Chapter 5- Imprinting

Renesmee's POV

Watching the sunset is just as fun when there is someone else to share it with. Jacob sits beside me not speaking, just appreciating the vibrant colors in the sky. Jacob and I have been spending the entire weekend together. I can't believe that it is already Sunday. Tomorrow I will be going back to pretending to be a normal sixteen year old girl. No one will know how I have changed.

I rested my head against Jacob's shoulder and sighed happily. This is my bliss. My bliss is with my Jacob.

"Jacob, I love you," I mumble. Am I going too fast?

"I love you too, Renesmee, with all of my heart. For all of forever, I do," Jacob whispers sweetly.

I have read many books from many different eras. I've read mystery, drama, horror, comedy, biography, autobiography, and romance. I have always loved the romance novels. I loved the emotions that would flow through the pages. The emotions I never thought I would feel. The emotions I read about are incomparable to how I feel now. This is true love. The purest love there is. I just know it.

Bella's POV

"Edward, stop that. I know you're listening. I am much more observant than I was as a human," I say calmly and try to pull Edward into my embrace. He rejects my touch and stays in his sitting position. He looks like The Thinker statue.

"She is seven years old, Bella. She shouldn't be having these thoughts! It is like she is screaming them at me! How can I not listen? Jacob's aren't any better, Bella! I thought it was bad when he thought about you! Imprinting is so much worse!" Edward hisses and keeps staring at the cottage door.

"Wasn't it you that said she had the maturity of a sixteen year old? Leave her alone," I try to reason with stony statue of a husband. He raises his eyebrows at me. "Leave her alone, for right now, Edward," I backtrack and reach for him.

Edward moves out of his pose and pulls me into his arms. I smile and nestle my head into his chest. He hums my lullaby. I wrap my arms around his neck and let him crouch over me.

"Edward, I love you."

"As do I, Bella."

We end up in a very compromising position when Renesmee and Jacob walk into the room.

"Hey, Bells, what are you doing?" Jacob jokes as he sits down on the nearest chair. Renesmee blushes and sits on the armrest of his chair daintily.

I separate myself from Edward and smile. "Jacob, Renesmee, how nice of you to show up!" I exclaim brightly.

Edward chuckles and ruffles my hair. "Renesmee, can you go get ready for bed? Tomorrow you have school."

Renesmee looks sadly at Jacob and nods. She walks toward her room with only a short parting glance at Jacob.

Jacob's POV

Renesmee leaves the room with her copper colored hair swinging from side to side. Bella and Edward watch fondly as she leaves. A sharp pain shoots through me when she is out of sight. How strange this is.

"Jacob, you must know how much we care for Renesmee. We understand that you have, in fact, imprinted on her. I can tell the level you care for her but you must remember she is seven years old…and my daughter, dog," Edward says through clenched teeth.

How nice to know we are still using our fond nicknames, leech.

"Sorry, Jacob. Force of habit. Have you told her you have imprinted on her?"

No, why would I tell her this? I've only just met her! I don't want to scare her away."

Bella clears her throat using her musical voice, "Excuse me. Can someone tell me what's going on?"

"I have not told Renesmee that I have imprinted. I will, eventually," I explain grudgingly to Bella.

I thought she wouldn't look like Bella anymore. Somewhere in there she still lives. Her voice is different though. More like the rest of the bloodsuckers. At least her eyes aren't red and she hasn't tried to kill me. That's a plus. Of course she would be pretty stupid to try to kill me. Bella was never stupid. Just stubborn. I wonder if that has changed too.

"Jake, please. Don't hurt her. Be honest. Soon," Bella whispers to me. I nod and stand from the chair. I'm about to let myself out when Edward speaks.

"I'm glad you're back, Jacob."

As soon as I was far from the cottage I phased. I hadn't phased in three days. It felt good to feel the animal instincts to flow again.

Welcome back, Jake. Seth greets me as soon as I reach the Reservation.

Where's Leah? I haven't spoken to her in a while. I asked Seth. Seth whimpered and remembered Leah saying she was going to stay human for a while. She's at home.

I phased back and put on jeans and a T-shirt. Walking up to the Clearwater's home brought back many memories from the past seven years. Leah. I didn't ring the doorbell but just walked on inside. Sue wasn't home, only Leah.

"Lee? You here?" I ask softly to the empty room. Leah appears through the archway. She is wearing a light yellow dress. I bought it for her for her birthday last year. She was trying to be more feminine. The phase hasn't ended I guess. She smiled slightly and then replaced it with a scowl. I smiled lightly. She walked towards me; I could see where her tears had left trails on her beautiful face.

"You've been with her. Haven't you?" Leah asks quietly. I nod and she releases more tears. "How could this happen, Jake? I thought…you and me…I thought we were…were."

I gather her in my arms and stroke her hair. All the feelings that had been there a week ago were gone. They had been replaced by a sibling fondness. I whisper, "I'm sorry. You know we can't control it."

"This has happened to me twice now, Jake. I'm a big girl, I can handle it. I know you didn't mean it," Leah says as she pushes me off her. I look down at her. She's hurt. It's visible.

"I think I should go," I head toward the door.

"Bye, Jake. See you on patrol," Leah says stiffly as I walk away from her. Like Sam did all those years ago. Without looking back at her, not even once.

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