Chapter 13 – Farewell
I awoke at 6pm by myself and felt my moods change. "I had to go, beautiful. You have to explain to Jake about us," Ryan's soft voice made me smile, remembering him beside me. Slowly, I walked downstairs, in a daze and not caring what others think. Then, I remembered what I had to say to Jake. Jake was at the counter, by himself, probably waiting for me. I felt a sharp sting of guilt when Jacob pulled me into a kiss, or maybe it was just AnneMarie.
"Nessie? Could we talk? I have some news that I don't think you'll like," his deep black eyes looked serious. I nodded for him to continue.
"Well, since the Volturi might come, I have to go back to LaPush and stay there. Since Sam is retiring to Emily, he asked me to be the Alpha for now until summer… and maybe longer. And, I know you were coming to tell me about Ryan and well you deserve to be with boys your age, literally," he took the words out of my mouth, "I'll be leaving this week, but I wont teach. So many rumors are going around that the teachers hate me as well." I chuckled at that thought and hugged him deeply, "I'll always love you, Jake. Promise me you won't hurt yourself?"
"Me? Hurt myself? You've got to be kidding me," he noticed the seriousness, "Okay, okay. I promise I wont let anything bad happen." I smiled and kissed him for the last time, "Miss you forever."
"Farewell, Renesmee," he gave me a pleading look and walked away leaving his note on the counter.
Love you forever,
Jake.