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Chapter 6

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Nessie's POV

I opened my eyes, my lids felt heavy and my body numb. My dad was right next to me, concern in his golden loving eyes. If anyone could help me now it was him; he was as much a victim of this as me. I imagined how much he had suffered because of my mother and Jacob's love. How could he have managed? How did the jealousy not kill him? How could he allow Jacob to come to the house almost every day, watch him tease my mom, give her bear hugs, make her laugh? Thinking about this made me love my dad even more; he is truly an amazingly noble and good person. I could only hope to have inherited even an ounce of his strength, I was going to need it.

Suddenly I felt a cold hand on my cheek, my momma. As soon as I saw her all the horrible feelings came back and flooded my heart. I couldn't hate her, this wasn't her fault, but I could barely look at her. All the wonderful things my mother is, all her gifts, her amazing personality, her breathtaking beauty were once elements to make me smile, but now simply reminded me of all the things Jacob saw in her and loved. I felt betrayed, I knew she had no way of knowing about my feelings, but she should have, she should have guessed that no daughter of hers could resist Jake. The thought of this made me remember my dad's comment a few days ago: "like mother like daughter"; I now understood my mom's response to dad: "it's not the same". The cruelty behind her words was added pain to my already overwhelmingly throbbing heart. Of course it wasn't the same, they had probably had a romantic relationship, something I could only dream of.

Tears stung my eyes. I couldn't face them, couldn't stand to hear them trying to console me. I turned over on my side and shut my eyes, pulling my knees to my chest.

"Please… just… just leave me alone for a moment… just let me rest." – Mi voice came out surprisingly weak and I immediately felt sorry for them for having to see me in this state, because I know how much they love me and how impotent the must feel. Nevertheless, they can't help me, no one can't.

Without a word they left. I sat down on the hospital bed in my grandpa's office and looked out the window, still feeling dizzy. I heard voices downstairs but was too disoriented to recognize them. Was Jacob down there? Would he come up to see me? No, I wasn't ready for that, as much as I knew he would be the only being on Earth that could comfort me.

Without really thinking, I got up and jumped out the window. "The best medicine for any distress is running", Jacob had said to me a long time ago. So I did, I ran and ran and ran. I must've been already near the Canadian border when I felt it, Jacob's scent. I stopped dead in my tracks, my heart racing faster than usual. Like some sort of zombie I started tracking him; my mind and my heart knew that right now I didn't want to see him, not yet; but my body ached for him, and it was precisely my body the one who started moving in the direction of his scent, quickening my pace once the scent became stronger and more recent. I knew I was close.

A jolt of electricity went all through me when I finally spotted him, lying down with his huge head over his paws, spread out in front of him. I stood there for what seemed like an eternity until he looked up; even in his wolf form I could tell he was in pain. He got up and started slowly walking towards a tree, never breaking eye contact with me, as if he were afraid I might disappear or something. Once he was behind the massive tree I felt a rush of air and knew he had phased back. Sure I had been shocked to see him in his wolf form, but nothing could have prepared me to see him human. He came out from behind the tree, already wearing his cutoffs, his features distorted from the pain and worry. All I wanted was to run to him and jump in his arms, the way I had always done when I was a child. But they were not my arms, they belonged to my mother; this was horrible.

"Nessie… I… I need to say some things, but first I need to know something, because I would never forgive myself if I told you these things without knowing your intentions first". – He paused and took in a big breath, he seemed afraid to go on.

"Ness… are you… are you in love with me?" –In all my life I had never seen Jake look so vulnerable, so shy. It was incredibly disarming. His question was also incredibly unexpected. This was horrible, he probably figured out why I had reacted the way I did, and now he was asking me to reveal my love for him knowing he did not feel the same way. The thought of this made me incredibly angry.

"Jacob… please, just forget about it ok?"

"I can't, tell me Nessie, please."

"What difference does it make?"

"It makes all the difference… do you?"

"Yes, ok Jacob,,, yes!!! Now leave me alone"- I turned around, tears coming down like raindrops, humiliation stinging my heart. Next thing I knew he was in front of me, on his knees, his huge arms wrapped around my waist and his head pressed against my chest. He was sobbing. I was confused.

Finally he looked up at me. "Nessie… I'm in love with you, I love you more than I love my own life, you're the reason I get up every morning, the reason I call a group of stinky vampires family, you're my life!!! From the moment I first saw you as a little new born, you transformed my world."

"Jake… I… I don't understand… my mom…"

"That's the thing Nessie, I think I loved Bella all along because part of you was in her, once she got pregnant and gave birth to you, it was over!!! I mean, I still love her, but I'm not in love with her, the pull I felt towards her was you!!! It was always you!!! The pull for my whole existence will always be you!!!" – Jacob was talking way to fast and I was having a hard time digesting what he was saying.

"Ness… you're my imprint… I imprinted on you the first time I saw you."

"Why… why didn't you say anything… why did you keep this from me." – I didn't mean for it to sound accusing, but somehow it did.

"I wanted you to choose… I didn't want you to be persuaded by already knowing you were my soul mate… I would always be yours whether you wanted me or not, but I needed you to decide for yourself."

We both stood there just looking at each other, he was still on his knees, the area around his eyes still wet and red. Maybe five minutes passed until I was able to speak again.

"You mean you're in love with me?" – I wasn't sure I got it straight, I needed to make sure. Jacob's face dramatically changed and a huge smile spread across his face, the most Jacoby smile ever.

"Um, I would think that after all I said that would be understood… guess not."- He was teasing now, visibly more relaxed; I on the other hand was still perplexed, like everything I had thought in the past few minutes had been flipped upside down. It wasn't my mom, it was me. I didn't remind him of her, she reminded him of me.

He got up, a different expression on his face, one mixed with anticipation but also hesitation.

"Ness… are you really in love with me."- I couldn't help but smile, whatever worry and pain had held my heart prisoner a while ago vanished in that very moment. I put my palm to his cheek and as always he closed his eyes.

I showed him just how much I loved him, clips of the most memorable moments of our life together and what they meant to me, the first time I had noticed him in a different way, the consequent butterflies I would feel whenever I saw him or thought of him, the safety I felt in his arms, the beauty of his face, all of it rushing out of me and through my palm. He opened his eyes and I had never seen him this happy, I giggled.

He leaned down and kissed me. The moment his soft warm lips touched mine the entire world made sense, like something had been missing and finally had clicked into place. I wrapped my arms around his narrow waist, pressing my body closer to him. He responded by tangling his hands in my hair, taking hold of fistfuls and pulling my face closer to him, until not an inch of our bodies was apart, the way they were always meant to be.

I felt his tongue tracing my lips, begging for permission to enter, I opened my mouth and allowed him. He moaned into my mouth and I knew I wanted more, much more. I used my tongue to taste him, exploring his luscious mouth, making him quiver, a soft whimper escaping his lips. It was the sexiest sound I had ever heard and suddenly I wanted to kiss him harder, I pulled myself closer and continued, he got the message because he began to suck my bottom lip ferociously. I tried to do the same but was shocked when I felt the taste of blood, sweet delicious blood, his blood. I immediately stopped and pulled away far enough to see his face. His lower lip was covered in blood, his mouth swollen from our passionate kiss. I had bit him.

"Oh Jake, I'm so sorry… I didn't mean to get carried away". – He seductively licked his lower lip, removing the traces of blood from his already healed skin. He had an amused look on his face, like I had done something fascinating. His eyes were full of intensity, burning into mine.

"Maybe you should kiss it to make it better". – I couldn't help but giggle. He smiled and started tracing kisses down my jaw line and neck, now I was the one quivering. Things were getting better and better, when all of a sudden he just stopped and backed away with a sheepish look.

"Nessie baby… um… I think we should go back… the leeches are probably wondering where you are."

"I don't care" – I said, pulling him towards me again. How could I ever stand to be apart from him when I already knew what it was like to be this close to him?

He kissed me for a few more seconds before breaking apart again.

"I mean it Nessie… God… this is going to be harder than I thought… your dad's going to murder me!!!" – He smiled at me sweetly and wrapped his strong arms around me, rocking me from side to side like a baby, his forehead pressed into mine. –"I don't think I'll be able to stop thinking about this, and once Edward hears my thoughts, he won't be able to stop from tearing me apart".

We both laughed. – "Jake, I'm happy".

His smile widened even more, if that were possible. "I love you, Ness".

Jacob's POV

I saw the house in the distance. At this range Edward could probably already hear my thoughts. There was no point in trying to hide them, there was no way I could prevent myself from thinking about that kiss. My body was still tingling from her soft touch; I could honestly die a happy man right now.

"They're looking for me."

"How do you know?"

"Because I can feel aunt Alice and uncle Jazz's scent coming from the west, aunt Rosalie and uncle Em's scent from the east and my dad's scent seems to have been here more than once, like he ran circles around the property." – I know it wasn't the moment to be thinking this, but I felt extremely proud of her. She's only half vampire and she can track like the best of them. Is there anything she's not amazing at? My musings quickly subsided when I saw her worried expression.

"Ness baby, what's wrong, you know they won't be angry with you."

"It's not that… what if they don't approve?"

"Yes they will, once they know your feelings they'll give us their blessing. They've known all along about my imprinting Ness, they just wanted to wait until you decided for yourself."

She took in a deep breath. – "Ok… I just need to ask you for something."

"Your wish is my command." – I made it out like a joke but nothing could be truer.

"Will you kiss me before we go inside?" – If these were the kind of wishes I could expect from her, things were going to be easier than I thought.

I bent down and kissed her amazing lips, this time I tried to be softer, sweeter. I didn't want her to think that all I feel for her is lust and I certainly didn't want her whole family to watch her come in the house with her lips all swollen. She was pulling my hair, trying to get me closer to her; I knew this was my exit, a little bit longer and my instincts would take over. I pulled away and saw her pout when my face was out of reach, this girl would definitely be the end of me.

We walked hand in hand and made our entrance through the front door. I knew they had heard us a mile away, but neither one of them made an effort to come out and greet us. When we entered, Bella and Edward were sitting in the living room, Bells on his lap, Carlyle was standing next to them looking out the window, I didn't see Esme but knew she was in the kitchen because I heard her say "come back, they just walked in", probably talking on the phone with the others. Carlyle went to join her, giving us the illusion of a private conversation.

Edward had his hand over the bridge of his nose, pinching it, as though he had a terrible headache. Bella was whispering something in his ear, rubbing her hand over his chest in a soothing manner. I knew what this was about, it wasn't the first time one of my thoughts caused Edward some sort of distress. Only this time, I wasn't enjoying it.

"Sorry Edward, I'm not doing this on purpose, I just can't shut down my memory… but you have to know, my intentions are pure." – I thought, and it was true. Maybe it was because I was just getting used to the idea but I hadn't had a disreputable thought about Nessie, not yet anyway.

"It's not you." – He managed to say through clenched teeth. Bella was trying to hide her smile from him, obviously amused by this. I turned to look at Nessie, was my Nessie having corrupting thoughts about me?

"Nessie darling, please… don't do this to your old man, could you please restrain from thinking of him that way, at least for now." – I saw Nessie's entire face turn beet red and couldn't help but smile. I felt an urge to grab her hand and put it to my cheek, extremely curious about the thoughts that were causing Edward so much distress.

"Don't even think about it." –That comment was definitely directed at me, because he would never be so snappy toward Nessie. Before either one of us could speak, Edward started talking.

"It is obvious that the two of you are in love. Now you know how I feel about this Jacob; I could never trust my Nessie to anyone but you." - By the tone of his voice you would think he was against us, leave it to Edward to not show emotion when dealing with the serious stuff.

"However, now that your relationship has changed, I would like to set some ground rules. These past years I have watched you become a mature and decent man, I have truly been impressed by this, I have seen in your deepest thoughts your pure love for Nessie. I expect you to treat her with the same respect I treated Bella before we were married." – His words made me cringe, making him smile for the first time since we got here. The leech truly loved to make me suffer.

"I will not stand for you to harbor in your mind the disgusting and corrupting thoughts I know you're capable of having." –Nessie looked at me perplexed. I knew the leech was talking about Bella, and so did she, because she stopped smiling when he said this and elbowed him in the ribs.

"Let's get this clear, any misbehaving on your part with my little girl and I will kill you." – Bella snorted at this, quieting down quickly when Edward gave her a dirty look.

"And as for you Nessie; Jacob is like a brother to me, and much more than that to your mother. I expect you to treat him with respect and care as well."

Bella was beaming at me. She had once told me we were meant to be together, that our fates were entwined. She had also told me that I deserved someone amazing, that no girl could ever be good enough for me. I knew this was a dream come true for her, finally watching her best friend find happiness with someone who was much more than amazing, much more than "good enough".

"Ok, is that it Edward? Cuz I have to tell you, all this formality is kind of creeping me out." –I felt Nessie relax a bit when I said this, she too seemed to be holding her breath the entire time.

All of a sudden the front door opened and in walked in the rest of the leeches. I braced myself; this was going to be a long night.

"You kids together already? Please say yes, teasing Bella and Edward about their love life is getting old, I need new material!!!" – As soon as Emmet said this, Blondie smacked him on the head, she was obviously angry and upset.

"This is already a disaster without you adding fuel to the fire!!!" – She stomped out of the room and went upstairs, followed by Emmet. - "Come one Rosie Baby, it's not so bad!!!"

Everyone laughed except for Nessie, who looked really taken aback. Blondie has always been her favorite aunt, she was the only one happy about Bella's pregnancy from the start and took on the role of second mother, spoiling my Ness far more than necessary. I could never hate her the way I pretend to, because I can see what she means to Nessie and how much she loves her. I know that Blondie's approval has always been important to my baby. Looking at Nessie's expression, I feel like a jackass.

I turned to look at Edward and noticed he wasn't laughing either, he just looked at me and moved his head from side to side, a subtle way of saying "no", as in, "don't feel like a jackass". If you would have told me 5 years ago that I would actually like the bloodsucker I would have punched you in the face… funny how things change.

"Oh Nessie!!! You know Rose, she'll come around. So, tell me everything!!! How did it happen? What did he say, what did you say? Is this what you were wearing?" – Leave it to Pixie to be excited about everything, that's probably why Jasper likes her; the man is a walking zombie, if he didn't pick up on the little ankle biter's perky mood, he'd probably depress himself to death.

Pixie took Nessie away from me towards the sitting room on the balcony. Nessie just looked at me with an embarrassed expression, as if apologizing for her crazy family. I winked at her and chuckled, these bloodsuckers really know how to take the fun out of everything.

I sat with Bella while Pixie and Nessie had their little "girl talk", my poor girl. After a while it got late and Edward said it was time for me to say goodbye to Ness and leave. Finally, I'd get some alone time with her; an image of her biting my lower lip flashed in my mind.

"Watch it." – He said with a menacing stare.

"Didn't mama leech ever tell you it's rude to listen in on people's thoughts? Don't make me go get Esme so she can give you the spanking you need."

Edward rolled his eyes. – "I don't know why Bella made you think you're funny."

Before I could retort, Nessie came in the room. Was it me or did she get more beautiful by the minute?

"Come on puppy, say goodbye to me outside."

As soon as we were outside I felt my heartbeat quicken. She was walking in front of me, her hips moving from side to side, the dress she was wearing hugging her body in all the right places, her hair flowing in long ringlet almost reaching her slender waist. In that moment I felt like a child, like a little punk teenager completely at the mercy of this woman. I could lead a pack of wolves, fight vampires, take down a mountain lion, but one word from this girl was enough to send me to the ground.

"So, will I see you tomorrow?" –I immediately felt stupid for asking. I course I would, hadn't we seen each other almost every day of her life? She glanced back at me and giggled at my question.

"Um, it depends puppy…"

"On what?" – Mi voice came out panicked, because not seeing her tomorrow would be torturous.

"On how badly you want to see me." – She gave me a sexy smile and wiggled her eyebrows, copying my expression from when I tease her.

I took her hand and twirled her around so she was now facing me. She put her hand on my cheek and projected how desperately she wanted me to kiss her. This was all new to me. The last and only time I had ever desired a woman besides Nessie, I basically had forced her to kiss me. Painful as it had been, deep down inside I always new Bella would never desire me the way she did Edward, even when I had been so certain the she was in love with me too. Now that finally the love of my life yearned for me the way I yearn for her, I had no idea how to proceed. Could anyone really be this lucky?

As always, I gave her what she wanted. We kissed for what seemed eternal bliss until we were interrupted.

"He hem… Nessie, Bella wants you to come inside now, Jasper is with Edward but I don't think my sweetheart will be able to keep him calm for any longer. Sorry Jake, but you should call it a night."

Pixie was being awfully sweet, probably had to do with the fact that Nessie hadn't objected to answering all of her prying questions and that on this particular evening, was wearing shoes.

"I'll be right in Alice." "So, tomorrow? Pick me up from school?"

"Try and stop me."

She kissed me one last time, this time it was harder, so even though it lasted only a few seconds, we were both panting once we broke apart. She went inside quickly, not wanting to say the words "goodbye" to me. Good, because I would not be able to bear them.