"What's the story again?" My father annoyingly asked for the hundredth time this morning. We were on our way to school, in my mom's shiny black Ferrari. She had already left for her morning class. It was a cloudy day, but the forecast didn't call for rain.

I rolled my eyes. "I am Renesmee Cullen and you are my brother-in-law. I live with you and my sister. I took your last name because I was adopted by the both of you after my parents were killed in a car accident."

"Good girl." My dad reached over and patted my head.

I sat back in my seat and took a deep breath. The school was coming into view and my heart burst into a sprint faster than it normally beats. My dad's eyes immediately flashed to my chest, then to my face. "You ok?"

"I'll survive. Just a mild heart attack." I breathed.

"Ah," He pursed his lips and nodded his head. "Your mother used to have them all the time." He laughed at the memory.

We pulled into a parking spot in the front of the school. Everyone in the front yard stopped to look at the car as he parked. My dad chuckled, most likely due to someone's thoughts. I turned in my seat to look out the back window. Some of the guys that looked like they were in 8th grade were making their way casually over to the car. They kept their distance as they looked at it.

"Ready or not, here we go." My dad said, and opened his door.

"What are you doing!" I snapped, and pulled at his arm before he stepped out of the car.

"Walking you inside. I need to make sure the main office has all your paperwork."

"No! I don't need my Daddy to walk me in! I can check myself."

"People will not think I'm your father." He seemed to be amused by my sudden embarrassment by him.

"I don't care who they think you are. I know who you are, and my Daddy is not going to escort me inside." I opened my door and slid out of the car. I Slammed my door shut and hurried to his side of the car.

"You sure?" He hesitated.

"Positive! I'll see you after school, and stay in the car when you come to pick me up. If you value my sanity you will stay in this car."

"You have my word." He nodded once. I shut his door and he rolled down his window.

"What?" I asked when his smirk crept across his face.

"You're old man doesn't get a kiss goodbye?"

"Old man… hardly." I snorted then leaned in the open window to kiss his cheek.

"See ya Edward!" I waved over my shoulder and he revved the engine. Love you, Dad.

I caught his smile as he sped out of the parking lot. Now all eyes were on me. I flipped my hair in front of my eyes, put my head down, and walked quickly towards the school.

I didn't stop until I reached the main office. A larger set woman with huge glasses looked up from behind the counter. "Hi, I'm Renesmee Cullen. This is my first day."

"Yes…" The woman dragged out the 'S' making her sound like a snake as she dug through the mess on the counter. "Here we go," she looked down at the paper, looking over her glasses. "Rin… Renn-es…"

"Nessie," I bit my bottom lip to keep from laughing. "Everyone calls me Nessie."

She relaxed her shoulders. "Ok then, Nessie," she laid out a small piece of paper in front of me. "This is you schedule with a map of the school." She looked over my file as I looked at my schedule.

"Florida, huh?" She said without looking up at me. "What made you move to Boston?"

"My sister, she goes to Harvard."

"I see…" She skimmed down my file and her eyes softened. "Oh dear, I'm sorry about your loss. You are a very lucky girl to have your big sister and her husband take you in like that."

I smiled politely and took my schedule and the map of the school. "You could say I was an unexpected arrival," I chuckled at my own inside joke. "Thank you." I waved and hurried out the door.

I seemed to be walking with a huge neon sign flashing over my head saying 'LOOK AT ME I'M THE NEW GIRL!' Without making eye contact I found my first class. I quickly looked around the room for an empty seat. There was one in the back and I made my way through the full seats. I knew Alyssa was supposed to be starting today, but I haven't seen her yet. The teacher walked into the room and his eyes fell on me.

"Miss Cullen, right?" He asked.

I looked down nervously at my hands. I could hear the rustling of the students as they turned in their seats to look at me. I peeked at him through my eyelashes and nodded.

"Would you like to come up and introduce yourself?"

"No thank you."

"Oh, come on. I don't bite."

"No, but I can." I mumbled to myself.

"I'm sorry?" The teacher, still smiling, thought I was talking to him.

I sighed heavily and stood up. I stayed by my seat since the entire class was looking at me already. "My name is Renesmee, but everyone calls me Nessie. I moved here from Jacksonville, Florida. My sister and her husband live here, they adopted me after my parents were killed in a car accident a few months ago." I forced myself to look upset, which wasn't too hard since I was beyond embarrassed.

"I'm so sorry to hear that. Well welcome to Boston, and welcome to math. I am Mr. Connery."

I nodded politely and quickly sat down.

"Hey." I small voice whispered.

I looked out of the corner of my eye and a blond girl was looking at me. "Hi." I turned my whole head to look at her.

"I'm Melissa. Sorry to hear about your parents. I lost my mom to lung cancer last year."

"Sorry." I whispered. I wish I could relate to her, but my parents were very much alive, and were never going to die. They were going to outlive everyone in this room.

"Let me see your schedule." She reached across the space between us, and I handed her the piece of paper.

"We both have gym next. Stinks that it's in the beginning of the day." She said as she continued looking over my classes. "We have lunch together, math, science, and art."

"That's cool." I took my schedule back and listened to the rest of the lesson.

Melissa walked with me to gym and we changed as she gabbed about who to and not to hang out with, which guys were taken and which ones were out of reach, which girls to avoid and that being a part of a school sport was as important as getting dressed in the morning.

Gym seemed fairly easy, we were starting volleyball. My team liked me in the front row because I could jump high to spike the ball. That was the only thing I knew how to do. When it came my turn to serve the ball I managed to bounce it off the wall behind me and then hitting myself in the back of the head. Apparently some of the guys on the other team thought it was amusing. I got them back when it was my turn in front of the net again.

My next class was English. "Renesmee!" Alyssa jumped to her feet as soon as I walked in the room. I felt relieved. We were still cousins so it was easy to keep that story straight. Well adopted cousin. Aunt Rose and Uncle Emmett adopted her, which was nothing new. Uncle Emmett was supposed to have gotten a job reassignment in Boston, so he moved Aunt Rosalie and Alyssa out here. Grandpa and Grandma Cullen came out here with Uncle Jasper and Aunt Alice because they wanted to help out with me. They were now my Aunt and Uncle. Alice and Jasper were cousins. They both were back in high school.

"I'm so glad we have a class together!" I squealed as I ran over to her. I sat down at the empty desk next to her. We traded schedules and discovered that we had the whole second half of the day together. I figured our parents had something to do it that one.

After English I had music, lunch, science, history, art, then French. I met up with Alyssa on my way to lunch. We had our lockers right next to each other. Melissa waved from the lunch line and Alyssa and I walked over to her. I introduced Alyssa to Melissa and we sat with all Melissa's friends.

"This is Nessie and her cousin Alyssa," she said cheerfully. Everyone's conversation came to an abrupt halt as they looked at us.

"Hey," one of the boys said with his mouth full. He swallowed before continuing. "You're the one the drove in with the Ferrari!"

"Guilty." I smiled shyly.

"That's a sweet looking car! Who's is it?"

"My sister's, but she hates to drive it. My brother-in-law takes it everywhere. It's my favorite car."

"Sit down," he said eagerly and pulled out the chair next to him. "I have a feeling we're going to be great friends. I'm Derek by the way."

"Hi, Derek." I relaxed and fell into conversation easily. Alyssa sat across from me already planning a shopping trip after school with Melissa and her friend Lauren.

After school I lugged my bag, full of homework towards my dad waiting nicely in the car. Derek talked casually to me as we walked. I could tell we were going to be really good friends. "You think your brother would mind if I looked at the car?"

"No, not at all." I led him over towards my dad and could see his eyes glaring at me through the rearview window. He seemed calm enough, so I'm guessing Derek's thoughts were calm.

I opened the passenger's side door and threw my bag on the floor. "Edward, this is my friend, Derek. Derek, Edward."

They both said hi.

Thank you! I smiled at my dad and he smiled back at me.

"Derek wanted to see the car."

"Really? That's too bad," my dad shrugged. "I would love to show it to you, but Renesmee made me promise I wouldn't get out of the car."

"Cut it out!" I snapped. Do NOT embarrass me! I warned him.

My dad laughed loudly and got out of the car. I sat on the curb as he had the hood open and they were talking car talk.

"I'll catch you tomorrow, Ness!" Derek called over his shoulder as he ran over to his bus.

"Shut it." I said as soon as I shut my door.

"What?" My dad asked innocently.

"I know what you were thinking." I accused.

"Really? I thought I was the one that read minds."

"You know what I meant." I crossed my arms over my chest and slumped back in the seat.

"I'm not going to say anything about your new friend. Not one thought in that boys head was about you more than a friend." My dad patted my knee. "He's welcome over anytime."

I rolled my eyes. "Thanks."

My dad's cell phone vibrated on the dashboard and I reached for it first, surprised my dad didn't beat me to it. He glanced at me through the corner of my eye and smirked. "It's mom!" I said excitedly and flipped the phone open. "Mom, you will never believe the day I had! I met a bunch of new friends, and Alyssa and I have all our afternoon classes together." I said quickly and turned to my dad. "By the way, thank you for that."

He nodded and continued to watch the road.

"I'm so happy you had a good day." She seemed distracted, which was weird for her.

"Me too! How was yours?" I asked her.

"It was… busy. Where's dad?"

"Right here, we're on our way home."

"Ok, let me talk to him."

Without saying another word I tossed the phone into my dad's lap. He caught it with one hand. Before he could even say anything I heard the hissing of my mom's quick conversation.

"It's fine. I'll see you when you get home. I will, Bella." My dad glanced over at me. "I do know how do handle my own daughter. I know, love. Be safe and I love you." He said and closed the phone.

"What's wrong with her?" I asked as I stared at him.

"She's staying at the library with her new study group. She'll be home after your in bed," my dad was no longer talking to me. He was mumbling to himself. "So I was given strict orders to make sure your homework is done as soon as you step foot in the house, I have you fed and showered and in bed before 9," he snorted. "Like I don't know how to look after you." We were in the garage now.

I shrugged. "She's a mom, that's what they do. I, on the other hand think it's time to play videogames. What do ya say? You beat me and I go straight to my homework. I beat you and I do my homework after dinner."

"Tempting, but no. Upstairs and get to work."

"She'll never know!" I wined as I stomped up the stairs.

"Trust me, she'll know." He shook his head and looked towards the front door. "I'm going to run to Grandpa's real quick. Will you be ok to start your homework on your own?"

"Yes." I rolled my eyes and watched him disappear.

I finished my homework and wondered back downstairs. "Still not home?" I mumbled to myself. I opened the fridge and pulled out all the ingredients for a sandwich.

"Ness!" My dad called out, and I heard the door close.

"In here!" I yelled as I licked the mustard off my finger and put everything away. "Thanks for dinner." I held up my plate as I walked passed him.

"I was coming home to make it."

"It's fine. I'm going to eat this upstairs. Goodnight."

"Freeze." He suddenly appeared in front of me. "Things are not going to be the same. I know it's bothering you because Mom isn't here. We both now have other obligations."

I sat down on the couch and nibbled on my sandwich. "Both of you?"

He nodded. "Yes, Carlisle says the hospital needs help, and I will be working there full time."

"You know medical stuff?"

"I know enough."

"Ok," I sighed. "Can I go finish eating now?"

My dad nodded and I walked up stairs.