Hello all! I'm finding myself in quite a predicament as of late *damn growing up and having to get a REAL job!* and so I'd like to thank you all SO much for the great reviews and faves, alerts, and love *sighs* You make my day so much better lol. Here's the next chapter, read, review, and enjoy!

I do not own any of Stephanie Meyer's work, solely the plot and some new characters.

**********************************Oliver**********************************

I felt my body hitting limply along rocks and brambles. This girl, whoever she was, wasn't as strong as I'd initially thought, and it was showing in her quickly decreasing speed…

Well, geez, you're welcome! I may not be that fast but I—

How can you—who are you?

She grunted in response, dragging me along with a burst of speed—I could only guess my 'lack of faith' in her speed gave her strength—and took one final turn. She stopped, dropping me without so much as a glance and headed back into the woods. I looked around; this was the same clearing I'd found Jacob in before he tried to kill me.

Speaking of which...

I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE, BUT IF I CAN HEAR YOU THAT MEANS YOU LISTEN TO ME!

I listened for my female protector's voice but heard nothing. How strange…

OLIVER, WE STILL HAVE A SCORE TO SETTLE!

I heard a rustle in between the trees, a smaller silhoute—

DO YOU HEAR ME! THAT LITTLE MUNCHKIN MIGHT'VE SLOWED ME DOWN BUT I'M ALMOST THERE—

And now I could almost see it, long black hair—

TEN SECONDS!

Dark skin protruding behind it, shielding my view from—Oliver, stop looking you pervert!

EIGHT!

Not that I could see anything anyway…for some reason I couldn't pull my eyes away from that long, dark hair, that smooth skin…

SEVEN!

She looks sort of like Jeanine…but…

SIX!

She had yet to turn around…crap! She's going to see me and think I'm some kind of creep!

FIVE! AND YOU ARE A CREEP!

I followed into the forest, grabbing the pair of shorts I'd hastily tied onto my ankle before phasing—I'd given enough free shows to last me a decade—and phased back. Curiosity had never been more eminent, and this girl, this strange, small girl…there was something about her…

I turned back to where she'd been, eager with unknown reasons…only to find her missing once more. I rushed forward, back into the clearing.

Damn, where did she—

And then I saw her...and...everything just...clicked.

Our eyes met for a split second and my entire existence fell into the most complete puzzle, the most unbelievable sensation. Gray eyes stared at me in awe, an unabashed excitement filtering through the air with that gaze, an unrelenting beat of my heart. Angels sang and the heavens became live again, showering us in a perfect arch of joy and celebration. Fireworks would never be worthy of the flames bursting to life in my soul at this moment. She stared at me in shock, uncomprehending of what had just happened.

And then the split-second was over.

Jacob came roaring out of the trees, a subtle glaze of his strong limbs against my now-human ones and I was sent stumbling forward onto the floor.

Not that it mattered. I couldn't seem to take my eyes away from her, this amazing creature before me…

"Jake, STOP!" cried out another voice. It sounded familiar but even then it didn't matter, all that mattered were the pair of gentle hands and timid smile suddenly inches away from mine, tugging me upward onto my feet.

"Here, let me help you." She said, and if I'd remembered how to speak I might've been able to say something back like… 'gah'.

Apparently I managed to say something because she giggled, pulling her dangling hair behind her ear with a shy glance up at me.

Oh, that's right, I'm standing now… that laugh, so…

"JACOB BLACK! HOW DARE YOU TRY TO KILL OLIVER!"

There's that voice again, I wish it would shut up so I can hear her laugh again…

There was another sound somewhere behind me, and Jacob came barreling out once again. "Nessie, for the love of—why didn't you tell me!"

"I was going to but then… "

Oh, so that voice was…Renesmee's…huh…strange… Their voices faded off into some other place, unimportant.

…so, what's your name?

The girl continued to look at me shyly, and I tilted my head in confusion. Why was she—you need to speak to her OUT LOUD, you moron!

Oh, right…

"So…" but she began giggling all over again, a beguiling sound that hurled my words into another state of speechlessness, of stupor.

"I'm so sorry, Oliver, I-" Renesmee's voice cut off abruptly, though I didn't understand why. I was still too busy looking at a dark strand of hair that flitted in front of the dark-skinned girls face teasingly.

I bet it feels amazingly soft...

"Um, Jake, is what I think just happened happening?" Renesmee asked somewhere far away.

The girl suddenly sprinted away, a quick glance backwards before disappearing into the arms of another dark-skinned body.

The distance was enough to wake me up. "No wait!" I called out, stepping forward to go after her. "I don't even know-"

But a huge laugh rang throughout the air at that moment, thunderous amidst the silence that I barely registered following Renesmee's question. Confused, I forced myself to turn back to my just-a-minute-ago-predator.

Jacob wasn't the only one with a huge smile on his face. Renesmee looked at me with a strange light in her once-most-beautiful face, almost the way a mother would look at her child.

What the-

But Jacob was already crushing me into his broad chest, my lungs desperate for air.

So maybe he is going to kill me after all...

"Oliver, you sly dog!"

"I'm so happy for you, Oliver!" Renesmee beamed close by. I didn't understand any of it, and the worse part, that girl, that unbelievable girl...

"Doesn't change that I ought to pulverize you though," Jacob continued, a hint of his deathly malice.

That girl is probably watching...how embarrassing...

"But now that you've imprinted I guess I can't kill you," he said, a chuckle causing his chest to heave and squeeze me tighter.

She probably thinks I'm such a loser with Jacob squishing me like-wait a minute...IMPRINT!

I struggled against his bonds, managing to pull away. "You mean I-that she is-that I..." And I was sent spinning around to face her again, our eyes meeting for the second time.

It was instant. The world stopped making sense and she was the only thing that existed. Her face lit up with mine and for another long, glorious moment we simply gazed into each others eyes, mesmerized.

And I knew Jacob was right.

With help from Jacob and Jeanine we were suddenly two feet away from each other, the electricity flowing between us rapidly, like water.

"Oliver," Jeanine finally spoke, "I'd like you to meet my younger sister, Serena."

Serena's earlier boldness came to life then. She tentatively took my hand into her own, a firm but soft sensation, warm and soothing.

And planets exploded.

"Nice to meet you, Oliver," she said, her musical voice a lullaby to my ears, rich and beautiful. I squeezed her hand as I brought it up to my lips, the entire universe vanished into thin air. There was only she and I, and this moment of realization, of completeness, of infinite joy.

"I'm Oliver."

And life, the meaning for all that was good in the world, for everything that made birds sing, the sun shine, the stars glow, and my heart beat: it was forever melded into those gray eyes.

I could stay there forever...

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

"Please, Jake? Can you ever forgive me? Please, oh, please? And I'll love you forever?"

Eyelashes batted dangerously, lips pouted lethally, and Nessie slowly eased herself onto my lap, her soft hands sidling around the back of my neck as she aimed the most dangerous weapon into my face.

Damn those gorgeous, big, brown eyes...

"And besides we never got that far, well," she blushed, a memory clearly coming to mind, "not like, you know, doing it or..."

I growled with the image and Nessie immediately began another round of apologies.

"Oh, Jake, no! We didnt! That's what I'm trying to tell you! And either way I choose you, only you!"

Only me...I like the sound of that...

"You forgive me, right?"

And there were those eyes again, chocolate melting my insides with the fire that blazed brilliantly behind them. How could anyone say no to that?

"Well I-"

And then she started kissing me.

Mmmm...like cinnamon and fresh fruit, chocolate and flowers, every sweet taste in the world intertwined into one delicious kiss...Hey, wait a minute!

"Nessie, you can't-" but the weaker voice lost. Her hands began to roam over my vulnerable body, first my neck, down to my shoulders, massaging over my arms, and then lower even, to the topmost portion of my chest...

How could anyone say no to that?

"Jake," she whispered softly, her warm breath a pleasant tickle against my ear. It made me shiver, fires igniting in the most interesing places... "I love you, so why can't you just accept the past for what it is? Let's focus on us, yeah?"

Her hand stroked the back of my neck and ear, and a loud rumble began to emit from my chest, as if I were purring into her touch.

"I...I..."

"Let's focus on now."

How could anyone say no to that?

"Nessie, I-"

She placed one more soft kiss onto my parted lips, finally pulling away with the most amazing smile on her beautiful face, a sincere light in her glowing eyes. "Jake, do you forgive me?"

I sighed, smiling simultaneously, reveling in the amazing fortune I had. Really, how could anyone say no to that?

"Of course, my love."

There you have it, Oliver's imprint and a little more Nessie&Jake fluff. Poor Jake, he is such a sucker when it comes to Nessie lol. Congratulations for those who guessed right! I'm surprised several thought it might be Jeanine...just for the record, the only thing 'different' about Jeanine (at least concerning vampires and such) is that becuase she does sort of have Quileute blood-as thin as it may have been-she merely smells a 'bit' different. I'm also assuming this thin relation is what gave her the 'hybrid acting shield' gift. Other than that, she is completely vampire, which WILL make her relationship with Tom a bit difficult...nevertheless, when you love someone, REALLY love someone, you do whatever it takes to make things work. Tom and Jeanine are going to be examples of that, and if you think about it, they CAN still do many things *cough, like have sex* without either of them getting hurt. The only thing that comes to mind that she can't do to him is bite him, so they should be ok (I know some of you are thinking it! But NO, not everyone is 'extra kinky' and needs to bite each other when making love lol). I have a HUGE Nessie&Jake scene coming up, along with possibly some Tom&Jeanine, Oliver&Serena (btw, Serena is not that old, I'm going to say around 13 or so, thus her and Oliver's attraction is kind of jumbled...notice I didn't say anything about them being 'in love' it will come in time). Ok, so next chapter should be up by Saturday, possibly sooner. Please review till then, I would greatly appreciate it. Btw, the 'Jake POV' in this chapter is actually part of a oneshot I sort of have planned lol called 'How can Anyone say No to That?' just in case anyone was wondering why I repeated that several times lol; it should be up within a month or so ;) ...Anyway, WE'RE ALMOST GETTING TO THE END! So give me incentive to write a sequel lol jk. Thanks so much for everything guys :)