5. Nothing Good Can Come Out of This

I was channel surfing when Nessie came out of the shower.

"Hey Jake." She said in an animated tone. Nessie's voice was so excited that I had to look at her. I saw her looking at me, eyes wide with anticipation.

"Hi Renesmee."

Nessie leaped onto the bed I was lying on and started crawling to me. She cuddled next to me, she usually did this when she was cold. I wrapped my arm around her to help the warming process move along quicker. She snuggled deep into my side. I sighed in content. I could do this for a long long time.

I heard her heart beat faster than normal, well normal for her. It was thudding so fast I thought it might thud right out of her chest.

"Are you okay Nessie?" I looked at her full of concern.

Her heart slowed down a tad bit. "Yeah I'm just cold."

"Okay well I can fix that." I pulled her tighter in and wrapped my other arm around her.

Her heart sped up even more. "Nessie your heart…I don't think holding you is working."

"It probably would work better if…" She stopped speaking.

"Nessie it would work better if what?"

"Well you know what they say." She said quietly.

"No I don't know. What do they say Ness?"

"You know, survival tip number one."

"What? Make sure not to play in the yellow snow." I joked, cracking a smile when I made eye contact with her.

She looked deep into my eyes. "No. The best way to get warm is if you're naked."

I smiled and started laughing but she didn't. When I composed myself I saw her cheeks were flushing a beautiful shade of pink. I put my arms around her again. "You were serious."

"Yes, I was serious" She said as she pushed herself away from me. "That's what you're supposed to do in survival situations when you're cold." She looked disappointed.

"Ness you are completely one-hundred percent right. That's what they tell you to do in those survival shows."

She huffed and then smiled mischievously. "Want to try it?"

What was up with Nessie today? She had turned completely lunatic. Didn't she know I was twenty-three and she I was six. That was sick, I was no pervert. I was her protector and best friend "Nessie-" I began but then noticed her hair was drenched and still dripping.

"Honey, Nessie, please dry your hair baby, your going to catch a cold."

She sat up and moved away from my arm and turned her body towards me."Okay, first of all I will not catch a cold my immune system is very high and second, I am not a baby. Look at me. She hopped off the bed and I looked at her. Her bronze hair when wet reached to the top of her hips. Then I saw she was wearing tiny powder blue shorts that barely covered anything more than her underwear. Her legs were fully exposed. She was also wearing a little skimpy cherry tank top that complimented her blushing cheeks. Her clothes were so revealing, no wonder she was cold. She was basically naked.

"Put some clothes on Nessie before you freeze your ass off."

"I am wearing clothes! Can't you see them?"

"Barely, I mostly see your skin. I hope you don't wear these clothes in front of other people. That would be inappropriate."

"Well I think I am covered up enough. All my private parts are hidden. Anyways I wore these pajamas last week when you were gone, Nahuel didn't seem to mind."

Nahuel! "Nahuel was here?" I growled his name. I was furious and Nessie knew that.

"Yeah, he was here for two days and two nights while you were gone. He slept in your room." I sniffed around my room. I could smell a faint smell that didn't belong to any vampires or Nessie. It was Nahuel. I sustained a growl from ripping out of my chest. I despised him. I hated him from the deepest part of my core. I should have been able to smell him from a mile away but I couldn't. "Mom and Dad cleaned your room so you wouldn't be able to smell him." She said with a taunting smile that made me angry. My hands started to shake but I calmed myself down before I got out of control.

"Why in hell was he here?" I asked her trying to control my voice but I couldn't. That creature had slept in my bed and in my room. I was pissed.

"He wanted to see me." She said with a smile on her face. It was a cruel smile that made my heart sink.

"He wanted to see you. Why?" I hissed through my teeth.

"I don't know…something about how he missed me" She said nonchalantly while twirling a lock of her wet hair. It pissed me off how she didn't care about this conversation as much as I did.

I got off the bed on the opposite side of where she was and I just looked at her. She was still paying more attention to her hair than she was to me. "Nessie, what the hell? Look at me!"

"No."

I quickly realized we were having our first fight. We disagreed before but they would blow off in a matter of seconds and they never ever made me tense and genuinely angry.

"Nessie please look up at me." I pleaded with her trying to take all the malice out of my voice.

She looked up at me.

"Why did he come to visit?" I asked again hoping I would get a different answer.

"I told you he wanted to see me."

"But why?" I returned.

"He wanted to see how I was doing with my progress and how far along I was."

The hairs on the back of my neck rose as I realized what his intentions were. He was there to check out my Nessie. His intentions were clear he wanted to steal away the most important thing in my life for himself. That hybrid was a dead man. If he wanted my Renesmee, he would have to go through me. And that was a death wish.

Why would Nessie wear this outfit around Nahuel. Did she want to come across as provocative in front of Nahuel? I could only hope she didn't want or like him, because it was so obvious he wanted her. Why didn't Edward stop Nessie from dressing like that? He hated when Nessie wore clothes that were too short or too low, even more than I did. Then the thought occurred to me, maybe he didn't mind. Maybe, he wanted Nahuel and Nessie to be together. I cringed at the thought, I knew Edward didn't want me to be with his daughter, but I thought it was because no one would ever be good enough for his daughter. But Edward wanted Nahuel to be with his daughter. Was that possible? Did he think I was the only one not good enough for his daughter? I would perfect for her, despite the fact that I had already imprinted upon her. Did he really want someone like Nahuel for Nessie? I couldn't believe it. I fell back onto the bed.

Nessie saw the tortured look on my face and climbed back onto the bed where I lay. She wedged herself between my arm and my body. "I'm sorry Jake. Can we just forget what I just said and watch TV."

I grabbed the remote and started surfing through the channels until I saw a familiar movie playing. I was conscious of the TV playing but I was not paying attention. The longer I stayed in my room the more I wanted to get out. It didn't smell as bad as it had the last time I had slept here but the air still burned my noise. The longer I stayed lying on my bed the more potent Naheul's odor became. His scent was everywhere and overwhelming. His smell wasn't bad like a vampires but my body burned everytime I inhailed. I quickly realized this was a different kind of burn I was experiencing.

I woke up in the morning and saw Nessie was still nestled in my arms. She usually woke up earlier than I did. I wondered what alerted my senses to wake up. I heard the sounds of someone approaching, sounded like an Edward, smelled like an Edward, must be Edward. I quickly pushed Nessie away, though he already knew she slept in my arms. I was habit though, he got uncomfortable whenever Nessie and I were too close, even though my intentions were harmless. I still didn't see her the way everyone thought I did. I thought Edward of all people would understand this, since he could read my mind.

Quickly, Bella and Edward appeared in the doorway of my room. Bella knocked while Edward had already pranced into the room.

"Morning." I said.

Bella seemed surprised. "Oh Jake you startled me. I wasn't sure you were awake yet but then you said 'Morning' so loudly in your deep voice it startled me. It broke the silence and I wasn't expecting that." Bella's facial expression looked like she would have blushed if she still could.

It was true. I wanted to be asleep right now but I couldn't. I too, was surprised by how strong my voice was even though I felt so groggy.

"Jacob, if you want to go back to sleep go right ahead, be my guest. Nessie is still dreaming." Edward said.

I just shook my head up and down, too groggy and sleepy to respond. I shut my eyes and I fell back asleep.

When I woke up again, the sun was up and lit the entire house. I guessed it would be a sunny day, what luck for the wedding. I rolled over to my side and saw Nessie was gone. Then I smelled food. How odd the Cullens never had cooked food in their house, seeing as they didn't need to eat. Maybe they got a kitchen installed since I'd been gone. I went into the front living room and saw paper bags with carry-out food items in them. They smelled good.

"Morning Jake!" Nessie screeched, while holding a giant breakfast burrito in her tiny finger.

"Hey! Morning Everybody!" I replied back.

"Glad to see you're up Sleeping Beauty." Bella joked to me. "We were asking Nessie how Thanksgiving went."

I sat on the floor next to Nessie and started eating my breakfast burrito. Nessie went on about all the details of the Thanksgiving dinner and I just nodded and smiled along with her. I noticed Bella's and Edward's eyes were a rich golden color and they barely had any noticeable dark circles underneath their eyes. They must have had a really good thanksgiving with the rest of their family. "How was your trip?"

Bella eyes widened with excitement. "Quite decent really, I caught a wildcat."

"Bella love, he was actually asking how our visit with the family was." Edward corrected.

"Oh." She laughed and continued. "It was great I got to see Alice, Esme, Carlisle, Emmett, Jasper, Rosalie, Tanya, Kate, Eleazar and Carmen." I could put faces to most of the names but who were Tanya, Kate, Eleazar, and Carmen. "Everyone sends their season's greetings to you guys and they wished you could have come." More like they only wished Nessie could have come. "Alice also bought you guys some clothes. They're in the bag over there."

I looked at the bag, it was from some store that I couldn't pronounce the name of without looking like an idiot. Just like Alice to get all fancy. "Does she even know my size? I'm pretty big."

"No I'm pretty sure they are the right size. Alice saw you wear them in a vision and I must say from what I saw they fit you quite nicely." Edward answered.

"Okay Edward I'm not gunna lie that but that was a little creepy man, coming from your mouth and all."

He just rolled his eyes and Bella and Nessie giggled. "Jake you should probably finish up eating and go put on the clothes Alice bought you. Same goes for you to Renesemee, mommy promised grandpa Charlie we would be there early to help."

I grabbed the bag and reached in for whatever Alice had bought me. "Hey Edward tell Alice I say thanks for the clothes."

"Sure thing." He said as he walked away with Bella into their room to get ready.

I pulled out a pink dress holding it up in the air. "This better not be for me."

"It's not." Nessie jumped and yanked it from my grasp. "It's mine and it gorgeous!" She nearly squealed as she then ran off to her room to get ready.

I reached down in the bag and grabbed whatever was left and walked to the bathroom to take a shower. After a long needed shower, I put on the clothes and to my surprise they fit perfectly. That didn't happen often. I would have to thank Alice in person. I went outside into the living room and saw Bella and Edward lounging on the couch as if they were human. They both turned their heads when they saw me.

"Wow. Jake you look really good." Bella said smiling at me up and down.

"Thanks." I said a little hesitant. Bella never gave me compliments like that. Except for that time when she called me beautiful but she just busted her head open on a rock so it didn't count.

"Told you it would fit, bud." 'Bud'? Why did Edward use that word. Maybe he was over whatever aversion he held over me in the past week. Well for whatever reason it was good to be his 'bud' again.

"It does fit pretty well and Bella, hun, thanks for telling me I look good. But I didn't need you to tell me that, I already knew that." I smirked at them both.

"Jacob Black you are the most egotistical person I will ever know." She threw a decorative pillow at me. It knocked the air out of my lungs and I fell backwards. Only a vampire could make a something so soft as a pillow hurt so much. I started coughing as I tried to regain my breath.

"Ha! That's what you deserve Jacob Black."

"Now that wasn't nice Bella using all your strength on him while he was in his human form. I'm not saying he didn't deserve it but" Edward trailed off looked my way and gave me a crooked smile. Within a second he pulled me up and I was standing straight up again. "Thought you could use a little assistance."

"thh…" I tried to say thanks but I couldn't get to the 'anks' part because I still didn't have enough air in me to speak.

" No problem Jacob." He said still with that smile of his upon his face. I didn't know whether he was laughing at me or whether it was a friendly smile. I guess it didn't matter though, I was standing up again after all.

When I finally regained my air I said, "I think I'm gunna go back to the bathroom I forgot my clothes in there."

"Too late Nessie is in there." Edward said with a hint of laughter in his voice.

"I thought she already took a shower today?" I asked confused.

"She did." Edward said looking at me with wide eyes and a smile on his face. Before I could respond back to him Nessie walked out of the bathroom.

"I can hear you guys from inside the bathroom." she said as she stomped off not looking at anyone of us.

"Okay well I guess the bathrooms free now." I walked in and grabbed my clothes. Most of the clothes weren't damp but the misty bathroom had gotten the tie I was supposed to wear today moist. Great, I got this stupid tie that was probably worth more than my entire wardrobe wet. I hoped it dried before anyone noticed it. I started to walk out of the bathroom when I caught myself in the mirror. I hadn't been able to see myself before, but now the mirror was no longer fogged and I saw myself clearly. Damn, I looked good. Bella was right. This fancy gray suit and white buttoned down shirt made me look sharp. I knew it would look better after I put on the tie. I walked out of the bathroom and threw my clothes in my room "Hey Bells wanna tie my tie for me?"

"You don't know how to tie a tie?" She asked incredulously.

"Nope, not really." I wasn't ashamed to admit it. The fanciest clothes I'd ever gotten was a clipon tie.

"Okay whatever just come over here." I smiled and rushed over to her and got on my knees. "Haha very funny Jake but next time you'll to tie your tie yourself."

"That's okay I don't plan on wearing a tie again." I smiled at her but then Edward muttered something about a wedding. " Well ya I guess if I go to anymore weddings I'll wear this but I don't think anyone else I know will be getting married anytime soon."

"What do you categorize as soon?" Edward asked. I tried to read his face but before I could answer Nessie came out of her room.

"The party can start now. I'm here!" She exclaimed with pure excitement.

She caught sight of me and her jaw dropped. But she quickly closed it and said, "Alice did a good job of picking that suit for you. You look really really…hot!"

"Thanks." I felt myself blush a little that sounded really strange coming from Nessie's mouth. I looked over her and saw she was wearing that pink dress. It only had a sleeve on one shoulder and it looked like it could have been a dress that just came off a runway. Either way she looked great in anything she wore so I returned the compliment. "You look pretty great yourself."

She smiled and then I saw she was wearing makeup. It didn't look bad on her but it was just a surprise. She never wore make up but I guess this was a special occasion so it shouldn't surprise me. It was a girl thing but still she didn't need that much or any.

"Honey you're wearing makeup!" Bella exclaimed in a joyous tone. "Your Auntie Alice would want to see you like this, it's a shame she's not here."

"Don't feel bad. Alice has already seen her wearing makeup." Edward said.

"Yeah, wrapped in my dress I found a bag full of makeup" Her eyes lit up as she explained the story. "There were so many things. I had to experiment with them all but then you guys wanted to use the bathroom so I had to rush out and stop trying all of them out." She ended her story in a sigh.

"But you look gorgeous honey. You're just growing up so fast." Bella said with a sentimental look on her face.

"Aw. Mommy I'm not growing up that fast remember Carlisle said my growing process has significantly slowed down and when we get back from the wedding you can help me experiment and learn how put on all this stuff." Nessie then gave her mom a hug. Edward watched them admiringly. I felt awkward intruding on their special family moment, so I walked outside the front door to wait for them.

They walked outside the door soon enough and we were off in Edward's silver Volvo to the wedding. When we arrived in the backyard wedding, we were greeted and rushed by Bella's mom, Renee. She was the opposite of what I imagined Bella's mom to be. She was frantic and loud while Bella was calm and quiet. Bella's stepdad was also there. I think his name was Paul. He seemed cool he counteracted Renee's crazyiness. Renee assigned Nessie and me to put out chairs then she left us in hurry to do some other task. I felt sorry that she didn't pay any more attention to Nessie did than she did to me. She had no clue that Nessie indeed was her blood and granddaughter. Edward and Bella thought it would be best if they introduced Nessie as Edward's long lost sister. Although it was sad Renee didn't know she had a granddaughter, I had to agree with their choice. Renee was just way to hectic. I don't think she wouldn't be able to handle the news of her granddaughter, who looked like the average sixteen year old. They had a good story though, Nessie did resemble her father a lot so it looked like they could be siblings.

When Renee was out of sight, Nessie turned around to look at me and smiled. "Want to race?" She asked with excited eyes. She always liked competition. It made her chores a lot more tolerable and now it was just a regular routine whenever she had to do chores.

"Sure." I replied. It made me happy to make her happy.

Then the race of the chairs began. I could have beaten her easily, but as always I let her win. Within five minutes all the white chairs were perfectly and strategically placed around the yard. Renee came back surprised to find Nessie and me playing chair tag. We had nothing else to do so Nessie and I just started running along the top of the chair seats and started to play tag. Renee was so surprised at how fast we worked that she didn't scold at us for running on the chairs. Instead she took us inside the house to where Seth and Leah were setting up tables for the reception later on after the ceremony. Seth was dressed sharply in a black suit. Of course I had to make fun of him. He then looked up at me and found he couldn't make any insult besides, "Well well well don't you look a fancy." Nessie laughed seeing Seth's attempt at an insult fail. Leah looked up and with a small smile forming at the rim of her mouth "You do look quite fancy. What do ya know, kid cleans up good."

"Alice bought me the suit and Nessie that dress." I said not ashamed.

Leah replied back. "That's cool. Raquel bought me this dress." She said while pointing down at her body with a smile. She was wearing a nice dress too. It was yellow and white and brought out the copper of her skin tone.

We went to work setting up the tables inside and putting the food on trays and platters. It was a lot easier to work when Renee and Phil were out of the room because their human speed brought our efficiency rate down. They were so slow and they made this so boring. Nessie and I compensated for the time loss by throwing trays at each other. The rules were as follows: the first one to get hit by a tray or drop it losses. It was a constant game that would be played whenever Phil turned his head away or walked out of the room. So even Seth joined in the game. I lost when I got double teamed and Seth pegged me in the back. I argued with him for bad sportsmanshipm but he didn't care. He called me a sore loser. Jacob Black was not a sore loser and so I let it pass by. In the end, Nessie beat Seth when he was distracted and talking to me. He accused me of foul play but I denied. "Stop being a sore loser." I used the same taunting voice he had used on me.

Everuthing was nearly set up and the crowd was staring to arrive. Since Charlie and Sue hung around with the same crowd they didn't have many people at the wedding just family, friends, counsil members and most of the pack. Most of Sue's girl friends were coincidently mothers of pack members. They were all familiar faces and faces I had seen before. Most of the faces had never seen Nessie or her family before so some stared in awe, while others instinctively took a step back from the Cullens whenever they walked by too close. Edward and Bella were too polite to everyone, in order to ease their aversion. Nessie of course was the center of attention. No one could take their eyes off off her, as usual. At least no one here would try to hit on her. The pack knew she was my imprint and if anyone tried to use a pick up line on her, they would be in serious shit.

I hated when Nessie and I would go out to eat and some retard would try to flirt with her. After they did it though, they magically saw me, as if I hadn't been next to her before, and backed off immediately. It was sickening in more ways than one to watch someone flirt with Nessie. I didn't wanna watch but I had to. I was practically her boy body guard.

The wedding ceremony was traditional American with some Native traditions. Charlie looked a tad awkward like he always did. I wondered if had rehearsed this before. Nessie watched with enthusiasm and anticipation she could barely control herself from bouncing in her seat. I noticed Seth's and my dad's black tuxes matched with Charlie's and the dress Bella was wearing didn't match with the dress Roquel bought Leah but it was yellow and white. Before making any other observations, I saw Nessie begin to cry.

"What's wrong Nessie?" I asked turning my body towards Nessie almost forgetting we were in the midst of a wedding ceremony.

She looked back at me smiling. "I don't know. I mean I'm crying for them. I'm crying because it's so happy." She looked back to them and she shedanother tear. "I know it sounds weird but these are tears of joy."

"Okay sure Nessie." I turned my head back to actually pay attention to the service now. They hadn't gotten to the "I dos" yet and I didn't hear anyone else crying. I scanned my eyes across the room and saw watery eyes but no one crying. Nessie was the only one crying. I payed attention to the service again and the "I dos" were said. Now I heard women shedding tears and lightly blowing their noses. I think even Charlie was crying but I couldn't be too sure from the angle I was at. All in all it was a classic wedding ceremony.

During the reception I walked up to Edward and asked if I could speak with him in private. He followed me to the side of the house where no one was in sight. Non humans would be able to hear our conversation but normal people wouldn't. I tried to keep my thoughts hidden and he got suspicious.

"Edward I thinks it's important if we have a little talk before anything else happens." He smiled at me. I could tell he was just as nervous as I was.

"Okay bud. What's up?" He used the word 'bud' to refer to me, that settled my nerves a bit.

"Okay but you have to promise to loosen up I feel like you're going to rip my head off?"

"Don't worry Jake I'm not going to rip your head if we're just going to talk." He laughed and looked uncomfortable. He wasn't fooling me and I wasn't fooling him with my fake smile.

"You're making me too damn anxious. Just say what you wanted to say Jacob." Ha for once in his life I made him anxious that was a first. When he saw I didn't speak he began a conversation. "Oh, Jacob, the Quiluete ladies are quite creative."

Huh? I looked up at him. What the hell was he talking about?

"Well all the mom's seem to be having naughty fantasies about you. Especially Brady's mom, she has a plan to pinch your butt then pass it off as an accident."He let a chuckle out.

WTF. Why the hell are you telling me this. My face must have been humorous to him because he let out another chuckle.

"I thought I should just warn you. The next time you walk by her she's going to try and do it, so um just stay always facing her and don't let her see your backside."

This was so awkward. I guess I should feel complimented that all the women were drooling over me but they were moms of the pack. That was wrong on so many levels. I would not feel the same the next time I saw their mothers. Thanks a lot Edward! Now I'm freaking scared for life.

"Hey buddy slow down. I was just looking out for you. I didn't want you actually to get scared for your life. Besides that not all of the women here are moms some of the ladies are the daughters." I looked around the house to see if any of the daughters lingered outside. There were few but they were mostly teenagers.

"Edward those girls are way too young to be having fantasies about me. I'm twenty five years old. The moms are cougars and the girls are dreaming." Edward laughed once again even though I had not attempted to be humorous.

"Well I thought this would boost your ego and make your day, but I guess I was terribly mistaken."

His chuckled calmed to a smile and I began to speak. "I just wanted to have this little conversation pertaining to the subject of imprinting and about how". I didn't get to finish my whole question. Bella had swooped in just time before I got to the 'important subject'.

"Edward, uh, the photographer is taking pictures and we need you. After all, we are part of Charlie's family." She said with a smile to me, but she just stared at Edward. I hated when they used they silent communication skills. They left me out of the loop and it wasn't just me who hated it, everyone did. Bella and Edward could just read each other's mind but just looking into each other's eyes without the help of mindreading or shield lifting.

They both started walking away after a brief silent discussion.

"Okay bye!" rude silent eye-communicating leeches. Edward cocked his back to look at me with his stupid crooked grin and gave me a wave goodbye. He then stalked away with Bella who was clearly not happy for something Edward had done. I huffed in anger. Seriously Bella had to take Edward away before I even finished my question. It took a lot of guts for me to ask that question, I knew Edward never wanted Nessie to know about imprinting until she was an adult.

I walked back around the house to the reception and saw Leah. She was still here and I was glad. Our deal we made only promised she would stay for the ceremony but it was the reception and she was still here. She seemed happy and like she was having. I went up to talk to her.

"Hey Leah, can we talk?" She looked around and said excused herself from all the people she was entertaining. She was almost as much the life as the party as Nessie was. People enjoyed this new Leah that reminded them so much of the old one.

"Wow Jake you better have a good reason for pulling me out the center of that crowd. Did you see me they were practically my entourage? I've never been the center of anything like that in my life." She said smiling so jubilantly she was almost glowing.

I smiled at her reaction. "I wanted to say thanks."

"Thanks? That's why you pulled me out of that huge crowd? That's all you wanted to say. Wow Jacob that's so like you." She seemed a little upset but I knew she was most teasing.

"Ya pretty much and I knew you didn't have to stay past the ceremony and that's just…that's just great that you did. Everyone's so happy to see and just look at your mom. I know you coming just made her day so much more special." I knew I sounded cheesy but it was the truth.

"Jake look how happy I am. I am so glad I let your sorry ass convince me into coming, though I mostly did it for Seth. I'd do anything for him." She said with a voice that was exuberant and grateful. She then took a step closer to me and wrapped both her arms around me. I wasn't used to full on bear hugs except from Emmett who occasionally gave me on while lifting me up in the air to crack my back. I didn't exactly know what to do in a situation like this so I just lightly put my arms around her back.

She smiled back to me and said pointing her nose up, "I must be getting back to my people." She spun around to walk back to the beverage table when she gasped audibly. I ran to her side quickly to see what had happened to her. She had a blank stare on her face with her mouth a little open from shock. I turned my head to see where she was looking and saw Sam walking in through the front door with Emily. Oh no all my greatest fears were realized. Leah was going to snap and her happiness that once consumed her would be replaces by the hate she harbored not too long ago. We had taken two steps forward and now we had taken three steps back. This sucked. I felt so bad for Leah before when she was mean even though I didn't feel compassionate for her. But now that I knew the kind, smiling Leah, guilt washed inside me. I was the one who brought her here and now she was going to suffer along with everyone else. I was coaxing her shoulders when she finally was able to speak.

"I-I I'm fine Jacob stop being such a…watch where those huge hands of yours are going." She tried to use sarcasm but he voice was so uneven and stuttering that her remark was not humorous.

I dropped my hands from her shoulders, not wanting to upset her. That was the last thing I wanted to do.

"Sorry were late Sue but we had to drive down from the Makah reservation and Quil just didn't want to say bye to Claire." I heard Sam's billowing voice from the front of the house. I walked Leah outside the back door into the back yard just as Sam caught sight of her. Nessie greeted us outside looking for the cause of our dismay and then she saw Sam. The look of anger and disgust on Nessie face was inmeasurable. We really needed to talk about the whole imprinting ordeal soon. But not right now, I didn't care if she hated Sam as of this moment.

Nessie then saw me coaxing Leah and said she could took take over. I let her comfort leah because even though she didn't know Leah she seemed genuinely sad for her. I went up to say hi to Quil, who seemed a little down.

"Hey, man."

"Hey Jake." Quil sighed. Oh brother he had just been Claire and look at him now. He would never have been able to spend five days away from his imprint.

"Hi Jake." Sam greeted. All the adortion and gratefulness I felt for him the night before I left to search for Leah was gone. Now he kinda just pissed me off like he did to Nessie, even though I knew the secret of imprinting.

"Hey Sam. Hi Emily" I tried to conceal my feelings towards them by acting friendly. I usually wasn't one to hide my emotions but I really didn't want the pregnant wife of Sam thinking I hated her. That wouldn't be good at all.

"Did I see Leah walking outside?" Sam asked.

"Yeah but I don't think you should see her." I said with a little too much edge that Sam looked at me.

"Well I think I should." Before I could stop him he was already walking out of the room with his long strides.

I walked after him trying to catch up with him before he got to Leah but I was too late. He was approaching Nessie and Leah who looked to be in a deep conversation with Nessie. I quickly wondered what they were talking about. But then I focused back to the main point, Sam tapped Leah on the shoulder and I saw Nessie's eyes narrow. Then I saw Nessie get up and flip her hair over her shoulder and walk away. She had learned that from Barbie. Now Leah and Sam were alone, what was going to happen? Crap!

Nessie walked up to me and crossed her arms over her chest. We both watched them carefully making sure to break them up at the first sign of distress. Sam finally got up and walked away. Leah looked fine she like he hadn't even effected her. Edward walked up to me and must of heard what was happening in Leah's head.

"Is she alright? She looks alright on the outside but you never know." I asked.

"Ya she's fine. She's focusing on something else so she can keep her mind off Sam and she also practicing some yoga breathing. She wasn't able to do yoga this morning so she's trying to do it in that dress of hers."

"Is she approachable?" I asked.

"No I think we should all stop looking at her, she feels us watching her. Wait for her to approach you." He turned his head and walked away.

Nessie and I both turned our heads away.

Nessie surprised me she was as worried about Leah as I am. Sam walked over to us, I could tell Nessie's body was tense as much as mine was.

He approached us and before he even he fully reached us he started talking. "Hey Jake. Woah Nessie your huge like a plant." Nessie didn't appreciate Sam's hello and raised her eyebrows in his direction. "Uh…When did you get this big are you fully grown?" Nessie shook her head and so did I, except I had anger in my shake. I glared at Sam hoping he would receive the message loud and clear. He did and atomatically took a step back from me. The Alpha power was really strong.

"No I guess I'm still a kid. Why does everyone ask me how old I am?" Nessie looked somewhat puzzled. It seemed everyone at the wedding had asked how old she was. She would reply to them that she was only sixteen and everyone would believe her cover story. She was Edward long lost sister. No one doubted their resemblance so no one doubted the situation.

"Well" Sam suddenly looked uncomfortable talking to Nessie. "Well you just looked so big since the last time I saw you. You know I haven't seen you in a while. Emily will be so excited to see you. Emily." He signaled Emily's attention and she was only more than happy to approach Nessie and I. I could see her barely there baby bump. She rushed over and embraced Nessie and I. I could see Nessie stiffen as Emily embraced her. Aw Crap. Nessie still craved blood and it was hard enough to be surrounded by a bunch of humans besides the wolves and family members. I hovered protectively over her waiting and watching seeing if she would need me to restrain her. She held her breath and so did I. Emily let go and then Nessie was able to relax so I did as well. "Hi Nessie you look so gorgeous and big. I feel like I haven't seen you in forever." She turned to me and looked me up in down. I was glad she only had eyes for one man or that would have been really awkward. "You look good too Jake. Have you heard?" She cradled her belly and then I involuntarily shuddered at the memory. "Oh right I forgot sorry." She crinkled her nose at the memory as well.

I pulled her in for a hug and said, "You haven't seen me in forever cause you're too busy starting a family." I heard Nessie gasp. She must be let down because I can be in close proximity with other humans and she could barely stand it. I let go of Emily quickly and she took her rightful side by Sam.

"Well we'll see you kids later we got to pay the bride and groom a visit." Emily said with a smile and started walking off to some people. Sam hovered as he passed by Leah. He waited until Emily was in conversation with some girls her age then walked slowly towards Leah. I was so pissed. I didn't want Sam to ruin Leah's happy countenance. She was doing some relaxation breathing. She looked so peaceful but I couldn't do anything I was too shocked to move. Nessie expressed myself better than I did when she let a growl slip her mouth. It wasn't loud enough for anyone to notice besides the vamps and pack. Edward wooshed to our side.

"Calm down Nessie. You too Jake, you can't do anything just let Sam talk to Leah. She seems fine right now and I don't see anything hurtful or anything that would offend Leah in his head." Did Edward forget that Leah was extremely fragile beneath her tough look? He of all people should have known how soft and delicate she was. One little thing was she needed to drive her back to her crazy state. I inhaled a deep breath.

"Leah?" I heard Sam voice as I watched him with pieceing eyes across the room. I wasn't the only audience member all the pack was watching them but there were slightly more subtle than I was. I exhaled my deep breath.

Leah whipped up her head. "Hey Leah I just saw you at the door but I didn't say hi to you so I decided to come over."

Leah just shook her head up and down she looked calm but you didn't have to be mind reader to see how much restrait she had whether she wanted to cuss Sam out or just run away and cry. She finally was able to use her words. "Hi…" I could see her trying to open her mouth and form the word 'Sam' but she couldn't do it.

Sam saw her and felt pity for her. "I wanted to see how you were doing I heard you were actually living up somewhere in Canada." He said his words carefully waiting for a reaction. I was so distressed and hated not being able to do anything. I should be able to intervene I am the Alpha. Although Sam no longer does any of the wolf stuff anymore, I still had power over him since I was the true Alpha.

I rushed over to them a little too fast for human speed. I didn't care I had to make this better Leah was still a member of my pack, whether Sam wasn't. I had to protect her. "Hey guys have you had any cake yet. They cut it and I was gunna go get some before the pack gets a hold of it." I forced a smile on my face hoping they would fall for my attempt at politeness.

"Uh thanks Jake but…I can get my own cake thank you very much" Leah stalked off trudging to the house to get her piece of cake. Even though her exit was quite dramatic, I could see she wasn't truly mad. She looked more nervous as she ran into the house rather than angered. I hoped she was okay. I looked at Sam and walked off. I couldn't deal with him right now and my hands were slightly trembling but when Nessie grabbed my hand and told me everything was fine I immediately calmed down.

I looked over Nessie's head trying to check on Leah but Nessie held me and told me stop because she was fine and I was worrying too much. Edward was there to reassure me and I was startled by the close proximity he was to me. He had sneaked up on me and I hadn't even noticed.

"Jake I've read her mind and she's fine. She controlled herself quite…well. Compared to her self control from last time she had confrontation I was surprised she handled herself so well." He smiled almost in admiration. "You know she sometimes reminds of Seth. I see where he gets it from, but of cours, Seth thoughts are much purier." He smiled now in an amused laugh.

"Ya you didn't need to need to be a mind reader of have wolf telepathy to know that." I laughed and Nessie pulled me towards the seat we set up outside for the ceremony. She pulled me to a seat.

"Jake seriously you need to relax. Leah is seriously making you so uptight about everything. She is fine and one tough chick. Relax." She started to massage my overly tense neck. "Take a nap. You deserve it."

I huffed out a huge sigh and said "Okay." Then I dosed off looking at the gazebo where Charlie and Sue had been married the yellow lilies were intertwined throughout the structure until my vision blurred and became one yellow haze. The yellow and white were quite soothing and all my worries of Leah, the pack, being the best possible Alpha, Nahuel, Edward treating me weird then acting like we were best friends, and Nessie and her tantrums and age disappeared.

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