Renesmee Cullen
Alex and I reached the abandoned, rundown building. My shoes made a rustling sound as I stepped on broken glass and wood ashes. We came across the abandoned front door. I glanced at Alex who shrugged her shoulders, clearly not trusting her better judgement.
I gulped in before opening the creaking door and was met with an open, dark building. The sun blasted through the open, cracked parts of the building. It was pretty unfathomable how gloomy this place was.
"Hello!" I called out, causing an echo.
I swear I could hear a rat run off.
"This is definitely the epitome of a den of iniquity." Alex mentioned.
I chuckled non-humorously as I hesitantly strolled through the spooky building. Alex stumbled over a broken old dry-wooden chair on the eroded wooden floors, causing a clanging sound and groaned.
I glared back at her.
She shrugged. "I didn't see it there because it's so freaking dark! Ugh! Is there at least dim lighting up in here?"
I looked around, my eyes landing on the multiple cobwebs and underground holes everywhere. It was virtually empty in the massive building; everything was either taken away or burned out. I eyed the open space. The four large, open walls that led to different areas of the building and the staircase leading up to another floor. I frowned as my legs started walking.
"What are you doing?" She asked me as I began climbing up the broken, burned out stairs and holding onto the wrecked stair handles until I managed –barely – to reach the second floor which wasn't much either.
I glanced down to see Alex looking up.
"What do you see?"
"Nothing," I sighed as I trotted down the stairs.
Alex sighed. "This is gross and I have I brother so I definitely know what's really gross." She said.
"Why didn't the local authorities remove this building from the vacancy if nobody claims it anymore?" I asked.
She shrugged. "Who knows and who cares okay? There's clearly nothing here that gets us closer to knowing Ray's weird homicidal tendencies."
"No." I said as I walked past her.
She gasped. "Oh my…" She said. "Are you insane?"
"Talk about something." I said as I ran my hand over the gravel wall.
"Um…well…okay," She scoffed. "I think my parents are getting a divorce." Alex brought up out of the blue.
I turned to her. "Why? Are they fighting?" I asked, putting my focus back onto the deserted domicile.
"No…but they're not the same as they used to be. After returning from New York after the whole you know…incident thing last semester…they've been different."
I frowned. "Well…sorry about that." Not knowing what else to say.
"Yeah, okay." She laughed. "How are things with you and Jake?"
I nodded. "We're good. He's just been busy a lot with work and all." I said. "Did you talk to Seth?"
As she was about to answer, the sight of a large, muscular man emerging from the seams startled me.
Suddenly, Alex reached for her boots and pulled out a crossbow and aimed it toward him.
"Nessie…" She warned as she took a step forward.
"What are you doing here?" Ray Parker demanded, with a straight, menacing face –completely unfazed by a teenage girl pointing an arrow at him.
"Um…we just wanted to check this place out. We didn't mean to trespass."
"This is a crime scene. You shouldn't be here." He stated.
"We're sorry," I apologized.
He glared at Alex. "Would you mind putting that away?"
"Not a chance." She smirked.
He turned his attention over to me.
I felt the need to say something. "I, uh, I just want to thank you for saving my life, well, I guess all of our lives that night at the prom." I said.
He didn't reply.
"I guess…"
"You think you kids know it all, don't you? You think you can just walk around the woods and nothing will happen to you because you know everything. I'm not here to protect anyone. I'm here to make it alive. None of you know what's coming. So my best advice for you is to stop being naïve, don't trust your friends or your family. Look at the bigger picture…and stay off my land!" He growled as he took a couple of steps closer to us which in turn made us take steps back. "Now if you ever step onto my land again, let's just say I want be generous then. I'll make sure your gratitude is the last thing you think about."
I gulped. "Okay," I replied.
He eyed Alex carefully, his teeth gritted as his eyes lingered on the crossbow she had.
As if on cue, Alex and I heard someone shut a car door and a familiar scent reached my nasal passages.
One wandering blink of an eye and Ray Parker's dark presence just evaporated.
He just…?
The creaking sound of the door opening shifted my focus.
"Hide!" Alex told me, pushing me away. "It's my dad. You need to hide!"
I did as I was told as I ran superhumanly to the nearest place I could obsecure. I snuck a peak at the cracked opening of the wall to see Alex's father and a few of his henchmen entering the scene.
"Alex! What the hell are you doing here?"
"Hi, dad! Uh…I'm just doing my daily checkup."
"This is a dangerous place! You shouldn't be here."
"Don't worry, dad. Nothing happened to me…" She said before the rest of her words fizzled out as I caught the sight of an open window. I quietly and quickly slipped out of it and hopped into my car, waiting for everyone to leave.
I'm glad my car was hidden.
Wow!
… …
It's been three weeks since the incident at Ray Parker's residence. Alex and I were currently on edge after the threat he gave us. I mean, I understand where he was coming from and we probably shouldn't have invaded his space and we should've thought about it first but he was a serial killer and we didn't exactly think he lived there anymore, and really it was just a meaningless visit. But that still doesn't justify the face that the dude was scary!
Alex and I decided to stick close to each other after that night and I guess that was good because we started building up our friendship again.
It wasn't perfect –I mean really we're just putting our difference aside to figure out why Ray Parker's who he is – but there were moments where I believed was hope for us after all.
"You still didn't tell your dad about Ray, did you?" I asked.
"No. Did you?"
"Of course not! He'd probably lose his mind." I told her with a chuckle.
"So, did you find any more research about him?" She asked me as she and I walked the halls of the school as lunch period settled in.
I shook my head. "All I know about him was that his daughter died along with her mother and he's basically a nutjob with anger issues. Other than that. Nothing, he's a dead-end." I replied to her.
"Who's a dead-end?" Felicity questioned as she appeared out of nowhere with Rea by her tail.
"Nobody," Alex and I answered quickly.
Felicity frowned.
"Uh, what's up with the outfit?" Alex asked as she eyed Felicity's unusually simple getup.
She was dressed in a black and white blouse, a pair of jeans and three inch heels. The most prominent difference was the way her hair was pulled up into a ponytail and her glasses –which she never wore.
"Oh, uh…I couldn't get my contact solution yesterday so…" She replied with a shrug.
I smiled. "Well, you look good." I told her.
She smiled, rolling her eyes. "Thanks."
"This is so depressing." Rea pointed out.
I frowned as I turned to her. "What?"
"Look at the school? Half of the school's been missing ever since the school year started." She replied.
"You think people left because of what happened at prom?" I asked.
"I'd be surprised if they didn't. I mean Hunter died and…" Alex paused as she glanced back at Felicity who fell silent. "You know what? Let's not talk about it."
"No. Don't stop at my account. I-It's not like we were together anyway." Felicity said.
We didn't reply.
Felicity sighed. "So I met this really cute guy this morning. Alex, I think you might like him."
I gave Alex a nervous look. How was she going to get out of this one?
"Well um…I'm not really into guys right now." She replied.
"You've been single for over a year –"
"There's someone else!" Alex stated. I widened my eyes.
"Really?" Felicity questioned in shock.
Alex nodded her head. "Yeah –I-I've been dating someone for a while now."
Felicity raised an eyebrow for a while, looking not entirely convinced.
However, she just laughed it off and squealed.
"This is so exciting! What's his name?" She asked.
I looked nervous but it seemed like Alex played it cool.
"Set-Statham…" She said quickly. "Yeah, Statham."
"Statham? What, like Jason Statham, Statham?" Felicity pointed out.
"Yeah, sure," Alex stated.
Felicity frowned. "Mhmm…"
"Have you all realized that there have been no parties ever since we came back? I don't know about you but I need to get loose." Felicity pointed out.
"Why don't you throw a party?" Alex laughed.
"Do you know how hard it is to come up with a party? I mean you have to get decorations, pick the best location, food, drinks…it's crazy!"
"I don't know. It doesn't seem that bad." I said.
My aunt Alice threw parties all the time back in Forks and she made it look easy.
"Well, let's see you throw a party little Miss Perfect!" Felicity teased.
I thought about it. That doesn't actually sound like a horrible idea.
Suddenly, we bumped into none other than Jennifer. Omigosh! She's literally everywhere!
"Hey girls!" She greeted. "How are you all doing on this fine day?"
"We're fantastic!" Felicity laughed. "What about you? You seem chappy!"
I rolled my eyes.
"Well, that's probably because I got an A in my Algebra test!" She squealed, flashing her paper.
"Oh!" Felicity chuckled. "That's great. It was totally easy, wasn't it?"
Jennifer squealed at the fellow blonde. "I know! When I first saw the paper I was like 'Even my non-existent dog could ace this paper!'" She giggled annoyingly.
Omigosh! Shoot my ears please!
"And I also have good news! I got a job."
"Wow! You've been here all over four weeks and you already have a job?" Rea questioned unenthusiastically. I guess that's who she was, you know, all bitter and dark but I couldn't help but find delight at her response to the irritatingly beautiful blonde.
"I guess," Jennifer guffawed. "I got a job as a busgirl at the fast food store right next Rowdy's Repair Shop."
The name caused me to jerk both internally and externally.
That's where Jacob worked.
"Wait. The auto shop downtown?" I asked.
She nodded her head as she glanced back at me, gnawing her bottom lip condescendingly.
"Yeah, I looked around and there was an opening and so I landed the gig. Your boyfriend, Jacob's recommendation really put me at the top of the list." She mentioned.
…
What?!
Did she really just say my boyfriend helped her get a job at a store right next to his work? I knew Jacob loved that store and he ate a lot so…Omigosh!
That would mean they'd see each other virtually every day!
"Well, that was nice of him…" Felicity giggled, nudging my arm.
I grumbled under my breath but displayed a pretentious nervous, uncomfortable grin.
"Yeah, it was." I murmured.
Jennifer grinned. "I hope it's not awkward that I'll be seeing your boyfriend almost every day?" She laughed. "I told him I didn't want thinks to be weird and he just said you'll probably understand so I'm glad he was right."
I paused for a while before letting words fall out of my lips. "Oh, yeah! Of course. I don't have a problem. I guess that's Jacob. He knows me all too well." I laughed.
She smiled, giving me a quick once-over before moving her focus onto the other girls.
"Bitch alert." Alex whispered in my ear.
"Oh! Yes! I have one more thing." Jennifer said in her harmonious voice, digging into her Gucci bag and pulling out a flyer.
"There's a party at my place this weekend! It's kind of like a 'get-to-know-the-people-of-my-school' party. It's going to be epic! I hope you all can make it." She added.
"Oh god! Yes!" Felicity shrieked. "I've been dying to be invited to a party. We're definitely going to be there."
The rest of us (except Rea) just smiled back politely –but really feeling indifferent about it inside.
"Wait! Isn't your brother's place?" I asked as I read the carefully decorated flyer.
I didn't think Nahuel would be okay with a bunch of humans at his house. I've known him a while to notice that he is a bit OCD when it came to his belongings. I guess it has a lot to do with losing so much and having basically nothing almost all his life.
Jennifer frowned, glaring at me. "Yeah, okay? It is. Why?"
I shrugged. "Well I'm just wondering if he was okay with it."
"He is." She replied quickly.
I just stared at the ground and I fell silent.
"Okay! So we'll be there!" Felicity giggled awkwardly.
Jennifer grinned, giving us a nod. "Hey, Felicity! Would you mind helping me out with some things? I could really use your help."
"Omigosh! Nobody ever wants my help. Yes!" Felicity laughed as she and her –I guess – new best bud linked arms.
"I'll meet you girls at the cafeteria?" Felicity said.
"Oh, don't worry about us. We'll be outside. Probably doing some cart-wheels or thinking about our future. You go have fun." Alex told her,
Felicity giggled before she and Jennifer walked away, chatting it up.
Alex groaned. "God, I hate her." She mentioned as we continued walking. "She flirts with everyone else but me."
"Who? Jennifer?" I asked.
Alex scoffed and scowled at the mention of her name. I smiled slightly. I guess it wasn't just me.
"She is uncharacteristically sweet that I just have the sudden urge spew my guts out!" Alex snarled. "A-and did you see that look she gave you, Ness when she was talking about you and Jake? Tell me that wasn't a bitch face because I think it was a whore-like look."
I shrugged. "I don't particularly like her either but…I trust Jacob."
"Do you really? I mean, if he's able to get her job who knows what else he could do for her?" Alex pointed out with a chuckle.
This made me feel even more nervous and gutty.
"Okay, so what am I supposed to do?"
"Assert your dominance!" She repeated the same advice Rachel gave me last summer. "Mark your territory. Scare off any crows out to get your crop…" She said.
I frowned.
She sighed. "Scare crow analogy."
I snickered. "H-how am I supposed to assert my dominance? Jake and I are perfect the way we are and I'm sure people know that we're together and I know Jake would never hurt me. He's too loyal to me." I said with a smile as I thought about my imprint.
Jake loved me with all his heart. I know he'd never in a million years hurt me.
"You need to make sure that Jake's yours and only yours. I know he won't hurt you, I mean over mine and his dead body but it'll definitely scare the hormonal girls away."
"Okay. So what do I do?"
"Try by giving him your v-card and the rest will follow." Alex said as she and Rea slipped out of the school doors, leaving me behind breathless and speechless.
… …
Later that day
After school, I drove myself home after a long, long…long…day. I never felt this exhausted and drained ever since I spent months without drinking blood as a test.
I guess I can tick wanting to die because of school off as one of my human experience list.
I walked through the door with my backpack slung on my shoulder. I shut the door behind me and made my way to the kitchen where I placed my keys on holder.
"Morning guys!" I waved to my parents as I passed by the living room to my bedroom upstairs.
"It's noon but morning to you too sweetheart." My mom chuckled.
"Whatever," I growled as I stepped onto the first stair.
"Honey, come here please and greet us properly!" Dad stated.
I closed my eyes, exhaling a heavy sigh and shaking my body in frustration for a brief second. I spun around and sluggishly backed up to the living room.
"I'm tired guys! Can we do this in the AM? I just had probably the worst day of life. People still hate me, the work's piling up and I've got a massive migraine and I'm legit missing Jacob a-and I … I just wanna sleep. One peaceful sleep!" I pleaded.
Edward and Bella gave each other a look before grinning and giggling uncontrollably.
"I don't understand what's so hilarious. Why are you laughing at me?!" I demanded.
This is unbelievable.
"Because it's so funny seeing our daughter so…human," Dad stated. I rolled my eyes. "Anyway, so you mother and I have thought things and…"
"Thought about what?" I said, suddenly feeling interested.
"Well the punishment for you leaving was that you'd make up for the four months you've missed with us and we're impressed to see you've abided to the rule. So kudos to that." Mom told me.
"Okay…" I strained, trying not to keep my hopes up and hoping they'd continue.
"But…" My dad pointed out.
That's never good.
He smiled. "We have noticed how unhappy you were not being around Jacob as often as you were before so we've done a lot of thinking and we've agreed that…maybe we haven't been quite fair to you."
"Are you saying what I think you're saying?" My grin suddenly started forming but I was prepared for a catch.
Edward had a regretful expression as my mom encouraged him to continue. "We've decided to let you make your own decision as to what you're going to do about the rest of your punishment. Whether you're going to continue hanging out with your folks or be with your boyfriend."
"Wait. Is that an ultimatum?" I asked.
I mean, if I heard correctly, my parents actually dropped the rules on me and are giving me the thumbs up to be with my boyfriend but they're also making me choose between being with Jake or with them.
"You're seven going on eight which in human years would mean you're practically an adult in society. It's a different era. It's not as traditional as it was in the 20th century. It's modernized but I'm slowly getting it. I just want you to make the right decisions for you. As long as you're happy, we're happy. Your mom and I won't interfere in your independency."
Omigosh! Am I actually dreaming right now? Is this actually happening? Omg! I can feel my heart falling! Or maybe it's my gut! I think it's my pancreas! This is crazy!
"How was I?" Edward asked.
Mom laughed. "You were great, my love." She replied, patting his shoulder.
I sniggered. "Omg!" I squealed lowly.
"However, now, Nessie. You're still under our roof and still have to abide to some of our rules that accompany that fact."
"Of course mom! I'm not some rebellious child. I'd like to think I'm an angel." I giggled, unable to control my happiness right now. It was as if my migraine unexpectedly vanished.
"We certainly raised a humble one, didn't we?" Dad teased.
I rolled my eyes but couldn't hold back my emotions and I ran to my parents, embracing them in a hug and showering them both in a series of kisses.
"I won't let you down. Okay! Okay! I'm cool." I said, pulling away. "I think I'm going to go to bed now." I said, pretending to be sick again.
They rolled their eyes.
"Yeah, you do that, sweetie." Mom said. "Oh, and one more thing before we forget."
I spun around.
Don't tell me they changed their minds!
Dad chuckled. "Nope. Not yet I hope." He warned. "But we actually wanted to tell you that we're going with the rest of the family to Egypt to visit Amun's coven."
I furrowed my eyebrows. "That's this week?"
They nodded their heads.
After Carter's incident and near-death scare –more so to us than him – the entire family and Carlisle have been researching on what could've been the cause of his outbreak and heat onslaught, meaning why he almost burned us all to bits and why he's immune to fire. He clearly inherited it from Charles, that's given but we want to know if it's a gift or he's actually something out of the ordinary.
So meeting up with Benjamin, one of the members of the Egyptian coven that helped my family and I eight years ago, could help us figure out this problem. Benjamin had the power to influence the four elements and Carlisle thought that maybe talking to him about Carter and his power could actually give the family guidance on how to control it.
What we know is that he only gets 'fire-crazed' when he's angry and so Rosalie and Emmett are doing all they can to make him happy.
It's crazy and really perturbing, I mean we don't know a thing about his species and the danger he could pose to our world and the human world. Obviously, none of us have these thoughts around Rosalie because that would surely hurt her. She loves him so much that I think she cannot even think about letting him go.
However, we also can't avoid the fact that if the Volturi finds out about him things won't be pretty (both figuratively and literally).
I don't know how our immortal friends will react when they hear about him.
"Okay, but it's my birthday week I mean I don't mean to be terrible about this but I really hoped I'd be with you on my eighth birthday."
"I know that, sweetie. I know but Rosalie and Emmett need us and we'll be leaving on your birthday."
"That's not exactly comforting." I said.
"I know. I know." My mother replied sadly. "But what I mean is, you'll still see us on your birthday morning it's not like we're leaving tomorrow."
I nodded. "I understand. It's okay, I guess. It's all about family."
"Agreed." Dad said, smiling proudly at my maturity.
"Okay, so how long will you be gone?"
"It depends on what information we can get out but an estimation would be a week to three." Dad said.
I widened my eyes. "Wow!"
"I'm not particularly thrilled to leave you behind but you won't be alone. You've got Alice and Jasper who will be close by to look out for the mansion and you've got your Jacob." My mother teased.
This only ignited my excitement to be around him again.
I nodded. "Well, be safe!"
"Always are, sweet pea."
"Okay, well! I guess I'm going to take that nap." I said, trying hard not to smile as I began walking away in a normal pace but when I was out of the clear I immediately sped superhumanly up to my room and pulled my phone out of my pocket, about to dial Jacob and tell him the news.
I placed my phone against my ear, shutting the door –which wouldn't help at all what with their hearing and all – and waited impatiently for him to answer the call.
"Hello, baby!" He greeted me ever so huskily.
His voice was so sexy!
I giggled. "Hey, my big bad wolf!" I muttered seductively.
I heard him giggle and I could swear he was blushing. "What's up?"
"Boy, have I got news for you." I told him.
"Okay, inviting. Shoot!" He replied.
"Okay, drum roll." I said dramatically. "I think my parents actually dropped the rules on us."
"Are you serious?" He yelped in shock. I laughed.
"Yep! I am! I'm officially free to be with my boyfriend!"
He paused for a long period of time.
"Jake?" I laughed.
"I've got to call you back. Stuck at work. I love you!" He said, giving me a kissy noise.
"Wa-wait, Jake!" I tried to utter out but the call line ended way before I could get the words out.
I frowned.
That was weird.
I'm sure he's okay.
I sighed as I found myself collapsing onto the bed and staring up at the ceiling, thinking about the amount of things Jake and I missed out on doing because of the punishment and what amazing experiences lie ahead for us before I turned those thoughts into a realistic dream.
… …
I was currently walking up the small hill of the woods, rereading the vague text Jake sent me that had me worried.
Meet me at the dark clearing down in Oak Wood Lake…alone.
Knowing him, Jake would never allow me to go out in the middle of the evening. The sun had set and the stars were aligning and I was all by myself so that automatically told me something wasn't right.
Terrible thoughts came flooding through my brain.
What if something's wrong with him and he needs my help? What if something happened to him?! What if it's not really Jacob at all?
As I walked past a couple of bushes, I could hear the streaming water of the lake.
"Jake?" I called out.
No answer.
I continued walking down the bush-infested path where I found myself being led to the top of mountainous hill surrounded by rocks and green grass, the stars at their perfect peak and the full moon at its prominence, lighting up the entire scenery.
I found my jaw drop when I saw Jacob a couple of feet away, at the tip of the hill with a guitar in his grasp and a lovely little picnic set up behind him.
He played a couple chords of the guitar before grinning widely.
"Huh? You like?" He asked me, his arms gesturing to the amorous, romantic backdrop.
"You are so crazy, wolfie!" I laughed as I turned my phone's screen on and read the message. "When I got this message 'Meet me at the dark clearing down in Oak Wood Lake…alone' I thought something either happened to you and you need my help or you were some type of serial killer."
He smiled. "Um, one, why would you think that and two, I'm surprised you'd still even come out here if it were a serial killer." He told me.
I chuckled. "What was I supposed to do if my boyfriend was presumably abducted?"
"Me? Abducted? Please, my entire body is made of muscle." He pointed out.
I giggled, gnawing my lip. "Clearly, I'm dating such a self-effacing guy." I said as I walked up to him.
"Ha ha ha," He mocked.
I giggled as I reached him, eying the perfectly laid down red blanket with a huge picnic basket on the side and cooler filled with drinks with candles all around.
"What is this?" I questioned, looking up at my handsome man.
He shrugged. "When I got your call about your parents dropping the rules, I couldn't help but want to celebrate. This was supposed to be a gift for your birthday but I couldn't wait." He told me.
I pressed my lips together in a thin line, trying hard to fight back the joyful tears and the blush forming on my cheeks but I couldn't.
"You made all of this for me?" I asked.
He smiled crookedly. "Of course. You're my baby…" He said huskily, placing his hands on both my hips.
My blush only deepened.
"Aww! This is very thoughtful and romantic. Thank you." I whispered, draping my arms around his neck about to implant a passionate kiss on him when the guitar got in the way of that plan. "I think you better get the guitar away."
"Oh, right!" He replied, shoving it off his shoulders and placing it on the ground before wrapping his arms around my waist again.
"I don't want any distractions right now," I muttered sensually and tantalizingly.
"Ooh," He moaned as he pulled me close to him, placing a hot smacker on the lips.
I moaned as the kiss deepened and escalated. I ran my hands up and down his biceps before moving them to cup his chiseled jaw, roaming them around until I gripped the hairs on the back of his neck.
He grunted as he held me close to him.
Suddenly, I found myself being swiftly lifted off the ground and my legs swathed around his hard, muscled waist.
The sexual tension between us was too hard to miss and I wasn't complaining at all. I was actually encouraging it.
"Mmm…" He bemoaned with such passion. "The food feels left out, you know." He snickered between kisses.
I giggled as I pulled away to catch my breath and look him in the eye. I ran my index finger on his lips, wiping away the lip gloss off them.
"I smudged my lip gloss on you."
He nodded, licking his lips. "Your lips smell good though. Cherry like, sexy."
I giggled, kissing his cheeks before he let me go.
"You look very handsome, by the way." I said, fixing his flannel collar.
He grinned like a giddy ten year old which made me laugh uncontrollably. Could he be any cuter? Like really?
"So, what are we eating?!" I questioned, collapsing onto the blanket laid out on the ground with him following next to me.
"Well, I brought some succulent Steak and Chops for me while for you, I brought your Ribs and Chicken." He stated.
I widened my eyes. "I can't eat all of that! Have you seen my body?" I said, gesturing to my petite frame. I can't hold even the chicken let alone the ribs.
"I have and it's very, very hot." He said with a growl as he nibbled on my ear. I giggled. "I knew you'd say that so I just brought you some beef lasagna."
"Omigosh! My favorite. How did you know?" I questioned rhetorically.
"Because I know you, kid," He told me.
That you do!
He handed me the lasagna box with a knife and fork.
"Thanks, babe," I said to him, my hand on his thigh as he dug into the cooler for some drinks.
"I've got Pepsi, Coke, Dr. Pepper –"
"I love me some Pepper." I stopped him with a giggle.
"You and your Doctor, always up to no good." He teased as he snatched a can.
I giggled. "What's that supposed to mean? Mr. Jack Daniels!"
He grinned at me as he handed me my drink. "Hey, I don't ever drink in front of you."
I giggled. "Why?"
"I don't want your parents to think I'm a bad influence on you."
"You planned a date on a school night. I think we're way past bad influence." I pointed out.
He thought for a moment. "Crap," He muttered.
I laughed.
"But anyway, it's not like I drink often and I only drink Jack on occasion."
"And tonight's an occasion?"
"Nope. You'll be getting a lot of these surprise dates for the rest of your life." He said to me as he popped a can of coke.
"That's if I want to be with your ass for the rest of my life." I teased.
He displayed a hurtful expression.
"Okay. That's cold, but okay." He said, nodding his head.
I laughed, running my hand up and down his thigh as I leaned in to peck his lips.
"I'll always be with you, big ole' lump. You're stuck with me." I told him.
"I definitely don't mind that." He chuckled.
I smiled as I began digging into my food as he did the same.
"Guess who came knocking at my door this morning?" He asked me. I frowned. "Embry Call."
I choked on my food. "Embry's here?" I shrieked with a mouthful.
"Yep. He's back at the apartment with Seth."
I widened my eyes, swallowing. "Omigosh! That's awesome! He's literally like the life of the party."
He chuckled. "I guess. I'm the one who actually called him to come over. I miss the dude and since he's not really busy with anything, I thought he could help us out."
"You mean with my family? I think they have it covered. They're just going to talk to the Egyptian coven about Carter. Maybe Benjamin knows something about Carter's ability and how to control it. Which still freaks me out." I said, muttering the last part to myself.
"Not with that. Help with the Jennifer situation."
I mentally growled at the mention of her name.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, since he's single he could try to get Jennifer off your back."
"To..date her?" I asked.
He shrugged. "Whatever, maybe,"
I frowned. "So, you're playing matchmaker cupid now. Cute!" I commented as I fiddled with the hem of his flannel.
He chuckled as he chunked on his steak.
Then I remembered something that Jennifer told me that made my blood boil.
"Uh, so since we're on the topic. So what's this I hear about you helping Jennifer get a job at the store next to your garage?" I questioned inquisitively, raising my eyebrow.
He suddenly tensed up. "Well…uh…I wouldn't exactly call it helping. I just told her there was a job opening at Greasy Meat because that's the only place I knew needed some staff. It was purely just in passing."
"Didn't you think she'd jump on the offer as soon as you said it? Jake! She likes you and I'm completely uncomfortable with that and the thought of her seeing you almost every day is not making things easier."
"Okay. I'm sorry but I thought we talked about this. You don't need to be jealous. I got you. Don't you trust me?" He asked.
"No! Of course I trust you. You'd never hurt me but I just don't like any other girl looking at you except for me."
He grinned. "It's cute you claimed me as yours." He joked.
I giggled, punching his stomach. "I'm serious, Jake! She undresses you with her eyes!"
"Sure, sure but the only person I'd want to really undress me…is you!" He said. I raised an eyebrow. "Not right now, obviously. I just ate."
I laughed, shoving his face to the side. He laughed, placing his food to the ground.
"No, but seriously, I think Embry will pull through and if it doesn't work out we could always talk to her. I don't want her to make you feel uncomfortable and unworthy because you needn't feel that way my love. Now stop feeling this way please? I'm all yours. You have all of me. Promise," He assured me as he pulled me in between his thighs, making our groins touch and placing his large hands on my behind.
I smiled as I leaned in to give him a eskimo kiss.
"Alright!" I muttered, moving my fork around my food.
"Alright?" He questioned, squeezing my behind and planting gentle kisses on my collarbone, causing me to giggle.
"Alright!" I laughed harder. "Alright."
He pulled away to grin at me, moving strand of hair from my forehead behind my ear and slowly caressing my cheek.
"I love you," He told me.
I blushed. "Me too,"
I grabbed a forkful of lasagna and directed towards his mouth. I made a few airplane noses which made us both laugh before I reached his mouth, allowing him to slurp all the good stuff in.
"How is it?" I asked.
"Mmm…" He hummed in approval. "You know I can eat anything and still think it's good."
"Of course, that's why I can't wait to cook for you in the future because you won't care if it's terrible." I said, clearly bashing my cooking skills.
I sucked. No words could describe how terrible I was in the cooking department.
"Oh, that's an exception. I've had that pasta you made for me a year ago and let's just say, I got home with a lot of time to spare in the bathroom."
"Screw you, Jake." I said, trying hard to stifle a laugh and seem angry.
He laughed. "I really hope you enjoyed tonight. It's not some fancy restaurant but –"
"Who said I wanted all of that? This is amazing! You did amazing I mean, a candlelight dinner/picnic under the stars with the moon at its peak? This is the most romantic date anyone could ever give to me. And let me not mention you as the perfect cherry on top." I stated.
He smiled. "You can't give me all the credit. I had a lot of help from Seth to pull this off. He's such a hopeless romantic."
I smiled. "It's sad Alex isn't all about that."
"I'm sure she'll tap into her romantic side sometime."
I shrugged. "I guess. Those two are literally the cutest pair! I mean, it's so funny to see them bicker and kiss and make up seconds later."
He scoffed. "I don't particularly like hearing him express his emotions to me every night and don't get me started on when she sleeps over."
"They have sleep overs and you and I haven't had one at your apartment?"
"Well, you can't expect anything different I mean, Edward Cullen is your dad after all." He stated.
"True," I said. "But I think he's a bit more open-minded now. I think my mom got to him. Since they'll be gone for the next three weeks, maybe we could have a few slumber parties at your place."
"And then some…" He stated.
"I like the sound of that." I giggled.
He smiled. "Ready for desert?"
I nodded my head. He spread his arms out to reach for the picnic basket and pulled out a box of chocolate covered strawberries and whipped cream.
"Ooh! You're on fire today," I told him.
He chuckled. "So tell me. You've been on edge, like something's bothering you. Want to tell me about it."
God! He's probably referring to the Ray Parker encounter I didn't tell him about. I hate keeping secrets from him, heck I hardly kept secrets from him but this one was particularly one I'd rather withhold. I didn't want him to do something reckless and go after him. I know how overly protective Jake is over me and as much as I am grateful and I love him for that, I can fight my own battles sometimes.
But at what cost?
"Oh, it's nothing. I'm just stressed out about school, you know, the usual human teenager issues."
"I've got 99 problems and school is one of them." He joked.
I laughed. "Yeah, exactly,"
"If that's all it is then cool." He said as he creamed the strawberry and directed to my mouth, teasing me by tapping my lips with the cream.
I glared at him. "Stop it," I giggled.
He smiled, placing the strawberry into my mouth and allowing me to take a huge bite before he replaced his hand with his lips. His tongue began dancing around my mouth, stealing bits and pieces of the strawberry I was chewing and he pulled away to swallow.
"You're gross,"
However, it was definitely hot.
I don't mean to be prude but it surely made my lady parts tingle.
So much for not being a prude!
He smiled, engulfing me in his arms before causing us to collapse onto the ground with me on top of him. I laughed as I decided to straddle his lap, planting my hands on his hard, muscular torso.
"What are you going to do to me for being disgusting?" He teased.
"I'm going to teach you one important lesson." I whispered to him.
I didn't plan to be persuasive tonight.
But my hands had a mind of their own when they moved from his chest to the buttons of his flannel shirt as my fingers slowly unbuttoned his shirt until I was met with his dark, sexy abs.
I smiled as I roamed my hands over the tattoo on his chest.
Nessie.
I bent down to plant lingering kisses on his neck down to his chest and lower torso. I could hear his heart beating rapidly and his heat increasing. I loved the effect I had on him.
Even though I felt like this moment was perfect, I couldn't help but feel neurotic. Did I really want my first time to be deep in the woods on a hill? We were alone and it felt right. Was he going to stop as everything escalates? I really hope not.
Maybe I should just stop this now to save myself from rejection.
But Alex's words flooded my brain. Assert your dominance.
So I did just that.
I smashed my lips on his in an ardent kiss that caused him to grunt in shock.
"Mmm…Nessie." He murmured between kisses. I moaned, running my hands up and down his perfectly sculptured body.
As the kiss escalated, I could feel Jake's reluctance growing even through the excitement I know he felt.
I immediately pulled away to gaze into his eyes. I was ready. I know I was. However, was I confident enough to be bare all of me in front of my mate for the first time? What if he didn't like what he saw? Maybe this was what Jake was talking about before about me being 'not ready' but I really can't help the thought from passing through my head. I knew Jake would never hurt me but would he really like to…
But his dark brown eyes of adoration and amazement bored into mine for a while somehow pushed all the negative thoughts away. I could sense the love radiating off him and deflecting off to me. It was fantastic. All that was left was sealing the deal, declaring our love without words but touch.
I unconsciously drew my top over my head and tossed it to the side, revealing my bare skin and only my bra concealing my chest.
Jake's mouth agape slightly as his eyes lingered on my skin and chest before he averted his eyes onto mine.
I curved my lips into a small smile before leaning in to kiss his soft, warm lips. His hands suddenly began roaming my body, caressingly. I felt myself shiver at his touch. I stroked his jaw line with my index finger as the kiss deepened. I teared away from the kiss to place his bottom lip in between my teeth which I could sense involuntary caused the excitement in him to awaken.
I giggled at the feeling. I trailed my lips from his down to his chest, down to his hard-rock abed stomach to his lower abdomen.
"Nessie…" He whispered as he ran his long fingers through my hair.
I fiddled with the button of his jeans before popping it open.
This action suddenly jerked him up. Instead of telling me to stop, he smashed his lips on mine in a powerful yet adoring kiss. I cupped his face in my hands as I deepened the fervent lip-lock.
The hot kiss lasted until we both needed to catch our breath.
"I'm guessing you really liked the dinner." He whispered, out of breathing and gasping for air. I giggled like a schoolgirl.
"I love you," I murmured against his lips.
He grinned as he kissed my chin for a second before pulling away, his eyes involuntarily landing on my chest.
I felt my breathing hitch as I went to handle the clasp of my bra and I found my fingers achingly and nervously unhooking it. This was it. I was going to do the thing I've been yearning to do for a long time and nothing was going to get in my way.
I was building momentum. The heat was on. I could feel it. He could feel it.
I wanted to do this. I was ready.
I wanted him so badly!
As I was about to slip my bra off two large hands stopped me.
"Nessie…" I knew he was going to fight.
"Shh... You're not going to ruin this moment. Nothing's going to ruin this moment. Not my dad, not even you. I'm ready, Jacob. I've always been ready. It's not just…intimacy, it's our love that grows every day. We're meant to be together in every way possible and I want to be with you this way. I need to be with you this way." I mentioned to him. "You shouldn't be afraid to take the leap, Jake. I'm not."
He frowned for a while before a small smile crept up on him.
Suddenly, a forceful kiss came in like a force of lightning. I took this particular action as a confirmation that his hesitance had disappeared, that he was just as ready as I was.
The hunt for being with each other grew more intense and quicker as we hurriedly began devouring every item of clothing off our bodies. Jake shoved his unbuttoned flannel off his shoulders and tossed it to the side whereas I slipped my bra off, revealing my now bared chest.
When Jake's eyes landed on my naked chest for what felt like ages, I felt my confidence increase.
He moaned as his eyes landed on mine and our lips touched again. He flipped us over so he was hovering over me. I roamed my hands over his dark, padded jeans and unzipped them.
He finished off by shoving them down after kicking his shoes off until he was just in his black briefs. My arms came into contact with his back and my fingers began trailing up and down as he laid lingering, loving kisses on my delicate skin.
As my nails scrapped –more like clawed – his shoulders, he immediately jolted up.
"Omigosh! Did I hurt you?" I questioned.
"Do you smell that?" He questioned.
I frowned as I sniffed the air. Suddenly it hit me.
A strange scent.
A strange, eerie scent lingered into my nostrils. It wasn't a human scent but it also didn't seem completely supernatural.
"It's probably nothing." I said, pulling him into a kiss.
As he reluctantly gave into the brief kiss, the rustling of the bush leaves stopped the kiss completely.
Now I was the one panicking.
"Okay, we need to leave." I said as I slipped out of Jake's grasp and reached for my shirt and bra.
Precipitously, I heard a menacing growl erupt from Jacob.
I knew what that meant.
I hurriedly shoved my shirt on. "No. Jacob. Let's just go." I tried to calm him down as I gripped onto his arm.
"Let go, Renesmee." He snarled.
"Jake, please. Don't phase. Let's just leave now." I warned him, feeling his heat grow and his tenseness only increasing more. I cupped his face. "Please, Jake! Look at me. Look at me. Please…"
Don't hurt me. I placed in his head.
That must have suddenly lowered down his anger levels. "Okay, let's go." He shot up, gathering everything.
When we were done, we quickly made our way to my car. As I hopped into the drivers' seat, Jake shut the passenger door and leaned against it.
"What are you doing?" I demanded.
"Get home fast. I'm going to check this out. I'll see you later." He told me.
I widened my eyes. "It's probably nothing, Jake. Don't do anything reckless."
"It's fine, Ness. I'm just checking it out." He assured me calmly.
I suddenly began to panic. "You can't leave me. I can't leave you here." I cried.
"Just go, Ness. I'll call you later. Just drive as fast as you can back home and send Edward and Emmett over here." He commanded, not giving me a chance to say one more word and ran off into the forest.
I tried to call out for him but nothing came out. I just obliged and started the car and drove off.
… …
Jennifer
I slipped into the massive mansion to hear my brother laughing with someone with a high-pitched laugh of their own.
"I think that'll be really sweet!" The familiar feminine voice responded.
"I do too. She'll definitely have to love me after that."
"Oh, I'm sure she will. I know Renesmee and she'll definitely love this." She replied.
I frowned. Renesmee? Why the hell where they talking about Renesmee?
I walked into the living room where I saw my brother talking to Felicity who sat flirtatiously beside him.
"Hey, sister!" He greeted me, moving his focus onto me. I frowned.
"Uh…hi…" I whispered nervously as I placed my handbag on the couch.
Felicity turned to grin at me. "Hey, Jennie!"
"I didn't know you knew my brother." I said.
"Oh, I didn't. We just met." Felicity replied, sneaking a glance at Nahuel and flashing a smile.
I furrowed my eyebrows. "You just met?"
"Oh! Yes. I met up with this lovely lady here," Nahuel grinned as he glanced back at Felicity who giggled uncontrollably on her drink. "At…Taco Bell? Was it?"
"Yeah, when I saw this hot guy approaching me I was like 'who's this?' but then it turned out to be your brother you mentioned once or twice. Apparently he knows me from one of the snaps we took the other day."
I frowned, feeling completely uncomfortable watching my new friend touch my brother in ways I wouldn't like to see my brother touched. Barf!
I shook my head. "Okay…that's great I guess?"
"I hope you don't mind. I invited your friend over for dinner with us." He said turning to me.
I turned to Felicity who smiled at me.
"That's great!" I said as I took a seat on one of the couches. "So what are doing here? Honestly." I chuckled.
"Well…since it's Renesmee's birthday this week." He began. God just the mention of her name… "I thought I would host a little bash or get-together with her closest friends and since I found out that Felicity's one of Renesmee's best friend, I thought I'd get advice."
I furrowed my eyebrows, blinking.
"Wait, you said Renesmee's birthday's this week? Does that mean you're throwing the party this week?"
"Yes. This weekend!"
I gasped.
Felicity looked between us bickering, awkwardly blinking her eyes as if she didn't belong there. Maybe she didn't.
"This weekend was supposed to be my first high school party. Remember I told you about it?" I tried to protest.
"Well it'll have to wait." He told me.
I gritted my teeth.
"I can't believe this! It's my first party!" I tried to demand him to understand.
"Well this is my house and what I say goes." He replied.
I groaned. "Gah! Fine! Throw your stupid party but just know that I'll never talk to you again." I warned.
He sighed as he eyed me.
I can't believe this! All my life Nahuel had treated me differently from my other sisters. Sure, I was probably the only one he genuinely liked to be around because my older sisters were complete opposite from him and since I was the baby of the fam-bam, he thought he could treat me like one. Screw him! I'm an adult! I'm 23 for god's sake –trying to overlook the fact that I'm in high school.
But I'm not surprised by my brother's inconsiderateness. One thing my brother does when he's passionate about something, he always puts that one thing on a pedestal unaware of the important things he neglects.
It's because of Renesmee I'm losing my brother…again.
"You guys have great skin, by the way." Felicity uttered.
A/N: Thank you for the support of the previous chapter and your wishes. Everything is better now. My fiancé is recovering well and I gave him one big talk about recklessness Lol. Anyway so here's one long, sixth chapter. Blame it on the hot/cute Nessie and Jake scene. What do yall think about the sexy scenes? Should I write more or are you all scarred to the eyes?
There was so much drama in this chapter which I hope you enjoyed.
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