I woke up the next morning thanks to the bright sun shining in my eyes. When I sat up I rubbed my eyes and looked around the playroom. Claire and Alyssa were both still sleeping, Jacob and Quil weren't in the room. Morning dad. I thought as I got up and walked sleepily towards the kitchen. I smelt my dad's cooking and was looking forward to some eggs. I walked quietly through the living room where Jacob was snoring on the couch. I didn't remember him leaving the playroom last night. He must have listened to my father and left when I fell asleep.
"And a good morning to you." My dad said as he smiled down at me.
"Eggs?" I asked, and walked over to the table to sit down.
He picked up the pan and flicked it the and the eggs flew into the air flipping over before landing back into the pan. "Omelets." He stated and looked over his shoulder to smile at me.
"Where's mom?" I looked around the kitchen. It wasn't like her not to be attached to his hip.
"In the bedroom. She'll be out in a few minutes." He left the stove and walked over to the fridge to get me a drink.
"No wait," I jumped off my chair and ran into the living room. I wanted my servant to get my stuff. I heard my dad laughing as I ran out of the kitchen.
I jumped on the couch and stood over Jacob. He didn't move, so I sat on his stomach and slapped his bare chest. The sound was loud, and my hands stung a little. Jacob's eyes shot open and he focused on me. "May I help you?" He asked, his voice cracking.
"Yes please! I would like a glass of milk."
Jacob lifted his head to look at me better. "Are you kidding me?!"
"Nope."
Jacob placed both his hands on my knees and let his hands slide down to my ankles. "Yup, you still have legs. Use them."
I shook my head and climbed off of him. "You're my servant, remember?"
"Come on Ness," Jacob wined. "Let me sleep another 20 minutes. Then I'll get you whatever you want." He begged.
"Please." I asked as innocently as I could.
"N-no." Jacob stuttered.
I dropped to my knees at his head and rested my elbows on the couch holding my chin in my hands. I stuck out my bottom lip, and could almost literally see Jacob melting. "Please."
"Don't underestimate the power of the pout," My dad said behind me. "She gets that from her mother."
"What can I get for you?" Jacob sighed.
"Milk please!" I jumped to my feet. "No, make that chocolate milk… no. Er… no strawberry milk!"
"That sounds good, but I'll have Chocolate." Alyssa skipped into the living room. "Thank you Uncle Edward." She smirked.
"You girls are taking this too far." Jacob said, and pushed me towards the kitchen.
"You're just a sore loser." My mom's voice floated into the kitchen before she did.
"No I'm not!" Jacob snapped.
My mom chuckled and walked past him.
Jacob reached out to slap her arm on her way past, but she grabbed it before his hand made contact. "I don't think I will ever get used to you having reflexes like that." Jacob chuckled. He walked over to me and stood at my side. I had my right knee resting on the chair as I leaned on the back of it. Jacob reached out suddenly and pushed me, then caught me before I hit the ground. My dad's hand was tight around my arm. "But that's ok, your lack of reflexes didn't go far."
"Don't push her." My dad snapped and helped me stand upright.
"Oh, come on I wasn't going to let her fall." Jacob grabbed my arm and pulled me against him. "She knows I was joking around." He tugged at my hair. "Right Ness?"
I shrugged and turned quickly, punching Jacob in his stomach.
Jacob laughed and reached for me again.
"Jacob!" My dad yelled when Jacob pushed me again. I stumbled backwards into my dad.
Chill, dad.
"Chill?" My dad questioned.
I nodded.
"Eat your breakfast, and chill" My dad mocked my thought.
We all laughed at him and ate our breakfast quickly.
After breakfast we decided to go down to the beach. My dad made Quil and Jacob come with us. Him and my mom were going hunting with the family today. They weren't expected back until late tonight since they were going all the way to Forks.
"You sure you can handle 3 girls?" My mom asked Quil and Jacob.
"They will be fine. Go hunt and don't worry about us." Quil assured her.
She turned to look at my dad.
"If you think that's best." Of course my father was going to agree with her. I knew exactly what she was silently telling him.
I stepped around Jacob and took both my parents' hands. "Jacob and Quil are fine watching over us for one day. I swear to you we wont give them a hard time. You can even call us every 10 minutes if that makes you feel better." I said as I dragged them towards the door. I dropped their hands and they stared down at me. I sighed and pushed between them. I readied myself to push against both their backs. I could have been shoving against a brick wall, except I would have gotten further with the wall.
They both reached for the hand that was on their back, pulling me to stand in front of them again.
My dad bent down so his coal black eyes were even with mine. "One thing, I mean the slightest hint that I get from anyone that you misbehaved, I wont tell you the good news."
"What good news?" I asked, my eyes lighting up.
"You'll have to wait until we come back." My mom said, and bent down to kiss my forehead. She cupped my face in her hands and forced me to look directly into her dark eyes. "Be-have" Her warning rang out in the single word.
I nodded once. "Promise." I threw my arms around her neck and hugged her tightly. I breathed in the scent of her hair and sighed. My parents haven't left me since the last Thanksgiving we had in Forks.
"We'll be back later tonight." My mom also breathed in the scent of my hair. She kissed the top of my head and turned towards Claire and Alyssa. My dad pulled me into my favorite bear hug.
After we watched them leave the 5 of us headed down to the beach. Since Alyssa's servant was gone Claire and I were willing to share both of ours with her.
"How far is the beach?" Alyssa asked as we stepped onto the trail.
"Pretty far." I answered her. Then looked behind me at Quil and Jacob carrying all of our beach bags. "I have an idea!"
Jacob's smile faded and he dropped my bag and Claire's on the ground. "That's not always a good thing… in fact that's never a good thing." Jacob looked at me cautiously.
I walked up to him and smirked. "Phase!" I yelled. "Quil can carry our bags and you can carry us."
"What do you think I am a horse?"
I shook my head. "No… I think you're a dog the size of a horse."
Claire and Alyssa laughed behind me.
"You really want me to carry the three of you down to the beach?" Jacob looked over at Quil, then looked at Claire. Was he asking for permission to carry her on his back? Quil nodded and Jacob walked into the trees.
When he came back he carried his swim shorts in his mouth, and dropped them in front of Quil. I watched Quil shove them in my bag and placed Claire's bag next to ours on the ground.
"Ok ladies," he walked over to us. "Ness." He said and held his arms open to help me onto Jacob's back.
Alyssa was next then Claire. I grabbed onto Jacob's fur and chuckled to myself. "Come on Jakey," I said, clicked my tongue, and kicked my heels into his sides.
Jacob turned his big head and looked at me through the corner of his eye. He growled, making the three of us laugh.
When we got to the beach Claire, Alyssa, and I threw off our cover ups. Since my dad wasn't here for the day I was able to sneak on my orange bikini. I don't have the curves yet, or the chest, but at least there was a little bit of something I could show off. I wasn't destined to have much, but I had to work with what I was given.
"Oh wow, hey… Ness, Orange looks good on you." Jacob was barley looking at me.
I smiled and turned towards the water. I heard a faint smacking sound, Jacob grunt and Quil laugh.
"What?" Jacob hissed so low that I had to strain my ears to hear him.
"Not time!" Quil snapped.
"I know, but look at her."
"You're telling me to look at an 11 year old?"
I bit my bottom lip to stop from laughing.
"Look at your Claire-bear." Jacob used Quil's childhood name for Claire.
She was standing right next to me, so I looked at her quickly. She was in a bikini also, but a tad more developed than Alyssa and I.
Claire must have heard him also because her mouth was hanging open.
We heard silence behind up and I fought with everything in me not to turn around.
Finally the silence was broken by Quil. "S-s-so… It's not t-t-time." Quil stuttered.
"Time?" Both Claire and I whispered at the same time.
I scanned the waters for Alyssa and heard her scream. Quil and Jacob pushed through Claire and I. We took off running after them.
"Alyssa!" Jacob called out when he didn't see her.
"Over here!" She yelled, waving her hand from behind the rocks. Jacob and Quil were running into the water and I saw Gavin move away from Alyssa.
"I thought she was Nessie." He said quickly.
"She looks nothing like Renesmee!" Jacob growled.
"Well I'm not used to having other people on the island."
I ran into the water and froze when Gavin smiled and dove into the water. Within seconds he was standing right in front of me. His hands came up slowly, trailing up my arms.
"You look really pretty." Gavin smiled.
"Can we just be friends?" I gasped and clapped my hand over my mouth. It just came out, I had no idea where it came from.
Gavin's hands dropped to his sides. "What?"
"Friends… can we… Er… Yeah." I sighed. "Friends." My voice became a whisper.
"You don't like me?" Gavin whispered.
"Not in the way you want me to." I hated the fact that I had an audience. "I'm so sorry." I whispered.
"It's him isn't it?" Gavin nodded towards Jacob.
"No!" I yelled.
"Ok, ok sorry." Gavin held up his hands to surrender.
"Is that the fish?" Alyssa asked as she swam over to me.
"This is Gavin." I said confidently. "Gavin, this is my cousin Alyssa, and best friend Claire."
"Nice to meet you girls." Gavin smiled politely, and reached into the water to grab something. "This is my sister Cassandra."
"Cassy!" I shrieked and hugged her.
"Hey Nessie." She smiled and hugged me back.
We played in the water for most of the afternoon, jumping off the rocks and I showed Claire and Alyssa how to body surf, although I felt better when Jacob held onto me.
"I have to go." Gavin said coldly after I swam over to Jacob after I rode in on a wave.
"Why?" I asked him.
"Because we have to get back." Gavin took Cassandra's hand and she waved as Gavin pulled her out to sea.
It was getting dark, and colder. As soon as Jacob saw my jaw trembling he tucked me under his arm and carried me out of the water. He placed me on the sand and wrapped my towel around me.
"T-t-t-thanks" I shivered.
"Come here." Jacob chuckled, and pulled me into his very warm arms.
Quil worked around the fire pit and soon enough a huge flame lit up the beach. He reached into Claire's bag and pulled out a bag of marshmallows, chocolate, and graham crackers.
We went hunting for the perfect sticks and sat around the fire eating.
"You girls up for a story?" Jacob asked us.
"Yeah!" We cheered.
The fire reflected off Jacob's face in the scariest way as he leaned towards the fire. He launched into a story about the legends of his tribe.
"Telling scary stories?" I deep voice came from behind me. I knew that voice well.
I stood up and turned around to see the light from the fire reflecting off of Uncle Emmett's pale face.
"Uncle Emmett!" I screamed and ran over to him.
As soon as I was in his strong arms I looked behind him at the rest of my aunts, uncle, and grandparents.
"Hey kiddo." My grandpa said, and kissed the top if my head.
"Who's idea?" I asked looking around at all or them.
They all pointed behind them to my mom. She was grinning from ear to ear and I ran over to her.
"Thank you!"
She chuckled. "You're very welcome."
I glanced quickly at my dad when I realized the thin straps of my orange bikini were showing through my cover up. "Later." He mouthed to me, and shook his head.
We settled down around the fire, I was wrapped in a blanket, and curled up in my grandpa's arms. My grandma was sitting next to us. I looked around the circle that was my family. My mom was on a log with my dad on the ground leaning against her knees. She was combing her fingers through his hair. Claire was curled into Quil so she could keep warm, Alyssa sat on Uncle Emmett's lap with his arms wrapped around her, Aunt Rose curled into his side. Aunt Alice and Uncle Jasper were curled into each other on the log next to my mom.
"Was this the good news?" I asked, breaking the silence.
"No." My dad smiled, and looked around the circle. He cleared his throat and stood up taking my mom with him. She looked embarrassed, but that was nothing new when attention had to me placed on her.
"No way!" Aunt Alice jumped to her feet and hugged my mom. Whatever they were going to say, she saw it.
"Hold on Alice." My dad chuckled.
"Everyone," My dad started and his wide smile lit up his face.