Disclaimer: don't own, Stephenie Meyer is the Author of the Twilight series and all credit goes to her.

That's what happened in Ch1:

Jacob came downstairs and his face was glowing strangely. Wait, he had told me something about this look… No, it couldn't be… not my Jacob… Quil and I had the same dumbfounded expression, and we knew even before he opened his mouth.

"I've imprinted!"

On with the story:

"What?" I asked, completely thrown. "You've imprinted? When?"

I was beyond furious. How could he first kiss me and make me feel hopeful, when he actually imprinted on someone? I had finally decided to take him instead of Edward and that is what he does to me?

"Why does it bother you?" Quil asked dumbfounded.

"Why? Are you guys really that dumb?" I screeched.

"Well, yes. Bella, we do everything for our imprint. It means we are soul mates and nothing can keep us apart. We protect our imprints with our life!" Jacob said urgently.

Was that supposed to make me feel any better? You have a crappy sense of humour, Black! "Jacob, I know. Don't you think, it is time for you to leave my house? NOW!" I yelled.

Jacob looked hurt and disappointed and he turned for the door – only to find Quil laughing loudly.

"I- I can't b-believe i-it!" Quil said in between fits of laughter. "You two a-are hi-hilarious." he was struggling to catch his breath and he had tears in his eyes, crying with mirth.

"Bella…" he said finally, when he had caught his breath. "He imprinted on YOU, dungbrain."

Everyone was silent for a moment, except Quil, who was still gasping for breath.

I was utterly shocked and frozen in disbelief. "You – you imprinted on me?"

Jacob nodded his head yes, but didn't look at me.

"Jake – I didn't know!" I said and finally Jacob looked up, relief, written all over his face.

"Silly Bella, of course I imprinted on you." Jacob smiled and it was HIS smile, not SAM'S smile. MY Jacob smiled HIS smile.

"But why now? Why not before?"

However, it was Quil who answered again; he had probably memorized Old Quil's legends.

"Because you have finally let go. Your ties with Cullen are broken and you were finally FREE. Therefore, Jacob was finally free to imprint on you." Quil explained offhandedly.

It did make sense.

"Now, Jacob, down to business. Sam wants to see us and he has called a meeting." Quil informed us. "You can take Bella with you of course, since she is your imprint. Emily has already cooked dinner." Quil grinned and Jacob's eyes lit up at the prospect of food.

"Great! Let's go then." He took my hand and we went to my old truck. "This thing is so slow." Jacob moaned. "I was so glad when your father wanted to buy it."
"Hey!" I exclaimed. "Don't say anything about the truck!"
"I wouldn't even dare. If you remember correctly, I built this thing!" Jacob laughed.

Jacob, Quil and I arrived at Sam and Emily's house, where we could already smell a delicious dinner. "I'm starving." Quil exclaimed massaging his stomach and I grinned. Jacob gave me a wink, took my hand and led me inside Emily's house.

Paul, Jared and Embry were already sitting at the full table, stuffing their faces. "Sorry…" Emily smiled. "I tried to stop them, but well… you know what they are like when it comes to food."
"Don't worry." I smiled at her too and sat down between Paul and Jacob.

"Hi Sam!" Jacob and Quil said, making me look up. "Hello brothers, Hey Bella." Sam said in his deep authoritative voice, although a light smile was gracing his lips. He probably knew what had happened with Jacob and me.

I sighed deeply and took my plate, which Emily had already loaded. "Whoa, Emily, you expect me to eat all that? Iam not a werewolf. " I grinned. The boys and Emily laughed as well. "Eat as much as you can then."

"Now, Sam, you told me you wanted to talk to us!" Jacob said, already helping himself to his second salad.

"There is something that worries me." Sam said quietly and Jacob, Quil and Paul looked at him surprised. "Today, we came across an unknown trail. Jared, Embry and I were running after the bloodsucker when she took off into the water and got away. Vampires have the advantage there. However, this unknown trail is quite mysterious."

"An unknown trail? You mean in addition to these two vampire trails?" Paul asked excitedly.

"Yes. Although the strange trail did not smell of vampire, mind you. And it wasn't remotely human." Sam continued. "So we don't really know what it is, we don't even know if it's a friend or a foe."

"Did this trail somehow cross Victoria's? Sorry Sam, that's the name of the red-haired bloodsucker, and I don't want to get them mixed up." Jacob grinned.

"Not really. We couldn't follow this trail far enough, though, because we had to get back and see if Victoria – if this is really her name – came back." Sam explained.

"This is so exciting! A new trail!" Paul and Jared grinned at each other, obviously pleased. Sam, who hadn't expected this light-hearted behaviour, looked peeved.

"You know what this means? There are vampires out there – more than one and there is another creature. We don't know what we are dealing with. And we have to train every day. Hard!" Sam hollered. "We are six so far – and Seth seems close to joining. However, when there is more than one dangerous creature – and we aren't prepared…" Sam trailed off and Emily and I glanced at each other, both sharing the same worries.

The boys, however, didn't share Sam's concerns, to the contrary, they seemed to be rather ecstatic about that. "Cool! Fights!" Paul boomed.
"I can't wait!" Quil grinned.

Sam obviously had enough and he demonstrated his alpha-power by waving his hand. It seemed to work because the chatter died down immediately. He nodded at Jacob who sat up straighter and smoothed his hair back.

"When I brought Bella home today, the pixie-bloodsucker –"he looked at me shiftily "okay – Alice Cullen was in Bella's living room."
The boys looked at each other incredulously. "I thought they were gone for good?" Embry asked with a hint of annoyance.

"Alice had a vision – a faulty one – she saw me jump off the cliff and thought I had killed myself, so she came back to see if I was okay." I defended her quickly. I didn't want the pack to think badly of her.
Loud guffaws from the majority of the boys interrupted my thoughts, except Sam, who looked stonily at me. "Why did you jump off the cliff then?" he asked me with his deep voice.

"Uhm… recreational purposes." I lied quickly. "Jake has promised me several times to take me cliff diving and since he rejected me today again, I thought I would try it on my own."

"Bella, not only was this reckless and childish, but you were in real danger. The red haired vampire was after you – she was in the same forest, which leads to the cliffs! You were only seconds away from her." Sam almost shouted and I hung my head in shame. It did seem rather reckless now. But Victoria was that near? I was so thankful for the wolves now that I scooted closer to Jake.

Sam motioned for Jake to go on who nodded quietly. "I told her about the other vampire trail and described it to her and she is absolutely sure that this is a newborn trail, which means, that the red haired leech is building an army."

Silence. It was palpable when every boy, except Sam, looked at Jake with various emotions on their faces.
"An army?" Emily repeated hoarsely. "Why would she do that?"

"Well – we all know that she is after Bella, but why she is creating an army is beyond any explanations. Maybe, she is afraid of our pack, or maybe she thinks she can't overthrow a single human girl." Embry said thoughtfully.

"The Cullens think so too and they are sorry for putting Bella in this situation. I told the pixie-Cullen, it was okay and we could handle all that, but she insisted on calling the doctor and now they are coming here." Jacob rolled his eyes in disagreement.

"They are coming here? But that's totally out of the question. They are our enemies." Paul said angrily and I glared at him. Paul and I didn't really get along well, since I had punched him and he probably wouldn't forget that soon.

"Why don't you fight with them for a change? You all seem to have the same target." I cried out desperately. Paul looked at me as if I was crazy and opened his mouth to speak, but Sam cut him off.

"I think, it will come down to this anyway and it is clear to me that this is why Carlisle wants to return." Sam said thoughtfully. "Jacob, when will they be back?"

"On Thursday." Jacob growled.

"Already?" Jared asked through gritted teeth.

"We need as much time as possible, maybe we can even train together." Sam said reasonably.

"So, let me get this straight." Quil said, sitting up straighter. "We have to fight against Victoria, her vampire army and an unknown creature?"

"We have to fight against Victoria and her army, this is correct, but we don't know anything about this creature. Maybe we have to fight against it, or maybe not. Fact is that there is something out there. But fact is also, that we have no clue what it is." Sam said, rubbing his temples.

At exactly that moment, my mobile phone rang. "That must be Charlie." I muttered to Jacob. "I haven't cooked him any dinner."

"Hello Charlie." I said, noticing how cheerful my voice actually sounded. An army of vampires was after me, but I felt whole and oddly happy, which was probably thanks to Jacob, my personal sun.

"Hello Bella." Charlie seemed preoccupied. "I'm working late today, there are two more missing people in Seattle and the police there need help."

"That's terrible." my heart sank. More missing people? Of course, the vampire army needed blood…

"Yes it is. Bella, I won't be home before nine, so don't cook anything for me. Are you at Jake's?"

"Kind of. At Emily's." I replied, my face suddenly hot, when I noticed everyone watching me.

"That's alright then. Have fun." Charlie said and the line went dead before I could even say good-bye.

"More missing people." I said to Jacob.

"The army…" Jacob said quietly.

JB/&&&JB

"Jake…" I asked trembling. We were on our way back from Emily's, where we had partied, drank and played games. It was a fun evening. Although they had first called me "the chick who runs with vampires", they had now accepted me fully into their group. I suddenly felt a bit scared – I mean, a vicious vampire was after me – who wouldn't feel scared?

"What is it?" Jacob asked in his warm voice that sent shivers down my spine.

"Can you… can you stay at my place tonight?"

Jacob laughed heartily. "Are you afraid of the leeches?"

"Kind of." I said in an even voice. "I know you are patrolling, but I would feel safer if you were here with me – in your human form."

Jacob smiled at me his smile: "Sam actually expected you to ask me that."

"He did?" I wondered dully. "Am I keeping you from your patrolling duties?"

"Sam told me that I should stay with you, if you wanted me to. Imprint's advantage." Jacob grinned and my face lit up too.

"So do you actually want to stay?"

"Bella…" Jake said softly. "Why wouldn't I? You are all that I ever wanted, my imprint. I'm really happy that you asked me to stay!"

"Thanks Jake." I said happily, wrapping my arms around his large, warm torso.

"Let's go inside, before my dad sees us." I said gravely, noticing that the police cruiser was already parked in front of the house. Jake might be pleased about staying the night at my place, but Charlie wouldn't approve.

Jake and I tiptoed to the door and went inside as quietly as we could and I prayed that Charlie wouldn't wake up. We made it to my room, without any problems, when the door creaked loudly.

"Shit – Jake – hide under the bed!" I whispered frantically.

My dad usually woke up from the smallest things, maybe because he was a police officer, and sometimes, I was glad about that. And sure enough, not even a second later, the door opened and Charlie peeked in.

"Bella? I'm so glad you are back." he said sleepily. "I'm a bit worried, because of all these disappearances and the wolves…"

"Don't worry, I'm fine. Why aren't you in bed?"

"I couldn't sleep, but now that you're here, I guess, I'll be able to finally get some rest." Charlie yawned. "Good night, Bella."

"Good night, dad." I was touched that he cared so much about me and listened intently if he was back in his bedroom. To my dismay, though, I heard him go to the bathroom and when he was finally in back in his bed, Jacob emerged from under the bed, grinning from ear to ear. "You need to sweep the floor under the bed. There are clouds of dust."

I giggled lightly. "Or maybe you just need to hide there more often, then there wouldn't even be any dust to begin with."

"Maybe." Jacob pulled me onto his lap and gazed into my face. "I wouldn't mind." he said quietly. My heart rate suddenly went into overdrive, when Jake's lips crashed onto mine. This kiss was even better than our first kiss. It was filled with more passion and lust and I wasn't even sure how long it lasted.
All I knew is that I didn't want it to stop. Jacob and I lay down on the bed, still kissing deeply. Jacob embraced me even tighter to his literally hot body and we continued making out. About half an hour later – or was it half a second – or more than two nights - we broke apart.

"Can I just have some human moment?" I asked him and then I mentally smacked myself. Human moments? That was usually something I said to Edward. Jacob was almost as human as I was.

"Take your time." Jacob grinned. "Hey, but would you mind sharing your human moment? I need a toothbrush."
"There must be one in the drawer." I said, walking quietly to the bathroom. "Here you are Jake."

When we were both in front of the mirror, brushing our teeth, I knew that I had made the right decision. With Edward, I could never enjoy a meal with friends, or brushing our teeth together and I wouldn't have told him to hide under the bed – I wouldn't have needed to.

JB/&&&JB

I woke up the next morning, sweating profusely. "Jake, wake up, I'm hot." I said groggily. Unfortunately, Jake didn't move. "Jaaaake – breakfast's ready." I said and Jake's head shot up.

"Bella?"

"Yes, Jacob, I'm trying to get out of your grasp." I grinned and Jacob and I untangled our arms and legs. Although I was only wearing a tank top and hot pants, I was really hot in Jake's embrace.

"Did you say something about breakfast?" Jacob grinned.

"I said that to get you out of bed." I sighed.

"But now you have to keep your promise." Jake smirked.

"You're right." I sighed. I would have to get used to my boyfriend eating tons. Although I never had that issue with Edward, I knew which version I preferred.

"Bella, you are a great cook." Jacob praised me when we were eating our scrambled eggs. He stuffed a slice of toast whole into his mouth and took a sip of orange juice. "You are thirty three now."

"Gee – thanks." I laughed. "What are we going to do today? It's Sunday."

"I first have to check with Sam. It will only take me a minute." Jacob gave me a quick peck on my mouth and took off his clothes. When he was only in his shorts, he ran straight out of my door and I sighed. Hopefully, Jake wouldn't need to be on patrol duty or hunt something. I really needed to see him – well, I wanted to spend every single minute with him anyway.

I was lost in my thoughts that I didn't hear Jacob come inside and only looked up when he trailed kisses down my neck. "What happened?" I asked.

"Seth phased this morning." Jacob said quietly.

"Oh." I didn't know what to answer to that. On the one hand, no one wanted to be a werewolf, but on the other hand, they seemed to be quite happy running around and hunting vampires.

"Yeah. And well…" Jacob stopped short as if something was caught in his throat.

"What?" I urged. I didn't know how bad the news were going to be.