Yeah, yeah, it had been too long. Finals are coming so I can't promise an immediate update.

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For the Love of a Daughter

~ Beautiful Eyes ~

(Nessie's POV)

From afar, Jake and I were watching Mom and Dad interact with each other. I was forcing my eyes not to blink, because I might miss a moment.

We had told them that we would just grab some ice cream and then we would come back. I hope they wouldn't notice that we had been gone for a bit too long. They seemed entranced about the thing that they were talking about. It hadn't been a part of my plan…my mission to bring them back together, but I felt something while I was with them in the same room. It was like they wanted to tell something to each other, but they were both scared. There was this tension around them that was making me uncomfortable.

I studied them for a few more minutes.

If you'd ask me if my mom was still beautiful, I'd say yes. She didn't look her age. She just turned thirty-four last September. The wrinkles on her face didn't seem o be visible. Her face was still glowing though there were dark circles under her eyes. I know that it was because the stress of her job. She teaches in a high school in Arizona and during summer, she helps her friend Dorothy run her bookstore. She just loves to be busy. Again, by just looking at her, I wouldn't wonder why my dad fell in love with her.

I watched as my father's face softened. I couldn't read his lips, but what he was saying, it was very serious. Mom looked away and then to her lap. Then she started talking too and kept shaking her head.

"Ness, I think we should go back," Jacob said, bringing me out of my trance.

"But—"

"We should give them some privacy."

"It's not like I'm able to hear what they were talking about," I argued.

"Spying on them just doesn't feel right."

Jake was right. They deserve this time to talk, maybe just to clear things between them. I'd read stories similar to them in some of my books. They either need to clear things up between them or have a closure. And I hope it's not the latter. I would love to have both of them at the end of this riot.

"Fine, but they're still talking. Maybe we could hang out for a bit. It's been so long since I had been out. I was locked up in that mansion for so long. What about we go to the beach near your house? Maybe we could have some time with the gang," I suggested.

"Sure, sure, we just have to tell your mom."

"Just text her. Thank you! You're really the best!" I said happily and pulled him into a hug.

…

"Is it fine of I borrow some clothes that I could use for swimming?" I asked Rachel, Jake's older sister.

"It's ok, but I'm afraid, it would be too big for you," she warned.

"I'm not that skinny," I said in defense.

"Whatever you say, but I think you really need to eat more. Aren't the Cullens feeding you there? Isn't that people like them have feasts every day?" She said, saying the last part jokingly.

"No, it's not like in the movies. I could say that they cook enough for all of us. Maybe I should invite you once so you can see for yourself."

"I'd love to," she said.

After I had changed into a bit too thin tank top and short shorts of Rachel, I fixed my hair which I hadn't brushed since I left the hospital. It was a bit greasy already and I really need to wash it. Aside from the fact that I didn't have any cosmetics with me, make up wasn't really necessary because we would be swimming in the beach anyway. I thanked Rachel and then I met Jake outside. He was already waiting in his car for me. I was only carrying my bag with my clothes earlier inside and a towel. I doubt there would be a need for sun block…literally, the sun wasn't shining. These were the times where I miss the hotness of Arizona.

He opened the door for me and then I entered.

"Hey," I greeted him.

"There'd been a slight change. Quil and Seth are having a date with their girlfriends while Embry is grounded. So that means…"

"We'd be there alone," I finished for him.

"Yeah?" he said, smiling.

"Then, let's go," I said excitedly.

My parents were going to kill me since I told them that we would be going there as a group. I never imagined that things could turn out like this.

Maybe some time alone with him would be good too. It had been an eternity since we had been like this…just us and we wouldn't have to worry about any other person except from ourselves.

It had only taken us ten minutes to arrive at the deserted beach. Jake was about to open the door again for me, but I told him that I would just do it myself.

He held my hand as we walked to the middle of the beach. He laid the blanket that used to be draped on his shoulder on the sand. He just laid there and then I joined him, laying my head on his chest. He started playing with my hair. I was about to protest on what he was doing, but when I saw the look in eyes, it made me stop.

He seemed to be okay earlier. I wonder what happened.

"Jake, is everything alright?" I asked worriedly.

"No," he said truthfully.

"What? What happened?" I asked in shock, making me almost stand up, but I remained seated.

He covered his eyes with his hand, not moving nor saying a thing for a moment. And then his shoulder started to shake.

He was crying.

I couldn't believe it.

I had never seen someone this vulnerable and I never expected it to be Jake in a situation like this.

He was kinda heavy, but I made him lay on my lap. I watched him cry with all that he had. I had never seen him like this and it was really breaking my heart.

"Can you tell me about it?" I said, testing the waters.

"It's my dad, he's been in the hospital for almost four days and nobody was telling me. What my sisters told me was that he was in a long fishing trip with Charlie. I just don't understand why they had to lie to me and I learned it from other people. Nessie, it really hurts. My dad just had a stroke and it was possible for him to be bedridden for the rest of his life or worse, he wouldn't wake up anymore," he said, large droplets of tears falling down his tan cheeks.

I wish I could just kiss them away, but I know that that was impossible.

So I did what I could do. And it was to comfort him.

I lay with him again until his tears stopped. How funny, it was him who used to be my rock, but now, I was his. Maybe we were meant to be like this. All this time, it had been all about me. Maybe he deserved someone who could comfort him as much as he did to me when I found out the truth about my father. I couldn't be more willing to accept the role. I couldn't imagine what could have happened if I wasn't here. He could've done something reckless now.

"Hush now, we're going to visit him tomorrow," I said gently, caressing his velvet hair. I'd do everything just to see his beautiful eyes shining with happiness again.

"You're coming with me?" he asked wonderingly.

I assured him with a kiss.

I just wanted a Nessie/Jake moment. I didn't intend it to be this sad.

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