Author's note: hey guys I'm really sorry I haven't posted in a while but I've been very busy. There's a poll on my page for this story I suggest you guys go and vote…the poll doesn't absolutely matter but I want to know what you guys think. Stephenie Meyer owns everything but the basic idea of this story and Aiden.
Renesmee's POV:
I had no cell phone. I had no car. I had nothing. It had been a week since Aiden and I had gone to the party together. My dad had been going out to the Aston Martin and spraying it with Febreeze every hour on the hour. I was getting pretty tired of my mom saying, "Edward the scent is going to be there forever let it go!" my dad would snarl back at her,
"it smells like him!" at first hearing this was funny but after a while it was just sad. They'd kept me home all that week so there was absolutely no way I could see Aiden. My dad had read my mind and found out what that boy had done to me. I was sulking in my room considering reading The Scarlet Letter again because right then I might as well of had the letter A for adulterer embroidered on my clothes. I had also become closer than ever to my mother that week.
"Mom why do I have to be grounded?" I asked as I was going through the refrigerator to find a snack.
"Because your father needs to convince himself that he can control you." she said bitterly and smiled. "you know Charlie actually did the same thing to me when your dad first came back to Forks." I laughed.
"He did not!" from my memories my grandfather always seemed to like my dad.
"well sweetie when he left I kind of went a little crazy and it upset him that I took your dad back so easily." she said and had the look on her face that she got whenever she was trying to remember things in her human life. At the time I thought saying this would be funny.
"You know mom, if you and dad were human teenagers his attitude would be considered abusive." I laughed remembering the TV special about abusive teenage relationships I'd watched. My mom's smile had vanished. She got up from where she was sitting and was gone. I don't even know what I did to her. So that's how I got to my room. I was about to play solitaire when I heard an all too familiar car drive up to the house.
Aiden's POV:
I parked my car in front of the white mansion that I knew Renesmee lived in. I didn't know why she hadn't been at school all week. I hadn't seen her since the night we kissed. I looked at myself in the rearview mirror. My normally unkempt hair was carefully combed and my usual attire of a plain t-shirt with jeans was replaced by a nice black button down with khakis that I'd borrowed from Sweeney. I looked like a total dork but if this is what I had to do to impress Renesmee's family, then so be it. I grabbed the bouquet of flowers that I had gotten from the grocery store by my apartment building and walked nervously up to the front door.
I rang the doorbell and waited. Almost too suddenly a kind, motherly looking women opened the door. I knew she was Renesmee's foster mother but unlike mine she was very young. And like her foster children, Mrs. Cullen was very pale…and hot. "can I help you dear?" she asked. I saw Renesmee's blonde brother walk up behind that sexy brunette from the carnival and put his hand on her shoulder. The brunette looked up at him and smiled. I moved my attention back to Mrs. Cullen and answered her,
"Is Renesmee here?" almost immediately after I asked that Renesmee came down the stairs looking just as stunning in a t-shirt and sweatpants as she did in her designer clothes.
"hi Aiden." She greeted me. She didn't appear to be sick which was the most logical reason for her to miss school for a whole week.
"Hi." I said back. I realized I was still holding the flowers. "oh uh these are for you." I handed her the bouquet and she smiled.
"Thank you, they're beautiful." she handed them to Mrs. Cullen. "Esme will you please find a vase for these?" she asked her.
"of course honey." Esme took the flowers into what I thought was the kitchen
"you really didn't have to get me flowers." she said as she grabbed my arm and led me out onto the porch.
"I wanted to." I flashed her my braces-corrected smile. "and I was wondering if you and I could have a first date tonight." it had taken me a whole day to work up the courage and come over there to ask her that.
"Didn't we already go on a first date?" she asked.
"ok fine. Will you go on a date with me that doesn't involve your family or us getting arrested?" I asked more specifically.
"oh but where's the fun in that?" she joked. "yes I'll go out with you." suddenly the door opened and Renesmee's brother appeared.
"No she won't." he ordered.
"Edward you have no right to tell me what to do." Renesmee said back to him.
"Like hell I don't and besides I-…Carlisle grounded you." he seemed really pissed off and I thought that maybe he had a stuttering problem. Just then the massive curly haired guy bounded up behind Edward and said in an excited fashion,
"oh my freaking god guys you have to see this!"
Renesmee's POV:
I was for lack of a better word, mortified. Emmett had in his hands a slinky and was running up the stairs at human speed.
"Who gave Emmett the slinky?" my dad asked everyone in the room which included my grandparents.
"nobody he found it in the park." Rosalie answered as she sat on the couch bracing herself for her husband's next idiotic stunt.
"I don't get it…is he not supposed to have a slinky?" Aiden asked with a confused expression on his face.
"not since 1995 when he saw the movie Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls." Jasper said from the corner. I think that was the first time he had ever directly spoken to Aiden.
"Oh my god I love that movie!" Aiden said from beside me.
"yes so does Emmett." Carlisle said and shook his head.
"guys I finally got another slinky so we're going to have to go to India now!" Emmett yelled from the top of the stairs. "ok it's ready!"
"Dear god Emmett!" Rosalie growled. Emmett gently pushed the end of the slinky off of the top stair and it began to go down the long stair case while Emmett sang the slinky theme song,
"Everyone loves a slinky you gotta get a slinky, slinky, slinky go slinky go!" all I could think was not only am I surrounded by vampires but I'm surrounded by idiots. When the slinky reached the bottom Emmett flashed me a smile like embarrassing me was his goal all along.
"Renesmee sweetie please go upstairs and put on something more presentable for your date with Aiden while we deal with Emmett." Esme said with a smile on her face but she was irritated. My dad had told me the story about when Ace Ventura 2 came out, Emmett became obsessed with an idea of going to a temple in India where he could make a slinky go down a staircase that goes up an entire mountain. When I was a little girl I thought this story was funny.
I was a little worried about leaving Aiden alone with my family but it's not like he could've come up to my room while I undressed. As soon as I was in my room I moved as fast as hybridly possible to not allow my father any time to torcher an innocent human. Before I could run to my closet I noticed Alice had left me a black dress that matched perfectly with Aiden's shirt. She couldn't see my future but she must have seen him downstairs. I changed out of my 'moping around the house' outfit and into the dress which like all of my clothes, fit like a glove. The dress was a tad revealing so to not further piss off my dad I added a white leather jacket to the ensemble.
I straitened my hair quickly, leaving in a few curls and added a black hair band. I looked at my facial features as I always do to see any changes in my face. I looked the same as I did a week ago to Aiden but I noticed the somehow I looked more mature and my features looked more like my mother's. My aging though not as apparent as when I was younger, was still accelerated and frankly it scared me. I knew I would stop aging in just a matter of months but I would still appear to age another two or three years before then.
Before I could have another brief midlife crisis I moved away from the mirror and went downstairs. What I thought would be happening was Emmett, Jasper and my dad would all be staring daggers at Aiden while he cowered in the corner. But oddly my dad was gone and my mom was sitting on the couch chatting happily with Alice and Jasper. Emmett on the other hand was showing off his Jim Carrey movie collection to Aiden while they discussed his best performances.
It was Emmett who was the first of the two to notice me and his response was, "wow." Aiden turned his head and smiled.
"Absolutely beautiful." he whispered to himself but everyone in the house heard him. I tried to act casual but I hadn't heard someone acknowledge me with such admiration since Jacob.
"I think we should go now." I said to him.
"uh yeah." Aiden said, snapping out of some sort of trance-like state he was in. "Bye Emmett." he smiled and waved goodbye to my giant teddy bear of an uncle. Emmett waited until Aiden's back was turned and gave me a thumbs up. Well apparently Aiden and Emmett had hit it off. Aiden began to lead me to where he had parked his Neon.
"uh how about we take my car?" I suggested. I'm really not a snob but I just can't stand Aiden's car.
"but you drove last time and you don't know where we're going." he argued.
"Lets compromise then. We take my car but you can drive." I pulled my Jaguar XK's keys from my pocket and put them into the palm of his hand which closed around them.
"Are you sure?" he asked, eyeing my expensive sports car across the large driveway.
"yeah it's just a car." I walked over to it and got in the passenger side. Aiden eagerly got into the driver's side and started the engine. His face lit up when he placed his foot on the gas pedal. Then he got down to business and put in into gear and drove us out of the driveway.
"exactly how rich are you?" he asked when we were about a mile away from the house.
"Your guess is as good as mine." I answered truthfully. I became confused when Aiden pulled onto the freeway. "We aren't staying in Ithaca?" I asked.
"no we're going someplace special." he answered. I have never been one who likes surprises but in the direction he was heading the only place we could be going was New York City. It was only five in the afternoon but going at the speed limit, it would take us four hours to get there.
"You know you can speed up." I said encouragingly. He smiled devilishly and stomped his foot down on the gas pedal bringing up our speed to almost 100 mph. That was more like it. Normally I should have been worried considering Aiden's reflexes weren't nearly as fast as my family's or even mine but he seemed to know what he was doing. We engaged in chat about our interests again like we did at the carnival for the next two and a half hours until I could see the city lights. Aiden slowed down to the speed limit and started talking more about his favorite television show, True Blood.
"wait a minute. The main girl can read minds?" I asked with disbelief.
"Yeah but not Bill's…he's her boyfriend." I started laughing uncontrollably. "What?" he asked about my outburst.
"Nothing." I answered holding back another giggle. Forgive me but that kind of coincidence is freaking hilarious. I couldn't help but ask my next question. "So…what happens when the vampires go into the sun?"
"oh they burn up and die." he answered as though it was answering a kindergarten math problem. My stubborn side suddenly kicked in.
"Well even if there were vampires they wouldn't burn in the sunlight." I spoke in a matter-of-fact tone.
"oh really have you ever met a vampire?" Aiden asked jokingly.
"of course not but how do you know they'll burn in the sun? For all we know they could sparkle." now it was his turn to laugh. If he wasn't driving he probably would have doubled over and held his sides. This is why us Cullens haven't been discovered yet. Because of the world's set idea about vampires and they think the actual facts about vampires are ridiculous.
An hour later Aiden and I were sitting in a private booth in one of New York's best vegetarian restaurants. I was enjoying my Caesar salad while Aiden did most of the talking. Though I did ask a few questions.
"So why did you become a vegetarian?" my reasons were that my parents didn't want me to kill people but I figured his would be different.
"Well my real parents weren't but my foster mom is a vegan and my foster dad is a vegetarian…They're ex hippies." he smiled when he spoke of his foster parents. He looked down at his gourmet veggie burger and looked back up at me. "so you said that Edward taught you how to play piano?" Aiden's true passion in life was music so of course he would want to know my connection to it.
"yes he did…when I was bored one afternoon." the truth was that when I was two but looked about seven Jacob had gone with Billy to Hawaii to see Rebecca for a week. My parents did everything to make me stop crying but the only thing that helped was my dad playing my favorite songs on his piano. After a while he had asked me if I wanted to learn to play and surprise Jacob when he came back. I had learned to play Teddy Bear Picnic by the end of the afternoon.
I hadn't played the piano since Jacob died. Aiden raised his eyebrows. "so you actually learned to play piano in one day?" one thing about humans is that even when they know about the supernatural they still underestimate us. Though Aiden didn't know I was a hybrid so I had to let him slide.
"only one song. I bet you were a musical prodigy when you were younger." the best tactic to not out yourself as being different is to let the other person talk about themselves. Aiden smiled.
"Not really. When I first moved in with my foster parents I found my mom's guitar in a closet." unlike my mom's face when she was trying to remember her childhood, Aiden's was relaxed. "She taught me how to play an acoustic and I just sort of went on from there." the rest of the dinner went on like that. Aiden would tell me about his past experiences and I'd let on as little as possible.
After that Aiden had decided to show me his second favorite place. The first was central park but it's really dangerous at night. He had me close my eyes while he drove. By the time he told me to open my eyes I could tell we had driven away from the city. I opened my eyes to a spectacular sight. All of New York's skyline lit up in perfect sight. All that could escape my lips was, "wow." I heard Aiden shiver and he wrapped himself tighter in his worn black leather jacket.
"Well this is my happy place." he forced out. I guess I didn't realize how cold the mid November night was until then. I instinctively hugged him to warm him up. My warm temperature was again surprising to him but at the time he was just enjoying the warmth. He was tall enough so that he was able to smell my hair. Like to everyone else, my smell was intoxicating to him.
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