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Chapter 2 – Drama

"So what's this project about?" Jacob asked me as we slowly made our way through Forks. He was holding my hand slowly rubbing circles on the back of it with his thumb. His light feathery touch was having a strange effect on my stomach for some reason. It was all quivery and flip-floppy. I would have to talk to Carlisle about this tonight, this was definitely most strange. I had never been sick a day in my short 4 years of life. I really couldn't afford to get sick now, of all times. I tried to answer him but my voice came out sounding oddly like a croak. Come on now! What was wrong with me? I cleared my throat and tried again. "It's kind of like a body image project." He gave me a strange look so I continued on, "We're going to go through some magazines and pick out pictures of the girls we think are most attractive, and I'm going to kind of like…." I paused and thought for a minute. "Compare and contrast them to myself and some of my friends at school, and interview them to see how the perfect girls make them feel about their own bodies."

"That part is all on you Ness" he said laughing. "There is no way I'm going to interview a bunch of 15 and 16-year-old girls on how they feel about their bodies." He playfully shuddered and grinned, showing me the startling contrast between the whiteness of his pearly even teeth, and the rich golden color of his skin. Man this was really getting annoying. When did Jacob get so damn good-looking? And why now all of a sudden? I needed to keep concentrated if I was going to be successful! "Ok, ok. You get the easy part of picking out hot chicks from magazines" I said teasing him. "Maybe Seth can help too." What a genius idea! Oh man am I good or what? It would look strange if I was only asking Jacob for his preference in girls, this was so perfect. I couldn't help but smile hugely lost in thought as we pulled into the gas station.

JACOBS POV

My breath caught in my throat. She was so lovely. How could anyone in a magazine possibly compare to her? I frowned. I hope she's not secretly having body issues and is using this project as a cry for help of sorts. I would mention it to Bella tonight, I decided. Best to nip any crazy notions that Ness was anything less than perfect right in the bud before they had a chance to grow. I pasted a smile on my face as we bantered back and forth, watching her out of the corner of my eye.

She was so small. Maybe 5'1" at the most. But she could give as good as she got! She had got me good this morning with her unsuspected tackle. I couldn't help but grin at the memory. Sturdy. That's how good old Charlie had always put it. Yep… sturdy, but still so… hmm… delicate. I studied her some more from the corner of my eye. She had the window down and the wind was blowing through her hair, the long copper curls where flying everywhere. Her face was turned away from me looking out the window so I stole a quick glimpse of her body.

God she was beautiful. She had gone from little girl to young woman in one night it seemed. I still couldn't quite get over it. I thought back to this morning. Waking up next to her wrapped around me and realizing I was touching bare skin was shocking. What was even more shocking was my reaction to her, I had wanted to wrap my arms around her and kiss her senseless, to touch more of that lovely warm skin. I shook my head slightly to clear my thoughts. Edward would have killed me this morning. Yep, most definitely would have killed me… I'd have to keep those thoughts to myself around Edward for a while.

You sound like a pervert Jake. I should be smacking myself right now for thinking like this. I pulled into the gas station and handed Ness my wallet. "Here sunshine, could you get $20 in gas and some breakfast for me? I'm starving." She took my wallet from me and our fingers brushed. What the Hell!? It felt like some tingly little spark had shot up straight through my arm when we touched. "Sure. Snacks too?" she asked. She knew me so well. "You know it!" I grinned at her as she left the car. I got out and walked around to the pump, watching her walk inside. Baby got back! I groaned. I really was becoming a pervert. I smacked my forehead with the palm of my hand a few times. Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!

I had an awful thought just then… If I was thinking like this, what where all these other perverts around here thinking? The thought had me growling. I waited impatiently for the pump to beep signifying it had been set at its 20 dollar limit. When it finally did I all but slammed the nozzle into the Rabbit and latched the lever so it would continue to pump on its own. I caught myself running inside and made an effort to slow down. Get a hold of yourself there Jake. People where already giving me curious glances. They were probably wondering what was wrong with the crazy injun.

I walked in surveying the group of people inside, nodding my head in acknowledgement to the few people that were familiar. I sighed in relief when I saw My Ness. She was in the chip aisle with her arms overflowing with all kinds of different chips and cookies. She so knew me. She caught sight of me and sent a huge smile my way, waggling her eyebrows up and down and hefting the pile of booty a little higher for me to see. She was such a goof. My goof. I saw a young guy check her out from the end of her aisle. He stopped and did a double take and started walking towards her. Mine. I growled in my head and quickly walked to her from the opposite end of the aisle.

I reached her before he did and wrapped my arm around her shoulder hugging her tight to the side of my body. She looked up questioningly at me. I smiled and played it off as nothing. When the guy saw me he continued to make his way to her. Insolent pup. Mine! "Renesmee" I heard him call out. She turned and saw him. "Oh hi Jon" she greeted him with a smile. Damn, she knew him. Did she like him? I watched her face closely. She was smiling, maybe she did like him. I sighed and removed my arm from around her shoulder. What the hell was all the wolfy possessiveness about there Jake? You might as well have taken a leak on her man. Markin your territory. Something was seriously wrong with me. They continued their conversation while I mentally kicked myself in the ass.

She was looking at me expectantly. Oh damn, what did I miss? "Uhhh… what? Sorry I was in la-la land there for a minute" I said looking between the two of them. They both laughed. "I was introducing you two Jacob, pay attention" she said and playfully elbowed me in the ribs. She turned towards the guy and repeated herself. "Jon, this is my best friend Jacob" she turned back to me "Jacob, this is Jon, he's my partner in AP Chemistry." I stuck a hand out to shake his waiting hand. He had a pretty good grip, I tightened mine just a little to the point I knew it would be uncomfortable. He never let it show on his face that it was painful. Damn, he's got balls. I had secretly been hoping that he was a sissy boy. I sighed and let go of his hand. "Nice meeting you Jon" I said nodding at the kid. He nodded back. I turned to Ness to see her eyeing me disapprovingly and shrugged a little. "I'm gonna go grab some more snacks" I said walking a little further down the aisle.

I didn't want to let her out of my sight. They stood there chatting a bit longer when I saw him lean towards her and give her a hug; she returned it the best she could with all the junk in her arms. She was smiling. Shit, shit, shit. She likes him. I had to stop thinking of her as mine. Simply because I imprinted on her didn't give me any right to call her mine. I looked over at her again in time to see the boy lean in again and kiss her on the cheek. I couldn't stop myself. I growled. It was out before I even figured out it was me making the noise. I stalked back over to them. Ness was giving me a shocked look and was glancing all around. I stood there in front of them fuming. "Umm... I'll see you at school Jon" Ness choked out before pushing me backwards towards the front of the store.

Jon was smiling. Oh he had nerve. Insolent, arrogant little prick. I memorized his face quickly in case I ever ran into him again. I was definitely going to give this pup a piece of my mind at some point. "Jacob, let's go, and stop acting like an idiot." She was pulling on my hand now, her fingers laced with mine. I shook my head to clear it and turned to walk with her to the register. She handed me back my wallet and I paid for everything. Thank you, Alice. I thought to myself. I had given her my life savings to invest for me 2 years ago, and had made quite a pretty penny so far.

We walked back to the Rabbit each holding an overflowing bag in one hand, our other hands still clasped together tightly. Her skin was heavenly. Touching the leeches was like touching ice, so cold it actually burned. Touching everyone else outside of the pack was better, but still cold. Her hand was warm. I leaned across her to buckle her seat belt for her. Old habits die hard. I had been doing this for 4 years now, it was hard to stop. My knuckles accidently brushed against her breast and I froze. "My bad, sorry, sorry" I stammered out and quickly finished buckling her belt. "It's ok" she whispered.

I stopped and unhooked the gas nozzle and walked around the back of the car smacking my forehead yet again. Idiot. Idiot. Idiot. I got in the car and started it. I was pulling out of the parking lot into traffic when she hit me. She punched me straight in the ribs. Man… that actually hurt a little. "Owwwwww, what was that for Ness?" I peeked over at her through the corner of my eye. "That was so embarrassing Jacob! What is your problem today?" she was fuming mad and glaring daggers at me. If she wanted to be mad, well so would I! "He was touching you!" I growled. "Yeah, so? People touch me everyday Jacob!" she yelled. I was shaking. Come on Jake, you've got better control than this. I clenched my teeth and inhaled deeply while pulling over to the side of the road. I put the car in park and turned my body towards her saying "I didn't like it." Oh shit. "I mean your father wouldn't have liked it" I rushed out quickly trying to cover up what I had just said. "Daddy has seen me hug boys before Jacob, geez!" "Just because you act like some kind of demented freak when a boy hugs me doesn't mean Daddy does too!"

What?! I was so close to phasing it was unreal; I hadn't been so out of control since my first few weeks of joining the pack. Calm it down bud before you do something you'll regret the rest of your life. I breathed deeply before replying. "And does your father know you are kissing boys?" "I'm sure he wouldn't be too pleased to hear about that." Uh oh… She was really mad now. Her face was flushed and her chocolate brown eyes sparking. "For your information Jacob, I did not kiss Jon, and I haven't been kissing boys!" She yelled in my face. "I have never kissed a boy and Jon kisses my cheek like that every day and Daddy has never acted like this!" WHAT!?! I was going to kill Edward. I heard a strange noise come from her then and looked up at her. Her face was turned away from me but I was sure I had seen a tear rolling down her cheek…

RENESMEE'S POV

What is his problem today? He has never acted this way towards me before. I can tell he's trying not to phase and he sounds so angry! What is wrong with me? I never cry and here I am sitting here bawling like some kind of sissy girl! The pack would so be laughing at me right now. I hiccupped. I hated crying, hated it with a passion, it was so juvenile. "Sunshine?" Jacob whispered and I felt his hand cup my chin turning my face towards his. I kept my eyes down and off his face until he whispered it again. "Sunshine?" "What's wrong honey; tell me why you're crying." I looked up with tear blurred eyes and shrugged. He sighed and got out of the car. I watched him walk around the front of the Rabbit and open my door. He leaned in, unbuckled my seat belt, and pulled me gently out of my seat. I stood in front of him still keeping my head down. I didn't want him to watch me cry.

"Nessie? Come on, please? Tell me what's wrong?" I shrugged again. He wrapped his strong golden arms around me and lifted me against his chest. He nuzzled my hair while walking back around the car door to the front of the car; he lifted me onto the hood so I was sitting. He kept his arms around me, standing between my legs as I sat. "Ness…" I put my arms around him and stuck my face into the bare skin of his shoulder, my spot. "Come on Ness, tell me why you're crying" he whispered into my hair. The warm puff of his breath against my neck sent chills down my spine. Yet another thing to talk to Carlisle about. "Please?" he added whimpering. Damn wolfy persuasiveness. I looked up into his face. "You yelled at me Jacob! You yelled at me this morning, you yelled at me in the car! What have I done wrong?" I looked down at the ground beside his still bare feet. "I feel like you hate me…" I choked out with a new wave of fresh tears.

His whole body stiffened. He was silent for a while and by the time he spoke again he was shaking again lightly. "I could never hate you sunshine, never in a million years." He groaned while shaking me by my shoulders. "How could you ever think that?" he hissed out through clenched teeth. I sighed and explained myself. "I don't know… you've just never yelled at me before and this morning you didn't like my suit, and you acted all weird at the pump-n-go, and you completely freaked over a friend…" I had stopped crying at this point and looked up into his eyes once again. "I just don't want you to be mad at me Jacob, it makes me feel horrible." "I'm not mad Ness… and I do like the suit, I just don't like thinking about the things other people could be thinking when they look at you in it, and I don't like the idea of anyone touching you, much less kissing you." "You're my sunshine Ness; I just don't want you to get hurt by some idiot pup." It dawned on me then, he thought I liked Jon! I couldn't help myself, I burst out laughing. I laughed so hard I had to lean back onto the hood of the car clutching my sides.

Jacob was staring at me perplexed. "Ok Ness, the whole insane person routine is starting to disturb me greatly." As impossible as it seemed, I laughed even harder. "Jacob!" I squealed. "Jon is gay!"

The look of relief and shock that showed on Jacobs face was just too funny for words. If I didn't look like I'd lost my mind before, I certainly did now. He started laughing with me and pulled me off the hood into a bear hug. I hugged him back tightly, my arms wrapped around his neck with my feet dangling at least 2 feet above the ground. "I worry too much. I'm sorry Ness." He said and kissed my cheek. He hadn't done that in forever. It was nice. I smiled and said "Ok mutt, your mondo sized breakfast burrito is getting cold and I'm sure the guys are wondering where we are by now." I heard Jacob's stomach growl. He laughed and growled mimicking his stomach. "You know me so well Ness" he said hugging me tighter. "Ok, ok, seriously now, let's go before I die from lack of oxygen." I said squirming to be let out of his grasp. I had work to do, best not put it off any longer.

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