AN: DON'T OWN THE SCRIPT WRITINGS! THOSE BELONG TO GREASE! I DON'T OWN THE CHARACTERS EITHER. LOTS OF SHOCKS IN THIS ONE! I'VE BEEN WAITING SINCE I STARTED WRITING THE FIRST BOOK TO WRITE THIS SCENE!!

Breaking Eclipse: Renesmee and Jacob

Chapter 23: Can't

Renesmee Cullen

Acting on stage didn't turn out so bad. I was so in character! I zipped through lines like I was actually meaning them, it came naturally. Then came the first song I was supposed to sing. That's when everything started to hit me.

"You want me to tell you what happened?" Seth asked in character.

"No… he was nice! It was all very romantic." I said. That's when I realized I just cued Seth to sing his part.

Seth sang his first line perfectly, then I sang next. I didn't even listen to myself, so I wouldn't know if I sounded good or not. I stayed in character so it would look like I knew what I was doing. I saw Jacob's face in the audience, it could've been me but I thought I saw him go wide eyed, along with the rest of the pack. Not only him, but the rest of the school and parents, as well as the actors on stage, even the T-Birds who weren't supposed to be looking at me. The orchestra almost messed up after I sang my part as well… that's great. I sounded horribly, that's what must've happened. I was so tempted to stop, but I was… enjoying this. It was… fun.

By the time the song was over, the crowd gave a long and loud applause. I smiled.

By the time I got off stage, people were staring at me. I couldn't see Seth because he was still on stage and I had to rush into my next costume.

"GOD! NESSIE! WHAT WAS THAT!" I turned around as I was about to take off my shirt and put the next costume over top. It was Tessa Camps.

"What?" I asked. "I know, I suck." She as well as the other girls started laughing.

"You serious?" Tessa asked. I nodded.

"You're freaking amazing!" Jen Turns said.

"Don't we wish Adrene was here to see that?" they all laughed, I laughed a little with them.

"Yeah, especially hearing you're engaged to Seth Clearwater!" They all whooped. I turned red. They all grabbed my left hand.

"HE DID GOOD!"

"I wonder where he gets it from!"

"It looks so old!"

"It looks so expensive!" they were all shouting. When they asked for the story about how he proposed I let them off the hook.

"I'm not engaged to Seth." I said, frowning. They went quiet.

"What?" Penny asked. "But… you kissed… the way he looks at you… you had… you guys slept…" their faces swept with confusion. I laughed.

"Seth and I have never been a couple. Do you remember that boy I brought to prom two years ago?" they all shook their heads. I forgot they were all sophomores or freshmen. I sighed. Before I could explain, we had to go on stage.

After that scene, I ran off stage because I was supposed to pretend I was barfing. Unfortunately, the song "Hopelessly Devoted" wasn't in the play. Mrs. Verdonk asked me why in hell I was coming off stage to change. She said she wanted to make a last minute change to the script so I could sing a lot more, even a solo. I politely refused even if she said that it was what the crowd wanted. I quickly changed into the cheerleaders outfit and headed out.

When the intermission came up, all the girls were asking about before. While I was changing, Penny had an interesting theory about me and Seth.

"That guy at prom… OH!" she gasped. "He broke you two up, didn't he?!" All the girls gasped and looked at me.

"What a JERK!" they shouted.

"I can't believe that!"

"IT NEVER HAPPENED!" they had the confused looks on their faces again. I sighed. "I'm marrying the guy who took me to prom!"

"So… he broke you two up so YOU COULD MARRY HIM?!" Penny said.

"Now, I hate him even more!" Tessa said.

I groaned and left as they continued to scream. I finally caught up to Seth.

"Hey… Nessie." He said, not really in a happy tone.

"Hi Seth." I said in the same tone. He sighed.

"Jake's tying the knot, huh?" I nodded and smiled. "Are you happy?"

"The fact I'm engaged, yeah. But because I'm here…." He sighed.

"I've been getting it too." We sat together on the wall, silent. "You were good… on stage. I told you, you were amazing." I laughed.

"Thanks for pointing that out." I said.

"But… you do know what scene comes next… right? I mean… in this act." I bit my lip.

"Yeah." I said. "I do."

Then it was time for Seth to get in place. After the next two acts and "Beauty School Dropout", that certain scene came.

Seth and I sat on the hood of a car. It was just a prop, just half of the car was here, the other was probably in a junk yard. The other characters including Josh and Laura Tap—the girl playing Cha Cha, were pretending to make out behind cardboard cars. Seth and I were pretending to watch the movie.

"Why don't cha just move a little closer?" He asked in character now. I could see Jacob cringe, he did this in every scene, I haven't noticed until now.

"This is fine." I said, also in my character.

"Well, can't cha at least smile or somthin'? Look, Ne—Sandy," I jumped a little from the way he almost said my name. "I had to practically bust Kenickie's arm to get his car for tonight. The guys are really P.O'ed at me. I mean, I thought we were gonna forget about that scene at the bleachers with Sonny and Rizzo and everything. I told ya' on the phone I was sorry."

"I know you did."

"Well, you believe me, don't ya?"

"I guess so. It's just that everything was… so much easier when there was just the two of us." I realized when I said this I wasn't acting. Things were so much easier when it was just me and Jake and Seth and I were friends… only friends. When Seth was going out with Roxanne… I didn't have anything to worry about…

"Yeah, I know…but, hey, you're not goin' with another guy, are ya?" YES! I was screaming in my head. YES I AM!!!

"No… why?" It took a lot out of me to say that, even if I was supposed to be in character. The both of us weren't.

"Because… I'm in love with you." He said, taking my hands into his.

"OH, GOODNESS! EVEN BETTER THEN IN THE SCRIPT!" I heard Mrs. Verdonk exclaim; only me and Seth could hear it.

"Oh… Danny, you don't know what love is!" I said, trying to improvise.

"I do… and I love you." He said. I frowned.

"But… you… don't even like me." I said.

"What is she doing?" I heard Mr. Greene say.

"What about you and Rizzo?" I asked. "Do you really think I'm going to let you break my heart aga—," Seth took my face in his hands to shut me up.

"Kiss me, Sandy." He said.

"No." I said… but a part of me wanted to… maybe my character…

"Kiss me and you'll be seein' things more clearly." I couldn't see Jacob's face in the audience because of where I was looking, at Seth.

"What makes you think that?" I asked.

"Just do it." He said. I couldn't say anything back, because I had nothing left to say. What am I supposed to say when I was feeling a pull to him?

When I didn't move, Seth took control and kissed my lips for the third time. My eyes stayed open… but they eventually closed. Everyone in the audience whooped… but we couldn't hear them. I felt what I did before… in the car, the second time he kissed me… it was crashing down on me stronger than ever… and I liked this feeling… but unlike before, I wasn't scared about this anymore. I welcomed it. In that moment, it felt like it was twenty minutes… but it was at least two.

His mouth opened mine, and I let him. His tongue entered my mouth and he groaned. That's when I got back in character.

I quickly let go of him.

"Danny," I said, breathless. "Take it easy! What are you trying to do?!" I was back on the script now.

"Whatsa matter?" he asked, taking deep breaths, like I was.

"Well, I mean… I thought we were gonna, you know, be steadies…"

"Well, whattaya' think goin' steady is, anyway? C'mon, Sandy!" He tried to kiss me again, and I let him. But only for a few seconds, then his hands began to travel.

"Stop it!" Please don't stop. "I've never seen you like this!"

"Relax, will ya, nobody's watchin' us!" The audience started laughing and he began to kiss down my neck. It felt so nice… so not Jacob! No! Jacob! My fiancée! How could I forget him at a time like this?

"Danny, please, you're hurting me!" he really was, but not physically.

"Whatt ya' getting' so shook up about? I thought I meant something to ya… Don't you love me?" that last part wasn't in the script either. But I answered truthfully.

"Yes…" I said. "I do… You mean so much to me, Danny. But I'm still the same girl I was last summer. Just because you love me doesn't mean we're gonna go all the way." I jumped off the hood and Seth took off after me.

"Hey, Sandy, wait a minute!" he said as I left for stage right.

"I'm sorry, Danny." I'm sorry I can never be with you, Seth.

"Can't we just forget the whole thing and start over?" he asked.

"How can we? As friends?" I scoffed. "Because of you no one can say that about us anymore! If we love each other like this, what makes you think we can do that?!" he was silent, he knew this wasn't my acting.

"I'm sorry, Danny." I said, back on script. Then I left.

"SANDY, WAIT!" He took off after me instead of staying on stage like he was supposed to, to do his solo. The staging crew went along with it and turned the lights off. I ran away from Seth and he followed. We only had at least 5 minutes before the scene would change.

"What was that?" he asked as I came out of the change room in about a minute. I ignored him and hid in the washroom, where he couldn't follow me. It was a good thing I wore waterproof makeup, I started sobbing… how could I do this to Jacob? My fiancée, my life, my imprint! How was Jacob going to take this? I wasn't supposed to be enjoying that kiss! How was he supposed to take that it wasn't my "character" he saw yelling all those things on stage… it was me… I was in love with Seth Clearwater…

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