Holiday

NPOV

It was the last day of my first semester of classes before I got to go home for winter break. I'd already signed up for next semester classes and had my schedule ready. I had Professor Del Toro for math again, so I was looking forward to that. As airheaded as the man was sometimes, he was a really good math teacher.

Jacob was coming to pick me up later today to take me home. It was the first time he drove to Illinois since the college visit with momma and daddy. Every other time, he just ran. I had all my things packed and ready to go and was really impatient and wanted to see Jacob. I wanted to see everyone again and ask how they were and see Ryan and Valerie and see Alphonse.

From what Jacob told me, Demetri and Afton's coven had promised to come to our home for Christmas. Felix was coming too as well as Corin and the twins. I hadn't seen them since the wedding, same with all the others. Samantha had already gone home earlier this morning, so I had the room to myself for the time being.

When I heard my phone, I all but leaped from my bed and went to my phone to answer it. When I answered it, I heard Jacob's cheerful voice telling me he was outside waiting for me. I ran to the window and saw him leaning against the trunk of the Rabbit and he waved at me and I waved back. I hung up the phone and grabbed my things before running downstairs to the parking lot. Jacob was waiting at the door and took a few of my bags and we walked to his car to put my things in the trunk. When they were all in, I hugged him tight.

"I missed everyone." Jacob smiled.

"Yeah, I know. They missed you too. Alice is throwing you a party and everything." I looked up at Jacob.

"She is?" Jacob chuckled.

"No, not really. But it's believable isn't it?" He laughed and I eventually joined and rolled my eyes.

"It is believable I suppose. Dante and Amadora came with Alphonse, right? I wanted to meet him." Jacob nodded.

"Yeah, they came. Alphonse is already talking and walking. And he favors Demetri whenever he's in trouble evidently."

"Demetri?" Jacob nodded.

"Yeah. He got into Esme's things the other day, Dante was telling him not to so he ran to Amadora, then Amadora found out what he was doing and started lecturing him too, then he went straight to Demetri and he defended him. It's kind of cute in an odd way."

"I figured he would favor Heidi in a situation like that." Jacob shrugged.

"That's what I thought too. But evidently, Heidi's sterner about this sort of stuff and Demetri tends to be a little more lenient. It's not by much, but it's enough that Alphonse knows to go to Demetri whenever he's in trouble." I giggled.

"He sounds adorable. Is there a particular food he discovered he likes?" Jacob nodded.

"Bread and vinegar." I have Jacob a weird look.

"Vinegar?" Jacob nodded and chuckled.

"Odd, isn't it?" I nodded and Jacob smiled a little wider.

"Very." Jacob squeezed my hands and bent his head down to give me a kiss that I happily returned. Before I could make the kiss passionate, he pulled away with his same smile.

"Let's get going. I promised everyone that I'd have you home by tonight, so we have a lot of ground to cover. You have your passport right?" I nodded.

"Yeah, I do."

"Good. It's faster to go through Canada. They only have one road." I gave Jacob a weird look.

"No they don't." Jacob chuckled and shook his head.

"Never mind. It was a little South Park joke. Kyle made everyone go to Canada to get back his brother Ike and there was only one road. They were making fun of the Wizard of Oz." I shrugged.

"I'll take your word for it, Jacob." He smiled.

"I should make you watch that episode. It's really a funny one. My favorite was Scott Tenormen Must Die, but that's just me." I gave Jacob a weird look.

"Isn't that the one where Cartmen makes a kid eat his parents in chilly?" Jacob nodded with a bit of a laugh.

"Yeah, it is. That and the Halloween episode that had Korn in it and they were trying to solve a mystery like Scooby Doo. But instead of a Great Dane playing Scooby, they had a…mutated...chicken…thing. I'm not sure what that thing was, but either way, it was really good."

"I'm sure." Jacob chuckled and kissed my forehead before we got into his car and were trying to get back home. We went through Wisconsin within a half hour at the speed Jacob was going and were in Canada within the hour.

It took the whole day to get through Canada and to Washington. By the time we reached the border, it was midnight and we wouldn't get to Forks until three in the morning. When we were finally home, Jacob and I went right upstairs and just fell into bed to go to sleep. We could always get my bags in the morning. Jacob and I were both woken up later that morning by the sound of the house phone ringing. Jacob turned over, falling on top of me while I was lying on my stomach and I groaned from it.

"Jacob, answer the phone, please." He groaned again.

"Could you? You're closer."

"No I'm not." Then I opened my eyes and saw the phone on the counter closest to me and sighed to myself. I reached over to grab the phone and my voice was thick with sleep when I spoke. "Hello?"

"Well, good morning to you too." I couldn't help but smile to myself when I heard Alice's cheerful voice.

"Sorry, Alice. Jacob and I didn't fall asleep until three thirty when we got home. We're still really tired."

"I know, Nessie, I just wanted to call and make sure you guys got home safe. I can't see you two, remember?" Alice and I shared a laugh, though mine was really weak and quiet.

"That's true I suppose. We got home fine, so no worries there."

"That's good to know, Nessie. I'll go ahead and let you two sleep some more, but we expect you guys to come over when you're well rested, okay." I nodded.

"Sure thing, Alice, as soon as we got some more sleep."

"Good. I can't wait to see you honey." I said the same to Alice and we hung up. Jacob got off me a little and kept his arm around my waist.

"What time is it, Nessie?" I glanced at the clock.

"Five."

"You can't be serious." Then Jacob opened his eyes and looked at the clock and groaned. "Why would Tinkerbelle call us at this hour?"

"Because she was concerned like any normal relative would be and wanted to call and see how we were doing. Don't be mad."

"I'm not mad, I'm grumpy. I don't like being woken up at ungodly hours like five in the morning." I giggled and rolled my eyes while turning in Jacob's arms.

"Just go back to sleep, Jacob." Jacob nodded into my neck and was asleep moments later. I was asleep again shortly after him.

When I woke up again, it was one in the afternoon and the sun was covered by its usual blanket of clouds and it was snowing a little outside. The roads would probably be icy. I wasn't looking forward to January in Chicago. I'd heard from far too many people about how famously cold Chicago gets thanks to Lake Michigan and it was always at its worst in January.

I pulled myself out of Jacob's arms and went to downstairs to Jacob's car to get my things so I could take a shower and brush my teeth. Jacob woke up from the sound of the shower and was in the bathroom with me shortly after. He shaved and brushed his teeth before walking into the shower with me and getting himself clean too.

"Are all our guests here?" Jacob nodded.

"Most of them got here yesterday. Lia and Ada-María are excited to see you."

"Me too. I haven't seen them since the wedding." Jacob and I hugged each other tightly and I kissed his chest.

"So how long can you stay before you have to go back?"

"The semester starts January 5th." Jacob grinned and kissed my head.

"Awesome. That's a good month." Jacob kissed the top of my head again and hugged me tighter.

We finished our shower and dried each other off before going to our closet to get dressed. I didn't need to pack clothes to go home. I had enough clothes at home that I didn't take with me that I could go for a long time, same with college. I was dressed a few minutes after Jacob. He just stuck with jeans and a white sweater. I smiled when he was done while I was putting on my red sweater.

"I really do like you in sweaters." Jacob shrugged.

"If you're happy, I'm happy." I grinned and fixed my hair.

"Shall we go?" Jacob nodded.

"Sure."

Jacob took a hold of my hand and we walked down to the car and made our way to my family's house. When we got to the house, my family was there, but all our guests were out hunting and would be back later. I was a little disappointed with that. I really wanted to meet Alphonse. When I walked into the house, momma was the first one to rush over to me and give me a hug with Alice, Rosalie, and Esme following closely behind.

"Welcome home, Renesmee." Momma was hugging me long before she finished talking and I was surrounded by everyone as she spoke.

"I missed you guys."

"We missed you too." After momma said that, daddy pushed passed Alice and Rosalie and hugged me with momma.

"It's weird not having you close by." I nodded.

"I know what you mean, daddy. I never thought I'd miss constant rain. I never thought I'd miss Ryan and Valerie's bickering either." Daddy chuckled and patted my head.

"We'll give them something to argue about, just for you." Then daddy laughed a little more and I looked over his shoulder at Ryan and Valerie. Valerie looked right at Ryan with a critical look.

"I thought I asked you to stop snoring, Ryan." Ryan looked at Valerie confused, completely off guard.

"I don't snore and you know it."

"Should I record you sleeping? Because I will just to prove it to you. I'll stay up all night and record you sleeping so you can hear it for yourself. It's like a bear growling."

"And you're one to talk? How about all the babbling you do about nothing? You talk way too much and that's a lot worse than stupid old snoring."

"I do not talk too much. I'm very reserved."

"You're as reserved as the Mad Hatter. You're as sane as him, too."

As Ryan and Valerie kept arguing, I laughed to myself and rolled my eyes at them while everyone else walked away not wanting to listen to them argue about nothing. Just because I missed them so much, I stood next to them and listened to them argue until it ended with Ryan glaring at Valerie for a moment and giving up on the argument.

Felix and Lia were the first ones to come back from hunting about an hour after I got home. Lia ran over to me the moment she saw me and gave me a tight hug telling me how much she missed me. I noticed when Lia was hugging me that Ryan started looking at Lia strangely. It wasn't a bad kind of strange, but it was something different. I looked at daddy with my mental question and he just shrugged.

"You and I can catch up later, alright Nessie." I nodded.

"Sure thing, daddy."

"So, Nessie, tell me what college is like." Lia dragged me to the couch and sat us down as she asked her question. Jacob took a seat next to me on the free spot on the couch while I answered.

"It's nice. I don't like that I'm so far from home, but other than that, it's a really nice experience. But I'll admit, it gets old really fast, especially when your building is right next door to a fraternity house that has parties every chance they get."

"Have you gone to any of them?"

"I go sometimes. My roommate's usually the one to convince me to go."

"What's your roommate's name?"

"Samantha. She's from Chicago, so she left for home before me. All she has to do is go back to the Northwest suburbs and she's home. That's a thirty minute drive in good traffic, but she usually takes the train to Itasca where her parents pick her up."

"It must be nice to still be close to home. I hear you're majoring in business management." I nodded.

"Yeah, that's what I'm doing." Lia smiled.

"How long will that take you do you think?"

"Since I tested out of my gen. ed. classes, I'll have my degree in a year and a half." Lia smiled more.

"That's great, Nessie! The sooner you're back home, the better." I smiled at Lia's eagerness and we were joined by Ada-María, who hugged me around my neck. Marcelo walked over with a big smile.

"Renesmee, it's a pleasure to see you again."

"You too, Marcelo. How've you been?" He smiled and shrugged.

"Surviving, meu encantadora. Surviving." I smiled at him and was greeted by Yaretzi soon after.

I wasn't surprised that Nahuel and the rest of his family weren't here, but I was a little sad. I missed seeing them. Nahuel and his aunt were really nice and his sisters were sweet too when they got over their grievance with me concerning their father. When Corin and the twins got back with Demetri and Afton's coven shortly thereafter, Octavia greeted me enthusiastically with a small smiled coming from Armando.

I went straight to Amadora and Dante to meet Alphonse. He looked so much like Dante and he was really shy. Whenever he met someone new, he would hide his face in Amadora's coat and wouldn't let you see him again for several minutes. Once he was used to me, Amadora let me hold him for a few minutes. Alphonse, to my surprise, wasn't much of a talker. He was really quiet compared to his parents. My guess was he got that from Demetri.

He was an adventurer like Dante, though. When I put him down, he was off looking through the house trying to find something new and interesting. Dante followed him through the house making sure he didn't get into anything he shouldn't. An hour later, Alphonse came back downstairs because he was tired and went to Demetri. Demetri was sitting with Felix talking with one of his legs perched up on Esme's table. When Alphonse got to Demetri, he perched on Demetri's leg and fell asleep. I just wanted to cuddle Alphonse when I saw that. It was the cutest thing ever. Felix thought so too.

"That's adorable." Demetri smiled and nodded.

"I know. He's a cute little kid."

"And he looks like you. I wonder how many generations it'll take before the mother's genes have any influence at all." Demetri chuckled.

"Amadora's there. Alphonse has her smile and ears." Felix laughed.

"Barely."

Demetri and Felix laughed a little while they watched Alphonse take a nap on Demetri's leg. Later that night, all the half breeds were tired and took a spot in the house to get some sleep. I was tired too, so Jacob and I made our way home. Daddy and momma came with us to have a little more time together. When we got back, we all went to the living room and the first thing that came to my mind was what I'd asked daddy earlier. He just smiled and answered me.

"He has a crush on her, that much you already know."

"I thought boys his age hated girls." Daddy chuckled and shrugged.

"He would if he'd never met Lia. For a while, he thought all girls were overly talkative and annoying. He thinks Lia's a lot sweeter and that she's really cute." I smiled and shook my head.

"Do Emmett and Rosalie know he has a crush on Lia?" Daddy nodded.

"Emmett figured it out and told Rosalie about it. She thinks it'll pass eventually. I think so too honestly." I shrugged.

"You never know." Momma and Jacob were looking at us questioningly.

"What are we talking about?" Daddy looked at momma and smiled.

"We're talking about Ryan. He has a crush on Lia and we're debating whether it'll last or not." Jacob smiled and shrugged.

"I doubt it. Kids Ryan's age are really fickle." I shook my head.

"He liked her the last time he saw her too."

"Fickle doesn't necessarily mean it'll be over like that. I'm just saying that once he starts going to school and seeing other girls, he might change his mind, same thing with Valerie and that little crush she has on Titus."

"That's different. That's a girl having a crush on an older man. This is Ryan having a crush on a girl closer to his age."

"A crush is a crush, Nessie. I used to have a huge crush on Leah, and that ended as soon as it started." I giggled and rolled my eyes.

"I don't doubt it, Jacob. Speaking of Leah, how's she getting along with Hailey?" Jacob smiled.

"It's going great. Mrs. Stanley goes out with her friends a lot and Mr. Stanley does the same, so she's always got an opportunity to babysit him. He never throws food at her like he does with his mom, he doesn't cry much with her, he's always napping, and they watch movies and play games together. I've never seen her so happy."

"Will she be able to spend time with him over Christmas?" Jacob shook his head.

"They're going to Mexico for winter break and Hailey and Mike and Jessica are going with them. So Leah's all ours for Christmas. She did get him a present, though."

"That's sweet." Daddy spoke next.

"We were sure to get him something too. Esme thought it would be nice to get him a pair of footy pajamas and the rest of us just got him toys. Leah got him a new toy too."

"It wasn't a tickle me Elmo or something, was it?" Everyone had a quick laugh and shook their heads.

"No. It was a little stuffed pig toy. Leah sings a song to him about pigs and he really likes it, so she got him a toy pig."

"That's so cute. I can't wait until Hailey's older." Jacob laughed.

"Neither can we. The way Leah thinks of him is so odd. When you were little, we had sort of a brother sister kind of relationship. With Leah and Hailey, it's more like a mother son thing. And it's really weird."

"How will that turn into affection if they're more like mother and son?" Jacob shrugged.

"It'll probably happen the same way it did for the rest of us. One day, she'll just realize that she loves him in a deeper way than before and go from there." Momma spoke.

"How do you think Mr. and Mrs. Stanley will handle that? I can't imagine they'd be okay with an eighteen year old dating a forty five year old woman."

"We asked Leah about that and she doesn't want to think about that. She would never admit to this, but she's kind of hoping his parents will lose interest or maybe die somehow before that can become an issue. I don't blame her either." I looked at Jacob questioningly.

"But if he's eighteen, what right do his parents have to tell him he can't marry whomever he wants? It's not like he can't just move in with Leah and get married to her after that. He'll be a legal adult, so his parents really have no say in it." Daddy spoke next.

"Not necessarily. His parents could accuse Leah of statutory rape if they can prove that the relationship was going on before Hailey was of legal age. And as far as the state of Washington is concerned, if Hailey's a minor, his willingness in the relationship is irrelevant." Jacob nodded.

"Hence the reason Leah's hoping something will happen before this can become an issue. And if the rest of us are any indication, she'll start having romantic feelings for him as soon as he feels that way. That could mean as young as fourteen or so. It all depends."

"What if they explained it to his parents?" Jacob shook his head at my thought.

"They're outside the tribe, so it's not something they're allowed to know. The only reason your parents know and Claire's and Emily's and Kim's and Billy know is because we're all within the tribe or allies of it. So them knowing isn't an issue. But Hailey's parents are neither members or allies, so it's technically against tribal law for them to know about all this."

"Aren't you technically the chief, Jacob?"

"Technically, but that's not a law I can rightfully change and frankly, I'm not going to change it just to accommodate one couple."

"I never said anything about changing the law. I meant make an exception for Hailey and Leah."

"Nessie, I swear if Hailey's parents weren't the way they are, I honestly would make an exception. But to be blunt, I don't trust them. And if I don't trust them, I'm not letting them know." I sighed.

"So what are they going to do?" Jacob shrugged.

"We'll wait and see what happens. We'll worry about all this when it's appropriate to worry about it. Hailey's only three or four months old, so worrying about it now is kind of stupid."

"It's never too soon to be prepared." Jacob smiled and shrugged before kissing my forehead.

"Alright, dear." Momma and daddy joined me in a quick laugh.

Momma and daddy stayed and talked with us for another hour and Jacob left at sundown to go on patrol. When daddy heard that I was getting really tired, he and momma hugged me goodbye and left. I took a shower and went to bed and was asleep in minutes when my head rested on my pillow.

When I woke up that morning, Jacob wasn't in bed with me, and that surprised me a lot. I heard a frying sound from downstairs and got up to go downstairs. When I got to the kitchen, I saw Jacob with a spatula in hand ready to flip something. It smelled like an omelet with ham, bacon, and sausage. Jacob looked over his shoulder and smiled at me.

"Morning, Nessie. How'd you sleep?"

"Decently. I was sad that you weren't there when I woke up." Jacob gave me a guilty smile and took his omelet off the heat and walked over to me and hugged me.

"I'm sorry, Nessie. I got back a half hour ago and I thought you'd be asleep longer." I smiled and kissed his chin.

"I understand. Finish cooking your omelet. I'll go upstairs and take a shower while you eat, okay." Jacob smiled and nodded.

"Alright Nessie." Jacob kissed the top of my head and I turned back to go upstairs and got in the shower. I tried to finish as fast as I could. It wouldn't take Jacob long to eat his omelet.

When I was done with my shower, I dried of and washed my face and brushed my teeth before going back into my room. I saw Jacob laying in bed on his back with his hands resting under his head and a big smile. I smiled back and walked over to him, still holding up the towel from my shower.

"You went through that omelet pretty fast." Jacob grinned and shrugged.

"It was a good omelet."

"Since when do you know how to cook?" When I was standing next to his side of the bed, his right hand left his pillow and he pushed aside a portion of my towel and rested his hand on my hip.

"Sam got tired of me eating them out of house and home and asked Emily to teach me how to cook." I giggled.

"I'll have to thank her. But you won't have to cook while I'm home." Jacob smiled wider and squeezed my hip.

"That's a relief. Just because I know how doesn't mean I like it." I giggled and rolled my eyes.

"It's a miracle you eat when I'm not here." Jacob grinned and brought his other hand to my waist and pulled me down onto him and we laughed a little together.

"You have no idea, baby. They've told you I forget to eat sometimes, right?" I giggled and nodded.

"Yeah, I've been told that. I've also been told that you eat plates and forks." Jacob chuckled and nodded his head.

"Only when I'm lost in thought. And just so you know, that's usually your fault." I giggled and tightened my arms around Jacob's neck and rolled my eyes.

"That's right, Jacob, blame me for everything." Jacob stopped our laughter with a kiss on my lips that was instantly passionate.

I fell into the kiss eagerly and brought my legs up so I was cradling his hips. Both of his hands rested on my hips and moved up under my towel, gradually getting it off. By the time his hands were resting on my breasts, the towel had fallen off and was quickly forgotten by us both.

My hands traveled up into his hair and I started pulling on each strand trying to hold onto him desperately. Jacob was still only wearing his sweats from the patrol, so I took a hold of them with my toes and pushed them down until they were far enough for him to kick off himself. Then Jacob was bare as me and I held onto him even tighter.

Jacob's right hand went to my breast and massaged it lovingly while his left had started moving around my hip. He took his lips away from mine and took my breast in his mouth and kissed and sucked lovingly. My neck seemed to turn to jelly and I kept my eyes closed to intensify what I was feeling. His left hand moved between us and his thumb caressed my nub fiercely.

I moaned his name while he teased me and as I moaned, his forefinger and middle finger entered me to tease me even more. My nails dug into his skin trying to bring him closer to me. I breathed in his scent as I'm sure he did with me and I felt like I was on a drug. His fingers moved relentlessly while he played with my nub and I was fighting screams, settling for loud moans that I kept muffled by biting onto my bottom lip.

"This is usually the part when I start chewing on forks or plates." I laughed a little, knowing what he was talking about.

"It's hardly my fault that you think about such things while you're eating, Jacob." Jacob chuckled against my breast and moved his fingers a little faster before taking them from me and trailing back up my hip and waist.

"Yeah it is." Jacob's voice was teasing and he laughed a little at my whimpering when his fingers left me.

Jacob kissed both my breasts once more before he started kissing down my ribcage and to my bellybutton. He swirled his tongue around my bellybutton a few times before he continued going down. He kissed the inside of both my thighs teasingly while my fingers threaded through his hair and held on tight. He put two fingers inside me again and loved my nub with the tip of his tongue the way he knew I loved.

I moaned his name while Jacob's fingers and tongue worked wonders. My grip repeatedly tightened and released while he worked and my eyes kept rolling further into the back on my head. I moaned his name over and over again and it made him more eager and move his fingers faster and harder while his tongue circled around my nub. When I was close to coming, Jacob took his fingers and tongue away and I whined.

"Don't stop, Jacob." Jacob smiled against my skin as he kissed his way back up my body.

"Don't worry, Nessie. I'm not."

After he said that, he continued kissing up my waist and sucked on both my breasts as he went up. My fingers stayed threaded through his hair as he came up and his hands stayed at my hips. When he kissed his way to my neck, he sucked on my skin and trailed up my neck. He bit my ear gently when he reached it and his tongue swirled around lovingly and he brought my legs back around his hips sharply.

I forced Jacob's lips to mine and kissed him passionately, to which he happily agreed. As we kissed, Jacob finally entered me and didn't waste any time with moving slowly. He was immediately thrusting quickly and I was moaning loudly into his mouth. Jacob was groaning as he moved and his hands forced mine above my head and he laced his fingers through mine and moved all that much faster. I came after a few thrusts, but Jacob kept moving.

Since he didn't stop, I never came down from my high. I stayed in that high and seemed to go a little higher as he kept moving. Jacob took his mouth away from mine and brought them to my neck. He bit my neck lovingly and I bit my bottom lip to keep from being too loud. I forced my hands out of Jacob's so I could wrap my arms around his shoulders and dug my nails into his skin like I so desperately wanted to. Then I pushed Jacob so he was on his back and I was on top and took over from there.

Jacob's hands went to my hips and he pulled me as I moved and my hands rested on his chest for balance. Jacob was breathing harshly and were groaning and saying my name as I moved. I couldn't move quite as fast as Jacob could, but I moved as fast as the position would allow and I kept biting my bottom lip to keep from screaming. Eventually, Jacob grabbed a hold of my wrists and forced me down and took my lips with his as he took over again.

My fingers threaded through his hair again and I held onto him tightly as I could as he thrust into me over and over again. I was whimpering now and I was so close to coming again. Jacob knew and he kept thrusting as fast as he could. Before long, I came again and Jacob followed shortly thereafter. When we were both spent, Jacob kept his arms around me and kissed my cheek, my nose, my mouth, my neck, everything he could possibly kiss.

"This is what you think about when you're having dinner, huh?" Jacob started laughing with what little strength he had left at the moment and nodded his head.

"Yes, Nessie, this is what I'm thinking about whenever I have time to get lost in thought." I giggled and kissed his chin.

"No wonder daddy doesn't let you eat at the house." Instead of laughing with me, he hugged me tighter.

"I don't just think about these moments we have. I think about you in general. For lack of a better way to say it, I'm kind of trying to picture you still being at home. I'll daydream about you cooking, I daydream about you doing your homework, I even daydream about us arguing sometimes." I grinned and looked up into Jacob's eyes.

"I do the same thing. Granted I don't eat silver wear while doing it, but I think about you doing every day things all the time." Jacob nodded.

"It makes it feel like the other isn't really that far away."

"True." I kissed Jacob's chest and rested my head on my nook while Jacob hugged me a little tighter. We would have to leave soon to go to my family's house, but I was reluctant to get up. "I hate to say this, Jacob, but we better get ready."

"For what?' I rolled my eyes with a smile.

"We need to get dressed and go to my parent's house."

"Can't we have one day to ourselves?"

"That's what New Years is for, remember? You and I are spending New Years together, and spending Christmas with the family." Jacob sighed.

"Alright, alright." I smiled and kissed Jacob's chest again.

"Did Billy say whether or not Rebecca and John were coming?" Jacob shook his head.

"They're having Christmas with his family this year. And after Christmas, he's being stationed somewhere else."

"Is it still in the U.S?" Jacob nodded.

"Yeah, it's still American waters. I think Billy said they're moving to Alaska."

"That's nice. Will they be anywhere near the Denalis?" Jacob shook his head.

"I don't think so. They're being stationed on one of the islands where the naval base is. It won't even be that cold on the island compared to the mainland."

"That's good at least. Are they looking forward to it?" Jacob chuckled.

"The only thing they're looking forward to is the large supply of crabs they'll have access to. Evidently, people living there can go to the shoreline and pick up as many Alaskan King Crabs as their heart desires and go to a little post that butchers the crabs for them."

"That sounds nice if you really like crab." Jacob grinned.

"I'd go to Alaska for that."

"We could always visit the Denalis in Alaska if you want to."

"They're not near water. Denali's further inland."

"It's not like we couldn't drive to the shoreline. We could be there under an hour." Jacob chuckled.

"In that snow? I don't think so. Even Edward couldn't drive safely in those kinds of conditions. Not only is it hard to pick up speed to begin with, it's almost impossible to keep control of the car once you are that fast." I sighed.

"Whatever you say, honey. And while I'm thinking about it, I should ask Aida if she's free any time soon. She knows I'm back."

"Are you planning on telling Madison you're back?"

"She probably already knows too. I won't need to call her, she'll call me."

"Probably. I'll hang out with the guys while you Aida and Madison do something together. Aida scares me and Madison's voice is a little too high pitched for me." I giggled and shook my head at him.

"Don't say bad things about my friends, Jacob." Jacob kept a big smile as he spoke.

"I'm not, baby. I'm just being honest."

Jacob gave me a fast kiss, then lifted himself from bed and walked to the closet to get dressed. I stayed in bed a moment and stretched myself out, trying to get out all the kinks in my body. Jacob came out while pulling on his black t-shirt while I was stretching and he laughed a little bit.

"I thought you said we needed to get going." I nodded.

"Indeed we do."

"Then why aren't you getting dressed?" I smiled and got on all fours and crawled to the end of the bed, never taking my eyes off Jacob's. When I was at the end of the bed, I threw my legs over the edge and sat there, crossing my legs.

"I'm getting there. Don't rush me, Jacob." Jacob chuckled and walked over to me and leaned down to give me a kiss, resting his hands on either side of me.

"So it's okay for you to rush me, but not for me to rush you, is that it?" I nodded.

"You're catching on quick, Jacob." Jacob laughed a little and I kissed his nose before sliding off the edge of the bed and under his arms so I could walk to the closet and get dressed.

When I got to the closet, I went to my drawer and pulled out a bra and panties, making sure they matched. It was a little pet peeve that Alice taught me. These sorts of things needed to match or it bothered me. Half my clothing peeves were learned by Alice. I heard Jacob walk into the closet while I was getting dressed and I smiled when he clasped my bra for me. When that was done, his hands trailed to my shoulders and stayed there, rubbing the bones with his thumbs.

"Thanks, love."

"You're welcome."

Then he reached up and grabbed a white long sleeve shirt for me and handed it to me while I bent down to get my jeans. While I got my shirt and [ants on, Jacob walked over to the wall that had all my shoes and said my name to get my attention.

"Nessie, what pair of shoes are you in the mood for?" I looked over at the wall and looked at everything I had. I pointed at a pair of boots that reached the ankle that was buckled and bright red suede.

"I'm proud of you, Jacob. That's a wonderful shoe choice." Jacob pretended to look mad.

"Don't rub it in my face, Nessie. And never tell anyone about this. The last thing I need is Paul calling me a fruit." I giggled and rolled my eyes.

"Paul's in no position to say things like that to you and you both know it. Rachael's filled me in on a few of the feminine habits Paul took to." Jacob laughed and nodded.

"He definitely dresses nicer since he and Rachael got married."

"And Jared pays more attention to his hair, thanks to Kim." Jacob shrugged.

"That just comes with having a wife who's a hair dresser."

"And a good one at that. If it wouldn't hurt Alice's feelings, I'd let Kim do my hair. I'd even pay her." Jacob chuckled.

"I would too if Tinkerbelle didn't have me on a leash." I giggled and nodded my head.

"She does it because she loves us, remember that."

"She loves you, Nessie. I'm just the bum you married and she tolerates me for you."

"Oh, Jacob, that's not true and you know it. My family likes you. They've even gotten over the smell they claim is there."

"They have to. My scent rubs off on you." I gave Jacob a lecturing look and he just smiled.

"That's not true, Jacob. If they had to tolerate you, we would've never gotten married. Daddy would've killed you before we could." Jacob shrugged.

"I guess." I smiled at him and walked over to him, only inches from being nose to nose thanks to my shoes, and hugged him.

"Now that we've cleared that up, let's go. I'd hate to keep them all waiting."

I gave Jacob a quick kiss, then grabbed a hold of his hand and pulled him with me out of the closet and to the garage. We took Jacob's car to the house and Lia and Ada-María grinned when they saw me and took the bulk of my attention as soon as I'd said good morning to everyone else. Jacob went to the living room and took a seat on the couch with Jasper, Felix, and Demetri watching the game. Alphonse was outside with Dante, Amadora, Ryan, and Valerie playing.

Daddy and momma were in the music room and I asked them where everyone else was. Evidently, most of the house had gone out hunting and they'd all be back a little later in the day. Ada-María and Lia took me upstairs where they were sharing a room and I let Ada-María play with my hair while we all talked.

"So guess what, Nessie." I was about to look around at Ada-María, but she forced my head back to the way it had been.

"What?" Lia grinned along with Ada-María.

"Huilen met someone." I didn't let her force my head back this time when I looked at her.

"Really?"

"Yep. His name is Pablo Urrutia. He's a vampire from Uruguay and he's a Desesperado." My eyes widened.

"He is?" She nodded.

"Yeah. He was changed in 1976, so he's a pretty recent vampire. His mother still goes to Argentina every year with a little white sash praying for him to come home."

"That's so sad." Ada-María nodded.

"Yeah, it is. He was pretty traumatized by what he saw when he was taken away from his family. He saw children get run over by a large jeep while being forced to stand in a perfect line, he's been tortured, and all that. He would be dead if he hadn't escaped. He and a group of other refugees were trying to run away to Mexico, and that's when they were attacked by vampires. He and seven others got away with just bites, and now he's a vampire."

"That's awful." Ada-María nodded at Lia.

"Yeah, it is. He's really timid, he's cynical, he doesn't talk much, he hardly ever smiles, he jumps at the slightest loud sound, the man's a mess." Lia looked at her questioningly.

"If he's like that, how did he and Huilen get together in the first place?" Ada-María shrugged.

"I have no clue. She wasn't even the one that told us they were mates now. We had to notice they were both wearing wedding bands. When we asked her why she didn't tell us, she just shrugged and said, 'It never came up'." She and Lia giggled and I was still a bit stunned to laugh.

"How long have they been married?"

"They were married before you and Jacob, and we just now found out about it. He already traveled with her and Nahuel, so Nahuel didn't notice anything odd. But then again, Nahuel's so oblivious at times." Lia smiled.

"That's a bit extreme of an oversight, wouldn't you say?"

"We don't talk to each other much, what can I say? Nahuel and Huilen, and now Pablo, travel around, my parents and I travel elsewhere, and the rest of my aunts travel together in another part. Huilen and Nahuel used to stay towards the middle of Brazil, now they stay closer to the borderline of Uruguay, my parents and I usually stay towards the coastline, and my aunts are usually further north towards Venezuela." Lia looked surprised.

"I always thought you guys were closer than that." Ada-María shook her head.

"Not even close. Besides, it's not like you guys are really close." Lia shook her head.

"That's different. We aren't all related like you guys are. Daddy and I stay in Rome, but that's because that's where daddy grew up."

"And what about the others? Do they stay in Italy?" Lia shook her head.

"Before Dante and Amadora started dating, Demetri's coven stayed mostly in Slavic country, like Poland, Russia, Germany, those kinds of places. Afton's coven was usually in Italy because Chelsea prefers Italy. Jane and Alec are living in primarily London last time daddy checked, Corin's coven is usually in France or Spain, and Marcus and his coven stay in Greece." I spoke next.

"Whatever happened to Renata?" Lia shrugged.

"I don't rightly know. Jane and Alec saw her once since The Volturi came apart. Evidently, she's mostly in Italy too, but we've never seen her."

"Does she have hard feelings or something?" Lia shook her head at my question.

"I don't think so. She's never really been friends with anyone in the coven, so it's not surprising that she wouldn't join anyone's coven. She and Heidi were kind of friends, but they were more frenemies than anything. That's how it felt to me, anyway."

"I never took them to be friends at all." Lia shrugged at me.

"It's hard to say, honestly. Enough about that. Tell us about what you've been up to." Ada-María stopped playing with my hair and took a seat next to Lia with a big smile on her face.

"Marcelo wanted to know how you and Jacob are doing. I think he's waiting for any opportunity to step in and be the good guy when Jacob screws up." I shook my head.

"I doubt Marcelo would do that. It wouldn't be beyond him to take advantage of the situation if it was to occur, but he took what I told him really well." Lia looked confused.

"What did you tell him?" Ada-María answered for me.

"She told him that if she'd never had Jacob, she would've chosen Marcelo." Lia looked at me surprised.

"He took that well?" I sighed.

"There was more to it than that. You watch, Ada-María. Marcelo will find someone and he's probably already over me." She shook her head.

"Not really. He's not zombie-like or anything, but he's sad about it. He doesn't even sleep with his female victims anymore." I sighed.

"That's a good thing at least." Ada-María shrugged.

"In a manner."

I didn't bother asking her to elaborate on her statement. I wanted to talk about something else. The last thing I wanted was to have someone tell me how miserable I made someone by marrying another, whether that's what she meant to do or not. Ada-María and Marcelo were close, so it was only natural she'd be concerned about him.

When Yaretzi, Rafael, and Marcelo got back, me and the girls went back downstairs and I started talking to Yaretzi and Marcelo. Yaretzi and Marcelo were just as eager to hear me talk about college as anyone else was. I was proud of Jacob when he didn't immediately walk up behind me when Marcelo and I started talking. He glanced over and looked at Marcelo critically, but he turned away when I gave him a reassuring smile.

"So tell me, Renesmee. Is college as hectic and overdramatic as I hear?" I shrugged at Marcelo's question.

"It depends. There's almost always a party going on. Just last week, one of the sororities threw a Christmas party for everyone and there was enough eggnog to fill a large pool." Marcelo laughed and Yaretzi giggled a little.

"You're not partaking in such things while still underage I hope." I rolled my eyes at Marcelo with a smile.

"I don't like anything. Why would I drink alcohol when I know I don't like it?"

"You know what's fun, though, if you drink the blood of a human that has a really high alcohol level, you could get a little hammered yourself. It has to be a really high level, though. I'm talking, at least .19."

"Wouldn't that kill someone?" Marcelo shook his head.

"Not at all. It just makes them drunk out of their mind and they can't really function normally. Death becomes possible around .30 and up. When you go over .40, death is certain."

"Well, duh. How would someone even be able to take in that much?"

"It's been done."

I sighed and rolled my eyes at him and Marcelo just laughed triumphantly. He definitely wasn't too beaten up over me and Jacob getting married. Sad, maybe, but he'd definitely get over it.

When it was Christmas day, Billy and Charlie were at the house early to watch the game with Jasper and Emmett. Jacob and I got there closer to noon and Ada-María and Lia immediately wanted my attention when I got there. I smiled when I saw Demetri and Felix talking in the kitchen and Demetri had his leg perched on a chair with Alphonse sleeping on it. Heidi was sitting on Demetri's lap and rubbing Alphonse's back soothingly. Daddy and momma were back at the cottage and hadn't come over yet. Rosalie, Alice, and Esme were putting some last minute touches on the tree and Carlisle was prepping food for Esme when she would cook later.

Seth and his family were coming as were Paul and Rachael. Sam and Emily were having Christmas with her family this year and Jared and Kim were having their own family gathering. Once dinner was ready to start, daddy and momma were over and helped make the food. Those that were eating ate their food while everyone sat around the large table and talked. Ryan, not so subtly, made a point to sit next to Lia and was talking to her for most of dinner. Lia talked to him with a smile while Felix ignored everyone trying to talk to him staring at Ryan.

Jacob and I held hands under the table for most of dinner, but with daddy near, we didn't do anything provocative. After dinner, we all opened our presents together. Alice went out of her way to get me well supplied for school, clothes wise. Though I certainly wasn't complaining, seeing all the lovely shoes she got for me. She paid the same courtesy to Jacob with many, many new clothes.

When New Years came along, Jacob and I went downtown to watch a fireworks show together. We were father away from the baseball stadium that was shooting them, but we could see them just fine. Jacob got us a spot at the top of a really tall building in the city and the view was wondrous. Jacob and I leaned against something that was on the rooftop and I rested my head on his chest as we watched the fireworks. When it was over, I hugged Jacob tightly.

"That was great."

"Wasn't it? I wish they did this sort of thing more often."

"Me too. You turning twenty three is certainly something to celebrate."

"That was four days ago." I giggled.

"That doesn't mean I can't say happy birthday whenever I want. That's the last one, I promise." Jacob chuckled.

"Alright, Nessie. Happy birthday to you too, even though your birthday was three months ago." I giggled and nodded my head.

"How sweet of you to say, Jacob." We smiled at each other for a moment before we started kissing. Jacob stopped the kiss before it could get passionate, but he had us down from the building, in his car, and back home all within a half hour and we just picked up where we left off. It was a nice end to a really great year.