*Jake's POV*

Flashback:

I went to the Cullen house to make sure those Volturi scum weren't hurting Nessie. When I got to the house, everyone was panicking. "Bella, what's wrong?!"

"Jacob, it's Nessie. She left with Alec to go hunting almost 10 hours ago and they're still not back. You have to out there and find her."

End of Flashback

So I've been running through the woods for a little over 10 minutes. Where could they be? If he's done anything to hurt her, he's dead! Just as I began to think that we would have to send out a search party, I found them in the meadow that Bella and Edward used to hang out at, and it looked like he was about to kiss her! Just before their lips touched, I stepped on some sticks and they turned to my direction and saw me. Then, before I did something stupid, I went to go phase back into my human form.

Now, the fact that she almost kissed another guy doesn't upset me at all. We've talked about this before and we've established that we'll just be friends. I know you think I might be mad about this, but I'm not. If being friends is all she wants us to be, I'm okay with that as long as she's happy. But the fact that she almost kissed that Volturi scum is what makes me mad. Why would she even want to kiss him in the first place? He tried to kill her 7 years ago and now he wants to get all lovey-dovey with her. I don't think so.

When I went back into the meadow, she jumped into my arms to give me one of her world famous hugs with a huge grin on her face. "Hey Jake!"

"Hey Nessie. What are you doing out here? Are you okay?"

When she pulled away from the hug she gave me her 'calm down, don't start a fight Jake' look. "Of course Jake. Why wouldn't I be fine? What are you doing out here?"

"Your parents said that you've been gone with him for 10 hours and they were worried."

"Oh, I didn't realize we were gone so long. We went hunting and then we just got caught up in talking I guess. Okay let's go." With that, Nessie started to run in the direction of home and the bloodsucker and I were close behind. When we arrived at her house, Edward was outside scolding her.

"Renesmee Cullen, where have you been?"

"Dad, we went hunting and then we went to the meadow and we just hung out. That's it."

"Why did you take him to the meadow?"

"Because that's where I always go after I hunt. He has to follow me everywhere, remember?"

"Fine, but did he hurt you?"

"Do I look hurt? No, I'm fine. Now I'm going to bed. Night." Then she stormed off to the cottage. The one thing I don't understand is why is she getting so worked up if nothing bad happened? Weird. Now to deal with the scumbag.

"Alright Volturi, if you ever hurt her in any way, shape, or form whatsoever, you're going to have to deal with me, got it?"

"Loud and clear."

"Good." Then, I phased back into wolf form and went back home.

*Alec's POV*

Stupid mutt. Caius was right, those shape-shifters are always getting in the way, right when I was about to kiss her too. Just as the urge to run after him and snap his neck bubbled up, Edward demanded my attention.

"Alec, why did you teach her how to fight?"

"Okay, you know what, I don't care if you're upset or not, you should be thanking me for teaching her. And don't worry, I didn't push her too hard, I didn't do anything she didn't want me to do or make her do anything she didn't want to do. That's where we were all day."

"I know, I heard it in your thoughts. And I am thanking you. It's mostly Bella that doesn't want her to know how to fight. I've always wanted her to have those skills, but it's the same thing as when Bella was learning. I just couldn't bring myself to visualize someone I love as an enemy. And you're right, it is irresponsible of us to have kept her so vulnerable for so long. So thank you."

"You're welcome." Just then, Felix walked out of the house, and I motioned to him to follow me into the woods to discuss what had happened that day.

"So, what did you do today?"

"Nothing, just more challenges with Emmett. He just can't except the fact that I'm better than he is. The more important question is what did you do today?"

"Well, after she hunted, we went to this meadow she likes to sit in, I taught her how to fight, then we talked for a while, and then came back here."

"So, what did you talk about?"

"She was saying how she feels trapped here and how she wants to travel but she cant' because her family keeps her as sheltered as possible."

"Did anything super interesting happen that I should know about?"

"Alright Felix, you want to know the truth? I tried to kiss her, okay?"

"Alec, that's horrible. Do you know what Aro would say if he found out?"

"Don't worry, it wasn't anything serious. It's just that, she was pouring out her feelings to me, I felt bad, I lost myself for a couple of seconds, and I tried to kiss her. But I didn't actually kiss her because that stupid mutt showed up. Come on, let's go hunt. You're eyes look black."

As we went into the city, looking for someone good to drink, I couldn't help but feel bad about lying to him. I know I said that the attempted kiss wasn't serious, but the truth is, it was. She's very beautiful and unlike any girl I've ever met before. But I've got to get the thought out of my mind. At the end of the summer, I'll be going back to Italy and she'll be staying here, so a romance just wouldn't work out, right?

Author's Note

I'm sorry that the chapter is so short and kind of crappy. I just wanted to get one quick chapter up before school starts back up, when I won't be able to update as often.