Jacob
'I knew most of it anyway'. Didn't she look cute, all angry and confused? No, you have Bella to think about. It's okay, she's your imprint but will be forever like how Quil is to Claire now, even though they'll get married someday. I'm so screwed, normally, a few months back, I'd be ecstatic If a girl like her was walking with me now.
'The many perks of being a geek, I wouldn't know' Jacob replied, a hint of amusement in his voice. He was surprised when she laughed; she cheerfully and even playfully hit him on the arm.
'Meet my family, then you'll understand.' She replied, all Jacob could think about was her melodic laugh, which even made him relax. They continued to walk in silence for a minute or so, Jacob was sneaking long glances at her from the corner of his eyes. He decided, even though he hadn't properly analysed her before, she was very unique. Adeline didn't hold the generic beauty that Jacob saw in bloodsuckers as he liked to think, it was a unique face. Her hair was contemplation between black and brown, and curls that he could run his fingers through all day. Eyes, the colour of moss and sparks of brown, they were intelligent and piercing. Her skin was a delicate balance; it looked slightly, briefly tanned. As with everything human, it was reassuring to Jacob that she had some visible pores, to remind him that she wasn't a bloodsucker or anything, because late last night Jacob was wondering about her, he didn't really know anything.
'So, you're a shape shifter.' Adeline said with a hint of annoyance in her voice as she got straight to the point.
'Werewolf'. Jacob replied defensively.
'Don't be silly. If you were a werewolf you'd be attacking me right now. Werewolves have less control.' Something in her tone made Jacob impressed; this girl knew what she was doing, what she was saying. It made Jacob admire her with the feeling she was too good for him. Then it dawned upon him that she knew what werewolves were, what he was. Shit, how does she know?
'-Three, two, on-'Adeline was saying, counting the seconds before realisation hit Jacob.
'How do you know?' Jacob cried, with a boom in his voice that caused Adeline to nearly fall flat on her face but two strong arms held her back. Jacob panicked, she could have hurt herself! He felt a pang of guilt, asking her if she was okay, is she hurt, if she needed anything.
'I'm fine Jacob; I can take care of myself.' Adeline said, he sensed she was trying to make it sound as nice as possible, but Jacob felt distaste, his eyes growing dark.
'You have no, idea what lurks in these woods.' He closed in on her, his voice sinister and deep.
'You don't scare me and if you're wondering how I know about your shape shifting, well Alice told me, but I would have figured it out'. Jacob felt anger boiling in his veins. A bloodsucker was talking to my imprint? This wasn't okay, she could of killed her! Jacob was panicking over the thought, tears nearly coming to his eyes at the thought of Adeline dead, the thought was only there through the imprint connection and besides, it was his duty to protect human life. No other interest there at all. He convinced himself.
'What were you doing talking to…a Cullen?' Jacob couldn't bring himself to say the word, but did for her sake. He watched as her face took a tone of absolute disgust before frantically switching to poker face. Jacob then saw how her poker face switched to a puzzle face, and put all the pieces together in a state that Jacob was confused about. It was like clockwork, he could even feel her brain slicing up theory, evidence and ideas together.
'You, don't like each other, do you?' It was the innocence of the question, like children asking if one of their friends still liked each other that had Jacob in awe. Her face was now neutral, beautifully neutral as Jacob liked to think. Okay, yeah, she's pretty. More than pretty and you're a guy. So it's legit for you to think about it like that okay. For once, he agreed with the voice in his head and proceeded to answer her little, adorable question.
He snorted. 'You could say that, the main issue is how do you know them?' Several possibilities ringed in his mind, maybe Edward was trying to seduce another girl, and maybe she was it!
'Well, my first memory of them was I was four, Edward taught me how to play the piano for the first time, I bit his finger when I couldn't play twinkle twinkle little star on my first go.' Jacob winced at the thought, then the reality that she actually did know Edward, and that Edward knew her longer than he set in. Always has to ruin everything! Jacob thought. He tried to keep calm; he was one of the calmest in the pack and forwarded more questions.
'Why, wh-'Jacob couldn't actually put words together, he felt slightly, no, majorly hurt that a vampire had known his imprint long before him.
'I'm a wizard.' She said.
Jacob's eyes went from a serious to an amused tone. He was definitely amused at her answer. He watched her expression as he leaned against a tree, a smile playing on his lips.
'Abra cadabra!' Jacob said and took as much amusement as he could from the situation.
'If you're going to insult me, then go on. You won't get an answer.' Her voice was neutral, getting slightly irritated.
Jacob began to actually process the possibility, wizards? He thought she could be crazy, mentally challenged, or just unreal.
'Prove it.' Jacob challenged, he wasn't about to believe her like this.
'No, I'm not a dog. Forget it. Telling you was a stupid idea anyway.' Adeline started walking back to school and Jacob felt guilty, it was consuming him whole. He felt like there was nothing worse than hurting her. There was this indescribable sensation burning inside of him, he couldn't feel right, or function properly with knowing that he had hurt her. It was against his very character to, imprint or no imprint, to hurt someone. Especially, someone who was trying to tell him the truth, and in his attempt to make himself not like her, and vice versa- he had felt he lost her.
'I believe you.' Jacob didn't know how powerful his voice had sounded, but it must have been powerful enough for Adeline to turn around.
'Thank you.' She said, smiling. It was strange, Jacob thought. Within seconds, he could tell that her genuine, care free smile had made his day. In those few minutes, Jacob knew what he wanted from this. He didn't care that there was Bella, Bella had Edward, and he cared about the girl who was no walking back to school. He cared for her, what she liked, what she didn't like, what her favourite food was, every detail- he wanted to know.
He easily caught up with her, and started to patrol her with explanation.
'I'm really sorry for being a complete ass hole.' He noticed his voice sounded childish to say the least, but the result was her smiling at him, her face lit up and care free.
'You're forgiven.' There was some tone in her voice, that made Jacob more than optimistic. He felt that, this girl, was worth fighting for in any situation. Protect her, care for her, love her, everything he hated the thought of, was becoming reality.
AN: So, quite quickly Jacob grows to Adeline. I can't say the same for Adeline. This new found serenity in Jacob won't last, considering Adeline has a boyfriend, but that's where the fun, angst filled stuff comes in! Just to clarify, wizards have deciding immortality. That means they can decide when to die and this usually is when they have had enough of the human world, and want to crossover to the 'unknown realm'. We don't know what happens in the 'unknown realms' because it no wizard is allowed to speak of it, if they ever decide to return to the human world. The wizarding concept doesn't play that big of a part in the story, just enough to fuel reason and explanation
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