Some people seem to be really upset with the direction this fic was taken but its my story. Here is how I see my characters for my story: Jacob is stupid- he's a man, Nessie is immature- she is 6! No matter how intelligent she is, she's only a child; and Seth is pretty much a good guy just caught in the middle, trying to find his way. Nobody is perfect and if they were then the story would be boring.

There are some lemony flavours in this chapter, so I hope you enjoy it.

Chapter 16 – Decision Time

JPOV

Fuck this shit! It's time I sorted this out once and for all. Time to take a stand. Sink or swim… all those all cliché's, well bring them on! No more Mr. Nice Guy. Now all I have to do is work up the balls to actually do this shit. I'm just going to go home, call her and ask if I can come over, and then I'm going to tell her everything.

As determined as I feel, I am so shit scared. I have been running around all afternoon, trying to talk myself into doing this. Ever since I bumped into Seth on First Beach this morning…

"Jacob, we need to talk." Shit, he had that look on his face that meant that he would talk whether or not I wanted to listen, just like Leah always looks.

"Seth, I… just… Not now ok?" I tried to get away, but as expected, I had no chance.

"No Jake… NOW!" he demanded. I looked at him in surprise, Seth had never used that tone with me. I think he even shocked himself, suddenly lowering his gaze. "I'm sorry, I just… we need to talk."

There was no point avoiding him because he would just follow me, so I made my way over to the logs laying around the bonfire pit and sat down. I really did not want to talk to Seth right now. Since he and Nessie had started dating, I had done my very best to keep my distance. We had always been sure to never phase at the same time. Fat lot of good that did me, I could still see his thoughts reflected through the minds of the others. They did their best not to think about it, but things always slip through.

What really got to me though was the pity. I was the Alpha, I was supposed to be strong and sure of everything, someone for them to rely on and come to for advice but I couldn't even sort out my own life. They didn't see it that way, some of them amazed at the strength it took to let go of Nessie, making the ultimate sacrifice for my Imprint. But really it was just weakness. If I'd just told her everything in the first place then I wouldn't have to have my heart ripped out on a daily basis.

Seth sat on a log across from me. "Jacob, what are you doing?" he asked.

"Uh, well, I was going to have a swim, then work on my car…" Why was he making small talk with me?

"No Jake, what are you doing about you and Nessie?" he asked.

"What do you mean me and Ness? She is with you Seth." God it hurt me just saying that.

"But for how long though? This is so unfair!" Why was he shouting at me?

"Look Seth, if you don't want to go out with her anymore just break up with her!" How could he want to break up with her? "I'm not forcing you to date her."

"Oh yeah Jacob, I'll just break up with the girl I love" he scoffed at me, shaking his head and looking off down the beach.

"So what's the problem then Seth? You love her and she loves you, what do you want me to do about it?" Was I being thick or was he speaking in riddles?

"That's just the problem though Jacob… she doesn't love me!" Shit he looked like he was going to cry. Was I seriously about to comfort the guy who was dating the love of my life? Unfortunately, part of being the Alpha was to take care of all the members of the pack, regardless of personal feelings. It's like a parent/child relationship in a way, unconditional love.

"Seth, of course she loves you. She has told me so herself. You make her happy." He smiled a little but still just shook his head.

"No Jake, she wants to love me, it's not the same thing." He looked up at me then and could see that I had no clue what he was going on about. "She… when we are, you know, together…" he looked up at me quickly, looking guilty for bringing up their physical relationship. At least I didn't have to have the visuals out of his head. "She wants to be there, she seems really into it, but her body doesn't respond to me the way it should if she loves me."

"Shit Seth, if you are having trouble turning her on, go read a magazine or a book or something for tips, don't ask me to help you get her my Imprint horny for you!" My body had started to shake in anger, and it took all my strength to stop myself from phasing right then and jumping the little shit.

"Fucking listen to me Jacob! That is not what I'm asking you." He snapped right back at me. "I just want to you decide. If you are going to tell her the truth, if you are going to fight for her, then just do it already.

"I'm just sick to death of waiting Jacob! I don't want to, but I love Renesmee with all of my heart. Every day I wake up and I am scared shitless that today will be the day that you are going to come and take her away from me." He was actually crying now and I couldn't help but go and put my hand on his shoulder and comfort him again.

"Please Jacob, just tell me the truth. Are you planning on telling her, or are you going to wait for her for as long as it takes?" He pleaded, looking me straight in the eye.

"I honestly can't tell you Seth, I…" I didn't know what to say. Was I really willing to wait as for years for her?

"Well Jacob, let me make this easier for you, ok?" he suddenly had a new determined look in his eyes. "If you are going to tell her, then tell her today. If not, I'm going to go for it. I can't hold myself back from loving her anymore. Tell her and let her make her decision. If she chooses you, I'll bare no grudge toward either of you. But if she chooses me, or you decide not to tell her, from tomorrow on I am going to give myself to her one hundred percent."

"Are you trying to make me give you permission to have sex with her?" I thought more of Seth than this.

"No, god damn it Jacob!" he shouted at me. "This isn't about sex, but if that was what Nessie wanted, then I'm not sure I would turn her down. Don't I deserve to have some happiness too Jake? Why must I be the one who always does the right thing? Why do I have to put everyone else's needs first? What if my Imprint isn't out there Jake? Do I have to spend the rest of my life settling for second best?

"Right now I have the most amazing, beautiful girl who for some reason, despite you being Imprinted on her, she wants ME? Why shouldn't I put myself first just once in my life?" he finally stopped his tirade, his breathing heavy as he tried to calm himself.

"I'm sorry Seth. I didn't realize how this whole mess was affecting you." I said, putting my head in my hands. I felt so sorry for putting him in the situation where he was stuck in the middle. "I'll think about it Seth, I promise."

"Jacob… I meant it, do it today. Tomorrow, I start to live my life." He said quietly, standing and running off down the beach.

After Seth left I just ran. I ran for hours, just thinking over the conversation. What would I do if I went to Nessie, told her everything and she still wanted to be with Seth? Was it naïve of me to believe that just because she knew the truth she would just ditch him and fall in love with me?

Eventually I notice that dusk was falling and headed for home. I still hadn't come to any decisions when I arrived at my front door to find Alice pacing back and forth on the porch.

"Jacob, you need to go and find Nessie now! Please hurry!" she shouted as soon as she saw me.

"What's wrong Alice, if Nessie is in trouble what are you doing here?" why wasn't she saving her.

"No, she isn't in any danger. She's going to… um, she's just thinking of… Jacob, she loves you ok! Please just go and put an end to all this nonsense before she does something stupid."

"What do you mean she loves me? What is she planning Alice? Where is she?" I said, using my Alpha voice to try to shock the truth out of her.

"I can't tell you Jake, I'm not sure about anything," she growled in frustration. "You damn wolves make everything too fuzzy, but you need to go and find her now. That's all I can tell you. Hurry Jacob!" she shouted after me as I was almost to the tree line.

She loves me? I had to try to not get myself too excited. Despite what Alice claims, she may hear what I have to say and hate me. Since Nessie scent was all over the damn woods, it would take too long to track her, so I decided that I'd just start by looking at all her favorite spots, and headed for the cliffs.

NPOV

"Do you want to go for a walk?" I asked Seth as his car pulled up the drive to the main house. We'd just gotten back from our dinner and movie, and it was time to put my plan into action.

"It's getting kind of late, Nessie. Maybe we should just call it a night." He replied, ever the gentlemen.

"Come on Seth, please! I'm really not tired." I pleaded. If he wouldn't even come for a walk with me then I had no chance of convincing him to sleep with me.

"I think you're parents would prefer me to just drop you off Ness." He is so infuriating sometimes, always doing what is right.

"Seth, my mum and dad really don't mind, I promise. Please, just a quick walk." I gave him my very best wide eyed, lip out pleading look, and could see his resolve buckling within a split second. Damn I'm good!

"Oh, come on then. I guess a little walk wouldn't hurt." he agreed and I took his hand as we got out of the car and led him into the woods.

"How about a little race?" I asked slyly before shouting. "Last one to the cliffs has to be the winners slave for the next 24 hours!" and I darted off before he had a chance to respond. Just like I had hoped, Seth paused to phase. He wouldn't bother bundling up his full outfit because it was a race so now I would only have to get his shorts off him.

Before long I was at the cliff's, with Seth only a few seconds behind me. "That was not a fair race Nessie!" he laughed as he popped out from behind some bushes, just in his shorts as planned.

"No excuses! You are my slave for a full day," I said as seductively as I could manage. "Now come here and kiss me, Slave!" With a small smirk he grabbed me around the waist and pulled me into a long deep kiss. Wow! I should have made him my slave months ago.

After a few minutes I moved myself back against one of the rocks, lifting my butt up to sit just on the edge so that I could wrap my legs around him. He started to protest but I pulled away slightly and murmured "Slave" at him, before pulling him back in and kissing him harder than ever. I could feel his erection pressing into me and it felt good.

My conscience was nagging at me about promising Alice to talk to Seth first, but he was obviously enjoying this just as much as I was, so I decided to ignore it. He was a big boy, he could stop me if he wanted to. But thank goodness he wasn't. Being with him like this was so much hotter than ever before. I could feel a small buzz in my stomach, kind of like when I can feel Jacob approaching. I needed to feel more of him so I leant back quickly to pull my shirt off. Again Seth pulled back a bit, but thankfully this time it was to look at me with so much lust in his eyes that I was sure that this was a done deal... I was about to have sex.

Again I pulled him in, grabbing his hands and forcing him to touch my breasts. It felt so nice, but it still wasn't enough. As hot as this moment was, I just wasn't as turned on as I should be. Trying to get myself going a bit more, I traced my hands down his amazing chest, slowly bringing them to the waist band of his shorts.

Like magic, my heart started to catch up to my mind and started to beat faster and faster, racing at a million miles a minute. Thank God! I thought to myself. This was never going to work if I couldn't get myself at least a little worked up. Lowering my hand further to stroke the bulge in his trousers, I pulled back slightly from him, looked up at him through my eyelashes as sexily as I could and whispered "Seth, I want you inside me."

His jaw dropped as he just stood there staring at me. Then he took a deep breath, looked over my shoulder and said the last thing I thought he would say at this moment…

SPOV

I could not believe that I was standing at the top of the cliffs with a half naked Nessie wrapped around me like some goddess. When I picked her up for our date tonight I was sure that she would have spoken to Jacob and was about to break up with me. I couldn't blame her, I was just thankful for the time I had had with her. But then she told me that she hadn't seen him all day and my hopes raised a little. Maybe he was going to give her up after all. I was so thankful that I might actually have a shot at a meaningful relationship. So far I had felt like a stand in for him.

I was starting to truely believe what Leah said, that some of us just didn't have an Imprint out there for us. If that's true, then I need to start puttiing myself first. I felt safe in letting myself fall for Nessie. At least I knew that with her I could be free to feel love for her without leading her on. If by some miracle my soul mate is out there waiting for me and I manage to find her, Nessie would always have Jacob there for her. She would never end up alone and bitter like my sister.

As we were pulling up to the Cullen house, she asked me to go for a walk. The clock on the dash said that it was only 11:25, giving Jacob half an hour to make his play still. I tried to make an excuse, but I just couldn't say no to her. If this was our last few minutes together, I wanted to make the most of it.

She shouted out the challenge of a race, totally cheating since she knew that I needed to phase but I didn't mind. I probably would have let her win anyway. The idea of being her slave for a day wasn't horrible. When we got there she was gloating about winning and demanded I kiss her. I pulled her in, letting myself go more than ever before, trying to drink her in and savoring the taste of her. I tried to forget that tomorrow I might have to give her up forever.

When she moved herself up against the rock, wrapping her legs around me, I pulled back in embarrassment as my hard on met with her pussy, but she wouldn't let me go, reminding me that I was her slave. How was I supposed to argue with that?

Soon she was taking her top off and I almost couldn't breathe when I looked at her perched there wearing nothing but a short skirt, bra and panties. She was beyond beautiful. I knew no words that could describe how it felt to look at her there, and things were only getting better. My mind was starting to wander, imagining how easily I could rip the thin material of her panties, and how quickly I could get rid of my shorts. I realised that I was letting my mind drift into dangerous territory and tried to shake is off, but it was like Nessie had other plans. She took my hands and lifted them to her breasts, allowing me more access to her than ever before. Not that she'd ever stopped me; I had never had the nerve to try.

And now we were here, getting hot and heavy on a cliff with nothing but my shorts and her tiny panties separating us and I was desperately trying to work out what time it was. I'd told Jacob that he had the day to decide and I was determined to stand by that. But I could feel her heart rate picking up and knowing that I was finally having this affect on her was just getting me harder, if that was even possible. Her hands ran down my chest and stopped at the band of my short, and after a short pause she lowered them even further to caress my hard cock through my shorts before leaning back and whispering "Seth, I want you inside me."

I was in shock. It was like some fantasy that I couldn't even come up with in my wildest dreams. She really did want me after all! Not only did she want me, but she was offering herself to me. All thoughts of checking the time went out the window as I gazed at her in disbelief. Suddenly though the breeze shifted slightly, sending me another scent and I looked over her shoulder to see the last person in the world that I wanted to see at that moment…

"Jacob!"

Oh no! I am so cruel, I know. But at least he wasn't 5 minutes later!

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