"Renesmee? Alice is here!"
I could barely hear my mom through my ear buds. I was listening to Let's Hear It for the Boy and didn't really want to stop considering I was just going downstairs to get made over by my Aunt Alice. I sighed and got off my bed, pulling out my ear buds, and trudged downstairs with a pout on my lips.
"Oh come on Nessie, it will be fun! You have to look good for our girl's night out!" Alice exclaimed in her always happy voice.
I just grumbled. I caught my mom's eye and saw she was smirking. Apparently she found some way to get out of this. Before I could ask I was being pushed out to Alice's car.
Once Alice was speeding down the highway to her house, I decided I was curious enough to stop giving her the silence treatment.
"So where are we going tonight? "I quizzed.
"Well, first I thought we would see that movie, "The Divorce". After that, I thought we would go hunting up in the mountains, I've heard there have been some mountain lions sighted and it's always nice to hunt away from the boys. They always play with their food," She joked. "Then we could either go dancing or just hang around and talk. Does that sound okay? We don't have to do all of it if you don't want to."
"No it's okay. I heard the Divorce was really good. How did my mom get out of this?"
When Alice answered you could tell she was not happy about Mom slipping through her plans. "Well, she conveniently planned a date night with your dad tonight so a decided to let her by just this once."
"I'll have to use that one sometime," I mumbled, but of course Alice could still hear me. She stuck out her bottom lip and didn't speak until we were back the house. Rosalie and Esme were already there when we walked in.
"Nessie! How are you," Rose called. I ran over to her and gave her a hug. "Good enough, I guess," I replied. I then went and hugged Esme. Before we could have any more greetings, Alice pulled us all upstairs to get ready.
"We are only going to a movie, why do we have to look so nice?" I questioned. I was more the jeans and a t-shirt type of girl.
Alice frowned. "You should always look your best when you go out into the town. I mean what if you saw a cute boy!" She teased. I blushed.
Then she brought out my outfit for the night and I forgot I was mad at her. It was a sequin tank top, dark skinnys, black high heels, and a clutch with a big bow on it. It was perfect!
"Wow, this is amazing!" I exclaimed as Alice helped me pull the tank top over my golden curls.
"Glad you like it!" Alice squealed giving me a quick hug.
Then she did my make-up. She kept it natural with just mascara, lip gloss, and a little blush. When I looked in the mirror, I was amazed. My curls looked perfectly glossy with whatever Alice put in them, and they went perfectly with the color of my shirt; to top it all off, the make-up was perfect. I just stared at myself until Rose spoke to me.
"Wow, Nessie you look amazing!" She walked over to me in her royal blue dress.
"Thanks, but I mean look at you!" I replied. I could never be as pretty as Rose.
She smiled. "You look perfect," She answered.
Four hours later we had seen "The Divorce" and gone hunting. Alice was right and we had got some mountain lions. Now we were all sitting together talking.
"Hey, do any of you guys know why Mom and Dad have been making faces whenever Jake comes over? I know that he doesn't smell the best and all but it has been worse lately. It's almost like they are disappointed in him," I asked.
No one spoke for a while, but it was Esme who broke the silence.
"I think your parents should be the ones to tell you about this but I do want to give you some advice," she said, "Jake is your friend right? You like him? No matter what?"
I blushed before I answered. "Of course, he is my best friend."
"Good, then don't let this get in the way of your friendship. No matter what. Promise me?" She said sternly.
I hesitated, surprised by her intensity. Esme always was very family oriented and Jake pretty much was family. " I promise."
I was quiet for a while, thinking about what this could possibly mean. I had no idea.
"So…you guys wanna go dancing?" Alice asked hesitantly.
Later, we were all dancing to incredibly loud music when I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around to see Jake grinning.
"Hey Jake!" I said. Then I remembered the conversation I had earlier and wondered whether I should confront him. I decided against it but before I could compose my face he saw I was thinking about something.
"What's wrong?" He asked worried.
"Nothing," I replied a little too quickly.
He stared into my eyes but decided against further questioning.
"Hey guys," he called to Esme, Rose, and Alice.
"Hey," they waved.
They all seemed a little awkward, apparently remembering our earlier conversation as well.
He then turned back to me, "You look amazing."
"Thanks," I blushed. "You look pretty good yourself," I said and I wasn't lying. He was wearing a button up shirt and a tie tied loosely around his neck. His muscular arms showed through the white easily. I brought my eyes away from his body when I heard him talking.
"You want to dance?"
"Sure," I smiled.
Jake started singing along with the music playing as he danced ridiculously. I couldn't help but laugh at him.
I like it like that!
Yeah, one more time, I can never get enough
Oh, everybody,
Sing it right back, I like it like that!
Oh oh oh oh, like that
Oh oh oh oh, like that
Oh oh oh oh, sing it right back, I like it like that.
We danced for over an hour. Whenever we touched, the same electricity pulsed through me and I grow to enjoy the shock, wanting it to happen again and again. Too soon, it was eleven thirty and Rose came up and tapped me on the shoulder telling me it was time to go.
I looked up at Jake, pleased to see that he was just as sad as I was.
"Well, I guess I will see you later…" I said to him.
"Yeah, see you tomorrow Nessie," he answered. I had forgotten we were going to the beach tomorrow. I gave him a big hug; the electricity surged and I didn't want to let go. Eventually, we broke apart and I headed off to find Rose again waving back at Jake.
When we got home I said hi to my parents then ran upstairs and got my diary out of its hiding place.
Dear Diary
I had the best girl's night out with Esme, Alice, and Rose. (Mom got out of it to go on some date with Dad…YUCK!) Anyway, I guess I shouldn't be complaining because I had an awesome time. We saw "The Divorce", went hunting, and then went dancing. I asked them about the faces Mom and Dad were making. All they said was that to promise not to let it get in the way of our friendship… whatever that means. I'm going to have to ask Mom. When we went dancing, Jake was there and we danced for a while. Every time we touched I felt the electricity thing again. I don't know what it means but I love the feeling and found that I wanted it to happen again and again. SIGH! It's all so weird.
Renesmee Carlie Cullen