A/n: So sorry this is late both my Beta and I are stressing over final… ya'll know how that is! But here it is!

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight... But I do own Aaron :)

Chapter 4: Mated

Bpov

I stormed into the woods with Aaron and quickly changed into my tiger form, ripping my clothes in the process. Not even a second later, I felt Aaron
change.
'I love this feeling' I purred, rubbing up against him
His tail twitched in amusement.
'I know you do' He laughed mentally
Because we're in the same clan, we have shared mental telepathy and an emphatic bond, both in our human state and tiger state. In the human state, I can feel Aaron's stronger emotions. I can also get an inkling of his thoughts, but I can't fully read his mind. But in tiger state, I can fully read his mind and feel all of his emotions. I can also chose to do the same with Angela, Samantha, and Chloe, but the bond with Aaron is constantly there because we are mated we don't hide things from each other.

We each can communicate with our own mate at all times and can communicate with those of the same gender when we choose to. It gives us privacy, so we don't have any problems.

It has always been such a freeing experience, running with the wind blowing through my fur. So that's what we did for the next hour.

'Izzy baby' Aaron purred as I stopped running and started nuzzling in to him.

'I need you' I whispered mentally.

The next thing I knew, he was holding me in our nude human forms. Then we were kissing, and he was on top of me, his erection right against me.

"Fuck" I moaned when he thrusted into me

It was slow at first, but I felt his love pouring out towards me and I embraced it, welcoming the feeling. Then it turned into a frenzy. We were trying to touch each other, as if we couldn't get enough. His rhythm picked up. I was nipping and sucking on his neck. We were both making loud moans. I could feel my muscles tighten around him. We both climaxed. My legs flew up around his hips while his slowed down the rhythm, turning into a small rocking. My legs made it so he couldn't leave me yet.

He set his forehead against mine. This feeling right here was the greatest feeling ever; the bliss of being loved and having Aaron so close to me. I made all my problems petty and insignificant.

"I love you" I whispered, releasing him from my legs

"I love you too baby" He kissed me while sliding out gently.

This went on for another couple of hours, to the point where my whole body felt like Jello.

Aaron and I changed back to our tiger forms and curled up together, deciding to enjoy this alone time. We often did this, as we both felt comfortable in our tiger form and enjoyed taking naps in the forest, as it made us feel free.

The rest of the clan knew to leave us alone in these times. These were the times where I felt vulnerable and just wanted to be with my mate. The first it happened was right after my change.

*Flashback*

Aaron and his Clan had just saved me from Laurent. Aaron came up to me and explained about himself and his tiger clan and how he wanted me as his mate. But, if I wanted, I could refuse. Well, I knew I couldn't say no, as I felt this pull towards him, and any pain that was in my chest before was gone and I knew this handsome man in front of me was the reason why. I threw myself at him, begging him never to leave me. The rest of the clan left us then. As soon as we were alone, we began mating. Or we thought we were alone.

After we both came down from our orgasm, Aaron explained that since he had ejaculated in me, that I would begin going through my transformation. It would only take and hour or 2 at the most for my DNA to change. He told me that I might feel some pain and weird sensations throughout my body.

I was just finding it ironic that we just mated in Edward's meadow. For an hour, Aaron held my naked body, touching every surface he could. He told me everything about being a tiger shape shifter.

I wasn't going to age much. I would maybe look a little older as time moved on, but I wouldn't grow old until we both made a decision together that we wanted to stop shifting and grow old. I would be able to have children though. Surprisingly, that got me excited. He told me about our mind link. He explained that he was the Alpha, making me the clan's beta and that we could chose a couple in the clan that would take over if we ever had something happen to us. He told me that my hair color was going to change after my first shift to the color of my tiger's fur color and told me how my eyes were changing to match his: blue with gold. Then I started getting uncomfortable and actually feeling some of the pain. So he distracted me by telling me about himself. He was born in Texas in 1983, making him about 30 but he looked 20. He explained that he had transformed when he was 15. His parents explained to him about his DNA, finally making his tiger gene active. He had other family members that where different breeds of Shape shifters. He then decided to go off and travel. Within the following 15 years, he had collected Chris who had mated with Samantha, and Colin Who Mated with Chloe. He had an instinct to come to Washington, and then came across me.

"Bella" Aaron spoke softly "You're almost ready to shift."

I nodded my head and stood up with his help.

"Now reach down deep inside. Do you feel your animal?" He asked

"Yes" I muttered, concentrating. I did feel the animal, rattleing around inside the cage that was my body.

"Ok, Let it go" Aaron said "Like this." The next thing I knew, there was a large
golden brown tiger where Aaron was.

I let go and found myself on 4 paws!

'Oh my god' I exclaimed, mentally shocked

'See, it's not that hard' He thought quietly. I could tell he was trying not to scare me, but it still made me jump.

Then the wind blew around us, and Aaron's hackles rose, his ears falling flat and he roared out. I stepped behind his slightly frightened.

Then I smelled something like wet dog and five wolves came out of the treeline. There were two wolves seemingly in charge: one was black and the other was a russet color. All five were growling at us.

My ears were flat against my head and my tail twitched in annoyance.

The russet and black wolves turned toward the forest and went in. A heartbeat later, two figures stepped out wearing shorts. They were Sam Uley and Jacob Black. Jacob the boy who abandoned me after being there for me after Edward was now standing in front of me, looking at me like I was his enemy. I wanted to cry.

'Bella I am going to change back and talk to them. Just stay here in this form' Aaron spoke with authority.

'No, please let me change back too. I need to speak for myself.' I begged.

'Alright, Let me change first and I'll give you your clothes for you to go in the forest and change.' he instructed

'WAIT! I don't know how to shift back' I realized, panicking.

'Shh, it's ok baby. Just do the opposite of what you did before. Just take the animal, and bring it back' He nuzzled into me. I nuzzled back
"It would be easier to talk if you guys were in human form" Sam yelled across the meadow.

Aaron was then back in human form, grabbed his pants, and slipped them on. He then grabbed my clothes and gave them to me. I took them in my mouth and trotted to the forest.

It was easy to shift back. I slipped my shirt on and my jeans, not worrying about my undergarments, and stepped out of the trees. I couldn't believe how different the word looked and sounded. I walked up to Aaron and slipped my hand into his. I needed his touch.

Jacob was glaring at me. I shrunk back. Aaron growled

"What do you want" He spat out

"What did you do to her?" Jacob said tilting his head towards me. I felt hurt that the boy that was formerly my best friend wasn't even acknowledging me.

"I'm right here you know!" I yelled at him, he just continued to ignore me

"I mated with her" Aaron said calmly, putting his arm around my shoulders pulling me towards him. I laid my head on his shoulders.

"You're not allowed here." Sam spoke with strong authority.

"Why not?" Aaron challenged

"This is our territory" Jacob quipped
"No its not!" I hissed "Stop fucking lying!" Did i just swear? "It is the Cullen's!"

"Yeah I don't smell your scent. I did earlier, but avoided the border so I don't know why you're even here" Aaron spoke with equal authority as Sam.

The wolves growled when four tigers entered the meadow behind us.

"More?" Jacob spat out, beginning to shake.

Aaron pushed me slightly behind him. Feeling threatened, I obeyed.

"Bella" Jacob finally addressed me, "Get away from them and come here, you're not safe with them."

A laugh bubbled up, because it sounded so ridiculous to be in danger from my mate. I didn't laugh though, because I could feel Jacob ready to explode.

"Please Jake, don't do this. I'm one of them now. I still want you to be my friend." I whispered
"I'm sorry Isabella." He spat with so much hate my knees almost gave out. The wolves then turned and trotted away, with Jacob and Sam following directly behind them

*End of Flashback*

After that, Jacob became the Alpha of the wolf pack. It was also when "Bella" died and "Izzy" took her place. Everything that was Bella was ruined and I wanted a new start, so I started going by Izzy.

Aaron and I simply laid there until we decided to head home, as it was starting to get dark.

When we got home, we took a shower and just enjoyed being in our own little bubble. I loved this man so much.

The next week, the Cullens had learned to stay out of my way. Even though they never talked to me, they still watched me.

Next week was finals week, and I was cramming on overload. I was staying late at school, long after Aaron and the rest of the clan had gone home. It had taken some convincing before Aaron would leave me, but I really needed to do some studying without distraction.

That's when I felt the hairs on the back of my neck stand up and my tiger senses kicked in.

"Hello Bella..."

A/n: So kinda a cliff hanger... :) Sorry

So whatcha think? I'm getting really proud of this story! Don't forget I have a Blog on tumblr for picture and what not link on my profile. Next week is actual Finals (thought it was funny that i played that in the story) and both my beta (Warriorsqueen) and I Will be busy so I don't think there will be an update next week and if there is it would be unbetaed... would that be ok? let me know what you think?

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Until next time my dear readers,

Jess