Haha! I'm back!!!I'm sooo sorry for the long dormancy! I was just super busy with school. I'm a junior now and still adjusting. It's so freaking hard!!! Well, here's the answer to the obvious cliffy

11. Summer Surprise

"Except me of course."

"Aunt Alice!" I squealed when I turned around. I ran to her (remembering my speed, of course) and hugged her ever so tightly.

"Missed me?"

"How did you—? When did you—? But Mom didn't—?" I spluttered. Then, the idea hit me. "Mom!"

"For one, school's over; for two, we just flew in," she said. "And for three, surprise."

"Wait a minute, we?" I asked. The rest of them were here! "Let's go home! Now!"

"Not yet," Aunt Alice said. "We have to return a few of these clothes. I told Perrine about your concert and he made some dresses, so your wardrobe's taken care of."

"I love you!"

"I love you, too."

We went back to a few shops and asked for refunds. The salesladies were too intimidated by Aunt Alice to refuse.

Finally, it's time to go home.

I screamed when the door opened.

Everyone was here!

I hugged Aunt Rose, Mommy Esme and Daddy Carlisle.

"Wow, I missed that scream," uncle jazz said. I gave him a hug, too.

"How's my favorite niece?" Uncle Em asked when I jumped into his arms.

"I'm your only niece," I countered. He laughed then tousled my hair worse than ever.

For the next hour, we just caught up on everything. The apartment felt so full!

I can't believe everyone's here!

That is, everyone besides Jake.

"What's the matter?" Uncle Jazz asked, putting one arm around my shoulder.

"I miss Jake."

"It's alright. I'm sure he's wishing he's here with you rather than in summer school. Cheer up."

As soon as he said the words, my mood lightened.

"Thanks," I replied. I didn't leave Uncle Jazz's side.

During the next days, I got around to introducing Caleb to everyone. Aunt Alice accompanied me to every rehearsal and hung out with me and Caleb. Uncle Em and Uncle Jazz were my bodyguards.

"Um . . . can't you look a little . . . softer?" I requested Uncle Em one day when one fan's smile faded after seeing him with me.

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"Try looking a little . . . nicer," I suggested. "The little kids are getting . . . uh . . . intimidated."

Uncle Jazz tried to muffle his laugh.

In two weeks, everything for the concert was in shape.

"Renesmee, shouldn't you be sleeping by now?" Daddy Carlisle asked. I'd just beaten Uncle Jazz at arm wrestling. It was one night before the final rehearsal and two days before the big day. Aunt Alice insisted that I should be enjoying myself a day before the concert.

"Oh, Dad forgot to tell you," I said. Dad was out hunting with Mom, Aunt Rose and Uncle Em. "I've been needing less and less sleep. Dad reckons I'm becoming a mature vampire."

"Are you getting thirsty more than before?" he asked.

"Yeah," I replied. The burning sensation came back to my throat. "And I'm sort of losing my appetite for food sometimes."

"Let's get you checked to make sure," Daddy Carlisle said. He stuck a thermometer under my tongue and checked my eyes. "Hmm . . . curious . . ."

"What's curious?" I asked after he checked the results over and over.

"Your temperature's eighty-four point two and your eyes are slightly maroon."

"What?" I burst. I touched Uncle Jazz's arm to see if there was a difference. Wow, he does feel warmer. I looked at my arms and face. My skin was three shades lighter. Finally, I checked my eyes. There was a hint of darkness under them and my pupils looked a bit maroon when I looked closely. "Holy crap."

Daddy Carlisle was talking to Dad on the phone.

"I'll put you under observation for a week," he said after speaking to Dad. "We'll have to see how fast you're changing."

"Okay," I said. I glanced at the clock. It was three in the morning. It felt like three in the afternoon to me.

I took my laptop to the room and played the Masquerade for hours. When it was five, I went to bed. About two hours later, I woke up.

Everyone was in the house already. Mom handed me my breakfast. I only ate half of it since I woke up feeling almost bloated.

Time to put my worries aside for a while. I wasn't just a vampire. I was also a star.

Well, I didn't have the chance to go on a typing spree so i only got to encode two chapters today. BTW, i'm done writing noon/midnight and am already starting with Starless. i even wrote a chapter for Forever Morning. Gosh! The whole series is almost over!