Chapter 13: Seeing Red

Jacob and I walked slowly back to the party, “I wish we didn’t have to go back just yet,” I said softly. He smiled down at me and held me closer. “Come on, it will be fun,” He grinned. I rolled my eyes. I led Jake over to Sienna and introduced them, “Hi, she said and then she leaned over to me and whispered loudly “He is cute!” Jake laughed and Sienna continued, “I have heard so much about you.” I shot Sienna a look. Jake replied, “Well hopefully it was all good stuff”. Sienna smiled oh yes definitely good she just went on and on about you.” I cut her off, “Ok, thanks Si” I snapped at her as Jacob chuckled. Seth walked up looking down at his plate of food, “Hey Jake 당신 have to try this it’s really good” he trailed off mid sentence when he saw Sienna. His eyes got really big and he just stood there and stared at her for a moment. She did look stunning. Aunt Alice had leant Sienna a dark green 겉옷, 가운 that made her cat like green eyes pop. Her chin length hair was arranged perfectly and was adorned with a headband made of emeralds. Jake smiled at him and said, “Seth, this is Nessie’s friend Sienna. Seth smiled warmly at her. Sienna had a strange look 십자가, 크로스 her face and she answered “hi” breathlessly. “Um Jake can I talk to 당신 for a minute?” Seth questioned him and as Seth led him away Jake turned to me and kissed me on the cheek, “I will be right back.” I reluctantly let him go. Sienna stared after Seth, “He is adorable!” She murmured. “Do 당신 like him? I asked incredulously. “It is so strange, he seems so familiar to me she said I know this sounds stupid but do 당신 believe in 사랑 at first sight?” She asked me. I started to tease her and then stopped short as I realized what was happening, could Seth possibly have imprinted on her? Before I had a chance to analyze it further my father walked up to me, “Nessie some family has arrived 당신 should go say hi to them.” I followed him with Sienna the entire Denali coven was here. I was hugged 의해 Kate, Garrett, Eleazer, Carmen, and Tanya. They all commented on how much I had grown. “You look just like your father” Tanya murmured with a strange far a way look in her eyes. “Um thanks I said. “Thank 당신 all for coming” my father chimed in breaking the awkward silence as he placed his arms around my mother. She had the strangest look on her face but as soon I noticed it the look vanished and was replaced 의해 an inviting smile, “Please make yourselves at home.” Sienna watched the entire scene unfold. “Ness your whole family is gorgeous, she commented. I smirked “yea they are something alright.” “Who are all of those people?” she questioned. “Um cousins from out of state I said. “Hey lets go find the guys I suggested in hopes of changing the subject before she asked 질문 that I wouldn’t be able to answer. As we neared the front of the house I felt a hand grasp my wrist. I turned around expecting it to be Jake but it was Nahuel. “Oh!” I said in surprise, “Nahuel I didn’t think that 당신 were going to make it!” He smiled graciously but his eyes left me with a feeling of discord. “Of course I would come, why wouldn’t I?” I looked away, he was 연기 strange. I went to take my wrist out of his grip but he held it there. Sienna looked on in concern. “I need to talk to 당신 Renesmee. Sienna do 당신 mind leaving us for a moment?” He purred. “Actually I think I should stay right here,” she said defensively standing 의해 my side. It seemed that she was a very good judge of character; she could sense how uneasy I felt. “No Si, its ok, go ahead and find Seth, have fun I will be there in a minute.” She grudgingly started to back away and narrowed her eyes in Nahuels direction and then turned away and disappeared into the shadows. “Renesmee I get the feeling that 당신 are unhappy with me” Nahuel said softly all the while looking at me with a burning intensity. “My father was really mad about what happened in school, and quite honestly I am in 사랑 with someone else.” “With who? He asked smugly, the dog?” I felt myself getting angrier and it replaced the panic for a moment. “I don’t think it is necessary to be rude Nahuel, I am sorry and this is my fault, if 당신 are going to be mad at someone it should be me so just leave Jacob out of it.” He held my wrist tighter, “Nessie just give me a chance” he was pleading with me now. It was so odd how he could go from being violent and scary to reminding me of a defenseless little boy. “Look why don’t 당신 open your present and we can talk.” “Nahuel, there is nothing to talk about, we can be 프렌즈 but that is it. 당신 really don’t have to give me a present. I don’t feel right accepting anything from you.” He took a little jewelry box out of his pocket. “Here he told me, he opened the box revealing a pair of ruby earrings. “They are beautiful I told him but I really cannot accept them. He held my wrist tighter and growled, “Look I cannot just be 프렌즈 with you” his eyes were tormented as he searched for his words, “Nahuel 당신 are hurting me I gasped let me go, “Nessie run from me,” he said in a strange voice “get away from me now!” “I can’t I whimpered, “you’re holding onto me let go, please 당신 are scaring me” I stammered. Suddenly his eyes turned bright red just like in my nightmares and he pulled me closer to him a low growl erupting in his throat. The jewelry box was still in his hand he crushed it in his rage. Just then I heard Jacobs furious voice behind me, “Let her go, 당신 are hurting her” I turned to see Jake, my father and my Uncle Emmett standing there with vicious looks on their faces ready to attack. Jake got right into his face. “I said let her go NOW” he growled. He let go of my hand and dropped me, Jacob caught me before I hit the ground. “Jake get her out of here” my father growled “we will take care of him, my uncle Emmett snarled. I looked at Nahuel his eyes were no longer red he had this terrified look, “wait Renesmee, I’m sorry I didn’t mean it.” Something about the look on his face compelled me to feel badly for him, I tried to tell my father not to hurt him but Jake led me away. I heard my father in a very low growl tell him, “Get off of this property now, 당신 don’t look at her, 당신 don’t talk to her. As far as 당신 are concerned she doesn’t exist do I make myself clear? 다음 time around there will be no 초 chance.” Nahuel turned and vanished into the night. Jacob set me down delicately onto a chair. “I’m sorry I didn’t get there faster, if he harmed one hair on your body I swear I will kill him” he said furiously, just then he noticed my arm. There was an angry bruise on my wrist from Nahuel’s fingers. He started trembling and said “I will be back” “Where are 당신 going? I asked “I’m going to find him Renesmee.” I stood up and took his hand, “No, Jake please. It’s my birthday stay with me. Just forget about it, it was a misunderstanding my arm doesn’t even hurt it’s just a little bruise.” He gingerly lifted my arm up to my face, “Nessie this is not a little bruise,” he said soberly. He looked into my eyes for a moment and then let out a sigh, “ok, fine birthday girl 당신 are awfully persuasive” he joked. “But if he comes near 당신 again…” he warned. “I think he got the point Jacob” I said although I honestly had my doubts. Everyone came up to me then. My father kissed me on the head, “He’s gone, are 당신 alright?” Jacob showed him my arm and he growled, “I should have ripped his head off.” “Daddy I’m fine it was a misunderstanding.” “Listen to me Renesmee 당신 are to stay away from him from now on, do 당신 hear me? If he so much as looks at 당신 I am going to hunt him down.” I couldn’t help but feel badly something was going on with Nahuel… Aunt Alice ever the party saver chirped, “Present time!” Mine first” she bounced over to me and handed me a rectangular box from her and Uncle Jasper. I opened it and it was a little black purse. “This is nice thank 당신 guys” I said to them. Aunt Alice’s mouth hit the floor, “That is not just any purse, that is a Chanel 2.55 classic flap bag. Nessie it is THE Chanel bag, every girl should get one for heir sixteenth birthday” she sighed, “I remember when I got mine…” Aunt Rosalie rolled her eyes. She brushed past Aunt Alice and cut her off, “here Nessie this is from your Uncle Emmett and I”. I opened it up and smiled up at her when I saw what it was. “It looks just like your 목걸이 aunt Rose” “it is the same one” she said with a smile. It was the Cullen crest; everyone else in my family wore one. “No matter where 당신 end up in this world 당신 will always be a part of us” she said in a whisper. I blinked back a tear and thanked her and my Uncle Emmett. The 다음 gift was from my Grandparents Carlisle and Esme they gave me tickets to go to South America to visit Zafrina, I smiled at Jacob and placed my hand on his cheek picturing us there together he smiled back at me and my father cleared his throat and narrowed his eyes at me. I thanked my grandparents I was so excited to go see Zafrina! The Denali coven had chipped in to pay for the rest of my trip to South America, including the hotel accommodations for two. I thanked them all and smiled at Jacob. The 다음 gift was from my Grandpa Charlie and his girlfriend Sue Clearwater, it was a digital camera, “I never get enough pictures of you” He grumbled I laughed and kissed him on his cheek. Sienna walked up to me with Seth following her like a 강아지 she handed me a package wrapped in tissue paper. It was a charcoal drawing of me in the moonlight leaning against a wolf. I gasped and Jacob looked at it closely as well. “Si, it’s beautiful! I exclaimed, what made 당신 draw this? I asked curiously “I had a dream about 당신 chasing a wolf” she admitted shyly looking at the ground. 당신 looked so beautiful I had to draw it.” My mother looked at me inquisitively yet I never had told Sienna about Jake’s secret. Odd. I hugged her, “it’s wonderful I 사랑 it, make sure 당신 sign it since 당신 will be a famous artist someday” I joked. She snorted. “Happy Birthday Ness she said. My mother came up to me 다음 and handed me a scrapbook that she had made of pictures of my whole life. Another tear fell, I shot her a meaningful look and mouthed “thank you” she mouthed back “I 사랑 you”. I quickly put it away before Sienna could see it. My father was the last one; he walked up to me with a sad look in his eyes. He handed me a small box inside was a silver bracelet with a diamond heart. I immediately became choked up it was identical to the bracelet my mother wore. “Wherever 당신 end up in this life 당신 will always have a piece of my heart.” I hugged him and whispered “thank 당신 daddy” low enough that I knew Sienna would not hear. I thanked everyone and then walked up to Billy Black, Jake’s father. “Thank 당신 for coming and thank 당신 for the beautiful 목걸이 당신 let Jake give to me. It means so much to me.” Billy smiled at me with his kind, wise eyes, “my wife would have been happy to pass it down to you, I loved her so much Renesmee. I know Jacob feels the same way towards you.” I hugged him and then Aunt Alice whisked me away to keep the party moving. She had me dance with my father first. Our conversation was whispered so that Sienna couldn’t make anything out. “Nessie, I can’t believe how grown up 당신 are. Where is my little girl?” “I will always be your little girl.” I looked down for a minute, “So I suppose 당신 heard everything that Jacob and I were discussing earlier” My father looked at me with his most angelic face and said, “Of course not I was respecting your privacy” I stopped dancing and stared at him. “Ok, yes I did” he said as the corners of his lips turned up he continued our waltz. “And?” I asked. “And… I suppose I will have to get used to the idea that I am not the only man in your life.” I smiled at him, “I 사랑 당신 daddy” “I 사랑 당신 too. Jacob is a good guy I know that he cares about you, but just take it slow please for me” he said with a soft smile. I laughed at him as the song ended I kissed his cheek. Uncle Emmett was 다음 he twirled me all over the dance floor so fast that I couldn’t breathe. He had me laughing the whole time. I noticed that Seth and Sienna had been dancing together the whole time they were in their own little world. I danced with my uncle Jasper and my grandfathers and then I finally felt my 가장 좋아하는 arms around me. I took a deep breath and inhaled his scent as I happily laid my head on Jacob’s shoulder. “Tired princess?” He joked. “So what is going on between Seth and Sienna?” I asked him, “It appears that Leah is the only one left who hasn’t imprinted. He said with a playful smile.” “Seriously?” I asked “Seth and Sienna?” He nodded. “That’s perfect I said with a sigh Jacob continued to twirl me around the dance floor. It was so beautiful the dance floor was outside and all of the trees were covered in lights. “So, what does your father think about us?” Jacob asked. “He is surprisingly ok with it,” I replied “I’m sure Nahuel helped him in that revelation. He just wants us to take it slow” he pulled me closer to him and leaned down to brush his lips against mine, “Is this slow enough” I kissed him back and nodded my approval. “So how was your birthday?” “Perfect I replied I just want one 더 많이 thing. “Greedy aren’t we?” He teased.” And what would that be? He asked me “I want 당신 all to myself, let’s go for a walk” I told him, he took my hand and we started to walk off towards the woods again. All of a sudden the feeling I had this afternoon returned and I got really dizzy. I felt myself falling, “Jake” I said weakly. I heard the terror in his voice as he yelled, “Rename!” Then everything went black