A/N: I DO NOT OWN TWILIGHT! It belongs to Mrs. Meyer. This chapter is dedicated to JuunBug, who was my second reviewer!
Jacob
Alice pulled her car into the Cullens yard and Anne gasped. A huge tree house was in the Cullen's oak tree. Renesmee smiled widely and whispered.
"I think that is for you."
Alice pulled her car into the garage.
"Alright, let's go check out the tree house!" Alice said grabbing two of the eight shopping bags.
Bella grabbed two more bags and followed Alice. Renesmee handed two bags to Anne and grabbed the last two. Renesmee took Anne's hand and led her to the tree house. A rope ladder led up to the tree house. Jasper stood at the top of the ladder and he reached down for Renesmee's bags. Renesmee gave Jasper her bags and climbed the ladder. Jasper moved aside for Renesmee to pass him and reached down to Anne. She handed him her shopping bags and started to climb the ladder. Jasper reached down to help her and Anne slipped off the ladder onto the ground below.
"Shoot!" Anne mumbled as her hands started to bleed.
Suddenly Jasper was beside her. He leaned towards her bleeding hands, his teeth bared. When he was about to bite Anne, she slapped him across the face. Jasper blinked and sat back on his heels. Anne stared wide-eyed at Jasper.
"I am not something to eat, Jasper. I am not a meal. I accept your family, but I don't want to be one of you. "Anne said still staring at Jasper.
"Sorry, Anne. It is harder for me then the rest of the family. I almost bit Bella once, too. I was once used to create new vampires by biting humans. So it is harder for me to resist the smell of human blood. Anyway, sorry about that. Maybe it's better if you stay away from me. It is dangerous to hang out with vampires."
Anne stood up and started to climb the ladder again. This time she made it onto the porch without hurting herself. Anne heard Alice in what seemed to be the bedroom. Anne stepped into the house. The first room she entered seemed to be the living room. There was a white couch, chair, and coffee table. Emmett was putting up a flat screened television. Edward was testing the stereo that was below the TV. Esme came out of a door to the left with Rosalie following her.
"Come see your room, Anne." Esme said taking Anne's hand and pulling her gently into the room. Rosalie glared at Anne as she passed her.
Esme murmured "Nice, Rose." as she passed her. Anne looked around her room and smiled. The room was various shades of purple. The carpet was violet, the walls lavender. A king sized bed took up a lot of the room. The bed sheets and comforter were deep purple. On the left side of the bed was a door that was royal purple. On the right side of the bed there was another purple door.
"The right door leads to a closet where Alice is putting up all your clothes. The left is the bathroom. The other door in the living room leads to the library/office. Edward and Carlisle designed it for you. They both like to read, you see. They had fun going book shopping. Book shopping is the only type of shopping Carlisle likes to do. Edward hates shopping more than Bella, and that is saying something!" Esme said laughing.
"Thank you. Your family really didn't need to do this. I was fine staying in the tree. I didn't mean to intrude on your family's lives. I don't want any of your family to feel obliged to take care of me. And if I am staying here I want to earn my keep. I am all right with cooking, I can clean. I like to read, write, and sing. I will perform for you if that is what you want. I can tell you what bugs in the yard are dangerous. Anything you need done, I will do to earn my keep." Anne said looking at her shoes.
Esme smiled softly and reached out to touch Anne's shoulder.
"Anne, dear, it is not all right for anyone to live in a tree. However, it is safer for you here than up at the main house. We may have self control for our kind, but even we have breaking points as you saw a few minutes ago with Jasper. You are not intruding on our lives. If you are willing to accept us, we are happy to keep you as a member of the family. And we have a way to tell if you truly accept us, or if you are acting.
"Edward can hear thoughts, you see. It comes in handy at times. My family feels no obligation to care for you. We do truly care for you, Anne. We want you to stay. You don't need to work for your keep, dear. The only person in our family who works for money is Carlisle. He is a doctor.
"I would love to hear you sing, but you don't have to. I want you to enjoy yourself with us. You will meet the last member of our family tonight, Jacob Black. He is visiting his father for a few days but he will be back in time for dinner. So we will give you some time to yourself. C'mon guys, lets give her some space!" Esme said hugging Anne carefully. Alice came out of Anne's closet.
"I will be back when Jacob is almost here to help you dress." Alice said following Esme.
Anne sat down on the edge of her bed and listened to the others leaving. Anne saw Izzie's tank on one of her bedside tables. The tank glass was purple, as was the gravel and cave for Izzie to live in. Anne pulled Izzie out of her tank and lay back with Izzie on her stomach. Anne closed her eyes. Anne woke when she heard the front door open. Alice came into the room and went straight into Anne's closet.
"Edward says that Jacob Black is close to the house. So it is dinner time. I will pick out a dress for you. And, yes, you have to wear it. I have enough problems with Bella. She hates dressing up. Now, I encourage you to not make Jacob angry. That is how he becomes a werewolf. So don't do it. Jacob is probably around seven feet tall now. He is very handsome, but modest about his looks. This will do nicely."
Alice handed Anne a white summer dress, sandals, and a white-gold necklace. Anne changed quickly and Alice took her into the bathroom. Alice unbraided Anne's hair and brushed it. She found a white ribbon in a drawer and tied Anne's hair away from her face. Anne held still as Alice worked and Alice was done in minutes.
"Vola!" Alice said taking Anne's hand and leading her back up to the main house. Alice led Anne into the kitchen where Esme was making dinner. Anne picked up the dish that Esme pointed to and took it into the dining room where she saw the family, excluding Alice and Esme, sitting. Anne set the dish on the table and noticed the boy sitting in a chair in the middle of the table.
'That must be Jacob. Alice is right, he is beautiful. I love his long black hair and skin. I can tell he is not American. No American has that color skin. Bella mentioned that he lives in La Push. That is an Indian Reservation. It is about half an hour from here I think. He is the most beautiful boy I have ever seen! Wow!'
The boy looked up at Anne and smiled at her.
"Hello, you must be Anne. My name is Jacob Black. The family has told me so much about you. I feel as if we are friends already. Weird family aren't they? How did you get here? I mean I have never seen you before. I think I would remember such a pretty girl. Come sit by me. So, where did you come from? I have lived in La Push my whole life and I have never seen you before. I would remember you. Sit! Sit! Tell me about you." Jacob said pulling out the chair beside him. Anne sat beside Jacob and smiled at him.
"It is nice to meet you, Jacob. I have heard a lot about you, too. I hope we can be friends. The family is very kind, a little odd, perhaps. But very sweet to me, letting me stay here and all. Thank you for the complement, you are very handsome yourself. I hitchhiked here from Arizona. I just arrived last night. How long are you here for?" Anne asked.
"I live here, too But I go back to La Push every once in a while to visit my dad. He lives there by himself. I have two older sisters. One is married and the other is in college. They were a year older than Bella when she was human. They are twenty. The one in college is currently visiting my dad in La Push." Jacob said smiling at Anne, who was smiling back at him.
"Enough talk, you two eat. We are going hunting." Esme said putting a plate in front of Anne and one in front of Jacob.
"Come on, everyone." Esme said. The Cullen rose from the table and went out the door into the yard. Anne saw them run away through the glass wall.
"Ladies first." Jacob said gesturing to the dishes of food on the table. Anne filled her plate and began to eat. Jacob did the same. Anne stared at all the food that was piled on Jacobs plate.
"Werewolves eat a lot. It is because of all the running we do. I love running as a wolf. I love the speed. How did you meet the Cullens?" Jacob said as he ate his food.
"I fell asleep in their oak tree last night. Renesmee found me this morning. She seems to like me. She brought me up here to introduce me to the family. Most of them seem to like me. Rosalie doesn't. Esme told me not to worry. Bella said Rosalie didn't like her at first either. Now they are good friends. I suppose it just takes time. It took them two years. So I won't write Rosalie off just yet. Anyway, what about you? How did you get into the family? I assume they count you as family, the way they talk about you." Anne said finishing her dinner.
"It figures that Renesmee was the one that found you. She is like a princess in this house! They all adore her. They have since she was born. Rosalie doesn't like me either. So I would not worry about her. I assume someone told you that they left Bella in Forks, alone, for about eight months. Her dad and mine have been friends for a long time.
"About half way through the eight months time, Bella found a pair of motorcycles. She brought them up to me in La Push. I fixed them for her and she gave me one of them as a reward for fixing them. I taught Bella to ride the motorcycle and we became best friends. I looked out for her and made sure that she didn't do anything too stupid. Edward was extremely grateful for that. He is so in love with Bella it drives us all crazy sometimes.
"Then, a little more then a year later, the pack in La Push helped the Cullens win a fight with a group of new born vampires. Last year the La Push pack stood witness to how fast Renesmee grows. She is a half vampire as the family must have told you. So they told me I could stay in the house. But I choose to stay in the yard. It doesn't smell quite as much. Vampires stink to me, just like I stink to them. Look at that, all the food is gone!" Jacob said looking at the table in front of him.
"Wow, it is. I will wash the dishes. It is the least I can do. The family has been so nice to me. Are you staying here or heading back to La Push?" Anne asked as she gathered the plates and walked into the kitchen.
"I'm staying here. I have seen enough of my sister to last me at least a week. Maybe I'll stay in the front yard with you. If you don't mind that is. I've never stayed in the front yard, only the back. But we should wait for the family to get back. They may have something planned. It must get boring around here at night." Jacob said grabbing the rest of the dishes and following Anne into the kitchen.
"Why do you say that?" Anne asked as she started to scrub the dishes.
Jacob put his dishes in the sink and stood by Anne's side as she washed the dishes.
"They don't sleep. No one in the family besides Nessie, you and me can sleep. Apparently when you become a vampire you no longer need to sleep. Or breathe, or sit, or blink, or eat real food. Nessie eats human food, but she prefers her meat raw. I eat human food when I am human. And, obviously, you eat human food. So now Edward and Esme have something to do with their cooking skills. They are both great cooks." Jacob said drying the dishes as Anne passed them to him.
"I noticed Esme is. I'll have to talk Edward into making me something. I haven't had his cooking yet." Anne said as Jacob started to put the dishes away.
"We're back!" Alice sang as the Cullens came back into the dining room.
"Anne, Jacob, come join us in the front room! Edward has promised to play for us. Anne, he is great at the piano. You will love it." Bella called as the group went into the front room. Anne looked up at Jacob, who shrugged and pulled her into the other room where the family had gathered.
Edward sat at the piano playing. Alice and Jasper sat on the bottom stair of the staircase, Jasper's head in Alice's lap. Emmett and Rosalie sat in the middle of the room building a card castle. Esme and Carlisle sat in armchairs holding hands and talking quietly. Bella sat on the piano bench, Renesmee in her lap, with her head on Edward's shoulder.
Jacob pulled Anne to the couch and sat, pulling Anne with him. He put his arm around Anne's shoulder and sighed quietly.
"Why is your arm so hot? Are you ill?" Anne whispered to Jacob putting her hand on his forehead. Jacob took Anne's hand away from his forehead and held it. He laughed quietly.
"No, I am not ill. Neither are you. Werewolves tend to run a bit warmer in temperature then humans. Because of all the running we do. One-oh-eight to one-oh-nine is normal for us. Also I could stand out in the middle of a snowstorm in nothing but a pair of shorts and I would still be this temperature. At least I would feel the same to you. To me this feels fine, not too hot, and not too cold. To me you feel cold… Are you? I could warm you up." Jacob asked smiling at Anne.
"No, I am not cold, but thank you for your offer. You can keep your arm there if you want. It feels nice." Anne said curling into the couch and Jacob's arm and closing her eyes.
"I think I will Anne. You can fall asleep if you want. I will take you back to your tree house when I go to bed. Esme told me that you had a long day. Shopping with Alice is supposed to be a nightmare. Bella told me that Emmett and Jasper built you a tree house. That was nice of them. Sleep, Anne. I will take you up to your house. I promise." Jacob whispered in Anne's ear.
Anne pulled her knees up to her chest and wrapped her arms around them she leaned her head on Jacob's shoulder and cuddled up to him. She soon fell asleep. Before she fell asleep she heard Jacob mumble.
"What is wrong with me? I have already imprinted on Nessie. But I feel more strongly about Anne then I ever did about Nessie. I am so messed up! What am I going to do? Maybe Billy will be able to help me… I have to go see him soon. I hope he can explain what is going on with me to me. Maybe there is something called false imprinting? I have to go see Billy! I will leave when Alice's family comes. Until then, I will try to ignore this. If I can…"