Emmett

Nessie and I had gone out bear hunting while the family was away. Bella and Edward were
on a week long vacation in Alaska enjoying some alone time at their private cabin. Carlisle
had accompanied Esme to an interior design convention where they planned to spend
some special time together as well. Jasper had driven Alice and Rosalie into town to do
some shopping for Alice’s latest wedding to Jasper. It was probably wedding number
twelve for them. Alice liked to get married and Jasper loves to humor her with whatever
she wants. So here I was spending me a little Uncle-Niece bonding time hunting grizzly
bear with Renesmee. Yeah! So how did it go from a happy family moment to the
catastrophe of now? Three words come to mind - Foot in mouth.

“Ahhhh Nessie, Come on! Your folks are gonna kill me! Let’s just take a minute and cool
off okay?” I pleaded with a very irate Renesmee.

“You can go and cool off yourself, Uncle Emmett! If you won’t answer my question; then I
will find someone who will!” she retorted as we ran back to the house together.

Great! How am I going to explain this one? Rose is always telling me to watch my mouth.
This is going to cause a world of hurt. Probably to me, knowing my little brother. How do I
get myself into these things? Oh, crap. Who is she calling?

“ Jakey-Poo, I need you could you come right over after your meeting tonight?”

“Sure Nessie. What’s up?”

“I miss you, that’s all. Can’t a girl call for her favorite pup without being questioned?”

“Ah, yeah. Nessie, you sound funny. What’s wrong baby? Do you need me to come over
now? Is something wrong? Where’s your uncle?”

“Honestly Jacob, you act like I’ve never invited you over before. Just get here when you
can.”

“Sure. Sure. See you later.”

Okay, okay. I got a minute. What should I do? What would Eddie do? Nah, I can’t lock her
in her room. Besides he would just read her mind and know all the right things to say to
calm her down. Alice would already see what is supposed to happen and do it. Rosalie
would think of something clever and make me do it. Esme would just love her through
this. Soooo, what would Carlisle do? I can handle this. I am older and at least smarter that
she is right now. Oh God, Bella is gonna kill me!

“Nessie, I need you to understand. What I meant to say was…

“You said exactly what you meant to say! MY JACOB had the hots for MY MOM!”

“That is NOT WHAT I SAID AND YOU KNOW IT!” Look Nessie, This is all past history. Water
under the bridge. You completely misunderstood what I was trying to say. When you hit
your hand I just remembered how your mom broke her hand when she punched Jacob in
the face. Then you asked me why she hit him and I said he tried to kiss her. That was
before you were born!”

Actually it was kinda cute. Nessie trying out some of my moves tried to uppercut the bear
at the same time he launched at her. She accidentally hit the cave wall and bounced
around and yelped. Then she stalked off in a huff. She looked just like Bella did that day
she stormed into the garage after she returned from La Push. Pissed off and determined to
get even.
I was in the garage helping Rose work on my jeep. I was basically her personal jack,
holding the car up for her as she worked underneath it. When Bella stormed in with her
hand wrapped up in an obvious injury, I asked her if she fell down again. Bella was really
clumsy to a fault. I was constantly laughing at her episodes much to Edward’s chagrin.
“No,” she seethed, “I punched a werewolf in the face”. So I laughed at the memory again.
That’s when the trouble started. I think even Rose may kill me for this one.

“Where was my dad when all this was happening? What did he say to all this? I thought
you guys said mom and Jacob were best friends.”

“What! Friends don’t kiss! It was perfectly innocent.” Was that my voice going up two
octaves? Sheesh, even I would have trouble believing me. Maybe she should know the
whole story so it would make better sense.

“Look, Sweetie, it was an innocent attempt at furthering a friendship that was a bit one-
sided because your mom was so not interested but the mongrel would not listen so he
figured if he kissed her she would realize she felt the same way and then she would pick
him over Edward. But your mom wasn’t interested and so she punched him in the face so
hard she broke her hand. But, when you think about it, that’s not too hard to do
considering your mom was human at the time.”

“So you are telling me that MY BOYFRIEND TRIED TO MOLEST MY MOM WHEN SHE WAS
OBVIOUSLY ALREADY INVOLVED WITH MY DAD! HE TRIED TO BREAK MY PARENTS UP!”

Yikes, if her voice goes up any higher my ears are gonna pop.

“Okay maybe I didn’t paint the picture right. See after your parents broke up, and your
dad left, your mom sort of had a nervous breakdown and became catatonic. So Jacob and
Bella became…”

“Daddy broke up with mom! Why? Oh my God, I was almost never born. What if they had
never gotten back together? I would never exist!

“Nessie, you’ve got to calm down! Your parents did get back together; you were born and
you do exist! Now let me think here. In that brief time your parents were apart, Jacob and
your mom became best friends.”

“How long were they apart, Uncle Emmett?”

“I don’t know, about eight months. Jacob just figured he had a chance because he had
some time invested in their friendship so he kept trying to convince Bella she loved him
and should pick him instead. But, as you can see, nothing happened.”

“Eight Months! They dated for eight months!” Nessie screeched. You know what gets me is
that this is not something new, but here it is 6 years later and I am just now hearing about
this. You all knew about it. What were you doing? Laughing about it behind my back?”

“No! We just thought the timing was all wrong to talk about this stuff. You may be
mentally 15 or 16 years old but you are still only six. Now look, we have this species in the
mix to deal with, the age discrepancies and the protectiveness of all the family involved.
There is a lot going on to sort out. I am impressed that I can even list it all.

Nessie, Nessie are you listing to me?”

I wonder if Rose would be interested in a long vacation for about a year. I am so not going
to survive this. I am so dead. Okay, I am already dead technically but when this come out
I will be deader. I know when I am over my head. I need help.

Chapter 2. Not a Consolation Prize

Renesmee

My mom and my Jake! Eww! Eww! Eww! How can I even look at them again? This is …Oh
my God. I don’t even know what this is. My Jacob kissed my mom with the same lips he
kisses me with. My lips. Eww.

“Uncle Emmett, I want to go home for a while.” I asked trying hard not to loose it in front
of him.

“Ah, Nessie, Sweetie, there is no one at the cabin and your mom and Dad expressly asked
that you be supervised while they are away.”

The dam broke. “Uhhhhhh, Huhhhh, Huuuuuhhhh! I just found out the most horrible thing
imaginable and you want me to just sit here and look you all in the face and pretend like
nothing’s wrong. I need to be alone!

“Come on Nessie, please don’t cry. Just wait until Jasper gets back with Rose and Alice.
Then I will take you to the cottage myself,” he pleaded.

“Can’t you understand how I am feeling? Give me some space. Do I have to be publicly
humiliated too? Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I… c..ca..can’t f..f…face anyone right now.

Please Uncle Emmett. Let me go to the cottage. I know Daddy is worried about me and
Jake getting together but believe me that is the last thing on my mind now.”

“Okay, look. I will take you to the cabin. Just let me call Rose and let her know what’s
going on,” he suggested.

“Noooooooo! I don’t want anyone to know …

Emmett’s phone rings.

“EMMETT WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY NIECE! ALICE SAYS SHE IS HORRIBLY UPSET. Do we
need to get back there?

“No Rose. Everything is fine. Right Nessie?” he asked me through gritted teeth. I reached
for the phone.

“Auntie Rosie, I just want to go to the cottage for a while. You know some girl time. Uncle
Em just doesn’t get it. I’ll be back before you guys get home. Please. Tell him it’s okay.”

“Hold on. Alice is checking,” Rose said.

“Okay, I’ll tell Uncle Emmett that Alice is checking to see if it’s okay for me to go to the
cottage.” He grimaced but nodded his head.

“Alice doesn’t see anything. It should be okay. Keep your phone on and be back before we
get home. Okay?”

“Okay Auntie Rosie. Thanks. They said I could go. Uncle Emmett, I will be okay. I just
need some time to think. You understand. Haven’t you ever had to make some kind of life
altering decision?” I asked.

“Yeah, but in my case the bear won,” he admitted sheepishly.

“Be back soon,”I said as I tried to put on a brave smile but it did not work. I kissed him on
the cheek and ran to my parent’s cottage.
I reached my parents home away from home. I immediately went to my room and I just
sat there. What do I do now? I had to figure something out for myself. Jacob and my mom
dated when my dad broke up with my mom for some reason. So they became kissing best
friends. Then my dad came back and they got back together but Jacob, my mom’s best
friend, my current boyfriend, wouldn’t give up and tried to do everything to break them up
so he can have mom. Weird. Damn! This is confusing enough. Dad is a 17 year old
vampire. Jacob is a werewolf stuck at age 16 as long as he keeps phasing and my mom
was an 18 year old human. So mom and dad made a mistake and my pigheaded boyfriend
wouldn’t let it go. Since he couldn’t break them up he decides to settle for second prize.
Me! No Frickin’ way! I am not a consolation prize.

This is it. I pulled out my cell phone.

N: don’t bother comin 2 nite

J: Y

N: dnt wnt 2 c u n e more

J: 2 nite not gud?

N: NEVER AGAIN :-(

J: w8. WHATS WRONG?

N: WE ARE!

J: What do u mean?

N: IM NOT YR 2ND PRZE!

J: What! :-o

N: Who did u kiss?

J: no 1! R u br8kin up n a txt?

N: sure sure y not?

J: Y! What did I do?

N: U kissed my MOM!?!

Chapter 3. Cry of the Wolf

Jacob

“Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! SHIT! What the hell is going on over there? Hey, I gotta go guys
there is something going on over at the Cullen place. I’ll contact you later on this stuff.”

“What’s doing? Some kind of emergency? Do you need any help Jake?” asked Seth, always
willing to help out with his friends the Cullens.

“Nah Seth. This is a family issue thing. I’ll howl at you later if I need anything.” I
reassured him lest he decided to follow me after I left.
I quickly undressed and took off for the Cullens place, phasing on the fly. I am not sure
what has happened but I got a feeling that a bucket load of shit just hit the fan and I was
left holding the bucket. I knew Bella and the Leech were out of town and so were his
parents. The rest of the family went shopping for something and Nessie decided to hang
back with that bear of a brother, Emmett. So the questions was what did his dumb ass do
this time and how am I going to fix this? I reached their place in record time.

“I know you’re there Jacob. Come on out,” said Emmett obviously resigned to his fate
whatever it was.

“Where’s Nessie? I asked brooking no argument.

“She went to the cottage to get some girl time, she says. She’s a little upset. I think I may
have said too much and she totally misunderstood what I was saying because I was going
for a compliment or at least a comparison but it came out wrong and then she got it all
twisted up and she started crying and then Alice had a vision…

“Hold on. Hold on. First breathe. I know you don’t need to but I’m gonna need you to slow
down and then I need you to be coherent. What exactly happened that my girlfriend, my
soul mate, my life just broke up with me in a text message?” I asked calmly. One of us
had to keep his head because it was obvious, Emmett was losing his.

“She broke up with you! Oh geez, this is worse than I thought,” he mused.

“Emmett,” I chided, “focus. You were saying?”

“She hit a wall with her hand and I pointed out how she reminded me of her mom,” he
answered.

But there was more I could tell. “And this was bad because…?”

He squirmed, “It was the time she broke her hand when she punched you in the face.”

Lightning rods erupted behind my eyeballs! I started to shake all over. “For the love of all
that is good in this world, please tell me you did NOT mention that idiotic mistake of a kiss
to her!”

He winced.

“Come on. Let’s go get her and clear this up before it gets out of hand.” I signed ready to
face the wrath that was a pissed off Nessie. This was so not going to be pretty.

“Ah…too late. She is under the slight misconception that you and Bella were an item and
you were in love with her. I tried to explain but she just wouldn’t listen. She kept taking
things out of context and misunderstanding what I was saying.” Emmett confessed to me.
He looked almost as upset as she apparently was. Everybody loved Nessie. No one more
that I of course. And the idea of hurting her in any way did not sit well with any of us.

“So she thinks I have been fooling around with her mom because you tried to compliment
her on something?”

“Yeah, pretty much. Jacob, we have got to do something. Can you imagine how the others
are going to feel when they get back and find her so upset?” Emmett was getting panicky.

“First off, WE are not doing anything. YOU have done quite enough thank you very much. I
will handle this in my own way. You need to go find yourself a coffin and just bury yourself
and put us all out of our misery right now.”
“YOU LEAVE MY UNCLE ALONE!” screeched a wild-eyed banshee stepping from the forest.
But on second look, it was Nessie and I was scared.

“Uh… I’ll just be inside if you need me,” whispered Emmett as he escaped to the house.

Sure. Sure leave me with the screaming, hysterical harpy from hell. This was going to be
bad. So bad. I could feel it to my bones.

“Nessie. Baby, we need to talk.

“We don’t need to talk Jacob Black. YOU PUT THE MOVES ON MY MOM! And now; now you
are dating me!? How sick is that? Is that some sort of incest? How could you? You tried to
break them up and steal my mom for yourself. HOW COULD YOU?!? How can you stand to
be around me when I am not even your first choice? I am just your consolation prize.
Nothing more.” Her lips were trembling as she said that last sentence barely more than a
whisper.

Oh. Hell. No. This would not do. “Nessie just give me a minute. I can explain this whole
thing so that it makes sense. That time in our lives we were just two dumb innocent kids
not really understanding the world around us.”

“OH, SO NOW YOU THINK MY MOTHER WAS DUMB! Is that what made you think you could
turn her head so easily? You obviously have a lot to learn about true love. What do you
know about that word? NOTHING! How can you possibly love me?” she asked. Was she
serious? Did she not understand how much I worshipped her?

“Nessie I do love you. More than my life.” I reached for her. She sidestepped and pulled
away from me.

“Did you say that to my mom when you were trying to break her and my dad up?” she
asked glaringly.

“Sweetie that was a different time I…I…”

“Oh my God, YOU DID! It’s true. It’s true. You and my mom. No Jacob. Nooooooo.” She
wailed holding herself around her waist as if she was trying to keep herself …from…
falling… apart. Oh Shit! I knew that look. This isn’t happening. This can’t be happening. I
would never do to her what the Leech did to Bella. I had to get this under control. I was
an Alpha. This had gone too far and I had to stop it.

“Nessie! Listen to me now.”

“NO! I don’t have to listen to you. I hate you. I never want to see you again. We are over!
Is that plain enough for your furry face or do I need to punch you like my mom did? Just
leave. Please.”

And the tears began to fall. Not the screaming, retching, hollering from before; but the
sad, wretched, broken tears of heartbreak. She sobbed. And whimpered and stood there
shaking. I reached for her. I wanted to comfort her. I couldn’t believe this heartache was
caused by me.

“If you ever loved me, you will not touch me right now,” she seethed. “Uncle Emmett?”
She barely whispered but he was there in a flash. Picking her up and carrying her crying,
sobbing, shaking little body inside.

“Jacob,” he paused apologetically at the door, “I think it would be better if you left. At
least until she is not so upset.”
“Sure. Yeah. Leave… and go where?” I answered to no one in particular since they were
both gone. I turned to take a step into the trees. My feet felt like buckets of cement. I
tried to walk again. I kept trudging toward the forest trying to organize my thoughts. ‘I
HATE YOU! I never want to see you again! We are over! I collapsed to my knees on the
forest floor. She. ..just ... quit... me. My life, my soul mate, my very reason for living and
breathing wanted nothing more to do with me. For the first time in my short life, I truly
understood how Bella felt. Something was wet on my face. Was that tears? Yeah, suppose
so. I didn’t care. I just cried.

Chapter 4. Its a Family Affair

Emmett

I gently laid Renesmee in her bed and pulled her comforter over her. She cried herself to
sleep. It sounded so pitiful. I didn’t know what to do. I did not dare try to talk to her.
Jacob was right. I had done enough of that. I pulled her door closed so she wouldn’t be
disturbed. Esme had made sure all the rooms were soundproofed so no one would be
bothered.

“Emmett Cullen McCarthy!” Uh oh, Rose was home. Alice must have had a vision. Maybe
Alice can tell me how long I will be allowed to live.

“I’m coming Rose,” I answered. “How was your shopping?” I asked when I got downstairs.

“What happened to Renesmee? Why did Alice see her crying hysterically? Did she get hurt?
We know Jacob was here because Alice’s vision kept going in and out.” Humph…I noticed
she didn’t answer my one question. But she fires off three at me. Okay quit stalling and
answer the woman before she bites off a body part. And Rosalie would do it to get her
point across.

“Well…” I hesitated.

“Emmett, you better tell me what’s going on now,” Rose demanded. And when Rose was
upset, there was no way to get out of telling her whatever she wanted to know. For some
reason, I could not lie to Rose, not that I would want to anyway. I was so gonna die. Well
it was a good life.

“Okay, I accidentally let it slip that Jacob kissed Bella, and Nessie got really upset. She
thinks that the dog and her mom used to date and started freaking out so I tried to explain
the circumstances but it just kept getting worse and worse. Then she went to the cottage
and Jacob came over and she started crying and …well you saw the results.”

“How on earth did you accidentally? …Never mind. What did Jacob say when he came over
to explain?”

“Ah, Rose, I think I can guess,” Alice spoke up then. “Because right now, I see Renesmee
future without interference, which means for some reason she and the wolf are not
together anymore.”

“Did he break up with her?” Rose gasped.

“No Auntie Rosie, I broke up with him,” said Nessie quietly as she entered down the stairs.

“But, why Sweetie? As much as I can’t stand the dog, you love him. Why would you break
up with him?”

“Because Jacob is still in love with my mom and he kissed her and he tried to break my
parents up and he just sees me as a consolation prize because he lost out to daddy and I
don’t need to be second to any one not even mom and he didn’t even deny it!”
Then she turned on the Waterworks again. “Uhhhhhh, Huhhhh, Huuuuuhhhh.” Alice flitted
over to comfort her on the sofa while Jasper used his powers to try and calm her down.
Rose pulled me to the side.

“Oh my God, Emmett, what did you say to her?” Rose asked.

“Me! All I did was make a small comparison between her punching the bear to Bella
punching Jacob for kissing her and life has been downhill ever since. After that, everything
just went straight to hell in a hand basket.”

No one heard the car pull into the garage. We were usually very aware of things like this.
But today was a different sort of day. When Bella entered, my dead heart did a double flip
and leapt for my throat. At least it would have if it could still move. I did not know who
was going to be worse- Bella or Edward. Either way I was still dead.

Renesmee

My mom spoke up then. I hadn’t realized she had walked into the room. Obviously she and
daddy had returned from their vacation. She quickly moved over to my side as I sat there
crying on Aunt Alice’s shoulder.

“Renesmee, honey you have to understand. Jacob had no idea what he was doing; what
he was up against. It was like trying to split up a relationship as strong as Carlisle and
Esme. Can you imagine anyone doing that?”

“No,” I answered truthfully. I knew that a powerful connection existed between my

grandparents. I was glad to know that my parents had that same kind of unbreakable
bond in their relationship. It just made me ashamed that I thought Jacob and I had the
same thing.

“Everything was new to Jake back then. He was a new werewolf, like that wasn’t scary
enough. He had just found out about the existence of vampires and his best friend was
involved with one.

Imagine the frustration he must have felt. He was doing everything he could to protect
me. And you know how overzealous those wolves can be sometimes.

I think he was confusing protection with love because all his emotions were so strong and
over powering, it was difficult to discern what was what. Jake and I love each other, but
we were never in love.”

“Really Mom?” I asked, looking up at her.

“Yes really,” she smiled.

“Where’s Daddy? Does he know what happened?” I asked.

“Oh, I think he does by now. He will be in shortly. We need to talk-all three of us. Let’s go
to the cottage where we can discuss this as a family.”

“There’s really nothing to discuss. Jacob and I are finished. I told him so myself. He didn’t
even try to defend himself,” I sniffed.

“Honey you probably gave him no choice. Let’s go find your dad. I’m sure between to
three of us we can find a solution to all of this.”
We ran to the cottage together. Dad was no where to be found. I went to my room to lie
down. It had been an emotionally taxing day. Then I heard a knock on the door. Daddy
came in and sat by my bed.

“Hey,” I said, not even turning to look at him.

“Hey kiddo, I am sorry about all this,” my dad apologized.

“Why are you sorry? You didn’t do anything,” I said.

Daddy was always finding fault in himself whenever something went wrong. The man was
either a born martyr or a serious masochist.

“Don’t you know, Renesmee? He answered. “I am the catalyst for this whole nightmare,”
my father confessed with a pained expression.

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Chapter 5. Teenage Vampire Drama Queen

Renesmee

“Hey kiddo, I am sorry about all this,” my dad apologized.

“Why are you sorry? You didn’t do anything,” I said.

Daddy was always finding fault in himself whenever something went wrong. The man was
either a born martyr or a serious masochist.

“Don’t you know, Renesmee? He answered. “I am the catalyst for this whole nightmare,”
my father confessed with a pained expression.

“Daddy, what are you talking about?”

I did not mean to sound irritated with him but here I was in the most traumatic moment of
my life and he’s trying to put it all on his own shoulders again. Give me a break. This was
my tragedy and he needs to step back.

“No Renesmee, I don’t need to step back. It is as much mine as it is yours. Repercussions
of decisions I made back then are manifesting themselves now. I should…”

“Would you just cut it out for crap’s sake? You are not the victim here. This is happening
to ME right now not you. ME! Not you. IT’S NOT YOURS! NOT YOURS! This is MY LIFE WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE! Okay, just get off your high horse and just…just… leave me
alone. You are not helping right now, daddy please. Just …please.” I whined.

“Renesmee,” he pleaded.

“NO! Daddy. No. I don’t want to talk about how you did something wrong years ago and
that’s why it’s your fault my boyfriend and I just broke up. Save it Daddy. I’m just not
hearing it.” He sighed at my stubbornness as I headed for the door.

“You might not want to go outside right now,” he said softly.

 I wondered what he meant by that as I huffed past him. I walked out into the clearing to
see, to my horrified reaction, all my aunts and uncles had followed us home.

“I am so not going to stay here and listen to this. I want to go back to the house,” I said to
anyone listening, which would be everyone.

“Why, when everyone is here? Well except for Mom and Dad anyway,” quipped Rosalie,
smiling her reassuring smile.

“Alice, I thought the idea was to get away from a crowd so we can talk openly.” Bella
asked her best friend and sister.

“Oh pshaw, there is nothing we all don’t know about each other, especially now. Besides I
saw that we were all here so we came,” she reasoned.

“GREAT! GREAT! NOW ALL OF YOU CAN JUST COME IN AND TAKE A SEAT AND WATCH MY
PUBLIC HUMILIATION!” I screamed.

Emmett

Nessie is having another meltdown. This was what, her third one today? Who knew she
was such a teenage vampire drama queen. I heard a growl in the background.

“Oh, sorry about that Eddie. Forgot you could hear me. Hey Bro, I need to run back to the
forest for a minute. I think we are missing the main thing to solve this problem,” He
nodded so I knew he understood me.

I went to find Jacob. Edward and I knew he was around. I just needed to figure where he
was still lurking. I finally located him sitting by a large tree stump about a mile inside the
forest line near the main house. He knew I was looking for him so he spoke up.

“What do you want, Emmett? Edward sent you out here to avenge his daughter’s broken
heart? Funny, I would think he would want to do that for himself. Ah, tell me something…
How is she?”

“Hysterical, confused and missing you,” I said plopping down next to him.

“She doesn’t want to see me. Didn’t you hear her? She hates me. It’s over. Just because I
have imprinted Nessie, doesn’t mean she has to accept me. I can’t believe this. I broke her
heart. And based on what happened, it was inevitable. It would have had to have come
out at some point in the future anyway.

God, man, this shit hurts like hell. I feel all busted up inside. It makes me think she must
be feeling just as bad if not worse because it was me who let her down. I let her down. I
don’t even want to exit with her hurting because of me. Is that sick or what? Damn. I feel
like I’m channeling the Leech. Talk about your basic irony.” he mused.

Wow, I would have never thought to see this proud wolf so beaten down. These two had
to be meant for each other. It was like a sadness contest and it was a dead-on tie. Yeesh!
We had to get this straightened out and fast.

“Jacob, she is upset. She is probably a little scared right now too. And if I know my little
spitfire of a niece she is giving everybody in that clearing quite a mental workout.
Especially her dad.

Maybe she doesn’t want anything else to do with you. But what if she does and you don’t
try. Hell, man you didn’t give up this easily with Bella and that was a hopeless case. At
least you have a chance here and you are about to blow it.”
“Aren’t you supposed to be the goofy one? When did you get a brain?” He looked at me
incensed.

“Oh, I sometimes air it out just to keep it functioning. It’s a secret so keep your trap shut,”
I smiled at our little banter.

“Cool with me. Not like anybody would believe me anyway,” He said.

“Come on. Let’s go see if we can salvage two broken hearts,” I prompted.

“If not, at least I want to try and say I’m sorry,” he sighed.

“Can you say defeatist attitude?” I quipped. “Think positive, Jacob. It’s not over yet. Let’s
get to the cottage.”

Renesmee

I was tired. I was sad. More than anything I wanted to see my Jacob. But I knew he
wouldn’t even want to talk to me after the way I acted. Anyway, why would I want to see
him? Nothing had changed. He still did what he did. My parents may have forgiven him but
I wasn’t sure I could.

I wanted to forget this day ever happened but I had no clue how. God I wanted him back.
It hurt. It hurt to not have my Jacob to hold me…Oh God, the tears again. “Daddy, please
make it stop. Make the pain go away. I can’t …”

“Renesmee! I got you sweetheart. Don’t worry, daddy’s here,” my father said.

He was reading my thoughts. He grabbed me and held me and it was okay. I didn’t have
my Jacob but I did have my daddy. That’s when we heard the noise coming from the
forest. It was Uncle Emmett and…

“Jacob! What are you doing back here?” I asked through my tears.

“Please Nessie, can I please speak to you for five minutes. That’s all. Five minutes. I know
I don’t deserve it but I…”

That was when my father went off on Jacob. I felt him stiffen as if ready to pounce and he
attacked. He rushed at Jacob pushing him back hard enough to hit the nearest tree. I
heard my mom scream for daddy to stop, but he wasn’t listening. He slowly marched over
to Jacob. Jacob did not move. He just sat there on the ground where he fell. Daddy was
livid. Then I heard him speak.

“First you pester my wife, and then you imprint my daughter! You have been a thorn in my
side for far too long! I am finally to be rid of you and I say good riddance. Bella doesn’t
need a best friend anymore, she’s got me. And I sure as hell don’t need you running
around lusting after my daughter.

I see you little plans for my baby. Candlelight dinners and moonlight picnics, a wedding
and anniversary parties and… oh God, children! She’s just a child herself. Leave Mongrel!
And don’t you ever bring yourself back to this house.”

Jacob winced at his words. Momma pulled daddy away. What? Did he say Weddings, and
kids? I found my voice.

“Wait Daddy, please. Just stop for a minute. I moved toward Jacob. Jacob is that true? I
asked.
He looked up at me with the saddest eyes known to mankind. My heart broke. I still loved
this man, past the hurt and all the anger. I loved him! Jacob finally spoke.

Jacob

“Renessmee, your soul is merged with mine. If I lose you, I lose half of myself. But if it
would make you happy, I would let you go.” I looked at Edward. “I get it now Leech. I
really do.”

Edward nodded, not saying a word. He was reading my thoughts from before when I said I
couldn’t possibly believe how you could let someone go if you loved them so much. At that
point we both realized that I could have never loved Bella the way I loved Renesmee right
now.

“Aw Jakey Poo, do you really feel that way?” she asked with tears in her eyes.

I figured what the hell? I had already put myself out there anyway.

“I never understood how solidly the foundation of love should be until I met you. Not even
with Bella. That being said, what I felt for Bella was nothing compared to what I feel for
you right now. I love you, Nessie. I love only you, Renesmee Carlie Cullen. My life is
incomplete without you in it.”

“Oh Jacob…” I started, but Emmett had to open his big mouth.

“Eddie, Bella, are you going to let him spout off to you daughter like this?” He asked.

“SHUT UP EMMETT!!!” Everybody yelled.

Epilogue

Back at the Cullen house Nessie and Jacob are in the living room watching TV.

Jacob

“Jakey Poo, Tell me how much you love me again,” cooed Nessie.

“You know I do sweetie. You’re not gonna make me say that stuff all over again are you? I
am sorry about all that. It was just a terrible misunderstanding. I...love…only …you.
Okay?”

“I love you too,” she answered sweetly.

“Now where were we? Oh yeaaaah, I was kissing this eyelid, so I have to be fair and kiss
the other one now. And of course I can’t ignore my faaaavorite little button nose.” I smiled
at Nessie’s giggles. Oh, how I love that sound.

“Jakey Poo, can I ask you something?” she whispered.

“Sure, sure, Babe. As long as nothing keeps me from those precious lips I’m aiming for.
There is nothing like kissing my baby,” I rumbled. She responded sweetly.

“Now what did you want to ask me?”

“Ah, who kisses better? Me or mom?”