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2. Declarations
Bella's POV
Edward and I had the whole day alone. Carlisle was working at the local hospital. Esme had gone to view a ruin she had found with the intention of renovating it. Rose, Em, Jasper and Alice were still at school and Nessie had gone to the store to see Jake.
We decided to take advantage of our alone time by spending the day in bed. I could never get enough of Edward. I could spend my whole life just kissing him and watching him. He is amazingly perfect - I still cannot believe he is mine.
I turned to Edward and traced the plains of his perfect chest. A low growl came from Edwards's throat. He grabbed me gently and threw me onto my back. He started kissing my jaw, my neck and my collarbone, before finally kissing me on the lips. My mouth opened; I could taste his scent on my tongue and I sighed with pleasure. I could feel the electricity between us. It was amazing. I never wanted it to stop but that was inevitable.
All too soon, Edward pulled away from me as we heard a car approaching the house.
"Who is it?" I asked as Edward rolled off me.
"Alice and the others" he replied with a sigh
I quickly pulled myself closer to him for one more kiss and then proceeded to get dressed.
"Well we all know what you two have been up to" Emmett laughed.
I quickly looked myself over. Did I forget to put pants on?
Everyone laughed as they watched me assess myself. I hadn't forgotten, but apparently my assessment gave me away.
"Did anything happen at school?" Edward asked.
"No same boring rubbish" Emmett replied, "It looks like all the action was here."
I growled but was surprised to see Edward punch Emmett in the jaw.
"Ah yeah, come on little bro, I haven't had a fight in ages" Emmett said, excitedly jumping up and down.
Edward chuckled "Maybe later."
"Ah you're so boring; you never want to play anymore," Emmett grumbled.
Alice's trilling laugh startled me and Edward chuckled.
"Come on then big bro let's see what you've got" Edward challenged.
"Yeah the forest could do with thinning!" teased Emmett.
I shook my head in disbelieve as Edward and Emmett led the way outside. Alice took my hand "Come on, you'll like this" she said with a huge grin on her face. What had she seen?
When I got outside Edward and Emmett were already circling each other. Edward looked so graceful that I could not believe he was fighting; it looked more like dancing. Emmett looked so huge and not nearly as graceful as Edward did, but there was something not right about the way he moved.
Loud rasps and growls came from both of them as they lunged toward each other. Edward had the upper hand as usual, as he could see what Emmett was going to do as soon as he thought it.
"Let's make this more interesting," Emmett announced and Edward chuckled.
"You're on" Edward turned to face me, "Bella can you shield Emmett please?" I just stared, not understanding why he would want me to do that.
Edward obviously saw the confusion on my face. "Emmett thinks the only reason I beat him is because I can read his mind. If you shield him I won't be able to," Edward explained.
"Are you sure?" I asked.
"Some faith, please, Bella." Everyone laughed and if I could still blush, I would have.
I pushed my shield out until I could feel Emmett's spark. Edward nodded, signaling he could no longer hear Emmett's thoughts.
They started to circle again. Emmett lunged forward and Edward darted to the side. Emmett was strong but Edward was fast. I felt sick watching. I knew they would not really hurt each other but it felt wrong to be protecting Emmett and not Edward.
The fighting continued and I continued to get more anxious. Why do boys have to play fight for fun? I could think of a better way to have fun.
Emmett lunged at Edward once again and Edward jumped, grabbed a branch of a tree and spun himself round, landing on Emmett's back with his lips inches from Emmett's throat.
Emmett cussed as Edward jumped off his back. Alice, Jasper and Rose laughed as I pulled my shield back.
"Rematch tomorrow" Emmett bellowed as he stalked back to the house.
Edward was immediately at my side, "What did you think?"
"You mean apart from having an anxiety attack the whole time."
"Silly, Bella." He laughed. He wrapped his arm around me and we all walked inside.
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Renesmee's POV
As I lazed in bed, unable to sleep, I thought back over the afternoon I had spent with Jake.
We decided not to tell anyone about our kiss. I wasn't ready for that yet.
It was hard trying to hide my thoughts from dad. His mind reading was so inconvenient when you needed to think.
I know he doesn't like knowing what everyone is thinking and I'm sure he definitely doesn't want to know what I'm thinking at the moment, but what can I do? I need to think about what happened today with Jake.
Jake and I had spent the rest of the afternoon playing chess with his figurines. We changed the rules to make it more exciting. It was funny when I took Jake's wolf with my girl, a girl he had made with me in mind.
I was relieved when Jake started to relax again; I hated seeing him anxious especially when I was the cause of his anxiety.
We came home about six o'clock and decided to go hunting. The more time I spent away from dad the better.
Seeing Jake in his wolf form did not tarnish my feelings for him. I had always loved Jake and always enjoyed spending time with him. He was really caring, thoughtful and understanding. Everything a girl could ever want, not forgetting the fact that he was gorgeous too.
Just thinking about him made my heart race and a strange sense of longing came over me. I need to be with him and I want to be with him more than anything else in the world. I want to hold him, kiss him and love him forever. I could never see myself without him; even the thought of it caused me pain.
So there it is - I love Jake. I really truly, madly, deeply love him and I think he feels the same.
I needed to know for sure so I got out of bed, straightened my camisole and shorts that I always wore to bed, and crept down the hall to Jake's room. I prayed that my family was too preoccupied to hear me.
I opened his door carefully and saw Jake lying diagonally across his double bed. He had his mouth slightly open and was snoring quietly. All he had on was a pair of sweats and his gorgeous body seemed to glow in the moonlight. He looked so peaceful that I didn't want to wake him, but I knew I had to. I needed to talk to him now.
I crossed the room and sat down gently on the bed near his head. I touched his cheek with my hand. Jake stirred but did not open his eyes.
"Jake," I thought and Jakes eyes flashed open.
"Nessie, what are you doing? Your dad will go mad if he finds you in here."
"I know but I need to talk to you"
"What's wrong? Has something happened?" Jake asked, anxious.
Jake had sat up so we were now sitting facing each other. I looked straight into his eyes and placed one finger over his lips.
"Shh, nothing is wrong. It couldn't be better." I said, smiling.
"I don't understand," he said, confused.
"Jake, I've been thinking and I know what I want."
"And what's that?" he asked apprehensively.
I decided I didn't need words to tell him. I slowly leaned forward and kissed his perfect warm lips.
Jake responded as I knew he would. We fell back on his bed without breaking the kiss. His right hand cupped my face while his left hand moved slowly down my body to my waist.
I wrapped my arms around his body, feeling his muscles contract from my touch, and pulled him closer.
Our hearts were racing and I couldn't breath. I turned my head to the side to take a breath. Jake moved his lips to my throat and I felt like I was flying.
He slowly kissed up to my ear and whispered, "I love you Renesmee."
I pushed his face back to look into his eyes, "As I love you, Jacob."
His responding smile lit up his whole face. He was so beautiful and he was now mine. My Jacob.
He kissed me once more before rolling onto his side. I didn't like the distance between us so I pushed him onto his back and snuggled up to him. He wrapped his arm around me and kissed the top of my head.
I sighed in contentment and started tracing the plains of his gorgeous body.
"Thank you," he said.
"For what?"
"Making me the happiest man in the world," he said.
He pulled me closer and I felt euphoric. I had never been happier and his happiness only made it sweeter.
Edward's POV
The sky started to lighten and I kissed Bella's neck. Last night was as amazing as ever; being close to Bella was the most amazing feeling in the world.
Bella turned her head searching for my lips; I pressed my lips against hers. As I pulled away, she pulled me closer. I chuckled.
"You are one amazing woman, Bella Cullen," I said as I tried to straighten out her hair.
She laughed, "You're not too bad yourself." We laughed together and then kissed once more.
I could hear Carlisle walking down the hall with Esme. "Where is Nessie," he thought. This confused me; Nessie would not usually be up this early. That girl definitely liked her sleep.
Bella saw the confusion on my face. "What's wrong?" she asked.
"Nessie is not in her room" I replied.
"Maybe she got up early," Bella suggested.
I guess that was a possibility but that just did not seem right. We got dressed and went to investigate.
As we walked down the hall, I caught Nessie's scent outside Jacob's room. I stopped to listen and Bella listened with me. We could hear shallow breathing coming from the room. Two people sleeping.
Bella grabbed my hand and pulled me down the hall towards the kitchen.
"What are you doing? I'm going to put a stop to this right now!" I bellowed as I turned to head back.
Bella grabbed me again, "No you're not!" she insisted, "They are asleep; it can wait."
"Wait? Bella, our daughter is sleeping with that dog and you want to wait?" I asked in disbelief.
I was barely aware of everyone else in the room.
"Yes, that's precisely what I want. You need to calm down. Bursting into the room with all guns blazing isn't going to help anything," she said calmly.
That is exactly what I wanted to do though. How could he…my daughter. He must have a death wish. He is certainly going to wish he never laid a finger on my daughter once I am through with him.
"I think Bella's right Edward," said Alice.
I looked at her, unable to control my anger, "You do, do you?" I spat.
"Edward!" Bella exclaimed. I looked at her disapproving face.
"Oh fine. Sorry Alice, that was very rude. Please forgive me."
"Sure"
Bella took my face in her hands and I immediately felt calmer.
"We will talk to them later. There's no point in speculating," she said calmly.
"He better not have laid a finger on her," I growled.
"Edward, please calm down. Don't you remember climbing through my bedroom window every night? We never did anything Charlie would have disapproved of."
"That's different - we couldn't. There's nothing stopping them" I cringed at the thought.
"I think a house full of wide awake vampires might give them cause not to," Bella said "especially with Emmett around."
Everyone laughed as Emmett tried to look innocent. I couldn't help but half smile. She did have a point.
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Renesmee's POV
I woke up sweating. Jake's legs and mine were entwined and he was snoring lightly in my ear.
I looked out the window and saw it was light.
Crap, mom and dad would be up now. Dad is going to go mad. I bet he already knows I am here.
"Jake, wake up" I said, panicking. He jumped, "What? What's wrong?" he said, disorientated.
"Jake, it's morning. We fell asleep. Dad is going to kill both of us."
"Calm down Nessie. We haven't done anything wrong. So what, we fell asleep. Big deal."
I couldn't believe what I was hearing. How could Jake be so calm?
"Jake he will kill us"
"Don't be so melodramatic. He would never kill you and I doubt he would kill me either. Not when you tell him you love me" he smiled and my heart melted.
"What do you propose we do then? They're bound to know we spent the night together"
"Don't worry sweetheart, just act like nothing has happened. When they ask we can tell them the truth," he said reassuringly.
"I'm not sure I'm ready for that Jake," I admitted. He took my face in his hands and looked into my eyes. "Do you want to be with me?"
"Yes, of course I do." Why would he ask that?
"Do you want to spend the rest of your life with me?"
"Yes you know I do."
"Do you love me?" Now that is the silliest question he has asked.
"More than anything else in the world."
"Then what's the problem?" he asked.
When he put it like that, it was hard to find a reason why I would be so worried.
"I don't know. I guess I'm just worried about what everyone will say," I admitted.
"Don't be. Once they see how happy we are they will be just as happy."
He pulled me close and kissed me softly on the lips.
"I love you Renesmee Cullen and I can't wait to tell the world. You are so precious to me so I will go along with whatever you want. If you don't want to tell them then I understand and I won't force you to do it."
How do I deserve this gorgeous man? He is so selfless. I want everyone to know how lucky I am.
"OK we'll do it. We will tell them the truth. I don't think I would be able to hide my feelings for you anyway," I admitted.
I pulled him towards me and kissed him on the lips. Our breathing became erratic and my heart was pounding. My head was spinning, I felt disorientated. I pulled away and placed my hand on his face, I love you.
He put his hand over mine and held it there for a moment, then pulled it down and kissed my hand.
"You better go and get dressed. I'll wait for you and we can talk to them together," he said, entwining our fingers.
"OK, wait here and I'll come back for you when I'm ready." I kissed him on the cheek and then left the room.
