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"Sam?"
Whatever You Need
The horse-sized wolf nodded its huge head, looking almost as frightened of my reaction as I was of it.
"You really are a werewolf?" I asked quietly of the horse-sized wolf– I mean – Sam.
Again, Sam's head nodded up and down.
I whirled around to face Uncle Billy, Dad and Jake, "And you're all like this?"
"Yeah," Dad answered, rubbing the back of his neck. "Well, Jake is. Billy and I stopped phasing when you kids were born."
I blew out a breath before turning back to face Sam, only to find him now in his human form and a pair of cut off jeans.
"Does someone want to tell me what imprinting is, then?" I asked him, raising my eyebrows at him.
I was surprised when he faltered slightly, "Uh…"
"Don't even try making me tell her," Dad told him strictly. "It has to be you and you know that."
Sam sighed before turning to me, taking two steps closer and staring straight into my eyes as he answered, "Imprinting is a werewolf's way of mating. They imprint on their true love, their soul mate. The moment we see them for the first time, the whole world shifts and a million metal cables connect us to that person. It's almost as though gravity no longer holds us to the earth, our imprint does. We'll do absolutely anything for them and it physically hurts to be away from them. The bond is so strong that it's impossible to ignore and nothing can ever come between it because the wolf can't live without them."
I stared back at him for a second and there was an extremely long pause where I knew I could have heard a pin drop.
"And you imprinted … on me," I said slowly, never looking away from him.
"Yes," he stated, searching my eyes for something – though I had no idea what.
"And I don't get any choice in this?" I suddenly demanded. I had always hated the fact that Renee was running my life and that I had no control over it. I'd been happy when I found out I was moving to La Push because I could finally control my own life and now, they were trying to tell me that because of some stupid werewolf mating ritual, I couldn't choose who I fell in love with.
There is no way I'm letting that happen.
"Bella," Dad suddenly interrupted, almost as though he could sense my thoughts. "It can't be helped and Sam didn't get a choice in this either."
"I'm not going to love him just because of some weird werewolf thing," I told him angrily.
"But-" he started but I interrupted him.
"I don't want to hear it," I told him before turning towards the way I knew my favorite beach to be. "I'm going for a walk."
With that, I disappeared out threw the house and towards First Beach.
It was about ten minutes after I sat down on a piece of driftwood shaped like a bench that I felt someone approaching me. I didn't turn to look for I already knew.
"Hey Jake," I said softly as he sat down beside me, my eyes still on the crashing waves of the beach.
"Hey," he replied. "Are you alright?"
I sighed and finally turned to look at him and instantly noticed his worried expression.
"I...I'm not sure," I answered truthfully. "I mean, the moment I saw Sam I felt some kind of pull to him but now I know it's just some werewolf thing and not my real feelings."
"Sam is not the only one who has imprinted you know," Jake told me suddenly, making my head snap towards him.
"Who else has?" I asked.
"Jared," he answered.
"On who?" I asked.
"That's the thing," he told me. "He sits next to a girl named Kim in almost all of his classes. He rarely ever looked at her twice but she was had almost always loved him. He walks into the room the first time after phasing and bam he loves her like no one else can."
"Why are you telling me this?" I asked him.
He sighed, "I'm telling you this because the girl that a werewolf imprints on falls in love with him on her own will not because of the imprint itself, that's only the wolf."
"That's just as bad," I reminded him. "Knowing that he only loves me because he has to."
He groaned but was smiling slightly, "Your going to make this as difficult for Sam as you can, aren't you?"
I grinned at him, "Yep. Pretty much."
He laughed, returning to our usual light hearted ways.
"Hey," I said, suddenly remembering something. "How come you got so mad before when you found out Sam imprinted on me?"
"Oh that," he mumbled before answering me fully. "The rational part of me knows that he could never hurt you or anything like that because it's impossible for a wolf to do so to their imprint. They're perfect and they mould to be that way for you. I was just being my over protective self and not listening to that half. I guess I just get a little protective when guys show interest in you, it was almost a natural reaction."
I nodded and smiled at him, "I can understand that."
"Good," he said. "Now will you come back to the house? Charlie, Billy and Sam are all worried sick about you."
I rolled my eyes as we stood up and started heading back, "Because you just had to add Sam in there."
"Yep," he grinned. "Because I know that eventually you will give in and even if you don't, he will be a part of your life for as long as you live. Even if it's not as a lover he'll mould to be the perfect brother, perfect best friend, whatever you need, he will be it."
I sighed, "I guess I can at least accept that no matter what, I'm stuck with him in my life."
"I'm glad that's sorted," Jake smiled as he swung an arm over my shoulder and walked with me back through the house and into the backyard.
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