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Jake's POV

I continued to stare at the ring in my hand. It was everything I was looking for and more. The middle sapphire was such a light blue that if you didn't look at it close enough, you could have easily mistaken it for a diamond. Nessie would love it.

"How soon can you order this ring and have it back here?" I asked looking back up at the guy. He seemed kind of shocked by how fast I picked out a ring, but he did a pretty good job of hiding it with excitement.

"The earliest we could have it back here is two days, although it would probably be in the night shipment so you couldn't pick it up until the third day. However, I should warn you that a rush order like that would be extremely expensive. You would be better to just get the regular delivery; it will only take about 3 weeks."

The earliest I could pick it up was in three days….three days and it would be our one year….I couldn't leave Nessie that day without her being suspicious…unless…. "If we did the two-day delivery and I was here when the truck arrived, could I get it that night?"

"Well…" he began, "the store is already closed when the trucks arrive. But we open up at 10, so you can always be here early that morning and get your ring as soon as the store opens."

"Someone has to be here when the truck gets here. There is no way you can convince me that the delivery truck just leaves thousands of dollars' worth of jewelry on your doorstep." I stared at him as he looked away. He didn't want to tell me that it wasn't true, because it definitely was true, but he also didn't know what he could do.

"If you would hold on a second, I can go and get the manager." I nodded my head and watched him scurry off to the back of the store. Now we were getting somewhere. Pulling out my phone I realized I was supposed to be meeting Edward in 10 minutes. Shit. Looks like I'll be late for another one of our infamous meetings. I smiled before deciding to text him; I did not want to have this chat with him if he was going to be pissed off at me.

Held up. I'll be late. Explain later. Text you when I'm leaving.

I hit send just as Eric, the associate, came back with another older man who I assumed was the manager.

"Hello, I'm David Klimpell, the manager here at Etsystatic. What seems to be the problem here?"

I began to talk before Eric could gather his thoughts. "I need to order this ring," I indicated to the ring still in my hand, "and according to Eric the soonest you guys can get it in is in two days. He also said it would be the latest shipment though, and so I couldn't pick up until the third day. But I need to pick it up when it gets here."

The manager rubbed his chin as I talked. I could tell he was trying to decide how serious I was about the timeframe. "Well, the late shipment truck doesn't come until 11, and we do open up at 10 the next morning. Why is it so important that you get it that night?"

I sighed, feeling my phone go off again. Edward must be really pissed that I'm late…. "The thing is our official one-year anniversary is in three days. I want to purpose that day, and there is absolutely no way I'm getting out of the house without her that day, especially that early in the morning. I need it in two days."

I stared at the manager as I said this, trying to gauge his reaction. He stared back at me, his gaze not wavering. Finally after several tense moments he sighed.

"I can arrange to be here at 11 when the trucks come. If you are here at that time as well then you can get your ring that night. If you're not here than I'm going to wait 5 minutes and 5 minutes only." He stared at me as I nodded my head. I would make sure to be here before 11; nothing was going to stop me from getting Nessie's ring. "Okay, then let's get this ring ordered."

He held his hand out and I put the ring into his palm. He began to type things into the computer and I noticed Eric slip away. "Okay, name please?"

"Jacob Black."

"Ring size?"

"7."

"Okay Jacob," David began looking at me instead of the screen, "do you want to change any of the stones on the ring or simply leave it as it is."

"Just the way it is. It's everything I was looking for." David smiled at this.

"Well then, you're total for the ring and the shipping will come to $11,074.82. How would you like to pay for it? We do have payment plans if Eric didn't explain that to you."

"That won't be necessary. I'll be paying with my debit card." I reached into my pocket and pulled my wallet. I was suddenly very happy that I had started to save up money since the day I had imprinted on Nessie. I knew I had saved up way more than enough money, but it was nice not having to worry about if I could afford Nessie's dream ring. I pulled out my card and handed it to David.

He began to enter all the information. "If you wouldn't mind signing this," he said while handing me one copy of the receipt. I signed it and handed it back to him before he gave me the other copy. "Make sure you bring this with you. As I said before, the truck comes at 11. I'll be here then and if you are not here I will only wait 5 minutes." I nodded.

"Don't worry, I'll be here." I walked out the door while pulling my phone out of my pocket. I had 4 texts and only one was from Edward. The rest were from Nessie; Whoops. I clicked on Nessie's thread first to see what she said.

Are you coming over tonight?

I miss you ): Love you lots. XOXO

You never go this long without answering me. You must be in wolf form. Is everything okay with the pack?

I opened up my car and got inside before replying to her.

Sorry babe, no, I wasn't in wolf form but I've been everywhere today. Had some running to get finished which lead to some pretty intensive conversations where I didn't dare bring my phone out. I'll be over a little later tonight. Love you too and I'll see you soon.

I pressed send before checking on Edward's text.

Ok..

Such a great reply. I snorted, knowing he probably had to be very anxious. I was supposed to meet him 50 minutes ago. Oh well.

Leaving Gainsville. Meet you in 20.

I replied to Edward before putting my car in drive and leaving the parking lot. As I was merging onto the expressway, I began to think how I was going to do this. Edward and I have had our share of awkward conversations throughout the years, but this was going to be the most awkward one for me. Usually he is the one asking me to talk. After Nessie and I shared our first kiss he made a point to talk to me about it and how I wasn't allowed to do anything else with her. That request lasted about 6 months and caused me to have another talk with Edward.

I grinned remembering it. His anger made it seem like he was happy about us kissing. I didn't understand it; I could understand why he was made when I kissed her because she wasn't fully mature yet, but she had been fully mature for almost 3 months before we had decided to go farther.

He had forbidden us to stay together for the next couple months. I think Bella finally convinced him to let up a couple months ago. I was getting off the expressway and decided to go ahead and let my mind go blank. I didn't want Edward to be reading my thoughts before it was just the two of us.

I pulled into the Cullen's driveway and began to go away from the house before Nessie could smell me, if she was even here. I wouldn't be surprised if Edward made sure she was at the cottage. I saw Edward leave the house and began walking through the woods, knowing I'd be right behind him. I got out of my car and began to follow him to the nearby river that has become our unofficial meeting spot for talking about Nessie.

I got to the river and saw him sitting on a nearby rock. "So," he began, "what's so important that you need to talk about? And why the hell are you an hour late?" I was very glad I keeping my mind blank right now.


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