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Blue Moon

Chapter 5--I Never Expected This

Jacob's POV--

Shortie had officially gone crazy. She was acting like a frantic housewife.

It was Thursday morning and I was at The White House eyeing up the mayhem.

Alice was running frantically around the house finding everyone suitable stuff to wear. Esme was busy in the kitchen, cooking up a buffet sized picnic, while Bella helped her. Carlisle was working the morning shift at the hospital. Nessie was sitting on the arm of an overstuffed armchair next to Jasper, trying to reason with him about going to First Beach with the rest of us. And Edward was watching with amusement as Emmett chased Blondie around.

"Come on, Babe!" He called after her as she flitted up the stairs. "Come with us! What could it hurt? It'll be fun!" Emmett ran upstairs after her.

Edward chuckled as they disappeared, from his position on the couch.

Collapsing on the couch next to him, I wondered if Blondie was wavering.

Turning to me, Edward chuckled again and said in a low voice, "Rose really doesn't want to go but if Emmett pesters her enough, she'll give in. She'll do anything for him."

Grinning to myself, I thought of all the funny stuff I could do to her if she caves and goes with us.

"Keep it to a minimum, Jacob," Edward warned. "There'll be humans present and we don't want a supernatural fight to give us away." Though as he said this, amusement lit up his eyes and clouded his speech as he saw all the scenarios play out in my head.

Has Jasper wavered yet? I silently asked.

Edward nodded his head slightly.

I chuckled, peering over at Nessie and Jasper. Nessie was still pleading with him but it was apparent that he was now just teasing her.

I shook my head in amusement.

Suddenly Alice was at my side, pulling me to my feet. She had a huge smile on her face.

Uh Oh…

"It's your turn to get dressed, wolf-boy," she declared.

Now I was scared, but I let her drag me upstairs to her bedroom. I decided that I'd at least look at the clothes she got me, before I hit her and ran away.

But Alice surprised me.

"Here you go," she said proudly as she pointed at the laid out clothes on her bed.

Hesitantly stepping forward, I took up the clothes and examined them.

On her bed was a pair of dark wash loose-fitted jeans, white t-shirt with some kind of tribal design on it done in black, and a modern black leather jacket. Everything was very simple, but by the feel of the fabric I knew everything was very expensive. However I was amazed with Alice. She didn't go overboard and try to make me something I'm not, instead she went with simple.

Looking back at Alice, she smirked, saying, "I told you I would follow your style. Simple and comfortable, yet stylish."

"Thanks," I muttered.

"No need to thank me," she retorted. "Now go get changed!" She pushed me towards the bathroom in excitement.

Once changed, I slipped on the pair of sneakers Alice had also bought for me and headed back downstairs.

By the time we left, I was sitting in the back seat of Emmett's jeep with Nessie on my lap. She still looked sulky from Alice's game of dress up. Though I could tell that she was relieved Alice didn't put her in a frilly dress. Which was actually smart, given that it was barely sixty degrees and it would look weird to the humans who would probably all be bundled up still.

Instead, Nessie wore a pair of jeans with embroidered yellow leaves, a burnt orange raincoat, and red rubber boats. Her hair was pulled back into a French braid.

Blondie had finally caved, but remained sulky in the front seat and the Volvo and the jeep were stuffed full of buffet trays of food, folding chairs and tables, two coolers full of soda, and tons of bags.

It honestly looked like we were all taking a month long vacation.

Once we got to First Beach and found the area where we were all meeting, we began to unload the vehicles and set everything up. No one besides us were present. The others weren't due here for another half hour.

After everything was set up, I noticed Nessie standing on the sidelines, looking slightly awkward.

In concern, I walked over to her and kneeled down in front of her. "What's wrong, honey?" I asked.

Looking down at the ground, she kicked a rock. "I'm just a little nervous," she admitted, sheepishly.

"But that's just stupid. Why are you nervous?"

Placing a hand on my cheek, she made a rundown of everyone who's supposed to show. However the rundown only consisted of snapshots featuring only one person or two. She made it pretty clear that she was nervous to be in a social gathering with so many people.

"You've had larger," I reminded her gently.

"Not with humans present," she answered. "What if I screw up?"

I rolled my eyes. "Ness, you are not going to screw up. You have amazing control of any situation. Plus, everyone loves you."

"Do you promise?" She skeptically asked.

"Of course," I breathed. "You know everyone that'll be here. You have nothing to worry about."

Nessie smiled softly and then hugged me, saying, "Thank you."

"No problem," I replied in a murmur, hugging her tightly back.

After that, Nessie got settled. She took a seat in between Bella and Edward, took out her MP3 player and began to listen to her music.

Taking a seat next to Bella in one of the folding chairs, I looked around.

The Cullen's really out did themselves today. They had only been reluctantly invited by Sam but I had the feeling that once they saw all the food laid out for them that they'll warm over to them.

It all seemed so silly that the tribe was still so reluctant to trust the Cullen's. After the alliance against the newborns, it seemed that our differences were pretty much ignored, but once Bella came back from her honeymoon pregnant and Sam's pack wanted to kill her along with the baby, it got really strained again. After everyone discovered that Nessie wasn't a threat and I had imprinted on her, the tension eased a little, but not much. Even the alliance with the Cullen's against the Volturi was only about convenience to Sam's pack. They didn't want the safety of the people jeopardized. After that, however, tensions eased for the most part and many of the packs got to know Nessie and they loved her.

But they were all still a little iffy about some of the Cullen's. I really hoped today and tonight would change things.

Tonight was the bon fire and we were going to hear the tribal legends and I knew that Carlisle was planning on sharing his history with everyone. Hopefully, there will be more trust at the end of the night because of this. Everyone was nervous about sharing our history with the 'cold ones', but I knew Carlisle and I knew if anyone of them asked a question about the Cullen's and the nature of there way and the nature of the others, he would answer truthfully.

Carlisle likes to trust and I didn't doubt that he'd spill all of their secrets if asked to.

I really hoped not, though. I knew some of the Cullen's wouldn't appreciate that too much and tensions would rise.

However, I really hoped the food would warm everyone up, because there was a lot of it to share. The table was laden with at least twenty different buffet trays, which consisted of sliced turkey and ham, fresh dinner rolls, casseroles and salads, cakes and bars, about a dozen bags of chips and tons of soda.

To be honest, this all seemed like a grotesque replay of the first Thanksgiving. Instead of pilgrims and Indians meeting together, this was vampires and werewolves. It was almost laughable.

Looking over at everyone, I saw that everyone looked perfectly comfortable besides Blondie and Jasper. Jasper was hanging away from the crowd and Blondie was sitting in a chair with a scowl on her face and her arms crossed. Other then that, Emmett was teasing Bella and Nessie, while Edward watched on, frowning. Alice was standing next to Jasper practically jumping with excitement and Carlisle and Esme were discussing something, probably the new house in New Hampshire. I knew Esme was working hard on restoring the house before we moved in.

Finally, everyone started showing up.

First to arrive was Seth, Sue, and Charlie, all sporting folding chairs, bags, and a cooler. Sue and Charlie seemed surprised by the amount of food and supplies the Cullen's brought, but Seth thought nothing of it.

Throwing his stuff to the side as Nessie jumped into his arms with an excited, "Uncle Seth!" He made his way to Edward to whom he bumped fists with. After Seth gave her a hug, Nessie leapt from his arms to go hug Charlie and Sue.

Peering past Nessie to the buffet of food, Charlie commented, "That's quite a spread you have here, huh?"

"Well, it is Thanksgiving after all," Esme replied, as Charlie chuckled and shook his head.

And so that begun the arrival.

Soon after they showed up, everyone else did also. Within an hour Billy, Rachel, Paul, Sam, Emily, Quil, Claire, Jared, Kim, Embry and his mom were present.

At first it was a little tense, until Carlisle spoke on behalf of his family, thanking Sam for being so gracious as to inviting them.

Soon a driftwood bon fire was erected to Nessie's and Claire's delight. They've both never seen one and they ooh-ed and awe-ed at the different colors.

Food and drink were consumed and most of the tension dissipated. Conversation and laughter rang out on the beach.

The only negatives so far were Paul's rude remarks and Blondie's furious glares and also rude comments.

After a couple hours, we began to move on to separate activities.

Emmett, Jasper, Seth, and Paul were at a collapsible table playing poker--Edward and Alice weren't allowed to play because of their abilities, even though Bella offered to shield Edward from everyone's thoughts, but they didn't trust her on that. Sam and Emily were chatting with Carlisle and Esme. Charlie and Billy were talking lazily to each other, each holding a can of beer, looking as if they would fall asleep at any second. Claire and Nessie were building a sand castle. And Quil, Jared, Embry, Edward, Bella, Alice, and I were playing a very tame game of Frisbee.

Well, until it was my turn to pass and heard Blondie mutter, "Stupid dogs…should have put them down when we had the chance."

Narrowing my eyes at the back of her head, I growled and flicked my wrist, sending the Frisbee at her head. Hitting the target effortlessly, the Frisbee curled in on itself on contact and ricocheted off her head with a sharp thwack and into a rock, making the Frisbee shatter.

The ones who caught the show started laughing, while the humans looked around in confusion trying to find the source of the noise the Frisbee created.

Blondie slowly turned around to glare at me, saying in a low threatening voice, "I. Should. Rip. Your. Head. Off…"

"Hey, Blondie!" I called out. "Why did the blonde have tire tread marks down her back?" I asked, but continued in the same breath, "From crawling across the street when the pedestrian sign said 'DON'T WALK!'"

A few people chuckled, but once Blondie gave them a murderous glare, they choked off.

Edward walked up to me and patted my back, saying in my ear, "Don't take this too far, Jacob. She really isn't in a good mood."

I just guffawed and nodded.

Since the Frisbee was now dead, Quil and I brought Nessie and Claire down to show them the tide pools. Seth tagged along.

As we watched them look at the starfish and eels, while Nessie explained to Claire what was what, we sat down, though always at the ready incase any of the girls fell in.

"This is going a lot better then expected," Quil commented, eyes on Claire the whole time.

"I don't know, man," Seth replied, "It looked like Rose was getting pretty close to killing Jake, here." He patted my back.

I snorted. "Blondie knows better then to do that."

I saw Nessie roll her eyes at my comment.

"God," Seth marveled at Nessie. "She really looks like Edward, doesn't she? Especially when she rolls her eyes like that."

"Yeah, Jake," Quil slyly said, "Is there something you'd like to share with us?"

Seth eyed me innocently. "Yeah, Jake…are you sure you imprinted on her? Or is this a show because she looks so much like her daddy?"

"Shut up," I warned, smacking them both upside the head.

They continued to laugh.

"At least I'm not the one with the real crush on Edward," I pointedly said to Seth.

He pouted as we laughed.

A little while later, we started making our way back to the beach.

Carrying Nessie on the way back, she laid her hand on the back of my neck and replayed the conversation I had with Quil and Seth. She ended it with a question mark. Why would we have a crush on her daddy?

I laughed lightly at her naïve and innocent mind.

"Nessie, we were only joking around," I explained. "We don't really have a crush on your daddy."

She eyed me curiously. "What's a crush?" She asked in a small voice.

I sighed, wondering if I should tell her this, but it was an innocent enough question.

"A crush is what you have on someone you really like. Someone you may want to marry someday," I answered.

Nessie nodded in thought. Do you have a crush? She silently inquired.

I nearly laughed, but didn't. This conversation was leading to something I didn't want to discuss with her until she was older, though I did reply. "I used to have a crush a long time ago, but it's over now."

She continued to nod in concentration, her little eyebrows puckered together. Who was she?

Now I was about to have a stroke. She didn't need to know this, but I answered her after a minute of deliberation. "No one you need to concern yourself with, yet," I replied. "I'll tell you when you're older."

Nessie was silent now, probably deep in thought. I breathed a sigh of relief that she wasn't going to press the subject. I wasn't ready and neither was Bella. We had decided a while ago that if this subject ever came up in the future, we'd both sit Nessie down and discuss out past together, so she would better understand it. After all, she still didn't know Edward left Bella a couple of years ago.

As we got closer to the bon fire, Nessie's hand slipped back to my neck and I saw her bed in my head. She portrayed being tired.

"Don't fall asleep yet, Ness. The best part is about to begin," I replied. "It's twilight now and you're about to get to hear our tribal legends as soon as Old Quil shows up."

This seemed to jolt her awake. Her eyes were wide as they conveyed excitement. She's never heard the Quileute legends before.

Jumping out of my arms, she ran back to her parents.

As I got nearer, I heard a commotion going on.

Oh crap!

Sprinting towards the bon fire, shaking, I wondered what could have happened, but a very familiar scent wafted on the wind under my nose.

Leah?

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Ha Ha. Cliffhanger! Yeah, I know it's cruel, but no fears, the next chapter should be up later today and if not no later then Tuesday.

Yeah, this chapter was a little boring, but I needed it to build up for the next chapter. Sorry for the lack of dialogue, but you know how it is when there is about twenty different characters who could speak, it gets a little overwhelming. LOL.

I think I only have about four or five more chapters left featuring Forks and then Jacob and the Cullen's will be moving on.

I also think that once I get to chapter 10 or 11, I'll being moving on to part two of the story, which means I will be skipping ahead in time, I'm not sure yet on how much time will pass, it could be six months to another year. We'll see.

Stay tuned and please Read and Review!