A/N - Welcome to my first fan fic. Thanks for giving it a try!

Thanks to Project Team Betta's JulieGirl18, Itsange, and Mel/mcc101180 for their beta expertise. I own nothing.

"Hi, Jacob."

"Hi, Nessie."

They lay on the sand with their feet facing the ocean, their hands resting on their stomachs as their bodies formed a narrow v, their heads meeting at its point. The sun's rays shone on the sand and warmed their skin, and the sand sparkled like glass while the waves crashed ashore with a calming sound. They spoke with their voices barely above a whisper.

"Can I ask you something, Jacob?"

"Anything, Nessie."

"Do you love me?"

Their heads turned toward each other, their eyes squinting in the sun as they met each other's, and as their lips inched closer, Nessie knew that the one thing she had waited a year for was finally going to happen. She could smell his comforting scent and felt the warmth of his breath as he slowly moved forward. No one else in the world existed.

"Nessie?"

"Yes, Jacob?"

"What's that sound?"

"What sound?"

"That…sound."

Nessie could hear something off in the distance but couldn't quite put it together. Suddenly, realization set in, and as the music grew louder, she recognized exactly what it was.

"I'm too sexy for my shirt, too sexy for my shirt, so sexy it hurts!"

"Huh?"

Nessie awoke to the sun shining through her window, warming her skin and sparkling off the glass as it had in her dream. Just another dream. She sighed to herself and reached for her beeping cell phone.

She smiled as she thought back to the day Emmett had stolen it and set Jake's ring tone to "I'm Too Sexy." She decided to leave it as it was. She thought it was funny, especially considering it annoyed Edward. Jake's lack of a shirt had been a bone of cont ention for Edward for years. Everyone told him he just needed to chill out, pun intended, but Edward's lack of a sense of humor tended to egg on the jesting. Besides, how else could you really mess with somebody who could hear your every thought and plan?

1 Missed Call-Jacob

1 New Voicemail

"Wake up, sleepyhead," said the smiling voice on the other end. "The sun's out! Beach day! Get here soon, okay?"

Nessie could hear the voices of the rest of the pack in the background. "Yeah, Nessie, get out here. Jakey misses you. He might cry if you don't come, awww!"

"Shut it, Paul," Jake growled. "Hey, Ness, bring your board. The waves are pretty decent too. Uh, see you soon."

With a smile, Nessie quickly got up, brushed her teeth, and put on her suit–a red bikini with boy short bottoms that Alice had picked out for her one day during a shopping trip. Rosalie had tried to convince her to get a string bikini, but Nessie was always self-conscious of the way her stomach slightly stuck out at the bottom. Unlike the rest of her family, Nessie was not completely perfect. Being human, even if only a small amount, would do that to you.

She pulled a white tank and brown shorts over the suit, slipped on her flip flops, and pulled her hair back into a pony tail. Her curls were unruly, and she really didn't feel like messing with them. Finally, as she did every morning and as a habit when she was nervous, Nessie twisted the bracelet that hung around her wrist. It had always calmed her to know a reminder of Jake was always with her.

"Morning," she greeted her parents as she raced down the stairs of the little cottage. She could hear Edward on the piano in the other room.

"Morning, sweetie," Bella greeted her back. "Going to the beach?"

"Yeah, Mom," she said as she found the blueberry Pop-Tarts in the pantry. Nessie didn't care too much for human food, but she learned to tolerate it after she gave up hunting all but once a month. There was something about Pop-Tarts, however, that she couldn't say no to.

"Jacob says the waves are pretty good today." She noticed when Edward missed a note and let out a low growl at her mention of Jake. Seriously, Dad, what's the deal? Until recently, Edward never seemed to have much of a problem with Jake, aside from the whole no shirt thing, and they treated each other as if they were quite good friends, brothers even.

"Is the rest of the pack going to be there?" Bella asked, always a voice of calm to Edward.

"Yes, Mom."

"Well, have fun then."

"Bye, Mom," Nessie said as she kissed Bella on the cheek. "Later, Pops!"

Nessie ran out of the cottage so fast she missed the hiss that emanated from the back room.

#

Nessie rushed to the main house. If she was going to bring her board that meant she would have to borrow Emmett's Jeep, which would not be an easy feat since he was still pissed she and Jasper had creamed him at Pictionary the night before.

"Geez, Rose, how can you not see that it's me massacring a grizzly bear?"

"Sorry, Em. You're just not good at drawing," Rosalie had tried to say sympathetically but instead giggled as she said it, which led to Nessie giggling as well.

Feeling Emmett's irritation, Jasper had tried to diffuse the situation, but soon submitted to the fits of giggles that surrounded him until finally the whole house was laughing at the expense of Emmett.

"Hiya, Uncle Emmett!"

"What do you want," Emmett growled at Nessie, not looking away from his video game and obviously still upset.

"I just wanted to see how my favorite uncle-slash-brother was doing today." She smiled as she leaned on the side of his chair and wrapped her arm around his shoulders.

"Again Nessie, what do you want?"

"Can I borrow your Jeep to go surfing?" Nessie asked with her best dazzling smile she had inherited from her father.

"No."

"Please, Uncle Emmett, please," she begged in her cutest little girl voice. It had always worked on him when she was younger.

"No."

"Let her have it, Emmett," Rosalie shouted from the stairs.

"Why should I? She has been nothing but mean to me since last night."

"What! I haven't been mean to you!" Nessie exclaimed. "I haven't even seen you since I kicked your butt…" Aw crap, shouldn't have said that.

"Mmm hmm. Exactly. Just as I was saying, nothing but mean to me."

"Emmett!" Rosalie scowled, looking down from the top of the stairs.

"Oh, fine! But what's in it for me, Rose, huh?"

"I'll let you do that thing to me," Rosalie said with a crooked grin.

Emmett's eyes grew wide, and he smiled smugly.

"Oh, gross! I didn't need to hear that," Nessie cried as she leapt off the chair. "Keys please?"

Emmett tossed his keys and in a flash Nessie was in the garage, secured her surfboard to the top of the jeep, and peeled away from the house before he could change his mind.

#

Jake had spent his entire life on this beach, and he knew every rock, tidal pool, and piece of driftwood that lay on shore by heart. The thought that he would have to leave it soon left an ache in his soul, but not as deep of an ache as it would be if he didn't go with her.

The Cullens had been in Forks close to a decade now, and though the house of cards they had created here could have collapsed at any time during those years, the longer they stayed the greater the possibility became. People were starting to talk, and though most just assumed the good Dr. Carlisle Cullen was supplying his family with unlimited amounts of Botox and trips to Brazil for plastic surgery techniques that were illegal in the U.S., Jake knew that the truth was far more disturbing, and even more disturbing was what could happen if the truth got out. He shuddered at the thought. Suddenly, Jake felt a second chill creep through his body, only this time he knew it was because of a different reason. She was close–his entire reason for being alive.

Somehow, in one of the most ironic turn of events, possibly in the history of the world, Jacob Black, Alpha Wolf and future Chief of the Quileute Tribe, sworn enemies of all things vampire, had imprinted on the half-human, half-vampire hybrid daughter of the one vampire he hated more than all others. Not only that, but he had imprinted on one of the most dangerous vampires in existence. Though she didn't realize it herself, that was what she was, because while most humans were subconsciously scared off by the inhuman characteristics displayed by the rest of her family, these very same humans were drawn to her. Because she not only looked completely human, she was warm, and friendly, and kind. They wanted to talk to her, they approached her in public, and they wanted to be her friend. She lured them to her like a siren, and had she been any other bloodsucker, she would have used it to her advantage. But she didn't. Ever. Because she was Renesmee Cullen, and she wouldn't know how to hurt anybody if she tried.

Jake stood up from the comfortable indentation that had formed in the sand where he sat and started his way up toward the parking lot. He leaned against one of the old wooden beams that blocked off the lot from the beach, and the ache in the center of his chest grew worse and worse until finally his heart skipped a beat.

#

"It's getting serious. Not much longer now I imagine." Edward sighed as he finally left his piano for the morning.

"You knew it was going to happen eventually, and she is almost an adult now," Bella said. "We just have to trust them to make good decisions. If you want me to shield you from his thoughts, just tell me."

"It's not his thoughts that worry me, Bella. His thoughts are actually quite tame. It's hers! I just can't handle my little girl having these images running through her mind almost constantly now."

"Love," Bella beckoned as she patted the couch beside her. Edward sat down and laid his head in her lap. She began stroking his hair between her fingers.

"They're just thoughts, love. No different than anyone else's you hear every day, and how many people actually act on their every thought? Besides, you know he's not going to do anything to hurt her or force her into anything she doesn't want. He can't. The imprint won't let him."

"I know he's not going to take advantage of her, Bella, but he does have to do whatever makes her happy, and if she's anything like her mother…we're in trouble."

A/N- And that's Chapter 1 for ya! Still lots to go, so I hope I can keep you around for a while. If you have a minute, let me know what you think. Thanks for reading!