A/N:
Kay so I got a couple questions!
Lacey is half Makah half Norwegian, but her dad lived on the Quileute Reservation
Jacob does NOT imprint on her until WAAAYY later in the story. I know it doesn't make sense cause you imprint the moment you see the person but it will all tie together just be patient…but they do fall in love before then. Just be patient! Hahaha.
Enjoy this update. Oh && B T Dubs….I don't own twilight, sadly. :'( Only Lacey!
Chapter 3: Keep The Doctor Away
Pain. That was the first thing I felt. My hand hurt, my head hurt, my body hurt. Everything was just pain. Next came hunger, I was famished. I opened my eyes slowly, I was on someone's bed. The room wasn't mine, it was dark and unfamiliar. I struggled to sit up but a warm hand lightly pushed me back down.
"Stay." The voice said.
My eyes adjusted to the lighting in the room and I saw Jacob, shirtless and in all his glory, sitting at the edge of the bed.
"Ja-Jacob?" My hoarse voice called out.
"Yeah, it's me." He smiled.
"I- I…" I trailed off as the memory of my puking scene came back.
"What?" He asked, sounding a little concerned.
"I'm hungry." I laughed.
"Expected. I'm afraid your fork and knife days are over though. Your wrist is sprained." He held up my dainty hand, bandaged tightly.
"I blame you." I huffed.
"Oh really? You're the one who punched me in the head." He retorted.
"Yeah well, I wouldn't have hurt myself if your head wasn't so hard." I shot back, sitting up now.
"Come on. Emily made breakfast." He got up and helped me out of bed.
"I feel gross. Could you point me out to a bathroom first? I kind of need a shower. And a change of clothes. And a toothbrush." I grimaced.
"Tell me about it." He chuckled, jokingly waving the air near him.
"Just point it out!" I shouted as I realized my suitcase was next to the bed.
"Down the hall, two doors down to the left." Jacob's voice carried out to me as he left the room.
I sighed, relieved. So it wasn't a dream. There was such thing as werewolves. And I did ride on Jacob's back. His muscular, muscular back. Then I proceeded to barf all over some poor shrub. Some little animal's home is going to smell like hell for a few days, I chuckled to myself. I picked out a change of clothes. From the looks of the weather outside, it was going to rain soon. A white popover, jeans and doc martins seemed reasonable. My toothbrush, generic shampoo and a comb along with a simple towel were added to the pack.
I opened the door and peeked in the hallway, there was no one. I ran to the bathroom and slammed into someone before I was home free. Sam.
"S-Sorry." I stuttered.
"It's okay." He whispered with a smile.
I side stepped him and scrambled to the bathroom. Awkard? Letting the hot water run down my back was a relief. Yesterday was horrendous, taking this much-needed shower helped me wash away the humiliation and shame. I can't believe I was such a…bitch. Those stupid words echoed in my head. James would have probably beat them out of my head silly, I thought bitterly. I was far from that life now, this was my life. I dried my hair and myself off and put on the clothes. I quickly brushed my teeth and washed my face. All that was left was to comb and braid my hair. I placed a stretchy headband on before parting my hair in two sections and braiding it.
I threw my wet towel and dirty clothes near my suitcase and exited the room to find the whole pack eating.
"Saved you a spot." Leah motioned for me to sit next to her.
I gave her a huge grin. I didn't get why everyone called her a bitch. She was kind enough to save me a seat .Everyone else was oblivious, except for Uncle Billy who waved. I cringed when I realized I would have to eat with my left hand, without utensils. Shrugging, I dug into the pancakes and muffins. The pack was done by the time I got up and put my dishes in the sink. I walked over to Jacob who was surrounded by most of the guys.
"Does she know yet?" Embry elbowed Jacob.
"Yeah dude. She does, be cool." Jacob harshly whispered, punching Embry's shoulder.
"Uh, I just wanted to say thank you Jacob. For everything, you didn't have to help me out last night and you didn't have to prove anything. I'm sorry that I said all those things in front of you it was disrespectful, not just to you but to my dad." I finally said.
All he could do was nod, stunned that I actually apologized.
"And I am planning on apologizing to Emily, Uncle Billy and Sam." I bit my lip and was prepared to walk away.
"W-wait. I just wanted to tell you that Sam was wrong." Jacob grabbed my arm before I could walk away.
"In many ways he was wrong, but he was right too." I shrugged and his grip loosened.
I walked off before he had a chance to recover. I could hear Quill and Jared teasing Jacob, asking him what happened between us last night. But I just tuned it out and went looking for Sam. It turned out he was with Emily.
"Hi." I stuttered.
He just raised a brow in response.
"Look I'm sorry, both of you. I'm especially sorry I would doubt you guys, who took me in. I'm also sorry that I acted like your, I mean our beliefs were silly or 'bologna' I believe I used that exact word. But you have to understand that while I had the right to be a little skeptic, I had no right to speak to you guys in that way. It was disrespectful to you both, Billy, Jacob and most importantly it was disrespectful to my father, my ancestors and my people." I bowed my head.
"I accept your apology." Emily responded, sincerely.
"I accept your apology. But you need to understand that I was only acting like a jerk because I'm the Alpha. My pack, my tribe they mean a lot to me. To hear you deny your own tribe like that made me angry. I couldn't control myself and I almost hurt you last night. I'm very truly sorry." Sam finally spoke.
I nodded and didn't know how to respond. Luckily Billy came in with a tearfully happy expression.
"Billy I'm s-" I started.
"No need, I overheard what you just said. Your father would have been proud." He interrupted and I couldn't help myself, I gave him a bone-crushing hug.
"Your father would also be proud of your grip." He wheezed, laughing nonetheless.
"Alright, one big happy family just the way I like it. I'm going on patrol with the others, if that's okay. There were some reports of…the rogue animal." Jacob said, walking in just as everyone laughed.
"No actually. Sam and the rest are going on patrol, you will be taking Lacey to Dr. Cullen." Emily spoke slowly.
"What? No, nope no! There is no way she is seeing those filthy blood suckers." Jacob shouted, enraged.
"Those filthy blood suckers happen to have a doctor who can treat Lacey, a member of the tribe. You will take her and you will not disrespect the treaty we have with them." Sam growled.
"What happened to the danger of phasing?" Jacob spat, this smelled like an old argument.
The tension in the room rose, I could practically hear the air snapping and crackling. Emily left the room with Billy and I stood, watching the scene unfold. Jacob looked defiantly at him while Sam continued to stare him down.
"Go." Sam finally said in a voice so powerful, it teemed with authority.
"Let's go." Jacob broke eye contact and grabbed my hand roughly.
I was dragged out of the room, still asking what was going on.
"Put this on." He gave me a helmet and put his on.
I gulped, not again. I won't throw up, I won't throw up, I kept repeating in my head. Jacob sat on the motorcycle and revved it up, waiting for me. I put on the helmet delicately and then climbed in behind him.
"Ready?" He called out above the roar.
I squeezed his warm waist and nodded. He peeled out and I looked back to see a large black wolf, peering at us through the forest. It was Sam.
…
I stumbled off the motorcycle. That had to be the best experience I had, I was getting used to having my stomach in my throat. Jacob laughed as I spun in a few circles before taking off my helmet. His helmet came off and I saw his unbelievably white smile. Wow, wow! Jacob Black was not your typical boy next door. Not unless there was some major whiplash action going on in that cul-de-sac. A blush started creeping up my face, shit. I wasn't here to hit on guys, I was here for my throbbing hand. I cleared my throat and took off the helmet.
"Helmet hair." He smiled, ruffling my hair
"Yeah well at least my head isn't as hard as a helmet." I held up my injured hand and pushed him towards the doors of the house.
If you can call it a house. This house was bigger than…anything I had yet to see.
"Would you mind knocking on the door?" He stepped aside.
I shrugged and held my hand up, ready to knock. But to my surprise a girl opened the door. I was too stunned to say anything, she was amazing. Her hair was short and brown, a pixie cut. She had a delicate face, her chin pointed like a heart. Her skin was smooth, like marble and these beautiful golden eyes.
"Hi. I'm Alice and you are?" She asked, smiling with her eyes.
"I'm uh, I-" I was at a loss for words, she was so…beautiful.
"She's with me." Jacob opened the door all the way and walked right past her.
"I was wondering why she smelled like wet dog." She almost sneered, but moved out of the way nonetheless.
"Jacob? Wait up!" I called after him, recovering from my trance and walking in.
I was entranced by the sheer size and beauty of everything here. As I walked into the living room I saw Jacob standing amongst the most beautiful looking people I had seen. The most beautiful person in the room was a girl with blonde curls and the perfect china doll face. But they all had the most unnaturally alluring look about them and a smell so sweet, it burned my nose and made my eyes water. I had smelled this once before in my life. At my dad's funeral.
"Ja-Jacob. I'm a little scared. Emily said we were going to a doctor. But it smells like death." I stuttered clinging to his shirt like a little kid.
A girl walked in just then, she was the most out of place. Probably more out of place then I was. She had a pale complexion, not as pale as the families but pale nonetheless. Straight brown hair, pink tinged cheeks and an awkwardly needy look about her.
"I'm Bella Swan and you are human." She advanced towards Jacob almost angry.
"So are you. Um, what is going on?" I laughed as she started yelling at Jacob, who looked frustrated.
"What's your problem Jacob? She doesn't belong here." Bella hissed.
"She belongs here just as much as you do." He rolled his eyes, something I had never seen before.
"She's here for Carlisle's services." The voice came from an amazingly brooding guy.
"Well it's still good to know you're alive." Bella said with a tinge of happiness.
I started looking for an exit, this place was nuts. I was going back to Emily or someone I didn't need a doctor.
"Your friend is trying to slip away." Mr. Needs-a-tan said.
"Lacey, don't you dare leave. Emily will have my hide, quite literally, if you don't get your hand looked at." Jacob pulled me away from the door and closer to him.
"Is that what it's about? Everyone out!" The oldest looking man in the room shouted.
The whole family tore their eyes off of me long enough to see that they were being told to leave. Thank goodness they listened, I was starting to get creeped out.
"Come on Edward." Bella grabbed Pale Boy and left the room, well at least he had a name now.
"Jacob you can wait here, I'll take her to the infirmary." The kind man was already looking at my bandaged hand.
"No, I was told not to leave her side." He grabbed my other hand to emphasize his point.
He shrugged and Jacob, the Dr. and I ventured into another part of the house to get my hand looked at, finally. This place was crazy, wolves, and impossibly gorgeous families with father's running their hospitals from home and now me. I would go crazy soon enough.
"I'm Carlisle. That was my family you just met, we're the Cullens." He made small talk as he unwrapped my hand.
"You should call yourselves the models." I mumbled as he poked at my hand.
"You're quite funny you know. I assume you are related to young Jacob here?" He asked as he went to a cupboard.
"No actually. I'm just staying with him for a while, family friend." I said quickly.
"Where are you from?" He asked, finally deciding on what to take out.
"New York." I answered.
"City girl." He mumbled, taking out the new bandages.
"You could say that." I shrugged.
"What did you say your name was?" He looked at me.
"I didn't." I replied flatly.
It was silent after that, I guess he got the picture that I didn't want anything to do with him or his creepy pretty family. He bandaged my hand deftly and whistled.
"That looks just about perfect." He patted it for emphasis.
"I'm Lacey. And thank you." I thanked him politely, ditching the attitude. He had been kind enough to fix my hand up.
"You are quite welcome." Carlisle smiled.
"Come on Lace. Let's go." Jacob hopped down from the counter he was sitting on and pulled me close to him again. As if I would mind. As if.
"Wait, what was with that scene in the living room?" I shook myself out of his grip.
"I'll explain later. We have to get out of here." Jacob looked around, menacingly and grabbed my arm again.
"What are you talking about? Why are you acting we're about to get eaten or something?" I shouted, exasperated.
"Yes. Why are you acting this way Jacob? You disappear for days, don't answer my calls and get a….haircut?" A girl's voice said.
"Bella, you know what? Just because you hang out with those doesn't mean we all have to." Jacob spat his words.
"Bella, just stop." Edward emerged from the shadows and held her arm.
I rolled my eyes. Could this be any more drama filled? Did they have some kind of past? I was sick of this girl already, couldn't she just stick to her Pale boyfriend and stop acting like Jacob was hers?
"Hey. Jealous Girl Clinging To Jacob, if you don't have something nice to think don't think at all." Edward gave a tiny smile but behind it I could tell he was annoyed.
"I told you once already, stop listening in on people's thoughts." Jacob growled.
"Do you mean to tell me that this…pale, sickly looking boy can read my thoughts?" I laughed in disbelief.
"Yes. Edward can read thoughts." Bella sighed.
"Bull! What am I thinking now?" I said, challenging him.
"307, hot chocolate, lipstick, golden, pale boy and Jacob is sexy." Edward said smugly.
My eyes bulged. Are you freaking serious? Did he have to announce that last one? It wasn't meant for him to hear, I was just…thinking it.
"And yes I did have to announce that last one." He grinned.
"Well you just think you're the shit don't you? Can you read my thoughts now? We're going to head out now. But see you guys around, Bella and Edward. Tell Carlisle my thanks." It was my turn to drag him out of here.
For once Jacob actually followed while Edward chuckled at my thought. I had practically cursed him out in every language possible and then gave him a mental image of the finger just for fun. I could hear Bella asking him what was so funny.
It was raining outside and the motorcycle was still where it was. The leather was slick with rain; I was starting feeling jittery already.
"Ready?" Jacob asked for the second time today.
I nodded and grabbed onto his hot waist, holding on for dear life. Any dejavu?
A/N:
She really doesn't like fast things. Hahaha! I was gonna write her as car sick in the car ride back from the airport but since Jacob was holding on to her she was fine. ;) Ow oww! What a babe that boy is!
Would it be wrong to bribe for reviews? Cause I just might do a double update tomorrow if I get a few more reviews! Lol.
xoxo
Lacey