A Twilight fanfiction novel - SheeWolf85

“Hi, Jacob.” Alice wasn’t sure her hand wouldn’t get crushed, but she took his hand anyway. He was
surprisingly gentle. He let go of her hand and turned back to Renesmee. She recognized the glint in
his eyes, and she wasn’t sure if she wanted to rip her niece away and go back home or if she wanted
to encourage what was happening. She looked over at Renesmee. She was staring at Jacob with an
echo of the same adoration. “So, Renesmee, are you about ready to go? I’m getting hungry.” She
decided that she wouldn’t do either. She would see how things went and keep her mace on standby.
Renesmee tore her eyes away from Jacob. “Um . . . I guess.” She glanced up at him again. “It was
so nice meeting you. Maybe we’ll see each other again?”
Jacob couldn’t let her walk away again. “Yeah, absolutely. Where you guys headed?”
“Bella Italia, I think.” She glanced at Alice. Alice nodded, but wasn’t sure she wanted Jacob to know
that. “Yeah.” Renesmee bit her lip to keep from inviting him to join them. It wasn’t hard to tell Alice
wasn’t sure about him. She had to say more, though. “What are you doing today?”
Jacob shrugged. “I was just running an errand for my dad. I’m done, though, so I’m not in a hurry.”
Renesmee looked at Alice, pleading. She leaned over to whisper in her ear. “Can I invite him?”
Alice’s eyes widened, and she whispered back. “You don’t even know him.”
“He’s nice.”
“You think he’s nice. But look at him; he’s huge.”
“Please? He might say no. Wasn’t it you that said a girl has to explore every option?”
Alice sighed. She had said that. And she had been given more flack than she cared to remember
about Jasper and his guns when they first got together. She couldn’t assume that this man was a
danger just because he was bigger than Goliath. “Okay.”
Renesmee smiled widely and hugged her aunt. “Thank you.” She turned to Jacob, who was smirking
at her. As much as she wanted to invite him, she was suddenly nervous. Her mouth went dry and
her stomach bottomed out. “Um, Jacob. If you’d like, you can . . . join us?” She almost choked on
her words, afraid that he would say no.
“Sure, I’d like that,” he said, not giving her a chance to change her mind.
“Well, okay then,” Alice said. “Let’s go. I’m starving.”
“Wait, I need to pay for my books.” Renesmee gestured to the armful of books she had.
“Oh, right. I left some up at the counter, too.”
As they went to the cashier, Jacob thought about all the ways he could convince her to see him again
after today. He could just throw her over his shoulder and take her with him. He smiled to himself at
the thought. However the day worked out, he could already tell she felt something for him. Even if
she wasn’t sure what it was or if she tried to deny it, it was there. He could smell it.
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