Disclaimer: I do not own any characters used in this story (meaning Jacob Black). I only own my OC character "Lauren Ross".
It took me a while to process what this "Jacob" guy had just said...
So it was him who I heard following me? I must have just run into that other creature by pure coincidence. My mind was plagued with a million different questions. What was that creature? Why did he murder that young girl? Who was Jacob, and why was he helping me?
We had been driving for about 5 minutes now, and yet we both said nothing. I glanced up at the car mirror in the centre of the windscreen, and found Jacobs big, chocolate brown eyes staring back at me. I looked down awkwardly. I could feel the heat rushing through my cheeks, and just hoped that he didn't notice I had gone red. I plucked up my courage, and finally found the words to speak. "So, who are you really?" I saw a wide gleaming grin stretch across his face. "That's not your concern yet. In time, you'll know" he said mysteriously. What was that supposed to mean? I wondered to myself for a moment, trying to figure out what he meant. I decided not to question it. He'd probably give me another pointless answer anyway. Silently, I gazed out of the window and watched the blur of tall forest trees outside. Then it struck me. "Where are we going?" I asked curiously. He hesitated for a moment before he replied. "I'm taking you somewhere safe...to La Push." I'd never been to La Push before, but I knew that it wasn't too far from Port Angeles. There was more that I wanted to ask about that strange creature in the old house, but I didn't want to overload Jacob with questions, so I simply kept quiet until we reached La Push.
After around 20 minutes, we pulled up at a small, red, wooden built bungalow, surrounded by greenery and large forest trees. Before I even had chance to undo my seatbelt, Jacob was stood beside me holding open the car door. I fumbled around to undo the seatbelt, and I quickly climbed out of the car. Jacob smiled and nodded his head towards what appeared to be a small garage across the path. When we entered the garage I found myself staring in amazement at the car which was held up on thick metal stands. "You're a mechanic?" I asked slightly surprised. "Well, it's more a hobby really." Jacob said, his face blushing slightly. I sat down on a commonplace armchair on the other side of the room. Jacob grabbed a wooden stool and sat beside me. "So...I'm guessing you want to know what happened huh?" he asked quietly. Hesitantly, I looked at him for a minute and I could see that he was waiting expectantly for my answer. "Well yeah I do...Who was that man in the house?" I managed to choke out, scared by the thought of him. Jacob sighed loudly, as if he didn't know what to say. "Well, you've heard of myths and legends right?" I nodded. "Okay, well there are some things that you might not understand, and you probably won't believe me when I tell you-" "What do you mean I won't understand?" I cut him off. Suddenly, it came to me!
The strange man in the house...he had blood around his mouth. My jaw dropped, and a huge lump formed in my throat like when you dry-swallow a pill. Jacob asked me if I knew any myths and legends... Surely this couldn't be true. They don't exist, it's impossible! I looked up at Jacob in horror, unable to say the word that was swirling around in my head. He looked back into my eyes and prompted me to speak. After what seemed like an age, I managed to whisper, almost inaudibly..."Vampire".
