"Jake's coming over so please be considerate." Bella said to me. I nodded. She had no idea just how considerate I was to him. But instead I just nodded and said, "Yeah I'll try." She smiled, satisfied. "You know I'm still not that happy that he imprinted on Renesmee you know." She told me. I shrugged. "I guess he has no choice." My mind was focused on keeping this charade alive.
Soon Jacob knocked on our door and Bella squealed, rushing to open it. "JACOB!" I heard her from the living room. They both walked in and took a seat. "Hello Jacob." I said nonchalantly. "Hey bloodsucker." He knew I hated it when he called me that. "Be nice." Bella interjected.
"Lemme see my love." Jacob said to Bella, looking around for Renesmee. "Uh, she's sleeping upstairs." She pointed to the ceiling. "Ah. Well then what am I here for?" He asked in a silly manner. "Wipe that grin off Edward, I'm still a little pissed from earlier." His thoughts lashed at me. I rolled my eyes.
As if she had heard us arguing Renesmee came running down the stairs. "Jakey!" She exclaimed, throwing herself into Jacob's arms. "Well hello there beautiful. How are you?" She grinned widely and buried herself in his neck. "I missed you." She said sweetly. I could sense that this hurt him more than anything.
"Well I missed you more." He responded, creating a innocent battle on who missed who more. Renesmee finally won. "What do you wanna do Jakey?" She asked. "How about I race ya out back?" He inquired. She clapped her hands and jumped up and down. "Okay!" She ran and put her shoes on. "Ready." She announced, standing by the back door. "I'll give you a head start." He told her. She took off out the door.
One…two…three. He counted mentally before he took off after her. Bella touched my shoulder. "Is everything okay?" She asked. I sighed. "Yeah, why do I look troubled?" I wondered. She hesitated before shaking her head. "No." I left it alone and decided I should spend some time with her. I kissed her forehead. "Did you miss me last night?" She looked up at me. "Of course. I miss you every time you're away." She caught me off-guard and kissed me full on.
I couldn't stop her so I just kissed her. "Wow, I guess you did miss me." I added once she had stopped. She smiled deviously. "Rosalie was wondering what took you so long. She said usually it only takes you about an hour to hunt." She informed me. I looked out of the glass doors overlooking the back, leading to the forest. "I decided to fill myself up and I took a walk. A real walk." I lied.
"Sometimes it's good to be alone." She assured me. I nodded. Just then Renesmee came running inside. "I won mommy! I won!" She was excited. I smiled at my daughter. "Good job." I held my hand up to her and she slapped it, giving me a high five. Jacob came in just after her. "Man you're fast." He panted.
This made me smile and I went back to sit on the couch. "Do you need anything to drink?" Bella offered. "Water would be great." He told her. She returned with a glass of water. He downed it. "I should've gotten the head start." He teased Renesmee, who giggled at him. "Yeah, you're so slow." She reciprocated.
He laid out on the floor and Renesmee climbed on top of him. "For someone so small, you're pretty strong." He told her. She smiled. "Yeah I get that from my daddy." She pointed at me. I could hear Jacob's thoughts again. Yeah he's strong all right…. I didn't want Jacob to be upset, but I could tell keeping our secret was affecting him. He was constantly worrying about what it'll do to Renesmee.
I noticed he was sleeping and so was Renesmee. "Wow." I mumbled in amazement. Bella walked in from the kitchen, about to hand Renesmee her cup when she noticed them sleeping. "Nevermind." She whispered, placing the cup on the table and sitting next to me. I took a deep, unneeded, breath. "Bella," I started, looking at Renesmee and Jacob. "Yeah?" She asked. "I love you." I told her. She curled up in my arms. "I love you too." She muttered into my chest.
When Jacob's eyes opened he say Bella and I cuddled together on the couch and this pissed him off. "I've got to go. When she wakes up tell her I'll see her later." He huffed, but trying to keep a calm composure. "Bye Bella." And then he walked out the door.
"I think we should go stay at the cottage tonight." She hinted. I shook my head. "Not tonight love, maybe another time. You need to hunt." I told her. She nodded. "Alright. I'll go tonight and then tomorrow we can go to the cottage." I didn't answer her. She got up and took Renesmee back upstairs.
I cursed under my breath. "Dammit Jacob." I said aloud. I got up and paced a little. How was I going to fix this? I needed an explanation and soon. Just then Alice burst through the door. "Edward, we need to talk now." She growled, pulling me outside. Oh God.