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Chapter 22: Full Circle
"Michelle Short... Ann Stone... Renesmee Swan." The principal announced her name, over the montage of graduation music blared through the speakers. The entire family; shape shifters, witches, the Cullens, Charlie, Sue, and Angela. (Who was on stage with the rest of the teachers) was there, cheering her on. The sun was bearing down on the football field. We stood up in the bleachers, cheering for her as she walked across the stage. She received her picture, shook hands with two of the officials and raised her diploma high, switching her tassel over. The wolves gave out cat calls, cheering her on again. This was my little girl's big day; her first ever graduation from high school.
Rosalie and Emmet moved out and rented a house a few miles away from our house. They were married again after they graduated. Alice and Jasper intend to get married this year. Alice prefers summer weddings. She loves being able to foresee if it is going to rain on her wedding day. She has been gushing about this being her first wedding in the sun. She fully intends to pull out all the stops. Edward and I decided not to get married in the town of Marks. We were married within the last decade, and I was planning on working on a more important wedding: Renesmee's.
Jacob came to Edward and me earlier this week, asking for Renesmee's hand in marriage. We had given our blessing, on two conditions. The first condition was that Renesmee had to agree and the wedding had to be on her terms, with no pressure from Jacob, and the second was that Jacob was not to whisper a word of this to anyone in the family, including Alice. This was the first secret ever kept under the Cullen household. With Jacob's future being blank, Alice won't see the proposal until Renesmee wants to announce it.
We met up with Renesmee after the ceremony. The only sparkle we could see was from her smile. Her smile lit up the entire football field. She ran straight into Jacob's arms.
"I have to admit, for the second time in my life, I'm jealous of Jacob Black." Edward mused. I pushed him as we walked closer to Renesmee. She smiled and lunged into our arms.
"You know I love you too, daddy." She whispered. Renesmee looked the same age as I did. Her body stopped aging about a year ago. She would be able to pass as a sophomore in high school when we moved and started school in a year. Renesmee wanted to try college first, so we conceded to try and hold off a move until after her college. Or perhaps we would go to high school again, while she finished up college. Our life in Marks was coming to an end. A few days ago, Mrs. Ogdon made a comment to Esme at the grocery store. She asked Esme for her beauty secrets because she hasn't aged a day since they met four years ago. Her daughter had made a comment that I was a freak and never changed, after four years, nothing about me had changed. The warning signs were starting to show. Carlisle said we had only a year or two left at Marks, max.
"Angela, why couldn't Stephanie come to my graduation?" Renesmee asked innocently. Angela patted her back as they walked towards the cars.
"She has to work on her project. It helps for her cover story if she doesn't make too many visits down here. Once a month, for our council sessions is risky enough." Renesmee nodded.
"So is that why you relocated her and her family?" She asked.
"Yes, we thought it was too risky to have her closely connected to Marks or Forks, so we moved her to Arizona and changed her family's last name."
When we returned home, there was a box wrapped in brown paper. There was a note attached to the box. It was addressed to Renesmee.
"Dear 'Nessie,
Sorry I couldn't make it to your graduation. Blame Angela. I have missed you and your family and I can't wait till our next council meeting to catch up and hear all about your graduation party. Do me a favor and tell Angela that Operation Daybreak is a go. I have a publisher. Also, tell her that I meant no disrespect to her for sending the first copy to you. You were my muse. Without you, this would have never been.
Tell me what you think,
Your friend forever,
Stephenie M."
"M?" Renesmee read the letter aloud. Angela nodded.
"Stephenie Johnson was too bland for a writer's name, so we went with a new one. It's edgier, attracts the readers' eyes. We also changed the spelling of her first name, to help it look more original" Angela explained.
Renesmee tore the box apart and looked at the paper back book she was sent. She held it up to Angela. It was a fairly thick book.
"Twilight? What does this have to do with Operation Daybreak? Angela smiled.
"Stephenie John- er, I mean, Meyer has been writing a book about your family." She watched to see the look on everyone's face. She held her hands up.
"I know that sounds scary, but I have learned something from my years of teaching high school." She waited for everyone to calm down. "If you want to discredit something, make it popular."
"I don't get it." Emmet confessed. The rest of us nodded in agreement. Jasper nodded.
"It's a battle tactic."
"Exactly," Angela smiled. "I've been working with Stephenie to turn this book into a complete romance novel. Every little bit is true, the fact that your family sparkles, and are vegetarians, to the part about your golden eyes. Now, you will be considered Twilight vampires. Anytime someone sees you, they will assume that your family got carried away with the book, and dressed the part. The idea of vampires that sparkle, is so absurd to most people, that they will assume the story is completely fake, insult the book, and go about the rest of their lives believing the stories of Count Dracula and Blood Ties" She paused a moment to gauge our response. "I am also working with the other human representative, Charlaine Harris, who is creating a book about a southern vampire. Nothing in that story is true; I believe it will keep people confused." Renesmee looked at the book again. She opened the book to the middle of the story.
"You had Stephenie write a novel about my daughter and her dating life?" Edward asked confused. Angela shook her head.
"Your daughter isn't going to be in this book, nor the next. She'll be in soon, depending on how much we add in the stories. The books follow your life, Bella. From the time you first moved to Forks, to hopefully, after your first encounter with the Volturi. When Stephenie fell asleep here, after learning about your family, Renesmee showed her how her family came to be, from Bella's point of view." Edward nodded.
"Because that's how Bella told you." Renesmee nodded.
"Stephenie told me about her strange dream that night, not knowing that it was the absolute truth. She then joked about the story making a perfect novel. I laughed it off. Then I started thinking about it. It seemed like the perfect cover to help your family stay hidden." Renesmee handed the Twilight book over to me. I flipped through the book and picked out a few paragraphs. I read one out loud.
"About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him – and I didn't know how potent that part might be- that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him." I smiled, remembering when I thought that. I know Stephenie might have changed a few words and pieces, but she caught the feeling perfectly.
"She turned us into a chick flick!" Emmet roared. "Where's the action?"
"There's a part about James losing his head near the end." Angela offered. Emmet considered this and nodded.
"Works for me." He chuckled.
"Now, it will be a small inconvenience for your family for a bit. I believe that when we move next, we will have to go by another name. But I think this book will be popular for a few years and then fade into the background. Vampire books are a dime a dozen. Alice looked away, she was having a vision.
"I see the craze lasting a while Angela. I see movies and memorabilia, and, Oh! I see an action figure of me!" She started to bounce. "That's so neat, a little me." She laughed for a second, and then noticed we were all still staring at her. "I believe the story of Bella and Edward will be around for quite a few years. I see it having a Romeo and Juliette type appeal to teenagers. " Angela took the book from my hands and flipped though it.
"It's just a small book; I don't see how that much could come from it." She confessed tossing the book to Alice. I held up my hand and caught the book before Alice could.
"I know you're new, Angela, so we'll forgive you this time. But this is a very important lesson you have to learn, in order to be a Cullen. Never bet against Alice." Angela smiled and sat on the couch to start reading the first draft. Renesmee joined her. Angela handed the book to Renesmee, who started reading it aloud for everyone to hear. I stood up and took Edward's hand. We headed toward the door. Esme watched us walk towards the door, before she spoke.
"Don't you two want to hear the story?" She asked. I turned and smiled at her.
"I think we know how it ends." I replied. We slid the door open and walked outside to our own personal twilight.
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Wow, a happy ending! That's unusual for me. I'm glad everyone enjoyed the story. For all of you, non True Blood fans, Charlaine Harris writes the Southern Vampire mysteries, which are part of the True Blood series. Thought I throw that in there. (I had to look it up, I've never read the books.) I'm thinking up a couple of story concepts now, I'll see if I have time to develop them. Thanks for all the support and reviews!
~JHS ROCKERBABY~
