And here's the third chapter. Again I'm sorry for the long waiting, but I've been very busy (as usual) lately. But now it's summer, and I got almost all time in the world! I do hope that this will be satisfying enough, for now. This chapter is a little shorter than the last one, I apologize for that too. I've been thinking a lot of how Jake and Bella's relationship will look like now in the beginning and I think I have a good sight of it now. So, we'll start it with a bit of drama and then it will go up, up, up and BAM! Alright, it may not look like it's well thought through, but it's a start.

Guest: If you mean that Jake should be like he is in the movie then yeah, I think so too. I'm really trying to not make him too much OOC. =)

Guest: I'm sorry about that, it's a little hard with him especially when he uses those difficult words. And believe me I'm trying to make him come out as a funny guy, but luck is not always on my side. ;)

MMM: No, the people in Mud doesn't know and that is exactly what Bella wants. Yes, she eats outlaws. Bad Bill? Yes. Rattlesnake Jake? No. She doesn't eat other snakes. And I'm glad you like the story so far. =)

XXDXX: Thank you very much! And don't worry, I will. XD

Guest: Thank you, I've been training my writing for this. =)

funny-kitty: Don't worry you got your next update here. =)

Disclaimer: I do not own Rango or it's characters. I only own my OC/OC's.

Chapter 3: Sharing a house

Third P.O.V.

Bella couldn't move. Her eyes widened as she looked into eyes of pure hellfire. She couldn't look away, but she got some of her senses back after she blinked once. However, she didn't look away and started to gather information about him by looking at his eyes and stealing small glances at his face. A Diamondback rattlesnake, male, red eyes with yellow around the pupil, black moustache, a black hat, he seemed to be a little bigger than her and a tiny little voice in the back of her head told her he was kind of handsome. His voice sent shivers down her spine.

"Well well, what do we have here?" he asked with a dark smirk. She didn't feel comfortable with this situation at all. Where the hell did he come from?! Heh, probably hell... "An' what are you doin' here, littl' song snake?"

'Song snake'? No… No no no no no no! There is NO WAY he heard her sing! But why else would he call her that? Dammit! Why does someone always have to be there when she think she's actually alone? Well, there's no point in lying now.

"You…heard me sing?" she asked with a 'how dare you' look and leaned back a little to get more space. He smirked at it.

"Why o' course littl' darlin'," he said as he leaned forward to follow her movements. "An' I must say that I'm rather impressed. You have the voice o' an angel." He didn't stop smirking for a second. So the devil or whatever he was had found an angel, so what? She was defiantly not an angel. Bella could feel the need to get out of here before their conversation led to a fight, which she's a master at.

"Alright listen, I have no idea where ya came from or what yer doin' here but I'm afraid that I have to leave now. See ya." She said in a hurried and impatience tone and turned her back to him and started to slither in a faster than normal pace. Bella had to summon every muscle in her body to not make a high pitched noise when the damn snake she was trying to escape stood (if you can call it that) before her again. He was a fast one, probably been through some training to be so fast. But what annoyed her most was that that goddamn smirk was still there!

"Now, why are ya in such a hurry darlin'? I don't even know yer name yet. So how about some introductions before we continue with the subject, hm?" Alright, so he is either a terrible flirt or he's just enchanted by her singing. Bella didn't know what was worse. And introductions was in her state something that should be avoided, but it could help her remember who this damn rattler is. She knew she had seen him before, not face to face, but on some paper. She was about to say her first name when he suddenly spoke again. "But ya probably already know who I am, afte' all I am known in the whole west. An' also one o' the most feared ones." He said with a grin and a dark look in his eyes that was probably meant to scare her, but she had seen worse in her days. She had seen the look her father use at his…opponents. So she just raised a brow at him and that made his grin drop immediately. Now he looked almost a little pissed off, oh dear. Bella didn't feel like getting caught in a fight today, not during her first day here!

"Are you serious, you don't know who I am?!" he looked at her in disbelief and anger. He probably felt a little humiliated to stand there and talk to someone who didn't know who he is. Especially a snake, at this time every snake, at least all the rattlesnakes, should know who he is! Was this woman serious?

"Oh, I'm pretty sure I've seen ya somewhere before. But yer name is long forgotten in my mind." Bella said with a little smirk, she was rather proud of herself to have made him stop grinning. The anger in the males eyes seemed to increase a little, but he didn't say anything about it.

"Very well then, let my name get stuck in yer brain this time then!" he said with an angry huff. "I am the Grim reaper o' the west, Rattlesnake Jake!" he said with a mighty voice and raised himself higher up in the air. Rattlesnake Jake? Rattlesnake Jake, Rattlesnake Jake, Rattlesnake…Jake. Of course! The one who called himself the Grim reaper, and who others also called the Grim reaper. That's why his eyes are so familiar. The snake from hell. Bella then realized that the situation just got a little more dangerous. She's standing here and talking to the Grim reaper. She may have killed before, but Jake defiantly had the advantage here. He have a gun which she doesn't have, she have to be more careful now with her words.

"So you are the one they call the Grim reaper," she said with a calm and careful voice, she didn't want it to look like she was submitting to him or anything. "Eh…nice to meet you?" she had to admit to herself that she needed to practice on her social skills. And her way to try to act friendly only seemed to anger Jake more.

"I believe it's time for ya to introduce yourself so I know who the fool is I'm talkin' to, littl' song snake." She could see how he was trying to control himself to not do…whatever it was he wanted to do.

"I'm Bella, now if ya would be so kind to step away I will be on my way. An' don't call me song snake!" Fast and simple just how she likes it, but the male in front of her didn't seem to like it.

"I believe ya haven't told me yer full name darlin'." It was clear that Jake are losing the little patience he had left, if any. He's almost certain that he's seen her before, and her name would most likely help him to remember where and who she really was.

"An' I believe I don't have to tell ya my full name," now Bella are also losing her patience. "Now please get out o' my way so I can actually try to enjoy my day." She said before she once again tried to slither around him. As expected he stopped her again but this time he wrapped his coils around her so she couldn't move away from him. That was apparently his last straw.

"I don't think so darlin'. Ya ain't goin' anywhere until I say ya can…" Oh dear.

~RJ+BF~

Rango had a bad gut feeling. A really bad gut feeling. He's using that sentence when he thinks danger is close. Sometimes he's right, and sometimes he's wrong. He had spent the day taking his usual tour through the town and he just know that there's something he's missing. He'd check for crime, been on the toilet, he'd ate some passing flies, said 'hello' to all the townspeople he'd met today… Wait a moment… That's it! He hadn't checked on Bella today how she's been doing! Rango put on a wide grin on his face, proud over himself for his own reminding note. But his grin quickly fell as he remember that he haven't seen her since morning. Where could she be? She's the biggest animal in the town! Rango took the decision to ask someone instead of running around in the town and play hero on a searching mission (as he first he planned). His legs were already hurting and thanks to the lack of sleep the previous night he's also very tired. Rango stepped into the saloon and made his way up to Bufford who's busy cleaning a glass.

"Howdy Bufford, have ya seen miss Bella today?" he said with his usual happy and carefree voice. Bufford didn't stop cleaning the glass but answered the sheriff anyway.

"I heard some townspeople talking about that she had taking a walk around the lake and then stopped at the middle of it." The lake, eh? He hadn't showed her it, only told her about it.

"Thank ya Bufford, I'll be on my way then." Bufford looked like he had something more to tell Rango but let it slip for this time. Rango had already started walking anyway.

Once outside he headed straight for the lake. The clock had already hit 14:00 pm, now it was 14:10 pm. Rango was quite happy over how the day had gone. No one had come and complained about Bella or anything she'd done. And Rango had to grin again, but it fell from his face as fast as the last one. By now he could smell Bella, but the air around told him that there was not one snake in the area, but TWO. And what was making Rango nervous was that he recognized the other smell. He'd smelt it before, just a couple of months ago. It was male, big and dangerous. Rango started to walk faster until he ran beside the lake. It didn't take him long before he could see Bella and another snake facing eachother. Rango could see that the male snake had a black hat and a gun where the rattle should be. Everything was uncomfortably familiar. And then it hit Rango who it was that had made an unexpected appearance.

"Jake, what are you doin' here?!" It came out of Rango's mouth before he could stop it. The snake in question slowly turned his head and gave the sheriff a dark stare and an evil smirk.

"Why hello brother, been a long time hasn't it?"

"Yes, I suppose it's been some time, brother," now Rango really had to be careful, even though he couldn't help but to be a little show off. "But I'm afraid I have to tell ya to release miss Bella or I will have to arrest ya."

"My hero." Bella said with sarcasm. Thought she was a little curious why the Grim Reaper and the new legend of Mud are calling eachother brothers. Jake's eyes got a glint of amusement in them by Bella's reply.

"Oh, he may be a hero littl' darlin', but he sure as hell won't be yours." Jake said with a bit of amusement in his voice as well.

"Now, now, Jake, I would like to know what yer doin' here." Rango's accent is still there, even though he himself is a little worried about the rattlers answer.

"Didn't anyone tell ya, sheriff?" Jake asked with the same smirk he'd had since Rango came. "This's my town, even thou ya may be the sheriff. I have all the right to come here for a visit whenever I want. An' I recommend you to find a house for me to sleep in while I'm here, if you want to keep all of yer body parts."

Rango swallowed as his brain started to gather all of this information. Jake had come here to town and wanted a house? But the only house that's left is the mayors and Bella is living in it right now! Jake wouldn't take 'sorry, there are no spare houses left' for an answer. So what to do? …Rango's face lit up as his surprisingly functional brain made up a plan. It was quite obvious that Jake nor Bella had expected the sheriffs face to lit up like that. For their faces now showed nothing more than confusion, and Jake's a little bit of frustration because the lizard suddenly looked comfortable with the situation.

"What're ya so happy about all o' the sudden, sheriff?" Jake asked with anger taking over his features. Bella could also feel his coils around her tightening.

"Well, you see Jake," Rango started and actually looked a little smug now. "The last spare house we got that was big enough for ya to stay in…has already been taken."

"By who?!"

"Someone yer size, brother."

Jake paused and took all of this in. By someone his size? It could only be a snake, but who could possibly be-

…oh.

Jake turned his head to look at the now more uncomfortable woman in his coils. This fierce angel is living in Mud now? That didn't sound so bad in Jakes head.

"An' what are you planning to do about that, sheriff?" Jake was having a surprisingly good feeling in his stomach, despite that disgusting rat he'd ate.

"I've made the decision that until we found a spare house for you to live in, you and miss Bella will be sharing that house together."

"WHAT?!"

Authors note: Well, I promised that the next chapter would come sooner than the last one. And it did, I've been one day faster with this chapter than the last one, not really impressive… So next time I try to finish it even faster! Until then, see ya!