Phases of the Sea

Chapter 26

Perci POV

According to the others, who had slightly better hearing than I did, Edward had taken Bella for her first hunt immediately, so she wasn't a danger to Renesmee.

"So, what do we do while we wait for them to get back?" I asked, plopping down on a chair in boredom.

"Well, you could show Nessie some fun things by bending water." Emmett suggested, making me roll my eyes at the nickname. Honestly, Bella was going to have a fit when she heard it, and I would be the one laughing and telling the others 'I told you so', since I had, in fact, warned them.

"Fine, I'll amuse Ren, but I stand by what I said on the nickname bit, Bella's going to flip." I said, getting up to grab a large bowl of water, bringing it back to the living room. After an hour of amusing the baby by making shapes with the water, the eyes of everyone else in the room strayed from where I continued amusing the kid in Rosalie's arms to the doorway. Catching sight of Bella, I let the water drop out of the dolphin shape I ha it in, and gestured outside, sending the water onto the porch.

"Oh good, you're back. I was starting to run out of ideas for shapes to make with the water." I said simply, standing up to give her an appraising look.

"How about that, you don't look like a stick anymore. Guess you'll be annoying Paul and I for a few thousand years now, huh?" I asked, a slightly joking smile on my face. To my surprise, she smiled back softly.

"I guess so. Um, I wanted to thank you for everything you did to help me. Edward told me about everything you guys did, even after Renesmee was born. He said that you tried to keep me from bleeding out, and that you got hurt standing between the house and Sam." She said, making my eyes go wide, before I turned to Paul.

"You heard that too, right? I'm not hallucinating? She actually thanked me for something for once?" I asked. His equally wide eyed nod made me turn back to Bella, who looked sheepish besides an amused Edward.

"Um, you're welcome, I guess. Sorry, trying to wrap my head around the fact that you actually thanked me." I said, making her wince slightly.

"Sorry about that, about a lot of things actually. You saved my life, and protected my daughter despite the fact that you were here mostly to stay away from Sam." She said, causing my brain to stall.

"My head hurts, I think I ended up in an alternate reality." I whispered, holding my head.

"You and me both." Paul whispered, taking me off to the side so Bella could meet her daughter while we nursed our headaches at the shock. After a few minutes, we heard Jacob's mildly panicked voice, and looked over to see him backing away from Bella.

"It's a wolf thing." He said, trying, and hilariously failing to tell her about the imprint without pissing her off.

"What's a wolf thing?" Bella demanded in a low, even tone. Oh yeah, she was in mother bear mode, this would be funny.

"He imprinted on her." Paul said bluntly, earning a look of betrayal from his alpha before Bella threw him out of the house, storming after him.

"You imprinted on my daughter?!" She shouted, clearly pissed.

"Why didn't we make popcorn for this again?" I whispered, watching in amusement as Bella started whooping Jacob's ass, resulting in the reveal of his nickname for the kid. I smirked when she got even more pissed.

"You nicknamed my daughter after the Loch Ness Monster?!" She shouted, well and truly pissed off now.

"I told you so, Jacob. That's why I went with Ren." I said, earning a glare from said wolf.