Eternal Sunshine

I Love You, Renesmee

I do not own the Twilight Universe. All credit for the fabulous novels and characters belong to Stephenie Meyer. But I couldn't resist playing with the vampires and the werewolves for a little while. This is the first of my Twilight fanfiction series centered around Nessie and Jacob. Yes, some things are a bit different than they were in the books, but hey, that's what fanfiction is for, right? Read and enjoy, my darlings!

"Jacob," Renesmee called, waving as she approached her friend on the beach of the LaPush reservation.

"Hey Nessie," he grinned as she sat down beside him on the cool sand.

"My  mom said you had something to tell me?" she asked, nudging his shoulder with hers. "Since when do we use her as a go-between?"

"Yeah. I know."

Renesmee  studied his face. There was no sign of the happy- go- lucky Jacob that she knew so well. "What is it, Jake? Is  something wrong?"

"No. No, everything's fine." He laced  his hot fingers through her icy ones, and stared at their hands as he  continued, "Ness, you know I love you, right?"

"Of course," she she tried to laugh. It was making her a bit nervous to see him so serious. "I love you too."

"No,  I mean... well, maybe it will be easier if I just explain it like  this," he sighed, searching for the right words. "The guys in my pack, there's a thing called imprinting, and it  let's us know who our soul mates are as soon as we see them for the very  first time."

She frowned. "So love at first sight?"

"Yeah.  Only it's a lot more powerful than they make it out to be in story  books. All the emotion that we feel for that one person... it's all consuming. They become the most important thing in our lives.  Gravity doesn't tie us to the earth anymore. She does," he said, lost in  thought as he stared out into the water.

"Wow," she breathed.

"Yeah," he agreed, running his thumb over the back of her hand.

It took her a minute to find her voice. "Have you found her yet?"

"Yeah, I have. I used to think it was Bella, but after it happened, I  realized my love for your mother was only half as powerful as what I  felt for her."

Her stomach dropped. From her earliest  memory, Jacob had always been right beside her. Was that all going to  change now? Was some stranger going to come in and steal him? She knew  it was completely selfish of her to think that way, but she couldn't  help it. "Who is she?"

"You," he smiled, gazing at her with such adoration in  his eyes, and he brushed a stray piece of hair away from her face.  "It's always been you. I love you, Renesmee."

"Me?" she said, her voice barely above a whisper. "Why me?"

"Why?" he laughed softly. "Because you are the most kind, funny, and intelligent person I've ever met. You're my best friend. You're beautiful, Ness."

"Jake, I... I have to go." She scrambled to her feet, shaking her head.

"Go? Nessie, wait..."

"I'm  sorry! I'm so sorry," she cried, tears streaming down her cheeks as she  backed away and fled from the beach and Jacob. She didn't stop running  until she reached the mansion. She knew Jacob could run faster  than her, but he let her go.

She entered the house and flopped  down on the couch in the big white living room. She drew her knees up to  her chest to stop the ache from leaving Jacob, the ache  from hurting him. What had she done? What was she supposed to do now?