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Fade Away
Fade AwayJacob wiped his greasy hands on his dark denim jeans. His eyes instantly going to the door as he smelt her.He couldn't describe her scent. It was wholly unique to her, she smelled like the morning, like grass and lilacsand... Renesmee. She had probably only just crossed the border, but he was that attuned to her...He pulled on his black t-shirt that was sitting on the table. Covered in grease, but covering his naked torso.He wondered if Bella and Edward had realized her absence yet. It was ten o'clock, but the darkness matteredvery little to the Cullens. They would have all been in the big house, having left Renesmee to her room in thecottage. Alice wouldn't have predicted her departure, it caused Jacob a small jolt of joy as he thought thatRenesmee was a blind-spot, like him, when it came to Alice's predictions.But they would realize she was gone. Bella still had the odd tendency to check up on her daughter while sheslept. He supposed it was because, while Renesmee looked to be about sixteen, she was still only eight yearsold in Edward and Bella's minds. Judging from Nahuel's experience, she should have matured two yearsearlier, but Carlisle said that it might have been six and a half years for Nahuel but eight for Renesmee.Something about males growing more rapidly than females?They would realize her escape soon enough, and they would guess soon enough where she had escaped to.He also had a fair idea of who they would blame for her sneaking out at night.Never mind that it would give Edward and Bella a mild theoretical heart-attack. It would have all of the Cullenfamily jumping down Jacob's throat..."She is still too young" Bella warned months earlier."I'm not disagreeing with you" Jacob bit out.Edward had snarled at him and it took Jacob a moment to compose himself."She isn't a child... she is technically sixteen..." Carlisle had interjected.Edward and Bella both threw him a warning glance and he sat down silently."She's not ready" Edward warned."I know that!" Jacob spat, "what do you think I am?"The second he'd said it, Jacob winced. Who was he kidding? Edward could read his mind. He knew that Jacobhad been noticing Renesmee's new maturity. The swell of her hips, her lithe frame, the way she came up to hischin now, her tufts of copper curls, those blue cashmere sweaters that showed off her...Edward let out another low hiss. Bella, not knowing for certain what Edward was hearing but getting the gist,let rip with a matching growl."We know it's difficult for you..." Edward forced the words out through his clenched teeth, "... but try to seethings from our perspective"
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This was difficult. Not even Quil understood, and they were effectively in the same boat with Renesmee andClaire. But the problem was that after eight years Claire looked like an eight year old and Quil was still securein his role of big brother. For Jacob it was different... so different. He had loved Renesmee and protected heras a child. But whereas Quil had set himself a rough goal of Claire's high school graduation, Renesmee'sacceleration had totally decimated any sort of time-frame Jacob had calculated with regards to the shift fromprotector and big brother to... more.Edward had been right when he'd said once that Jacob was in no hurry to have Renesmee grow up and be...more. He was just happy to have her at all. But at the time, when she was only a year old, he hadn't realizedhow her growth spurt would trigger certain feelings sooner than was comfortable for her parents. One of whom was a mind-reader. Great.Quil was no help when it came to Renesmee."If it was me?" he'd mused."If it was you" Jacob had encouraged the hypothetical.Quil understood imprinting all too well, having been one of the first. He understood his role as Claire's bigbrother perfectly and took pride and certain amount of glee in it. But he also understood Jacob's dilemma. Hecould feel it. They all could. His pack. They all sympathized, but occasionally he recognized a twinge of...distaste?Quil gave a small shiver. "I don't know" he said finally.Jacob huffed."Maybe you should do as Bella and Edward ask?" Quil offered instead. It was better than 'I don't know', atleast."Keep your distance from her" Edward had said, not aggressively, but Jasper and Emmett had stood behindhim and that spoke volumes. "For now" he amended when Jacob's face fell.Jacob thought back to that conversation of two months ago."She still comes to see you" Quil couldn't read his mind right now, being in human form, but Jacob guessed itwas all over his face."And I still patrol their house" Jacob amended.They knew he did. That didn't mean they liked it... but Edward at least had some idea of the pull Renesmeehad for him, and allowed it... begrudgingly.But Renesmee sneaking out to come and see Jacob in the middle of the night? That, he was sure, Edwardwouldn't be able to reason with Jake about..."You shouldn't be here" he murmured. "You're parents..." he started, sensing her presence leaning against thedoor frame of his garage."Since when did you listen to my parents?"
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She smirked and an image flitted into Jacob's mind. Her lips on his, pulling him toward her, down into thesoftness of her..."Ness..." he murmured, shaking his head.She just kept on smiling. "Impure thoughts?" she murmured, without looking up."Not exactly my thoughts" he grumbled back, feeling his temperature rise as the Renesmee in his mind slowlytugged..."A technicailty" she whispered."Ness!" he growled, and his mind emptied. He was left with his own thoughts, and the bitter after-taste of longing.She turned so that her back pressed against the wall, her feet out in front of her, she stared down at them, notwanting to meet his gaze. She knew that Jacob's patience with her was not infinite."Sorry" she mumbled.He didn't say anything. It wasn't her this time, but the images lingered as his own sense of clarity washed overhis thoughts. He knew the intricacies of Renesmee's gift as well as any of the Cullen's. She had grown upsharing it with them, her own way of communicating, expressing thoughts when words were insufficient.Memories made up the bulk of her images; acting as points of reference. You could see her dreams if you layyour head close enough to hers while she slept, they were vivid as she lived them in the moment, likewatching a movie. Her memories and dreams appeared in your mind, clear and focused, high definition. It wasvery rare that she would share a constructed thought, a piece of her imagination. That seemed more privatesomehow, and she didn't share such thoughts so easily, if ever. Edward had been partly right, once. Where hermother could shield her mind from intrusion, Renesmee would happily surrender hers... but it was alwaysunder her control. The flip-side of her father's gift, Renesmee could plant her own images into a person's mind,when she did so she was baring her soul to them... but she was her mother's daughter in many ways. She couldbe gate-keeper to her powers.But on the rare occasion she did; when she was anxious for someones safety and the worst case scenario'sshe'd dreamed up ran through your mind... well, you could separate those from the memories and dreamsbecause they were hazy. Not based in any reality but her own imagination, there was a sort of buttery glowaround them...like they appeared in sepia tones. Instead of a 'then' and 'now', it was more of a distinctionbetween the 'real' and her 'imagined'.Jacob knew that Renesmee rarely shared such thoughts with her family. He realized this when she was twoyears old, but looked closer to six. The night before her first day of primary school, as Jacob watched herdrawing on the kitchen counter, some abstract crayon masterpiece that looked more like a work of Picassothan a child's refrigerator decoration, an image had flashed in his mind of Nessie at school, sitting all alone,watching as the other children gave her a wide berth on the playground... the image had cut him right down themiddle. Her first day of school was tomorrow, and this image had been blurry (as though he was seeing itthrough tear-clouded eyes), the whole scene tinged with anxiety and fear.His first instinct then had been to gather her up into his arms and tell her not to worry, soothe her by promisinghis presence... but then he'd stopped himself from saying the words. Some things he could not promise. Insteadhe had offered her reassurances, spoken in his strong voice, full of conviction that every child would be liningup to play with her, and if anyone gave her a hard time, they'd have him to answer to. That made her smile...
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Great story, really catch me form beginning to end, two thumps up. just a little confusion with parts that are repeated (typo mistake think) but a really recommended writer. Congratulations

Waa, i'm cryin now! I loved Esme and Carlisle! This story ends so well. I'm severly depressed now. But also elated that it all worked out. I wonder, if Stephanie Meyer does write a sequel, if she'll consider the problems in their relationship that you have posed in this story? You were definitely correct, because if he leaves his pack, he'll age and if he doesn't, Renesmee will make all the boys i

Such a great story! Are you writing a sequel? Oh, and also subscribe to me. Bye :)

its really good and i wanna know what happens between emmett and tanya, but its also really sad that rosalie, carlisle and emse all died, and leah as well!!!!

This is a ver amazing story i dont think even i could have written it this way, you have a greatimagination and a great stride for storytelling , please continue this story maybe u should find some way of talking to stephenie and see if she can help u get this published

Omygoshness! I loved the story, it was so sweet and beautiful. It made me so happy at some times and so sad at others. But to the chase, it was amazing!

this.is.soooo.beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!i'am almost in tears............n i bearly cry

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