Renesmee Cullen
I fluttered my eyes open to see nothing but destruction and distress. My mouth agape as I watched every citizen run and scream as walls and buildings crashed, fire bolts coming out of the sky and the dark clouds smothering all over the town. The thunderous storm was actually a typhoon. A dark, vicious, angry typhoon.
Cars were being burned and people, alive! It looked like the end. The end of an era.
I watched as a gang of fellow vampires appeared from the distance, draining everyone's blood, dropping people dead one by one. A screaming woman ran past me, causing me to whoosh around to see the other crazy side. Kids dying and crying. More pain, more suffering.
When dark, bloodcurdling crimson eyes met mine and fangs drenched in blood were in full display, I took that as caution to run.
As I spun on my heel, I felt my right leg hold me back. I started at the ground to see my leg lowering down into the earth, like quicksand.
"Help!" I cried out, spinning around to see the vampire unhurriedly making his way over to me. I groaned, trying to force my foot out but that only made things worse.
I huffed, narrowing my eyes at the vampire laughing devilishly as he was only inches away from me. He licked the streaks blood dripping off his red lips. Then and there, I accepted my defeat.
I closed my eyes, waiting for the terror to kick in.
But when I felt nothing had come for what felt like forever, I flipped my eyes open, finding myself in a different scenery.
A warehouse.
No.
A dance studio.
A familiar dance studio but I didn't know why it was so familiar to me.
I noticed a dark bow and arrow with protective gloves laid onto the center of the ground. Identical to Alex's bows, I picked up the sheath of arrows and caressed them before they both just vanished before my eyes.
I furrowed my eyebrows as I scanned my surroundings. All I saw was my frightened, unaware reflection-self.
Mirrors. Mirrors. Mirrors.
I then approached one of the mirrors, only closing the rest move in. I looked different though no matter how I knew it was me. Dressed in a creamy white sundress and flats I noticed my body features. It was looking at a somewhat similar yet different version of me. Red cheeks with tints of freckles. Red lips, so thin. My hair was darker, almost like dark strawberry brown, a combination of strawberries and chocolate. I noticed that it was shorter, to my shoulders. My skin was fair, there was no change there but the most prominent change were my eyes.
They were a unique kind of emerald green, like my mother and father's meadow back at Forks.
As I pressed my hand against the mirror, I heard a soft, juvenile voice.
"Mom?" I heard the young voice call out.
I cocked my head to the side to see a younger version of me, looking up at me but really I'm assuming it was my mother.
"I don't have any friends." I whispered in my high tone.
"Honey, of course you do! You have Zafrina, your father and me…Jacob." My mother told me. My younger self understood.
"But I wish I had someone my age. Someone like me…"
"I've told you before my love. We can't give you a sibling!" Mom laughed. I giggled but only I really knew how bummed out by it. "Now, why don't you continue painting and show me afterwards?"
"Okay!"
Suddenly, the scenery shifted and I was now in a different room. My painting room back at Forks with a paint brush in my grasp and my eyes facing a canvas.
I frowned.
"Paint me something. Paint what you feel, baby." My mother's voice echoed in my brain.
I involuntarily found my hand going towards a paint before I steadily went to draw on the easel with the canvas.
As I was about to draw, a clamorous scream startled me, causing me to paint a long red strip on the canvas. I gasped as the paint resembled blood dripping to the ground and I finally dropped my brush only to see my hands covered in paint…
Or was it blood?
With a blink of an eye, I was back into destruction. I was in the middle of a war. In a pit of fire. A menacing laugh echoing in the background.
"Help me!" A girl screamed familiarly.
I spun around, trying to avoid the fire from overtaking my body.
"Jacob!" I cried out, my voice echoing. "Jacob, I'm scared."
"Don't be." I heard his calm husky voice call out to me.
"Nessie!" And then his voice changed, almost helpless and pleading.
Then I lost it. Tears streamed down my fair face.
"No! Jake!" I sobbed, turning and glancing around like some lunatic who's lost. I was lost.
"He won't hear you!" I heard Charles' familiar cunning laugh appear and then a series of familiar screams from the people I loved appeared.
My family, Felicity, Rea, Seth, Lizzie, Justin, Luke, Embry…Alex!
Out of nowhere, Charles appeared, consumed by fire as he stood in the air in his transformation, overlooking all the fury. His wings and his entire body was burning except his face. His dark, evil face.
"Look who I have?" He teased, gesturing to the bundle in his arms.
My first thought was it was Carter but Carter isn't a baby. Who was this child? What's happening?
"What's happening?" I asked, my eyes skimming through the room where I caught the sight of the Volturi in the background of all this fiery, horror and hellfire.
"Hell hath no fury like a lion's roar." He whispered to the baby. "Let's watch her die, shall we?" He pointed out, before looking up at me and throwing a large bolt of fire at my way.
I immediately jerked up, eyes widespread and sweat extruding out of my glands. I found myself in my bed.
It was just a dream.
It wasn't real.
My mom entered the room.
"Honey?" My mother questioned in concern as she came to my side quickly. "Are you okay? Did you have a nightmare?"
I nodded my head, rubbing my temples in frustration.
"It was nothing…" I lied.
"A nightmare is most definitely not nothing." She said to me. "Come here," She said, opening her arms out to me.
I immediately fell into her embrace like I did when I was younger.
"Oh, baby." She cooed. "I thought your nightmares stopped years ago but I guess not."
I felt tears fall off my cheek and onto the fabrics of her clothes.
"Do you want to talk about it?" She asked. I shook my head. "No. Okay. Well, let me tell you a secret. I think you might have inherited my nightmares from me."
"You had nightmares?" I asked.
"Every day since I found out your father was a vampire and more so when he left me alone for six months." She stated.
"I guess we have to blame it on dad." I joked non-humorously.
She chuckled. "What I'm saying is. It gets better. It always gets better if you talk to someone. You don't have to this minute but when you feel ready."
I nodded.
"Mom. How did you know you were ready to be with dad? I mean like the whole marriage, kids –well not kids – but when did you know dad was – I mean how did you know when you were ready to give yourself to him? Like all of you." I changed the subject almost completely to the point where you wouldn't think I just had the most traumatic dream of my life.
I just needed to take my mind off it because I still felt the chills of all the destruction, pain and…
"Probably the first time I met him. I knew I wanted to be with him forever but if you're talking about all the things young couples do well, probably when I was senior. I craved your father in many ways that were so intense –"
"Okay. I didn't ask for details." I laughed, wiping my tears. "I'm just curious when you knew you were ready."
"Your father wanted to wait till marriage but I was pretty annoyed and frustrated." She said. I giggled. "If you're asking because you're questioning your readiness, don't be. It's a beautiful thing to be in love and when you both feel it, nothing else will matter. I don't know if I answered you."
I smiled, curling into her again.
"We need to have more of these heart-to-hearts mom." I told her.
"We should. Call me up any time, 24/7." She said.
"Literally," I laughed.
She laughed. "Oh yeah, let's hope your dad isn't too busy with me."
"Gross! You two are the most embarrassing parents in the world."
"It's on the mug you got us for Mother's Day and Father's Day." She said.
I giggled.
… …
I woke up the next morning to birds chirping. I fluttered my eyes open and shot up, stretching my arms out. My cat hopped onto my bed, meowing and purring as he began kneading my body. I giggled as I took him into my arms and kissed his furry head before hopping off the bed and setting him down to open my drapes where I was met with the bright shine of the sun.
I made my way to my bathroom where I grabbed my toothbrush and toothpaste. I caught the sight of my groggy facial exterior in the mirror. I looked wrecked.
Takes me back to how I was two days ago when I had no idea what happened to Jacob.
Flashback
I waited and waited and waited to hear from anybody.
I did exactly what Jake told me to do and came as fast as I could. I told my family about what happened tonight – but left out the part where Jake and I almost had sex, of course – and they were out in seconds to help Jake out.
That was three hours ago! We heard nothing from them since then.
"It's going to be okay, baby." My mother said to me as she held my hands, calming me down as I sat shakily beside her.
"Mom! What if something happened to Jake when he ran after the scent! Mom I'm worried. What if dad couldn't find him?"
"Sweetheart, don' worry. They'll be here soon." She assured me but I could sense her nerves also on a high. "Hopefully," She added.
As if on cue, my dad and uncles entered the house.
I immediately emerged from my seat.
"Dad!" I said, running over to him. "Where's Jacob?" I demanded.
He sighed as he glanced towards the door.
Jacob entered the room in just his trunks. I exhaled a sigh of relief.
"Thank god,' I gasped out as I ran over to him, immediately throwing my arms around him. "Don't do that to me ever again."
He draped his arms around me in a brief hug before pulling away to look at the family.
"I'm okay. The scent got away." He said to everyone, slipping out of my grip on him.
"What was it?" Carlisle asked.
"Not sure. But it wasn't human though and I don't think it was a threat. It gave off a timorous aura, like it was afraid of something." Edward stated.
"It seemed to have been a case of being at the wrong place at the wrong time." Jasper said.
"Yeah it was." Emmett said, winking at me in a teasing notion.
I cleared my throat and uncomfortable curled into Jake's warm body, setting my hand on his hard bare stomach. He wrapped his arm around my body, pulling me closer.
"So it's nothing we need to worry about?"
"Not that we shouldn't worry about it. It's something to take cautions to but nothing we should bet on a threat." Edward stated, wrapping an arm around my mother's waist.
"But what is it is the question?" Rosalie said.
I furrowed my eyebrows.
As if like a major coincidence, a massive thunder roared from the dark skies causing me to startle out of nowhere.
"Looks like it's going to rain." Emmett mentioned in obviousness.
"What's up with the weather lately?" Bella probed.
"Yeah, it's to the point where I can't even predict when the weather will change." Alice said. "One minute it's hot and the sunshine's wide-open, the next it's cold and thunderous."
"Should we postpone the trip?" Rosalie questioned, although I didn't think she wanted to ask.
Carlisle and Edward gave each other a look before they both shook their heads.
"No. We need to find out more about what is happening to Carter. Your son comes first." Carlisle stated.
Rosalie just nodded. "I'm going to check how he's sleeping. He gets agitated when the weather changes."
And with that, she walked off.
Esme came into the room with two pairs of jean shorts and handed them to me.
"Seth and Embry are outside." She told me.
I nodded gladly and made my way to the front porch where I saw the two large gangly wolves crouching on the soft grass. I threw them each a pair each and they both began a purring competition which made me laugh.
End of Flashback…
I sighed, staring at myself in the mirror for a few seconds longer before I continued brushing my teeth. I consumed some tap water and gurgled it before presuming with a spit-take.
When I was done freshening up and making my bed, I got a morning call from Felicity.
"Hello, bestie!" She greeted as I answered.
I laughed, heading out of my room.
I descended the staircase with Felicity's voice blasting in my ear.
"Can you believe you're eighteen? You're officially legal to do anything! Omg! We could go to the club!" She squealed hyperactively.
"I think I still need to be twenty-one for that." I chuckled as shook off some bed fibers off my camisole.
"Oh!" She paused as I heard cars pass by in the background. "Well, it's not like we can't have fake IDs. Alex knows a guy!"
I giggled as I hopped off the final step and made my way to the kitchen. "Where are you this morning? You can't tell me you're eagerly heading to school!"
"Well I'm just about to grab some breakfast at Tiffany's before starting my day." She said.
"Breakfast at Tiffany's?" I asked. "That was a great movie for the record."
"Okay. It's basically just Krusty's Grill but I wanted to make it a little more fancier since well, you know me." She said.
"That I do." I said as I flipped the kitchen TV on.
"What are you planning on doing this weekend?" She asked out of the blue.
I frowned.
"Why?" I asked, not particularly liking where this was going.
"Well, I thought we'd both go to Jennifer's party." She mentioned. I sighed as I grabbed the Cinnamon Toast Crunch box from the pantry. "Look, I know you don't like her and you have issues but it'll be fun! Come on!"
I really didn't want to go but if Felicity wanted to go…
I sighed. "It's not that I don't like her, it's just…" I paused, deciding to change the subject. "You got any information on Ray Parker?" I asked.
I needed to sponge out every piece of information about Ray Parker after our encounter. There has to be a reason why he is what he is today. I mean, he lost his entire family and his wife and daughter and he was caught up in some legal drama when he was the face of every 'WANTED' poster for more than five years! It must be hard living in his world, I mean, it pretty much explains why he's totally cold but I still believed there was something else about him that nobody else knew, that he was hiding from the world, that was more
So I took it upon myself to dig in deeper and the only way I would do that is have different sources. Alex had been doing her part but I pursued help from Felicity who was practically a tech wiz and can hack into any information system on the web and it also didn't hurt that she was probably the smartest (undercover) girl I knew.
Obviously I had to bring her into this without making her suspicious of any supernatural aspects.
"Went missing for three years after his entire family was murdered by some Italian gang before returning to Beacon Hills' 'He killed two teenage boys' 'Has a mental illness which drives him to killing spree' Conspiracy theories: Murdered his own family, is an undercover superhero villain, he secretly died with his family and this is his clone. Crazy, right!"
"So basically all we know about him." I said, disappointedly as I poured some milk and sugar into my bowl of cereal.
"Yes! But that doesn't mean that all is lost. I still need to hack into the case files of the OWPD. I really hope I can get Wi-Fi though! Luke's sort of helping me out I mean since his dad's the Captain, and Luke's a mastermind when it comes to sneaking into places." She giggled as she talked about her best guy friend.
"Wait. Don't you think that's a little dangerous? I mean, what if you get caught?" I asked as I took the steamer off the hotplate.
"Please! I'm probably the best hacker in California!" She simply replied.
"Okay!" I simply said.
"Why are you so interested?"
"Um…" I said. "Just curious. I'm so into Forensics that I wanna throw up." I chuckled halfheartedly.
"You're weird." She commented.
I smiled as I took a seat on the island chair.
"Hey, Felicity!" I heard Alex's voice coming from the background.
I frowned. "Alex's with you?"
"Oh…uh…um…hmm…oh…yeah! Yeah! I'm meeting up with the girls for breakfast. We're just going to talk about things…" She said awkwardly.
I furrowed my eyebrows.
That's weird.
Why didn't they invite me? I wanna talk about things too.
"Oh!" I stated. "That's great I guess. What are you girls going to talk about? Boys, I'm assuming." I giggled.
"Oh uh…" She made a cracking sound. "I think the line's breaking. Can't talk. Network dying. I'll call you later!" She quickly said.
"But-" However, I couldn't even get a word out of it before she cut off the line by hanging up.
That's totally weird, right?
I sighed as I placed my phone on the counter and resorted to crunching on my cinnamon toast.
My parents entered the house a few seconds later, dressed in some travel outfits. Nothing safari type but you could tell they were dressed for a long trip.
"Morning," My mom said to me, kissing my cheek and pinching it. I rolled my eyes.
"Morning,"
"What day is it today, love?" My father asked my mom unknowingly.
"I'm not sure, Edward." My mom played along.
"Today feels important but I can't quite put my finger on it. Nessie? Any ideas what today might be?" He questioned in oblivion and nonchalantly.
"Ha ha, very funny you guys! I asked you not to make a big deal out of my birthday, not ignore it." I said.
They chuckled. "Just keeping it real, daughter." Dad said to me.
I shook my head and groaned disapprovingly. "Don't ever say that, dad!"
"What? Ain't that what the cool and hip kids saying nowadays?" He questioned.
"Don't ever say that again!" I warned.
He laughed, kissing my forehead. "Don't worry, peanut. Your father's too old-fashioned to fall prey to the latest slang circling around the globe."
"There's my dad I know and love!" I stated.
"Happy Birthday sweetheart." My mom and dad said in unison with bright, wide smiles.
"Good morning to my favorite Cullen's!" Jake's booming voice echoed throughout the house. I grinned widely as he entered the room.
"Sup, bells!" He kissed her cheek.
"Yes, Jacob!" She replied. "You smell less repulsive then normal? What's the occasion?"
I chuckled. "Mom," I rolled my eyes.
"Thank you. That means a lot! I see some grey hair and wrinkles, Bells. You should go check it out." He told her.
Bella growled. "I take it back, you stink."
"Oh! I am so hurt! Gah! You cut me real deep, Bells!" Jake said, clutching his chest. She growled and I just laughed at the pair.
"Edward," Jake said, patting his shoulder.
My father nodded back in response.
Jake grinned as he came up to me. He bent down to kiss my cheek.
"Hey, kid." He greeted, placing a plastic bag on the counter.
I smiled, wrapping an arm around his body. "Hi."
"Well, I guess we're going to love and leave you two and better head out." Edward said as he slung his bag on his shoulder and held his suitcase as my mom did the same, holding the plane tickets.
I pouted my bottom lip. "I'm going to miss you," I said, jogging over to hug them both.
They chuckled. "We're going to miss you too, peanut." Edward replied, kissing my temple before grabbing their suitcases.
My mother and I held onto each other for a long time though.
"Be good and be safe." She said, emphasizing the last part. I frowned as we pulled away.
She gave a distinct look that suddenly made me remember exactly what she was referring too. I looked her in the eyes and nodded my head.
Was she giving me permission?
"Jake. Don't make me regret leaving you with my daughter." Bella said.
"I promise your daughter's in good hands. Come on, Bells? This is Jake you're talking too. Your best freaking man!" He said with a confident laugh.
"Hey! I'm just being an amazing mother, thank you!" She joked. I laughed.
"Wow! We're leaving our eight year old daughter with her twenty-five year old boyfriend alone for three weeks. My daughter's life is in the hands of a guy named, Jake." Edward said.
I rolled my eyes. No need to make it sound like a crime.
"Hey!" Jake waved casually.
I shook my head. "I hope everything works out." I said to my mom.
"Me too," She replied.
"Please come back safely!" I said to them.
"Of course!" She replied as a honk of the car came from outside.
"We gotta get going, love." Edward said, giving me a quick kiss. "Love you, peanut."
"Love you, dad." I said to him.
"Okay. Don't be late for school, Nessie and stay out of trouble. Uh…here's a credit card for emergencies and specifically emergencies like getting the cat food." She told me as she backed up. "You've got a curfew, do not forget. We love you! Bye!"
I spun around to grin at my boyfriend.
He smiled the grin I fell in love with. "Hey," He said.
I hopped over to him.
"Happy Birthday babe," He said pulling out a small blueberry cupcake with a mini candle in the center.
I giggled. "Aww! So cute!" I mused, locking my hands together.
"This cupcake is the one cupcake that came out perfect after a batch of terrible ones." He said, lighting it up.
"Jake, you didn't have to do that." I said.
"Don't be so modest. I'd literally give you the whole world but somebody thinks that's too much to give. Pfft!" He huffed. I rolled my eyes at the tease. "Make a wish."
I gazed into his dark brown eyes for a long while, just amazed at the amount of love this man had for me and vice versa. I still wonder how we got together. It was just yesterday I thought my feelings for him were ridiculous and yet here we are, going absolutely strong. It was almost as if no one could break us apart and I hope it stays that way. I hope our love grows every single day of our lives. That's it. That's my wish! To be with the love of my life for all eternity and I'm so glad that's the road we're headed.
I sniggered before I moved my focus from him and onto the cupcake in his hands. I sucked in a deep breath before blowing out the candle.
He cheered. "That took you a while."
"I was just savoring the moment." I said to him. He grinned and implanted a soft kiss on my forehead before moving down to my lips. I locked my hands behind the back of his neck, pulling him down to me. He moaned as he wrapped his arms around my waist, drawing me into him.
I giggled as our tongues fought with each other.
"Mmm…" He hummed, licking the top of mouth before initiating the departure. "Okay, let's get you to school birthday girl." He murmured, fiddling with the waist band of my polka-dot pajama pants and lifting my camisole up slightly.
I felt my body shiver at his touch. "Um…yeah…" I said, tongue-tied.
He cackled, pecking my nose before letting go of me.
"I'll be hogging the TV while you get ready," He said to me, handing me my cupcake before turning around.
I scrutinized the way he walked. Confidence, masculine, unhurriedly…so sexy! I even analyzed the way he lifted his shirt to scrape his hard-rock stomach or the way he inserted his large hand into his khaki shorts. I even watched the way his muscled, toned butt moved which each step.
I breathed heavily, taking a bite out of my cupcake and heading to my room.
… …
We stopped by Starbucks to get some coffee before Jake drove me to school. Since this week was the thirteenth anniversary of 9/11 (too many terrible memories to even mention) the school days started two hours later so I get to spend two hours extra with my boyfriend for the whole week.
I turned down the radio and fixed my scarf. Jake grinned at me as he took a sip of his coffee but was unaware of the lid not being closed properly and spilling some coffee onto his khaki shorts.
"Dammit," He groaned.
I giggled. "Let me help you." I said.
"There's a cloth under the seat." He said.
I dug under my seat and pulled out a cloth he used to wipe his dashboard and I wiped some of the coffee of his shorts. I trembled when my hand ran over his manhood before quickly pulling away.
He chuckled. "Thanks." He said, grinning at me.
I blushed, dropping the cloth where I found it and staring at the road.
Jake chuckled. "Why are you so flustered?"
My blush deepened. "Don't make me say it."
"You touched my dick?" He teased.
"Stop it!" I shouted, covering my ears. "Oh god!" I cried, my face burning of embarrassment.
He just continued to laugh it off.
"It's not funny, Jacob!" I retorted.
"No it's not, it's hilarious!" He stated.
I glared.
"Okay! I'll drop the subject." His laugh simmered down.
"Thank you!" I replied. "You going to work today?" I asked him.
"Yeah, but I have to stop by the campus first to hand in my assignments." He told me.
I hummed. "How's college life?" I asked randomly.
"It's not like I'm experiencing any. I'm not part of a fraternity or anything but I'd like to think I'm a party animal." He said.
"Oh yeah, the worst." I muttered sarcastically.
"You don't think I can party?" He asked, feeling offended by my insinuation.
"Not when I'm around. You're a sweet angel with me." I told him.
"Maybe it's the association." He said with a teasing grin.
"I party…If I ever have the opportunity!" I stated. "Maybe I'm not as crazy as Alex but I'm close."
"Of course you are baby." He said, grabbing my hand and kissing it.
I rolled my eyes.
"Nahuel invited me over for dinner tonight." I blurted out him reluctantly.
His grin fell and he exhaled a sigh as he gripped onto the steering wheel even tighter.
"Oh, yeah?" He probed in lack of interest.
I smiled at his annoyance. "Of course I declined the gesture but he seems pretty insistent."
Jake chuckled. "He's obsessed with you,"
"No he's not. He's just being nice!" I justified.
"Then why did you say no to the dinner?" He questioned, raising an eyebrow at me.
I shrugged my shoulders. "I don't know. I knew you'd be bothered by it and I'd much rather spend my birthday with you."
He smiled. "If you wanna go, you can go." He said. "He is your friend after all."
"Stop it, Jake! I understand I was crazy with the whole Jennifer thing and I am aware that Nahuel has some feelings for me but I just think it's because I'm the only other female hybrid out there but I think it will pass [hopefully] and if go it might give off a wrong message." I told him.
"Hey, you don't need to explain Ness. I get it." He smiled.
I curved my lips into a smile and extended my hand behind his head, grazing my fingers into his jet black hair. I kneaded his scalp and looked at him for a while, just mesmerizing every feature of perfection of his face.
"I love you," I said to him.
He grinned was zigzagged as he planted his large hand on my thigh and rubbing soothingly.
"And I love you." He replied.
I simpered simply as soon as he pulled into the school parking lot of my school. He parked on the side and stopped the car, turning to me.
"You'll be okay?" He asked.
"Hours without you by my side, highly doubtful." I told him.
He sniggered, kissing the back of my hand.
"I'll be waiting for you afterschool."
I nodded.
He leaned in to kiss me tenderly and gently caressed my face before departing to lean his forehead against mine.
This was the sad routine we did when we knew we were going to spend hours upon hours apart from each other. We knew after this, only pain and separation anxiety will appear and I couldn't handle it anymore.
The warning bell went off suddenly, forcing us to break apart.
"Okay, I'll call you later." He said.
I nodded. "Bye," I said to him, opening the door and reluctantly slipped out of the car.
As I watched him drive off, the sick feeling in the pit of my stomach came like flying needles.
Yep! I hate school.
… …
Alex Mazzola
"Do you think Nessie will be okay with this? I mean, I hate to rain on your crazy, energetic parade but don't you remember the last time you threw Nessie a birthday party? Say a year ago?" I pointed out as I took a swallow of my vanilla milkshake.
The overly enthusiastic girl just shrugged her shoulders.
Felicity, Rea and I were currently having breakfast at Krusty's Grill. They had this really awesome Wednesday Breakfast special that we couldn't pass up.
Well, that I couldn't pass up. I was a total foodie and I could eat like horse or manatee or lion or…
"She'll thank me for it later. Plus, I'm not the one throwing the party so I'm out the slammer." She replied as she unrolled her spreadsheets.
"Who's throwing the party then?" Rea questioned as the wind blew through her hair.
"So…Jennifer has an older brother, right, and he's really hot and really into Renesmee." Felicity replied.
I rolled my eyes. "I'm guessing she doesn't like him back so he's trying to woo her by throwing her a birthday party…that she mentioned she didn't want like five times." I stated.
Guys like him, guys who try to hard make me wanna throw up. Could you be any more whipped?
"Oh, Alex! Don't be so negative! I think it's cute what he's doing for her."
Felicity added as she adjusted her glasses and read over her plan. "And god, if you met the guy…"
I rolled my eyes. "Oh good god yes! He so hot it burns my skin! I need to take a bath in milk." I said, wrapping a hand around my throat and pretending to choke myself to death.
Felicity sighed.
"I thought you had a strict 'No boyfriend rule' this year, Felicity. What happened to that?" I probed.
She didn't answer as she just kept her fixed on the spreadsheet. "Okay, so Nahuel's mansion is pretty massive so it can probably fit up a hundred to three hundred people."
"Nuhalualo, who now?" I demanded.
"Nahuel, oh, that's his name. Fancy huh? He's Portuguese-Brazilian…I think." She frowned as she adjusted her glasses.
"So, he lives on the upper east side of Oakland Woods. More on the vineyard side, omg! His house is amazing btws! So I guess I'll have to send out the locations. Okay! So the plan is to get the entire school interested in the party without Nessie finding out."
I furrowed my eyebrows, sipping my milkshake. "Don't you think Nessie will flip out when she finds out you went behind her back and threw her a party she never wanted?"
"Alex! Stop being negative, okay!" Felicity said in her signature high-pitched voice. "This party's going to be amazing and Nessie will appreciate it. And besides, Nessie likes it when everyone around her has fun and if she sees the entire school having fun…I mean, come on!"
I hummed, nodding my head.
"So I'm thinking of bringing in some French contortionists! Is that too over the top?" she said just as our waiter appeared.
I rolled my eyes and looked up to my brother in his ridiculous Krusty's Grill shirt and apron, carrying our breakfast.
"Breakfast for the ladies!" He said, reaching for the plates. "A bacon and egg sandwich for Rea."
"A croissant and a Wednesday Biscotti and Medium Americano special for Felicity." He said to the blonde.
"Thank you, Justin." She said with a smile. "You can just put the plate on the side." She said, taking the coffee from his hand.
"And finally a piping hot, spicy large Jalapeno burger with extra-extra chips and onion rings with plate of chicken wings and steam-fried potatoes and eggs with hash browns." He said to me as the delicious food travelled up my nasal passages.
"Mmm…" I hummed.
"That's your breakfast?" Rea questioned whilst Felicity gave me a disgusted look.
"That's like two thousand, five hundred calories of fats and carbs!" Felicity uttered.
I shrugged. "Hey! I love to eat! Don't judge. And no…no! There's some protein!" I argued, gesturing to the patty in my burger.
"Believe it or not, this is my slow day. I eat a lot more." I said, grabbing my fork and knife.
"She's not lying." Justin confirmed.
I smiled as I eyed my alluring meal but noticing something was missing.
"Where's my bagel?!" I demanded. "I specifically asked for a bagel!" I added.
"Oh, right. Sorry!" Justin said as he pulled out a saucer with bagel on it.
I grinned and immediately devoured it first. I love bagels! Bagels! I'd literally do anything to get a bagel.
"And a half caffeine, pumpkin slice Latte with no foam at 110 degrees." He told me as he placed the coffee in front of me. "On the house,"
I took a sip before hissing. "Hot!"
"Right…uh, enjoy!" Justin said with a smile identical to our dad's.
"Thanks, uh…Justin, would you like coming to Rens birthday party this Saturday? Gifts are mandatory and bring a plus-one."
"Oh! Um…does she want me there?" He asked, his face filled with hope and endearment.
"She doesn't even know about the party." I told him.
He frowned. "Remember last year's surprise party? I don't think she liked it."
"That's what I said!" I pointed out.
Felicity growled. "Do you want to go to the party or not?"
He smiled. "I'm sure Luke would love to go out since he keeps complaining about being stuck behind his bedroom door."
"Um…Luke's my plus-one so you gotta find someone else." Felicity said.
Rea sighed, as she lodged her mouth on her sandwich aggressively.
"Calm down there tiger. The sandwich ain't running way!" I laughed. "Or is it?" I asked, wriggling my eyebrows at my brother who groaned.
"It's been seven years, Alex! Could you forget about it? I promise you the bagel disappeared!"
"In your freaking stomach, you asshole! You stole my bagel, you bagel stealing…stealer! Admit it." I stated.
He rolled his eyes as he turned around and walked away.
"This is fun you guys! Just like old times." I smiled as I began chowing on my breakfast meal. Mmm…
"You know you have to pay for all of that, right?" Felicity pointed out.
"Of course but I'm using my $100 coupon to pay for everything." I told her as I crunched on my burger.
"Um…I don't mean to rain on your parade but the coupon thing was revoked like six months ago."
"Are you kidding?" I demanded. She nodded her head in sympathy. "Are you freaking telling me I need to pay for all of this myself? Where will I get that kinda money? Is the tooth fairy around, huh? Is there a pot of gold somewhere? If there's another fairytale story out where money is involved please tell me because I feel like I'm dreaming."
"Don't worry, I'll pay for your breakfast. Good god! Don't have a meltdown, you're starting to be like me." She stated.
"Thank you!" I laughed.
Lana Del Rey's 'Is it Wrong?' played in the background and I began dancing in my seat.
"This is my jam. Take notes you guys for my birthday! Go to playlist for Alex's Birthday." I said to Felicity who was jotting some notes down for Ness's party.
"Okay! So I need to shop for the party stuff on Friday and Saturday morning." Felicity said, eying her schedule. "You girls will help me, right?"
I shrugged. "Sure. It's not like I have a life or anything."
"I can't. I'm helping my brother move into his new apartment this weekend." Rea said.
"Your brother? How's he doing?" Felicity asked.
"Omg! For a second I thought you were going to say he's so hot he makes your eyes fertilized in one look." I joked.
Felicity blushed.
"He's good, I guess. A little weird. He's been going out a lot, not partying but just miraculously disappearing. He seems a bit lonely to me after six years away from us." Rea said.
Felicity and I nodded our heads.
Felicity changed the subject. "Jennifer postponed her party so we can host Nessie's. Bless her heart."
"How does she have everyone in the school in a trance? I mean I get that she's drop dead gorgeous and sweet as a candy but come on. I can see right through a person and that girl's not so sweet." I said. "You know what? I'm starting to think that bitch has superpowers!"
"You just don't know her, Alex." Felicity defended her.
"Oh, I know insecure little girls who are manipulative, fake and deceitful who are also wannabes, always think of themselves and steal their friend's boyfriends in order to fill their void of never being loved when I see them. They pretend to be sweet little cinnamon rolls in front of everyone and think that everything's roses and sunshine when in fact they're evil minions!" I stated passionately. "She's not one to be friends with. You're barking up on the wrong tree, Lecity."
"You're being extra right now, Alex." She said.
I gasped.
"I think you're bashing on her." She fired.
"Oh honey. I'm the Queen of Bash! And I'm proud! But I only bash because I love." I flashed a smile.
"I think I have to agree with Alex here, Felicity. She gives me dark, blaspheming vibes!" Rea said.
"Thank you!" I pointed out.
She rolled her eyes. "Whatever. She's been really nice to me and she tells me how much she wants to be all of our friends but she feels that she won't be accepted into our group."
"Damn straight! One thing we can agree on."
Felicity rolled her eyes again. "Alex…" She pleaded. "She's new here. Remember how easy it was to accept Renesmee? Why is it so hard to accept Jennifer? Just for one day!"
I sighed. "Fine. I'll play nice." I said, just to get her to stop crying.
"Thank you!" She said. "I'm going to the little ladies room!" She told us as she got up from the chair, smiling before walking off.
I forced a smile at her before glancing over to Rea. "What's up with your crush?"
"My crush?" She frowned.
"Yeah, your massive, annoying, obvious and weird and head-scratching crush on…" I paused as I felt the gag coming up. Oh god! "Luke Fitzpatrick?"
"What? No! I don't have a crush on Luke? That disgusting tool!" Rea said.
I raised an eyebrow. "Rea? You can fool your dog but you can't fool me!"
She didn't reply.
"My advice is just go for it. As much as I find it odd and utterly creepy that you find that scrawny specimen attractive but –"
"I don't find him attractive!"
"I think there's a person for everybody, so do it. Not everyone can look like Bradley Cooper."
"But isn't he in love with Felicity?" She questioned.
"Yeah but that's never gonna happen so…I'm pretty sure Felicity thinks of him as her gay best friend!"
"But he's not gay. Is he?" She asked.
Well…I do remember him talking about how hot the cast of The Bachelorette was once which made think he was gay.
I laughed. "Gosh, this is so cute!" I said. "How long has this been going on?"
"Since freshman year." She said.
My eyes were widespread.
"You know he still picks his nose right?"
"I find that endearing!" She giggled like a five year old girl watching a Disney princess on TV.
"Um…okay!" I muttered.
"But I don't know. He still hates my family because he thinks my brother killed his sister. I don't think he even looks at me that way." Rea said.
"Well he has to start because he doesn't have many options. I mean he doesn't have a line of girls just waiting for him to ask them out." I told her.
Suddenly, I got a text. I took my phone from the table and read the text.
"You think so?" She asked. I nodded my head.
Morning! How did you sleep? :)
- Seth
I snickered, gnawing my lip.
I'm still a little worn out from our night before if you know what I'm saying. I replied.
Oh yeah, me too. I didn't know you could do that.
- Seth
I can show you more of my moves tonight? Say around sevenish? I typed.
"So, what you talking about?" Felicity asked as she came back.
"Nothing much," Rea said.
Sounds good to me. Boxers or briefs?
- Seth
Briefs but I'd much rather prefer you commando. ;)
Ooh! I'll take that into consideration. Burger King or Blazin' Onion?
- Seth
Do you have to even ask? Burger King! Duh! I replied.
I knew that! TLC or Lifetime.
- Seth
Both boring but I guess, Lifetime. TLC has weird shows. I wrote.
Huh?! No! Kate Plus 8 and 19 Kids and Counting are awesome!
- Seth
19 Kids and Counting is cancelled.
What?!
- Seth
I laughed.
DC or Marvel?
- Seth
DC, obvi! Come on, we have The Flash, Green Arrow, The Atom, Superman/Supergirl, Batman, Wonder Woman, Justice League and the make the best TV shows out of them.
But we have Marvel box office blockbusters! Spiderman, Iron Man, Captain America, X-Men, Thor, Guardians of the Galaxy…uhm…*coughs* Avengers!
- Seth
Yeah, they're cool but they all die and miraculously come back like we get that you're superheroes but at least die an honest death you know! I told him.
I see your point. Wolves or dogs?
- Seth
Mmm…tough one. Dogs are cuter but wolves are more awesome.
Hell yeah they are!
Seth
I laughed.
Me or bagels?
- Seth
I gasped.
No!
Don't make me choose!
Oh god! Why? I can't choose! Um…uh…Bagels…no…you! Gahh! Screw you Seth!
*Laughs* XD. I know I'm your number one, baby! I can't wait to see you. I'm counting the hours, the minutes, and the seconds.
- Seth
I smiled. Even though it was a cheesy line, I couldn't help but feel somewhat stirred by it. Seth and I were slowly growing back with each other. It wasn't the same as before but in some way, the separation brought us closer.
All this time, I had no idea Felicity had been calling out for me.
"Hmm?" I asked.
"Who's got you so giddy?" She giggled as she snatched my phone from my grasp.
"Give me my phone back!" I snarled.
"Ooh…who's Seth?" She said as she read our texts and giggling to them. "Huh,
Seth. That's Mr. C's name!"
"Yeah, that's nice! Gimme my phone back!" I said, taking my phone from her grasp.
"So, the boyfriend thing was true. Btw, Statham? You could have come up with a realistic name like Chris or Chad." She told me.
"I'm not naming my boyfriend after one of your exes from middle school." He stated.
She rolled her eyes as she dug into her bag, pulling out a couple of weird things to keep in a purse like her dogs collar, last semester's report card, used hand cream, all the sorts.
"Why's all that in your bag?" Rea questioned.
"What's wrong?"
"You're hoarding!" I replied.
"Omg! I am obsessed with Hoarders!" She told us.
I shook my head at the blonde.
… …
Renesmee Cullen
I entered the hallways of OWHS, trying hard to ignore all the looks but glad I didn't receive any. Looks like people either don't know today's my birthday or they didn't care. Either way, good for me!
It was hard to say goodbye to my family this morning –and even harder with Jake even though it's a few hours. Three weeks without them will be tough to get through. Even though I've got Alice and Jasper, I'm sure they'll pretty much be with each other at all times. But I've got Jacob. In a way, I'm glad my parents are gone because that will give Jake and I a chance to be around each other more and maybe we can finish off where we left off that other night.
"Nessie!" Felicity squealed as she and Alex saw me making their way over to them. "Happy Birthday!" She laughed as she and I embraced.
I shushed her as I buried my chin in her neck. My nose came into contact with her skin and suddenly, her blood that was flowing like a waterfall opened up my taste buds and her scent travelled up my nose. This made my stomach churn and my throat to burn slightly. Her blood was warm and alluring, I could sense it and I…I wanted it.
I immediately pulled away from her, gulping in a heavy breath.
That's weird.
As much as I found human blood appetizing at times, I was always able to control it and hunting always helped so I don't know why I found Felicity's blood extra alluring today.
She smiled as she pulled out a birthday gift bag. I sighed, raising an eyebrow.
"Hey! It's in my blood to give gifts! You can't stop me from being generous."
Felicity told me.
I smiled. "Thanks," I said, quickly slipping away from her and hugging Alex whose blood I was able to resist.
"You're the oldest! Happy Bday grandma." She told me.
I laughed. If only she knew how old I really am.
"Where's Rea?" I asked as I noticed she wasn't with the girls today.
"She's probably out getting into trouble and graffiti-ng the field bleachers again as a sign of protest against the school board." Felicity said. I smiled as we both began walking down the hallways to our first class.
"Ooh! My lipsticks' smudged. Just give me a minute." Felicity said before running to the girls' restroom.
Alex suddenly pulled me aside. "So, how old are you really?" She asked inquisitively.
I inhaled deeply. "Eight," I replied.
Her eyes bulged and her jaw dropped. "Are you serious?"
I nodded.
"Wow! I thought you were a couple of centuries but - wait, you're eight? How is that possible? You should be an annoying toddler with some sugar issues." She said.
I giggled. "Well, technically I should be eight but since I'm half human half…well you know." I whispered. "My aging is faster than any normal person."
"Okay! So I'm confused. Do you still age? And how fast did you age a year?" She asked me.
"Well…when I was growing up, I aged another twelve-eighteen months each year. So in my year, I was two-three, and my second four-five and third…well you get it. And on my sixth year I kind of slowed down in aging until I completely stopped at seven." I told her.
She frowned. "So you stop aging at seven? Meaning, you never age after that?"
I nodded my head.
"Wow! Um…totally weird but um…wow!" She frowned.
I laughed. "Yeah, well, story of my life."
"It must have been awesome being ten one day and only wanting to watch Frozen and the next day you're twelve, wanting a phone." She joked.
"And surprisingly, that's what happened." I laughed.
"Okay so how's your eating arrangement? Do you like crave blood and food at the same time? Like some weird blood-with-cereal diet?"
"Nope! It's different. One day I want normal human food and the next I want blood. Since my entire family drinks blood, I'd much rather prefer that but when I'm with you guys or I'm with Jake I sort of alternate."
"Huh…" She said. I noticed a slight disapproval look on her face.
"I get it if you think it's weird and you're uncomfortable."
"No. No. I mean, I understand that it's not a lifestyle choice for you and your family and that you don't drink human blood but…I don't know. It's just confusing." She replied.
I cackled. "Believe me, I get it."
She smiled.
"Okay! Now that that's out of the way." Felicity said as she walked out. She adjusted her glasses. "Let's go to English!" She told me.
"Your fave subject!" I teased.
"Omg! I don't know what happened but I'm loving it this year! It's so awesome." She said as we continued making our way to our first class. "Oh, remember when I told you I come from a long line of clairvoyants and fortune tellers? Well! I got more information."
"That's great, Lecity." Alex replied with lack of interest.
Felicity rolled her eyes. "So, I got more information from my nana. She says that our Irish bloodline actually located certain St. Patrick!" She said. I frowned. "You know, St. Patrick's Day!"
"Oh, right! Continue!"
"And apparently one of great-great-great-grandmother's descendants will be a manifest her abilities. So I calculated things and I've narrowed it down to my second cousin Delilah's children because she's weird and all hippy like or my children which is highly doubtful because I hate kids." She said to us.
"Why would you want your kids to be clairvoyants?"
"Yeah and what is a clairvoyant anyway?" Alex asked.
"They're spirit mediums and seer's who can communicate in three different ways and factions. One, a medium clairvoyant can communicate with the dead and two, a mystic-shaman can view people's dooms, successes and penultimate futures." She told me.
"What's the third one?" I asked.
"A Pythoness, a sorcerer medium who encompasses magical powers that can stretch into different dimensions. It's usually a female who possesses the ability and she can source almost any power at her mists." She expressed. "That's where my grams stop explaining because she wanted me to do a bit more research of my own. Interesting right?"
"Okay! So what I'm getting is this Phantom, or Phenation or Phythapatoness or Megadoness or Kill-me-now-thoness or Unique-toe-ness or whatever…Is some sort of witch?" Alex asked.
"Nope! Not a witch. That's the common misconception and although they do possess similar qualities, a clairvoyant is much less power. Their abilities are limited except for the Pythoness where she can possess almost any power that comes her way."
Alex and I gave each other a look. "Okay! Totally weird." I said.
"Yeah, your nana's creepy to give you all this information, Felicity." Alex stated.
Felicity said. "Omg! You guys are so negative! Gosh! I thought you'd be a little more interested from the last time I told you but no. You just hate! Hate! Hate! Hate!" She said as she stomped dramatically into the classroom.
Alex just ignored her. "So did Jake finally deflower you?"
I blushed. "Almost," I said.
She snickered devilishly. "Ooh! Tell me all about it."
"We were having a picnic dinner date in the woods and things heated up to the point where we were both half naked. We were kissing heavily and it was strong and so right! Jake was so passionate and I don't know…I felt some sort of way, I can't explain it. It was euphoria but then everything fizzled when something interrupted us. I think it was some sort of animal or something. So we postponed it to another time."
"Aww! Damn! It was getting so juicy!" She teased.
I rolled my eyes as I took my seat whereas she took hers behind mine.
"Well, just to get you prepared for next time." Alex said, slipping in a condom into my bag.
I widened my eyes at her and she just grinned.
"Morning class," Mr. Worthington said in his thick British accent as he entered the class with his briefcase in his only hand and a large, ankle-length coat. "It's pouring out there isn't it?" He probed, setting the case on the table.
I stared out the window, watching the heavy rain and mist smother the windows.
"However, we won't let us stop our day. I hope you all completed all your Fall essay assignments because I'm just about to adjoin some more." He told us. Everyone else groaned. "I understand it's an inconvenience to you however it is not to me. I just grade your papers. This is senior year, young ones!"
"I didn't sign up for this!" one kid mentioned from the back.
"I want you to write a full 12-page research report on the book, A Mid-summer's Night Dream and review what you have found that perked your interest. To get you all started, I brought something with me." Mr. Worthington stated before pulling out a DVD of the book. "We're going to analyze every facet of the play. I need to warn you all, this doesn't mean you should stop reading the book because certain important details were taken out. You all wouldn't like to watch a five hour movie would you?"
Some agreed.
His eyes landed onto mine, fixing them onto me for a long while. He gave me the same distinct look he had given me ever since the first day of school. It was uncomfortable.
But I also considered the fact that maybe I was overthinking it.
… …
Thirty minutes into watching the William Shakespeare masterpiece and I was hooked.
Mr. Worthington was circling the entire room as we watched the room and when he reached me, he immediately halted. I frowned as I looked up at him to see him smiling at me.
"How are you liking the movie, Ms. Cullen?" He questioned.
I nodded. "It's good. I'm really enjoying it, Mr. Worthington."
"I am thrilled to meet your parents next week for the parent-teacher conference meeting. I have questions to ask them. One in particular, how they raised a wonderful, intuitive, intelligent young woman as yourself."
I chuckled nervously. "Thank you, sir."
He smiled. His eyes pierced through mine. I smiled back politely.
He nodded, patting my shoulder which stirred something weird inside of me before he continued circling the room.
I exhaled a breath I had no idea I had in me.
That was weird.
… …
Renesmee Cullen
After picking me up from school, Jake and I stopped by my house to grab some clothes of mine as I was going to sleepover at his apartment this week. What my parents don't know won't hurt them. Alice and Jasper will probably not notice I was gone anyway and if they did, they wouldn't dare tell my father because I have something against them.
I'm so conniving, aren't I?
This was a big step for Jake and me. I've always dreamt of Jake and me living together in the future. How he would be the first thing I saw in the morning and the last person I saw at night. I've always envisioned both of us either going to work or school or whatever in the morning only to rush home to see each other again later in the day. It was a beautiful sight. Us cooking together, us taking turns to shower (or taking them together), us doing those couple-ly things together. It's cheesy but I love cheese and I love Jacob!
"Gosh! I'm so excited to finally be staying over." I told him as he and I climbed up the stairs of the apartment building.
"Yeah?" He grinned sexily as he pulled his keys out.
"Yeah, I mean of course we're going to have the company of Seth and Embry but I guess compromising is part of being in a relationship. Oh and how epic would be with all the jokes you're all going to crack? I'm going to be laughing my brains out!" I laughed. "But I want to squeeze in some alone time though. Ooh! Maybe I could talk to Alex about you know getting Seth off our case and Embry's probably going to do whatever wants so…oh! Imagine all the things we could do? Bed-jumping, pillowtalk, we can watch old movies together without being interrupted and judged and –"
"Wow! You're really passionate about three days together!" He laughed. "You might as well move in." He joked.
I felt my stomach churn at that.
My lips curved into a smile. "Yeah…"
"Well I have a lot planned for tonight, b-day girl. You and I…alone." He pointed out as he unlocked the door. I blushed.
"Can't wait," I giggled.
The minute he opened the door, we heard roars of laughter reach our ears.
"And I retched all that beer and burger from the day before onto my brother. That was the best day of my life. I was thirteen." Alex mentioned, forcing Embry and Seth to laugh even harder.
"Okay! That calls for a drink." Embry laughed, bumping drinks with Seth and Alex.
"Babe, you probably shouldn't be drinking." Seth stated, a bit tipsily.
"Hey! I'm an adult! I'm eighteen!" She replied firmly. "In two months,"
"Leave the poor girl alone! I think she needs a drink! She's had a better life than we!" Embry laughed. "You're my kind of girl. The boys will love you."
"I hate boys." Alex said. "'Coz I'm way hotter than you boys!" She said drunkenly.
The boys laughed.
Embry looked up to see us standing there, being the first to acknowledge our presence.
"Hey, mommy and daddy are home!" He stated.
I giggled. "What are you guys doing?"
"Oh these two idiots and I played a game of Never Have I Ever and we started talking about our experiences of being drunk." Alex said, her arms draped around her imprinter.
"Ooh! You brought food!" Embry squealed, jogging over to Jake and snatching the Blazin' Onion bag from his grasp.
Jake growled. "Uh…we thought we would have alone time and that food was for us."
"Shame!" Embry muttered, already with a mouthful.
"Come on, Jake! Put a smile on grumples-scrumshins!" Seth teased as Alex planted kisses along his neck.
"Now we have an entire team to play Never Have I Ever!" Alex squealed. "Come on! Come on!"
I looked up towards my Jacob. As much as I was bummed out our plans were ruined, it wouldn't be a train smash if we hung out with our friends.
There's always tomorrow night. I thought to Jake.
He sighed. "Well, okay!"
… …
"Okay! Never Have I Ever took a whiz in washbowl?" Embry pointed out.
Seth, Embry and Jake took a sip of their solo cup beer. Alex and I gagged.
"Ew!" I said in disgust.
"That's disgusting. Really, Seth?" Alex demanded. He shrugged. "You're lucky I love you or I'd break urethra!" She added.
"Never Have I Ever try to almost burst my nuts with baking soda and Mementos?" Embry questioned before taking a sip of his drink.
Apparently he was the only one.
He pouted. "It was just me?"
"It's weird man." Jake said.
"Yeah, dude. That's messed up."
"Okay. Never Have I Ever cheated on three girls at the same time?" He tried again.
He took a sip, making it the second time he drank alone.
Or was it really…?'
"Embry, no one is as sick as you." Jake mentioned.
"Okay! Okay! Never Have I Ever caught my parents getting it on?" Seth questioned.
Seth, Alex and I gagged before we took a sip of our drink. I caught my parents once when I was eight to tell them my hamster died. I had two reasons to cry.
"You haven't seen your parents getting their freak on, Embry?" Alex probed.
"I never knew my dad." Embry said casually. The room fell silent. "Who's next?"
"Um…." Alex said, spinning the clock we used from the Twister box and it landed on her. "Okay. Never Have I Ever kissed my best friend?" She said, winking at me.
I blushed.
"Ooh!" Embry and Seth both grumbled as they focused their eyes on Jake.
I took a sip of my mimosa first and so did Alex.
"Who did you kiss Ness?" Seth asked.
"Um…" I muttered nervously. I gave Alex one look that I was sure sealed the deal.
"Alex?!" Embry blathered out, roaring into laughter. "Oh god! My gut! My gut!" He guffawed before stopping abruptly to think about it. "Actually that's kinda hot!"
Jake stared at me, grinning. "Is it true?" He asked.
"Well we were trying to make Seth jealous and notice Alex at the prom last year and well…you know." I said, shrugging my shoulders.
"It's been a while since I kissed a girl and kissing her was like really weird but awesome at the same time. You're lucky my friend." Alex said to Jake as ran her hands into Seth's hair.
I blushed.
"Jake…?" Embry raised her eyebrow.
He narrowed his eyes at him before taking a sip of his drink.
I stared at the ground awkwardly. I could sense Alex's eyes landing on me.
"Okay I need to know. This is juicy."
"Jake made out with Bella." Seth said.
"Nessie's mom." Embry emphasized.
Jake tightened his grip around my waist as I was seated on his lap. He was reassuring me. It felt good.
Alex's eyes bulged. "That is rich!" She burst into laughter as she spun the clock with different colors and it landed on her again. "Me again? Okay! Hmm….Never Have I Ever almost had sex in the woods?" She teased, raising her eyebrows.
My heart almost sank.
Omg! Omg! Omg!
Oh Mylanta!
Alex's teasing eyes were on me.
I gulped.
"I plead the fifth on that one." I told her as I shifted in Jake's lap.
Seth and Embry had peculiar eyes. Jake was staring at me with confused eyes.
Oh gosh! He's going to be angry I told Alex about our date.
I glared at her.
Alex! Why?
"Yeah me too." Jake said uncomfortably, his hands running over my thigh.
"Why? You got something to hide?" Alex questioned casually.
I cleared my throat. "Who wants more mimosas?" I questioned, hopping off Jacob's lap and heading to the kitchen.
"Me?!" Embry raised his hand.
Gosh! I'm so mortified. I can't even think about anything right now.
As I poured us some mimosa cocktails, Seth made his way over to me.
"Hey, Ness." He whispered, touching my elbow. I turned to him. "I never got a chance to thank you for talking to Alex about us. Fixing things up with her. It really means a lot. She's back to her old self again and I owe to you." He added as he glanced back at his laughing imprint.
I smiled, nodding my head. "You're welcome." I replied.
He and I hugged briefly before pulling away. I watched him run over to the living room to crack a joke.
It got me thinking of the dream I had last night. How could all the people I love, the people who are this happy actually suffer the way they did in my nightmare.
I hate to be morbid but that experience opened up my mind that I should definitely not take such friendship and love for granted.
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A/N: I hope you all enjoyed this crazy long chapter. I haven't been getting much sleep what with a crying baby so I thought I'd write this chapter with a little help of some major caffeine and ADHD pills (joking about the last part). The nightmare will play a huge role in the story and so will Felicity's storyline which will grow. The next chapter will be the crazy party. A lot's gonna go down so stick around.
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