AN: Hey guys. Here's the next chapter. those of you who read the story the first time it was posted will find this somewhat similar. Let me know what you think and please please someone help find me a beta!

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3 months later

Bella's POV

I stepped off the plane and stretched my tired body. Dragging my carry on behind me I made my way towards baggage claim where I knew Charlie would be waiting. I smiled at the thought. Charlie had decided a change of scenery would do me some good, so when my Aunt Charlotte called and offered me a place to stay for the summer, he thought it would be best. I was reluctant at first, but in the end, I agreed to go as long as he promised to stop by the Blacks every Sunday in my place.

"Bella," he called as soon as I had passed the terminal. I smiled at him and hurried to his side. I dropped the handle of my suitcase and threw my arms around him.

"Hi dad," I said happily.

"I've missed you baby girl," he said with a slight blush. We had gotten better at showing our emotions after my breakdown in his arms but the blush was still a permanent feature. "Let's get you home."

We walked outside and I smiled when I saw the huge orange truck. "I thought you said it died," I said in awe as I ran my hands over its hood.

"It did," Charlie said, "I had brought it over to Billy's, figured Jake could at least use it for spare parts. But it turned up a 2 weeks later back in the driveway running better than ever."

My eyes filled with tears, but I didn't let myself cry. I thought about all the hours Jake must have put into fixing it, and my heart filled. We had spoken a couple of times on the phone over the summer, and though things were far from where they were before everything happened, they were slowly improving. Seeing my truck again, was proof that I had been right, somewhere under all of this chaos and drama, was my Jacob.

"Remind me to thank him." I said my voice full of emotion.

"Bella," Charlie said a warning in his voice. I knew he worried about me. But the truth was, there were things left unfinished here and I was glad to be back.

"Its okay dad," I said with a smile as I climbed into the truck. He watched me closely before nodding his head in agreement.

We drove back in silence, but it was a comfortable silence that I had come to associate with Charlie. When we pulled off the highway I thought Charlie must have made a wrong turn, because we weren't heading in the direction I had expected. I looked at him in confusion but he just smiled in response.

"I sold the house." He said simply. My jaw must have dropped in shock because Charlie started laughing at my shocked expression. "Fresh start right Bella," he continued and I closed my jaw with a snap and smiled at him.

"That's right," I agreed and turned back to looking out the window. We pulled up to a nice single story house on the outskirts of town. It was about 15 miles north of our old house, but it would definitely shave a bit of time off of my commute to school. I had signed up for business and English classes at the college in Port Angeles. The house was smaller than our old one, but it was also more modern. It maintained a cozy feel and there was a definite feminine touch in the furnishings.

I raised an eyebrow at Charlie, "So who decorated?" I asked and smiled when I saw the blush rise on his cheeks.

"Her name is Marilyn; she's the new kindergarten teacher here." Charlie explained shyly.

"I'm glad to see you're getting back out there." I told him honestly. "So where's my room?"

He led me down the hall and to the right. The room was about the same size as my old one, 3 walls were a nice tope and the last was a large mural the beach. "It's beautiful," I said in a whisper as I ran my hands over the image.

"It's second beach," Charlie explained. "You can buy the murals online and Marilyn suggested this one."

"Sounds like a winner," I told him happily as I placed my suitcase on the new queen sized bed. All of my furniture was made up of dark woods, and the comforter was a deep forest green. I fell in love immediately. "Thank you for this dad."

"Of course." He replied, "So what are your plans for the day now that your back?"

"First, I'm taking a nap," I said with a laugh, "then I'm going to La Push," I told him my voice firm. "I have a best friend out there that I haven't seen in way to long."

"Good luck," Charlie said, and I knew he meant it.

I woke up later than I expected, guess the jet lag had really thrown me off. It was already 10:00PM but I decided not to wait to go see Jake, besides I was completely awake now anyway.

The drive to La Push seemed longer than it ever had and the butterflies in my stomach turned into giant pterodactyls as soon as that little red house came into view.

It was late and I was nervous about waking Billy with the doorbell. Luck was on my side and the door was unlocked however, so I let myself in. The house looked exactly the same as it did the last time I had been here and a wave of nostalgia washed over me. I carefully made my way to Jake's room, desperately trying not to trip.

He was spread out in his bed, which was clearly too small for him. He was wearing a pair of cut off sweatpants and nothing else. My eyes took in the defined muscle of his chest and stomach. He has a freaking 8 pack, I thought in awe. I shook my head to clear those thoughts, before I could get carried away and made my way to his bed. I sat down next to him and he immediately turned towards me. I ran my hand over the planes of his face gently.

Jake's POV

I was having an amazing dream. It started with me in the garage working on something as usual, suddenly the door opened and Bella walked in, wearing a dark-colored trench coat and motorcycle boots. She walked over to me slowly as she undid the belt of her coat. She reached up and ran her fingers through my hair as she pulled me down to kiss her. She kissed me slowly, her tongue running over my bottom lip before she pulled it into her mouth and bit down.

I slide my hands inside her coat and was surprised by the feeling of bare skin. I pushed the coat from her shoulders and damn near swallowed my tongue. Bella stood there wearing nothing except the hottest motorcycle boots I had ever seen.

"Still available for those riding lessons, Jake" she asked a smirk on her lips.

I pulled her to me smashing my lips against hers as I wrapped those gorgeous creamy thighs around my waist and carried her over to the rabbit. I laid her down carefully on the hood of the car and stood back to admire the view. There was my Bella laid out like a fucking feast waiting for me to devour her. I kept her boots on as I began kissing up her legs. When I finally reached the place I most wanted to be I licked from the bottom of her slit to her clit, my hands wrapping around her hips to keep her in place. I plunged inside her once before withdrawing and circling her opening with the tip of my tongue. I used my fingers to spread her swollen lips and licked and bit at her clit. Bella was writhing under me and gasping for breath; her entire body flushed a soft pink.

I began kissing up her stomach to her nipples; laving my tongue around one while I pinched the other. Finally satisfied I continued up following the long column of her neck until I reached her sexy mouth. I kissed her hard letting her taste herself on my lips.

"Tell me what you want Bella," I demanded hotly.

"You," Bella moaned her head thrown back, "God Jake, I just want you!"

"Fuck," I moaned as I plunged myself deep inside her. She was so fucking tight and wet I could have cum right there. She wrapped her legs around me pulling me further into her. I ran my hands over her legs up those sexy as hell thighs and gripped her ass hard. I angled her hips so that I could thrust harder into her and was rewarded with another gasp of my name. God nothing sounded better than my name falling from those lips.

"Jake," Bella gasped again her voice soft. "Jake" she said again and this time I met her eyes surprised by the change in her voice. She reached up and gently ran her hands over my face. I leaned into her touch. "Come on Jake, you have to wake up for me"

"Jake" Bella said again. I opened my eyes slowly and was met with the best sight I had seen in a long time.

"Please tell me I'm not dreaming," I said my voice rough with sleep and the remnants of lust caused by my dream.

Bella laughed softly, and God if I didn't love that sound, sweet and melodic. "You're not dreaming Jake." She said her hand running over my cheek again. Her touch helped me shake off the last of the fog that had enveloped my brain. Without warning I reached up and wrapped my arms around her and dragged her down onto the bed with me.

Bella's laugh echoed in my ear as she wrapped her arms around me. I laid there for several minutes just breathing in her scent and I felt myself relax for the first time this summer. I had no idea how much I had been depending on Bella's scent appearing every few days until she had left for the past few months. "You have no idea how much I missed you Bella," I told her honestly, "You have no idea how hard it's been without you."

"I've missed you too Jake," she said laying her head on my chest. She pulled back after a minute and I reluctantly let her go. "How are you, really?"

"That depends," I told her, "How long are you back for?"

She just smiled down at me and I lost my breath as I watched the light dance in her eyes like I hadn't seen in years. "I was only gone for a summer Jake," she replied, "but I'm back for good," and I felt my heart lift.

"Then I'm better than I've been in a really long time," I told her honestly. She laughed again and I was quickly becoming addicted to the sound. I shifted over and pulled her down next to me reveling in the feel of her next to me for the first time since my phase. I was completely content until Bella asked the one question that I knew could destroy everything.

"Are you ever going to tell me what's going on?" Bella asked quietly. My entire body tensed knowing that no matter how much I may have wanted to I literally couldn't tell her. Bella must have felt my body tense because she pulled me closer, our bodies flush against one another and began running her hands over my back and shoulders. "Just relax Jake, I'm here, just relax," she cooed and I melted into her embrace. The feeling of her hands running over my bare back was indescribable. I felt myself start to harden at the feel of Bella running her hands over my body and realized I needed to break our embrace, as much as it pained me to do so, before Bella found out just how much I was enjoying her method of comfort. I pulled back just enough to put a few inches of space between our bodies but didn't let my arms fall from around her.

"I'm sorry Bella," I admitted lowering my eyes from hers. "I can't tell you." I braced myself for her reaction, certain that it was going to destroy me. Instead Bella started running her fingers through the hair at the nape of my neck. I shuddered in response, dear lord that feels good, I thought.

"It's okay Jake," she replied and I released a breath I didn't know I was holding and leaned back into her touch. "Just answer me this," she said and again I braced myself. "It doesn't have anything to do with drugs or something illegal right?" she asked. I gaped at her in response. Just what kind of person did she think I was?

"What?" I asked shocked, "God no Bella, how could you even think." She cut me off by placing her finger on my lips.

"Relax," she admonished again and I forced myself to calm down. "I'm not accusing you of anything Jake, but I need to know." I nodded hoping that I would be able to answer her. "It doesn't hurt anyone right?" she asked and I immediately shook my head.

"No Bella," I told her praying for her to believe me. "It's a tribal thing," I summarized, "but we're not allowed to talk about. Bad things would happen if it didn't stay a secret. People would get hurt!" I emphasized

"It doesn't hurt you right," she asked her voice sounding concerned. I shook my head but this time I smiled at her. She released a breath and nodded her head. "Okay then, that's all I need to know," she said before she pulled me back down to the bed and snuggled into my side.

I gaped at her and she just smiled in response. "What?" she asked innocently.

"Seriously, that's it?" I asked confused.

She sighed but looked me dead in the eye as she explained. "Look Jake, what I told you that day, outside your house. I meant it. You are my best friend, my family, I love you but more than that I trust you. So if you tell me that it's not something bad, that it's not illegal and it doesn't hurt anyone, than I believe you. When you tell me, that you really can't tell me, I believe that too and while I don't like it, I do respect you enough not to question it. Just promise me 2 things, 1 that if anything ever changes, if it ever does become bad or someone does get hurt, you'll come to me; and 2 you're not going to disappear on me again Jake." She paused then, "The past few months, they've been hard Jake." She said and I could hear the pain in her voice, "I've been abandoned to many times, by too many people that I cared about. I can't add you to that list Jake, please," Bella said, her voice pleading.

"Isabella Sawn, I love you and I promise that I will never abandon you. I don't know how to honey. Even if I'm not around sometimes, you'd still be the only thing on my mind, and I promise if I ever do have to go anywhere, I'll come back, I swear it Bella" I stared into Bella's eyes, begging her to see everything in my soul. "I don't know how to explain to you how much what you just said means to me Bells," Jake continued in a choked voice. "For so long everyone has been demanding things from me, and I haven't had a choice in anything. To know that no matter what you'll be there, no questions asked, no demands, I can't even describe how good that feels, because Bella, I need you. I don't know what I did to deserve someone like you in my life."

Bella just smiled up at me, "Right back at ya buddy." I threw my head back and laughed feeling more free than I had since I first phased.