"Who was it?" Renesmee asked in her sweet sing-song voice.

"I think it was…" he swallowed hard. "It was nobody important Nessie."

She smiled slightly. "Where's uncle Emmett? He promised me that we'd play tag later."

His mind was still distant. He knew that somehow he had to reach Edward. If it was who he thought it was, there would be some problems.

"Jacob? Is everything okay?" He spun around to see the familiar face of Carlisle. Renesmee sighed.

She slowly walked over to Carlisle and told him the story. That brought him back to reality for a moment. The kiss.

Carlisle nodded at Renesmee as she gave her point of view. Her voice felll to a whisper as she go to Edward. Jacob felt the gaping hole in his chest burn around the raw edges. Bella. He saw so much of her in Nessie. It was hard to believe they weren't the same person.

"Jacob," Carlisle began, "is what Renesmee tells me true? Did you kiss her?"

Nessie pulled at Carlisle's shirt and mumbled, "You can't be mad at him!"

Jacob nodded.

Carlisle sighed. "Do you have any idea as the where Edward may of gone?"

"There's this place in the forest. A meadow. It used to be a place for him and Bella." He flinched at her name. Would he ever be the same again without her? Without his best friend. He shook his head. "He should be tehre."

Carlisle nodded and pulled a simple, silver phone out of his back pocket. He punched the numbers in a blur.

"Esme? Yes, I need you to keep an eye out for Edward." Jacob could hear Esme's voice rise a few octaves. "No, no! He should be okay."

Nessie pulled on Jacob's jeans. "Is daddy going to be okay?"

"Yes, now please don't cry. Your daddy's going to be just fine."

He wrapped her up in a huge hug. He loved the girl that he held in his arms. He loved her more then anything or anybody. The only person who came remotley was Bella. And she was gone now.

"Esme, Rose, and Emmett are going to keep a look out. Can you stay her with Nessie?" Even while he said Jacob knew that he was not all the way sure. Jacob nodded and watched as he ran through the door.

Out into the cold night air. He slammed the door behind him so hard that the glass windows shook. Jacob felt ashamed. The whole family probably hated him.

"You should go to bed now, Nessie." He said, turning to face her.

She nodded solemly. "Do you want to come up, Jakey? You can sleep up there if you want. I'm sure my bed's big enough.

"I would love to Nessie."

She smiled and head towards the stairs. "Race you!" She chimed.

Before Jacob could even blink, she was gone. He hopped up the stairs and lifted her up onto her shoulders, her arms around his neck. "You cheated!" he growled, pretending to be mad.

"It's not my fault I'm faster then you!" She giggled.

They collapsed on her bed, telling bad jokes and stories that made them laugh until they cried. The call wasn't even on Jacob's mind anymore.

The night mixed with laughter made Jacob remember similar nights he had with Bella. Laughing on the beach while holding hands.

It was a somewhat painful memory.

If there were no vampires or werewolves in the world, he and Bella would have been together. In a sense they were sould mates. But the world wasn't free of vampires and werewovles, now, was it?

For the longest time Jacob had resented the world that he lived in. The world that didn't seem to want to let him find that one special person.

And now she was here, lying in his arms.

Her breathing was quite and even,. He kissed her on the head and whispered, "Sleep tight Nessie."

He slipped out of the bed slowly, making sure not to wake her. Before closing the door, he looked back at her. No wonder it was hard for Edward. There was so much of Bella in Renesmee.

Jacob sighed and jogged down the staris. What he saw surprised him a bit. His hands began to shake, but it passed quickly. He nodded his head. "Edward."

Then he remembered the phone call. "Edward, I have something to…"

"Save it for somebody who really cares to listen, mutt. I really don't care to hear your excuses."

Jacob wouldn't let Edward's coldness get to him. Hfe had something more important to get to. "I think Alice called my on my cell phone."

Edward's eyes widened. "What?"

"She called, Edward. She told me to follow the clues…I don't know what she meant by it."

Edward growled. "She better leave my family alone! I don't want her coming around my daughter!"

Something was going to happen. Something big. And Jacob knew it. He could feel it ripple through the air like a heat wave. His whole body began to shake at the intensity of it.

Jacob howled as his body began to get bigger.

Edward watched with horro. The change from man to wolf wasn's supposed to be a painful thing. But, Jacob made it look like a horrid type of death.

Finally, Jacob lay in wolf form. He was panting hard.

"What happened?" Edward asked. "Are you going to be alright? Do you need me to fetch Sam?"

He's already on his way. Something's happening out there, Edward. Somebody's here.

"What do you mean?"

I don't know, Edward. I don't know.

Edward listened closely. The wind whipped and howled outside. Rain smacked at the house loudly.

And then they both heard the most frightning thing ever. "Daddy!" Renesmee's shirll voice screamed, terrified. "DAAAAAADY!!!!"

Oooh! Cliff hangers! Fun, aren't they?