~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I woke up with my eyes still closed, lying relaxingly in my bed. I automatically reached over to touch Jacob. Instead my fingers traced the cold, empty spot beside me and I sighed with disappointment.

Jacob isn't back yet.

This will be my second day since that night at the clearing, still bandaged up. I felt so much better. I think it will be safe for grandpa Carlisle to unwrap me and I blushed to that thought. I mean, what girl wants to be wrapped and unwrapped around the ribs and chest by their grandfather? I guess I would rather him than a total stranger.

It isn't that big of a deal. He's very quick about it and looks me straight in the face pretty much the whole time. He even talks casually with me to make me more comfortable which helps a lot.

I tested out the extension of my talent yesterday. Turns out, I can have private mind conversations. I can even lock other's minds too but only when touching them. No one let me test it out for too long yesterday because they wanted me to rest. I was actually feeling great last night just everyone insisted for me to stay wrapped up until today and even made me stay in bed. Finally today is here.

I jumped out of bed and smiled.

No pain at all. I feel even better today.

Is Jacob still patrolling? He said he would be gone while I slept and be back by the time I wake up.

I yawned and then hurried out of my room. I felt wide awake being I slept pretty much all of yesterday and all of last night.

"Renesmee," I heard Carlisle's voice coming from where it sounded like from his office, "May you come here please?"

I quickly made my way into his office... only he wasn't there. I noticed the door to Esme's small study was open so I cut across his office and poked my head in there. Surely Carlisle was in there standing near the light wooden bookcase. He turned to look at me smiling. I stepped inside.

"Good afternoon," He was instantly in front of me. "How are you feeling?"

He wore a dark green dress shirt and a pair of dress pants I noticed when I answered, "I'm actually feeling great. I felt good last night, but I feel even better today."

"I knew you would feel much better by today." He said. "You don't heal quiet as quick as Jacob and the others, you do heal fast I'll say. It's amazing. May I take a look at your wrapping?"

I felt my face heat up and I was even more embarrassed with myself for blushing which I'm sure made me turn even redder. I knew he had to of seen. I just nodded once. I grabbed the edge of Jacob's green shirt I wore, lifting it all the way up, exposing my wrappings to my grandfather who then carefully checked it.

A second later he snapped his head up to look at me, "Okay we can unwrap if that's okay with you."

I smiled hugely. "Can we do it now?"

I can't wait to have the wrapping off.

"Now or later, whichever you prefer."

"Definitely now." I breathed.

Carlisle had unwrapped me and I felt so much better. Amazing actually. I could move around a lot quicker and I no longer was being ordered to relax in bed all day. I could do whatever I wanted. It felt so good to even just walk around the house.

I took a quick shower before slipping into my blue tank top and black sweats. I towel dried my hair a little and then made my way downstairs.

Jacob was sleeping in the living room. Esme was reading a book in the family room and stopped in her place to greet me with her wonderful smile before she continued where she left off. Momma and dad were playing chess while Emmett was flipping through the channels on the television.

"Oh Nessie!" Alice chirped happily. I turned to see her on her toes before she twirled so gracefully to me. "You're well enough to try on the new shoes I bought you!"

I gulped. "I don't know…"

Suddenly I felt something hard and cold run into me. Once I realized it was my Uncle Emmett I was already being thrown over his shoulder.

"Come on, kid! Time to wrestle!"

I let out a loud laugh, so happy for everything being back to normal.

"Emmett!" Alice yelled angrily. "No, I claimed her first!"

Emmett's rock body shook with laughter still carrying me over his shoulder. We were instantly in the front yard and he put me down, jumping back away from me.

"Come on, kid!" He exclaimed excitedly. "Give me your best shot!"

Instantly, I lunged at Emmett who dodged me along with one of his loud laughs. I lunged at him again when this time I barely felt him at the tips of my fingers when almost catching him.

"Damn Nessie! I think you might have gotten a little bit faster!" He smirked at me in a crouch, waiting for me to come. He held his index and thumb just an inch apart when saying, "Just a little bit."

I laughed, lunging at him again and then again before I finally got a hold of him the fifth time. I attempted to slip my arms around his elbows behind his back only he somehow quickly moved, tripping me to where I was on the ground, holding me down to where I couldn't move.

"Ha! Is that all you got!" Emmett laughed, still holding me down.

"Okay Emmett, please let my daughter be." I heard my dad say with slight warning and a hint of concern in his voice. "She doesn't need to be thrown around right after healing."

Emmett released me right away with a dramatic sigh.

"Always has to ruin the fun." He muttered and then turned around before stretching out his large hand to help me. When I tired taking it he quickly snatched it away with a laugh. I playfully glared at him. "What are you going to do about it, kid? I only hope for revenge!"

I jumped to my feet, thinking about going after him as I positioned myself in a crouch.

"Renesmee sweetheart," My dad spoke gently. "Please come inside so we can talk."

I looked over at my dad who stood by the front door, giving him a nod and then back at Emmett giving him an evil smile. I'm going to get back at him some way or another.

When cutting through the living room I noticed Jacob was still sleeping. He was probably up all hours last night. I hope he gets up soon so I can spend more time with him. I miss him so much.

Everyone besides Jake was in the dining room, already sitting around the large table.

The talk about the clearing… I know that's what this is going to be about. No one tried bringing it up yesterday because they wanted me to have my rest. Neither did they talk much about it the night of it happening for the same reason. Now we're going to talk about it.

What was there to talk about?

"Could you please start from the beginning, the night of the clearing?" My dad asked so casually, his forehead slightly creasing, his eyes not leaving me while he appeared frustrated.

He hates it when I block my mind from him. I don't even notice my mind is blocked until it's brought to my attention.

"The very beginning?" I nearly whispered. I knew they heard with no problem.

"Yes." Dad nodded.

"It began with the notes…" I started to explain.

I told them everything. The note I received in school, the note I got at home and the text message. Everything. In perfect details like they wanted. No one said a word until I was finished and still no one said anything until the a couple seconds ticked by.

"How were they able to get in the house?" Esme asked fearfully with wide eyes, looking at everyone surrounding the table. "I don't understand it. There is always someone here and Edward should have been the first to pick up on it."

This frustrated my dad very much.

"I don't have the slightest clue." He sighed. "Evidently, they somehow did."

"I suppose it was a gift, maybe?" Carlisle chipped in.

A gift?

"What kind of gift?" I wondered.

No one answered that. Every pale, flawless face appeared only confused.

"You should have said something to me! I really would have kicked some ass!" Emmett had a smug smile placed on his face, his already closed fists tightening up. "No way in hell someone goes after my niece without going through me!"

"I thought it would be best not to tell anyone." I closed my eyes, inhaling and exhaling before opening them back up. "The last thing I want is for anyone of you to get hurt – or killed because of me."

I tried my best to keep my voice calm.

Dad just sighed loudly and then mumbled, "To much like her mother."

"How they got by is a mystery and may always be." Carlisle seemed lost in thought before shifting his eyes to me. "You shouldn't have met Kaihan, Renesmee. You should have told us. We would have taken care of things fine."

I just hung my head low, looking at the floor. There was nothing I could do besides hear the nonstop lecturing and Emmett teaching me how to fight better which that part wouldn't be so bad. That actually sounds fun.

I then thought of something. I looked up at my dad. "How did you know where I was?"

Dad answered, "You left your phone at First Beach."

I forgot all about my phone. I haven't thought about it once since I've been home. I've only been thinking about my family and how grateful I am to be here, to be home, for everything to finally be okay. I never put thought into my phone once.

I now remember setting it beside me, leaving it there at the rez. So they saw the text message and quickly hurried over to the clearing. I still had a few more questions but decided not to ask anymore so I just nodded.

We talked more about what had happened for a few more minutes.

Then everything quickly turned back to normal as if we didn't have a serious discussion minutes ago. Emmett soon went back to joking around, Rosalie went upstairs. Alice showed me everything she bought me which was only shoes – I was surprised that there wasn't more – dad and momma went over to the piano while dad played and Esme watched along with Carlisle.

I went over to sit next to Jacob who was still passed out. I lightly kissed his forehead and then went over to the piano that was now empty. I went over and started to play. I played a couple songs that were always my favorite and then played my most favorite last… Renesmee's lullaby.

I abruptly stopped playing, startled at first when I felt two hot hands against my shoulders. I turned to see Jacob standing behind me with a smile.

"Did I wake you?" I instantly asked.

"No." Jacob shook his head. He went to sit next to me. "How are you feeling?"

"Really good. Carlisle unwrapped me."

Jacob leaned his head, his warm lips kissing my bare shoulder murmuring, "Good. I'm glad you're better." His lips were replaced by his chin, feeling his breath brush against my neck. "I don't think I would be able to see you in pain any longer."

I smiled to his words bringing my left hand to touch his face, feeling it against his smooth russet colored skin, stroking my fingers, occasionally feeling my fingertips brush against his hairline. How much I loved his smooth skin, his perfect nose, his dark eyes and his silky jet black hair. Everything about him. I could sit here forever naming everything I love about him.

He suddenly broke through the silence, smiling. "Play something."

I nodded. I painfully pulled my attention away from his face and to the keys in front of me.

I brought my fingers onto the keys before playing another one of my favorites I recently had learned. My fingers skimmed on the white and black keys, playing the beautiful sound that surround us both and filled the room.

I felt Jacob lift his chin off my shoulder. I didn't let that lose my concentration. I continued to moving my fingers quickly over the keys as they moved slower and slower before coming to an end.

"Wow," Jacob spoke. "You're so amazing, Ness."

I looked over at him giving him a small smile before rolling my eyes. "You act like it's the first time you heard me play. You heard me millions of times before."

"Yeah but I really liked that one. What's it called?"

"Fly," I answered. "By Ludovico Einaudi."

"Play another." He encouraged.

Jacob watched me play a couple times before but he was never as interested as he was now. I liked it a lot. I was having more fun playing with Jacob next to me then I had compared to all the other times I played.

If he liked that one then he would probably like this too…

I took a second to place my fingers on the right keys before I started to play the slow melody, letting my fingers take a mind of their own, knowing by heart where they needed to be and when. I closed my eyes, letting the music lift me.

When it was ending soon, I opened up my eyes and snuck a glance at Jacob whose eyes were watching my fingers with complete interest. I couldn't hold back a smile, glad he wasn't bored out of his mind. My eyes didn't leave his face, the melody coming to an end, completely stopping.

He shifted his eyes to look at me. "Who was that?"

"The same one who wrote Fly – this one was actually a little easier to memorize for me."

"Easier?" Disbelief filled his tone. "I was never one to be good at the piano."

"I could teach you." I quickly suggested, excited.

"If you have the patients." He scooted closer and then kissed the top of my head. "I'm very clueless with this stuff."

I took Jacob's warm, large hand on top of mine. I played the scale slowly, singing the notes like my dad had taught me. "C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C."

Jacob pulled his hand away. "Okay now teach me that song."

I laughed. "Jake, it's better to start off this way."

"Just teach me that song." Jacob spoke softly in his pleading voice. "Please, Ness?"

"Okay," I gave in. "If that's what you want."

I taught him the first few keys you start off with, with the right hand before teaching him what to hit at the same time with the left. He picked up the beginning pretty quickly until we got into the second verse which is when he started to get frustrated.

I played slowly until I heard someone clearing their throat and I abruptly stopped. I looked over my shoulder to see my dad standing there with an amused expression.

"I never thought I would see the day when Jacob Black would be interested in the piano." Dad smiled crookedly. "He's truly interested."

I smiled. Dad of course would be the only one to know for sure if Jacob is really interested. I thought maybe Jacob was interested but since dad confirmed it, I knew for sure Jacob was which made me happy that he took a liking in something I loved to do.

"When you have an amazing teacher," Jacob looked at me with a bright smile, "How can you not get into it?"

Dad shook his head, holding back a smile before disappearing.

We got back into the piano, Jacob not going much farther even after playing another hour. He would sigh with frustration and I would hold back a giggle. How cute he looked when he was frustrated.

"This is going to take awhile." He muttered and then sighed again.

I whispered, "We have forever."

Friday, school went by fast. The whole week has actually zoomed right by. I didn't go to school yesterday so that I could spend time with my family. So I needed to catch up but it should be no problem. I will get everything done tonight so I don't have to spare the weekend.

My purple book bag hung on my shoulders against my back as I walked on the sidewalk to the parking lot. Jacob is supposed to pick me up.

"Hey, Nessie!" I heard Kensea call to me.

I smiled, turning to look at Kensea who had the front pieces of her hair tied back. She wore a blue sweater and white pants. I haven't been really hostel towards Kensea anymore. I still felt a little jealous when she's around Jacob but I wouldn't act immature about it. I think the reason why I was acting that way before had something to do with what was going on and all the stress I was under.

"Hey!" I smiled even bigger when she threw her arms around me for a hug and then I laughed. "Good to see you too!"

She pulled away, studying my face. "We should hangout tomorrow."

"Why not tonight?" I asked, still smiling.

Her expression changed to… nervous? "Uh – busy. Tomorrow will be perfect though."

I thought about pulling in for another hug, to touch her so that I could dip into her mind which I then decided against it. It wouldn't be right just drop in on her thoughts. She needs privacy.

Her nervousness expression flashed away, replaced by a smile. "Okay well I need to get going."

I nodded, smiling. "Okay."

I breathed in cold air before letting out a sigh.

I spotted Michael leaning against his blue neon in the parking lot, doing something with his phone. He seemed to be really concentrating. I walked over towards him, taking the opportunity to talk to him. I really have been going out of my way a lot more lately to talk to my friends.

"Hey Michael," I greeted, stopping a foot in front of him. "What's up?"

He quickly snapped his head up to look at me with surprise but then smiled. He took a small step to me but hesitated before coming to a complete stop, his smile fading. I decided to give him a hug, guessing that was what he was trying to do. Michael has been acting weird around me lately. He doesn't get to close to me on his own.

We wrapped in a hug. When I tried to slightly pull away he held me tighter.

"So what's up?" He whispered and then pulled away slowly. "Do you need a ride or anything else?"

Is that why he thought I was talking to him, to get something out of him?

I shook my head left to right. "No, I have a ride. I just wanted to talk."

"You sure?"

"Really, I have a ride." I assured. "But thanks."

I watched him stuff his cell phone in his pocket and then reached his hand over to scratch the back of his head. He sighed. "It's just… usually when you talk to me, you need something."

My heart felt as if someone dropped it from five hundred feet above.

"I'm sorry, Michael… I didn't realize –"

He cut me off. "No, Renesmee. I'm sorry. I'm being a jerk. Don't feel bad. That's what friends do, right? They help each other out and we're friends."

"Friends." I agreed, smiling. "And if you need anything, I'll do it for you in a heartbeat."

He smiled. "I know."

Something told me to glance over my shoulder and I did. I saw Jacob in pull in and stop. My heart pounded with excitement. I couldn't wait to see him. I turned to look back at Michael.

I gave him a quick hug and then said, "I'll see you soon."

He just nodded.

I turned and ran human speed to the Rabbit. I felt more excitement, thinking about seeing Jacob again. How much I really missed him. I know I saw him this morning; I just really missed him, so much. I felt like it has been forever.

I looked at Jacob who was in the driver's seat looking at me too with a smile. I could tell that he was actually wearing a shirt to my disappointment.

I hopped in and threw my face to his, our lips meeting immediately. He didn't move his lips with mine at first until after a second. I tasted his warm tongue against mine. I kiss him hard, rough, holding his face in my hands, pressing him even harder against my lips.

"Nessie, as much as I hate to say this," He said after pulling away, "We need to stop, okay?"

He's right. Not here in public, in the parking lot, at school so I just smiled at him and then finally went back to sit in my seat before taking off my book bag and flinging it in the back. I then sat in my seat the right way with a sigh.

"Yeah," I breathed. "I need to get home. I have to do school work – a lot of catching up to do."

I put my seat belt on and then looked over at Jake with a smile.

"Let's go to the rez." Jacob grinned. I shook my head. "Come on, Ness."

"Did you not hear me? I need to get going on my –"

"You can still do it."

Yeah me trying to concentrate with Jacob next to me... That sounds nearly impossible. How will I get any work done? Spending time with Jacob on the beach does sound tempting though – but I need to work on my school work.

I rolled my eyes. "Fine. Let's go to the rez."

He smiled cheerfully. I loved how happy that made him, just agreeing to go with him to the rez made him so much happier. I loved how I could make him so happy without really doing anything like just now.

Forever with Jacob sounds perfect, forever of him making me happy and most importantly, me making Jacob happy.

Yeah, like I said, perfect.

We pulled into La Push parking lot and useless as I knew it might just be, I swung myself over in the backseat to grab my book back and then pulled it with me to the front seat. I looked over at Jacob who had an expressionless look. "Jake?"

He gave me a small smile. I smiled back, which as usual made him smile even bigger. There was something a little unusual about his smile. It wasn't his smile. I mean it was, but it wasn't. I didn't keep my mind on that though. I brushed it off.

It was really windy here… and a lot colder. The temperature had definitely dropped since before we had gotten into the car on our way here.

Jacob brought out a blue blanket from the trunk.

I raised an eye brow at him. "I see you planned this?"

He smiled, closing up the trunk. "Sort of."

"I probably won't get any work done." I mumbled and truthfully I didn't care. Spending time with Jacob sounds much better anyways. I looked at him, smiling. "I guess spending time with you instead would due."

He laughed at my teasing before wrapping an arm around me while we walked over to the beach.

I watched his every move when he bent over to lay out the blanket and then plop right onto it. He looked over at me with a smirk.

I caught myself just standing there, gawking at him.

I swallowed once.

"Oh…kay," I sat down on the blanket with my book bag. "I'm going to try and study," I dragged out the word try while looking at Jacob, "So if you get bored you can blame yourself because you could have just dropped me off at the house to begin with and do something else more fun."

"Something else? Yes. More fun?" He shook his head smiling, "Not a chance. I could watch you all day Ness and it would be the highlight of my week."

I looked away shyly with a blush. I unzipped my book bag and dug through it. I grabbed out my math assignment along with a pencil. I could feel Jacob's eyes on me the whole time, making me completely self conscious. I would glance over at him and sure enough he would be staring.

"Okay," I sighed. I looked at him. "No distractions."

Jacob just nodded, watching me with complete interest. I forced myself to look away and got studying.

Not even thirty seconds went by and something caught my eye. I looked over to see Jacob lift his arms up. He took off his black shirt quickly and gracefully.

I glared at him.

"What?"

I still glared, forcing my eyes to look only at his face. "Are you trying to be funny?"

He smirked and then I sighed with a smile. I now couldn't help but skim my eyes down his chest and back up to his face. His beauty never failed to surprise me. How perfect he was always struck me.

"You're beautiful." I blurted out.

I hadn't realized I said it out loud until Jacob's smile got even bigger. That's when my eyes widened, realizing what I just said. I haven't told Jacob that so flat out since I was little. I always thought so. I remember reminding him all the time on how beautiful he is.

His smile turned smug. "Beautiful huh?"

I could have sworn I saw his cheeks turn slightly pink.

I bite my lip, nodding. I wanted so badly to touch, hold, and kiss him. I didn't. Instead I brought my attention back to my books. I crossed my legs and sat my work onto my lap. I snatched up the pencil, trying to work. I tried not to think about Jacob shirtless next to me.

"So… what'cha working on?" He asked out of nowhere.

I kept my eyes on my work answering quickly, "Math."

"Can I see?"

"Sure, sure." I glanced over at him with a smile. "It's pretty easy. I've done it already when I was homeschooled."

I looked back over at Jacob when he stretched out an open arm, wanting me to be next to him. I gladly scooted over, resting my head onto his arm while holding my math book. I looked up at him, his face only an inch from mine while my back pressed up against his chest.

I wanted to kiss him which knew that I wouldn't get anything done if I started that.

"So what are you working on exactly?" He whispered. I felt his warm breath rub against my face. "Easy math, huh?"

I turned, now lying on my back so that Jacob could see well. I lifted my knees, my book leaning against my thighs. I opened it to the page I was working on where it asked me questions and I picked the answers A through D. I looked back up at Jacob with a smile.

"Math was my worse subject." He admitted, looking right into my eyes and then looked at the book, beginning to read one of the questions, "Which one of these is not a type of angle? A, acute. B, obtuse. C, skew. D, right."

I was just about to answer the easy question but Jacob's voice broke through again,

"Skew. Next."

He read the next while I watched his lips move the whole time, "What is the surface area of cylinder with radius of 2 cm and height 8 cm? That is A, 125.6."

He was right. Both were right. He was about to read some more but I had to say something, "I thought you said math was your worse subject?"

"It was." He replied simply. "Just you were right, this is easy math."

We continued this for about two more hours, taking turns in reading and answering my work in all different subjects. I was surprised how much time had passed by without me going over the edge wanting to kiss him. Until I had brought it to my attention that we were next to each other all this time with not one kiss.

I could then feel it. I could feel myself wanting to kiss him so badly. I turned to look at his face that was now an inch from mine. He shifted his gaze to lock eyes with mine.

Jacob smiled that smile of his I love. "Let's study for a few more minutes and then we should head back to the house."

I bit my lip before releasing it, a grin now breaking free. Without warning I quickly pushed my assignment aside and jumped up, now straddling his stomach. He was about to speak.

I placed a finger on his lips. "I have a better idea…"

My finger was suddenly replaced with my lips, his moving slowly against mine. We parted our lips at the same time, my tongue brushing up against his. I shifted my body lower to where I was now straddling his hips and then slowly sliding my hands up his hard toned chest. I pulled my lips away, pressing them against his neck, my hands slowly traveling higher up his chest when he started to breath in sharper. I kissed slowly down his neck, past his collarbone and then down his chest, making his breathing heavier and sharper. His skin tasted amazing against my tongue. His muscles would tense on the spots I kissed.

"N-Ness," Jacob breathed when I reached the middle of his chest. "We… need to stop."

I slightly pulled away, my nose against his chest when breathing in his scent before letting out a sigh. Forcing myself, I slowly brought my face to his, our lips meeting for a moment until Jacob turned his head, our lips now released.

I saw his throat move when swallowing, feeling his heart beat wildly.

"Let's go back to the house." Jacob inhaled and let it out slowly. "Okay?"

I stared at him for a moment and he turned his head to watch me as I thought about how anxious he was to get to the house… why? Why suddenly does he want to get back to the house?

I just nodded slowly. "Um, okay."

Jacob helped me put my stuff in my bag and then was on our way to the house

I need to get some more school work done anyways. I looked at the time on my Blackberry that read five-forty. I didn't get as much work done as I wanted. So I need to do some major studying.

Did Jacob suddenly want to go home because what just happened at the beach?

Oh no, I'm such an idiot! Jacob is always talking about taking things slow and here I am pushing myself on him.

I looked at him, ready to unleash my apologies. "I'm sorry Jacob. I wasn't thinking when throwing myself on you like that – I mean, I know you always say you want to take things slow for my benefit but if that's really the reason why you're always stopping us then don't."

Jacob looked at me shaking his head slowly and then brought his eyes back to the road. "No, no honey. Don't apologize. That isn't why I stopped us..."

"It wasn't? But you want to take things slow because you're afraid I'll regret it."

I would never regret you.

Never.

"Let's talk about this later." He suggested.

Why later?

"I want you Jacob," I didn't take my eyes off of him. "All of you. In every way possible."

"Ness," Jacob glanced at me. "We really should talk about this later."

Jacob then flipped on the turn signal, making a left, onto the unpaved and unmarked road, always barely visible by the ferns. I took in a deep breath.

Of course not now, we're almost in hearing range of my dad if not now.

"Okay later." I quickly agreed.

I could have easily locked his mind with my own for us to discuss privately, quickly deciding not to. Jacob and I could talk later. I could wait.

I looked out my window and then felt Jacob's comforting warm hand holding mine as we drove into the thick forest. I smiled to his touch. How much I loved his touch. I will never get tired of this, of Jacob. Never.

After a few minutes I spotted the house as we were coming up to it.

Jacob parked and I unsnapped my seat belt and swung myself to the back. I snatched up my book bag and came back to the front. Jacob was already out, opening the passenger door for me. I smiled at him, getting out and then held his hand.

I planned on moving inhumanly fast to the door but Jacob gripped my hand tight enough for me to get the hint not to. I was a little confused, I just didn't say anything.

What's up with Jacob?

We walked to the door in silence.

Jacob let go of my hand and turned the knob. I was ready to ask what was wrong when I stepped in but jumped to all the familiar faces everywhere that shouted, "Surprise!"

My eyes widened and my heart pounded.

Jacob's lips lightly touched my earlobe when whispering, "Happy birthday, honey."

My heart instantly filled with happiness and joy.

Can life get any better?

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