Renesmee Cullen (innocent_touch) wrote in new_moon, @ 2009-02-27 00:27:00 |
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First Day
Emmett and Edward had argued over who would drive Nessie to her first day of school, since the high school was in Conway and not Albany. Well, that and they were both arguing because it was Edward, who drove like a maniac and wanted to take his daughter to school, and because Emmett was just being Emmett. Alice had finally told them both to stop it because neither of them took Nessie to school in the long run and to everyone's surprise, Rosalie had handed Donovan off to Emmett and was waving the keys at Nessie to her BMW M3 convertible. Nessie gave kisses and hugs to everyone, leaving her Grandma Esme for last because she was getting all emotional, then she hopped in the car with Rosalie.
"Thanks, Aunt Rosalie, for taking me," she whispered, playing with the backpack that her Aunt Alice had bought for her. It was brand-new and didn't match anything Nessie owned, but it was pretty.
Rosalie drove almost as fast as Edward. Almost. She turned and looked at her niece and shook her head. "Look Nessie. It's your first day, so none of this feeling sorry for yourself business. You're beautiful, your grandfather is a prominent doctor in the community now, and you've got a wealthy family. Everyone is going to be jealous of you once they see you arriving in my car too, so that's going to help. You being quiet won't."
They were almost at the school already, which was pretty fast, Nessie figured, but she never really paid attention to how everyone else drove. "You're just saying this because you didn't like Jacob."
"No," Rosalie corrected her firmly as they pulled into the school parking lot. "I'm saying this because if you want to get far in this world, you have to do it yourself. This place is different from Forks. No one knows you yet -- don't be a wallflower. Don't stand out too much," she continued as she saw Nessie's look, "but don't be shy. This is why I'm the one who got to drive you today. Because no one else has the guts to tell you this themselves."
Nessie smiled and laughed a little bit before leaning in to kiss Rosalie's cheek. "Okay. I'll do my best. Thanks, Aunt Rose." She got out of the car and, sure enough, there were plenty of looks from the kids at school already. Nessie tried to smooth out her the curls in her hair a little as she walked to the principal's office and got her class schedule. Everything seemed fine. A few kids gave her looks, and she tried to smile back, but nerves started to get the best of her. She wished she could just be like Aunt Rosalie, so fearless! She managed to make it through three periods of classes, though, and then got to English. Her favorite subject, actually, but when Mr. Whitmer asked if she'd read The Catcher in the Rye, she had to face up to the fact that she hadn't, not yet. She didn't have a copy with her, and she looked around the class desperately for some help. This wasn't like science, where you had a lab partner, after all.
"Um... hi. Can I borrow, sorry... um, share your book?" She whispered to the boy next to her, glad to be in the back. "I'm Nessie Cullen, new here, so...?"
((open to Drew!))