I flipped my cell phone out of my purse. Okay, you’re not supposed to drive and talk on the cell phone. I dialed home. It rang three times before my mother picked up.

“Hello darling.” She purred into the phone. I smiled at the sound of her voice.

“Hello, Mommy.” I responded

“Are you still at Jacobs’?”

“No, I am on my way home.”

“Oh, I would have thought you would stay longer.”

“He had something he needed to do.”

“Oh.”

“Hey, is daddy there? I need to talk to him.”

“No, he is out hunting with Jasper, Emmet, and Carlisle.” I could not believe my luck. No Daddy or Jasper. My heart sped up with excitement. How lucky could I get? I silently wondered if it was all moving to smoothly or when my luck would run dry. God tends to frown upon lying to one’s family.

“Oh” I responded because I should.

“You could call him on his cell, I am sure he would answer.”

“No, that is all right. I’ll call him later.”

“Are you sure? He loves to hear from you.”

“No, it is not important.”

“If you insist.”

“Well, Mom, I’ll be there soon.”

“How soon?” My mother can be so nosy, maybe it because she is very protective.

“Fifteen to twenty minutes, tops.”

“Be safe.”

“Don’t worry, I will be.”

“Don’t speed.”

“Bye, Mother.”

“I love you.”

“I love you too, goodbye.”

“Call me if there is a delay.” I wondered how many times I was going to say goodbye before I just hung up on her.

“Don’t worry I will, goodbye.”

“Alright, goodbye.” I hung up before she could say anymore. The drive home was normal. Driving down the road that followed to my house winded and curved and so did my thoughts.

Before I got within vampire hearing, I worked on the steps to slow down my accelerating heart beat. If my heart or even breath was to fast my vampire family would pick up on it. They might not suspect eloping, but a huge make out session with Jake or a fight with him. They might assume I was lying about something. If any suspicions strike them , they would keep me grounded there until my father came home to read my mind, it if that happened I was screwed. Breathe in out, in and out, slow and steady. I listened as my heart rate slowed to its normal heart rate.

I pulled in to my house at exactly 16 minutes from my phone call to my mother. When I reached the door, the adrenalin bloomed like a flower in my chest. I tried to calm down my heart and my breathing. Before my heart was calmed down, my mother swung open the door which scared me half to death.

“Mother!” I shrieked.

“I was worried, you were…”

“Completely not late.”I finished for her. My mother always gets like this when my father goes away. She would relax once I was safe in her arms. It seemed she never got over the whole kings of vampires’ visit. My mother opened her arms for a hug and I willing stepped into them. She squeezed me tightly.

“I just don’t want to lose you.” She whispered into my ear. How ironic, because that is exactly what’s happening. I could say no words but reassuringly hugged her back instead.

“It is all right mummy.” I said awkwardly.

“I know,” she said as we pulled away. Her solid cold hands still rested on my shoulders. She stared at me for a few seconds. “You are so beautiful honey.” She sighed. I smiled back at her.

“You are prettier.” I responded.

“It depends on who you are asking.” She shot back. I stared at her topaz eyes, I had no idea what she meant.

“Like who?” I asked in confusion. Worst part is that she just laughed at me. Her, Leah and Jacob were making a trend of that. Maybe it was “National Laugh at Renesme Day.”

“Well if you ask your father he will say I am the most beautiful, but if you ask, well, let see… Jacob…”

I cut her off.

“I get your point.” I paused for effect. “It did not always used to be that way.” My mother openly gaped at me. She did not expect the words the words that went tumbling out of my mouth.

“Yes, but people change. Change of interest, change of opinion, change of heart.” She responded firmly. She walked towards the dining room with graceful ballerina steps. “Now are you hungry- we could go hunting, only if you wanted to.” Way to change the subject Mom. I went along with it because it would be easier. I followed her into the dining room.

“No, I ate at Jacob’s.” My mother raised an eyebrow at me.

“Jacob cooks?”

“Yea, the famous Black spaghetti.” My mother burst out laughing. I smiled and laughed lightly with her, it was more of a nervous sigh. She sat down at her place at the table. I continued to stand. Silence filled the gap between her and me. I let it sit there before I opened my mouth.

“Mother?”

“Yes?”

“Could I spend a week or two at Leah’s?” She saw right through my lie- I know it. I felt my heart was speeding up in pace and the whole pack of butterflies found their way into my stomach.

“Why?” She asked with her ‘mother skeptical’ look burning a hole in my face.

“ Well… I want to, ya know… get to know Leah better. She can be nice, sometimes.” I stumbled over my own words. My mother added a raised eyebrow to her look. I foolishly continued. “We wanted to go shopping. Leah has a million gift cards that she still needs to use.” I stopped, there was no point on continuing my babbling. I could hear my heart pounding in my ears. It was so loud I could not her my own thoughts.

The silence ate a whole throughout the air. She continued to stare at me. I could tell she was thinking. Suddenly her face softened.

“Darling?”

“Yes?”

“Are you nervous?”

I paused, not sure what to say. I could lie but she would see right through that and might keep my grounded here. I could tell the truth but that might raise unwanted questions.

“Yes.”

She smiled brightly up at me.

“Oh honey…” She stood up to embrace me. I numbly took it. She rubbed small circles around my back. “Don’t ever be afraid to ask me anything.” I think I need to catch up with what just happened. Okay my mom thinks I am nervous about asking her to spend a week with Leah? I gonna take this and run with it.

I took a deep breath as I pulled away and looked straight into her eyes.

“I know you guys don’t trust Leah all that much, but Jacob and Seth will make sure she not such a nasty person to me.” I hope this works.

My mother pondered this for a moment. Then she smiled at me.

“I know they will take care of you.” She pulled out her phone. “Let me call your father. I’ll be back baby.” She walked out of the house into the backyard and zoomed into the forest.

DRAT! She went out of my ear shot. I waited patiently, okay not. I swear I treaded a trail into the dining room floor. What would happen if my parents caught on? Would I ever be allowed to see Jacob again? Would they ever trust me or Jacob again? How long would I be grounded? I stopped myself before I got too far. I was just going to freak myself out. I tried to think about something else. Cupcakes… Unicorns…magic…Xbox…kitties…wolfie poos…bears… I really need to stop hanging around Emmett.

My head shot out of my… thoughts as my mother came through the door. She handed me the phone with the cat smile ‘I just ate the canary’. I took the phone and held it to me ear.

“Hello?” I asked

“Darling are you sure you want to do this?” My father’s angelic voice came flooding in to my ear.

“Yes” I tried to sound firm, but no guarantees.

“No spending the night at Jacob’s”

“Of course not.”

“I mean it, if I some much as catch a hint of foul play you are ground for LIFE.” Gee Daddy, way to make me nervous.

“I understand.”

“You have to call three times a day to check up with us.”

“I would not expect anything less.” He sighed deeply into the phone. The short pause filled my up and made my heart speed up.

“Daddy?”

“You can go- have fun- make friends with Leah.”

“Really?”

“Yes, now go and pack before I change my mind.”

“I love you- thank you so much!”

“Make sure you thank your mother.”

“Oh I will, and Daddy?”

“Hmmm?”

“Don’t act like you and Mom aren’t going to have ‘fun’.” His musical laugh filled the phone.

“I love you Daddy.”

“I love you too, don’t do anything with Jacob that you would not want me to see.”

“Bye.”

“Good bye”

I got off the phone just see my mother hang up the landline. I grabbed her into a tight hug.

“.”

“No problem honey.”

Everything was going to plan so accordingly that something had to go wrong.

“Who were you calling Mommy?”

“Alice- I thought you could use help packing.”

DRAT! DOUBLE DRAT! TRIPLE DART!... I am so screwed.

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