The Truth

"Nessie…" Jake trails off.

I'm confused. He looks nervous, and he's never, never, been nervous around me before. He runs a hand through his hair.

"Jake, what's wrong?" I'm more than a little concerned.

"Nothing's wrong, exactly."

"Now, you're purposefully avoiding my question. What's wrong?" I'm not letting him avoid the question this time.

"I just… have something to tell you. Well, talk to you about. I just-I mean…" He's stuttering and trailing off again. What the heck is going on?

"Jake. Look at me. Spit. It. Out." This almost makes him smile.

"You never were one for procrastination." He mutters more to himself than to me.

"No, I'm not. So, I repeat: Spit. It. Out." Now we're both smiling.

"I just… don't know how to say what I want to say." I smile.

"Of course you don't." I sigh. "You know it's a miracle that I'm speaking to you out loud right now, soooo… if you want this miracle to continue you should start contributing to the conversation."

"Well, Ness, you know what imprinting is right." No duh Sherlock.

"Yes," Wait a minute… is that where he's going with this. Silly Jacob.

"Ok, well I uh-IimprintedonyouNessie" His words rush out with the breath of air he's been holding.

I stand there for a moment, allowing him to take in my totally calm expression. How could he not know?

"Ness…" He steps forward and takes my hand, sending little twinges of electricity up my arm. "I know it's kind of… sudden for you, but you're seventeen now. Well, not actually, but-"

I cut him off, "I know what you mean." I smile at him warmly.

"Well, I just thought it was time you knew… that I'm not going anywhere. You're kind of stuck with me, and I just thought you should know that."

He's being adorably embarrassed right now, and I think it's just a little too cute to stop it right this second…

"Jake…"

"I know, you might not feel the same way, or even understand this right now, but just know that I'm here for you ok Ness?"

This comment is so sweet it actually brings tears to my eyes.

"Nessie! Please, please don't cry. I'm sorry, I just-" He steps closer to me, his palms raised in defeat.

"Shhhhh." I cut him off, putting a hand on his chest.

"What?" Now he's really confused.

"I know you doofus." I say and his face crumples in confusion.

"You know…? What?" He really doesn't get this at all does he?

"I. Knew. This. Whole. Time." I talk slowly adding a pause after each word to allow it to sink in. His mouth falls open in shock as he realizes what I'm getting at.

"Wai-what?" He looks so funny I can't help but giggle.

"Jake, I mean, come on. You know I'm not an idiot right?"

"Of course! You're the smartest person I know." Knee-jerk reaction to an imprint's question, tell tale sign number one.

"So, you of all people should know I've had you all figured out."

"Yeah?"

"Since I was five, well mentally anyways. Ever since you explained how Quil was attached to Claire." I smiled at the memory. "I remember thinking, 'it's just like me and my Jacob'."

"You knew." He sounds disbelieving now.

"Yesss." I sigh, nodding exaggeratedly.

"Ok. Well, let's just see if I have this straight. You knew I imprinted on you-"

"And I'm just as connected to you as you are to me." I say with a shy smile.

"But you still made me bumble through that confession. You know how embarrassing that was?" I smile hugely, biting my lip in an attempt to contain my amusement.

"Yeah… that was mean. But you looked kind of adorable." I laugh a little and blush lightly.

"Kind of adorable, huh?" Then, before I know what's going on Jake bends down and grabs me around my knees, throwing my over his shoulder.

"JAKE!" I squeal laughing loudly. I press my hand onto his neck- showing him a silent question. Where are we going?

"Surprise Ness!" He laughs at my irritation.

He runs with me bouncing over his shoulder for about three minutes. When he stops and sets me down I smile. I know where we are. We're at La Push beach. It's where the wolves, and consequently I, hang out.

I touch Jake's face, showing him a memory. It's the first time we took a walk on the beach. I was running on the sand with Jake trailing behind, letting me think I was faster than he was.

"You remember that?" He asks me with a smile. Then he rethinks his question. "Ok, bad question. Perfect recall. Freaky vampire child."

"Half vampire child." I correct him with a smile.

"Freaky half vampire child." He concedes.

"There you go." I smile widely at him.

"So, if you knew, about all this, the whole time, why didn't you tell me?"

"Come on Jake, it's not like you wanted me to know about this. So, like a good 'imprintee', I played dumb."

"You're really special Renesmee." He says, completely serious now.

"You too Jacob." I smile up at him.

"So, what now?" He looks completely at a loss for how to proceed.

A big smile covers my face. I step a little closer him. "What do you think?"

Silence. I inch a little closer to him. More silence. He's so stubborn. I get a little closer and wrap my arms around his waist. Again, those odd sparks shoot through me.

I move my mouth really close to his and say, "Figured it out yet?" It's barely a whisper, but I know he can hear it.

"I think so." And he meets my mouth with his.

And suddenly everything is perfect.

Now everybody say AWWW! How fun. And what a turnaround huh? Jacob was always the bold one with Bella, well apparently Nessie isn't one to wait around. Score for the bold hybrid! What do you think? Let me know, please, it's my first twilight fanfic.

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