Chapter 8: Rush Part 1 (revised)

*Rush – Part 1*

Jacob drove home elated. Everything wasn't perfect yet, but they were all things he could work with. Nessie had her arms around him; hope lit the horizon and cruised through his veins lighting up his face like the illumination of a full moon. The ride back was fast, not even ten minutes. Jake pulled to a stop in front of the garage with a laughing Nessie behind him. She dismounted and Jake pulled Edward's bike into an opening garage.

"Well it looks like you two have worked out your differences." Alice said standing at the door of the garage smiling.

"We've come to an… understanding." Nessie said triumphant. Jake laughed easily.

"Hey Auntie, what sorority did you rush at UW?"

Alice's eyes lit up "Yay! You are going to have a great time if you rush the house I went to. I loved being a Kappa Delta."

"Can you pull some strings and get me in without having to be hazed?" Nessie asked with her eyebrows raised in hope.

Alice let a long peeling laugh, "of course, I can. But hazing is fun; don't you want the full experience?"

"No not really," Nessie replied thinking about it, "at least… not the first time. I want to be the little rich girl that everyone worships." Nessie tapped the side of her cheek thinking of a good compromise to make, since she was on a roll. "Tell you what, when I go to Dartmouth next time around, I'll go through the hazing."

"NO way, that school is boring for social activities, go to Florida and rush the right way. You can get away with going to a sunny state for college, and it's a party school too."

"Deal," she said and kissed her aunt.

"Don't worry," Alice promised, "when you step over the threshold, they will be falling all over themselves to have you. So how bout you Jake, who's gonna be the lucky house?"

"I'm pledging Emmett's fraternity."

"Yay! The hot boys! You'll be a perfect fit with the Fiji's. That's the nickname of the Phi Gamma Delta house. They are always number one on campus. You two will be busy!"

"You aren't gonna rush?" Renesmee asked.

"No, it's a little tricky within thirty years. I want to spend time with Jasper anyway. Besides, it will give you at least some space. You will make friends with your sisters."

Nessie clapped her hands in glee.

"Do you know when Carlisle will be back?" Jake asked interrupting the girl talk.

"He's out of town for a few more days."

"Alright, well, I'll be back in a few days then."

"Jake, won't you come back sooner?" Nessie begged.

"No love, I have to spend some time with my sister, she's in town. Besides, absence makes the heart grow fonder," he said and tossed her a wink.

"Whatever, Alice and I have weeks more shopping to do. You may be done with a few days, but I'm going to need all new clothes." She said turning her head from Jake.

"Good, after all, can't be looking all tore up and expect to be on my arm." Jake said close to her ear and sliding his hand down her back.

"You'll be lucky if we go out for drinks." She said smugly.

"I'll drink you under the table, bitch." He whispered, closer to her ear although Alice heard anyway. Alice rolled her eyes and went in the house to give them a moment.

Nessie turned in a whirl to face him.

"Not on your life wolf." She whispered back in mock defiance.

Jake grabbed at her waist, pulling her dangerously close.

She smiled against his face and whispered in his ear 'lust.' Deftly she maneuvered out of his grasp and was up the tree and in the window in a flash.

"Tease" he murmured and bounded off toward the woods, stripping off his shirt within her sight, and lowering his pants just as he stepped behind a tree.

Psh, and he says I'm a tease, she murmured to herself walking away from the window.

Jacob laughed out loud, again for her benefit, and phased.

**Three Weeks Later**

Rush week began before most were ready, for Renesmee however, she seemed born for this. She stood on the UW campus outside the registration office, with stars in her eyes; it was going to be everything she dreamed.

Luckily it was a sunny September day, and the air was fresh after a few days of usual rainfall. Everything around her was so…new and amazing to her. The old buildings, all the people…

"Getting all kinds of fancy ideas already are we?" Edward asked his daughter coming up behind her with Bella, Emmett, Rosalie, Alice, Jasper and Jacob.

"What did you all drive together or something?" she asked jovially. Nothing would ruin her good mood today. Not her stick in the mud father or her over protective Aunts and Uncles.

"Here is your class schedule, you can head out to the UW bookstore and buy your books."

She took the folder of papers that she could not fathom from her dad and planted a kiss on his cheek. "Thanks, uh, Edward." She said catching herself before she said 'daddy'.

"No problem cousin," he said grinning.

"Uhh, don't call me that." She said with a snort.

Even though there was a crowd of people, there was plenty of room and whispers from every angle about the bunch of beautiful people who just happened to stroll onto campus.

"We're attracting too much attention." Edward whispered. Within moments, they dispersed, casually and only Jacob was left standing in front of Renesmee. She hadn't particularly seen him before this moment. He stood before her, and she found herself caught in a stare.

His right hand in the pocket of his gorgeous slacks, a black reptile leather belt with a silver buckle to keep in his pristine and slightly shimmery black shirt tucked in, with the top two buttons opened showing off his drool worthy collar and neck. His sleeves were rolled up highlighting a black leather band Cartier timepiece on his left wrist.

"Damn, don't you look GQ?" Nessie said in a low purr.

"Gotta love Alice." He said with a smirk on his perfect features. Nessie loved it when he wore all black, it made his tan look electric.

"Well, you're a Calvin Klein model if I've ever seen one," she mused appreciatively. "Rush starts tonight." Nessie said reminding herself more than Jacob.

"Actually, it will be starting in a couple of hours," he said checking his watch, "but I wanted to go out for drinks first with Emmett and Jas. They say its tradition. I'll get to look at what this campus has to offer."

Renesmee smirked with her one eyebrow raise, "You're gonna go 'drink' with the boys?"

"We'll, I'm drinking they are just going to look pretty. But Emmett likes getting all the hardest shots and putting everyone else to shame. Jas is just comin to hang out and make sure we don't get in any bar fights," he laughed.

"Well I won't be seeing you tonight?"

"Not unless you come out to Kel's downtown after." Jacob said with a wink.

"Well, I'll be seeing you, if not at Kel's, I'll catch up with you later."

"Sure, sure. You know I'm always around. If you need an arm to hang onto to make all the girls jealous, I'm your man."

Nessie had already noted about twenty five different girls in the past two minutes who were throwing envious glances her way.

"You're mine anyway," she said quietly against his cheek as she kissed it and waltzed off to her car that was illegally parked in one of the parking lots. After taking the ticket off the windshield and tucking into her YSL clutch, she drove away satisfied that she would get everything she wanted.

Her present for starting college was a new Silver Mustang GT. She drove quickly over to Rose and Emmett's condo. That's where she was staying until she moved into the Kappa Delta house. Renesmee knew exactly what she wanted, and there was no way she wasn't going to have it.

Rush started the same for everyone: you met in a group and toured the houses. Carrying your letter of recommendation for the house or houses of your choice, pretty much you just hoped they liked you. Well, that was for normal people.

Jacob, not even needing a letter, thanks to Alice, stood with the guys about to enter the Fiji house. The two story plantation style house loomed in front of them, and the green lawn stretched out around to both sides of the house, lit up with strategically placed ground lighting.

"Oh my god man, I wanna get invited to this house so bad. I heard it's the best on campus." A dribbling little nerd said standing next to Jake. He was easily twice the height of this poor nerdy guy. "Can you believe over ninety guys live in this place?"

The group walked excitedly up the curvy walkway to the white house, the double doors opened before them and they were invited inside. Jake walked around the front foyer looking at the pictures on the walls, after getting a glass of punch that was mostly ice. It was a poor attempt at cooling down his hands before he would have to shaking with some of the guys. Scanning the photos on the walls he noticed some of the pictures went back about thirty years, according to the years inscribed on the plaques below the house photos.

Guess that's what Alice meant, by being dangerous within thirty years. He looked for Emmett, but didn't spot him. It was then that Stephen, the president of the house approached him. Jake didn't know him from John Doe.

"Hey, I'm Stephen," the guy said holding out his hand.

Jake switched his glass from his right hand to his left and shook the guy's hand.

Stephen had the look of a basket ball player; maybe someone who would play forward. He stood about eye to eye with Jake, which was kind of refreshing. Jake took a quick glance around and noticed a lot of tall guys, athletic builds, and knew Alice was right. He would fit right in.

"Hi, I'm Jake."

"Welcome to UW."

"Thanks."

"So what brings you to our door out of the twenty- seven other houses to choose from?"

"Oh, I've got a legacy to continue. All the men in my family were Fiji's." Jake said fudging a little, but in all fairness it's what Alice had told him to say.

"You said your name is Jake? Oh," said he, recognition lighting up his face, "you must be Jacob Black."

Jake's eyes rose at the sound of his name, "Yeah, that's me."

"Well, I'm at your disposal man, I'm the president of the Fiji's and anything you want is my pleasure."

Jake looked a little puzzled but smiled. "Thanks man."

"Would you like to see your room?"

"My… my room?"

"Yeah man, you're all set. If you still want to join us, everything's been all arranged for you. You might as well be our prince."

Jake was stunned, he hadn't expected a welcome like this, "Yeah, of course."

"Well alright then, follow me Jake. Nice threads by the way." He said looking appreciatively at his attire.

They went up one of the double stair cases of the main house and down a hallway. This house was amazing; definitely like the Tara house in Gone with the Wind, he noted to himself.

The room to which Jacob was led was tasteful, nice furniture, certainly nicer than what he was used to at home on the Res, but matching that to which he had become accustomed to with the Cullen's. The big bay windows looked onto a terrace that wrapped around the entire top floor of the house, and overlookeing the backyard and out toward the magnificent vista gave the room a nice feeling of space.

"Your sister and her husband came by earlier with your things, she's such a cute little pixie girl. You're already unpacked. Make yourself at home."

Must have been Alice he thought to himself and smiled.

Coming back down the stairs of the great house, he saw Emmett and Jasper waiting for him at the door. If he wasn't respected by everyone who knew he was coming before, he was now; seeing what type of friends he kept. It was an impressive sight to see, besides the fact that they were all really tall, amazingly good looking, they all looked like models for CK. "Hey guys." He said causally trotting down the stairs.

"Hey Jake," Stephen said catching up to him on the stair, "you will get a formal invitation tomorrow at the address your sister left for you," he murmured, "but as far as you're concerned, you're home here. So whenever you are done tonight, feel free to crash here if you like," he said and slid him a key into his hand. "We'll be having a little get together later; nothing fancy, just casual hangin out. There'll be some girls, and some beer. So, stop by if you like when you're done," he said, patting him on the shoulder.

"Thanks Stephen." Jake said with a smile.

"Please, call me Steve."

Jake laughed easily and descended the rest of the staircase.

"Hey, you ready? Let's roll!" Emmett said smacking him on the shoulder.

Rumors would be circulating before the night was over, for sure, who were these guys, and this freshman who was already moved into the most popular, exclusive frat house on campus?