AN: Sorry this chapter is so long. The next few will be. I'm getting close to the end of this story. There will be a total of 11 chapters. This chapter is rated T for language. enjoy! R&R!
I don't own Twilight! just this story line.
Chapter Seven: Really? What Was He Thinking? No! He Wasn't Thinking At All!
Running through the woods felt great. The wind tosseled my fur while the rain soaked it. The strain of my muscles was heaven as the ground sped below me. The woods around Forks always smelled clean and fresh; at least until I hit the Cullen's treaty land. These woods were actually my favorite place in the world to run.
Leah wasn't far in front of me. Running with her brought back a lot of different memories. I owed her Nessie safety. We had used to be able to run and talk together in peace. But the past two months have made our runs awkward and tense.
First, Leah admitted to imprinting on me. That put a major strain on our friendship. Since, you know, Renesmee and I are getting married in a few weeks, and now Leah decides to tell me she's got a connection to me? Then the damned visiting half vamp has been putting stress on Renesmee's and my relationship. I almost killed the dude a week ago when I had gone to pick up my fiancé to go out for the night. I can't help hating him after what he did. I finally understand Edward's rage over me kissing Bella the first time now.
One Week Earlier…
It was an unusually clear night for a winter in Forks. The full moon had thrown the forest into a silver light. The stars were glowing like diamonds against a navy velvet background. The smell of moss and pine went uninterrupted by the scent of vampire until I was about five miles from the house.
I knew as soon as I'd entered the clearing that there was something wrong. I mean the snarling and yelling coming from inside were kind of a dead give away. It took me a minute to decide whether to phase to human or just barge in as a wolf. Coming to a decision, I phased, dressed and sprinted to the house as fast as I could.
I froze in the threshold at the scene in front of me. Emmett, Edward, Bella and Rosalie were all baring their teeth and emitting low growls. The visitors must have all been away hunting because all of the Cullens were against the window wall with their golden eyes trained on two figures in the middle of the room. One Male. One Female.
Recognizing Renesmee as the one yelling, I stepped towards her. But Edward looked at me and shook his head.
I knew the guy she was yelling at looked familiar. He'd been here a time or two. But I couldn't put a finger on who he was. I hadn't been listening to the words that were being snarled, but I caught the word married and tuned into the yelling.
"I'm getting married in a couple of months Nahuel!"
"What? You know you could have mentioned that before, but I don't regret what I did either."
I remembered him then. Nahuel had been the half vampire that Alice and Jasper had found to prove that Renesmee wasn't going to be dangerous.
The window wall was like a mirror, reflecting the room back to me. In Nessie's reflection I saw her face. It was twisted into complete outrage. That was an expression I'd never seen on her beautiful features before. Before Renesmee replied, her eyes flashed with more anger.
"Well you'll be regretting it as soon as Ja-" Just then, a breeze blew through the open door behind me. Upon smelling me, Renesmee turned towards me. A vengeful glint lit her eyes before being replaced with a huge, beautiful smile.
"Jake! I'm so glad you're here!" She turned to Nahuel again, and in a voice that could have been just her breathing said, "You are so dead now, boy!" then she flung herself into my arms.
I turned a confused look on Edward, but all he did was nod to Renesmee, who was holding tightly to me and looking at her father.
"What's going on Nes?" I asked, pulling her face around to look at me. She flashed a disgusted look Nahuel's way and took an angry breath.
"From the beginning?" I was wondering what the guy had done to deserve such distaste from the girl in front of me. She had never looked so hateful before. My girl was always a very kind and welcoming person.
Then a thought crossed my mind. Nes had said Nahuel would regret what he had done as soon as I got here. So, if the idiot hurt her in any… wait. Emmett, Blondie, Bella and Edward would have ripped him to shreds already if he'd hurt her. So it wasn't anything too serious if they were leaving it to me to deal with. Right? Nut what ever he'd done, it'd enraged my girl, and that was something smart to do.
"The beginning would be good," I almost growled. Another smirk was thrown at Nahuel before she started.
"Well, Nahuel arrived about two days ago to help with the Volturi problem. He hadn't hunted in a while so I offered to take him hunting up at Mt. Rainer, because we couldn't chance him too close to humans while he was thirsty.
"So we bagged a mountain lion, or two, along with a bear before making our way back home. We stopped to take a break around Port Angeles and catch up on things. Being human, we still needed real food, so we got a booth at La Bella Italia to eat. We talked about how life had been for us since he'd last visited. I was just getting to the part about our engagement, but before I could say anything, Nahuel," she said his name like it was acid in her tongue. Now I knew what the jerk had done. The look on Renesmee's face was almost the exact replica of Bella's mask of furry after I'd kissed her the first time at First Beach.
With a growl I whispered, "He kissed you. Didn't he?"
She nodded and clasped her fist. "Then I punched him."
I couldn't help but chuckle at that. Especially when Emmett whispered, "Like mother, like daughter. Always punching half breeds."
My chuckle died when my attention was turned back to Nahuel when he coughed. The room turned red as I focused in on him. Unlike Edward had been, I wasn't capable of keeping my cool over something like this. I started shaking, getting ready to transform.
"Jacob. Step away from my daughter. You don't want to do that so close to her." Edward warned.
"I don't think I'll have a problem focusing on my target," I growled. But he was right. Even if I could focus on Nahuel, I really didn't want Renesmee to see me attack someone.
All right. Fine. I'll control it.
I took a few deep breaths. As I did this, the room slowly stopped vibrating and began to turn back to its original color. Once I was positive I could control myself, I pulled Renesmee behind me and whispered, "Stay here."
I had decided not to transform and rip the guy's head off, but he wasn't going to get off that easily. The jackass had kissed my fiancé, without her permission. When I'm done with him, he'll wish he'd been me going at it with Edward after I'd kissed Bella. I was beyond pissed at this guy and he'd only been here for a couple of days.
Getting down into his face, I began telling him off.
"You're lucky that you're Renesmee's friend! Otherwise, I would kill you on the spot for kissing her without her consent! The girl's engaged! You kiss Nes again without her okay and I. Will. Kill. You!"
Nahuel just stood there, completely arrogant and smirking. I swear he reminded me of myself when I was going after Bella. Edward snickered at my thoughts.
Though he had that rebellious smirk on his face, Nahuel was at a loss for words. So as we stared each there down, he began to waver and turned to leave. But before disappearing out the door, he had the damn nerve to wink at Renesmee. She snarled at him and took a step in his direction. As much as I wanted to let her beat him within an inch of his existence, I grasped her shoulder to hold her in place. She stuck her tongue out at him and turn to embrace me.
Nahuel took one last look at us- I gave him the finger- ad he was gone.
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Leah snickered at she watched my thoughts. She was about to say something, but the bushes close to her rustled. She stopped and began sniffing. Half human, half vampire. Either Nahuel or Renesmee. I just broke into the area Leah was and came to a stop next to her, when a figure stepped out into the open.
It was Nahuel. I was about to pounce on him when something in Leah's mind stopped me. Something broke and something stronger replaced it. Harder steal cables drew her to the vamp in front of us.
"You two are Jacob and Leah, correct?" Nahuel asked. I nodded, still distracted by Leah's thoughts.
"The Cullens wanted me to tell you to come to the clearing. Tomorrow, the Volturi arrive."
So here there it was. The Volturi would be here in the morning. Everybody would be there. Seth included. Leah and I would go get him before going to the clearing. And tell him that… Leah Clearwater had imprinted on someone available.
