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Here it is..


Chapter Twenty-Two

It felt amazing to get back to the happiness that I'd missed, to get back to normal with Jacob. Well, not exactly 'normal'; I was his fiancee now.

Who would believe that last September, Jacob was just my best-friend, celebrating my sixth birthday with me and now, in November, he's my fiance and we're actually going to start planning for the wedding?

But I still couldn't breathe normally yet; I still had Momma to talk to. I had a question to ask her, and we definitely needed to sort things out. I had loved Momma since before I was even born, I'd loved her voice, I'd missed her terribly during the days of her transformation. And I missed her again now.

"Nessie?" Jacob said, distracting me from my thoughts.

"Yes, Jake?" I answered, now paying full attention to him while he was driving us to my house.

"What did you guys do today?" he asked like he was trying to distract himself by nothing of major importance.

"Bowling," I mumbled, watching the road from my window. He laughed.

"You bowled? I wanted to see that," he was still laughing when he said that.

"Yeah. Maybe we could go there sometime this week," I suggested, liking the idea. "Oh, I forgot to tell you something,"

"What, hon?" I smiled and blushed before answering him which made him chuckle.

"I met Nahuel today at McDonald's." The second I said 'Nahuel' he pulled the car into an immediate stop like I had done this morning. I felt my heart pound faster at the surprise.

"What did he want?" he asked, trying to sound casual but I knew him too well. He wasn't in any way comfortable, probably even angry.

"I don't know yet. He's at home now, we should know when we actually get there. And we're not making it there while we're not moving," I mumbled, startled by his anger. He sighed.

"Sorry," he whispered and got back on the road.

As soon as we got there, Jacob parked in front of the house and opened the door for me, helping me out and holding my waist as we got in. He usually didn't do that while we were going home where my family is. I wondered why.

We got inside rather slowly, following everybody's scent to the living room.

I noticed all of them there well, except Alice and Rose who went shopping, obviously, sitting or standing around the room, doing nothing in particular. Well, except Carlisle, who was in a deep conversation with Nahuel. As we got in, Nahuel stood up, greeting me. I felt Jacob tense by my side.

"It's a pleasure meeting you again, Renesmee," he said as he shook my hand rather gently.

"Nice to meet you, too, Nahuel," I said, smiling politely.

He turned his attention to Jacob then.

"Jacob, I remember, right?" he said as he held out a hand for him.

"Yes," Jake whispered as he shook his hand.

"So you are dating each other now?" he asked. That was a little bit too much; it was personal.

"We're engaged," Jacob announced proudly.

"Oh," was Nahuel's smart reply before we all sat down.

It was silent in the room for a moment so I decided to speak.

"Umm...Jacob?" I called, he turned his head to me immediately.

"Yes, Nessie?"

"Do you have to patrol tonight?" Please say you don't. Please? He sighed.

"Yeah; Sam and Paul are both busy so I had to take an extra shift," he explained. I pouted. "I'll come here first thing in the morning, even before you go to school. Deal?" he mumbled, playing with a loose strand of my hair. I smiled.

"Deal," I whispered.

"Oh, by the way," he said as if he suddenly remembered something.

"Yeah?"

"Rachel wanted to talk to you today." I looked at him questioningly; I loved Rachel and all but it was out of habit. "Don't give me that look; I honestly don't know." I sighed and smiled at him.

"Then let's go," I suggested and glanced at Daddy, who was watching some TV with Emmett.

"10" was all he said.

We got up then, excused myself to go change and waved everybody goodbye. Jake was waiting by my door as I got out of my room.

As soon as we were back in the car, I turned to kiss Jacob once more before we go to La Push.

"What was that for?" he asked, smiling, as soon as we pulled away. I put on an innocent face.

"Can't a girl kiss her fiance?" I asked as I leaned to kiss him again.

"Why didn't I propose earlier?" he asked rhetorically as we pulled away again. We both laughed.

"SERIOUSLY! OUT!" We heard Emmett yell from inside, we went into hysterics then.

"Your uncle can't stand us together, can he?" he mumbled as he started the engine. I smacked his head playfully.

"Thank God he didn't come out; who knows what he would have done!" I said, chuckling.

Our ride there was rather quiet. We stopped in front of Billy's small red house.

"Renesmee!" Charlie exclaimed as we both entered. He was there! God, I missed him!

"Chief Swan!" I said as I hugged him.

"Hey, Ness," Billy said from in front of the TV, eating some kind of fried something.

"Hey, there, Billy!" I greeted him as Charlie greeted Jake.

"You came for the game?" Charlie asked. I glanced at Jacob who stood right beside me.

"Nope," I replied simply, taking Jacob's right hand with my left to go to Rachel. Charlie was eying both of us until his eyes rested on my ring. His eyes widened and I could hear his heartbeat become a little uneven.

"Jacob," he called, obviously angry.

"Yes?"

"I need to talk to you for a minute," he said, closing his eyes and trying to breathe evenly. Jacob looked at me apologetically. I just nodded. Billy, on the other hand, was doing a slicing gesture towards his neck, looking at Jake who gulped dramatically.

"Go to Rachel in her room; I have my funeral to attend," he whispered in my ear before he kissed my cheek. I chuckled lightly.

They both left the house to talk privately, I looked at Billy who was muffling a laugh.

"What?"

"I'd miss the boy," he explained, letting his laugh free. I laughed along with him.

"I'm going to Rachel," I announced as I went upstairs. I stood outside the closed room and knocked on the door gently, afraid I might break it.

"Go away, Jacob!" I heard Rachel yell from the room.

"It's Nessie!" I yelled back. She opened the door then.

"Hey, Ness," she said as she hugged me. "Come in."

I entered the room to find all the girls there; Leah, Amy, Kim, Emily and two other girls I didn't recognize. She must have noticed my puzzled expression because she introduced them.

"Nessie, those are Nina, Collin's imprint." She pointed towards a girl who looked about 16, she had dark brown hair, a russet skin and light brown eyes, "And Yoki, Nina's sister and Brady's imprint." She pointed at the other girl who looked pretty much like Nina; she had the same skin and eyes but her hair was deep black and she looked a couple of years older. "Girls, this is Renesmee, Jake's imprint."

"Hi," they said in unison, I greeted them back.

"So, we were planning the wedding and we need your opinion on something-" Nina cut her off.

"Rachel here wants hot pink orchids in her bouquet while the whole reception is decorated in purple roses! And the bridesmaids dresses are purple!"

"What, Nina? I told you I like orchids better!"

"Want my opinion? Go with the all-white thing," Leah suggested.

"I want orchids!"

"Can't you just get purple orchids?" I suggested.

"Told them so," Emily muttered.

We kept arguing about that for quite a long time until we all realized that we were practically yelling and broke into laughter.

"Okay, okay!" Rachel said, "I'll choose another bouquet with no roses or even orchids!" Then she turned her head to me and leaned closer to whisper in my ears. "That's not what I wanted to talk to you about, though." I shot her a questioning look, she just pointed at my ring quickly, "You guys have to tell the Pack, together. Jake told me that he had been hiding his thoughts so you two could tell together."

"Why didn't he tell me that?" I whispered back. Everyone else was working on the invitations.

"I didn't tell him. Besides, I missed you, girl!" She said the last part louder.

I was about to speak again when we heard a loud crash from the direction of the garage. Then I heard Jacob's voice yell.

"Dammit, Charlie! What did you think?"

"Uh-oh," I muttered as I stormed out of the room and to the garage in full speed. I gasped at the scene; Jacob was shaking uncontrollably while Charlie was glaring at him. Around where they stood, pieces of glass were shattered on the floor.

"What happened?" I whispered in shock; what could've happened that led to this?

I went by Jacob's side then and whispered a 'Calm down' in his ears. He didn't need to phase now.

"What were you thinking, Jacob? She's a child! You can't just- Uh!" Charlie was still yelling. I smelt someone else join us then.

"Calm down. Both of you," Sam's ever-so-calm voice said. Jacob was still shaking that I got a little scared; I didn't want him to phase right now.

"Don't put that under human judgment, Charlie! I'm the werewolf who imprinted on a-" I cut him off before he said something stupid.

"We're getting married whether everyone likes it or not! But, grandpa, I would've loved it if you would come," I whispered, looking at the ground.

"What?" Sam said.

"What you've heard, Sam." Jacob was getting calmer now.

"Okay, come on, Charlie. Let's get inside," Sam suggested, still looking at Jacob. He just shrugged.

Charlie, on the other hand, followed Sam into Billy's place, leaving me and Jake alone. I held his hand and began rubbing relaxing circles until he sighed heavily and hugged me, kissing my hair.

"I'm sorry you had to hear this,"

"It's okay. We knew something like this would happen, right?" He smiled and nodded silently.

"Do you want to go tell the Pack now?" he asked. I looked at the sky, the sun still had about half an hour before it set.

"Naw; we have until 10pm. Can we go cliff-diving?"

"You returned your swimsuit here?" he asked.

"I'm wearing it." He shot me a puzzled look. "What? I love to be prepared." I put on an innocent face then.

"Okay, then. Let's go," he said as he took my hand, leading me to the car quickly.

"You know I'm not using you, right?" Huh? What brought this on?

"Of course, Jake. Who told you so?" He just shrugged, keeping his eyes on the road. "Charlie?" I guessed.

"It's no big deal." Big fat lie in there.

"You're lying," I accused. He sighed.

"It's nothing, really. I guess it just slipped out of his mouth." He was still upset about that, apparently. So I wrapped my arms around his chest and leaned on it. He removed one hand from the steering wheel to wrap it around my shoulder.

"I know you're not. Love you, Jake. Now, drive faster you werewolf so we could get there before the sun sets!" He let out a chuckle.

"Okay," he mumbled and got back to concentrating on the road."Here we go," he said as he parked on the cliff.

I got out of my white skirt and pink button-down shirt to reveal my new red, polka dotted, one-piece swimsuit I had been wearing the whole time. Thankfully, I remembered to take off my ring before jumping.

By then, Jacob had taken his shirt off to stay in only his denim shorts, looking absolutely breathtaking. I went to stand on the edge of the cliff, waiting for him.

"I'll jump first," he demanded. I only did this now for his sake so I nodded in agreement.

He jumped gracefully into the water, making a light 'splash' down there. He got his head out of the water and motioned for me to jump.

I closed my eyes and inhaled the delicious salty scent and spread my arms in front of me. I was concentrating really hard on my jump when I heard a voice from behind.

"Nessie!" Was all it took to startle me, causing me to jump.

I didn't realize what had happened until I felt the water slap my face. Before I could even straighten myself, I felt Jacob's warm hands carry me until my face was above the water level.

"Are you okay?- Breathe, N-" I cut him off.

"I'm fine!" I said, holding out my hands as if in surrender. I heard him sigh as I opened my eyes.

"What happened up there?" He asked, looking at the edge of the cliff. I followed his gaze to find Seth standing there.

"I was concentrating really hard on the jump and he startled me a little. Sorry I scared you," I said, smiling at him.

"I will kill you, Seth Clearwater!" He yelled. Seth and I laughed at that moment.

"Hey, hey. Look down here." I grabbed his chin, demanding his attention, and kissed him. "He didn't mean it," I whispered in his ear after we pulled away. He chuckled.

"You're dangerous; you got me swayed there," he whispered back, kissing my cheek.

We got out of the water then and sat on the cliff. Seth joined us then.

"Sorry I surprised you," he said.

"It's okay. What are you doing here alone anyways?" I asked, playing absentmindedly with my ring that I had just slid back to my finger.

"Rachel has got Amy with her all day. Besides, Sam told me about you guys."

"Yeah," I mumbled.

"Congrats," he said, then he looked at Jacob, "Take care of my lil' sis or I'll kill you, Jacob Black." We all laughed then.

"Seems like a lot of people want to kill me."

"I'll go wait at your place, Jake. Everyone is going to be there by 7:30," he said before he left.

I paid attention to the view then,

The sunset looked absolutely overwhelming as the orange sun was slightly covered by Washington's oh-so-famous clouds, clarifying the beautiful blue shade of the ocean.

"I love you, Renesmee. Remember that,"

"I love you, too, Jacob. I know you love me, too. I'd never forget that," I whispered against his warm chest.

After about 15 minutes, we decided to go meet the Pack. Afterward, he drove me home.

"We're here," he announced, "Now, I have to patrol." I pecked him on the lips and nodded.

The Pack had accepted the whole thing well. Everyone congratulated us. We heard one comment though..

"Don't you think it's too early?" Embry asked. Then he gave in so it didn't matter that much.

I went inside the house to find only Jasper, Emmett and Nahuel there, watching the news. I sat down on the couch next to Emmett.

"Would you like to take a walk outside?" Nahuel asked. I still had time before I go to bed so I nodded. As I stood up, I gave Jasper a meaningful look from above Nahuel's shoulders. He just nodded. I knew then that he would be following us. Just in case; I wasn't really that comfortable around Nahuel. Not yet anyways.

He took my hand and led me outside through the backdoor.

"You've grown up to be one beautiful woman, Renesmee," he commented as we walked through the trees. I blushed and smiled. "You're about six now, I assume?"

"I hit six last September," I answered.

"Oh," he paused, "I wanted to apologize about something,"

"What?"

"I wanted to apologize for my sister, Sofia's, behavior."

"Oh, right. Do you know how to get in touch with her?" I asked, remembering.

"Actually, I don't. Your father have asked me that earlier, too. May I ask you why?"

"Friends of the family have seen her in Europe. We were just wondering where she was..." I mumbled, trailing off.

"How's life going with you, Renesmee?" He suddenly asked, changing the subject.

"Well," I answered.

"You are soon to be married. That's great, you know," he said, looking directly into my eyes.

"Yes." I kept my reply simple, not knowing where he was going with this.

"Did you ever have 'other options'?" That made me stop in my place. Frozen.

"Excuse me?"

"Sorry if it's rude, but have you ever considered someone else? Other than that pet of yours?" That practically set me on fire.

"First of all, Jacob is not my pet. He's my fiance. And, secondly, I won't answer your question. Now, if you excuse me, I would like to go home." I turned away and was about to go back home when I felt him catch me wrist.

"I-" Jasper cut him off.

"I would take her home, Nahuel. Now, let her go," he said calmly.

"I'm sorry," he apologized as he let my wrist free.

Jasper then took me to the house.

I wondered what was wrong with him? What did he mean? Then, I thought a little. Could it be that I'm the only female of our kind that wasn't related to him? Maybe. We'd talk about this later though. I knew he wouldn't leave anytime soon.

I got upstairs to sleep as soon as we were home. Alice, Rose and Momma were there with Emmett and Daddy.

I heard a knock at the door while I was getting ready for bed, putting on my pajama.

"Come in!" I cried. I saw Momma come in, then, her face apologetic, or was it regretful?- Probably a combination of both.

"Nessie, can I talk to you?" she asked. I sighed; I had to talk to her sooner or later.

"Sure, Momma. Come here," I said, patting a spot next to me on my bed. She sat down then.

"Baby, I want you to know something-" I cut her off.

"Momma, I know you didn't mean to hurt me. And I know that you love me...And that you want me to be happy. I am now. I just need to ask you a few things..." I mumbled the last part. She sighed.

"Sure, sweetie. Ask me whatever you want." She smiled as she said that.

"Momma, umm...I was just wondering if the reason behind you reaction is that you might still, you know..." Her eyes widened as she realized what I was speaking about.

"Of course not! I don't have this kind of feelings for Jake. Not anymore. I love your father more than anything in the world." I sighed in relief.

"Good. One more question though..." I grinned playfully. She sensed that it was over so she smiled.

"What?"

"What did Alice prepare for my wedding?" I asked, holding a laugh. She laughed a musical laugh though.

"I promised not to tell."

"Pretty please?" I said, pouting and using the full force of my puppy eyes.

"Naw!"

"Okay, fine! But, F.Y.I, If you guys don't tell me what you're hiding. And soon. I would take Jake and get married in Vegas," I said playfully, knowing that Alice would hear.

"I can still see Vegas!" She said from downstairs. The whole house shook with laughter.

"Okay, then, you, young lady, have to sleep now. You have school tomorrow," she said as she kissed my forehead, tucking me into bed.

"'Kay, Momma. Love you,"

"Love you, too, sweetheart, 'More than my own life',"

"Plus que ma propre vie, Momma," I quoted; they had that written on my locket.