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Here's the next chapter!

Nessie's POV:

Hiding silently in the bushes, I stayed quiet. My face felt swollen and stiff from crying, and I hoped I didn't look too bad. If I strained my ears, I could clearly hear Jacob's voice, running through the forest. If I listened more carefully, I could indistinctly hear the voices of my parents.

Was it normal to hear a werewolf's voice louder than my own parent's?

Perhaps it was because he simply had a louder voice. Maybe he voice had more brevity, and carried farther.

Somehow, though, I didn't think that was the case.

Either way, I was here to say goodbye. Alice had told me that we were leaving, and when precisely to say my goodbye to the werewolf I loved in private. However, I wasn't sure exactly how I loved Jacob. I knew I loved him as a family member, as one who had raised me since my birth, but was it more than that?

I pushed my internal dilemma to the back of my mind, and concentrated on the quick footsteps I could now hear coming my way. Taking a deep breath, I exhaled, quietly speaking so that only the intended could hear.

"Jacob?" My voice was slightly hoarse. The footsteps stopped. I could hear the slight crackle from the leaves underfoot as he turned, then changed path to come quickly towards me.

"Nessie! What's wrong?" His voice was also lowered, as though he could sense that I wanted to keep our meeting private. "But Bella and Edward told me that you were gone already."

I shook my head as an answer. "We're leaving today." Shock was present on his face as he ran a weary hand through his hair.

"I never knew how real this would feel. Do you know when you guys come back?" I shook my head no again.

"All I know is that we're moving indefinitely. Alice said to tell you that we'd be back, but not anytime soon," I said, recalling the psychic's message for me to pass on. Jacob sighed, moving closer to where I was sitting cross-legged on a log. Sitting down next to me, he put his head in his hands.

"You're really leaving," he whispered in disbelief. I exhaled softly.

"Yes. I'm sorry, and I'll miss you, Jake," I stared down at my feet as I spoke. A warm arm encircled my shoulders, and I leaned into the welcoming touch.

Alice's POV:

I grinned as I watched the spectacle occur, obviously several minutes before it actually happened, but it did happen nonetheless. I sighed happily, leaning into my own beloved's arm.

"Everything going good?" Jasper asked me, his lips whispering across my neck. I sighed, tipping my head back to allow him more access as I spoke.

"Yup. Just as I planned." My husband's chuckle fanned over my cold skin.

"You always have everything planned out, Alice," he said affectionately. I grinned.

"Some things can be spontaneous, though." I lunged at him, catching him by surprise as I landed on top of him on the bed, nibbling his ear playfully.

"Gotcha!" I laughed as I brought my mouth to his.

Rosalie's POV:

I paced the room, hands clasped behind my back. Emmett sat calmly on the bed, watching me as I stopped at the closet, looked at a dress, and tossed it at him.

"Fold this for me, would you? I still have so much to sort through, and we leave in a matter of hours!" My panicked facade was only a mask, though, and Emmett knew it. My vampire mind as well as my well-organized nature already had everything planned out. In my mind, all that needed to be done was done, and all leaving an hour to do whatever I wanted to do...

My well-behaved husband obligingly folded the dress, and neatly placed it in the closest box. Needing something to snap at, I retorted, "Not there, idiot! That box is full! Put it over there!" I pointed to the box across the room that I was using at the time. Compliantly, Emmett silently padded over, and lowered the garment into the cardboard container.

I sighed, re-hanging the dress I was looking at. "I'm sorry, Emmett. I honestly don't see why you agreed to put up with me for the rest of forever." Turning, he grinned boyishly at me - the same dimples showing that had caught my eye in the first place.

"Rosie, baby, it's not like I had a choice." He winked playfully. "Just kidding. I love you, babe." Unable to help myself, I smiled back.

"Love you too. But seriously. I'm sorry for snapping at you - I just don't see why Bells and Edward are removing Nessie from where she feels most comfortable. It's in her best interest to stay with Jacob - his being, after all, the one she will spend eternity with. Alice saw it already."

"Yeah, but look at it from their point of view. Would you want your daughter to be dating and marrying a disgusting, smelly wolf?" I grimaced at him.

"She's like my daughter, too. Don't jump to marrying yet." He laughed, and in a surprise move, suddenly flew at me across the room. Although I saw him coming, I didn't bother to react, allowing him to pin me to the floor. I closed my eyes as his grinning mouth came down on mine.

Nessie's POV:

Leaning into Jacob's comforting touch, I sighed, wrapping my arms around his waist in return. He buried his face in my hair, kissing the top of my head gently.

"I'll miss you, too, Nessie," he murmured. I leaned deeper into the embrace, tucking my head into his shoulder.

"I'm sorry, Jake," I repeated.

"You don't have to be sorry, Renesmee. You did nothing wrong."

"But I'm going to be hurting you." I pulled back reluctantly from his touch, standing up and taking a step back. "I'm hurting you as is, I can see that. I'm sorry, Jacob. I don't want to hurt you. I never wanted to hurt you." I could see the pain in his eyes as I reached the edge of the tiny clearing we were in.

Unable to stand it, I turned and ran.

But this time, I ran home.