Chapter Three - Kiss

"Nessie?" Jacob put his hand on my shoulder.

"Yes..?" I smiled. Jacob was so beautiful, so perfect.

"I'm going to try to pretend not to have heard that....."

My eyes flew open in surprise. I had been dreaming my Jacob dream again,and Dad had overheard the end of it. Hopefully, that was all he heard.

"Awww Dad!" I whined as I threw off my sheet. "You shouldn't be listening!!"

He chuckled loudly. "Actually, darling, Jacob is the reason I'm here. He's outside and he asked me to wake you and ask you to come for a walk with him - that is, of course, unless you'd like to sleep a bit longer...." he clearly looked hopeful.

"No, that's okay!" I threw myself out of bed. "I'll just be a few minutes!" I said loudly enough for Jake to hear. He answered with an excited howl.

I smiled inwardly - I had finally come to somewhat of a conclusion after yesterday. I wasn't too sure how to go about it, but I needed to at least let him know how I feel. I was sick of wondering whether or not he cared about me like that. So I needed an answer. If he did, I was sure to be tremendously ecstatic. And if he did not.....I stopped on that thought. I'd never get through this if that was the one on my mind. But I must tell him that I was in love with him, and I would just have to hear whatever response he had to it. I needed him to know that the mere thought of him left me breathless. This was what I had been waiting for.

I dressed swiftly in a yellow tank and some jeans, then flew to the bathroom to brush my teeth and fluff out my curls. I walked outside to meet Jake.

"Hey, Nessie!!" Jacob beamed his sunshine smile at me, stopping my heart completely.

"Hey, Jake," I smiled, blushing a bit. How embarassing that human trait had become.

Silently, he took my hand again and began leading me into the woods. I really wished he would say something - the quiet made me even more nervous. How was I supposed to do this? I had never even liked a boy before now, so there was no way I knew how to tell someone I was in love with them. What if he didn't want me?

I stopped walking until that thought was completely pushed aside.I had been agonizing over this for long enough. It was time for me to do something about it.

"Race ya!" I yelled, dropping Jacob's hand. I took off slow at first to give him time to phase. He was right behind me in seconds.

I had no particular location in mind as I flew through the forest. I stopped after about five miles, out of my dad's "hearing" range. Jake stopped about fifty yards behind me and hid in the trees to phase back and put his clothes back on. I blushed as I thought of him being naked so close to me.

"What was that all about?" he asked as he popped back through the trees. I gasped when I saw him - he had left his shirt off. The long muscles of his torso gleamed in the sparse sunlight. He was just so....... I had no word for it.

"Why did you want to come here?" He didn't seem to notice my ogling him.

"I.....I wanted to try something...." I blushed again. My heart was pounding against my chest, and I was sure he could hear it.

"What is it Nessie?" he asked me, his voice serious. He closed the distance between us and lifted my face up to look at him. I stared into his perfect black eyes. Should I do this? How was he going to react?? Would he like it???

There was only one way to find out.

I reached forward slowly, being careful to not think about what I was doing. I placed one hand on Jacob's perfect face and the other on his bare shoulder. I brought my face right to his and closed my eyes. Our lips met, slowly and carefully, and I immediately felt a surge of heat and electricity flow through my entire body.

He kissed me back, hesitantly at first, placing his hands gently on my face. His lips were warm and soft, molding easily to mine. He placed one arm around my waist, and then the other. He pulled me towards him slowly, lifting up one of his arms to place it around my neck. His hand left a trail of heat along my back, and I shivered pleasantly. His lips slowly moved up to my ear.

"Renesmee..." he whispered softly. His face moved back down to meet my lips again. My fingers wound their way into his hair, pulling him even closer as he kissed me again and again. The light beyond my eyelids turned red, and all that was left in the world was Jacob. All I could feel was him and the heat and electricity flowing between us, all I could hear or see was him. He was everything, everywhere - he was the wind blowing the trees, he was the sunlight bursting through the clouds. There was no doubt in my mind now that I had to be with him.

I pulled away to measure his expression - he looked happy enough. Serene even.

"Jacob..... I think I'm in love with you. No, I know I'm in love with you." I said with great conviction. "I don't know how you feel about me, but I needed to tell you that."

"Renesmee," he said slowly. "I am in love with you. You are my world...."

I practically jumped into his arms, beaming at him. He laughed softly in my ear.

"I'm shocked you never noticed," he said jokingly.

I couldn't answer. I was savoring the perfection that my world had just become. I had Jacob now, and that was all I would ever need. Jacob carried me a few feet away, sitting down on the raised root of a tree. He cradled me in his arms, kissing slowly from my earlobe down along my jaw line. Each one sent a new wave of heat down my body and a shock to my heart. He pulled my hand gently away from his neck and placed it to his face.

"Will you show me, Nessie?"

Should I? It was sure to be a little embarassing, at least. But Jacob was my soul mate, I was sure of that now..... I guess it wouldn't hurt to show him.

I started with the first day I realized I loved him that way. I ran through all of my thoughts and dreams, laughing at some of them with Jacob. He seemed to like it when I saw him with his shirt off, probably because he was seeing how much I liked it when he had his shirt off. He closed his eyes and watched every memory that I had of us over the past month, sighing and smiling at his favorite parts.

"Why didn't you tell me sooner?" he asked me suddenly. "You would have been alot less nervous the past few weeks."

"I was scared to. I didn't know if you...... what if you would have rejected me?"

"I'd have to be completely insane to reject you, Ness. Any man would," he said chuckling. "You're absolutely perfect."

I laughed inwardly. He was the perfect one. I was lucky he wanted me when I was sure he could have any girl. I'd seen the way some of them looked at him...... I wasn't the only one that thought he was beautiful.

"No," he said shaking his head sternly. "I'm the lucky one. I'm the one who got to kiss the most beautiful girl in the world today," his face beamed down at me.

I giggled at him. He could do that again, if he wanted to....

He pushed his soft lips back to mine, gently at first, and then a bit rougher. I really liked this whole kissing thing. I'd never felt anything so infinitely good before. He pulled my body tight against him and parted my lips with his as he wound his fingers up into my hair. His breath was hot in my mouth and the taste was indescribable.... I lifted my face after a few moments to breathe, and his lips moved down to my neck, warming every spot where they touched my skin. He lowered his big hand down to the bare skin at the top of my back.

I buried my face into his chest and inhaled his scent repeatedly, commiting this day to memory. I couldn't beleive he actually loved me the way that I loved him. It made me wish I had told him sooner. When did he start to feel that way? He could have said something too. It didn't really matter though; he was mine now.

"We should probably go soon," I sighed. I hated the thought of leaving now when everything was so perfect, but I did not want my parents to get worried and come looking for us. I looked up at the sky - we had been gone a few hours already.

Jacob rose from his seat with me in his arms. He placed me gently back on my feet and then we started the walk back towards my house.