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Chapter One: Renesmee's POV
My 7th birthday was in a few days, I was finally going to stop growing. Everything was going to change. My best friend, Jacob Black, was going to be there, and just that made it perfect. He was always there for me; I knew he always would be. Mom and Dad were always unsure about us being alone together, but Aunt Alice assured them that nothing would happen to me while I was with him. Jacob was taking me to our favorite hang out spot, Lake Pleasant. We lived in Beaver now, so the lake was only a few minutes away…by vehicle. Running, it was only a minute away. We were riding his old motorcycle that he had gotten while my mom was human. It was old and run down so we only used it for short trips for the two of us.
"Wanna go get in the water?" Jacob asked after we had settled at a near-by tree.
"Sure." I shrugged and get up to get out of my shorts and wifebeater. I snuck a look at Jacob as he too got into his swimsuit. I'd seen him plenty times in a swimsuit, without a shirt, in cut-offs; but something was off. It was different. I don't know what it was, it may have been the first time I realized just how perfect his upper body in the evening sun. The first time my heart pounded faster than ever. The first time I realized, I wanted him. I wanted Jacob Black. I couldn't stop staring at him. He was like a drug, my own personal brand of heroin.
"Ness, you alright?" he asked concerned. It took me until then to notice that he was now facing me, and only inches away.
"Uhm...yeah. I'm fine, just staring off into space again, I guess." I forced a small laugh and pulled my long bronze into a long ponytail.
"Okay then, you ready to get dunked?!" he asked laughing before picking me up off the cold sand of the shore and threw me into the freezing water. The warm arms that surrounded my body were the ones that I now wanted to hold me for forever, but I knew he'd never like me like that. No, I was just his best friend. That's all I'd ever be.
"Noo!!!" The sudden splash of cold water brought me back to the real world. When I could finally breathe, I splashed him with water too.
About an hour later, the sun began to set, and we knew it was time to go home. While I put my clothes back on, I heard Jacob sigh. He looked as though he had been staring at me when I wasn't facing him. I wanted to ask him what was wrong, but he spoke first.
"Renesmee?" He used my full name just then. I knew he never used my full name unless I was in trouble, or it was something serious.
"Yes, Jacob?" I let out a small squeak that barely passed for a voice.
"Uhm, I know your birthday is coming up in a few days and I didn't know what to get you and uh……." He couldn't, or wouldn't, finish his sentence. It was obvious he didn't want to disappoint me.
"Err….that's okay Jacob. You know everyone will get me enough presents to last me a few more birthdays." I reached for his hand to show him a picture of presents piled up in the living room, and when we made contact, I felt an electric current zap through my body. It was like water meeting lightning. Opposites attract.
"No, it's not okay Nessie. I'm your best friend; I'm supposed to know exactly what to get you. I should know everything you could possibly want or have, but I don't." He was right, but I wasn't mad at him. I couldn't ever be mad at him. Not even if I wanted to be.
"You couldn't think of anything? It's easy to shop for me! You know that! The littlest things make me happy."
"Well…uhh, there is one thing I kind of wanted to give you for your birthday…but you probably don't want it."
"Well, maybe I will. You never know until to ask." I attempted to flirt and hoped it was working. I'd never had much success with boys, and Jacob meant so much to me. I wanted this, us, to be more. So much more.
"Renesmee, you have to promise if I give you this present early you won't freak out or get mad. Just listen and let me explain it after I'm done. Promise?" I thought about different presents, but couldn't think of anything.
"I pinky promise Jacob" using my "little girl" voice that I used whenever I wanted something to go my way or get my way.
He walked closer to me. Only a few inches away. I could feel his warm cinnamon breath sweep across my blush-ridden cheeks and neck. He began to control his breathing, and attempted to control his heartbeat, but he and I both knew that it wasn't going to stop beating as it was. Out of control, incredibly fast, unnatural for a wolf. His heartbeat sped up as he closed the gap between our bodies and smiled at me. He reached his hand up to my cheek and gently rubbed it with his rough thumb. His skin, barely warmer than mine, felt amazing against the heat of my cheek. Jacob carefully rested his forehead on mine and sighed. He mumbled something and closed his eyes; I followed suit. That was when everything changed.
He lightly touched his lips to mine. He caught me by surprise and I froze for a second. He did it again then pulled back. I opened my eyes to him muttering to himself, a look of anger and frustration written across his facial features. I smiled and placed a hand on his cheek. I grabbed his cheeks with one hand and brought his face to mine once more. I held him captive there for a minute before anything was said.
"Renesmee? What are you doing?" He was beyond confused, it was only obvious.
"Just wait a second." I murmured not wanting to mention how much I wanted to take him right there. How much I suddenly longed to be with him. How much I suddenly felt incomplete knowing he didn't love me like I loved him.
My body overtook my mind and I brought his face closer to mine and touched our lips together once more. It was gentle, I was telling him I wanted him. It became more urgent. Jacob froze for a minute when my tongue traced his lips, but then welcomed it to meet his. We both began breathing hard, starting to run out of breath and when we did, the smile on his face was brighter than any I've ever seen across his face.
"May I ask why you were nervous?" I asked him as we just stood in the sunset on Lake Pleasant.
"Because I thought you'd never like me that way. I was scared you'd turn me down or run away."
"Jacob Black, you will know that I will NEVER run away from you, nor will I turn you down. Jacob, I love you." I said it before I felt it, but when I said it, I felt whole. I was where I was supposed to be. With Jacob Black, forever.
"Really?" Jacob seem stunned, blinded by the statement that escaped my lips.
"Yes. I really do." I smiled, and his bright smile grew wider.
"I love you as well, Ness." He held me close and kissed the top of my head. My phone began to play my ringtone, "Untouched" by The Veronicas, so I pulled it out and answered it.
"Yeah Dad?" My father, Edward, called me probably to check on me.
"I want you and Jacob home within the next 10 minutes. Got it? You're mother and I are going hunting and everyone else is hunting as well. We'll be out late." Dad's strong, stern voice came over the line.
"Sure, sure." I murmured and hung up.
"Jacob, my dad wants us home now.. We'd better go." I sighed, grabbing his hand and leading him back to his motorcycle. He picked me up and spun me around, laughing, just like he
used to when I was a baby.
"I love you." He whispered into my ear softly, and I told him I loved him too. Nothing was going to ruin today for me. Nothing and no one would bring me down. Not even my overprotective father.
This was the best day of my existence and I was loving every minute of got home, and in his arms, we stayed together.
He was mine and I was, forever, his.