Chapter 4
"You're a wolf? Seriously?" I asked not believing what I was hearing. "Yes I am. That's why I've grown." Jake tried to explain. "And you just expect me to believe this?" I asked him. "No I don't but I could show you. And please stop freaking out." Jake said trying to calm me. "What do you expect? My best friend just told me that he's a wolf! How am supposed to not freak out? And what do you mean by show me?" I shouted, rambling on about the whole situation. "I could show you what I look like in wolf form. But please don't be scared. I'm like this to protect people, not hurt them. We wolves are made to kill vampires." Jake told me. It could be true. I mean, the Cullens are vampires so maybe werewolves do exist. But nothing could kill a vampire, apart from another vampire.
Jacob grabbed my hand and led me outside and into the woods opposite his house. It was freezing outside yet Jacob was shirtless. How was he not cold? "Uhh Jake, are you not cold?" "Nope, werewolves have high temperatures. I mean really really high temperatures." "Ohh." We walked further into the woods until Jake suddenly stopped and I bumped into his back and fell to the ground. "Sorry." Jake apologized as he turned around to help me up. "It's okay." I insisted. "So, you ready to see me phase?" Jake asked excitedly. "Umm okay." I agreed, still not believing that such a creature existed. A creature that was made to destroy vampires. Had Jake gone completely mad or were the Cullens completely unaware that wolves existed. I looked at Jake and he began to shake slightly. He looked as if he was having a seizure. I started to panic and walk towards Jake. "No stay back Bella. I don't want to hurt you when I phase." Jake warned me. I walked back slowly and Jake disappeared and a russet coloured wolf the size of a horse stood in his place. It was true? Jake was a werewolf.
The wolf walked up to me and nudged my head. I let out a small laugh as the wolf's fur tickled my forehead. The wolf looked as if he was smiling and walked into the trees. I went to follow the wolf but Jake suddenly emerged from the trees and once again I bumped into him and fell right on my butt. Jake let out a laugh and helped me up once again. "So… You didn't run away?" Jake asked me surprised. "No, why would I? You're still you Jake. Just, a more buff Jake." Jacob laughed at my comment. "You're tougher than I thought you are Bella." "Well what can I say?" I added sarcastically. A thought then popped into my mind. "Jake, how can you kill vampires? I thought only a vampire could kill another vampire?" "Well, wait? How do you know about vampires?" Whoops. Busted. "You knew that the Cullens were vampires didn't you?" Jake asked. "Yeah, after you told me those stories in La Push on the beach that day, I put two and two together and figured it out." "Wow, you're tough and smart." Jacob complimented me. I smiled. "Well speaking of tough, I have some other news to tell you." Jake announced as he led me back to his house.
We arrived back at Jacob's house and he sat me down on the sofa. "Look, I have something to explain. But just hear me out okay. Please don't say anything, just listen and if you want to freak out afterwards you can okay?" Jacob began. I nodded and he continued. "There's a thing called imprinting that us wolves do. Imprinting is when we find a soul mate after we've phased and the first time we look into our soul mate's eyes, we realise that our imprint is our reason for existing, and that person is the person holding us to the planet. We only imprint on the person we're meant to be with." I was shocked. The thought of imprinting sounded so nice. But then my heart sank. Had Jacob imprinted? And if he had that would mean he belonged to someone and he might no longer be my best friend. He couldn't help me. However, curiosity got the better of me. "Have you imprinted on someone Jake?" "Yes, you." Jacob replied to my question. Wow! I felt relieved. And shocked. Jacob and I were meant to be together? I thought Edward was my soul mate from the way he protected me but, with Jake, everything felt so right. Like we were made for each other. For the first time in the past twenty four hours, I felt complete.
"Bella, please say something." Jake demanded worriedly. "Wow. You imprinted on me? Jake, that's amazing. It feels so good to know that someone was put on this planet to protect me and that I was actually made for someone." "So wait, you're not mad at me?" "No Jake, why would I be mad? The thought of you imprinting on me sounds amazing. We already know each other so well." Jake smiled at me. I continued rambling. "I mean I am surprised because I thought I was made for Edward but this is amazing." I thought I would have been a little bit madder at Jacob because just yesterday Edward left me and today Jacob was declaring that we were soul mates but I couldn't help it. Everything just felt so right. "So Jake, what does this mean now that I'm your imprint? Are we still friends or…" Jake cut me off "I'll be whatever you want me to be; protector, brother, friend, best friend, boyfriend..." I rudely decided to interrupt Jake "Can we just stick to being best friends for now because all of this is kinda new to me." "Yeah sure, that's fine." I could hear the disappointment in Jake's voice, but he would just have to wait. We had the rest of our lives to figure out what we want.
After a few more hours of talking, I finally left Jake's house. I arrived home and flopped down on my bed. What an… interesting day. I couldn't help but smile once more at the thought of me and Jake being made for each other. I was interrupted from my thoughts when I heard a knock on my door. Charlie must be home. My bedroom door opened and I tried, but I just couldn't wipe the soppy grin off of my face. "Hey Bells, what's with the smile on your face? Everything okay now?" Charlie asked, looking very surprised about how my emotional state had changed. "Yeah everything's fine. I went over to see Jake today. I feel much better now." I explained to Charlie. "That's great! But wait, you skipped school?" Charlie seemed disappointed with me. "Yeah sorry dad, but I'll go in tomorrow, I promise. And besides, tomorrow's Friday so I have the whole weekend to hang out with Jake, right?" I rambled a little too excitedly. "Alright fine. But don't let it happen again. Night Bells." My dad walked out of the room to let me get ready for bed.
I brushed my teeth and was about to get ready for bed when the phone rang. I looked at the caller I.D and saw that it was Jake. I quickly answered it excited to speak to my soul mate. Calm down Bella! I told myself. "Hey Jake!" I spoke into the phone. "Hey Bella. Listen, I was wondering if you wanted to come and meet the rest of the pack on Saturday, We're having a bit of a get together and I know they will want to meet you so what do you think?" Jake asked slightly nervously. "Yeah sure that sounds great. I'd love to meet your friends, I can't wait." I spoke down the phone a little too quickly. I usually hate meeting new people but these were Jake's friends, it can't be that bad. "Great I'll pick you up at around eleven?" Jake offered. "Yep great see you then, Bye" I hung up the phone after Jake said his goodbyes and I climbed into bed. That night I slept with a massive smile on my face. I couldn't wait for the weekend to come so I could spend some time with Jacob.
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