Setting Dusk

by Renesmee's Theory

Love hurts. It can be a challenge. Love is a force and takes many forms. Love is crazy. Love is immortal. Love will test Renesmee & Jacob to their utmost limits. Follow Nessie's adventure of self-discovery and realization as she prepares to graduate high school with her friends but will she even make it to graduation with new threats? (Sequel to Dusk Horizon) RATED M {LEMONS}

58. Chapter 58: Dancing with Wolves

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight, just my own characters.

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Cassia

Oakland Creek Bridge.

Boy do I have memories here.

Centuries of memories.

All those carriage rides through the city and overlooking the waters over the bridge to get to the evening galas. I've had some fond memories in this town.

Until I got cast out into indefinite exile by those damn werewolves and vampire hunters.

I made them pay for their misdemeanor against me of course.

But I was still never welcomed here.

Their legacy always lingers on for centuries to come.

This was supposed to be my town!

And they took it away from me!

But I was determined to take it back!

As I looked over the ledge of this bridge, I could hear the irritating bickering of my two twin henchmen.

"Would you two stop?" I snarled at them.

"Yes, Cassia!" They both responded in unison as they stood with their hands behind their backs.

"Have you seen the little blonde girl from the woods yet?" I asked.

"No sign of her yet, not since the military parade but we know she's with her friends and Renesmee." Josh responded.

"And you're sure she has powers?" I demanded.

"Positive! She was able to knock us unconscious!" Dash said with a growl.

"What is she?" Josh probed.

"A witch?" Dash said.

"There are no such thing as witches… Are there, Cassia?" Josh asked me.

I ignored him.

If Felicity had powers then who else of Renesmee's friends had abilities?

I thought the only obstacle we would have would be the Cullens but it's proven to be more and more difficult to make that assessment when people and new creatures come crawling out the woodwork.

We needed to rethink our plan of action and attack.

We needed to be way more strategic about this.

They knew I was watching them.

That's why we sent them the message.

So they're probably on high alert.

Or maybe they're not…

Maybe they're too distracted by their mundane lives that they'll probably not anticipate when I come.

Hmm…

I'm thinking.

What can I do to scare them?

What can I do to send them a message and to also use as leverage for a potential attack?

As if on cue, I heard the sounds of tires screeching as a big SUV swerved its way towards the bridge.

I furrowed my brows as I watched as the vehicle approached us, the car holding four young teenage passengers who were blasting loud music and looked like they came from a heavy and highly festive event, leading them all to be intoxicated.

"Where are they coming from?" I probed.

"There was a music festival in Inglewood. Maybe they're from there?" Josh pointed out.

Hmm.

Maybe this is my answer.

… …

Jacob Black

I couldn't believe it was March already.

The year was flying in thick and fast.

To say the start of the year has been whirlwind would be an understatement. Not only did I get engaged to the love of my life at the beginning of the year, I got a new job promotion that would see me moving across country on the east coast of New York no less, I was graduating from college (yes, an actual college) in over a month and a half, the Cullen family are dealing with a brand new supernatural threat and as if things weren't crazy for the family, there is now drama between Nessie and Bella that I don't think is going away anytime soon.

Nessie has been staying with me (and Seth) to sort of cool off from her fight with her parents but also to spend time with me which I was not complaining about.

What bothered me was how nonchalant she's been ever since she's found out about my history with Bella. She's more angry at Bella than she is with me.

And I found that bizarre.

Every time I attempted to strike up a conversation, not an argument but at least a conversation about this whole thing, she tried all she could to avoid the topic.

Be it changing the subject altogether, getting distracted doing something else or a ploy she's been using a lot recently…

Seduction.

Although it doesn't go all the way, it does get pretty far enough that I lose my sense of self.

And I always succumb to her ways.

Darn me and my lack of self-control.

I couldn't help it!

But the tactic she uses was getting predictable and sneaky, I had to find a way around it.

If it means denying her or distracting myself with other things in order to get her in a situation where she's forced to talk to me, then so be it.

Nessie and I are usually so good at communicating with each other. We had an open communication.

However, lately it's been the complete polar opposite. We're on two different spectrums when it comes to where we stand.

I want to have a proper conversation with her that hopefully doesn't lead to an argument and she wants to avoid any and all conversation because she doesn't want to argue with me.

It was a Catch-22.

Confrontation and conflict avoidance vs. Conflict resolution.

Edward doesn't help by constantly putting pressure on me to sort this issue out with Nessie so that she can apologize and forgive her mother.

Apparently I'm the only one on the planet who can get Nessie to see reason, according to him.

Despite our imprint, Nessie was still very much her own woman. I don't know if whatever I say could get her to talk to her mother again.

But it's worth a short.

It also didn't help that I am busy with other things taking up most of my time to even contemplate having a proper, long sit down talk with her.

It was Friday.

You would think I'd be off the hook from work right? It's the weekend after all!

No!

Not at all.

I had just gotten back from work after a long morning. I had a half day at work today and then took the rest of it off to work from home.

My boss gave me a bunch of memoranda to complete in preparation for my new business venture and job post at the New York branch of the company that I would be running in five months.

He needed me to sign off on certain documents I needed that had to do with taxes, employment, funding and costs, building equipment, business structures, infrastructure and so much more. And all of this had to go through a series of lawyers and accountants which takes months to get approved.

Damn.

This was a lot.

I was ready for this though, even though it was going to be a hectic few months in the run up to the business opening.

And to top it all off, I was still busy preparing for my finals in a few weeks.

Again…It was a lot.

Nessie was out most of the late morning and afternoon out with her friends. Since tomorrow was the annual town Debutante Ball, the school had a day off so that the town's kids would prepare for the event.

The Debutantes had a final dress and dance rehearsal day so Nessie was helping her friends out with that and she had a dress fitting for the event and then lunch with her friends afterwards.

She also told me she would be bringing food for us and the guys for lunch and then we'd all be getting ready for a party tonight.

What party I don't know but she just told me I needed to be ready for that.

So I have been crunching up all my time this afternoon finishing up with my work so that I could make it to the party.

I wanted to support Nessie and I didn't wanna disappoint her.

And that's why I was perched on my couch, leaning over the coffee table with my elbows on my knees, fully focused on my laptop.

"Dude," Embry Call pulled me out of my focus from typing. "How long have you been staring at that screen?"

I didn't acknowledge him.

"What time is Nessie coming back with the food? I'm starving!" He asked as he walked over to the kitchen to see what was in the fridge.

"Uh…She said she'd be here in about tne minutes," I told him as I checked my phone to read the message Nessie sent to me about eight minutes ago. "Any minute now,"

"Mmm," He hummed as he chewed on some cheese he found in the fridge. "God this cheese stinks! What is this?"

"That's Seth's blue cheese, dude." I warned him. "I think it's a week old though,"

"And you leave it lying around?" He exclaimed, accusingly with a mouthful.

"Hey! Seth's the one who eats cheese! Not me." I told him as I typed on my laptop, not paying much attention to him.

"Freaking disgusting!" He gagged. "I'll just have cereal I guess."

"Knock yourself out, buddy." I sighed.

"You still going to this party thing tonight?" He asked.

"I hope to, I just need to get this done first. " I responded.

"Who's gonna be there?" He asked as he came into view with a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

"A bunch of Nessie's school friends and others, I think she mentioned something about it being a belated birthday bash for her friend Felicity." I replied.

"Is she hot?" Embry asked as he flopped onto the couch opposite me.

I glared at him. "Dude,"

"What?" He shrugged. "She's eighteen years old, right?"

I rolled my eyes at him and scoffed.

"Oh – Wait I think I remember meeting her at one of the parties right? It was Nessie's birthday party last year!" He stated.

"Mhmm," I simply hummed with lack of interest as I continued with my work.

"Hopefully that wench won't be there," He grumbled.

I frowned at him. "Wench?"

"Jennifer," He replied as if I should've realized who he was referring to.

"Jeez, dude. You still got beef with her?"

"She made me look like a fool! She played me like a fiddle for months! If she's gonna be bitchy, then I'll just have to return the favor." He told me with a mouthful of cereal.

"You got off on the wrong foot. Maybe you could, I don't know, think of apologizing to her first? Maybe she's not as bad as you think she is and maybe she'll realize you're actually a pretty nice guy if you guys just sort your issues out–"

"Apologize? Me? No-No! The only one who needs to apologize is her." He fired back. "For being such an oxygen bandit pain in the rum,"

I snorted. "You sound ridiculous,"

"I know you are, but what am I?" He said.

I scoffed. "You're being bitter because a girl rejected you and you can't take it. Big whoop! You need to get over it. Unless maybe you really did like her and can't move on," I answered with wriggling eyebrows.

"Pfft! No!"

"You know I'm right," I laughed.

"How is it that you know everything – except when to shut up?!" He spat.

I laughed harder. "Okay – Listen dude, I really need to get back to work." I told him, gesturing to my computer.

"Say no more! I'm about sick of this conversation anyway," He said, hopping off the couch and walking back into the kitchen.

I decided to return to my work which I managed to get back into for about ten or fifteen minutes before I began to worry about Nessie.

She should be here by now.

Nessie was probably fine but I wanted to call her to have peace of mind.

As I went to reach for my phone and began dialing her number, I smelt the scent of my wonderful mate reach my nostrils.

I then heard her footsteps trample down the hallway of our apartment floor before she flung the door open and waltzed in.

"Hey! Sorry, I'm slightly late!" She chuckled as she walked in carrying at least five bags of groceries and food.

"No. It's okay." I said to her. "You've got a lot of stuff there," I chuckled.

I set my phone on the counter and shot up my couch.

"Yeah, I saw that you guys were running out of food so I did a little grocery shopping on my way back from rehearsal and brunch with the girls." She told me.

I sauntered over to her to help her with the bags.

"I bought some groceries for you and Mike too, Em." Nessie said to Embry as she set two bags on the counter.

"You bought lunch and groceries?" Embry asked in amazement as I handed him two bags. "Oh – You're pretty awesome, you know that Nessie? I'd marry you too."

Nessie giggled. "It's not much – Just mostly food essentials. You're gonna have to get your own toiletries though,"

"Nah, thanks a lot babe. You didn't have to." I said, stroking her arm lightly.

She grinned up at me. "Oh it's okay. I don't mind. I thought it would be nice for you boys to have a girl's opinion on these things and I love shopping so it wasn't a problem. I hope I got it right though,"

Embry pulled out a carton of milk and frowned. "Almond milk?"

Nessie shrugged. "Well yeah, it's a much healthier alternative to normal milk."

Embry looked at me. I shrugged my shoulders. "Trust me, it's really good."

"Asparagus?!" Embry pulled out the vegetable. "Uh… I love it. Thanks, Ness."

She rolled her eyes and giggled. "Look, I know it sucks but it's good to have a balance of healthy stuff and some of the good, addictive stuff."

"You got me mint chocolate cookie dough ice-cream! That's my favorite. Thanks baby fang!" Embry exclaimed as he ran over to give Nessie a quick kiss on the cheek.

She smiled. "No problemo. Hope you enjoy it."

"I'm gonna unpack all this goodness. Be right back," Embry announced, as he began to walk out.

"Don't forget your takeout!" Nessie called.

Embry grunted as he twirled on his heel to grab his takeout back and then headed straight fir the door.

"Try not to eat everything before Mike gets back!" I called.

"Yeah, Yeah!" He waved me off, running out of the apartment and straight into his apartment.

Nessie giggled. "Where's Mike?"

"He's in Forks this weekend visiting Leah. He's officially meeting Sue and Charlie. Sue thought it was time for her to meet Leah's new boyfriend,"

"Oh, it's serious now isn't it?" Nessie asked with a giddy smile.

I shrugged. "I suppose it is."

"Well, I say, good for them!" She stated.

I smiled back.

"I appreciate all of this again, babe. I was planning on doing some shopping this weekend anyway." I told her.

"It's really not an issue, I love shopping. Especially for you guys." She responded, resting her hands on the waistband of my shorts as she leaned against the counter.

"You're the best," I said to her. She grinned brightly. "How much do I owe you?" I asked as I reached for the slip in the bag.

She scowled and slapped my wrist away.

"Hey! You owe me nothing." She stated. "We're getting married. We're a team. We might as well be living together so what's mine is yours. This is ours…and Seth's," She giggled the last part.

I chuckled back lightly, staring at her gorgeous, big doe chocolate brown eyes before bending down to plant a kiss on her delicate forehead.

"Listen, I've got a lot of work to get through right now. What time is the thing tonight?" I asked.

"Oh, uh, well we're going to a concert and then going to an after party club afterwards. So we should be ready by 16:30pm, I think." She informed me.

I nodded my head and glanced at my watch.

"That gives me exactly three hours." I said, pulling away from her and walking back to my makeshift station in the living room.

As I worked, Nessie prepared lunch for me and brought it to the table.

"Thanks," I replied, glancing up at her with a smile as I typed.

I took in her appearance as she stood before me.

She was dressed in a black turtleneck, washed out jean shorts with bedazzled lining at the waistband and zipper, fishnet tights and sexy high heeled knee high leather boots.

Stone the freaking crows…

Shit.

She looked good.

She looked goddamn good.

Nope! I will not fall for her femme fatale, tantalizing advances. No way, Jose! Not today!

She smirked back at me before sultrily sauntering away.

I grumbled quietly, shaking my head as I reached for my burger and took a big bite out of it. I then placed my attention back onto the work at hand.

For the next hour or two, Nessie was just as productive as I was it seemed. For half an hour she was cleaning the apartment up a bit, the next half she was flipping between reading her book, having video calls with her friends or doing some of her own schoolwork.

The thing is though…

This would be all well and good if she didn't use this opportunity to also cop a feel on me.

Nessie was currently sitting right beside me on the couch we were sharing.

My computer was perched on my lap while my feet were kicked up and crossed onto the coffee table.

Nessie moved her body closer to me as she set her book down and began trailing her soft, slender fingers up and down my bare forearm– suggestively, slowly, sexually.

"How far do you have to go until you're done?" She asked, her fingers beginning to travel up my bicep.

I cleared my throat. "I've got a few more pages to go. Maybe six. Why?" I asked, not locking eyes with her.

I knew if I looked into her eyes that I would be done for.

She shook her head as she moved her hand from my bicep to begin fiddling with the buttons of my navy work shirt.

Don't give in, Jake!

Do not give in!

Her fingertips laced around the contours of my shirt buttons before she popped one open, and then the next one…. And then the next one.

I felt my insides begin to churn as my blood pressure peaked.

"What are you doing?" I asked nonchalantly, trying hard not to make it seem like I was aware of her intentions.

Her right hand trailed around my hardened chest through my exposed shirt; her soft hand traveling down my pecs to my nipples…

Instantly, I felt my manhood rise up in a throbbing, painful jolt.

Butter my butt and call me a biscuit, I don't think I could survive.

"You know, your new tattoos are absolutely working for you. You look so sexy." She whispered in a seductive tone as her mouth reached my ear.

"Uh huh," I didn't trust my voice to make coherent sentences.

I just kept my eyes firmly on the computer.

"They look really good on you." She added. "Such an aphrodisiac…"

I gulped as she said that but I didn't speak.

"I'm also glad you grew out your beard again," She spoke, breathing heavily on my ear.

"Mhmm," I responded weakly as I typed a few more words but making multiple errors along the way because of…erm…

Distractions.

Nessie unbuttoned my shirt further until there were no buttons left to pop open.

I had kept my cool until that moment.

Thenceforth, she began to shimmy my shirt over my shoulder to reveal my entire tattooed arm and chest and laid lingering kisses against my skin.

"I'm in such an unusual mood right now. I feel like I could do anything," She whispered provocatively between kisses against my hot-tempered skin.

Shit.

Shit.

Shit.

"Babe…" I began to protest but trailed off as her warm lips traveled up to my neck as her one hand stroked my hard abs up and down.

A bewitching moan escaped from her lips as she kissed me which inadvertently caused me to moan in response and gratification.

"Nessie…" I moaned as her tongue and lips glazed the crook of my neck.

Oh, man!

"Seth will be home any minute now," I tried to convince her to stop.

"We can just tell him to come back later," She suggested as her hand trailed down to my shorts.

"I don't know, Ness…" I grunted as she touched my abdomen before digging into my shorts, playing with the hemp of my underwear before slipping her whole hand into it.

Shit.

Fuck.

Shittity! Fuck! Fuck!

Hanky Panky time was not on my to-do list right now. I had work to do!

I'll be a monkey's uncle if I allowed her to pet my monkey! Not today, sir!

I had to stop this.

"Nessie, I have to work." I pleaded gently. She giggled. "Ness…"

"What?" She chuckled as I felt her hand reach for my phallus and gripping onto it.

I grumbled. I would regret this but I needed to get her to stop one way or another.

"Jesus! Stop it, Nessie!" I shouted, glaring back at her and shifting my body from her.

The harsh, forceful and loud tone in my voice caused her to flinch which in turn commanded her to slip her hand out of my underwear.

"I told you I'm not in the mood right now! I've got work to do and I don't want to have sexy time with you at this moment. Especially since that's all you use for me for lately."

"Excuse me?" She questioned, her voice hurt and offended.

Yep. I knew I would regret this.

"You don't wanna do anything but make out and foreplay these days. We don't just talk anymore. You still don't wanna talk about your mother. You don't even wanna talk about my involvement in this whole thing which clearly still bothers you so…Forgive me if I don't feel particularly chipper to bump uglies or shake the sheets with you right now," I told her.

Her lips were pursed as she sat there in silence, staring at me as she took in everything I said.

It physically hurt me to utter these words because I never ever raised my tone of voice with her.

But I had to do it to get her to see where I was coming from.

Unfortunately… she didn't.

"You don't want me anymore?" She asked, her voice broken.

I blinked. "That's what you took from what I said?"

"So you don't want me? That's it." She accused.

"That's not what I said, Nessie!" I stated firmly as I began buttoning up my shirt.

"It's fine! You know, I get it, maybe you're right. Maybe we shouldn't be doing this. Maybe you should get back to your work, I'm sorry if I distracted you… I–I'm sorry." She stammered with a cracked voice before she immediately shot up from the couch and ran out of the room and into our bedroom.

I sighed and closed my eyes in defeat as I heard the door slam shut.

Well crap.

Not only did I voluntarily give myself blueballs, I had a pissed off fiancée in our room.

And apparently I was the bad guy.

I grunted as I set my computer on the coffee table and shot back up on my feet.

I sauntered my way over to the bedroom door and as I went to knock on it, I could hear the soft sniffles of sobs.

Dammit.

Not this.

I don't need this.

I inhaled a heavy breath as I conked on the door.

"Nessie…" I began. "I'm sorry, okay?"

Her soft cries stopped but she didn't respond.

I didn't mean to hurt her.

Ugh.

I was such an asshole.

I stood there for a little less than a minute before I heard the door unlock and fling open.

Nessie came out of the room, but not to acknowledge me but to rather walk past me.

"We should probably get ready," She told me as she waltzed into the main bathroom to grab her essentials.

"Nessie. Can we talk?"

"There's nothing to talk about, Jake. I'm sorry I put pressure on you to do something you didn't wanna do. It won't happen again. So can we get ready for the party?"

I sighed but accepted that this conversation wouldn't have gone in my favor either way so I might as well concede.

Nessie walked out of the bathroom and then past me again into the bedroom where she went to take a shower.

The apartment door flung open suddenly and I darted my head to see Seth walking in.

Great timing.

"Hey, dude!" Seth greeted with a smile as he shrugged his jacket off and his knapsack onto the rack.

"Hi," I simply said.

He frowned as he looked at me.

"What's wrong with you? You look like some punched you one too many times in the face." He snorted.

"I don't wanna get into it right now." I replied. "How was work?"

It was a little over two weeks since Seth found out Alex was pregnant and subsequently got an abortion.

He was dealing with it a lot better than I expected but I can't help but wonder if he's suppressing his emotions to sort of make him and Alex feel better about the decision.

"Work was okay. I've got some papers to grade tonight so I've got that." He stated.

"So I suppose you won't be at tonight's party?" I asked.

He shook his head. "Nah, and I also don't think it's a good look for a bunch of high school students to see their teacher partying with them."

I nodded. "Good point," I told him. "But you are going to this Debutante Ball thing tomorrow, right?"

He nodded. "Yeah, of course. Need to support Alex in some way,"

I chuckled. "Well, you're gonna be missed tonight. Embry will do enough partying for the three of us,"

"You're not going to party?" He asked.

I shook my head. "Nah, I'm still going but I'm just not in a partying mood at the moment."

"Hmm…" He hummed. "I'm hungry. Is that food for me?"

"Yup. Knock yourself out," I replied, gesturing to the counter of food. "I'm going to get ready. Do you mind printing out my memorandum for work? I have like 45 pages."

"Sure," He responded.

"Thanks," I said before walking away.

After my shower, I went straight to my bedroom to get dressed. I applied some deodorant after applying some lotion on my body.

Nessie came out of the bathroom in her bathrobe and carrying her hair straightener.

Her eyes landed onto my body, with me in nothing but a black towel wrapped around my waist, before she moved her eyes away from me quickly.

"Could you close the door, please?" Nessie asked.

I obliged and shut the door close for the privacy she wanted.

"Um, we'll need to pick the girls up as well if that's okay with you?" Nessie asked as she began straightening her hair as she sat by the dresser.

"I don't think I have enough space for all of you in my car though," I replied as I dropped my towel and snatched some clean boxer briefs.

"We're just going to have to borrow the Range Rover then," She said with slight irritation.

I sighed as I shoved my briefs on. "Okay, we'll just have to stop by the Cullen house on our way then,"

"Great," Nessie answered unenthusiastically.

Oh boy…

I shook my head as I went to grab my clothes for tonight from the closet.

I got myself dressed in an off-white short sleeve dress shirt, dark slim fit jeans, and mahogany brown chelsea boots.

I gelled my hair up in wavy spikes and brushed out my trimmed beard the way Nessie loved to see it. I sprayed some cologne and I was good to go.

"Ready?" I asked as I slipped out of the en suite bathroom and back into the room where Nessie was applying some deep red lipstick.

"Almost," She said as she touched up some of her eye makeup.

Her makeup was nothing like I've seen on her before. She wore some crazy over the top purple eye liner and eye shadow with rhinestones circling her eyelids and her eyebrows were impeccably brushed out and darkened.

It looked like she came straight out of a music video.

She was still gorgeous though.

Her usually long spiral curly, bronze-copper hair was now in a pinstripe straight state, traveling all the way down to the small of her back. The straight hair was parted from the middle of her head. I think she mentioned this was what girls called a "silk press".

I didn't hate the straight hair, but because I was so used to her having curly or wavy hair I much preferred that look but if she liked it, so did I. She looks gorgeous either way.

When she was done with her hair and makeup, she stood up from her seat and I got to take in her outfit.

Wow.

Absolutely wow.

She was dressed in this sexy two piece, sparkly purple number. The ensemble was a dark purple glittery-sequin tube cropped top with a very short purple sequin tube skirt that hugged her figure ever so delicately.

If this was her way to get back at me for turning her down then boy was she winning because goddammit.

Well…It's okay! I was proud of my resolve.

"Uh…Do you have everything?" I asked.

She nodded as she took her phone from the dresser and slipped it into her bag, then her makeup and keys.

"Let's go," I said as I opened the door for her.

She snatched her sparkly crossbody handbag and tossed it over her shoulders before walking out of the door.

"Hi, Seth." Nessie greeted him with a warm smile as she and I found him seated on the living room couch.

"Hey, little niece!" He waved. "See you guys later. Enjoy the party!"

"Thanks," Nessie giggled.

"See you, bud." I told him as I grabbed my car keys.

I rested my hand at the small of Nessie's back as I reached for the door and opened it to see Embry slipping out of his apartment, looking snazzy in a casual umber-rust bomber jacket, a black and white floral shirt (weed print obviously), some fitted ripped skinny jeans that he rolled up above his ankles and a pair of brown loafers.

"Whooooaaa! Knick Knack Pady Wack!" Embry expressed as he saw Nessie's outfit.

Nessie giggled and blushed at his reaction.

"Holey Moley! Look at you, Ness! Damn hot diggity dog!" He expressed as he chuckled with his mouth agape.

"Thank you, Embry!" She said sheepishly. "You're embarrassing me!"

"You have nothing to be embarrassed about, baby. You look like a smokeshow!"

"Hey!" I warned him with a pointed finger.

He was getting dangerously close into creeper territory.

Embry raised his hands up in surrender. "Don't worry, boss! She's like a sister to me."

I sighed.

"You're one lucky son of a bitch, you do know that dude?" Embry added as his eyes met mine.

I rolled my eyes. "I'm very much aware of that every day of my life, thanks." I replied as I gripped onto Nessie's hip.

I felt her stiffen a bit initially but relaxed into me as she rested her hand on my hand on her hip.

"You guys ready to go?" Embry asked.

We nodded our heads before making our way down to the apartment building parking.

We drove to the Cullen residence to drop off my car and swap out with Emmett and Rosalie's big Range Rover to which we used to pick up all of Nessie's girlfriends and the birthday girl herself, Felicity.

"There's the birthday girl!" Alex squealed which ignited a chorus of cheers from the other girls in the car as Felicity slipped into the vehicle.

"Whad'up!" Rea greeted her.

"Hi, girls!" Felicity welcomed in her usual high-pitched, sweet voice.

"Happy birthday!" Nessie squeaked as she flew her arms around her best friend and hugged her tightly.

Felicity reciprocated by melting into the hug and returning it.

"You're the best! Thank you all for doing this!" She stated as they pulled away. "You all look so good!"

"We're just following the dress code." Alex said, nudging Nessie gently.

"We all learned from the best." Ness added.

Felicity blushed. "Stop it!" She waved before acknowledging the guys presence.

"Hey, Jake!" She greeted.

I waved my hand in a salute to the rearview mirror.

"Happy birthday, Felicity." I told her.

"Thanks," She said before diverting her eyes over to Embry who sat in the passenger seat beside me. "Hi! It's Embry, right?"

Embry nodded. "At your service, girlfriend. Looking good back there! Happy birthday, by the way."

Felicity giggled. "Appreciate it. Thanks for being here."

I drove the jubilated girls to the big concert at SoFi Stadium where they danced and sang until the nightfall. There were about 50 other students who were friends of Felicity and the girls at the music festival of multiple artists and DJs.

I noticed a bunch of douchebags making crude remarks and chuckles as they were staring at the girls in ways I was uncomfortable with.

Embry and I were standing behind the girls as we watched them enjoy the musical festival concert.

The group of drunk, hormonal boys caught my warning glare and almost instantly moved their attention elsewhere.

Good.

We all danced to DJs Diplo, Marshmello, Skrillex, David Guetta, Calvin Harris, Phantoms, DJ Snake and Martin Garrix with guest appearances Coldplay, U2, The Neighbourhood, Arctic Monkeys, Thundercat, Tove Lo, Kendrick Lamar, Lana Del Rey, The Weeknd, Florence and the Machines, Grimes and Tame Impala.

With all the electric energy in the air, Nessie and I even forgot that we had an argument earlier and danced and partied together.

"I love this song!" Nessie squealed with a whoop as she raised her arm in the air.

I laughed as I swayed with her, my arm draped around her neck from behind as he back grinded against my chest, as we listened to Coldplay rock the stage.

Said I can't go on Not in this way I'm a dream that died by light of day Gonna hold up half the sky and say Only I own me

And I feel my heart beating I feel my heart underneath my skin Oh, I can feel my heart beating 'Cause you make me feel Like I'm alive again Alive again Oh, you make me feel Like I'm alive again

Nessie and I sang along to the song and danced to the beat. My arms found their way around her waist as she moved her hips back and forth whilst bobbing her head around left and right to the music.

Then arguably Nessie and I's favorite band The Neighbourhood rocked the stage with their popular song Daddy Issues which seemed to get both Nessie and I in a mood.

Take you like a drug I taste you on my tongue

You ask me what I'm thinking about I tell you that I'm thinking about Whatever you're thinking about Tell me something that I'll forget And you might have to tell me again It's crazy what you do for a friend

Go ahead and cry, little girl Nobody does it like you do I know how much it matters to you I know that you got daddy issues And if you were my little girl I'd do whatever I could do I'd run away and hide with you I love that you got daddy issues And I do too

Nessie turned around to wrap her arms around my neck and hooked them around my head.

She brought my head down into a soft kiss on the lips.

I hummed as I drew her in closer as the kiss deepened.

Our lips departed as soon as the song ended and a rapturous applause came soon after. I grinned I starred down at my mate.

"WOO!" Nessie squealed as she spun around to face the performers again.

I looked over to a couple of rows above us to see Embry had moved over to romance a girl who was eyeballing him all evening. They were now making out.

Of course.

We continued to dance and sing along to the music that played a little while longer before beginning to disperse to the after party at a club nearby that the girls were hosting for 50 other students at the school.

This nightclub was apparently one that had a special on Fridays that permitted 18 year olds to enter but only with someone 21 and over accompanying them.

So we had a few girls bring their college boyfriends, some others simply brought their older friends or cousins or they used fake IDs.

"God we look so damn good tonight!" Alex remarked as she gawked at all of her girlfriends as we all stood in line.

They all giggled and agreed in response.

"I love the ensemble, Alex!" Nessie remarked as she held onto my hand that was dangling over her shoulder.

Alex twirled as she showed us her outfit.

"Oh this little thing!" Alex pointed out. "These skin tight latex pants belong to my aunt,"

"Well they hug your body to a T! Body goals! Period!" Felicity stated.

"Look who's talking birthday girl! With your Barbie pink chrome fit." Gina pointed out.

Felicity twirled around as she adjusted her "Birthday Princess" sash.

"You look hot!" Embry pointed out.

"Looks like a very big turnout!" Gina pointed out as she observed the long line of people queuing up, ready to go clubbing.

"I'm so pumped for a party tonight! I think we all need to get loose! Take our minds off the shit in our lives! Get some drinks in our system, dance a bit and just get wild!" Alex stated with a maniacal laugh followed by a quick clap of the hands and impromptu dancing.

"Somebody's an eager beaver," Nessie chuckled at her friend.

"I'm ready to get my slut on!" Alex stated, adjusting her sequin black corset crop top that showed off her cleavage and her white cropped mini leather jacket.

"Slutty era! I love it!" Felicity squealed.

I smiled at the excitable teenage girls.

"Jacob, doesn't Nessie look absolutely smoking hot tonight, too?" Alex teased.

Nessie blushed.

"She sure does," I said with a proud smile as I looked down at my mate.

Nessie grinned at me with a slight reddish tint appearing on her rosy, pink cheeks.

"If I let my girl go out dressed like that I'd make sure no man looks at her," Embry pointed out.

I rolled my eyes at him although I did slightly agree with him.

If any guy looked her way or attempted to try anything with her tonight, I would rip them to shreds.

"That's very possessive of you," Alex called out. "Why can't a girl dress slutty when she wants to?"

"Of course she can! Hey, I'm a feminist! You know… I have a mom and stuff." Embry tried to defend himself.

Alex cackled.

"It feels so good to finally be eighteen! Freedom to do anything I please, as I wish! And thank you all for being here with me to celebrate. I'll never forget it." Felicity expressed sincerely.

We all smiled.

"Oh! Jennifer's here!" She squealed as she got distracted and waved to the fellow blonde girl who was now making her way too us.

Jennifer appeared with two unfamiliar people following closely beside her. One was a young man who I didn't recognize and another was…

A vampire!

Embry and I were on immediate high alert as the nasty vampire scent hit our nostrils.

Vampire. I heard Nessie's thought as she projected it into me.

My grip around Nessie tightened the closer the vampire got.

I felt my alpha wolf senses kicked in. What did this vampire want? Why did Jennifer bring her here? Who the hell was she?

"Evening ladies!" Jennifer spoke with such elegant flare. "Jacob…Vermin," She spat the last name as soon as she saw Embry.

Embry rolled his eyes at her. "Good to see you too, Stereotypical Barbie Being a bitter Betty won't make you prettier, by the way."

Jennifer sighed. "Man, oh, man, I envy everyone who hasn't met you."

"The feeling is mutual, blondie." Embry said with gritted teeth.

Jennifer snarled at him once more but ignored him and turned her attention back on the rest of us who were awkwardly looking between each other after their icy encounter.

"Happy birthday, Felicity!" She said enthusiastically as she went to hug her.

"Jennifer! Thank you so much for coming." She responded as they drifted apart from their embrace.

"'Course!" Jennifer spoke. "I brought my best friend with me. This is Ruby."

"Hey!" The vampire waved at all of us.

"Hey!" All the other girls greeted her back with jubilant cheer.

Ruby locked eyes with me and her grin fell to the ground as she evaluated me. She could tell I wasn't human.

She was intimidated.

Good.

She'd know I would rip her to shreds if she thought she could do anything.

I gave her a quick once-over. She was a bloodsucker all right but she wasn't that pale, pasty, white bloodsucker I'm used to seeing. She had dark, mocha skin with blood red eyes. A unique combo that's for sure.

Embry wasn't as subtle with his scrutiny. He was already growling at her presence.

"… And this is Léon, my half-brother visiting from college." She introduced the young man.

Brother?

Oh right!

Brother! Nessie mentioned Jennifer and Nahuel had a secret brother they recently found out about.

"You have another brother?" Alex probed with a perplexed, questionable frown.

"And a very cute one too," Felicity whispered as she giggled at the young boy.

Léon blushed slightly but winked at Felicity.

"It's a long story but my dad's been around a lot so he's got multiple baby mama's," Jennifer laughed.

"Ah ha," Alex nodded, understanding but seemingly not caring much to further the conversation.

My eyes could not move from the vampire and neither could she, although her eyes were more focused on Embry who was eyeballing her a lot more than I was.

Between the two of us, Embry didn't like strange vampires very much. He loved some of the Cullens and tolerated the rest and their allies.

He had a good relationship with Carlisle and Esme (it's hard to hate them honestly), Emmett and Bella but he tolerated being around the rest simply because they were family to Nessie –who he genuinely loved like a little sister.

But if it were up to him, he wouldn't be around them as much as Seth and I are.

I can't say I blame him, it's innately ingrained in our psyche and body to hate on vampires because our natural creature of habit beings knows they're meant to be our sworn enemies.

We have come a long way since then and we are able to distinguish between good vampires and bad vampires, but that hatred for vampires will never fully go away.

Not all vampires are like The Cullens. Some of them have ulterior motives, motives that will do more harm to the human world than good.

So you can never be too cautious.

So I get Embry's hesitance and resistance to just accept any vampire that comes into our lives.

Maybe this leech wasn't bad. She was Jennifer's friend and I think she's a good enough person and judge of character, right? I imagine she'd make friends with other decent vampires.

"Who are you?" The leech finally spoke as she acknowledged us after a long while of glaring at each other.

"Jacob," I responded.

Nessie looked up at me before inching closer into me and gripping tighter on my hand that was over her shoulders.

She was trying to keep me calm and collected.

"Nice to meet you, Jacob." Ruby said with a small smile.

I nodded my head, mustering up a small curve of the lip in return.

The least I could do is be polite to her and vice versa.

Then she shifted her gaze over to Embry.

Embry didn't seem eager to be cordial.

"Embry," He spoke quickly, stopping her from speaking to him first.

Ruby let out a very soft, elegant yet sultry chuckle as she took Jennifer's hand.

Jennifer was giving Embry the daggers after the frosty exchange.

"Well, we better get in line before it gets too full. We'll see you guys inside!" Jennifer smiled back at the rest of us before taking her little crew at the back of the line.

"WHEW! Thought that bitch would never leave," Embry remarked.

Rea slapped him across the chest.

"What?" Em shrugged. "We were all thinking it, right?"

"I don't know why you all hate her so much," Felicity said with a sad sigh. "She's my friend too! Why can't you all get along?"

"'Coz she's not a girls girl, Felicity! She's a mean girl! She literally hangs out with the mean girl Melissa who's made it her life mission to destroy you! You seem to forget that!" Alex pointed out.

"Jennifer's not like that," Felicity defended.

"The same Jennifer who's been trying to get with Nessie's boyfriend all year?" Alex mentioned.

"We don't hate her," Nessie quickly jumped in.

I looked down.

Is she actually defending her?

I thought she'd be the last person to do that.

Color me surprised!

"Fine! We don't hate her. We just strongly do not trust her!" Alex added.

Nessie sighed heavily although I don't think she completely disagreed with that assessment.

"You girls are ridiculous!" Felicity said. "But whatever! It's fine! You're entitled to your opinions. I'm just saying, give her a chance. She's not all that bad,"

"Even if she's friends with the worst person in the world?" Gina asked.

Felicity ignored her.

Sorry you have to deal with teenage drama tonight! I know you probably would rather do anything else. Nessie projected into my head as she looked up at me.

I shook my head and smiled. "It's fine. It's actually entertaining, " I whispered back to her.

It's also extremely childish and embarrassing I'm sure. She stated.

I chuckled as I planted my lips onto her head as I pulled her into me.

"Whad'up, guys!" Nessie's other friends made an appearance as they came into view.

Justin and Luke walked up to us and jumped into the open space we had saved for them.

"We're with them," Justin informed the people that were behind us as they edged past.

"Hey! Thanks for reserving a spot for us," Luke said as he hugged the girls.

"You're welcome!" Rea said with a bright smile as she looked up at him and gave him a kiss.

Apparently those two finally started dating a week or two ago. Nessie tells me they've been pining for each other for months apparently.

"You owe us $10 each!" Alex said.

"I thought you were doing it out of the goodness of your heart," Justin said with a pout to his sister.

"There's nothing good about my heart, Justin. You know this! I'm a cold hearted soul!" She said, satirical.

"That's for sure," He replied.

Alex mockingly mimicked him.

"Hi," Justin greeted the shy, awkward girl Gina who blushed in response.

"We saw you guys chatting to Jennifer just now. Who was that girl and guy she was with?" Luke asked as he wrapped an arm around Rea.

"Uh…That's Jennifer's brother and her friend." Nessie said.

"Are they… You know?" Luke asked, cocking any eyebrow to suggest what he was referring to.

"Yup," I answered for all of them.

I assumed almost everyone in the group knew about everything going on except for Gina who was new to their friend group so we've been playing human and keeping quiet about the supernatural when around her.

"I mean she's pretty hot though," Luke commented.

Rea punched him. "Ow!" He winced.

"Oh! We're up next!" Felicity squeaked, happily clapping her hands together as we reached the bouncer.

"ID please," The bouncer uttered.

Felicity eagerly flashed her card at the big man. Her fake ID said she was 21 years old instead of 18.

"It's my birthday today!" She shouted in a high pitched voice.

Although eighteen year olds were allowed into the club, they weren't allowed to drink alcohol when inside so Nessie and her friends all got fake, convincing IDs in order to be able to fully immerse themselves in the nightclub life.

"That's great…Next please," The bouncer said with a lack of interest.

Felicity frowned. "Okay, Mr. Grumpy Pants," She whispered mockingly as she walked in.

Nessie and I chuckled as we flashed our IDs and walked into the club hand in hand when we got the clear from the bouncer.

The club was buzzing with loud, vibrating music on massive booming speakers, with multi-luminous blue lights, strobe lights and indirect flashing lights and with hundreds of party goers dancing, hopping and jumping to the beat.

I looked back at Embry with raised eyebrows. He winked back in return.

"This place is so hip!" Felicity remarked with exuberant excitement.

"Let's get some drinks and hit the dancefloor!" Alex encouraged with an applause.

I watched as Alex took Nessie's hand and pulled her away from me along with the rest of their friends as they scurried over to the bar to order drinks.

"Looks like they're eager to get down and party," Justin laughed as he stood beside me.

"Hopefully not too much," I said in slight concern as I witnessed Nessie giggling at something Felicity said.

Embry gripped onto my shoulders. "C'mon, Jake! You worry too much! Live a little!"

I sighed. "Okay. Okay… Let's party!" I conceded.

Embry cheered. "Yeah! That's the spirit! Now let's get some shots."

… …

Jennifer

"She's almost here!" I squealed as I ran down the flight of stairs.

"Who is?" Nahuel asked me as I ran past him into the foyer.

"My friend Ruby! I told you she was coming over for the weekend." I reminded him as I adjusted the strap of my dark green cocktail dress.

Ruby was my longtime friend of over fifteen years. She was a vampire I met on New Year's Day 2000 on a trip I took with Maysun to New Orleans, Louisiana.

Maysun had a friend who came from a small coven of vampires that lived there. They invited us to a New Year's Eve jazz festival in 1999 and so I decided to join my sisters on the trip.

Ruby was a vampire who also worked as a jazz singer by trade at night. The vampire coven were a group of musically gifted individuals who loved to make music, whether it was singing, playing instruments or producing or writing music.

She joined the coven in the summer of 1994 after she left her old abusive coven she associated with before.

Ruby was turned in the 1960s during the civil rights movement riots by a racist vampire who physically assaulted her multiple times to the point of death before he attempted to drink her blood. He thought he'd drained her of her blood completely but didn't realize he left some of his venom in her system that ultimately led to her turning.

She was only nineteen.

Ruby's past traumatic experience affected her for years, so much so that during her newborn phase, she made it a point to only drink the blood of white southern men who reminded her of the vampire who tormented her that one dreadful night.

To this day, she feeds only on men who either want to hurt her or hurt other women who are like her. She fed only on the humans who bring harm, were disingenuous or who had cruel and disgusting intentions which is a dime a dozen these days.

Ruby also had a very cool ability. She had the talent of what she called "a siren song".

Her voice was hypnotic. When she sings to the object of her desires, it ignites a fire inside the person to either admit their innermost thoughts and feelings or to do exactly as their told; submitting to her and only her.

Her voice lures people in to do her every will, whether it was to fawn and praise her, worship the ground she walked on, kiss her, hug her, speak to her, be silent around her, do tasks for her, basically anything; they will do as soon as they hear her glorious, hypnotic voice.

Her powers have limits though.

Her siren song voice is irresistible to only men. She is only able to vocally command males (excluding young children) to do anything against their will.

She also says that it only works if she's focused on specific men in the room so she'd need to study a man's face in order to reach them.

Good thing is she's had decades of practice to perfect it so even when she's up on stage singing her heart out, she can cast her spell on every man in the room at will if she pleaded.

Ruby was every bit the person you'd expect a siren to be in real life. She was sultry, seductive, alluring and calculated. She knew what she wanted and how to get it and my god, she got exactly what she wanted.

She dressed elegantly, like she came straight out of the age of Diana Ross or Cher. She looked like she could have been a very famous music star from that era. She was very poised and classy but she still managed to be incredibly sexy as well. I don't know how she did it.

She was also incredibly intellectually adept. She was proficient with her words to get people to like and understand her even if she didn't like them in return.

She took to being a vampire so well. It was honestly so inspiring because despite surviving solely on a human blood-based diet like most vampires, she didn't once give into the bouts of bloodlust. She only drank blood when she wanted to, other than that she was able to interact with humans freely without the urge to rip their necks.

She was a consummate professional as her coven leader, Rufus, liked to point out about her.

Rufus was the occasional saxophonist and also the jazz bands producer. His wife, Celeste, was the band's manager who also ran the restaurant that they own and played jazz at most nights.

The couple sort of took in a group of young misfit vampires over the decades.

Excluding Ruby, there was Markus, Raquel and Natalia who were sort of siblings to Ruby. Markus played the piano/keyboard, organ, drums, guitar, and sometimes the saxophone. Raquel played the violin, piano, harmonica and acoustic guitar. Natalia was background vocals, bass guitar, clarinet and cello.

Ruby also played instruments but not all the time because people were there for her voice mostly.

Ruby, Raquel and Natalia were all gifted singers so sometimes they had joint performances. They called their singing trio The Sirenettes – a modern day version The Supremes or Ronettes– with Ruby being the lead songstress.

Ruby was also the youngest of her surrogate siblings (like I was before we found out about Léon so we had that in common). Markus was turned by a random vampire in the 1900s, Raquel was turned in the 1910s when she was walking home late from work whilst Natalia was turned by an abusive vampire boyfriend in the 1920s.

The patriarch, Rufus Johnson, was turned during the final years of the slave trade in 1862 in Kentucky. The slave owner's son got turned into a vampire and wreaked havoc among the people as a newborn.

Rufus and a few others were able to break free in the nick of time but one of his friends got bit and turned into a vampire which ultimately led to his own demise too.

Celeste had a less tragic backstory in comparison. Her eventual vampire future came from her love for Rufus who she fell in love with as a woman who had recently fled from a loveless marriage.

She met Rufus in New Orleans at a jazz festival in the year 1915 and their love for music was the basis for their love story.

Celeste knew Rufus was different but that didn't scare her off, in fact, she begged him to turn her to which he gladly agreed because he couldn't spend a life without her.

It was also incredibly difficult for him to not drink her blood when they were together so it made life easier for them both if she was a vampire.

Due to her becoming a vampire, she had to watch her biological children from her previous marriage grow up and begin their lives without her around.

She knew she had a whole lineage of descendants roaming around the country that she hasn't met but she didn't let the thought bother her too much. She preferred to live in the moment.

I loved the family. I frequently made visits to them whenever I could. They were like my second family.

"… Oh right, Ruby is coming! Wow! So many people will be under this roof. It's like a revolving door." He stated.

"I thought you liked Ruby?" I asked.

"I do like her fine, I'm just saying…There's gonna be a lot of people living in this house." He pointed out.

I rolled my eyes. "Don't be ridiculous! It's only for a weekend."

He smirked. "Why are you so dolled up?"

"Oh I'm going to a party tonight. It's Felicity's party. I'm taking Maysun, Ruby and Léon out to a music festival and then an after party at a club with a bunch of school friends." I said to my brother as I slipped my diamond earrings on.

He nodded. "Sounds like you'll have a blast,"

"You should come," I invited him as I tossed my curled trusses to the side to slip my other earring on.

He shook his head. "Nah, I'm good. Not in the mood to party with a bunch of humans tonight anyway, thanks though."

I rolled my eyes. "Gosh, you're so boring!" I remarked.

I grabbed my hair clip and drew a few locks up into a ponytail that I clipped into a semi-bun whilst I left the rest in coiled blonde curls down my back.

I glanced at myself in the hallway mirror. I looked good.

I wore a very short mini dark green and turquoise cocktail dress that had a solid bustier bodice and sweatheart neckline that showcased a lot of my cleavage, with a laced up backless strappy contraption that wove into two straps holding the front part together. It was very sexy.

I finished off the look with dramatic sparkly iridescent eye makeup and a bright pink lipstick. I also wore my favorite pair of platform high heeled stilettos.

The dress code was Y2K fashion era meets sophisticated sexiness: symbol of liberation to mark Felicity's 18th birthday which to her was a sign of freedom and liberation from societal constraints, which is why everyone was required to wear their "bad bitch" attire.

I heard Alex call it the night she "hoes down".

Felicity was also a massive fan of the early 2000s way of dressing with the crop tops, funky outfits, and bright colors. So we were also dressing accordingly.

"Jennifer, I actually think I'm going to sit this one out too." Maysun said as she waltzed into the room.

I glared at her. "What? Why?" I begged.

"I actually want to talk to our brother about a few things and you should probably go. It'll allow you and Léon to bond more alone together and you'll be spending most of your time with Ruby anyway."

"Ruby would wanna see you too though," I said to her.

"She'll see me when she gets here and in the weekend. Besides, she's more your friend than she's ever been mine. Celeste is my best friend, remember?" She stated.

I sighed. "Fine! Whatever! Have fun with Mr. Bore, here!" I replied, pointing to Nahuel.

"Hey! I don't appreciate you making fun of me, okay!?" He complained.

I chuckled as I took out my lip gloss and applied it on my bright pink lips to give it that glittery shine.

There was a soft knock on the door that immediately caused me to shoot up.

"She's here!" I quickly ran over to the door and hastily flung it open.

"Hey, girl, hey!" My eccentric friend greeted me with her seductive grin that permanently always stayed on her face.

"Ruby! Ah!" I went in to throw my arms around her in a tight, warm embrace. "I've missed you so much!" I expressed, kissing her cheek.

"Girl, I've missed you too! I haven't seen you for a year, sis! You don't visit?" Ruby jokingly accused with raised eyebrows.

"I'm sorry! Life has been so busy but I'm so glad you're here!" I said as I welcomed her in.

"I haven't been in California for a minute so it's good to be back with old friends. Nahuel!" She said as soon as she noticed him.

Nahuel smiled. "Hello, Ruby." He replied warmly as he went in for a hug.

"How have you been?" She asked, rubbing his arms as they pulled away.

"I've been doing okay. Glad to have family around to get through the days." He said, smiling at me.

He was so corny.

But sweet.

"That's good. You need family," Ruby replied as they broke apart. "Girl!" She shrieked as she saw Maysun. "Girl!"

Maysun giggled uncontrollably as she meandered over to us.

"My Ruby!" Maysun greeted as she went in for a hug as well. "How's Celeste?"

"Doing good. Doing good. She sends her love." Ruby stated.

Léon came into the view from the other room with a nervous smile.

"Oh! Rubs, I'd like you to meet someone. This is Léon. Our younger brother." I introduced as I laid my hand on his shoulder.

"Buenos dias," He waved to her.

She was shocked.

"Huh! You weren't kidding when you said you had a busy year." She scoffed.

I laughed. "Yeah, well, we found out about him a few weeks ago and so we've been showing him around California ever since. He's going to be with us tonight."

"Well then we should show him a good time! What are we doing waiting here for?" She said.

She was already dressed for a party. She wore an iridescent pink halter asymmetrical bandana/butterfly styled crop top that showed off her rich mocha skin and faux belly button ring, she wore some low rise baggy blue denim jeans with several pockets and some really gorgeous white converse boots. She was so beautiful she didn't need the over the top dramatic makeup we were all doing, her skin naturally glistened.

She had a 1920s vintage shimmering crystal-diamond, halo chain headpiece dangling around her head. She wore her hair in a raven colored soft, long, wavy weave.

The downside to being a never changing, immortal vampire was that you hair couldn't change so Ruby's natural hair was short.

But because she comes from a culture where there was no limit to the type of hair you can have, she's been able to switch up her hair styles over the many decades. One day it's braids, the next it's wigs, dreadlocks, weaves, you name it.

It also helped when it came to her disguises in public.

"Let's get this party started!" Ruby whooped.

I grinned brightly.

She didn't have to tell me twice!

We soon left the house after bringing in all of her belongings and hopped into her vehicle to where we drove to the festival at SoFi Stadium.

I was so happy today!

My best friend was in town!

I was hanging out with my little brother.

And I was going out to have fun with my friends.

Nothing could dampen my spirits or ruin this evening.

Or so I thought.

… …

Renesmee Cullen

My friends and I were in the nightclub for at least twenty minutes before the first person who got a little too tipsy started breaking down on the dance floor.

It was Luke of course.

He couldn't hold down his liquor. Bless him.

Alex was also letting loose. She's already downed 2 Old Fashioned Rye Whisky drinks, a Spicy Margarita, and 2 Negroni's.

I wouldn't be shocked if she eventually got wasted by the end of the night.

After the whole pregnancy fiasco and abortion debacle, I think this is what she needed to get her mind off of that if she was thinking about it.

I didn't know how she would have coped but she's been handling it better than I expected. I mean it has been two weeks so I can't say for sure, but she seems pretty happy and content with her decision.

The rest of the girls were also drinking and partying. The Birthday Girl Felicity was drinking a Manhattan and Spritz, Gina kept it light with a lemon Pimm's Cup, Rea drank her go to Vesper and Aviation drink whilst I drank a Mimosa, Mai Tai and a Cosmopolitan.

This was the first time I actually genuinely drank alcohol to this degree and honestly, I liked it. I liked it a lot.

And I was not ready to stop.

Keep them coming!

I wasn't yet drunk.

I wasn't even sure I could get drunk.

But I was determined to try tonight!

I've unleashed Fun Nessie! Goodbye Fuddy Duddy Nessie!

The guys drank more of the hard liquor. Justin and Luke drank a few rounds of Budweiser and Skyy vodka. Embry drank multiple rounds of Blood Mary whiskey shots, Hot Buttered Rum, Sazerac and Gin Rickey. He was on the verge of being wasted.

Jacob was surprisingly the one who didn't drink as much. He only had one drink and that was a gin and tonic.

I was currently on the dance floor with Alex and Felicity, grooving to Beyoncé's Crazy in Love remix club mix track.

"… Got me looking so crazy, my baby I'm not myself, lately I'm foolish, I don't do this I've been playing myself, baby, I don't care 'Cause your love's got the best of me

And, baby, you're making a fool of me

You got me sprung and I don't care who sees '

Cause, baby, you got me Baby, you got me (you got me so crazy, baby), hey…" Alex, Felicity and I sang along to the music as we grinded onto each other with drinks in our hands.

"I can't think of anyone better to spend my 18th birthday with than you girls!" Felicity exclaimed as she danced provocatively to the music.

I chuckled as I bobbed my head back and forth and ran my fingers through my hair as I took a swig of my martini glass.

"WOO!" Alex squealed as she got down low and shook her booty around.

I laughed uncontrollably at her and swayed my hips. I shot a glance back at Jacob who was looking on, bobbing his head and smiling at me as he talked to Embry whilst they stood by the bar.

I bit my lip as I ran my fingers through my hair in a sensual motion for him.

"You're cray-cray!" He mouthed at me with an amused grin.

I rolled my eyes as I continued to dance sensually and grabbed Alex by the waist and began moving both our hips to the side.

Jake shook his head in return and sighed before diverting his focus back onto Embry.

"Is there something going on between you two? You and Jake?" Felicity asked.

I looked over to her. "What do you mean?"

"You're not all over each other as much today and you seem to be sharing frosty glances at each other." She pointed out.

"We're fine," I stated with a sigh.

But I think the irritation in my voice gave off the opposite impression.

"You sure?" Felicity asked.

"Yes, Felicity!" I shouted.

"Leave the girl alone! Let's not think about boyfriends, that includes fiancé's!" Alex stated.

"You still haven't told us about your boyfriend, Alex!" Felicity proved.

I widened my eyes as I darted my eyes to Alex.

"There's nothing to tell!" She responded. "I told you, I don't have one."

"Mhmm! Sure!" Felicity mused but dropped the subject quickly.

I found my eyes scanning the room suddenly and landing on Jennifer chatting to her friend and brother at one of those lounge-booth areas.

"The girl Jennifer brought with her… She's a vampire." I informed the girls.

Felicity widened her eyes. "She's a what?"

I nodded.

"So, just be careful interacting with her." Alex stated.

"Does she know about you?" Felicity asked.

I shrugged. "I don't know, I don't think so. Maybe,"

Would Jennifer tell her vampire friend about me? Another hybrid? Who she doesn't particularly like?

Jennifer, dressed in a really gorgeous dark green ensemble, and her stunning friend Ruby stood up and began making their way to the bar to get drinks whilst Léon sat with a girl who he struck up a flirtatious conversation with.

Although, Jennifer seemed to enjoy a few drinks it didn't look like Ruby was having any. It probably had to do with the fact that alcohol did nothing for a vampire's system.

Jennifer ordered a Pina Colada off the second bar counter and as she took a sip, her eyes locked with mine briefly.

I hid my gaze away from her and reverted my focus back onto the girls.

"I'm going to grab another drink," I whispered into Alex's ear.

She nodded back and then went back to dancing with Felicity as a new club dance song came on.

I meandered my way to where Jake and Embry stood at the bar, with a slight buzz in my head.

Whoa!

I didn't think alcohol would have that effect on me. That's good to know. Now I can get more drinks in my system.

"Hi!" I said enthusiastically as I reached Jacob.

He frowned as he looked me up and down. "Are you good, babe? You look a little dizzy."

I rolled my eyes. "I'm fine, Jake! You worry too much!" I giggled as I patted his chest lightly before I took a seat on the bar stool next to him.

I lifted my hand in the air to call the bartender.

"Yes," The young bartender came to me in a jiffy.

"Can I have your strongest Tequila shot, please?!" I mentioned.

Embry chuckled. "Oh yeah! That's what I like to hear!" He applauded.

Jake was less than enthused though.

"Ness, maybe you should slow down on the liquor." He warned me.

I glared at him with daggered, blazed eyes. "Why?" I groaned at him.

"Don't you think you're drinking too much?"

Me? Drinking too much? Why would he think that? I felt fine! I was totally fine.

"I'm fine! I'm not drinking too much! I'm not drunk! Okay!? You don't have to parent me." I grumbled.

He sighed. "Look, you're pissed at me still, I get that but there's a much better outlet than this. Talking. We should talk about this. And we should talk about your mom. I know you're still hurt by what happened between you two–"

That set me off.

"I don't wanna talk about Bella!" I seethe at him. "And I don't wanna talk about us or whatever is going on between us – which is nothing! I just came here to party and that's what I'm doing! You should too!"

He pressed his lips in a thin line as he shoved his hand in his pocket and stared me down in what looked like a very authoritative glance, as if he was trying to intimidate me into doing what he said.

That may work on the pack but it won't work on me, buddy!

"Nessie, you're not making this easy." He expressed.

I laughed. "Making what easy, Jake? All I want to do is have a good time and you're killing my buzz,"

The bartender brought the shot of tequila I asked and I immediately chugged it down.

Holy cow! It burned!

I shut my eyes and shook my head as the alcohol had my head spinning and whirling.

"That's good," I exhaled with bated breath. "Em, what's the strongest drink you know?"

"Uh… Golden Grain 190?" Embry responded, unsure of himself as he looked back at me then back at a grumpy Jake.

Boohoo!

"Hit me with the Golden Grain!" I asked the bartender. "Please?" I added with batted eyes.

"You're being irrational and immature, Ness." Jake said, knowing the word would immediately enrage me even further.

He was trying to push my buttons because I wasn't giving him the satisfaction of getting what he wanted out of me.

Who's the immature one now?

I scoffed. "Whatever, Jake." I ignored him.

The bartender brought the bottle of whiskey and poured it into the glass of cranberry juice before mixing it together and handing it to me.

I grinned back. "Thank you," I expressed before taking a long sip of the drink.

Wowzas! That was definitely strong! And for my first full experience drinking, I didn't expect that kind of bitter taste, even with the diluted cranberry juice attempting to add some sweetness to it.

But I didn't mind it.

I chugged the rest of the drink down my throat which earned a whistle from Embry.

"Jeez, Ness! Do you know how wasted you're gonna get after that?" He warned.

I shrugged my shoulders as I popped a cranberry in my mouth.

"You can tuck me in bed tonight if I get too tipsy then! It's not like you'd wanna do anything else tonight, right?" I responded.

"Is that what this is about? Earlier? You're still mad that I didn't wanna have sexy time when I was working?" He accused.

I rolled my eyes. "No – Can you just let me have fun? You're being a helicopter boyfriend right now!"

Jake looked ablaze, not at me though as he doesn't ever get angry with me – figures – but more so at the situation and what Embry said. He was terrified of the possibility of me being drunk.

"Nessie…" Jake murmured as his hand grasped onto my arm.

I quickly swerved him away from me.

"What is it?" I asked.

"We're leaving," He informed me.

I giggled. "What are you…My dad?"

He growled. "This isn't like you!"

"What is "like me" pray tell, Jacob Black? I'm still discovering myself and maybe I realized I do enjoy a little drink or two. You drink too? What's the difference you and me?" I said, looking up at him.

He didn't respond.

"I'm gonna go," Embry excused himself and disappeared from the scene.

"The difference is, I'm not being reckless about it." He said.

"Omigosh, I literally only had three, maybe four drinks! Alex is down on the dancefloor drunk off her ass, so is Felicity and so is everyone else in this room! That's what a nightclub is for! People came to party!"

"Let's go. Now!" He ordered as he set his glass on the counter and went for his keys.

"No, Jake! I'm not your property, okay? God, give me some room to breathe!" I chuckled non-humorously. "Who the hell do you think you are to tell me what I can and can't do!"

"You're my fiancée! You're my future wife!"

"That doesn't mean I have to do what you say. Is that what you think a marriage is, Jacob?"

"No. Of course not!" He stated with a slightly raised tone but he wasn't shouting.

Sometimes I wish he'd shout.

"Maybe you should've just stayed home," I told him.

"Maybe I should've." He said with a sigh.

I don't know why but it broke me to hear him say that. He sounded so defeated and I almost instantly regretted everything I had just said.

It was physically impossible to stay mad at him, even when I really wanted to be.

His effect on me had no bounds. I was intrinsically tied to him in a way that no outside forces could permanently break. Even when w had our arguments, not once could we stay mad at each other.

And it was honestly the most frustrating thing ever because I wanted to be mad at him.

I wanted to be petty and bitter about his prior relationship with my mother.

I wanted to hold him accountable for keeping that part of his life hidden from me for all these years.

I wanted to be angry…

Yet…

I couldn't.

I wasn't angry at all.

I'm just pretending to be in public but deep down, all I wanted to do was kiss him, hug him and laugh with him.

And that in itself lies the problem.

The imprint clouded my judgment. It clouded my feelings, or what should be my feelings.

So now I'm just relying on a façade that wasn't a reflection of my real emotions.

I couldn't face him any longer, or else I would break my character and succumb to his mesmerizing brown eyes that I ached to get lost into.

Those sad, dewy, soulful dark brown eyes.

"Excuse me," I announced, dropping my eyes away from him and hopping off the stool.

I spun around and headed for the restroom, fighting off the urge to turn back and run back into Jacob's arms as if nothing happened.

I waltzed into the nightclub restroom, catching a couple making out in one of the stalls.

I shook my head as I walked straight to the sink and rested both my hands on either side as I stared into the smudged mirror.

I could feel tears welling up in my eyes.

Dammit!

I did not want to cry right now!

I've had enough crying for one day.

I dug into my purse to pull out my Kleenex tissues and blew my nose and wiped away some of the tears.

"Rough night?" A girl came out of one of the stalls and washed her hands by the sink beside me.

I glanced over to her.

The girl was beautiful.

She had a rich, unique accent that sounded like a mixture of English and Central American. She was slightly voluptuously curvy, very similar to Jennifer Lopez in stature. She had glistening and clear honey brown skin that complemented her cognac brown eyes, with dark chestnut brown corkscrew curls.

"Hmm?" I hummed.

"Rough night?" She repeated.

I sighed. "Uh yeah… I just got into a fight with my boyfriend–my fiancé."

The girl mumbled as she washed her hands. "Sorry to hear that." She expressed sincerely.

I shrugged. "It's fine. We'll get over it and move past it."

I wasn't sure if we would though but at least I was being optimistic.

"Congratulations on your engagement by the way!" She said to me with a sweet, earthy smile.

I grinned back. "Thanks! It's been over a month and I still can't believe it," I chuckled as I glanced back down at my ring.

She smiled back as she dried her hands with the hand drying machine. "The name's Sierra," She introduced as she extended her hand.

I gladly gave it a shake. "Nessie," I responded.

"It was nice to meet you, Nessie. Would've been nicer to have met under more sanitary circumstances," Sierra stated.

I snickered back.

She dug into her purse and pulled a bottle of pink pills and handed me two.

"What's this?" I asked.

"Pepto Bismol. It'll help with the hangover you'll have," She giggled.

I offered her a sincere smile. "Wow! Thank you so much. I'm gonna need it," I laughed.

She chuckled back as she warmly gave me a hug.

"Gosh! You are so nice! And I can't believe I'm saying this in a club restroom!" I expressed.

"It's never an inappropriate time to spread kindness," She said.

"Such a lovely sentiment, thank you so much, Sierra. You've cheered me up!" I told her.

She smiled back.

As if on cue, we heard the loud and disgusting sounds of moans coming from the stall with the couple who have now progressed from making out to doing other pursuits.

I mentally gagged at the images that flooded my brain.

"Well, I better get going then!" Sierra mentioned awkwardly as she looked petrified.

I giggled. "Right behind you," I said as we both scuttled off out of the restroom.

… …

Embry Call

I left the two bickering future newlyweds to their devices – I needed to get out of there before they chewed each other's heads off – and made my way to the other bar across the room to get myself something to nibble on.

I was already buzzed from the ten some drinks I already had in my system.

But I could definitely hold down a lot more.

"Heyo!" I whistled as I drummed the granite bar counter to grab the attention of the smoking hot bartender.

She spun around to acknowledge me with a sexy smile.

"Evening, tiger. What can I get for you?" She asked as tossed her cloth over her shoulder and leaned against the mixing table.

I gnawed my bottom lip as I used the triangle method on her.

What is the triangle method you say?

Well sit down my young minds as I teach you the greatest seducing tool known to man.

This art of seduction goes as follows.

Step 1: Look directly into the eyes of the person you want to seduce.

Step 2: Move your gaze into their left eye and then their right eye.

Step 3: Look down at their lips. Then you move your gaze to their right eye then back to their left eye therefore creating…The Triangle Method.

The left, right, lips effect is the triangle method.

Maintaining this intense eye contact drives the girls crazy because they suddenly believe you're seeing into their soul when in fact you're just sending a subtle message that you really wanna be sexually involved with them.

This flirting technique is a foolproof way to make someone fall for you. It may facilitate eye contact, a demonstration of interest, and motivates a lean-in for a kiss.

"May I have a Greyhound cocktail, foxy face?" I asked in a suggestive tone.

"A Greyhound? Come on, I wouldn't have pegged you as the boring cocktail type?" She teased.

I clocked an eyebrow. "So you've been eyeballing me all night haven't you?"

"Maybe," She said with a shrug. "You look more like a Sazerac kinda guy,"

"Interesting," I mused as I rested my chin against my knuckles. "What else do you know about me?"

"That you're clearly a charmer boy," She said.

"Is it working? Are you charmed?" I teased, looking her up and down

She blushed and sheepishly giggled as she shied away from my gaze.

"I don't know, you tell me. Does it look like it's working?"

I bit my lip. "Hell yeah,"

She giggled. "So, what is it gonna be, Mister?"

"Hit me with a Godfather. I'm living on the edge right now. You've certainly made my night," I remarked.

She laughed. "A Godfather whiskey, coming right up!"

I watched her walk away, giving me a clear view of her ass.

Oh yeah, I would be tapping that tonight. For sure.

"May I have another Espresso Martini, please?" I heard a voice call a couple of seats next to me.

I looked over to see none other than Stereotypical Barbie aka Jennifer ordering a drink with her bloodsucking leech of a friend, Ruby I think it was.

I freaking hate leeches.

Sure, The Cullens were okay. They were good people, whatever but I still didn't want to be chummy with the rest of the vampires. That wouldn't be as fun as ripping them to shreds.

Jennifer glanced my way briefly, rolling her eyes and mumbling when she noticed me and then moved her eyes over to her friend –most likely talking shit about me.

I smirked.

Good.

I like that I have that effect on her.

Maybe I could rile her up some more?

I made my way over to their side.

Jennifer sensed my presence. "Great! Here comes the asshole," She whispered to her friend.

Ruby eyed me carefully as I made my appearance towards them.

"Evening, ladies!" I greeted with faux adulation.

"What do you want, vermin?" Blondie spat, tipsily.

"Did your mother never tell you it's rude to call people names?" I teased.

"You're a jokester," Ruby acknowledged me for the first time.

I looked at her. "And you're a bloodsucker,"

"Ah! Look who's calling who names now?"

I growled at her.

"I never formally introduced myself. The name is Ruby Johnson. And you must be the infamous Embry?" She introduced.

I didn't reply.

Although I did find it interesting that Jennifer seemed to talk about me to other people when I wasn't around.

"Jennie tells me you're a dog. You smell like one so the description definitely checks out," Ruby said.

Jennifer giggled underneath her breath as she took a sip of her drink.

Her words didn't bother me. Bring it on!

"Your kind don't smell particularly appetizing either," I fired back with a smirk.

" My kind? You have prejudice against people like me, I see." Ruby pointed out.

I realized she might have took offense for another reason, not because she was a vampire.

Shit.

Shit.

Shit.

"Oh…No, I didn't mean it like that. I'm not racist or anything – Shit. I'm sorry –" I quickly apologized.

No vampire could have me squirming like this!

Who the fuck was this lady?

She stared up at me with her intense siren like eyes and laughed in a whimsical, melodic way that was captivating to listen to, oddly enough.

"I'm just messing with you, boy." She laughed as she tapped my arm.

Her ice cold hand against my arm felt foreign and wrong but I didn't show it in order not to offend her any further.

Now I cared about her feelings? What the flying dingo is going on with me?

"Okay. Is that all? Can you go now?" Jennifer snarled.

I glanced down at her, immediately noticing her irritated facial contortions.

"I push your buttons, don't I?" I teased.

"That would require me to actually care about you for you to be able to push my buttons," She stated smartly.

"Nah, I irk you. I wind you up. I rile you up. I leave you peeved every day you wake up." I aggravated.

"You have an over inflated view of yourself, don't you?"

I smirked. "I have a question… Did you develop your personality in car crash? Or have you always been this bitchy?"

Jennifer looked over to her friend. "You see what I'm talking about? He's an idiot!"

"So, you talk about me?" I probed with piqued interest.

"God… Out of all the sperm to win the race…" She remarked, shaking her head in disappointment. "Imagine how many crises would have been averted if your parents bothered to use protection?"

I laughed. She was a smart-ass with a feisty and witty spirit I'll give her that.

But I was smarter.

"And your birth control of choice appears to be your personality." I fired.

Ruby widened her eyes as she tried hard to stifle her chuckles.

Jennifer glared at me with daggers.

"Ohh! Did I hit a nerve?" I mockingly pouted at her.

"I will not have a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent." She replied to me.

I guffawed. "Do you underestimate me?"

"It's impossible to underestimate you!" She kidded with a snarky tone.

"Thanks," I chuckled.

"That's not a complement, genius!" She laughed. "I'd say you're dumb as a rock, but at least rocks are useful."

"There's a lot of things about me that's like a rock, dumb isn't one of the baby." I said with a wink.

She gagged. "You're insane! You're so full of it! Do you ever think before you talk? Do you ever realize what you say is actually just a pile of shit? Do you ever get tired of being a dirtbag?" She accused.

"Please, tell me more! I love it when you speak down to me. It fires me up and energizes me!" I expressed, encouraging her to continue.

"You're such an idiot! A narcissistic, egotistical, daft, stupid ass idiot!" She provoked.

"Oh! That's supposed to hurt me but your insults just aren't that good to cut me deep. Try again, please!" I begged as I clasped my hands together playfully.

"I'm not insulting you. I'm describing you." She ribbed.

Ruby was so amused at our exchange that she simply decided to sit back and watch us go back and forth with each other in quiet silence and bemusement.

"It's not nice to call people idiots, young lady!" I mockingly scolded her, using my finger to wag in front of her face as if she were a child.

She scoffed. "Don't be ashamed of who you are. That's your parents' job." She roasted.

"You're such a ray of sunshine, aren't you?" I remarked. "Has she always been such a stuck-up, bitter chick all her life?" I asked her friend.

Ruby snickered. "I have no game in this fight," She raised her hands and kept quiet.

I laughed as I turned back to Jennifer, staring into her eyes then down to her lips then back again to her left eye then finally over to her right one.

"Must be rough being the least likeable girl in the school and at home. The only thing you're good for is bringing joy to every room you exit because nobody likes you,"

I apparently hit a nerve because I could see her gulping in as if to drown down the lump growing in her throat.

"I thought we agreed to stay the hell away from each other?" She mentioned, now in a serious tone.

Oh? Did she concede? No smart-ass comeback now?

"File a restraining order," I teased. "But you'd miss me too much,"

She sighed, rolling her eyes as she scrunched up her nose and tossed her hair to the side.

The she brought her drink to her mouth and drank the rest of it before setting it on the counter.

"I'm going to restroom," She announced as she walked past me, not without slamming into my shoulder.

I chuckled as I smelt the lingering presence of her orchid and jasmine scent hit the air and float into my nostrils.

I followed her gait –wearing her cute little short dark green dress that left so much to be desired – as she sauntered through the crowd of intoxicated people and disappearing into the restroom soon after.

My smile fell as I realized I probably took it a little too far with her this time.

I exhaled a heavy breath as I took a seat on the bar stool beside her friend.

"Wow." Ruby remarked. "You're an asshole, you do know that right?"

I sighed. "Yeah, I know." I said, drinking my glass of whiskey.

"You like her." Ruby spoke, bluntly.

I flared up, glaring down at her.

"What?" I voiced. "T-That is ridiculous… I do not like her. Maybe I like pissing her off, sure."

She wasn't buying it.

"Bullshit," The vampire stated as she took my drink from my grasp and took a sip of it.

I furrowed my eyebrows.

"I thought bloodsuckers don't drink alcohol?" I pointed out.

"Could you stop calling me that?" She warned.

I nodded. "Sorry,"

She exhaled. "It's pretty obvious she likes you too." She continued, handing me my drink back.

I chuckled. "Been there. Tried that. Trust me, she's doesn't. She hates my guts. I suppose the feeling is mutual."

Ruby punched my arm. "You can't sit there and lie to me, Embry. I know my best friend, more than you do. She freaking has hots for you and it's pretty obvious you two have pent up sexual aggression for each other that need to be resolved one way or another, so either you go for it or you'll continue to go through this back and forth dance that will get you guys nowhere and further and further away from getting laid."

I looked at her, blinking slightly as I stared into her crimson red eyes which would normally get me on edge.

Yet…I was comfortable around her.

That was so weird.

"For the record, I am not normally this close to vampires that aren't family," I pointed out.

Her whimsical, melodic giggle sounded like harmonious wind chimes in my ear, but this time it wasn't just a beautiful melody, it was a siren, an alarmingly sexual, seducing and alluring chuckle that automatically drew me to her, to be near her, to please her, to do what she said.

"Maybe we should all go home together." She began singing sultrily as she rested her hand on my thigh and leaned into my ear.

"What do you say?" She sang softly into my ear, her cold breath against my skin sending shivers down my spine.

"Maybe we should go back to my place," I found myself reciting in a robotic tone.

She grinned. "Perfect," She sang.

Her voice was so intoxicating and hypnotic that I felt I was lost in a trance.

Until a loud ring and vibration in my pocket pulled me out of it.

I shook my head and cleared my throat as I looked back at Ruby who was smirking at me suggestively.

I frowned as I dug into my pocket to see Jake calling me.

I answered.

"Uh… What's up?" I asked tipsily.

"We're heading out. Nessie's drunk, and so are all the girls so I'm taking them all back home. You coming?" He asked.

I glanced at the time on my phone.

22:18pm.

I deliberated for a second but regardless, I was compelled to do something else.

"I'll just hang back here, dude. I've still got some party left in me! Don't wait up for me. You go!" I told him, looking back at Ruby who giggled with that familiar musical tone.

"Okay. Whatever dude! Enjoy the lay," He said before hanging up the call.

Jennifer returned from her trip to the restroom and was annoyed to find out I was still there.

"Ruby, I'm ready to go." Jennifer expressed, her head clearly buzzing from all the alcohol she drank tonight.

"We should order a few more drinks for the road, what do you think?" Ruby said before ordering us a few more drinks.

"I'm not drinking with him," Jennifer said, spitting my name out like it was poison.

"Come on, please! Do it for me!" Ruby pleaded, pulling her friend in.

Jennifer sighed, glaring at me. "Don't look at me. Don't talk to me."

I obliged with a nod.

We enjoyed a few more rounds of drinks together, ruby acting as the mediator between Jennifer and I.

After we had more alcohol in our system, I noticed Jennifer beginning to loosen up from that stiff chip on her shoulder which in turn allowed me to be relax in her presence.

She was actually fun.

And not the boring, sad sack I had pegged her out to be.

"Whaddaya meeean…Did I just say, Whaddaya?" Jennifer laughed uncontrollably as she collapsed onto Ruby's shoulder, convulsing in laughter.

"Girl, you are drunk right off your ass!"

After taking a sip of my drink, I realized what the joke was.

"Whaddaya! I get it now!" I cackled in hysterics as I dropped my head and punched the bar counter, laughing just as hard.

"Okay! Looks like you two have had enough drinks for the night. Let's get you a nightcap and get you home!" Ruby expressed.

After ordering one last nightcap drink for us, the sober vampire – I don't think vampires got drunk – took us out of the club and shoved us into the backseat of her car.

Jennifer and I were sitting in the back in pure hysterics, making stupid ass jokes with each other.

"Where do you live, pretty boy?" Ruby asked me, looking back at me from the rearview mirror.

"122th Oakridge Avenue, near 14h Gregory Street, Downtown." I answered. "Shit! I'm surprised I remembered that!"

Jennifer laughed loudly as she slapped my chest and tossed her head back against my shoulder as she clutched her chest.

I chuckled as I looked down at her, noticing the outline of her protruding cleavage poking out of her chest.

I licked my lips.

Jennifer noticed our awfully, incredibly close proximity with each other and decided to sit back up in an upright position.

Her eyes looked down before moving back up to look at me staring deep into my eyes in an intense lock.

Her eyes traveled down to my lips whilst I kept my gaze squarely locked on her face. She then moved her eyes from my lips to my left eye and then to my right eye before falling back into place.

Holy shit!

Did she just pull the triangle method on me or am I too drunk?

I blinked my eyes multiple times.

"I still can't get over you screaming 'Bob's your uncle!' when you took a stumble out of the club!" Jennifer's infectious laugh intensified.

I rolled my eyes. "Fine! Laugh at me!"

"Because it's funny and random! You're random!" She teased with soft giggles as she poked my nose. "Bloop!"

I smiled.

God she was so adorable!

"Is this it?" Ruby asked as she gestured to the apartment building up ahead.

"Yeah! Make a sharp turn to the right after the traffic light." I told her.

Ruby took a right turn and drove into the parking lot. She parked her car in one of the visitors parking spot.

"Thank you for the ride," I said to Ruby, still heavily intoxicated.

She turned her head around and flashed the familiar sultry and sensual grin.

"You're welcome," She expressed. "You're gonna invite us in?" She whispered in a soft, musical jingle

This reignited a memory of a feeling I felt back in the nightclub.

I was immediately hooked in. I was lured in by her hypnotizing voice.

"Do you perhaps wanna come up to my apartment?" I suggested, almost as an obligation but also as a hope.

Jennifer raised her eyebrows and her breath hitched.

"Um…No thanks," She said.

"Sure! Why not?" Ruby said with a smirk.

Jennifer glared at her and moved close to her.

"What?"

Ruby turned to her friend. "C'mon, Jen. The night is still young. We're here anyway. What's spending an hour with him?"

Jennifer sighed as she looked back at me.

I gave her a reassuring smile but I could tell she was uncomfortable.

I wanted to tell her that she didn't have to do it. That if she was uncomfortable she could say no and I would understand.

But… I physically couldn't get the words out of my mouth.

"What time is it?" She asked, her speech slightly slurred.

Ruby answered. "11:46pm" She responded.

Jennifer contemplated for a few more moments until she finally gave in.

"Fine," She responded as she unclipped her seatbelt and hopped out of the car.

All three of us entered the apartment building and took the elevator to my floor.

As we walked down the hallway, I could hear Jennifer whispering something to Ruby that I couldn't quite catch but I was sure it had something to do with me.

"You live with any roommates, Embry?" Ruby asked.

I looked back at her. "Yeah. I share an apartment with my friend and colleague, Mike who's out of town for the weekend."

Mike was visiting Leah and meeting Sue for the first time in Forks for the weekend.

"… But across the hall from our apartment stays my lifelong best friend Jake and our friend Seth. You met Jake tonight at the club." I said.

"He's engaged to another hybrid." Jennifer added.

Ruby nodded. "He's also a dog, right?"

Jennifer giggled as she locked her arms around Ruby's arm.

I slipped my keys out of my back pocket and fumbled over them as I reached the door.

"He's a shapeshifter, yes. He's actually our alpha." I responded.

"An alpha? Huh." Ruby hummed. "And what would that make you? The beta?"

I shrugged. "You could say that," I said, smirking back at them as I opened the door and flung it open.

I motioned for the girls to walk in first.

"After you," I spoke.

"Thank you, boo," Ruby flirtatiously gently tapped on my arm as she whiffed past me with Jennie holding onto her.

"What a surprisingly sweet pad," Ruby pointed out.

"Did you think there'd be old pizza boxes and underwear lying around?" I chuckled as I shrugged my jacket off and hung it on the rack.

"Yes," Jennifer stated with a soft giggle as she glanced back at me.

I grinned at her slightly to which she returned it with a small grimace as she moved her head away from me.

I pressed my lips together as I haphazardly almost toppled over a barbell drunkenly.

Dammit! I thought I told Mike to move that thing when he was done using it.

"You can take a seat on the couch," I motioned. "Would you like something to drink? I don't have blood though,"

Ruby giggled. "No, I'm good. Jen?"

"A glass of water would be great," She groaned as she drunkenly collapsed onto the couch with her friend and held her head. "God I'm so drunk,"

"Need that water to nurse you back to reality?" Ruby teased.

Jennifer hummed. "Mhmm," She replied as she rubbed her temples.

I stumbled in the kitchen with inebriated clumsiness.

"Dammit!" I groaned which awakened a maudlin cackle from Jennifer's lips

"Maybe I should get the water," Ruby stood up and came into the kitchen. "You…Go sit!"

"B-B-But… The glasses. Shelves. Cabinet." I said, using one word sentences as I woozily wobbled to the couch.

I fell right into one of my one man couches facing Jennifer who had her head arched back against the soft cushion in a semi-fetal position.

"You better not throw up on my couch," I fuddled between words.

"Piss off," She murmured, dazed.

I snickered under my breath as I rested my head against the top of my couch and closed my eyes for a second.

"Here you go!" Ruby's musical tone pulled me out immediately.

I shot my head to see her carrying two glasses of water and handing me one.

"Thanks," I unsteadily took a sip of the cold water and chugged it down.

"Right! So what you guys wanna do?" I asked. "We could watch a movie?"

Jennifer nodded in agreement. "A movie would be good."

Ruby thought for a second. "Hmm. I don't know. I was thinking maybe we could play a game."

"What kind of game?"

"Have you guys played strip poker?" Ruby asked.

I gulped.

"Strip poker?" I slurred nervously.

"H-How does this game work? What is it?" Jennifer probed with similar apprehension.

"It's a game of poker that requires you to strip down when you lose," I replied.

Her eyes bulged in shock.

"Um…"

"You strip every time you lose a hand. This is the simplest—and fastest—way to play. Simply deal out cards and play out a hand of poker with no betting." Ruby further explained. "It's gonna be fun,"

"I don't know, Ruby." Jennifer expressed.

"Let's do it!" I clapped my hands together and immediately shot up my couch to grab my deck of cards from the living room box.

"Okay but when does it stop? We don't have to remove every piece of clothing do we? We don't have to get completely naked, right?" Jennifer quizzed.

I looked back at her. "Just try not to lose the game then you won't need to be," I winked at her.

She rolled her eyes at me. "Fine! Whatever! Let's play."

"Only if you're comfortable though," Ruby expressed to her friend.

Jennifer shrugged. "I'll do it."

Ruby cheered.

For the next twenty minutes, we played at least three rounds of strip poker which lead to us removing several articles of clothing from our bodies.

I was already down to just my shirt and jeans. I was pretty good at the game.

The girls however…

Well let's just say I got a pretty neat sight before me.

Ruby was down to just her underwear – a cream tube bra and underwear set.

Jennifer however, goodness gracious, she dressed in her a very sexy longline lacy, black pushup bra that accentuated her full breasts. The lace bra was sheer and featured a lace top lined with an opaque backing fabric. The extended bra went down her stomach, ending a few inches above her belly button and it hooked together in the center, allowing her back to be exposed.

It was goddamn sexy on her. She paired it with matching black lacy panties that drove my mind absolutely insane.

The way the black colored bra set contrasted against her creamy skin made my insides burn for her.

I could tell she was wearing a lingerie set. I wouldn't be surprised if she was hoping to get lucky with a potential suitor tonight at the club by the way she was dressed.

No wonder she was reluctant to play the game.

She didn't want me to be the one to see her sexy lingerie.

"You lose!" Jennifer exclaimed. "Ha!"

I didn't know we were still playing when I lost my hand until I realized I was distracted.

Darn it!

"I guess I should take off my shirt," I sighed as I stood up and began unbuttoning my weed printed shirt.

Ruby wolf whistled and howled as she applauded.

I playfully began moving my hips like a stripper until I reached the end of my shirt before provocatively flipping it open, revealing my killer abs at the girls.

Ruby cheered even louder. "Take it off! Yas!"

I shrugged off my shirt and began twirling it in the air as I rotated my body around as if I was doing a one-man Magic Mike show.

"You were hiding all of that underneath your clothes? Sir, you are fine as hell!" Ruby complimented.

"Why, thank you! So are you," I winked at her.

I caught Jennifer attempting to not pay attention to me but I could see her sneaking a glimpse at me to admire my physique –even if she didn't want to admit it to herself. I knew she was checking me out.

"Okay! Okay! Let's continue playing!" Jennifer sighed as she grabbed her cards.

I chuckled as I tossed my shirt over the arm and lifted my cards from the coffee table.

"Nice tattoos, by the way." Ruby observed.

Jennifer looked up.

"Oh!" I commented as I glanced down at my tattoos. "I recently got these things a few weeks ago. This arm tattoo of two bands for my mom and I got the large back tribal tattoo for back home,"

"You're Native American? That makes sense." Ruby spoke.

I nodded. "Quileute,"

"I think it's sweet you got a tattoo for your mom," Jennifer expressed with a slight blush as she hid away from my gaze.

I smiled back as I studied her for a brief second. The way she batted her eyes and curled her bottom lip whenever she was nervous. These were just the little ticks I observed about her ever since we first met.

We played one more round which had us all left in our underwear.

When Ruby lost her hand, it required her to strip down in the nude.

"You don't have to do it," Jennifer informed her friend.

Ruby waved her off. "It's okay, babe. It's only fair. It's the rules of the game," She said with a smirk as she eyed me carefully with a distinct seductive glint in her eye.

And then she unclasped her tube bra –letting her breasts out – and slipped it off before tossing onto the growing pile of clothes we had stationed on the ground.

I had never seen a vampire naked before.

They're not completely different from humans, only that their skin looked hard as stone and cold as subzero ice. But all in all, I was pleasantly surprised at the sight before me.

Let's just say, I felt an unusual, conflicting and confusing boner bulging inside my white briefs right now.

And I was pretty sure it was noticeable to everyone in the room.

"Um…" I decided to sit on the couch with one foot hidden underneath my other leg to attempt to nurse and conceal my throbbing boner.

I caught Jennifer's eyes on my package at the corner of my eye.

She blushed and shied away as soon as she realized I caught her looking.

I got her!

I gnawed my bottom lip as my eyes lingered on her face for a bit before slowly traveling down to her chest, her captivating cleavage still peaking out of her lacy, lingerie bra.

Oh how I wished I got my hands on those tits.

"I think we should play one last round." Ruby said, looking between the two of us.

"I don't know about that," Jennifer dismissed, tipsily.

Although her heart wasn't in her refusal by the way she spoke.

"No. It's only fair that we all go nude, don't you think?" Ruby teased as she rested her hand on Jennifer's bare thigh and began stroking it up and down.

Fuck.

As if my boxer briefs couldn't get any tighter…

"What do you think, Embry? " Ruby began singing in the familiar tune I heard back at the club.

Jennifer glared at her. "What are you doing?" She demanded from her friend.

Ruby shushed her, her eyes still squarely on me.

"What do you say? One last round?" She sang as she grabbed hold of Jennifer's neck and pulled her into a passionate smack on the lips.

Holy fuck.

That was so freaking hot!

I moaned underneath my breath as my hand flew straight to clutch my hardened cock through my briefs as I watched the two women make out with each other.

I began kneading my cock with my strong hand. My heart was pulsating.

Fuck.

Ruby cupped Jennifer's face firmly in both of her hands as the two mouthed each other with so much fervent vigor. Jennifer involuntarily let out the sexiest sound between kisses that caused more blood to rush straight to my dick.

As they finally pulled away for what felt like centuries, Ruby turned back to me with her siren shaped eyes that were dangerously alluring to look at.

I could only imagine the ways she drove men crazy just by looking into her eyes.

"Come sit with us, Embry. Come. Come. Come." She sang in a melodic tune that felt like a glimpse right into a heavenly utopia.

As if my body felt compelled, I found myself standing up and floating –yes that's way it felt like – my way to the two women.

I watched as Ruby scooted over to the side and tapped the empty space she had left for me between her and Jennifer.

Jennifer nervously witnessed as I took my place between the two of them.

Ruby then rested her freezing cold hands onto my shoulder which caused me to flinch and wince only slightly, but not enough to attack.

Instead, I oddly found myself relaxing under her touch.

She then trailed her other hand onto my right leg and began sensually roaming and caressing my hard rock limb; traveling in and out of my inner thigh.

"Look at me," Ruby sang again.

I instantly obliged to her musical request.

"Kiss me," She crooned in a lovely aria. "Kiss me tenderly. Kiss me softly. Kiss me like you want me."

I closed my eyes as my lips puckered up to close the distance between us as I leaned in.

I captured her round, full lips in mine and began kissing her.

Shit.

I was kissing a vampire?!

What the actual hell?

My head was telling me no but my body was screaming yes and begging me to continue.

It was like kissing concrete. But very sexy concrete if that makes sense.

It wasn't an open-mouth kiss though. It was more like a very long, very sensual and heavy chaste kiss.

I think if any venom had entered my system I would have felt it by now so it seemed like she herself was also careful not to kill me.

How kind of her?

Ugh! I can't believe this was happening.

I didn't know if I was enjoying it or not but I knew I couldn't stop it. I didn't even know if I wanted to stop it.

My body had lost all its autonomy at this very moment.

As she pulled away from me, I finally opened my eyes.

Wow.

What a whirlwind that was.

Her hand traveled from my thigh to cup my aroused bulge.

I jerked up slightly.

"Shh! It's okay!" Ruby assured me. "You're okay…"

And I believed her.

I didn't feel violated, no, on the contrary I liked the touch, I just… I just didn't know why I liked it so much. I should be hating it.

I'm a goddamn shape-shifting wolf for crying out loud and she's a damn vampire!

We are not supposed to be in this position. We're supposed to be sworn enemies.

I shifted my focus over to Jennifer who was surprisingly very quiet throughout this exchange.

And yet she was the one I truly wanted to be doing these things to me… with me.

"Join in, Jennie," Ruby encouraged.

Jennifer deliberated, but despite her better judgment –it probably had to do with liquid courage clouding her inhibitions– she listened to her friend and gently laid her hand on my left thigh.

The contact ignited a jolt of electricity that circuited off both of our bodies, causing us both to gasp in unison.

My eyes were fixated on hers. I could see the golden flecks around her meadow, woodsy green eyes. I hadn't noticed that before.

So beautiful. So mesmerizing.

I could get lost in them. And boy did I want to.

Jennifer was many things, and being absolutely heartbreakingly beautiful was definitely one of them.

I wanted her.

No.

I needed her.

I needed her like I needed water to survive.

I needed to feel the warmth of her body beneath mine. I needed to feel her lips against mine.

"Kiss her," Ruby chanted into my ear as she leaned in.

She didn't need to tell me twice.

I immediately grabbed hold of the back of Jennifer's head and brought my face into hers in a strong, mindbending kiss on her gentle lips, the first time both our lips ever touched.

And it was glorious.

Incredibly marvelous!

Her lips were so soft and supple, almost like they were made for me and me only. And fuck, she smelled really delicious.

Delicious to taste.

I captured her face with both my hands now as the kiss between us deepened which in turn awakened a soft moan to escape Jennifer's lips into mine, the vibration sensation causing my cock to jolt through briefs.

Her hand flew down to lay against my stomach as she caressed my abs, trailing up and down as if she was playing my body like a harp.

She wanted me just as much as I wanted her.

We could finally stop this cat and mouse game we've been playing with each other for months.

She drove me insane. I knew that as much.

She pushed my buttons and I pushed hers and I think we'll always be butting heads for a very long time. But there was a passion there...

I knew that she was the only type of person who burned me up into a state of rage but simultaneously, I could burn for her in a state of enraged lust and passion.

I didn't know if my feelings for her were anything more than surface level. I don't think I cared to know.

I just know I was sexually attracted to her.

And fuck, I would do anything to make love to her right now.

Jennifer was the first to pull away from the kiss to gasp for air.

Her eyes were dazed – in shock and amazement I imagine.

"Finally," Ruby chuckled as she looked at both of us.

I licked the strawberry flavored lipstick of Jennifer's off my lips.

"Now… Let's take this up a notch," Ruby mentioned first before leaning in to begin planting kisses on my skin.

I sat back as she laid soft, delicate yet cold kisses against the crook of my neck before journeying her way down to my chest.

I looked over to Jennifer who was staring down at Ruby pleasuring me.

I leaned my hand in to remove a piece of hair behind her ear before cupping the side of her face in my palms.

She moved her gaze over to me.

Jennifer then clutched onto my wrist with both her hands and melted into my grasp, nuzzling up against my hand as our eyes met in a romantic and lustful embrace.

Ruby trailed kisses all the down to my stomach and then my abdomen, finding herself on the floor on her knees in between my legs.

Things were definitely escalating quick! It was getting freaky and frisky!

I felt her grip onto the waistband of my Calvin Klein boxer briefs and began to shimmy them down ever so slightly, exposing my pubic hairs and the slightest skin of my hardened phallus.

Ruby glanced up at Jennifer with erotic excitement as she brought her one hand to dig into my boxers to clasp onto my dick before springing it out of its cage.

All almost seven and a half inches of me was on full display for the ladies.

I noticed Jennifer gulp as she caught the sight of me.

I smirked cockily.

Yup. That's all real, baby!

My dick may have been more than above average but it wasn't so big that I could impale someone to the ER – like Jacob or Sam's gigantic knobs.

I could actually use it to have fun with the girls I slept with. I was also pretty girthy and I was also uncut (oh yes and I was proud) so that also made it enjoyable for blowjobs.

Which I found myself having right now.

I felt Ruby cage her cold mouth around the tip of my dick and I cussed at the weird sensation it brought to me.

She didn't slurp me all the way though because my skin was burning her mouth.

If I could describe this feeling… The best way would be: It felt like I was getting head from a scratchy, dry piece of frozen metal.

It didn't sound great but I oddly wasn't complaining about it.

Whilst Ruby went down on me, I shifted my fixated attention back onto Jennifer who had a cute little nervous look on her face.

I offered her a small reassuring smile as I stroked her cheek gently.

She was too adorable not to kiss. I leaned over and captured her lips with no protest from her.

Her hands found their way around my neck as she gripped onto me tightly as our mouths played with one another.

Me being me, I took it up another level and shoved my tongue into her mouth. She didn't seem to mind as her tongue began fiddling and folding with mine.

I moaned at the feeling of both our heated temperatures matching in similar intervals.

"Fuck," My lips pulled away from hers briefly as I tilted my head down to the other woman going down on my throbbing dick.

Despite the slight discomforting skin to skin contact, Ruby knew her way around a cock I'll give her that.

My dick twitched as soon as Ruby's mouth released it from her lips.

"Your turn," Ruby looked up at Jennifer suggestively.

Jennifer blushed lightly as I tilted my head up to gaze up at her.

She dropped her grip around my neck and slithered her way down to her knees in front of me.

Her hands gripped onto the fabrics of my underwear before she continued to pull them further down my legs.

I hoisted my legs up slightly as my briefs hit the floor so that she could slip them off easily.

Now I was completely naked.

In front of two crazy hot chicks.

About to have a threesome.

Talk about winning!

The blonde bombshell stepped in between my legs after Ruby made room for her and clasped my cock in her small hands.

Ah! That's more like it.

She bent down to lay her lips on the tip of my cock, giving it a gentle kiss before taking her tongue and using it to lubricate my cock.

Fuck. Her tongue against me felt so good.

She continued tormenting me with little tantalizing kisses and licks around my dick until her mouth slid over me as soon as she finished her torturous stroke.

Her mouth felt amazing around me.

Undoubtedly –and admittedly– I restrained myself from jizzing in her mouth right then and there.

In stark contrast to her vampire friend, Jennifer's mouth was wet, warm, soft and holy hell, absolutely mind-blowing!

Her tongue was lapping at the head as her lips created the best suction I've ever felt in my entire life.

Don't come. Don't come.

"Shit," I cursed as my hand found itself on her hair as I followed her movements.

I moaned again when she slurped my cock, easing it down her wet throat.

Why didn't I know she was so good at this? I would've worked extra hard to pursue her a long time ago!

Momentarily, she released my cock from her mouth and I felt the immediate cool air breeze over my exposed shaft for just a second before she wrapped it with her mouth again.

How it should be

Ruby took a seat beside me, resting her hands on my shoulders as she sat back and watched as I enjoyed pleasure from this beautiful blonde creature.

It was a fucking miracle I didn't come yet because holy shit was she so good at this. And I don't even think she realizes it.

Jennifer pulled her mouth away to release me again and began pumping my dick, stroking it up and down with both of her hands.

I grunted as I felt the moisture of her saliva and my pre-cum joining forces to cause the smooth friction of her upward and downward motions.

"You enjoying yourself?" Ruby asked.

I tilted my head to look at her through dazed eyes. "You have no idea!"

She chuckled as she leaned in to peck my lips before hopping off the couch and sliding back down onto her knees.

She whispered something in Jennifer's ear to which she nodded in reply before she made room for her in between my legs.

The two then started sharing my cock between them as they both licked and sucked on it at the same time.

So damn hot!

The dichotomy between the different textures and temperatures of their mouth kind of drove me nuts.

I felt my eyes roll back as I felt Jennifer cup my balls in her grasp.

"Holy cow!" I wailed as I rubbed my temples. "That's it!"

I felt her tongue lick the base of my cock and then trail down to nibble on my ball sack which set off another earsplitting howl to escape my lips.

I could feel myself on the verge of cumming so I wondered whether or not I would allow it, or if I should hold off until I exploded all my juices on them both after letting them both finish.

I decided to go with the latter.

"Let's head to the bedroom, " I told the girls with a heavy breath.

They released my cock and then glanced at each other before agreeing with a series of feminine giggles.

We found ourselves in my bedroom in a blinding flash and on the bed instantly, assuming a new position.

Ruby removed the rest of the clothing she had on until it was just Jennifer left in her underwear.

I smirked as I looked over to Ruby with raised eyebrows, hoping she'd understand what I was hinting.

I was glad she did.

Ruby leaned into Jennifer's body and brought her down onto the soft bed, maintaining strong eye contact with her, before she smashed her lips on hers in a kiss.

This allowed me to play with the rest of Jennifer's body as her friend kept her occupied.

Man, I couldn't wait to ravish her!

Even though I was still drunk, I was still aware of this moment right here.

A moment I had been dying to have for the longest time.

I caressed her creamy legs, the action prompting her to shiver under my touch.

I smiled proudly as I realized the effect I had on her body. I could only imagine what I could do to her if I got to be inside of her.

I migrated my fingers up towards her concealed center. I trekked my fingers delicately on her black, lace, panties and began hauling them down her legs.

This action prompted her to moan between the heavy kiss with her friend.

As I dragged down the panties down her creamy, warm legs, I proceeded to toss them to the side.

I licked my lips in anticipation as I finally got to see her exposed, clean-shaven pussy.

Shit! What a sight that was! So tasty looking! I couldn't wait to eat her out.

I spread her legs apart as I began leaning down into her. I brought my head down into her and halted as I breathed in the scent of her vagina, savoring that glorious, luscious scent for as long as I could.

I then dropped my lips onto the lining of her pussy which kindled a burning sensation on my lips as she wept loudly.

I hauled her legs in the air and rested them on my shoulders to have fuller access into her before dipping my tongue into her hot, wet pussy.

She was so goddamn wet.

And so tight.

I've never felt a tight pussy like this clench on my tongue.

I could only imagine how she'd feel around my cock.

She tasted so sweet. Like lavenders, orchids and white chocolate.

I licked and sucked on her labia which only increased the sounds of her cries.

"Oh! Oh!" She whimpered as her hand flew to clutch a fistful of my hair as I went down on her.

I licked her with my tongue, moving it back and forth in a fast slithering motion, prompting her to convulse.

"Oh! Shit! Embry!" She cried out my name.

My dick twitched as my name came out of her mouth in such sexual gratification.

I sucked her incredibly wet arousal as I licked her inner walls.

"Is he giving it to you good?" Ruby asked her friend as she massaged her breasts.

"Mhmm," Jennifer moaned loudly as she clutched even tighter onto my hair.

I looked up at her as I licked her. Jennifer had her back arching against the pillow, her head moving back and forth and her eyes rolling so far behind her head.

I grinned as I proceeded to suck her again.

After pleasuring her nub for a few more moments, I pulled my mouth away to invite two fingers into her.

And boy when I tell you, that feeling was like no other!

Her pussy immediately clenched around my two fingers as soon as I entered her entrance.

"Fuck!" She wailed as her legs tightened around me.

I laughed. "You like that?" I said, pumping in and out of her in a steady motion first.

"Faster!" She pleaded.

I obliged almost immediately as I increased the tempo and speed of each thrust of the fingers into her core, awakening a earth shattering banshee cry to escape her lips.

"Yes! Oh yes!" She frantically echoed in pure, unadulterated pleasure.

I slipped another finger into her entrance as she began loosening up a bit. I picked up the pace and thrust my fingers into her more rapidly.

She whimpered. "Ugh–That's so good!"

I pumped into her yet again with so much vigor, so much so that I found myself hitting her g-spot unintentionally which also ignited a scream that would break glass.

"You're cumming?" I asked.

She nodded her head, clasping my hair and the sheets.

"I'm cumming! I'm cumming!" She wailed as she reached her climax.

I thrust my fingers multiple times in a rapid motion just as I felt the waters begin to cascade from out of her.

I quickly slipped my fingers put to rub her clit in a fast motion as she squirted all her juices out of her system and flooding my bedsheets.

She cried. "Omigosh!"

I chuckled as I lifted my fingers to bring them to my mouth as I licked the residue of her orgasm off my lips.

I bent down to plant a kiss on her lips.

Her hands clasped the sides of my face as she deepened the kiss, as if she was expressing gratitude for sending her to this peak of pleasure this way.

As we pulled away we smiled at each other –sharing an unspoken message that only she and I seemed to want to have with each other at this moment.

I moved from her body to plant a soft, quick kiss on Ruby's lips to thank her for being my partner in this.

"Okay! That was intense. Now let's get to the fun part," Ruby stated as she sat up on an all fours position over Jennifer.

Her ass was perking up at me, inviting clear entry.

I took my hardened penis and grabbed some lube from the counter –because I know I would need it with a damn vampire (but I knew I wouldn't need it with Jennifer).

I squirted some of the lubricant on top my dick before stroking all of it on it as I situated it against her hole.

I loved doggy. It was one of my favorite positions so this was good for me.

I plunged my penis into her which caused her to whimper ever so delicately as she made out with Jennifer.

Being inside of her was just as I expected.

Cold. Hard. Scratchy. Dry.

But again, I wasn't complaining.

I just… I still feel like I would much rather be inside of Jennifer right now.

For the next fifteen minutes I was fucking Ruby in different positions of doggy with supernatural celerity –whilst she and Jennifer kisses and fondled with each other's breasts.

"My turn," Jennifer shocking suggested first.

Yes! Oh yes! Please!

Ruby chuckled as she slippe her ass off my cock and flopped to the side.

Jennifer sat up and gazed up at me with lustful eyes before dragging me down into her.

I laughed as I heard a thud from her body colliding with the bed.

Jennifer and I kissed for a few moments before I pulled away to reach for a condom in the drawer.

"I'm going to wear a condom but… I would love to feel you first," I expressed with her.

"Are you okay with that?" I added.

She nodded her head. "Uh… Yeah, I am." She told me.

I smiled as I captured her lips again in a soft, gentle kiss as I grabbed my dick and positioned the tip of my cock onto her clit, teasing it which sent shivers down her spine.

I tormented her entrance for a few moment moments before slipping my dick into her.

The moment I thrust my dick into her for the first time, I felt myself be transported into a different dimension.

She felt so freaking amazing.

Jennifer pulled away from the kiss to scream out loud at the feeling of my shaft in her tight little hole.

"Embry!" She gasped my name as her hands flew around my back.

I smirked as she writhed underneath me, lifting her hips up as she desperately tried to get all of me into her while she dug her nails into my back.

I began thrusting into her in an initially steady tempo before increasing the speed and pace as she loosened up beneath me.

"Embry! Embry!" She wept as her nails dug into my skin, breaking it apart.

I growled sexily. Shit! I was gonna cum from that sensation.

She better stop! I wasn't ready to cum just yet!

I grabbed her one hand from my back and pinned it up against the pillow above her head as I pumped into her, stopping her from making me ejaculate into her too early.

Her legs draped around my waist as I continued to plunge into her core.

"That's it! Oh! Fuck me! Fuck me!" She spoke dirtily.

This only made me hornier and more aroused than ever.

"Yes, baby! Talk dirty to me! Say my name!" I growled against her lips as I propelled my dick into her further.

"Embry! Fuck me harder, please!" She begged.

I bogged down and fucked her even harder and faster at her request.

I moved my hands to grip her tiny waist in my grasp to hold her down as I began making deliberately swift, powerful strokes into her pussy.

"Ah!" She wailed, moving her hands to grip into my damp hair from all the sweat.

I sprawled my body in a plank position as I fucked her harder, glancing down to see my dick slipping in and out of her wet pussy –noticing all of her sexual juices covering my shaft.

I grinned as I shot my head up to stare down at her gorgeous face.

"You're so big!" She commented as she ran her fingers through my hair as she studied my face.

"Thanks," I mumbled huskily. "And you're so tight,"

She moaned. "Is that good?" She panted.

"So freaking good," I moaned as I captured her lips in mine again.

I almost forgot Ruby was still jn the room with us throughout the entire thirty minute fuck session I had with Jennifer.

Ruby didn't seem to mind that our threesome ended up being a twosome by the end of it all.

Making love to Jennifer was even better than my wildest dreams could ever fantasize or imagine.

She was probably my best fuck ever. And that's saying a lot.

Although I loved making love to her raw and I had a good pull out game, after recent events with Seth and Alex, I didn't want to risk anything so I swapped out for a condom midway through our fuck fest.

But it just couldn't compare I'll admit.

Doing squat thrusts in the cucumber patch was so much more fun without the unnecessary friction of damn protection.

I pounded into her pussy as we now assumed a new position, with her on top of me. She met my thrusts with her hip movements but my thrusts were slightly faster than hers because I realized I was reaching my end.

"Oh, Fuck!" I moaned, gripping onto her hips and grinding them down into me as I slammed into her pussy.

"Embry! I'm gonna cum again!" She wailed, her hands on my chest as her head fell back as she convulsed with h each thrust into her.

"Come for me, baby!" I pleaded as I increased the speed and tempo, watching as her gorgeous breasts bounce up and down.

She wailed as she flew one hand to cup her breast, twisting her nipples.

"Embry! AH!!" She screamed once more before shakily slipping off my dick as the waters gushed out of her entrance and onto my dig.

The gust of her female sexual ejaculations were warm and overflowing and it drove me insane.

"Shit!" I laughed as I looked over to Ruby.

"Wow!" She remarked. "Someone had a shower!"

Jennifer chuckled, blushing as she panted heavily as she rubbed her clit as if to shake out the remainder of what was left.

When she was cleared, I immediately slipped my dick back in as I attempted to meet my release.

I picked up the pace from where I left off and slammed into her hard and fast, leaving her floating in the air as she vibrated with each thrust.

I raised my hands up to cup her breasts with both hands, kneading and twirling them around as they bounced up and down from each pounding.

Her vaginal walls clenched and contracted around my cock which erupted a loud howl to escape my lips.

Shit! I was about to orgasm!

"Oh yeah! Yes! Yes! Right there!" She moaned as she stared down at me with such sexy, lusty eyes.

And that in itself set me off.

"I'm gonna cum! I'm cumming so hard right now!" I informed her.

"Do it!"

And with that, I felt myself begin to come right into her the condom that was lodged right into her inner walls.

"Fuck!" I moaned as slipped out of her and flopped her to the side and stood up on the bed, slipping my condom off and holding my penis shut mid-ejaculation.

"Open your mouths!" I ordered.

They obliged as they sat up.

I released all of my cum into their mouths with some of it landing onto their facial features.

I gasped as I finished.

Shit.

What a ride that was.

"WHEW!" I gasped.

"Wow!" Jennifer expressed as she swallowed.

I grinned down at her and bend down to lift her chin and kiss her lips.

"So glad you two finally gave into to your sexual attraction for each other," Ruby stated. "My work here is done!"

I looked at her and simply chuckled before leaning in to kiss Jennifer again.

Tonight was a good night.

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A/N: Hope you enjoyed that long chapter! Jennifer and Embry was obviously the HIGHLIGHT as they finally gave into their desires for each other but it looks like there's trouble in paradise in Jacob and Nessie land.

I hope you guys liked Ruby. I haven't yet decided if she'll stick around. Should she stick around?

Next chapter will be the Debutante Ball which is where things definitely start to go completely south. This story is taking a drastic turn you guys! Get ready!

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