A Twilight fanfiction novel - SheeWolf85

He sighed and went to sit down at the table next to Billy. He watched the game for a few moments,
gathering his thoughts.
“I just wonder if somehow I made a mistake. Maybe I was supposed to imprint on another girl in the
forest, but I ran into her instead.” His heart hurt as he said it. He couldn’t imagine being with
anyone else, even if it didn’t seem logical.
Billy put the card he was holding down and looked at his son. “You know as well as I do that
imprinting is never a mistake. Give her time, Son. I seem to recall it took you several months to
accept what you are and even longer to embrace it.”
Jacob scoffed. “So you’re saying this is my punishment?”
“Does it feel like a punishment?”
“Sometimes it does, yeah.” He leaned back and looked up the ceiling for a moment. “But at the
same time, no, it doesn’t. It feels like a challenge.”
Billy nodded. “It is a challenge. Imprinting does not mean she has to fall head over heels in love
with you in an instant. It still takes time to build a relationship. Quil and Claire already had that
relationship, so of course things are going to move faster for him. It’s your job to be what this girl
needs and love her more than anyone else.”
“How can I be what she needs when the simple idea that I exist at all gives her nightmares?”
Billy sighed. “You can’t be the first Shifter to ever doubt his imprint, Son, but I have never heard one
story that ended with it all being a mistake. Have you?”
Jacob shook his head slowly. “No, I haven’t.”
“Just give her time. Treat the relationship as if you were human and show her beyond a shadow of a
doubt that you’re no harm to her. Prove yourself, then tell her.”
“Thanks, Dad.” He got up and patted Billy’s shoulder. Before he walked out, he tapped a ten of
hearts and moved it to a Jack of spades.
~*~
Wednesday morning, Renesmee sat at the table eating her cold cereal with Jasper reading the
newspaper next to her.
“Not much sleep?” Jasper asked.
Renesmee sighed. “No, not really.”
He nodded without putting the paper down. He really wanted to tell her to either get over it or break
up with the boy, but he didn’t have the heart. This whole thing was important to his niece, and
unless she was getting herself in trouble, he’d just be supportive of whatever she decided to do.
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