Double Imprint
AN: As promised, a short AN. I just wanted to say thank you for reviewing and reading :) *sigh* the way I'm going to end this story makes me feel like such a weenie lol. -_-
SPOV
Ah...this was perfect. It seemed so right, like she belonged in my arms. I ran my hand down her back and her hands combed through my hair...
Suddenly Renesmee pulled back. What happened? Didn't she think that this was perfect? Oh no, I must have done something wrong.
Renesmee turned to my right and gasped. My eyes followed hers and my good mood died. Jacob was awkwardly hanging halfway in the small window.
Why now? It was my moment! I had been waiting for this for hours, days. I had been dreaming of this moment. And now it was gone. All because of the too-large-for-the-window shapeshifter. My body shook. No, I couldn't phase, not now.
One, it could harm Renesmee. Two, it would just freak her out. And three, it would probably alert her parents to the fact that she had two boys in her room.
Jacob looked shocked, and tried to wiggle in the room. Renesmee was still frozen next to me. I just stared at her face.
She looked so confused. I really shouldn't have kissed her. What have I done? Now she would truly have to choose between us.
Suddenly, Renesmee ran out of the room. Jacob was finally almost all the way inside now. He growled, "Don't just stand there! Go get her!"
"Don't be stupid Jacob, she probably doesn't even want to see her mother right now."
Bella...Bella would find her. I left Jacob hanging out of the window and ran into the hallway. There were no physical traces of Renesmee anywhere. Her scent was faint and it trailed out of the window.
I ran to Edward and Bella's room and burst in the room. They were...um...
"Renesmee ran away! She's headed north, but Jacob and I don't know what to do," I said, trying to erase any images of what I just saw.
They were dressed and into the living room in seconds. Jacob was already there, practically jumping off the walls. He stomped over to where I was. He jabbed a finger at me and yelled, "How could you? She's my f***in' imprint! Look at what you did! What if she gets hurt out there? Do you want to be responsible for that!"
I held out my hands and backed up. "Jake...she's my imprint too."
Jacob froze and went silent. He just stared blankly at me. "Your...what?"
Edward placed a hand on Jacob's shoulder and said, "Imprint...I'm sorry Jacob."
There looked to be true sadness in both of their eyes. Edward surprised me. Bella broke our moment of silently thinking. "If Renesmee left, then she could be all the way in Canada by now," she said, then faced Jacob, "Jacob, call the pack and set up a search squad?"
By the time Jacob got to nodding I was already outside and phased. I followed the faint scent through the snow and followed her small footsteps. If she just walked, and nobody crossed her path, then this should be easy.
The scent was fainter and fainter, until it was gone completely. Now all I have left are the tracks.
'Seth!'
'Yes...?'
'Why can't I hear all of your thoughts?'
'Jacob...I was scared you would pry me away from Renesmee with your Alpha status. I'm a lone wolf.'
'Seth, what kind of a person do you think I am? I would've let Renesmee choose. If you are what she wants then...she can...I would've...no you were smart.'
I laughed, Jacob was so predictable sometimes. This time was different though. If he got mad at me, it would be because of his imprint, not because of me. At last, I finally understood Quil's protectiveness.
'Jake, her scent stopped, but I'm following her footsteps. She appears to have run seven miles north, near the mountains.'
'I hope she's okay.'
'I know...I do too.'
I heard a growl in the distance. If this kept up, there wouldn't be two guys to choose from.
The footprints stopped. I was in a cleared off meadow. It was covered in a blanket of white. The tiny footprints left off and huge ones replaced them. The trail of the new ones continued toward the mountains.
I heard a rustle behind me. I snarled out of habit.
'Jeez Seth it's just me. What happened? I could barely find you, the scents are getting all messed up from the snow.'
'The footprints, they're gone. There are two trails of larger ones too. One to the mountains and another to the east.'
The pack followed behind Jacob. They nodded at me. I miss hearing all those voices...
They suddenly turned around and ran down the path due east.
'They're going to follow that one. See the smaller footprints? They're pointed to the trail up the mountains.'
I nodded. We started up the path when I stopped. The footprints... They were the size of mine.
'Jacob?'
'Yeah? What, are you tired?'
'These prints...they're not small enough to be human...'
Jacob froze. Some rogue shapeshifter must have done something.
'She's fine Seth. If a wolf found her then we would've seen...b...blood or something. A wolf wouldn't resist killing a leech.'
'But she's a-'
'Half. Still...'
I nodded and we continued searching. The trail of prints ran up the mountain. We stopped for a moment, both of us were tired. I phased back to a human.
"Jacob, what if the wolf didn't just take her?" I said.
He sighed and said, "If she had...died...then we would know. Trust me. We would probably feel like doing each other a favor by killing each other..."
Oh. So Renesmee was alive. At least I hope she was. Renesmee...
I remembered her at the bonfire. She had looked so happy then. Her beautiful copper locks blowing in the wind, her pink cheeks...
"I miss her."
Our voices mirrored each other's. I sighed.
"Jacob?" I asked, "Is this ever going to work out?"
"I don't know... It looks like we can't be happy at the same time," Jacob said, "But we can't let Renesmee get hurt because of this. Not again."
I nodded. If anything was concrete in this, it was the fact that Renesmee could never get hurt.
"Jacob, I-"
A small scream rang out across the mountains. I paused. Where had I...
No... No, no, no!
"Jacob! That voice!"
Jacob was still shocked. He said, "I know..."
It had both hit us. That musical voice...was Renesmee's.
AN: Yeah...I wanted to end it there ;)
Sorry that this chapter basically revealed nothing hehe. It was just a look into Jacob and Seth's new relationship.
I think I'll start doing a word of the chapter thing.
Today's word...mesoglia! It's a substance found in Jellyfish? Ahh...it just sounds so cool...
No sneak peek. I let my brother use my iPod and I don't have access to Chapter 10 yet. I'll try and edit this later so it fits with everything else. Sorry!
Six reviews for Chapter 10 early?
