Hello! This is my new Renesme story…I love her! I've written a few stories in the past but I have a tendency to leave them incomplete. I won't do that this time, I swear! Hope you enjoy. Oh, and I love reviews, almost more than Twilight itself so please, review! (constructive criticism welcomed!) And yes, this is short. But I'm just starting, all my chapters will not be this short. ~ Carly

This is the way you left me, I'm not pretending.

No hope, no love, no glory. No happy ending.

-Happy Ending, Mika

"Nessie?"

I instantly dropped the book I held in my hands, a copy of Wuthering Heights my mom had let me borrow. I jumped off my small twin bed and ran the three steps that led toward the twisting door knob of my bedroom door.

"Jacob!" I exclaimed.

He emerged though the narrow doorway the next second and I jumped into his arms.

"Whoa kiddo, I've been gone three days chill out!" He said hugging me back. I could feel the heat radiating off his arms through a thick green sweater Alice had stuck me in today.

I pulled away to look at his face. "That's three days too long." I pouted.

He laughed that beautiful Jacob laugh. "Well a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do, Ness."

I smiled up at him, happy to see the face of my best friend again.

"Wow…" He sighed staring at me.

"What?" I questioned stepping back, feeling a little self-conscious.

"Your tall! I never really noticed but you've grown so much these past years."

Jake always said something like this every once and a while. And he always had this same look in his eyes. It wasn't sad exactly, more like he was remembering something. I was technically five years old but I looked about 16 these days. I was continuing to grow slower as each year passed.

"So?" I said, attempting to change subjects. "How was your trip?" I questioned as I led him out into the living room to sit on the large leather couch.

Jake had gone to California with Billy for the weekend to visit his sister Rebecca for Christmas. I had never thought I could ever miss someone so much in my life, even though it was just for a few days.

"It was a lot of fun," He said as he ran his hand through his somewhat short hair. "I met Bec's husband and we had a barbecue in their back yard Christmas night, it was 65 degrees out!" He proclaimed, looking shocked.

"Wow! It was snowing here…it's always snowing here lately," I sighed looking out the window as it snowed. I really didn't like this whole winter thing. "So it was good then?"

"Yeah it was nice seeing her again, it's been years…." He shifted on the couch to face me. His face held a smile, a beautiful Jacob smile. "I missed you a lot though."

I leaned in to give him another hug. "I missed you too Jakey."

"Jacob?"

I turned around to see my mom at the front door of the cottage. She poked her head around the doorway and walked in when she saw Jake.

"Hey Bells." He stood to give her a hug. I saw them both wince as they smelled each other.

"How was your trip?" She asked, pulling away from they're embrace.

"It was a lot of fun." He smiled. I noticed it was a little less Jacob-y as when he smiled at me before.

"Well that's great." She smiled back showing her vampire teeth.

She turned to me. "They're lunch at the main house if you're hungry Renesme. You're welcome to come over too, Jacob."

Right on cue, his stomach growled quite loudly.

"Come on Jake." I laughed lifting from the couch and slipping into my boots that sat by the door.

We walked to the main house through the two feet of snow that covered the forest floor.