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Chapter 6

Jacob pulled Nessie closer to him so she could sit on his knee as she began to tell her story.

"I'm not going to start boring you all with the details of the beginning of my day, so I'll skip right to lunchtime when I was informed about what was going to happen in class."

"Alice! You told her?" Bella exclaimed.

"Shh! No interrupting!" Alice responded.

"Anyways," Renesmee continued rolling her eyes. "Mom, Dad, and I all got to the lunch room when Alice and I decided to go stand in the lunch line together. After we got our food, she took me aside before returning to the table to tell me what to expect for my next class. She told me she was keeping an eye on everyone, just as a precaution like normal. I guess after we got to school this morning and had our schedule's handed to us, she started looking through my day. But when she reached my third hour, Alice couldn't see hardly anything going on at all. You know how I'm sort of a blind spot to her, but she can see around me? Well she was trying to get a view of the other students in class, but they kept disappearing as well; all randomly, and all at different times."

"You mean you were having more holes in your visions?" Emmett asked.

"Yes, I'll explain in a bit, let Ness finish her story." Alice was becoming agitated with the interruptions.

"So seeing as I found all this out just minutes before the class, I was freaking out a little, wondering if I was going to snap and get thirsty in class. I mean, it would have made sense for the blind spots if I got thirsty enough to snap at other students because I would be close to them, but Alice had confirmed with me that everyone was healthy and well at the end of the day. My assumptions led me to believe that there was someone else in the classroom that had some relevance to the supernatural.

When I got to class, I planned on sitting in the back so I could get a view of all the students, but the desks were arranged in a semi-circle, so that didn't really work to my advantage. But as soon as I walked into the room, something smelt off. There was definitely a non-human in the room. Not quite vampire, not quite human, but the scent was too different from mine to be recognized as a hybrid. I was at a total loss! I sat there thinking I could track down the scent, but it had completely saturated the entire room. The smell wasn't any more permeated in one place or the other; it was as if the room was doused in the scent and marinated in it overnight. It was definitely a fresh trail though. The owner of the scent was positively in the room.

Anyways, Ms. Alvarez stood in the center and gave us an assignment to introduce ourselves to the whole class. Believe me when I say I was cataloguing every move by every person. I remember every name and face. We were asked to sketch and draw something that best represented our favorite part of our summer. After being given 45-minutes to draw, students were asked to come and stand in the center of the room to show their drawing. It was an AP art class, so pretty much all of the students were very talented. I chose to draw the coral reef from the side of the beach house on Isle Esme. The colors are so vivid and it the island means so much more to me than just a summer vacation."

Bella and I had taken a trip to the island this summer to celebrate our five year anniversary. We wanted to share it with our daughter so we brought her along, and even reluctantly Jacob as well. I have had five years to get used to the idea that he was a part of the family now. I didn't have to like it every step of the way, but Jacob was like a brother to me, and even if I occasionally wanted to snap is neck when his thoughts lingered on my daughter for too long, I was forever indebted to him.

Renesmee continued during my moment of reverie, "Ms. Alvarez seemed particularly interested in my drawing because she's from Brazil herself and asked lots of questions where this island was. I didn't give her the name of the island, I just told her it was some resort located in Rio. I was at least hoping that once I stood up, someone would give themselves away by acting a little too suspicious, but I got nothing. Apart from the occasional drooling boy wanting my attention, the class was simply ordinary. I definitely felt uneasy there; like someone was secretly watching me, but I couldn't get a bearing on who or what it was.

I think that if I was in any danger however, I would have been approached today. Or maybe it's a complete fluke that another supernatural creature is in the same high school as us? Anyways, that's all I got. Once class was dismissed, Dad practically steamrolled me into the wall hugging me to death. I played it cool, acting like I didn't know anything, but come to think of it, I wasn't really blocking my thoughts.

Actually, how is it Dad? That you had absolutely no idea what was happening in my class? I thought for sure you would be in my head the whole day! Especially if you thought I was in danger."

All eyes turned to me and for the first time, I drew a blank. Why on earth hadn't I listened into Renesmee's thoughts? "I don't know," I stuttered. "I was so frustrated with the whole situation that I kept trying to see what was going on in Alice's head. The holes in her vision were so distracting, and I kept trying to see if we would get a glance at whatever was hiding behind them.

"Okay everyone, it doesn't matter what we did or didn't do at this point. What we need to figure out is where we're going to go from here. Do you think it's the Volturi? I mean, we haven't heard a peep from them since that day in the clearing." Alice said.

"It's possible," Carlisle replied. "I mean they know enough from Edward's memories that you definitely have blind spots. They know Victoria was able to work around your visions. There are definite flaws in your foresight Alice, and I wouldn't be surprised if they were behind it. "

Bella gasped a small intake of air and looked at me with worry. "Edward, after only five years, do you think they'd come after us again?"

"No it couldn't be the Volturi," I answered. "All of their thoughts are so common to me, and I am also able to pick up the mind of other vampire's much more easily than humans. Anything that vivid and alien would definitely have been picked up by my radar."

Alice started answering more questions. "Actually I've been keeping a very close eye on the Volturi. Absolutely nothing has changed. The entire guard is in Italy, along with Marcus, Caius, and Aro. No new members have been recruited, and no humans on their charade have been able to make the cut as an immortal. They always die in the process because Aro decides he's too thirsty. As far as I've been able to see, they're completely content the way their lives are already. I'd say it's a no for the Volturi."

"You haven't seen any other nomads in the area either?" Esme asked, her face masked with worry.

"Guys did you not listen to anything I said? I think I can tell a difference between a human and a vampire, and this was most definitely not vampire. It was somewhat similar, but different enough for me to know they weren't one." I could already tell the frustration building in Renesmee's voice. She didn't particularly like family meetings, especially when she could be spending alone time with Jake.

Jake patted her back consoling her over her ordeal. "I think I should accompany you to school from now on," he said. "There's no way I'm letting you step another foot into that building without my protection."

"Jake that's hardly necessary," I said. "You look like a twenty-five year old man, so there's no way you could pass as a student. All of the teaching positions are filled, so you couldn't take one of those, and most of the family is in the school if she needs any more protection. I think the easiest precaution we can take is have her schedule switched to match mine and Bella's."

"Absolutely not!" Renesmee exclaimed. "This is my first year in high school, and I'm practically an adult! I love you both dearly, but I don't want to spend my first year as a student being babysat by my parents. I mean no offense Dad, but you can blow things out of proportion on occasion. I am completely capable of handling myself. If you and Alice want to keep an eye on me that's fine, but I enjoy my classes, and I'm sticking to my schedule."

"Edward," Carlisle chimed in. "I don't think we'll ever find out the root of the problem if we just continue to avoid it. That puts us more in danger because if we are someone's target, they'll have the upper hand knowing we have no idea who they are. I think the best thing we can do right now, is continue for you to go to school as normal, with all of your regular schedules. Keep an eye on Renesmee as a precaution, and don't cause a scene. We hardly need to give the Volturi a reason to turn up because you slaughtered a room of children just to protect your daughter."

I felt my fists tighten. And that's exactly what I'd do if someone even decided to lay a finger on her.

"Edward,' Bella sang. "Edward, just keep calm. I know this is hard, and I want to apologize again for being so irrational earlier today. You kept a level head, and I was the over protective one. But Carlisle is right. We need to trust Renesmee that she'd tell us anything if she thought it was suspicious. Let's give her space and let her at least try to enjoy her first year at school."

"Thanks Mom. And I do promise to tell you guys anything that happens, but we don't even have to worry about that tomorrow. We have four completely different classes, so Art won't come along again until Wednesday."

"I still think I should go with you," Jacob said. "I can't bear to let you go to school when you might be in danger."

"I actually might take you up on that offer Jake," I replied. "I'm sure we could find somewhere you could work at the district. In fact, how about we go set that up right now?"

"Awesome." He said standing up to leave.

"Great, more attention," replied Renesmee.

Bella gently squeezed my hand, and I could tell she was still worried about our daughter so I lifted her hand gently to my lips to kiss. A smile flickered at the corner of her mouth and I could tell was she was thinking. "Soon," I whispered. Then she unwillingly picked herself up and walked downstairs to our room.

"Welp! That's the best first day of school I've ever had. You must be Bella's daughter Ness, only you two could rile up so much excitement in a classroom in one day!" Emmett busted up laughing.

"Come on Em, let's go upstairs." Rosalie took her husband's hand and led him up the stairs.

"Jazz and I are going to hunt," Alice said. I knew perfectly well that neither of them were hungry, but they had encountered an old railroad car a few miles back and thought it was a perfect place for privacy.

"I'm tired, I have a few homework assignments, and then I'm going to bed." Renesmee yawned and picked up her book bag heading for the basement to follow Bella.

"I'll come down to say goodnight before I leave. I'm going to look over some work possibilities with your Dad for a few minutes and then I'll come downstairs." Jacob kissed the top of her head. It was so innocent and sweet that I didn't even think to be mad at him at first. One thing was for sure, he loved my daughter, and that much she deserved. The hard part was hearing her thoughts knowing her feelings towards him were changing as well; stronger, and more intimate.

"I may as well offer some help. If we can somehow smuggle him into a teaching position, I can forge my own signatures from the teaching positions I held at Harvard twenty years ago." Carlisle chucked. He had had his share of teaching experiences several times over, and with his letter of recommendation, it was almost silly to think any school district would look over it.

A few hours later, after sitting on the computer digging around for information with Carlisle and Jacob, we had discovered that the History teacher Mr. Flemming had been desperately trying to gain a teaching position at Washington State University. After a couple of phone calls, Carlisle had successfully awarded him his wish. College courses would be starting in a few weeks, and he would be leaving Enumclaw High.

As unrelated as we could make it look, Jacob submitted a resume, along with three letters of recommendation from Carlisle's other aliases to the district saying he qualified to teach either English or History. Most likely he would be getting a call from the Superintendent in the morning, asking for him to come in for an interview. With any luck, he would be introduced to the classes tomorrow as Bella and I had first period history. The timing couldn't be any more perfect.

"Well Mr. Black," I gave Jake a slap on the back. "You're going to have your work cut out for you this year. I'll help you with any teaching preparations if you need them, but as you can tell, our family has lived through more history than any other teacher can even fathom to think of! You'll do fine."

Jacob gulped and looked a bit apprehensive. I barely passed my own high school classes Edward, how on earth am I going to be able to teach a class full of students?

"I'll teach you," I replied. "Go say goodnight to Nessie. You probably want to hear everything about her day, and I'm sure Alice has a suit ready for you to wear tomorrow, but you are more than welcome to sleep in the guest room tonight if you would like. Just make sure you sleep in separate beds. We'll get everything else settled in the morning."

"Thanks," Jacob said. "I'm going to grab something from the kitchen first. I'm starving."

I hadn't realized it was nearing nine o' clock and he hadn't had dinner yet. "Oh I'm sorry Jacob. I hadn't realized it was so late. We could order a pizza in if you'd like. I'm not sure if Esme has had a chance to stock the fridge yet."

"I made a trip to the grocery store this afternoon!" she yelled back from the other room.

"Welp, I guess that solves things." Then he headed off towards the fridge.

I started heading towards the basement to join my wife. As much as I loved my whole family, I just wanted to be with Bella. I creaked open our bedroom door to see Bella immersed in Wuthering Heights. Her book bag was set aside with all her assignments neatly piled in order; completely finished. I chuckled. "That book again?" I asked.

"Well when you mentioned it today, I thought I wanted to read it again." She explained.

"I just thought you would have grown tired of it by now. You can most certainly recall the entire contents of it just by memory. I don't see the need for re-reading it."

"Well of course I remember it perfectly, but when I read it, I feel like I can understand the imagery much better. I take my time reading it, and allow myself to enjoy it."

"But it's such a dreary book sweetheart. How about we set it aside for now," I said lightly grabbing the book from her soft, satin hands. "I have something in mind that should be much more enjoyable."

With that, I leaned in for a kiss soft enough to make her shudder, but strong enough to feel the venom within me pulse with excitement. After a few moments, she broke free from my grasp just to say "What about Renesmee?"

"Hmm, Jacob was going to tuck her in, but perhaps we should say goodnight." After five years of being a parent, Bella still had the ability to contain more motherly instincts and parenting skills than I could hardly fathom. Her compassion for her daughter was forever unwavering.

We straightened ourselves out and walked down the hallway to Renesmee's room. Opening the door, Renesmee and Jacob were both sitting on the floor. Jacob with a mouthful of peanut butter sandwich, and Renesmee exuberant with hand gestures, telling him about her day.

"Oh, hi," Jacob's muffled voice said.

"Ness, your father and I were just coming to tell you goodnight. Don't stay up too late okay?" Bella walked over to our daughter, wrapping her in an embrace, then kissed her on the cheek. I followed suit soon after, absolutely glowing with happiness. Even with the hindering unknown we were about to face at this new school district, I couldn't not be happy with my wife and child sharing a tender moment. I knew we would all have each other forever.

"Goodnight sweetheart. Be good, okay?" I asked.

"Always, Dad." She replied wrapping her arms around me. "I love you guys. I was just about to finish, then Jake and I were going to bed."

"Sweet dreams you two, see you in the morning." Bella left them with that, and closed the door behind us. "Now where were we?" she asked. I then whisked her away in my arms and had her back in our room a second later, to pick off where we left off. Any hindering thoughts would just have to wait until morning.