Chapter 6:

It was the big day; the day of Nessie's sleepover. While she waited impatiently for Carly and Anna to show up, she paced back and forth in the foyer. Jasper chuckled as he came down the stairs.

"I don't think Esme will appreciate it if you wear a hole in her floor," he joked. She shot him a dirty look.

"I'm a little nervous," she snapped.

"Don't be, you need to focus on having fun tonight." A wave of relaxation washed over her. She longed to be angry with Jasper, but his powers made it impossible. "Remember, have fun tonight," he said with a wink before heading out to the garage.

The sound of a car driving down the driveway caught Nessie's attention. By the time she got out the door and to the driveway, Jacob was climbing out of his latest project. In a flash, she flung herself through the air and latched herself to him. She wrapped her legs around his waist and her arms around his neck.

"I missed you," he commented as his strong hands slid under the butt to hold her up.

"I missed you more," she whispered before pressing her lips against his. Without breaking off the kiss he lowered her to the ground and pressed her up against the driver's side door. He cupped her face gently with his right hand, running his thumb over her soft cheek, and slid his left arm around her waist.

"I'd stop that before Edward catches you," Alice chirped in her usual sing-song voice as she skipped from the garage to the house. Jacob shot her a dirty look.

"Hey, look here at me," Nessie said firmly as she took his face in her hands and turned him towards her.

"Tomorrow night I am all yours." She began to flash images in his mind of them hunting and participating in some of their other favorite activities. Jacob's trademark goofy smile spread across his face.

"Sounds like a date." Tomorrow would be the perfect day to propose. He captured her lips in a much tenderer kiss briefly before the sound of another car coming down their driveway caught their attention.

"Oh, Carly and Anna are here!" Nessie exclaimed as she pushed him away. There was nothing but excitement in her eyes. When she tried to break away from Jacob, he refused to let go.

"Come on, let me go! My friends are almost here," she protested. He pecked her once on the lips before lopping up the porch and into the house.

As soon as Jacob was inside, a barely running jeep rounded the corner with Carly behind the wheel. She honked briefly as a greeting, and Nessie waved. Carly pulled to a stop along the side of the driveway behind Jacob's truck. It was then that Nessie noticed that the bed of the truck was covered by a blue tarp.

"Hey Nessie," Anna gushed as she climbed out of the passenger's side. "I had no clue there were houses all the way down here." Nessie shrugged.

"It's really nice to live back here, like we live in our own little world," she replied. Carly got out of the jeep.

"Whose car is that?" she asked in amazement.

"Oh that, that's my boyfriend's," Nessie replied as if it was no big deal. Carly hadn't even seen the rest of their uber expensive sports cars and European cars around back in the garage.

"Oh, who's your boyfriend?" Anna teased. She almost reminded Nessie of Alice in a way.

"He lives in La Push on the reservation."

"Those guys over there are so hot!" Carly gushed. Nessie laughed. Already, she could tell that having fun tonight was going to be the least of her worries.

In the garage, jasper was trying to fix up his dirt bike. The plan was for him, Emmett, Edward and Jacob to go out later that night. His attention, however, was far from his dirt bike. At the moment, he had Alice pinned down to the workbench in only her jeans and a thin cami. His shirt was somewhere on the other side of the garage. Without thinking about it, he shifted the majority of his weight to his hand braced against the table next to her head. The sudden addition of weight caused the wood to crack and groan, but Alice and Jasper were too caught up in the passionate moment to hear. The table couldn't take anymore weight, and it gave out, sending the couple crashing to the concrete floor with a shockingly loud 'thud.'

"Shit," Jasper muttered as soon as he realized what had happened. Breaking furniture was common in the Cullen household, but it still pissed Esme off to the extreme.

"Are you guys alright?" Carlisle asked from the door leading to the house. The loud noise had sent him flying down from his office.

"We're fine," Alice assured from under Jasper. When Esme saw what happened, she shoved past her husband.

"When will you all stop breaking my furniture!?" she cried. "If you keep this up, I'm just going to stop buying new furniture!"

"We're sorry, Esme," Alice insisted sympathetically as she shoved Jasper off of her. "It was an accident." Sighing, Esme walked away, muttering something about it always being an accident. Carlisle grabbed Jasper's shirt, which had founds its way into an empty flowerpot next to the door, and tossed it over to him.

"Please try to be more careful next time, especially when Nessie has friends over," he scolded calmly before leaving. Alice and Jasper looked at each other; they had completely forgotten about Nessie and her friends. Hopefully all of the noise was quickly explained away by Edward; he was by far the best at coming up with plausible stories at the drop of a hat.

Other than Jasper and Alice's minor mishap in the garage, the evening went by pretty uneventful. The Cullens went to "bed" around midnight, and the guys, save for Carlisle, snuck back out with ease and met Jacob out front.

"Let's hit the road!" Emmett bellowed as he began to hoisted the bikes out of the bed of Jacob's truck with zero effort.

"Carlisle said to walk the bikes away from the house and start them up there," Edward explained. "he doesn't want us to wake the girls."

"'Kay, let's go!" Emmett urged. He was always anxious to get going. Living so close to humans put certain…restrictions on their activities, which just made him more and more restless. He always needed something to do, and being a vampire only made that more difficult.

The boys wheeled the bikes far enough away from the house before mounting them. One by one, they kick started the engines, revved the bikes and flew into the dense forest. It wasn't as fast as running, but there was still a thrill involved.

Nessie awoke before Carly and Anna. Being half-vampire allowed her to function on less sleep than normal humans. She crept upstairs and cautiously pushed open the door to Alice and Jasper's room. It was eerily quiet throughout the entire house, making her afraid that she was going to walk in on some certainly traumatizing scenes. Instead, she walked in on the usual scene in Alice and Jasper's room; clothes were flying out of the closet at an alarming rate, and Jasper was sitting hopelessly on the bed with his headphones on and his eyes closed. As soon as the door opened, his eyes opened, and he smiled.

"Did you have fun last night?" he asked as he took off the headphones. A plaid miniskirt narrowly missed hitting Nessie, causing him to sigh once again. "Are your friends still asleep?"

"Yeah. I actually need an outfit to borrow for today, all of my clothes are back home, and it would look weird if I didn't change."

"Help yourself; please help yourself," he joked, motioning towards the growing mountain of clothes.

"Don't you dare, Jasper Whitmyre!" Alice exclaimed hotly as she stormed out of the closet.

"Can't you spare an outfit or twenty for your niece?" he asked. She shot him a scathing look that told him to keep his mouth shut.

"You can borrow an outfit, Nessie." It was amazing how easily her voice switched from a hateful scold to her usual sweet, sing-song voice. "Follow me." Nessie trailed after her into the vast closet.

Nessie knew better than to get in the way of Alice when she was playing dress-up. She simply watched from the doorway as he aunt gently ran her fingers over the different fabrics.

"Something simple, please," she reminded, earning her a frustrated sigh.

"you're so like your mother," Alice complained as she tossed her a pair of fitted jeans and a pink button down blouse. "How's that?"

"Perfect, thanks!" Nessie gave her a brief one-armed hug before rushing out of the extensive closet. It wouldn't be a surprise if she found out that Alice had a larger clothing selection than most stores.

Anna and Carly left the Cullens' house around noon with exciting promises of more future plans at each others' houses. After they left, Nessie was all smiles. Her smile only grew when Jacob arrived at the cottage to take her out for the evening.

"Hi there, beautiful," he whispered huskily as he slid his hand around her waist and pressed his lips against hers in an Earth-shattering kiss. "Ready for the best night of your life?"

"You know it," she replied innocently before brushing her lips past his. "Let's go." Their fingers automatically laced together, and they left.

The romantic evening began with Nessie and Jacob hunting. They raced through the forest side by side; him as a wolf and her as herself. He was completely immersed in the pursuit of a herd of deer, but a yellow glint caught her attention. Without warning, she swerved towards the mysterious object. Slowly it came into view, revealing it to be a BMX bike. She slowed down a jog. What in the world was a bike doing way out here? They were miles from the nearest civilization or human contact. Curiosity got the best of Nessie, and she circled around the bike. It was then that she noticed that there was something pinned under the bike. With little effort, she shoved the bike aside and screamed at what she saw.