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Chapter 11

I franticly looked around for my green sparkly dress that Aunt Alice had bought for me. I found the earrings but not the dress. My mom poked her head in my bedroom.

"Looking for this?" She smiled, holding my dress. I nodded.

"Thanks mom," I said giving her a kiss on the cheek

Today was our Christmas Eve party. Everyone was coming Kacey, Logan, the pack, the Denali family, Grandma Renee and Grandpa Phil, and… Jacob. I missed him, I had just seen him last night, but I couldn't be away from him for a day without hurting. I shrugged it off thinking in only 2 hours I would see everyone. I sighed, what a long two hours it will be. I hadn't dared go downstairs yet. I knew it would be completely decorated with every decoration Aunt Alice found. She started last night and hadn't taken a break at all. I dreaded leaving my room.

I knew that the Denali clan were here already. I had heard them come in sometime last night. My guess was they were in the guest rooms getting ready as well. The party was officially starting at 7 o'clock. Most of the day I spent either texting Kacey, thinking about Jake, or reading. Butterflies flew around in my stomach when I thought about him. I heard a knock at the door.

"Come in." I watched my Grandma Renee walk through the door and come over to give me a hug.

"You look so grown up." She smiled. I smiled right back at her. She was one of my favorite humans. I laughed. She was so easy to be around, she was so fun and understanding.

"Hi Grandma Renee!" I said and threw my arms around her.

"So how are you honey? You look so pretty," she said as she looked at my dress.

"Thanks. Aunt Alice picked it out." She smiled.

"Like I couldn't guess that on my own," she laughed.

We started talking about school and friends, then she kissed me on the head and walked downstairs saying we will talk later. Time passed so slowly, it was like it knew I wanted it to speed up, so it deliberately slowed down.
I sighed, while I was reading a book. It was one of my moms, it was Romeo and Juliet. It was really good for the most part. I looked at the clock when I had finished a page. 6:15. Ugh. I couldn't wait anymore so I stood up and walked downstairs. There was green, red, gold, and silver everywhere. It didn't even look like my house anymore. It looked like… I don't know a room that was rented out for Christmas parties.

Some soft carols were playing in the background as my Aunt twirled around streamers. I saw a DJ booth with Uncle Em and Jazz setting up. Tanya was talking to Aunt Rose and Eleazer was talking to Grandpa Carlisle. I felt a pair of cool hands go over my eyes.

"Guess who," I heard Kacey say. I put my hands on hers and laughed. I turned around and saw her. She wore a similar dress to me only it was purple.

"You look nice!" I commented on her dress.

"Thanks!" she said. I looked around for Logan but he wasn't here.

"Where's Logan?" I asked.

"Oh, he will be here in a little bit." She smiled and nudged my arm. "Sooo, Where's Jake?" she asked. I sighed. Still not here, I said sarcastically in my head.

"I don't know, I guess he will get here when the party starts." I sighed. I wanted him here now. Me and Kacey danced on the floor waiting for our boys to come, (Well hers.) I heard it over all the music, shuffling off feet. I looked at the clock and it read 7:00 I jumped up and down in happiness.

"He's coming soon!" I squealed. She laughed and shook her head. There was a knock at the door and my heart flipped in my chest. Grandma Esme opened the door and Logan walked in. I frowned. He smiled, shyly, to Esme and when he spotted Kacey his eyes lit up and a huge grin spread across his face. He walked over to her and kissed her. I looked back at the door. I didn't really want to see my friends making-out. I cleared my throat and Kacey apologized and they started dancing together. When was Jake going to get here? I was shaking with anticipation and anxiety.

It was a half an hour, and people were still getting here but not Jacob. I suddenly heard booming laughs followed by walking. I smiled. Kacey came over to me.

"Well go!" she said.

Before they could even knock I opened the door. Sure enough, I was right. Embry came in then Sam, Jacob, Seth, Quil, Paul, Rachel, Emily, and Leah. I laughed when she walked in and pinched the bridge of her nose. She was always so nice to me. I quickly found Jacob and hugged him.

"Sorry I ran a little late, Embry couldn't figure out what to wear." He laughed and hugged me back.

I would have to take note on making all hell go loose on Embry for making Jacob late. I missed him too much. Now that everyone was here, I felt a little bit happier. Most of the night I watched my family dance. I was occasionally brought in by my friends or Aunt and Uncles but I enjoyed just watching them. Most of the songs were quick so I didn't have to worry about slow songs. About halfway through the party Jacob came back up to me.

"Wanna dance?"

"Umm… maybe later? I like watching." I blushed and smiled. He nodded and thought for a moment.

"Okay… sometime tonight: promise?" I smiled and nodded. He lifted my hand and spun my around and disappeared, probably back to the boys. My Grandma Renee came up to me.

"You've got something going on with that boy." I forgot that she could read me as well as she could read my mom.

"What are you talking about Grandma, were just friends."
"I wish it were as you think but it's not." I mumbled to low for her to hear. She just rolled her eyes.

"I know love, and you look at him the same way your mother looked at your father, like you would stand in front of a bullet for each other." She said. I remembered my mom telling me the first time Renee met dad. I smiled.

"Were just friends." I repeated. She raised her hands up in defeat.

"Just a nosy grandmother, but whatever you say, Honey." she said and winked at me walking away.

I laughed and returned my gaze to the dance floor. A Drop in the Ocean by Ron Pope came on. It was a slow song and I watched the couples move around on the floor. I looked over to my parents who were making-out. Gross! I turned and looked at Kacey and Logan. She had her head on his shoulder and they were swaying back and forth a few feet away from me. I smiled; they were really cute together. My Aunts were dancing with my Uncles. I watched Aunt Alice for a while. She swirled around the dance floor so elegantly with Uncle Jasper leading her. They were the best dancers I have ever seen.

It was then that I noticed everyone on the dance floor was with somebody. My Aunts with Uncles. Kacey with Logan. Renee with Phil. Sam with Emily. Rachael with Paul. Even Charlie was with Sue.

I was so into watching my friends and family dancing that I jumped when a voice spoke behind me.
"You still owe me a dance," Jake said. He walked up beside me. My heart thumped. It was a slow song. Slow song equals slow dance.

"I don't know... I kind of inherited my Mother's clumsiness," I said, quietly. I wasn't lying. He seemed to regard that and looked behind me. His eyes focused on something and he made a pleading face. But before I could turn around to see who he was looking at, someone stepped right behind me, pushing me into Jake's arms. He held on to me and started swaying. He then mouthed 'thank you' and I recognized the giggle that came afterward. Kacey.

"See, I don't bite... that's your family's specialty." I could hear my heartbeat in my ears but I somehow managed to smile. We swayed back and forth for awhile. I slowly put my head on Jake's shoulder, I could feel him smiling. I was actually slow dancing, with Jake! I sighed in content, I never wanted to leave this spot. I wanted to live in the moment forever. I watched the couples slowly sway by us, and I saw Kacey wink at me and kiss Logan. I knew what she was trying to do, she was trying to get me to kiss Jake. I don't have the guts so I shook my head. She rolled her eyes still grinning at me and returned to kissing Logan. I laughed.

"Ness, I wanted to talk to you about something," Jake whispered. I looked up to him with curiosity flooding my thoughts.

"Well I'm not sure how to explain this so I'm just going to say it… umm… there's this thing… that werewolves can do… and it's called imprinting." I looked up at him to continue. We were still swaying to the music. I tried not to step on his feet but I was really interested in what he was saying. Mainly because it looked so hard for him to say.

"It's kind of… love at first sight?… and well I'll tell you all the details later but you need to know that I've… imprinted," he watched my reaction intently. So he was telling me he was in love? My emotions spiraled downwards. Of course he was! I didn't know why I was so upset, I knew that he would never love me back. It was an impossible wish but I couldn't help but have had it. I would not let myself cry right now. We would still be friends. Jake wouldn't leave me. Would he? I nodded to respond to him.

"Who is she? Is she nice?" His eyes brows knitted together and he looked at me with a weird expression on his face.

"Well she's actually a lot like you." He smiled. A lot like me? Who was a lot like me?
"How much?" I asked. I was so confused right now.

"About 100%." He laughed. "Ness, it is you." I stood there stunned, frozen. I stopped dancing. Jacob looked at me with worried eyes. He probably thought that I would reject him. I didn't know what to think. He kept looking at me.

"Ness, please say something." He begged. I didn't say anything but I started to break down crying. He quickly pulled me into the kitchen so I wouldn't cause a scene.

"I understand, if this is to weird for you and you don't want to see me, but Ness, I will never leave you, I love you and I just want you to know that." He said. He was on the verge of crying because he thought I didn't love him back.

"Do you want me to leave?" he asked sadly. He turned to leave and I quickly grabbed his wrist and pulled him into a hug. I never thought he could love me. Kacey was going to hound me every day for the rest of my life that she was right. I didn't want to think about it all I knew is that he loved me.

Then my dad came in and he looked more p***** than he did the other night. Jake pulled me out of the hug and pushed me behind him like he was defending me from my own Father. He did, however, hold his arm behind his back so I was still holding onto him a little. When my dad entered the kitchen his face looked steaming. He was furious. No I knew him better; this was beyond furious.

"Outside!!! Now mutt!!!" he growled. I flinched. there was so much hate behind his words. Jacob looked at me apologetically, then kissed my cheek and followed my dad.
"How dare you!!! I TOLD YOU NOT TOO!!" He screamed getting angrier. "You will not HAVE A STUPID MAGIC WOLFY CLAIM OVER MY DAUGHTER!" he screamed.

Just then my mom walked out, in complete shock. She didn't look mad or upset she looked concerned. I looked out and Jacob was screaming at my father and my father at Jacob. Jake was on the verge of phasing, I had to get out there before he did something he regretted, before they did something they both regretted.

I stormed out the back door and ran over to Jake.

"Renesmee get inside now!! He's not thinking clearly he'll hurt you!!" My Dad screamed. Jacob flinched as if he just smacked him.

"I won't hurt her!" he yelled shaking more. He turned to me with pleading eyes. I knew that it killed him that he even had a small chance of hurting me.

"I trust him." I said, wrapping myself around him trying to calm him down. He started to calm down and take deep breaths. I could feel and hear his heart beating quickly. I also heard my Mom whispering to my Dad, trying to find out what happened and to calm him down; it wasn't working.

"Renesmee! Inside now!" No, I thought. This time I defended Jacob. I shook my head.

"No," I whispered. I very very rarely back-talked my father.

"Excuse me?" I heard the door open and Grandpa Charlie walked out.

"What's going on? You can hear them yelling over the music," he looked between us all for a moment. I was staring at my Dad who had been glaring back, but when Charlie came out, he had shut his eyes. My Mom tried to tell him it was nothing and show him inside but he locked eyes on me and wouldn't let her make him go inside.

"Look, I demand to know what's going on!"

"This was it, wasn't it? This was the secret you wouldn't tell me." Everything was starting to make sense. Jacob put his hand on my shoulder and I turned to look at him. He looked deep into my eyes and I was dazed for a second.

"You should go inside," he whispered. What? He wanted me to go inside and leave him with my Dad? I started to shake my head. He sighed.

"No- I… I can't just- you can't… I won't leave." A few tears escaped my eyes again. He wiped them away with his thumb. He looked deep in thought for a minute. My Father growled.

"Fine," he murmured. I looked up to Jacob who pulled me around and took a few steps away. We were by the edge of the woods and he turned around behind a tree so we were out of sight from my parents. He held onto the tops of my arms and looked into my eyes.

"Why did he let you come over here?"

"I told him that if he gave me a minute to talk to you then you would go inside." I shook my head quickly.

"Yes you will Renesmee," he said sternly. I looked down.

"But he-"

"He is not going to hurt me. He knows it would hurt you too much. Ness, please. Do this for me. I'll come in afterwards and let you know everything's okay. I promise. I'm not going anywhere, Nessie. I love you." The last 3 words sent chills through my spine. I still really didn't want to go.
"Please Ness. I'm begging you." I fell into him and he wrapped his arms around me into a hug. I wanted to just hold him here forever. He pulled out and kissed my forehead. I walked in front of him back to my Dad.

"If you hurt him, I will never forgive you," I warned and stormed off into the house. I walked right through the party and up to my room. Kacey was there in a flash. I spilled what happened and she sat with me, waiting for Jacob to come back, like he had promised he would.