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Sorry this has been so long coming :S life gets hectic for me around Christmas… How'd everyone love New Moon? Man I fell further for Jacob LMAO, aaaanyway, this chapter doesn't really go anywhere particular…I just like it :) enjoy…

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Emmett versus Jacob…who would you put your money on?

Personally I was all for Emmett kicking Jacobs ass all the way to fucking Narnia and back!

They were down in the mud circling each other with huge fuck off grins on their faces, poised and ready to pounce on one another. I swear I'll never understand the male mind. We were supposed to be on a hunting trip, that is, me and Seth were supposed to be on a hunting trip…the other two twats invited themselves. I'm not apposed to Emmett coming, you know, if he was gonna behave and not get all macho but when Jacob said he'd tag along? There went my hopes of a quick and uneventful top up to my need to quench that fucking annoying dull thirst. I only need to drink blood every month or so, just to placate it. I'm very lucky in that respect and can sustain myself with human food. I don't particularly enjoy hunting if I'm honest. I know I need the blood, I know this, and I only drink the animal blood because yeah, I couldn't dream of killing a human.

All this started with pieces of tree.

Yep, tree.

Emmett uprooted a tree 'by accident' and Jacob decided to uproot a bigger one. Next thing I knew, they were duelling with them like swords! I swear…some guys seriously need their heads looking at. Wankers.

And now they were gonna wrestle…Emmett versus Jacob…vampire versus werewolf…

If I could I would have smashed their fucking immature heads together.

Me and Seth were sat in one of the tree's still standing watching the two overgrown toddlers sizing each other up and I could feel the ache in my throat. Damn why could they not have done this after I'd 'eaten'…fucking inconsiderate pricks.

"Come on Emmett! Kick his ass!" yelled Seth as he bounced up and down like a month old pup; making the branch we were on shake and creek. I grinned at the look of displeasure on Jacobs face, he clearly thought Seth should be on his side.

"Rip the mangy mutt a new one Uncle Em!" I yelled too, to add insult to injury.

Jacob just rolled his eyes at me the fricking idiot. Yeah I wasn't too bothered before but after that I really wanted Emmett to fuck him over! Rolling his eyes at me? Ass hole.

Now I could go into extreme detail about what happened next but to be honest it was just a muddy testosterone filled mish-mash of palest white arms locked with deep tan ones. They grunted and laughed and pretended they weren't really trying much when you could see that they were. Emmett's face was lined from his deep concentration and Jacob was sweating. They rolled around on the floor, grappling and trying to get the upper hand. If I was going to be completely honest with myself I was sort of impressed with how Jacob managed to keep up; they were pretty well matched size wise…and mental age too.

I honestly thought Seth was gonna wet himself with excitement.

Boys!

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"What on earth happened to you guys?"

Mom was sat on the front porch 'sparkling' in the sun. I was always so jealous of how my family looked in sunlight. They shone so beautifully. I only inherited a slight glow; a luminosity to the skin that could pass as good genes. Really fucking special.

"I WON!" yelled Emmett with his hands in fists above his head in a well practiced victory stance.

Jacob actually growled slightly and I couldn't help but smirk. Sore loser much?

However mom rolled her eyes and stretched out so her legs were in front of her. "Won what?"

"Wrestling match with your boy Jacob!" replied Emmett with his chest puffed out all the way. God he's such a fucking child sometimes.

Laughing mom raised her eyebrows at Jacob who stood covered in mud, his t-shirt ripped a bit and a sullen look on his face. "You ok there Jake? He didn't rough you up too hard did he?"

I could tell Jacob was still seething from being out muscled and couldn't help but laugh out loud. He scowled at me and that just made me laugh even harder. Mom joined in too and so did Emmett and Seth. If it could, steam would've been pouring from Jacobs' ears.

"Come on!" I said as he glowered. "You look hilarious!" and he did. His hair was stood up and caked.

"I'm glad I amuse you so much!" he spat back with his arms folded.

Emmett flexed his muscles then and made a satisfied sound "Ahh that was a fun work out! I wonder if next time I could get a harder wrestling partner…wonder how strong Sam Uley is…"

Seth barked out in laughter as Jacob looked like he was gonna murder him.

"Hold on a sec…" I piped up. "Really, Emmett had an unfair advantage."

Everyone looked at me and Emmett grinned "Hell yeah I did! I'm stronger!"

Rolling my eyes I continued, "No Emmett, Jacob is a werewolf. It wasn't fair because you wrestled him as a human."

Jacob's eyebrows lifted and he was nodding.

"What?!" asked Emmett, his brows pulled down as he eyed me cautiously.

"Jacob wrestled as a human, not as a werewolf. You're always a vampire…you had the unfair advantage. Technically you should have wrestled his wolf form, then you'd make it a fair fight."

Emmett's mouth was shaped in a small 'o' whereas Jacob was eyeing me with something resembling enthusiasm tinged with disbelief.

Mom was looking from person to person and broke the weird silence. "Renesmee's right…technically Jacob was…"

"…the underdog?" I said cringing at my own bad taste.

Seth cracked up, as Emmett demanded a rematch with the wolf Jacob with vigour. Jacob was torn between answering Emmett, booting Seth up the ass and he looked as though he wanted to say something to me too…though what, I'll never know because at that moment Aunt Rosalie stepped out onto the porch.

"Emmett…what have I told you about playing with the neighbourhood dogs?"

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Seth, it seems, knows a little about sneaking up on a girl…I should have been worried about him, but his talents for subterfuge were helping me out. Nessie, it seemed, was responding…

Admittedly, every moment I spent away from her made my stomach clench almost in pain and every moment spent close was agony because I couldn't get as close as I'd like. But she no longer scowled at everything I said. She no longer ignored my attempts at conversation. Sneaky sneaky does it…

One thing I will say though, Edward hadn't lost any of his glowering inner self torment. It was obvious he still wasn't my biggest fan. Painfully obvious. The clenched jaw and fixed stare gave him away. He should've stopped reading my thoughts then shouldn't he, nosey bastard. I do try to keep myself in line whenever he's around coz yeah; I understand a father getting a little territorial about his daughter.

It was great spending time with Bella again. Though I don't exactly see her the same way I used to. It's ok though; she's still my best friend. It's so weird, I would never have thought when she first turned that I could do anything but hate her, but when Nessie came along all my views on vampires, werewolves, even humans changed. Everything changed. And now I can have my vampire best friend and my wolf pack and soon I'll have my imprintee…hopefully.

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When I strode into the Cullen house I was greeted with the smell of baking. Man 'o' man I loved that smell.

"Oh look…the stray's come for scraps." Drawled Rosalie. I'm convinced she's secretly in love with me.

Bella stepped out of the kitchen wiping her hands on a tea towel. "Hey Jake, biscuits are cooling down." She gave me a half hug and then wiped the flour off my shoulder she'd left there. It was still slightly strange to feel how cold she was. I was always warmer than her, but now the difference was extreme.

"Honey you baked? For me?"

She rolled her eyes and batted me with the end of the towel. "That's right, coz I live to serve you. No, I made them for Ness and Seth."

I nodded, feigning nonchalance. "They about here?"

Bella saw through it, of course she did, sometimes I thought she'd developed mind reading like her husband. Her eyebrows rose as she answered in a singsong voice "They went somewhere with Jasper…in the direction of the cottage I think."

I sat on the arm of the sofa and wondered how long I'd have to stay there before I could leave without making it too obvious. "So Blondie…not shoe shopping today?"

She rolled her eyes and didn't answer. Yeah she was totally in love with me.

"Jake, if you want you could take the kids some biscuits, instead of annoying Rose, I'm sure they'd appreciate it." said Bella carrying some of the biscuits wrapped in a napkin.

Ahh that girl knew me like her well read copy of Wuthering Heights. "But that's what I'd planned on doing today…annoying Blondie…"

"Jake…" warned Bella shoving the goodies into my hand. "Go, before I rip you a new one."

"Oh Bella, its so cute when you get all macho. You're not a new born anymore you know cupcake, you can't take me." I teased with a smirk and then winked adding, "Though I'm sure you'd love to try."

Someone cleared their throat from the doorway. Dammit why'd Edward always have to be such a frigid twat?

"Edward!" said Bella with a sigh as she all but skipped to his side. God it was disgusting the way she still stared gooey eyed at him whenever he was near. Vomit inducing.

"Afternoon Jacob."

I gave him my biggest grin and nodded. "Edward…biscuit?"

He would have replied if he hadn't have been staring down at Bella like he was going to devour her in one bite. God I needed to get out of there. All that lovey-dovey shit just got on my nerves.

"I'll go take these to those who'll appreciate them then shall I?"

Nope, no response from anyone. Edward and Bella were locked in some sort of soul mate staring contest and Blondie had her little upturned nose in some sort of fashion magazine.

So I left, fuck it. One of the shit things about vampires was when they were with their other halves they tended to disappear into their own little freaky cold blooded worlds. I made my way across the river that ran behind the Cullen house and towards the cottage Bella and Edward had shared since she was first turned. As I walked (and ate, obviously) my mind wandered to a little house just out of the trees on the outskirts of La Push. It was very close to the cliff and the view was amazing, especially in the morning. The porch on the front was small but big enough for a small bench and was covered from the rain and the rooms inside were bigger than you'd guess. When I'd first spotted this house six years ago I knew what it was meant for…who it was meant for, but it had stood empty and silent for so long I was beginning to lose hope. Leah didn't know why I didn't just move in on my own but she didn't get it. It wasn't meant just for me.

Suddenly I heard giggling.

"What..?"

More giggling and then a louder masculine laugh.

My stomach dropped instantly as I followed the sound. You know when you know looking at something will hurt really badly but you feel like you'll be worse off if you didn't?

Relief washed over me when I turned around a bend covered in thick foliage to see three figures, Jasper and Nessie sat on a log and Seth stretched lounging on the floor. They all wore funny grins on their faces.

"JACOB!"

I stopped dead. Nessie looked pleased to see me?! Erm…what?

Seth turned and grinned too "Jake! Come sit, pull up a pew!"

Nessie giggled and folded her legs underneath her. "What have you got? What's that there? In your hand! Let's see!"

Something was definitely off but I lowered my hand so she could see the biscuits wrapped in the napkin.

"BISCUITS!" she jumped up and swiped three from me before I could blink. Then she returned to her perch on the log and shoved one in her gob like she'd never eaten before.

"Erm…"

"Hey! I want some too!" said Seth loudly with a scowl, as he scrambled to his feet and took five.

I looked questioningly at Jasper who was the only one who hadn't said anything and saw the smirk on his face. His eyes were dancing and he was sat very relaxed…more relaxed than I'd ever seen him before. "What's going on with you guys?" I asked casually leaning on a tree.

Jasper just quirked an eyebrow and pursed his lips.

"Who needs a herbal high when Uncle Jazz is around!" laughed Nessie before starting on a new biscuit.

Jasper laughed too before closing his eyes for a second. Suddenly I felt a wave of something warm wash through my body and mind…it felt good.

"Ahh Jazz…" said Seth who was now sprawled on his back with his eyes closed "You're a legend you are."

Nessie was giggling again and I realised what was happening and laughed. "Jasper, that's awesome!"

He doffed an imaginary cap and sent out another wave. Damn I needed to sit down; standing seemed so…so rigid. I plonked myself on the floor in front of the log, and leant back. Nessie was just to my left still nibbling on the second biscuit.

"You guys do this often?" I asked. My mouth felt slower and I stretched it a little, to make sure it was still mine.

"Only when we can get out on our own…" answered Jasper. "Edward isn't too keen on me doing it when Nessie's around and Bella says it makes her feel queasy."

I tutted and rolled my eyes laboriously "What's with them being so anal about everything?"

Seth let out a bark of laughter and had to hold his stomach. "Anal!"

Nessie giggled and I couldn't help but join in, it was impossible not to. "Seth stop being so crude!" she scolded, trying to kick him with her foot. Her leg didn't seem to be working as she'd intended and she eventually over balanced and ended up falling backwards off the log laughing hysterically.

"Nessie you fell over!" howled Seth who was now rolling around.

I peeked over the log and saw her laid there rosy cheeked, laughing loudly with her copper curly hair splayed on the dirt around her. "Need a hand there little lady?" I asked slowly trying to keep a straight face. She reached for my hand and as they touched a new wave of something went through my body, which had nothing to do with Jaspers emotion bending high. I felt giddier, warmer somehow. It felt almost spiritual and I wanted to feel it forever…

She was still laughing as I yanked her back up onto the log, so much so that she slid off the front and ended up in a heap on the floor next to where I'd been sat.

"Nessie you lunatic!" laughed Jasper as he slid off the log on her other side so we were all on the floor.

"I can't…stop…laughing!" she gasped through giggles.

I would have been joining in if she hadn't have been sat smack bang right next to me, her right side on my left…her skin touching mine…

This was one crazy assed situation…and absolutely glorious!

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