1. What do you do when your girlfriend wants to kiss you? You do it!
I woke up early that day. Maybe it was Paul and Rachel going on about having children – ugh – or it was Billy's screeching wheel chair, I don't know.
With a low grumble I got to my feet and stretched. While I dressed quickly I thought about the quests I'd have to face this day. Meeting with Sam in half an hour. Lunch with Billy, Beavis and Butthead (also known as my sister Rachel and my damn-brother-in-fucking-law Paul). Checking in with the Cullens about this new trail we found in the forest. Picking my Nessie for a hunting trip. Dinner with my parents-in-law-to-be. That plain sucks. I mean, my so-called father-in-law-to-be looks exactly like a seventeen-year-old boy. And, well I don't want to show off, but I have the looks of a mid-twenty guy.
But that's not the strange thing in here. My Nessie, who looked like a 13-year-old teenager a few months ago, had reached maturity about a week ago. At the age of seven.
It went way to fast for me, though Bella'd expect me to be in a hurry. Believe me, I'm not. I mean, what do you do about this? Yesterday you played with a little girl and now she's all grown up – and heartbreakingly beautiful. My need for her grows faster than she does and Edward is not the only one who's not happy with that. Yeah, whatever.
In my attempt to avoid Billy I climbed out the window. While running past the first trees I jerked my clothes off and immediately felt my limbs tremble. On four legs I pushed it to the gear and soon I arrived the deeper woods where I was supposed to meet Sam.
Good morning, Major Sleeping Beauty! Oh man. Leah. Morning Miss Can't-shut-up-for-a-second. Sorry, I crashed. Yeah, I kind of figured that out. Seth wanted to wake you up, but I stopped him.
There was a proud edge in her thoughts. Then I heard her paws padding against the earth and suddenly she was at my right flank.
I really appreciate your... thoughtfulness, I thought sarcastic. I know you do, chief. Then she really kicked it and abruptly stopped when Sam came into few. With him were Jared and Jimmy, one of the new kids.
They slowed down and trotted toward us. Thank you for meeting me today, Jake. You know, I'm a bit concerned about this scent... It's vampire, without a doubt, but not one of those who have been here. And LOTS of vampires have been here in the past. But it's not one of the Cullen's friends, nor is it one of these Volturi leeches. I considered that for a moment. That never happened since the almost-battle six and a half years ago. We thought we knew all the vampires that would possibly ever cross our land. And Sam was not the only concerned one. I then saw in his thoughts what it was that made him worry so much. The scent was not only one straight line but swirled around La Push and the surrounding forest. As if someone was... running a perimeter round La Push. And the worst thing: No one saw this creature or was able to catch it.
After a long pause I thought, this afternoon I'm going to talk to Carlisle and Alice about it. Maybe they know something. Jake, please also ask the others if they recognize the scent. Maybe it's a friend of theirs who just hasn't visited yet? I nodded shortly. On it. See you tonight, then!
I took off, Leah just inches behind me. Her thoughts were just a blur of green and more green and I was quite thankful. I had to clear my mind before lunch so I wouldn't lose it.
Leah didn't want to join us so we made an appointment late this evening. After she was gone I phased, put my shorts on and walked to the house. I swung the door open and quickly moved to my chair. I fell onto it and sighed. "Let's get this done, dad." Billy, Paul and Rachel smiled and we had a surprisingly peaceful meal.
I fought my desire for a nap and took my bike out of the garage and on the road. As always I ignored the traffic rules and was at the Cullen's after fifteen minutes short. Seth was already there, in his wolf form, playfully wrestling with Emmett in front of the house. I rolled my eyes as I walked by but they didn't hold on for a second. It didn't bother me anymore how natural we all did become with this. Vampires, werewolves aka shape shifters, all happily together. Well, there've been stranger things, I guess.
Without knocking I let myself in and ran right into the doctor. "Oh, Jacob, it's good you're here. I have to talk to you." "Yeah, Doc, me to. I guess we need Alice for this conversation?" I asked. Carlisle smiled widely. "So you know what this is about, then. Very good, that saves times. Yes, we need Alice, but she's... ah... a bit occupied at the moment." I lifted one eyebrow at his self-conscious look. What the hell was that little weirdo doing now?
"She's playing dress-up with Nessie. In Momma's closet, of course." Edward had entered the living room and smiled at my, like usual, annoyed face. I didn't like it too much when the mind reader read my mind. Bella followed in after him and grinned evilly. "Hey, Jake! I don't know where she's got that from. Must be Edward's fault. No one in my family history ever liked clothing this much." She giggled as I shot a suspicious look over her appearance. She wore a turquoise cashmere skirt down to her ankles and a fancy golden top which looked pretty expensive. "Sometimes it's better to just do what she says. Saves me a lot of arguments." Bella sighed and then turned to Carlisle. "Have you already told Jacob about what we discovered yesterday?" Carlisle gave me a quick look and said, "I think he already knows. Has your pack or Sam's found any new vampire scents?"
"Yeah, we did" I mumbled, still sulking about Nessie playing dress-up. "It's not possibly a friend of yours, is it?" His look suddenly got very fierce and I gasped. The last time I had seen this expression on Carlisle's face, a bunch of vampire killers were about to extinct his whole family. So, clearly this was not a friend of his. But, if I wasn't completely wrong, he did know the scent. Edward, of course, was the one to answer my thoughts. "It's a vampire we met in Denali, long time ago. Before we moved back to the Olympic Peninsula. Her name's Pandora. She's means... trouble. But let's wait what Alice has to tell us. She didn't have any concrete visions, yet, and we figure it's because our... visitor... knows about her gift and how it's working." I thought about this for a second and then harshly asked, "same as this Victoria thing, no? I have to say it's a bit too easy for your kind to avoid Alice's visions."
"Look who's talking!" a chirpy voice from the back door interrupted. Alice stood there, glaring madly at me. "I have my very own theory why I wasn't able to catch a clear view of what she's doing. She's planning something that has to do with you moronic wolf guys down in La Push and hell knows I'm not able to see you odd creatures." I held my hands up in an apologetic gesture. "Come on, shorty, it's not our fault. What are we supposed to do about that? Should we-" But I was silenced by the most wonderful voice on this planet.
"Jake, Alice, what is that about?" Nessie demanded, and it sounded like singing. I turned to face her and was immediately stunned into silence. She looked so beautiful in her short white dress, her bronze curls whipping down almost to her waist. Automatically I opened my arms and she ran right into them. I hugged her close and pressed my nose into her hair. Surprisingly, although she was half vampire, her scent wasn't an inch as repulsive as the other Cullen's. Sure, I'd gotten used to it long ago, but when I was away for a longer time, it still hurt my nose. Especially when I was in my other form, of course. But Nessie had just the right balance of human and immortal.
I heard Edward chuckle as he followed my thoughts. Embarrassed, I leaned a little away from Nessie. She repressed a muffled laughter and then turned to her parents. "Momma, I am really thirsty. I'm going to take my Jacob out to hunt now. We're not going to be late!" She blew Carlisle and Alice a kiss and tugged me out, grapping my hand.
As we rushed through the meadow and jumped across the river she laughed with excitement. We were already pretty deep in the forest when she stopped. Nessie turned to the direction where she had heard a sound of heavy paws, probably a mountain lion. Like her father, she liked them most. I smiled at her careful movements and quickly got off my paints to phase. As I was on four legs again I noticed that she was staring at me with wide eyes and flamed cheeks. Jeez, that girl made me crazy. In my human form I would've been red all over my face. Finally she caught the scent of the mountain lion again and leaned into a hunting crouch. Meanwhile I had discovered a large herd of mule deer in the underbrush. While Nessie was busy with her prey, I took down a large deer and for a while we fed in silence.
After I had cleaned my paws and my muzzle, I told her to turn around. I phased and hurried to get into my shorts, but when I looked up I caught her staring again. To overplay my embarrassment, I told her, "Nessie, look at you! Not one stain on your pretty white dress! Not a hair out of place!" She gave me an evil glance and pushed her lower lip forward. "How often do I have to tell you, I am not a child anymore, Jake!" I coughed ironically. "Yeah, not at all, I see." She growled and sprang at me with incredible power. We landed on the soft moss on the forest ground and she sat on my chest, still growling playfully. I sat up in a quick movement, and she landed on my lap. "Are you growling at me, precious Renesmee?" I asked with a smile.
Suddenly her face was very close to mine and I could smell her breath washing over my face. Slowly she nodded and her chocolate brown eyes had a different glow now. With her warm little hand – the only thing in the world that felt warm to me – she touched my cheek. My stomach twisted at the picture she showed me. It was her and me, our lips connected like they never were before. She wondered if it was okay. I nodded almost unnoticeable and Nessie came closer and her lips – ever so softly – touched mine. Moments became seconds, seconds became minutes and we could have been there for hours without noticing it.
"Tell me I am a child again, my Jacob" she said with a smug little smile as she finally pulled back to look at me. I know I am repeating myself from time to time, but... sure as hell didn't see THAT coming. So soon, at least.
Edward was going to kill me.
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