Disclaimer: If I was Stephanie Meyer I wouldn't be here, now would I?

A/N: Check out my best friend VikkiSuLuvzYew, who is my writing partner when it comes to my real book and an awesome Harry Potter Fan-Fic author. She has a couple of chapters in her story, Hectic Hogwarts, which is hilarious. There is also Broom Closets Suck, Protected by Hate (Which I'm helping write, and I'm sort of in, read to find out what I mean), and more!

Another A/N: I know the first half of this is sort of a filler, but bare with me. It was needed. If I spelled anything wrong or got the facts wrong, sorry. I haven't read the books in a while. And the reason Jacob skips over the time he kissed Bell and she broke her hand is because he doesn't want to make himself sound like more of an ass than he already is. And yes, I also know it doesn't say anything about Jacob stripping down and phasing for Charlie. He doesn't like to look back on that, but I'll mention it somewhere. Also, I'm not sure if there is a Second Beach, but I think there is. I also made up the info about it.

A/N Again: Sorry about how long it's been since I've updated, I just have a really awesome story idea of my own I've been putting all of my energy into for the last couple of months… And, not saying that it will, but if this story starts to go a little down hill for a little while I'm apologizing in advance.

Chapter 4: Our Love Story In Short

(Renesmee's p.o.v.)

"So," asked Ashley as she slid out from under a car (she had gotten a job at the shop after proving that she was, much to the guys dismay, a freaking awesome mechanic), "Nessie you never did tell me how exactly you and Jake got together."

I was sitting in Jake's lap at the wooden picnic table in the main garage. I smiled up at him. Ah, that story.

"I thought you'd never ask," I said.

"I did last week, moron," said Ashley as she put on tool in her toolbox, wiped grease off of her hands with a rag, grabbed another tool, went back under the car, and started working again.

"Well," I said, "It all started seven years ago."

"Actually, Ness," corrected Seth, "This all started before you were born. It started about…nine years ago."

"Seth's right," said Jake sounding mysterious, "This started with your mother moving to Forks and meeting the oh-so-mysterious, sparkly, beautiful Edward Cullen."

"So do tell Jake," I said, sitting back and crossing my arms across my chest. Jake took me by my thighs and settled me in his lap so I had to arch my neck to look at him.

"Well, it all started one rainy day eight years ago. I was about fifteen at the time. Bella Swan had just moved back in town, and she was seventeen. She was the talk of Forks, La Push too, and all the guys loved her. But she had her eyes set on one guy…Edward Cullen," started Jacob.

"Edward was a vampire, though, but he still liked her. As far as Bella has told me he wanted to scare her away so he couldn't hurt her, but Bella was, and is, a hardhead."

Ashley came out from under the car and settled beside Seth.

"And so the lion fell in love with the lamb," I quoted quietly, thinking back to then time my mom had told her and my father's story to me. Well, most of it anyway. I had heard the truth about a week ago; the one where my father ran away, Jake was in love with my mom, and then imprinted on me. My family would give Jerry friggin' Springer a headache.

Jake nodded and continued, "So she got her way and Edward fell for her, head over heels. Everything went fine until one day Bella and the Cullens were out playing baseball and a nomadic coven of vampires; James, Loraunt, and Victoria, rolled into town. James was a tracker and thought Bella was his to eat, so the Cullens took her to Phoenix."

"Phoenix is where my mom used to live with her mom, Rene, before she moved to Forks to live with my Grandpa Charlie," I explained.

"So, to save her mom, because she thought James had her, Bella went to her old house which is where James was. Turns out that the voice of Rene on the phone was actually a recording and James just wanted Bella. So, James bit Bella. The Cullens there just in time and Edward sucked the venom out of Bella, though she still has the scars," said Jacob.

"I still don't see where you come in," said Ashley, who sat on the floor, looking confused.

"I'm getting there," said Jacob almost impatiently. "So, Sam. Jared, and Paul have already phased because of James's coven and it Bella's eighteenth birthday. She and the Cullens were celebrating at the Cullen's mansion. Bella goes to open a present and cuts her finger. That wouldn't be a big deal in most houses, but with a bunch of vampires…"

Jake trailed off and I tensed, swallowing hard. This part of the story was newer to me than the rest and I hated it with a passion.

"Jasper tried to attack her," said Jake simply. "Edward thought it would be too dangerous to stay any longer and left her. Sam found her in the woods and brought her home. She didn't talk for months. Rumor was that she had gone insane. Charlie threatened to send her to her mom's and she perked up, came to see her best buddy, me. By that time I was almost ready to phase for the first time and Embry already had.

"So, Bella come to me with these bikes that look more like scrap metal than anything else. We fixed them up and she started getting into thrill seeking; asked me to take her cliff diving. We hung out, and I introduced her to Quil and Embry. She looked better, but I could see the sadness behind it all, especially when I slipped up and mentioned Edward.

"One night I phased. I didn't want to hurt Bella, so under Sam's orders I left her alone. She didn't understand and if she had she wouldn't have cared. One day she was in the woods and was almost killed by one of James's old coven, Laurent. That was the first time she saw me as a wolf, but she didn't realized it. I knew I had to tell her. By this time Sam had already imprinted on Emily and broken up with Leah. Jared had imprinted on Kim and Quil on Claire. So, anyway, once when Bella first moved to Forks, I had told her the Quileute legends, that was back before I took them seriously. I tried to get Bella to remember the legends and she did. She realized what I was and confronted me. Sam wasn't too happy, but I hadn't broken any rules, so there wasn't really anything he could do."

I grinned a little. Ah, Jake, always the rebellious one.

"So, anyway," he continued, "one day Bella decides to go cliff diving, but she doesn't see that there's a hurricane brewing. Meanwhile, the only living member of James's coven, his mate, Victoria, is out running around. It triggers Seth and Leah's phase…"

"It's okay man," said Seth. He turned to his girlfriend, "Leah and I phased and gave my dad a heart attack. He died."

"Seth, I'm so sorry," whispered Ashley.

"Don't be," said Seth, taking Ashley's hand into his. "It's not your fault."

There was a silence as Ashley and Seth looked into each other's eyes with so much love it looked painful, until they turned back to us for the story.

"Anyway," said Jake, "Victoria was after Bella because her "mate" had killed hers. She wanted to kill Bella to get back at Edward. At the time I thought I was…"

Jacob looked at me with regret and pain in his eyes. "It's okay, Jake," I said. "You can say it. In a way things had to work out like that for us to be together today."

"I thought I was in love with Bella. But, it wouldn't have mattered anyway if I hadn't thought that. Us wolves are supposed to protect human kind. I saved her and took her home. Who was there but Bella's best friend and Edward's sister, Alice Cullen. Alice could see the future-"

I cut in there. "Certain vampires have powers. My mom is a shield, she can block most powers. My dad can read minds. My Aunt Alice can see the future of humans and vampires, and sometimes cross-breeds. My Uncle Jasper can control emotions. And I can communicate and send messages to people by touching them."

Ashley nodded, entranced, and Jake started again. "So, Alice couldn't see me because I'm not completely human and she thought Bella had drowned. She had told Rosalie, Ness' other aunt, about it. Rosalie didn't much like Bella so she called Edward and told him. He went to the Volturi and asked them to kill him."

I cut in again. "The Volturi are what rule over the vampires and keep us in order, sort of. The three major vampires are Aro, Cacious, and Marcus. Then there are the Wives and then there is the Guard; they protect Aro, Cacious, and Marcus, along with their wives."

Jacob started again. "The Volturi refused him because he was too talented. They offered him a spot in the Guard, but the Volturi drank human blood. The Cullens drink animal blood. They're "vegetarians." And, anyway, Edward didn't want to live. Alice saw he was going to pull a stunt, so she convinced Bella to come to Volterra and talk Edward out of it."

Jacob swallowed. "I told her not to go, that it was a bad idea. She didn't listen. She went to Volterra, she and Alice stole a car, and they saved Edward. I, being the idiot I am, got angry and showed Charlie the bikes. Edward and I almost fought each other that day. After that Edward and Bella went to the Cullen's. They voted on if she should be a vampire or not. The only ones who voted no were Rosalie and Edward."

"So, anyway, Bella was grounded and she and I began passing notes between our parents like third graders. Billy took away Bella's punishment and told her that she should go see me. She came and saw me and we became friends again, I was still protecting her from Victoria. So, these attacks started happening in Seattle-"

"I remember those!" said Ashley in recognition. "They said it was a serial killer or a new gang, but eventually the killings just stopped."

Jacob nodded. "Victoria was creating an army of newborn vampires. Newborns are extremely strong, but aren't very smart. Jasper, Ness' uncle, showed us some moves on how to kill the vampires. Edward proposed to Bella. The day of the battle I found out. Back then when I thought, when I thought I was in love with Bella I was stupid. I decided I was going to kill myself. To stop me Bella kissed me. I fought better than ever for most of that battle. But Victoria and Riley still got away. Seth and Edward were guarding Bella when they got there. Seth killed Riley and ran to get help. Victoria and Edward were trying to kill each other and neither of them were getting anywhere, so Bella decided, as a diversion, she was going to cut her arm. This was partly my fault, because I told her the legend of the Third Wife, which you will hear at our bonfire next week. It did work, though, but Edward was furious. Back where we were fighting Leah decided to take on two vampires on her own. I being the hero I am, jumped in and saved her. As a result I was almost broken in half." I winced at the thought of my Jacob being hurt in any way.

"So, the Volturi came and questioned the Cullens and left, and because they're such a bunch of assholes they were sad that they hadn't been there to watch. As soon as I healed from almost being broken in half I went wolf and ran away.

"Now, this is getting into the part that makes me sound like a real jerk," sighed Jake. "If you no longer wanted to talk to me after this, I'd understand completely.

"Bella and Edward's wedding was the day I showed back up. I asked Bella to dance with me, in the woods, on the outskirts of her wedding. Bella started talking about her honeymoon. I, being so freaking naive, apparently, thought it was a fake honeymoon. I asked her why she was going through the motions. She told me she wasn't, it was a real honeymoon. I didn't think they were really going to have sex, vampires are too strong for mortal women, they usually get killed in the process. I almost phased on her, almost ruined her whole wedding. The guys took me home and Bella went on her honeymoon. And they did have sex, apparently, because Bella came home pregnant."

Jake ran his fingers through his hair. I knew he didn't want to tell this part of the story, I really didn't want to hear it. I had to keep reminding myself every day that he hadn't mean it, he hadn't known, it was what was going on now that mattered. But I was still hurting, and Jake knew it.

"Nessie, is it…?" he asked, trailing off. I knew what he was going to say though: Is it okay? I nodded and he continued.

"Seth heard through the grapevine that Bella had gotten some kind of rare South American disease on the honeymoon and Charlie, her father, couldn't see her. I thought that they had turned her into a vampire, because I sure as hell knew it wasn't a disease. Sam and I got into a fight about what it was. I went to check it out for myself. See, the werewolves and vampires had a treaty when they moved onto our land. They couldn't bite anyone. You'd have to bite a human to turn them into a vampire. But Bell wasn't a vampire, she was hugely pregnant. I counted back in my head, it didn't make since how she cold be that pregnant. They told me the baby was growing fast and killing her because they didn't know what to do. I went and told Sam all of this. He started setting up the groups of who would kill who and all of that. It was too much. I fought back. I was supposed to be the real Alpha, but was never comfortable being the leader. Now an Alpha, I ran off to warn the Cullens. Seth followed me, which pissed me off, but you know how you can never get rid of him."

Ashley smiled and Seth threw and oily cloth, easily dodged, at Jake mumbling "jerk" under his breath. But when Ashley kissed him on the cheek he smiled again and wrapped his arms back around her.

"Anyway," said Jake, "we warned the Cullens and I stayed with them. Leah came the next day to protect her baby brother. Leah and I became real close, and she became my Beta. So, eventually, Bella had the baby. Edward had to change Bella into a vampire or she'd die. Rosalie was downstairs feeding baby Renesmee. I was so angry that Renesmee had turned Bella into a vampire, that I didn't have a chance with Bella anymore, that I was going to kill her. Now, I being the dumb ass I am, didn't notice why I was attached to Bella all this time. It hadn't been Bella, it was Renesmee, I had imprinted."

"And she was the only thing that really mattered from then on." Jake laced is fingers through mine and kissed my temple mumbling into my hair. "Nessie I want you to know I'm sorry for all of the dumb shit I've ever done. I'm sorry I've hurt you. I love you so much…I can't even begin to tell you. Forgive me, please?"

I had tears in my eyes now. That had to have been the best damn apology in the world. "You're forgiven," I whispered. He kissed me and Ashley made an "awh!" noise in the background.

Once we had kissed Jacob continued with the story. "Nessie was growing at an alarming rate and we didn't know how long her life would be. In fifteen years she'd have been an old woman. Carlisle said she was slowing down but she began to talk and walk and we were terrified. I knew I couldn't loose her. One day we were hunting in the woods, when a friend of the Cullens, Irina, came to visit. She thought Renesmee was an immortal child, which is strictly prohibited, and she ran to tattle to the Volturi. We were preparing for a war, Alice left and started gathering friends to fight with us. The Volturi did come, but a war didn't happen. They were satisfied with the fact that Nessie was half human, because another hybrid like her, Nanuhel, showed up and told them Nessie was harmless. We also found out that Nessie was just going to stop aging at seven. She was immortal."

I smiled. "Now, that's not quite the happily-ever-after," I said. "But I want to tell the rest of this story."

Jake motioned for me to do so. "So, about five years later I'm thirteen. Charlie and Sue get married. You and Seth imprint. Leah and Embry get together. Well, I was just starting to like Jake romantically. He knew I liked him, I kissed him. But we still didn't get together because I was too young. When my dad found out he knocked Jake out. On the day of Leah and Embry's reception I found out about the whole story for the first time. They had been hiding it from me to protect my feelings. I realized it was a misunderstanding and Jake and I went on that date with you guys. The rest you know."

Ashley shook her head. "Wow. Y'all's story makes mine and Seth's sound so simple. Talk about soul mates. You had to go through all of that to get together?"

I laughed a little and nodded. "Well, guys," said Jake, sliding me off of his lap and standing up himself. "Nessie and I have to go."

"No, we-" Jake pressed a finger to my lips.

Seth and Ashley said their goodbyes and Jake and I walked out of the shop. I was a little confused, but I trusted Jake, so I followed him to the Rabbit.

(Jacob's p.o.v.)

I opened the door for Nessie to get in the passenger seat and tried to not get caught up in the heavenliness that was her body.

She was wearing a tight white sweater that wrapped around her shoulders. I could see dark purple tank top straps and slightly lighter bra straps. She was wearing faded skinny jeans that showed off her ass wonderfully.

You see, Nessie Cullen didn't have a butt; she had an ass. A beautiful one that I could hardly keep my hands off of.

"Where are we going?" asked Renesmee as I slid into the driver's seat.

"To the tree house," I explained. "I promised that I'd take you, but I never got to. So, to La Push!" I said the last part dramatically.

Nessie grinned and twined her fingers through mine. We rode the rest of the fifteen minutes like that.

Once we were in Second Beach's parking lot we got out of the car and started up a trail. The reason the location was Second Beach was because Second Beach was less popular than First Beach, therefore we had less chance of intrusion. Also, it has more surrounding woods and stronger trees which was better for a tree house in the first place.

I offered her my hand and he took it, leaning into me a little. I knew the path to the tree house by heart and found it easily enough.

The tree house looked just as it did the day Embry, Quil, Seth, and I built it. It was made of dark wood with a square hole cut in each wall for a window and rested in the large fork of two trees. The windows had tiny glass panes in them and I would have been able to see in if not for the purple curtains Ness had hung. The roof had real shingles on it and the entryway was a trapdoor in the bottom of the floor.

"We have a lot of memories out here, huh Jake?" asked Nessie, looking up at the tree house and smiling.

There was already snow hard-packed on the ground beneath our feet, but as soon as Nessie turned her head to look at me-her bronze hair swishing-a few flurries started to fall, catching on her eyelashes.

She looked like an angel. My angel.

She was gorgeous. Her soft brown eyes fringed by long, elegant, copper lashes; those tipped in snow. Her soft, rose colored, heart shaped, pouty lips. Her elegant nose and cheekbones. Her flaming bronze ringlets…

"Jake?" asked Renesmee, turning to me, looking concerned.

"Renesmee Cullen, I love you," I blurted out.

Where the hell did that come from? Nessie's doe eyes widened and then she smiled. Walking closer, she put her hands on my chest. "I love you too, Jacob."

She pushed herself up on her toes a little, but since she was only a little over five feet and I was almost seven, I leaned down to capture her lips in mine.

Too soon, we had to pull apart for air. Nessie tugged on my shirt sleeve and panted, "Tree house. C'mon."

She started up the little ladder, and I went after her. Nothing much had changed inside of the house except that some of the stuff was a little dusty. The white painted walls were the same and the dark purple curtains were too. The gray carpeted floors and furniture were all the same, but Nessie just sat down on the floor and pulled me down beside her.

She went for the buttons on my shirt, which I was cool with. She ran her hands over chest and my stomach clenched. Then she leaned down and kissed me right where my neck joined my shoulder.

"Damn," was all I said, letting my fingers curl against the floor. Where did Nessie learn to do this kind of stuff?

So, for the part I wasn't cool with. Nessie backed off and peeled her sweater off over her head. I realized what she was doing as soon as she had pulled her tank top over her midriff to show her pale, flat stomach.

"No!" I exclaimed, my hands going immediately to her wrists, and holding them down tightly to the floor. "No, Nessie. We, we can't. I mean, we could, but you would regret

it-"

"No, Jake," said Nessie quietly, her eyes burning into mine. "I wouldn't regret it. I'm in love with you. And, c'mon, Jake?"

I just looked at her for a moment. Then, in response, I leaned down and kissed her, flipping her gently under me. I placed my hands on the edge of her shirt and we pulled it over her head together.

"I love you," I whispered, kissing under her jaw. She wrapped her fingers in my hair and whimpered something that sounded like "I love you" back.

After a while Nessie hands had moved mine to the button on her jeans. I looked up at her and swallowed. She nodded. "It's okay, Jake."

I nodded and placed my fingers on the button. I unbuttoned it and had her zipper halfway down when the trapdoor burst open.

"Fuck man! I'm so sorry!" Danny.

I growled and sat up, quickly covering every part of my girlfriend but her face with a blanket n the corner. "What the hell do you want?"

"I-I'm sorry," stumbled Danny. "I-I didn't know that's what you were doing! But we-we've got an emergency!"

"Nessie, get dressed, I'll be right back," I said gently. Then I turned back to Danny with my mad-as-hell look and we went outside.

"What is it?" I asked, warily.

"A new wolf," said Danny. "Jared's little brother."

"He's only fourteen!" I exclaimed. "And why the fuck are we getting new wolves anyway? Did you check for vampires?"

"Yes," said Danny. "Seth sent us out to the borders. Nothing."

I nodded. Good, Seth. "Where's Seth now?" I asked.

"He's trying to get Colton to phase back," said Danny. "But the kid won't listen to anything we say. He's pretty shaken up. And his girlfriend-"

"There's a girlfriend?" I asked miserably. The last thing I needed was more imprint drama to deal with. "Does she know that he's a wolf?"

"Yeah," sighed Danny. "He was fighting with her. He got angry and phased. She's not hurt or anything, but she knows. She ran away as soon as she saw what he was. She went to Colton's mom, Mrs. Wahalla, and Mrs. Wahalla called us. When we couldn't find you Seth came down."

I nodded. Thank God for my Beta. "You go ahead and go back to what you were doing," I said. "And I'm gonna get Nessie and we'll come too."

Danny nodded and took off for the woods. I turned around and scaled the tree. Inside of the tree house Nessie was already fully dressed and she had her hair up in a ponytail. She blushed when she saw me, but didn't say anything besides "I heard everything. Let's go."

(Renesmee's p.o.v.)

I couldn't believe everything that had just happened. Jacob and I had been making out and we got this close to, to what? What had we been going to do? Would we have stopped? Kept going…and then what? But then, Danny had come in to tell Jake about a new werewolf, bad news, and stopped us. If he hadn't stopped us…?

My thoughts were cut off as Jake pulled up in front of the Wahalla household. To a passerby it would look normal. To someone who lived next door, there would just be a few more cars than usual. But, I could sense the unusual amount of werewolves in the backyard.

I could smell that Seth was there along with Kenny, Danny, Quil, Paul, Jared, and Sam. Ashley opened the front door as soon as we were parked and rushed out to see me.

Jacob went into the back yard to get the cub to phase back and Ashley tugged me in the direction of the front door. I stumbled after her.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Colton's girlfriend, Tessa, she's sobbing and nobody can get her to stop. We thought you could do it," explained Ashley.

I nodded and followed her to the living room. A girl with dark hair sat curled on the couch, sobbing uncontrollably.

"Uh, Tessa?" I asked walking into the room. I had been raised in the midst of folklore, nothing surprised me. But, to be a normal teenage girl and have your boyfriend turn into a giant wolf while you were yelling at each other…

The girl stopped crying for a second. "I'm Renesmee Cullen. I-I want you to know that Colton is okay and…and I'll get someone to explain what's going on if you stop crying."

Tessa sat up and nodded. "He, he's okay?"

I nodded back. "Yeah, Colton's okay."

Kim was behind me. "I'll explain it to her." She led Tessa out of the room.

Ashley and I watched as they left and as the bedroom door that Kim took Tessa into shut we sat down on the couch.

"Wow," said Ashley. "I wish we knew what as making all of these new wolves phase-"

"I think Jacob and I almost had sex!" I blurted out.

Ashley whipped around, her long blonde hair flying out behind her. "What?"

I swallowed hard. "Well, after we left you and Seth, we went to this tree house on Second Beach that we had built when I was a kid. We started making out and things got a little out of hand. I made it clear that I was okay with…us having sex, but Danny burst in."

Ashley sat me down on the couch beside me, grabbing me by my arms. "Oh my God!" she squealed.

"Shh!" I scolded in a whisper. "I don't want anyone to know."

"Well, us wolves do have super-sonic hearing you know," said Quil, walking in with an apple in his hand that I knew he'd snagged from the kitchen table. He threw the apple in the air and it spiraled gracefully before landing in his palm. "Everyone outside just heard you. Jacob is blushing like a little girl."

"Uh, Quil, don't you have a thirteen year old girl that wants to test her new mascara on you waiting for you?" said Jacob, walking in the room.

Quil blushed. "Yes," he responded. He left, walking towards the front of the house.

"That'll teach him to mind his own damn business." Jacob turned to me, and held out his hand to lift me off of the couch. "Uh, Ness? In the future could you talk a little lower, and not scream, uh, what you screamed out?" he asked.

I blushed and nodded. Jacob ran a hand over my hair. "It's okay," he told me. "Just expect a lot of innuendoes from the guys for a couple weeks. Anyway, Colton phased back, so I can take you home now."

I nodded. After saying my goodbyes to Ashley we left and went out to the Rabbit so Jacob could, as promised, drive me home.

We were about halfway to the house when I decided Jake wasn't going to break the silence. Fine, if he wouldn't then I would. I placed my hand on Jacob's thigh. Jake?

"Yeah?" he asked, out loud.

Are you mad at me? I asked quietly into his mind.

"No Ness," he told me, sighing. "I-I'm mad at myself more than anything, though."

I took my hand off of his leg and folded them in my lap. "Why, Jacob?" I asked softly.

"Because I let things get out of hand. It' my fault. I'm sorry."

"Jacob Black!" I exclaimed. "It was nobody's fault! I wanted it to happen! There is no need to be sorry. I'm not sorry. As a matter of fact, I happened to like it. Very much."

Jacob turned to me, a dumbfound expression on his face as he pulled in front of the cottage, using the same shortcut the pizza guy had the night of the sleepover. "I have a feeling my dad's waiting," I told him.

(Jacob's p.o.v.)

Nessie and I walked up the driveway in silence. We had been thinking about it when we got here, so there was no doubt Edward would know what we'd done.

I swallowed hard as I turned the doorknob, feeling just as I had that day Nessie and I had shared our first kiss. If he had knocked me out for kissing her, good God what would he do now?

Edward was waiting for us in an armchair in the living room, Bella perched on the armrest. She was running her fingers through his hair like she was trying to get him to calm down.

Bella pushed off of the armrest, and stood staring at us sternly with her arms crossed over her chest. "Take a seat," she said in a controlled tone, motioning towards the couch. "It seems we have some things to discuss."

Nessie and I walked quietly over to the couch, and took our seats, still holding hands. Edward and Bella came to stand in front us. "Mom, I'd just like to start off by saying that whatever you're thinking, whatever dad saw, it wasn't just because of Jake. I could've stopped him if I wanted to," said Nessie.

Bella nodded. "Okay," she said. "And I get that, because, believe it or not, I was a teenager not that long ago. I had the same feelings for Edward as you do for Jacob. I wanted with him what you want with Jacob."

"Ewh, mom!" groaned Nessie. "I do not want to hear about that. Please!" You're not the only one…

Edward shot me a look before pacing around the room. He paused in the middle, and looked at us again. "Renesmee, what your mother is trying to say, whether you want to hear it or not, is that we had the same…urges. But we waited until our honeymoon to have sex, and it was so much more special."

Nessie nodded slowly. "I get that. It's just…Jake and I are in love, dad. And, yeah, I guess things did get a bit out of hand. I do want my first time to be special, but I can't guarantee it will be on my wedding night."

"Renesmee, baby," said Bella, walking over and putting her hands on Renesmee's shoulders, "just please hear us out. Your first time will be so much better, and it will be so much more rewarding, if you wait. I can talk from experience."

Nessie nodded. "Okay," she said. "Since we can't all agree, how about this? When Jake and I think we're ready we'll come to you first. I want to be honest with you guys. Really, I do."

Bella nodded, "Fair enough."

Edward sighed in defeat. "And, apparently the no-sleeping-in-the-same-bed rule isn't working, so you and Jacob can spend the nights together if you want to. But, if I hold up that part of the deal, then you have to hold up yours: you have to tell us before you and Jacob have sex, that way you'll have had time to think it through, and you have to spend at least three nights in your own room, all of which Jacob can be over. The reason I'm doing this is because I used to sneak into your mother's room and spend the nights with her, and I'm not a hypocrite, we do understand this."

Renesmee nodded, smiling. "Well, obviously the 'no going out after seven' and the 'no kissing' rules have been canceled out, and I don't think you guys care if we play fight or if I sit in Jake's lap, but what about the 'sufficient amount of clothing' rule?"

Edward groaned and Bella stepped in. "Well, Jacob's seen you in your underwear-" Edward covered his ears, to no avail I'm sure "-and you sleep in a tank top and underwear last time I checked, so fine…"

Renesmee jumped up and hugged Bella. "Thank you mom."

"Just remember to be responsible, and come to me first before you go all the way," said Bella seriously.

Nessie nodded and smiled, then turned to me. 'Wanna go back to the tree house?' she mouthed.