RENESMEE
We arrived at La Push beach minutes later; after all I didn't live that far from it now. The bonfire was already set up and I noticed Sam and Emily sitting on one of the log benches.
"Hey!" I called.
"Renesmee!" Emily said. She jumped up and hugged me.
"Hey," I said again.
"I've missed you," she said and smiled at me.
"Ah, there is my niece, I was wondering when you'd come and see me," Seth said as he walked down the beach with Leah, Sue and my grandpa.
"Uncle Seth!" I shouted and ran over to him, he laughed when I hugged him.
"Renesmee you're so big now!" My grandpa Charlie said when I hugged him. I laughed.
"I guess," I said. "Hi Sue," I greeted my grandmother.
"Hey sweetie," she said with a smile.
"Hi Aunt Leah," I said. She laughed nervously. She didn't like it when I called her that.
"Hey Nessie," she said.
"Your parents not coming?" My grandpa said. I shook my head.
"No they're not," I answered.
"Is it the whole vampire thing?" he asked. I shrugged.
"I don't think so, I'm a vampire," I said.
"No you're half human," Jacob said from behind me. I turned and stuck my tongue out at him, he laughed.
"I'm part vampire," I said.
"Yeah yeah," he said and pulled me closer to him. My grandpa saw his arm around my waist and looked up to Jacob.
"Let's go," I said, avoiding the questions. We all walked over to Emily and Sam waiting.
Everyone arrived within the hour and we were all eating.
My grandpa Charlie came over to sit next to me.
"I'm going to get some more food," Jacob said and stood up. I narrowed my eyes at his back then turned to my grandpa.
"Hey grandpa," I said with a smile.
"Hey Ness. What's with you and Jacob? I've been watching you and you seem a bit more than just friends now a days," he said. I laughed nervously.
"Yeah, Jake and I are sort of dating?" I said. It came out more of a question than a statement. My grandpa looked shocked.
"But Ness… you do know that he and Bella-," he said before he was interrupted by Jacob.
"-are best friends and yes Bella is okay with it," Jacob said taking a seat next to me.
"Hmm, best friends," my grandpa Charlie said.
"I know that grandpa Charlie, my mom is more than happy with me and Jake together." I said and he smiled.
"That's good."
"Attention!" Sue called from the top of the circle. "We're going to start the legend telling now, if you would all like to listen, many of you have heard them all before but the bonfire won't be complete without hearing them from one of our elders."
The stories began; I had heard them millions of times from when I was a child. I rested my head against Jacobs shoulder, feeling tired.
I was jerked awake by Jacob touching my leg.
"Sorry," I whispered.
"It's okay," he said and kissed my forehead.
"Come on let's go home," he said.
"No! I want to take a walk along the beach," I said and smiled. He took my hand.
"Okay," he smiled. We stood up and said goodbye to our family and friends.
We walked down the beach hand in hand. It was dark but I could see clearly and I knew Jacob could too. We soon came to the tree that was 'our tree' I cringed from the last memory I had here. Jacob kissed my head and pulled me into a hug.
"I'm sorry," I choked out. A lump was rising in my throat.
"I forgive you," he said and smiled down at me.
"Can it be our place again?" I asked.
"Always will be," he said and kissed my forehead. He pulled me over to the tree and sat down. I sat down next to him. I looked at him, remembering when I looked at Liam in this very place. I remembered the awkwardness and the heat between me and him. Jake and I didn't have that. Not once was it awkward having him hold me. Not once was there a part of me saying no. I reached up and touched his cheek, memorising his face; taking in every feature, his hair line, his eyes, his nose and his mouth. I moved my legs so I was kneeling on the tree and so my head was level with his. I looked into his eyes as I moved my face closer to his. He closed the space quickly putting his lips against mine. I closed my eyes and he placed his hands on my hips. He jerked me forward closer to him. We kissed deeper and the moment took me away. I was in heaven. He pulled away way too soon and grinned at me.
"I have to get you home, it's going to be midnight soon," he said. I frowned.
"Can't we stay here?" I asked. He laughed.
"Your father will kill me, so no," he said and stood up, he held out his hand and I took it.
He led me over to the forest.
"Do you want to run or ride on me?" he asked and winked. I let out a giggle.
"I can run," I said.
"Okay," He took my hand and we began running into the forest and back towards home.
We were greeted by my parents and Eddie in the living room, Jacob slumped down into one of the chairs and opened his arms in invitation.
"Actually I think I'm going to go to bed," I said to him. "Sorry."
"It's fine, sweet dreams," he grinned at me, I smiled and leant over to kiss him.
"Eh hem. Rules," my dad said. I sighed and rolled my eyes. I pulled away.
"Night Jake."
"Night," he said smiling at me. I turned to my parents and brother.
"Night," I said narrowing my eyes at my dad.
"Good night princess," he said with a grin. I walked out and made my way to my room. I put on some warm pyjamas and climbed into bed. It was only seconds before I fell asleep.
The weekend went really fast and before I knew it, it was Monday. Everything was happening in a blur, as if time was moving and I was being dragged along not quite aware of what I was doing.
I walked down the corridor to my next class; I bumped into someone and looked up to see Liam staring down at me.
"Oh I'm sorry," I said.
"It's okay," he said with a smile. "Nice to see you again Renesmee."
"Yeah you too," I said cringing a little at the lie.
"Well I have to go to class," he said.
"Yeah me too."
"See you."
"Bye," I said and walked as fast as I could away from the awkwardness. I stumbled on my way in the door to my class, an arm snaked around my waist, and before I jumped away from it I looked up to see Zac.
"Don't fall over," he said with a grin. I laughed.
"Thanks for saving me."
"No prob," he said and let his arm drop.
"I'll see you at lunch," I said to him.
"Sure will," he said walking off to his class. I walked into English and took my seat at the back of the class. Chloe soon joined me.
"Hey," I said.
"Hi."
"You ok?"
"Mhmm, you?" She asked getting her books out.
"Yep," I said. She smiled at me.
"Show me Saturday," she ordered holding her hand out to me. I laughed and took it, showing her everything that happened that night.
"Ooooh juicy lip lock," she grinned, I laughed at her. The teacher came in just as I had finished laughing and the class started.
By lunch time I was bored out of my mind. I wanted to be with Jake more than anything right now. I walked into the cafeteria. Zac and Chloe were kissing at the table. I slapped my hand on the table to get their attention, they stopped and pulled away.
"Not something I want to watch as I eat my lunch," I said to them and sat down. They laughed and Chloe turned bright red. I wiggled my eyebrows at her and she rolled her eyes.
"Just because you have no one to make out with," Zac said.
"I do. He's just not here," I said to him teasingly.
"That's 'cause he finished high school like two years ago," Zac said rolling his eyes, I laughed.
"So…" I said trying to start a conversation as I took a bite out of my sandwich.
"Do older men turn you on Nessie?" he said teasingly as he wiggled his eyebrows. I narrowed my eyes at him.
"Grow up," I said. He laughed.
"I'm serious, I want to know."
"If only you could get inside my head," I said light heartedly.
"Pfft, if only," he said taking a bit out of his lunch. I looked to Chloe and winked, she laughed. "What did I miss?" Zac said looking up.
"Nothing," I said.
"You have to be a girl to know what she's thinking," Chloe said to him.
"Oh yeah, like you know what she's thinking," Zac said.
"I do!" Chloe said.
"Prove it!"
"Okay we will. I'll tell you a number and Chloe will tell you the same one," I said grinning.
"Okay," he said. I can't believe he was going for this. I got up and stood behind Zac I bent down to his ear and whispered the number twenty one in his ear, going back to my seat I touched Chloe's hand very quickly, too quickly for either of them to see. However quick enough to tell Chloe the number. I sat back down.
"Okay, what number am I thinking of?" I asked with a smile on my face. Chloe looked at me, she frowned and pretended like she was thinking.
"Twenty one," she said.
"What? How did you know that?" Zac asked his voice rising in hysteria. Chloe and I burst out laughing.
"Told ya. We're connected," I said using my two fingers to draw a line in the air between mine and Chloe's head.
"That's crazy," he said taking more of his lunch in his mouth. I grinned at Chloe, failing to drop my smile.
Lunch went quickly and it was soon the end of the day. I invited both Chloe and Zac over to my house and we all climbed into my dad's car.
"Hello Zac, nice to see you again."
"Hi Edward," Zac said as he climbed into the back.
"Chantelle sit in the front," I told her and she climbed out so I could sit in the back with my friends.
We got back to the house and walked into the living room. My mom and Jacob were laughing at something.
"What's so funny?" My dad asked taking his place next to my mom.
"Oh, erm we were. Nothing," she said to him giving him a kiss. I walked over to Jacob and sat myself on his lap. He wrapped his arms securely around my waist and kissed my temple. Zac and Chloe walked to one of the other spare chairs and sat down just as Jacob and I were.
Moments later, before the conversation even started, Eddie walked in. I watched him walk over to my parents and sit down next to my mom, he patted my mom's leg and took her hand, she looked at him and nodded. Seconds later, after their silent conversation was over Eddie stood up and walked out. His eyes were on Zac's arms wrapped tightly around Chloe's waist as he walked out. Zac hadn't noticed the silent conversation; he was too engrossed in Chloe being on his lap.
"So did you guys have a fun day in school?" Jacob asked me. I nodded.
"Yeah it was okay," I answered.
"Good," Jacob said and kissed my temple.
"How was the conversation with Liam?" Zac said from the chair, I looked up and narrowed my eyes at him.
"You spoke to Liam?" Jacob asked, I turned to look at him, his face was twisted. He was trying to hide his pain; I lifted my hand to his face and replayed the conversation.
"It was nothing," I said out loud, he nodded and kissed my hand. I turned to look at Zac on the chair with Chloe, the things I could say right now would wipe the smile off Zac's face, but I wouldn't do that to Chloe or my brother. "It was nothing," I repeated to Zac this time. He smiled and shrugged, tightening his arms around Chloe. She rested her head on his shoulder and he kissed her head. I looked over to the door to see Eddie standing there watching them, the pain was etched on his face; but only for a second before the mask reappeared. He had got good at that recently.
"Edward, Bella can I talk to you please?" Eddie said looking at our parents. They nodded and stood up and followed him out. I could see the act of being human was making my mom impatient. Zac hadn't been around much and with Chloe knowing who we were, we could act and talk like we normally would, but with Zac here everyone had to be 'human'.
"He's Edwards brother right?" Zac asked. "You have so many siblings, I get confused. He's the new one right?"
"He's been with us for three years, but yeah he's Edward's brother from his birth family." I answered, the resemblance between Eddie and I was noticeable, Eddie and I used to be able to pass as twins, but Zac was so oblivious to everything that didn't involve him that he never asked about it.
"Huh, he kinda looks like you and Bella too," he said. I held my breath for nearly a minute waiting for him to say anything else. Jacob ran his hand up and down my leg, soothingly.
"Don't be silly Zac. I don't think he looks like them," Chloe said. I mouthed thank you to her and she smiled. Zac laughed.
"I guess not," he said just as a phone started ringing. I knew it wasn't mine so I stayed still on Jacob's lap. Zac put his hand in his back pocket and tried to pull it out. He tried to shift Chloe's weight.
"Can you get up a minute please babe?" he asked her, she nodded and stood up.
"She's like less than a hundred pounds and he can't even shift her weight to reach his back pocket?" Jacob whispered to me, I giggled and shook my head.
"Obviously not," I whispered back. He smiled and moved my body to the opposite side of his lap, I laughed at the speed at which he did it.
"Show off," I muttered and he laughed as he kissed my temple. I looked up to see Chloe watching us with a smile on her face and Zac muttering into his cell phone.
"I have to go," Zac suddenly said shutting his phone and grabbing his coat.
"Where?" Chloe asked.
"Home, I'll call you later," he said and kissed her cheek. "Bye guys."
"Is everything ok?" I asked. He shrugged.
"I think so. I'll tell you tomorrow," he said and walked out.
"Do you need a lift back?" My dad said from the door. He shook his head.
"No, my parents are outside," he said and walked over to the door. "Thanks for having me," he said and closed the door behind him. Chloe was still standing in the middle of the room; she was looking at the door in shock.
"What was that about?" She asked sitting back into the chair. I looked to my dad and raised my eyebrows, well? He looked at me.
"You'll find out," he said.
"Dad!" I shouted after him.
"Renesmee, it's not my place to tell," he said walking away from the door way into the hall. I sighed and slumped back into Jacob. He laughed and kissed my shoulder. I slapped his leg playfully.
"You can't always get what you want, love," he said, my heart fluttered as he whispered in my ear.
"Want a bet?" I asked and raised my eyebrows at him, he laughed. I jumped off his lap and ran out of the room.
"Dad!" I called, following his scent to the music room. He ignored me, playing the piano. I walked up to him and sat down next to him. "Daddy," I said slowly. He moved his hands down the piano making room for me. I recognised the song immediately and started playing with him. When we were finished I took my hands off and he began playing in the centre again. "Daddy," I said. If I could just get him to look in my eyes I could get him to tell me. Having the same as my mom had really helped when I wanted something. I placed my hand on his cheek. He stopped playing and sighed. I patted his cheek and he turned to look at me. I smiled at him. "Please tell me," I said.
"Zac is moving away," he said.
"What?" I asked, my voice rising.
"I told you it's not my place to say. His parents have been transferred to England."
"But… he can't. He's my best friend. He's Chloe's boyfriend," I said in disbelief.
"We all know he's not the one Chloe is meant to be with and over the past year you and him have been growing apart anyway. Maybe it's time to move on," he said standing up from the bench. I stayed on the bench, I was still in shock.
"Renesmee…" Jacob said coming up behind me.
"I told you I'd get what I wanted,." I said to him as he sat down next to me.
"Is it what you wanted to hear though?" he asked. I shook my head.
"No," I whispered taking comfort in his arms.