NPOV
The first few weeks after saying goodbye to Jake were the hardest. It took all my self control not to jump from the car at the sight of him standing there waving goodbye to me. I understood that my family could no longer stay in Forks. They had been there entirely too long, and it was time to move on. Mom had always wanted to visit Ireland, so that's where we were headed, who knew where we would end up from there. Alice, Jasper and Seth were going with us. Rosalie and Emmett were going to New Hampshire for a few years to live on their own as a married couple, and Grandpa and Grandma were going to Alaska to live with our Denali cousins for a while. It was the first time in my short life that I wouldn't be surrounded by all of my family. I was nervous, scared, but at the same time, it was 8 less ears listening to my every breath, 8 less eyes watching my every move. It was exciting. A whole new life. My life in Forks had been wonderful, but it would be nice to maybe have a little more freedom. I couldn't go anywhere in Forks without half the town and half the pack knowing what was going on. I would miss Jacob and all my friends at La Push, that was a given, but the chance to see another part of the world, to have real life experiences, was just too tempting. Seth would be there, he'd remind me of home. He'd remind me of Jacob.
The flight from Seattle to New York wasn't that bad, I slept most of the way, the flight from New York to Dublin was a different story. I was too wired to sleep, so I watched the horrible in flight movie and gazed out the small window into the blackness below. I wondered what this new life would bring me, I wondered if we would ever go back to Forks? I knew that someday, somehow, I would see my Jacob again.
We spent those first few weeks exploring Ireland and Scotland. Staying at small Inns in the countryside. Seth and I feasted on the tastes of the Northern UK, and the rest of my family lived on butcher shop blood. The beginning of the third week, we decided it was time to move on, since my growth had slowed down I would be able to go to school finally. Jasper had all the paperwork, and I would start as a sophomore. My parents had found a lovely home in Romania of all places. Seth couldn't help but laugh that we would be living in Dracula's homeland. When we arrived in Bucharest,we rented a very large SUV and made our way to our new home, Brasov Romania.
The house that dad picked out for us was beautiful. It was situated deep in the forest. It was rustic and large, but not as massive as the main house in Forks. The house was 2 stories, and rectangular, it had a wrap around porch on the first and second floor. It was off white with creamy brown trim. Mom was in love with it immediately. Jasper and Alice's room was downstairs off the living room, me mom and dad were upstairs. There was a small apartment above the detached garage that would be Seth's. Carlisle would be flying in to pose as my father when school began, but then he would head back to Alaska. As far as the locals were concerned he was a very busy business man.
I had talked to Jake on the phone countless times since we left Forks, but today I would actually get to see him on the web cam. Finally we had the house set up and everything plugged in. I was so excited to get to look at his face! This would be the first of many many web cam chats to come. Tomorrow was my first day of school, I was nervous and excited. Jacob could always calm me down. At exactly 6pm my computer started ringing and I got to see his wonderful smile. Everything would be okay!
JPOV
The first few days were HELL. I contemplated getting on a plane at least a hundred times a day. If it hadn't been for my pack, I would have found a way to run all the way to Ireland. After the first week though I got back on track, I got signed up for technical school in Port Angles. I had decided that I wanted to open a garage in La Push, Dowlings was really the only garage in the area and their prices were outrageous. Embry, Quill, Sam and Jared all needed work too, so we were going to go in together on the shop. Only one of us really needed to go to school, we all basically knew what we were doing. I was the one with all the free time on my hands, so I went. It was actually kind of fun. I learned a lot of stuff, and it kept my brain busy...and off Nessie. She called almost every day while they were traveling, once they got to their house in Romania of all places, she'd call me on the web cam. I was excited to see her face, but I knew it would make it harder. I was doing okay, but seeing her face might set back any progress I had made. Seth called too, and he told me that Ness was doing much better, she was actually having fun and looking forward to starting school. I thought she still looked a little young to be starting school as a sophomore, she looked maybe 14, but Carlisle said she'd do fine, her growth had slowed down and would become more subtle and natural over the next few years.
I was on my way home from school, speeding down the road on my new motorcycle. I had sold the Rabbit and my old dirt bike and bought a 2010 Triumph America. The speed was almost as good as when I was running in wolf form. It was the first thing I'd ever bought for myself and I loved it. Nessie had decided that LuAnn was a good name for it. I didn't want to broadcast that I'd let my imprint name my bike such a girly name, but Seth, the traitor that he is, told Embry, who in turn told everyone he knew. Aaaahhh Embry. We didn't think he'd imprint. He loved all things female, he had a date with someone new every weekend...I honestly didn't know where these girls were coming from, but there was never a shortage for Embry. The first week after Ness left, Embry and I were at the beach with Quill and Claire when he saw her. Her name was Abby, and she was Emily's 17 year old cousin from Montana. Sam had told us that she would be coming to stay with them for the summer while her parents vacationed in LA. I'd never seen Embry speechless, but there he stood, mouth hanging open, wide eyed and goofy looking. Abby stood there glancing back and forth from me to Embry, confused. Quill interrupted her and pulled her down the beach with Claire while I smacked Embry on the back.
"Dude! Snap out of it!" I said
"Wha...what?" he said blinking up at me.
I couldn't help but laugh. "It's okay Embry" and I clamped my hand down on his shoulder.
"Is that...did I just...? What happened?" he asked
"You know what happened, you imprinted you douche bag!"
"But, but...wow." Then he looked up the beach at Abby and Claire splashing in the water. "She's hot." he said laughing.
We both started laughing then, leave it to Embry to have that first thought about her.
"Dude, she's only 17! Keep it in your pants for a while!" I said
"No, No.." he looked like he might punch me "it's not like that Jake, you know that!"
"Yes Embry, I've imprinted, I know how it is."
"Bullshit dude! Ness is still just a kid" and he looked back down the beach "Abby is almost full grown. Fuck dude, I've never had a hard on like this before. Is it always going to be like this?"
"I don't know! The same thing happened to the others when they first met their imprints, but they were all adults and could do something about it. Me, Quill and you are the only ones that imprinted on kids." I looked down and kicked the sand.
"You think it would be easier if you had imprinted on someone already grown?" He asked
"I dunno know dude, maybe it would have been easier, but I wouldn't trade Ness for anything. I'll wait for her as long as it takes."
"Well, hopefully Abby's birthday isn't that far away!" he said as he grabbed my shoulder and pulled me down the sand towards the others.
Sure enough, Abby's birthday was the next week. Before then, she treated Embry like the drooling fool that he was. She pretty much wasn't interested. Sure she thought he was nice and all, and "cute" as she'd told Emily, but she didn't feel anything deeper. The night of her birthday Emily had all of us over for cake and ice cream, and as soon as a now adult Abby saw Embry, it was on. You could almost cut the sexual tension with a knife. They couldn't stop looking at each other, she couldn't stop licking her lips, every time they touched they gasped. It was horribly uncomfortable to witness, so luckily the two of them snuck off as soon as they could. Emily just shook her head, you can't fight fate.
And so I knew, that as soon as Ness was full grown that would happen between us. I'd have to make sure she didn't see me until she was truly ready for something like that, I'd talked to Edward and told him about it and he agreed that we'd have to figure something out when that day finally came. I was leaving it up to him and Bella. Ness didn't need to feel more drawn to me than she already did. She'd come back when she chose to, not a minute before then.
The rain was just beginning to fall when I got home and went in my room. I typed in Ness's screen name and waited for her to answer. A second later, there she was, her brilliant smile, her wide brown eyes, her curly hair...everything, right there in front of me, on the other side of the world.
