Chapter 3 - New Member of the Family
Jacob's POV
As soon as I was in the forest that bordered La Push, I stripped, securing my clothes to my leg and then I phased. I promptly heard Seth's voice in my head asking me were I'd been and then I heard Sam break in, "You're late, we've been waiting ten minutes on you... you better have a good excuse when you get here!" Sam threatened in an annoyed tone. As I entered the clearing where Sam, Jared, and Seth waited, I saw them tense up and they started to growl. I turned to where they were staring and my mouth flew open. I took a few steps backwards growling myself. There at the edge of the forest was a huge wolf, bigger than me... and I was said to have been the biggest anyone seen. This monstrous wolf had long bright white fur and he easily towered over me even while in the crouched position for attack. Suddenly, the white wolf took off running towards me, was he attacking me? The guys would never reach me in time to help, I looked back at the guys, Sam was holding them back, but why? Was this a test... or maybe my punishment for being late? I readied myself, awaiting the attack. The white wolf hit me hard and then pounced on me, pinning me to the ground... my neck was in his mouth. I struggled to move, but he was so much stronger than me, it was useless. Seth took off across the clearing and the white wolf shot a glare at him. In a gruff tone, the white wolf told Seth, "Stop! Don't come any closer!"
Seth obeyed! It was as if Sam himself gave the command and Seth couldn't resist it, even though he wanted to. The white wolf turned his gaze at me and opened his mouth. This was it, he was going to kill me and Sam would sacrifice me to keep the rest of the pack safe. I closed my eyes awaiting the finishing blow, but then the white wolf just licked me! I opened my eyes as he got off me and he was now laughing at me. He walked to the edge of the forest again, I stood up on the defensive, watching him. What was going on? The wolf slide behind a tree and when he reappeared, he was in human form, cept it wasn't a he... it was a she... it was Kaitlyn! I was stunned, I couldn't move, I couldn't believe she was so strong and so big! Then I felt stupid that I hadn't noticed it was her from the start, she was as beautiful in wolf form as she was in human. She walked up to me with a smirk on her face. I wanted to ask her why she was here, but that would require me to phase to human and I just didn't have time to play around, loads of work to get done. As I turned away from her to meet up with the guys, Kaitlyn spoke, "To answer your question, I'm here to help." I turned back to her, my eyes wide with shock. Did she just answer my unasked question? I shook my head... No, of course not, you can only read minds in werewolf form. Just then she spoke again, "I can hear anyone's thoughts no matter what form I'm in." Her smirk turned to a deep grin as she said this.
My mouth hung open again, "Amazing!" the words just slipped out and Kaitlyn blushed from them.
I phased back, pulling on my shorts. I took Kaitlyn by her hand and we raced up to where the others were. They had also phased back. Jared gave Kaitlyn a raw stare, then asked, "What the hell is she doing here and when did she become a werewolf?"
I started to speak up, to defend Kaitlyn, but Sam beat me to it. Sam slapped Jared in the back of the head as he spoke, "Don't disrespect her, she's apart of the pack now and you will show her the same respect you show me." Jared looked unhappy by Sam's demand, but didn't dare object. Sam moved his eyes around the group, taking in everyone's confused expressions, then continued, "Let me explain. Kaitlyn is my younger half sister..." You could see the shock on Seth's and Jared's faces as Sam continued once more, "Which would explain why Seth obeyed her command, She's not an 'alpha' wolf, but it's in her blood, so if she chooses to use her dominance, there is no disobeying her... just like with Jacob."
That made sense, it was my birth right to be an alpha of the pack... the leader, but I passed it onto the next in line, the beta... which was Sam. I refused the responsibility cause I just couldn't make decisions for the pack that could put my brothers lives in danger. It was too much pressure on me and at the time, my life wasn't going so well. Besides, Sam was the first to turn, he was older than I was by a few years and he always believed in the legends that I dismissed... it was only right that he assume the alpha position, but if I ever wanted to take over, I could as it's my right to be alpha. Sam broke my thoughts, "So, Kaitlyn came to me after her class, we talked about everything and agreed that she should be apart of the pack, if she stayed here in La Push. I know a lot of the Quileute's here don't agree with her living among us and attending our school, but let me assure you that she has as much right to be here as anyone else. She may not look like it, but we do share the same father. You guys seen with your own eyes that she's, indeed, a werewolf and I'm sure Jacob felt the power she carries in that form." My eyes shifted to Sam and I nodded. Sam nodded back to me and began again, "She also carries a couple gifts, gifts that none of us have ever seen in another werewolf, and they will prove useful as they are quiet remarkable. I'm proud to call her my sister and I welcome her with open arms to the pack... as should the rest."
With that Sam gave Kaitlyn a hug, then slowly looked over at me with disbelief. I tilted my head to the side confused asking Sam, "What?"
Sam motioned for me to follow him and started walking away from the pack. I looked at Kaitlyn and she simply said, "Sorry Jacob, I didn't mean to." I thought to myself 'Mean to what?' and continued to follow Sam til we were out of sight of the pack. Sam turned to me, slapping me across the face, you could hear it echo through the forest. I placed my hand over the point of impact, "What the hell was that for?"
Sam looked at me, a little bit of anger touched his eyes, "You know what you did, how could you, she's my sister!"
I finally caught on, but how'd he know? "Sam, look... I'm not sure how you know or what you know, but I love her... I tried to fight it, I really did. She kissed me and as much as I wanted that, I stopped her, thinking about how you and Paul would feel..."
Before I could finish, he clenched his fist and drew it back. Before Sam released his blow, Kaitlyn walked up, "Sam, stop! It's not your place to pick who I can have in my life or what position they hold. I didn't mean to show you that, I was just so happy about it and you touched me before I could clear my mind. Please Sam, accept this cause it's what I want and I never been happier. Jacob's telling the truth, I started it and he tried to defy his love for me.. for you and Paul, but even you know how hard it is to resist when you're meant to be with that person."
Sam gave her a loving look, then turned that same loving look to me, "So... you and my sister, huh?" The look faded to a more grim one, "If you ever hurt her, I'll break your neck!" Then he walked off to rejoin Seth and Jared.
Kaitlyn turned to follow Sam, but my hand caught her shoulder. "What did you mean by show?" I asked her.
She turned to me with a smile, "Well that's my other gift, remember, Sam said I had a couple. I not only can read mind, but I can let others read my own."
I was taken back by this, she really was special, "How does all this work?" I asked her, wanting all the cards on the table. If I was going to be with her from now on, I need to know everything about her.
"Ok, well, like you know how the pack can see each other's thoughts? I can see anyone's thoughts, anywhere, in either form. In addition to that, if I come in contact with someone and I'm willing to share my thoughts, I can show them what's on my mind. So when Sam hugged me, he caught me thinking about you and me, he saw us imprint each other, kissing each other... everything."
"Everything?!" I almost yelled
She looked to the ground, "Everything... sorry."
I just laughed, "No wonder he slapped me and wanted to kick my ass." I reached over and grabbed Kaitlyn's hand, "Come on, we have work to get done and it's really late now."
When we reached Sam, he quickly gave us orders and headed back to his and Emily's house to wait for our reports. The four of us phased and ran the perimeters Sam told us to. Kaitlyn picked up on things fast and she was very in tune with the rest of us. She was the best woman ever, my chest swelled with pride cause she was all mine. After our assessments, we headed to Sam's so we could give him our reports. We didn't find anything out of the ordinary, so Sam called it a night and ordered us to get some rest, eyes on me and Kaitlyn when he gave the order. Sam must have informed Emily about me and Kaitlyn cause the two girls were in the corner of the living room chatting, hugging, and Emily had tears in her eyes. Emily made her way over to me and hugged me around the neck. "I'm so happy for you, you finally found the girl you were looking for... the one you're meant to be with!" Emily said as tears streamed down her face.
"Thanks Emily, she's my heart and soul now." I said to her while hugging her back. Emily was Sam's imprint and she saw how I was with Bella. Her words meant a lot to me cause she always wished that Bella would return my love. Emily watched me go through the torture I did with Bella and she would tell me that Bella wasn't the one for me... it was Emily's support that kept me from making the biggest mistake ever and imprinting Bella. If I had imprinted her, I believe that I would have never been able to love anyone else but her forever and she would still pick Edward over me. Now that I have Kaitlyn, I'm so grateful to Emily for not letting me make the mistake of picking the wrong person. I thought I was in love with Bella, I thought that she was the one I was meant to be with, but I didn't know you could have stronger feels... stronger than I already had for Bella. Emily knew and she was there for me when I needed her to be.
After our goodbyes, Kaitlyn and I walked to my house, I wanted to stay the night at Kaitlyn's, but I had to tell my dad and pick up a few things. Kaitlyn and I entered my house hand and hand, Billy looked at us and noted our hands with his eyes. I was glad my dad was still up, but I started to get a little nervous by what his reaction would be. I closed the front door and pulled Kaitlyn to the small couch beside my dad. We sat down and I began a conversation with him. "Dad, before you say anything, let me finish, ok?" Billy just nodded once, looking from my face to Kaitlyn's then back to mine. "Ok, well dad, this is Kaitlyn, the girl that just moved to La Push. I know that when you heard about what happened at school, you probably guessed that I had feelings for her and probably worried things would end badly for me. Well, she loves me dad... a lot and I'm in love with her. We sort of imprinted on each other..."
My dad interrupted, as I knew he would, "Each other?"
I continued, "Yeah, she's kind of a werewolf too. See, Sam's real father is also her real father."
Billy eyed Kaitlyn now, "You're very beautiful, I would never have guessed that you and Sam share the same dad. I'm sorry about him, but I'm glad you came here."
Kaitlyn put on a fake smile, "Thanks Mr. Black..." She turned her eyes to me and her fake smile stretched into a real one, "I'm glad I came here too."
"Oh please my dear, we're practically family now, call me Billy." Billy said with a bigger smile than Kaitlyn's.
I interrupted the conversation they were having to finish mine, "So dad... I wanted to let you know about all this cause I'm going to stay at her house tonight." I sheepishly grinned. I knew what my dad was thinking now, but his face also showed that he understood imprinting had a great deal to do with why I wanted to stay with her.
"Yeah sure, sure Jake... just don't forget about school." He said this with a grin.
"No worries there dad." I said while going to my room to get some clothes and then as I passed the kitchen table, I grabbed my books. Looking at Kaitlyn now, I asked, "Are you ready?"
"It was nice meeting you Billy." She said as she stood and shook his hand.
"Same here my dear." Billy said as Kaitlyn walked towards the door.
As Kaitlyn turned her back to us, walking out the door, I saw my dad slide me a quick wink. I just shook my head... blushing and exited the house. Kaitlyn grabbed my hand and locked her fingers between mine. "You're dad's really sweet... I see where you get your good looks and charm from." She informed me with a cute little smile. All I could do was nod and smile, blushing a bit more red than I already was.
When we walked through her door, she started to shake and tensed up. When I saw the shadowy figure sitting in her living room, I too tensed up and started to shake. Kaitlyn reached for the light switch, flipping it on. We both relaxed a bit, now seeing it was Paul sitting there. "So, you don't wait long, huh?" Paul said while shifting his eyes to our still locked hands.
"Paul, look man, I know we had a bad day, but can't we all just try and get along?" I asked while unlocking my hand from Kaitlyn's so I could bend down and pick my things up.
Paul looked up at Kaitlyn and stood causing me to stand too. "First you steal my dad away from me, now you steal my 'brother', what's next?" He didn't look pleased with Kaitlyn and certainly didn't accept her like Sam had.
"Paul, I didn't steal our dad from you, your mom was with him while my mom was a few months pregnant with me. If anyone stole him, it was your mom. I don't understand what you're talking about." Kaitlyn informed him.
"He told my mom that he imprinted on another woman and he had to go be with her cause she was with child... this was right after my mom told him that she was pregnant with me. He left my mom to be with your mom." Paul told Kaitlyn, clinching his hands into fists. I didn't know why I was so protective... inching in front of Kaitlyn, she could probably take Paul.
"Paul, that's his way of running out on responsibility. My mom never seen our dad after he left her and got with your mom. He told my mom that he didn't want to be a father and ran off. Open your eyes, he did the same thing to Sam's mom, left her too when she told him that she was pregnant with Sam. He just doesn't want to be a father, you can't blame me for that!" Kaitlyn reasoned with Paul and it looked like it was sinking in.
Paul eased up a little, looking a bit heartbroken, "Really?" He asked.
"Yeah, you can even go confirm that with Sam, he'll tell you." She reassured Paul.
"I didn't know that." Paul said and by his tone, he seemed upset with himself for how he treated Kaitlyn. After all, now he knew she was in the same boat as he was. Paul was never good at apologizing, but he looked at Kaitlyn and tried very hard to do just that. "I'm... you know... sorry. I didn't mean... all the things I said to you at school. I just... thought that... our dad picked you over me and... well it hurt me a lot..." He paused for a few minutes and he looked Kaitlyn in the eye, "Can we start over?"
"Sure! I'd love that." Kaitlyn said in a very happy tone.
Paul moved past us to the door, then turned to look at us once again, "Hey, before I go, what's the story with you two?" I looked down blushing with a smile and Kaitlyn let out a little giggle while blushing herself. Paul caught on without a word from us, "Oooooh, I see." He laughed, turned, and walked out the door... shutting it behind him. Of course Paul had taken the news better than Sam, Paul was with my sister and he seen nothing wrong with that.
"It's getting late, as it stands now, we're only getting a few hours of sleep before school." Kaitlyn told me.
"Yeah, you're right." I agreed as we changed for bed and laid down together. Her body molded into mind and I wrapped my arms around her, pulling her as close to me as I could. "I love you." I whispered in her ear.
She giggled and said, "I love you too." before we both finally succumbed to the sleep deprivation.