RENESMEE

I was loving high school. I found myself wanting to be there more than I've ever wanted before. Chloe and Zac were just infectious. I wanted to be with them as much as I could; I was finding it hard to balance my need for my friends and the need for my family. It was coming closer and closer to October. I was on my guard and Chloe and Zac noticed. They would tease me saying it was like I was checking to see if someone was about to murder me. I would laugh with them but they didn't know the truth. I was looking out for not only myself but them too, I didn't want anything to happen to them and I would make sure nothing ever did.

"Nessie?" Chloe called from across the table.

"Huh?" I asked looking up from my food and dropping my fork. I wasn't in the mood to eat. I always ate something at lunch because I was aware that it started to look like I wasn't eating anything. After the first week, I had only had a few pieces of fruit and Chloe plucked up the courage and asked me if I had an eating disorder or something. I laughed it off and joked that I did but really I just told her I didn't get hungry often. After that my dad warned me I should start eating something so my friends didn't get worried. I got less and less hungry for human food as I grew. I wasn't turning into a full vampire like Eddie did but I certainly wasn't as caught up on human food as I used to be.

"So what do you think?" she asked.

"About what?" I said to her.

"Have you not been listening?" she laughed.

"She was in her own little bubble," Zac said from my side. "You can always tell by the way she plays with her food."

"Oh, I thought she just wasn't eating again," Chloe said. I smiled and shook my head at her. "I was saying that it's Halloween soon. My cousin, Holly is throwing a party, do you want to come?" she asked.

"Erm, sure. I'll have to ask my parents."

"Bring your sister too," Zac said to me enthusiastically.

"Which one?" I asked with a laugh.

"Bella of course," he smiled. Zac, just like any teenage boy, found my mom; using his words 'a creation of beauty' he had a small yet extremely annoying crush on her. I laughed at Zac and suddenly straightened my face to tell him no.

"Aww why not?" he asked.

"My sister has a boyfriend, they've been together forever, move on. Plus she's way too old for you," I said. He huffed and looked up to Chloe to smile at her. I shook my head and laughed at him.

"You're unbelievable," I muttered.

"What? Why?" He asked innocently. I just shook my head and continued eating my food. Zac liked Chloe. I could tell by his actions towards her that he liked her. I didn't know if he was holding back because we were all friends or because he didn't think she liked him back. It was obvious she liked him. She acted like a typical teenage girl when it came to him. I would admit he is handsome for a fourteen year old. We just never had the feelings that went with our observations of each other. Zac was the type of boy who was ruled by his emotions. If a pretty girl walked by him he'd stop and stare like he was seeing the sun for the first time.

After lunch, Zac and I made our way to PE and Chloe went off to Geography. After getting to know Chloe better she'd told me how she got out of doing PE every day. She had really bad asthma. Too much physical activity caused really bad asthma attacks which are fatal. When school was finished, I said goodbye to my friends and climbed into the waiting car.

"Hello," Jacob said.

"Hey," I smiled.

"Did you have a good day?" he asked as he drove off.

"I did."

"Good," he said with a smile. I turned in my seat to look behind me.

"Did you Chanti?" I asked Chantelle sitting in the back; she was playing on her iPhone. She just nodded without taking her eyes of the screen. I turned back to look out the front.

Jacob and I didn't say much during the journey. We arrived back home and I was greeted with my parents standing outside the door. They were smiling widely.

"What's with the grins?" I said with a laugh.

"There is someone here to see you," my dad said. I suddenly perked up with excitement.

"Who?" I asked.

"Come and see," my mom said and they stepped out of the way of the door. I walked into the house and tried to smell the air. I recognised the extra scent but I couldn't quite place it. I walked into the living room and sure enough someone was waiting for me.

"Hello Renesmee," said the tall dark haired vampire. I recognised her instantly from my childhood and ran over to greet her.

"Hi Zafrina," I said and hugged her waist.

"You've grown," she chuckled and returned my hug. I laughed with her and pulled back to look at her again.

"Why are you here? Me and my mom were planning to come and see you in the summer," I said to her.

"I missed you little one," she said and kept her arm wrapped around my shoulders. "I see you've had a few additions to your family," she said motioning to Eddie and then to Chantelle standing at the door with Jacob and my parents.

"I have met Edward here but who is this?" she asked looking at Chantelle. "She's like you."

"Yeah. This is Chantelle. She's Aunt Rosalie and Uncle Emmett's adopted daughter," I said.

"Interesting. What happened to her real parents?" she asked as she continued to look at Chantelle.

"Her mom died when giving birth to her and her dad left before she was born."

"Rotten vampire. Who could leave their own child?" she muttered to herself. "Why wasn't her mother turned like yours?"

"She didn't want to be," I answered. I took a peak at Chantelle who was looking uncomfortable. She was squirming under Zafrina's stare.

"Oh how tragic... Well I'm not staying, I just thought I'd come and say hello since I was in the neighbourhood," she said to me. "I hope to still see you in the summer. I'd like to spend more time with you again."

"Definitely," I said to her. She looked up to my mom and she nodded.

"I'm sorry," Chantelle said very quietly and ran up the stairs. My dad watched her with a pained and sympathetic expression on his face. I saw my aunt Rose get up to go after her but my dad held out his hand and pleaded her not to. She nodded and he ran up the stairs.

"Did I upset her?" Zafrina asked.

"No," my mom said. "I think it's something else," Zafrina just looked down to me and started to play with one of my curls. I smiled up at her. When all the vampires had come to witness for me, Zafrina was the one I had grown closest too. I used to love walking with her and seeing the things she put in my head. She was the most like me in that way, at least at the time. We never predicted the arrival of Eddie and how he would inherit both mine and my parent's gifts. She smiled back at me and bent down to kiss my forehead.

"I have to go now my Nessie. I will see you soon though. I am sorry I could not stay longer."

"It's ok," I replied. She took a step away from me.

"Thank you for taking me in, I have to leave, I am already late," Zafrina said to the rest of my family. I didn't like standing in the middle of the room alone so I instinctively walked over to Jacob. He looked down at me and out stretched his hand. I took it without even thinking.

"You're welcome anytime Zafrina. Is there anything we can help you with?" Carlisle said to her.

"No, I am fine, thank you Carlisle," she said but was watching me, her eyes were flickering from mine and Jacob's hands to Jacob's face and to mine.

"Where are you heading if you don't mind us asking?"

"I am on my way to Vancouver, Canada. There is some business there I need to attend too," she replied and finally looked back at Carlisle.

"Well good luck," Carlisle said with a smile and extended his hand. "It was nice to see you again Zafrina."

"And you Carlisle," Zafrina said and took his hand. They exchanged a quick shake and Zafrina left.

"I wonder why she had to go so quick," Alice said from the couch. I hadn't noticed that everyone had collected in the living room. No one answered Alice's predicament. "My vision didn't tell me where she was going," she muttered and stood up from the couch, Jasper followed her out and my Aunt Rose and Uncle Emmett made their way upstairs. Probably to Chantelle's room. Eddie and my mom walked off to the music room talking and my grandpa and grandma both went into the kitchen. I was left in the living room holding Jacob's hand. I withdrew it and walked over to the couch. I tried to act calm as if holding his hand didn't set a fire inside of me. I took the remote from the arm chair of the couch and turned on the TV. I found E! News and concentrated on Ryan Seacrest as he spoke about true or false rumours in Hollywood.

"You ok?" Jacob asked from behind me. He didn't move to sit next to me or stand in front of me like he would usually do.

"Yep," I answered.

"Ok," he said.

"Jake..." I began and turned around to look at him but he was gone. I pulled my eyebrows together in confusion. Why did he just go? Before I could stand up to investigate my dad walked into the room. He came over and sat next to me. I watched him as his eyes were taking in the TV screen.

"What just happened?" I asked him. He reached across and took my hand. He began playing with the bracelet.

"What do you mean?" he said. Not looking at me.

"Jacob. He just disappeared," I said to him still staring at his face.

"He asked if you were ok, you said yes and he had nothing else to say so he left. Jacob's always makes sure you are ok," he answered me.

"He never leaves like he did." My dad just shrugged.

"He had somewhere to be."

"Huh," I muttered and turned to look at the TV. My dad stopped playing with the bracelet and just took my hand in his. "What happened upstairs with Chantelle?"

"She was just upset about her parents."

"You mean her birth parents?"

"Yes. She was just overwhelmed with what Zafrina had said. She wants to find her father. She wants to talk to him and ask why he did it," I was shocked. Chantelle always told me she was happy where she was. She didn't care who her real father was. She had a father.

"She is happy. She just wants to meet him. So would you I'd imagine." He said in answer to my thoughts. I sighed. He was right. If I didn't know my birth father I'd want to find him too.

"Are Aunt Rose and Uncle Emmett going to let her?" I asked.

"No. They made a promise to Lauren that Joshua would never get to see Chantelle."

"Oh yeah" I sighed and rested my head on my dad's shoulder. I closed my eyes briefly. I hadn't realised how tired I was until I was slightly aware of my father's cool arms as he carried my into my room.