Chapter 3

The rest of the week was boring. I was still worrying about Nahuel. My dad was finding out bits and pieces but not enough. Although, some strange feeling kind of, hit me. I realized I like Bryan. He gave little butterflies in my stomach when I saw him. He's cute, funny, and nice, oh I could go on. Natalie still thought Jacob liked me. He knew she was talking about him. So he never said much. I still didn't tell him about the Nauhel thing.

I was walking with Bryan one day to class. Natalie was picking up her brother.

"So, have you asked anybody out to the dance yet?" I said it cheerfully so he wouldn't suspect.

"Nope. I know I'm going to go. It's just the matter of finding the right girl to go with."

"Same. So I was thinking…maybe we could go together?"

He stopped in his tracks. "You're asking me to the dance?"

"Yes, but with that face forget about it."

"I'm sorry. I just see you as a friend."

"It's okay. Really. I don't mind."

"Still friends?"

"Of course. I'm not the type that hold's grudges."

"Cool. So did Natalie call you last night? She didn't call me." He looked disappointed.

"Uh, yeah she did. She was in a rush. You know they had to drive to Seattle to pick her brother up I guess."

"Oh. I was just wondering. I was hoping nothing happened. I mean she's my best friend."

"Right."

Class was boring without Natalie. She wasn't there to tell me crazy stories about her brother. We had a test. Since I finished so fast he thought I cheated. He didn't call my parents but told me not to cheat again.

"Did Mr. Pointer seem weird to you today?" I asked Bryan while we were in line getting food.

"Not really. But he looked like he could fall asleep at any moment. Why?"

"He accused me of cheating. Because I was the first person to turn in my test."

"I don't know. Maybe he doesn't like the fact that you're the brain of the class."

Great. My mom told me not to set the curve and I did. "Well that sucks." I saw Jacob looking kind of worried.

"Jacob, are you okay?"

His face lit up when he saw mine. "Yeah, just thinking."

"About what, dude," Bryan saying with his mouth full of food.

"Just thinking about my family." He looked at me when he said that.

"Oh. Is it good or bad?" I asked.

"Not sure yet. TGIF though. Right?" He flashed his big grin at me.

"Did you just say TGIF?" I busted out into laughter.

"There's the smile I know and love."

I could tell I had a small smile on my face.

"I'm eating," Bryan said.

"Just eat big mouth." I rolled my eyes.

"So what's up with Jacob? He's acting weird."

"I'm sure everything's fine. Probably just something with his sister and her husband."

"You look really concerned. Are you alright?"

"I'm fine. Just wondering what's going on."

He didn't say much in the car ride home.

"Don't get out of the car. Tell me what happened."

He looked liked he was found out. "Billy and I talked to Leah."

"And?" My eyebrows rose as I said that.

"She isn't too happy. Were having a pack meeting tonight. I'm not gonna leave here until we do."

"Okay. I have no problem with that." I smiled at him.

He smiled too. "It'll probably be around 9:00 when you go home."

"Okay."

We spent all day doing homework. It usually takes me a half an hour. But Jacob kept distracting me.

"Nessie watch this." He threw a jellybean in the air and caught it in his mouth.

"Nice. Now stop distracting me. I should've been done an hour ago."

"Stop freaking out." He threw a jellybean at me.

"Don't throw jellybeans at me." I laughed and threw two at him. We were both laughing at this point. I couldn't really tell from laughing but I think Nauhel was glaring at us.

"What do you guys want for dinner?" Grandma Esme asked.

"A jellybean casserole." He laughed.

"Shut up." We both kept laughing.

"That was just stupid." Nauhel said coldly.

This made Jacob and I stop. "How about just some grilled chicken and salad?"

"That sounds better than his idea." He glared at Jacob.

I heard a snarl come from Jacob's chest. "Stop it." I whispered.

"Chicken and salad it is then," I saw Esme running around with the ingredients.

"Dinner was great Esme," said Nauhel with all sincerity.

"Yeah, it was really good."

"Now we have to finish our homework. It'll only take five minutes if we actually work." I laughed.

"All right." Jacob seemed determined.

"I bet 10 I can finish faster." I told Jacob.

"Your on." Jacob smiled.

We raced against the clock I had two subjects and he had three. I was trying and he still beat me.

"You're lucky today. But tomorrow's a whole different story."

"Oh, I plan on it." He laughed.

"Renesmee, let's go," called my mom.

"Alright! See you later Jacob." He hugged me tightly then let go.

"I need to go to bye Nessie," and then he was gone.

We were half way home when I asked about Nauhel.

"Anything new?"

"Yes. Well he hate's Jacob"

"We already knew that," chimed in my mom.

"But, more than we thought."

"What do you mean by that?" I asked.

"When you guys were laughing today he wanted to kill Jacob," my father said coldly.

Just that statement made my heart rip. He wanted to kill Jacob? My Jacob?! I was scared then.

"It'll be okay. He isn't going to hurt Jacob."

"But, he could," my voice was extremely high pitched then.

"We won't let that happen." My mom rubbed my shoulders to comfort me.

"Well what are we going to do then? If you tell Nauhel you were listening to him he would flip. He might try to hurt us." I heard leaves brush. "What was that?"

My dad scanned the forest. "It was nothing. Just the wind."

"It'll be okay." My mom hadn't stopped rubbing my shoulders.

"Nessie, you have nothing to worry about. I'm going to keep better track of him."

"Just don't get hurt dad." I was beyond scared at this point.

It was about 9:00 when we arrived home. We still had an hour before I had to sleep. So we had to strategize. My dad wanted to do it alone. My mom and I were telling him no. He said we should tell Carlisle about it though. My mom and I were okay with that.

"Just make sure he doesn't tell anyone else. I don't want Esme to worry." My mom looked a little scared too.

"It will be fine. We can tell him tomorrow while you, Jacob and Nauhel are eating. Nauhel won't pay attention."

"You mean he does now?" I was scared for everyone's life now.

"No. He's just…perceptive. It's like he has Jasper's gift without having it."

We were done with this discussion. I wanted to get some sleep. It was 11:30 and I still wasn't asleep. I heard leaves crumble outside which made me jump.

I went to my window. I saw a long russet haired wolf.

"Jacob," I whispered. "Jacob is that you?"

The wolf looked at me with his big brown eyes.

"What are you doing here?"

He shrugged.

"I have clothes for you. Phase back and come get them."

He didn't phase until I gave him the clothes. "Thanks Nessie."

"What are you doing here? It's almost midnight." I closed my window.

"Why do you have clothes for me?"

"In case something like this ever happened. You didn't answer my question."

He sat on my bed. "We talked to the pack tonight."

"So it went bad." I went to my bed sitting next to him.

"Leah ran. Everyone decided that Sam should be second in command and then she ran. Seth went after her."

"Did he catch her?"

"Yeah. He's trying to calm he down. I never had seen her like this Nessie. She was so…disappointed." He looked truly hurt.

"Even worse than when she sees Sam and Emily." I pieced it together now.

"No one expected her to be so hurt." I've never seen him act this way. Ever.

"I told you Jacob. She did really well as second in command."

He put his head down. "I don't know what to do Nessie. She won't even look at me."

"Jacob," I rubbed his back. We were silent for several minutes. And in this moment, I knew. I knew Jacob Black was the guy for me. We've been through everything. "Jacob, you did nothing wrong. You told her the truth and so did the rest of the pack. You can't blame this on yourself."

"But, I was the one who brought it up. I was the one who told her." He kept his head down.

"You're the greatest guy I've ever met. You see me for me. Although, I know about you and my mom I don't care."

He perked his head up as if I said something wrong. "Nessie-"

"Shh. You are. I never realized this until now. The fact with my mom is simple. You didn't imprint on her. You imprinted on me. Which in some crazy way means we need each other. You told me three months ago I got to choose. I did. I want you."

"But, what about Nauhel?"

"What about him? I don't need him. He's…convenient. Why won't you believe me right now?"

"Because I did something wrong tonight."

"No, you didn't. You were being you. I may sometimes not agree with your decisions, but I will never go against you."

We both looked at each other for a minute. It was so fast. Our lips crushed against each other. This when I officially knew. Only my lips were complete when they were with his. My hands knotted in his hair. His hands were on my neck. This was the best feeling of all time. We pulled away for a moment. We both looked into each other's eyes. We knew this was right. He crushed our lips back together. I fell on my pillow. Our lips parted as if they had a mind of their own.

"Nessie, I love you."

I felt like crying. "I love you too Jacob. Why don't you stay here tonight? My parents will let me sleep in. You could go before they came in here."

He smiled. "Sure."

I rolled on my side. He was lying right next to me, with his arms around my waist. I never experienced this feeling. With Bryan I had butterflies. With Jacob I had an avalanche. I heard his snoring begin. Oddly enough, I found it comforting. I drifted to sleep having the best dreams.

Ring! Ring!

Crap. I forgot to turn off my alarm. "I'm going back to sleep!" I yelled to my parents.

I turned to my side with Jacob awake. "Hi."

He soon had a wide grin across his face. "Good Morning."

"You don't have to leave yet. Why not in an hour or so?"

"I got to go see Billy. Otherwise, I would."

"Okay. Come back at 9:00 when I'll be awake." I smiled knowing he would come back.

"Of course." He kissed me on the lips and then he was gone.

That was the best night of my life. It felt right. Like it was going to happen then or another time. We were meant for each other. I smiled at that thought. I wanted Jacob with me at all times. My bed felt bare without him. I guess I knew why I fell in love so fast. It was because I always knew it. I just didn't grasp it. The smell of him clung to bed. I lay there with my face buried in the pillow. His sent was like no other. It was addicting. I went to sleep with my face pressed against the pillow.

I woke up at 9:15. Was Jacob already here? I hurried to get ready. I saw Jacob at the counter with my parents making some food for us.

"Morning sweetie," my mom said.

"Morning. Hey Jacob." I felt a small smile coming.

"Morning Nessie."

My dad flipped his head up then. Damn it, Jacob. Why did he have to think about last night? "Mmm, waffles."

"What happened last night?" My dad looked like a police officer catching some kids for something.

"Nothing. We talked." I knew my father knew.

"What happened?" My mom didn't know what was going on.

Jacob and I were both staring at my dad as he was staring at us.

"Someone tell me now."

"These two have something to tell you." It looked as if my dad was going to explode.

"We talked and kissed. Mmm, these are good waffles." I shoved a mouthful in.

"You what!?" My mom was hyperventilating at this point.

"Look, Bella. I love-"

"Don't you dare say what I think your going to say. Let me think about this."

It was quiet for about 10 minutes. My dad didn't look as bad as I thought he would.

"Okay, I'll go first," my dad spoke. "Nessie, I love you very much. Your mother is going to hate me for this but," she looked up at him. "If you two want to be together then so be it. I can't stop you."

Jacob and I looked like were going to fall off our stools from dizziness. Neither of us knew what was going on.

"I understand what your father is saying. At least your with Jacob instead of Nahuel right?"

"Right. I'll take good care of her Bella. I promise." His expression was truthful. Everybody in the room could see that.

My mom nodded.

"So, I'm not dead?" I smiled.

"No. But, tell us when he sneaks into your room again."

"Sure. Jacob, tell me what happened."

"I already know." Of course, my mother and father already knew.

Jacob looked relieved. "Well, Seth found Leah. It took him all night to persuade her even to look at the pack. We all decided if anything happened to Sam or I she would take over. Like that'll happen." He laughed and put more waffles in his mouth.

Dad, don't you dare say anything to Jacob about Nauhel. Not yet. My dad understood and lightly shook his head. Jacob didn't catch this.

Jacob said he had to leave to go see the pack and he would be back soon. He left for about a minute.

I ran to go meet him. "Jacob, wait!" He opened his arms as if he knew what I was going to do. I jumped into his arms and kissed him. I grabbed on to his head and locked my fingers in his hair. This one was defiantly different from last nights, more passionate. "We'll be at the Cullens," He let me down with his arms around my waist. He kissed me for one last time. "See you later. Love you."

"I love you too." He grinned, and then ran off into the forest.