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Chapter Twenty: Turning Seventeen

I laid in bed looking at the ceiling, Hermione was cuddled up next to me. I didn't really want to get out of bed, but I was excited because today is my seventeenth birthday and unlike Hermione on her nineteenth birthday I couldn't wait to be up and enjoying my birthday. I rolled over kissing her all over her face and neck.

"Jake, stop, I'm sleeping." She mumbled rolling away from me. I laughed pressing against her, she groaned moving away, "Why can't you let me sleep." She groaned rather cutely pulling her body away from me.

"Wake up, I'm seventeen and I want to cuddle." She groaned rolling over and looking at me,

"I call bull shit." I smiled at her wolfishy nibbling on her neck. "You just want to screw me." She muttered. One of the many things I've come to love about my Mione, she's very vulgar first thing in the morning.

"On the contrary, I want to make love to you." She groaned and rolled away from my grasp,

"No, I'm still sore." She muttered I scooted closer to her.

"I was hoping for a repeat of last night." I muttered kissing her neck again. She made the sweetest whining noise and I nipped and sucked on her neck. She rolled away, and sat up, kissing me on the lips,

"Happy Birthday baby." She whispered smoothing my hair down. I smiled up at her, "I'm still really sore from last night." She said with a smile. I smiled up at her cupping her jaw as she kissed the heel of my hand.

"I love you." I whispered, looking into her deep brown eyes. She smiled back at me, leaning forward my lips meeting hers in a small peck on the lips.

"I love you too." She whispered before standing up. Tugging me up with her, so we could get dressed. I sat on the edge of the bed watching her shimmy into a pair of jeans and a plain green t-shirt. She turned around and looked at me a small glare in her eyes,

"You should be getting dressed." She stated placing her hands on her hips; I rolled my eyes at her; pulling her into me. I raised her shirt up over her stomach kissing her flat toned stomach. She giggled,

"Stop." She giggled as I dragged my lips across the skin, "Why do you insist on kissing my stomach, Jake?" She questioned giggling as I tried to undo her jeans, she twisted away from me "Get dressed, can't you keep it in your pants?" She teased walking out of the room tugging her shirt back down. I stood up pulling on some sweat pants walking out to the living room where Hermione was sitting on the couch talking to Billy a mug of coffee nestled in her small hands. I joined her on the couch, wrapping my arms around her slim shoulders.

"Happy seventeenth son." My dad said with a slight smile on his face I smiled back my arms around Hermione still kissing her just behind her ear,

"We got you a couple gifts, Sue, and I. Plus there are a couple from Mione, and the Swans."I laughed as he pointed to the small pile of gifts on the coffee table. I reached for the first one that was from Charlie, it was a miniature of a classic '54 convertible mustang. From my dad I got several different books on auto-maintenance. From Hermione I had gotten a simple silver band with a black tribal design etched into it.

"Thank you baby, this is amazing." I whispered holding her close to my chest kissing her temple.

"You're welcome." She whispered, I knew what the band signified, it signified her being absolutely okay with my imprinting on her. I let her put the ring on my finger before kissing her again slightly more romantic this time. I leaned back against the couch hugging her to my chest.

"Alright, well I don't really have any plans for you for the rest of the day, other than supper, so you two can go off and amuse yourselves." Billy announced wheeling his way towards a bookshelf and Jake laughed,

"Didn't I promise to take you cliff diving Mione?" I asked teasingly, she blushed,

"You butt; you know I'm nervous about trying it." She admitted and I laughed,

"Baby, you know I'll be there as a just in case, and we'll start low." I promised trying to sooth her nerves. She blushed,

"Okay, we'll try today." I smiled and pulled her up, I knew I was beaming, I had been longing to take her cliff diving ever since she had told me she wanted to try it. I pulled Hermione out to the rabbit with me when I saw the pack,

"Jakie, is finally seventeen." Leah teased beating us to the car, "Emily is planning lunch for you." I groaned I just wanted alone time with Hermione,

"Seriously?" I asked irritated, will I never get to take this woman cliff diving? Sam nodded,

"Are you really going to deprive us of throwing you a seventeenth birthday?" I sighed,

"Fine." I relented, Hermione and I getting into the rabbit and driving over to Emily and Sam's while the rest of the pack shifted and ran to the house. "Sorry, about that." I muttered feeling embarrassed, she smiled at me taking my ringed hand in hers squeezing,

"Maybe tomorrow, baby." She suggested a smile on her lips; I smiled back pulling into the driveway. We got out of the car and walked inside the open door where the smell food cooking hit my nostrils

"Happy Birthday Jake." Emily said with a smile giving me a hug and handing me a package, "From Sam, and I." I ripped the red wrapping paper neatly setting it down on the table before looking at a small white box which I opened and smiled. It was a simple nice picture of me and Hermione at Christmas that Emily had taken as practice for her photography class at community college. In the picture I had my lips pressed against Hermione's temple one arm wrapped around her shoulder, my other hand was resting on her hip. She was smiling leaning into my lips both her arms around my waist.

"Emily, this is amazing. Thank you." I said wrapping her in a big bear hug, "One of my two favorite gifts." She smiled looking at the ring I had gotten from Hermione.

"I'm glad you like it."