Perfect Day (After Breaking Dawn)

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Renesmee Cullen

I slipped into my favourite purple bikini and examined myself in the mirror. Noticing the tangled mess on top of my head I reached for the hair brush and tried to pull it through the mess. After a few minutes I was successful. I ran down the stairs and out to the pool. Jacob, Emmett and Jasper were all splashing around in the water while Rosalie sat on a day bed soaking up the unusual sunny weather, throwing shards of light over the white pool tiles. I dipped my toes hesitantly into the ice-cold water. I quickly retracted my toes and went to sit by Rose.  “Oh come on Nessie it’s not that cold!” yelled Emmett.  

“I think you’re forgetting that I’m half human Emmett!” I yelled back in the same taunting tone. I settled into the daybed next to Rose and watched as Jacob stand in the end of the pool furthest away from us with his long, strong arms spread along the edge of the pool coping.

I got so wrapped up in staring at the amazing boy that somehow I got call mine, that I didn’t even notice the two pairs of icy stone arms encircling me. Before my mind even had the time to register what was going on I felt the sting of my back slamming against the surface of the water. I let out a scream which quickly turned into a muffled gurgle as my lungs filled with water. I pushed off the blue tiled bottom of the pool to get to the surface quickly. I spat out the water I had swallowed and gasped in as much air as I could. “Are you okay?” asked Jacob. I nodded.

We splashed around for a bit until our ears were filled with the shrill ringing of Jacob’s phone. He got out and answered it. After speaking for a few moments his eyes widened and he ran off into the woods. “Jacob?” I called. He didn’t answer he just kept running. I got out of the pool and ran after him.

I could feel lose blades of grass sticking to my wet feet as I ran across the yard to where the forest started. I started to follow Jacob’s scent. “Where are you Jake?” I whispered to myself as his scent took me deeper and deeper in to the woods. His scent led me off the trail and zigzagged all over the place, twisting and turning through the trees.

I finally found him sitting at the base of a tall tree on the edge of a clearing. He had his knees drawn up to his chest and his arms were wrapped around his legs. His face was buried in his knees. “Jacob?” he looked up only to shock me to my very core. His eyes were red-rimmed and puffy. His cheeks were stained with his own salty tears. He looked so young, almost child-like. I had only ever once seen him like this before and that was when Billy died. Something bad had happened something very bad.