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Over the next few weeks it seemed as though Aiden was trying to learn about me. I told him anything I could without implying that I'm a vampire-human hybrid. He knows all of the mundane things about me. My favorite band is Paramore, my favorite color is yellow, and that my hair is actually it's natural color. In return I learned a few things about him. He is fully Irish, his middle name is Connor and his favorite movie is The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
I must say that hanging out with an unsuspecting human is actually quite boring. Oh how I wished I could just tell him about me and my family and everything would be perfect but I couldn't do that. If he knew about vampires his life and those of my entire family would be in danger. Truthfully the most exciting thing that happened was on the day that we went sledding…well after we went sledding.
We were both soaked from the snow when we went to meet Emmett at the jeep. As soon as I opened the front passenger side door Emmett threw some clothes at me.
"there's no way you're riding in my baby when you're soaking wet." he answered my unasked question. "Aiden I brought you some of my clothes. I thought you're more Edward's size but he wouldn't let me borrow any of his." Emmett said to Aiden. Aiden picked up the neatly folded pile of clothes from the back seat.
"Thanks Emmett." Aiden said and smiled at Emmett.
"now walk twenty steps that way and change." Emmett directed as he pointed towards the woods that we'd just walked out of. "and don't even think about looking back here to see Renesmee change." He added. As any human would be, Aiden was scared of Emmett and did as he said. I was able to change at hybrid speed so I was waiting in the car when Aiden walked out of the woods wearing basketball shorts that looked like they would fit someone 3x his size and a humongous black t-shirt that said Elvis Lives on the front. I had to laugh. Aiden got into the jeep and asked,
"Emmett were you like, morbidly obese or something?" I burst into laughter again but Emmett's face showed no signs of amusement.
"What if I was morbidly obese Aiden? Would you be proud of poking fun at the morbidly obese kid?" Emmett asked, making his voice sound like he would break out into tears at any moment. Aiden looked worried about Emmett punching him in the face. I turned around.
"He was never morbidly obese."
"How do you know that? Maybe I was morbidly obese as a kid!" Emmett shot back at me, I could hear the amusement in his voice, but it was obvious that Aiden couldn't.
"Because, you grew up with five other kids, and, your family were lumberjacks. Not exactly the morbidly obese kind of people." I argued. Aiden laughed.
When we got back to the house Aiden and I sat down on the couch in the living room. I noticed he began eyeing my dad's brand new piano that he had custom made in Germany. "You said before that you play piano." he finally spoke. I knew where this was leading.
"Uh yeah a while ago." I answered. He wasn't finished.
"Play for me." he said and walked over to the piano.
"I can't." I said.
"come on!" he egged me on and patted the bench. I breathed out heavily and walked over to him.
"ok but I haven't played in a while so if I mess up don't hold it against me." I said as I sat down at the piano. It was a little different than the one my dad had smashed the month before but a true pianist can play on anything. But it wasn't the piano I was worried about. It was the memories that would come back to me if I played. I placed my hands on the keys and began to play the first song that came to me, Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven.
The song is slow and sad. I could tell the whole house was silent except for the music I was playing. Aiden watched intently and smiled at me when I looked up at his melancholy face. I knew that if I continued to play that song I would burst into tears so I transitioned to Turkish March by Mozart. As my fingers flew over the keys to play the very complicated piece I herd my dad from the stairs, brag to my mother in a whisper,
"I taught her this." I finished the song and looked up and Aiden again.
"Well there you have it." I said casually and stood up. "lets go to my room." I said as I grabbed a very stunned Aiden by the arm and led him up the stairs.
"Renesmee Carlie Cullen, don't even think about closing your door." My dad warned. When we reached my room Aiden began to laugh.
"What?" I asked.
"Carlie?" he asked and raised an eyebrow.
"Connor!" I teased back.
After the very boring few weeks following that day was Christmas eve. Aiden was coming over to our house for that and going to his foster parent's house for Christmas day. Alice had gone all out and decorated the house for the occasion. Jasper had helped me find a Beatles album signed by all four of them to give to Aiden. I was in the bathroom again looking at my reflection.
My original goal was to see how I looked in my new green dress and black sweater but I once again looked at my face. I wasn't very much older than I had been the day before but my hair was growing. I didn't have time to have Alice or my mom cut it again before Aiden got there so I just had to hope he wouldn't notice.
"Renesmee, Aiden's almost to the house." Alice called from the hallway.
"ok I'm coming." I called back. I skillfully put on a black headband that completed my outfit. I began to walk downstairs and was there to answer the door when Aiden rang the doorbell. Alice had the remote to the stereo system and turned it on as soon as I opened the door. Aiden smiled at me. His dark brown hair fell into his beautiful deep blue eyes. He looked like he would on a normal school day except he was wearing a white dress shirt with a dorky red reindeer sweater vest over it and black dress pants. He was also holding a white paper bag that smelled like cookies.
"hi." he greeted me simply and kissed my cheek. Esme walked into the living room then. "Hello Mrs. Cullen, merry Christmas." he greeted her politely.
"Merry Christmas to you too Aiden and please call me Esme." she said kindly to him.
"My foster mother sent some sugar cookies." he said and acknowledged the bag.
"make sure you tell her thank you." Esme sounded very motherly. She took the bag from Aiden and went into the kitchen. Just then Carlisle walked in wearing almost the same thing as Aiden. I chuckled under my breath. I was surprised at what Aiden did then. Even though the last time he and Carlisle hadn't spoke since their argument on Thanksgiving. He walked right up to him and held out his hand.
"Merry Christmas sir." Carlisle's face softened and he shook Aiden's hand.
"Merry Christmas Aiden." he smiled kindly and headed upstairs to what I assumed to be his office. Rosalie, my mom and Jasper entered the living room from the back door. They said they were going hunting a few hours before. They knew Aiden was there so they spoke without giving anything away but didn't acknowledge Aiden.
"Hey are the dark circles gone from under my eyes? "Rosalie asked Jasper.
"no." he answered so he wouldn't use up too much air.
"it's probably because you and Emmett were up all night Rose." My mom said with secret irony and vulgarly thrust her hips. Aiden laughed.
"Isabella Marie Swan Cullen you don't talk like that!" Esme scolded from the kitchen doorway.
"Sorry Esme." My mom apologized.
"Bella, Rosalie, Alice come help me in the kitchen. Jasper go get the presents from Alice's closet." Esme directed to get all of them to stay away from the human. I didn't know where Emmett and my dad were though. As soon as Aiden and I were alone he thought of something and hit himself on the forehead.
"Crap I forgot your presents!" he exclaimed. "I have to go get them." he jogged back out to his car and I was left in the living room alone. Jasper then came down the stairs with an enormous armful of presents that no human could carry.
"I swear Jasper it's like you try to be conspicuous." I nagged at him. he carefully set down each present under the giant Christmas tree one by one.
"yes and that's why we haven't had an unsuspecting human around here in 6 years." he said in his southern accent. He took a deep intake of breath before Aiden walked back into the house with two presents. One considerably bigger than the other.
"Aiden you didn't have to get me anything." I said to him as he set them under the tree.
"yes I did. You're my girlfriend and it's Christmas." he said back.
"I like this guy." Emmett said as he entered the house in a black t-shirt, jeans and a Santa hat.
"dude aren't you freezing?" Aiden asked referring to Emmett's lack of winter attire.
"nah." Emmett shrugged and went into the kitchen. Alice came into the living room then and turned off the stereo.
"you don't like that song Alice?" Aiden asked.
"no I do but I heard that Rudolf is going to be on at 6." Alice answered and turned on the TV. Sure enough Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer was on.
"oh my god I love this movie!" Aiden yelled. He plopped down on the couch and glued his eyes to the TV. I rolled my eyes at his childishness and sat down next to him. Emmett joined us after a few minutes. Rosalie joined us after a few minutes. I could tell it was so Aiden wouldn't try anything like(gasp!)put his arm around me.
"this movie's stupid why didn't the dumb deer just get a nose job?" Rosalie asked after a half hour.
"because his nose holds a secret power. And I'm pretty sure reindeer can't get nose jobs." Aiden answered. Rosalie glared at him and I could feel him shake with terror. My mom said that she wasn't affected by the negative aura vampires give off but Aiden certainly was. Rosalie must have been contemplating her 8th murder in her head because my dad appeared from upstairs at a slightly faster than human pace.
"who wants to sing Christmas carols?" he asked cheerfully.
"me!" Aiden yelled. I laughed. What surprised me was that my dad smiled at him and went over to his piano. "do you know how to play too Edward?" he asked my dad.
"of course. I taught Renesmee everything she knows." my dad answered matter-of-factly. My dad played several famous Christmas songs that Aiden sang along to in a beautiful baritone voice before Esme called us into the dining room for dinner. Unlike Thanksgiving things weren't tense. It probably had to with Carlisle not hating Christmas. The only negative thing said was from Rosalie,
"I believe the true meaning of Christmas was lost long ago and now it's just about gifts and crappy Disney movies." she had said that while Esme was talking about why Christmas is her favorite holiday.
"who stuck a humbug up your butt Rose?" Alice asked jokingly and the whole table laughed except for Rose who just glared at all of us and stormed upstairs too fast. I saw Aiden's eyes widen.
"dude." he said under his breath. Carlisle's eyes darted towards me in panic.
"who wants to open presents?" he asked as though nothing had ever happened.
"I do." my dad said.
We all went into the living room and sat down near the tree. My mom elected herself to pass out presents. Her face made an expression I couldn't name when she saw my name on the presents Aiden brought.
"Aiden since you're our guest you get to open your present first." Esme said politely. Aiden hesitantly tore off the wrapping paper of the present I gave him. At first glance he thought it was just a Help! record but then he noticed the four signatures and gasped.
"h-how did you get this?" Aiden asked in a shocked whisper.
"oh I have my ways." I answered simply. Aiden hugged me in what I suppose would be a bear hug for humans, but if you've had an Emmett bear hug then you can't really notice other ones. Emmett cleared his throat and Aiden let me go.
"I officially feel totally lame." Aiden said as he watched me pick up the smaller of the two presents he's brought me. I unwrapped it in one swift motion to reveal two Paramore CDs.
"I love it thank you." I said meaningfully to him. I reached down and picked up the larger present. It was fairly light and it was in a gift bag so all I had to do was reach into it and pull out my present, a big purple stuffed monkey. I laughed and kissed Aiden's cheek. "thank you again."
"no problem." he said and shrugged.
"Renesmee open this one next." My mom said and handed me a small box, the kind jewelry are kept in. it said 'from mom and dad." which Aiden saw and he probably thought it was from Carlisle and Esme but I knew better. I took the ribbon off of it and opened the box to reveal…a diamond ring. Emmett laughed.
"oh my god it's a purity ring!" he yelled.
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