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I at down again. I had tried walking back and forth, having seen mortals do it all the time in times of great anxiety, but alas, it was no help. There had to be a way, there just had to!

"My lord," a small voice approached me, "we believe we have a new lead." The small girl came closer to me, and I eagerly leaned in.

"Tell us, my dear, what have you found."

"We believe the shape-shifter may be the key," she said, a smile playing evilly on her lips, "he seems to have quite a unique bond with the girl, and we know the feeling to be mutual, at least it should be so within a short time."

Ahh, I could already see what they had in mind. Interesting.

"If we can get to him we can welcome her, and if we get her, they will undoubtedly come to us," she finished.

"And we can negotiate from there," another voice chimed in. I frowned though.

"We still have no motive, we need a motive," I hissed at them. They looked at each other and then turned to smile at me.

"Leave that to us."

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Tom was leading the way, and I was eager to get wherever it was we were going. I had invited Jake of course, but he'd politely declined. Despite his need to keep me in the dark, however, his eyes, whenever I could see them that is, told me otherwise. I could see a hidden secret in them, and I don't know why, but I had a feeling it had something to do with me…something protective; it would explain why he regarded my twin friends with such suspicion, as if they were going to sweep me away and never bring me back. It was baffling, and I yearned to find out what was causing my former best friend so much agony, but of course, no one said a thing.

What upset me as well, was the fact that my mom and daddy—I figure even if I'm getting older a girl can still get away with saying 'daddy'—knew what was bothering him, and of course, they denied it.

Everything else in my not so normal life seemed to be ok. I was already used to the Victoria Secret bras, and had even chanced wearing more pronounced blouses; to be honest, I was starting to like the way I looked.

"Hurry up Renesmee!" Oliver called back to me. I grinned and put out a burst of speed, passed Oliver and closed in on Tom.

"Hey!" shouted Oliver from behind, "Don't get too ahead, you're going to get tired!"

I ignored him. He was right, of course, since I was half-human I was capable of getting tired, but for the moment I needed to show off my daddy's inherited speed. Soon I was ahead of Tom.

"Hey," called out Tom from somewhere behind, "you don't know where we're going!"

Drat, he was right. I slowed down to his pace, and turned to grin at him. He laughed and took the lead again.

Oh so that's how he was going to play? I sped up.

"Hey wait up you guys!" called out Oliver from behind. Of course we both ignored him.

The wind kissed my face and body, spurring my desire to go faster, even the forest seemed to start melting into a blur. My hair whipped out behind me, slapping Tom in the face—"Hey," he'd laughed—my legs were stronger too, I could feel them propelling me ahead, and again I was in the lead. It was exhilarating, like being on the bike again…

I slowed down, Tom passed me easily, and soon I was running with Oliver again.

Memories of Jake and I hanging out started flooding my mind…playing video games together, food competitions (he'd always won those), hunting in the woods, the beach, him showing me his bike…As much fun as I was having with my friends, I knew I had to do something, I missed my Jake too much, I had to find out what was bothering him, I just had to!

I realized I was holding back tears, and I quickly forced them away.

"You ok, Renesmee?" Oliver asked me, noticing my sudden change in mood. I didn't want my friends to worry about me, so I overdid it by giving him a dazzling smile in response. For a second I thought he looked confused, staring at me with a kind of blank expression on his face…but then he tripped and fell.

I stopped, looking at him stupidly before coming to my senses to help him up.

Oops. Maybe I should've toned down the smile. Daddy always told me to be careful not to dazzle people; he said humans could turn into vegetables that way. Oliver looked embarrassed as he got up, and I couldn't help but laugh at him; Tom hadn't even noticed that we fell behind.

"S-sorry," he mumbled, "come on, we got to catch up." I followed him, when a thought suddenly occurred to me, throwing the Jake dilemma completely out of my head.

I had dazzled Oliver…and he wasn't even human, well completely human anyway…hmmm…

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Renesmee was fast! I noticed how easily she outran Tom, and my brother was pretty fast. Her hair flew behind her and slapped Tom in the face. I laughed aloud, hearing it echo from my brother also. Suddenly, she slowed down and fell into step with me. I looked at her and wasn't surprised when I saw that expression on her face. Lately, she'd get all sad all of a sudden, like for no reason! I hated to see her that way; as strong a girl as I knew she was, I had to remind myself she still had a sensitive side, that she could hurt just like anyone else. I'd thought about asking what was wrong, but I figured if she wanted to tell us about it, she would, so I kept out of it.

I stared at her as we ran side by side. She had on a black muscle shirt with khaki capris and black tennis shoes. Her bronze-reddish hair had started off in a ponytail, but was now a wild mass floating behind her; I assumed it had fallen loose on the way. I hated to admit it, especially to myself, but she was starting to look ridiculously pretty, which of course verified our suspicions that she really was a girl, not just 'one of the guys', as we often reminded her she was. She was an awesome friend, no doubt, but each day that passed I worried over my own loyalties…Jacob had forbidden her, and it made sense, she was his imprint. Back then I'd thought he was being stupid, I wasn't even into girls yet, and still wouldn't be but…now that the idea had been brought to my attention, that Renesmee could be more than 'one of the guys,' it was hard not to notice her.

I looked at her chocolate eyes, and frowned. Was she about to cry?

"You ok, Renesmee?" I asked her. I expected her to say, "Yeah, I'm fine," or nod her head, or even force a small smile, but instead—

She flashed the most amazing smile at me. I stared at her, dazed beyond comprehension. Somewhere way back in my head, a little voice told me to smile back, but my body didn't seem to understand it, so of course I did the dumbest and most embarrassing thing instead.

I fell.

After she helped me up, I mumbled something almost inaudible even to myself, and then we were off again. She laughed at me, and things suddenly seemed like back to normal, like we were just two half- human, half- freak kids running in the forest.

But I couldn't shake what had just happened off my back. I gulped, I would have to keep my thoughts locked under maximum security from now.

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I changed a few things in this chapter at the last moment but I hope you liked it. As usual, please review and let me know what you think, I'm barely starting to get more reviews and they rev me to keep updating. Thanks.