Hello again! Thank you for wanting this next chapter, I worked really hard on this one. I went through many diffrent ideas and settings until I found the one that felt perfect. This chapter probably takes place a few months after the first one.

Hope you like it!


"Mom," I say, stepping into her and Dads bedroom while she gets ready to go out with dad tonight.

"Yeah?" She asks, watching me in the mirror.

"Can I ask you something?"

"Of course."

I sit down on the edge of her bed. "How did you tell Dad that you loved him the first time?"

Mom pauses for a second. "Didn't I already tell you the story?"

"Yes, but I'm just wondering... I mean, I..." I stutter, embarrassed to ask. "I want to tell Jacob that I love him, but I'm not sure... how to."

I'm sure that this is what I want to do. I love Jacob and I want him to know. But what if I say it and he's not ready. What if I tell him and it ruins
everything. I'm ready, but how do I know Jacob is?

"Oh sweetie, are you ready for that?"

"Yes Mom. I'm ready. I'm just... really scared."

"Well, you just, say it. Look him in the eyes and tell him. Take a deep breath and say it. If you wait to long you'll get scared and you'll decide not to."

"Bella!" Dad calls from downstairs. "Are you ready?"

Mom turns to me "I've got to go. We can talk more when I get back. Love you." She says, planting a kiss on my forehead before darting at vampire
speed out of the room.

Well that was really helpful. I think sarcastically.

I wait for mom and dad to be gone then I start searching for Aunt Alice. I find her in her room with her laptop, looking up shoes on some french website.

"Hey Ness, do you like these?" She asks, turning the screen so I can see a pair of silver stilettos with a blue flower on the toe.

"If you mean do I like them on someone else, yes. I wouldn't be able to walk in them."

"You have to get over your hatred of fashionable shoes." Aunt Alice sighs. "High heels are your friend."

"Yeah, the friend that laughs when you fall in them."

I lay back against her pillows and watch her click around for a few more minutes.

"Um, Aunt Alice," I start.

"I already know what your going to ask." She laughs.

"And?"

"It's simple. You wait until your somewhere privet so there's no interruptions and you can say 'I love you' when your really ready. Then you can elaborate on that."

"What if its to soon and he's not ready?"

"Then you let him think it over for a while and try again."

Maybe Aunt Alice wasn't the right one to ask. To me that sounds like the wrong way to do it. So I quickly leave and run to the garage where I find Aunt Rosalie working on Uncles Emmett's Jeep.

"Aunt Rose, I need help."

She slides out from under the car. "What is it?"

"When did you tell Uncle Em you loved him first?"

She thinks about that for a moment. "Right after his transformation was done."

"How?"

"As soon as he open his eyes I leaned in and whispered in his ear 'I love you more then anything in the world.'"

"And he said it back?"

"Yep, as soon as we explained what happened to him he kissed me and said 'by the way, I love you to.'"

"So it was just that easy?"

"Yeah. why?"

"I'm... uh, writing a book, a romance, and I'm trying to think of how to have the characters say I love you the first time." I quickly come up with an
excuse. I can't tell Aunt Rose, she would make it into a bigger deal then it already is.

"Oh, well that sounds nice. My best advice is have them say it when the time is right, I mean, when ever they have the chance."

Again I fell like this isn't right. That's not the way I want to do it. I don't want to just say it because its a good time to. I want true feelings behind it.
Maybe I should have known Aunt Rosalie wasn't the best person to ask, she's not the best with true feelings.

I go back to the house and slump down in a stool at the kitchen counter just as Grandma is scooping me a bowl of spaghetti.

"Here you go." She says, passing me the bowl and a fork.

"Thanks." I mutter.

"What's the matter?" Grandma asks.

"Nothing."

"Are you sure? You look upset about something."

I huff in exasperation. "I'm not upset. I'm just so confused!"

"About what?"

"How to tell Jacob I love him. I'm ready and I want him to know how I fell, but I don't have a clue how to say it or when or where! I'm confused
because Mom says to tell him how I feel fast so I don't get scared, but Aunt Alice says to wait until I'm somewhere privet so I can take as much time as I need and Aunt Rose told me to say its convenient basically."

"So you've gotten three different ideas and none of them have helped you?" She asks sceptically.

"Yes! I want it to be romantic and something special! Something that shows Jacob how much I really do love him. I want to do it at the right time in the right way so that he knows its true. But no one has given me any good advice on how to do just that!"

Grandma stares at me for a second then smiles. "Honey, do you realize you just answered your own question?"


Jacobs hand around mine keeps it toasty warm in the chilly fall air.

I love walking in the park at night time. Above our heads are sparkly lights strung from tree to tree in a criss-cross pattern and the stars twinkle above them. There's hardly anyone here and the only people that are walk past us quickly.

"What did you think?" Jake asks, swinging his arms between us as we slowly walk forward down the brick path.

"I think... that that was the stupidest movie we've ever seen." I laugh.

"Yeah." Jacob chuckles "Yeah, it was. You chose next time okay?"

"Sure." I smile at him.

We walk in silence for a few more minutes.

I look up at him again. When he meets my gaze I blush but don't turn away. "I had fun tonight. I always have fun with you." I tell him quietly.

"And I always have fun with you."

"When I'm with you I feel like... Like we're the only people in the world. Like I can be anything and do anything I want as long as your with me. I feel complete when you by my side. I don't know what I would do without you Jacob. I just want you to know," I take a deep breath to calm my self. My hands are shaking and my stomach is twisting, but I'm almost giddy with happiness. "I love you. Forever."

Once its out I feel like flying. Its like these three words have been weighing me down for the past few weeks and now that I've said them I'm as light as a balloon and could just float away.

Jacob stops in the middle of the path. my heart skips a beat as I wait for what he'll say.

He pulls me closer so my chin is resting on his chest as I look up at his face. He brushes a lock of hair behind my ear and whispers "I love you to.
Everything I do is to make you happy. If I had a penny for every time I thought of you in a day I would be a billionaire. You changed my life and I'm so grateful to you. I love you to Renesmee, always."

I wonder now, why I was so scared. It was so simple. Three little words that roll off the tongue gently. They don't hurt and their not hard to say. It was simple, just like everyone said.

I shouldn't have been afraid to fall. I should have known that Jacob would always catch me.

I stand on my toes and press my lips to his to seal in the promise of love, forever and always.


So, How was it? Comment and tell me!

I would love to write another chapter of this story, but I have no ideas, what is another first in a relationship? If I someone gives me an idea for that I'll try to write it!

Thank you all for reading, I really appreiciate it!