Title – Another Night
POV – Jacob
Mortality – Cannon
Summary – Jacob is forced to leave Renesmee in order to keep himself from hurting her. His objective is to be forgotten and to be shunned and the only the place said goal can be achieved is in Volterra, Italy. It's the only place no one will ever follow, not even her.
Author's Note – This is the last chapter. Sorry for not letting everyone know ahead of time. I decided this was the stopping point.

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Chapter 24

"My sweet little girl." Bella said in a dry sob. "What happened?" I hung back letting the family greet her.

She embraced her mother in a tight hug. It seemed like Bella would never let go. Seconds after our arrival the rest of the family joined us. Nahuel was among them, he looked so…unhappy, it made me feel guilty. They deserved each other, he was so good for her and I was the guy who left her for over a century. I can really relate to Edward, this is going to haunt me for the rest of time. I'm never going to make that up, it's a time in her life that I missed and it hurts.

"You know she loves you all the same, maybe even more." Edward murmured under his breath. "It sounds hypocritical coming from me but, let it go. You're right, you're never going to get that time back but if you don't stop this you're going to lose even more time."

"It's hard, you know that. You don't know half of the things I did in Italy, she doesn't know that." When I thought Italy I thought a little bit of Saya, I wondered if she would be okay. I came to the conclusion that she was right. Volterra was her home. She needed the city as much as the city needed her, it sounded odd but I knew it was true. She loved the city and I believed that no matter how long she stayed there, she would never astray from who she was. She was as good as a vampire could be.

"Tell her." He said to my shock.

I looked at him wide eyed. "No, I can't do that. She's never going to forgive me. I can already see her disgust for the Volturi. You don't understand, I've done worse things than you have. She can't know."

"She will know and if you don't recall, she hates lies. She will find out eventually and then she won't forgive you. Just tell her everything. I'm not saying this for anyone's benefit but her own."

"Why does this have to be so hard?"

"I haven't figured that one out."

"Uh…I appreciate your uh…words of wisdom."

"It's hard to stop hating you, I have to admit."

"Wow, you hated me?"

"I did, it was hard for us to still like you. Everyday we saw her drift away, we saw her become a different person. I blamed you and myself."

"Why you?"

"I didn't make the effort, I sent you those updates in hopes that you would one day return but you never did."

"If it means anything, I'm sorry for the mistakes I made. I'm sorry for hurting her."

He nodded. "You're back though, I've never seen her this happy. She's filled with joy and I'm so happy to see her this way." He began to walk up to the house. "He wants to say his farewells." For a moment I didn't know who he was talking about. I looked over to Nessie and I saw her talking quietly with Nahuel. He hugged her briefly and then he approached me.

"Make her happy, I've never been able to." He said with a sigh.

"I want to thank you…for everything. You took care of her when I wasn't capable of doing it myself. You convinced me to come back and I owe you for that." Thanking him wasn't the easiest thing for me but I had to do it. I had to begin my…to heal, to forget and to repent. Otherwise everything I put everyone through wouldn't have been worth it.

"I didn't do it for you."

I shrugged. "You did it and that's not in question. I honestly hope that you find joy."

"So do I, I hear you all are moving back to the States, possibly Canada."

"I guess we are. I think I heard Edward say View Royal in Canada. It's a ferry ride from Port Angeles, maybe I'll make my amends with my pack."

"Come back and visit."

"Sure thing."

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She and I walked hand in hand through the wet forest. We had no awkward silences. It was just so peaceful and beautiful. It's what I'd yearned for all these years, I wanted this peace.

"I want to tell you something," I began, "I need to tell you everything."

She slowed to a stop. "What do you mean?"

"I killed Nessie, I killed someone." I confessed shamefully.

"I'm – I'm not following."

"In Italy, I killed a human."

Her eyes fluttered. "What?"

"She was a young, I remember her clearly. She was Italian, I found her in Roncola." I could still see her frightened and innocent face.

"Why?" Her voice wasn't filled with judgment, it was pure curiosity.

"It was the only way they'd take me, they said that I had to bring back a human girl to them."

"Then you killed her?"

I shook my head. "Not exactly but I always felt like I just well might've. I brought her to them, I stood my while they killed her and I didn't do anything." She reached up and placed her cool hands on either side of my cheeks. "What are you doing?"

"Jacob, I was scared that you might've changed but you haven't. You're still the man I fell in love with and even if you had killed someone, I don't think that would've changed things but I'm glad you told me."

"I've done so many things."

"You can tell me about it later but for now stay with me, don't leave me."

I smiled. "Nessie, I'm never going to leave you. I'll follow you into the deepest pits of hell, if I have to."

"If I would've known, I would've gone to Italy. I would've gone for you and brought you back, the day you left…it took a lot to stop myself from going after you. I would've followed you to Volterra, you can't run away from me so easily."

I chuckled. "Believe me, I know, I tried but you're right, I can't run away from you."

"That's great." She said with a giggle.

I leaned down and kissed her as I wrapped my arms around her small figure. It felt like she fell right into place, inside my arms. "For my benefit, answer this" she murmured against my lips, "you don't hate me, right?"

"Right." I confirmed. "I love you." I whispered into her ear.

"Come on, I want to take you somewhere." She pulled at my hand to follow her. We walked down path for a while until we reached a beach.

I sensed what she wanted to do. "You know…water and I aren't great friends."

"Ugh! You can swim, you saved my mom all those years ago."

I shouldn't have been shocked to hear that, she did have access to all of that information. She began to shed off her clothes.

"Hey, now."

"No one's here at this time."

"I'm not going in." I warned. Despite my statement, maybe in spite of it, she continued to take off her shirt which then was followed by the removal of her jeans.

"How about now?" she teased.

"I – well – uh – maybe." I stammered. Her skin glowed with the moonlight. My eyes grazed over every inch of her body. The remaining garments didn't leave much to the imagination.

She held out her hand for me. "It won't be bad, I promise. When's the last time you went for a swim…with me."

"I have to say, never."

"Well then, we have to change that. Come in the water," she whispered, "for me?" she added.

"What the hell." I slid off my shirt and excessive clothes. Hesitantly so, I walked over to her and took her hand. When I did so she pulled at my hand and sent me plummeting into the shallow water, to her dismay I didn't let her hand go and I pulled her down with me. She landed, conveniently, on top of me. Her face inches away from mine. Taking advantage of the moment I closed the distance and embraced her.

She laughed gleefully and squirmed out of my grasp into deeper water. I followed her in as if I were magnetically attracted to her. I caught her in by the waist pulled her to me. "We should swim more often." I managed to say before her lips met mine.

"Definitely."

I realized then that tonight wasn't just another night. It wasn't like before where it was a night full of loneliness and misery. I wasn't hoping that it would soon end, no in fact, I haven't felt this joyful in so long. I knew that that meant that tonight was the night of my resolution.

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