They're Here

Jacob's POV

When I open my eyes it takes me about two seconds to realize where I am. And more importantly, who's with me. Nessie is lying beside me, her arms wrapped loosely around my neck.

I smile at her-though she's still asleep-and glance at the alarm clock, which is glowing in the dark of the morning, and see that it's only six thirty. I sigh, knowing that soon enough Nessie and I are going to have to get up and greet the arriving vampires.

All of the sudden Nessie's arms tighten around me, and she smiles widely.

"Morning Jake," She murmurs, her voice low and tired.

"Hey," I actually sound relatively alert.

"What time is it?" She doesn't bother to turn and look at the clock herself.

"Six thirty," She echoes my previous sigh.

"I know," I agree with her-completely. "But hey, last night was fun."

This earns me one of her light trilling laughs, which is completely infectious. "Yes, it was." Then she moves away from me slightly so she can see my face. "Hey, where'd you put my book last night?"

I chuckle at her recent revelation: her book is missing. "On the dresser, I think. You fell asleep with it, so I tried not to wake you up when I moved it."

"Thanks," She returns to her previous position with her arms locked around my neck, "You're the best Jake."

I laugh lightly. "At least someone thinks so."

She pulls her head back to look me in the eye, "Of course I think so."

"I smile at her widely, pulling her closer, while trying not to think about my impending doom. When Edward and Bella get home Edward's gonna kill me.

"What's wrong Jake?"

"If we ever think about this in front of your father I'm a dead man. But don't worry, it's totally worth it."

"Yeah?" A smile plays at the corners of her mouth as she rests her forehead on mine.

"Absolutely."

"All right," She says with a sigh. "That was really sweet. And now I think I have the strength to get up."

She pushes herself off the bed and pulls me along with her. When we're both standing Nessie goes rummaging through her clothes drawers, coming out with a sweatshirt and some jeans.

"I'll be right back." But as she turns to leave she seems to realize I should shower, not to mention change clothes, too. "Maybe you should change too."

"Good plan. Meet up in the main house?"

"Sure thing."

I head toward the front of the house and take off toward the trees. I get to the forest edge a few minutes later, and I head toward the small shed that Seth and I built a while after the Volturi left the first time.

Since I spend a lot of time here, as does the rest of my pack, it only made sense that we had a place to store clothes-so they didn't reek of vampire. Though they still do. It's a small price to pay to be with Nessie.

It takes me about two minutes to grab clothes and head back toward the Cullen's main house. I can hear Nessie in the shower upstairs by Edward's old room, so I head to the opposite end of the house where there's an open shower.

Ten minutes later I'm downstairs on the couch waiting for Nessie to come downstairs. I flip through the channels while I wait, coming across multiple news channels, and finally settling on the local morning news.

There's a weather forecast that's nearly always wrong, and a traffic report that the weather woman only gets halfway through before Nessie comes down the stairs. Her curly bronze hair is pulled into a loose ponytail, showcasing her perfect face.

She's wearing a gray sweatshirt with yellow-green lettering over a navy blue tank top. The sweatshirt falls off her shoulders slightly, and she's wearing a simple necklace that appears to be some kind of an abstract cube.

"Cool necklace," Yeah, that's my ingenious comment.

She smiles, "Thanks, it's a new design by Tiffany. Something called a 'Gehry Torque Open Simple Pendant'. Alice picked it out because she thought it was 'artsy' enough for me."

"It's pretty."

"That's what Alice said too. She said the same thing when she gave me the new clothes. She said something about the 'gray sweatshirt 'going' with the dark wash jeans'. Honestly, it all looks the same to me." She gives a light shrug.

"Well, if that's all new Alice has good taste. You look great Ness."

"Thank you Jacob." She looks at the ground, almost as uncomfortable with compliments as her mother. "Any sign of our visitors?"

"Not sure. I don't want to wake Quil or Seth-that's assuming they're still asleep. And Leah is on patrol with Embry."

"Well I'm sure they'll howl if they notice anything." She glances at the television, which is still playing the news. "Anything good on?"

"No, as usual." She settles onto the couch next to me, melting into my side as my arm snakes around her shoulers.

"I can't say I'm surprised."

For a few moments we sit in silence as I resume my channel surfing from earlier. I come across a dozen dumb channels that neither of us wants to watch. I finally give up trying to find something to watch and just sit with Nessie on the couch, not paying much attention to the TV at all.

She lays her head on my shoulder and sighs in content.

Of course now the Denali's decide to arrive. I hear the howl from outside, and even with my human ears I can tell this isn't a distress call. It's simply a means of communication, telling us 'they're here'.

"They've arrived…" Nessie says in a purposefully ominous voice.

I give her a good-natured shove and push myself off the couch. Once I'm standing I extend a hand out to her and pull her up beside me.

"I know our visitors don't eat, but I feel the strangest urge to put out some chips." She sounds so thoughtful when she says this that it's cute.

"They may not eat, but I do."

"Then I will have to put some snacks out won't I?"

"That'd be greatly appreciated." I smile at her.

"Then I can manage it. Anything for my Jacob." She's using the nickname she gave me when she was little.

I just chuckle, and she spins around heading to the kitchen. In mere seconds she has retrieved a large bowl from the cabinet and set it on the counter. Then she grabs a bag of Doritos and opens it, before shaking the chips into the bowl.

I grab a couple chips and pop them in my mouth just as I hear the five vampires make their approach.

Within the next few moments they reach the porch and knock on the door. It's really all just out of courtesy, because we can hear them, and they can hear us.

"Jake, can you get that for me?"

"Sure thing Nessie." I go to the front door, and knowing they can hear me, call out to them. "Werewolf approaching! Don't attack me please." Their laughter is muffled by the door.

I pull it open and gesture them inside. "Hey guys, welcome back."

"Thank you Jacob," Carmen speaks in a soft tone. I'm not used to being so accepted by other vampires-with the exception of the Cullens. She continues, "I wish we were here under more pleasant circumstances, but still it's always great to see you." Now she's overdoing it.

"Come on in." I keep my smile on my face easily, happy to pretend they don't smell repulsive if they plan on returning the favor.

They all come forward into the oversized Cullen house-which comes in handy for gatherings like these. They're all extremely graceful, much like the Cullens, but they haven't perfected their human façade as well as the Cullens have.

"Nessie!" Tanya exclaims rushing toward Nessie at inhuman speed.

The vampire throws her arms around Ness and gives her a big hug. Then she quickly steps back. "How are you?" Tanya's golden eyes are eagerly searching Nessie's face.

"Good. Really well, actually. Considering our situation." I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who catches her glance in my direction. I smile a little-ok, a lot. "And you?" Nessie redirects the conversation back to Tanya, and then at the rest of the group. "All of you. How have you been?"

"Fine dear," Carmen says in her soft voice, stepping forward to give Nessie a hug.

Her movements are much more 'human' than Tanya's-slower, more cautious.

"That's great, I'm so glad to hear that. And you Kate?"

Kate smirks at Garrett, "Wonderful, up until now of course." She grimaces.

At this point I make my way behind the counter to stand by Nessie. Meanwhile, Eleazar feels the need to step in, "As much as we love to visit," His tense voice makes me doubt the truth of his words. He continues, "This trip wasn't for our benefit. As I understand you need our help?" I don't miss that his half statement half question is aimed at me not Nessie.

"Yes," I begin in a serious tone. "Similar to the last time we'd like you to stand with us. The Volturi has decided to return."

They already knew this, however, and they press for the details. For the next half hour Nessie and I trade on and off, answering question, after educated question.

By the time the Denali member's have run out of questions to ask I decide it would be a good time to get an update from the pack, and try to talk to Sam again, since he never called me. I can only guess how his 'conversation' with Emily ended.

I turn to Nessie, "Hey, I'm going to go check in on Leah and Embry."

"Sure," She seems to contemplate her actions for the briefest of seconds before giving me a quick peck on the lips. "See you."

I do my best to ignore the five shocked vampires as I head to the door.

"Later Ness!" I call over my shoulder, smile on my face, as the door shuts.

Hey! I am soooo sorry I've been having issues with my computer so I had to retype this whole thing. But I did it for you guys :). I wanted this to be out for Breaking Dawn Part 2 last night, because I was going but it didn't happen. So to make up for that I'm planning on writing another chapter for you guys later tonight.

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