Did he feel it too?
Am I loosing my mind?
Does dad hear me?
shooting my gaze over to my father and Emmett.
Dad making no move of acknowledgment.... Leroy catching my eye as I tilt my head toward him in question...
A smirk playing at the edge of his lips as he winks at me... he can read me? Oh.... my.. god.
He has a gift... a gift resembling my fathers but in a strange way... its like he only just started to read me?
Head spinning in many directions, my brain feeling like a spinning top that a child just wont stop playing with.
Putting my right hand to rest on my temple. covering my view of the interesting vampire leaning on the banister.
Wondering why just now Leroy can read me. What does he know. What the hell is going on!
I will explain later...shhh...wouldn't want to freak out the rest of your family right now would you?
Swiftly yanking my eyes up to look at where the voice came from. Leroy again looking at me with that knowing look...
His concentration quickly turning back to dad and Emmett.
Pulling my attention away, to compose myself enough to open presents, as they are being placed at my side.
No one in the room paying any mind to what is happening and I sure as hell am not going alert them of it, there is far to much spiking my interest about him.
He is a mystery in need of unraveling, and I would be the one to unravel him, I am sure of that.
"Renesmee open Rose and Emmett's first." Mom placed the impeccably wrapped present in my hands. small and rectangular. No doubt a necklace of aunt Rose's immaculate taste.
Quickly clearing the package of its wrapping holding a light blue colored box.
Tiffany's.
Beautiful even before I open it...
Lifting the uniquely colored lid letting my eyes fall onto a beautiful emerald-cut green tourmaline stone with round brilliant diamonds set in platinum. A beauty which is new but has a flavor of history, as if it were inspired by the roaring twenties. with diamonds above the large greenish blue stone framing it in a slightly swirled pattern.
"Wow. This... it is so beautiful... Rose this is the one we were looking at online a month ago! Its worth far too much to even be considered something to wear! Oh my GOD! ummm Thanks. wow!"
Completely at a loss of why they would buy me a piece of jewelry worth the same as an average car... like wow. It is worth more than 20,000 dollars. They go crazy on birthday presents but wow this was even more incredible.
"Here let me help you put it on. There was a reason I told you to wear the teal dress." Rose's brilliant smile greeting me with a small wink, reaching for the impossibly expensive jewelry.
Rose, lifting it to my neck, I grab my hair to move the loose strands out of the way.
Looking down swiftly to see the breath taking sparkle of the greenish blue stone. Dangling from my neck, glowing in its mesmerizing brilliance.
"Aww! It looks perfect on you!" Rose kissing my cheek and stepping back.
"Thank you so much Aunt Rose, Uncle Em. Its absolutely amazing." Walking up to my big bear of an uncle to hug him.
Feeling the caring warmth, not a literal warmth of course, in his big and friendly hug.
Settling back into my perch next to the stack of gifts.
"hmm, which one next?" grabbing a larger watch case size box and shaking it slightly, hearing only a very soft jingle.
"Lets hold that one for last shall we." Dad quickly places the box back down on the table. Squinting my eyes at him in question as he is pulling a new present from the stack and handing it to me.
"This one is from Carlisle and Esme." Reading the tag on the top, connected to the white bow.
"This is something we came across on our small vacation in May." Esme pointed out to me as i pulled at the paper.
Taking inventory of the presents that i had opened; glancing down at the beautiful necklace from Rose and Emmet.
Esme and Carlisle's present was a historical book of tales they picked up from an island down by the infamous Isle Esme. I had yet to visit the beautiful place my family had buzzed about when Esme and Carlisle decided to go there for time to themselves.
Alice of course bought tons of clothes and just wrapped pictures of the outfits, that she had already stored away in my closet when I wasn't looking right before the party. A few expensive hand bags that were limited edition, as she informed me. Of course Jasper's name was also on the card but everyone knew that Alice was the shopper of the couple.
Billy gave me a tribal made dream catcher which is beautiful in many colors and clearly hand made. More importantly Jake's mom had made it only a few months before she passed away. Colors are all the hues of the ocean with rich greens a deep grays mixed in with a few cool blues. Brightly colored glass beads strung in the middle webbing with a tiny arrow head directly in the center.
The fact of it being so close to home for the Black family and Jake especially because she had made it for him but never managed to give it to him since it was intended to be his following birthday present after her passing. Billy just came across the dream catcher a couple of months ago when he was clearing out a closet of their house as he told me when I opened it.
Jake's gift was a treasure for me as well.
He liked to make me weaved bracelets ever since I was little, so i looked forward to a new one every year.
This year though was slightly different... he gave me a scrap book of dried flowers with photos of each birthday.
The last filled page is of last summer when he had given me a promise ring and made a vow to never leave me no matter how hard are relationship could get. The main photograph of that day right in the center of the page.
The photo taken on the front porch up against one of the off white porch beams, our hands intertwined with the promise ring clearly in view as Jake has our hands lifted toward the camera and a smile as big as the sun. My cheeks red with a blush full of adoration and embarrassment as I tuck my face into his chest not expecting the camera at first. Such a simple love and yet so unnatural and not simple at the very same time. My head leaning into his chest as I try to hide my tomato colored face when Esme came around the corner with camera in hand.
Remembering that day making me wish our love was as sweet and simple as it looked in the photograph.
Fact is that, I am becoming more than just Edward and Bella Cullen's daughter and more than a werewolf shape shifter's girlfriend/imprint.
Realizing there was more to life than Forks Washington. Spending a life with Jake might mean a life of La Push... and some of his uninviting pack members including but not limited to 'cough' his brother-in-law...Paul.
Smiling up at Jake with tears of joy and worry brimming my eyelids. My inner battle forcing me to portray tears of only happiness.
"Jake this is beautiful, Thank you so much. It's really special." Kissing his cheek and moving onto the last two presents of the night.
One from Seth the other form mom and dad.
Lifting the small envelope from Seth. He spoke up as I opened a goofy card revealing a 25 dollar gift card to the new Borders in Port Angeles. A very thoughtful gift from him knowing that I drain through books like my life depends on it.
Taking in the look of the last present on the table, wondering what my parents bought me...
Lifting the small box and wishing it was the car but knowing I didn't earn it and realizing I lost my privilege to having it when dad took the keys away the night of our big argument about Jake and I.
Twisting the paper up and away from the small watch case box there is no symbol or company name on the grayish silver box to alert me to the present inside.
lifting the lid and seeing the keys to the car...
Gasping at the car key and looking up at dad. Only to see full forgiveness and love. Biting my lip feeling so happy and excited that I still got the car!
I GOT MY OWN CAR!
"One condition... Make sure you don't abuse this privilege.... Okay?" Dad smirks as I jump up to hug him.
"Ohh my gosh! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you SO much!" latching my arms around him in a tight hug.