A/N- Hey again!! Ok, so some of the authors that I have on alert request a certain amount of reviews before they post the next chapter. So, I know you're gonna hate me, but I'm gonna try it :)

So before I post chapter 11, I'm gonna ask....... 7 reviews. That's not too bad, right? Ok, here's chapter 10!!!!

Chapter 10:

NPOV

Ugh! I don't have time for this! Matt is waiting for me at my house, I have to talk to him. Now.

"Look, guys, I'm not really in the mood to talk to anyone right now. Ok," I sighed. They probably wanted to make sure I was ok, after what I saw with Jake and Meanifer. I mean, I did break up with him. But he diserved it. Didn't he?

"Oh, you're gonna talk to us," Embry said.

"Whether you like it or not," Quil added, looking at Embry. All three of them- Embry, Quil, even Seth- were glaring at me, as if I was the one who cheated!

"Actually," I laughed without humor, "I don't have to talk to any of you. And I thought when someone imprinted, their partner was the only one they thought about!" I shouted. I didn't have patience for this! All I want to do is go talk to my best friend (who's NOT a werewolf), and get away from all this crap for awhile!

"And second-" I started.

"No. How could you cheat on Jake?!" Seth cut me off. Wow. Wasn't expecting that... Little Seth, the quiet one, the calm one-. Wait. Did he say I was cheating on Jake?

"Wh- What are you talking about?" I asked, genuinly confused.

"Don't act like you don't know what's going on, Nessie!" Quil shouted. At this point, they were shaking so much I thought they were going to phase right in front of me.

That's when Quil's shape started to blur...

But then Jake popped in through the thin wall of trees and placed his hand on Quil's shoulder.

"Dude! Chill!" Jake yelled at Quil. Seth and Embry continued to stare at me, while I just stood there wide-eyed.

Quil took a deep breath, seeming to calm down.

"How can you not be as pissed as us, Jake?" Quil asked. "She played you, and it looks like we're more upset than you are!" My mouth dropped.

"What?!" Jake shouted, turning his whole body around to face me. "You cheated on me?!"

"No! Of course I didn't! you cheated on me, remember?" I shouted back.

Now everyone was confused. "Holy... crap..." Seth sighed and plopped himself down to sit.

"I would never cheat on you, Nessie. How could you even think that?" Jake asked, now instead of looking angry, he looked hurt and confused.

"But... But I saw you- with Jennifer. You two were all alone and I thought-"

"So you decided to take out your feelings with some other dude?!" Embry yelled. Apparently, he was the only one still mad. Jake bent down to sit next to Seth.

"Ya!" Quil yelled at me. I was begining to think he only liked the drama. "A little-" he tried to cough out a laugh "-birdie told us someone saw you very cuddly some guy! Some guy that didn't happen to be Jake!"

"I haven't even thought of any other guy besides Jake since I hit twelve! Well you know, phisically..." I said. I had never told Jake that before, but it was true. I'd had a small crush on him when I turned twelve, slowly evolving into something more...

"Guys... can you leave us alone for a minute?" I quietly asked.

Two of them left, Quil staying behind. Jake and I gave him a look that could kill. He raised his eyebrows at us.

"Me too? But-"

"Quil," Jake said. Quil grunted, but reluctantly got up and left. As he was leaving, he began mumbling to himself. I couldn't exactly understand what he was saying- even with my awesome vampire hearing- but it sounded a lot like, "Never get to hear the good stuff,".

"Jake? What are you talking about?" I asked. How could he even imagine I would want someone else but him? I went over to where he was sitting and put my hands on his wrists. He had his hands rested on his chin, his elbows on his curled up knees. "Jake? Please talk to me," I whispered. If I didn't know any better, I'd think he was giving me the silent treatment...

"I don't know what to say," he sighed. He turned his beautiful brown, almost black eyes fully on me. Woah... Now I know what my mom is alwyas babbling about my dad dazzling her with his eyes... Jake's are really mesmerizing.

"How could you do that to me, Nessie? You know how much I love you... So... How-" He started, but I cut him off. Hey! He's done it enough to me before, I figured now was the time to make it up.

"Jake," I said flatly. He was really starting to piss me off now. "What the hell are you talking about?!"

"I mean you apparently were all over some guy that wasn't me!!"

"I already told you I didn't, Jake! How many times would you like me to say it?!"

"As many times as it takes you for it to come out truthful!"

Then it dawned on me...

The only guy I'd seen besides my family and Jake in the past few days was... MATT. He must be talking about him! We were playing around earlier, "all over each other", or as it would've seemed to a passer-by...

I roughly pushed Jake's hands away from his face, only to replace his with my own.

I thought of earlier in the day, starting at when I'd first seen Matt, pushing all my thoughts into his head. As I got older, I was able to show someone a picture, but think of something else completely different without that person knowing. I seperately thought of when I was little, around the time of that horrible fight with the Volturi, and I met Zafrina. I remembered when she would show me HER pictures, and I used to call them pretty pictures...

I pushed another picture into his mind of Matt and I roughing around on the ground, followed by the words all over each other???

Jake placed his hands softly on top of mine, sending an electric current running all the way to my toes. But... Wait! No! He cheated on me, I should be beyond mad at him!

But it's soo hard...

"Nessie... I had no idea," he whispered.

"Yeah, well, now you do," I replied.

"I'm so sorry I accused you of doing... well, you know."

"I'm sorry you did, too," I said, scooting away from him to keep myself from loosing what little control I was gaining against him.

A look of pain and confusion crossed Jake's beautiful features. "You... You don't still think I would want someone besides you, do you, Nessie?" He asked.

I couldn't answer. I could feel tears brimming my eyes, so I looked away. He was with Jennifer behind my back, and yet he still had the power over me to make me cry. The amount of emotion coursing through me was... unspeakable. All the raw emotions I felt toward him, hate, anger, confusion.... I still loved him. He could still make me cry, and I loved him. Despite everything. But I shouldn't. He hurt me, worse than anyone had ever hurt me before, which meant he deserved to be hated by me.

I honestly wanted to hurt him back. Make him feel as much pain as he had inflicted upon me. I wanted to tell him that I never wanted to see him again... but that would bother both of us. I could tell him I hated him... but that had a problem, too. The truth was, as much as I wanted to make him feel pain... I knew I couldn't and wouldn't.

Still looking away, I simply nodded once.

He nodded softly, and grabbed my chin with his pointer finger and thumb, pulling my face in his direction.

"Nessie...." he breathed. "I would never hurt you that way... You know that. I..." now he was the one looking away. "I can't even think of how you'd come to that conclusion. Well, obviously, I know how you'd think that, but for you to believe it is entirely different."

"I saw you, Jake!" I screamed, walking away from him, across the small meadow and crossing my arms in front of my chest. I turned my back to him, glaring mindlessly into the deep sea of trees."Do you think I'm stupid, Jake?!"

"No! Of course not!" He interrupted.

"I wasn't finished quite yet," I grumbled, glaring at him.

"Well neither was I," he said, walking towards me again, still behind me, placing his hands on the upper part of my arms.

"I'm sorry if you think I did something I shouldn't have..." he started. "Even if I didn't....." that part probably wasn't meant for my ears. "But I'm sorry nonetheless," he whispered directly in my ear. His hands still on me, he grabbed my arms sotfly and turned me around to face him. Of course I had to look up, because he was so freakishly tall. If I looked straight foward, I'd be staring at his chest....

No! Focus, Nessie.....

He leaned down, just inches away from my face. "Sorry..." he breathed against my lips. I felt as if we were about to have one of the most passionate kisses we've ever had...

When I placed my finger on his lips, holding him back. He looked confused again, and it was the funniest expression I'd ever seen. Remember what I said about wanting to hurt him before? Well this isn't hurting either of us, and I get entertainment! Everyone wins!

"You're not entirely forgiven yet, Jakey," I said, winking at him. I tried to pull away, but he put his hands on the curve of my hips, smiling.

"Where do you think you're going?" He laughed.

"Ohh nowhere...." I sighed.

"Then why don't you stay with me?"

"I was thinking about it...." I laughed.

I turned back around, once again facing him, and quickly pecked his cheek.

Then I twirled and ran into the forest, forcing Jake to chase me like when I was a little girl.

We'd just have to deal with everything else later. Jennifer, Embry, Quil and Seth... But that could all be arranged.

I think deep- deep, deep- down I always knew Jake hadn't done anything with Jennifer. Against his will maybe, but not by choice.

But now I know I should just trust Jake, because he would never hurt me, and I would never hurt him.

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A/N- Yay!! Nessie and Jake are back together!! Ok, so everyone remember, 7 reviews equals new chapter!!!

Byez for now!

Amber