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My heart soared when Jacob told me he loved me. I have always felt like Jacob was mine and he belongs to me. I have loved him for so long. I showed him us on Isle Esme making love, and I was hoping we soon would make love. We were lying on our blanket in the sand when he heard someone clear their throat. I also heard a little giggle.
We continued to kiss until someone said "Can you stop feeling her up for a second so we can talk?"
We looked up and it was Quil and Claire. Claire was standing over us and she turned her head and was giggling into Quil's chest.
" So I am guessing your imprinting has changed. Finally you told her you loved her! Jacob just smiled. I said "yes FINALLY!" and I gave him a peck on the cheek. His cheeks turned red. Quil and Claire sat down and hung out on the beach with us for while.
I love being around Claire. She was ten now. She wanted to go walking so we went and left Jake and Quil to talk for a while. We talked about her school for a while, and she was telling me about her new dance class she just started. Being around her was easy. She knew of the secrets, and she was not afraid of us. She actually comes over and visits and we have had sleepovers before. Claire, Leah, Emily and I have become really good friends. We are all attached to the pack so we even call ourselves the "Wolf girls." It is nice to have normal friends in my life.
We continued to walk down the beach and Claire got quiet for a moment. I looked over and her head was down. She finally spoke, almost in a whisper.
"Nessie what is it like?"
" What do you mean Claire?"
" You know, to be in love and have your imprint know?"
" Well it is all new to me, but it feels wonderful. I feel like a burden has been lifted. Almost like a magic spell has been lifted."
She giggled, but I saw tears welling up in her eyes. "Do you want to talk about it Claire?"
" I know one day things will change for Quil and I. I already love him like a big brother." She smiled and her little giggle escaped. "I've got a crush on him." I smiled at her. "I am just so scared that once I am old enough to date him that he will not want me. I'm scared that he will love someone else."
I gave Claire a hug and she just cried. "Claire he imprinted on you. He has loved you and protected you from the first time he met you. Being imprinted to you means he is yours for life. He is drawn to you. It is hard to explain. Right now he is what you need him to be. A big brother, a best friend, and then all of a sudden you will change you will want him to be more than a best friend, and he will be waiting. Quil loves you Claire, and I can see that."
She lifted up her tear stained face and said "Thank you Nessie. I love you." I gave her a big hug and said " I am always here if you need me. I love you too Claire bear."
We walked back down the beach to where we left the boys. As we got closer we could see that our group had gotten larger. Seth, Leah, Sam and Emily had joined them. Claire wiped the rest of her tears away and we walked up. Quil saw that Claire had been crying. He immediately got up and ran over to her. He pulled her close to him and gave her a hug.
"Claire Bear whats wrong sweetheart? Did something happen?" He said this in a calm but stern voice. He was shaking like he was going to phase.
Claire just hugged him, and stroked his hair. "Quilly, I am fine. We were just having girl talk. I am okay." She gave him a kiss on the cheek. He calmed down and looked in her eyes. "Are you sure?" She smiled at him and grabbed his hand. "I am now." She looked at me and smiled. I winked at her and mouthed. "See I told you."
Jacob and I talked to the gang a little longer and we all decided to have a bon fire tonight. We had not all been together in a long time. We all left the beach and went to prepare for the activities.