"I'll be your dream, I'll be your wish, I'll be your fantasy. I'll be your hope, I'll be your love, be everything that you need. I'll love you more with every breath. Truly, madly, deeply do."--from Savage Gardens 'Truly, Madly, Deeply'

Seth's POV

Erin and I were sitting on a couch in the Cullen's living room. They had all come home and now Alice was upstairs getting Nessie dressed. It was actually quiet peaceful. Or, it was until Jake showed up.

"Sup guys." he said, jumping onto the couch right in between us. Or, he was in between us after we scooted over to make room for him anyway. Even with my werewolf strength, I still felt a pain in my knee from where he landed on it. "Where's Ness?" he asked.

Erin sighed. "She's upstairs. Alice is getting her dressed for the party." she told him, sounding exasperated.

"Alice! No!" we heard Nessie yell from upstairs. It didn't sound like it was going so great up there. Poor Ness. Who knew what Alice was doing to her up there?

"Being tortured, more like." Jacob said, looking up at the ceiling as if he had x-ray vision and could see through it.

"So, what'd you get her?" Erin asked him. I wondered what was up with her. When I came over, her and Nessie had been acting very strangely. Well, more so than usual.

"Nothing big." he said, shrugging. "Just a necklace I made." He looked to her, raising an eyebrow. "Why? What'd you get?"

Now, I had no idea what she got either, so I was just as curious as Jake. "Come one. Let's see it." I said. "Please." I added as an afterthought. I've learned that, with Erin, politeness never hurts.

She grinned and picked her bag off the floor beside the couch. She dug in a pulled a picture out of the frame. She shoved it under my nose and I was left absolutely breathless. It was amazing.

It was Renesmee, only not. She was crouching down by the waves on the shore of what looked like First Beach. Her head was turned to the side and she looked much older. Also, she had gigantic bird wings coming out of her back.

"Wow." Jacob whispered softly. "It looks amazing." That was one of the few compliments I'd ever heard him give Erin. "It's... spectacular. It's... beautiful."

"You've outdone yourself." I told her proudly. "It must have taken forever for you to make that. You must have worked so hard." I had wondered what she'd been doing on Sundays while I was on patrol.

My modest little artist blushed bright red. "Yeah, a bit." she mumbled quietly. She never blushed unless someone talked about her artwork or I said something extremely mushy.

Jacob stood up. "I think I'm going to help the others bring out the food and sit it on the table and stuff." He stretched and faked a yawn.

"Eat the food, more like." Erin said, making me laugh. "I better come to make sure you don't get into anything." She, too, stood up. Looking at me she asked, "You coming, Seth?"

I nodded and slowly stood up. I might as well follow them. Sitting alone on a couch was no fun at all. "Sure. More exciting than sitting around here by myself."

We headed into the kitchen where Esme loaded us down with food to carry to the dining room table. I forgot how much two werewolves, a sort of werewolf, and a half vampire can eat.

I had just sat the large, blue frosted cake down on the table when I heard Alice and Nessie come down the stairs. What happened next happened so fast that I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

As soon as Nessie made it into the dining room, Jacob came around the corner. She cried, "Jacob!" and ran at him, jumping into his arms. Then, she... kissed him. On the mouth. Hard.

Jacob looked surprised at first, but that soon faded as Nessie continued to kiss him. It looked so… natural for them. I wondered if that's how Erin and I looked.

From behind me I heard several gasps, an 'aww', a plate being broken in half, Esme yell, "Edward! That was one of my best plates!", and a growl that sounded like it came from a wild animal.

It was that noise that caused Jacob and poor, embarrassed Renesmee to break apart. They knew Edward was going to kill them. What possessed her to do that in front of her father and the rest of her family?

I turned around to look at everyone as Nessie and Jacob just stared at each other, having a silent conversation with their eyes.

Edward looked ready to kill. Bella had him by the arm, tightly. She looked a wee bit mad too, but nothing compared to her husband. Esme was still in shock over her plate. Carlisle seemed to be smirking. Alice, Emmett, Jasper, and Rosalie just stared with blank expressions. And Erin, my Erin, was grinning like Christmas had come early. Suddenly, I had a feeling I knew why she and Ness had been acting so strangely earlier.

"Renesmee Carlie Cullen." Edward snarled. "Living room now." Then, without taking his eyes off his daughter, he growled at Jacob, "You too, mutt." With that, he stalked off to the living room followed by Jacob, Nessie, and Bella.

"I better go, too." Carlisle said as Edward yelled, "What was that?!" He hurried off to the living room.

Erin cast a worried look at Carlisle's retreating back and then slowly made to follow him into the midst of the argument in the other room.

I grabbed her by the arm. "Erin, you aren't involved in this." I told her.

"It's all my fault." she told me, refusing to keep out of it. "I told Nessie that if she loved Jake then she needed to tell him. I had no idea she would do something like that." She looked upset. If Erin was the type of person to cry, her green eyes would be swimming with tears.

I sighed, defeated. "Okay, but I'm going in there with you." Who knew what would happen if Edward got extremely angry? She could end up accidentally getting hurt.

She gave a quick nod and then we headed off into the living room. The scene before us was not a pretty one. Nessie looked hysterical and Edward looked livid. Jacob, Carlisle, and Bella just stood their, watching in shock.

"Dad, how can you be so unfair?!" Nessie shouted. "You know Jacob imprinted on me. I love him! It had to happen sooner or later!"

"You are four years old!" he shouted. "You're too young to be in love!" Edward yelled back at her.

"Oh, stupid technicalities!" she screamed. "In case you have noticed, I look fourteen!" She gestured to herself. "Jacob hasn't aged since he was sixteen! That's only two years difference. So what if he's technically nineteen! It's stupid!"

"You're still too young!" Edward told her, stubbornly. He wasn't going to be budging so easily. "He's too old for you."

"And what?" she asked incredulously. "Mom was seventeen and you were over a hundred when you got together!"

Bella reached out and gently touched Edward's shoulder. "Maybe she's right. We can let them have a chance. Jacob's not a bad guy."

Edward shook his head. "I have other reasons. They're two completely different species." He had a point there.

Tears were streaming down Nessie's face. "What about you and Mom? She was a human and you were a vampire. Hypocrite!" Touché.

Edward had nothing to say to this, so Carlisle interjected. "She's right, Edward. I could've told you what you're telling Nessie. But I didn't because I knew it would all work out. I could see that you truly loved her. She made you happier than I ever saw you."

"Edward?" Erin spoke up before he had time to reply to Carlisle. "Please don't punish Nessie. It was my idea. She really does love him. I know you can see that. So, put away whatever bad feelings you have towards Jacob. That's all in the past. You have to move on. For Nessie." I'd never seen a braver girl. She was amazing.

"Edward?" Bella asked, watching him closely, carefully.

"Dad?" Nessie asked edging closer to her father.

He looked to Jacob, his eyes locked on his. "I suppose I was… wrong." he said, remaining calm. "I shouldn't have been so… harsh. I will allow it, but I will be watching you closely."

Nessie slammed her father into a hug. "Oh, thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I knew you would understand!" She then let go and ran into Jacob's arms.

Just then, Esme peeked her head in. " Are you all finished talking in here? Is it time to start the party now?"

Edward looked at Ness and Jacob, frowning slightly. "Yes, I think we're finished here."

"Come on." I said, speaking up for the first time. "I'm starved."

"Me too." Erin and Jacob chimed in simultaneously.

The rest of the party went smoothly. Nessie loved her presents and everyone exclaimed at what Erin had made for her. Nessie sat next to Jacob the whole time, holding his hand. I never knew Jake could smile so much. He was actually... pleasant for a change.

After the party was over, Erin and I walked to her house in silence. However, before I left her, she turned to me and said, "I'm glad I helped Nessie today."

I nodded. "Yeah, I think she's much happier."

She stared at me for a second before saying, "Hey, in case I haven't said it enough, I love you, Seth." Then she kissed me briefly on the lips and walked off, leaving me very happy.

I just might have the single greatest girl in the universe.

Another chapter, completed. Sorry it took so long. Next chapter is when Erin's friend, Kendra, comes to visit. It should be pretty interesting. ;) Updating soon, hopefully.