-1Cassie led him into their miniscule living room. It had a small TV, a table, and a deep blue couch. She led him through their abnormally small kitchen to sit on the blue couch.

"So what is it you wanted to tell me?" Cassie asked Jacob. She saw the sadness flash in his eyes again.

"My story" Jacob replied, his deep brown black eyes far away. They only emotions in them were sadness and determination. Cassie had a feeling that he had wanted to tell someone this for a long time. She let him continue. "Well" he said, a grimace flashing over his face "A brief outline. But in the beginning, there will be a lot of explaining." Cassie nodded, ready for anything he might tell her, anything at all, except what he was about to tell her.

"I'm a werewolf" Jacob said. He paused. It seemed hard for him to say it. She saw his face crumple in denial. "We werewolves are strange creatures" He half smiled. "See, I'm a Quileute Indian and when vampires around we possess a gene that lets us turn into wolves" Vampires? Cassie was extremely confused. Jacob saw her confusion. "I'll explain about vampires later." His voice turned to a snarl around the word vampire. "When we're wolves we possess the ability to read each others minds." He shuddered. "It's mostly awful! It's good for when we need to coordinate, but otherwise" He shuddered again "UGH! Everything you've done, laid out for others to see!" Cassie shuddered at the thought. She didn't want anyone in her mind!

"What do you have to coordinate for?" She asked, way confused.

"Our main job as werewolves is to protect La Push, the Indian reservation where I live, from vampires. It's a full time job believe me!" Cassie understood. It was tough being a seer, knowing things before they happened. Sometimes it got so bad she had to miss school.

"What else is strange about you guys?" Cassie asked. She let a smile leak out. She was having fun with this guy.

"Well" Jacob continued. "There's a lot more strange stuff when we're not wolves. Once the gene is triggered we reach full growth in a matter of months. That's why I have so big muscles" he said, flexing one. Cassie giggled, and Jacob smiled. He continued "We also don't age, but that's not really a problem since I'm full grown. We can't age until we decide to stop becoming a wolf. That takes a lot of self control. We are also super strong." He said smiling, showing off his white teeth which looked super white against his russet skin. "We also have imprinting" He gave Cassie a shy look. She continued to stare a Jacob, continued to listen, so he just continued.

"Imprinting" he said, then stopped. He seemed to be struggling for words. "Is like love at first sight, but more powerful" Cassie looked confused, so he tried to rephrase. "It's like gravity isn't keeping you on earth anymore, they are" Cassie nodded. Now she understood.

"The only other things about werewolves are that we run a high temperature and if we get too angry or upset, we turn into wolves" He grimaced at the thought.

"How high is your temperature?" Cassie wondered out loud. Jacob put his hand on her cheek. Cassie sighed. It felt good, it felt warm.

"About 1 oh 8 point 9" He said and took his hand away from her cheek.

"I have one more question to ask before you continue" Cassie said. Jacob nodded.

"How do you change" She asked, a little wary.

"We quiver and we shake when we're upset. Then it kind of looks like we exploded" He laughed a little. "Finally, before I tell you my story, there are 2 things you need to know about, vampires and Bella." He stopped. Cassie sat silently, waiting for him to continue. It seemed to cause him pain to say Bella's name. Cassie felt a flow of jealousy flow through her, and was shocked by it.

"Vampires" Jacob continued with a slight snarl "are immortal creatures who don't age, like us. They don't sleep and they don't eat. The ones who drink human blood have red eyes, and the ones who drink animal blood have topaz golden eyes." He paused, and Cassie nodded her head to show she understood.

"They're extremely beautiful, fast, and strong. They have cold hard skin and the only way to destroy them is to tear them apart and burn the pieces" He grimaced. He had never gotten over what he'd learned that night before the war, vampires can be people too.

"We had a clan of vampires in Forks, a town fifteen minutes away from La Push." At thought his eyes filled with sadness. Cassie wondered why. From what Jacob told her, werewolves hated vampires. "There were seven of them, and my friend Bella fell in love with one of them. His name was Edward" And then, his story began. He explained about meeting Bella, her getting hurt in Phoenix and his dad's bribe to tell her to break up with Edward. He told Cassie about Edward leaving Bella and her visiting, not looking human at all. He told about becoming a werewolf and Edward returning. He spoke of becoming a werewolf like it was the worst thing to ever happen to him. Cassie felt sympathy for him there. He also told her about the vampire war and running away from home. Cassie told him that's what she saw in her vision, and he looked a little surprised by that.

Finally he finished his story. Cassie silently sat, contemplating what she had just heard. She watched Jacob gauge her reaction, wondering if he'd told her too much. Cassie struggled to keep her face blank, empty of all emotion. She tried to understand what he was saying. He was a werewolf? Vampires existed? Her head spun with thousands of unanswered questions.

Jacob watched her beautiful heart-shaped face for any emotion. But he was disappointed. It was completely empty. He got the feeling that she was only here in body, that her mind was somewhere else. It had been a minute and she hadn't moved an inch. The only emotion was in her sapphire blue eyes, confusion.

"So you're a werewolf? She asked slowly. Jacob nodded. "And this Edward is a vampire?" She continued. Jacob nodded again. "And this Edward is going to turn Bella into a vampire and she's the reason for the war because Edward killed Victoria's mate? Jacob nodded again.

"You got it" he said. Then he saw the strangest emotion form in her eyes, pity But Jacob also saw more confusion, and he wondered why that was.

Cassie felt so sorry for him. He had been through so much. She felt a sudden urge to wrap her arms around his waist in an embrace of comfort and acceptance. She knew what he had been through. At least he wasn't alone. Then she felt love for this boy. He was extremely handsome and aged, wiser than most people his age because of his gift and burden, like her. She didn't know a lot of people who understood her. Only a few people on the inside knew why she was so depressed all the time. She knew then why he had shown up in a vision, he was her soul mate.

She felt a sudden wave of shock. How would she break this to Brad, her boyfriend. She just had to know if Jake felt the same way about her. She hugged him.

"I'm so sorry Jake" she whispered into his chest. She looked up. His eyes were far away. It looked like he was having an internal debate.

"Cassie" Jake said. He took a deep breath. "I need to tell you something" Cassie looked up, expectant. "I imprinted on you" Then he flinched, like he was expecting to be hit. Cassie did the opposite. She leaned forward and kissed him. Jacob was frozen for a second, then he was kissing her back. His hands braided into her hair. She pulled herself closer to him, and she didn't resist. Her arms wound around his neck. A minute later Cassie froze and pulled away. She was gasping, and she could feel her blood pounding in her ears. Jacob then enveloped her in an extremely warm hug. Cassie then glanced at the clock, and panicked. It was 6:30.

"Jake you have to leave!" she cried, carefully listening for any sign of movement upstairs. "My mom will be up any minute! I'll get her off to work. Can you come back in an hour?" Jacob just nodded then ran so fast it looked like he melted into thin air.