Chapter 14: Christmas Time

Nessie's POV

"WHAT?!" my father screamed again. Maybe talking about my competition right in front of him was not a good idea at all. "What do you mean that you have to get married by Christmas eve in order to be the next Santa Clause?!"

"Dad please calm-"

"Do not tell me to calm down young lady! How am I supposed to be calm when I just found out that the reason you came here is to find a husband?!"

"I'm confused" Emma said.

"So am I" said Lisa.

"That makes three of us" David said. "How are you her father? You can't be much older then us"

My father actually stayed quiet for a few seconds before responding. "That is not important right now. Yes, it's true. I am her father. That's all that I can say about that. As for how, that's a conversation for later. What I want to know is why you have to get married just take over your father's job as Santa Clause?!"

"It's an old rule" My father (santa) replied. "There is an old rule that says that only a married person can be Santa Clause. Even if she were to take over as Santa without getting married she would have to get married eventually. I learned that the hard way when I almost lost my job as Santa seven years after I had taken over"

"I don't like this!" my father shouted. "I do not like this at all! She is only 17 years old for goodness sakes!" my father continued to scream.

"Wait, wait" Jacob said. "So that was the only reason you dated me? You were just looking for a husband?" Jacob questioned. "You didn't love me at all? You were just using me?"

Jacob looked truly heartbroken. He really did. It broke my heart to see him that way. It's true that the reason that I came here in the first place was to find a husband. But my love for him was not a lie. I really did love him and I really did want to be with him. He was my soulmate. I had no doubt that he was the person that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. There would never be any other man that I wanted but him.

Before I could say anything he ran off. He was clearly hurt by what he thought was a betrayal. I had to after him. I had to tell him the truth about how I felt about him.

Without even thinking about it I took off after him. At some point during the journey his footprints had turned into paw prints which told me that he had phased. I continued to follow the direction that his paw prints had led. I screamed out his name over and over again. I didn't want things to end this way. I had to find him.

I finally saw a huge form ahead of me. It was walking closer and closer to me. It was most definitely wolf Jacob. I also walked toward him. I could tell by the expression on his face that he was still heartbroken.

I threw my arms around his neck and hugged him tightly. "Jacob don't ever just leave like that again. I care about you and I love you. Don't ever leave me like that again" I told him in a stern voice.

He walked backward a few steps. There were tears rolling down his face. I tried to wipe them away as best as I could. Then I kissed his huge snout.

"Jacob I love you. Yes, it's true that I did come here looking for a husband. But what I never expected was to find someone as beautiful and wonderful as you. You're the best guy any girl could ever ask for. You are sweet, kind, caring, loving, beautiful, smart, loyal, and I can't think of any other guy that I would want to spend the rest of my life with" I said.

He left after I spilled my heart out to him. I had to tell myself not to go after him because I was hoping that he was just going to go phase and then come back.

As I had hoped he did come back a few minutes later. He came back and then hugged me. "I am so sorry Nessie. I should not have just left you like that. I should have stayed and listened to you" he explained. "I love you. I should have known that you are to good of a person to ever hurt someone that way. Will you forgive me?"

"Jacob there is nothing to forgive" I said to him as seriously as I could.

He tensed up for a reason that I could not understand.

"Jacob what's wrong?" I asked him worriedly.

"We have to go back" he just said.

"Why? What's wrong?" I asked him again.

"It's Rosalie. She has just gone into labor.

Jacob phased into a wolf again and beckoned me to get on his back. I obeyed without hesitation. Surely this was the fastest way to get back.

By the time that we had gotten back Rosalie was about to have the baby. This baby was coming fast and there was nothing that anyone could do to stop it or to slow it down. Carlisle was already telling her to push. About five minutes later the cries of a newborn baby girl filled the room. She was every bit as pale as other vampires. She also had the same gold eyes that all members of my family had. She also had her mother's blonde hair and her exceptionally good looks. But there was also a little bit of Emmett in her as well. She was definitely the most beautiful and unique baby that I had ever seen in my life.

The look on both Emmett's and Rosalie's faces were priceless. They finally had the one thing that they had wanted their entire lives.

"So what are you going to name her?" I asked.

"Her name is going to be Carlie Vera Cullen"

I smiled when I heard the name. Carlie was my middle name. I also knew for a fact that Vera was the name of her best friend back in the 1930s. I felt honored to have a place in her name. It made me feel special.

"Thank you Rosalie" I said.

"No Nessie. Thank you. It's because of you that I have finally gotten what I always wanted. I don't know how we will ever make it up to you" she said.

I could not take it anymore. I went up to her and hugged her. "I know that you and Emmett will be good parents to her and that is all the repayment that I will ever need"

"Thank you Nessie. She truly is a blessing" Rosalie said.

"Yes. Thank you Nessie. Thank you so much" Emmett added before he grabbed me into a bear hug.

He looked at his daughter in awe and wonder. Rosalie passed Carlie to him. He held his daughter as if she were the most breakable thing in the world.

"She is so beautiful. I can already tell that I'm going to have to scare away a lot of guys when she is older" he added.

Everyone else just laughed at what he said.

From then on everything went rather smoothly. I participated in the concert. I did everything I could to help out the people around me. Lisa, David and Emmett all became really good friends. They also learned the truth about my family. My vampire family. I was surprised by how well they took that news. I supposed nothing was much of a shock to them anymore. Even Charlie and Lucy took the news well when I told them about the Cullens and my relation to them.

Jacob and I got married on December 23rd. It was a small ceremony. We decided that we'd do something bigger after the holidays were over. I didn't care. I was just happy to be married to him. My brother was also very happy for me when he found out that I would be taking over for our father. He did finally succeed in finding a girlfriend, but she had yet to learn the truth about us.

Soon it was Christmas Eve and it was time for me to leave. I could not have been happier. For some reason I felt my smile grow when I approached the Cullen house.

"You know Nessie this coming down the chimney thing is going to take some getting used to" my mom said when I walked out of the fireplace.

"I understand mom. I'm not entirely used to it either" I said.

"So what are you doing here?" she asked me.

"Well I'm here to deliver-"

"Nessie what are you doing here?" I was surprised to hear the voice of Emma coming from the hallway.

"I'm here to deliver presents" I said. "What are you doing here?" I asked her.

"You mean you don't know?"

"No" I said. Was I missing something.

"Carlisle and Esme decided to adopt me" she said with a smile on her face.

"Really?! Congratulations!" I said excitedly as I went over to her and hugged her. This girl deserved a good home and I knew that my family would be able to give her just that.

"Thank you Nessie"

"Well I should get going now" I said once I had left presents underneath the Christmas tree.

"You really have to go?" my mom asked sadly.

"Yeah mom. I do. It's my job to deliver presents to kids all around the world now. I have to go. Would you like to go with me?" I asked her much to her surprise.

"What?" was all that she could say.

"Would you like to go with me? I want to spend this night with you. I also want to spend tomorrow with you as well. So what do you say?" I asked her.

She hugged me as tight as she could do so without breaking me. "Nessie nothing would make me happier"

The End

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