Sorry it's taken me so long to update! I've been super busy with work and meetings, plus I decided it would be smart to try and outline where this story was headed. I think I've come up with something good! I'm trying to stick to canon, so if any of the characters seem off base or any of the storyline doesn't match up, let me know! As always, reviews are always appreciated! Thanks for reading!

Chapter 5

I approached her without hesitation, completely setting aside the daggers she shot in my direction. "Bella, I'm sorry. I knew everything would be alright if we let her go to class. Do you think I would have let her go otherwise?" I looked at her in the most adoring way I could think of possible, hoping that I could still dazzle her in this moment of discomfort. Her shoulders relaxed and she all but collapsed in my arms, fighting the sobs that were bound to come.

"Edward I'm sorry. I know I shouldn't be angry with you. I know you would never put her in danger, I've just been overprotective and worried!" I stroked the back of her long mahogany locks trying to comfort her. The thoughts of our future classmates entering our classroom was something I was desperately trying to ignore.

Oh look at the hot bronze haired boy. I wonder if he broke up with her. I mean, he doesn't look nearly as upset as she does.

The hopeful blonde girl tried discretely staring at us, and I couldn't help myself but squash any hopes that she thought she would have with me, so I lifted Bella's chin so I could stare deeply into her golden eyes. They were just as deep, just as pure as the chocolate brown gaze she once wore as a human. Then I leaned in for a tender kiss. The electricity between us warmed me to the core, and it began to build. Apparently Bella had completely forgotten that we were standing in a hallway filled with children by increasing her force on her hold.

"Edward get a grip! If you let her lose, she'll break through the wall!" Alice's vision caught me off guard enough for me to break off our heavy public display of affection.

"Oops," Bella said smiling. And that was all it took for me to breathe out a sign of relief and to escort her into our next class.

"Everything is okay love. We'll ask Nessie all about her first day after school." I carried in a smug looking face, Bella's hand in mine, praising my amazing wife. I couldn't help but give a small smile to the blonde haired girl who held ill-will towards her, knowing she would never have a chance with me.

Ugh, so much for that plan. She thought. The Cullen's are all evened up now. There would be no hope for an unsuspecting human to capture any of our hearts. Perhaps I should give Tanya a call to see if she would like to join us. Maybe she could find an innocent human boy to change her heart.

Bella and I took our seats, and patiently waited for the end of the day. Psychology wasn't nearly as interesting as it had been my first time as a vampire. I can remember the first time I was able to return to school as an immortal. The subjects themselves were mundane, but my ability to retain so much information was exhilarating! I hung onto every phrase, perplexed at my ability to recount everything word for word, and maintained a 100% in all of my courses. I was enjoying my first day back at school just watching Bella go through it. I couldn't help but wish there was a course for vampire psychology as I wondered aimlessly what could possibly be going through her head.

After another hour and a half of lectures, the bell rang dismissing us from our final class. Students jostled around to their lockers, some frantic to catch their bus, and others gossiping about their first day. Bella and I walked out the school doors, hand in hand to the meet the rest of our family in the parking lot.

"Nessie!" Alice yelled. Renesmee had just appeared from the door around the corner. She was distracted; looking down at her phone texting incessantly. Probably texting Jacob…I disliked any idea of the dog growing a sense of romantic interests towards my daughter (the brotherly love had died out a year ago), but I couldn't help but wish he was here with us today, guarding her every move. At the sight of our family, Renesmee put her phone away and ran towards her eccentric aunt, embracing her in a hug.

"Hey what about me?" Bella complained holding her arms out.

"Sorry Mom," Nessie muttered quietly. She approached Bella in a lovingly matter, hugging her tightly and whispered "I missed you."

"I missed you too sweetheart. Let's get in the car and talk about your day on the way home. I'm sure Esme is practically dying with anticipation to see how your first day went."

"Nice choice of words little sis" chuckled Emmett.

"Oh shut up Em, you know what I mean."

"We'll see you three at home. Race you there!" Rosalie screamed running to her car. Her bright red m3 had undergone several more modifications in the past few years, now looking even flashier than before. She had been much more at ease with herself when Renesmee entered our lives. Although she would never be able to give birth to a child of her own, Renesmee was far too good of a niece for her to wallow over it for the rest of her existence. She was finally happy.

Conversation didn't start until we were out of the parking lot and onto the road. We had to make a somewhat normal exit and Bella was simply restless. As soon as we were down the street a ways, Bella had unbuckled her seatbelt and was sitting in the back seat a second later with Renesmee.

"What happened during third period?" She asked frantically.

"What?" Renesmee answered looking slightly puzzled.

"Your art class right? I know you were excited about it…did anything exciting happen?" Bella was practically on the edge of her seat, wondering if her daughter could give her any reassurances about the worry we had both felt throughout our day. Any chance of acting natural had been completely thrown out the window.

"Actually I was going to talk to you guys about that…" Renesmee replied. "Something felt kind of off in my art class. Well, not so much felt as it smelled off. Not quite vampire, but not quite human. The scent was completely different from mine and it was causing me to get flustered every few minutes. All my classmates seemed nice enough. No one seemed suspicious, and my teacher is incredible. You should see some of the stuff she's done!" Bella could see the subject was being led off track so stepped in to steer the conversation.

"Well what about the scent? You couldn't tell where it was coming from? What did it smell like? Did it make you thirsty? Were you scared?"

"Jeez Mom, settle! The scent was everywhere! I couldn't get a grip on any particular place it was coming from. Like I said before, it was overwhelming. It was a pleasant smell, and whatever it is had a heartbeat. It didn't make me thirsty though. Kind of like when you smell a delicious candle, but it doesn't exactly make you hungry."

"Candles don't exactly smell good to me," I joked.

"Okay bad analogy, but you get what I mean.

"Maybe you should call Jake to meet us at the house in about an hour or so, then we can discuss the whole situation as a family." As much resentment I held towards Jake for wanting to date my daughter, I had missed him. Maybe I even missed him almost as much as Bella. He was at our home almost every night, but the past few nights had been so hectic moving in, and trying to sort out our school situation that we had hardly had time to see him. Jake was currently taking online classes from the Green River Community College while he managed his own auto shop. He was hoping to have his Associates Degree so he could take more respectable courses with Renesmee when she was ready for college. Her intelligence had no bounds, and was easily smarter than all of the teachers at the high school.

"I already texted him," Renesmee said. "He's waiting at the house right now actually."

We spent the rest of the drive answering Nessie's questions about our day. I could tell she was trying to stall from our previous conversation to keep her thoughts too busy for me to read. I wasn't bothered though, I preferred she tell us all in detail when we got back to the house. I was not going to be an overbearing, overprotective parent ruining her first day of school. For now, I just wanted to relish this moment, enjoying the short time we had to spent as our own little family.

We arrived at the house in too short of time with the whole family welcoming us there. Jacob was in the driveway, anxiously waiting for Ness to step out of the car to bombard her with a great bear hug.

"Uff, Jake!" Renesmee cried in a muffled voice. "Not that you're hurting me or anything, but it is kind of hard to breath with you cutting off my air supply."

"Oh, sorry! I just missed you so much today." Jake replied, heart beating much more frantic than usual. He had used the word twitter pated with me several times, and I couldn't help but feel happy for him. He had never had a single inappropriate thought about my daughter. It was complete utter adoration. He loved her in the deepest way, and I wouldn't want anyone else to feel anything different for my little girl. It went against every grain in my body to allow a werewolf to be so close to my half human daughter, but I knew she was in good hands.

"I missed you too Jakey. Come on inside, I guess I have some explaining to do for the whole family."

"Huh? Did something bad happen today?" He asked me, the worry in his voice unmasked.

"Just head on inside, and we'll explain everything." I said.

"Welcome home everyone!" Esme cried. "I've been waiting all day to hear about your first day, but apparently there's a slightly more interesting story. Everyone is waiting in the living room."

Esme ushered the rest of us in where we took our seats. Bella and I sat on a small loveseat, and Renesmee stood next to the overstuffed chair where Jacob sat.

"Alright, so I think we've all been informed that something fishy went on for me today." Renesmee said. "But before any of you interrupt, raise voices or concerns; please hear me out until I finish my story."