RENESMEE
I sat there on the bench with Jacob for a few minutes. My dad was right, I wasn't as close to Zac as I used to be but he was still my childhood best friend. I still had an aching in my heart when I thought about never seeing him again. Jacob kissed my temple getting my attention.
"Are you okay?" he whispered. I nodded.
"Yeah," I said and took a deep breath, gathering myself again. I stood up from the bench and walked out of the room. Jacob followed me, practically standing on my heels, I could feel him as close to me as possible.
I walked into the living room and Chloe was sitting watching the TV on her own. She looked at me; I couldn't help but feel sad.
"What's wrong?" she asked. I sighed and sat down next to her.
"Zac's moving away," I whispered. She looked at me in disbelief.
"What?"
"Zac and his parents are moving to England."
"England?" she asked, her voice rising in hysteria. I nodded. I could see the tears welling up in her eyes. I reached over to pull her into a hug.
"It's going to be okay," I whispered. She shook her head.
"What am I going to do without him? What are we going to do?" she said pulling back, the tears were threatening to fall from her eyes. I shrugged.
"I'm gunna miss him," I said slowly, the lump in my throat was rising.
"So will I," she said. I scanned the room; realising Jacob had left us alone. I knew where he was though; he was on the other side of the door. Blocking anyone from entering. I'd have to remember to thank him later.
It wasn't long when Chloe's phone started ringing. She looked at me and took a deep breath before she answered her phone.
"Hey," she said whilst looking at me with nervous eyes. She waited nearly a minute to talk again.
"So it's for definite then? Your parents won't listen to you?" she asked, her voice cracking. Zac obviously had said yes because she couldn't hold the tears back any longer, they started spilling over.
"Yeah she here," she said and handed me the phone.
"Zac…" I said pretending to be surprised.
"Hey Ness. Erm. I'm moving away. My parents have been transferred to England," he said, I could hear the cracking in his voice. Zac always tried to hide his pain. He never cried in front of us.
"Forever?" I asked. His dad was in a big lawyer firm, I remember Zac telling me that they had opened new offices in five different countries but I had no idea that meant his dad could be moved.
"Yeah," he whispered.
"I don't know what to say Zac. I don't want you to go," I sobbed.
"Neither do I Ness. We'll have a big party and we'll keep in touch." He said. I nodded to myself.
"Yeah," I agreed.
"Anyway I have to go."
"Okay. When are you leaving?" I asked.
"In two weeks."
"Okay. I'll get my sister Alice to organise the party. She loves that sort of thing, and she'll make it amazing."
"Okay Ness, can you hand me back to Chloe please?"
"Sure," I said and handed Chloe the phone back.
"Hey," she whispered then paused. "Yeah… okay… bye," she said and hung up the phone. She reached for me and I pulled her into a hug. We sat there for a while just holding each other, I rested my head on her shoulder just sitting there.
"Ness?" Jacob asked from the other side of the door.
"Yeah, come in," I said and he walked into the room closing the door.
"Edward and Bella said you can sleep over if you want, its Friday after all," he said to Chloe.
"Tell them thanks but I think I want to sleep in my own bed tonight." She said then turned to me. "Can you stay at mine?" I nodded automatically.
"Yeah I'll just let my parents know, they won't mind," I said and took her hand in mine. I turned to Jacob and caught his eye. I mouthed thank you to him and he nodded smiling at me. I stood up and Chloe followed me, Jacob too.
"Where are they?" I asked.
"The downstairs study," he said and Chloe and I began walking in that direction. I opened the door with my spare hand and my dad turned to look at us from the chair.
"Yes Renesmee," he said. I smiled at him.
"Thank you daddy," I said and turned to walk back out. "I'll be down in a sec, I need to talk to my aunt," I said to Chloe and ran up the stairs to find my aunt. She was in her room inside her closet.
"Hey Alice," I said.
"Hey sweetie," she said running up to me.
"How soon can you plan a party?" I asked her, her eyes widened in surprise and excitement.
"Well I'm in the process of planning Eddie's but when are you planning to have it?"
"Zac is moving away and we want to throw a party before he goes. He's leaving in two weeks," I said cringing. She smiled.
"I like a challenge. Sure I can do it. Eddie's will just have to be put on hold."
"Thank you Aunt Alice," I said and hugged her.
"You're welcome."
I smiled and ran into my room to get a few things before meeting Chloe at the bottom of the stairs.
"Where are you going?" Eddie asked from the side of the stairs. He had just come out of the study where my parents were.
"To Chloe's, don't wait up," I said and dragged Chloe out the door.
"Wait! Who is taking you?" he asked running after us.
"I am," Jacob said standing in his way.
"Oh okay, good. Just didn't want them- I mean Renesmee in the forest alone," he said walking back into the house. I shook my head and walked over to the garage.
"Which car?" I asked. Jacob held up a pair of keys. I noticed the Ferrari symbol on the key ring and let out a laugh as I walked over to my mom's car. Jacob was grinning as he climbed into the driver's seat. Chloe and I squeezed in the back and Jacob drove off. We arrived at Chloe's soon after and I said goodbye to Jacob.
Chloe and I went straight up to her bedroom.
"Do you girls want something to eat?" her mom asked. Chloe looked to me questioningly I shook my head.
"No thanks mom," Chloe shouted back.
The night went surprisingly fast. I was on the spare bed Chloe had in her room for anyone that slept over and I was ready to go to sleep. It took me a while but I finally fell asleep.
My dream was one of the strangest I've ever had.
I pulled my jacket on and walked into the forest, as I walked further in it was getting colder and colder. I looked to my left, deep in the forest I saw Eddie sitting against a tree, I walked closer to him, and he was laughing with someone. I continued walking to get a closer look, Chloe was sitting on the right side of him, they were laughing at something, my brother leant in closer to Chloe, and he kissed her. I smiled at them; they didn't seem to notice me. I blinked once and the scene changed, this time it was Jacob and my mom. My mom was human and Jacob seemed younger, he had long hair, he too leant in and kissed her. I gasped.
I jerked awake, sitting up in the bed. Why had I just dreamt that? I tried my best to forget about the young Jacob and the human Bella but it wouldn't leave my mind. Why did that cross my mind?
The next night was the same. I was lying in my own bed this time. I didn't have as much trouble getting to sleep though this time. The dream repeated again and I jerked awake, sitting up in my bed. I sighed and lay back down turning over to try and fall back asleep. Two and a half hours later I was still tossing and turning in my bed. I pulled the covers off me and climbed out of my bed. I pulled my dressing gown on and walked down the stairs.
"Hello Renesmee," my grandmother greeted me.
"Hey, where is everyone?" I asked.
"Your parents are in their room, your brother is in the cinema room, Chantelle is asleep and everyone else is hunting." She said.
"Oh. I can't sleep," I said.
"Do you want a mug of hot cocoa?" she asked.
"Yes please," I said and followed my grandmother into the kitchen. I sat down on the kitchen island and waited. She handed me the mug and I sipped it slowly. "Thank you," I said.
"You're welcome sweetheart. So why can't you sleep?" she asked.
"I woke up from a bad dream and then I just couldn't fall back asleep" I said.
"Oh, why don't you go watch TV?" she asked, I nodded and finished the last of my drink. I placed it on the counter.
"Thanks grandma," I said.
"You're welcome sweetheart, see you later," she said and took the mug. I stood up and made my way to the cinema room.
"Hey sis," Eddie said.
"Hey," I said and walked over to the recliner he was sitting on. I sat down next to him, he extended his arm to me and I moved to I was curled into his side. I sighed.
"How come you're awake?" he asked.
"Insomnia," I said and he laughed.
"Well this movie is boring," he said and pressed the power button on the remote. "Just a bunch of kids running around," he said.
"I remember when you were a kid," I said.
"So do I and I remember you when you were a kid," he said.
"Oh please, I was nearly ten before you were born," I said. He laughed.
"Show me your earliest memory," he said.
"I don't know if you should see it," I whispered.
"Please," he said. I placed my hand on his neck. I closed my eyes as I remembered my birth. "Wow," he whispered. "Why haven't you shown me that before?" he asked.
"I don't like to remember it," I said.
"I remember being born too; I remember seeing dad and then being taken away from mom by grandpa. I remember wanting to see her, I wanted her to hold me. I remember just specifically wondering why grandpa was taking me away from her," He whispered.
"At least you didn't kill mom," I said.
"You didn't kill her Renesmee," he said, I didn't say anything, I just showed him our human mother lying practically dead on the table again. "She is still here," he said. "She's not dead."
"I know, I know. It just gets to me," I asked.
"Show me another memory before I was born," He said.
"Erm…" I said, I patted his neck before I showed him one when I was about seven or eight.
Our dad was laughing at me and rubbed his hand over my hair. I scowled at him and looked in the mirror by the door of the kitchen.
"Ugh Dad! You messed my hair up!" I called to him. There were strands of my hair sticking out everywhere. My dad laughed again and my uncle Emmett came in, he erupted into laughter.
"Hey Ness! Do you have a rat running around in there?" he said. Eddie let out a small laugh.
"Shut up Uncle Emmett," I scowled at him. My mom was sitting on one of the island stools feeding baby Chantelle, laughing. I looked back at the mirror and suddenly my Aunt Rosalie appeared behind me.
"Here," she said and fixed my hair for me. When she was done she kissed my head and we stared at each other in the mirror. "All done," she whispered.
"Thank you Aunt Rosalie," I said to her and smiled.
"You're welcome baby," she said and walked over to my mom and Chantelle. I looked back at my reflection in the mirror and specifically at my hair. My mom ran her finger over the T of my forehead straightening out my frown.
"Why so confused Nessie?" she asked me and knelt next to me. She was an inch or so shorter than me on her knees but I could see her eyes easier. I turned away from the mirror and looked directly into her liquid topaz eyes.
"You have really good eye sight," I stated. "Have my curls dropped?
"Only by three point one millimetres since you were three days old." She said and smiled at me.
"Huh," I said and turned back to the mirror.
"Ness," my grandma called. I turned around to see a plate of cheese sandwiches on the table. I ran over and stuffed some in my mouth.
"All done," I managed to say. My family laughed at me.
"Eat them properly," my mom said and forced me to sit down.
I finished the memory and Eddie let out a laugh.
"Chantelle was really cute," he said.
"I know, she was adorable, so were you," I said.
"I've seen pictures but do you have a memory of you as a baby?" he asked. I thought through my memories. I didn't have a memory of me and a mirror but I do remember lying on Jacob's chest when I was only two days old, it was the second earliest memory I had. I remember waking up and seeing Jacob staring at me smiling. I rested my head on my arms and stared at him, seeing my reflection in his brown eyes.
"You were the cutest," Eddie said and laughed. I laughed with him.
"I was pretty cute wasn't I?" I said. He laughed and nodded. "Sometimes I wish you were the eldest, I always wanted a big brother to protect me."
"You had Jacob for that, and I'll always protect you Ness, even if you are technically older than me, I haven't seen you as my big sister in a long time," he said and I smiled. I yawned as I fought to keep my eyes open. "Go to sleep Nessie, I'll stay here and protect you," he whispered.
"Love you Ed," I yawned.
"Love you too Ness," he said and I closed my eyes.