A/N: Good afternoon all figured I would get this posted before heading out the door to watch Eclipse! Going to the midnight viewing. Beyond excited! Sorry it has taken me so long to get this up. I have been out of commission the last few days (almost week) now due to burns from work. I received 1-3rd degree burns on my face, chest, and arms due to a minor gas leak at the restaurant that I own with my parents. Let's just say it hurt like hell and I look like hell but it is healing decent. Spent the first 2 days in bed asleep and then the last four days doing nothing but reading Fanfiction and working on this story. I have read some great Jake and Nessie stories and updated my community of those stories so check it out in my profile!

I want to say thanks to everyone that reviewed the last chapter I was overwhelmed by the response! You'll are awesome. Thank you to my Beta's for helping me nail this down. Have a wonderful week and enjoy the movie!

Chapter 10 Playlist: Forever Young by Jay-Z

Forever Young

Renesmee's POV

"Well, well, well, look who decided to finally join us!" Bee exclaimed when Jacob and I walked out toward Nix, Bee, Jonathan and Brian's umbrella that claimed a patch of white sand. "We were beginning to think you guys were never going to come out."

"Yes, Renesmee," Nix said, waggling her eyebrows up and down suggestively. "Care to tell your best friends what the two of you have been doing."

I shrugged my shoulders indifferently. "Nothing, just talking, you know getting to know each other better."

"Yeah," Bee said as she stood up and wiped the sand off of her bottom. "No one can just talk for the last 14 hours since we last saw you."

I watched as Jacob rolled his eyes as he reached down and grabbed a beer from the cooler that the guys brought. He handed me a bottle of water knowing that I did not care for liquor or beer. It was strange how he has been able to know exactly what I wanted and when without even thinking about it. I guess it really has to do with the wolf thing, Imprinting. Whatever it was, it was nice.

I sat down on the giant blanket and pulled out my biology book to study for an exam that I had coming up. It felt nice to feel the hot rays of the sun beating down on my back. This was something that I was always grateful for, the sun. I could never get enough of it. Living with a houseful of vampires tends to mean no sunny days, or at least not very often.

"You coming?" Nix asked as she stood up as well to follow Bee out towards the water.

I shook my head as I ran the highlighter over some words in the textbook. "No, going to catch up with some work. Go ahead, I'll join you later."

Nix shrugged her shoulders and went after the boys and Bee. I put the highlighter in the book and closed it. I was tired. Last night was not the most peaceful. I kept dreaming about my family and trying to figure out if they were okay. Alice's message was odd. I knew she had to have had a couple of visions and then the one in the end is what boggled me the most.

Who was coming? For what? Alice told me not to go home and it was hard to stay here and not jump in my car and make the cross country trip back to New Hampshire. The only thing or person actually, that kept me grounded and here was Jacob. He held me all night and kept me safe. I enjoyed having his warm arms around me and listening to his heart beat. It was odd at first having someone warm and not ice cold run their fingers through my hair. But at the same time it felt like he's done it my whole life.

I know that the chances were good that he has seen much of my dreams. With my gift of transmitting images and thoughts through touch I tend to not have control of it while sleeping. I shuddered at the thought of what I could have dreamed about last night.

I grabbed my phone to check for the hundredth time so far this morning to see if there has been a phone call yet from Aunt Alice or my mom, somebody who would tell me what was going on. As always, though, it came up empty, proving the point that they still thought of me as a child. Granted I might be only nine years old, but I have yet to age in the last two years. At last check Carlisle thought that I am that of the age of a twenty-one year old making me older than my mom and dad.

"So, what did you and Jacob do last night after you all left?" Nix came up and sat next to me on the blanket her hair dripping wet.

I looked over to her. "Nothing, we just talked."

At least I wished that we just talked. Talking would have been normal. But no, we had secrets and somehow they all managed to come out in a matter of twenty-four hours. Okay, all secrets might be an over statement, but we might as well have disclosed everything. The only problem I had was not really knowing much more about him than he did me. Yet, it felt like we have always known each other.

"Just talk?" Nix asked with disbelief. "That body of hotness and neither one of you made a move?"

"Did I hear hotness?" Bee asked coming up and sitting on my other side.

"Yes, Bee, you did," Nix looked back over at me. "It seems that Renesmee is a little old fashioned. Can you believe that the two of them did nothing last night?"

Bee looked wide eyed. "Not even a kiss?"

I could feel my checks heat up. "I barely know him," I hissed. "Why, what did the two of you do?"

I watched as my two best friends exchanged looks and then became really quiet. Now it was my turn for my eyes to bug out of my head. "No way, you both had sex? With complete strangers?"

"They're not strangers," Nix got defensive. "We go to school with them, we've…talked…and ….stuff."

"Yeah," Bee picked up. "This is supposed to be a weekend of fun and letting go. So, let go a little, what's it going to hurt?"

I picked up my pen and chewed on the end. What's it going to hurt? Letting my guard down could hurt a lot in the end. I knew that Jacob wasn't human per se, but I had no clue really what he was. I could already tell that we connected on a strange level. Hell, I recognized his voice from inside my mother's womb. I remember even feeling like a part of me was missing since the last time I heard his rough voice, but what did all that mean?

Then last night while I was on the floor crying wanting nothing more than feeling Jacob holding me, protecting me, he told me that he will never let me be alone again. I am on this earth forever, immortal and trapped while he can age and eventually die. Why bring my heart into that? But at the same time why not open up a little; after all I am the only one that will get hurt. If Mom and Dad were able to make it work, why couldn't I? The answer: I think I would die too if he wasn't around.

"Earth to Renesmee," I blinked as Nix waved her hand in front of my face. "Someone is really in deep thought."

I smiled. "Yeah, just thinking about what you all said about letting loose a little, after all you only live once, right?"

Nix and Bee smiled and both said right at the same time.

"So what are we going to do about it?" Nix asked.

I gathered up my books and pulled out my phone to check the time. "I'm going to go back to the room and get changed for dinner. How about we all go out to a club tonight? It is our last night and we will need to leave tomorrow at check out."

Bee and Nix bent down to pack up their bags as well. The boys began to walk up toward us and together we all walked back toward the hotel room promising to meet up by the elevators at six for a quick bite to eat and then hitting the strip to go club hopping. At least I will be able to cross this human experience off of my list.

Once the door was closed behind us, Jacob turned toward me and I could see a question in his eyes. We haven't spent much time together on the beach so we never really talked about last night or Alice's vision, nor has the mystery scent of the vampire came up.

"No, I haven't heard anything," I said answering his unasked question.

He reached out and took my hand leading me over to the bed and sat me down. "I think we need to talk about a couple of things."

I nodded in agreement. "Okay, like what?"

He cleared his throat. "What the plan is?"

My brow furrowed together in confusion. "What plan?"

"When we get back to UCLA."

I nodded. "I'll be leaving like Alice said if I don't get a phone call."

"Yeah, but she said to go find me, you already did, so what next."

I shrugged, I really had no idea. "I don't know. Alice has never been able to see me, but she has always been able to see me through my family's decisions; I'll be flying solo. She always has been able to make the big decisions."

Jacob reached out for my hand. "You won't be flying solo; I'll be there every step of the way, Nessie. Like I said last night, I'm here and I won't ever let you go."

I looked into his dark brown eyes that almost appeared to be black. "You're going to have to say good bye eventually."

"The only way I'll say goodbye is if you send me away, but I promise I will never be far behind you."

"Jacob, you're going to grow old and die," I said sadly thinking about all the pain my heart would go through. "I'm virtually indestructible and immortal."

I watched as Jacob's mouth turned into a small grin. "Then I guess that will explain why I never felt the urge to quit phasing."

Now it was my time to be even more confused than I was before. "What do you mean about phasing?"

"Phasing is what it's called when I turn into a wolf. As long as I keep phasing I will never grow old and I am virtually indestructible as well. What we talked about last night, the imprinting, it's for the wolf to find its perfect half. Our mates, we mate for life and as long as our imprint is still alive, so will the wolf."

My heart began to speed up as I thought about his words. "So, we'll be together forever?"

It almost sounded too good to be true. All I have been wanting is to be able to find someone that I can share my life with and here he was looking into my eyes and holding my hand. It was almost a little too easy though.

Jacob nodded. "As long as you'll want me."

I threw my arms around his neck and hugged him with all of my strength and inhaling deeply his scent that calmed me. "I don't think I'm ever going to want to let you go."

He reached around me and pulled me closer to him. His body heat sending chills down my spine; our bodies fitting into each other perfectly. The two of us held each other for a few minutes before we eventually let go.

"You're butt's ringing," Jacob smiled slightly.

"What?"

"I think your phone is ringing."

"Oh," I pulled my phone out of my back pocket of my shorts and flipped it open quickly when I saw that it was my mother.

"Mom," I smiled and looked up to see Jacob stiffen slightly. "Thank God you're alright. What in the world is going on, I had a voice mail from Alice."

"Renesmee," Mom said quietly. "You need to listen to me and follow what I say exactly."

I could hear the panic in her voice and I think that Jacob was able to hear her as well, but wanted to know more as he moved closer to me.

"Yeah, I'm listening."

"You need to find an old friend of mine…"

"Yeah, Jacob Black, I actually already ran into him. We happen to be going to UCLA together."

"Oh, thank God, now you won't need to be on a wild goose chase."

"Can you tell me what this is about and why I would need him?"

Jacob's brow moved together as well as he tried to put pieces together.

"Do you know how you can get in touch with him I would actually like to talk to him?"

I nodded and then remembered she can't see me. I looked over to Jacob and he held his hand out for the phone. "Yeah, mom, he's actually here with me now. We're in Mexico together with Nix and Bee."

"Let me talk to him, I only have a couple of minutes before they realize I'm on the phone."

Confused by the crypticness of mom's voice I handed the phone over to Jacob.

"Bells," Jacob breathed into the phone and I could see the tension rolling off of his shoulders and his eyes turning distant like he was reliving a memory. "How are you?"

"Jacob, I see you found my daughter." I leaned closer to hear everything and could tell that she was talking a little fast.

Jacob looked over to me and smiled. "Yeah, she's beautiful Bells, she has your eyes."

"Jake, I'm sorry to ask you this, but know that even after all these years I have always considered you my best friend and I need you now."

The urgency in mom's voice made Jacob tense. "What's going on?"

"You're going to take Renesmee back to her dorm tomorrow; the place has been cleaned of her stuff. On the bed you will find a box. Pick it up and leave. "

"Leave to go where?" He asked looking at me.

"Jacob just keep her safe and I'll be in touch. Destroy this phone as soon as you hang up. And whatever you do any time that we talk to each other never mention a location, you got it."

I grabbed the phone from Jacob quickly. "Mom, you're scaring me, what's going on?"

"Listen to Jacob, Renesmee, and promise. Please," Mom said with panic in her voice.

"Okay, I love you."

"I love you, too," Mom said and I could hear her choking up. "More than my own life."

Jacob took the phone back. "Hey Bells, I promise that I will protect her."

"I know you will," she started. "I also know that you imprinted."

"H-how did you know?"

"The day you left I felt like a part of me left with you, but as soon as Renesmee was born that feeling disappeared; although I could always tell in her eyes that a part of her was missing. It was you. That's why I know you're the one to take care of her. "

"I will."

There wasn't a response back from Mom and Jacob closed the phone. He and I locked eyes and I could tell that we were both trying to decipher exactly what mom was saying. Jacob squeezed the phone harder in his hands until it was just a crumbled piece of metal. When he stood up and dropped the remains into the garbage I couldn't help but feel alone and broken.

"Something's wrong," I whispered as I stood up and began to pack up my overnight bag moving around the small hotel room faster than a human pace. "I need to go."

I knew that Mom said I need to stay with Jacob, that I was to listen to him, but everything in my being told me I need to leave. I needed to find my parents. I needed to go home. I walked into the bathroom and grabbed my brush and other toiletries and ran back to the room to throw it into the bag. I noticed that Jacob hasn't moved from his spot by the garbage can. I zipped up the bag and threw it over my shoulder. I reached onto the bed to grab my keys to my car and ran toward the door.

My hand touched the knob to turn when I felt a warm large hand over mine. "No, Nessie. You can't leave."

I shook my head. "I need to get to them," I could feel the moisture in my eyes. "I need to know they're okay."

I could feel myself breaking with each second I stood here. Each second that passed with Jacob blocking my way of escape to see my parents was like a piece of me breaking apart and falling. I could feel Jacob move a hand to my cheek and I tried to relax into his touch.

"Listen to me, Nessie, we're going to listen to your mom. She said to take you back tomorrow and then leave. We can't leave right now without your friends."

My mind reflexively went to my family. They needed me. I knew that I had to listen, but the urge to protect was greater. How could my mom possibly think that I could just sit by and wait while something unfold?

"That's not what you're doing, Nessie," Jacob said quietly as my eyes grew larger. "You are not sitting by; you are listening to your parents who are protecting you from something or someone."

"I didn't mean to," I shook my head to clear it.

"How does it work anyways?" Jacob asked. "Your gift."

I dropped my bag and walked over to the bed suddenly feeling tired. "It's a power of projection. When I was little I could show people my thoughts and images by touching them. It works best when I place my hand on their face. As I grew older I learned that I can project my thoughts, images and emotions without touch and over a larger space. My power works similar to that of both my dad and mom."

"Edward's power was always annoying. Always in my head," Jacob mused.

"Tell me about. He can take your thoughts without touch as I guess you know; whereas I can put those thoughts into other's heads."

"Tell me about Bella."

"Mhmm," I thought for a second as my mom's face popped into my thoughts. "She has a very powerful and unusual gift. She's a shield; she can protect her mind from anything mental. Like my dad can't read her thoughts."

"He never has been able to," Jacob said quietly.

"Yeah, well, she can also protect others as well and can stretch her shield out over a great distant. Which is how my projection works, or at least that's what we think. So what about you? I can tell from the conversation a few minutes ago with Mom that you guys must have been pretty close."

"She was my best friend," Jacob said looking off to the far wall. "I kept fighting for her and wanting her to choose me, but in the end she chose your dad. Then they had you. Now I'm glad she chose him."

"So what? The two of you were in love or something?" I asked.

Jacob smirked. "I thought I was in love with her, but not the way you're thinking. I think we loved each other as friends in the end. The way it was always supposed to be."

"Have you always been a wolf?"

"Yeah, it's a genetic thing. The gene to phase was triggered by a lot of vampires in the area around my tribe. About the time the Cullen's moved in."

I looked at him. "How old are you?"

Jacob turned to match my eyes. "I'm frozen around seventeen, which was the age I phased. I went through a huge growth spurt so I guess my physical age is roughly twenty-four. As long as I keep phasing, I'll never age and I will never die. What about you? You should be only nine years old."

I nodded. "Yeah, human years I'm nine, but as you can tell I look like I'm twenty-one. I finished aging about two years ago. Forever young, forever frozen."

Jacob reached down and took my hand and squeezed. "We'll be forever young together."

I jumped slightly when I heard a knock on the door. I stood up to answer and saw Bee and Nix standing on the other side with Brian and Jonathan.

"Ready?" Bee asked.

"Give us ten minutes. We'll meet you down stairs," I told them.

I watched as Bee lifted her one eyebrow knowingly. "Yeah, ten minutes."

I rolled my eyes, if she only knew that Jacob and I were not, nor will we ever be doing something like that, at least not any time soon. We still had so much to learn about each other.

I watched as the four of them walked toward the elevator and didn't turn to close the door until the elevator doors opened and they stepped in. I went to close the door when a scent hit me.

"Jacob," I whispered.

I could feel him standing behind me. His body heat radiating off of him. "Yeah?"

"You smell that?"

I heard him inhale deeply. "Yeah," his voice was strained. "It's the same scent from last night. I think it's time we leave now."

I shook my head. "No, I think it's time we get to our friends. The scent was strongest when the elevator doors opened."

The two of us moved quickly as we changed our clothes and then flew towards the stairwell much faster than humanly possible. We reached the hotel lobby just as the elevator doors opened. I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw the two couples standing inside, but my heart felt like it was going to stop when I saw the pale skin and the ruby red eyes staring back at me.

"That was fast," Jonathan said taking hold of Nix's hand and guiding her out of the elevator. "What did you guys do, parachute down from the balcony?"

"No, we took the stairs, we raced," Jacob said his eyes also locked on the vampire that was stepping off of the elevator and then making his way toward the lobby and then out of the door into the busy street.

I reached for Jacob's hand to project my question. It's the same one from the campus?

Jacob nodded his head quickly as we followed the group outside. Jacob bent down slightly and spoke quietly in my ear. "I think he's tracking either you or Nix. Since I interrupted his dinner he is focused on completing it."

"What do we do?"

"We make it through the night and then we leave."