A/N Okay, here's the next chapter...

Chapter 34

APOV

OH HELL NO! While my family's objections may have died down when Aro said it was just for the summer, mine did not.

"No. No way." I said, standing and crossing my arms. Bella was looking up at me hopefully.

"Are you questioning our judgment?" Aro asked, raising an eyebrow. Before I could reply, Carlisle covered my mouth with his hand.

"Of course she isn't, Aro." He responded for me. I bit his hand hard and he scowled, but didn't pull it away from my mouth. Finally he leaned down to whisper in my ear so the others couldn't hear. "They're letting her off easy, Alice. Don't push them." Letting her off easy?! She shouldn't be getting punished at all!

When he finally removed his hand, his stern stare kept me from arguing this point further, but that didn't mean I was letting it go all together.

"I want to work for you too, then." I said, ignoring the gasps from my family. If Bella was going then so was I. We're a package deal. Aro smiled as if he expected this response.

"Lovely, you can start training with us next fall."

"WHAT?!" Bella and I screamed at the same time. "No, I want to be there during the summer with Bella!" Aro chuckled at how whiney I sounded, but I couldn't help it. I didn't want to be away from Bella for three minutes much less three months.

"I'm afraid that's impossible, my dear. Part of the punishment is being isolated from you. After all, if I allowed her a security blanket like you, she might as well be taking a holiday." Aro laughed at the ridiculousness of it, and Caius snickered. As usual, Marcus' face was emotionless.

This is outrageous! How can they do this to me! To us! Bella looked like she'd just seen the devil himself. Apparently, thinking the issue was resolved, the Volturi retired to their rooms for the evening, leaving our distraught family behind.

"They can't do this!" I shouted.

"Shh, Alice. It'll be okay." Carlisle half warned, half comforted, his eyes following the path the Volturi had taken.

"Three months." Bella whispered to herself, pulling her knees into her chest.

"Come on baby." I said softly, lifting her easily in my arms and running upstairs to our room. At least we could have some privacy to talk about it there.

After placing her on our bed, I began to pace, hands behind my back. I never used to pace. I think it's a habit I picked up from the men in our family. We were both in shock, neither of us knowing what to say.

"Ali, come here. Please." Bella called to me, sounding so sad it broke my heart. I jumped onto the bed next to her, wrapping her up in my arms. "What are we going to do?" She whispered, her forehead pressed gently against mine. I could see all the emotions playing in her eyes; their expressiveness was not lost after the change, thankfully. She was afraid, sad, angry, but what I saw above all those things was love.

"We'll get through it somehow. You can take your laptop and we'll video chat. Besides, we still have another few months of school before we even have to think about it." I tried to sooth her, but my words didn't even comfort me.

"I'm going to miss you so much." She said softly, leaning in for a gentle kiss.

"I'm going to miss you too, baby. Every moment." I assured her, letting my fingers caress the dip in her waist between her ribs and hips. She shuddered, smiling at me. I rolled us over, so that I was straddling her and began to lay kisses down her neck. Her soft skin felt wonderful beneath my lips, her flavor and smell overwhelming my senses.

Letting my hands wander, I slipped them beneath her shirt, lifting it slowly as I moved up her stomach. Her soft whimpers and moans urged me to continue and I followed my hands placing kisses everywhere new skin was exposed. Finally the shirt was pulled off of her completely and I gazed lovingly at the glorious mounds of her chest. She had forgone the bra tonight. I knew, because I was the one who picked out her outfit for the evening. Looking at her now, I was quite happy with the foresight of that decision.

"Alice." She breathed, sheathing her hands in my hair and pulling slightly, leading my mouth to her already pert nipples. It wasn't a night for teasing, I decided. For tonight, I would simply show her just how much I loved her.

Swirling my tongue and sucking gently on the rosy buds I reveled in the sounds escaping her. Her back arched and I slid my hands around her, pulling her body tighter against me. My hips were moving unconsciously and I could feel my center already leaking excitement.

"Please, Ali, I need you baby." She pleaded through her heavy panting. My eyes never left hers as I slowly slid down her body, nimbly undoing the tie of her lounge pants and sliding them off her legs. Before me, lay her glistening pussy, anticipating my loving attention, and I didn't have the heart to keep it waiting. I actually, had laid out panties for her tonight, but apparently she chose to go without those as well. Wrapping my arms around her thighs, I pulled her into me, lapping at her essence like a thirsty man in a desert.

"Oh God, Alice! Touch me…please." Always so polite, I smiled into her throbbing core before unwrapping one arm so I could slip two fingers beneath my tongue. I thrust them into her, while nibbling on her sensitive nub. I knew every part of her, and each place that makes her squirm in pleasure. So of course I easily curled my fingers, maneuvering them so they would hit that special spot inside her. It has never failed to send her spiraling over the edge, and this time was no exception. She screamed, grabbing my hair and holding my head tightly against her sweet pussy, while she shook and trembled through her orgasm. I eagerly lapped at her, taking in as much of my Bella's juice as I could, and when she released my head I pressed a soft kiss to her ravished mound before gliding back up her body to her lips.

"Oh my God, baby!" I giggled into her neck, happy that I could make her feel so good. Then she groaned and I looked up concerned. She had her fingers threaded tightly in her hair, an adorable pout on her face. "How the hell am I supposed to go three months without that?" She moaned pitifully.

"We'll just have to stock up, like bears do for hibernation." I said, hoping to lighten her mood. She giggled, wrapping her arms around me and pulling me in for a kiss. "Don't worry, honey, we'll take all possible precautions." I smirked at her before squealing happily as she reversed our positions, letting her eyes rove over my still clothed body.

"No time like the present." She smiled before getting to work on my shirt.

JACOB'S POV (first time ever)

Carlisle had offered to set up the hotel for us in Manchester for the weekend. We took Mark's car, since he and Evan felt bad for mooching on the hotel. Honestly, I didn't like taking money from the Cullens either, but I spent enough time with Alice to know it's a lost cause to object. I suppose we were family now. I still thought about my dad sometimes, but he'd be okay. Rach and Becks, my older sisters, would be moving back to the rez soon. I felt bad about Seth, though; like it's my fault for him getting on bad terms with his family. He called Leah once, around Christmas time. Just so she would have his new cell number. She's still pissed about him leaving, but that's just how Leah is. She certainly knows how to hold a grudge. Despite that, I know she misses him. She said she may even visit if she can think of an excuse to leave the reservation for a while. Sam's back in charge now and talking to either of us is treason in his books, plus Harry has all but erased Seth from the family tree.

I snapped out of my thoughts when I heard a knock on the bathroom door. It was Saturday morning and we were about to leave for the first round of half-pipe.

"Dude, come on! We're going to miss the start!" I heard Seth's voice as he pounded on the door again. It's true I took longer than normal in the bathroom today, but I was hell-bent on making a good impression on Mark's sister. She's the hottest girl I've ever seen in my life and I wanted her…badly.

I wrenched the door open and pushed past Seth so I could get out to the hallway. Mark and Evan were leaning against the wall by the elevator waiting for us.

"About time! We thought you two died in there or something." Evan shouted down the hall to us.

"Naw, it just took that long for Jake to fix his hair." Seth shouted back, grinning at me while I shoved him into the wall.

"Well come on then, stud'. We're meeting Anna and her friend at the gate." Evan joked. Mark glared at me, silently warning me not to hit on his sister. Sorry, man. I shrugged at him, walking into the newly arrived elevator.

The event area was all closed off, with police watching for any people trying to sneak in over the fence. We finally found our entrance only to discover that it was a V.I.P. gate. Alice's doing, obviously. They exchanged our tickets for plastic passes that we wore around our necks. As soon as we came through on the other side, a girl with short brown hair attacked Mark in a hug. Her curves were more pronounced now than when I saw her in the picture. She was gorgeous, even with her new spiky hairstyle. She pulled back, grinning and babbling at Mark.

"I'm so glad you came! I haven't seen you for months. I'm sorry I missed Christmas, did you guys go to Gram's like normal?" As she and Mark shifted slightly in their conversation, my eyes locked onto the most beautiful creature I'd ever seen. She was shyly looking at her shoes, her reddish brown hair, falling over her shoulders. I scanned her amazing body before moving back up to her face, only to see that she was looking back at me. Oh God. The world stopped moving and I melted on the spot. I couldn't breathe. I felt a sudden urge to be closer to her, but my body wouldn't move. I was in shock. My mind was flooded with thoughts of protecting her and being close to her. Emotions I couldn't even identify were fogging up my brain.

After what felt like days and at the same time seconds, a hand waved in front of my face and I snapped out of the trance she had me under.

"Jake, what's wrong with you?" Mark asked, giving me a strange look. His sister was standing beside him still, looking amused. I was still in a daze, shooting glances over at the only person in this world I ever wanted to gaze upon.

"Hi, I'm Anna." Mark's sister held out her hand for me to shake, and I took it, unwillingly removing my eyes from the unknown beauty. The moment I had been thinking about and pining for ever since I saw Anna's picture in Mark's house suddenly paled in comparison to even the smallest moves this perfect girl behind her made. She captivated me in a way nothing had before. "And this is my friend, Nessie." Anna said, pulling my angel forward and grinning at us both.

"Hi." I said timidly, not at all like myself. I lifted my hand for her to take and she looked up, once again paralyzing me with her green eyes. Her soft hand slipped into my large calloused one and we both gasped as I felt an electric shock shoot through my body at the contact. The world around me went blurry and the only thing I saw clearly was her face as she looked at me in surprise. We stared at each other, neither removing their hand. Touching her made me feel complete and I wondered how I had survived so long without her. How could I have possibly lived before?

"It's nice to meet you, Jacob." Her voice was like a warm breeze washing over me and I felt content. I never realized my name could sound so good.

She looked up suddenly, blushing and smiled shyly before dropping my hand. Without her touch I felt empty and I slouched, frowning. Only then did I realize that our friends were practically dragging us away towards the half-pipe.

"Jake, man, are you okay? What happened? You just like spaced out on us." Evan asked. I could almost feel Seth's stare upon me and I glanced in his direction. He was watching me curiously, and he seemed contemplative. Normally he just seemed like an idiot, so this was certainly a change.

"Uh yeah, I'm fine. Sorry." I muttered before jogging ahead to where Mark was walking with Anna and Nessie. I was being pulled towards her and my feet seemed to be guiding themselves.

"So, uh, are you in this competition too?" I asked, noticing for the first time that Nessie was wearing a sponsorship shirt, similar to Anna's.

"Yeah, this is her first real tournament, actually. So she needs a cheering section." Anna answered for her, winking at me. I could feel my ears heating up, but tried to ignore it. It was easy to do when I heard her melodic voice again.

"I've been travelling with Anna and our team for a year, doing stunt shows and stuff, but this is the first time I am going to compete for real." She clarified. Well that explained why they were dressed alike.

"Nessie is one of our best pipers, even better in a bowl. She's going fourth, actually, so we better hurry." Sure enough, I looked up to find that it had already started and the first skater was pulling out some pretty impressive tricks.

"Alright, well we're going to grab some seats, we'll see you both after." Mark said, grabbing my arm and pulling me away from the girls. I saw Nessie glance back over her shoulder as they walked away, flashing me a small smile. "Pull yourself together dude. You're embarrassing us." Mark muttered, pushing me ahead of him towards our reserved seats. The competition was pretty fierce and I was a little worried about Nessie getting hurt. My anxiety rose with each person until I was practically panting as Nessie set up to launch at the top.

"Seriously, Jake, chill out." Seth nudged me and I realized Mark and Evan were both watching me with concerned looks on their faces.

"Yeah, sorry." I mumbled, not taking my eyes off of Nessie for a moment. With the signal she tore down the ramp, going right into a nose slide on the other side, most of her board balanced over the edge. Her moves were riskier than I would have liked. I held my breath as she performed an inverted 360 spin, but nearly collapsed when she almost over-rotated her 540. She ended her routine with a pretty simple hand stand. I wished I could have watched her body arch and contort with such beauty, but I was too busy having a heart-attack. Somehow I just knew that if she were hurt in anyway, I would hurt just as much if not more. In fact, allowing her to get injured seemed like a complete impossibility in my mind. I couldn't let that happen.

I looked up at her while she received her scores. Her face was glowing with happiness and slight perspiration. The grin on her face was infectious and I could see how much she loved what she did. I would never take that away from her. So I was torn between keeping her safe and keeping her happy.

We watched the rest of the skaters go. There was going to be a break before the second round, so we planned to catch Mark's sister in the street competition. Anna joined us, as we passed by, and I noticed Nessie grabbing a water bottle from her bag, a towel around her shoulders.

"Hey, uh, Jake right?" Anna's question broke me out of my stare and I nodded mutely and she smiled. "Nessie needs to get something to eat before her next round. Why don't you take her for some lunch and meet the guys over at street after. It's not even starting for another ten minutes." I looked over her shoulder where Mark, Evan and Seth were talking to a couple of the guys on the team.

"Oh, um, sure." I managed to get out, ignoring her smirk. She went over to Nessie and whispered in her ear before forcefully pushing all three of my friends away with her. Nessie looked up at me and blushed, tucking her long hair behind her ear. "So, uh, food?" Wow. My eloquence astounds me sometimes. She giggled, nodding.

We walked in silence side by side until we found a burger vendor. I insisted on buying both meals and carried them to a picnic table for us to eat.

"So what year are you in school?" She asked, nibbling on her fries. "Are you even in school?"

I laughed, because I knew I looked a lot older than I was. For the first time I actually cared what someone thought about me and I wasn't too keen on telling her my juvenile convict alibi.

"I'm a Junior." Her eyes widened and I watched her take in my matured features and upper body. "I, um, got held back."

"For like five years?" She asked, disbelievingly. I shrugged, choosing not to answer that question.

"I look older than I am."

"How old are you?" I quickly calculated a reasonable age in my head, hoping she wouldn't question it.

"Eighteen." She still didn't look like she believed me, but she also didn't say anything. "How old are you?" I asked, trying to redirect the conversation to her.

"Seventeen." Okay, so she was only a year older than I was really, that's not bad.

"So you started touring at sixteen? What about school? Are your parents cool with it?" I was genuinely curious, since I saw no sign that her parents were here with her. She shrugged.

"Yeah, my parents don't mind as long as I keep up with my school work. I am looking forward to our break though. We get a month off after this." She said, smiling and taking a large bite out of her burger. I let her swallow before pestering her with more questions. I didn't mean to, but I just had to know everything about her. It was like an obsession.

"Where do they live? Are you staying with them over your time off?"

"My dad is an assistant dean at Dartmouth and my mother works as a nurse in the hospital, so we live about an hour and a half north of here, actually, and yes I am visiting them for a while. Anna is going to give me a lift, since she's going home as well and lives nearby."

"So is Nessie your real name?" She smiled but rolled her eyes at me.

"Are we playing twenty questions or something?" I fidgeted nervously, looking down at my hands. "It's fine, I was just kidding. And no, that's not my real name, it's Reneesme." I must have looked at her queerly because she laughed again. "My mother decided on the name at the peak of her labor and I think she was a little out of her mind. It's actually a combination of my two grandmother's names, Renee and Esme."

"My adoptive mother's name is Esme." I told her, smiling at the thought of the kind woman who loved us all unconditionally.

"You're adopted?" She asked, curiosity evident in her voice.

"Yep. Me and Seth both. We're their two most recent take-ins." This obviously surprised and intrigued her because both her eyebrows shot up at the news.

"How many, uh, siblings do you have?"

"Six, not including Seth and me."

"Wow."

We spent the next twenty minutes shooting questions at each other before she looked at her phone and realized we needed to get back. I was sad to leave our little bubble. It seemed with each thing I learned about her, the less inclined I was to ever leave her side. She had somehow become a physical part of me that I could no longer function properly without.

Nessie had to get back and prepare for her next round, so I reluctantly left her to meet up with the guys. As I made my way toward the street arena I suddenly remembered a conversation I had with Sam shortly after my change. Being able to see everyone's thoughts was both interesting and annoying, but some of Sam's in particular had me curious.

"What happened to you and Leah? You seemed like the perfect couple and then all of the sudden you were with Emily…"

"I imprinted." Sam sighed, continuing to chop fire wood while I stood off to the side.

"You what?" I had never heard of that term before.

"I imprinted. It's a wolf thing. When we find our soul mate, our other half, it's like an instant connection, a physical and mental pull that you can't stop."

"I don't understand. I thought you loved Leah." He finally put down the ax, preparing for a serious conversation.

"I did love Leah. I loved her as much as anyone could love someone who's not their soul mate. But Emily completes me. It's like, I didn't really feel or see until I met her. When I imprinted on her, it changed everything." It sounded like an arranged marriage or something to me.

"I don't want to be forced to be with someone. I want to choose for myself." I told him, stubbornly. He chuckled and shook his head patronizingly.

"Not all wolves imprint, Jacob, but if you do, there won't be a choice. You'll need her to survive, to breathe. Without her, you're nothing."

I came out of my memory with my mouth hanging open, mid stride. People around me were giving me strange glances, but I ignored them. This was the key. It had to be. I imprinted. It's the only explanation for how I went from wanting to get Anna's attention to being utterly obsessed with Nessie. Even now, after only a few minutes apart, I was itching to get back to her. It felt unnatural to be without her, like a limb was missing or something. It made me uncomfortable. Before I knew what I was doing, I ran. I needed to talk to Seth, or someone who would understand.

After my talk with Sam I was convinced that imprinting would be the worst thing to ever happen to me, but that seemed absolutely ridiculous now. The thought that such a beautiful angel was meant to be with me made me feel like I could take on the world. As luck would have it, I saw Seth coming back from the bathroom when I reached the bleachers and nearly tackled him.

"Whoa! What's up man?! You look kind of freaked out." He said, looking around as if expecting trouble.

"I think I imprinted." I blurted out, unable to stop the word vomit.

"What? On who?" Seth knew even more than I did about imprinting, since it was his sister who took the brunt of it. When he became a wolf and saw Sam's and Leah's thoughts, he immediately interrogated Sam, as any good brother would. He had been the one to comfort Leah after their split, but never really understood what happened until he saw it in Sam's head.

"Nessie." I said, thinking it should have been obvious.

"Oh. I guess I should have known. You looked like your world fell apart when you met her." He was frowning. "Sorry, man, that's rough." How wrong he was. My world didn't fall apart; it finally came together. I had a purpose now, a reason for living.

"No, Seth, it's not like that. It's…I don't know." I finished anti-climatically. I couldn't even begin to put what I felt into words.

"Yeah, okay Jake. Come on, we're missing Anna's run." He said pulling on my arm. He didn't understand, like I hoped he would. I grabbed my arm out of his hold and took a step back.

"I can't, I need to, uh, I need to go." I said, anxious to return to Nessie's side.

"What?!" Seth yelled. "You're bailing on us?!"

"No, I just, um, I'll see you back at Vert." Not waiting for his response I took off running again, weaving through the crowds until at last I saw the reddish-brown head of hair I had missed so terribly.

She was looking around, looking as anxious as me and frowning. When I emerged from the throng of people and she finally caught my eye she beamed wider than I'd ever seen her. Before I could move any closer she was running towards me and pulling me into a tight hug. We stood like that for a minute, just holding each other as the tension seeped away.

Someone called her name and we broke apart. She had a shy smile on her face as she blushed beautifully. "I'm sorry, I don't know what's wrong with me." She said, her forehead wrinkling in confusion.

"It's okay." I barely managed to whisper. I'm not even sure she heard me.

"When you left…I don't know, I felt…it was strange, like a part of me was missing." She looked up at me then and gasped. "Oh my gosh, you probably think I'm a crazy person. I just met you this morning and here I am saying things like that." She covered her face with her hands, shaking her head in embarrassment. I could hear her mumbling, 'what's wrong with me?' to herself and I couldn't help but smile. At least I wasn't the only one feeling like this.

I gently took each of her wrists in my hands and pried them from her face. Her eyes caught mine and once again I was momentarily paralyzed by her gaze. I finally pulled myself out of it enough to reassure her. "I felt the same way." We smiled at each other timidly like pre-teens on a first date.

"NESSIE! GET OVER HERE!" A man's voice interrupted our moment and I noticed one of her teammates holding her board in his hand. He looked annoyed. Nessie looked over too, to see who had called her and rolled her eyes.

"That's Tim, our…captain, I guess. Sorry, I got to go. Are you staying to watch?" She asked, biting her lip nervously.

"Of course, I wouldn't miss it." I told her earnestly. She flashed me another brilliant smile before running back to where a few of her teammates were congregating. The real question on my mind was what we were going to do after this weekend.

A/N Jacob's pov isn't going to be a regular thing, but I needed to somehow get you all down to the tournament to meet Nessie. Also, I know the lemon was a little soft, but you'll have to forgive that. I had to keep it in line with the scene and it just wasn't the moment for hardcore fucking. Finally, based on your reviews, I know some of you are going to be upset that Alice is being kept away from Bella for the summer, and honestly I was going to have them go together but a couple people got me thinking this way would be more fun. Anyway, have no fear, you know those two will never make it the whole summer apart ;)