Disneyworld
Daddy and momma were helping me pack for my trip to Florida. Grandma had called the other day and said that she and Phil wanted to take me to Disneyland. Our plane was leaving at three this afternoon, so we needed to leave at one. Jacob had managed to get time off so he could come with me. I suddenly found myself grateful that his boss was a bum. Renee had wanted momma to come, but seeing as an overcast day in Florida is non-existent, except of course for hurricanes, she made up something that she needed to do. It would be a little strange for a person to be walking around outside during a hurricane.
Jacob was already there and ready to go with his luggage. I wanted to drive there and get a little more practice driving before I got my license in a few days but everyone said it would be best if we stuck with just taking a plane there. Momma and Jasper had already gone to that J. Jenks guy about my license a few days ago and he said it would take about three weeks. Jacob was sitting in my vanity chair watching us pack everything. He would occasionally hand momma something from my vanity, but that was about it. I looked at him and I laughed lightly.
"You comfortable over there Jacob?" He laughed with me and answered.
"Very. Thank you." Momma laughed lightly and daddy smirked a little. I put in my bag of toiletries and walked over to him when it was secure. I hugged Jacob around his neck and he let his hand rest on the arm around the front of his neck and started rubbing my arm.
It had only been a few days since Seth accidentally revealed to me what imprinting was. But I was determined to not change everything right away. That and whenever I thought about telling Jacob, daddy would give me a strange look like he was right now. It was a 'now's not the time' look. But daddy was right. Now wasn't the right time. I wasn't even sure if he felt the same way. I kept thinking about Quil and Claire. Their love wasn't romantic. Quil thought of Claire like a sister that he was really close to. He wasn't physically attracted to her as of yet and she was too young to feel that way anyway.
It made me think that maybe Jacob wasn't at a point where he could feel the same way for me. I was too young. Plain and simple. The truth aggravated me, but I didn't let it show. I could be patient if I needed to be. Daddy interrupted my thoughts by talking to Jacob.
"Jacob." Jacob looked at daddy.
"What?"
"Is everything signed and ready to go for the new place?" Daddy had his answer the moment Jacob thought it, but he answered out loud for our benefit. Jacob nodded.
"Yep. Everything's done. I still have a week to move everything out of my old apartment and into the new one." I giggled.
"It's technically a condo, Jacob." Jacob laughed lightly with me.
"Yeah. A condo." I smirked. The place that Jacob had rented was a lot better than his old place. This place was much more spacious and a lot cleaner. The hallways didn't smell bad, the landlords owned the place legally, there weren't mystery stains all over the rug and best of all, at least from Alice's point of view, I had my own walk in closet. And Jacob was allowed to change the color if he wanted, which I planned on doing. It was too white. I was surrounded by white most of the day at the house and it drove me insane. I wanted a little color.
The kitchen to the place was stunning and open. It had black granite countertops with stain steel appliances and dark wood cabinets. I had huge plans for that kitchen. I was thinking burgundy walls. And the carpets were white, so I was thinking royal blue for the walls throughout the condo. I wanted to paint my walls red. I loved red. It was a bright and happy color that always left excitement in those that saw it. And my bathroom had gorgeous white tile floors and a lovely white tub and shower with a glass door. That room would be lavender. Jacob thought I was nuts, but I didn't care. I wasn't allowed to touch Jacob's room, though. He wanted at least one white room in the house.
"And thanks again Bella for agreeing to move all my stuff into the new place for me while I'm gone." Momma smiled.
"You're welcome Jacob. And Charlie wants to help Nessie paint your condo. He likes that sort of stuff. You don't mind do you?" Jacob shook his head.
"Not at all. The more people you have, the less time it'll take to finish." Momma grinned.
"And we'll make sure everything's away from the walls and have paper laid down on the floor by the time you get back so you can get started right away." Momma looked at daddy with a smirk on her face and daddy grinned at her and laughed lightly. Obviously, momma had lifted her shield and told daddy about something. Daddy zipped up my suitcase and looked at me.
"By the way, Nessie." I let go of Jacob and stood upright, keeping my hands on Jacob's shoulder. Jacob kept his hand on my arm and I didn't mind. I assumed Jacob already knew what daddy was about to say.
"Yeah, daddy." Daddy smiled a little wider and Jacob's grip on my arm tightened slightly. He definitely knew what daddy was about to say.
"When you get back, Alice, your mother, and I are going to take you to Port Angels and Olympia so we can get you ready for school." My eyes widened and daddy laughed lightly. Jacob started rubbing my arm gently and smirked a little too.
"What?" Momma smirked and answered this time.
"For school. The school year starts August 20th. So that means you've only got four more weeks left." I couldn't help but smile.
"You're really sending me to school?" They both nodded.
"Yeah. Your mother and I have discussed it with everyone and we all agree that you've grown enough to pass for a high school student. And the aging process has slowed enough that no one will really notice you growing." Jacob did voice one of his concerns.
"But she is still growing. And Nahuel and his sisters all said that by the time they stopped aging, they all looked like they were in their mid to late twenties." Daddy shrugged.
"So did you. By the time you were seventeen, as I recall, you could have passed for twenty eight. You still can." I smirked and hugged Jacob again.
"And you turn twenty one this year." Jacob laughed lightly. His answer was humored and sarcastic.
"Proud day for me and my family." I giggled and Jacob chuckled lightly. Momma and daddy joined. When we were done laughing, daddy picked up my suitcase and made his way for the door.
"Let's get going. Your plane leaves in two hours." I let go of Jacob and let him stand up. Momma followed after daddy and Jacob and I followed. Jacob was leaving his Rabbit here and we were taking daddy's Volvo to the airport. Everyone said goodbye to me and wished me a good time before we drove off.
When we got to the airport, there were limos, taxis and cars all over the place. People were getting out their luggage and hugging each other goodbye. Daddy took out my suitcases and Jacob got a hold of his. Momma stuck close to me as we walked into the airport. Luckily, the line for mine and Jacob's plane wasn't too long. People were starting to come back from Florida and their rush season was done for the most part.
Daddy gave the lady our tickets and she checked us in and took our bags. When she was done, Momma and daddy took us to the gate where we would get checked and kissed me goodbye. Daddy told Jacob to watch me like a hawk like he always did and Jacob promised he would. There were already people at the gate waiting for the plane. We still had a half hour before our plane would start boarding. We chose a seat and sat there waiting.
"You don't think we'll have to sit next to an annoying kid again do you?" I giggled.
"You can sit next to the window, just in case." Jacob smiled at me.
"Thanks." I smiled back. Jacob looked forward, not really looking at anything in particular. I did the same and rested my head on his arm. Jacob had already talked to Seth last night about the patrols. Embry was 'third' in command I guess you could say, so they would continue with their usual set up, just Seth would lead one night and Embry would lead the other night. Jacob would still faze and check on them, but other than that they were pretty much on their own.
Jacob tried taking a nap while we waited for the plane to arrive and for boarding to start. I kept myself awake. I was about to doze off when a lady announced that our plane was boarding. I nudged Jacob and woke him up. He groaned and looked where the plane boarded and sighed. I grabbed my bag and Jacob and I walked onto the plane and took our seats. Daddy had booked us in first class this time. Last time when we were in second class, Jacob had insisted that he pay for his ticket. He had insisted this time, but Esme and the others wouldn't take no for an answer.
"First class. Who'd ever thought?" I giggled.
"Alice told me your stock went up again." Jacob and I laughed at my little joke. When we were done laughing, he took a deep breath and smiled.
"Shut up." I giggled again. Someone sat next to us, but this time it was a man with a computer. He didn't bother us throughout the flight. His typing annoyed me, but at least he wasn't pulling on Jacob's hair or anything.
I didn't pay any attention to the in flight movies. They were stupid and Jacob wasn't awake to make fun of them with me. I took out a book that I had brought with me and read that for the rest of the flight. Momma said that Phil and grandma would meet us at the gate. Then they would drive us to the resort. We were lucky enough to be able to get two rooms in a resort that was in the park. I think it was the Swan Resort. Tomorrow, we would start going on all the rides. Grandma had promised that we would be going to their water park too, so I was sure to pack a swimsuit.
Alice had been nice enough to buy me a new swimsuit. It was even red. Somehow, Alice had learned about my recent obsession with red. Probably from daddy. It was a bikini that had a few plumeria flowers in between the cups and on both sides of the bottoms. She even got me a pair of red sandals to go with them that had little jeweled flowers on them. When the plane landed in Orlando, I nudged Jacob awake. He groaned and yawned.
"We're here." He smiled.
"Awesome. I had a nice nap." I smiled.
"I'm happy to hear it." Jacob and I got out of our seats and Jacob held my hand so I wouldn't get lost in the crowd. I blushed. His hand was large and warm and was capable of making miracles on cars and wood. A concern came to my mind as we walked out. "Do you think they'll be freaked out?" Jacob looked at me.
"Freaked out?" I nodded.
"Grandma and Phil. Do you think they'll be freaked out by my growth spurt?" Jacob looked at me for a moment as he took me along with him off of the plane.
"I don't know. They'll notice, that I can promise you. But maybe Renee won't be quite as shocked as she was the last time she saw you. Just don't show her anything okay. Promise?" I nodded my head.
"I promise." Jacob smiled.
"Thanks Nessie." We didn't see them right away when we got out of the plane. We walked to the food court and waited there until we found them. We waited about five minutes. I was getting worried that they had gone to the wrong gate or were late. "I see them."
I looked up and where Jacob was pointing. I saw them looking around aimlessly. I giggled a little. I got up from the stool chair and Jacob followed suit. Jacob took my hand so I wouldn't get lost in the crowd and led me to them. They were looking in the direction of the gate when we reached them.
"Grandma?" Grandma turned around at the title and looked at me. Her eyes widened when she saw me and so did Phil's. Phil even rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't hallucinating.
"Nessie?" Grandma's voice was pure shock. I smiled sweetly.
"Yep. Hey Phil." I waved lightly at Phil and he waved awkwardly back at me, still looking shocked.
"You went through another growth spurt." I smiled and nodded.
"Yep. And I start high school this year." Her eyes widened further.
"Oh." We all stared at each other awkwardly for a moment. I didn't know what to say to make everyone feel comfortable again. Jacob got tired of waiting for someone to talk and cut the silence himself.
"So…We're staying at the Swan Resort or something right?" Renee and Phil just nodded. "Awesome. Let's get our luggage and get going."
We all walked to the drop off terminal and got our luggage once we saw it. When Jacob took his luggage and Phil took mine, grandma led us to where they had parked their car. Phil was looking at me the whole trip to the hotel. He would look away whenever I caught him looking at me. I tried not to look at him. He didn't mean anything by it, I knew. He was just surprised to see how much I had grown since they had last seen me. When we got to the hotel, we got out of the car and grandma handed a guy the keys to the car so he could park it. Jacob looked at the hotel and whistled lightly.
"What?" Jacob kept looking at the hotel and answered me.
"That's a lot of pink." I giggled. The hotel was shades of pinks, light pinks and whites. And there were stone swans on the roof. Grandma and Phil walked into the hotel and we followed after them. They went to the front counter and checked us all in. When they got the keys to the rooms, grandma handed me two keys and I followed them to the elevators.
When we got to our floor, we walked down the hall and passed several rooms before we came across the room that grandma and Phil stopped at. Phil put my suitcases in front of the door to our room.
"This is the room you and Jacob are sharing. It has a fantastic view. Phil and I are going to freshen up. You guys should too. We'll go out for dinner later tonight. I'll call your room so you know when to get ready." I smiled and nodded at grandma.
"Alright grandma." Grandma smiled back and Phil smiled awkwardly. I used the key to open the door. When the room was opened, I held it open for Jacob so he could take in his suitcase. He put his on one of the beds in the room. Then he came back out and took my two suitcases and put one on the other bed and the other on the couch. I walked into the room when all the bags were in. I walked to the window and opened the curtains. The view was gorgeous. I could see the whole park and Sleeping Beauty's castle in the distance and all the other sites of Disneyworld.
"Wow." I smiled.
"Yeah. It's better than the commercials." Jacob walked closer to me and stood next to me in front of the window. I moved to the side, closing the distance between us, and rested my head against his arm. When my head touched his arm, he wrapped that arm around my shoulders and brought me closer.
"Have you ever been to Disneyworld before Jacob?" He chuckled.
"What do you think, Nessie?" I giggled.
"No?" He chuckled.
"Exactly." We laughed for a few moments as we looked out the window and at the view. Then we heard the room phone ring. I walked over to the phone and answered it.
"Hello?"
"Hi, Nessie, it's grandma."
"Oh. Hey. Is something wrong grandma?"
"No, honey, nothing's wrong. I just wanted to let you know while I was thinking about it. We're going to The Oceanaire Seafood Room for dinner tonight. You don't need to dress fancy or anything, but nothing overly casual, okay, Nessie." I nodded my head. I flinched slightly. Fish.
"Alright. Sounds great. When did you want to go?"
"We made reservations for seven tonight. So that gives us two hours to relax. We'll be able to drive there really quickly. Do you like seafood?" No. I hate it. I hate all human food. Fish just tastes like slimy dirt.
"Yeah. It's okay." Grandma and I said a few more things about what Jacob and I should wear to this place before we said goodbye and hung up. When I had hung up the phone, I turned around and looked at Jacob. He had a smirk on his face.
"We aren't going anywhere too overly fancy are we? I don't have anything that's worthy of a black tie restaurant." I giggled.
"She said we don't have to be overly dressed up. But don't dress too casual." Jacob smiled wider and laughed a little.
"Alright. What did you have in mind?" I smiled and shrugged.
"Some dark jeans and a nice dress shirt will be fine. You packed that one white dress shirt I asked you to pack, right?" Jacob chuckled a little and nodded his head.
"Yeah, I did." I smiled.
"Good. Wear that with the dark blue jeans in your suitcase and that will be good." Jacob smiled and laughed lightly. He nodded his head.
"So now that we've got my evening attire chosen," I laughed at his mock attempt to sound high and mighty. "What are you planning to wear?" I shrugged.
"I'm not sure. I'd have to see what Alice bought for me to wear. I didn't really look at what momma and daddy were packing. The only thing I know for sure is in there is my new red swimsuit that I think is so cute." Jacob laughed.
"What is it with you and red these days?" I giggled and shrugged.
"I just like red." I walked to one of my suitcases and unzipped it to see what was inside. I looked through the mess of shorts and tank tops and short sleeved shirts trying to find something nice. I did find a pair of dark wash skinny hip hugger jeans. I assumed I could wear this with one of the several pairs of shoes that Alice had packed for me. Ah, shoes. My one and only girly vice.
I put those pants on the bed and left choosing the shoes for later. I hadn't found anything in the first suitcase, so I went to the one that was on the couch in the room. I opened it and found all the shirts that weren't in the other suitcase. I found a little silk vest that I thought was adorable. It was one of those vests that only went just below the bust line and went an inch or two down below that. It was black cotton with a silk back and lining and it had two buttons in the front. I smiled and looked through my bag to try and find a shirt to go with it that I liked. I finally settled on a half sleeve white shirt a pair of really pretty yellow stiletto heeled strappy sandal shoes that Alice had packed for me.
"Alright. I'm done." Jacob laughed lightly.
"And it only took under ten minutes." He said jokingly and I threw a crumbled up piece of stationary paper at him. He pretended that I had hurt and offended him.
"What? Did that hurt or something, Jacob Black?" I was holding back a laugh. He playfully glared, and before I knew it, he was chasing after me. I couldn't contain my laughter as I jumped on the bed to dodge him. He climbed on and I ran off and we started circling the room, both of us laughing like children. Eventually, Jacob caught up to me. He grabbed me around my waste and pulled me down with him towards the side of the bed. We were still laughing as we lay next to each other and stared at the ceiling.
We kept lying there after our laughing calmed and just kept staring at the ceiling. I started wondering what he was thinking. I was about to touch his hand and ask, but I thought against it. If he heard the question in my thoughts, he'd hear everything else too. Reluctantly, I rose from the bed and went to the TV and got the remote. Jacob rose up to sitting on the bed.
"Looking for anything in particular?" I giggled in response.
"Just seeing what's on." I turned on the large TV that came with the room. I noticed that the remote claimed that it had the OnDemand option, so I pressed that. "Jacob, they have OnDemand." I smiled and he smiled back.
"Do they have Fearnet?"
"I'm sure they do. I'll look and see what they have." I found the Fearnet option and started looking through it. It was b-rated horror movies galore. A lot of the movie options were things I had already seen from Billy's horror collection. I found one that Jacob told me to stop at.
"Click on this one. It's really good." I clicked on it and looked at the description.
"28 Days Later…?" Jacob smiled and nodded.
"Yeah. It's actually a good movie. You can still make fun of it and all, but it's not so bad that you're almost obligated to, you know." I smiled and clicked for the movie to start. Jacob moved his suitcase farther up the bed so that he and I could sit at the end of the bed and watch the movie. The opening scene made me laugh a little. There were people in a room full of angry monkeys locked in cages. They were taking pictures of the 'poor, innocent, abused monkeys'. I laughed. "What?" I looked at Jacob and he was smiling at me and I smiled back.
"Figures PETA would be responsible for the end of humanity." Jacob roared with laughter. He fell backwards onto the bed from his sitting position at the end and kept laughing. I started laughing with him. I watched one of the PETA chicks get bit by one of the monkeys and I started laughing at the irony. "I guess she doesn't like monkeys too much anymore, does she?" Jacob started laughing even harder.
It was a while before Jacob and I stopped laughing. When we did stop laughing, the main character was walking around London completely alone. I sat close to Jacob and had my head rested on his arm for most of the movie. About twenty minutes in, Jacob took his suitcase off of the bed and sat back against the headboard. I followed. We watched the movie together making little comments here and there about the movie.
"My god, a naked man in a horror movie. I never thought I'd see the day." Jacob started laughing again.
"I know, right." A few minutes later, the phone rang again. I looked at the clock and noticed that it was six thirty. I answered the phone.
"Hey, grandma. Jacob and I'll be dressed soon, okay."
"Thanks, Nessie. Stand outside you room and wait for us when you're done, okay."
"Alright, grandma, we'll be out in a few minutes. Bye." Grandma said the same and we hung up. I took the remote and stopped the movie and got up from the bed to get my clothes.
"Is it time to go already?" I smiled and nodded.
"Yeah. Dark wash jeans and that white dress shirt, okay. I'll change in the bathroom." Jacob chuckled.
"Alright." I took the bag of makeup that Alice had packed for me to the bathroom and my bag of toiletries. I figured I should take that in there and have it done. I put on the clothes I had picked from earlier and looked at myself in the mirror, making sure it looked okay. I smirked. The shoes made me look like I was close to five eight. It was still shorter than Jacob by at least a foot, but it was better. I opened the bag of makeup that I rarely ever put on and looked at it. Alice and Kim had taught me how to do a smoky eye, so I went with that. I put on a shimmery, shear pink lip gloss that was close to my natural lip color.
I went into my little jewelry box that held all my hair things and looked in it to see what I could do. I had so many things to choose from. I figured, since my shoes were yellow, I would wear my yellow rose hair comb that Jacob made me. I ran it through my hair and let it rest at the perfect spot on my head. I had to smile. I looked pretty. Like I was really a woman. I also felt warm all over again. This rose comb seemed to have more meaning now. I blushed furiously, but couldn't stop smiling. I took a deep breath and tried to collect myself before I had to go out there.
When I was done, I walked out of the bathroom and saw Jacob standing next to the door, already dressed, waiting for me. He looked up when he heard the door open and I smiled at him. He was smiling at first, then something changed in his face. First, he was smiling at me the way he normally did. Now, he was staring at me strangely. His eyes were widened slightly and I thought I heard his heart start beating faster. His mouth was open slightly and he was breathing deeply. I smiled, not sure how else to react.
"Is this alright?" Jacob looked back into my eyes as if coming out of a trance, but then, they looked like they were taken into another trance. His voice was shy and blank somehow when he answered me.
"You look beautiful, Nessie." I smiled and blushed. I hoped he didn't notice. I was wearing a subtle blush already, so maybe he'd think it was just the blush.
"Thanks. You look good too, Jacob." He looked down for a moment, then looked back up at me and smiled shyly. He did look handsome. His hair was slightly spiked on its own and his tan skin made his eyes and teeth seem to glow. The white shirt was a perfect contrast to his skin tone. I noticed that he was wearing a white t-shirt under his dress shirt. His jeans fit him perfectly and fit him loosely like modern fashion designed them to. We were both taken by surprise when a knock sounded on our door.
"Nessie, Jacob, are you two ready?" It was Phil. I sighed and calmed down.
"Yeah. We'll be out in a second." Jacob and I looked at each other for a moment but didn't really say anything. I sighed and walked closer to the door. Jacob opened the door and let me walk out first before he walked out to. He put the key to the room in his back pocket with his wallet and we followed grandma and Phil down the hallway and to the elevator.
"You look so grown up, Nessie. I just can't believe it. My god, you're taller than me." I giggled at grandma's comment.
"It's probably just my shoes." It was. As I was, I was the same height as grandma. Carlisle thought I would get a little taller before I stopped growing completely. He estimated that I would manage to reach about five seven at tallest. Grandma smiled.
"I guess it is. I hope you didn't inherit your mom's clumsiness." Jacob started laughing with grandma and Phil. I giggled a little, but I wasn't quite as in on the joke as everyone else. I always heard stories from Emmett about mom's clumsiness and it did sound funny. But by the time I saw her again, she was a vampire. All human klutziness gone as if it had never been there.
"I didn't." When the elevator got to the main floor, we walked out and asked the scoffer to find our car. Once they brought the car, Phil got into the driver's seat and grandma took shotgun. Jacob and I sat in the back. We talked a little on our way to the restaurant about nothing in particular. Grandma was asking me questions about the high school I had confessed that I would be going to, but I answered to all the questions that I really didn't know. I knew that they were going to send me to Forks High School, but that was about it.
The place was really crowded by the time we got there. Grandma thanked Phil and her lucky stars for being sure to make reservations. Jacob and I laughed lightly when she said that. When we got into the restaurant, there were already large groups of people there that have evidently not made reservations. Phil walked over to the desk where the hostess was and gave her the name Dwyer for a table of four. She looked at the list and smiled at him when she found the name and asked us to follow her. She gave us a small round table seat and handed us our menus. She smiled once more, wished us a good meal, and took her leave. I liked the hostess. She didn't gawk.
"What are you planning to get?" I heard grandma ask Phil. They started talking about what they wanted. I looked at Jacob who was looking at his menu, trying desperately to find the cheapest possible meal on the menu. I giggled.
"Have you chosen anything yet, Jacob?" Jacob looked at me and sighed.
"No. Everything's expensive here. Are these fish filled with gold or something? I mean, the monk fish is thirty bucks." I giggled again.
"Do you even know what monk fish is, Jacob?" He gave me a playful glare.
"Yes, I know what monk fish is. It's a really ugly, big mouthed fish that hides in the sand and swallows its prey whole when it gets too close." I smiled.
"It's an expensive fish, Jacob. It has a unique consistency compared to most other fish. It's meat texture is similar to that of a lobster."
"Then why is it more expensive than the lobster?" I giggled again.
"Because monk fish is really hard to butcher and cook. It's a really easy fish to burn and it needs to sit before it can be cut. And there isn't a lot of meat to one monk fish."
"There isn't a lot of meat to one lobster either."
"Hence the reason it's one of the more expensive sea creatures to eat. Same thing with crab." Jacob chuckled.
"You act as if you've made monk fish before." I shook my head and gave him a playfully serious look.
"No, but I've seen it made and I've tasted it. That gives me a little more knowledge about the fish than you, whose never eaten monk fish before." Jacob started laughing.
"Touché, Nessie." We laughed a little more together. "So have you decided what you'll order?" I shook my head and looked at the menu. I was trying to find something that had either capers or portabella mushroom or even sauerkraut in it. But I couldn't find anything. I looked through the menu again, hoping to find something, but there was nothing.
"Jacob, there's nothing good." Jacob leaned a little closer to me so that we could whisper to each other. I would have been able to hear him fine either way, but this would at least indicate to grandma and Phil that this was a private, do not interrupt, conversation.
"Are you sure. No capers, sauerkraut, mushrooms?" I shook my head.
"No. There isn't." Jacob looked through his menu trying to see if they in fact didn't have anything along those lines. Jacob sighed.
"Do you think you could stomach a shrimp pasta or something?" I looked at what he was talking about and I almost vomited just at the words. There was garlic, and lots of it. Onions, green onions, loads of butter and cream and a lot of tarragon.
"It looks horrible."
"Do you see anything else that might be a little better?" I started looking again and Jacob did the same. Then Jacob spoke. "How about the seared scallops?"
"Does it have cream?" Jacob smiled and shook his head.
"None at all. It doesn't have any tarragon, it doesn't have onions, and it doesn't have any other fish taste in it. It has some garlic, but it's a scallop sauce thing over pasta. And it's a really small plate of food." I looked at the dish he was talking about. It still sounded gross to me, but it was the lesser of the evils on the menu. I looked at Jacob and smiled.
"I'll go with this one, then. I think I can tolerate it." Jacob smiled back.
"Have you picked what you want, Nessie?" I looked at grandma and smiled.
"Yeah. I found something." She smiled.
"Good. What are you getting?"
"The seared scallops." Grandma's face beamed.
"Me too. I love scallops." I smiled. They were horrible. They had a weird gummy texture that was vomit inducing and the flavor was flat out dirt.
"They're good." Shortly thereafter, the waiter came over and took our orders. I noticed that the waiter was oddly enthusiastic about taking my order. I smiled and told him what I wanted and told him I'd just stick with water.
While we waited for our food to be ready, we talked about what we wanted to do while we were here. Grandma made plans to go to the Disney water park first tomorrow, which I was more than happy to do. No one objected, so that was the plan for tomorrow. From there, grandma thought it would be fun to try and go on all the rides and meet all the Disney characters. She was also sure to tell us that we needed to watch at least one of the late night parades. Jacob was looking forward to the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. I was happy with whatever anyone wanted to do.
After about a half hour, our food arrived. The waiter gave me a charming smile and I smiled back at him politely. I looked at Jacob, who was looking at the waiter with a hard look. When the waiter left, I looked at the plate of food in front of me. The smell of the garlic was so overwhelming. I looked at Jacob. He gave me an apologetic look.
"I'm sorry. I didn't think the garlic would be that bad in this." I shook my head.
"It's okay. I'll just pick at it." Jacob smiled and nodded.
"Okay. Try to sneak some in your napkin or something so it looks like you're eating it. It worked on her last time." We had a light laugh that grandma and Phil didn't hear. They were talking about something concerning their hotel room.
"Is your food any good?" Jacob smiled and nodded.
"You can never go wrong with shrimp, right?" I giggled and nodded. I looked back at my food and started poking at it with my fork. I smelled tarragon. I looked in the direction it was coming from. It was coming from grandma's and Phil's food. I hated the smell of tarragon. It was too strong.
We all talked and grandma never took her eyes off me. She was spending most of the meal talking to me. Phil was talking to Jacob. He was curious about the rabbit story, and I couldn't help but giggled when Jacob groaned and tried to explain and was sure to emphasize that at the time he was three. Eventually, grandma noticed something wrong.
"Nessie, sweetie, are you okay? You haven't eaten any of your dinner." I wasn't sure what to do. Jacob was covering his face and Phil was looking at me with the same look of concern. I went with the first thing that came to my mind. I took a bite of the scallop and kept a straight face while eating it.
"I'm alright." I said after my first chew. "We've just been talking so much is all." Grandma was skeptical at first, but then giggled lightly.
"Sorry, Nessie." I smiled back.
"It's okay." I told her to continue the story she had been telling me before she pointed out my not eating. I kept eating the scallops so she wouldn't think I was lying about anything being wrong, but my stomach was becoming really uneasy. After a few minutes of talking to me, she turned to Phil and started talking to him about something. I put my fork down. I had eaten three of the four scallops on my plate. I didn't feel good. Jacob brought his face slightly closer to mine.
"You alright, Nessie?" I shook my head.
"I'll be okay. I just can't eat anymore." Jacob started rubbing my back gently trying to make me feel better. It was making me feel a little better. My muscles were relaxing at least.
"Nessie? Are you okay?" I smiled at grandma.
"I'm okay. I just ate too much." Jacob kept rubbing my back gently while I tried to breath steadily. I started feeling a pressure build. I knew what was going to happen soon. I got up from the table and sprinted for the ladies room I'd seen when we'd arrived. I heard someone chase after me, but I didn't pay attention. I finally got to the bathroom, picked the first open stall, and bent over to let it all out.
Whoever had been following me was now holding my hair. I noticed the warmth of the skin. It was Jacob. That alone made me feel a little better. His other large hand that wasn't holding my hair was massaging my neck to help relax my muscles to make this a little easier on me. I groaned and sobbed a little when some of it come out of my nose and my mouth. Jacob massaged and rubbed and patted my neck and back, making this slightly less unbearable. I heard another set of heels run into the bathroom.
"Nessie, are you okay?!" It was grandma. She took the spot from Jacob and started holding my hair, but wasn't patting my back or anything. I nodded my head.
"I'll be fine in a moment." I squeaked out. Jacob stayed close but didn't try to push grandma out of the way. I breathed and tried to get the nausea to pass as fast as I could get it to. After a few minutes, I lifted myself up and kept breathing. Grandma still had her hands on my shoulders and she released my hair.
"Do you feel better, Nessie?" I nodded.
"Yeah. I'm better now."
"Let's get back to the table. You don't have to eat anymore, okay." I smiled gratefully and nodded my head. I went to Jacob and grandma started making her way out of the bathroom. When I was hugging Jacob, he hugged me too.
"You going to be alright for the rest of dinner?" I nodded my head into my nook.
"Yeah. Just don't make me eat anymore." Jacob chuckled.
"Renee already promised you didn't have to. Let's get back to the table. I don't think the other women appreciate me being in here." I giggled and his joke and he chuckled lightly. We walked close to each other back to the table where grandma and Phil were waiting for us. Phil didn't ask any questions when I sat down. I assumed grandma had already explained everything. Even so, Phil wasn't the kind of guy to pry. He figured if I wanted him to know, I would tell him. I appreciated Phil for that.
The waiter from earlier brought over another glass of water for me and two Advil pills. He asked if I was alright and I nodded at him politely. I noticed Jacob give him a dirty look, but I didn't pay any attention to that. I thanked him one more time before he left. I heard him mumbling something to one of his friends when he got back to the kitchen. Jacob and I didn't eat any dessert, but I assured grandma that I didn't mind if she and Phil did.
When Phil paid for the check, after spending a good ten minutes trying to convince Jacob that he would handle the check and didn't need him to pay for his part, we left and went back to the hotel. Grandma was sure to keep the conversation going all the way back to the hotel, and was nice enough not to bring up me getting sick at the restaurant. I'm sure she would tell momma and daddy, but once she told them I got sick after eating scallops, they wouldn't panic or anything.
When we were back at the hotel, the scoffer parked our car and we waited until he came back with the keys before going in. Grandma and Phil wished us a goodnight once we reached our rooms and we wished them the same. She said that she and Phil would call and wake us up when it was time to go tomorrow. When Jacob and I got into our room and he shut the door, I breathed in a sigh of relief.
"I wonder if she would buy it if we just told her we would be better off with room service." I giggled.
"She might be. It's worth asking." Jacob nodded. He walked over to his bed and laid against the headboard. He went to the OnDemand menu and brought back up 28 Days Later.. for us to finish. We were at the part where they were almost at Lanchester.
"Do you want to take a shower before we keep watching the movie?" Jacob asked as I got my pajamas out of my suitcase.
"Yeah. I need to brush my teeth really bad too. You don't mind waiting do you?" Jacob smiled sweetly.
"Not at all." I smiled back and turned my face back at my suitcase to blush. When I had everything that wasn't already in the bathroom, I walked in and shut the door and started the water to its hottest setting. I washed all the makeup off my face and took my hair down from my rose comb and put it back in my jewelry box. I took off everything and got in the shower and sighed when the water hit me. This hotel's hot water was hot enough that even I could feel how hot it was.
I washed my hair and tried to gargle out the bad taste with the hot water. It came out much to my relief. When I was done, I turned off the water and dried myself off with one of the hotel towels. They were really cozy feeling. They must be made of a soft cotton. When I was dry, I put on my pajamas and walked back out into the room. Jacob was lying against the headboard just as I left him. I saw what he was watching. It was an episode of House. I smiled.
"I thought you didn't like House." Jacob shrugged.
"There was nothing better on. And besides, this one's really interesting. Only half of the patient's brain is working and Doctor House apparently has cancer. But enough of this, bring on the blood." We laughed at his ridiculous comment.
I walked over to the bed and took my spot next to him against the headboard. We picked up the movie where we left off and commented throughout the movie. After the movie was over, I looked at the time. It was almost eleven. Jacob sighed.
"I'll get ready for bed. You get some sleep. We have a big day ahead of us tomorrow." We smiled at each other as he walked to the bathroom with his pajamas and toiletries in hand. I thought I'd tease. He needed it anyway.
"Be sure to shave, Jacob. The stubble was almost lethal today." I heard Jacob laugh and I laughed with him.
"Yes ma'am." I laughed a little harder at the name of choice. I sighed when I was done laughing and went to my bed and got under the covers. I waited for Jacob to be done. I didn't plan on going to bed until I got my usual kiss on the head. It was the most I could ask for the time being. Jacob didn't take long. Maybe twenty minutes. When he came out, his hair was wet and he was rubbing it with a towel and he was wearing his sweatpants. I smiled at him. He smiled back at me when he finished rubbing his hair with the towel.
"I'm ready for bed." Jacob chuckled.
"Okay." He walked over to where I was and kissed the top of my head and I kissed his cheek, like we always did. I tried hugging him around his neck before he pulled away. He hugged me back. I took in his scent that I loved so much and it made me blissful. He kissed my cheek before he took himself away from me. "Get some sleep, Nessie." I smiled back at him.
"You too, Jacob." He smiled back at me as he walked away. He went to the front of the room and turned off the lights before getting into his bed. I heard the movements and I heard the blanket move.
"Goodnight." He said for the last time tonight.
"Goodnight." I saw him close his eyes after the exchange and within minutes, he was asleep. I couldn't help but giggle. It never took him long to fall asleep. I watched him for a few minutes after the lights were off. The curtain to the hotel room was still open, so the moonlight was streaming in with glittering pride.
He was so peaceful when he slept. I always wished that I could know what he was dreaming about. He turned his body off of his side and flat on his stomach. The action made me smirk. He was snoring lightly and the sound was oddly soothing. I got up from my bed and walked over to where he was lying. His one arm was thrown over the bed and was hanging there lifelessly. His finger would twitch every now and then. His other arm was tucked under the pillow. I wondered how it got there, but dismissed the thought. Half of his face was buried in the pillow with the other half facing up and at me.
I sat on the floor next to him and just looked at him. He had such a handsome face. And his hair seemed to shine in the moonlight thanks to the water that was still in his hair. I felt the need to touch him somehow. I didn't even try to resist. He was asleep, what would it hurt? I raised my hand and I placed my palm on his cheek and I rubbed the cheek bone with my thumb. He smiled lightly in his sleep. I took my hand away, scared that I might have woken him. But his breathing was still steady and he wasn't making any sudden movements. I relaxed a little and brought my hand back to him. This time, I let it rest of his shoulder.
"Renesmee." His voice was weak and thick with sleep, but it still took me by surprise. He had a contented smile on his face and all his features softened. I breathed in a sigh of relief when I realized he was still asleep. I kept my hand on his shoulder and started rubbing part of it with my thumb. I scooted a little closer to him so that our faces were only inches apart.
"What are you dreaming about Jacob?" I said quietly. I had heard about this sort of thing from one of Carlisle's many medical journals and from a TV show or two. I wondered if it really did work. Jacob groaned, but in contentment.
"Nessie……my Nessie." I smiled wider. His Nessie. It made me feel so warm all over. My already high body heat boosted from the unknown confession. I always thought that talking in their sleep had been momma's thing. I guess it's contagious. I watched him sleep a little longer, silently. He didn't say anything more.
I suddenly remembered something from a few years ago. It seemed strange to remember it now of all times. I remembered my time with Dorian. That had been my first kiss. It had also been horrid. I had wondered at the time if all kisses were like that. If all kisses were that unpleasant. That's why I had kissed Jacob. That, and I had wanted to erase the memory of Dorian. I wanted to pretend, even if I could only pretend, that Jacob, my best and truest friend, had been my first kiss. It seemed so silly now. That kiss hadn't been romantic at all. It had just been a simple peck, and that was it.
But now, the thought made me blush harder than ever. I didn't count that as our first kiss now. Not the kiss from Dorian either. I wanted to kiss Jacob and mean it. I wanted there to be love behind the kiss instead of just a sweet relief to be safe and the need to rid myself of a bad memory. And, most of all, I wanted him to kiss me back. But I didn't know exactly how Jacob felt about me. According to what I read from Seth's messages, I was guaranteed love in return from Jacob. Eventually. I still wanted to try it though, even if he wasn't conscious.
I sighed, trying to calm my heart, and brought my face closer to his ever so slowly, keeping my eyes open so I could see what was happening. He didn't move, even as I was breathing on him. His mouth was open slightly, so mine was too. As I got closer to him, I let my eyes begin to close. Then came the moment of truth. When I was only millimeters from his face, I let my eyes close completely and I rested my lips on Jacob's.
His lips were warm and gentle, like I remembered them being. But it felt different this time when I kissed him. I pressed my lips to his, his mouth still slightly open and nonresponsive in sleep. I brought my hand back to his cheek as I let myself feel his lips on mine and take it all in. I felt warmth spread throughout my body, like I was on fire, but in a good way. I could feel his teeth on my lips. They were smooth and perfect, just as the pearly whiteness of them always said they would be. And he tasted as he smelled. I still remembered the taste, but this time, I would savor it. He had a strange smokiness to his taste that made my head spin.
It was better than blood. Far better. His scent smelled better than anything in the world. I was getting more and more light headed with each passing moment. And my body kept getting warmer and I was feeling tingly all over. I felt a fire start to burn lower in my body. It was pleasurable, but somehow angering. I wanted it to go away, even though it felt good, but I had no idea how to get rid of it. I couldn't stop myself from moaning against his mouth lightly, but when I did, he moved and groaned. I took myself away from him, scared that I might have woken him. I didn't know how I would explain this to him. I never thought of an excuse.
I waited to see how much damage I had done, my heart racing faster than light. But then I calmed. Jacob licked his lips, groaned, and turned himself over and back onto his back. I sighed a breath of relief. He was still asleep. His light snoring continued as I brought myself off of the floor. As I got up from the floor, I couldn't help but feel a crack in my self confidence. He'd turned away from me. It was only in his sleep, but still. Did that mean he hadn't like it?
I started rubbing my temples, trying to calm down some more. I was being silly. Daddy was right. Now wasn't the time. I walked to his bed and brought my face close to his again, intending to say goodnight. But that didn't seem like enough tonight. I looked at his handsome face. He didn't look angry or annoyed. He looked happy. This made me hopeful that maybe I hadn't actually screwed this up. I brought myself onto his bed and laid next to him with my face close to his ear. I whispered my next words softly, making them for him and him alone.
"I love you, Jacob." That seemed like the right thing to say. His face stayed happy and I smiled widely. I lifted myself up and was about to leave and go back to my bed. But then I heard something I didn't expect. It was so quiet. A whisper. No human would hear it, but hearing it made me feel so many things at once, even if it was in his sleep.
"I love you too…Renesmee." The voice was thick with sleep and so quiet. But I felt tears sting my eyes. I was hoping that he meant what I thought he did, instead of our old, sibling like love. I wanted his words to mean a deeper love that I had been expressing as well. I didn't want to leave his side. Not tonight. I brought myself back down onto the bed and brought my hand to his chest and let it rest there and I placed my head on my little nook on his shoulder. I was surprised at first when I felt his arm come around my back and start to hold me securely, but not for long.
"Goodnight, Jacob." He didn't respond to that. I didn't mind, he needed his sleep. I listened to his heartbeat, breathed in his scent, and let the warmth of his arm and chest take me under and into a deep, wonderful sleep.
JPOV
The sun was shining brightly through the window. I brought my right arm over my eyes. I felt something soft and warm on my entire left side of my body. I looked and saw Nessie lying there sleeping peacefully. My heart rate skyrocketed. I couldn't move. Her face was sweet and happy. Her smile was adorable and made me want to hold her closer to me. But I wanted to know how she got here in the first place.
I tried to pull away from her, but when I tried, she held onto me even tighter than she already had been. My mouth was getting dry and I felt like I was burning all over. I tried to move again, but she still wouldn't let me. When I tried to raise myself away from her, she brought her arms tighter around me and groaned in her sleep. I breathed, trying to calm down and think of what to do. I didn't want this to be awkward for her. I sighed and went with the only option I had, I needed to wake her up. I turned a little in her arms, as much as I could, and rubbed her cheek with my hand.
"Nessie, Nessie, wake up." She groaned in protest again. I couldn't help but chuckle. "Ness, it's morning." She groaned again.
"What's your point?" I laughed a little again.
"My point is you need to wake up. That's what people do when it's morning." She giggled into her little nook and opened her eyes to look at me. I couldn't help but smile back at her despite the position we were in.
"Maybe I don't want to." I chuckled.
"Fine. I'll give you until I'm done getting dressed to wake you up. Sound fair?"
"You take ten minutes at longest to get ready." She whined.
"Ten minutes is more than enough time for you to take a quick nap." I pulled myself out of the bed and this time she let go of me.
"I'm not getting out of bed until grandma calls." As if Renee could hear our conversation, the phone rang and I just started laughing. "Shut up!" I kept laughing and walked into the bathroom to get ready while she talked to Renee.
I did my morning routine and decided to give Nessie a break and take another shower. When I was done, I ran the towel through my hair to dry it a little. I suddenly smelled something. It was salty and something that smelled sweet with syrup. I was having a hard time distinguishing what it was with the smell of the steam and soaps. I walked out and tried to follow the smell. When I was out of the shower, I saw two plates on the little table in the hotel room.
"What's this?" Nessie shrugged.
"Grandma had room service send us breakfast." I smiled and walked over to the table where she was sitting.
"And what did she get us?" She smiled.
"She ordered you a bacon, egg and sausage breakfast with a side of pancakes."
"And what did she get you?" She giggled.
"The side of pancakes you're eating." I started laughing with her. I did get a little worried, though.
"Will you be alright? I know it's been a while since you've hunted." She shrugged.
"I'll be fine. Besides, the burn isn't that bad." I walked the last few steps to the table and sat down where all the food was.
"Are you sure?" She smiled and nodded her head.
"I'm sure." We looked at each other a moment before I gave in and started eating. She watched me eat like she always did. I started thinking about this morning. I wondered why she was in my bed. I saw her in her bed last night.
"Did something happen last night?" She looked at me a moment, then shook her head.
"Not really. I just wanted to sleep next to you is all." She said it so casually. Normally, this wouldn't bother me. But today it did. Last night, something happened. Something I can't act on. I had always loved her, there was no question of that. But last night, I fell in love. I looked at her and thought she looked beautiful like she always did, but when I looked into her eyes, the pull I already had on her seemed to tighten and I no longer saw her as my little Nessie. In those mere seconds, she became the woman I love. More than my own life.
She was smiling at me while she watched me eat. Her smile looked more beautiful today than it ever had before. She seemed to be beaming today. Nessie left the table after a few minutes and went into the bathroom with a change of clothes. It looked like she was holding just a pair of shorts, but I saw the red from her swimsuit. She was in the bathroom for twenty minutes before she came out and was dressed.
"Do you already have your swimsuit on?" I shook my head.
"No. I'll get them when I'm done eating." She smiled and sat back at the table with me and watched me eat.
"How's your breakfast?" I chuckled.
"It's okay. I'm not a fan of sunny side up eggs, but I'm not choosy." She giggled.
"They didn't do scrambled eggs." I made a fake gasp and pretended to be appalled. Nessie giggled.
"Heathens." Nessie started laughing harder and I joined her in the laugh. "But seriously, why wouldn't they do scrambled eggs?" Nessie shrugged.
"Grandma said that they only serve what's on the menu that day and today they weren't serving scrambled eggs. It was either sunny side up eggs or hard broiled eggs." I scrunched my nose and Nessie giggled. "I chose the lesser of the two evils." I smiled at her.
"Thanks for that."
"You're welcome." I finished my breakfast and ate everything. When I was done, Nessie laughed lightly.
"What's so funny?"
"You're like a bottomless pit. It just makes me laugh." I smiled at her while I was getting up from the table.
"It's better than having a stomach the size of a pea I suppose." She playfully glared at me and put her fingers in the glass of water on the table and threw the water at me. I started laughing and blocked my face from the droplets of water. "What? It's true." She started pouting at me.
"Don't make fun of me." I started laughing at her pout and she laughed to. I made my way to get my swimsuit and my usual work jeans and made my way to the bathroom to change.
"I'll make fun of you all I want, Nessie." She started laughing and made her way towards me and jumped on me before I could close the door. I held onto her when she jumped me and her laughter rang in my ears like a chorus of bells. I yelled out in pain when she bit my shoulder. "Why'd you bite me?" She kept laughing.
"It's what you get for teasing me." She slid down and backed away. "Tease me again and I'll bite you where the sun don't shine." My eyes widened and she kept laughing.
"You don't even know what that means do you?" She giggled.
"Does it get my point across?" I shrugged.
"I guess."
"Then who cares if I know what it means, it did its job." I couldn't help but laugh.
"Whatever, Ness." She smiled and went over to the table to clean everything up. When I had on my swimsuit and jeans, I came back out and all the things that had been on the table were gone. Nessie was standing next to the door in all her glory.
The shorts she was wearing were tight fitting and flattering, but weren't so low that they looked inappropriate. And the top of her bikini swimsuit held her well and was thick strapped and had a sweet little flower in the middle of her cleavage, making a sweet V shape. Her hair was held in the half ponytail crown that she liked wearing and the hair that wasn't held by the ponytail hung loose over her. It always framed her face so beautifully. She smiled at me when she saw me.
"Grandma and Phil are ready to go." I smiled back.
"Okay. Let's go." Renee and Phil were already waiting for us outside the rooms, so we left as soon as we were out. We went to the water park for today. Nessie was sure to drag me on every water ride she saw.
She knew all the characters were fake and all, but that didn't stop her from wanting to take a picture with all of them, me being in all of them. She took a few pictures with Phil and Renee with Mikey Mouse and Pluto the dog. Everyone else was with me and Nessie. She even forced me to be in a picture with her and Snow White. Around lunch time, Renee and Phil got hungry and took us to a hotdog stand. Nessie got a hotdog that was covered in sauerkraut, so she was happy. She let me eat the rest of the hotdog when she ate all the sauerkraut.
By the end of the day, we were all soaking wet and happy to be in such a condition. Nessie's hair was hanging in wet bronze curls and water trailing down her skin. I had to breathe deeply to not let the image go to my head. She was so beautiful. It made it hard for me to breathe.
When we got back to the hotel, Renee invited us to go out with them for dinner. Nessie managed to get out of it by complaining about a headache. I said that I wasn't in the mood to go out and that I would just order room service or something. They gave the okay to the plan and went up with us so they could change their clothes before going out. Nessie and I stayed in the hotel room for the rest of the night. When we got back, Nessie was all jittery and happy as a five year old in a candy store.
"That was so much fun!" She went to her suitcase to get her pajamas.
"I'm glad you had fun. Why did you force me to take a picture with Snow White, though? You know I hate that movie. It's so corny." She giggled.
"I made you take that picture with me because I can." She said teasingly. "Besides, I want you in most of the pictures with me." I smiled.
"Just promise me that you've had your fill of pictures with Disney characters." I asked Nessie with a pleading voice. She giggled.
"Yeah. I've gotten pictures with all the characters I'd wanted to. All that's left is to go on all the rollercoasters tomorrow." She jumped with excitement as she made her way to the bathroom to do her nightly routine and change her clothes. I chuckled and got the remote to see what was on. Then I remembered I still needed to check up on Seth and the others. I went to the door of the bathroom and knocked on the door to get Nessie's attention.
"Hey, Nessie."
"Yeah?"
"I'm going to the roof for a minute. I need to see how everyone's doing. They should all be on patrol by now. I'll be back as soon as I'm done, okay."
"Alright. Don't be too long Jacob." She said this sweetly and pleadingly. I smiled.
"I won't. I promise." She laughed lightly and I walked out and made my way to the roof. Luckily, there weren't any people on the roof. I took off my clothes and fazed as soon as I knew the coast was clear. I immediately started hearing the voices. Seth was the one to talk to me first.
Hey, Jacob. How's the magical world of Disney? I laughed at his teasing tone.
It's pretty fun, actually. Nessie forced me to take a picture with her and all of the Disney characters. She even made me take a picture with Snow White. Everyone laughed at that one. Snow White wasn't a widely liked character amongst the guys in the group.
Does the hotel you're staying at really have swans on the roof? I laughed lightly.
Yeah, it does. And it's pink as cotton candy. Quil commented.
Don't ever let Claire see that picture of you and Nessie with Snow White. She'll be so jealous and hate you and Nessie for life. We all laughed at the joke.
I'm sure she'll get over it eventually. Is anything happening or anything that we need to be concerned about? I heard everyone's mental negative. I heard Paul answer me.
Nope. Nothing to worry about tonight. It's pretty quiet.
Okay, good. Then, I figured that Nessie would want me to ask anyway and I was curious too. So, Seth, how's Alyssa? I could feel his mind become a cloud of bliss. I knew the feeling. Most of us did.
She's good. I still need to introduce her to you guys, don't I? We all mentally nodded.
Yeah. Nessie's dying to meet her. She figures any girl that's perfect for you must be a lot of fun to be around. Seth laughed lightly.
It's never boring with her. I'll be sure to introduce her to you guys soon. Quil spoke next.
You better. I'm anxious to meet the girl that's lucky enough to win you over. We all chuckled lightly.
Just don't embarrass me when you guys do meet her, okay. I just explained this whole wolf thing to her. We all became serious. I asked him.
How did she react to that news? Seth sighed.
She thought I was trying to be funny at first. But then I fazed in front of her and….yeah. We all sighed with him. When Seth had showed her that he could turn into a wolf, first she screamed, then she tried to run away, ended up running into a tree, and then passed out. Embry spoke next, concerned.
Is she okay now? Seth nodded.
Yeah. She's okay now. It took a while to convince her that she wasn't dreaming, but she knows now. She got used to the idea after a few hours of going over it and over it in her head.
She's okay with it now?
Yeah. Now that she's given it some time to sink in, she thinks it's pretty cool. Embry chuckled.
Does she really? Seth nodded and laughed too.
Yeah. She even asked me to faze and let her pet me. We all laughed. Paul laughed and responded.
Rachel does that for me sometimes. It's nice, isn't it? I rolled my eyes and laughed with everyone else.
Yeah, it is. She even got me to shake my leg.
Oh god, Seth, we didn't need to know that. We all laughed at Quil's criticism. After Seth and the others filled me in on a few more things, like their current location and what else they were planning to do that patrol, I said goodbye to them and fazed back. I put back on my clothes and made my way to the door and down the stairs. When I got to the elevators, there was no one there, so I was glad for that. No one seemed to catch me on the roof. I made my way back to the room and found Nessie lying in my bed with her back against the headboard watching an episode of Invader Zim.
"What episode is it?" She looked at me and smiled.
"Zim and Gir are trying to take over the town with a poison in the water." I laughed.
"How did that work out?" She giggled.
"Gir put the poison in the sewers thinking it was the human water supply and he ended up with an army of brain dead rats and such." I laughed as I closed the door behind me.
"That's something Gir would do." We laughed for a moment and as I went to the bed and sat down next to her against the headboard.
"So how is everything?"
"Nothing to worry about. Everything's going pretty smoothly." She smiled.
"That's good." She was quiet a moment. "So when do I finally get to meet this Alyssa person? Daddy wants to meet her too. He already called Seth and told him congratulations." I chuckled lightly.
"He promised we'd meet her soon." I looked at her. She was beaming again. "What?" Her smile widened.
"You got a text while you were out." I laughed lightly and rolled my eyes.
"You read my text?" She laughed her light musical laugh.
"Only because it said it was from Sam." I sighed and shook my head in mock agitation.
"And what did Sam have to say?" Her smiled widened impossibly more.
"Emily's pregnant again." I caught myself smiling at the news.
"Is she really?" She nodded her head.
"Yep. It's due in February."
"That's great. Did you already send back a response?" She nodded.
"Yeah. I just sent congratulations with a bunch of exclamation marks." I laughed.
"Awesome." Nessie and I stayed up late that night just watching whatever was on. I turned off the TV when I felt her body become limp against mine. I smiled at her sweet sleeping face. She was so innocent looking, and yet the girl was quickly becoming quite the little smartass. I blame Emmett for that. I just watched her sleep until I feel asleep myself.
The rest of our time in Disneyworld, Nessie and I went on just about every rollercoaster they had and even went on a few of them twice. Renee and Phil never joined us. Renee had a fear of heights that I'd never known about until now. Nessie managed to keep us from going out with Phil and Renee for the rest of the four days too. When it was time for us to go back, Nessie hugged Phil and Renee goodbye for at least five minutes before we finally got back onto the plane. When we got to our seats, which were first class yet again, Nessie picked up the business section of a newspaper and started reading. She giggled.
"What?" She showed me the newspaper.
"Your stock's up again." She kept giggling and I just rolled my eyes and looked out the window. "Are you still mad at Alice about that?" I sighed and shrugged.
"I'm more annoyed that she did it behind my back. I appreciate it, but I just wish she'd told me she was doing it." She laughed lightly again.
"You would have said no." I laughed lightly with her.
"I guess I would have." I looked at her and teasingly pinched her. "And it came in handy when I got a new apartment." Her face became a little sad, but she kept a smile on. She had such a beautiful smile, no matter what the mood it reflected.
"I really am sorry about that. You know that right?" I smiled and nodded.
"I know. You meant well. But hey, the place I have now is a million times better than the other place, so don't beat yourself up about it. And don't get me kicked out of this place, okay." She smiled and nodded her head.
"I wouldn't dream of it. That condo is far too pretty." I laughed lightly. "And the landlord is so nice. And his wife smells like cinnamon. Did you notice that?" I laughed lightly.
"Yes, I did notice that. It's a smell that I won't mind infesting the hallways." She giggled.
"Me too."
I pretty much slept through most of the flight. Airplanes always made me tired for some reason. Edward and Bella were waiting for us at the gate when we got back. Nessie waved to them and ran over to hug them. Edward looked at me after a moment and gave me a look. I sighed. I had a nice little talk to look forward to when we got back.
The whole drive home, Nessie was talking about our trip and how much fun we'd all had. Renee had gotten all the pictures printed out, so Nessie was showing those to Bella and Edward. Bella lifted up her shield while she was looking at the pictures so Edward could see them too. He laughed when Nessie showed the picture of us with Snow White. Edward got a kick out of the pouty look I apparently had when standing next to her. I laughed with them despite myself.
My car was in the garage just where I left it when we got back. Emmett and the others were in the garage waiting for us and started taking Nessie's luggage back to the cottage and putting all of my luggage into the trunk of my car for when I drove home later. When we were all out of the car, Edward gave me the same look from earlier, and I knew what was coming.
"Jacob." I sighed and nodded my head.
"Sure, Edward." Nessie walked over to me and held my hand to still me for a moment.
"What's wrong?" I smiled reassuringly at the look of nervousness she had in her eyes.
"Nothing's wrong, Ness. Edward and I are just going to talk for a few minutes. We'll be back soon, okay." Nessie looked at me, then looked at Edward for reassurance. He smiled lightly and nodded his head, confirming what I had said. She looked back at me and sighed.
"Alright. If you say so." I smiled at her and ran my fingers once through her silky hair. Edward cleared his throat.
"We'll be back." With that, she let go of my hand and followed Bella back inside. Edward took me the usual mile or so away from the house. When we got to a spot that Edward liked, he stopped and I stopped too, waiting for him to say something. He turned around to face me. He didn't look angry, so that at least made me feel better. And he wasn't pinching the bridge of his nose, so that was a good sign too.
"So it's happened?" I knew what he was talking about and nodded.
"Yeah." Edward took a deep breath and closed his eyes for a moment.
"I see." Then Edward's eyes opened. "But you haven't done anything about it, am I right?" Edward had my answer the moment I thought it, but I nodded anyway.
"No. I haven't." Edward nodded his head.
"Alright." Edward's face looked really concerned. I had the feeling that this wasn't just about me and Nessie. "Actually, it isn't."
"What's wrong? Did something happen?" He shook his head.
"Not yet. Alice had a vision yesterday that concerned everyone." I walked a little closer to Edward.
"What is it?" He sighed again and pinched the bridge of his nose as he spoke.
"It's Stefan and Vladimir. Alice saw them coming." This shocked me.
"Why? What do they want?" Edward shrugged and looked at me, no longer pinching the bridge of his nose.
"We don't know. All we know is that they looked really happy about something, so I can only imagine that this is something involving the Voulturi somehow." This made me nervous.
"Are they coming after Nessie again?" Edward shook his head.
"No. If that were the case, Alice would have seen it. It's something else. But we don't know what." I sighed and tried to stay calm.
"How much time before they arrive?"
"Next month. They're making a lot of side trips on their way here and they're making the journey on foot. Last time Alice checked, they were in Lithuania." This took me by surprise.
"Why Lithuania?" Edward shrugged.
"Again, we don't know. Alice does at least know that they don't mean to attack us or anything."
"Then what do they…" Edward interrupted me.
"I told you. We don't know. We just know they're coming and that they don't mean to attack us." I sighed again and nodded my head. Edward and I stood in the clearing in silence for a few minutes before I finally said something.
"Has everyone already told Nessie?" Edward shook his head.
"We don't want to give her something to worry about unnecessarily. She has enough on her plate right now without having to worry about Stefan and Vladimir." I nodded and looked at the ground. I wasn't crazy about the idea of keeping this from Nessie and I knew Edward and the other's weren't either. But he was right. She had enough to worry about right now. She was starting school, she would start learning and interacting with teenagers and so on. She didn't need to worry about something that may or may not be a threat to us.
"Will they bring others?" Edward shook his head.
"No. Alice didn't see them bringing others. Just them." I sighed in relief. The pack and I could handle this easily with just them if things got out of hand.
"I'll keep the pack on high alert." Edward grinned appreciatively.
"Thank you, Jacob." I nodded.
"No problem." He smiled lightly again and looked back at the ground. We stood there awkwardly for a few minutes not really knowing what else to say. Then Edward changed the subject.
"I heard about Alyssa." I smiled at the change.
"Yeah. Nessie told me. Don't worry, you'll meet her soon. If it makes you feel better, we haven't met her either." Edward chuckled lightly.
"I know, he told me. I'm glad that Seth found someone. He's a good kid, he deserves to have another half." I smiled and nodded my head.
"Yeah. He does."
"And just so you know, Jacob." I looked at Edward. His face was serious now, but not angry. "I'm not mad about this new development between you and Nessie. Bella and I knew this would happen someday." His face became a little sad now. "But we weren't expecting it to happen this fast." I nodded.
"I know. I wasn't either. It's driving me nuts, too. Everything seems so much more personal all of a sudden." Edward's tone was flat and slightly annoyed this time.
"Yeah, I know. Your memories proved that." I laughed lightly without humor. I looked back at Edward.
"I know she's too young. I won't force her into anything and I certainly won't get her in trouble with you and Bella. Nothing happens until she's ready." Edward nodded.
"I know and I appreciate that Jacob." I smiled lightly and nodded. We stood there in silence again before Edward spoke again. "And Jacob."
"Yeah, Edward?" He sighed and pinched his nose again.
"I'm sorry for how I acted in the clearing the other day. When I threw you against that tree. That was out of line." I shook my head.
"No. It's okay. I was being rude. I understand where you're coming from. I'd probably act the same way if I were dealing with my own daughter." I couldn't help but smile at the thought. Me. A daddy. It made me laugh lightly and Edward laughed lightly too.
"Well Jacob, when you have a daughter of your own and she brings home a boy that claims to be good enough for her and you over react, I will laugh and I will laugh hard." We started laughing. Then his face became serious again. "But seriously Jacob."
"What?" He sighed.
"Please. Keep in mind that she's still my little girl, no matter how much she grows. She's my little girl. And even though I know that you're a lot better than anyone else she could find, I can't help but worry about her. Same with Bella." I nodded.
"I'll always take care of her Edward."
"I know that. But I also know that Nessie will start becoming…….curious." I shuttered. "I don't want to talk about this anymore than you do Jacob. But we need to get it clear. All I ask is that you be the mature one if the situation arises in the future, okay." I nodded.
"I will." Edward smiled lightly.
"Thanks, Jacob." We stood there again, not really talking. I sighed.
"I really do love her." Edward chuckled lightly and sighed.
"I know you do. And no one will ever love her the way you do. And, as her father, that's all I can ask for." Edward and I laughed lightly at my next thought.
"Glad we're friends again, Edward."
"Me too, Jacob. Now let's get back before everyone starts wondering where we are." I nodded my head and walked with Edward back to the house. When we got back, as promised, no one looked nervous or concerned about Vladimir and Stefan's imminent visit. They were listening to Nessie and her stories of Disneyworld. She saw us come through the door and she ran over to us. She hugged Edward and kissed his cheek. Then she took both our hands and brought us to the couch where everyone else was.
Her smile shined and illuminated the room as she talked about the trip to Disneyworld. I just watched her, entranced by her. She seemed to be glowing. I smiled while I listened to her talk about the trip. And I couldn't help but feel like the luckiest man alive to be in love with Renesmee Cullen.