5.

I awoke early the next morning, hoping that this had all been a horrible dream, and that the nightmare was over. Of course, it wasn't. I had still felt exhausted, and was almost literally dragging myself downstairs. In that instant, I tripped over one of the second-story stairs, and suddenly a cool arm was around my waist.

"Careful Nessie, are you alright?" Bella asked. I guess Alice saw me tripping down the stairs this morning, just great.

"Yeah I'm fine, thanks mom, tell Alice thanks too."

"No problem honey, I know how hard it is to go through this kind of transition, I was once human myself, always tripping over every little pebble in my road. You're just like me."

And thankfully, I was, I admired and cared for my mother just as Edward does. I look up to her, and can open up and ask her anything.

"Are you hungry, cause if you are, you know how great a cook I've come to be." That was surprisingly true, in the past decade; Bella has become much more a better cook.

"No mom, I'm fine, thanks." And we walked down the stairs together.

Carlisle was in his office, investigating, I guessed. Esme was cleaning her most wonderful, beautiful home. Rose and Emmett were out hunting. Jasper was watching TV, along with Edward and Jacob, as they were sitting side by side along the couch. Alice and Bella walked into the living room to join them walking as graceful as ever.

I sat down next to Jake, and looked at his face. He seemed calm, trying to pay more attention to the TV, rather than talk to me about all this. I let him have his way, and calmly joined him, staring at the moving screen.

Suddenly a silent conversation started.

"He's been very concerned about you lately." Edward thought.

I didn't want Jacob to get too involved, that just meant that he would most likely disagree with any decision that anyone made.

"Who isn't? No one knows what's going to happen, not even Alice, that's probably the second out of the two things I personally hate about Jake. My future is lost."

He moved slightly closer to me.

"Renesmee, you're going to be fine, nothing will ever happen to you. Alice will be able to tell us if anything huge will be happening. Don't worry about a thing, just be normal."

Normal?

That was physically impossible for me.

Over the entire conversation, Neither I or Edward turned our heads from the screen, in fear that someone may notice and ask.

Suddenly, Esme shouted form inside the kitchen, "Renesmee, sweetheart, you have a ton of gifts lying on the table, I think you should open them now."

As soon as she said it, 6 pairs of eager eyes were on me. I stood up and faced the kitchen.

"Good luck." Thought Edward.

"Thanks." I thought sarcastically.

I headed over to the kitchen, only to await my real everlasting doom.

There were so many! I didn't even think that half the people got me a gift. No wonder so many people showed up.

I started with the smallest on top, from Jamie; I guess someone had put it there, since she was the first one to arrive. I slowly opened the tiny wrapped box, just like my dad's. In it was another piece of Jewelry, earrings to be exact. They were sensible sized, but the most beautiful sapphire earrings I'd ever seen. They were sapphire because that was my birthstone. They were dark blue, cut into a small delicate shape, and even matched my necklace almost. It must have cost a lot, I thought…ugh. I put it back into the small box, and set it on the table.

Jacob was over my shoulder in a second, the next gift was from Matt, a boy who I had invited at the last possible minute, he was new, and I thought inviting him would make him happy and make him feel less miserable about moving here. I was very found of him when he came to town, his thoughts were almost as pure as Jamie's. Inside the wrapped bag, there was a card and a sketchpad. I guess he knew of my passion for art. Jacob grimaced, and than half-smiled.

All the other gifts were either something like a journal, to candy, to just plain old $20.00 bills. Of course now, I wouldn't be able to eat the candy, but maybe soon I would be.

Finally the gifts were done, and the worst part was over.

"You took that a lot better than I would've done" said Bella

I chuckled "It wasn't so bad, only a couple of the gifts were extreme."

Suddenly I felt sick to my stomach, I felt weak and nauseas.

In that moment, I collapsed onto the floor, throwing up gallons of blood. It leaked onto the entire floor; luckily, it was wooden, because Esme would never forgive me.

It wouldn't stop; the blood just kept coming out for minutes until it was finally done, with everyone cleaning it up. I then fainted at the sight of it; something I picked up from Bella, it was way too much. And then I was sleeping again, but I don't know how I could be, my stomach was growling and aching with extreme pain. I screamed from the pain, but never woke. As soon as I screamed, Carlisle, Edward, and Jacob said "I'm so sorry."

What was happening to me? I felt like I was starving to death!

As soon as I made this assumption, I flashed my eyes open, and dashed to the kitchen, with Edward right behind me. I immediately asked Bella for a sandwich, and she made it in three seconds time. I scorched it down, and I immediately felt a little better.

My eyes flashed to Edward's face, and I read his thoughts. In his mind were Carlisle's thoughts.

No.

I was turning more human. I couldn't survive on just blood anymore.

I became hungry, and in need of food.

Then, Carlisle's thoughts were quiet, and then I sighed with relief. "She can't only survive on blood anymore, but she can survive with it alongside of food…half and half." He thought.

Thank goodness I wasn't turning into a complete human.