A/N Thank you BellaNessieCullen for helping me with my first chapter of my first story =)

Hope you like it. This is kind of an introduction.

Renesmee fell onto her bed with an exasperated sigh. Her parents were arguing again. Edward and Bella were normally very happy, in fact Renesmee envied their relationship but when it came to their daughter they often disagreed. Edward was very protective of Renesmee and sometimes Bella thought he was a bit TOO protective of her. Renesmee thought so too. Renesmee had turned seven years old only a week ago. She was officially fully grown and a woman and yet her father still viewed her as a child. Renesmee often wondered if he would ever see her as an adult. Even in a hundred years would she still have a curfew?

Renesmee didn't have many friends, she didn't want any. She had the only friend she'd ever need. Jacob Black. Jacob was her best friend and the only person she ever wanted to be with. Sure she loved her family, Rosalie and Emmett were like her second parents, Alice and Jasper spoiled her every day of the week and Carlisle and Esme were always looking out for her but she felt like they were suffocating her. Everywhere she turned she had someone telling her what she could and couldn't do. Every time she'd come home from the res after a day with Jake they'd be asking what she did, how she was, did she eat, what happened. She felt like her life was a movie and her entire family had front row seats.

She came home about an hour ago and before her parents could even question what she had done she had plucked up the courage to ask them what she's been wanting to ask for months.

"Can I go to high school?"

Her parents had laughed, well her dad had. Her mother stood there with a blank expression.

"I thought you didn't want any more friends, you have Jacob," her father said after he had calmed his laughter.

"I do," Renesmee lied. Frankly Renesmee just wanted to get out of there. She didn't want to be in her room every day or on the res with Jake to be drilled about it when she came home. She wanted to go somewhere new. She wanted to live on her own for a while. She was waiting to say that bit though; she was planning on giving her father one heart attack at a time.

"You can't go to Forks high school, it's too dangerous. They can't see us there," he said with a shake of his head as if the topic was now dismissed. Renesmee had other ideas though.

"I don't want to go to Forks. I want to go to a different high school, in another state," Renesmee said bravely.

"You must be joking," her father replied. Bella remained silent.

"Daddy please. I don't want to live here anymore. I'm not a child anymore I can take care of myself," Renesmee complained.

"Renesmee Carlie Cullen, you are not going to high school and that is final," he told her sternly.

"Mom!" Renesmee whined.

"Edward…" Bella trailed off and looked up to her husband. He stared down at her waiting for her to continue. "Maybe we should let her. She's an adult now after all. It could be good for her," she told him. Edward pinched the bridge of his nose, his breathing was fast and uncontrolled.

"I am not letting my seven year old daughter out of the state to go to high school. No chance," he roared at his daughter. Renesmee swallowed, fighting off the tears that threatened to fall.

"Fine then I'll run away!" she yelled at him and span on her heels to run to her room.

"Renesmee!" Edward called but Renesmee could hear her mother stopping him, that's when the arguments began and Renesmee had started packing for her trip. She was finished now and the argument was still happening, it sounded like her mother was winning though and Renesmee had a triumphant smile on her face as she lay there staring at her ceiling. She had already picked out the town. It was a small town, in Virginia; it was quiet and very ordinary. She had purposely picked a small town because she knew cities weren't always safe. She picked it for her father, so he could have some piece of mind but clearly it hadn't worked. Mystic Falls was on the other side of the country but she knew if her family wanted to see her they'd only have to take a flight.

There was a small knock on her door.

"Come in," Renesmee called and sat up to see her mother standing at the door with a smile on her face.

"Hey little nudger," Bella smiled and came to sit next to her daughter. She wrapped her arm around Renesmee's shoulders and she leant into her mother's embrace. "Does Jacob know you want to leave town?" she asked.

"Yes," Renesmee told her truthfully.

"And?" she asked.

"And nothing. I said I would keep in touch," Renesmee said. Bella couldn't seem to believe Jacob would let Renesmee leave like that.

"Well I have a condition," she began, Renesmee's head shot up. "I have no problem with you going to high school out of state. You deserve to see what it's like to live on your own and be independent. You can't do that in Washington, I understand that." She began, Renesmee smiled widely at her mother.

"But you can't be completely alone. I know you wouldn't let any of the family come with you because that would defeat the point but what about Jacob? I know he would go with you without a second thought if you asked."

"You want Jacob to come with me to a high school across the country? Alone? With the nearest family being three thousand miles away?" Renesmee asked in shock.

"Yes," Bella answered. Bella feared losing her daughter and she knew if her and Edward kept Renesmee confined to La Push and Forks they could possibly lose her forever. She had explained this to Edward and he started to see sense in letting her flee the nest. His one condition was for her to take Jacob. Funny enough Edward liked Jacob, over the years Edward had seen how their imprint worked and had no doubt in his mind that Jacob was Renesmee's perfect match. He had no rules on their lives, no limitations other than a small curfew Renesmee had to follow at night but that was only for her safety. Edward knew if Renesmee agreed for Jacob to go with her she would be safe, at least as safe as she would ever be for the rest of her life.

"And daddy is okay with this?" Renesmee asked in awe.

"Yes. As long as Jacob goes with you," Bella answered her excited daughter.

"Oh momma!" Renesmee exclaimed happily. "Thank you thank you thank you. Yes Jacob can come. Thank you!" she said as she hugged her mother around the neck tightly. Bella laughed and hugged her daughter back.

"You have to call every single day okay? And Skype us. And let us know you are safe. The day we don't get a text or hear something from you is the day we come down there to get you okay?" she asked.

"Yes momma! Oh my god thank you," Renesmee couldn't contain her happiness. "I promise you."

"Good. Well let's go get things organised," Bella smiled, happy to see her daughter so happy for once.

Before Renesmee knew it she was on the plane to Mystic Falls, Virginia with her best friend. She took Jacob's hand in hers and he smiled down at her from the seat next to her.

Renesmee was sure this would be an adventure she would never forget.