13. That Stupid Smirk
Renesmee's POV
My skin was on fire. The way Jacob had reached out and pulled me to him could only be described as aggressive and it made my whole body flush. I heard him swimming behind me towards shore and no matter how cold the water was my body couldn't seem to calm down. My breathing was ragged as I walked up onto the beach. I looked over my shoulder to see if Jacob was behind me and my breath caught in my throat. He only had shorts on, like usual, but the water made the sunlight glint off of him and the water ran down his toned stomach in little ripples.
I whipped my head back around and tried to take deep breaths without him noticing. I heard him quicken his pace to stand beside me. I tried not to look over at him but it was too tempting. I looked over right at his naked chest and my eyes slowly made it up to his face. He had a smirk on his face and I was pretty sure he had just caught my wandering eyes. My cheeks flushed and I looked down at my feet. The sand was stuck to them in a fine coat. I was busy picking each sand crystal apart with my eyes when I felt Jake's fingers brush against my arm.
I cautiously looked up at his face. There was a smirk across his lips but a more intense look coming from his eyes reminding me of the way I had just been looking at him. He took a step closer to me and my heart starting pounding so hard I thought it would break through my ribs. He reached up and ran his fingers through my wet hair to push it back from my face.
Slowly, he lowered his head down to mine and I let my eyes shut. I was in no way about to stop this moment. I could feel his face was only inches from mine and I had just started to lean in towards him when he said, "Let's get you home."
I opened my eyes with surprise to see him a foot back from me with a triumphant look shining in his eyes. I was surprised at how disappointed I felt. I had wanted Jacob to kiss me. And from the look on his face, he knew it too.
"Okay." I said trying to not to let any emotion slip into my voice. After saying goodbye to the pack, the walk back home was slow and quiet. I didn't really know what to say. I was embarrassed and a little ashamed. But Jacob, he was surrounded with an aura of pride and triumph. It was a little unsettling.
"So…" Jake said in a cheery voice.
"So." I responded in a bleak voice.
"What's a matter Nessie?" He said in a teasingly. I wasn't even looking at his face but I could hear the smile in his voice.
I let out a long sigh.
"I'm just tired."
"Sure sure."
I looked up at him to see him staring straight ahead with that stupid smirk on his face. His little smirks just always seemed to get to me. Irritation flashed across my features and I said the first thing that popped into my head.
"You didn't have to do that to me you know. I just reached maturity. There's a lot going on with my body that I don't even know about. You didn't have to take advantage of that at the beach."
His grin only seemed to get wider.
"Sorry Ness. I was under the impression you wanted me to."
I just shut my mouth and looked back down at my feet.
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