Chapter 3

"We'll both have the chicken alfredo, hers without the chicken," Jake said while handing the menus back to our waiter.

He stared at me, and then shoved the basket of bread sticks towards me, "Eat. You're hungry."

I looked down and crossed my arms, ignoring the gesture.

I heard him as he sighed heavily and got out of his side of the booth and came to sit next to me, "Baby," he whispered into my ear, "I love you. Eat, my darling," he cooed.

I gave up and a smile spread across my face. I gave him a kiss on the cheek and grabbed for a breadstick.

He grinned then went back to his side of the table, shoving a bread stick down his throat like it was an Advil pill.

"Showoff," I giggled in between bites. While he looked over at some children who were running noisily around the restaurant I chucked the half of the bread stick at him.

He turned back towards me, smiling hugely now. "Oh, war, is it?" He chuckled then just as he was about to fling it back at me, our food arrived.

"We do not tolerate throwing food in our restaurant," the waiter said as he handed up our food.

We both looked down at the table and said in unison, "Sorry." I looked up and saw his eyes were on me, trying to hold back a chuckle.

When the waiter finally got out of sight, we let out a laugh.

The alfredo did help… a lot. I was feeling tons better as we arrived down by the ocean in La Push. The walk on the beach was going to be great. Could my Jakey be any more romantic?

He gave me his jacket (though it was impossible for me to be cold) and we cuddled up against each other as we took long strides down to the shoreline. The ocean water came up around our ankles.

I kicked my shoes back and took a few steps further into the dark water, "It's beautiful," I whispered as I bent down to pick up a handful of water. Jacob was right behind me, taking off his shoes and socks. He came up behind me and turned me to face him.

Our lips met, and for the first time to tonight, we really kissed. Without the fear of being watched by anyone who might disturb us.

I jumped up, our lips still attached, and he held me up against his chest.

He pulled his head back, "Water too cold for you?" He joked.

I jumped out of his reach. I started taking off my necklace and my few bracelets then threw them on shore. I splashed water on my face to remove the make up.

I removed his jacket and slung it over his shoulders. Then I pushed my thin sleeves off my shoulders and onto my arms while turning around to face Jacob. He stared at me wide-eyed, "Don't watch, you perv," I joked. He smiled then faced the other way.

I continued to take off my dress and my undergarments. I walked out farther until the water was up to my shoulders. "Your turn," I called to him.

He opened his eyes and saw that I thrown my dress on shore.

I closed my eyes tightly and turned to face the other way, just like he had.

I heard him laugh and about ten seconds later he was beside me.

He pulled me into his embrace. Our lips slowly got closer, and right before they were about to touch.

"Want to see who can hold their breath the longest?" I yelled then pushed his head under the water.

He pulled me under with him, and we kissed a little underwater before surfacing.

He looked so cute with his hair matted against his forehead.

"You're funny," he said then splashed some water at me.

We stood in the water for a little while, just talking about the same stuff. We both knew that keeping our hands to ourselves was best. Kissing could only lead to… something we weren't prepared for.

"It's probably getting late," Jacob said with a sigh. "I should get you home before your dad hunts us down."

"I'll race you to the car," I said with just as much enthusiasm.

Though we were both buck naked, we ran to the truck, grabbing our stuff on the way.

Jacob beat me there, which wasn't a surprise.

We hopped in the truck and started dressing ourselves quickly. When we were done, Jake glanced at his watch and then over at me, "Oh, shit, Nessie… it's 11:30."

My eyes widened, but a giggle escaped my lips. Jacob starting speeding down the road, back to home. He knew he was dead meat.

He kept repeating the same thing, "Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit." That was the only word said as we sped, probably at 100 mph. I giggled uncontrollably at his worry.

As soon as we parked along side the road, Jake took me on his back and ran us both back to my little cottage. He slowed at we got closer, and I jumped off his back. I saw the light on through the window. They were awake.

Then again, of course they were awake, they were vampires. I checked my watch. It was midnight. I took Jake's hand and looked up at him. "Shit." I whispered.