Surviving Seventeen

The sequel to Sweet Sixteen. Please read that first otherwise you will be confused. I was surprised by the reviews I got for Sweet Sixteen so I just had to carry on with it XD

All characters are not created by me but the amazing Stephenie Meyer. I only made the story line :)

Chapter Twenty-Seven – The Truth

Renesmee's POV

"Jake! What's wrong with you?" I snapped buttoning my shirt up, he paced across the room, his face was permanently set into a scowl.

"I can't believe you let him touch you. He wanted to kill you a while back!" he shot me a quick glare and I glared back.

Some wedding night.

All I'd done was change out of my dress into jeans and a chequered shirt. I scowled back at him.

"It was only a hug, what are you? Jealous!" I shouted my arms flying out in exasperation. I watched him wince.

"That's it." I whispered. "Your jealous." I dragged out the words and then sounded stupid.

"I've got good reason too."

Sighing I flung myself back onto the bed.

"Jake..." I started quietly but he cut me off.

"Renesmee, you just walked straight into his arms."

"I trust him." I whispered and as soon as the words were out of my mouth I regretted them instantly. I heard Jake's snappy and short intake of breath.

"Your kidding me right." I felt the bed slide as Jake sat next to me; I opened my mouth to speak three times before settling.

"Jake, I think he does have important information and I feel like we owe him the chance to present it."

"Owe him? We don't owe him anything." Jake growled and I turned to face him, he looked positively lethal.

"He returned my-"

"Yes, I know he returned your damn necklace. I'd much rather you lost it. I was making you another." His voice trailed off and I sat up. He wasn't looking at me.

Slowly I crawled across the bed to where he sat and wrapped my arms around his shoulders, resting me head against him.

"Please trust me on this Jakey. I love you and I know you're worried, but please..." My voice was pleading and it was quiet for a moment.

Jake sighed but this was a sigh of acceptance.

A smile creeped across my face.

I'd won this.

"Stop pacing, it's getting truly annoying." Alice hissed, she sat hunched over a large boulder unsmiling. I sat beside her scowling.

Jake whined. He was unable to speak as he insisted on coming in wolf form.

Before leaving the house, Dad and Jake decided it was better that the wolves accompanied us into the clearing to meet Nate and Leah.

I thought it was unnessacary and Alice hated being blind.

It also made me feel like a child; incapable of looking after myself.

I checked my watch again, Nate and Leah should have been here by now after all we were supposed to be following their scent.

I heard a leaf crush and everyone automatically looked towards the south end of the forest where the sound had come from.

"So you finally decide to make an appearance." Dad hissed sarcastically as three shadows emerged.

"I see you do not trust me Edward." Nate chuckled. He indicated to the wolves that were emerging from around us.

Leah looked hurt while Lucy looked around in awe.

"The news?" Dad growled and I glared at him.

"Dad, there is no need to be so rude."

Emmet stared at me incredulously and Jasper whispered urgently to Carlisle.

Dad cleared his throat acting as if he hadn't heard me.

"Thanks Renesmee but I capable of fighting my own battles, I wouldn't hurt family." Nate's eyes swivelled to Jasper and Lucy look baffled.

"Family, Nate?" Lucy whispered and he nodded.

"Yes Lucy, Jasper is our great, great, great, great uncle."

My eyes widened as I took in the news and Dad's jaw was set.

"He's what? Related?" I directed my question to Dad and he gave me a curt nod. My eyes narrowed.

"Oh, Edward was Renesmee not to know?" Nate taunted and Jake growled. Leah whispered warnings to her imprint but he seemed to ignore them.

"You knew and you never told me?" I was seething now and Mom bit her lip.

"We didn't want to cause you any pain." Dad replied, my hands gripped the rock I was sat on and it turned to dust beneath my angry fingers.

"Pain." I spat the word out and Nate cleared his throat.

"The news?" Mom asked quietly, he arm gripped hold of Dad's as I saw the murderous gleam in his eyes. I was an adult now.

He had no right to hide important things from me.

"Oh yes. Now where to begin..." he made a serious thinking face and then spoke again. "I know let's start eighteen years ago on a snowy January morning."

Alice's head snapped up and her eyes widened in shock.

"What are you talking about?" Mom asked shocked and I watched as each member of my family looked shocked at the direction this conversation was going.

I counted the years back in my head.

"The confrontation?" I whispered to Alice and she looked at me, her eyes wide with fear. All I knew was that our family and friends had been involved in some confrontation where I was in danger or something.

"Yes the confrontation, do you know why this happened?" Nate smiled at me and Jake blocked his view. Dad cut across.

"That is unrelated to this topic Nate, tell us what you have to say." He sounded earger to change the direction of this topic.

For his benefit or for mine.

"What's going on?"I asked sighing.

"I'll explain later." Esme whispered softly in my ear and Nate chuckled again.

"I want to know the truth." I whispered back.

"I'll tell you the truth Renesmee. The ancients thought you were a threat and wanted you dead. They also wanted to take your family out as they are a very strong coven, any questions?" he reeled it of quickly in a breezy tone as if he was telling me what he had for Christmas.

I looked around the clearing at each face. Some were angry, some were concerned and some were shocked. The only face that was smiling was Nate's.

"They...wanted...me...dead?" I stuttered it out and Esme's eyes narrowed at Nate's gloating figure.

Nate started to laugh at my face.

"Oh well Renesmee, at least you finally know the truth."