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Secrecies

Jacob was waiting on the porch of our house. Just as I got out from the car, he immediately hugged me tightly and whispered like crazy.

"Thank goodness, you're alright… When I didn't found anyone here, I thought…" Then he remembered where he stood – eight vampires surrounded us in a small circle. Poor guy started to tremble. I recognized his tremble of transformation, so I had to pull up with the charade and calm him down. I kissed lightly his cheek and pretended to sound happy.

"Oh, Jake, you can't imagine what a great time we had! I'm so happy you agreed to let me travel to Zefrina! Amazon rain forests are so wonderful! Let's go," Unsuccessfully, I tried to shake his hands off. "I want to tell you everything."

But he was having a one-sided mental conversation with my father. I noticed Edward slightly nodding twice when I made a fool of myself in order to chill down a werewolf. If I didn't notice, I would have thought Jake was having a lot of pain – his eyes bulged almost as golf balls, his trembling only got worse. He had to get out of here now.

I took up all of my vampire strength and stepped on his foot. That one had helped – Jacob seemed to recover as he suddenly released me from his arms' cage and started to pull me along with himself, towards the forest at the end of the Cullen yard.

"Come on, we're going home. Let them work out on their matters."

As he said 'home', he probably meant La Push. He lifted me in his arms and started to run.

Though he was way over twenty, he was still living with his father in their little house. Jacob didn't listen to anyone who had advised him to go to college. He stayed in La Push and found quite a proper job – he worked as a mechanic in Port Angeles. The best mechanic, I corrected myself.

In the evenings, he would always come down to the Cullens' to see me and sometimes to talk to Bella.

I couldn't describe decently our relationship – not as a father-daughter's or a big brother-little sister's, but similar. He was a part of my family, without whom I couldn't imagine my life. Jacob kind of... adored me… I was his little girl and, even though vampires and werewolves were natural enemies, one couldn't find more loving family and close relationships than those I had.

Jacob always gave me what I wanted and looked at me somehow strangely… like I was very, very special. No doubt he hadn't seen a half-vampire before, but his glances were… um, hard to describe properly.

Jake was attentive and caring, but at the same time on his guard, aware of others, as if he would smash anyone's head, who dared to insult or lay a finger on me, between his palms. And I felt… okay with that.

I could admit as well that I felt fluttered from so much of his attention and special, sweet attitude towards me. Jacob was a half of my world: my safe place, my guardian, my… nanny. My best friend…

A friend… It hurt, but it was true. As much as I wanted it to be more than just that, I couldn't require anything more from him. That was against the rules of nature – a wolf and a vampire couldn't coexist as … ahem... as partners.

Oh, I even couldn't think of it as it seemed so wrong, forbidden, impossible… but too much tempting, almost very easily imaginable. Because any other person in this world couldn't say he had his own personal human (except for creepy vamps).

It seemed that Jake belonged all and only to myself. I was his center of life, his universe, almost the meaning of his existence. I wanted to believe it that badly. And I did, silently.

This thought made my stomach feel like full of butterflies. But I didn't ask for more 'cause I was too much of a coward. I felt that a different answer than I expected would crush me inwards. I feared of the truth that lied uncovered.

I hoped it would be fun just as every time when I went to La Push. Guys of both packs would come, some with their mates, bonfires would be lit up and everybody would have fun. I spent my best nights here, lying in Jacob's lap and observing stars or talking to him using my gift.

I knew almost all the time he was dead on his feet because of his work, pack duties and then me, so I tried my best not to make him upset and showed only the most beautiful memories or dreams.

But then, he would just hold my palm to his cheek and say nothing, only smile with his eyes shut. And when I started to drift between consciousness and the dreams world, he would take me back to the little house of the Blacks'.

I liked to watch him sleep through the night as I didn't need so much of sleep as before. Those were my precious moments – without Father reading my mind or any parental supervision at all.

I imagined us as a little princess and her mighty, but sweet knight. Just the two of them, alone... Together… Forever...

Although I hoped nothing would affect our time together tonight, I eventually started to feel tense. Something big was going on and I couldn't grasp what exactly. That made me a bit anxious: everybody knew something, everybody except me! And Grandpa also… I couldn't stand this. Not anymore.

"Jacob?"

"Yeah?"

"I need you to tell me…"

"Do not expect anything, sweet. I won't give away anything to you this time."

That one shocked me. Wasn't I his precious little girl? Why would he reject me now? That was not even strange. That was completely abnormal.

"Tell me." I ordered him.

We were already at his place. Jacob stood me to the ground and looked straight into my eyes.

"I can't."

"Why?"

"I have to protect you. We have to."

"From what?"

He fell silent.

And I finally understood.