Jake

There weren't words to describe how wonderful I was feeling. My arms were wrapped around Nessie's small frame as she slept soundly. I was barely awake myself, but seeing that it was two o' clock in the afternoon, I figured it would be pointless to go back to sleep. Her soft, copper hair was spread out across the pillow and I had a strong urge to play with it. But she was so peaceful looking; I didn't want to disturb her.

Instead I thought back to when she told me she loved me; my heart had never felt so full. At first I thought I was imagining things. I kept telling myself that it was impossible, that she couldn't love me. At the beach she had made it so clear that she only wanted to be friends. Who knew she could act so well? Or maybe I'm just really gullible but either way it definitely came as a shock. However, once I looked into her eyes I saw it there, the love, the guilt, the pain she was going through fearing that I wouldn't forgive her. How could she possibly think I wouldn't love her anymore? So she lied, so did I. I can't say I didn't deserve it. All I wanted to do was forget the past, forget about Corey, forget about the jealousy and pain I suffered and just be with Nessie. We were in love, everything was perfect…

"Ew, Ew, Ew!" All of a sudden there was a loud bang and my leg was being tugged at. Someone was pulling me out of the bed and before I knew what was happening I felt myself soaring through the air and into the opposite wall. Then something hard fell on top of me, a mirror, ouch. What the hell?

Shaking my head, I looked up and saw Rosalie staring at me looking furious. Her eye brows were pulled close and her eyes were full of rage. I immediately understood why, I had forgotten this was her bedroom.

"What the hell are you doing in my bed!" She screamed. Emmett ran in and looked at Rosalie, then me, and then over at Nessie who had sat up quickly, looking startled. Her eyes found mine as I sat crouched on the floor, head still pulsing with pain from the damn mirror.

Rosalie followed my gaze and when she saw Nessie she gasped.

"What…what's going on here? Were you two...?"

Emmett's head twisted back and forth between Nessie and me, a smirk forming on his face.

"Oh my God." Rosalie said, covering her mouth with both hands and backing up slowly.

"Rosalie it's not what it looks like. We just slept together…" Nessie spat out without thinking.

"You what!" She screamed and then turned on me, marching forward. I was pretty sure she was about to kill me but honestly it wasn't my concern at the moment because Edward had walked in.

"No! No! Not like that, we slept… like went to sleep, next to each other. Nothing happened I promise!" Nessie cried and then she noticed her father at the doorway.

Edward's expression was a mixture of shock, confusion, and definitely was making its way to furious.

"What's going on here?" He asked quietly, trying to keep his voice steady.

"Dad…why are you home so early?" Nessie asked. He stared at her and then at the clock. She looked over at it and was surprised it was already two in the afternoon.

"Oh…I didn't realize we slept in so late."

"I found them together in my bed Edward! They were sleeping together!" Rosalie yelled, still staring me down. I stood up, wanting to explain to Edward what really happened but I didn't get a chance. Rosalie had shoved me back to the floor. I could tear her arms off if I wanted to but that probably wouldn't help the situation; so for both me and Nessie's sake I stayed seated.

"You…slept together?" Edward asked, ignoring that whole scene and staring at Nessie.

"Dad we slept next to each other, I…I didn't want to be alone so Jake just kept me company that's all I swear.

"What's going on up here?" Bella came walking into the room and gasped. She imitated Emmett and looked back and forth between the both of us.

"They slept together!" Rosalie yelled. God damn can't she shut up.

"They what!"

"Oh my gosh! Rosalie stop saying that! We did not sleep together! We slept next to each other!" Nessie screamed.

"Same thing Nessie!" Rosalie sniped back.

"No it's not. You're giving everyone the wrong idea."

By this time the whole family had made their way in and just stood there in confusion.

"What's…" Jasper started.

"Nothing!" Nessie and I yelled at the same time.

"Alright I think everyone just needs to calm down. Let's talk downstairs, it's too crowded up here." Bella suggested and left the room, taking one last glance at me. Everyone agreed and began to follow except Rosalie.

She moved over to the bed and held her nose while she pinched a section of the bed sheet.

"Ugh this is never going to smell right again." She glared over at me as I grabbed Nessie's hand and left the room.

Downstairs everyone had taken seats around the living room. As me and Nessie descended the stairs, all eyes were on us, speculating. Nessie squeezed my hand tightly and smiled up at me. I wasn't sure why but I was nervous. Edward had told me he was okay with Nessie and I being together but as he eyed us down I began to think he had changed his mind. There was an awkward silence as we came into the room and sat on the couch opposite from everyone.

"So…do you want to tell us what's going on with you two?" Bella asked, staring directly at me. I turned towards Nessie and watched her look nervously around the room. She obviously wasn't prepared for their reaction and really neither was I but someone had to explain.

"Okay well...Nessie and I are…are together now. It's a long story but she loves me and I love her…so that's that." Everyone's faces looked shocked with the exception of Edward who I'm sure read my mind.

"You…you love him Nessie?" Bella asked looking at Nessie now.

"I do. Very much." She smiled at me and I smiled back. Right then I realized that no one else's opinion mattered to me, as long as I had her. Edward cleared his throat.

"I'm very happy for the both of you, really but just because you love each other doesn't mean I'm okay with you sleeping together."

"But dad we didn't…"

"Fine sleeping next to each other. Either way it's not okay with me and I'm sure your mother agrees."

"Absolutely. I just…how…when…?" Bella was flustered. It was clear she just couldn't wrap her head around the fact that we all of a sudden are in love, out of nowhere. She seemed happy about it nonetheless which was a relief. Getting up slowly she made her way over to us and stood in front of Nessie, smiling slightly. Then she gave her a hug and began to sob and laugh at the same time.

"Oh Nessie I'm so happy!" She cried and then let go and hugged me next. I was stunned, where did this come from? I was sure she didn't want us to be together. Glancing over her shoulder at Edward he was surprisingly calm with a small smile forming.

This was too weird. But I wasn't complaining; it made things much easier with the parent's approval. Everyone else in the room seemed to be happy about it too, which was even better. Then I heard some stomping coming from the steps and Rosalie was marching down them, carrying her bed sheets, cover, and pillow cases. She glared at me and then shook her head while she made her way into the laundry room. I tried not to laugh but I couldn't help it, making her mad was really entertaining.

Bella then looked over at Edward who made a weird face at her.

"Oh right, well as excited as we are about this, what you did was really inappropriate. We need to be able to trust both of you and if every time we go hunting for the weekend, we have to worry about you two…"

"Mom it's not a big deal, you can trust us. We didn't do anything."

"She's right Bella." I told her. Thank God I stopped Nessie when I did last night, I couldn't imagine what would have happened if Rosalie had walked in and saw us with no clothes on.

Out of the corner of my eye, I snuck a peak at Edward, wondering if he heard that in my thoughts but it didn't appear so. He was staring at Bella, appearing very calm. Maybe he was trying to stay out of my head too, that would definitely make things easier.

"I believe you but even sleeping next to each is off limits. Am I clear?" We both nodded but I was pretty sure that neither one of us was planning on keeping that promise.

"And apologize to Emmett and Rosalie for sleeping in their bed."

"Sorry Emmett."

"Yeah sorry about that." I told him. He just shrugged and laughed.

"Doesn't bother me but Rosalie's going to be another story." He said and I knew he was right.

We both got up and walked into the laundry room where Rosalie was putting detergent into the machine.

"Rosalie we are both really sorry for sleeping in your bed. I was planning on cleaning it before you got home." Rosalie looked over at Nessie and smiled.

"I had no problem with you sleeping in it Nessie." She looked at me for a second and then back at washing machine.

"You don't smell like dog." I took a deep breath. Apologizing to Rosalie was not high on my to do list.

"Sorry Rosalie. I'll wash everything if you want." I told her using every ounce of effort I could manage.

"Now how would that solve anything? You'd just be touching it with your filthy hands again, making the washing sort of pointless, don't you think?" I had the urge to rip her head off, so much for being nice.

"Fine. Do it yourself."

"Nessie could I speak with Jacob alone for a minute?" Rosalie asked her. Nessie looked over at me and then nodded, leaving the room. Great what did she want now?

Once Nessie shut the door, Rosalie slammed down the detergent and stood directly in front of me.

"I just wanted to let you know Jacob that I'll be watching you very closely. Nessie may be in love with you but she's still very young and doesn't know what she is doing. If you hurt her…"

"Wait a second. Are you threatening me?"

"You're smarter than you look."

"You are actually dumb enough to think that I would ever hurt Nessie? Wow Rosalie. Obviously you're too blinded by your own prejudice to see how much I love her. You look past all the times I've protected her and…"

"I've noticed it trust me. But that doesn't mean that you won't try to take advantage of her."

"You are unbelievable."

"Oh am I?"

"Why don't you just stick to brushing your hair and staring at yourself in the mirror and I'll take care of Nessie."

"Go to hell."

"See you there." I stormed out, ignoring the hissing sounds she made as I left. I needed some air. I marched through the living room, not paying attention to who was in there.

"Jake where are you…?" Bella started but I ignored her and walked out the door. It wasn't like I was running away or anything; I was just irritated and needed to get out of that house.

I ran off towards La Push, needing some company from my brothers. Being around vampires all the time was not healthy and I'm sure Nessie would understand. Phasing into my wolf form, I raced off though the woods, calling out names in my head. Within a few seconds I got answers from Embry, Paul, and Quil, who were not far from where I was. They were all thinking about something at the same time so I couldn't really understand.

When I found them they were huddled around a small, dark figure. Curious, I walked forward and peered through. What I saw sent waves of shock down my spine. It was a person. A girl, no older than Nessie, her body contorted in a sickening way and her face pale and blank. She wasn't breathing.

"What happened?" I thought.

"Embry found her a few minutes ago while he was running." Paul told me.

"Is she?"

"Dead. Yeah. Found her just liked this; I wasn't sure what to do." Embry thought. It was clear he felt awful about not getting there sooner, but it wasn't his fault.

"All her blood's drained so you know what that means." Paul chimed in. All her blood was gone? It had to be the vampire that was stalking the area.

"It's the vampire who attacked Nessie."

"How do you know?" Quil asked.

"Who else would it be? There aren't any other vampires around here who would kill an innocent person. It has to be her."

"Well then we need to tell Sam and start a search party."

"I've been keeping an eye out but I haven't seen anything…I don't understand…" Embry thought, his head drooping.

"It's our job to catch this thing and kill it." Paul said.

"Don't kill her right away. I want to see her." I told them. I needed to see who it was that tried to kill Nessie, to see her suffer. I wanted to be the one to tear her limb from limb…

"Relax Jake. We won't do anything to her until you see her okay?" Quil said.

"Geeze, psycho." Paul grumbled in his head.

He picked up the girl and ran off towards Sam's house as Embry and Quil stayed behind with me.

"So we heard about you and Nessie, congrats man." Embry said.

"Yeah I told you it would work out." Quil added.

"Ha yeah I guess you did."

"So how does it feel?"

"Incredible seriously. I've never felt so great."

"I know its amazing isn't it?"

"Aren't you two just so lucky?" Embry said, a little bitter as he bowed his head down again. I felt bad for him, he never imprinted on anyone.

"You'll find the one for you, don't worry."

"Yeah okay."

After searching the area with them for a couple hours I decided to head home, I was away from Nessie too long. When I reach the house and walked inside Bella was down my throat in an instant.

"Where were you?"

"I had to go for a run, get some air."

"You could have told Nessie, she was a nervous wreck. She wanted to go after you but I forced her to stay. Why would you do that?" I felt bad; I really didn't think Nessie would mind. I suppose I was just so used to her acting like she didn't care about me.

"Where is she?"

"She's in the cottage." I ran out the back door, hoping that she would forgive my carelessness.

When I got in the cottage, the lights were off but I noticed Nessie's bedroom door shut and light coming from under it. I knocked, feeling a tad nervous.

"Who is it?"

"It's me, can I come in?" She threw open the door and stared at me, appearing very upset. Her eyes were puffy and her face was paler than usual.

"Oh Nessie I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have just left like that." She backed away into the room and sat on her bed, staring out the window. I slowly made my way over, reaching for her hand but she moved it away.

Sighing I knelt beside the bed and tried to get her attention. She wouldn't look at me so I figured I might as well continue to apologize.

"Nessie please forgive me. I didn't realize it would upset you, I was being stupid. I've been so…" Then to my surprise she turned towards me, smiling a bit.

"So what?"

"Dumb…just really dumb."

"It's okay, you just really had me worried."

"I know I'm really, really…" But I didn't have a chance to finish because her lips were suddenly on mine. Kissing her was absolutely amazing, I could do it forever. I moved onto the bed, holding her face in my hands and leaning over her. The passion was rising when suddenly there was a knock on the door.

"Nessie? Jake? Let me in please." It was Bella. Always appearing at the most inconvenient times. Rolling my eyes I watched Nessie get up and open the door.

"Just wanted to let you know your father and I are here now. You should probably get to sleep, there's school tomorrow."

"Mom I slept till two today!"

"That's not my fault. If you don't sleep now, you will never wake up in the morning." Nessie sighed and I knew it was my cue to leave.

"Goodnight." I told her, pecking her cheek.

"Night." She said back.

"Goodnight Bella." She smiled as I made my way out. Now what was I supposed to do? I couldn't just sit around and do nothing, I felt too anxious for that. I wanted to be back in that room with Nessie. And I would be, I wasn't planning on listening to Bella. She may be Nessie's mother but she's not mine.

After a half an hour of waiting outside her window, I gently tapped on the glass. Suddenly her face was beaming down at me as if she knew I was there. Quietly she opened the window and I hopped in.

"We have to be really quiet, my mom will kill us both if she finds out your in here."

"I know. So we probably shouldn't do anything that requires any talking…" I smiled at her and she grinned back. Walking towards me she grabbed my hair softly and pulled me on top of her. We made out on the bed for about twenty minutes and then she stopped and yawned. I couldn't believe she was tired.

"Do you want me to leave?" I asked her.

"No!" She grabbed onto the back of my head, forcing me to stay where I was.

"Let's just talk, quietly." I nodded my head and wrapped my arms around her shoulders.

"What do you want to talk about?"

"I don't know…" For some reason, I felt like she wanted to say something but was keeping it in. She wore the exact look her mother always had on when she was doing the same thing.

"What is it?"

She looked up at me, debating.

"Nessie please tell me."

"It's just…I've been wondering about something…"

"You can ask me anything. I'll tell you the truth."

"It's sort of embarrassing…"

"Just ask."

"I was wondering if you ever…ever did it?"

I stared at her in confusion. Did what?

"Did…?"

"It. It Jake you know?" She was obviously getting irritated that I didn't understand. It…It….Ohhh….

"Oh you mean…it. No I haven't."

"Really?"

"Nope. Why does that surprise you?"

"No…well a little. Did you ever date before me?"

"Nope."

"So I'm the first girl you've ever been in love with…I'm the first girl you've ever kissed…?"

"Yep…you're the only…" Then I remembered I was forgetting someone and my whole body stiffened. Oh crap…

Hey everyone, so I'm going to back to school and that means the updates won't be as frequent but I'll try my best to write as quick as possible. And I just wanted to say thanks for everyone who leaves reviews, I really appreciate them. Thanks for reading!