Happy New Year! And sorry! I know this chapter is short, but on with the story!

CHAPTER 18

After we got out of the shower and got all dried off, we got ready for bed. Abigail was exhausted as was I, we haven't exactly…gotten much sleep lately. Lets just leave it at that.

I turned out the lights and Abigail cuddled into my arms. She was honestly the most adorable creature I had ever seen. "Anthony?"

"Yeah?"

"When was the last time you saw Jacob?"

I thought for a moment, it's been years. I mean, he's seen me since I've stopped growing. He probably looks around 20 years old by now. But I didn't have an exact date when the last time we saw each other was. He was supposed to come for last Christmas, but his fiancé, girlfriend at the time want him to spend the holidays with her and her family.

"I don't know, I'd say a few years at least, why?"

She shrugged her shoulders, "I was just curious. I thought you two were really close friends."

"I guess he's like my other brother. We had fun when I was younger, he can act like a kid sometimes. He'll like you don't worry."

She nodded her head and yawned so I told her to fall asleep and she complied. I slowly drifted off into a peaceful slumber not far after her.

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"Wake up!"

I heard Emmett's loud voice beam from the doorway. He started banging on all of the doors and opened the blinds so that the sun would come in. Emmett was worse than an alarm clock whose snooze button wouldn't work.

Abigail groaned and buried her head further into my chest, trying to block out the sunlight. I threw a pillow at Emmett, "You couldn't just come in here nicely and tell us calmly that we were supposed to get up?"

He walked out of the room yelling, "You guys have ten minutes before we go."

I felt Abigail stretch beside me. Then she leaned over and kissed my cheek, "I'll use the bathroom first. You can stay in bed for a few extra minutes."

Aw, she was too sweet. But that wasn't going to happen. I grabbed her by the waist and flipped us over so that she was pinned to the bed, "No, I'll use the bathroom first and you can have a few extra minutes."

"…But I'm already up."

I smiled and kissed her forehead, "Too bad."

She tugged at my hand again and then pulled me back to the bed. Then she pushed me back to the bed. How does she do that? I'm stronger then her. Before I had time to collect my thoughts, Abigail dashed off to the bathroom.

I used my vampire speed and grabbed her around the waist. "Go back to bed."

"Anthony! No, I got up first." She tried to wiggle out of my grip but I wouldn't let her. "Anthony, please?"

She turned around so that she was facing me and looked at me with the most adorable eyes. I sighed, I couldn't resist her, she was just too adorable, so I mumbled a 'fine' and let her win.

She smiled then kissed me cheek and closed the door in my face. I chuckled and went to the closet to get changed. By the time I was done Abigail was out of the bathroom so I went in and got ready for the day. We both finished within ten minutes like Emmett said. We even had time to pour Abigail some cereal in the kitchen.

Within fifteen minutes we were already in three separate cars driving down the road to La Push. I was kind of anxious to be seeing Jacob again. It's been a while and I don't know how much he's changed. I wasn't worried about whether or not he would like Abigail, or vise versa, but I was worried that I wouldn't like his fiancé.

One hour later we were at La Push and being greeted by some girl in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. She didn't seem too tall, but not too short. I guessed she was around 5 foot eight. She had dark brown hair and darkish skin.

She waved at us when we pulled up in the drove way. I figured this was Jacob's fiancé, but I wasn't too sure. She seemed friendly enough.

"Hey guys I'm Courtney. You must be the Cullens. I've heard a lot about you. Jacob is out for a little while, he should be back in a few minutes. Do you guys want to come inside?"

My father nodded his head and we all followed her into the familiar house. She told us to make ourselves comfortable as we all did. Abigail stayed trapped under my arm and by my side. I wasn't planning on letting her go.

Then my mom said, "So you're Jacob's fiancé?"

Courtney nodded her head, "Yeah, he talks about you guys all the time. Especially Anthony, he always talks about Anthony. He always shows me pictures."

She turned her head to me and smiled. I smiled back at her and then looked to Abigail who was also smiling. I leaned in and gave her a soft, gentle kiss on the lips. Courtney smiled at us, "He didn't say that you were with anyone though."

"It's pretty recent. Her name is Abigail by the way."

Abigail smiled, "Nice to meet you."

Courtney smiled back, "You too. How long have you guys been together?"

"A little over two months. It feels like longer though…"

Courtney nodded her head in understanding. Then Alice spoke up, "When are you two planning to have the wedding?"

"Oh, well we planned on having a March wedding, but now with you guys being here and everything…well I guess it just makes more sense to push it back a little. We don't mind."

Grandpa nodded his head, "We don't really know what's going to happen right now, we just wanted to talk to Jacob about it since he's the head of the pack. But it is lovely to meet you."

Courtney smiled. Then we all fell into an uncomfortable silence. I looked down at Abigail and she seemed to be thinking about something because her nose was wrinkling a bit.

I smiled and leaned in to whisper in her ear, "What are you thinking?"

She turned her head to me and in a very low voice said, "I'm wondering how awkward this seems for you all."

I kissed her ear gently, "Just a little. But it's okay, perhaps Jacob will be here soon."

She nodded her head and rested it on my shoulder. I nuzzled my nose in her head while keeping one arm wrapped around her waist and the other resting lazily on her knee. Her hair smelled wonderful, it always did.

I lifted my head to find everyone staring at us, can you say creepy? Abigail didn't seem to notice, she was playing with the hand that was on her knee, tracing the lines and trying to find patterns. She seemed too deep in thought to notice the stares.

I looked back down at Abigail's hand playing with my own to try to ignore the stares, but I still felt them on us. I just found myself trying to get closer to Abigail, tightening my grip on her hip, she didn't seem to notice.

A few minutes later we heard someone pull up to the front of the house. Courtney got up and smiled, "It must be Jacob."

Everyone else stayed seated when Courtney went to open the door for her fiancé. I saw Jacob quickly come to the door and wrap his arms around her waist. He kissed her on the lips, picking her up so that she wouldn't have to reach up so high.

I looked away, and so did Abigail, trying to give them some privacy. A few moments they pulled away and walked towards us. He saw the rest of my family and then me and Abigail.

Jacob smiled when he saw me. But then his eyes met Abigail's and we all froze.

I know, I'm awful for leaving you guys there, just awful!