"How much longer?" I asked impatiently.
"For someone who lives forever, you sure are impatient" my father noted.
"Jacob" I said, my explanation clear.
"Of course.." he sighed.
It took way to long to get to La Push. As soon as I saw Billy's house come into view, it took every ounce of self control I had not to jump out of the Volvo and run into his arms. He wasn't aware we were coming for a visit, I preferred the element of surprise.
"Dad, unlock the door or I'll break it off.." I said. I could smell wolf from inside the car. Jacob's scent stuck out there, to me, it didn't have that wet dog smell. To me, it was a distinct, sweet smell. Like butterscotch. Even though I'd joked about his stench, it was more for show than anything. Jacob smelled amazing to me. I picked up the scent almost a mile out of town. It moved with us, he must have spotted the familiar car and followed it. He was in wolf form, I think. By the time the doors were unlocked he was standing in front of the house. Standing beautifully, in front of the house.
"Jacob!" I screamed. I ran into his open arms and kissed his cheeks. I felt human and almost foolish, but I didn't care. I missed him!
"Ness.. I missed you so much!" He said sincerely.
"I know, tell me everything you've done. I missed so much! How's Billy, and Quil.. Embry? How is he? And Sam and Emily?" My mind was racing.
"Calm down, everyone is fine. Excited you're here of course." Jacob said, not releasing his hold on me.
"Jacob.." my father said in a monotone greeting.
"Edward.. Bella. How are you Bella?" Jacob asked.
"I'm wonderful Jacob. Listen you two, we're going to see Charlie for a couple of days. I think it best if Ness stayed away until we were sure she could handle it. You don't mind do you?"
"Not at all, Renesmee is always welcome to stay here. Everyone will be happy to see her, of course. Bella, I hope you say hi to everyone too before we go back. The guys miss you." Jacob said, ignoring the snarl coming from Edward.
"Bella, are you ready? Take care of her Jacob, if any harm comes to her, so help me…" Edward snapped.
"I don't think you have to worry about harm coming to her.. me on the other hand.." Jacob replied.
"I think I could live with that" and with that, my mother giggled a little, and they got in the car and left.
"Where is everyone?" I asked once they were gone. I was eager to see everyone again.
"Eager to get away from me already?" Jacob joked.
"Of course not! I missed you so much!" I said, kissing him lightly. He responded eagerly and pushed closer to me.
"Alright wolf boy, lets not get carried away.." I said, lightly pushing him back.
"No, let's get carried away.." he insisted.
"Jake.. come on, let's go say hi to everyone. We have the rest of eternity to get carried away." I said, pulling Jacob in the direction towards the direction of the rest of the pack.
We spent several hours with everyone. It was a perfect night. When we left, we walked slowly back to Billy's house, hand in hand.
"That ring looks good on ya Ness." Jake pointed on, running my fingers through his.
"It does, doesn't it?" I noted. I felt so peaceful right now.
"Billy is over at Charlie's tonight.. just so you know.." Jacob suggested. I almost felt bad denying him something we both wanted so bad, but there was no other option. It just felt right to wait. I wanted the wedding first, the rest would come later. That's how it had been for my parents, and in that sense, I took after my father.
"Jake.. you know how I feel about that.." I said calmly.
"I wasn't thinking about that, I was thinking we could play Scrabble. Two player games… don't want Billy to feel left out ya know.." Jake lied.
"Ha Ha.. come on, you must be tired."
"Not tired at all. Let's go for a swim.." Jacob suggested.
"Swimming? Jacob are you serious?"
"Of course I'm serious.. do I strike you as the joking type?" He mocked.
"No, you seem more the serious type of course." I said, impersonating someone with a snobby attitude before me and Jacob laughed.
"So, swimming. I was serious about that.." he said, wrapping his arm around my waist as we walked.
"Sure, I'm up for anything. I don't have a swim suit though.." I said, looking down at the dress I was wearing. My overnight bag I'd forgotten in the Volvo, and I'd not thought to bring a swim suit anyway. Somehow I doubted Jacob had an extra one lying around the house anyway either.
"You can wear my shorts and a tshirt." Jake said simply. I scoffed.
"Jacob Black, honestly. How do you expect any of your clothes to fit me? You're at least a foot taller than I am, and muscular. I'm short thin and puny."
"Alright, just the shirt then.." he offered suggestively.
"Jake…" I whined.
"Oh come on Ness, I haven't seen you in over a month, and already you're nagging me?"
"I may be a vampire now, but I'm still a female"
"Thank God for that.." Jacob murmured.
"Seriously, do you have anything smaller I can wear?"
"No, here, just wear the shirt I have on now. When we get back to the house, I'm sure Billy still has some of my moms clothes somewhere. He doesn't throw stuff away. Thought it would be a good luck charm or something."
"Okay.." I said reluctantly. We reached the water a short time later, and Jacob took his shirt off and handed It to me. His stomach was toned and lean, I was focused solely on that and almost forgot what I was doing.
"Coming Ness?" he laughed, already in the water.
"Be there in a second." I said, snapping out of my Jake Trance and running behind a pile of boulders to change.
We swam for a few hours before Jacob was getting noticeably tired. "Jake, you should sleep. You're tired.."
"I'm *yawn* not that tired Ness. "
"You can't quit yawning, and your eyes are droopy. How long have you been awake?" I asked.
"Only about 56 hours. Sam asked for my help running patrol last night, and I'd been up doing the same the night before. I got a couple naps in though, I'm fine." He said, yawning again.
"Jake, let's go to bed. You're tired."
He sighed. "You'll stay right?"
"Of course I'm going to stay. Where else would I go?" I told him, repeating the lines my father had once spoken to my mother. And next to Jacob is where I stayed, all through the night.