"Are we hanging out today?" Derek asked as he wondered into my room.

I stretched and yawned, rubbing the sleep from my eyes. "What time is it?" I croaked.

"Just after six."

"Derek!" I yelled, throwing myself back into my pillow. "Don't bother me until nine. Go away." I groaned.

"You're up now." He smiled, sitting on the edge of my bed.

"Because you woke me up." I mumbled.

"Up you go! I'm bored. I've been waiting for six hours for you to wake up."

"And a human sleeps eight hours."

"You're only half human. Six is enough for you."

"Go bother Alyssa." I mumbled into my pillow.

"No, she's human. She needs her sleep." I heard Derek chuckle.

"Ok," I sighed, knowing I wasn't going to win this one. "What do you want to do?"

"Let's go run. I want to go to the top of the mountain."

"Derek, I can't go that far. Jacob said he was coming over around lunch."

"Oh, come on, Renesmee! You're going to sit around and wait for him? I bet my life that he calls you and says he's too busy. He's probably playing fetch or something. Isn't that a favorite game for dogs?"

"Jerk." I mumbled and threw my blankets off. I crossed my room and walked into my bathroom.

"Ok, forget the whole fetch thing, sorry, but seriously? You're going to sit around and wait for him?" He asked me from the other side of the door.

"I wouldn't have to sit around and wait, Derek!" I called out to him. "I should be sleeping right now."

"Again, you're up now. Come out with me."

"Fine," I groaned.

"Where are you two off to?" My dad asked when Derek and I walked into the living room.

"And why is Renesmee up so early?" My mom added.

"Ask, him." I groaned and poked Derek's arm.

"I walked into her room and she was awake. Strange, I know." Derek shook his head as if he was in shock.

"Right," My dad dragged out the word as he stared, smirking at Derek. "Have fun, be careful." My dad said and put his arm back around my mom. They both settled back into the couch and went back to reading the paper.

"Yes!" Derek hissed when he realized my dad gave us permission to go wherever he wanted to go. He spun and punched my arm. "You're it!" He yelled and ran out the front door.

"We're not five!" I called after him.

"He's faster than you." My mom reminded me.

"Oh!" I gasped and threw myself forward out the front door.

"Derek! Wait!" I called out to him. I could see him darting back and forth over the river. "I don't want to play! You cheat!"

"You're just a baby because you always lose." Derek laughed as he swung from a tree branch. I coiled to jump over the river, but on my way over, something collided with me. Derek's arms held me tight as we splashed into the river.

"That's it!" I yelled, grabbing his arm. I bit down as hard as I could.

"Ow! Damn, girl! No blood in this body, sorry."

"That was for knocking me into the river." I could hear muffled laughs from inside the house, but ignored them. I punched his arm as hard as I could. "You're it!" I yelled and leaped out of the river.

We raced up the mountain, both of us finding what we were really hoping to find.

"Yummy!" Derek hissed behind me.

We watched the two mountain lions wonder the edge of the cliff. They both seemed to not be enjoying each other's company. I coiled to spring at the same time Derek did. We both leaned forward to hunt, but the silence was interrupted with a loud, ring.

I scurried around searching my body for my phone.

"Are you kidding me?" Derek hissed.

"Sorry!" I whispered. I looked at the caller ID and hit talk. "Hey, Jake." I spoke softly.

"Oh, ok." Derek huffed and leaned over the edge at the cats I scared away. "No, wait! She's just got a phone call! We'll finish killing you in a second! Don't go away!" Derek called after our meal.

"Who is that?" Jacob asked.

"Derek."

"Where are you?"

"In… outside."

"Oh, well I'm on my way over. See you in a little bit!" He said and hung up the phone.

"Oh…" I stared at Derek and he grumbled something I couldn't understand and pulled me into his back. He ran as fast as he could back to the house.

We got there just as Jacob jogged into the yard. "Hey," He smiled, pulling me into his arms.

"Hey," Derek said, pretending to be breathless. He swiped the back of his hand across his forehead. "That was some trip, Ness. Too bad some fleabag scared away our breakfast. Those damn dogs. They never behave when you want them to." He patted my back and walked into the house.

"I'm just going to pretend he wasn't here. Did you go hunting?"

"Almost." I shrugged. It wasn't a big deal. I didn't need to hunt, anyway.

"Listen, I can only stay for an hour."

"What? I thought we had the whole day?"

Jacob kissed the top of my head and I sighed heavily and turned towards the house.

"Jacob." My dad greeted him when he followed me into the living room.

"Hey, Jake." My mom said, not taking her eyes off the paper.

I was glad I didn't hear anything from Derek. I could hear him upstairs. His music was purposely turned up to drown out us talking.

"Mom, tell him to turn it down." I sighed.

"Derek!" My mom called out as if he was just in the other room.

Derek immediately turned down his music.

"Thank you!" My mom called up to him.

"What are you two doing today?" My dad asked Jacob.

"I just…" Jacob trailed off when the music turned back up in Derek's room. "I have to leave…" He trailed off again with an aggravated huff. Derek turned up his music louder.

"You're leaving?" My mom asked, the music was suddenly soft as my mom spoke.

"Yeah, he said he can only stay for an hour." I mumbled.

"I'm sorry I…" The music blared and I noticed my dad bite his bottom lip to keep from smiling. My mom laughed once and quickly covered her mouth. I was glad the others were out hunting. I could hear the shower going, so I knew Alyssa was up.

"You're just going to laugh at him?" I asked my parents. Once again, the music was turned down as I spoke.

"Honey, he's not harming anyone." My dad was trying hard not to laugh.

"Oh," Derek gasped when he walked into the living room. "Jacob, I didn't even know you were here." He sat on the floor in front of my parents.

My mom reached out and poked the back of his head. "Be nice."

"When am I not?" He shrugged and turned on the TV.

"What do you want to do?" I asked Jacob, ignoring Derek.

"Let's go…" Jacob growled at Derek when the volume of the TV drowned out his voice.

"Derek." My mom chuckled.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you were done talking. My bad."

I kicked Derek's leg.

He stuck his tongue out at me.

"Walk." Jacob said flatly and towed me towards the door. We walked outside and walked around the house to sit at the back patio. It had started to rain, and I was just about dry from the river incident.

Jacob and I talked until he got up and leaned over to kiss me. "I'll be back later tonight. I love you." He said and kissed my lips.

"I love you, too." I sighed, watching him jog into the forest.

I didn't know where the urge came from, but I followed after him. I knew he would be able to hear me if I was too close, so I made sure to stay far enough behind him.

I'll be back. I silently told my parents. I didn't want them coming to look for me.

I followed Jacob's trail, confused when it didn't go back to his house. It wasn't even going towards La Push. I slowed when I realized I was running towards people. A group of men were working on a house. They were building it.

Why is he here? I asked myself, looking around the construction site. I made sure to place myself in the loudest spot, so Jacob couldn't hear me. I knew he would be able to hear my heartbeat if it was quieter.

Jacob walked casually up to a small group of guys standing around talking. He pulled his shirt off and laid it over a stump. Even though it was raining, the day was muggy. My jaw fell open when a few teenagers walked around the site handing out lemonade. They were very pretty females. They came from the house next door.

It took everything I had in me not to lounge for the blond that walked right up to Jacob.

"Hey, Emma." Jacob smiled, taking the cup from her hand.

"Emma?" I hissed. He knew her name?

"Hi." Emma moved slightly positioning herself closer to Jacob.

I took a step towards them, but jumped back. I was supposed to be invisible.

"Hot today, you just got here and you're all sweaty." I narrowed my eyes at her hand reach out and grip his upper arm, sliding her hand down his arm to his wrist.

You leave me everyday to be groped by some blond bombshell?

"GAH!" Jacob dropped his cup and looked around as if I called the words out to him instead of placing them inside his head.

"What's wrong." Emma asked him, using the moment to step closer to him.

Jacob peeled her off of him.

"Listen, thanks for the lemonade. I appreciate it, we all do. But I'm going to tell you one more time, I'm getting married. Excuse me." He pushed her to the side and stepped around her. His eyes searching for me.

You prefer blonds, Jacob?

"No." He answered, tilting his head to try and find my heartbeat.

She's pretty.

"Not compared to you." He stepped in my direction, but his eyes still searched. He was good at picking out my heartbeat. I wasn't sure if I was going to yell at him when he found me, or ask him what he was doing at a construction site.

"Jake," two men jogged over to him. "We're ready to put up the wall."

Jacob paused, looking in my direction once more, before looking at the men talking to him.

"Can you get Kyle? I need to check on something."

"Sure, man." The guys walked off calling out for Kyle.

"Come out, come out, wherever you are." Jacob sang as he got closer.

Where's your girlfriend?

"I don't know, I'm trying to find her."

Not me.

"Then I have no idea who you're talking about. I only see one woman." Jacob's eyes fell on me and I stood up from behind the bush. "And there she is."

"Who's this Emma?" I asked, crossing my arms against my chest.

"Oh, her and her friends come out and give us drinks while we work. Listen, go back home."

"You work? Is this what you've been doing all summer?"

Jacob nodded, looking down at his feet.

"It's not bad… but why did you keep this from me?"

"I don't know. Maybe because you will never have to work a day in your life. You're parents have all the money in the world. I don't."

"What would you need money for? Are you in trouble?" I asked, alarmed.

"No," Jacob chuckled. "Nothing, I just need to work. Now go back home."

"Jacob Black, you have officially confused the hell out of me." I shook my head, trying to get a grip on what he was working for.

"Good, now go."

"I will." I stated. "When she does." I nodded towards Emma and her two friends talking to another muscular man.

"They're harmless. You could take all of them down with one arm tied behind your back and blindfolded. They're kids, they've been here all summer."

"Feeling you up?"

Jacob threw his head back, laughing. "She touched my arm."

"Her hands were on you."

"Nessie, get a grip. I love you. Only you. Go home."

I smirked when I noticed Jacob's new friend looking at us. "Ok," I nodded and placed my hands flat against his chest, letting them slide down and moved them around his waist, then trailed down over the back of his shorts.

"What are you doing." Jacob half growled.

"Letting someone know you're mine." I shrugged and Jacob's lips crashed against mine. I was glad I didn't have to do all the work.

"Better?" Jacob asked, breaking the kiss.

"Much." I said breathless.

"Home."

I nodded and turned to run back to the house.