Chapter Two: Alice Predicts We Are Going To Be Late So Let's Go!

I was thinking about weddings when I heard Nessie squeal in delight and anticipation in the distance. I had about a minute before they would come into view. I pushed my previous thoughts away and replaced them with thoughts of seeing Nessie and our upcoming run to Forks.

I stood up and held my arms out wide as the sound of Nessie's giggling came closer. she burst through the trees and ran straight into my arms. A giggle escaped her lips before they were on mine. The kiss was sweet and passionate. Bella was right about the best kisses being with someone who was completely and totally in love with you and you loved them just as passionately.

I had to end the kiss when I heard Bella and Edward approach. As I leaned away from her, Nessie stared lovingly into my eyes and pressed her hand to my cheek. She showed me her day and I could feel that, as always, she really missed me. I could feel her intense love for me even as she showed me how she took down the biggest elk in the herd she had hunted with her parents. She was a little proud of herself for getting a kill even bigger than her father's. I was so proud of her and I smiled at the memory.

In her beautiful soprano, Nessie whispered, "I love you, Jacob Black."

I kissed her again before whispering in her ear, " I love you, Nessie Cullen."

Bella and Edward came through the trees then. Edward frowned and I could tell he had heard my thoughts about Nessie.

"Yes, your thoughts about my daughter are almost as unsettling as the thoughts you used to have about my wife." Edward said in a hard tone. He was staring at me with hard, gold eyes.

"Daddy, please. If you don't like what you hear, don't listen." Nessie said as she playfully wrinkled her nose and wrapped her arms around me. Edward was about to protest when his phone rang. Bella reached into his pocket and pulled it out.

"Hello? Hi, Alice." Short pause as Alice talks. " Yes, I remember. Ok, love you too. Bye." We all looked at her as she hung up the phone. " Alice had a vision of us being late tomorrow. We need to get a move on." She explained before heading into the cabin.

I'm always glad that Alice can't have visions of my future. I need tomorrow's plan to be a secret for as long as possible. Having secrets when you were part of a family with a mind reader and a fortuneteller isn't easy. Nearly impossible.

Right now, it is about 2:00pm on September 9th, and we were somewhere in the middle of Oregon. We are traveling back to Forks on foot and we need to leave soon. I'm in no mood to let Alice's vision happen.

I went inside to retrieve Nessie's bags and mine. I brought them out and dropped them at her feet. I went into the woods and stripped off my clothes before phasing to my wolf form. The familiar heat coursed through my body and I landed on paws. Nessie was there now and I watched as she put my clothes into my bag. I nuzzled her hair, smelling her sweet scent. It was similar to her mother's when Bella had been human. The freesia scent was mixed in with the scent of honey and sunshine. It was a mix of Bella's human scent and Edward's but it didn't burn my nose.

Nessie stroked my fur and kissed my black nose. I adore her. Nessie is my entire world. She smiled as I pulled her closer to my neck with my muzzle. She wrapped her fingers into my fur and I yipped happily.

We headed back to the cabin. Bella and Edward were locking up. Nessie secured our bags to me in the normal way we did it. It felt like saddle bags on a horse to me. She jumped onto my shoulders very grace fully.

" We all ready?" Edward asked. We all nodded. " Then let's go."

We started off running. We were headed north. Headed toward home.