A/N Hey Guys! I am sooooo sooo sooo sorry about not updating. I've been busier than I thought. Chapters are interesting tow write but long and tedious because they have to be long

So happy you guys enjoyed the last chapter. You guys all said it was worth the wait so hopefully this one will be too. There wont be much Jake/Nessie but Nicole is back with a bang for the next few chapters with a love triangle maybe...?

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Chapter 9: Stubborn girl

Nessie's POV

It was raining pretty heavy and I could hear it rattling off the roof

"Man, I feel sorry for anyone on Patrol right now" Jake said laughing and I felt my pocket vibrate

I pulled out my phone and read the text

NEW MESSAGE: Nicole

I clicked it open confused

On my way tell Mom to get a hot bath and a towel ready. I'm soaked :( and I'm in trouble! x Nic

I jumped up off the couch and saw out of the corner of my eye Jacobs look of confusion

"Al" I called "Alice" I shouted. She appeared in front of me out of nowhere like she does and scared the living day-lights out of me

"Nicole..." I said handing her the phone and she looked at the message

"What could be wrong?" She asked worried

I shrugged my shoulders sometimes it was best to try and stay out of Nicole's head

Suddenly the front door opened and slammed shut. I could hear her walking and the water dropping on the white carpet

"I'm ruining Esme's carpet" She said sullenly and I turned to look at her. Her usual tidy, neat and gorgeous blond hair was deep brown and falling down her back matted together. Her face was frantic and was wet with tears and water.

Nicole had apparently discovered on her own that Jupiter Moon children could cry

She was sitting on the couch with a cup of cocoa and her fluffy blue dressing gown on her. Alice was combing her hair and putting plaits in it to make it curly.

Jacob was sitting beside me touched me shoulder. Probably wondering what was going on

I put my hand back slightly to touch his arm

I actually have no insight either. She said she was in trouble though and she was with Colin...

I thought at him using my gift

He nudged me once before clearing his throat

"I'm gonna get.. um... something to drink. You coming Ness?" He asked

"Um.. yeah" I said playing along. I followed him out to the kitchen

He closed the door that lead the kitchen into the sitting room. So Nicole wouldn't hear us

He walked over to me. I had perched myself on the island in the kitchen

"What happened?" He asked.

"I dunno. She texted me saying that she was in trouble. What trouble can you get into in La Push Jake?" I asked and he laughed

"True. It might be personal trouble. Like having a mid life crisis" He said

"She's younger than me, well one thing is for sure. You aren't Einstein's great, great, great, great, great grandchild" I said sarcastically and he laughed

"Point taken" He said

"What do you mean by personal trouble anyway?" I asked

"Maybe she got bad news or something she didn't expect happened. It happens you know" He said

"I believe you but... what could go wrong?" I asked

He shrugged his shoulders at me

"That helps" I said sarcastically as he laughed

"Everything will work out fine Ness" He said to me

"I know" I muttered

"You just worry way to much about everything. Just like your mom" He said to me smiling

"You'd know" I joked and he laughed

"So I was thinking..." Alice started. Most of us were in the living room following different pursuits. My head was bent over a music manuscript working on a new piece

"About?" Grandma asked

"Well its time we had a party" Mom and I groaned at the same time and Jacob started laughing

Once we were all under control she started while shooting the three of us evils "Well like I was saying before I got rudely interrupted by certain people-"evil glares "- I think its time we had a party again. Nic will soon be done growing. And its almost her birthday!" She sang and I even heard Nicole groan

Alice looked at her

"I don't really want a party mom. I don't really need the attention right now" She said

Alice pouted

"Don't worry" I said laughing "You will have mom and Dads anniversary to plan for. And Dad's birthday was last week and we had no party... so there" I said cheerfully. Everyone laughed as mom groaned at the thought of an anniversary party.

"Hello, Hello, Hello" A soprano voice sang

"GRANDMA!" I cried jumping out of my chair and into Grandma Masons arms. She chuckled

"Hello Renesmee, you've grown since I saw you" She said to me accusingly

"Its the growth spurt" I quoted my mom and she laughed

"What are you doing here?" I asked excitedly

"Well my son just celebrated his... What age are you Edward?" She called louder and I chuckled

"112" He answered from somewhere in the house

"Okay" Grandma said "Hundred and twelfth birthday so I'd thought I'd top by. It wont be for a long visit though, dear" She said to me

"That's okay its still a visit" I said cheerfully

"True" She said and hugged me

"So why are you in a rush?" I asked

"The witches council is meeting in Toronto in a few days so I thought I'd drop by and see my son, my beautiful daughter in law and my amazing granddaughter" I smiled

"What about me Elizabeth?" I heard Jacob ask coming from the living room

"And the dog... Jacob isn't it?" She teased and he laughed

"Nice to see you too" He smiled at her.

It was amazing how Grandma and Jacob bonded. Apparently the Quileutes fought a battle of Canadian vampires a couple of centuries ago with witches. Grandma couldn't protest about the vampires... well because she couldn't her son was one and so was her daughter in law. The witches have no aversion to werewolves and see them as humans or at least kind of human I guess.

Grandma brought me out of my train of thought

"I passed this store in India and this thing literally drew me in. It screamed your name" She said handing me a bracelet. It was red with blue beads and a brass piece of metal.

"What does this say?" I asked

"I might be a witch but I am not a foreign language scientist. I don't know. But it looks pretty" She said

"Mmmm. Dad might know" I said

Dad walked in then

"I might know what?" He asked

"Like you don't know" I teased

"Well, lets just pretend I am a normal parent and I cannot read minds" He said cocking an eyebrow upward

"Dad most girls my age have a brother that is seventeen not a father that is seventeen" I challenged. Jacob was smirking in the corner. He knew that I got my stubbornness from both sides and that neither one of us would give up easily

"Yes but Nessie to the human world I am not your father" He said to me

"In my world you are my father, you read minds, you know everything! So please read this and tell me what it means" I ordered handing him the bracelet he huffed giving in

"It says...made in china" He gave it back to me with a grin on his face

"Seriously?" I asked disappointed

He laughed and so did everyone else "yes" He said and everyone started laughing again. Jacob- being Jacob of course- the loudest out of everyone

"Shut up" I mumbled to him which made him laugh harder

"Made... in... CHINA" He chuckled and everyone else stared at him like he was having a spasm attack

"Okay then" I said getting up and going upstairs to my room in the main house. I went over to my ipod and docking station and looked through the music

Taylor Swift- Today was Fairytale was up on my screen so I clicked it on

I sat down and picked up my new guitar that Dad had gotten me a few months back and started strumming the chords away when a knock interrupted me

Grandma walked in and I got my remote and turned off my music

"I didn't know you could play" She smiled

"Just something I picked up I guess... I always had a way with my hands" And she laughed

"Yes there was always something strange about them"

"They are lovely hands. Nice and clean and thin. My fingers aren't' fat thank god. I think I get the structure from Dad but the length of my fingers from Mom" I said randomly and she laughed

"Where did that come from?" She asked laughing

"I dunno" I said simply

"Your Mom told me that Jacob told you everything" She said softly

"You knew?" I asked

"I found out last time I visited. He told me I couldn't tell you, just like he told everyone else. Nicole knew and so did the wolf pack" She said to me

"I guess it was for my benefit or something" I mumbled rolling my eyes

"If you had known would things be different?" She asked

"Maybe.. I might have felt like I needed to be whatever he needed to be instead of it being the other way. The way it supposed to be. But I think its really silly. Grandma, he's giving up his life for me" I confided in her

"Honey, you are his life. There was nothing left to give up" She said kindly

"How do I know that?" I asked

"Its the truth. He said it. He can't live without you, and I bet.. you wouldn't be able to live without him" She said to me raising an eyebrow. Looking very much like my dad

"Yeah, yeah, yeah" I mumbled

"Come on. Esme told me to get you for dinner. Its your favourite" She smiled

"When is it not?" I asked and she laughed at me and gave me a hug

"Things do sort themselves out. But they take time so don't' expect life to be easy. It takes time and it might take a lot of pain before you find what you really need in life" She said to me and kissed my hair

I looked at the clock on my bedside table. 3.30 AM. I was determined to see Nicole and see what was up. I climbed out of my bed and tiptoed quietly -as quietly as an uncoordinated and clumsy person can- across my bedroom

Why the hell did the door have to be so far from the bed? I thought loudly to myself

I opened the door and made my way out of the room. I closed it and walked down the hall to the pink door that could only be Nicole's

I opened it and saw that she was huddled in her bed under the covers. I could tell she wasn't asleep

"Nic" I hissed

She turned to me obviously expecting me at some point during the middle of the night

"What?" She whispered

I walked over and sat down on the bed near her head

"What happened on the beach today? You said you were in trouble" I said

"Ness you wouldn't understand" She mumbled and rolled over on her side probably thinking I would walk away. But like I said I was stubborn and I knew it. She also knew that It wasn't gonna be that easy to make me give up

"Tell me. I might be able to help" I added

"Leah imprinted on Joey" She said in a monotone voice

"Really? That's great" I said cheerfully

"Yeah except the fact that he doesn't love her back" She said turning to me

"What?" I asked saddened

"Yeah apparently he wants to chose his own future. I dunno go get a job get married and have kids like every other male on this planet, but he's an honorary Cullen now Nessie. He knows too much to just continue on like he doesn't know anything. He's gonna be around a lot longer than he thinks" She stated "He is in love with someone else though, I always thought the imprint meant that you'd end up together" She took a glance at me but this wasn't about Jacob and I anymore

"Who is he in love with?" I asked curiously

"Me" She stated and I gasped

"How do you know?" I asked

"Apparently it was very obvious to Colin" She growled

"Why didn't Joey just tell you and avoid the pain that will no doubt come?" I asked her

"Joey is strange he wants to be a freak of nature.. He doesn't see the big picture though Nessie. He's breaking Lee's heart. I can't have that on my mind. It will be my fault" She sobbed

"You can't blame yourself for this" I reassured her

"Can't I? Ness, I could have not made human friends. I could have not gone to school but I did and when you think about it rationally this is all my fault! I can't! I can't help him break Lee's heart. I can't do that. I'm hurting two people. Leah and Joey cuz I don't love him. He's by best friend... that's all he'll ever be to me" She cried

"It'll be alright. It'll sort itself out. Look at my Mom, Dad and Jacob" I said

"Yeah it all worked out for them after pain, suffering, and baby imprinting. Nessie this is a totally different thing" She said to me

"It'll work out. It has to..." I trailed off

"We deserve a break "She said with dark humor in her voice and I knew she was right. How much can things go wrong before they turn around and go right?

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