AN: This was going to be the last chapter but it went in a completely different direction then I had planned. I really had no idea this was going to happen, but it did. The last and final part will hopefully be done soon. Thank you for the reviews, lovely reviewers! Keep it up and I'll update soon-ish (hopefully)! REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!

Can't Stop This Thing We've Started

Part 5.1: With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds and Tired Souls...We Slept

Nessie stared at her parents with betrayal clearly on her face. How could they? To Jacob? Mom and him were best friends, for crying out loud! And hey, even though her dad and Jake weren't always the best of buds; they still maintained a decent friendship. But now...hate seemed to be the main theme among the dynamic trio. Maybe her mom was jealous?

Haha.

No.

Edward and Bella stood in front of the house staring at their only child, who was growing far too fast for their taste. Couldn't she wait to be with Jacob until another five years or so? - Ten would be better though...fifty would be perfect. I mean, they had forever - what was the rush? Unless! Maybe she was...

"Are you pregnant?" Bella blurted out as soon as the thought struck her.

"What! Absolutely not! We haven't even done that..." Nessie glared at her mother more harshly at that naive comment. This whole thing was surreal to her. Who would have ever thought she'd have this conversation with her mom and dad?

Edward chuckled. "What's so funny?" Bella asked shortly.

"I remember Charlie asking you that same question before..." Edward stopped smiling when he saw the look on his wife's face. Bella turned back to Nessie.

"Well that's good," she said, "because you and Jacob aren't having sex until your married."

The birds twitted their songs to one another as a strong breeze blew over the Cullen house, rustling the three's hair. Bella's words hung across the grounds as silence took over everywhere - including inside the house, where the vampire's were listening to this conversation, eagerly; despite Bella asking for this to be a private conversation.

"What?" Nessie's voice was hollow. "This isn't the eighteenth century, nobody does that anymore."

"I did," Bella said rather smugly.

"Only because dad made you! Besides, I don't believe in marriage," Nessie stated. Bella balked, this was all too familiar.

"She's definitely your daughter," Edward muttered. Bella did not appreciate the hostility from everyone today.

"Be more supportive," Bella hissed. Edward replied by standing next to Bella. A united front?

Nessie stared at her parents, not really believing that they were actually staring at her like they were. Like she was a child. They never did that. Especially her dad who always treated her like an adult. "You knew this day would come," Nessie said.

Bella bit her lower lip and Edward crossed his arms. "I think you're too young," Edward said slowly.

"I'm not!"

"You're seven," Bella said. She was trying very hard to keep her temper under control. How could Edward be so calm about this?

Nessie huffed and turned from her parents because she felt as if she was going to cry. She hated fighting with them, she always felt so much less mature, smaller and stupid when they got cross with her.

"You're not stupid, Nessie. You're still very young despite your appearance. We don't mean to upset you, we just want you to understand our perspective. It's not easy watching our daughter grow up this fast. Technically you shouldn't even be fully grown until your around eighteen, and yet here you are at seven! It has just been too fast for your mother and I that we still haven't grasped the concept that you're a young woman now," Edward said.

Nessie definitely felt like crying. She was hurt and embarrassed now. She averted her stare from her parents.

Bella didn't like what Edward was saying. "She is not a young woman," she pouted.

"Bella, please." Edward was torn between his wife and his daughter right now. "Don't get me wrong, I am in some ways furious at this situation, but I have to be reasonable, too. So do you."

"You're furious at me?" Nessie said quietly.

"No, not you. Jacob," Edward scoffed like it was obvious. And it was.

"Don't blame him! He did nothing," Nessie defended. Oh, but he did!

Edward snorted. "Trust me, I read his thoughts. He did something," Edward said. Nessie blushed, it was horrible that her father knew everything. She would never have privacy. How embarrassing! "Believe me, I'm not keen on these thoughts either," Edward grumbled.

Oh, God! Awkward. Nessie couldn't handle this conversation anymore. "Are we done, yet?" Nessie asked quickly.

"Yes," Edward said.

"No," Bella said at the exact same time.

"Bella what can we do to prevent this?" Edward groaned, because he really wanted to know.

Bella thought for a minute. "We can move," she stated simply, but her voice fell because she knew that was unlikely.

"I'll run away with Jacob!" Nessie threatened.

"Jacob can't leave his pack!" Bella countered.

The mother and daughter glared at one another. "Bella, I think we should stop. At least for today," Edward touched his wife's arm but she pulled it away roughly.

"Fine," she turned on her heel and stormed off past the house to her small cottage in the woods.

"You two will make up soon enough," Edward turned to his daughter.

"I don't care," Nessie said. Edward frowned; he touched Nessie's cheek briefly before turning to follow Bella.

But Nessie did care. She was very upset at the moment; her head fell forward and she covered her face with her hands. She had hoped for a better response to this news. A more civilized one where they talked it over and they all came to an understanding. She let out a shaky breath and fell into herself. She was on the ground in no time, crying. Embarrassed. Betrayed. Devastated. Sad. Angry. So many emotions hitting her all at once.

She felt Jacob sit down beside her and pull her into his lap. She cried into his warm bare flesh and held onto him tighter. He was making her feel better at least a little bit. This was her home. This felt right. How could her parents see this as being wrong? It could never be.

"Please stop crying Nessie," Jacob begged, petting her hair and pulling her as close as possible to himself. "Or else I'm going to have to inflict pain on your mother for hurting you. The impulse is getting stronger with your every breath."

"Go ahead, I don't care," Nessie sobbed.

"No, you care. I care," Jacob murmured. This only made Nessie hysterical. She hated caring. She wanted to be a lifeless monster. It would be so much more easier. She could live and not care. Never care. It must be nice. "Nessie," Jacob whispered.

This was painful. Her crumpled, heaving body was ripping and twisting at his insides. Her crying was instinctively forcing him to do something about it. She had to stop. He desperately wanted her to stop. She needed to stop for herself and for him. They needed to stop. Maybe it was too soon. She was so young after all. But he couldn't stop these feelings.

"Maybe we should slow things down," Jacob amended. It wouldn't be a complete stop. But it would be close to. It would give Nessie time to adjust. And Edward and Bella. They all needed time. Except Jacob. He had been waiting for this for so long, he was ready. But he could wait. He would wait, for her.

Nessie pulled herself away from his chest. She had stopped crying, although the remaining tears leaked from her eyes. Jacob brushed them away before they could fall onto her shirt.

"Y-you want to...stop?" Nessie's heart fell about a thousand feet, it felt like.

Jacob's eyes widened. "No! I don't!"

"Surely you do," Nessie shakily got to her feet and gave Jacob an accusatory glare.

Jacob stood, too. "I really don't Nessie. I've been waiting for this for far too long to let it...stop. But, maybe it would be best if we slowed down. It's obviously too much for you and for -"

"Too much for me?!" Nessie shrieked.

This whole day was ending in a disaster. After such an amazing beginning too.

Jacob breathed slowly. "Nessie, don't blow this out of proportion. I only meant -"

"Oh! I know exactly what you meant! And I get it -"

"I don't think you do," Jacob said slowly.

"Don't talk to me like I'm a child! I'm not a child! I am your equal!" Nessie shouted. She was a mess right now. She knew that she would regret everything she was saying in about two minutes but she couldn't let that fact register to her brain. "Just go! Go, Jacob! Forever!" The words left her mouth.

Jacob froze.

The front door opened.

"You heard her, mongrel. Leave!" Rosalie shouted from the door. She came down the veranda steps and stood behind her niece who was crying once again. This was turning out better than she thought. Her glee was evident on her face.

Edward was back with Alice close behind him. She had obviously tipped him off on what would happen. Edward was there to make sure things didn't go out of control like Alice's vision had foreseen.

"Rosalie, don't get involved," Edward said clearly.

"She wants him to leave, and he's not going," Rosalie never took her eyes off of Jacob. Emmett was now standing on the porch watching the scene, ready to pounce if anyone touched Rosalie. He was especially watching Edward and Jacob.

Esme and Carlisle were now outside too. "Emmett, inside, now," Esme said. Her children were acting crazy today!

"Good-bye, mutt!" Rosalie leaned forward and screeched.

"I'm not leaving unless she says it," Jacob never took his eyes off Nessie who was staring at her feet. His gaze was intense and pleading. But she couldn't see this.

"She already did!" Rosalie was annoyed.

There was a disturbing silence as everyone waited for her answer.

She didn't know her answer, but she had to say something. Everyone was waiting.

"Go," she finally uttered. By the time she looked up to give Jake an apologetic look, he was gone. Just like that. It was so easy for him.

That was when the real tears started.

The real confusion.

The real pain.

She wasn't sure who had picked her up eventually but when she opened her eyes through the tears she recognized her parents bedroom. Althought it was blurry. She was curled up in the middle of their bed. Her mother was stroking her hair and her dad was rubbing her back like they used to when she was smaller. Much smaller. This only made her cry harder.

"It hurts," she sobbed. She wasn't sure how her parents heard her, but they did. It seemed to be getting harder to breathe.

"I know, baby," Bella said in her ear.

"Only you can stop this pain, Nessie," Edward replied. With all the rubbing and soothing her eyes were fluttering. She would just go find Jacob and apologize and they would be better. But would he take her back? She had been quite the bitch. What if he didn't? She began to panic, but she felt restless. She couldn't get up. She felt like a thousand pounds and a hole was tearing her up from the inside. Her body was exhausted and drained, but she would get up and find Jake. She was going to do it, now!

But she fell asleep.

R/R!