Renesmee spent several days in hospital. They kept on poking and prodding her, but never finding out what the source of the problem was. Carlisle had phoned Edward and Bella who had gone away for the weekend, and they'd come back quickly. Renesmee hadn't fitted and bled since that first day, and that scared her, not knowing scared, it scared them all. It was apparent that Jane's powers had developed and she was now able to project her 'gift' over long distances. But the Cullen's found reassurance in the fact that after a while Renesmee had been able to block out the pain. Carlisle came up with the theory that maybe Renesmee had inherited both her parents abilities.
It was exactly a week after Renesmee had been brought into hospital when the doctors finally gave up and decided that they weren't going to find anything and let her go. The drive back to the house was long and uneventful. Edward drove quickly, as always, and Carlisle and Esme followed in their hired car close behind. When they got to the house Renesmee was the first inside and she ran straight up to her room before anyone could ask her any questions, she'd had a week of endless questions and now she just wanted to sleep in her own bed. Renesmee sunk down onto the soft duvet that was laid neatly on top of her bed. As she sat there, she glanced over at the picture of her and Jake, that sat next to her bed. After a few seconds she looked away her face full of misery, her heart aching and all she could think was "I need you Jake, I need you." With that last thought running through her head she flopped onto her pillow and started sobbing uncontrollably into it. That week passed slowly, Renesmee spent most of the time in her room holed up in her misery, Edward and Bella left her alone most of the time, it was obvious she didn't want to talk. Finally on the Saturday Carlisle and Esme came up to see her. They were leaving. Carlisle had to get back to work and Esme wanted to go home, they told her they'd see her again soon and that she should call whenever she wanted. Renesmee hugged her Granddad tightly and thanked him for helping her. Then she turned to Esme and Carlisle left the room quietly. Renesmee and Esme had always been close. Esme had always been there to listen to her problems so it was very clear to Esme that Renesmee was struggling. Esme held Renesmee tightly and told her that everything would all be okay. When they pulled apart Esme smiled at her and Renesmee replied with a slightly sad looking smile. Half an hour later and it was just her and her parents again. For the first time since she'd been back from the hospital Renesmee went downstairs. She found her mum in her office working.
Bella looked up as Renesmee entered the room. "Hey, darling. How are you feeling?" Renesmee just smiled and said "A lot better. What are you doing mum?" Bella smiled, Renesmee did look a little better, "Oh I'm just working, do you want to see?" A few months after Renesmee had been born and the drama with the Vultori was over, Bella had convinced Alice to make an event planning company. Of course Alice had asked Bella, Rosalie and Esme to help her with the company. In the end the four women created the company together. At first it had been small and they only worked in Washington. Bur over time the company had grown successful and they started planning events for people all over the United States. When Bella moved to the UK the company had started planning events there as well. Renesmee nodded and moved closer. She looked at the massive piece of paper in front of Bella, it was a drawing of a massive cake. "It's a wedding cake," Bella explained, "the couple said they wanted it really extravagant, so this is what I've come up with. A six tier cake covered in white chocolate complete with roses coming down in swirl. Your Dad thinks it's crazy." Renesmee laughed "It is crazy Mum but it's so pretty as well." The two of them stayed there talking about wedding plans. Renesmee loved looking at this sort of stuff. She loved fashion and designs, she loved making things look beautiful, something she'd learnt from Alice and Rosalie.
Finally Renesmee decided it was time to brave going back to school. She still didn't understand what had happened to her but it was time to walk straight into the uncertainty and deal with it. Her first day back was a Monday. She got on the bus like a normal teenager, sat at the back and plugged in her headphones, letting herself be absorbed by the music, she was careful to skip the songs she knew would remind her of Jacob. She'd had enough pain lately. The bus journey seemed to carry on forever but eventually Renesmee got to school. She took a deep breath before plunging into the world of school. She walked slowly across the playground, heading towards her form room. When she opened the door she saw Melody, Jessica and Laura sitting on the tables next to the window. They all looked up when Renesmee walked in. Melody was the first to respond, she jumped off the table and ran across the room, flinging her arms around Renesmee with such force that if she'd been human she would have fallen flat against the door behind her. "Where the hell have you been?" Melody demanded after finally freeing Renesmee from her tight embrace. "I was ill." She said simply. It was Jessica who spoke next, "But Mel said you got taken to hospital in ambulance, are you ok?" She looked slightly concerned which Renesmee thought was kind until she realised it was probably just a rouse to allow her to get some gossip. "Yeah, but I swear I'm fine." The girls nodded and then carried on talking, filling Renesmee in on the latest gossip while the chatted.
Renesmee made it through that week in a daze. It became pretty clear the Miss Marshall her maths teacher was determined to prove that she was somehow cheating and really she wasn't that good at maths. Her other teachers were all really nice, but they seemed to be tip toeing around her, worried that she might just suddenly drop to the floor and start bleeding uncontrollably... again. The rest of the half term seemed to follow in a similar way, get up, go to school, talk, be happy, go home, eat, sleep and the same again the next day. It finally got to the week before half term and the mood at school got a little happier. Even though it only meant they were getting closer to their exams, most of Renesmee's class was going on a trip to America, as a treat planned by the teachers. The trip was meant to be a bit of a surprise none of the students were allowed to know where exactly they were going in America, all they knew is that they would be seeing many different cultures. Renesmee of course wasn't included in the excited group, as far as she knew she'd be spending her holidays at home with her parents.
But still, just because she wasn't going didn't mean she wouldn't make full use of the excitement. She spent a lot of time shopping with Melody, Jessica and sometimes Laura as well. They spent plenty of time getting the train into central London and going shopping. Picking out, as girls do, the most expensive clothes they could possible find, just to have fun trying them on and taking pictures and putting them on snapchat. Renesmee began to slowly forget her fears of the Volturi and the pain of missing Jacob started to dull, but never quite disappear. Bella and Edward could see their daughter changing slowly before their eyes. Her smile was real now, not fake. She spoke happily and it didn't sound forced anymore. They began to enjoy their daughters happiness more and more, and eventually they found themselves hoping that it would never change. Bella often caught herself gazing at her daughters happy face, dreaming that she could freeze the moment and just stay there forever, in that one moment of bliss.
Thanks for reading guys. I hope you enjoyed it, I'm sorry it's taken so long for me to get this chapter up, hopefully it won't take so long for the next. Don't forget to leave a comment :)
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