Chapter Twenty

The next day, I woke up in my bed. Did I really sleep the entire day? And wait, how did I get in my bed? The last thing I remembered before falling asleep was that I was sitting on the floor by the door…wait someone came into my room.

The vague memory flashed through my mind. I had been crying for what seemed like hours. Someone had softly knocked on my door before entering and kneeling in front of me. They whispered my name, but thought I was asleep. My eyes were glazed over from the tears and whenever I opened them the slightest amount, my vision was too blurry to decide who the stranger was. As the person lifted me into their arms, I rested my head on their chest. They gently laid me on my bed and whispered "I love you, Renesmee." in my ear and kissed my forehead before standing from the bed and leaving.

I had recognized the voice at that time, but now it was all a mystery.

Could last night's visitor have been the same as before?

I shook any crazy thoughts from my head as I crawled from the bed to get dressed.

It had to have been Jacob since the person had told me they loved me. But if it was, why did he leave? Why didn't he stay with me?

I decided to forget about the confusion, and headed downstairs after changing.

As I walked into the living room, I saw Seth and Leah sitting on the couch. Between them a girl I understood to be Jaylen from the description of her by Seth so many times. Her brown hair was curled in soft ringlets that gently surrounded her shoulders and her eyes a piercing blue that reminded me of the ocean near Isle Esme.

"Hey guys!" I said as I walked over to them. "You must be Jaylen. I'm Renesmee; Nessie for short, though." She smiled shyly and nodded. "We decided it was finally time she met everyone!" Seth beamed. It was amazing the effect that imprinting had on him. Very few times had he been with Uncle Emmett and Uncle Jasper playing the Wii or any of the rest of their toys, which was as strange for him.

"So Lee, what are your plans for today?" I said. "Don't think I have any, why?" I nodded as I braced myself for her answer to my next question. "You up for a shopping trip with me and Aun…um..Alice?" I laughed as she groaned, rolling eyes and throwing her head against the back of the couch. "I guess, but not too many store, okay?" I looked at her with one eyebrow raised. "Oh yeah, we're going to be with Alice. Okay, sure, why not?" I grinned as I told Leah the time I decided to go and told Jaylen goodbye.

I ran all throughout the house yelling for Aunt Alice, trying my best not to say Aunt Alice, but only Alice because of Jaylen.

I finally found her in the extra room we used for a computer area. As I walked in, I glanced at the computer screen and noticed she was looking at wedding decorations and mad windows minimized for bridal gowns boutiques. I won't even try to pronounce the names of the sites for the shops. They were French, which has never been my strongest language.

"Aunt Alice!" I whispered. "Please don't be looking for any wedding details right now. Seth has Jaylen here to meet everyone!" Her eyes were twice the normal size when I told her this. "Already?! I thought she wouldn't be here tell later today while we were gone shopping!" I started to ask her how she knew we were going shopping but stopped myself as I answered the question myself: Physic.

"Well, she's here now! So close that out! With Seth as oblivious as he is right now, he could lead her right in here now without even realizing what he was doing!" I grabbed the mouse from her hand and quickly closed the windows.

"So can you be ready to leave in about an hour?" she nodded, before jumping up and heading for the living room, obviously to meet Jaylen. Since Aunt Alice cannot remember much about her life as a human, meeting humans always fascinates her, giving her a chance to learn something new about them.

I decided to go find Jacob and let him in on my plans. I already knew he would not be up for a day of shopping with Aunt Alice, so I chose to not even ask him to go. As I reached his door, I walked inside to find him still in bed. "You know, you sleep way to long! It's passed time to get up!" I said as I sat down beside him on the bed, his back to me. He rolled over to face me, giving me a smile. "And this is coming from someone who slept yesterday away!" To that, I had no comeback. It was true; I had slept the entire day. "Yeah? Well, still. You have got to get up!" I said as I leaned down to kiss him.

"I just came in to let you know I'm going shopping with Leah and Aunt Alice. Oh yeah, and Jaylen is downstairs. She seems nice; shy…but nice." he groaned. "Jacob, you have got to get over the fact that she is a human. Seth has no control over who he imprints on, so don't blame him."

"I know that, and I don't blame him; I just have to get passed the fact that I may be his Alpha as far as the pack is concerned, but his heart…I have no control over that. I'm just so used to him coming to me with everything first and… I don't know… I guess I just got used to that."

"Are you afraid you're going to lose him as part of the pack? That he would want to leave with Jaylen and pretend to be a human; that way he can grow old if he stops fazing?"

Jacob sat up and looked at me. He nodded. "Crazy, aren't I? And I hate that I feel that way!"

"Jacob, it's not you're fault that you feel like that. You only want what's best for Seth, I know that. You just have to find a better way of showing him that instead of fazing and running off. That isn't always the answer, Jacob."

"It just seemed like that the bet option at the time, I guess." he smiled "But, yeah, I know. I'm just going to have to except whatever his decision is."

"Exactly. But seriously, Jacob, don't worry about that now. Wait till the time comes to think about that. Now, like I said, I'm, going shopping with Aunt Alice, or yet Alice around Jaylen," I laughed "and Leah. I'll see you when we get back."

I smiled and leaned down to kiss him softly before walking out to find Aunt Alice and Leah.