Chapter 27
Thing for you

Jake and I sat next to each other in the car. I can't believe I'm running away with him right now; sure it isn't permanent, but still. I had never imagined this with Jake; I have been picturing myself running away with Antoine. It was only a matter of time before I just packed my bags, hopped in his car, and never looked back. I thought he was my life, my heart, my soul. I'm thinking that that may not be true.

As I drove down the highway, Jake looked straight ahead of us. He sat so still that he could have passed as a wax figure. He finally turned and looked at me. He examined me and my features for a moment and then looked down at my hand, resting on the seat, alone. He reached for it slowly and when I didn't pull away, he took it into his. His touch was so warm against my skin; I felt butterflies in my stomach.

"Want to listen to some music?" I asked, breaking the silence. I looked over at him as I spoke and he looked into my eyes.

"Yeah, why not?" he replied reaching down to turn the radio on.

"Pft, who needs the radio?" I snorted and reached into the glove department and took out a CD case. "Pick one." I tossed the case onto his lap. He picked it up and flipped through them quickly. He finally picked one and before I could look at it, he put it in the slot. He turned up the volume and smiled

"Nice choice." I said nodding as I giggled. He picked out Hinder's latest CD. He flipped through the songs until he found the one he wanted. He picked number 7: The best is yet to come. How ironic to pick a song that described the opposite of our situation.

"What made you choose that song?" I asked nonchalantly.

"I thought it was ironic."

"Funny, I was thinking the same thing."

We began to sing along with the song.

"Go for it, run toward it, dive in head first, live life with no regret! Put your heart out there; don't be scared, you might get hurt! But it's all worth it in the end….cause the best is yet to come!" we shouted together.

"I love this song." I said.

He looked at me and smiled.

"Me too."

As the song went to a close, our conversation did as well. We sat there, watching street signs pass by, town after town. I wondered where Antoine was, what he was doing. I thought about that night that Antoine came to my room and told me of his family, could he be sent from somewhere evil? I looked over at Jake; he sat motionless, except for the tapping of his foot to the song. He stared out the window at the trees and cars. He then looked down at the ground. I could tell he was deep in thought; I didn't want to disturb him, so I turned back to the road and focused on driving. The song ended and the next one came on.

"I think this is my favorite from the whole album" he said quietly. I looked over at him. He looked at me with a look that I've seen a million times, but never appreciated. The song was Thing for you.

"Mine too." I said quietly. He stared into my eyes and I finally submitted to the feeling I have been having for sixteen years, but was too proud to acknowledge.

I was in love with Jacob, totally and completely, irrevocably in love with Jacob Black. I wanted nothing more to be alone with him my entire life, but I knew that that wasn't totally possible. It was only a matter of time before we checked into separate hotel rooms and spent the night away from each other. Then the thought occurred to me. We didn't have to get separate rooms, after all that is more expensive, in fact, we didn't even have to get a double bed room…we could just get a single. I pushed the thought away, no that was too fast and wrong, two rooms.

"Hey Renesmee?" Jake asked.

I turned to him with a smile.

"Yeah Jake?"

"You might want to stop."

"Why?"

"RED LIGHT!"

"OH shi—"I screamed, but slammed on my brakes before I could say the last letter. I turned and looked at him, he was breathing fast and he looked at me. We stared at each other for moment and then burst out laughing.

"That was so close!" he shouted.

"I know right?!"

"Yeah, and you want to know what's even funnier?"

"What?" I asked and I was still laughing.

"That police officer that has his lights flashing behind you!"

"What?!" I screamed. I looked in the rearview mirror and sure enough, there was a police officer there motioning for me to pull over to the side. When the light was green I put my directional on and turned into the gas station that was next to us. He pulled in behind us. The officer got out of the car and walked over to us. I put my window down so I could talk to him.

"Is there a problem officer?" I asked politely. He eyed me down and then looked at Jake.

"Yes, ma'am there is in fact a problem. DO you know how fast you were going?"

"I believe I was doing sixty." I answered.

"No, you were doing 95."

"OH, I am so sorry."

"Do you know the speed limit?"

"I don't think so."

"It's fifty-five."

I looked at Jake for help. He shrugged and looked back at the officer.

"I'm sorry; I didn't realize I was going so fast."

He walked back to his car to get something. I turned to Jake and began to hyperventilate.

"Oh my god Jake, what do I do?"

"Renesmee, calm down, it will be alright." He said rubbing my arm.

The officer returned with some sort of little machine.

"This is the breathalyzer, would you mind breathing into this?"

"Uh—sure—no problem."

I blew into the tube until he nodded for me to stop.

"Can I see your license and registration?"

"Oh yeah, no problem."

I rummaged through my wallet and pulled out my license and handed it to him, then pulled down the visor and grabbed the registration and handed it to him. He looked it over and then looked at me puzzled.

"This says that this car belongs to an Alice Cullen, your license says Renesmee Cullen."

"I'm borrowing my Aunt's car; she's letting me go for a ride with my friend to go shopping."

He looked in the car at Jake with a skeptical look on his face. I looked at Jake and winked, and then I mouthed to him to act gay. He smiled and then looked at the officer.

"Sir, I am like so sorry, see my gal pal and I were just jamming out to this totally amazing beat, it's hinder see?" he said holding up the CD. "They just turn me on, they are so hot!" he said flipping his hand. The officer nodded and looked back at me.

"Ma'am I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to give you a ticket."

He walked back to his car and grabbed something, when he came back he handed me a slip of paper. The ticket read 500 dollars. It was reasonable; I could have gotten a lot worse.

"Drive safe ma'am." He said and walked back to his car.

When he pulled out of the gas station, Jake and I began to crack up.

"Okay, that was scary." I said.

"Oh I know, I thought he was gonna taze us!"

"I was talking about your realistic gay talk, is there something I should know? A closet that should be opened?"

"Funny, no actually, I've been hanging around your father a little too much." He said in a mocking tone.

"Hey!" I punched him in the arm. We pulled out and drove for a few more miles until we reached the hotel that Alice and stayed at. We got out of the car and he grabbed our bags and walked me into the hotel. The girl at the counter smiled at us when we walked in.

"Hello, I need two rooms please." I said politely.

"Okay, one moment please." She answered and looked in the computer.

"Okay, your rooms are 314 and 315." She handed us our keys and Jake and I looked at each other. We walked to the elevator and went in. When we got up to our rooms I handed him his key and he handed me my bag.

"Hey, pool, ten minutes." He said pointing to the elevator. I nodded and opened my room and left him in the hallway.