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Chapter 7 – Touching

"Now don't go getting your knickers in a knot Ness, some of those things are for later down the road… just stick to the pj's for now" Alice said laughing at my expression of shock. I could have collapsed my relief was so great. Me? Seduce Jacob? While the idea was certainly tempting enough, I had absolutely no knowledge other than the stomach churning things Willa had told me last year before I had made her promise never to tell me another detail for the rest of my life. And even those few tidbits she'd passed my way were vague. I had never even kissed a boy! Yep, seduction was definitely out of my league. I changed back into my clothes and gathered everything Alice had thrown at me. Alice frowned, "Aren't you going to try everything on?" she asked. "No way, we're just going to get it all and I'll sort through it later." I could feel the blush on my cheeks burning away as I stumbled through the store to the register.

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JACOBS POV

I heard Alice's Porsche getting closer and ran out to wait for them. The pure joy I was still feeling from learning of Ness' love for me peaked even higher knowing she was almost here. I had done some of my best begging tonight to get Ed and Bella to agree to Ness coming to spend the weekend with me. I was standing there hopping from one foot to the other when they pulled up. Alice got out first after popping the trunk. I could see from where I was standing that it was overflowing with bags, I peered a little harder trying to get a glimpse of Ness through the darkly tinted windows. Holy crap lady. Alice definitely could shop; I could faintly make out the outline of several more bags filling the tiny backseat. I heard the passenger door start to open and concentrated all of my already heightened senses to that area, waiting for Ness to get out.

Her scent hit me like a ton of bricks, the pure sunshine and peach smell crashed over me in waves. I rocked back onto my heels before taking a few steps towards her. I could see only the top of her head over the car. Every muscle in my body clenched and started shaking uncontrollably with the anticipation of seeing her as I heard the door shut and she took her first step to round the car.

I saw her then. My shaking jerked to a stop; heat flooded through me, stronger than ever before. I was glowing. Everything inside me came undone as I stared at the beautiful woman before me. Every line that had ever held me, every bond I'd ever shared, everything that made me who I was, who I had been, disappeared in that instant. I had only one bond, the only reason for my existence. It stretched between us glowing and pulsating brighter than the sun, tying me to the universe- again. My universe. My Renesmee.

Gravity shifted pulling me towards her. I closed the short distance between us taking her gingerly into my arms; lifting her so her face was even with mine. "You are so beautiful" I whispered reverently staring at her as if I were a blind man who had suddenly regained his sight. She blushed, the faint flush enhancing her natural beauty, and rested her head against my shoulder. This was heaven. I had died and gone to heaven. I was sure of it. Until someone clearing their throat brought me sharply back to reality. I turned with her still in my arms to see who it was; the whole family was standing out on the lawn now. "Sorry. Too much, too soon. I know." I thought quickly to placate Edward while gently setting Ness back down onto her feet. Edward nodded a small nod in acknowledgement of my apology.

They all rushed forward then; gathering around Ness hugging her gently and excitedly gushing over her new look. I stood staring at her still. Pretty, beautiful, gorgeous… they all seemed pathetically inadequate words to describe her. She was the most stunning creature I had ever seen, and she was mine. How she could possibly love me was unfathomable. I gently put a hand on her shoulder. "Ness? I was wondering if you wanted to come spend the weekend with me?" She looked at her parents questioningly. They nodded in unison. She looked up at me unsurely through her lashes. "Only if you want to Ness" I added. She simply nodded. "Well that's settled then" Alice said still standing at her trunk. "Come get these bags out of my car Jake and load them into yours so you guys can head out."

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RENESEMEE POV

We drove most of the way to Jacob's apartment in silence with him glancing at me from the corner of his eye every five minutes. His warm hand was wrapped around mine on the arm rest between us; the heat and strange tingly sparks shooting up my arm where doing even stranger things to my heart rate and breathing. He said I was beautiful. He'd told me I was beautiful many times before, but something about this time was different. The look on his face and in his eyes when he'd looked at me was different; softer... almost wonder-like. Almost like he was in love with me. I closed my eyes and wished with everything I had inside of me that it was true. I felt the car come to a stop and opened my eyes.

He was turned towards me staring down at our joined hands like he didn't want to let go. The possibility of him not wanting to stop touching me had me smiling. Jacob looked up then and smiled tilting his head to the side, "What are you smiling at Sunshine?" Oh, just this desperate infatuation I seem to have with you, not too much. "Nothing, just smiling" I said letting go of his hand, getting out of the car. I was beginning to gather the bags when he tossed me the keys. "You go open up, I'll get these." Hmm… that was new. He'd never played the gentleman before.

I walked up the pebble drive to the front door breathing in the medley of various flowers that the previous owners had planted along the front of Jacob's townhouse apartment. Their bright colors and wonderful aroma are what had drawn me to the apartment 2 years ago when Jacob had taken me with him apartment shopping. I had just put the key in the door when it was flung open from the inside slamming directly into my stomach. I doubled over in pain; the breath knocked out of me. "Seth! You stupid idiot!" I heard Jacob yell coming up quickly behind me. "Don't just stand there! Help her inside." he yelled again and I was gently lifted.

I looked up into Seth's apologetic face. He had tears in his eyes. "It's ok Seth" I choked out between ragged breaths. "I meant to surprise you, not maim you Ness. Stupid wolfy strength" he mumbled. He sat me down gently in a massively large black leather recliner and squatted down in front of me looking up into my eyes. "I'm so sorry Ness… can I get you anything? Do you want me to call Carlisle?" Jacob answered for me dropping all the bags on the floor beside the chair, "You can take all these things in to Ness' room while I take care of her. Seth jumped up to complete the task mumbling under his breath. I caught something that sounded suspiciously like "freaky super strength" and I couldn't help but grin.

"Well I'm glad to see that you're smiling, but are you ok?" Jacob asked sliding into the empty space next to me in the chair, pulling the handle and making us recline. He leaned back and guided my head to his shoulder so that I was stretched along his side. I sighed and snuggled into his delicious warmth. "I'm fine" I assured him. I watched Seth walk back into the room for more bags, then walk back into my room once again. I sighed and relaxed into Jacobs side further, looking around the large room.

The front door opened directly into the open spaciousness of the ground floor. The whole downstairs had light pine hardwood flooring and crisp white walls. The living room opened directly into the kitchen, the only thing separating the two was the small black granite topped island surrounded by stools that served as the "dining room". The whole area was done in black and white. Simple, and in my mind, classic. He wasn't much of a decorator and had forbidden Alice and Esme to decorate his "bachelor pad" so there were no decorations. The only pieces of furniture where the recliner we now occupied and a humongous wraparound black leather couch that dominated the space. Across from us was Jacob's pride and joy. His 72" flat screen TV set up on a large black entertainment center filled to overflowing with movies. Just to the right of the TV was a small nook with stairs that lead to Jacob's upstairs bedroom.

Seth finished playing pack-mule with my bags and flopped himself down onto the couch. "You ok Ness? Forgive me?" he asked sullenly. I squirmed trying to get up to go to him. Jacob laughed and helped me up. "Whoa… Ness. You look amazing." Seth said as I stood. I grinned. He hadn't had the chance to see my new hair-cut and makeup with the whole attack of the killer door incident. I did a little turn for him. "You like it? I am now a certified sex kitten" I said quoting Frederick. He stood and grabbed my hand holding over it my head guiding me in another twirl. "Yep, that you are Ness. It looks great." He said bringing me in for a hug. Now why hadn't Jacob responded like that? I mean his reaction was nice, but it didn't make me feel like the sex kitten I was supposed to be. "Thanks" I mumbled into his chest. When he finally freed me I added grinning "and there's nothing to forgive, it was an accident. But you can help me put away the contents of all those bags as repentance."

We all laughed and made our way down the tiny hallway off the kitchen, past the bathroom, and into my room. Jacob had decorated it himself just for me when he'd bought the place. The walls were a light peach color with white crown molding, the floors the same hardwood as the rest of the apartment, but I had a small white throw rug beside the bed. The small twin sized bed, nightstand, and dresser where all white as well. It was a very calming peaceful room, I loved it. I opened the door and flicked on the light. Oh man. I hadn't realized just how much Alice had bought. My entire bed and half the floor where littered with bags. "Ok guys, grab a bag and get to work."

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Sometime later, after much folding and hanging, we were nearly done when I saw Seth holding up something from the corner of my eye. I turned out of curiosity to see what it was and gasped. "This is a mighty pretty sling-shot you've got here" he teased holding up one of the lacy unmentionables. I rushed over to him and hissed snatching the Victoria's Secret bag out of his hands. "Stupid Mutt" I snapped at him hiding the bag in the bottom of the closet while I blushed furiously. I peeked at Jacob to see him blushing too. Why would he be blushing?! It was my underpants that had been being fondled. "What?" Seth asked honestly "they're just underwear, everyone wears them, geez." I started to laugh hysterically in a mixture of amusement and embarrassment. "Seth… if you wear underwear like that there's something you're hiding from us!" Seth started prancing around the tiny room talking with a lisp doing his best stereotypical impression of a gay man. We all collapsed on the floor laughing.

"Who's hungry?" I asked pulling myself off the floor "Wait, wait. What am I thinking? Look at who I'm talking to!" I went to the kitchen shaking my head as the guys laughed some more. I opened the fridge and knew it was the end of the week; the usually packed fridge was nearly empty. No help there. I opened the freezer and examined the contents. Yesssss. Buffalo wings were my absolute favorite food ever. I could stomach most food, but it usually just ended up making me feel nauseous; buffalo wings were the one food that didn't taste like a bland blob of slime to me. I had been here last year during one of the guys' usual football get together things and Grandpa Charlie had forced me to try one. I had loved them ever since.

"I'm making wiiiiings" I yelled out. The guys seemed too quiet and were taking a little too long to come out of my room I thought as I grabbed a cookie sheet to put the wings on. "YOU GUYS BETTER NOT BE IN THERE GOING THROUGH MY UNDERWEAR YOU PERVERTS!" "No, no." they answered walking down the hall. "We were just talking" Jacob explained coming up behind me resting his hands on my hips while I preheated the oven. When did Jacob get so touchy feely? Not that I'm complaining, but geez, if he doesn't stop touching me every chance he gets I may just turn into a puddle of goo! I dumped the wings onto the sheet and bent to put them in the oven. Holy shit! My rear end had accidently brushed against his groin. "Sorry" I mumbled. "No problem" he croaked.

"Umm…" I glanced around and saw Seth sitting on the couch flipping through channels on the large TV. "Why don't you go help Seth find something to watch?" He had better get out of this kitchen before I lose my mind and start throwing myself at him!

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JACOBS POV

We were standing in the kitchen together while she played domestic goddess making us something to eat. I came up behind her and put my hands on her hips; I just couldn't stop touching her. The image of the tiny lacy thong Seth had held in his hands a few minutes ago was burnt into my head. I looked down at her backside imagining her wearing nothing but the scrap of fabric. Whoa there big guy keep that up and your friend downstairs is gonna make an unwanted appearance. Just then she bent to put the wings in the oven, her perky round cheeks brushing gently across my groin- and I'd just watched the whole thing, making it that much more erotic. Oh. My. God. "Sorry" she mumbled. "No problem" I managed to croak out.

She suggested I go find something to watch with Seth. I hurried out of the kitchen sure that if I stayed there was the very real possibility that I might ravish her. While the idea was most definitely pleasant, and there was nothing more that I wanted than to worship her entire body, somewhere, in the very back of my mind, I knew it would not be a good idea. It would be a great idea. I groaned as I sat next to Seth on the couch. Get it under control man. He looked at me strangely and I shook my head. "You don't wanna know man." Seth jerked his head slightly towards Ness in the kitchen waggling his eyebrows as some sort of question. For a virgin he was the most perverted guy I'd ever met. He elbowed me in the ribs when I didn't answer. I sighed and nodded my head. He grinned.

We channel surfed for a while before Seth decided on South Park. It had to be the stupidest show I had ever seen. I knew Ness agreed with me when I heard her light groan from the kitchen. I suffered the through the ridiculousness until Ness walked in carrying the little TV tray thing she'd bought me the last time I'd fallen asleep eating after patrol. I had woken up the next morning with ketchup on my face and the remnants of my burger smeared all over myself and the couch. She set it up one handed and set the sheet holding the wings on top. Damn… that was sexy. Seth attacked the food like he'd never eaten before in his life, as per usual. I sat back waiting for her to take her usual 4. She was so damn small. Then I dug in; rivaling Seth with my reenactment of a starved man.

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"Oh man. Those were excellent. Thanks Ness." Seth said sitting back rubbing his stomach. "You're welcome" Ness said yawning. I glanced at the time on the microwave. "Seth, it's 11, you should be heading home before Sue freaks." "You mind if I crash on the couch? I don't feel like running all the way home on a full stomach." He had to be kidding right? Hell-o, does he not see Ness sitting there on the couch all soft and sleepy looking? I glared at him and I could see it click on his face. "Oh. Never mind, I just remembered I promised Mom I'd be home tonight." "What about tomorrow?" Ness asked yawning again. "You have any plans? I told Willa about you Monday at school and she's chomping at the bit to get into your big handsome wolfy pants." Seth's eyes got wide. "Kick-ass. I'm definitely not busy tomorrow; just give me a call when you figure something out." "Ok." She said getting off the couch to hug him goodbye before walking off zombie-like down the hall mumbling something about a shower.

I picked up the cookie sheet and took it into the kitchen to wash with Seth following behind me looking like he wanted to talk about something. He just stood there twitching while I washed the sheet and put it away. "Ok man, I feel like you're burning holes in the back of my head with your staring. What's up?" "She's not serious about getting in my pants is she?" he blurted out. Uh oh. I opened my mouth to respond but he cut me off. "Cause I don't… I mean… I've never… you know? I'veneverhadsexbeforeandIreallydon'twanttomessitup…" He stammered before talking so fast everything turned into one giant word. He sighed and slumped his shoulders. "Relax man, don't worry about it. It's not like she's going to jump on you first thing and demand you perform a carnal gymnastics routine with her." He laughed a bit before asking exactly what I'd been hoping he wouldn't. "Have you ever… you know?" I groaned. "No man, I've kissed a girl twice. I've got no experience and no advice." I leaned forward and jabbed him in the chest with my finger. "And if you ever tell anyone that, I swear you won't live to tell anyone else." He held his hands up backing towards the door laughing. "You know you can trust me Jake, mum's the word. See you tomorrow buddy." He said when he'd reached the door then slipped out.

I ran upstairs and changed into my sweats and brushed my teeth quickly. I ran back down-stairs, she was still in the shower so I laid back in the recliner and flipped through channels.

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RENESMEE'S POV

I was standing in the bathroom, wearing a thong of all things, going through the Victoria's Secret bag trying to figure out what exactly I should wear. Alice had picked out 4 different pajama sets, all in the same cut as the one I'd tried on, just in different colors. I tried on a white one first but realized you could see the dark outline of the lacy thong through it. Ok, that one's definitely out. I rifled through the bag looking for lighter colored undies. DAMNIT ALICE! She'd picked out nothing but dark colors. I looked at 2 of the other sets; they were both pale colors. That sneaky little wench, she did this on purpose to force me to wear the black one. She knew I'd have to do 1 of 2 things; 1. Wear one of the lighter colored sets with nothing underneath. Something she knew I'd never do. Or 2. Wear the provocative black set.

I pulled out the black set and hurriedly put it on. I looked in the mirror and gasped. This is just not decent! This one was cut differently on the top; it was so low cut it displayed the top half of my chest along with the deep V between them. The bottoms seemed fine until I turned around, they were like the usual boy-shorts I wore to bed, but it seemed like she'd gotten a size too small because they clung to me like a second skin and revealed half my butt-cheeks. You might as well go out there in the thong Renesmee. I would just ask Jacob for one of his shirts to sleep in. "Jacob..." I called out lightly through the door. No response. I called a little louder and still got nothing. "Shit."

I stepped back to see the full effect and was pleasantly surprised. My damp tousled hair, freshly washed pink skin, and the faint smokiness left from the mascara I couldn't quite remove from around my eyes knocked up my sex kitten-ness to a whole new level. I liked it. Damn you're hot Ness! Go get him girl! I steeled my nerves, opened the door, walked down the hallway, and stopped dead in my tracks.

Jacob was there in the recliner snoring lightly. I wanted to be furious with him for thwarting my plans, but he was so peaceful looking I couldn't help but smile. I walked through the house turning off the lights before going in my room to grab the comforter off my bed. I dragged it out into the living room and spread it over him before climbing into the chair and under the covers with him. He shifted in his sleep making more room for me and I snuggled once again into his side; my face on his bare chest, his warm hand against my back. I studied his sleeping face; he was so beautiful and relaxed. He mumbled in his sleep leaving his lips slightly opened. They looked so warm and inviting I couldn't help myself. I leaned up carefully and lightly pressed a kiss to his soft lips. I felt his lips faintly press back against mine and pulled my head back quickly. Did I wake him up? He licked his lips lightly and whispered "mm… peaches" before snoring again. I smiled and nestled back down into my spot letting the warmth of his body and the beat of his heart lull me to sleep.

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If I offended anyone with the stereotypical gay man reference I am truly sorry. Believe me… I am in no way, shape, or form against anyone's personal sexual preferences. Also, if the lack of action in this chapter disappointed anyone after that teaser at the end of chapter 6, too bad! Lol. You may thank my never-ending insomnia for the frequency of new chapters. Oh, and the number of readers I've had so far is just amazing to me. I've been an avid reader of anything and everything since I was 4, but I haven't written anything more than an essay since the short story I wrote in the 4th grade- about a million years ago! It amazes and leaves me flabbergasted that anyone other than myself could possibly enjoy the strange ponderings of my brain. Thanks a ton guys!