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Chapter 8 – Time for School

JPOV

When I woke up it took me a moment to realise where I was. Shit, I can't believe I fell asleep in here. Edward will kill me if he finds me in Nessie's bed! I reached for the phone to check the time when I noticed that it was getting light outside. How had I slept the whole night here? Why hadn't they come to say good night and tuck her in?

I tried to slowly ease myself off the bed so I could sneak out the window. Unfortunately I over estimated my own sneakiness, and I heard Edward call me from the living room. There was nothing I could do but go and face him, so I quietly let myself out of her room. Edward looked calm enough sitting at the kitchen table, so I felt my shoulder relax. Bella was sitting next to him and gave me a reassuring smile. Hopefully this wouldn't be too bad.

"Jacob, I understand that you and Nessie were both exhausted last night and you didn't plan to fall asleep in her bed, but you will not sleep here without our permission again." He said. At least he wasn't dragging me out of the house by my neck. "So tell us about your weekend."

Why? I thought at him. You can read everything you want to know in my mind.

"I would rather you tell me yourself, Jacob. I do try hard to respect your privacy. Plus, I'm sure Bella is just dying to know." He smiled at her, and she looked relieved that this was going so well.

So I told them. Not absolutely everything. They didn't need to know just how good Nessie felt when she snuggled into my naked body in the lake, or exactly how good she looked in those bikinis. I did tell them about our fight though, and how she told me that best friends was all we'd ever be. I told them about my theory on how fate had brought the three of us together so that she and I could make our combined family the most powerful in the world.

"I have never thought of it like that Jacob" Edward said, sounding impressed. "It makes sense. What better way to strengthen a pack of werewolf protectors that for them to have an unbreakable alliance with their enemy.

"It does sound like the two of you had a wonderful weekend together. And Bella has explained to me that you're thoughts on your relationship with Nessie were entirely innocent until she gave you a little nudge." He half smiled, half grimaced at Bella, clearly not completely ok with her interference yet. "I do respect you Jacob, and I trust you enough to know that you're only interested in Renesmee's wellbeing."

"But you feelings towards Nessie are changing quite rapidly. I understand that Renesmee is not yet aware that the ultimate result of the imprint is to become... romantically... involved. I expect you to allow her to reach this conclusion on her own, not to push her in anyway. I will try to keep up to date with her feelings from now on." He must have noticed me tense up because he quickly finished. "Only to ensure I am aware of her feelings and can therefore better prepare myself for when things do change in a way that I am less comfortable with."

"That sounds fair to me," I replied, quite relieved that this had gone so well. "Can I hang around and take her to school this morning"

"Of course Jake," Bella replied with a big grin, "Why don't you make your way over to the main house and I'm sure Esme will be happy to make you some breakfast while you wait for Nessie. We just want a quick chat with her first."

"Thanks Bells, and Edward you have my word" I said before running out the door.

NPOV

Jake was gone when I woke up. I couldn't believe he would leave without saying hello or leaving me a note or something. Disappointed, I dragged myself out of bed and ran to the bathroom to freshen up. When I came out I noticed that I only had a few minutes until I had to leave for school so ran out into the living room to find my parents waiting calmly on the sofa.

"Good morning sweetie" the said in unison, both standing up to kiss me. "Sit for a moment please Renesmee" Dad asked me. He didn't look cross so I tried not to worry. "I'm not angry at you darling, we just wanted to talk to you for a moment."

I perched myself nervously on the edge of a seat. "Sure Dad, what's up?" I asked, trying to sound casual.

"We've heard all about your weekend away from Jacob this morning" Mum began. Damn, they knew he slept here. "Yes we know he slept here last night, and we're not angry. He was too exhausted to drive home safely. We'd just prefer you ask our permission in future if Jacob is going to stay."

"Sure Mum. I'm sorry; we didn't plan it at all. I asked him to lay with me for a moment while I went to sleep, but he drifted off as soon as his head hit the pillow. It won't happen again, I promise. May I go get some breakfast now?" I asked, standing up.

"Of course, and say goodbye and thank you to Jacob for us both" she said to me with a laugh as she saw my face light up. He was still here? I ran as fast as I could to the main house to find Jacob and Uncle Emmett playing some alien war game on the X-Box, and from the looks of it my Jacob was kicking Emmett's butt!

"Morning Nessie" he said, jumping up quickly to come with me to the kitchen, much to Emmett's disgust. "Did you sleep ok? Did you talk to your parents?"

"Yeah, sorry if they were hard on you for staying over. I told them it was my fault anyway" I explained, hoping he wasn't annoyed with me.

"Don't worry, they were fine. They just wanted to know about our trip really. They said I can drive you to school, so hurry up and get your breakfast." I ate quickly and we were out of the house within 5 minutes. With Jake's crazy driving we would easily make it to school on time.

When we arrived, we said a quick goodbye and I ran inside quickly so save my hair from the drizzly rain that had just started. I was the last person to arrive for my first class and noticed that my seat was taken by some boy that I hadn't seen before.

"Ms Masen, you'll need to find another seat for today I'm afraid. I sat our new student Lukas there because I thought you mustn't be coming. You're usually here so early" said my teacher, Mr Newton. Mr Newton went to high school with my parents and I always thought it funny that he had been chasing my mum around for so long when he had no chance.

"No problem, Sir, I just over slept this morning." I explained, making my way to an empty desk.

"Excuse me Mr Newton" said the new boy, Lukas, standing up. "I feel bad for taking her seat; she shouldn't have to sit by herself. May I sit by her?" he asked, surprising me.

"Of course you can Lukas. I'm sure that won't be a problem, will it Ms Masen?" he asked, arching an eyebrow at me. I usually chose to sit on my own. I did have a few friends in school, but I prefer to distance myself from my peers to ensure that I don't get any cravings.

"Sure sure, no problem" I said, blushing slightly to have all the rooms attention. Lukas quickly picked up his things and moved over to my side.

"Hi! I'm Lukas." He said, introducing himself unnecessarily. I guessed that I should be polite so I introduced myself too.

"I'm Renesmee Cu... Masen" I said, shaking his hand. Damn, I hardly ever slip up with my name. When I decided I wanted to attend Forks High School, it was agreed that using the name Cullen would raise too many questions, so I chose my dad's birth name instead. Lukas looked at me a little strangely for stuttering over my name so I covered by explaining that my middle name in Carlie, "But I didn't think you really needed to know that. Oh well, now you do." I then tried to turn my attention back to what Mr Newton was saying about the upcoming dance.

"Will you be going to the dance Renesmee?" Lukas asked. Most people knew I didn't like to speak during class.

"I hadn't really thought about it" I answeredvtruthfully. Although I do have a few friends at the school, I'd never really seen anyone outside of the classroom. Surely that would make it wierd for me to show up at the dance all by myself.

"Would you go with me as my date?" he asked confidently. "You know, since you are my first friend at this school. You'll help me get to know people, wont you Renesmee?" He asked, giving me puppy dog eyes.

"Um, I'm not sure I'm the best person to be introducing you Lukas. I don't really know very many people at this school." I was totally flabbergasted! Had I really just been asked out on my first date? And was I turning him down? I turned toward him slightly to look at him properly.

He was good looking, I supposed. He had dark blond hair, lightly olive skin and grey eyes. I had never seen anyone with grey eyes before and couldn't help but stare a little. When he noticed me staring his smile widened, and I had to admit, he had a sweet smile. "Do you really want to go with me or are you asking because you think I'm probably the last girl in the school who doesn't have a date?" I asked, blushing slightly to think that maybe I am literally the 'last girl on earth' as far as this dance was concerned.

"I want to go with you!" he insisted. "I'm not going to pass up the chance to ask out the most beautiful girl I've ever seen when it comes along."

Oh my gosh! He is totally flirting with me! What do I do? What should I say? "Um... I'll have to ask my parents, but ... sure, why not." How embarrassing that I would have to ask my parents' permission to have a date. He didn't seem to be bothered though and made me promise to ask them tonight. I promised but then only half listened to what he was saying as another thought struck me... What would Jacob think?

...

I decided to get asking my parents out of the way as soon as I got home. "Mum, Daddy, can I speak to you both please?"

"Of course Sweetie, what's up?" Mum asked, taking my arm and sitting me down between them on the sofa. "Did something happen at school?"

"Um, well, kind of... I suppose" I stuttered, not really sure how to ask. "There is a new boy at school today, Lukas. He asked me to help him out and show him around the school and meet people."

"That's nice, honey" Dad replied with a big grin, "You should make more of an effort to make some friends at the school. It'll give you a more real high school experience."

"Yeah well, I'm trying and he... he asked me to go to the dance with him. It's this Friday" I explained. "I'll understand if you say no but I just thought it might be fun."

They were quiet for a moment, looking into each other's eyes, having a silent conversation. Dad looked like he was pleading with Mum for some reason, and she looked almost upset. "It's fine really" I said standing up and trying to walk away. "If you don't want me to go then I'm sure there'll be other dances."

"No, Nessie I'm sorry!" Mum said standing up and reaching for my arm. "You can go with him, of course you can. But we'll need to meet him first, and I really think you should tell Jake about this too."

"Of course I'll tell Jake," Although I still felt my awkward about telling him than telling my parents. He's just so protective over me. "But how can you guys meet him? Won't that raise some questions for him?"

"We can be your brother and sister," Mum suggested.

"But mum, I look like you both too much. Plus it'd be a bit weird that neither of you attend the school." I complained.

"You're right, of course Renesmee," my dad agreed quickly. "Maybe you can have Jacob meet him. I trust Jacob's judgement of any boy who wants to date you."

I really didn't want to introduce him to Jacob, but I supposed that it was an easy solution to cover for having parents my own age.

Now I just had to tell Jacob.

Uh oh! How is Jacob going to take the news?

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