Thank you all for giving this a chance! I am so glad for all the lovely comments you left for me. They pushed me forward to finish this as quickly as I could. Now, for Jake's reaction to Bella's arrival. Who all is ready? Well, ready or not, here he comes!
A Different Dawn
Chapter Two
Jacob Black had a life far from glamorous or perfect. It had been downright tragic and sad.
He had always been an optimistic and it was something he proudly carried on from his mother. He didn't remember much about her. She only appeared in fleeting memories, flashes at random of a smile, a hug, or a kiss on his small forehead.
He had been present for her gruesome death. He was much too young. He didn't remember much from it though it was his oldest memory. The bits and pieces weren't explained to him until he was much older. He had flashes of his mother screaming out, flashing red, white, and blue lights, and the bloody scene of her mangled body. He would have nightmares of it and bits of memory of it would resurface during his nightmares.
The most vivid one was where his mother was face to face with him, whispering sweetly like the protective mother she was "Close your eyes, Jacob."
His dad had told him that what had occurred had gotten to him too early, that he naturally blocked it out to protect his young mind. A part of him was glad and a part wished he could remember.
Billy and the twins had gone away on a father-daughter bonding camping trip and had come home to find Sarah dead on the floor and Jacob, starved, dehydrated, covered and sitting in a pool of his mother's blood.
The twins had screamed for hours at the scene of their mother, but Billy quickly focused on his son that was only a toddler, just three years old.
It was this day that haunted the whole Black family, even Jacob who couldn't wrap his head around what he didn't remember.
Even after what happened, he was always a smiling, laughing, happy kid. He had friends, had hobbies, and tried his best not to think of his mother.
It wasn't until he phased that he found out what he was missing in his memory. It wasn't a crazed, wild animal that broke into their home that day, but a pair of blood thirsty vampires. When he dug deeper into his memory, he remembered a man and woman at their door that day. The woman was white as a sheet, crazy red hair, and eyes that matched her hair. The man shared his companion's crimson eyes and pale skin, but also had long, straight blonde hair, tied back with a rubber band.
His mother was scared of them because she knew what they were. He knew that now.
Jacob's life didn't get any better after finding this out. There had been a girl who had caught his attention, mahogany hair, ivory skin, cocoa eyes. She was so sweet and funny. A little awkward at moments, but she had caught him.
He spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to see Bella more and more after they first met, but by the second chance he got, it was too fucking late.
He didn't find out until he phased, but her little boy toy was like the man and woman who murdered his mother in cold blood.
He only ever saw them together on two occasions, but from the looks he gave Jacob, he knew what Jacob would become, a werewolf. At the time, Jacob didn't know what the Cullen guy was. He was sickened by the fact that his dream girl, Bella, was messing around with such a horrible creature of darkness. Why wasn't she normal? Why couldn't she run from things that want to kill her?
At first he had pegged the question, could he be certain that Bella even knew? Maybe she was just oblivious like everyone else around those bloodsuckers. They had an entire town fooled!
He never got to ask those questions to those demons because, two days before he phased, they left and dragged sweet Bella into the woods where she stayed for two fucking days! She looked so haunted when she came out, unmoved by anything. It was like there was a ghost in her eyes.
He was filled with such anger at seeing her like that he phased for the first time when he got home. He wasn't supposed to phase that soon, but his anger at the situation pushed him to do so prematurely and then he found out all of Isabella Swan's dark secrets.
He was very torn on how to feel about her and what position she had put herself in by being involved with those leeches. One part of him wanted to hate her for her willingness to be with them and love them. The other part of him thought it showed the size of her heart, leaving something that no one else could.
His little crush on her was gone, but still, he was plagued with the questions. Why did she love those monsters?
It was January. The air was crisp, but it didn't affect him. He didn't feel cold. Really, it only felt good on his burning skin, made him feel more human.
He really missed the mundane, being just your average teenage boy from the reservation. He missed a sense of normalcy in his life. The only thing he got that from anymore was eating burnt toast with his dad in the morning and even that showed the supernatural like how he had to eat ten times as much as his father or how Billy would ask about pack business. It was always looking over his head.
There was nothing that could give him a moment to forget he wasn't who he used to be. Vampires took that from him, too. First his mom which lead to his sisters leaving and now who he used to be was gone. Not just the fact that he technically wasn't human anymore, but that he wasn't carefree anymore and didn't constantly walk around with a smile.
He missed not having to worry constantly.
He was in the process of tinkering around on his car. He had gotten it running, but running didn't mean that it was reliable yet. Just a few more weeks and it would be up and going. Not that he would be using it much. He spent most of his time patrolling or going to school. He had thought about dropping out and getting his GED. He had fallen behind, but not because he didn't know the material. He was just so distracted by more important things, like being Alpha.
He didn't even have time for the girl he had been dating. Mahlena was nice enough. Sweet, pretty, but she didn't know his secret which created a huge wedge. She was always pushing for why he was unreachable so much, why shouldn't be around his friends, and much more. She wanted him to let her in and he couldn't blame her. She seemed more invested than he was. It was pretty casual to him. He wouldn't tell her this. It would probably break the poor girl's heart.
Things had ended a few days before then because she confessed to him that she slept with someone else. It was upsetting, sure. He liked Mahlena, but it gave him an out of a stressful situation without making himself look like an ass. The only thing that really pissed him off about it was that she slept with one of his pack, Paul.
Paul had seen in his head that he wanted to end his relationship with Mahlena and figured he was helping by propositioning her. He got Paul was trying to be helpful, but seriously! He slept with his alpha's girlfriend!
Mahlena has been trying to reconcile with Jake, but he wasn't interested. He wanted to move on. Dating was stupid with what he was and with imprinting looming over his head, it would only end in heartbreak. Maybe he should just be like Paul and just sleep with girls that were interested in only one-nighters.
No, that was just stupid.
Jake was alerted by the sound of a loud engine and tires crunching that ground that someone had arrived, but it was the unique sound of the engine that made him pause.
No, it couldn't be! Why was she there?! They hadn't spoken or seen each other since he phased!
Why was Bella Swan there?
His anxiety went on overload as he struggled to calm down. Maybe she was there for his father? Yeah, that seemed most plausible. There was no way she would be there to see him.
A part of him was glad but also sad. Damnit! Even when he thought he was over his stupid crush on that girl, it rested his ugly head and reminded him that she still held a special place in his heart, a place just for her.
No, he couldn't let himself. She was the enemy. She dated the very kind of creature that murdered his mother! No, he wasn't going to be hopeful for anything. He would stay hidden.
Yeah, that was it. He would hide in the garage until she left. No matter how stupid it sounded.
He snuck a peek out of the garage and saw the red truck that was burned into his mind driving towards the garage, parking a few feet away.
She didn't looked lifeless like she had the last night he saw her as her eyes traveled around, taking in her surrounding.
He noticed her eyes caught his shadow as she climbed out of the truck.
Just great! She saw him! This was the last thing he needed. There was no point in hiding now. He grabbed a rag to wipe off his hands and slowly strolled out of the garage, out of the shadow.
He noticed her eyes moving up and down him and he felt a bit smug. He knew he was what Jared would call them, 'eye candy'. Girls went crazy over the physique his wolf gave him. He never really cared much what others thought, but it made him feel good about himself that this girl was ogling him.
It was when their eyes met that his world erupted into pure chaos.
He saw flashes of things that hadn't come to pass. Him making love to her, marrying her, being present for the birth of their first child, holidays with her by his side. He saw so many loving memories that seemed more like pictures flashing mixed with the sound of her voice echoing his name through his mind, all in different tones. Her voice went from passionate to adoring, fearful, pained, desperate, and weak. They all fused together until he couldn't decipher which feeling was behind each different time she called to him.
Then, the memories flashed by faster and faster as her voice changed to her saying different things coupled with his name.
Jake, don't go…..Jake, stay….Jake, get in here….Jake, can I ask for one thing….Jake….Jacob!...
Then, suddenly, it all came to a sudden stop. He was glad, too. It was much more intense than he had ever heard of this experience being. He felt like he was losing his grip on reality.
It was silent and everyone was white then it darkened until he realized he was standing in his garage with that beautiful pale woman in a layered black dress that went from the top of her breasts to her knees along with straps starting to fall from her shoulders.
She was gazing up at him, her body almost touching his, her eyes looking so adoring at him. His palm came up and stroked along her cheek causing her eyes to drift closed, her hand clasping over his.
"Jake." She whispered his name before opening her big brown eyes shyly and smirked at him. "I choose you." She spoke sincerely and his breath caught from her words. A small smile appeared on her lips as she bit at it. "I love you. I will always choose you." He was amazed by her words yet comforted. He submitted to the feeling she was invoking within her and she smirked as his arms wound around her waist, pulling her closer to him, their bodies finally touching. "Who am I, Jake?" She asked which confused him. Didn't she know?
"You're Bella." She frowned and shook her head.
"More than that. Who am I?" She asked again and he thought for a minute before he realized the answer she was seeking. He leaned closer to her and their gazes stayed locked.
"You are my imprint." Her smile brightened when he told her this.
"Exactly." He chuckled before he was suddenly pulled out of the longest imprint vision he had ever heard of occuring and realized he was still standing in the doorway of the garage, a dirty rag in his heads, her before him.
How could this be happening? He had imprinted on the only person in the world that would cause an uproar not just among his pack, but the council as well. She had been so dubbed 'the leech lover' for a reason. No one would ever trust her or accept her. She would forever be seen as an outsider.
Why the hell did the great spirits have to curse him with this person as his imprint? From the leader, the alpha, he only saw disaster ahead from this. From the wolf, the inner animal, he saw his destiny before him in the form of an alabaster beauty. The man was torn. He felt his duty to his home, his tribe, and his pack, but he also felt adoration and a protectiveness for this girl, the woman he had once dubbed his dream girl. Now, she was more than that, she was his soulmate. His wolf had decided. It was Isabella Swan that he was meant for, that would compliment him the best. Only she was fit to stand by his side as the alpha female, making them the all powerful alpha couple to the pack. He had heard that talked about in passing, but really had no idea what it meant to be the alpha couple.
He watched as she relaxed a bit and a shy smile graced her lips along with a crimson flush in her cheek.
"Hey, Jacob." Bella spoke. He was stumped. He didn't know what he should do about her being there after what had just happened.
"Hello, Bella." He decided that being nice and polite was right. He was happy he was there, but he felt he needed to guard himself from her. What if her leech returned? What if she went back to him? If he let his guard down, it would destroy him. No, he couldn't let her in, but he also couldn't push her away. "I wasn't expecting to see you today." He stated, trying his best not to sound like he was trying to send her away.
"Yeah, I didn't wake up this morning thinking I'd be in La Push today either. It's good to see you." She gave him a carefree smile as he smirked right back. He tried not to, but he couldn't agree more with her.
"Yeah, it's been a long time. What can I do for you?" He asked casually and she snickered.
"Actually, it's more of what I can do for you." Now, he was stumped.
"Huh?" She bit her lip as she giggled to herself before nodding towards her truck.
"I've got a little something for you." He was surprised by this.
Something for me? He dropped the rag from his hands and followed her around to the bed of her truck where he saw the two old motorcycles laying against the metal frame. He smirked at this as she snickered.
"Ta da?" She teased him as he snapped his gaze to hers.
"Ah, scrap metal! You shouldn't have." He teased her back, but was a bit irked by this. Was this really all she knew about him, that he was Mr. Goodwrench? He didn't let it show, though. He kept an amused smirk across his face as she blushed.
"My friend Ben, his dad had to get rid of them, something about his house turning into another world war over them. They tried selling them even though they aren't running. I told him that I had a mechanic type friend that might want them." His eyes snapped to her from her last sentence.
We haven't seen each other in four months and you consider us friends? Geez! His wolf mentally slapped him for that and he subconsciously groaned before smirking at her.
"Uh, huh, me being the mechanic type friend?" She nodded as she flushed at the devilish bright smile he flashed her.
Bella had never been the kind of girl to blush over some guy's smile, but there was something in his that sent butterflies to her stomach. No, she couldn't get attached to him like that.
"So, they aren't yours then?" He pressed, having to make sure. When he first saw them, he was worried that she was turning into an adrenaline junkie.
"Nooo!" She drew out the word with a huff and her hands up defensively. "I know better. My dad wanted to take my head off for just seeing them in my truck." He laughed as this as he turned to her.
"Charlie saw them, huh? Did he freak?" She nodded with wide, amazed eyes.
"Does a rooster crow?" She teased him and he rolled his eyes, amused by her. "He completely flipped out. You should have seen his face though. I thought he was going to bust a vein in his forehead." She mimicked her father's angry face and Jake laughed wholeheartedly.
"I bet! That would have been awesome to see." She flashed a big grin at him as he smirked right back.
Tension grew instead of awkwardness. It wasn't bad, but it made her nervous. The both of them could feel it. It was the same tension that was born when two love struck people stared at each other for too long before looking away.
"So, would you like them? I'm not sure what's all wrong with them, but he said at least one of them is worth a pretty penny." He chuckled a bit. He could already tell by looking at their ass ends what they were. They were pretty old and it would take a lot of ha damn on work to make them look appealing to the eye, buffing and painting mostly, but he should be able to make a decent profit from those two bikes.
"Well, the Honda XL isn't very popular, never really was, but it's easy to fix no matter the problem and parts are cheap and easy to come by. The Harley Sprint will be a little tricker. Their parts are a little more difficult since it is an older model. The Harley should be worth a bunch when finished though.
"Sure, I'll take them." She flashed a victory smile before she unlatched the tailgate and laid it down.
"Do you want some help getting them out? Ben got pretty winded putting them in." Jake laughed at this.
I bet he did, wimp. "I won't need help, but thanks." He flashed her a big smile before he pulled the Honda towards the tailgate, making it creak in protest. Bella became a little worried and he could feel it which made him laugh out of nowhere. He lifted up the bike, which made her gasp surprised, and walked a few steps before slowly lowering it to the ground. Her amazed eyes met his smug ones before she let out a breath she didn't even realize she was holding.
"Woah. Jacob, you're, like, buff… Are you like secretly taking steroids or something?" She teased and he snickered before flashing a proud smile.
"I'm all natural, baby." She flushed from the term of endearment and she stood beside him as he walked the Honda into the garage. He leaned it against its kickstand then they walked back out for the Harley. They chatted idly as he unloaded the last bike and they walked it into the garage.
"Do you got somewhere you have to be?" He asked as he laid the Harley on the ground and grabbed a wrench.
"Um, not really." She was a bit embarrassed that it was Friday night and she had nothing to do.
"You can take a seat on the couch if you want to chill for a bit." He shrugged as if it meant nothing but whatever her response was would mean a lot.
She had forgotten how easy it was with Jacob. He was good and kind and, though they were so different, the conversation flowed easily. She found herself not wanting to leave. She really wanted to hang out with him. Even though she had a part of herself that protested, the part who wanted to get to know him better won over the rest.
"I'd like to hang out a bit if it's really okay. I don't want to be intruding?" She was honest and he smirked at her welcomingly.
"I'll let you know if I get sick of you." He teased and she flushed as he started pulling it apart with her chatting beside him the whole time.
Did you like it? So Jake imprinted on her. I hope I portrayed it all right. I was worried that you might all think he was being a bit of an ass about his imprint. He's just caught between a rock and a hard place in his emotions, caught between his duty and his heart. I hope you all enjoy the road. How long do you think it should be before Bella finds out about him? A week? A month?
Next chapter will be their day together then Bella and Jake's after thoughts of the experience.
Let me know what you think of it.
Love you girls and guys! 3
Lina