Summary: Bella's cousin Daniel is moving to Forks, and he's all set for a boring time. Until he meets Jacob. A sudden, unexpected imprint throws him into the dangerous world of vampires and werewolves, and as his cousin's life is put in mortal danger, Daniel ends up facing choices he never wanted and love he's always dreamed of.

A/N: Okay, let's get the boring stuff out of the way: setting- start of Eclipse, just after Bella and Edward got back from Rene's I am gonna warn you right now, I am not an American and I have never been to America. (I want to go there though) Therefore I spell colour with a u, say crisps instead of chips, etc, etc. Just try and make sense of what you can. I have made the concession of spelling mom mum, but that's about it. Enjoy anyway! Oh and one more thing, reviews are like crack to me. So's chocolate, so either will do.

Warning(s): Sex (the gay kind), occasional underage drinking, swearing, some OOC.

Daniel's POV

I sighed and leaned back into my seat. We had been driving for hours, and all to get somewhere I didn't particularly want to go. Forks. Wet, foggy and dull dull and did I mention dull? I could usually stand the week or two we spent there every year with my cousin Bella and uncle Charlie, but this was worse. We were actually going to live there! Of course we didn't really have much choice, since dad and that bitch had got the house in the divorce we didn't really have anywhere to stay...

"How much longer?" I asked, mainly just because neither of us had said anything for an hour and I was getting bored.

"Another half an hour." My mom replied, somehow managing to sound cheerful. I sighed and glanced out the window

That was when I saw it. The wolf. And not just a wolf, I mean a WOLF. At least as tall as me at the shoulder, and as long as the car we were sitting in. It had russet brown fur, and as we passed it turned it's head and for a second I looked into it's eyes. They were dark, chocolate brown and amazingly intelligent, more like looking at a humans eyes than and animals. I only saw them for a second, then the car kept going and it was out of sight.

"Did you see that?" I asked, turning to look at my mom. She glanced away from the road to look at me, then looked away.

"See what?" She asked curiously. I glanced in the wing mirror, but the wolf was gone.

"Nothing." I said quietly, settling back into my seat. "It was nothing."

Jacob's POV

SHIT!

SHIT, SHIT, SHIT!

I did not just imprint! I did not just imprint on some random boy in a car!

'Actually you did, feels just like when I-'

'Shut it, Quil!" I thought. Usually it was Paul that snapped like that, but right now I was feeling pretty stressed out. I hadn't even looked at any boy that way before, but now I couldn't get his blue eyes out my head, his brown hair just hanging down to his eyes, looking back at me with...

'Oh yeah, he's imprinted.' Paul laughed in my head. 'Boy's got it bad.' I ignored him and tried to concentrate on what I was feeling. If I had actually imprinted then I wouldn't feel anything for Bella, and I didn't. At least I didn't feel anything beyond friendship, nothing compared to what I used to feel. And less than nothing compared to the overwhelming feelings I had towards...Oh god. I didn't even know his name. All I had was a single glimpse of him in a car.

I turned and started chasing after him, but then I felt Sam's presence enter my head as he shifted into wolf form, and after a second of listening to Quil, Paul and my thoughts he was up to speed on what was happening. 'Jake, you need to come back home. We'll talk about this and then decide what to do. You can't just go running off after him.'

'But-' I started, then Sam cut me off, a tiny echo of the Alpha tone in his voice.

'No buts, Jacob. Imprinting is serious. For starters we need to find out who he is, then we need to tell him about the pack, then about you, then we-'

'Alright, alright, I get it.' I said sulkily, still staring down the road in the direction he had gone. 'I'm coming.' I turned round and started running, a dozen different thoughts running through my head, and all of them about my imprint.

'Hey Jake, you better hope he's gay. Otherwise it's gonna be pretty awkward when-'

'SHUT UP, PAUL!'

Daniel's POV

Just under half an hour later we pulled to a stop outside our new house. I climbed out of the car and tried to keep the sullen expression on my face from turning into a smile. A white two story house with a loft converted into a bedroom (mine), a wrap-around porch, big windows, and it was pushed right back up against the trees. My mom walked round from the other side of the car and smiled at me knowingly.

"What do you think then." She asked. I glanced at her, then at the house, then looked back at her and smiled reluctantly.

"I love it." I admitted. She smiled wider, then she turned round and walked back over to the car.

"Come on, help me shift this." She said, waving at the pile of boxes in the back seat.

Shouldn't we go say hi to Charlie and Bella first?" I said quickly, any excuse to delay anything that involved effort. She gave me a look that told me she knew exactly what I was trying to do, but she turned and walked down the street to Bella's house. I reached up to knock on the door, but Bella must have been looking out her window and seen us coming, because she opened the door before I had a chance to touch it.

"Hey guys!" She said cheerfully. "I completely forgot you were coming today! Come on in, I'll get Ch- dad." She corrected herself, blushing. She smiled again and turned to walk back in the house. Mom and I glanced at each other, then leaned in closer together.

"I thought Charlie said she'd gone manic depressive." I hissed.

"She must have...gotten over it somehow." My mom hissed back, we shared a look and walked into the house. Charlie came out the sitting room, without Bella, and grinned happily.

"Hey, you guys just get here?" My mom nodded and answered, but as soon as adults start talking I tune out automatically. I glanced around and saw Bella's feet coming down the stairs. I excused myself quietly and walked over to the stairs. I reached them just in time to hear Bella cry out and see her tumbling down towards me. I lept forward and caught her, then pushed her upright. I smirked at her and opened my mouth to say something witty, but a voice like church bells cut me off.

"Well well, I thought that was my job." I looked up to see who was talking and very nearly outed myself. The guy at the top if the stairs was one of the most, if not the most, attractive man I had ever seen. He was slimly muscled, flawless white skin, and the most...bizzare hair and eyes I had ever seen. Seriously, I swore he was wearing contacts and hair dye, no-one had eyes the same colour as gold. Or hair that was...I didn't even know the colour.

"Daniel, this is Edward." Bella said, as said person walked down the stairs and slipped his hand through hers. "I told you about him right?" I nodded, fighting to A) Speak properly, and B) Keep little Danny from popping up to say hello.

"Oh yeah, you told me about him. In great detail." I said, thinking of the four page email I got about a year ago. At the same time I was trying to remember if Edward didn't have something to do with Bella's depression, I could remember hearing about him but we had been a little...busy, with our own problems. Just the memory of all that was enough to put how hot Bella's boyfriend was out of my head. I smiled and stepped forward to shake his surprisingly cold and hard hand. "Nice to meet you, I'm Daniel. Bella's cousin."

"I heard." Edward replied, and Bella got a strange expression on her face, like they were sharing some private joke. "It's nice to meet you too." We stood around awkwardly for a few seconds, then I pointed over my shoulder with my thumb.

"Maybe we should move this downstairs." I suggested. The other two smiled and followed me down. Mom and Charlie had moved into the sitting room, and I could hear them laughing. "Guess we should join them." I said.

"Actually, I was just leaving. Give you two time to catch up." Edward replied, then leaned down and kissed her. I looked away automatically, partly because I always looked away from other people kissing, and partly because I couldn't resist mentally replacing Bella with me. I silently thanked god no-one could hear what I was thinking and waited for the two of them too break apart. I said a quick goodbye to Edward as he left, then Bella and I went into the sitting room to begin the long process of catching up.

Two hours later we were in our house for the first time, and I was exhausted. Bella and I had made dinner, and then she had offered me a ride to school tomorrow with her and Edward, so at least I wouldn't be walking through the rain. I hadn't had time to explore the house yet, so I was determined to do that straight after school.

The only part of the house I had really looked in was my bedroom/the loft. There was a staircase leading up into room, with a door at the bottom, and three of the four sides had windows on them. Through them I could see the road. the woods and the houses to our left. If i sat at exactly the right angle and squinted I could see Bella's window. But right now I was just lying in my bed, adjusting to not being able to hear the cars and sounds of the city.

Finally, who knew how much later, I finally fell asleep, certain that tomorrow would be a typical dull and slightly humiliating first day.

It wasn't until later that I realised how wrong I had been.

A/N: I know, setting-up chapter. Don't worry it get's better. Also, a quick equation for you- reviews=motivation=faster updates. (hint hint)