Chapter Three: Man, Sometimes I Wish These Vampires Didn't Have Powers! The fortuneteller is almost always right and the mind reader is on to me.
We stopped for the night just before midnight to let Nessie and me sleep. I phased back to a human and found some clothes before joining the other three. My watch beeped as a signal that it was now September 10th.
I took Nessie's hand and said, "Happy Birthday, sweetheart."
She smiled and kissed me before replaying the scene. She was really happy about her birthday. The three of us took turns wishing her a happy birthday and hugging and kissing her. Bella laid out a tarp and a blanket for us. Nessie fell asleep in my arms shortly after we laid down on it.
When I woke up, it was five in the morning. Shit. Alice was right again. We were going to be late. We were still an hour and a half away from Forks and we were supposed to be there in an hour.
I got up carefully and picked Nessie up off the tarp. I carefully gave her to Edward so we didn't wake her up. My beautiful angel stayed asleep, thankfully. I threw off my clothes and phased to my wolf form again. Bella took care of my clothes and the tarp. She secured the bags to me and Edward put Nessie on my shoulders.
About fifteen minutes away from the house, I started to smell other vampire's scents besides Bella and Edward's. I haven't smelled these scents in a while. I could smell the other Cullens but their scents were mingled with eight other vamp scents. I wasn't worried, these were scents of friends.
I remembered who they belonged to and glanced at Edward. He nodded that I was right about who the scents were from. Great. Besides the eight Cullens, eight more vampires were going to witness what I'm going to do later. I need to be careful not to think about it until I do it. Should I get Edward and Bella's blessing first? They would probably appreciate it.
I felt Nessie stir against me and yipped happily. She scratched my ear and said, " good morning, Jake." She yawned and greeted her parents, "good morning, momma and daddy."
"Morning, Happy Birthday!" they said in unison. As always, Bella and Edward were holding hands as they ran together. Before Nessie, this would have bothered me. Now, it was normal to see them like that.
I could hear the smile in Nessie's voice as she said. "Thanks. Oh, yay! We're almost home!" she bounced with joy on my shoulders. I could see the house now.
"Bella, why don't you and Nessie continue on to the house? I'll help Jacob with the bags." Edward offered. I was a little confused by Edward's offer but I stopped anyway to let Nessie off. She kissed my nose before turning in the direction of the house. She and Bella took off running. Edward started taking the bags off of me.
When the girls were out of hearing range, Edward said, "So, what do you have planned for later?"
'That is a surprise' I thought at him.
"Jacob, whatever it is that you want our blessing on, please talk to us first." Edward said as he finished taking the bags off me.
I phased back into a human so I could speak for myself, "ok, I need to talk to you and Bella privately. I want you both there so drop it and don't read my mind." I was digging out some clothes as I spoke. I needed to keep my mind preoccupied and my face down so he couldn't read either.
"Fine, but hurry up. We are already late." Edward snapped.
I put on the clothes I had just fished out and grabbed my bag. Edward grabbed the other bag and took off down the driveway. He was fast and irritated. I guess he should be. I just asked him not to read my thoughts. Man, I wish he couldn't do that at all. Whatever, I better get to the house.