Here's chapter seven, hope you like! And for the nth time, please review, please, please, otherwise I'm going to think my story is just a waste of space…ok that sounds a bit dramatic hehe

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***************************Jacob****************************************

I couldn't help but smile when Nessie came running towards me after school. She was grinning from ear to ear.

"Hi, Ness, how was sch-" but she jumped into my arms, catching me off guard.

"You were right, Jake! It was great! Well, it does suck that we have no lunch break, but it's ok, oh and Tom and Oliver are great! Thanks again, Jake, I know you told them to keep an eye on me" I tried not to look guilty, "but it turned out ok 'cuz they were really cool and we all got along great."

I set her down throughout her little babble and waited patiently as she told me all about the rest of her day. I was grateful to Tom and Oliver, two of my packs very recent brothers, but as Nessie continued, I noticed more of the details included them. This thought made my blood boil, despite the fact that I was the one who had told them to befriend her in the first place. Nevertheless, I couldn't help but wonder if there was a possibility of more than friendship.

"Sounds like you're going to like it here at La Push," I said, managing to hide the anger, anger I was feeling towards my brothers for no legitimate reason.

"Yeah," Nessie smiled, calming me down, especially when she said, "Tom and Oliver really are great friends, but it would be nice to have some girlfriends too."

I sighed in relief. I'd looked too much into it after all, then I laughed; of course there was nothing special between Nessie and either of the boys, she was MY imprint after all.

"Jake? Hello? Anyone in there?" Nessie was saying. I looked at her and smiled.

"Race you hom-" but she was already taking off. I followed behind her, noticing grimly and yet intriguingly how her skirt flew wildly around her.

Damn, I'm going to have to talk to Alice about that if I'm going to be around her so often.

***************************Edward**************************************

Nessie had been attending school in La Push for almost a month now, and by some miracle, she loved it. Of course, why wouldn't she? She was with fellow hybrids, kids her age that could relate to her…well at least somewhat.

Jacob was also still around, another miracle. He had kept his word and not thought about 'Renesmee the woman' any more, at least not in my presence. I hoped it was likewise in other places as well, but I knew that might be asking too much.

What surprised me even more, however, was that Renesmee was nearing about eleven already. It was quite obvious too, as much as I hated to admit it to myself; she was showing signs of becoming a young woman.

Bella was getting more and more agitated with each passing day and the idea of slowing down Renesmee's growth by making her unhappy was becoming very tempting. Everyday she would come home full of happy thoughts to share, especially of her new friends, Tom and Oliver. That in itself was another issue; I had caught Jacob several times mulling over the possibility of anything more than friendship surfacing between Nessie and either of the boys. At first this thought had intrigued me, if Nessie fell for someone else when she got older, what would happen with the imprint?

We had always had this in the back of our minds; however, I had been almost completely sure that, given the bond of imprinting, it would never happen. I'd been scouting out Nessie's thoughts but nothing appeared unusual…still though, if Jacob was worried, maybe Nessie really did have a choice.

I watched her as she came bounding into the house, Jacob behind her with his eyes averted. I listened to his thoughts but he seemed to be thinking about his father. I suddenly felt bad for him, I knew Billy was sick, Carlisle had told us there was not much left to do for him, any treatment could end up killing him so it was better he live as best as he could and as long as he could.

"Hi, Daddy," Nessie kissed me on the cheek and then went running around the house, calling out, "Emmet!" She ran right into him as he rounded the corner into the den, but instead of bumping into him, he scooped her up and carried her over to the couch.

"Whoa! What's up with you? Are you on, like, some kind of sugar rush or something?" he laughed.

She rolled her eyes at him. "Look! Look! Oliver gave this to me today after class, and I just haaaad to show it to you," she pulled out what looked like a miniature squishy bear that oozed out fake blood from its neck, as if it'd been bitten by a fellow squishy vampire. "Isn't it cute!" she said, squeezing it for emphasis. Emmet was all over it. Anyone of us could see why he would be the one she'd go to with an insignificant toy bear; Emmet had almost died as a human from a bear attack and would have if it hadn't been for Rosalie.

"I'm going to hang this in our room," he was saying, but Nessie suddenly snatched it from him.

"What do you mean? It's mine," she looked at him through narrowed eyes, "Oliver gave it to me, I just thought you should be the first one to see it, 'cuz you know…" she was saying, though her eyes were suspicious; he might try to take it back. I looked at her in surprise; Nessie was not one to take offense easily, but her thoughts were all aimed negatively at Emmet for thinking the toy bear was for him. I contemplated Emmet's responding thoughts; he was just as surprised as I was with her little outburst, however, he simply looked at her for a moment, and then let out a roar of a laugh.

Uh oh. "Emmet, don't say-" I started to say, but was too late.

"OOOooh! Nessie's got a boyfriend!" he bellowed. This, apparently, was the wrong thing to say. Several things happened at once.

At first Nessie said nothing in return. I looked over at my daughter, and sure enough, she was bright red; I couldn't tell if it was because of Emmet's comment, or if she was angry. I looked around the room...and there was Bella, shielding Renesmee's thoughts. I gave her a look, but she simply nodded.

The other thing that happened: Jacob began shaking, and within two seconds was out the door. Nessie didn't notice, but did seem to come to her senses. I was expecting an angry retort, considering her sudden temper flare, but instead-

"No, he only gave it to me because his parents were making them clean the attic and it was just there," she looked at Emmet straight in the face, "We're just friends."

Emmet was going to keep going but I intervened with a sharp glare in his direction. He took the hint.

"Ok, Nessie, no need to get angry, I'm just messing with my baby niece," he said, rumpling her hair. Nessie scowled, and then ran up to her room, her sudden light mood gone gray.

Bella smiled at me as she followed her upstairs.

***************************Bella****************************************

"Sweety, is everything ok?" I asked Nessie, she was sitting on her bed, making the fake blood go in and out of the squishy bear. She didn't look upset, more pensive if anything.

She looked at me for a moment before she sighed, "I don't know, I feel kind of different lately, like all of a sudden I'm noticing things I never noticed before."

"Like what?"

Nessie looked uncomfortable, she shifted her eyes from mine when she spoke, "Well, for one I don't think Jake likes Tom and Oliver that much."

This was something Edward had already talked to me about, how Jacob was suspecting things that weren't even real.

"I mean, I know Jake's my best friend and all, but it's not like I'm replacing him, I think he might be jealous because of that," she said sadly. If only she knew how close to the truth she was. I waited, knowing there was more.

"And there's one more thing," she hesitated, "don't laugh, ok?"

"I promise."

"Well," she bit her bottom lip, a habit she'd inherited from me, "you know how I grow a lot faster than normal? Well, lately I feel like it's even faster, and well," and now she was blushing. What on earth…

"I think my training bra's are too small," she said in a small voice. I couldn't help it, I laughed.

"Mommy!" she looked at me horrified.

"I'm sorry," and I really was, "but we're going to have to speak to Alice about that, she's in charge of your wardrobe. Don't worry, we'll give her a hard time about it, I can't believe she didn't notice. I'm sorry, honey, I can imagine how uncomfortable you must be feeling, but don't worry, its natural."

She winced at the word 'natural' as if natural was something that could describe her, a half-human, half-vampire. She still looked slightly embarrassed, as if noticing her body was changing was a crime. I went over and sat next to her.

"You're going to be changing a lot in the next year, Nessie," I said, trying to keep the fear of that revelation out of my voice. "And I mean both body and mind, so if you feel like you need to talk about anything, even it's about personal things like your body, remember you can always come to me," I told her, then adding as an afterthought, "Remember, I was human once, so I know all about the awkwardness of puberty."

Nessie made a face, "But, I'm not completely human, so why should I have to go through that?" The way she said it made it sound like some kind of disease infested germ.

"Well, to be honest, we don't know what you're going to go through, but either way, there's a good possibility it's going to be weird for you, especially since you're growing so fast."

She nodded, placing her hand on mine to let me know she understood. She sent me another question.

"Yes, that's another thing you're going to be confused about," I laughed. "But don't worry, you'll be fine, any boy would be crazy not to like you." though in the back of my mind I dreaded the one boy who would soon be crazily in love with her.

Nessie smiled, sharing her thoughts with me.

Don't worry, no boys yet.

"So," I asked her, teasing her, "There really is nothing going on with Oliver?"

She looked at me and rolled her eyes, "No, mommy, I told you guys, we're just friends, and Tom too."

"Ok then." I got up to leave, leaving her to her thoughts. She had said very clearly that she had no interest in either boy, but as I took a final glance in her direction, I could see the idea, now brought to her attention, merited interest.

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