RENESMEE
Going to school the next day was awkward. Liam didn't come and sit with us at lunch and although Chloe was absolutely buzzing with the idea of Jacob and me together Zac was the complete opposite.
"I thought you and Liam were happy," he muttered at lunch.
"You know how much she loved Jacob Zac, it was bound to happen eventually," Chloe said.
"Yeah but I was hoping much further in the future, plus he's way too old for you," he said. I narrowed my eyes at Zac.
"He's only nineteen," I lied.
"Still four years older," he said putting his pizza down. "All you've done is ruin the friendship."
"With who? Me and Liam or you and Liam?" I asked, my temper rising.
"Me and Liam, my best friend," he said.
"Oh I'm sorry I thought I was your best friend too," I said. Chloe gave me a warning glance. I reached across quickly.
Calm down I'm not going to rip his head off or anything, he's just pissed me off.
"You are, it's just its nice to have a guy best friend to talk to as well." He said looking down at his food. "You have a girl best friend," he said looking at Chloe.
"She has a name." I snarled.
"I know she has a name, she's my girlfriend," he snarled back.
"Ness…" Chloe warned me. I shook her off.
"Zac what is really your problem? You can still be best friends with Liam; I'm just not best friends with him anymore." I said calmer.
"You still broke the group up," he whispered.
"Well I'm sorry for following my heart, would you have rather I'd be unhappy?" I asked.
"No! No, it's just sad that's all," he said.
"What if you and Chloe broke up? You would have been the ones to break the group up then, I wouldn't make it so hard on you," I said. He looked horror stricken at the idea of him and Chloe breaking up. "Calm down. I said what if."
"Yeah but don't say things like that, I don't like it when you jinx things," he said and took Chloe's hand in his. Chloe was looking down at her food avoiding Zac's eyes. I stared at her, completely confused, why did she shy away from the subject? I thought she was happy with Zac.
You're going to explain later. I thought to her, she looked up at me and cringed.
Zac didn't bring the subject back up for the rest of the day. He didn't ignore me either which I was glad. He was trying to act normal. We passed Liam in the corridor at the end of school, he smiled at us but continued walking, Zac turned around, let go of Chloe's hand and ran after him. I took the opportunity to grab Chloe and lead her to the parking lot.
"You coming to mine?" I asked. She nodded.
"Sure thing!" she said optimistically, I'm guessing she forgot I had promised to ambush her about lunch. We climbed into the car my dad was driving. Chantelle was already in the back. I was slightly disappointed it wasn't Jacob.
"He'll be over later," my dad said, my face suddenly lit up and my dad laughed. I turned to Chantelle who was staring intently out the window. I leant over to her.
"Boo," I said. She didn't jump she just turned to look at me. "You ok?" I asked. She nodded and smiled.
"Chantelle has a potential boyfriend," my dad said with a smile.
"What?" I said a little too loud. My dad laughed, Chantelle just gave him evils.
"I'll tell you about it later," she said to me. I touched her arm.
Is he cute? I asked and wiggled my eyebrows; she rolled her eyes, then smiled and nodded. I laughed.
We soon arrived back at our house; Chantelle greeted everyone with a hello and walked up the stairs into her room. My mom and Eddie were in the living room. Chloe and I walked in.
"Hello," I said in a chirpy voice.
"You're happy," my mom said, my dad soon walked in and took his usual place next to her. She entwined her fingers with his.
"I am," I said with a smile.
"Hello Chloe," my mom said.
"Hey Bella," she said. I stared at Eddie, wasn't he going to say hello?
"Hey mom, I've always wondered, how come you have a wooden wolf on your bracelet?" Eddie asked. My mom glared at him.
"Because Jake is my best friend Eddie, why else?" she asked. He shrugged but kept a smile on his face. I shook my head and took Chloe's hand. I pulled her out of the room and up the stairs. I walked into my room and shut the door.
"Explain," I said climbing onto my bed. She climbed on with me and stared at me for a little while before answering.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"At lunch, you went all weird when I mentioned you and Zac breaking up," I said watching her intently. She shrugged.
"I was just upset with the idea that's all," she lied and looked down.
"You're lying," I said to her.
"I am not," she replied defensively.
"You're my best friend. I know you, you're hiding something from me, when you're ready to tell me I'm here you know, I wouldn't judge you. Whatever it is," I said softly to her. She sighed and nodded.
"Thanks," she whispered. "I'd tell you now but we're in a house full of vampires," she said. I smiled.
"They can't hear us if we whisper," I whispered.
"Seriously? I thought you had amazing hearing," she said.
"They do, but this house is pretty big, plus its harder when they're paying attention to other things, I can guarantee they're not listening in on our conversation," I said to her.
"You sure about that?" she asked. I nodded.
"I can't guarantee my dad won't hear though, he's pretty in tune to my mind. I could get my mom to put her shield around us if you wanted," I said to her. She shook her head.
"No, then people would know we're hiding things, your dads good at keeping secrets right? Plus I think he already knows," she said. I nodded.
"Both my parents are, they wouldn't tell anyone's secret." I assured her. She smiled.
"Okay," she whispered. I crossed my legs and shuffled into the middle of my big bed. She copied me and came to sit opposite me. "Don't judge okay? It's not like it's going to happen, I mean no one like that would want me," she whispered. My face contracted in confusion.
"What are you talking about?" I whispered.
"I like Zac, I really do, and he's a great boyfriend and so sweet and caring and amazing but…" she said trailing off.
"But what?" I asked.
"I don't love him Ness, like you didn't love Liam." She whispered.
"Who do you love?" I asked. She shrugged.
"I don't know if its love exactly…" she trailed again.
"Chloe spit it out."
"Don't go mad," she whispered. I reached over and took her hand in mine.
"I would never," I whispered back to her, she smiled at me.
"Wow you're really warm," she laughed.
"You've noticed that before Clo, stop changing the subject, now tell me please. I'm dying to know here." I laughed.
"Its… it's your brother," she whispered.
"Eddie?" I asked my voice rising.
"Shhh!" she hissed at me.
"I'm sorry… but… this is awesome! You can be my sister in law!" I said nearly jumping off the bed in excitement.
"Shhh!" she hissed again. "Please don't ever tell him."
"I knew there was something going on with you two! I knew it!" I said.
"Please don't," she pleaded.
"I won't, I promise." I whispered to her.
"He'll never want to be with a girl like me anyway," she laughed sadly.
"What do you mean?" I assured her. She laughed.
"I have a vampire best friend and I'm crushing on her vampire brother. No way am I ever going to look pretty next to you two."
"Don't say that! You're beautiful" I assured her with a smile.
"Thanks Ness but you're my best friend you're meant to say that."
"Best friends don't lie," I whispered and smiled at her. She smiled back.
"Thanks but still he's just I mean have you seen him? Zac is okay but..." she said.
"I'll prove to you he likes you Chloe, I promise you," I said to her.
"Shouldn't make promises you can't keep Renesmee," she said.
"Oh just wait and see, I know he has some feelings for you. I've seen it every time he looks at you. Just wait, I think he's waiting. For some reason, waiting for you to age a bit more maybe, I don't know, but just wait. One day he'll be yours," I promised.
"That's a big promise." She muttered.
"Heh, it's not that big when I already know it's going to happen," I said to her, she laughed.
"You're not Alice. Oh and hey, you know at lunch when you told Zac Jacob was nineteen? I was wondering how old actually is he?" she asked.
"twenty three," I said, remembering when he told me he had waited his whole life for me.
"Huh, quite an age gap, what are you now? Like seven?" she said and laughed. I nudged her.
"Hey you're crushing on a four year old," I laughed. She shot me evils, and then placed her finger over her mouth.
"Sorry," I laughed. "It's true though."
"At least that's only eleven years, better than sixteen," she said. I smiled at her. "Can I ask you something personal?"
"Sure."
"You know your imprint with Jacob, it means you're like his soul mate right? What does it feel like?" she asked. I tried to think of words to describe it but I couldn't, so instead I settled for showing her.
"That's how I feel, only not quite as developed as you," she said. I smiled at her.
"You know vampires can imprint, well not imprint exactly but they have the equivalent. When they find their soul mate, that's it, they know that's who they're meant to be with. Maybe you're my brothers," I whispered.
"Very unlikely, I'm just a boring human," she said.
"My mom was my dad's," I reminded her. "She was human, and I'm pretty sure she felt exactly how you do. Maybe you should talk to her," I said.
"Maybe. I think it would be much much later in the future though." She said. I smiled at her.
"It would be good for you, I know you know their story but you didn't hear it completely in depth, when you think you're ready, my mom will tell you the rest," I said to her. "I know she will," Chloe nodded.
"Thanks," she said.
"No prob- oh Jacobs home!" I said hearing him walking up the drive. I leapt off my bed and ran down the stairs. I waited on the bottom step. Chloe caught up with my and sat down on the top. The door opened and the smile immediately grew on my lips, I took the last step down and collided with his chest. He bent down and kissed my shoulder, moving my hair with his hand and kissing my neck.
"I missed you," I whispered.
"Missed you too. Did you have a good day at school?" he asked between kisses, he finally pulled away to look at my face, both of us were smiling widely at each other. I nodded.
"Did you see Liam?" he asked. I nodded.
"Just briefly at the end of the day, Zac walked off with him," he stroked my cheek.
"Did he say anything to you?" he asked. I shook my head.
"No."
"Okay," he whispered then looked up. "Hey Chloe," he said. I turned to look at her smiling widely at us.
"Hey Jacob," she said with a snigger so I rolled my eyes at her. Jake took my hand and led me into the living room, Chloe followed behind us.
"Hey Jacob," my mom said.
"Hey," he said to her and moved over to the spare chair, he pulled me onto his lap, my dad narrowed his eyes at us. "We're not breaking any rules," he said. My mom laughed, Chloe just looked confused as she slumped into the couch next to my parents. Eddie put his hand on my dad's arm; I saw my dad nod then look sadly at me. Eddie stood up and moved to the side of the couch Chloe was sitting.
"Can I talk to you please Chloe?" he asked her, I could hear her heart beat pick up, and I knew everyone else could too, she nodded then looked at me, her eyes were scared but curious. Eddie and Chloe walked out.
I tried to climb off Jacob's lap but he wouldn't let me move.
"Don't eavesdrop Ness, its rude," he said to me, my parents laughed. I glared at my dad.
"What's going on?" I asked him, he shrugged. "He told you something! What did he say?" I asked.
"Earlier, he went to ask me something, he caught onto the conversation you and Chloe were having, I'm sorry Renesmee, I tried to keep your secret but I never know when Eddie is going to read my mind," he said.
"It's frustrating isn't it Edward?" Jacob asked my dad with a laugh, my dad rolled his eyes to look at me. I took in a sharp breath and pointed to where Chloe and Eddie had just gone.
"What is he saying to her?"
"I'm sure you'll find out from Chloe."
"She better be coming in here with a smile on her face cause if she is crying I'm going to strangle that boy," I hissed. My dad just looked at me sympathetically. Oh no. Eddie walked back in not long after.
"Chloe's in the bathroom, I'm going out," Eddie said.
"Where are you going?" my mom said.
"Just out. I'll be back before eleven," he said and walked out the room.
"I wish you could read his mind," my mom said to my dad. He laughed.
"So do I," he said.
"You guys give him a lot of freedom considering he's your youngest child," Jacob stated. My dad shrugged.
"He isn't a child."
"Neither is Renesmee."
"She's half human."
"She's older," Jacob argued, my mom let out a laugh. I placed my hand on Jacob's leg.
Let it go. I thought.
"I just think it's a little unfair that you're not treated fairly," he whispered to me.
"I heard that. And I could be acting very very differently towards you dating my daughter," my dad said. I stood up from Jacob's lap.
"Whoa, both of you calm down. Please," I said putting my hands out to each of them. "I don't care that I'm treated differently, I don't see it that way. I know my parents love me that's all that matters." I said to Jacob then turned to my father. "And I don't care what you think about me and Jacob. I'm sorry dad, I love you but I love him too. Don't use your approval to get us to behave because as much as I'm glad there is a part of you that understands, if you went back on your word it wouldn't change anything for me." I said to him. He stared at me, I think he was in shock, and so were my mother and Jacob.
"Now that's cleared up… I'm going to find my friend," I said and left the room.