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Chapter 3: Another Wolf mother
It was past 10 o'clock by the time Charlie and I got home and all I wanted was to go to bed.
"So, what's your plan now?" Charlie asked as he opened the door for me.
"What do you mean?" I asked slightly confused by his question.
"I mean, now that you're dating Jake and everything where does that leave the Cullens?" my father asked.
"I'm going to remain friends with them. Alice would kill me if I didn't." I said seriously.
Charlie nodded.
"So if werewolves are real, I suspect vampires are real too?"
I felt my stomach drop.
"Yeah. They are. Edward and his family are vampires."
Charlie shallowed.
"I knew something was strange about them." He muttered.
"Why didn't you like Edward but you liked Alice?" I asked suddenly interested.
"I have my reasons. But I will always approve of Alice." Charlie said slightly blushing.
"She's a little 'old' for you, dad. She's married to Jasper." I said reassuringly.
Charlie sighed with relief. He didn't even ask how old she was.
"So, are you going to giving Jake and I your blessing?" I asked.
"You already know the answer to that." Charlie said as a shy smile crept along his face.
"I'll take that as a yes." I said finally as I headed up the stairs.
Charlie stood silently at the bottom of the stairs for a moment.
"Night, Dad." I called.
"Bella." Charlie called making me stop.
"Yeah?" I said turning around to face him.
"Are you sure you're happy?"
I smiled.
"I've never been more happy in my life than I am now."
Charlie nodded. "Ok then. Night Bells."
"Night Dad." I said as I trudged up the stairs toward my room.
As I entered my room and turned to close the door when I felt warm hands cover my eyes.
"Guess who." A familiar husky voice said.
I turned to see Jacob standing behind me.
"Jake!" I almost shrieked. "What are you doing here?"
"Doing an Edward." He said in a stiff tone.
"You know about that?" I asked, scared of what his reaction would be.
"Yep. When I did guard duty when the newborn leeches were on the loose, I could smell him from a mile away. I was tempted to come up here and tell him off."
There was a silence.
"It was at night too." I added.
"Yeah." Jacob said without the slightest hint of innocence in his voice.
"Does Charlie know about the leech's night time visits?" he asked sitting down on my bed.
"No. I'm so glad he doesn't." I said smirking as evilly as I could manage. I sat down beside him.
Jake laughed and hugged me.
His chest was so warm. That's what I get when my new boyfriend was a werewolf.
"Bella?" called Charlie from the stairs.
I jumped to my feet in a panic.
I frantically looked for a place for Jacob to hide in.
"Get in the closet." I urgently whispered.
"What?"
" Just get in!"
He hurried to the closet and got in and I closed the door with a slam! I then hurried to my bed, pulled back the covers and climbed in just as Charlie pocked his head in the room.
"Hey dad," I said with a smile.
Charlie blushed. He hated being caught off guard.
"Just came to check on you." Charlie said coming in the room fully.
"Thanks," I said, laying down and closing my eyes pretending to be sleepy.
"Ok. I'll see you in the morning. Goodnight Bells." Charlie said coming over to kiss my forehead.
It had always been a good thing that he had never hovered over me.
"Night dad," I said pretending to drift off.
I kept my eyes shut as I listened to Charlie's footsteps echo down the hall. I than opened my eyes and sat up and Jacob emerged from the closet.
"You wouldn't believe how cramped it is in there." He said in a low voice.
"Sorry about that. It was the only place I could think of." I said quietly as Jake sat beck down on my bed.
"You should go home. Billy and the pack will be wondering where you've gotten to." I said sternly.
"Do I have to?" Jake asked pouting.
I sat up and kissed him before whispering in his ear, "Yes you have to."
He kissed me before getting to his feet.
"I'll see you tomorrow. We can hang out the whole day if you want."
I shook my head.
"You need to get your school work done. I can wait." I said even more sternly than before. I got to my feet.
"But-" he started to protest but I pressed a finger to his lips.
"No excuses. Besides I have to work tomorrow." I said folding my arms across my chest.
"You still work for the marshmallow and his folks? Come on!"
I raised my eyebrows.
"Fine," Jake said grumbled. He looked down at his bare feet feeling ashamed that I was telling him what to do.
I placed my hand under his chin to make him look at me.
You can drive me to work in the morning, go to school and pick me up after work." Jacob looked up with his eyes shining bright.
"I like the sound of that. Or perhaps I'll have a surprise for you." He teased.
"Oh really," I said as I wrapped my arms around his neck.
He chuckled half-heartedly.
"If I didn't encourage you to go to school, Billy would think I was a bad influence on you."
"He would never say that." Jacob said thoughtfully.
"You sure about that?" I said leaning in to kiss him again.
"Yep."
"Get going." I said breaking the kiss.
Jacob chuckled before heading toward the open window.
He glanced over his shoulder at me before heading out the window and disappearing into the dark.
I went to the window and shut it before heading back to bed. Covering myself up, I took one last look at the dream catcher that was attached by a nail to stop my bad dreams. It had been a gift from my Jacob on my last birthday. It would always be a reminder of his love for me.
I closed my eyes and fell asleep instantly.
The next morning was one of the most eventful I had ever had in my life. It started like normal of course.
I awoke and did everything I usually did of a morning only I didn't need to pack my school bag seeing as I no longer went to school. Good riddance to that. I headed downstairs only to see Charlie at the kitchen table reading the newspaper. He looked up as I approached.
"Morning darlin'!" he said smiling.
"Morning dad. Aren't you meant to be at work now?" I asked.
"I've got a day off so Billy and I are going fishing." He said returning to his newspaper.
"Ok." I said stretching out the word as I headed for the fridge.
"What's your plan today, Bells? Going to hang out with Jake?" Charlie asked.
"Nope. I've got to work but I'm going to hanging out with him after work." I said as I pulled the milk out of the fridge and poured it over my already poured cereal.
There was a silence.
"You still work at Newton's? I thought you were quit." Charlie said taking a sip of coffee.
"No I still work there." I said after a mouthful of cornflakes.
"Mike still in love with you?" Charlie teased.
"You bet. Too bad I'm taken." I snorted.
There when a knock on the door.
"I'll get it." Charlie said, rising from his chair. "You keep eating."
Charlie disappeared through the kitchen door and answered the door.
"If it isn't wolf boy and wolf man themselves!" Charlie said.
I choked on my cereal.
"Easy Charlie. We take offense to comments like that." Said Billy's rough but gently teasing voice.
Charlie laughed as he re-entered kitchen with Billy and Jake following suit.
"Jake!" I almost screamed when he had entered.
I sat my spoon down in my cereal bowl and bolted out of my chair and into Jacob's arms.
He kissed my forehead.
"It's as if you haven't seen me in years." Jake joked.
"Don't say that." I said into his chest.
"True love thing?" Charlie asked Billy from behind me.
"Sure is." Billy said with a chuckle.
"We heard that." Jacob said over my head.
"Sorry son." Billy said chuckling again.
"Ready to go?" Jake asked as he released me.
"Yeah. Let me just go and brush my teeth and we'll go."
I leaned up to kiss, not caring whether our fathers were watching or not.
I ran upstairs to brush my teeth.
"I haven't seen Bella this happy in ages and I owe you thanks Jake." I could hear Charlie saying from downstairs or at least that's what I thought he said.
"Don't mention it Charlie. You do that when you're in love." I could hear the pride in Jacob's voice.
I washed my toothbrush and put it back into my toiletry bag. I then headed back downstairs.
"There's my girl." Jake said with a wide grin as I walked down the stairs.
I blushed so hard that I felt that my cheeks were going to explode.
"What's with the blushing it's just us." Billy laughed.
"Thanks for the support dad." Jacob grumbled.
"No prob son."
"Can we go now?" I asked breaking the moment up.
"Yeah sure." Jacob said with the cheesiest smile he could manage without cracking into laughter.
"Bye dad." I said hugging my dad.
"Bye Bells. Have fun at work."
"Have fun fishing!" I called back over my shoulder as Jacob pulled me out the front door.
"Will do." Charlie called.
Jacob's home repaired rabbit sat on the curb outside my house.
He jogged to the door opened the door, and gestured for me to get inside.
Edward use to do the same thing for me only he didn't gesture. I could see that Jacob and Edward were more alike when I first thought. I knew that if I questioned it to Jake he would openly have denied it.
As Jake drove down my street he was quick to start a conversation.
"Did it feel strange not having Edward in your bedroom last night watching you sleep?"
I had to tell the truth. He knew me too well. "Yeah, it did feel strange not having Edward in my room but I'll get use to it."
Jacob nodded before going silent.
The rest of the trip to Newton's was quiet. It was starting to drive me insane. There was nothing to talk about.
10 minutes later, we drove into the empty parking lot of Newton's. Standing outside the store was Karen Newton, Mike's mother and one of the store's owners.
Jacob reached across me to open my door for me.
"There you go. Have fun and I see you this afternoon with that surprise." He said leaning in to kiss me.
"See you later. Love you." I said as I hopped out of the rabbit.
"Love you." Jacob called as he watched me walk toward Mrs. Newton.
"Hello Bella." Mrs. Newton said with a smile.
"Oh hi Mrs. Newton." I said in a dazed tone.
"You alright, dear?"
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"That was your boyfriend was it?" Mrs. Newton asked with a smile coming across her face.
I grinned from ear to ear.
"Yes it was."
"Mike mentioned you were dating Edward Cullen."
My face fell.
"I'm not dating Edward Cullen. Not anymore."
"Oh. You were a terrific couple from Mike's mouth anyway."
I laughed as we headed into the store.
"He wasn't real happy that I was dating him." I said.
"Too right." Mrs. Newton agreed. "Who's your new boyfriend if you don't mind me asking?"
"Jacob Black." I said as Jake's name slipped through my lips.
"Jacob Black? He's not one of the locals around here."
"No he lives in La Push." I said as we walked to the counter where our vests were waiting.
Mike was pretending to put hiking magazines in alphabetical order. The expression on his face didn't look happy. I knew he had heard ever word of my conversation with his mother.
"Well as long as you're happy. We're all happy for you. How did Charlie take the news?" Mrs. Newton asked leaning on the counter as I pulled on my vest.
"He took it really well. Jacob and I have been friends since we were kids so we know each other really well." I said happily.
"That's great. He seems like a lovely boy." Karen said patting me on the shoulder before walking into the storeroom.
The rest of the day drifted too slowly for my taste.
I was anxious to find out what Jacob had in store for me when he picked me up after work. It wasn't until 4.30 that afternoon when my life started to speed up for the better good.
"Bella, why don't you head home? You've done more than your fair share of work today." Mike said as I sorted through a pile of mismatching hiking boots.
"Oh yeah. Thanks Mike. I'll see you Friday then." I said pulling off my vest and placing it under the counter. I headed to my locker in the storeroom and pulled out my bag.
"Bye Mr and Mrs Newton. Bye Mike." I called as I hurried out the store doors.
"Bye Bella and thanks!" called Mr. Newton.
I laughed.
I scanned the almost empty parking lot to find the Rabbit sitting in the same spot Jake had parked it that same morning.
I hurried toward it and opened the door.
"Hey Jake." I said throwing my bag to the floor.
"Hey Bells!" he said as I sat down and leaned over to kiss him.
"Hey Bella!" said 3 other voices.
I broke the kiss and turned to see Seth, Quil and Embry in the backseat.
"Hey guys!" I said leaned over to hug each of them.
"What are you guys doing here?" I asked as I did up my seatbelt.
"We are part one of your surprise." Seth explained.
"There's more?" I asked.
"Yep. We're about to part two." Jake said starting the engine and driving out of the parking lot.
"How was work?" Quil asked smugly.
"Fine, I didn't have a run in with Mike." I said smiling to myself.
"The marshmallow Jake told us about?" Embry asked.
"That's him." Jake and I said in unison making us all crack into hysteric laughter.
"How was school, guys?" I asked allowing my voice to get serious.
"It felt...weird." Seth said.
"I can't believe you made us go." Quil grumbled.
"Well, I'm like your second pack mother. I have some authority over what you do. Right?" I innocently said.
"Well technically Sam tells us what to do but sure. You're another Emily. Another pack mother like you said." Seth said smugly. It was clear that he, like the others were glad over my decision to be with Jake and not Edward.
"So where are we going?" I asked.
"It's a surprise. You'll just have to wait and see. Surely you can hang on for a little longer." Jacob said as a massive smile crept along his lips.
The rest of the trip was an awkward silence. After only 5 minutes it started driving me mental.
"Someone say something!" Embry pleaded.
"What is there to say? We've all run out of stuff to say dude." Quil said miserably.
As we headed down the familiar road that headed from Forks to La Push, Quil who had been sitting directly behind me covered my eyes.
"Hey! What's that for?" I protested as I attempted to remove his strong hands from my face.
"Sorry, Bells. Jake's orders." Quil said, his voice dripping with mockery.
I could hear Jake chuckle from beside me.
"You'll find out soon enough." He said taking my hand in his warm hand that wasn't holding the steering wheel.
"Do me a favour?" I asked.
"Anything."
"Fix the truck!" I ordered menacingly.
"That old thing's dead? Who knew?" Embry sniggered.
"I just so happen to love my truck thank you very much!" I hissed.
The boys laughed but I was far from happy.
I loved my truck and I was reeling when I discovered it was dead beyond repair.
"Can you uncover my eyes?" I begged of Quil.
"No can do, Bella. Jake gave me orders to keep your eyes covered until we reached our destination.
I crossed my arms across my chest in annoyance.
"Ok we're here." Jake said stopping the rabbit and climbing out of the car. "Seth, Embry go tell the others we're here and Quil keep Bella's eyes closed."
Quil uncovered my eyes but instructed me to keep my eyes shut until he climbed out of the rabbit. I kept them shut.
Jake's hand intertwined with mine while Quil walked behind me with his hands over my eyes.
We continued to walk until Jake and Quil stopped and Quil than uncovered her eyes.
"Emily and Sam's?" I asked looking at Quil who had stepped forward from behind me.
Quil and Jake 'howled' for the others.
The door to Sam and Emily's cottage swung open and the pack including Leah and Emily filed out all with smiles on their faces. Even Leah had a small smile on her face which surprised me.
"Bella!" said the boys in unison as they came up in turn to hug me. Embry and Seth smiled at me and they both winked to assure me that the surprise was about to unveiled.
"Bella!" said Emily as she hugged me.
"Hey Em, please tell me what going on." I pleaded.
"Sam?"
Sam stepped forward taking Emily's hand his own.
"Now that Jacob has finally imprinted on you, you are officially another Pack mother to us."
Jacob stepped forward to wrap an arm around me while the other Pack members cheered and whooped.
"Anyway," Sam said raising his hand to silence the others. "Officially, welcome to the pack, Bella." He said pulling me into a hug just as Jake pulled his arm out from around me.
The Pack cheered again and they all hugged me again. Even Leah hugged me this time.
"Welcome to the family officially, Bella." She said.
"Do my ears deceive me? My sister is actually being friendly toward the former vampire lover?" Seth said loudly.
Leah released me before turning around and going to hit her brother over the head.
"Ow! Leah!"He exclaimed. "Bella help?"
I chuckled before rushing over to save my 'Pack son'.
"Ok Leah lay off Seth. He didn't mean it." I said as I hugged Seth and stroked his head in the spot where Leah had hit him.
Leah backed off and grumbled something that I didn't understand.
"You're good at this Bella. You should help me out more often." Emily said with a laugh.
"Well I can now." I said as Jake came to my side.
"You ok, Seth?" I asked.
Seth looked at me and nodded before releasing me and backing up because Jake was giving him the 'hands off my girlfriend' look. Seth raised his hands in defence.
Everyone laughed before going silent.
"What's wrong?" Emily asked.
"Vampires." Sam said, his voice going harsh.
"The Cullens?" I asked.
"No. Others we don't know."
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