Disclaimer: The Twilight Series does not belong to me.
Warnings: Post-Eclipse spoilers. Original Characters. Read at your own discretion.
PREFACE
They said only fools fell in love.
Than I was one of those fools. I was foolish enough to fall in love with her. She left me for him. I hated thinking about it sometimes. I didn't want to think at all, period. To be reminded that it can never happen. To feel the hole in my heart throb relentlessly against my chest. I never wanted to go through the pain again. I never wanted to go through anything.
There was no more Jacob Black.
There was no Isabella Marie Swan.
There was nothing. At least, that's what I thought.
1. VANILLA
My body was finally giving out on me.
How long has it been? A week…two weeks at the most? I wondered how far I ran, I looked around in my surroundings. Nothing but trees and the rustle of animals. The sun peeked through the tops, making the forest floor seem like it was glittering. I pawed at the cold hard ground, my whole body beginning to feel exhausted from running. It was odd, I didn't noticed just how fast I was running, how far I was running until now.
I still heard them, my pack, mostly their pleas for me to come back. Even Sam got worried after a while. Maybe I wasn't running far enough.
Or maybe I should go back, it was obvious that I should for my pack. Not to mention their wedding was just around the corner. Their wedding… I mentally cringed as my chest throbbed slightly. I was still human underneath all this shaggy fur.
I turned my body around, breaking into a light trot so my body can rest up quickly for the return trip. I think I was just about nearing the Alaskan border before I decided to turn back around. Even that far and the pack's thoughts still reached me, it must have been their thoughts were more intensified when it came to me.
He's coming back, I heard Quil's voice echo clearly, clearly overjoyed.
I broke into a faster run now, the sounds of my feet pounding against the cold ground proving to be very harmonic to my ears. The wind flew past me, the surroundings beginning to blur together. A happy feeling infiltrating my mind. Somehow, I knew something good will happen when I return to La Push. I began to pick up the pace, the beat of my running speeding up.
But then I smelled it, that sickly sweet smell that made my nose scrunch up in disgust. A smell that emitted from what we called the cold ones.
Vampires.
I tried to go faster, wanting nothing to do with those leeches at the moment. However, another scent overwhelmed my senses. It was so much stronger then the scent coming off of the blood suckers. It was a human scent strangely enough, the wave after wave of sweet vanilla filling my mind. So strong that it stopped me in my tracks.
"No! I told you already I'm not going to be one of you guys," an androgynous voice rang through the air, making the fur on my back tingle up. It was hard to decipher the voice as male or female at the moment, the smell of vanilla still overriding my brain. Whoever this person was, they were the source of the sweet vanilla smell.
"Why not?" came the melodic voice of a male, probably one of the blood suckers. They always have utterly perfect voices.
"You know why!" the first voice squeaked out. "I hate blood, I don't want to survive on something I distaste!" I moved closer, but the male leech heard me. He inhaled deeply.
"What's that horrific smell…" I heard the blood sucker sneer. I broke out into a run again, moving far away from them and back toward La Push frantically. I wanted nothing to do with the bloodsuckers. I just hoped whoever that person was didn't become one of them.
The scent of vanilla still overwhelming my senses.
I didn't know how long it took me to get back home in La Push, but here I was, walking back into my backyard in my human form. My pack brothers were already there and tackled me to the ground save for Sam who stood next to Emily, the two of them beaming at my return, and Leah, who I did not see. I smiled, happy to see them as well. I guess I missed home more then I thought.
"Enough, enough," came the voice of my father, Billy. He rolled up to me in his wheelchair as I sat up on the grassy ground. Quil and the others getting off of me.
"Dad…" I murmured, looking away in shame. "I shouldn't have left home in the first --" He held up his hand to stop me.
"It's fine, don't apologize to me," he grunted, "But I have some news." I looked up at him, awaiting for him to tell me.
"The Cullen boy wanted to talk to you…" Billy began, the whole pack listening intently. "He said that there were more vampires coming to Forks and he'll discuss the rest of it with you at the border." My mind remembered the two people from before, the vampire and the one that smelled like vanilla.
I then scowled, immediately knowing which Cullen boy he was talking about. Edward of course, Bella's soon to be husband. I wanted to run away again at the thought of their marriage, but something kept me back. Maybe because I knew it wouldn't work this time.
I nodded at my father. "When?"
"Whenever, the sooner the better he said." was my father's reply as he rolled back into the house.
"Are you actually going to see him?" Embry asked as I stood up.
"Of course, I don't want bloodsuckers feeding on the people here or in Forks." I replied, my thoughts drifting slightly to Bella. I didn't want them to feed on her, even if she is going to become one of them in just a matter of weeks. A pang throbbed in my chest briefly before fading away.
"Don't worry okay?" I gave them a wolfish grin and began to walk off toward the border of La Push.
"Wait Jacob," Sam said, stopping me in my tracks. I turned to my pack leader.
"Yes Sam?"
"Put some pants on." Snickers broke out in the group, blood rushing to my cheeks. I guess spending so much time covered in fur made me forgot that I wasn't technically wearing clothes.
Sam tossed me a pair of my sweat pants, obviously prepared. I quickly pulled them in front of them. I was amazed that Emily didn't go completely red like I did from my situation.
I walked into the garage, finding my black motorcycle still sitting there where I left it. I got on it and started it up, listening to it roar to life. I drove out of my tiny garage and toward the La Push border, waving good-bye to my pack brothers.
"Watch out with the bloodsucker!" Quil yelled out before I began speeding down the road.
I wasn't surprised to see him leaning against his sleek Volvo just outside the La Push border. His bronze hair still shining despite the sky was thickly blanketed by gray clouds. He looked at me, his topaz eyes glittering like jewels.
"You came." he said suavely as I got off my bike. I somehow admitted to myself that Bella might be happy with this guy. He seemed just perfect with her.
"Of course," I replied calmly, "So what's this thing about more bloodsuckers coming here?" He smirked slightly at my nickname for his kind.
"Well, it's two 'bloodsuckers' and a human," Edward explained, still leaning against his car. "The vampires aren't vegetarians like us however, we just want to give you a heads-up so you and your pack won't go berserk at the scent of our kind."
"Human? Why are they bringing a human along? As a snack?" I sneered slightly, my hands clenching up into fists. I wasn't going to let an innocent human become a snack for leeches.
"No, they're dropping her off I guess…from what I heard they wanted to turn her into one of them." Edward replied, "She refused however. So don't worry your tail off…"
"Fine then. Is that all?" I snapped rather quickly.
"Mm, yes. Are you coming to Bella and my wedding?" Edward asked casually. I winced at Bella's name, the vampire looking disappointed. I thought about it briefly, I should go…for Bella.
"What about your family? Don't they think I stink?" I asked, regaining my composure.
"Yes." Edward said bluntly. "But they'll tolerate you for Bella."
"Fine. I'll come." I said, "For Bella." I smiled weakly at Bella's fiancé, who returned my smile but in more dazzling proportions.
"August thirteenth," the bronze-haired vampire reminded me.
"Till then," I nodded, getting back on my motorcycle, making it roar to life again.
"Till then," Edward said, getting into his car. I drove off first, back home in La Push. I listened to my engine rumble as I thought to myself. I wasn't looking forward wedding honestly, but the thought of newcomers coming…especially the human being dropped off here. It made my curiosity swirl.
