Chapter 2:
It took me about 7 hours to get there. I stopped for water frequently. Some of these places where extremely beautiful. Also I knew I had to move around the Cullen territory, instead of running straight through. It was against the rules to be on their land for our kind. I was still running full speed as I ran around and crossed the boundary line.
I nearly ran smack into a gray wolf like myself,
"What the...?!!" I heard him think.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" I said stopping so fast I sent myself flying into a tree. I felt the tree bend and snap under my weight. 'ow shit that hurt ' I thought. Then I heard a whole lot of thoughts at once.
"Paul what's going on?" I heard Sam's urgent voice ask. I picked myself off the ground with a groan. 'That's gonna hurt in the morning.' I thought grumpily.
"I don't really know Sam, a black female werewolf just about ran right into me, instead she hit a tree." He said with a laugh. Sam's voice was still urgent.
"Paul I will be right there, don't move and make sure she stays." He ordered. Paul stood like a defense mechanism.
"I'm not going anywhere!" I snapped at him. He looked at me with curious eyes, "How come I can hear you?" he asked me. "Like I know?" I said. Just then another male voice appeared,
"Sam I'm- holy shit what's going on?" he asked urgently.
"Meet me and Paul southwest of your house Jacob; we have company of our kind." He said.
"I'll be right there." He said. I didn't listen anymore; I was somehow able to block it all out of my mind. I sat on my haunches and listened to a song that I had stuck in my head, drowning them all out, all I heard from them was a low murmur.
After a few minuets I heard them coming. The Pack had grown, that was evident. I sat there on my haunches looking in the direction I knew they would appear from. A black wolf emerged first, then accompanied by a reddish brown one. The black one was Sam, I knew it at once.
"Sam!" I exclaimed jumping up. I inched my way closer to him. Sam tilted his massive head. He was way bigger than I was.
"Jessie?" he asked. I nodded my head happily. It took him a moment to respond, but he did.
"Well come on, we have lots to talk about, another wolf appeared here today, told us an odd story, we have been expecting you though." He said and turned, sprinting.
All three of us ran together following Sam. I enjoyed the feeling. I didn't think about the other wolf. I had been asked lots of questions on the way, and found out who was who. They gave me details of the rest of the pack, and I only hoped I would remember it all.
The gray wolf was Paul, the black one was Sam, the reddish brown one was Jacob, and the light brown one I would see later would be Jared, along with a dark brown one who's name was Embry, and a chocolate brown one who's name was Quil. And then a girl, named Leah. So I wasn't the only female wolf in existence then. Interesting.
Sam told me we where going to his wives house to talk, she was not wolf, but she new the deal. We got to the edge of the forest, little houses visible, where various pants hung on branches. "Jessie, I will have Emily find you something to wear, and have Jacob bring it to you." He said and turned human at the same time as the others; I looked away as the put their pants on, trying to be polite, but still saw all their parts, not willingly either. They left and I lay down to wait, resting my head on my paws.
After about 15 minuets or so Jacob returned with a yellow sundress in his arms.
"For you." He said putting it on a branch. I nodded my head at him and closed my eyes. I was in human form faster than he was able to look away. I stood in front of him, naked, exposed.
Jacobs eyes where wide, and couldn't look away from my face. Something else lingered there, but I couldn't figure it out. I grabbed the dress and slid it on. I didn't care if he saw me naked; after all, I have already seen all his goods. The dress fit perfectly; it went down to my knees and blew in the breeze. I started absentmindedly picking the knots from my hair, looking at Jacob.
"Well, um, let's go?" I suggested after a few minuets of his silence, continuing to stare at my face. He tore out of his daze.
"Yeah, sure, sorry. Let's go…" he said. "Oh, and you where followed." He said getting down to business and I followed him.
"What do you mean I was followed?" I asked hoping Phoenix wasn't stupid enough to come down here.
"Another wolf followed besides the weirdo we met earlier, that one left once you showed up. He said his name was Alex. Anyways, this one, Damien, He insists you two are mates." He said making a discussed sound at the word Mates.
"Ugh! He isn't my mate," I said mocking his tone, "I don't even LIKE him." I said throwing my hands in the air.
"Well then we will take care of him," he said, a smirk played across his face.
Had Alex gotten here before me? How had that happened? What the hell was going on?
"What story did Alex tell?" I asked curiously.
"Just that we should be expecting a female wolf coming here in a few hours, I didn't get all the details." He said. I froze,
"Damn him to the deepest pits of hell where he belongs." I said quivering. Jacob turned.
"What is it?" he asked frantically.
"It's a long story. I don't want to talk about it at the moment." I said through gritted teeth, my shaking becoming violent. He touched my shoulders.
"Don't worry I will take care of him, whoever he is." he said rubbing my shoulders trying to sooth me. Oddly it worked. I sighed.
"Sorry." I apologized.
"It's fine let's just get to Sam." He said letting my shoulders go and began to walk again. I followed silently behind.
We came in to view of a row of nice little house. The one we where walking to was yellow and had flowers in the front of it. It was cute. Jacob opened the door for me and I walked into it, it had a homey feeling the moment I walked inside. Jacob guided me to the kitchen area, Sam and his Emily where kissing. True Love. I smiled and turned away giving them privacy. I was happy to see that true love was something that could exist in our kind.
Damien appeared quite literally out of no where. Jacob moved closer to me in Damien's advance.
"What are you doing here?!" asked him. I wanted to yell the words, but I didn't want to make a scene, so I whispered to him instead.
"I wanted to make sure you where okay. I ran into Jared on the way." He said concern written all over his face.
"I told you I don't want you with me. Leave before I call Phoenix and let him rip you to shreds." I warned him.
"I thought that we-"I cut him off.
"There is and never will be an us!" I snapped. He put his head down.
"I'm sorry you feel that way Jessie, Phoenix said you would probably be lonely and could use me for some company." he said quietly.
"I don't care what Phoenix said! Go away, please. Before I hurt you." I said with a glare.
"I will be at the table to finish talking to the guys." he said and walked away.
Jacobs face was suddenly close to mine. I could smell his sweet scent, for some reason it was inviting, and oddly comforting to me.
"After we milk him of all information, I will gladly rip him to shreds for you." He offered with a smile. The sound of his promise was welcoming.
"As long as I get to watch." I teased and winked at him. He smiled wider and straitened up.
"Let's go meet the rest?" He suggested and began walking toward the table of men eating noisily. I followed him.
"Hey guys!" Jacob called over them. They all went quite, Damien's eyes never left me; I tried not to look at him.
"For those of you that don't know, this is Jessie." He introduced me, looking over to me with odd admiring eyes. Everyone said "Hi" at once. I smiled in greeting at them.
"Jessie ran into Paul, no almost ran into Paul, she actually hit a tree." Jacob said with a laugh, I couldn't help but laugh with them. "She's a wolf; we just don't know why she came back." He said. Clearly he knew about my first time here. He cast me a wary glance. To be honest, I just longed for someone to relate to, and Sam I already knew and related to, so I figured id like it better here, maybe even join the pack. I didn't say this out loud.
"I came here because, well, it's really complicated, but to make a long story short, I haven't phased in about a year,-with an exception to last night- something came up, a vampire I've known for a while tricked me into phasing, I lost control and phased, nearly attacking him and a neighboring coven of vampires. I didn't want to kill my friend, so I ran for it, and decided to come here." I told them. They where all shocked. They all started asking different questions at the same time.
"Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, boys wait." Sam's voice said from the kitchen. Emily absently started to cook some more.
"One at a time, and I'm going first." He said. "First of all Jessie, do you think you will be able to not kill the Cullens' if they ever decide to come back?" he asked.
"Yes." I told him in a sure voice. "I won't attack a vampire unless they make a move to attack me first." I said. I was going to say something else, but Damien interrupted me.
"Phoenix did that on purpose Jessie. He wanted you to change." I glared down on him.
"I know." I growled.
"And I'm sure you know the reasons why. You can't beat Grime unless you have all your powers..." He continued. I glared at him for a minuet. I turned to the other guys.
"Excuse me before I make a big scene and KILL him." I said and stomped out of the house. I didn't want to talk to them all about that anymore. Damien tried following, I think I got 15 feet from the house and began yelling at him.
"Damien if you don't leave me alone I will seriously hurt you!" I warned. "Why don't you just go home and pretend I never existed?" I said pointing to the trees in the general direction of Montana. Jacob had heard the commotion and came to investigate. I looked over at Jacob and nodded. He got a wide smile on his face and I turned for the beach. I walked there trying to obtain my self control. I was safe here. No vampires dared come here. I tried to comfort myself with that fact, but it didn't work. He would find a way. He always did. He wasn't a vampire, so he could find a way in. He was a wolf like me, only he was part Demon. I shuddered.
The only thing I could think of besides him was the stunned faces of the pack as I growled at Damien, like they didn't believe I was capable of such a thing, and Jacob muttering urgently to Sam as I was having my argument with Damien. I wondered if it was about me, and it probably was. I sat on a rock close to the shore and watched the angry waves beat on a nearby cliff. I was zoning out, completely unaware of anything around me. I fantasized about staying here for the rest of my life. I liked the smell of these forests, the way it nearly always rained. The beautiful beach. I don't know how long I was out of it, but someone shaking me to a near violence took me out of my daze.
"Jessie?!" the voice called.
I shook my head to clear it so I could focus on who it was. If it was Damien I was going to shoot him. I was pretty sure I could find a gun around here somewhere. And if not, then I would kill him the old fashioned way, teeth bared and blood sprayed all over. I locked onto the man's face and sighed with relief. No Damien. It was just Jacob.
"You okay?" he asked, his eyebrows pulling together. I nodded.
"As okay as someone like me can be." I responded with a sigh and put my head down.
"What is that supposed to mean?" he asked. I shook my head slightly.
"Long story." I told him and stood up, wobbling. He caught me before I fell. I hadn't slept in days, and I was starting to get tired.
"Well, I have time." He offered and grabbed my hand. It was warm, soft. –I amazed myself by finding out I liked it.-
"It's really long." I warned him as he towed me somewhere, I didn't know where he was taking me.
"I don't mind." He reassured, a warm smile spread across his face when I looked at him. I couldn't resist smiling back.
"Okay, I'll tell you." I told him.