Chapter 2: It begins

There was something special about her, Nessie that was. Our love wasn't romantic, not yet. I knew it soon would be, but I couldn't focus on that. All I cared about was the present. She would grow up quicker than any other child and I knew that my days with the young Nessie were limited, but I enjoyed every single one.

Bella and Edward, particularly Bella, were very understanding of my imprinting. They would let me spend as much time as I desired with Nessie, so naturally I saw her every single day. She was my Nessie and I was her Jacob.

I loved her like a little sister. Each day I watched her grow with amazement. I loved hunting with her, watching her anticipation as she neared her prey, feeling her excitement as she caught it, and loving her pride as she showed me how big it was. I always let her catch the bigger one. I didn't per say prefer live flesh over cooked human food, but for Nessie I'd do anything. If she wanted to hunt, I would hunt.

Charlie came by often, still slightly uneasy about the whole situation. I always wondered if he ever questioned what kept me at the Cullen's house so often. Perhaps he'd known how I'd felt about Bella, back before Renesmee came along, but things weren't like that now. I wouldn't have stayed in the house of the woman I loved after she'd been married. I only hung out there when necessary before Renesmee and I wouldn't still be there now if not for Renesmee. Then again though who was I to guess at what Charlie thought? I didn't have Edward's mind reading powers.

Regardless, my previous love for Bella could not begin to compare to my new love for Nessie. She was the reason my would kept spinning. Gravity no longer held me in place, Nessie did. My love for Bella vanished the instant I imprinted on Nessie. Bella would forever be a part of my life, but never in the same way as back then again.

Watching Nessie grow I spent a lot of time with Bella and Edward. I found myself getting along with Edward a lot better now that him and I weren't fighting for the same girl. The fact that he always knew my thoughts sometimes got annoying though. It was nice in the sense that it assured him how much I really did care for Nessie and only wanted what was best for her, however it also had it's annoyances.

There were no secrets from Edward. He knew too many of my thoughts. Anytime a member of his family annoyed me, Edward knew. Anytime I wished for something, like not having to smell vampires for just two minutes, Edward would know and would make some comment or something like "if it bothers you so much leave." How could I though? That awful stench of bloodsuckers was worth it if it meant getting to spend time with Nessie. Edward didn't always like that thought. As much as we got along now, he didn't seem to fully understand imprinting and I figured that where our problems always began.

Bella understood the process of imprinting better since I'd told her all about Sam and Quil's back when she was still human. She had a pretty good understanding of things. Edward, on the other hand, knew what imprinting was, but at the same time I felt like he didn't fully grasp it. Sometimes I was even under the impression that to him imprinting meant wolf sees girl, wolf falls in a deep romantic love with girl, wolf desires to enjoy all the romantic intimacy that comes with your typical romance regardless of age of girl or what girl wants. It wasn't like that. I wanted her to be happy and nothing more.

As I watched her grow more and more I was well aware of the fact that she'd soon be old enough to start a romantic relationship with, but that didn't matter yet. What mattered was the present. I wasn't about getting intimate with her. That was the last thing on my mind as I watched my little Nessie grow up. I wish Edward would have paid as much attention to those thoughts as he did the other ones.

He also seemed to have a problem with me calling her my Nessie. Maybe he was just mad because she was his Nessie too. Their relationship was different than mine would ever be though. I would one day desire Nessie romantically, Edward wouldn't. I was protective of her, just as he was, but it was a different sort of protection. His was fatherly, mine was more brotherly.

As Nessie grew even that changed. The brotherly love I felt for her changed into friendship. I still loved her, but in a different way than before. It still wasn't romantic, but it was more like the love one feels for a good platonic friend.

She was growing up so quickly. It was all so incredible. I found us having more deep conversations than we ever had before and the games she liked to play were becomming more mature. She was still young, too young to be involved with romantically, but older.

She was becomming a very deep thinker-thinking of things I would have never contemplated at her age. She always wanted to know more and more about the way our world worked. She would ask billions of questions, but then again who wouldn't if they were born half vampire and half human? She wanted to know everything. If grandpa was human why wasn't her mother? How were vampires made? What was everyone's life like before they were vampires? Why were the Voltori so crazy? Why did her Jacob - I loved when she called me her Jacob- hangout with vampires if they were natural enemies?

That was a tough one to answer. I didn't want her to know I'd imprinted on her, not yet. She would find out one day, but not yet. I would tell her when I was ready, when she was older. I didn't want the fact that I'd imprinted on her to scare her or make her thing that what we had wasn't real. She was my best friend and imprinting or not that was real.

I'd told Nessie that I hung out with vampires because I was able to see that, underneath the smell, they were good creatures and the fact that we were natural enemies didn't matter to me. It was mostly true. Sure they annoyed me from time to time, but as I spent more time with Nessie's family I was realizing that they really weren't that bad. Nessie didn't need to know that I probably wouldn't be hanging out with vampires so much if she wasn't there.

Nessie had commented on my comment about their smell, arguing that she liked it and I knew that was one area we'd never agree on. She was the only vampire I would ever be able to stand the smell of. As only half vampire, Nessie smelt beautiful to me. Her scent was the greatest scent I'd ever smelt. She was perfect; the best friend I could ever ask for. Then everything changed.

It was like it happened overnight. One day she was sitting beside me as my best friend telling me what she'd done that morning while I'd been at La Push then the next day when I went to the Cullen's something happened.

I suddenly saw my Nessie in a different light. She didn't look much different than the day before, but she was, in my mind at least.

I'd come to pick my best friend up to go hunting, and as much as I knew I had to control my thoughts around Edward, I couldn't.

She came downstairs wearing jeans and a t-shirt. Her fashion sense was just like her mothers-plain and simple, yet beautiful. There was nothing fancy about her outfit. It was nothing different than what she wore every other day, but it was the first time I ever noticed how good she looked in it. The fact that anyone could look so beautiful in such a plain outfit amazed me.

She was more than just beautiful though that day. I'd always thought she was beautiful; beautiful the way a guy can look at a completely platonic friend and see her beauty without it meaning any more than acknowledgement. For the first time I saw more than just a beautiful platonic friend. She was hott.

That's when I knew it had happened. I wouldn't be able to look at Nessie as just a friend again. The imprinting had taken on full pace. I wanted more than just friendship. I wanted romance, but would she?

A/N: disclaimer - I don't own the characters or anything you recognize. Also please review this is my first Twilight fanfiction and I'm curious as to what people think. Thanks to those who did review last chapter!