Semper Fidelis

RENESMEE

I woke up to the buzzing of my alarm clock. I quickly shifted myself out of Jacobs arms and stretched over to turn the alarm off before it woke him. I turned back to see him still sound asleep. I smiled and kissed his head before climbing out of the bed. Jacob and I have been together for just over forty years now but it still seemed like yesterday that I used to play with him as a child in my backyard in Forks, Washington. We now lived on the out skirts of Vancouver, Canada. Jacob and I had our own house but we often went to my parents' house only a mile away. My mom and Dad were both doctors in a big hospital in Vancouver. I didn't pay attention much to their jobs, they enjoyed it and it made them happy to help people so I was happy too. I've repeated school four times in the past forty years and after a while I got bored. However my mom said she wanted to take a break from the hospital and that we didn't spend enough time together anymore so she suggested we enrol in the nearest high school and repeat it once more. I agreed, I wanted to spend more time with her too.

Today was our first day. We were starting in the ninth grade. I walked over to the bathroom and took a shower. I let the warm water fall onto my body. I stood there for what felt like thirty seconds when I heard a knock on the door.

"Ness, Bella is here," I heard Jacob say.

"Okay I'll be out in a minute," I said to him and turned the shower off.

I got dressed and went to greet my mother who was making Jacob breakfast in the kitchen. I laughed.

"That's normally my job," I said to her and walked up to greet her. She turned around and hugged me. I took a deep breath and inhaled her sweet scent.

"Thought I'd give you a day off," she said and smiled at me; I smiled back and walked over to Jacob. He pulled me onto his lap and kissed my ear.

"So what's the story?" Jacob asked us.

"I am Renesmee Cullen... again," I added, I was now Renesmee Black, I had been for many many years. It was weird to hear my old name. "Bella is my twin sister and we were adopted by the Cullen's blah blah blah, I know the story," I grinned. My mom laughed. My hair had darkened over the years. I still had the red in it from my father but I looked more like my mother now, we often passed as non identical twins.

"And?" he said pulling me closer to his chest.

"I have a boyfriend called Jacob and I'm totally off the market," I laughed. He smiled his finger running over my wedding ring on my left finger.

"And don't you forget it" he said proudly and kissed my head then finger.

"I only belong to you," I whispered and turned around to kiss him. We had married when I was officially eighteen, I knew I belonged to Jacob from childhood but I wanted to give my parents the full eighteen years they would have had if I had been born human. Jacob and I had discussed marriage with my parents in my eighteenth year and were married before I was nineteen, my father insisted it had to be done right. So it was.

"Eh hum," my mom said from the cooker.

"And to my parents," I chuckled as I pulled away from Jacob.

"After fiftey years you would think they'd let you go wouldn't you," Jacob said.

"It is rather sad," I teased.

"I agree," Jacob played along. I peeked over to my mom who had her hands on her hips frowning at me.

"Momma I'm kidding!" I chimed. She smiled at the use of my childhood name for her.

"I know you are nudger," she said and handed me and Jacob a plate of eggs each. His was a lot bigger than mine. I quickly ate my eggs and kissed Jacob. Then we left in my mom's vintage Porsche. She got it not long after I stopped growing and had kept it ever since, she didn't seem to like new cars. With the help of my mechanic husband and aunt Rosalie it was kept in the best shape possible. They owned a company together now, they had several automobile repair shops all around the country. They worked oddly well together considering they used to hate each other.

We arrived in the school parking lot and as soon as we stepped out the car the students stared at us. My mom chuckled and linked my arm in hers. We walked across the parking lot and just before we reached the main entrance a boy of around seventeen stepped in front of us.

"Hello, I am James. Welcome. Is this your first day or are you visiting?" I felt my mom tighten her grip on my arm when he said his name.

"Hello James, My name is Bella and this is Nessie. We are starting the ninth grade today," my mom replied politely. I smiled at him.

"Oh well I'm in tenth but I will be happy to escort you around if you like," he said with a huge smile on his face. He couldn't take his eyes off my mom.

"We're fine thanks," I snapped at him and dragged my mom to the door.

"That was rude Ness," she hissed.

"He was staring at you way too much for my liking," I hissed back.

"It's natural for men to be attracted to us Renesmee you know this."

"Yeah well, let's avoid dad ripping human boy's heads off on the first day shall we?"

She laughed and we walked up to the main desk.

"Hello, I'm Isabella Cullen and this is Renesmee, we are new students here," my mom said politely to the secretary.

"Oh yes, of course. Here you go dear. This is your timetable and a map of the school," she said and handing my mom some papers. "And the same for you," she said to me and handed me identical copies. We thanked the woman and walked off to our first class.

"Hi,"

I turned around to see a tall lanky dark haired boy standing behind us. I smiled at him.

"Hello," I said.

"Hi," he said again and smiled. I waited for him to say something. He didn't he just stared at my face.

"May I help you?" I asked.

"Erm yes. I am Tom. I was wondering if you and your sister would like to go to the beach with me and my friends this Saturday?" he asked confidently. I had the impression he was never turned down in this school. Oh well there is always a first.

"I am sorry, my sister and I are not available that day," I said to him remembering to stay polite. He frowned.

"What about Sunday?"

"I am sorry, no thank you," his frown got deeper.

"Are you single?" he asked rudely.

"Erm no I am not and neither is my sister," I said returning the rudeness in my voice.

"Oh. Never mind then," he said and walked away. He muttered "sluts" under his voice and I had to use all my strength not to go over and shout at him. Just because we were taken it didn't make us sluts. I don't think he was old enough to know the meaning of the word. My mom and I were quite the opposite. We had been with our husbands for decades and never kissed another man since. My mom laughed at my side.

"Looks like we are going to be getting a lot of that," she said. I nodded.

"Looks like," I muttered as we entered our first class. We had rang up and made sure we had all our classes together, first was English. We walked up to the teacher at the front of the class.

"Good morning girls, can I help you?" said the very tall, blonde haired woman.

"Hello, I am Bella Cullen, this is Nessie." My mom said.

"Ahh yes of course. I am Miss Kingston. Take a seat," My mom and I hurried to the back of the class to the spare seats. Everyone's eyes were on us. "Okay class. Today we will be starting a new book. You have three weeks to read it. We will be discussing many topics linking the book so it's important you read it thoroughly in order to take part in the discussion." Miss Kingston began. She then pulled two dozen books out of one of the cupboards and started handing them out. Wuthering Heights. My mom squealed excitedly next to me. I turned and laughed at her. She shrugged and took the book from the table. She began inspecting it.

"You don't even need to read it. I'm sure you have the entire book memorised," I whispered quietly to my mom as Miss Kingston continued with the class. She shrugged.

"I do, but it's always fun re-reading," she smiled. I laughed at her; sometimes I forgot she was only a teenager herself. I always saw her much older. English went past in a blur. My mom and I walked to our next class. Earning stares from every boy we passed and even some glares from the girls.

The day went by really fast. It was the end of the day and my mom and I made our way out to the parking lot. We saw Jacob and my dad standing by the car waiting; I smiled widely at my husband.

"Renesmee! Bella!" I heard from behind me, I span around to see Elliot, a boy we had made friends with.

"Hey Elliot," I greeted him.

"Hi," he smiled as he caught his breath. "I was wondering if you wanted to go out with me and the rest of the gang on Saturday?" he asked.

"Sure!" I replied for us both.

"Great!" he replied with a lot of enthusiasm, smiling widely at me. I smiled back. He continued to stare at me.

"Okay Ness, let's go!" my mom said tugging on my arm. I turned my attention to my mom and followed her over to the car. "I know you were just being friendly but in front of your husband?" my mom whispered before parting from me and walking over to my dad. He kissed her forehead and pulled her into his chest. I walked over to Jacob smiling, he had an annoyed expression on his face. I patted his cheek for his attention. He looked down at me and his face melted into a smile. I reached up and kissed his lips gently.

"Hey," I said.

"Hi," he replied pulling me into his chest. "Who was that guy?"

"A friend."

"I don't like him," he said, I chuckled pulling back to look at him.

"I love you."

"Love you too, but really that guy… I don't like the way he looked at you."

"Oh calm down. Forty years and you still get jealous? I am yours, forever will be. Completely. I will be always faithful to you alone," I reassured him; he smiled and kissed my lips.

"Too right," he muttered against our kiss. "Mrs Black," I smiled.

"Eh hem. On school grounds I'm Miss Cullen."

"You will never be Miss Cullen again," he said kissing me again.

"Not officially. No," I said and giggled as he placed his hand on the small of my back pulling me closer to him. I pulled away to look at my parents who were watching us with a smile on each of their faces. I smiled back at them and took Jacobs hand. We all climbed into the cars and headed home.

"What's for dinner babe?" Jacob asked me as we all walked into mine and Jacob's house.

"You'll have to wait and see wont you?" I asked him, he sighed and followed my father into the living room.

"Would you like me to help you?" my mom asked.

"Sure if you want," I said to her and she appeared in the kitchen next to me.

"What are you making?" she asked.

"Pizza."

"Homemade?"

"Always," I grinned; she smiled and helped me get the ingredients out of the cupboards.

"Momma! We're home," I heard from the porch. I grinned and walked out of the kitchen. My beautiful baby girls, Mackenzie and Charlotte came running up to me. My Aunt Rose and Uncle Emmett walked in behind them; Emmett was piled up with pink and purple bags.

Mackenzie and Charlotte were twins. The only children Jacob and I had. I had stopped menstruating only a month after they were born, so it was impossible to have any more. They were both eight years old now. Why Jacob and I waited so long to have children I didn't know, the time was just right, and just in time too.

"Did you have fun at Aunt Rose and Uncle Emmett's?" I asked. The girls had stayed there for three days. Jacob and I often let Rose and Emmett take them for the weekend. My parents, Carlisle and Esme and Alice and Jasper also took turns in having them every now and then too. They nodded at me.

"Did I hear my girls come in and greet mommy before daddy?" Jacob said playfully as he came out of the living room. The girls giggled and ran up to him. He pulled them into his arms, picking both of them up. I smiled; I often thought they both looked like Jacob the most. With their dark hair and russet skin tone, the only resemblance that I noticed with me was their curls and their perfectly shaped faces. The one thing I loved most was that they were more human than vampire or shape shifter. They grew at the normal pace. I was pregnant with them for eight months, the only reason the pregnancy was cut short was because they were twins and my labour day came a little early. They didn't live on blood, they didn't show any abnormality. The only thing they had was their exceptional beauty and the fact they are slightly faster than normal kids their age. Other than that they were perfectly healthy little girls, and they were mine. I felt my dad wrap his arm around my waist and kiss my temple, I smiled and rested my head on his shoulder as we watched the girls climb and play on my husband. Jacob put the girls back on their feet and we all walked into the living room. Charlotte and Mackenzie walked over to the middle of the floor and sat down; they began talking to each other rapidly. I felt familiar warm arms thread around my waist and kisses on my shoulder. I smiled as I watched my daughters talk and play; Jacob kept kissing me until he reached my ear.

"I love you," he whispered quietly.

"I love you too Jakey," I replied just as low, I felt him smile against my face and spun me around into a passionate kiss.

"Ew! Daddy mommy! Stop," I heard Mackenzie moan from behind us. I giggled as I pulled away from Jacob; I turned around to see our daughter standing right behind us.

"It's what mommy's and daddy's do."

"Not in front of their kids they don't," my Uncle Emmett muttered. I scowled at him playfully. He just grinned so I rolled my eyes and looked back down at my daughter.

"Sorry baby," I said to her. She giggled and ran back over to her sister.

"I really do love you," Jacob whispered back in my ear. I looked up into his perfect face.

"I know," I whispered with a smile and stood up on my tip toes so my lips could reach his in a sweet kiss.