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Chapter 14

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"Jacob?" I whispered.

"Hm." Jacob hummed, his voice scratchy as he crinkled his forehead.

I jerked my hand from his before throwing myself on him wrapping my arms around what I could grab, kissing every ounce of skin before landing on his lips.

"I'm sorry! I am so sorry! I should have kept my big mouth shut, you gave me the look and I refused to listen to you. Now you are laying here bandaged up and in pain all because of me and now the packs are going to fight. This will never happen again I promise, everything is going to change." I said quickly, taking a breath.

"Ow." Jacob mumbled.

"Oh sorry." I whispered pulling myself to my knees.

"S'okay. Are you okay? Did I hurt you? I pushed you out of the way in time right" he whispered, I could tell he was still drowsy.

"I'm fine my main concern is you, by the time I arrived the fight was over, you were still phased and bleeding." I swallowed.

"So you were there, I thought I had been hallucinating." Jacob laughed before wincing.

"You kind of did, I put the mojo on you because you refused to phase back." I said waving my fingers.

"Didn't refuse it was easier to just lay there for a minute but everyone was flipping out." Jacob explained, the grogginess had begun to wear off.

I laughed shaking my head, "what happens now?"

"Sam apologized, he never wanted it to escalate to what it did and I knew that. I just felt that tingle in the air, I did what I had to in order to protect you." Jacob explained.

"It should have never happened." I whispered looking to my fingers.

"It did, we can't change it. If I hadn't signaled for you to meet me it would have never happened. You would have never been in danger" Jacob said, "but you didn't help."

I looked to Jacob in defeat as he squirmed looking at me confused.

"I give up, Sam was right we both know that. My actions have placed everyone in danger since the day that I was conceived. Do you know that I can still hear mom's cries as I broke her ribs." I said staring at my fingers, blinking momentarily bringing me back to reality. "But this isn't about me, it's about you. How are you feeling?"

"Like I was in a fight, what in the hell are you talking about?" Jacob said, attempting to pull himself up.

"No! You could rip the stitches!" I said pushing him back down.

"You mean these stitches?" Jacob said removing the blanket, the only evidence left was a deep crimson scratch.

I reached for the mark before pulling my hand back, repeating the gesture a few times, "I'm sorry.""Stop apologizing you aren't the one that nicked me!" Jacob rolled his eyes placing my hand over the injury.

"Nicked?! I saw blood all over the place, you were as white as I am when they brought you here." I replied running a finger over the line, his skin was hotter than usual.

"Damn I must have been pretty bad off because snow is darker than you." Jacob teased.

"I know." I laughed.

"Okay who are you and what did you do with my Nessie?" Jacob asked.

I shook my head looking into his dark eyes, "things change."

"Jake!" Leah called from the door.

"Not now." Jacob responded looking at me.

Leah stepped into the room as I rose from my seat turning to her, "go ahead."

"Renesmee Carlie get your butt back over here." Jacob demanded, a hint of the alpha in his voice.

"Oh, see ya." Leah said leaving quickly.

"Leah…" I called before turning to Jacob, "was that really necessary and who the hell do you think I am? Do not pull the alpha thing with me pal."

Jacob grinned widely grabbing the arm I had landed on, we both winced slightly as he pulled me.

"I thought you said that you were okay!" he said.

"I'm fine it's just a little sore it'll heal, vampire skin remember." I said.

"Yes I remember come here. Sorry for the alpha thing but it brought you back out didn't it?" Jacob teased.

I rolled my eyes climbing into the bed, "I just can't be the way that I was this evening, there is no way. I endanger people Jake, I am suppose to be falling in love with you. Not setting off an alpha fight. I am suppose to take care of my family not consistently place them in danger."

"You have never placed them in danger, I'm confused and it isn't from the morphine?" Jacob asked.

I took a deep breath, "when I had been informed of the Volturi coming here I said that it was my fault. Despite the valiant arguments I understood completely that I was to blame for it all."

"Don't even." Jacob shook his head attempting to pull himself up.

"No, you are injured enough." I said holding his shoulders.

"I'm fine." he winced, "now listen to me. You have never placed us into danger, Irina or whatever started all of that by running to big daddy Dracula to tattle on her cousins. Not you."

"You aren't listening." I began helping him to position himself better.

"Hell yeah I am, you are wrong." Jacob exclaimed, "thank you."

"Your welcome. I am not going to argue this, it's how I feel end of story. Now you are at my mercy because you are in pain and injured so you are going to listen to my whining, then I will shut up." I nodded, trying not to admire the bare muscles as we sat in the silence.

Jacob waved a hand igniting a little humor to the situation as my laughter filled the room.

"I thought you were going to whine, not laugh." Jacob chuckled, wincing again, "damn it!"

"Are you okay?" I asked putting my hand over his ribs.

"Yes now whine and get it off your chest already, I'm curious." Jacob said licking his lips.

"Ever since the Volturi left I swore to myself, I would make damn sure that my family would never be threatened again and I would never live in fear. So I toughened up, Uncle Emmett taught me how to properly fight. You allowed me to be dangerously spontaneous and I threw up the tough girl attitude. If they ever came back for me they would never come near your guys." I said swallowing the lump building in my throat.

"Because you would meet them yourself to give them exactly what they wanted." Jacob finished.

I nodded, "too many have been placed in direct danger because of me. Beginning with mom, technically I did kill her Jacob, she just had a vampire to save her from me. I can still hear all of the voices around me while I grew, I know that some of you wanted to kill me."

"Yeah well we are all allowed to have stupid moments, this can be your moment. You are the greatest thing to ever happen around here you know that? And more than half of us crave participating in a good ass kicking anyway so don't make me kick your's Miss Cullen." Jacob replied.

I raised an eyebrow crossing my arms, "you couldn't kick my ass even if you tried you can barely move ."

Jacob smirked nodding to me, I felt my eyes widen as I jumped from the bed. I heard the seams of my shirt snap as he yanked me back, groaning in pain as I landed beside him.

"Oh crap are you okay?" I gasped feeling his shoulders shake, "are you laughing."

"I have never seen you move quite that fast." Jacob laughed before rolling off of his side cringing.

"Dude don't do that I thought you had broken another rib or something." I said sitting up to help him.

"I'm okay but seriously stop thinking that you are the root of all evil. You are merely a petal on the root of all evil so get over it. But on to another subject that we were speaking about before I slammed you against the tree." Jacob said grinning as he closed his eyes, make a small moan.

We both heard a faint growl coming from downstairs, I looked to the door before looking to Jacob as I heard the entire downstairs erupting in laughter.

"What?" he asked placing a hand behind his head with a grin.

I laughed, I did not need to wonder where I got my mischief from, "what were you thinking about exactly the conversation or the tree?"

"Crap." Jacob made a face.

I closed my eyes with a sigh, I did ask God if he or she or whatever would save Jake that I would do what they wanted even if it was to move. I may have gotten my answer, I opened my eyes looking at him the fear creeping in again. I knew now that we could not run, dad already knows. I also knew that I could not run to La Push to hide, I would be placing too many people in danger. That left two options, comply and move or defy and fight.

"Sorry Ness." Jacob whispered.

I shook my head, "it's okay. Somehow this will all be okay, can I stay here with you I can go so you can get some rest if you want."

"Come here." Jake said reaching for my shirt.

I fell directly to his lips, closing my eyes to live in the moment savoring his soft lips tasting what I had almost lost, what I may still lose. I pulled back looking into his eyes staring back at me feeling a liquid fire surging through my veins, allowing my guard to evaporate into the air for the first time.

I was his completely, I fully understood the magnitude of my parent's love story that I had been told so many times. Now I was lucky enough to be at the start of my own grateful that these feelings were finally unleashed. I smiled softly at Jacob before leaning in, allowing the electricity to devour my lips once more. I laid down resting my head on his shoulder careful not to harm his ribs feeling his arm wrap around me, I felt so safe.

"It will be okay, you know that right?" Jacob whispered, placing his chin against my forehead.

"I know, somehow." I replied reaching my arm around placing my hand on his face, replaying out little tryst through my eyes.

As before there was a soft growl, "RENESMEE!"

Jacob and I burst into laughter at the sound of my father.

"Eddie is like the little red button you aren't suppose to push." Jacob coughed.

"I like the red button." I giggled before closing my eyes.