A/N: Yea it's another chapter. I really liked writing this one, some familiar faces show up and of course more Jake and Ness and some really cute stuff happening between them. Also, thanks to everyone that's added me and my story to their alerts, you guys rock!

"I don't know Rose," Ness said into the receiver of the cell phone she held up to her right ear. She was answering the question she'd just been asked as to when she was going to tell Jake about Michael. Her aunt had called about half an hour before, to get all the dirty details, as she'd phrased it.

Knowing she wasn't going to be able to get out of it, Rose would just continuously hound her until she spilled the beans, Ness had started recounting the previous evening in detail to her aunt. The only thing she'd hedged around had been the make-out session that had taken place early in the evening.

She'd moved past that quickly, going through the rest of the evening which had consisted of stuffing their faces with pizza, talking, laughing and the occasional brief but passionate kiss. A chill had passed through her body as she'd remembered one particularly toe curling encounter; they'd been sitting on the couch in the living room while they ate when Ness noticed Jake moving closer and closer. When he stopped, there was barely an inch separating their faces and Ness could still remember what his warm breath had felt like on her face as he'd whispered, "You have something right…" but he hadn't finished his sentence. Instead, he'd closed the remaining distance as his tongue reached out to lick at the corner of her mouth. She'd let out a whimper at the contact and all too quickly Jake had pulled back slightly, "It tastes even better when I lick it off your body," he'd said and Ness had almost lost it. She'd savored the memory but hadn't divulged the details of that to her aunt either.

When she'd finished her retelling of the night, Rose had only said one thing, that Ness hadn't told him about Michael yet, and it was that topic they were currently discussing.

"Well I'd say you need to figure it out, and the sooner the better," Rose said in response to Ness' I don't know.

Ness let out an exasperated sigh, "I know, and I have every intention of telling him. But I don't just want to spring it on him. I want to be able to explain everything, I want him to understand, I just…" she trailed off, not knowing what else to say.

"You don't want him to walk away," Rose finished.

"No, I don't. Please help me Aunt Rose, what do I do?" Ness asked pleadingly.

"The right time will come along sweetheart, I know it's not something you can throw out there casually…But he deserves to know."

Even though she knew her aunt couldn't see her, she nodded her head a couple of times, trying to swallow the lump in her throat which was making it hard to speak.

"Renesmee, are you all right?" she heard her aunt ask softly.

"Yes Rose," she was finally able to squeak out, "I'll be okay and I will tell him. I'll find the right moment and I'll tell him everything."

"I know you will. Now go and get ready for your date, I'll check in with you soon."

"Okay, thanks Rose, I'll talk to you later." And with those final words she ended the call.

Ness took a moment to compose herself; she ran a shaky hand through her hair and took a couple of deep breaths. Once she felt she had her emotions under control, she got up from the couch and made her way upstairs to get ready for her date with Jake.

She knew her aunt was right and that she had to tell Jacob about Michael. She'd had every intention of doing so the night before. But he hadn't given her a chance to at first and then she'd just gotten so wrapped up in him and everything he made her feel that it had been the furthest thing from her mind.

As soon as Jake had left and she'd come down from her high, Ness had mentally kicked herself for her folly. She knew he had a right to know before they went much further, before he invested his feelings; but at the same time, she was afraid.

What if telling him changed the way he felt about her? What if he didn't want to be with her when she was still tied to someone else? She'd struggled with these thoughts all night as she tossed and turned, hardly able to get any real sleep.

Eventually, as the sun started making its appearance in the sky, Ness had dragged herself from the bed, knowing she wouldn't be able to get anymore sleep with everything that was on her mind.

She'd went about her day; showering, having breakfast and straightening up from the previous night, all the while trying to figure out the best way to explain things to Jacob. And then Rose had called.

She was glad she had her aunt to confide in, and now that they'd spoken, Ness was beginning to see things a lot more clearly. As she stood in the closet trying to find something to wear, she made a resolution; she'd tell Jake tonight. Not in the middle of dinner of course, but sometime before the end of the night, Jake would know all of her secrets.

…

An hour later, Ness stood in front of the mirror giving herself a final look. She was pleased; she wasn't sure where she and Jake were going or how casual it would be, so she'd settled on a red cotton sun dress. It had thin spaghetti straps, an empire waist and came to just above her knees. She'd paired it with strappy cork wedge sandals.

Just as she finished applying a clear cote of lip gloss, she heard the sound of a loud engine approaching and she knew Jake had arrived. She quickly grabbed her small purse and tossed all of her necessary items in; phone, wallet, lip gloss and keys, check, she thought to herself. And then she was out the door.

She made her way down the steps of the front porch and there he was. He was wearing a pair of dark washed blue jeans and a collard, button up blue and white striped shirt, the top two buttons of which were left open and Ness could see the white undershirt he had on beneath it.

"Hey" Jake said when he spotted her. "I thought this was supposed to be a real date. Shouldn't I be knocking on your door and then sitting on the couch waiting for twenty or so minutes while you decide what outfit looks best or something?" He asked teasingly.

Ness chuckled at that as she made her way to his side. "Typically, but it's lucky for you I look good in everything." She said with a wink.

"I definitely agree with that," he replied looking down at her.

In the next instant, he had his arms wrapped around her waist and he pulled her body up against his. He lowered his head slowly, keeping his eyes locked on hers until their lips met. The kiss was slow and sensuous. She parted her lips and his tongue came out to meet hers, caressing and massaging softly as his hands ran up and then down her back to gently grip her hips. But all too soon, he pulled back. "I've been thinking about doing that all day," he said as he gave her a half smile and squeezed her hips one last time before releasing them.

The kiss left Ness feeling lightheaded in the best possible way and she smiled back at Jake. "Well, I'm happy to have been of service."

Hearing that made Jake groan internally; he wondered if she'd be just as happy to be of service if she knew all the other things he'd been thinking about doing to her all day. He'd tried to keep his mind from straying to those things, but he hadn't been able to help himself; she completely consumed him. Hell, he'd spent an hour in the shower the night before trying to slack the need that had built up in him after just one night with her. But it hadn't worked and he'd had to repeat the process first thing that morning as he lay in bed.

Hearing his name pulled him back to reality and he gazed at Ness, embarrassed about where he'd let his thoughts wander to. "I'm sorry, I was just, um, thinking about something."

It was hard to tell with his skin color, but to Ness, it almost looked like Jacob was blushing. She was dying to know what he'd been thinking about that could've caused that reaction, but she didn't have the nerve to ask, so she went back to her original question. "No problem, I was just asking if you were ready to go."

"Uh yeah, I guess we should get going." He said as he started down the walkway that wrapped around the house and to the driveway.

Ness followed beside Jake, her thoughts wandering to where they'd be going on their date. That is until they reached the driveway and she noticed the gleaming black motorcycle waiting there. She stopped immediately and pointed, "What's that?"

Jake hadn't realized that Ness had stopped until he'd heard her, and as he turned to face her, he noticed the apprehension written all over her face. He took a moment and looked back and forth between Ness and the direction she was pointing, and then he understood; Ness was afraid of his bike.

He reached her side in two short strides. "Hey, are you okay?"

"I…I didn't know you had a motorcycle," she said lowering her arm.

"I'm sorry, I should have warned you, I guess it just slipped my mind." Jake explained.

"I've never been on a motorcycle. I thought you had a car. I…and…I'm wearing a dress." She stumbled through that as she looked up at Jake.

"I do, I have a car too. But…and now that I think about it I probably should have called and checked with you about this before accepting, only my sisters kind of manipulative but in a good way and there really wasn't any way for me to say no and –"

Jake was rambling and Ness, getting more confused by the second, had to cut him off. "Please, I am so confused. What does your sister have to do with your car and our date and what did you accept?"

"Sorry, I was just getting nervous for a second. I saw the look on your face and I didn't want you to be upset or disappointed."

"Why would I be disappointed?' Ness questioned.

"Because," Jake started, "I told you last night we'd have a real dinner and movie date and now…"

Jake trailed off and Ness had to prod to get him to continue. "And now…what?"

"Just before I was getting ready to head over here tonight, my sister stopped by. She said that our dad and Sue Clearwater had agreed to watch the kids for the night and everyone was gonna be over at First Beach. I made the mistake of telling her I couldn't go because of our date and…well long story short, we're both expected to show up at the beach tonight. That's why I brought the bike. Trust me, if we would have been driving an hour into Port Angeles I wouldn't have. Are you mad?"

Jake was looking at her with the saddest looking puppy dog expression she'd ever seen on his face. Suddenly, all of the fear over the motorcycle left her and it took everything she had not to burst out laughing. "Of course I'm not mad Jake. I didn't care about the dinner or the movie, I just cared about spending time with you. And hey, if we're gonna be outside, on the beach, under the stars, I'd still classify that as a date."

Jake smiled then, "Yeah, I guess it is." Then, remembering the bike he said, "But I understand if you don't wanna take the bike, we can take your car if it'll make you more comfortable."

Ness looked around Jakes shoulder to peek at the motorcycle and then looked back to him. "No, it's okay. I know you wouldn't have brought it if you didn't think it were safe. Just…just promise that you won't go too fast or do any crazy tricks, okay?"

Jake chuckled at that, wondering what kind of crazy images Ness' imagination was conjuring up. "I promise I won't go over 40 and I won't do any crazy tricks." He reached his hand up then to cup her cheek, "You'll be safe with me."

Looking into his eyes, Ness knew she trusted him without a doubt. "Okay Jake, let's go."

…

Ness stood waiting for Jake to reach her side. Although they'd made it safely to La Push, she felt much better now that she was standing on the sturdy pavement. The ride hadn't been as bad as she'd imagined it would be, and Jake had held his word by not speeding or doing anything even remotely reckless, but motorcycles definitely weren't her favorite mode of transportation.

"So," Jake said as he approached. "What did you think?"

"It wasn't bad…and it certainly was nice getting to hold onto you. But I just don't think I'm cut out for motorcycles."

"It was your first time and you were nervous. Next time you'll know what to expect and you'll enjoy it more. Trust me, you'll get used to it," he said confidently.

Though Ness wasn't necessarily looking forward to more time on the motorcycle, his statement made her smile. Getting used to it would require many more rides, and many more rides meant many more days spent with Jake; and that was definitely something she could get used to.

"You ready?" He asked reaching out his hand to her.

It took Ness a second to realize what he was doing, but when she did, she lit up; Jake wanted to hold her hand. She immediately reached for his in return and when they met, he interlocked his finger with hers and brought her hand up to his lips. He placed a soft kiss on the back of her hand before lowering them back down.

"I'm ready now," she replied smiling up at him.

Jake nodded and they began making their way to the beach. Ness followed by his side, getting a little nervous now that they'd arrived. She'd be meeting his friends and all she could think about was how much she hoped they would like her.

"So, exactly how many people are gonna be here?" She questioned.

"Hmm, I don't know if everyone's gonna show, but maybe fifteen or so." He replied.

"And they're all friends of yours?"

"Yeah," he started, "I've known most of them my entire life, it's a small res and there's only one school. So even though Sam's like nine years older than me, I always knew who he was growing up. And then he married Emily and she started hanging out with my sister and…the rest just fell into place."

"That's nice, that you're all so close I mean."

"They're my family." He shrugged, feeling that he'd summed it all up.

Just then, Ness noticed one of the most beautiful women she'd ever seen in person making her way towards them. She was tall; Ness figured she had to be close to six foot. Her jet black hair was pin straight, glossy and made its way all the way down to her waist. Her skin was slightly darker than Jakes, but incredibly beautiful and flawless none the less.

As she reached them she began to speak, "I was wondering when you'd get here."

Ness felt Jake release her hand and she instantly began to wonder why. And then he reached out and wrapped his arms around the girl, pulling her close into a tight hug. Ness didn't even hear what he said back, as soon as he'd touched the girl, she felt as if her heart had fallen out of her chest. It took hearing her name to snap Ness out of it and she looked over at Jake, who still had his left arm wrapped around the girls' waist, and tried to smile.

"Ness," Jake said with a big smile on his face, "this is my sister Rachel."

Jake hadn't noticed the change in Ness when he'd hugged his sister, but Rachel had. She could understand how Ness could've misinterpreted the situation and it was obvious to Rachel that Ness cared for her brother. That was all she needed to know and she immediately took a liking to the girl. "I'm so glad to meet you."

Ness watched as Rachel stepped forward and proceeded to give her a small hug. She felt silly now that she knew this was Jake's sister and she couldn't stop the blush from spreading across her cheeks. "Me too, and thank you for inviting me." She managed to get out.

"Jake," Rachel started to say, "Quil was over by the pit a little bit ago and I think he could use some help with the fire. Why don't you go see if you can give him a hand?"

"Uh, but –"

Jake was going to object, he didn't want to abandon Ness right after they'd arrived, but Rachel cut him off. "I don't think so, I'm sure you're worried about Ness but there's no reason to be, I'll look out for her. You just go help Quil, Ness will be waiting when you're done."

Jake knew from experience that it was no use arguing with his sister, she always won. He gave Ness an apologetic smile before turning to make his way to the fire pit. Once he'd gone, Rachel looped her arm through Ness' and started leading them down the beach, in the opposite direction Jake had gone.

"Wow," Ness exclaimed, "does he always do what you say like that?"

Rachel chuckled at the amazement in Ness' tone, "Pretty much, but that's easy, maybe I'll even share my secret with you one day. But as for now, let's get you some food."

They'd arrived at two tables that were full of different types of food. Covering the tables was a tall, four poster blue awning. "Now, I don't know what you like, but we have a bit of everything here. Egg salad, potato salad, macaroni salad, corn on the cob, ribs, chicken and burgers on this table," she said pointing to her right. "And on this table we have all of the condiments, buns, chips, plates and cups as well as assorted desserts. Oh and in the coolers there's beer, soda and water. Help yourself to anything."

Ness looked back over her shoulder, aside from her and Jake; there were only about 10 others in their group. The food laid out in front of them could feed three times that amount. "There's so much, are there a lot more people coming?"

Rachel gave a laugh at that, "Maybe a couple, and if they do they'll be bringing more food, but trust me, it's not too much. If there's one thing you should know about our Quileute men, it's that they like to eat."

Ness felt bad now; she and Jacob hadn't shown up with anything. "I wish I would have known, I would have brought something."

Rachel waived her hand as to dismiss Ness' comment. "Don't even worry about it, you're a guest and you didn't even know you were coming." She looked around then and Ness saw her frown. "I just realized I forgot something, will you be okay here for a second while I get it or would you like me to get Jake?"

Ness shook her head, "No, I'll be okay."

"Great I'll be right back." And with that Rachel walked off and Ness was left alone.

She made her way to the coolers to get a drink. As she leaned down and opened the first one, she saw the waters and sodas and closed it. Deciding she needed a beer, she moved to the second cooler and grabbed one. As she stood, she looked over the tables trying to find a bottle opener, but came up empty handed. She was just about to put the beer back when she heard someone ask, "Need some help with that?"

She turned in the direction of the voice and saw the man who'd spoken. He was just as tall and muscular as Jake, but not nearly as appealing to Ness. His face appeared to be slightly busted up; there were black and blue smudges around his nose and under both of his eyes and Ness wondered what he'd done to end up like that. "Um, sure…I couldn't find a bottle opener." She said, handing her beer to him.

He took it from her and in a matter of two seconds he'd popped the cap and was passing the bottle back to her. "No problem," he said walking over to one of the tables. He grabbed a plate, filled it with an assortment of chips and then turned back to Ness.

"I saw you walking up with Jake, you two together?" He asked.

Ness began to feel slightly uncomfortable. She didn't know why he was asking; was it pure curiosity or was he trying to hit on her? "Yes, we're together." If he were trying to hit on her, she'd hoped that would deter him.

But his eyes just seemed to light up at that. He took a couple of chips from his plate and placed them in his mouth, he seemed to be studying her as he chewed. "So, you the reason my bro's been so pissy lately?"

"Excuse me?" Ness asked, not sure what he was referring to.

"He's been acting worse than a chick on the rag all week. Even got into it with me the other night. Just wondering if you were the cause." He said with a shrug of his shoulders.

And then it clicked; Jake's black eye and his bruised face, this was the friend he'd said he'd just been horsing around with. But before Ness could question him, someone else approached.

"Okay Embry, I think you're done." The woman who'd spoke was tiny, barely coming up to Ness' shoulders, but she had a look on her face that said don't mess with me, and Embry clearly recognized it.

"What'd I do?" He asked the tiny woman.

Instead of answering his question, the girl turned to Ness. "Please excuse my friend Embry. He was born without that filter between his brain and mouth that would stop him from saying all of the moronic things he thinks."

Embry scoffed at that, "Ya know, you used to be a lot more fun before you went and got yourself knocked up Claire."

"Case in point," she responded.

Picking up a bag of chips, Embry threw out a final "whatever" and walked away.

"Sorry about him," Claire said cocking her head at Embry's retreating figure. And then holding out her hand, "I'm Claire."

Ness shook her hand and said, "I'm Ness. And don't worry about it."

"If you say so. I just knew as soon as I saw that you'd been left alone with him that you'd need rescuing. Why don't we go have a seat while we wait for the guys to finish the fire?" Claire suggested.

"That sounds good," Ness agreed and they made their way over to a circle of chairs.

…

Claire had introduced Ness to everyone and they'd all made her feel welcome. As they waited for the guys to finish the fire, they'd talked and Ness was happy to discover that she had a lot in common with Claire. They both had a love for art; Claire's favorite medium being charcoal and Ness' being photography. She'd found out that Claire worked with Jake at the garage as the office manager and her husband, Quil, was a teacher at the high school. And they'd also talked about Claire's pregnancy; she'd just found out a couple weeks before and she was ten weeks along now.

Claire had asked how long Ness had known Jake and been surprised when she'd told her it'd only been a week. She'd mentioned that Jake didn't bring girls around very often and that Ness must be something special for him to introduce her to all of them after just a week. Ness couldn't get the goofy grin off her face after hearing that and a short while later, Jake was back by her side.

Jake and Quil had managed to get the fire going and it was now burning brightly. He was sitting on the sand; leaning back against a log with Ness is his lap, snuggled close to his chest. They'd ate as they'd visited with all of his friends, he'd been happy to see how well Ness had gotten along with everyone. The sun had set and they all sat around the fire now, talking and laughing and telling stories; Jake couldn't remember the last time he'd been this happy.

"Okay, I think we need some music." Ness heard someone say. When she saw him get up, she remembered his name, Seth. She watched as he ran to the food tent and came back with a radio. He turned it on and began scanning the stations for a song he liked and stopped when he found one. Ness didn't recognize the song, but she didn't listen to a lot of modern music.

Happy with his selection, Seth walked back over to the fire and stopped in front of his girlfriend McKenna, who Ness had learned he'd been dating for a couple of months. "You know you wanna dance beautiful." He said as he held out his hand. She beamed up at him and quickly rose to her feet. Taking his hand, they walked slightly away from the fire and began dancing.

Ness watched them for a few moments as the others talked around her, they seemed so happy. Just then, the song changed. Ness didn't recognize this one either, but the beat was infectious. Looking up at Jacob, she asked, "Will you dance with me?"

Jake looked apprehensive as he answered, "I don't dance Ness."

"Please Jake, I really like this song," she replied.

"You do?" He asked surprised.

She nodded her head yes, "Please."

"Okay, but don't get mad at me if I'm no good," he said.

"Yea," Ness practically squealed as she crawled out of his lap.

Jake rose to his feet and followed Ness. They stopped after moving a few feet away from the fire and he looked down at her.

Ness lifted her hands and pressed them against his chest, dragging them up and around his neck. He'd removed his button down earlier, growing too warm that close to the fire, so now all he was wearing was his white, sleeveless undershirt. Although he looked nice before, Ness much preferred this look, it left so much more of his skin and muscles exposed.

Jake followed, raising his hands and resting them on her hips. He splayed his fingers out, gripping her firmly and bringing her flush against him. He didn't think anything could feel better, but then Ness stared swaying her hips.

Ness let the beat of the song lead her; she didn't understand any of the words, it sounded like a reggae song, but it was hypnotizing. She was moving, swaying her hips, and it felt good, but then she realized that Jake was just standing still. She used her arms that were wrapped around his neck to bring his head closer to hers as she rose up on her tip toes. When her lips met his ears she whispered, "Move with me Jake," and she heard him groan in answer.

Slowly, Jake began to move, following Ness' lead. He let one of his hands roam; he made his way around, when he reached her ass, he stopped and squeezed.

Definitely a good idea, Ness thought to herself as she felt Jakes hands fondle her. She leaned her head back and saw just how close his lips were, and in that instant she wanted nothing more than to kiss him.

As if he had read her mind, Jake lowered his head the last couple of inches and pressed his lips to hers. Everything around them faded away for him then and he lost himself in Ness. Her lips were so soft against his, but he needed more so he ran his tongue over them. When her lips parted, he slipped his tongue passed them and into the heat of her mouth.

Ness ran her hands up into his hair and gripped. His mouth was driving her crazy, alternating between soft and hard kisses; she was addicted and couldn't get enough. But somewhere in the back of her mind, she slowly registered that the song had ended and gone to commercial, and that brought her back down enough to remember where they were. On a beach, surrounded by all of Jacobs friends and she knew they could all see everything they'd been doing.

Pulling back slowly, Ness looked up at Jake. He was breathing hard and he looked dazed, "You wanna go somewhere?" he managed to say.

Ness just nodded her head and that was enough for Jake. She removed her arms from around his neck and he took her hand. They made their way up the beach and Ness tried to ignore the whistles she heard coming from behind her.

"It's just Embry, don't pay any attention to him," Jake said.

"Okay."

And then they were back at Jakes motorcycle and he stopped. "Are you okay to ride?" he asked.

"I think so," Ness replied.

"We can go to my place, it's empty and it'll only take a couple of minutes."

"Okay," she agreed.

Jake got on his bike then and held out his hand to help Ness on. When she was settled, he handed her his helmet and she strapped it on.

As he started up, Ness wrapped her arms tight around Jakes waist, leaned into his back and closed her eyes. Although she wasn't looking, she could tell they were going slightly faster than they had before. But just as he'd said, it didn't take more than a couple of minutes to reach Jakes house and before she knew it, the bike had stopped.

Ness removed the helmet and handed it back to Jake as she got of the bike. He left it dangling on the handle bar as he dropped the kickstand and got off himself. "You wanna come inside?" He asked stopping in front of her.

She nodded her head and said, "Yes," but it was barely more than a whisper.

Jake reached for her hand and joined their fingers as he smiled down at her. They walked up the path to the house and made their way up the front porch steps. Just as they reached the front door, he stopped and faced her.

They reached for each other at the same time, Jakes hands going to Ness' waist and hers finding purchase on his shirt. He brought her to him and lifted her in one fluid movement and she wrapped her legs around his waist.

As their lips crashed into each others, Jake turned towards the door and opened it. He stepped over the threshold and into his living room, using his foot to kick the door shut. One of his hands were grasping her thigh, helping to support her, the other was in her hair. He used that hand to gently tug her head backwards, forcing the kiss to be broken. But that was okay with Ness, because his lips didn't stop, they just moved lower; to her neck that was now exposed.

Jake sucked and licked and gently bit the skin of her neck and Ness felt her need growing. She was just about to suggest to Jake that he take them to his room when she heard someone clear their throat.

Jakes lips immediately stopped moving on her neck and Ness' eyes snapped open. She looked at Jake, his eyes were open as well but they weren't looking at her, they were looking over her shoulder. And the next words out of his mouth made Ness want to crawl under a rock and die, "Hey dad, I um, didn't expect you to be home."