Disclaimer: I do not own twilight…nuff said.
A/n: Hello people, welcome to my new story, which occurs after my other story Sunset. You should go read that story before reading this one since a lot of stuff is explained there that I might not go fully into detail in this one; but I'll try my best to keep in mind that not everyone had read that story. Anyway this is a drama with a 'slight' character love triangle, yup- ya gotta love me.
Chapter Preview: Jacob and Bella finally tell Charlie that they're dating after two weeks, so naturally this story takes place two weeks after the epilogue in sunset.
Quote of the Chapter: "If my heart would beat for every second that I love you, I'd be immortal."
Chapter One: Forks is next
Okay, breath- breath it'll all be alright. I kept saying this to myself as Jacob Black and I sat on my couch, me shaking my leg nervously waiting impatiently for Charlie to come home from the police station. He had been staying late at the station for about two weeks, ever since he came back from Seattle empty handed and not even a lead on who was killing small innocent children down there.
He had been acting very depressed ever since, as if it was somehow his fault that he nor any of the police down in Seattle could find the murderer. Now, I began wondering if it was a good idea to tell Charlie that Jacob and I were dating- for right now, atlest.
"You know, Jake- I think we should hold this off until later- how 'bout you." I asked, with a nervous chuckle. His arm was protectively around my shoulder, remote in his right hand, flipping through the channels casually while I sat next to him, freaking out.
"Come on Bella- he'll be happy, he seems so stressed out with work, why not lighten his mood?" Jacob suggested, turning his head to me and kissing me on the nose. My foot continued to shake nervously, out of my control.
"I dunno- I don't feel like you getting shot or something stupid; especially since he's not so up on clams about me dating since- Edward and all." I said, turning and staring at the meaningless television that was now on some idiotic channel that had a man checking out a call about big-foot being in the area. But, thinking about it, I was sitting next to my werewolf boyfriend- so I couldn't really say what existed or didn't, now.
"Up on clams?" Jacob asked after a moment, I turned to him to see his quizzical expression. I raised my eyebrow.
"What?" I asked, confused.
"What is that? An expression or something." he asked, chuckling whole- heartedly. I rolled my eyes,
"Duh, what you've never heard of it? It means like: not so fantastic about the idea…gosh." I smiled, and leaned my head on his shoulder, punching him gently (for my sake) in the stomach playfully.
"Sounds like a drug- clams- 'up on clams'." he said, more to himself. I rolled my eyes again, smiling- he was so cute sometimes.
Jacob's head suddenly popped up- not exactly in alarm.
"What's wrong?" I whispered softly, my foot stopped shaking. Jacob turned to me and smiled,
"Hmmm...A few weeks ago I would never have thought we'd be having this conversation with Charlie." he said, grinning happily.
"He's here- already?" I asked, about to stand up. I had already gotten his dinner prepared nice and hot- it was currently heating up in the microwave to sort of bribe him with in a way. Jacob smiled at me and my nervous attitude.
I stood up and walked to the kitchen grabbing his food out of the microwave, making the food look all elegant and delicious- more so than usual, then I set it on the table, and poured him a glass of ice tea, right as I heard the door open. Jacob was sitting on the couch, smirking widely- trying to hold back a laugh.
Charlie entered the room, after hanging his gun belt on the hook (good) eyeing Jacob.
"Hey, Jacob- nice to see you over here." Charlie said, sincerely, "What's been going on with you- something good with you smiling like that." he chuckled. Okay, fantastic, he's in a good mood. Honestly I don't know what I was getting all out of shape about- Charlie loved Jacob, Jake's father was Charlie's best friend- how could he not. I don't know what I was so worried about; my hours of paranoid anticipation a seemed silly now.
Charlie sat down at the table, thanking me for his food. I sat down across from him- I saw Jacob smiling lovingly at me while he stood up in one quick blink.
"This is delicious, Hun." Charlie said with a mouthful of lasagna. Jacob walked over and sat on the other side of Charlie, smiling at me.
"So- dad, how was your day…" wait- I shouldn't have said that. Suddenly his face went all depressed again, but he didn't dismiss himself as he usually did.
"It was fine." he said simply, I didn't push it. Jacob motioned me on, and I took a deep breath and decided to just come on with it- of course my mouth at other plans,
"So…dad…I er- um…me and Jacob- you know, have been hanging out…for awhile now…and er- um….you know…me and him- Jacob and I-"
"Chief Swan, I would like your permission to date your daughter." Jacob interrupted calmly. I shot my eyes at him. Hello didn't he see I was about to tell him…well I guess anyone could make that mistake. Charlie stopped eating, his face still crutched over this plate, fork in air.
I finally, after about thirty seconds, saw him finish chewing the food in his mouth. I looked at Jacob, he looked calm in the face but his eyes were slightly nervous. Charlie finished chewing, and then sat up straight, turning to me- oh god.
"I thought you two were just friends…" Charlie said, rather shocked, but his face showed no sign of anger or anything close to it. My cheek, I felt, went red- damn my blushing.
"Things change, dad, I really- like Jacob." I said, I think if I said love it would be too much for him to handle so soon. Then he looked at Jacob, in the all too familiar fatherly over-protective way I had seen him give Edward Cullen time and time again. At the thought I remembered Edward's face- his perfect face; the same one I had seen a few weeks ago in my bedroom. The face that ran away before I could say anything. The same one that I didn't want to run away…
I quickly shook him out of my head and focused on Jacob and Charlie. Jacob had a small smile playing on his face, while Charlie looked at him with a somewhat mock-serious expression; it looked like he wanted to bust out into a dance.
"Jacob- may I talk to you in the other room for a quick second." Charlie asked, standing up from his chair, Jacob nodded, his eyes looking nervous, but his face stayed calm when he turned to me and smiled, and he followed Charlie into the hallway.
I was suddenly feeling suspicious and nervous at the same time. What did Charlie have to tell Jacob that he didn't want me to hear? I strained my eyes hoping to catch a hint of something he was saying, but I heard nothing. I half expected for a gunshot to be fired off any second, but I knew Charlie wouldn't shoot my boyfriend…yeah, I'm pretty sure he wouldn't…unless they deserved it or something. But then again Jacob had just changed from the son of Billy Black, the nice respectable little kid Charlie saw, to the boy that's dating his daughter.
After what seemed like ten hours Charlie and Jacob reentered the room. They were both smiling so I'm guessing that was a good sign. After all Jacob was the type of guy parents couldn't help but like, and girls couldn't help but love. Suddenly for no reason I felt jealous- how many other girls had Jacob dated…? I pushed that out of my mind, as Charlie spoke to Jacob.
"Take care of her, Jacob." he said, with a nod, smiling at me, then going into the living room and flipping on the television; after a second he came back grabbed his plate of food and went back into the other room. Jacob grinned at me, and then sat down next to me at the table.
"What did he say?" I asked hurriedly. His eyes gazed into mine, and then he looked down at, with a pained look on his face.
"Er- nothing really, just a little chat…" Jacob answered, I raised my eyebrow, letting it go in the hope he'd tell me later once my dad wasn't around.
"Oh…okay…" I concluded the subject. Jacob looked at me and smile again and kissed me gently on the lips.
"I love you Bella Swan." he said, my heart fluttered and my stomach had butterflies when he said it; I blushed, and smiled lovingly at him.
"I love you too Jacob Black."
Jacob left around ten o'clock, leaving me lonely. But still I was extremely happy by the time I went to bed after telling a very drowsy Charlie goodnight.
I changed into a new pair of pajamas I had gotten awhile back but never wore- orange and pink dotted shorts, and a matching orange shirt with pink dots. I climbed into bed, smile still on my face. I don't remember ever being this happy, my insides felt all tingly and warm.
I don't know how I got so lucky, that Jacob was now mine and how good he was to me. Sometimes it felt too good to be true, but then I decided that nothing would tear me apart from Jacob now. Billy and Charlie approved, not that I thought they weren't going to. This was probably one of their dreams, combining our families and whatnot.
You'd think, with Jacob being a werewolf and everything, that he'd be aggressive; but he was nothing like that. He was gentle and sweet and perfect…
After awhile I finally fell asleep. Without Jacob here I was getting colder, and I began not to like the feeling. I snuggled closer to my blankets, feeling only a little bit warmer; what I wouldn't give to be in bed with Jacob right now, with his strong muscular arms around me, his warm body pressed against mine.
"Who are you?" I asked quietly. The little girl's looking into my eyes, tears falling down them. She shook her head,
"I'm lost…" she whispered, I knelt down beside her, not knowing what to do.
"Stand up, come with me, I'll take you home with me." I said, standing up and holding out my hand for her. She just stared at it,
"Your lost too- They're looking for you too- They'll get all of us, ever last one- until they're not thirsty anymore." she said, in a faint whisper. My eyes open wide in shock.
"Your- You were on the news- I've seen you before. You were one of the girls who were…kidnapped…" I said, thinking out loud. She just looked at me, tears never ceasing to fall. "Wait- what do you mean 'until they're not thirsty anymore'." I asked. My heart was hammering fast, and my breathing was uneven.
The girl looked down at the forest grown, and shook her head.
"Forks is next."
My eyes flashed open, and I realized I was covered in sweat. I was panting heavily, my heart beating fast. I wiped my hair out of my face. The coldness in the air was now comforting. I closed my eyes again, and kept telling myself it was just a dream- it was just a dream. But not matter how many times I said it in my head; I knew that this had to be some type of sign. Those murders were done with Seattle and were coming to Forks; our small innocent town, even the people in the news a few weeks ago said there weren't any more attacks in Seattle. Would anyone believe me if I told them, would they think I was crazy? No- I don't think so, Charlie would probably believe me.
I sat up in my bed, trying to calm my heard down. I opened my eyes, and gasped- I'm pretty sure I was close to a heart attack.
He stood there, quiet still, not breathing; His pale face and golden eyes staring at me.
A/n:] Hope you're enjoying the story so far, I know this chapter short, but it did what needed to be done. Please review, and give me some suggestion of what you might want to happen or something to help me out with this story (Also: that whole "up on clams" thing, I used that expression before and no one got it- I don't understand…maybe it's not a popular expression or something?") Sorry for any spelling or grammar mistakes I was bond to make. Next chapter up next week (May 12th or sooner, depends on how fast I finish these chapters)