The charaters in this story are from my favorite books, the Twilight Series, by the talented Stefenie Myers, and her copywrite of the charaters is implied.
Chapter 2: Strange Feeling
"Dad," I said, eying the clock above the table where he tutored Jacob and I daily, " It's one pm, schools out."
"Fine Renesmee," Dad said, with a resigned look on his face. He never liked it when I interrupted his lectures, even if he knew from my thoughts that I was going to before I actually said the words.
I immediately turned to Jake, still writing notes from Dad's lecture, "So what will it be today? Want to go swimming, jets skis, scuba diving, or do you want to play video games? I thought maybe we could challenge Aunt Alice and Uncle Jasper to a water battle on the beach."
"Whatever you want to do, Nessie, is always fine with me," Jacob replied quickly, but then added, "but it would be fun to get back at your Uncle Jasper for tossing me 5 miles out to sea during our last battle."
Jacob and I jumped from our chairs and ran to our respective rooms to change into our bathing suits. As I ran for my room, I texted Aunt Alice about Jacob and my challenge, and she quickly responded that they were also in.
Once outside, I saw that Jacob had beaten me out of the house. He was wearing his black swim trunks, and was shirtless. This was pretty typical for an afternoon on the beach, but for some reason, looking at him today, was different than it had ever been, I felt strange. Maybe it was the way that the sun glistened off his reddish brown skin, and highlighted the definition of his muscles. WAIT, I screamed to myself silently, that is Jake, he's your best friend, why are you looking at him like that any way. It must be all the blissful vampires wearing off on me. I shook my head and walked toward him.
"What's the matter," Jacob said, perplexed expression on his face, "Did Edward assign us more homework?"
"No, its nothing," I lied, and yelled "race you" and sprinted past him toward the smooth sand beach on the North side of the island by my grandparent's house.
I thought I was winning, until I felt Jacob come up behind me. He scooped me up in his arms, ran full speed for the shoreline, and then tossed me, high above his seven foot tall head, into the deep water. As I swam back to the top of the water, I was scheming ways to get him back, but as I resurfaced, and I saw him again, that strange feeling I felt from before at the house came over me, and I was staring at him. He must have dove into the water right after he tossed me in, because he was standing only three feet from me. He barely let me catch my breath before he was picking me by my right arm and left thigh, briefly holding me over his head. As he prepared to through me, all I could think was how good his warm strong hands felt on me, especially on my thigh.
Regaining my composure I yelled, "I thought you and I were on the same team." He made eye contact with me, and quickly set me down in the water.
"Sorry Nessie, I couldn't resist," Jacob said grinning ear to ear. Then he carefully placed me back on my feet. I stood looking up at him in the water. I always had to look up at him. My 5'7" height was average for a female, but Jacobs 7' frame was not average for anyone, well except maybe in the NBA. Light glistened from the water droplets on his dark black spiky hair, and droplets trailed slowly down the rippling muscles of his chest. What is wrong with me, am I loosing my mind, this is Jacob. My parents had better get me off this island soon or I am going to loose my mind.
Just then I heard a very familiar high pitched voice calling from the shore. "No fair starting without us. Although with how bad we beat you the last time, maybe that would help your team," Aunt Alice said, grinning as she and Uncle Jasper ran hand in hand towards us waist deep in the warm water. Once in front of us, Aunt Alice quickly sprung onto Uncle Jasper's back, so that she was sitting on his neck with her legs hanging gingerly down his chest.
"Up you go Nessie," Jake said, reaching down and in one smooth movement, he grabbed me by my inner thighs and hoisted me to straddle his neck. As I sat on his shoulders, straddling his neck, I again thought about how good it felt to have Jake's strong hands grab my thighs, and then how good it felt for my legs to be straddling his body. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME. Refocus, get in the game.
Trying to regain my composure, I fiercely looked at my Aunt and yelled "Game on, first one to fall loses, and the losers both get launched out into the Ocean." Aunt Alice and Uncle Jasper growled in unison as Jasper, with me straddled on top of his shoulders, charged at them.
I grabbed Aunt Alice first by the shoulders, then I tried to loosen uncle Jasper's firm hold around her legs, but they both held strong. As I bent over Jacob's head, trying to get a better hold on my aunt, I suddenly noticed how hot the back of Jacob's head felt against the bottom of my bathing suit. I smelt his warm, woodsy, earthy, smell, and felt the soft tickling of his spiky black hair against my upper thighs.
Just then, totally distracted, Aunt Alice shoved me so hard across my shoulders that both Jacob and I fell over, with him never releasing his hold on my legs. As we both sank into the warm water, still entwined, we both bounced onto the sand beneath, Jacob's head rubbed against the bottom of my bathing suit as he tried to free his head from my legs and emerge again to the shore. For a moment, just a millisecond, I thought of not releasing my legs from Jacob, because it felt so good to have his head so close to my core, but remembering that unlike the vampires we lived with, we did need Oxygen to breathe, I released him, and soon both our heads were above the water.
I stood in the water shocked, not from having lost the match, but shocked at all the strange feelings that I was having about Jake today. I was stunned momentarily into motionless silence, a trait that I inherited from my vampire side of the family.
When Jacob turned around to look at me, my stiff appearance, his appearance changed from disappointment at our team's loss to concern. Quickly he grabbed me by my shoulders and asked, "Nessie, I'm sorry, did I hurt you?"
"No of course not Jake, remember, half vampire girl," I said, looking into his deep dark eyes. Although these were eyes that I had looked in, and that I had been seen by, every single day of my life, like everything else about Jacob today, they some how seemed different, more intense. They were so deeply brown, that they almost appeared black, and the whites of his eyes, contrasted so beautifully against his Russet skin.
"OK Aunt Alice, I am ready for my flight across the ocean, just lets get it over with so that Jake and I can swim home before dinner. You know how mad Dad gets if I am late for dinner," I said, again, trying to focus on the game.
Just then I glanced up and Uncle Jasper was giving me the strangest look, then he just smirked looking quickly to Jacob, and shook his head. He didn't need to say anything for me to know, and to be totally embarrassed about what was going through his head. Uncle Jasper also had a special vampire gift, he could not only sense, but control the emotions of those around him. I knew that he felt these strange feelings I was having today for Jacob. I felt my cheeks flush red, and just as Aunt Alice went to grab me to send me sailing miles into the ocean. I quickly ran away from her, darting toward the shore.
"I just need to be alone right now, all of you leave me alone" I yelled, over my shoulder as I ran for the opposite side of the island. As I was running, I heard Aunt Alice and Uncle Jasper talking behind me.
"I never knew you were such a sore looser Nessie. It was probably from all the spoiling we have all given you," Aunt Alice yelled in my direction.
"It's OK Nessie, go take sometime, I'll talk to Alice for you," Uncle Jasper said, in a tone that sounded empathetic.
I ran straight across the island, to the deserted southern shoreline. I was about to jump into the water, and try to make a swim for Antarctica, when I felt a strong warm, large hand grab me around my arm. I turned, looking down, knowing who would be standing there, Jacob.
"Nessie, what's wrong, did I really hurt you when I fell on you, if I did I am so sorry" Jacob said, but I interrupted him, "no Jake, you didn't do anything. I am fine." I still looked down at the water.
Shaking out of his hand, I walked waist deep into the water, and prepared to dive in, so I could swim around the world if I had to, just to get away from this embarrassment again. Just as I was ready to dive, both of Jacobs arms wrapped around me from the back, restraining me. He quickly spun me around, and reached his hand under my chin, lifting my head so that I could not look away from his gaze. I felt the deep red blush fill my cheeks again. I tried to take a deep breath to steady myself, but instead, I was fully consumed by his earthy, musky, intoxicating scent. I couldn't speak. With his hand on my face, and our lips only several inches apart, the only thought I had was that I wanted to him to kiss me right now. Not in the way he had always kissed my far head goodnight, but in the deeply passionate way that lovers kiss. I wanted him to hug me to his body, not in the way he would hug me to say hello in the morning, but in a sensual way, with his hands caressing my arms, my back, and my waist.
"Nessie," Jacob said, panic now coloring his voice.
I didn't know what to say, or how to say it, but I knew what I wanted, but I feared that he would not want me, and never see me the same way that I was now seeing him. I felt the tears streaming down my cheeks, and I shook my head. At the same time though, part of me recognized the pain that my reactions were causing Jacob. Jacob, who had always been everything to me, how could I cause him pain, when he had done nothing wrong? I was the weirdo, the one who falls in love with the best friend who had always been so much more than that to me and my family.
"Nessie," Jacob said with true fear and pleading in his voice now, "whatever is wrong, whatever has you upset, I will fix it, we can fix it. I will do whatever I need to ensure you are happy, always."
His pleas were too hard for me to handle. Even though I knew that these newly emerging feelings may not be reciprocated, even though telling him could end our friendship, just the thought that maybe, there was a 1% chance that he could feel the same way, I had to let him know how I feel. Still unable to speak, I touched my palm to his face, not breaking my gaze from his eyes, and showed him a picture of him leaning down to kiss me, and wrapping me in his arms.
Jacob stood frozen for a moment. I felt heat flood my cheeks in embarrassment, and I felt the tears, starting to well up in my eyes, on the verge of overflowing, but before the first tear, could trickle down my cheek, Jacob blinked, placed both his hands around my face, and whispered "finally."
I felt my sadness turn quickly to confusion, but before I could say anything, Jacob gently pressed his lips to my lips and wrapped me in his harms, as I had envisioned he would.
From the shore I heard "Jacob" in a high pitched horrified squeal. It was my mother, but before I could even think of answering her, I saw my Dad, full dressed, approaching Jacob in the water, ready to spring at him, like he was hunting.