Chapter 8
(Jacob's POV)
Jacob saw Edward appear out of the shadows, silent as a ghost. "What are you doing here?"
Edward cocked his head to the side. "Well...this is my house isn't it. What I should be asking, is why are you here?"
"I just wanted to check up on Nessie, that's all."
"And looking through my window at four o' clock in the morning is checking up on my daughter?"
"I'm sorry about that."
Edward sighed. "Its fine, I know what you were you doing but what I want to talk about...is your complexes. You're giving me a headache with all your crisscrossing thoughts."
Jacob stared at him. "What are you talking about?"
"What I'm talking about...is your feelings for Kasey."
"What feelings? I don't feel anything for that...thing."
Edward was leaning against the side of the house and without a sound; he stood up straight and walked up close to Jacob, looking him straight into his brown eyes. "You may be able to fool yourself with your denial...but you can't fool me. I just hope you realize your stupidity before its too late," he said before walking away.
Anger rose inside him. "I'm imprinted to your daughter...I cant feel anything for anybody else. Did you forget that or are you the one being stupid?"
Edward paused and quicker than you could blink; he lifted Jacob in the air and slammed him on the ground. He glared at him with his golden eyes. "Don't you think that for less than a minute that I forgot that, dipshit. I'm the one that has to live with the fact that the same boy who tried to steal my wife away is the same BOY that is trying to steal my daughter away from me as well."
Jacob glared at him. Edward's attack was unexpected and he was still on the ground...partially from shock.
Edward sighed as he ran his pale fingers through his bronze hair. "All I was saying that maybe there is something stronger than an imprint, something more powerful." He looked at him with softer eyes. "I saw they way you looked at her before she hit you with the couch, which I must admit was fucking hilarious, and the I saw you in there just now. There is something there between you two."
He turned around and left Jacob there, confused about himself and about the way he was feeling. He got up and dusted himself off before he turned to look back at the house...and walked away. He sat under a tree and closed his eyes, feeling tired all of a sudden before a voice was calling his name...Nessie!
He opened eyes but shut them quickly for a bright light blinded him.
"Uncle Jake, Uncle Jake, you have to come quick."
He opened his eyes to see a pair of brown eyes on a pale face, surrounded by a waterfall of bronze curls, look back at him.
"Nessie, what's wrong?"
"Just follow me...hurry," she said as she pulled at his arm, leading him towards the house. He followed her through and into the living room and was stunned. Kasey was still asleep on the couch...but tears leaked from under her eyelids and soft sobs escaped from her throat.
Nessie walked over to her and looked at her intently...just about to touch her forehead when Kasey's eyes slowly opened to gaze at Nessie.
"Are you okay?" she asked.
Kasey looked at her with an expression of minor confusion. "Yes I'm fine. Why do you ask?"
"Because you were crying in your sleep."
Her eyes widened as her hand touched her cheek. She looked past Nessie and looked straight at him. She looked so vulnerable that his heart thumped painfully in his chest as she sat up and looked back to Renesmee.
"I am sorry if I worried you but trust me I'm fine...I'm just stressed that's all." she said before she rose and began to walk towards the door.
"Where are you going?" Nessie asked.
Kasey glanced over her shoulder. "Nowhere...I just need some air. I'll be back," said before she left the house, closing the door softly behind her.
Jacob looked at Nessie and saw the sadness in her chocolate, brown eyes. She looked up at me. "Uncle Jake...can you please make sure she comes back? She has been so alone."
He felt his heart crumble as tears came to her eyes. "Please?" she pleaded.
He sighed. "Yeah, I'll make sure she comes back."
Her eyes brightened. "Home...make sure she comes home."
Jacob smiled down at her and nodded. "I'll make sure she comes home."
Nessie's smile brightened like a spring morning as she ran up to him and jumped into his arms to give him a big hug. "Thank you so much."
He hugged her back. "No problem. Now I better go or else I will never be able to catch up to her," he said with a laugh.
Nessie released him and Jacob raced out the house, pausing only to remove his sweatpants and tying them to his calf before taking off deep into the forest. He felt the cool, morning air kiss his warm skin and the soft, mossy ground give way beneath his feet. He ran faster and faster, picking up speed before he jumped into the air and phased into his wolf form, moving faster on four legs than he ever would on two. He smells her unique scent and raced after it. He got closer and closer and he called out her name, hoping tat she would slow down; he barely registered that he just passed her so he leaped onto a tree trunk and twisted his body around backwards so that when he landed, he was facing her.
Do you know you run to damn fast for your own good?
She smiled slightly, seeing amusement flash quickly across her face. "What are you doing here Jacob?"
He sighed. Nessie wanted to make sure you were okay and to make sure that you came back.
Kasey looked at the ground in front of her. "She's your imprint, isn't she?"
The comment came out of nowhere and surprised him. Yeah...she is...
"How does it feel?" she asked. "To imprint to someone?"
He cocked his head to the side, wondering why she was asking these questions. Well...it's like your whole world revolves around them and you finally found your purpose in life...found a place where you belong.
She nodded and returned her gaze to him. "I see. Does it ever bother you that you're imprinted to a vampire?"
He shook his head. No. When you imprint, stuff like that doesn't matter.
She nodded again and started to walk further into the woods.
He came up beside her. Where are you going? he asked.
"I don't know...somewhere to think, I guess."
Jacob nodded and they walked in silence for a few minutes before he spoke again. Why did you want to know about imprints?
She sighed. "Because I wanted to understand the deep feelings my mother felt for my father," she said, followed by a laugh. "I asked her about it once but she told me it was too hard to explain in simple words...it was something you had to feel to understand."
She's right you know...it is really hard to explain but I tried my best for you.
I smiled at him and his heart skipped a beat. "Thank you. Does an imprint make you do anything the person wants you to?"
I guess...I mean I would do anything for Nessie.
"Even give up your life if she asked you to?"
What was she getting at? Yes, I would give my life to save her but I don't know about giving it up...do you mean like suicide? Why do you want to know?
She shrugged her shoulders in indifference. "I was just curious, that's all."
Okay...well since you got to ask me some questions...I get to ask some.
She sighed again. "Well, I have a good idea about what you are going to ask me so lets find a place to sit down and rest first."
They continued to walk through the forest, maneuvering in between trees and stepping over their protruding roots until we found a break in the maze of plant life and once on top of the mountain, she looked out onto the horizon gasped in awe. She looked around at the scenery that was around us, but all I could see was she. Her blonde hair caught the sunlight, making it shimmer like spun gold and the dew drops laying on her skin gave the appearance of diamonds sleeping upon a bed of sweet, smooth, ivory silk.
"Wow, this is so beautiful," She said on a sigh.
Yes...you are...
"Huh?" she replied, slightly surprised.
Yes...and you should be here to see the stars...its even better at night, he thought quickly and if he had been human, his blush would have resembled crimson.
"Oh...yes, I would love to come up here and see the stars one day."
Yeah...so can I ask you my questions now?
She laughed as she sat down on the soft, mossy ground. "Yeah sure...shoot."
Jacob lay down beside her and turned so her was facing her. So...what are you?
She sighed. "I...am a hybrid. That's why you couldn't figure out my smell when we first met."
So what you mixed with? Jacob asked.
"Vampire...and werewolf."
Ah...and I'm guessing your mother was the werewolf and she imprinted on your father.
She nodded in agreement. "Yes and that's why my smell is...unique. To vampires...I'm just a weird smell, not bad, not good but to werewolves...I'm a werewolf that smells like I have been hanging around vamps to much."
They laughed together and she leaned her soft body against him. "What do I smell like to you?"
He gulped and sighed as he tried to answer honestly without embarrassing himself once again. I'm not sure. You are different…but…there's something different about your smell, I cant put my finger on it...
"You mean your paw because you don't have any fingers at the moment," She said before she laughed.
Jacob smiled a wolfy smile. Well, duh...smartass.
I bent over at her waist, sweeping her arm in front of her to create a bow. "Why thank you, you're too kind."
They laughed and she lay down beside him.
Jacob looked at her with wide eyes and his breath caught in his throat. Are you okay? he asked.
"Yeah," she replied," I'm just a little tired. I didn't sleep very well last night."
He gulped. Same here...
"Well, lets take a small nap and then we will go home."
Jacob sighed again and was about to say that it wasn't a good idea but when he looked down at her and saw her breathing even out, he knew that she was sound asleep. He gently slid away from her before phased back and putting on his sweats before gently lifting her up and laying her back down on his chest. She snuggled closer to him and his heart thumped harder in his chest. He looked down at her peaceful face and felt a tingling sensation under her fingertips whenever she slid them across the muscle in his chest. Could there really be something stronger than an imprint? He thought to himself as he put his arm around her waist and held her close, his eyelids drooping from the lack of sleep and in no time at all he was asleep as well...finally at peace for the first time in a long time.