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A Gift

(Tess POV)

The weekend flew by fast. Renee took photos of every moment. My first breakfast there, my first swim, even one time she caught me and Jacob kissing out by her car. It was a little stalker-y, but I knew she just wanted to capture every moment she had with me.

"Have a good flight! Renee called Jacob finished unloading our suitcases from the car.

I hugged her as Jake shook Phil's hand. We switched and I hugged Phil while Renee kissed Jacob's cheeks. We pulled away and Renee kissed my cheek.

. . .

We were waiting at the gate again, this time with hot dogs and pretzels. "Hey, so... your mom mentioned something..." He said, leaning closer to me.

"What?"

"She said... you're gifted... in a special way..."

"Like what?"

"She said... a month before her and Bella left... Charlie was downstairs with my dad... they were talking with – and about – Bella when she got home. Charlie told her that you and me were upstairs, taking a nap. But when she went upstairs to check on us... She... only found me in the crib. She went to pick me up, and she bumped something... And then, you... appeared, out of nowhere. You just... were there."

"Wait – So... I was... invisible?"

He paused for a second, contemplating what he was going to say, "... Yeah... I think so... And..." He choked. I looked up at him, he was about to burst into tears. "Some of the vamps have abilities like that, and... and that might mean... the leeches might want... to... to – " Tears started flooding down his cheeks, "I don't want them to... take you from me!"

"Oh, Jake, no... don't cry..." I said, wiping the tears from his face, "I won't ever... give them the chance to hurt me." I rubbed his arm, which calmed him down enough to stop crying.

"I... can't... lose you," He said, pulling me into his lap, "Not ever."

"Then you won't. Jake, you won't! I will always be here, right next to you..." I kissed him, first on the forehead, then the nose, both tear-stained cheeks, and finally, the lips.

He smiled, and the man at the desk announced our flight.

. . .

When I got home, I was tired as hell. Charlie was asking how it went, but I was almost too tired to talk.

"I'll tell you tomorrow..." I told him as I dragged myself to my room. I change into my pjs and flopped onto my bed.

That was the first night I slept without Jacob next to me in the past three months.

. . .

I woke up to the sound of my phone ringing. I groggily picked up.

"Hey, babe." Jacob said.

"Oh, hi," I coughed, kind of confused, "What's up?"

"I... just wanted to say, I'm sorry..."

"Uh... for what? You didn't do anything wrong... Did you?"

"Sorry for not... being there, last night. I just... I got home, unpacked... I sat down for a minute, and then – "

"Babe, Jake – it's o-kay! It's actually... probably, good for us to get some separation from eachother..."

"... Really? You're not... mad?"

"No! I mean, we both practically passed out once we got home..."

"... Okay... Yeah... I love you."

"Heh. I love you, too."

"Bye."

And we hung up.

I sighed and laid back on the bed. Clearing my mind, I got up, and thoughtlessly walked up to Bella's room, my feet totally silent.

I opened the door. And gasped.

Edward. Cullen.

He and Bella were cuddling in her bed.

"What. The fuck. Is going on here?" I yelled.

Fuck, Charlie already left.

No. NO! This douchebag – leech – can not be here!

I have to get –

"Good to see you know who I am..." I looked at him, startled. "You know I can read thoughts, right?" He said in a silky tone.

Oh, well, then, I won't have to tell her what I think of you.

"And what is that, exactly?"

You're an asshole. You dumped my sister for no fucking reason, and left her to be super depressed, without any calls or anything. And now you think you can just pop up and act as though nothing has happened? I know what she was like while you were gone, leech. You don't deserve her.

"So... You know about us?" He said, completely ignoring my other accusations.

No shit, Sherlock. My boyfriend is kind of a werewolf.

"Oh, really? May I ask who?"

I'm not telling you shit about my personal life. Why are you even here? Do you know what you put her through?

"Yes... I do... And I am... indescribably regretful.

Regret can't – won't – change anything.

"Who even are you?"

Like you don't already know. You can read fucking minds, she probably told you already.

"... I can't... read her mind." He replied.

I scoffed. "I'm her sister."

"Sister? She's an only child – she doesn't have any siblings... By blood, at least."

"No, Edward..." Bella interrupted – for the first time. "She's telling the truth. We are related, by blood."

He honestly looked shocked.

Like a skinny-ass pig waiting for an apple to be put in his mouth...

"I – " He squinted his eyes, "Don't... like you..."

"Edward!" Bella exclaimed.

"No, Bella. I don't like him either." I said, turning on my heel and slamming the door.

Prick.

I chuckled as I heard him gasp.

. . .

I pulled up to Jake's house, got out, and knocked on the door.

Billy answered, "Hello, Tess! How are you?"

"Eh... I'm... not good. I need to talk to Jake – plus, you should know, Cullen is back – the mind reader." I clarified.

Billy blinked several times, registering what I had said. "The Cullens are back? I'll notify – wait."

"What?"

"Jake isn't here – he's with the rest of the pack... They should be stopping at Emily's in..." He looked at the kitchen clock, "Around thirty minutes... I need you to tell Sam about the Cullens..."

"Alright... I'll be there in ten." I said.

"What do you need to talk to him about?"

I had started walking back to my truck, but now I stopped and turned. "It's... personal."

"Tess... You can tell me anything. You're like a daughter to me, you know that."

"No, really... it's nothing big..." I said, hopping into my truck.

It's not like I have some super power or something...

. . .

I pulled into Emily's driveway and jumped out of my truck. Emily opened the door to her house and hugged me.

"Tess! How've you been? How was the whole 'visit to your mother' thing?" She asked.

"I'm good, the trip was amazing, how're you?" I replied ecstatically.

"Well, come inside, tell me everything!"

I recounted everything to her while we waited for the pack to get there.

Emily was backing muffins and cooking several whole chickens in the over, when finally, the pack arrived. Only, there were three new members.

Quil, not so surprisingly, but the two others...

Seth and Leah Clearwater.

"Leah?!" I exclaimed, getting up from the table and running to hug her.

"Tess?" She replied. Her hair was short, a little shorter than mine.

"Hey! I haven't seen you in a couple months!" I said.

"I know!"

After a few minutes, we were all sitting down at the little table. Jake was on one side of me, Seth on the other. Leah was across from me.

"So," I asked, "When did you guys phase?"

"Around when our – " Seth started, looking over at Leah, who was clearly uncomfortable. "When our dad died..."

"Oh..." I said, dropping my gaze to the table. "I'm sorry for your loss..."

"It's alri – " Seth started.

"My fault." Leah said, cutting him off. "He was too shocked by my phasing, he – "

"Leah..." I interrupted, "It's not your fault... It'd only be anyone's fault if they purposely did something to cause his heart-attack."

"But I did! I phased right in front of him!"

"Could you control your phasing at the time?" I asked. She looked down. "Look," I continued, "I'm sorry you think that. I'm here whenever you need to talk. You have my number." I stood up and pulled Jake upstairs.

"What?" He asked as I close the door to the spare bedroom. He sat down on the edge of the bed.

"I want to experiment – "

He raised his eyebrow playfully.

"No, idiot!" I pushed his arm, "With this... power I apparently have..."

He chuckled. "Okay, what would you like to do?"

"Well, I searched up a bunch of techniques, from books, actual people, et cetera. So... lemme try something..."

I tried several techniques... They all failed.

"Urgh!" I groaned as I plonked heavily onto the edge of the bed. "Why can't I just... make it work?!"

"Babe, you can't – wait." He cocked his head to the side, like a little puppy, "Why don't you try that?"

"What, just... think and it'll work?" I scoffed.

"I mean... yeah..." He put a hand on my knee, "It might just work."

I sighed. "Okay. Fine."

I stared at my hand.

Disappear!

Turn invisible!

C'mon!

My hand suddenly... wasn't there. I touched the dresser behind me. I could still feel things... It just... wasn't visible.

I gasped and stared at my arm. It disappeared.

This. Is now... so fucking cool.

Of course it is! We can turn invisible.

Slowly, I thought of my whole body disappearing, and it did. All that was left were my clothes.

Jake stood up and poked my shirt. "Hey!" I yelped, slapping the back of his hand.

"Jeez-us!" He exclaimed, pulling his hand away at a blur.

"Just because I'm invisible doesn't mean I don't feel anything!" I said, getting up. "I wonder..." I touched my shirt.

It immediately turned invisible.

I touched my pants, making them invisible. I was now totally invisible. I picked up a bowl of mints from the dresser and waved it around, singing, "Ooo!"

"Heh... If I didn't know who that was, and if you weren't singing, I would be creeped out." He chuckled.

"Pfft." I chuckled.

"How do you make yourself visible again?"

"I'm guessing... I just do the same thing?"

I didn't even have to look this time. I just... appeared.

"It's good to see your face again," Jake said, getting up and walking towards me as I set the mint bowl back down. Jake put his hands on my hips and kissed my forehead. "Bella knows I'm a werewolf..." He whispered.

"What? She does?" I exclaimed, backing into the dresser.

"Yeah... She tried to see me while we were gone. Sam and the pack were there, going to tell Billy about their findings... She got pissed, and punched Paul in the face... He phased, but Sam calmed him down before anything happened. They took her here and explained."

"Wow..."

"But, what I was getting at... is... I want her to know that we're dating..." He whispered.

I sighed.

We want her to know.

But she's into him! Especially after Edward broke –

He's back, though! They're back together now!

But...

No! No 'buts!'

Well, I mean... I guess since Ed-dick is back – "

" – Wait. Ed-dick Fuck-him is back?"

I chuckled. "I see you call him the same nickname I do... But, yeah... I found them upstairs... talking... in her bed."

He scoffed. "Whatever."

"... Don't you... care?" I asked, furrowing my brow questioningly.

His face softened. "Yeah, I care." I looked down.

Great. He still likes her.

No, maybe he –

"But, I only care," He tilted my head up, "Because she's your sister, she lives in the same house as you, which means... You could have gotten hurt." He shook his head, "I can't let that happen..." He stroked my cheek as he pulled me closer. Our noses touched. We gazed into eachothers eyes as he drew my face closer and kissed me.

. . .

Jacob was driving me home. We had brought the pack up to speed after our... yeah. I was rather surprised by his self-control... We'd gone a little bit further than normal. But, I made sure to slow down before we got too... 'into it.' But Jake had kept his promise, he hadn't pressured me into anything I wasn't comfortable with.

As we pulled up to my house, I turned and kissed him. "See you tonight." I whispered, opened the door.

"Wait!" He said, leaning over and slamming the door shut, almost as quick as I opened it. "There's a vampire."

"How do you know?"

"I can smell it. I'm getting you out of here." He started the truck.

"Bella's in there! She could get hurt!"

"I don't care, you're my imprint, not her. I have to protect – "

I slammed the door shut, running up to the house.

"Tess! Tess!" Jake called, sprinting up to me, grabbing my and turning me towards him. "Look, the Cullens are back, that means I can't protect you here."

I bit my lip.

We have to make sure she's safe!

But we can't just leave Jacob out here!

The treaty says –

"Can't you come in with me?" I asked.

"No, the treaty says – " He started.

"The treaty says, 'You can't attack one of the Cullens,' and if it is one of them, 'If they attack a human, the treaty is broken.' So, you can – in fact – come with me." I said, grabbing his arm and pulling him inside.

We searched the first floor – and part of the second – together. The only room we hadn't checked was Bella's bedroom.

"Stay. Behind. Me." Jacob said, pushing me behind him.

The door opened.

Edward was standing there, with Bella sitting on the bed behind him.

"Jacob?" She exhaled, getting up, "Why are you here?"

"I was dropping Tess off and I smelled..." He looked Edward up and down, "Him."

"Look..." Edwards said calmly, stepping forward, "I would like to start over, if not with both of you, then at least with Tess."

"It's Ms. Swan to you." Jake said defensively.

I sighed. "Jake... Maybe... We should at least consider it." I said, moving around his big build.

Edward inhaled deeply. "You smell... very similar to your sister."

Jacob glared at him and stepped in front of me, "Not. Another. Step, Cullen." He growled.

Edward's eyes widened. He'd obviously read Jacob's thoughts.

"What? What is he thinking?" Bella asked, walking up behind Edward.

"You... impri... imprin..." He was suddenly out of breath, "You... imprinted... on her?"

"Wait, wha – " Bella started, but stopped, remembering something, probably something Sam had told her about imprinting. "So..."

"It's a wolf thing." Jacob started to explain, "We don't have any control over it... It only happens after we phase for the first time..." He paused, "I imprinted on Tess the night of the movie..."

"What does imprinting do?" She asked. Sam obviously hadn't told her a lot.

"It creates a... a special bond between the wolf and the imprint... It shows the wolf their soulmate."

"Wait, so... you're his girlfriend?!" Bella exclaimed, moving to face me.

I bit my lip, "Yeah... I – We were going to tell you, but... Edward was gone, and..."

She looked down and shook her head. "It's okay, I guess... I just... wish you would've told me sooner..." She wrapped her arms around me in a big hug, and I felt Jacob flinch next to me.

I knew it was probably a lot to handle, seeing your mortal enemy's girlfriend hug your girlfriend... But, we're sisters...

A/N: Double digits and the first of October? Talk about special day, man! Anyways, this is probably the longest chapter I've written in this fanfic yet, so... Yeah. Leave a review, I enjoy finding new ones, and I hope you enjoyed it!