Guess what? I get to see BD2 on Wednesday! Yay! So here's chapter 7, and I wanted to tell you guys that I really love both the characters of Charlie Swan and Billy Black. I also love their friendship/bromance. That was my intention here. Bella was gone, so Charlie was alone, and I wanted Jacob to have the house to himself, but killing off Billy was not an option. So these two old, lonely bachelors are rooming together, that is, until I make up my mind about the Charlie/Sue pairing... anyways, enjoy! And thank you soooo much for the lovely reviews for this story and "My Eternal Sunshine"!

Chapter 7: Just Lucky I Guess

"Ready?" Jacob asked as they stood on Charlie's porch. Renesmee nodded. It was difficult for her sometimes, to be around Charlie. But it was getting easier. She and Jacob came once a month to have dinner with him and Billy. Charlie loved seeing someone in his family, for Bella very seldom came. Not only was the aching thirst worse for Bella than it was for Renesmee with the smell of Charlie's blood, but she hated not being able to tell her father the truth. Of course, Charlie was still stuck on his need to know policy, but Bella could not stand to see the hurt look in his eyes whenever he glanced at her. So the task of keeping Charlie happy often fell to Renesmee.

Jacob knocked and almost immediately, the door swung open to reveal Charlie Swan, his arms opened wide to receive his granddaughter. Renesmee grinned, and all her anxieties about the evening ahead vanished as she hugged him. "It's good to see you, Nessie," he said.

"You too, Chief," she smiled. Besides Seth and Jacob, Charlie and Billy were the only ones to call her by that nickname. She called him "Chief" because Carlisle had wanted to be Grandpa, and Charlie had had an aversion to it, claiming he was much too young. Also because he was still a police chief at the Forks Police Department.

"We've missed you two around here," he continued as he greeted Jacob as well. Then he turned back to Renesmee and held her at arms length. "Let me look at you."

She smiled as he looked her over like he did every month. It used to make her really nervous. She was always afraid that he would ask her a question that she wouldn't know how to answer about her rapid growth. But now, she knew he wouldn't notice anything different about her no matter how hard he looked. She looked the same this month as she had last month and the month before. She looked seventeen.

"I think you've finally stopped growing, Ness," Charlie said. Renesmee opened her mouth to say something, but he stopped her. "Need to know," he reminded her.

"I was going to say that I think you're right," she laughed.

"Hey Charlie," Billy chuckled as he wheeled himself into the room, "who's that ugly kid with Nessie?"

Jacob laughed, "I was wondering where you were, Old Man!"

"Hi, Billy," Renesmee said sweetly bending to kiss his weathered cheek.

"I'll never know how you got an angel like this, Jake," Billy grinned. "She's way too good for you."

Jacob and Renesmee laughed. "Just lucky, I guess," Jacob smiled, gazing at the young girl by his side.

Charlie cleared his throat uncomfortably, knowing the whole thing between Jacob and his granddaughter was another need to know circumstance. And he most definitely did not want to know. "There's pizza in the kitchen, guys," he said, "and the game's going to start in about five minutes."

"Alright!" Jacob exclaimed as they all migrated toward the living room.

Renesmee shook her head. "Is that all you guys ever eat?"

Charlie winked at her as he grabbed himself a beer out of the fridge. "It is when my lovely granddaughter isn't here."

"Enough said, Chief," she laughed. "I'll cook up some pasta or something and put it in the fridge for you."

"Thanks, but only after the game," he ordered, handing her a slice of pizza. "If you're only going to stop by once a month, I want as much time with you as possible."

Renesmee smiled. She always forgot how much she loved spending time with the Chief. He loved her, but not in the overwhelming and stifling way that the rest of her family did. It was nice. She held the pizza with one hand, and grabbed a coke for her and one for Jacob with the other, before following Charlie into the living room.

"Did you have fun tonight?" Jacob asked as he drove her home later.

"You know I did," she said. "I even almost forgot about..."

"That vampire?" Jacob finished for her. Renesmee nodded. He reached over and took her hand in his, keeping his other hand on the wheel. "Don't worry about that, Honey. Alice is keeping an eye on her, and I've got they guys patrolling the area down at the reservation. And, who knows, Esme could've been right. Maybe it was just curious."

"Maybe," Renesmee whispered, though she was not convinced. A vampire that posed no threat wouldn't have frightened her so much, and she wouldn't have caused Alice to have such a frightening vision.

Jacob pulled the Rabbit up to the front of the cottage and put it in park. He hopped out and opened Renesmee's door for her before walking her to the front of the house. "Are you gonna be okay?" he asked.

She wrapped her arms around him and nodded into his chest. She kissed his lips softly, and gave him a small smile. "I love you."

"Always and forever, Ness," he smiled back at her before she entered the house. From the front window, she watched him jog back to his red volkswagen and start it up. Only after the headlights disappeared was she able to tear herself away from the window.