I had to admit, our second date was ten times better than our first. Then dinner was way more romantic, there were way more kisses, and I knew that I was falling deeper and deeper in love with Jacob every time I looked in his eyes. And I knew that he was already head over heels in love with me. The dates only confirmed it. And he was right, we did go on a date every weekend once I was out of school. Hell, I didn't even care about school anymore. I was just so obsessed with being around Jake, and going on our many dates that I didn't even want to go to school. Of course, my parent still made me, so I just thought about Jacob pretty much all the time.
And after our second date, we went on our third, and after our third, we went on our fourth. Honestly, after our fourth date, I pretty much lost count. Because our kisses got longer, the touches were more longing, and pretty soon, Jake and I couldn't keep our hands off each other. Of course, my mom and dad weren't too happy about that. After all, Jake and I had only been dating for a couple months, and they didn't want me to hurry and rush into the family life.
"Think about it honey." My mom said to me. "You and Jake literally have eternity together."
"I know." I replied.
"All your mom and I are saying is that we want you to experience other things before you settle down with Jacob." My dad said. He had a point, but I knew Jacob was my soulmate, and I loved spending time with him, so why wait? "That's why you're in school." My dad added. "You can't go to school if you're married and trying to have kids." He pointed out.
"Then take me out of school." I begged for the umpteenth time.
My dad shook his head, "No."
"You need to go through with it at least one time." My mother said.
"Fine." I grumbled. "All I'm saying is, Jake and I already know we're going to be with each other forever, why wait?" I asked. "It's stupid, and I don't even like school anyway." I added.
"Because we want you to wait." My dad said. "I'm not giving my daughter up that easily." He said with a smile, and kissed me on my forehead. They were being so difficult, but I would leave it be. "Oh, and if you and Jake are going to have sex, please let your mother know so she can... You know, help out?" My dad added, with a small smile. God, I hated the fact that he could read my thoughts. Mom was so lucky.
"Dad!" I said embarrassed.
"I read your thoughts as soon as you come home from your dates, remember that." He said.
"Don't be like that." I replied.
"He's right, Renesmee." Mom said. "I mean, we don't know if you can even get pregnant, but still, we want to be precautious. We don't want anything to happen to you." She said.
"I know." I replied. "But don't worry, Jake said he'd like to wait until we're married." I informed them, and that was the truth. He had told me this just a few nights ago, saying that it wouldn't feel right if we didn't. "He knows how you guys feel, so we're waiting." I kept talking, "And by the way you guys are talking, that's not going to happen for a long time." I finally finished.
"We're not the bad guys honey." My mom said. "We just care about you too much."
"Okay, goodnight." I said as I began walking to my room. I had to get to bed on time because it was a school night, which was the dumbest rule ever. I was an adult, but my parents were definitely not treating me like one. I had to go to school, and I wasn't allowed to get married, and I wasn't allowed to move out. Why in the world did they even let me go out with Jacob in the first place? I knew we were going kind of fast, but still, we were going to be bound together for the rest of our lives because of the imprinting. I wish they would at least let me enjoy that. I wish they would let me show them that I am responsible enough to do that.
I was just going to have to tell Jake that we had to slow down more because of my parents sake. They didn't want us moving too fast, because they wanted me to experience other things before I settled down. He probably wouldn't be too happy about it, because he was already to damn near propose, but he'd have to deal with it for me. I would just tell him that we have plenty of time for that stuff in the future. Because after all, we really were going to have forever together. Which would never be long enough for the man that I loved with all my heart.
School the next day was really boring, and even though I told Jacob everything my parents said, he said we were still going to go on dates whenever we possibly could, because even when we weren't together, we were still hanging out all the time anyway. Whether my mom and dad liked it or not, Jake was my life now, and they were going to have to deal with it. Don't they know what it was like to be in love? I remember my dad telling me that my mom wanted to be with him all the time, so why couldn't I be with Jake all the time? It was really unfair, but I knew I was going to have to suck it up, and deal with it.