Chapter 37: What A Jerk (Jake & Nessie's POV)

Jacob:

Loosing Nessie over her doubts was one thing, but knowing she had slept with another man was more than I could take. I let the depression take me for awhile, but somewhere in my random thoughts I convinced myself that Tae was evil and had coerced her somehow with his vampire powers. My mind conjured up more crazy thoughts of Tae and his evil plot to destroy the Cullen's, something straight out of a comic book.

I flung my bedroom door open stomping into the kitchen to find Billy wheeling around cooking breakfast for Seth once again. He was sprawled out on the couch like he owned the place.

"Hey, Jacob. What's up man?" he said as I shrugged my shoulders.

I took notice of his shoes on the coffee table and he quickly put them back on the floor.

"I'm fine. You here just for the food, Seth, or is there something going on with the pack?"

"No." he stuttered. "I-"

"Oh, I get it." I shook my head. The whole pack had watched what I saw last night while I was in wolf form. They figured I was drowning in my sorrows and sent the little mutt to check on me. How thoughtful, I winced at him.

Seth rattled on and on about everything that had happened in the last week as we sat down together. I'm sure Seth had already filled him in on last night's episode.

"Just for the record, she still loves me." I mumbled.

Billy smiled as he unfolded his napkin and laid it across his legs, "Then why aren't you doing something about it?"

Seth finally stopped rambling and just waited for my response. I looked at the fresh scrambled eggs on my plate, accompanied by two slices of wheat toast and one piece of bacon. It smelled good, but all I could think about was Tae and Nessie. I'm sure it wasn't what he meant, but I stormed out the door determined to rip something to shreds. I heard him shout a few times, but my mind was made up.

I burst through the Cullen's door not bothering to knock. By this point I was heaving and seething with anger. The scrawny red head just sat there in the recliner like he was the Pope, perfectly innocent of all wrong doing.

"I'm going to rip you to shreds!" I growled through my teeth heaving in the stinky vampire air.

Tae stood slowly while Edward and Bella came between us. Edward had his hands up to settle me like I was some child having a temper tantrum.

"Jake, what's going on?" Bella asked.

I was screaming at Edward in my head,

At least she'll acknowledge that something's wrong. You prefer to live in denial, just like when you left Bella years ago. I'm starting to think your a real screw up! The Almighty Edward isn't so smart after all. Can you not see Tae's deception? Are you blind, man?

"That scum over there slept with your daughter and is trying to poison her." I said with a crooked smile. I wanted him to know that he wasn't fooling me in the slightest. I watched his eyes and facial expression, but he didn't respond. He looked lifeless, exactly what he was; an empty shell trying to take my Nessie away. He was an easy target in my book. He's just a docile little thing waiting to die, I thought.

"I think you need to take a walk and settle down, Jake. Have you been wearing your pants too tight? Or is this just jealousy? You told her she could see other people and now your freaking out about it." Bella said sarcastically.

"Ask him." I said pointing to Tae.

"Edward, Bella." he began with a laugh, "Renesmee and I have done nothing of the sorts." he said in perfectly clear English. My eyes widened at the African boy who barely spoke English. Even Edward took note of the quality of his wording.

"Your English is really improving." Edward said suspiciously. Tae just smiled pulling out an English-Venda translation book.

"I've been practicing non stop since I met her, you, all of you." he continued to correct over and over.

"Yeah." I smirked, "Since you took advantage of her." I growled. Bella hissed slapping my wrist.

"We'll ask Nessie about this when she gets back and then you can drop this, right?" Edward said with his eyes furrowed. Denial. I repeated in my head.

"I already talked to Nessie about this. She told me herself." I smiled proudly forgetting what I was saying and to whom. Bella gasped covering her mouth and staring at Edward completely crushed. Edward looked at me disappointed.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to break the news to you like this. I just wanted to prove that that thing over there is dangerous and shouldn't be trusted."

"What about you?" Tae said attempting to break his English, but it was too obvious. "Nessie told me that you were the only boy she slept with. In Africa I believe it was?" he said with a wide smile.

Again, Bella gasp grabbing Edward's arm in disbelief. Tae and I was slowly destroying Nessie and she would blame me. Tae would be the innocent one once again, the one to hold her while she was heart broken. I growled realizing I couldn't kill him this easily. They would all know and Ness would never forgive me. I had to wait and give it time and hope that she would not fall for any more of his spells. I should have stayed home and ate my breakfast and thought things through. When it comes to Ness, I seem to always screw things up.

"Get out of my house!" Bella screamed. Edward was thinking about the reality that his daughter had had sex, and not just with me either. His innocent, sweet little girl wasn't pure in his eyes anymore. I backed out the front door staring at Tae. I refused to let him win. He's all mine one of these days, when he least expects it. I know, cliché, but I will get him.

Nessie:

I had had my tea this morning and went to visit grandma and grandpa. I used to spend time with them like this all the time, but since my trip to Africa its been nothing but chaos.

We sat together in the living room just talking and catching up, without any medical questions. Grandma combed and braided my long hair.

"I can't believe how dark your hair is." she said, "but I like it, something different." she smiled.

"I like it too. I guess it'll change back when I'm cured." I said sadly.

"Well, you can dye it if you like it that much. Honestly, I prefer the blonde hair, but this is lovely too."

"Are we going to talk about hair the entire time?" Grandpa smiled.

"No. You know who I think is really cute?" I said perking up.

They both rolled their eyes as I began to chatter about the new boy in my life. It was no secret after all. I had no idea that Jacob was at the cottage this very moment destroying my lovely, secretive life to both my parents.

When I got back to the cottage, Dad and Taebhu were talking at the kitchen table. They had another cup of tea waiting for me. It seemed so quiet once I arrived. Mom came in and sat at the kitchen table. I wondered who died, because everyone seemed so solemn.

"Nessie, Jacob came by this morning." Dad began.

Tae got up and went out the front door. I thought it was strange since Mom and Dad never took their eyes off of me.

"I know you're a teenager now, your not a little child." he said swallowing some venom.

I nodded agreeing, but getting more and more worried. Dad was hiding his thoughts and Mom had her natural barrier up. Tae was silent as well when he left; they were all concentrating on other things intentionally so I wouldn't know what was coming.

"Spit it out, Dad. What's going on?"

"Jacob said you slept with Taebhu." he said uncomfortably.

My eyes widened in disbelief. I would kill that mutt as soon as this conversation was over.

"No. No killing anyone." Dad said shifting around. I could see that wasn't all.

"And?"

Mom took over, explaining the whole conversation; how Jake accused Tae and then Tae accused Jake. I was wishing I had the ability to cry, even fake tears would help.

"I'm sorry. It just happened." I confessed. It was better to just get it over with.

Mom reacted badly, as if she hadn't believed it yet until I spoke the words confirming it all. Maybe I should have played dumb and got away with it. Dad turned quickly on the bar stool next to me. His whole body was shifted to face me now, "I thought I raised you better than this. Not only did you have sex-"

"Dad!" I blushed.

"No, Ness!" he said raising his voice, "You had sex with those boys. What? Is it too dirty to say the words, but not dirty to do it with them?"

"Dad?" I shook my head, "I'm sorry." I repeated.

"Just take your tea to your room and stay there until we come and get you." he said furious.

I couldn't believe Jake had done this too me. What a jerk, I thought. I could hear Mom and Dad talking in the living room. Mom was talking about the bonfire and how Tae and I had disappeared several times throughout the night. At first we were just messing around. We kissed rolling around in the hot sand. I insisted that we return so no one would be suspicious. At first, I worried that he would think I was a slut, I even told him so, but he said he could never see me like that. I all but melted right there in his arms as he described me as a smart, beautiful, young lady. He whispered into my ear that I was the sexiest creature he had ever laid eyes on.

By the third time out in the sand, it just happened. He tasted so good and felt so soft. Before I knew it we both had out shirts off and I remember the texture of the sand against my bare back and the silky feel of his chest against mine. I peeked at the stars from time to time thinking about how wonderful making love felt. I ignored the nagging thoughts that pounded at the back of my skull, like the fact that this was wrong. I knew better than this, I did. Mom and Dad said good girls waited until they were married.

I told myself in the beginning that it was just kissing, but it was too hard to resist him. He was my chocolate covered strawberry's, my hot fudge sundae with nuts, even better, my warm, pure, human blood. My hands raked his back as I held back the desire to scream out in pleasure. I threw my empty tea cup across the room watching it smash into the freshly painted wall. I wasn't good anymore. They would all just have to live with that.