Chapter 37
What kind of world is this?

The sun began to set. At least an hour had passed and I hadn't moved an inch.
I sat in Jake's arms, my head resting on his shoulder. We looked up at the sky as the sun began to set.
I let out a loud sigh, not intending for him to comment.

"Relax, Nessie." He whispered.

His comment took me off guard. I didn't mean anything by the sigh.

"What do you mean?"

"I can tell you are stressing, feeling guilty, scared, anxious, and nervous—"

"Okay, I get it. I'm not any of those things, Jake."

He gave me a skeptical look.

"Okay, fine."

"It really does seem like they're coming at us from all sides."

"Yeah, tell me about it. None of this would be happening if I hadn't bitten Rosaline though."

"Maybe, but there has been some good that has come out of all this."

"Like what?" I asked with a snort.

"You fell in love with me."

I felt my chest ache with love when he said that. I closed my eyes, absorbing this little bit of sunshine. He kissed the top of my head a few times.

"I've always been in love with you, Jake."

He gave me that skeptical look again.

"I just didn't want to admit it."

"Why?" he asked, he seemed insulted.

"Because, I felt like…like I was being forced into falling in love with you because you imprinted on me. I felt like there was a stamp on my head that said 'property of Jacob Black'."

He laughed at that.

"You seriously felt like that?" he asked.

"Well….Yeah…I did…"

He laughed again.

"You were never going to be forced to fall in love with me, Nessie."

I gave him the skeptical look this time.

"What do you mean?"

He rolled his eyes and grinned.

"I mean, Nessie, just because I imprint on you, that doesn't mean that you have to fall in love with me and spend the rest of your life with me."

"Well what does it mean then?"

"It means that, you're just going to have a hell of a lot harder time getting rid of me." He said laughing.

I laughed with him. He hugged me closer and gently rocked me. Soon the sky was black, the only light there was, was of the moon and stars.
A shooting star flew across the sky.

"Make a wish." I giggled.

"Nah."

"Oh c'mon, there's gotta be something you're wishing for."

"Nope."

"Liar."

"No, I'm really not lying. I have everything I've ever wished for."

"You're just saying that."

"Nuh-uh."

"Uh-huhh."

I stood up and bounced away from him. He got up and ran after me. He chased me around the meadow until, my uncoordinated side came out, and I tripped.
He jumped on top of me and smiled.

"Nuh-uh." He repeated.

"Uh-huh."

"You're stubborn."

"And you're pathetic."

"How am I pathetic?"

"Please, you couldn't catch me until I tripped."

"I did that on purpose."

"Oh really?" I started giggling. He leaned down and kissed me.

"Really." He got up and ran away from me. I put my head back and sighed.

I sat up to look for him, but I couldn't see him. I stood up and brushed off any grass that had gotten on me.

"Jake?" I called out. I began to walk around, keeping my eyes open for him.
I couldn't see any trace of him. I felt as though someone was following me, though.
I spun around, expecting to see him following me.
Nothing.
I turned back around and started walking again.

"Jake this isn't funny!" I shouted out.

By that point I was approaching the group.

"What's not funny?" My mother asked.

"Jake, he's like…I hiding from me."

"I wouldn't be so sure of that." Emmett joked.

"What are you talking—"

"BOO!"

I screamed at the top of my lungs. Everyone seemed to find it hilarious, I didn't however.

I turned around and smacked Jake in the face.

"Jerk!" I shouted as I stomped to the middle of the field.

"Oh come on, Nessie! It was a Joke." He called out.

"Oh, I'll give you a Joke." I muttered under my breath.

What could I do that would really freak Jacob out? Nothing, because nothing scares him.
Then it dawned on me. Jacob said he didn't know what he would do if he ever lost me.
I stood up and went into the forest and perched myself up on a tree. Once I was up on the highest branch, I jumped down. I made sure I screamed as I was falling. OF course I landed on my feet, but that didn't mean anything.
When I heard their footsteps coming I collapsed to the ground. I closed my eyes, pretending to be what I knew would scare him.

"Ha-ha, very funny, Nessie." Jake said poking me.

I didn't move.

"Nessie, okay, I've learned my lesson, you can get up now."

I didn't move.

"Nessie, Nessie, oh my god." He bent down to touch my face.

"BOO!" I screamed as I sat up.

The look on his face was absolutely priceless; I wish I'd had my camera.

"That's not funny." He murmured.

"Oh it isn't?"

"No, it's not."

I stared at him for a moment. Then his face turned into a wide grin.

"Just kidding, yeah, that was pretty good. For an amateur."

"You're so cocky." I muttered.

"You love me."

"I do." I said as I kissed him.

"BLECCHHHH!" Emmett shouted.

Rosalie elbowed him in the side.

"What?" he complained.

She gave him a look.

"She just kissed a dog for god sakes!"

She elbowed him even harder.

"Tell me that's not disgusting!" he yelled.

"Enough! Emmett, I won't kiss Jake in front of you, happy?"

"Whatever." He started toward the meadow.

I rolled my eyes at Jake. He put his arm around my waist and we all walked back to the meadow.

"How much longer!" Emmett complained.

"We have to wait for Alice's call." Carlisle assured.

He rolled his eyes and walked back over to Rosalie.

I turned to Jake. He smiled at me and took me into his arms. I wiggled out of his grasp and walked back out to the middle of the meadow.
He slowly followed me out, trying to figure out what I was doing. I resumed my earlier position, lying down and watching the stars. He did the same.
I moved my head so that I was resting on his shoulder. I could feel his gaze on me, he was so warm.
He let out a quiet laugh.

"What's so funny?" I asked.

"Them." He said, motioning toward the group.

"What about them?"

"They seem to forget that I have just as good of hearing as them, I can hear everything that they are saying."

"What are they saying?"

"Emmett's making a bet with Jasper…."

"About?"

"That they think you're going to get mad at me in a few minutes."

"Why?"

He listened for a few minutes.

"Because you have a tendency to get mad at me."

I rolled my eyes and laughed.

"Can I ask you something?" he mused.

"Anything."

"I don't want to... I don't mean to be rude but…why do you love him?"

"Who?"

"Antoine."

I thought for a minute, I wanted to be angry at him for asking why I love him, but that would cause Emmett to win the bet and I couldn't really blame Jacob for wanting to know.

"Well…" I paused. "Because he makes me feel like the most beautiful girl in the world, he'd risk his life for me, he's passionate and romantic—"

"Wait, so I don't make you feel any of those things?"

"No, no you do…it's just…in different ways."

"How are they different? A feeling is a feeling…isn't it?"

I shook my head and sat up.

"Well, explain to me, I'd like to make you feel that way."

"You make me feel like the most beautiful girl in the world…but I don't know how to describe how it's a different feeling. It's almost like…I'm more…responsible with him…like…how do I put this?" I stopped for a minute.

"I bring out the irresponsible side in you…great…I bet your parents are just so fond of that." He said shaking his head.

"No, it's not like that. I feel older when I'm with him, and I like that…sometimes, but I'm not old and I like to feel young…but you on the other hand make me feel young and care free…and I love that too, but I'm not care free. I have things I need to worry about."

He looked away for a moment.

"I don't know how to put this without sounding insulting—"

"No, I get it now." He whispered. Then he let out a little laugh.

"What's funny now?"

"You."

"Why?"

"You are so much like your mother…more than you even realize."

"How?"

"She gave me pretty much the same answer to a question just like that."

"What do you mean?"

"When I was in love with her, I asked her why she didn't love me like that. She told me that I made her feel less responsible and she liked that but she also liked the passion that Edward made her feel."

"One difference though."

"What's that?"

I turned and kissed him.

"I love you."

"I like that difference." He laughed.

"Me too."

He looked over at the group.

"We should go check on Charlie." He suggested.

"Okay." I stood up and walked hand in hand with him to the group.

"We're going to go check on Charlie." He said aloud.

They nodded.
We ran into the woods and to my house. They lights were on and we walked in.
Charlie was lying on the couch with a beer in his hand watching the game.
Alice was sitting on the other couch, holding her knees.

"Hey guys." I greeted.

"Hello, Renesmee." Alice sang as she danced to me. "What are you guys doing here?"

"Just to make sure that everything is going okay." Jacob answered.

"Oh…I see…well it's going great."

"Have you seen anything else?" I asked.

"Nothing new. They're on their way, but they won't be here till tomorrow."

"Oh." I walked over to the couch next to Charlie and sat down.

"Hey kiddo." He smiled.

"Hey there." I smiled back.

"So…what's going on…This one here doesn't tell me anything?" He said pointing to Alice.

She shrugged.

"Edward told me not to scare him!" she hollered.

"It's okay, everything's under control." I replied.

"Well, what are you guys doin down there?"

"Mostly talking…sitting around. You'd be really bored there."

He nodded.

"Who's this Volturi I keep hearing about?"

I looked at Alice.

"He didn't exactly forbid me from telling him what the Volturi is." She said skeptically.

"Okay…well…the Volturi …how do I describe this. The Volturi is a very old, very powerful family."

"Okay…but why is everyone so scared of them?"

"It's not that we are scared of them. Okay, see, the Volturi are basically like what you would think of royalty in the human world. They enforce the rules of the vampire world."

"You guys have laws?"

"Not really…well there's really only one that's enforced."

"What's that?"

"That we keep our kind a secret…and we don't kill conspicuously."

He nodded.

"So that's why they're coming? Because you told me?"

"Not completely."

"Well what's the other part?"

"I created an immortal child…that's also against the laws ever since the incidence with immortal children."

"What was the incidence?"

"That's another story."

"Can I hear it?"

"I think my dad did forbid that."

"Okay, I'm older than Edward, I'm pretty sure that my authority goes."

Alice snorted, then covered him face.

"No, trust me…Edward's older than you." I giggled.

"Wait…how old is he again?"

"Like…130."

Charlie sighed.

"So my daughter was dating a 109 year old man?"

"Mhm."

He rubbed his face.

"Jesus what kind of world is this?" he muttered.

All of us chuckled, except for Charlie.
Alice's face suddenly went blank…she was having a vision.

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