Chapter 14
The rain hitting the window woke me up the next morning; something I had missed in the last few months. Jacob was still asleep – nothing ever woke him up – so I quietly got out of bed, slipped on a pair of Jake's sweat and one of his shirts, before heading into the kitchen, where Billy and Rachel were.
"Good morning, Nessie." Billy said as I entered the room.
"'Morning, Billy, Rachel." I replied, taking a seat at the table.
"Morning. Would like a drink or something to eat?" Rachel asked, as she made a pot of coffee.
"Can I have some juice, please?" I replied.
"Sure." Rachel said, getting the juice out the fridge and pouring some in a glass for. As she placed the glass in front of me on the table, I heard a noise coming from Jake's room.
"Paul!" I heard Jake shout, as Billy, Rachel and myself all turned to see Jake's bedroom door open and Paul run out followed by Jake, who was only wearing his boxers. "Paul! Get back here now!"
"Ohmigod; they never grow up, do they?" Rachel wondered, as she sat down next to me at the table.
A few minutes later, Jake and Paul - Jake with a scowl on his face and Paul with a smirk on his walked into the kitchen.
"Good morning, everybody." Paul said cheerfully, heading over to give Rachel a hug and kiss.
"Morning." We all replied except Jake who was still glaring at him. To make Jake's mood change, I suggested that we should get dressed; he agreed and together we headed back to his room.
After a nice breakfast of pancakes cooked by Rachel, Jake and me headed to Grandpa Charlie's house. We decided to take Jake's VW Rabbit (that he rebuilt himself) and were surprised that it still worked. The drive was quiet but when we pulled up to Grandpa Charlie's a million words rushed out my mouth.
"Whose car is that? It can't be for me…." And that's how it went until Jake stopped me.
"Babe, stop talking for a few minutes, alright? Let's go inside; Charlie or Sue might be able to tell us who it's for, ok?" Jake said.
"Okay." I agreed and together we got out the car and headed to the door. Jake knocked on the door while I tried to control my breathing.
"Nessie! Jake!" Grandpa Charlie said delightfully, once he'd open the door.
"Hey, grandpa." I replied, embracing him, before we broke apart and entered the house.
"So, how are Bella and Edward?" Grandpa asked, as we made our way into the living room.
"They're fine. I actually have some gifts from them, and the rest of the family, in here," I said, taking the plastic bag from Jake and handing it to Charlie.
"Aw, that's kind of them; I'll open them in a minute." Charlie said, putting the bag on the floor. "I also have some stuff for you two, as well, and your parents also sent a gift over for you, Ness."
"What's that?" I asked intrigued.
"Did you see that car outside? That's yours." Grandpa Charlie said, handing me the keys to the red Mercedes SLK AMG Sport.
"Thank you, Grandpa." I replied taking the keys. "One question: why is it over here and not in the UK with us?"
"Your mom said it was because she didn't want you having a car over there but you could have one when visiting to get around."
"Oh, okay." I shrugged. "I'll give them a call in a minute but not until you've opened your presents."
"Okay." Grandpa said, before he started opening his presents.
After about 20 minutes, Grandpa Charlie had opened all his presents and given me mine. I told him that I would open them later, but thanked him for them anyway. I also asked, if I could take my new car back to Jake's and he said that was fine. When we said goodbye, I asked him if we could come down on New Year's Day and he said that was fine. I drove back to the Reservation in my new car whilst Jake followed in the rabbit.
"So what do you want to do for the rest of the day?" Jake asked, after we'd pulled up outside his house and got out the cars.
"I don't know." I replied, wrapping my arms around his shoulders whilst his wrapped around my waist and pulled me to him. "We could go to the beach?"
"Sure." He agreed. "Do you wanna see if Rachel and Paul want to come?"
"Sure." I answered. "I'll just go and ask them." I pecked his cheek quickly before disappearing inside to ask the couple. I came out a few minutes later and told Jake that they weren't in but I told Billy where we would be and asked him to tell them when they came in if they want to join us.
Together, Jake and me walked hand-in-hand down to the beach. As we neared it, I could hear lots of shouting, which sounded like the pack; I looked at Jake, and a saw a smile tugging at his lips.
"I think the pack are there. Do you still wanna go?" Jake asked, stopping for a moment.
"Yes; I don't mind if they're there, we'll seem them eventually." I replied and began walking again.
A few minutes later, we were walking down onto the beach. I saw most of guys from the pack and Leah playing soccer, except for Jared and Seth who were sitting with imprints. They hadn't seen us yet, so we sneakily made our way towards them. We decided to stand behind Jared and Seth before they realised that we were there. After a few minutes of them talking between themselves and not noticing us, Jake and me decided to make our presence known. I was standing behind Seth and decided to scream in his ear, whilst Jake was standing behind Jared and decided to jump on him.
"Whoa! Who was-" Seth began to say. "Nessie!"
"Hey, Seth." I said embracing him. "I've missed you."
"Same here, Ness." He replied, letting me go. I sat in the sand next to Rachel, whilst Jake went over a played soccer with the rest the guys.
"So, how's England, Ness?" Emily asked.
"Good. It's not like Forks but I do like it there." I replied.
"How are you Jake doing?" Kim asked.
I shrugged. "Very good. Jake, um, proposed to me a few weeks ago."
"Really? What did you say?" Kim wondered.
"Yes, of course."
"Yay, you're going to be my sister-in-law!" Rachel exclaimed, embracing me.
"Oh, Ness, before I forget, do you and Jake want to come round for dinner tonight?" Em asked.
"Sure. Jake's probably missed your cooking." I said.
After a few hours hanging out with the pack and imprints, Jake and me headed back to his to get changed before heading over to Sam and Emily's for dinner with the pack.
"That was a nice afternoon." I noted, as we walked.
"It was. I missed the pack and all their fun and games." Jake replied, whisking me up into his arms.
"Hey! Put me down!" I cried, hitting his back.
"Hmm, let me think about that? No." He answered.
"You are so mean; you know that right?" I questioned.
"I don't think I am." He answered.
"Yeah, right." I said, as Jake walked, and I was carried, into the house.
20 minutes later, we were started heading to Sam and Emily's, talking about what we were wanted to do tomorrow.
A/N: Hey readers, sorry for the long wait for this chapter but I've been busy with school, seeing as I'm in my last year and have a lot of work to do. The next chapter won't be uploaded until the 20th/21st April because I'm going away next Friday for nearly 2 weeks! Enjoy! Nicola x