with that." My mother replied.

"Awesome! Mom, do we have a sprinkler or something?" I asked.

"We have a solar powered sprinkler you used when you were a kid, well it's kind of a sprinkler, it's one of those slip and slides you know?"

"Oh that's perfect! Why don't we get everyone together and go have some fun?"

They looked at each other again.

"Yeah, why not? I could use some fun!" my mother exclaimed. I smiled and walked Rosaline into my room. We picked out one of her bathing suits and we both changed. When we walked out my mother and father were there in their bathing suits. My father had on his trunks and my mother her bikini.

"We already called everyone else and they're going to meet us there." My father stated. We nodded and ran out the door with towels and the slip and slide. When we arrived at the meadow, everyone was already there waiting. Emmet and jasper were chasing each other around like two little kids, Carlisle and Esme walked around holding hands, and Alice and Rosaline were comparing skin tones.

"No, I think I'm tanner that you Rosalie!" Alice shouted sarcastically.

"No, Alice, I think you are as pale as a vampire, I'm tanner!" Rosalie shouted sarcastically. They both laughed and pushed each other. This was great; everyone seemed to be in a good mood for the day. I smiled and walked toward everyone. I looked back and Rosaline was poking herself in the arms.

"What's up Rosaline?" I asked. She looked up at me with an excited expression on her face.

"I'm sparkly!" she shouted happily.

"Yup, we all are!" I answered back. It was truly an amazing sight, to see 9 people standing around sparkling. We weren't a normal family and this was now official.

"Okay, where's that slip and slide?!" Emmet asked rubbing his hands together in a scheming way.

"Right here!" Edward shouted holding it up.

"Oh yes, today is a good day!" Emmet said excitedly as he took the slip and slide. They set out and eventually the water started flowing.

"Who wants to go first?" he asked.

"I do!" Rosaline shouted.

"Okay, go ahead Miss Rosaline!"

She ran toward the slip and slide and backed a few feet away from it and then bolted to it. She jumped onto her belly and flew down the slide into a big puddle of water. She screamed as she did so.

Rosalie was next, Emmet picked her up and she kicked and flailed, but he wasn't putting her down. He took a running start and bolted to the slip and slide. He jumped so that he fell on his butt and slid down, being sprayed by water, Rosalie shrieked and giggled. She was soaked when she got up and she pushed Emmet onto the ground and punched and hit him playfully.

Jasper picked up Alice and did the same with her. When they were done they all looked at my mother. My father turned to her and had a sly grin on his face.

"Oh no, no no no no no no no no!" she shouted backing away from him.

"Oh yes, yes yes yes yes yes yes yes!" he shouted back running toward her.

We all laughed as we watched him chase her around the meadow. He finally caught up to her and picked her up off of her feet. She kicked and screamed and laughed.

"Edward! No, no Edward put me down! Now! Put! Me! Down! Now!" she screamed.

"Oh, my love you are making this too difficult!"

He got to the slide and ran toward it. He jumped so he fell on his butt and slid down with her on his lap. Everyone laughed at them when they stood up. She was dripping and pushed him down.

"I said no!" she yelled as she laughed at him.

There was silence as we heard something in the woods. Eventually we saw what was making the noise. Jake emerged from the trees with swim trunks on. I looked at my parents and my father put his head down. I sighed as he approached me.

"Look, Nessie, you accepted my apology the other day, can we please just put the past behind us?" he asked as he put both hands up in the air.

"Yeah, I suppose."

"Okay, great, now…it's your turn!!!" he yelled as he picked me up off of my feet and ran to the slide.

"Oh god, Jake no not right now! No! Please!" I screamed.

He ran and slid down the slide and I was splashed immediately with ice cold water. When we got to the end he stood up and was laughing at me. My hair must have been a wreck and I was not impressed with him. He just continued to laugh at me and I didn't want to laugh, I couldn't laugh. Finally I gave up on being serious and burst out laughing. He helped me up and we stood there laughing with each other as everyone else ran around and went down the slide. When I finally stopped, laughing we just stood there looking at each other. I was so lost in my own thoughts that I hadn't even noticed when Emmet began to splash me with the water at the end of the slide.

"Emmet I'm going to get you!" I yelled.

"Oh are you? I don't think you can catch me!"

"Wanna bet?!"

I ran after him and finally gave up because he was so much faster than me. By the time that our fun had died down it was getting late. The sun was going to be going down in about an hour and I wasn't enjoying the cold water anymore.

"Well, I think we should pack it up now." Carlisle said to no one in particular.

Everyone nodded and began to pack up the slide. We said our goodbyes and then we all departed for home. When we got there my parents, Rosaline, and I went inside. I started a bath for Rosaline so she could wash off the grass and dirt. There was a knock on our door and I walked out into the living room. Jake was standing in the doorway; he was wearing a suit and had roses in his hands.

"I know you accepted my apology, but I still would like to make it up to you." He said holding out the roses. I walked over to him and took the roses. They smelled so sweet and I smiled.
"Please?" he asked.

"Okay, just let me get ready." I replied, he smiled and nodded.

I walked into the guest bathroom and started a shower. I ran into my room and picked out one of the dresses Alice bought me a while ago. It was white with gold designs on it. I grabbed some gold shoes and ran back into the bathroom. I got in the shower and scrubbed up my hair and was out quickly. I took out my curlers and put them in, and then I grabbed the blow dryer and blew them dry. I took them out and lightly brushed them out. They looked great and I stopped fussing. I quickly slipped the dress and shoes on and walked out into the living room. Jake stood up when he saw me.

"Wow, you look…wow." He said with a shocked look.

"Thanks." I said smiling. "What time should I be home?"

"Doesn't matter, anytime you want." My parents said together. Jake led me out the door and we quickly ran to the Cullen's where Jake's car was parked. He opened the door for me and helped me in and then walked around to his side, got in and started the car.

"So, where will you be taking me tonight?"

"Can't tell you, it's a surprise."

"I hate surprises, what is it?"

"Not telling!"

"Fine, but I won't talk to you until you tell me."

"Well, it's not far, and I've survived a lot longer than that without you talking to me…I should be fine."

I rolled my eyes and looked out the window. We finally arrived at La-Push.

"You're taking me to a beach?"

"Just wait, gosh you're so impatient!"

We drove a little further and there was a table set up with chairs around it. I was having déjà vu really bad at this point. Jake stopped the car and helped me out. There was a rock pathway that led to the table. He escorted me to the table and pulled out my chair for me and sat across from me.

"Well, what do you think?"

"I think it's beautiful, when did you do all this?"

"This morning."

"Did you plan on bringing me here?"

"Eventually."

"There's a reason I brought you here to this spot though."

"What's that?"

"This was the first place your father let me take you out alone, it was two years ago."

I looked around and it dawned on me.

"Oh yes! My 14th birthday!"

"Tell me about him."

"Who?"

"Antoine."

"You don't want to hear about him."

"Yes, I do, I want to know what he has that I don't."

"Jake, do we have to do this right now?"

"Yes, Renesmee, I am falling apart and I will continue to fall apart until you tell me what he has that I don't!"

"You're falling apart?"

"Yes! I am losing the only girl I have every truly loved to some guy that just waltzed right in and stole her from me. My heart is falling to pieces and I need to know if I have any hope of being with her at all and it seems like she doesn't even care. It keeps me awake at night, I toss and turn and wonder what I am doing wrong, why can't she love me, why won't she love me, I love her so much and it isn't enough!"

I hadn't realized that I was crying as he said all this.

"Renesmee, I love you more than you can ever know, I'm sure he tells you that all the time, but you've known him for a week maybe two, you've known me for your entire life! I am so madly in love with you that every time I see you, my hear races, my stomach does flips, and I feel like I'm going to fall apart because you smile for him, not for me!"

I was still crying.

"Renesmee! Please tell me what it is that I'm doing wrong?"

I am still crying, this time too hard to even say anything.

"Renesmee, why are you crying?"

I shook my head and he waited for me to get a grip of my emotions.

"I—I—am s—ss—uch---a—hh—hh—orrrible—pp---pperrsss---oon!!!!"

"What?!"

"Jake I love you too!"

I couldn't believe I said those words.

"You do?"

"YES, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND I AM TORN IN HALF BY YOU TOO, JAKE I AM MADLY IN LOVE WITHH YOU TOO AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF!"

He stood up from the table and I did too. We walked to each other and looked into each other's eyes. He leaned in and kissed me. I kissed back and it felt so right.