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"Are you gonna watch our game tomorrow?" Jacob asked Nessie.
They are sitting under the willow tree in the school grounds. They are leaning in the body of the tree. While his back is sticking to her side. She is ducking and answering a mathematical problem in her notebook.
For two weeks now, Jacob has been a constant fixture in her life. If they have vacant schedule they always hang-out with each other. She have heard plenty of gossips and rumors already like, they are not meant for each other and what so ever. She just don't mind those people. The important thing is she's happy and no one will ruined it for her.
" I want to but i have other plans to do." She answered not looking to him. She already reserved that day to do her term papers.
He exhaled. " when will I be on your top prioroty?" He asked.
She looked at him. His face was unreadable. " are you serious?" she asked.
" what do you think?" he retorted.
She let go of the ballpen she was holding and faced him. " you sound different. Why are asking that now?" he seemed weird this past few days. He sounded possessive. What was happening to him?
" what's wrong with my question? Can't you come to my game tomorrow? Is that too much to ask from you?" he said; very irritated.
" why?"
" because I need you there!" he sounded exasperated.
" I don't watch your game back then, what difference does it make now if I'm there or not?"
" because you mean something to me now! Man, why are you making this difficult?"
" W-what did you just say?" she asked. Did she heard it right?
Jacob put his hands on his face, sign that he is getting impatient. She learned it being with him for two weeks. He is short tempered but that didn't change her feelings for him she love everything about him. Including his flaws.
" do I really have to repeat it?" he sighed. She shrugged. He took a deep breathe then he caressed her cheeks. He looked straight into her eyes when he spoke. " you are special to me, Nessie. You know you are. I want you to be there, I need you to be there."
"but—"
His hands dropped there is worry in his eyes. "don't you feel the same way? Do I mean nothing to you? When will you be mine?"
"Are you pressuring me?" she asked amused. She stand up and turned her back to him. She felt nervous.
Why is he in a rush?
She felt his hands on her shoulders. He slowly turned her to caught her eyes. She opened her mouth to say something but no words came out. He was smiling now, maybe sensing victory. His eyes were doing the tricks. His dark brown eyes were unnerving.
"let me help you decide," he whispered/nibbled on her ears then he lowered his lips to her lips. When she felt his lips on hers, her knees turned jelly. She held his arms for support. She didn't know how to kiss but she found herself responding to his kisses.
"The sweetest lips i've ever tasted," he said.
She opened her was so drawn in the kiss and she didn't know it had already ended. She felt her cheeks burn in embarrassment. She heard him chuckle.
"suddenly turned shy on me, babe?" he was amused when she remebered that they are on a public place she tried to break away from him. She felt his hands tighten on her waist.
"let me go, Jacob,"she said nervously, while scanning the place. Maybe someone saw them this intimate.
" Not until you tell me what I wanna hear," he said with a triumphant smile on his lips.
"that's blackmail!" she complained.
"call it whatever you want, I don't care. Even they saw us hugging ang kissing."
"Jerk!" she said.
"maybe I am. What now?"
"Okay , fine! I'll watch the game tomorrow!"
" Great! But you know, that's not what I want to hear."
" You didn't even courted me yet, Now you want an answer?" she complained.
He laughed. "We have so much time ahead of us. I just want to make sure."
She sighed in defeat. "Yes!" he raised his eyebrows
"I'm answering you, I already love you."
He smiled then hugged her. "Now, is that so hard to say?" Happiness obvious in his voice.
" You want me to force you, but you confessed already." He joked.
She slap his arm. She laugh while breaking away from him. He took her hand. "No taking back?"
She nodded. Then the bell rang he picked all their stuffs and held her hand walking her into the building. It was one of the happiest days of her life.
Nessie thought her happiness would never end.
Jacob was the perfect boyfriend one could ever have.
He's handsome, kind and a gentleman – or so she thought.
She went to the locker room of the team after the game ended to surprise Jacob, when she accidentally heard their conversation. She felt like the heaven and earth slap her when she heard the truth that everything was an act.
"I heard plain-jane nessie is your girlfriend. Nailed her yet, dude?"
" shut up, Jared" Jacob said angrily.
"Dude, your time is running out," one of his friend told to him.
" the deadline is nearing"
Nessie's head suddenly felt like it was spinning.
Deadline? Suddenly she felt her heart crumbling.
"Seems like the brown-eyed devil has lost his charm. Have you fallen for her? Is the dar off? It's okay for us if-"
"No!" he said fulforce.
"Dude, your jordan shoes collection will-"
" I said no. A deal is a deal. . . "
She was just a bet?
She can't take it anymore. Her chest felt like someone was punching her. She left the building running. She was right all along. There was really more to it than what Jacob made her see. Jordan shoes collection? She smiled bitterly while crying. Jacob was the most important person in her life. He was her world but sadly, for him, she was no more important than some overpriced pair of shoes!
Nessie filled her lungs with air before she left the taxi. She went to Jacob's condo unit.
She knew his family had a house somewhere in La Push but he chose to stay in a condo near the school.
Even once she never went to his parents house. She thought about that stuffs, Now she knew why Jacob never brought her to his parents house. Why would he bother bringing her and letting his parent know about them, When she was just an object of their dare?
When she felt her eyes watering she quickly wipped it away, She said to her self that rwo days of crying is enough. She is done with her self pity. This day would be the end.
Today would be the last day of the dare. She would be giving Jcob what he wanted. Foolishness is what they call it. If those shoes would make him happy, she would willingly let him keep those, even at her own expense. Because she loved him. For the last time, she wanted to do an act of love for him.
She went to the floor where Jacob's unit is and rang the doorbell. When Jacob opened it he immediatly hugged her. She want to cry there and be in his arms. Would she live through knowing she will never feel those strong arms around her again?
"Where have you been?" he asked, concern and longing evident in his voice. "why aren't you answering my texts and calls?"
"Don't ask," she said then sought his lips in a fierce kiss.
He answered her kisses with the same intensity. When the kiss finished. "Babe, what's happening?"
He asked confuse.
She backed away a little and with shaking hands she unbuttoned her blouse. Jacob stopped her.
"what are you doing?" he asked near crying.
"Don't you want me Jacob?" she asked softly. She didn't know where that came from. Maybe it's because of the wine she drank before she went here.
" It's not that but—"
"Stop thinking Jcab, just feel."she took her blouse off then her pants. She saw Jacob gulped. When she reached for the clasp of her bra, she heard him groan before he reached for her and kissed her senseless.
She did not know how they made to the bedroom but somehow they did. When she finally felt the union of their bodies, tears fell freely from her eyes. She felt mixed emotions – happiness, because finally she gave everything to him and sadness because it will maybe the last time they will see each other.
Jacob hugged her after the act- so tight that had she not known any better, she would think that he loved her too.
She closed her eyes pretending that she was sleeping. She don't want to talk to him because she feared she would break down and she couldn't let that happen. She wanted to walk out of there with a little dignity. She wanted a graceful exit, so they say. After this last favor for Jacob, she will leave and be out of his life.
When she felt the even breathing of Jacob, she reached his cellphone and wrote a message.
'Dare's done,' she typed and sent it to Jared. She knew the message would get to their other friends. It replied saying. 'We need proof. We're coming over.' She didn't replied she expect that thing. She put the p hone back and she pretend to sleep again where her face is facing Jacob's hard chest and her back is facing the door. She composed herself and waited for the momment to arrive. Not long before the doorbell rang. She heard Jacob's curses under his breath. He gently got up. She even felt him kiss the top of her head. Once again, teardrops fell from her eyes.
A few minutes she heard their voices. "What are you doing here?" she heard Jacob's irritated but controlled voice.
"we have to see," a voice said. She heard their footsteps comming this way. She could feel the thundering rythm of her heart. She forced herself to calm.
"You have no business here!" Jacob said angrily.
"Don't be a spoilsport, dude" it was then that she heard the door open. She heard the 'ohh's'.
"Get out!" she heard Jacobs angry but controlled voice, he closed the door.
Tears started spilling fom her eyes. She was thankful that it took minutes before Jacob came back in the room.
She controlled her emotions. When he laid in the bed he enclosed her in his arms. Faking sleep, she turned away from him so that they were lying spoon-fashion. Because maybe her tears would fell and he would feel it. It was safer if she had her face turned awayfrom him.
After one hour, she decided that it's time to gently got up. When she's fully dressed she neared Jacob. She kissed his lips. She heard him say " I Love You." He said or so she thought she heard.
Maybe it was wishful thinking because she really want to her those words from him.
She wrote him a note and left it on his bedside table."Goodbye, Jacob," she said then walked out of his room, his house, and finally. . . his life.
After that night, Nessie went away . she got away from that place and she lived in Melbourne. She stayed there for two years. There she forced herself to forget and renew herself. She forced herself to learn how to live without getting hurt and to fight back. There she learned how to fit with other people, with Men. The painful past help her change. She never let anyone in her heart again. She date men but not exclusively. Men come and go but she never gave herself to anyone. She love herself to much to give it to others.
When her mother died in a accident, she flew back to Forks. A different nessie would be known and the rest as they say is history.
Everything went perfect but now Jacob is back, would she continue?
" you need to continue," she reminded herself. Not one Jacob can ruin everything she did for herself.
She changed because of him. "Now show him what you've got. He's just like the other guys." With that thought her confidence boost. She smiled then walked near him.
"Hi Jacob. Long time no see," she greeted.
He felt like the world stop. "H-hey , Nessie. You've changed."disappointment evident in his voice.
She shrugg ed. "So they say," she said "Hey Paul, a glass of martini, please,"
"And now you're drinking." Jacob asked.
"Like you said, I've changed" when he chug the alcohol she noticed he was not wearing a ring.
"Not married yet?" she asked.
He smiled. "Not yet. Still waiting for the right one,"
He said while gazing into her eyes, his dark orbs boring into her soul.
Suddenly, she felt her heart jump. What was that? She asked herself. "Still waiting for the right one or just afraid to settle down? She joked.
He laughed. "She's just good at hidding. Whatever happens i will find her," he said with meaning.
She cringed. It felt like someone pinched her heart. "Are you really the Jacob Black I know? You sound corny,"again she joked. "I don't think I know you at all."
He smiled flirtatiously. "How about we get to know each other again?"
She laughed. "Are you flirting with me?"
"What if I am?"
She laughed again"Now I'm beginning to believe, you're really the Jacob Black I know."
The smile vanished from his lips. "Nessie, about what happened—"
"Stop there,'s not bring up the past, okay?"
"But—"
"Please? Let's just act like it never happened. I'm happy of what I am now. It looks like you are happy, so let's leave it behind."
He exhaled."Okay. So how are you?" he asked.
"Fine never been better. Having the time of my life. How about you?How many conquests?"
He laughed. "You make it sound like I'm some kind of a heartless playboy."
Why not? She wanted to say that but sh laughed instead. "I didn't mean it that way. So how have you been in the past years?" she asked casually.
"Just fine.I'm based in Ireland now. The business there needed my attention. I go home to La Push whenever I can."
"Oh, I see. Who manages your business here then?"
"My father and my cousin"
"You have a cousin?" she asked interested, he never mentioned that he have a cousin.
"I do. And two sisters."
"How did you end up in Ireland? Why you not your sisters?"
"I volunteered. I needed some time away so I grabbed the chance. I thought that maybe if I'm there I will easily cath up." He was talking in riddles. What happened five years ago that made him flee to Ireland, voluntarily?
"How about you? How come you aren't married yet?"
"Why settle for one when you can have plenty, right?" she answered jokingly.
He looked sadly at her." Have I made you like this,Babe?" he softly said, his eyes full of lonliness.
She stopped and she threw daggers at him. "Don't give yourself much credit,Jacob. I wanted this change, not yopu,"she said then she left.
While walking out, she felt the pain then she felt tears streaming down on her face. Why did he came back? Did he came back to ruin everything she started? Did he thought that she have forgotten already? Why is she feeling hurt?
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