Ok i've been having a huge writers block. BUT thanks to ISABELLCLAIR, she helped me alot with this chapter. it's super long to make up for the lack of updates. Also, I know Ness' age is a bit off in my story, but that's okay...just pretend. ;) Also, to GothicPheonix: I will right Alice's reaction next chapter. She'll get her part lol. Don't worry.

Also: I switched from Ness' POV to Jacob's Midway. I know some of you hate that...sorry. ENJOY!

Chapter 37: Cooling Off

"Edward!" My mom's voice echoed throughout the house, before she darted over to me. "What's happened?" She looked around at everyone, before her eyes rested on Jacob's shaking figure. "Jake..."

I quickly pressed my hand into her neck, and updated her on everything. I watched her eyes widen before she glanced at my father, who nodded.

"Jasper, Emmett." He nodded to my Uncles, who slowly stepped aside so I could see Jacob again. His eyes were closed, and his shaking hadn't slowed. I had seen Jacob prepare to phase many times before, but this was one of the few times I couldn't understand why. There was no danger. It didn't make sense, for him to be so upset.

"Jake...it's okay." My mom put her palms forward, and she walked towards Jacob. I glanced at my dad, who watched intensely with his lips pierced. He knew Jake would never hurt mom, but he still looked like he wanted to snatch her and run for it. Jacob opened his eyes and stared sadly at my mom. He looked so lost. Something silently passed between them, but I didn't understand it.

"Bells...please." He whispered. His voice and face was filled with pain. I didn't understand. I thought he was upset? Jacob couldn't be hurt, nobody did anything to him. We were playing tea party one second, and the next, it looked as if he was going to crumble. This scared me, and the tears began to come faster, before a sudden sense of calm washed over me.

"Thanks, Jasper." My dad whispered. He picked me up, and we were walking. "How about we go for a walk?"

"But—" I started to object, but he silenced me with a finger to my lips.

"Don't worry. Jacob will be fine. Your mom is the best when it comes to calming him down." He turned around to walk out, and I looked over his shoulder to see my mom embrace Jacob in a tight hug.

But why is he so sad? Since we were drifting farther away from Uncle Jasper, the effects were wearing off. My bottom lip began to quiver again. I couldn't keep my emotions in check. I didn't trust my voice to speak out loud. My dad hesitated before answering.

"He...he was just hurt."

"Nahuel did this. He made Jacob mad." I was still young, but I wasn't stupid. Jacob seemed fine until Nahuel had came in. Jacob always seemed to get a bit tense around Nahuel. Does he not like Nahuel?

"He just thinks that Nahuel is...mean." My dad was choosing his words carefully, and it was all beginning to sound fishy. I crossed my arms and narrowed my eyes at him. I didn't need to repeat my suspicions aloud, since I knew he was reading my thoughts.

You guys have more things you've been hiding from me. I can tell.

"No, this is something you'll find out by yourself. When your—"

"—Older. I know." I huffed. Why can't you tell me now?

"You're not old enough."

"I'm 7 years old. Almost 8." I countered.

"Technically, you're not even 3, sweetie." He winked, kissing me on my cheek.

"Hmph." I sighed again, defeated.

"You need to eat, Nessie." My dad sighed again for the fifth time before sliding the plate infront of me again.

"I'm not hungry." I shook my head, and wrinkled my nose at the plate of food.

"Ness…" He pleaded.

"I wanna talk to Jake and Momma." I repeated for the numerous time.

"I've already told you, Ness, they'll be back." He replied. He was growing frustrated, I could tell. I could hear it in his voice. Everything had died down a bit. My Uncles were the first to come out of my room, to report that my mom had everything under control. But she and Jake hadn't come out immediately after them. Instead, they talked and talked. Nobody would let me talk to them. Then, they got up, and decided to go for a walk. I was surprise that my father agreed to it. He wasn't comfortable with it, though. Now it was hours later, and they had yet to come back.

"But when?" I pressed, getting impatient. "What if something is—"

"Nothing is wrong. They are near the house hon. I can hear their thoughts. They are both safe."

It's getting late, Dad. It had been a couple of hours. How long could they talk? What could possibility take that much time to talk about? When my father hadn't answered me, I glanced over at him, to see him frown.

"I know…" he sighed, before flipping out his cell phone. He let it ring, before handing it to me. My mom picked up on the third ring.

"Momma!" I said into the earpiece.

"Hey sweetie, are you okay?" She sang into the phone.

"Yea. Well, no. When are you coming home? How's—" I tried to catch it, but my yawn came out mid sentence. "—Jacob?"

"We're fine. I'm sorry we went for such a long walk. We had some very important stuff to talk about. I think it's time for you to go to bed."

"No! I'm not sleepy. I want you guys to come back home, you've been gone all day, momma!" I whined. This wasn't fair.

"I'll tell you what. We're on our way back right now. We'll see you soon." She replied.

I squealed excitedly before handing the phone back to my father. He grunted at whatever my mother was telling him, before finally agreeing to whatever she was asking him.

"What's wrong?" I asked him, when he got off the phone.

"Well," he sighed, before getting up. "I have very strict orders to make sure you stay up until your mother and Jacob get back."

"That'll be easy." I grinned at him. "Because I'm already up!" I giggled at my own joke.

"Your mother also said that I should put in a movie for you to watch, so you'll have something to do until she gets here. Now there's no point in—"

"Pirates!" I cheered. I couldn't believe I didn't think of it. No matter how bad I wanted to see my mom and Jacob, I wouldn't give up the chance to watch my favorite movie.

Ten minutes later my dad and I settled into the couch to watch Pirates of the Caribbean. I was knocked out before the credits came on.

[Jacob's POV]

"Jake...it's okay." Bella whispered. She had her palms out, unlike Jasper and Emmett who were in a defense stance. As if I was going to attack at any second. Behind her, Edward was watching carefully. Probably thinking the same thing. I would never hurt Bella or Ness. I couldn't. I didn't have it in me. My gaze swept over Renesmee, and her terrified eyes made it that much harder to calm down. The nerve of Nahuel! Just thinking of him…I took a deep breath to steady myself. I had to calm down. I had to calm down. Every time I looked at Ness, I could picture Nahuel's hands on her…

"Bells…please." I whispered. I just wanted this to stop. The pain. I couldn't control who she was with or the life she choose. But I'd rather it be anyone but that basterd!

"How about we go for a walk?" I tried to pay attention to what Edward was saying to Ness, but it was very hard to concentrate. I figured if she wasn't in the room, it would help. Of course, Edward already thought that through.

Thanks. I told him. He nodded discreetly at me, while Ness was glancing up at him instead of me. I watched as he picked her up to walk out. She glanced at me once more before they turned the corner and she was out of sight. Immediately, I felt a sense of sadness that was ten times worse than the anger. My shoulders slumped and I fell to my knees.

"Is he okay?" Emmett whispered. Why the hell was he whispering? Did he not know that everyone in this room could hear him? What kind of sense did that make?

"He's calming down…but I think he heard you." Jasper said, in a normal tone voice. I continued to stare at the ground and grimace, but said nothing.

"Jacob." Bella sighed. She knelt down beside me, and rested a hand on my shoulder. It was then I realized the convulsions had stopped completely.

"You guys can go now. He's good." She said to her bodyguards.

"Bella, I'm not sure Edward—"

I glanced up in time to see Bella cut Jasper a look that dared him to continue his sentence. I smiled. It was nice to know that Bella still wouldn't take any crap from anyone who wanted her to stay away from me. She never listened to Edward when he told her to stay away. Did they honestly think she'd listen now? I snorted. I had to bite my lip to keep from laughing at the thought. I was glad to have my Bells.

"What's so funny?" She raised an eyebrow and glanced down at me.

Jasper hissed softly before narrowing his eyes at me. "He's feeling…smug."

"Smug?" Bella repeated, tilting her head.

I couldn't contain myself any longer, and the laughter erupted. "He's just mad," I managed to say to her. "I was thinking…you never listened about staying away from me when you were human. You wouldn't listen to them now." I shook my head before laughing again.

"Ha." She smiled and laughed too. "You're right."

"I bet I could get you to." Emmett countered with a smirk of his own.

Bella rolled her eyes in response. "Whatever. You two can leave now. We're all good here. Tell Edward and Ness we'll be out soon."

They nodded before walking out. I pulled myself up from my knees to sit Indian style on the floor, and leaned on the bed. Bella sat on Ness' bed and put her fist under her chin and stared down at me. Her face had a reproachful look on it.

"Aw, come on. Don't fuss me out. It wasn't my fault this time, Bells!" I shook my head. Not ready to hear her yell at me again like last time.

"I'm not going to yell at you, Jake." She smiled, which confused me even more. Taking her hand, she began to run her fingers through my hair. "You know something?"

"What?" I asked, closing my eyes and leaning my head on the side of the bed.

"I never thought I'd have to tell my best friend not to be jealous of my daughter."

"Hm." I nodded. "But yet here we are. Crazy, huh?" I chuckled.

"But seriously Jake." The tone her in voice made me glance up at her. She was frowning down at me. "You have to let her make her own decisions…and, you have to understand that there will be other guys. Maybe now it's Nahuel…in a few years, it could be a college boy."

I growled at the thought of some sex-crazed immature asshole trying to be with Renesmee.

"Jake."

"I'm fine."

"You know you scared her today…"

I sighed. Another apology I'd have to make to her. "Yeah…I know…I just…ah! I keep screwing up, Bells!"

"No. You keep letting Nahuel get to you. That's the real problem." She said solemnly. I knew she was right, so there was no point denying it.

"You just don't get it…what if some girl…what's their names again? Your human friends? Jessica. Yeah. What if Jessica made snotty remarks about Edward. What would you do?"

I heard her teeth ground together. "That's different."

"Is not."

"Yes it is."

"No it's not."

"Jacob!" She snapped. "We aren't talking about me!"

"Alright, alright. Jeez."

We spend a while talking about the old days. Neither of us really noticed the time, until my stomach growled.

"Esme can make you something to eat." Bella said.

"I think there's some sandwiches in the fridge still. I'll just grab one of those. I need to go for a nice run…I need to cool off."

"I thought that was the point of us talking for so long." She replied.

"I know, but still."

"Jake. Don't go looking for trouble." She warned me.

I gave her a crooked smile. "Trouble? Me? Come onnn."

"I'm coming with you."

"No."

She raised her chin. "Yes."

I smiled again, reminding her of something else. "Edward would never let you."

She narrowed her eyes at me.

Ten minutes later, we were walking outside. Bella decided to hunt, since she was already out. We stayed close enough to where Edward could hear out thoughts. We knew Ness was probably growing impatient. She had been anxious before we even left the house.

"Hey sweetie, are you okay?" Bella asked Ness.

She paused, before grimacing at me.

"We're fine. I'm sorry we went for such a long walk. We had some very important stuff to talk about. I think it's time for you to go to bed."

I could practically see Ness' reaction, and shook my head. There was no way she's going to go sleep without seeing us all day.

"I'll tell you what. We're on our way back right now. We'll see you soon." Bella said. She waited for a second before speaking again. "Yeah. Just put in a movie for her…Pirates of the Carribbean—Edward don't start. Put it in, and she'll be out like a light before we get there."

I laughed when she got off the phone. "That's never going to work."

"How much you wanna bet?" She smiled.

"Are you serious?" We were about 10 minutes from the house.

"It'll work like a charm."

The more I thought about it, the more I was sure she was right. Which made me groan. "Aww, why did you do that? Do you know how mad she's going to be in the morning?"

"Aha!" She laughed hysterically.

"What's so funny?" A voice asked.

Immediately my hands clenched into fist. I closed my eyes and breathed in deeply. I would not let him get the best of me again. Bella's cold fingers slid down my arm, before squeezing my wrist slightly. She looked at Nahuel and shrugged.

"Nothing. What are you doing out here?" She asked him.

He gave her a smile, before tightening it slightly and glancing at me. "I wanted to check on you two. I wouldn't want anything to happen to you guys."

"We're fine." I managed to say.

"Just double checking…" He nodded, before turning around to head in the direction of the house. He took a couple of steps before turning around again. "Oh yea, and by the way…earlier, you should really learn how to take a joke."

Everything happened very quickly. Edward was there…and then Bella was gone. Everyone else disappeared, except me and Nahuel. I saw my fist collide with his face, before I felt myself shift into a giant wolf, right on top of the basterd.

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