A/N: Ah so a lot of people apparently like my story so I want to thank everyone that favorited and subscribed! Love y'all more than sweet cherry pie on a spring day! Oh and sorry it's been so long I've been sick, dealing with school and family drama, and dealing with school in general. I'm terribly sorry everyone!

D.C. Obviously I don't own Twilight :D

I've been in the hospital for almost a week now. I was healing, but I still had a lot more healing to go through. My scrapes still had to be covered, my stitches were still in for 3 more weeks, and my tongue was still a bit swollen. My hipbone would be completely healed in a couple of months, which meant no swimming, basketball, softball, volleyball, or karate.

The doctors said I could leave today, which was why I was packing up my things, or at least trying. Jake, my dad, Bella, and a few of my friends wouldn't let me even get out of the bed. They were all packing my things and I was grumbling about being forced to sit and do nothing for once.

"Oh, be quiet, Becca," Eliza, my best friend, said. She had shirt, straight brown hair with bright blue eyes and naturally blond highlights in her hair. She had a cute, cherub face, and she was short, only 5'2". At the moment, she was arranging flower vases in a large box, making sure they were compacted all around by Styrofoam Peanuts, to ware the glass vases wouldn't shatter. She flipped out a marker and wrote Flowers – Breakable.

I glared at her then turned to Jake with a pathetic expression, allowing my lower lip to tremble. "Jakie, please let me help with something."

He grinned. "I'm not gonna give in, Becks. Now take a nap."

I sighed and leaned back against my pillow. Maybe he was right. It was obvious it was going to take a while for them to finish packing. I closed my eyes, ignoring the light against them. I would be back in school after this weekend, so in 2 days. Bella would be there with me, we both would be starting on the same day. I couldn't wait to see everyone, and to tell off that Cullen jerk. He was so going down …

I must've fallen asleep. I opened my eyes to find 4 teenagers from my school, and Jake, talking quietly. I knew who they were immediately. Emmett, Rosalie, Jasper and Alice Cullen. The lights off, and Jake was holding my hand. My head was resting against his shoulder and my hair was flowing over his shoulder, chest, and was tickling against his chin.

I moved my head to be able to look up at him, and saw his handsome face in a serious expression. "What's going on?" I lifted my head off his shoulder. "Where are Bella and my dad?"

"These bloodsuckers say that the short leech right there," Jake nodded his head at Alice, "thinks you're going to run into a vampire while you're in this state." He moved his hand up and down my body. "And that you're going to die."

I muttered something under my breath and turned my face to here. "Okay, one, how would you know something like that? And two, why do you care? You're brother's the one that put me in this state."

She frowned at me. "I have visions. And that's the exact reason why we care."

I burst out laughing. "Why should I trust you?"

"Because … I also know that you're destined to become a vampire," she said quietly, her golden eyes saddened.

I blinked in shock. "Excuse me but … what?" I shook my head. "I don't believe this."

"Neither do I, and I'm not going to let that happen to you," Jake said roughly, angrily, his dark eyes stormy and his mouth tight. "We were supposed to leave when you woke up, which is exactly what we're doing now." He leaned over and scooped me gently into his arms, then softly placed me in the wheelchair beside the bed. I just noticed that the doctors had already taken out the tubes that were stuck in me and there were small bandages over the holes left from them.

I glanced over at Alice, noting her pained and panicked expression. I mouthed 'I'm sorry' to her as Jake pushed me out into the hall.

"You're going right home and to bed, alright, Becks." He phrased it not as a question, but a statement, as though I had no choice.

"Alright."

"Good."

We were quiet for the next 5 minutes, even when we reached the pharmaceutical desk for him to get my pain meds. I finally broke the silence after he got in the car after gently placing me in the passenger seat. "Jake, about what happened with the Cullen's …"

He cut me off, a little rudely, I might add. "It's alright, Becca. Nothing to worry about, it wasn't your fault."

I turned my head to ware I could stare out the window. He was getting upset again, and that's never a good thing. I had to distract him. "Jake …" I said in a small voice as I continued to stare out the window.

"Hm?"

"I was wondering … why do you always look at me the way you do? And why do you stay with me?" I was genuinely curious about these questions.

I felt the car suddenly stop and Jake switched of the engine. I was suddenly pulled gently onto his lap, his arms circling around me.

"I look at you the way I do because I love you. I never explained this to you but … the answer to both those questions is because I imprinted on you."

I must've looked as confused as I felt, because he sighed and hugged me closer. "Imprinting is …well, us wolves, when we see the love of our lives, it's called imprinting. It's as though we forget everyone else around us, and our imprint is the only thing tying us down to the earth. A wolves imprint is their soul mate, and they would go to the ends of the earth to protect them and see that they're safe."

I blinked slowly, slowly turning my head to look up at him. "Oh, Jake …"

He smiled softly. "I know, it's almost as hard to handle as the whole wolf/vampire thing."

I slowly smiled at him. "It's not hard to handle. I completely accept. Oh, I love you so much!" I flung my arms around him, but was careful about my injuries.

He smiled at me, so much joy in his eyes I thought it wasn't possible, and I was so full of love I felt I was going to explode with it. "Jake, I love you so much."

"I love you more than you will ever know, Rebecca Maria Swan, and I will forever protect you with my life."