Chapter 8: Month of Love
To all those people who read my fanfiction. I'm sorry I haven't updated it because of school and all but I can assure you that's about to change...for a little while, anyway this chapter is gonna be twistical and for all you 'hopeless' romantic people out there, than this chapter is the treat for you... :)
Laura
After Jason dropped me off at my house and our little goodnight make out session made my way to my house and entering it to hear the Country music my mother plays everytime she's either cooking or cleaning and hearing Lady Antebellum either meant she was sad or really tired so I settled with both. And I smelt the delicious spaghetti bolognaises and the sound of the Television surround sound in the living room. I made my way into the kitchen to see my mother and father swaying to the music and watching my mother giggle everytime my father would bow her down. I couldn't help but smile at them
"Well good evening mother and father" I said and taking my usual spot on the kitchen counter
"Morning honey, how was your date with Jason" my mother asked and I literally felt my father tense slightly
"It was great mom" I said with a wide smile and she just nodded and carried on with her cooking. I watched my dad and he just completely ignored me "Dad… Are you just going to avoid me?" I asked him but he didn't answer "Dad there's nothing you can do about it, it's my choice and so you know, Jason isn't going to hurt me like my previous boyfriends" I said calmly
"How sure are you about that Laura, I've watched you come home hurt almost two years ago and you expect me to accept this, he's going to hurt you, I can see it and don't say I didn't tell you so!" he half shouted half pleaded
"Dad you have to trust that this is what I want, Jason won't me. Are you just going to do this? Everytime a boy comes home you just tense up why dad? I'm almost 18 Dad" I shouted
"That's the problem Laura! You're eighteen and I am not pleased about that, I don't want you coming home knocked up or hurt" he sighed
"Why are you so impossible dad, he's the one I want to be with Jason will never hurt me" I said
"I know that, I'm not worried about him!" he spat at me which caused me to flinched "I'm worried about losing you Laura, you're my only daughter left and…I don't want to let you go, you're my little girl and the thought of you leaving the house soon just makes me…" he said with a flood of tears falling off his cheek and I immediately went up to comfort him whilst my mother just watched the scene with sad eyes
"Dad…" I said painfully trying to calm him down "Dad…listen, I'll always be your little girl and you can't just make new little babies it's not like you're gonna run out" I joked trying to lighten up the mood. I quickly turned to my mother who nodded with a smile "See even mother's willing to try…I love you dad and I get that all your kids had grown up quickly but remember that we'll always be your little children" I told him and kissed his cheek. He smiled and nodded
"I love you papa" I told him
"Love you too Lau" he said and I smiled and got off his lap
"So are Andrew and Marisa here?" I asked
"Yeah they're in his room" My dad answered and I nodded
"Well I'll be in my room…I have to get ready for school" I sighed and made my way up the stairs and into my room. I finished the assignment that was due for tomorrow and by the time I was done I decided I'd text Jason
-Hey Jay, had a great date today and can't wait to see you tomorrow…I'll leave the window open for you before I head to bed. Love you ;) xoxoxo
-Laura
After hitting send I lay my phone on the nightstand and made my way down the stairs. Jason and I suggested that every night from now on that he'd come through the window of my bedroom so that I wouldn't or we wouldn't feel depressed without each other every night. Apparently Edward use to do so when Bella was a human all them years ago
After dinner with my family, Andy and Marisa declared their departure and I also hit the hay and went into unconsciousness and about two hours later Jason came into view and I fell soundly asleep in his arms…
Jason
Leaving Laura was the hardest thing I did that night however today was a school day and I'm required to be there. Glad I'll finally get to see my love…
After dressing up for the day I made my way downstairs and bumped into Cathy. This house was huge and the amount of people living here, you could easily meet up with anyone
"Morning Cat" I said and chuckled at seeing her with her phone in her hand. Catherine hardly uses her phone she always thought it was a disgrace to nature and corrupts people's minds but now seeing her texting away was an unusual image
"Oh Hey Jay, I'm sorry I bumped into you, I'm just stressing out" she said her eyes still fixed on her phone
"Now why is that?" I asked
"Well you know Valentine's day is coming up and this week the school's hosting this annual 'steal a card from your secret admire' or is it 'steal a kiss' day, anyway and my friends and I are to organize it and we're intitled to be asking all the cheerleaders if we could help with the hand outs" she said
"Oh well…I don't see the problem here" I said with a shrug. She sighed
"Don't you get it, it's like playing match making everytime you give a rose to your secret admire with a little message then on the day of Valentine's you have to meet your match" she said "Oh and we could be putting new souls together" she cried with a light squeal
"You're a hopeless romantic you know that right?" I muttered rolling my eyes. She smiled
"I've been told" She said with an eye roll and heading to the kitchen "Hey can I grab a lift with you today? I was hoping on getting to school early today and since your driving is faster than Renesmee's?…" she asked
"Yeah sure Cat" I agreed and made my way to the kitchen as well
"Morning guys" I said entering the room to see almost everyone seated on the Island chairs
"Hey little brother" Renesmee said with a smile as I walked by I ruffled Diego's head and he let a low groan
"Is my hair that lovable" he moaned fixing his hair. I just sniggered and Renesmee rolled her eyes
"Morning Mom" I said kissing her cheek. She and my father came back as they promised last night "Hey Pops" I said patting my father's back after pulling away from my mother
"Morning son, you have to stop calling me that you know you make sound old" he said
"116 years…yeah dad you're not old" I said sarcastically and he just rolled his topaz eyes. I chuckled "Well I'm off" I declared and took my backpack before heading out of the house
"Hey don't forget about me" Cathy muttered from behind
"And me" Carmen added and I sighed. One of the advantages of having a car is that I'm their own personal transport to school
"Anyone else" I asked with an eye roll and they just giggled. We made our way out of the house and into my car and we headed to our school
"Thanks Jay, I owe you some" Cathy said as we parked at my usual spot. She kissed my cheek before getting out of the car
"Don't forget I'm not taking you home today so you'll have to use alternatives" I told her getting out of the car. She just rolled her eyes
"Oh I wasn't planning on it" she said and took off. I carried my books in one and my backpack on my shoulders and made my way to the schools entrance. I was stopped by a squeal from behind and a person climbing on my back who I knew all too well who it was
"Easy there babe" I said with a light snigger. She giggled in return and got off my back "Hey Laura" I said facing her now
"Hey" she said and got on her tip toes to peck me on the lips. I smiled when we pulled away
"Stop PDA-ing on school premises" I heard my older sister mutter walking towards us
"You just jealous your kissing buddy isn't here yet" I said raising my eyebrow
"He'll be here" she said but not sounding sure "Come on let's get in guys" we made our way into the school and to our various classes
Laura
After my lesson with Mr. Jefferson my geography teacher, it was lunch time so I made my way to my locker but was stopped by someone tugging my arm. I spun around to see Tyler Josephs standing next to my locker with his cocky grin
"Hey" he said with a husky voice incredulously. This was about to be awkward by the minute
"Um…Hey" I said awkwardly putting books in my locker
"I didn't see you these passed weeks" he said
"Well I've been around" I told him with the best smile I could muster "I gotta go" I said looking my locker and making my way to the cafeteria
"Wait" he exclaimed and I spun around annoyed "I know your still angry at me for what I did and I'm sorry for that, but just please don't do this" he pleaded softly
"What Tyler? What mustn't I do" I asked him "You left me hurt and battered for months, you know I actually thought you were the one, my soul mate, the one I'll come home to but I guess not" I said calmly and sighed
"I know, I know I hurt you and I'll forever regret that it's just…can we just start all over?" he asked practically begged. I let out a non-humorous chuckle
"I'm with Jason" I reminded him and he just shook his head clearly annoyed at the mention of his name
"No I mean…as friends" he corrected himself and I thought for a second "Please…" he said with pleading eyes
"I don't know…okay" I told him and he just let out a cute smile. Tyler had a way of manipulating any girl into dating him in a heartbeat. Firstly he was gorgeous with every quality a girl looks for in a guy and he's a football player so I wouldn't blame them. I smiled back slightly
"I got you something" he said pulling out a rose "Don't worry it's yellow so it symbolizes friendship" he said handing it to me. I smiled and took it. It'll take much more than a simple rose to win my friendship and trust but it's a good start. I pulled him into a thankful hug
"Thank you" I said pulling away and made my way to the cafeteria in search for Jason, Renesmee, and Jacob. I spotted Renesmee first sitting alone and playing with her food. I frowned at the image
"Hey lonely bug, isn't Jacob around?" I asked her sitting next to her
"Have you seen Jacob anywhere?" she asked me
"Well this is a first I thought you know" I said furrowing in confusion
"Yeah that's the thing, he promised he'll be here but he isn't around, I mean I don't need to worry right maybe he had duties with the pack" she said and I just shrugged
"Hey guys" Cathy's voice chimed from behind with Emma she frowned at Renesmee's sad face "Gee who died?" she said trying to lighten up the mood
"Jacob's missing in action" I told her
"Jacobs never gone eight hours away from Nessie let alone one day" she frowned deeper. I just shrugged
"Probably busy he'll be back" I assured Nessie and she nodded "Anyway, Tyler came up to me today" I began and they all turned to look at me "He gave me this rose" I said laying it on the desk
"Oh I'm going to kill him" Emma exclaimed
"No, no it's a friendship rose, he just wanted to apologize" I assured them
"So did you accept his apology" Cathy asked and I nodded
"I mean I know what he did was beyond wrong but it was over a year ago" I said
"I'm sure Jason's going to say something about that" Renesmee said with a light chuckle
"Something about what" I heard Jason's voice from behind. My heart picked almost out of my chest
"Uh…that'll you'll…" I stuttered but gave in "Tyler gave me this friendship rose" I sighed showing the item to him
"He what?" he said tensing up and sat down next to my seat
"It's okay Jay, he just apologized" I said and he calmed down a little. He smiled slightly and kissed my cheek
"So have you heard from Jacob" Ness asked Jason who just shrugged
"Sorry sis…" he said but there was something behind what he said that didn't make it too convincing There's something going on isn't there I asked hoping he'd read my mind. He smiled slightly Tell me I warned but he just smiled Will tell you later
"Maybe he's busy I guess but I could've just told me" Renesmee said disappointedly. I looked at her sympathetically and that's when the schoolbell rang for next period we said our goodbyes and walking to our various classes. Jason accompanied me to my next period as usual
"So what's up with Jacob, why is he avoiding Nessie?" I asked him
"He's not exactly ignoring her…ok let's just say he's got a surprise for her this Thursday" he said slowly. I eyed him "My lips are sealed babe, I can't say" he said surrendering to say 'It's not in my hands'. I pout "Fine I'll tell you later but that's if you won't whisper a word to anyone especially Nessie" he said and I nodded with a cheerful smile
"Okay, you better because I'm dying here" I said rolling my eyes. We got to my class
"Well I'll see you later" he said pulling me in a hug and pecking my lips before heading to his class
Renesmee
The whole day was slow in my eyes. All I was thinking about was why was Jacob avoiding me, I mean if he was then he'd at least give me a heads up. Jason assured me he wasn't but I just didn't by it. I'm thinking it was about what I said, or was he thinking of a way to breakup with me easily…I'm unbelievable aren't I
The day ended which I was relieved about, I was beat. I was physically okay but my mind was running like a rollercoaster focused on Jacob. I made my way to the parking lot and into my car and whilst I drove back home I caught the sight of someone falling off a cliff…I widened my eyes and got out of my car. Was he crazy?
I heard someone chuckle from behind "Don't worry about what his doing" a deep husky voice said to me
"Is he nuts, he could get himself killed you know… now that's a suicidal attempt" I said spinning around to see a tall young man probably 6`5, Tanned russet dark skin that shimmered with his wet body, light brown cropped hair, green eyes, wearing nothing but shorts which showed his bare toned chest and the Quileute tattoo on his left arm but I wasn't too sure because it was shaped as a square that went around his upper arm. He must be a wolf
"…its called cliff diving, it's an exhilarating rush but really fun. You should try it sometime" he said with a cute smile
"I'd rather die than commit a suicidal attempt" I said joking around. He chuckled
"You're funny, I'm Tanner" he said extending has hand for a greeting. I shook it back
"Renesmee but you can call me Nessie" I said with a smile
"You're from here right?" he asked and I nodded
"I was practically born here…but you don't seem familiar" I said
"Uh yeah…I'm visiting my cousin here, Embry Call?" he said. My eyes bugled
"You're Embry's cousin huh from the Makah tribe?" I asked
"Yeah, I guess the news around here spreads fast" he said and I giggled "So you know him"
"Yeah…he's like one of my best friend" I exclaimed
"Oh yeah, you're Nessie Cullen, Jacobs girlfriend right? Embry told me about you" he said and I nodded
"The one and only" I said cheerfully with a snicker. He smiled
"Well he was right you are certainly beautiful-" he said and I blushed scarlet. Our conversation was interrupted by someone exclaiming Tanner's name "Oh I gotta go, it was nice meeting you Nessie" he said with a gorgeous smile which showed off his dimples
"Same here" I said
"Hope to see you around?" he guessed and I nodded. He gave me a quick smirk before running off
I had to admit, he was really beautiful I mean aren't all Shapeshifter's, however, I only had hearts for Jacob even though he's went absent without official leave. I never interacted like that with a werewolf outside the family and I have to say it felt really great. I got back into my car and made my way back to my house
"Hello Renesmee how was your day sweetheart?" My grandmother asked warmly as I came through the door. I sighed
"I've had better but it was survivable" I said
"Oh no, what happened" she asked concern stricken on her angelic face. I smiled
"Nothing, um grandma, has Jacob come in yet?" I asked
"Sadly no, I haven't recalled seeing him today, wasn't he at school?" she asked and I just shook my head "He's probably busy" she said with a smile I nodded and hugged her quickly before heading to my room. I was merely stopped by the ringing voice of my Aunt Alice from behind
"Ooh Nessie, I'm glad you're back…" she exclaimed rather too cheerfully. She wrapped to what seemed like a measuring tape around my waist and legs, I chuckled slightly
"Um…Alice, what are you doing?" I asked awkwardly
"Oh I'm just measuring you for a dress" she said like it wasn't a big deal
"For what" I guessed
"Um…" she looked in thought for a minute "For prom silly, you can never be too early" she said and I just rolled my eyes "Ok all done…oh and we're going shopping this weekend" she demanded and I just chuckled at my small aunt. But what concerned me the most was when she stuttered on what I asked her, I mean knowing Alice she never stutters in a sentence except if she's having a vision, but now it looks like she was hiding something from me but I didn't look too much on it
Hours have passed and still I haven't heard one thing from Jacob. He hadn't called or even texted me the whole day and it's starting to worry me out. I held my phone and scrolled on my contact list on Jacob's name, I saw his profile photo was a picture of Jake and me smiling goofily. I dialed his number waiting for him to answer
"Hey it's Jake, can't talk at the moment so leave a message" he's voicemail tone
"Um hey Jake, its Nessie where have you been I'm starting to worry…call me when you get this" I said and sending it. Something was up and I could see it
Three days later
Jacob hadn't talk to me in days. I wanted to know why he's been avoiding me…but he wouldn't let me. He's been missing school for the past three days which put more pressure in my conquest. I am physically and emotionally broken without him and people are starting too noticed. I was determined to find out why he's been so distant. So I decided I'd head over to his house before I go to school this morning.
My alarm clock went off…
It's the 14th of February a Thursday, clouds are lifting, the sun is shining bright like million diamonds in the sky, birds frolicking in the trees and chirping around the blissful trees, flowers are blossoming around the ground causing a beautiful extravagant meadow…today was the day of love, the day of Valentines
After declaring my notice of leave, I drove past Forks and into La Push for 10 minutes until I reached the small red scrawny house which seemed to be infested with tree barks at the edge but still as beautiful as ever. I got out of my Sedan and walked onto the porch of Billy's house, I took one deep breath before knocking on the door…
"Nessie…" The man in the new wheelchair my parents bought him last summer looking like the exact handsome replica of Jacob "What a surprise to see you here, aren't you supposed to be in school?" he asked with his signature Billy smile
"Hey Billy, yeah I came to see Jacob is he around?" I asked as I gulp. I already knew the answer
"No his out patrolling…" he said not sounding convincing "But I'll tell him you stopped by" he said. I nodded
"Please tell him to call me" I said and he nodded
"I will do so, don't you want to come in for a muffin or coffee it's a little bit chilly outside" he insisted
"Oh thank you but I think I'll just be heading to school now" I delayed with a smile "It's good seeing you Billy" I said pulling him in a hug. He chuckled
"Good to see you to Ness greet your family for me" he said, I nodded and made my way back to my car and to my school
School was slow yet again and I couldn't wait until it was over…my fifth period was with Mr. Renner and it ended quite quickly which I was happy about and I made my way for lunch in the cafeteria. I order my usual food, a can Dr. Pepper, with a side of eggs (definitely not the way my dad makes them) a hamburger and a red apple and I trotted my way to the usual spot we all sat in
"Hey guys" I said cheerfully trying to hide my painful façade. They all turned to smile at me
"Oh look who's back huh, we've been wondering where you've been off to" Emma joked and I rolled my eyes. I haven't been attending my usual welcome in the cafeteria for the past two days due to Jacob's absence that left me miserable for 48 hours
"Yeah you've been so MIA it was kind of scary" Laura said with a light chuckle as she laid her head on my brothers' shoulder
"I think its Jakey's absence which caused it" Jason teased and I just stuck my tongue out at him. Laura turned to Jason and they stared at each other for a quick second before nodding at each other
"Um Renesmee, may we go to the bathroom a quick second?" She asked
"But I just ate my eggs" I moaned but agreed. We got up and walked to the schools restroom
"So what's up?" I asked as she applied lip gloss on her lips
"So I can't have my best friend accompany me to the restroom?" she asked jokingly and I just rolled my eyes "Anyway may you get me a piece of I left mine with Jason" she said. I went to one open restroom door and when I caught something on the door, it was a card shaped as a heart. I frowned when I saw it written 'to Renesmee Cullen'
Dear Renesmee
Love is more than I can give to you
Love is composed by a single soul inhabiting two bodies
And where there's love there is life and you're my life now
Accept this card as one token of my love for you…
Love your secret admire
Reading it almost sent tears rocketing out of my eyes but I had no idea who this person was
"Hey Laura look" I said showing her the card and she just smiled
"That's totally sweet you should meet this guy" she said and I chuckled
"No that's unless Jake has something to say to that than no" I closed the card
"Come on, you can get back at him by doing so" she said nudging my arm. I sighed
"Yeah I guess so I mean I don't even know who he is" I shrugged and we left the restroom to see the enter cafeteria
Time went by and the school ended pretty fast. I was walking down the school hallway and saw it was entirely empty
"Where did everyone go?" I asked Laura
"I don't know, oh there's Jason, I have to go bye" she exclaimed and ran to my brother. I sighed and looked down to see a smile rose petal on the ground, I bent down to pick it up to only see trails of rose petals leading to the cafeteria door so I decided I'd follow the trail because it made me so eager, curse my mother's eagerness…I saw another heart shaped card plastered on the glass window with my name on it
Dear Renesmee
Hoping you found the first note
I'd like you to follow these simple instructions
Love is a journey to find your perfect soul mate
Love only has meaning when you follow the path in order
To fulfill your destiny
Follow the trail of roses on the bushes
Love your secret admirer
This was officially getting freaky yet completely romantic whilst my mind was telling me to run away from all of this, my heart was telling me another…
I followed the trail of white and red roses that where on the bushes which lead me all the way to clumps of sand and footprints on the soft beach. I followed and retraced all my steps, there were candle lights and lanterns all lined up and a small red carpet surrounded by rose petals until I saw two pairs of feet standing in front of me. I roamed my eyes and caught the view of the most beautiful face I've ever seen…
"Hey beautiful surprised to see you here" he said with the most glorious voice I've ever heard wearing a buttoned up shirt and black plated skinny jeans and holding a rose in his hand
"Did you plan all this?" I asked and he just shrugged
"Maybe" he said and I just scoffed at him "Ok Nessie, I know I haven't been around a lot and I know you must be angry-"
"You're damned straight I am" I said rolling my eyes
"I know, I'm sorry but there's a pretty good reason for it" he began and I faced him "I am sorry for that, I love you more than my whole life and I want to commit to that…" he said and paused for a second looking rather nervous "The time I laid eyes on you was the first time I felt alive, I was blind before you were born but the moment I met you…I saw the light. You're mother was my guide to you and I'm forever grateful to her for bringing you into this world" he said and gulped for a second "Everyone says you only fall in love once, but that's not true, because everytime I see you. I fall in love all over again. You're my love Renesmee, my heart, my life, my soul, words cannot describe how important you are to me…Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives and I wanna show you how important you are to me in my life…" he said almost hyperventilating and seeing how nervous he looked made me smile slightly. I had a thousand gush of silent tears falling off my cheek at the amazing words he said. He got down on one knee holding the rose in his possession. Jacob also shed a tear slightly
"Renesmee Carlie Cullen I will promise to love and protect and support you in all eternity," he began and went for his pocket to take out a blue velvet box without initials on it 'R+J' and took one more deep breath "I want to spend the rest of my existence with you, and all I'm asking is if you could do me the most extraordinary honor in marrying me?" he asked opening the box showing a beautiful 18 carat diamond ring with unwoven with small crystals. It was the most gorgeous ring I've ever seen and then I replayed the words he said "…do me the most extraordinary honor in marrying me". Did he just propose? Yes this left me to gasp…
What did you all think? Its not all finished next chapter will be on Jaks Pov