Chapter 4

"What was that about?" Asked my mom, while we were walking to the Cullen's.

"Nothing. Just wanted to know if he was coming back."

"You know, I'm not mad right?"

"I know mom. I don't think you would do anything anyways."

"Okay. Your father and I aren't mad. We were just wondering when you would choose."

"What are talking about?"

"Well, we just told you last year how he imprinted on you. We wanted to know when you make the decision to become soul mates or just friends."

"Oh. Did I choose the wrong one?"

"No. I don't mind Jacob anymore. I think he can protect you." Of course, my father had to be over protective.

When we got to the Cullen's Nauhel was there.

"Hey, Nessie. Where's Jacob?" He said with a quick smile.

I glanced over at my dad who is taking Carlisle to talk to him. "Uh, he's with the pack right now."

He came over and touched me on the arm. "We can have our own fun." He was still smiling.

"Sure." I couldn't help having goosebumps raise all over my body. My mom looked over at me, not worried at all. She has gotten so much better at hiding her emotions. Soon Jasper walked over to her.

"Jasper can we talk in the other room?" My mom took Jasper out of the room. I was scared now; I didn't the rest of the family to know.

"Are you okay? You look worried."

"I'm fine, Nahuel. Just a little sleepy." I faked a grin at him.

"Well what do you want to do today?"

"Let's just stay home. Watch some T.V."

"Sounds like fun." His smile made everyone in the room go stiff.

After an hour Jacob ran through the door. I got up so fast I was wondering if anyone really saw me.

"Hey." I hugged him tightly and pushed my head higher to kiss him.

He kissed me back. I'm just glad I remembered that my family was in the room. "Hi. So what have you been doing?"

I saw Nauhel in the corner of my eye his hands clenching to fist. "Nothing. Just watching T.V. with Nahuel."

Jacob took me into the kitchen. "Nessie, what's going on?" He looked scared.

"Nothing, we need to talk about right now. I promise to tell you later."

"Alright." I knew I'd have to tell him now.

"What are you guys doing? I came in to get a snack," said Nauhel.

Jacob put his arms around my waist protectively. "Uh, were doing the same as you." Nauhel looked at Jacob very quickly then turned.

"So, homecoming's coming up."

"Jacob, do you really think I'm not going to go with you?"

We both smiled widely. We heard Nauhel stop looking for some food.

"I'm not so hungry anymore."

"Are you okay, Nauhel?"

"I'm fine," he said coldly.

Jacob and I looked at each other. Nauhel walked out of the room with his back arched.

"Nessie! When are we going shopping!?" Of course, Alice was overly giddy when she heard I was going to homecoming.

I laughed. "I don't know. Tomorrow?"

"Okay! I'll go tell Rosalie. We'll make a list of the best shops in Seattle and Port Angeles. I'm so glad I have a niece that likes to shop."

She hugged me awkwardly since Jacob's arms never left my waist.

"Rose!" She screamed as she left the room.

"Jacob, do you even have a tux?"
He laughed at my question. "Yes, I do."

We smiled at each other for a moment. "Why do you always have to look so beautiful?" He bent his head down to kiss me.

"I don't know. Maybe I just am," I laughed and kissed him.

"Dinner was fantastic. Thank you Esme." Jacob smiled.

"Yes, thank you Grandma Esme." I hugged her.

"It's fine. I like to cook. I'm happy I now have people to cook for," she smiled widely.

"Let's go Jacob. Bye guys."

"Bye!" They all said.

We were half way to the cottage when Jacob spoke up.

"Okay, what happened?"

"Are we safe to talk dad?"

He nodded. "Jacob it's about Nahuel."

He squeezed my hand harder once heard his name.

"He's been having different…thoughts about Nessie."

"Like what?" He growled.

"He wants her as a mate. He only sees himself with Nessie."

This was the first time I heard this. I didn't want Nauhel. I only wanted Jacob. I felt tears coming to my eyes.

He wiped the tears from my eyes with his warm fingers. "I won't let him touch you." He turned to my dad. "What's going to happen if I need to do a pack meeting?"

"Carlisle is telling all of them today. Him and Jasper are going to take a walk so he doesn't know."

"So? What does that mean? Is she going to be safe or not!?" Jacob snarled.

"Jacob. Stop." I whispered.

"She's going to be fine. They're not going to let Nahuel out of their sight."

When we got home Jacob and I automatically went to my room.

"I'm gonna kill him."

"Jacob." I went over to hug.

"No, Nessie. I should. If he ever hurts you I'll-"

"Stop. Jacob everybody knows now it'll be okay."

"I hope so. I can't lose you."

"Me either."

Jacob kissed me so passionately. As if it were our last time together.

I broke away to breathe. "Jacob, it will be fine. I promise. I'm kind of tired. Let's go to bed."

"I'll be here in an hour. I'm gonna tell the pack."

"Promise?"

"I promise." He kissed me then left me.

I thought I was alone at school. This was worse. I never wanted to be without him. I needed him. He was the only person that kept me sane. I went to sleep at 9:30. I didn't realize how tired I truly was. I felt warm arms come around me.

"Are you cold? You seem cold."

Jacob hugged me tighter. "I'm good now." I kissed him once then went back to sleep. I hope my parents realized that he would be here. I mean it's like I can't sleep without him. He was the only reason I was comfortable when I slept.

We woke up pretty early.

"So are you going shopping today with you aunts?" Asked my dad.

"I think so. We'll be gone all day probably."

"Well what am I going to do?" Jacob laughed.

"I don't know. Why hang out with Quil and Embry?"

"I guess I could do that."

"Dad, make sure Nahuel doesn't leave the house."

"We won't let him out any of the doors," said my mom.

"Okay."

Alice, Rosalie, and I left as soon as I got to the house.

"Who's car are we taking?"

"Mine. Alice's is too small."

"Is not!"

"It is for today." Rosalie laughed.

Alice and Rose kept bickering over what music we would play. It made me laugh.

"So, are we going for cool tones? Because I thinking of green," I asked.

"No!" They both shouted at the same time.

"I thought she knew how to dress." Rose pushed the gas petal faster.

"Green will make you look sick. We're going for purple."

"Alice, don't you already know what I'm going to pick out?"

"No, because you have to choose whatever you want. We're getting at least 4 dresses."

I started at her wide-eyed. "Why four? It's not like I'm going to get fat or anything."

Alice laughed. "You never know what might happen."

It took us an hour to get to Seattle.

"Okay, were stopping at three places here. Let's go." Alice was just a little too excited. Rosalie and I shot a glance at each other. We knew this was going to be a long day.

We spent five hours shopping and trying on clothes. We went to every big shopping place in town. Then it took us at least a half an hour to get to Port Angeles.

"What about this one?" I asked stepping out of the dressing room. This was my first dress at the last store. I had at least five more dresses to go.

"Turn," asked Rosalie.

Rosalie and Alice looked at each other and shook their head. "Next!"

"Alice, you are having too much fun." Granted, I was having as much fun as she was.

I ended up getting three dresses, five pairs of shoes, and a lot of make-up. But, I was for sure about one. It went just above my knees, spaghetti strapped, and purple, with rhinestone accents.

"Today was so much fun. I love you guys." I hugged Alice and Rosalie.

Alice smiled at me. "I think we had just as much fun."

"Alice, doesn't it remind you of when she was a baby? And we had to keep changing her out of her clothes because she was growing so much?" I swear I almost heard Rosalie squeal.

"Yes! That was so much fun." Of course Alice did squeal.

"That's my queue to leave. Love you guys." I went inside the house with my parents already at the back door ready to leave.

"Hey, mom. Hey, dad."

"So how was today?" My mom sounded giddy.

"Fun, but exhausting. I'm drained."

I was happy to get home. Put my clothes away and go to bed. I soon as I put my clothes away I went to the bathroom to brush my teeth. Of course, when I got out Jacob was already there in my bed with his arms wide open for me.

"Hey. I missed you so much toady," I crawled on the bed to kiss him.

"Me too." He smiled widely then kissed me.

"So Alice made me get three dresses." I rolled my eyes.

"Well aren't you going to preview them for me?" He was still smiling.

"Not tonight. I'm too tired." As soon as I yawned he wrapped me up into his arms. I went straight to sleep.

I spent the rest of the weekend with Jacob. He never left my side. If Nauhel ever tried to come near me, Jacob would move me to another room. I loved Jacob, but he really needed to calm down. I never did talk to him about it.

I told him as we were driving to school on Monday.

"So, Jacob…you know, you don't need to be so protective. My whole family knows."

"I know. I just want you to be safe."

"I will."

Once we got to school we noticed a familiar car.

"Jacob, isn't that Paul's car?"

"What is he doing here?"

We saw him and Billy come out of the office.

"What are you guys doing here? Hey dad."

"We gave them a picture of Nauhel. To make sure he doesn't come on school premises."

"Are you serious? Why?" I didn't understand why they did.

"We wanted to make sure you'd be fine."

"Guys, I'll be okay. Really. Now everybody knows. Stop freaking out about it. Let's go Jacob. Bye, guys."

"Bye, Nessie!"

We saw Natalie with Bryan and a guy we don't know. He was tall, had short brown hair, and green eyes. He looked similar to Natalie.

"Hey. Who's this?"

"This is my wonderful brother Tyson." Natalie smiled.

"Are you guys twins? You look a lot alike." Jacob beat me to the question.

Natalie laughed. "Yeah, we are. But I'm cuter."

"No. That's not going to happen. I know I'm sexy." Tyson rubbed his torso.

"Shut up. So you two are finally together. Told you." She said in a singsong voice.

"Shut up." We both laughed. Jacob tightened his grip on my waist.

"Did you get your dress for homecoming!?"

She was excited. She knew I would go because I had Jacob. "Yeah. My aunts went a little crazy and got me three dresses."

"What about you Jacob; got a tux?" Asked Bryan.

"Yeah I do." Jacob looked down at me and smiled.

School was really fun that day. Jacob, Bryan, and Tyson became best friends. It was hard to get a word in edge wise with them. Natalie and I basically laughed at their stupidity all day.

"So, you liked Tyson?" I asked as we were driving home from school.

"Yeah, he's pretty cool."

When we got home it looked like my dad was keeping a watchful eye on Nahuel.

"Hey dad." I went over to hug him.

"Hey. Have a good day at school?" He kissed the top of my head.

"Yeah, it was fun. We met Natalie's brother Tyson. He's really cool."

Nauhel's head shot up. "Hey Nessie." He waved at me.

Jacob squeezed my hand harder. "Hey Nahuel."

"Let's go get our homework done. We have a lot."

Jacob wasn't lying.

Jacob's hand never left mine when we were doing our homework. Nauhel sat there glaring at us. Keeping his eyes on our hands. I wish he didn't scare Jacob and I so bad.

I still didn't want to think about Nauhel when we were walking home. But his glare stayed in my head all the way back to my house.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah. I'm just thinking."

"About what?"

"About doing this." I kissed Jacob. I always wanted to kiss him. It was like we were complete with one another.

"I love you." He started at me with his hand rubbing my face.

"I know. I love you too."

"That's why I'm so scared about you. I don't know what I would do if I ever lost you." It looked like it pained him to say that.

"You don't have to be. I will be fine. Besides, I don't want to talk about that." I sat Jacob and I up, putting my legs around his waist.

"What do you want to think about then?"

"This." Jacob kissed me faster than I kissed him.