Disclaimer: I don't own anything, this all belongs to Stephenie Meyer.

A.N: We left the love birds asleep in Nessies room, after Jacob told her everything...

Turtle

I must have dozed off after that, because the next time I opened my eyes my room was filled with light. I was still snuggled up next to Jake. He was looking at me, smiling when I met his eyes. His hand were stroking up and down my arm. It felt actually quite good.

"Good morning." he said. "What are you up for today?"

"It's Saturday"

"Yup"

This meant also a break from school. One week without thinking about school at all. I inhaled deeply and rubbed my eyes.

"First of all I think I'm up for a shower"

Then I remembered something he'd told me earlier that night, and a giggle escaped my lips.

"What?" He said, puzzled. I very rarely giggle.

"There are earplugs in the drawer, if you need them" I teased.

He realized then, and mock-punched my shoulder ruefully .

"Ha, ha. Very funny"

I reached up and gave him a quick kiss on the forehead before planning to get out of bed. But then I hesitated. His face was so close to mine. He was so warm and so soft. I wanted to be even closer to him. I was surprised by myself as I realized a kiss on the forehead wasn't what I really wanted.

"I just... want to try...something" I whispered.

His breath was warm. He smelled so good. He smelled like Jacob, my Jacob. I leaned down a little bit closer. At first he looked surprised, but then his arm tightened around me and he placed his hand on my waist, pulling me closer. I could hear his heartbeat accelerate.

"This doesn't mean anything" I warned him. He nodded slightly in agreement, focusing on my lips only.

" I just...want to see..." I leaned even closer. Our noses touched as I turned my head to the right. I looked into his eyes at the same time he looked into mine. Jacob. My Jacob. My best friend.

"Man, this is weird" I stopped and looked down. He was my friend. Best buddy. To be kissing him would be like kissing...Oh, I dunno.

He put his hand under my chin and lifted my head back up. His eyes were glowing, and he seemed both amazed and amused. He put his hand on my cheek and I rested my head in his hand. He caressed my cheekbone with his thumb. I leaned down a little closer as he moved his hand to rest behind my neck. And then I kissed him. My body turned all warm from head to toe. His lips were so soft against mine, and a tingling feeling spread all the way down to my toes. Again I got the feeling that this was right, this was good. His hand buried in my hair and he held me even closer to him. This kiss was different than our first. His lips were more enthusiastic, and not as hesitant as before. The hand that wasn't buried in my hair was stroking at the small of my back. I placed my own hands carefully around his neck and by doing that I unintentionally sent him images of what we were doing from my point of view. He moaned and pressed himself against me, intensifying the kiss, and it made me smile.

He broke the kiss, breathing heavily. His eyes were filled with wonder and his whole frame was simply radiating. He shook his head like in a daze.

"Didn't mean anything, remember.." I whispered. But with my hands still on his neck, he knew that wasn't true. He knew it had meant a lot. To me.

For the past month I had needed to keep my hands to myself, in the non-groping-sense. I still preferred to share my thoughts simply by touching everybody's faces, but lately I'd found it more difficult to concentrate. My thoughts had gotten the habit of drifting away to other things, unthinkable things, Jacob-things. I couldn't for instance touch Jacobs cheek with the intention of asking him if he could pass the popcorn, when all I could think about was how soft his cheek felt against my fingers. Well, my dad was a lost case; he knew everything anyway, but with the others it had gotten more difficult. Specially with Jacob.

I was insecure, and needed time to adjust to it all. I saw Jacob in two ways: the always-bestbuddie-mockpunch-Jacob and this new, surprisingly handsome Jacob that I was not content to be just friends with. I wanted to keep both of them, but at the moment, the bestbuddie-Jacob was the one I saw the most. But oh, New-Jacob was there, most definitely. I realized I had seen him more and more often lately. Sometimes I saw both, mixed together, the lines all blurry. Maybe this was a good thing.

Jacob jumped down beside me on the front porch, waking me from my metaphoric thoughts.

"Ready to go?"

"Mhm" I smiled.

We were headed out to hunt; it had been a while since last time. Jacob rarely ate when we were out hunting, but he always wanted to keep me company. Guess I knew why now. Gah.

"Ooor... do you need me to wake you up first? Earth to Nessie."

"Hey, I hear you" I stuck my tongue out at him. He laughed.

"Normal place?"

"Sounds good"

I turned my head in the opposite direction, as I always did, to let him change and phase without ruining his clothes. For the first time it felt weird to do so, and I wondered if I really wanted, needed to look away... I slapped myself mentally. Of course I did.

Something wet poked me in the neck. I turned my head back and was looking into the eyes of my favourite wolf. I sent him a smile while biting my lip, and in the next second I was on his back and he was running through the forest. We had done this so many times it was routine.

I always sat on his back when we were out hunting. This was because he was many times faster than me; I was the turtle in the family. Downside by being half-human. It didn't really matter though; I had Jake.

The thought warmed me and I buried my face down in his long fur. He made a deep rumble. We were headed to our normal place, a beautiful clearing not far from the house. I loved being with Jacob like this. I knew this, it was not new and confusing. He barked a laugh as he ran. My hands were resting on his forehead, just in front of his ears and I realized he could see all of my thoughts. I'd forgot. I seemed to do that a lot lately. He barked another laugh. Its' not polite to eavesdrop. He made an arguing, playful sound that clearly said "Hey, don't you blame it on me", and it was my turn to laugh.

We reached the clearing then. It was a beautiful open space, the sun only overshadowed by a large tree standing alone in the middle of the clearing. There was the sound of a river floating nearby. Jacob walked over to the tree to let me down, so that he could go behind the tree to phase. I remembered when he'd phased back by the house and was glad I didn't have the turn-away-dilemma this time. Not that it was a dilemma. Another mental-slap.

Suddenly Jake stopped and turned his face to the side. I thought he'd heard something, so I listened to. But he just barked, quizzically. And I realized I still had my hands on his forehead. He'd heard. About the whole phasing-thing. I quickly removed my hands and felt my face redden. I jumped down and went over to sit by the tree without looking at him. This was embarrassing.

Just a few seconds afterwards he was there, dressed only in his usual light shorts.

"What was all that about?" he asked, a teasing smile playing in his face as he sat beside me.

"It's nothing. Never mind"

I looked away, not facing him.

"You get uncomfortable when I phase?"

I didn't see his face, but I could hear his smile there. A little smirk. He was teasing me.

"No I don't, shut up" I snapped.

I wasn't angry with him, I was embarrassed. And he knew it.

"Okay, okay, I'll drop it..."

I heard him settle beside me, leaning against the tree. I turned around to send him a suspicious glare. It wasn't like him to drop anything. Especially something that included him getting a good joke on my behalf and me getting red with embarrassment. He'd closed his eyes, but he had a content smirk on his face that made me even more suspicious.

"You know, if you would enjoy seeing me naked, you just have to ask" he said, opening one eye to grin at me.

I knew it.

In one movement I'd pushed him over and he was laying on the ground howling with laughter. I was on my feet, red like a tomato.

"At least I don't listen to people showering" It was the best I could come up with.

"Aww, come on, Nessie, I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing at your reaction!" he grinned, propping himself up on the elbow. "You're kind of cute when you're embarrassed".

"Hmph"

"Actually" his face was more sober now "I am glad I found out what you were thinking. I'm feeling the same way."

"Huh? You what?"

That didn't make sense. I didn't phase into anything, and he would have no reason to see in another direction.

"I would really like for you to watch me phase, Nessie. I think I'm might becoming a nudist."

And then he burst out laughing one more time. Ha ha. Very funny. Let's all make jokes at my behalf. I still heard him laugh at his own joke as I turned on the heel and ran into the forest. He might make jokes, but I didn't have to listen to them. Time to hunt.

30 minutes and one deer later I was still embarrassed but pretending not to be. I knew he saw right through me though. Jacob had joined me, again in his wolf form. Now he was sprawled out under a tree, following me with lazy eyes. He hadn't been hunting.

I walked over to him, holding my head high not really meeting his eyes. He made a little arguing sound. I sighed and looked into his eyes. Puppy eyes. Of course. He jumped up on his feet and leaned down in front of me so that his eyes were level with mine. He looked into my eyes for a couple of seconds. His eyes were huge; apologetic and teasing at the same time. He knew I wasn't angry with him. Suddenly he moved closer and licked my face from chin to forehead.

"Yuck" I complained, drying my face with my arm.

He barked a laugh and I started to laugh as well. This was so Jacob, transforming awkward moments into good ones. He turned around and I climbed up on his back. I placed my hands on his forehead, on purpose this time. Don't you make a habit out of that, I thought, replaying the licking-on-my-face part in my head. He just barked another laugh before he started to run back home.

When we got back I went straight to the house not looking back.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm going inside. You just go ahead and phase. No more nudist-jokes, thank you." I said while opening the door.

I didn't make it to the kitchen though.

"Hey."

Jacob turned me around, his hand on my shoulder. As normal, he was only wearing shorts. He was smiling, but seemed a little unsure.

"You know I'm just joking with you. You're not mad"

I smiled back

"Of course I'm not, Jake"

His smile broadened.

"Just checking"

"Oh, you knew"

He pressed his lips together, pretending to be thinking.

"Yup, guess I did"

I started to laugh, and he held my gaze for a few seconds longer than normal.

"You want to come to La Push tonight?" he blurted out "There's gonna be a bonfire"

I love La Push-bonfires.

"Oh, I can't. I'm going to Tina tonight" I just remembered. "Girls night. Sort of. But you know I would have loved to come"

"Oh, that was tonight.... Right. I'll drive you."

"You don't have to. I am actually capable of driving myself" I teased " Besides, you're going to that bonfire. But maybe I could drop by later?"

"If I drive you, I'll be able to spend more time with you. Do the math". He grinned. "But right now I have to go down to Emilys' place to talk to Sam; he wanted me to come over. And I'll probably drop by Billy on the way back too. But it won't take long"

"Okay. I'll see you soon then. Say hi from me. And by the way. I don't have a problem with you phasing. Just so you know".

I sent him a quick smile.

"Actually It was kind of nice. Knowing I'm not all alone in having those feelings."

He kissed the top of my head, and then he was gone.

I was left wondering, a little hot-headed. What feelings? Those feelings? He had those feelings?

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