Chapter twenty-one The Black House

Every girls worse nightmare, the "talk" with your parents. Mom and assured me that she would be talking the most but dad felt he had to be there. So here I sat in the cottage living room with my mom and dad sitting across form me.

"Renesmee you know why we wanted to talk to you." my mom said comfortingly.

"I kind of don't guys I mean I know why you think we need to talk but… I don't think it's necessary."

"Renesmee I've heard both of your thoughts and I think it's necessary." my dad chimed in. O crap what had he heard.

"I heard enough." he said to me.

"Look it's just that we worry that maybe you guys are moving to fast. You just got home and well you both have all the time in the world." my mom tried to re-steer the conversation.

"Yes and being away just made me more certain that Jake is the one for me."

"Your only sixteen you are not ready to be in a committed relationship." dad said sternly.

"I am I mean you and mom were only a year older then me when you guys fell in love." I retorted.

"I was around a hundred years old when I met your mother!" he exclaimed.

"And what about mom she was only seventeen!" I said raising my voice a little.

"That is besides the point! You are to young Renesmee you are not ready to have any kind of boyfriend and I do not want to see you kissing him anymore!" he yelled.

"That's not fair!" I screamed.

"I'm your father I don't have to be fair! You are to young for all of this!"

"No I'm not! I love him!"

We were toe to toe yelling at each other and I was close to tears. My mom got in between us and put restraining hands on both of us.

"Sit." she said in a calm but authority filled voice.

We sat and glared at each other. I wasn't a child anymore why couldn't he get over that, no matter what I was going to be with Jacob.

"You want to bet." he said looking right at me.

"Yeah I do." I said as I got up and went to my room. I started to grab the first things I saw and threw them into my bag.

"Renesmee, honey open the door." my mom asked from the other side.

"Just get dad to break it down." I yelled back.

I hurried and opened my window and jumped out running as fast as I could with my bag over my arm. I heard someone chasing me but I just pushed harder. I knew as soon as I hit Quileute territory but I didn't slow down heading straight to Jacobs.

He wasn't home when I got there and Billy let me in.

"Hey Nessie what's going on?"

"I…well I had a fight with my parents." I decided that best way was honesty.

"I'm sorry do you want to talk about it?"

"Well kind of. Billy can I ask you something?"

"Of course." he said smiling warmly.

"Do you think that Jacob and I are to young to date?" I didn't need to tell him the gory details.

"See Nessie that's a tricky question. You know that I believe in imprinting and since Jacob imprinted on you and has seemed to reach the stage where he finds you romantically attractive. I don't see a problem in you guys being together."

I sat there ready to agree with him but he held up his hand to stop me.

"I also think that for people who haven't imprinted the idea is a little harder to get. I know your dad has read in the packs mind how strong it can be but he hasn't actually experienced it."

"Thank you you're a lot more open then my parents are."

"Well I think from a fathers point of view it can be harder to accept it. I mean look at who my daughter is with." he let out a laugh and I couldn't help myself.

"Yeah I guess Jacob is a lot better than Paul."

"Just give your parents sometime to get use to the idea and see how it works out."

I gave him a hug.

"Your right I did kind of spring it on them. I just thought they would see it coming since Jacob had imprinted on me."

"Well a lot has happened in a short amount of time, even vampires are having a hard time keeping up."

"Um Billy there is actually something else I'd like to ask you."

He nodded for me to continue. "I was kind of hoping that you would let me stay here for a little while so my parents could calm down. "

"I guessed as much when I saw your bag."

"So is it ok?"

He sat there being quiet for a long moment.

"Let me call your parents and talk to them first."

He wheeled himself into his room and was in there at least a few minutes when Jacob got home.

"Hey this is an unexpected surprise." he said as he saw me.

"I good one I'd hope."

"Always good." he brought me into a hug and I held him tightly. No I decided ,I would never let anyone separate us. When he started to release I only held on tighter.

"What's the matter?" he asked stroking my back.

I told him about the fight with my parents and how Billy was on the phone with them now.

"O honey, I'm so sorry." he pulled me to the couch and sat me on his lap, I laid my head on his shoulder as he stroked my face.

Billy finally came out and wheeled over to us.

"I talked to your mom and she said that you could stay here. She wanted you to know that you can come home anytime and that she loves you very much. She said she misses you but isn't going to force you to come home. She also would like you to call her when you are ready." Billy said to me.

"Did you talk to my dad?" I asked tensing up a little.

"No only Bella." Billy said looking to the ground. I could tell he wasn't tell me something but didn't know what.

I let out a relieved breath and thanked Billy so much for understanding.

"Well Nessie you know we will sharing anything we have with you." he said patting the top of my hand.

I let out a large yawn and tried to cover my mouth with my other hand.

"O I'm so sorry it's been a long day." I apologized.

"Come on we can put your things away and get you to bed." Jake said as he picked my bag up and took my hand guiding me to his room.

"Night Billy." I called out as Jake shut the door behind us.

He went to his dresser and started to pull clothes out of the top drawer.

"Jake you don't have to give me a whole drawer I can just keep my things in my bag." I said.

"It's ok it's normal for a girlfriend to have a drawer to herself." he said stuffing his stuff into another drawer. I loved how he said girlfriend it seemed so right.

He picked up my bag and start putting my things away but stopped suddenly.

"I can do that don't worry about it." I said as I got up and took the bag from him.

I looked into it and realized the only things left in it were my under garments. I took them and hurried to put then in the drawer and tried to shut it but it wouldn't all fit.

Jacob seeing my problem came over and started to empty a second drawer.

"Jake stop if you give me two drawers where is your stuff going to go?"

"Nessie most of my stuff got ruined when I started phasing believe me I have more than enough room for your things."

I looked into the other drawers and realized he was right.

I hadn't grabbed any sleeping clothes so Jacob was letting me borrow one of his T-shirts and boxers to sleep in.

I laid in his arms as he kissed the back of my neck sweetly.

"Jake?" I whispered.

"Yes?" he murmured back. I could tell he was close to sleep himself.

"Are you still going to go meet my family to talk about the Volturi?"

"Yes I have to leave in an hour to meet them."

"Do you have to go?"

"Yeah I'm an alpha, it's my responsibility. But believe me I'd much rather stay here laying with you." he snuggled closer to me.

"Same here but please be careful."

"Sure, sure."

Sleep finally found me and I wished it hadn't. I was back in the cottage fighting with my dad when all of the sudden Jake busted threw the room in his wolf form. I jumped on his back and we ran off. We ran and ran until finally we were states away. I jumped off his back and he phased into human form.

I hugged him and kissed him franticly.

"You and me?" he asked before he kissed me passionately.

"You and me." I reassured him.

EPOV

Yet again Jacob was interfering in my life. Nessie had ran to him after our argument in the cottage. She was just to young to be romantically involved with anyone especially Jacob. He was so much older than her in the maturity factor and could easily take advantage of her. Though I knew in the back of my mind that he wouldn't do anything against her will. I knew how willing she was becoming.

Bella and me met everyone at the big house and I was about to get Carlisle, being the only one other than Renesmee allowed on the reservation, to go down to the reservation to talk to Renesmee when Bella's phone rang.

"Hello?" she answered.

"Hey Bella it's Billy."

"O hey Billy how are you? Did Renesmee go there?"

"Yes she is here and that's partly why I'm calling."

"Partly?"

"Well yes I wanted you to know that if its ok with you guys I'd like her to stay and also… I want you to know that my son is a trustworthy guy. He loves her very much and I know that he would do anything for her."

What was he doing trying to state his boys claim?

"I agree with you about Jacob, but you have to understand that everything is happening so fast for her. We just want her to have time to breath and live life."

"Bella before you met Edward did you feel like you had lived life at all?"

She looked up to me with love in her eyes. "No Billy I hadn't lived at all." she said not taking her eyes off me.

"Then why not give her a chance to really live?"

"Ok she can stay but tell her she can come home as soon as she wants I'm not going to force her. Tell her I love and miss her. And when she is ready to call me so we can talk about all of this."

"Thank you Bella, now can I please speak to Edward?"

"Um yeah he is right here." Bella said worry lines coming across her face.

She handed me the phone and I took it reluctantly.

"Hello Billy."

"Edward I know you most likely just heard the conversation I had with Bella but I want you to know that from a dads perspective I know how it feels. I really wish you would give Jacob a chance. I only have Nessies best interest at heart. She is the only reason Jacob hasn't ran away in the past few years and for that I will forever owe her."

"I don't care where Jacob goes. Billy no disrespect to you but no I won't be giving him a chance. I might be old fashion but he didn't do this right." with that I hung up the phone.

The family gather and we headed for the clearing to meet with the wolves. I prayed for Jacobs sake that he would not be there. When we arrived the wolves were already in place and waiting. They were all in wolf form but Sam and Jacob.

So he had decided to come, big mistake.

Sam and Jacob nodded to each other and Jacob stepped forward.

"Edward may I speak to you in private before we begin?" he asked trying to show no sign of fear.

"No." I said between clenched teeth

"Please." he said lowering his voice pleadingly looking me in the eyes.

"Jacob right now I don't think you have any right to ask me to do anything."

"Maybe not but I had to try."

"What do you want?" I asked ready to run across the small space between us and sink my teeth into the boy standing in front of me.

He didn't wait a moment to think but just began talking rapidly.

"I think it's best if we let her stay at the reservation to cool off and collect her thoughts. She was really upset when I got home and I never want to see her like that again. She is welcomed to stay at my house as long as she wants to. "

"So what you are saying is that you refuse to give me my daughter back?" I asked disbelieving what I was hearing.

"Edward it isn't like that I swear, she is just needs time to calming down."

"I swear Jacob Black if you lay one hand on her…"

"I would never hurt her." he said cutting me off.

"That's not how I meant."

Every one got even quieter in the clearing. The only noises were the wolves irregular hearts beating.

He thought of his one dress shirt hanging next to a dress that Renesmee had brought. How right it felt to him for it to be there .

"She is in your room!" I hollered. I knew that she would be staying there but never in my worst idea of the situation did I think they would be sharing a room.

"Yeah but Edward it isn't like that."

"What so you two are playing house, trying to be grown ups?"

"Its not like that."

"That's crap Jacob I've put up with a lot from you and now this reaches the limit. You come after my wife and when that didn't go your way you imprint on my daughter! Imprint or not I do not accept this nor will I give you my blessing, even though I am sure you never intended to ask for it!"

We stared at each other and finally after a big breath Jacob looked me right in the eyes and spoke.

"Edward get over it."

"Excuse me?"

"No I refuse to excuse you anymore! You know how imprinting works yet you still refuse to accept Renesmee and me."

"She is my daughter!" I hollered at him.

"And my girlfriend!" he hollered back.

"That doesn't mean anything."

"Well I believe it does and so does she. All you are doing is pushing her away."

"I wouldn't have to push her at all if it wasn't for you."

"And what, you would rather her with that Italian guy Alec?"

"Right now yes, I would."

"Go to hell."

Jacob turned around and started towards the woods followed by Quil and Embry.