A/N: Thanks for the reviews! Just to clear things up, Jacob has not imprinted. Destiny is shy, therefore rarely ever meets anyone's eyes.

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Chapter Four

D e s t i n y

I really did want to keep my promise to see Seth and his friends again, I really didn't exactly know how to ask. Billy has asked for me to come over, which Mother was getting use to, surprisingly. She dropped me off at eleven thirty, after I'd finished breakfast and put a new pair of jeans on along with a grey shirt and jacket. My hair had finally taken its rightful place as curly locks of hair that wouldn't budge. I brushed it quickly, not bothering to put it up. It wasn't curly, as in Corbin Bleu curly, but more like waves with ringlets. I definitely didn't get it from Mother. When Grace had seen me, she'd look sort of surprised. My sneakers were being used three times in a row. She wore them once a month.
"Hey Billy," Mother greeted Billy. I snapped out of the memory from this morning and grinned, pecking Mother on the cheek. I hugged Billy, and we were already discussing the next game when Jacob stepped out of his bedroom.
"Hey, Jake," Billy greeted him, smiling at his son. I just nodded. He nodded back. Billy was smart - he knew when there was tension.
"Why don't you kids go to the beach or something? Come back for lunch, bring whoever," Billy shrugged, wheeling himself to the kitchen.
I sighed. Apparently I was going to have to put up with silence. I walked out of the front door, followed by Jacob, who followed me, slowly.
"Where are we going?" Jacob finally asked as we walked together on the sidewalk. I shrugged. I felt his frustration.
"Listen, I wanted to than-" Jacob stopped midway through his sentence, staring behind him, where Seth, Leah, Embry and Quil were jogging to meet up with us. I smiled at them, nodded then turned the other way. Why did I feel such coldness towards Jacob? Had he hurt me in anyway besides ignoring me in his pain? Was that why? If so, that was selfish. But when he could talk to everyone else at a party and not even greet me where I stood less then five meters away? I suddenly realized the truth, and I briefly wondered why I had not thought of it (or admitted it to) myself; I didn't belong. Wrapping my arms around myself, I faced the direction I was walking in, hearing chatter about some upcoming event Billy was planning.
Seth walked beside me, silent.
"Whose coming?" Embry was asking, slightly curious.
"Our, uh, group, parents of everyone, Emily, Destiny and her Mother," Leah listed the names, an odd note in her voice. I felt cold inside, like my blood had turned into ice water. Our group and Destiny had been placed in different parts of her sentence. I'd already admitted I didn't belong to myself, but apparently they already knew the truth. I crossed the road to my home, listening for their footsteps and chatter. I didn't hear any. I reached for the chain around my neck, which had my diary keys, house keys and bike lock keys. Twisting the lock, I opened the door.
I heard a low whistle from behind me. A whistle of admiration. Awe. I turned to see the group hadn't parted. They'd just been further behind then I'd thought.
"Can I come in?" Seth asked, politely. I nodded, smiling, weakly. I liked Seth, he was the only one who'd actually bothered to be nice about anything.
Embry and Quil has asked to come in too, while Leah and Jacob just followed. I knew I couldn't have stopped them. If I'd closed the door on their faces, I probably would have gotten in trouble by the parents. Theirs and mine. Only thing was, now I couldn't enjoy myself.
"Help yourself to food or whatever," I nodded towards them, jogging upstairs to fetch my book. If I was going to have to put up with Leah and Jacob, I'd do it my way. When I returned, Embry and Quil were sitting on the couch, already having the plasma on, while I saw Seth drinking a soda. I really didn't want to look, but I let my eyes wonder to Jacob and Leah. Leah was looking at the photos on the cabinets, smiling at some of them, rolling her eyes at others. Jacob was staring at some of the ancient stuff Father had bought from a museum once.
"What's this?" he asked, suddenly, not turning around to ask. He pointed to a small cylinder with a fang - shaped tooth inside.
"Apparently a tooth of some sort. I think it was suppose to be some mythical creatures. Vampire, werewolf, witch, whatever." I shrugged, grabbing my own soda and sitting beside Seth.
"Nice place," he complimented, then smirked, "you were cute when you were in second grade." I stared at him in shock, then noticed the school picture of me in 2003. I blushed. He grinned.
Leah had finally let herself sit beside Embry and watch television, while Jacob still stood at the tooth. He seemed hypnotized. I wondered briefly if I hypnotized him if it'd make him and Leah leave me alone. Sighing, I took a sip of my soda.
"Dessie? What's this?" Sienna had just stepped inside, having finished her shift at the pet shop she worked at, part time.
"Seth, Jacob, Leah, Embry, Quil," I raised an eye brow at her, "what are you wearing?" Sienna was wearing work shirt, except she'd cut it so it exposed her bra a centimeter or too. I felt like telling her to run to her room and change, but I doubted she'd listen. I sighed.
"This is my sister, Sienna," I nodded, rubbing my face.
Embry had stood up and walked over to her, with a dopey grin on his face, "Embry Call." Like a gentleman, he raised her hand and kissed it. I stared, wide eyed. Embry had seemed so shy. Everyone in the room was silent, but they didn't seem as shocked. Not even Sienna. She giggled.
"Pleased to meet you, Mr. Call," I could have scoffed as Sienna mumbled those words, flirtatiously.
"Please, call me Embry," he grinned, broadly.
I rolled my eyes.

J a c o b

We probably realized it before he did. Embry's eyes had met hers for less than a second, and bang Embry had imprinted. He'd acted like a gentleman, which I'd scoffed at and had a feeling Sienna and Embry would get along just fine. For a moment, I watched Destiny and Seth, and wondered for a brief moment if they'd make a good couple. But like Leah, Destiny would be the broken - hearted one for when Seth imprinted. If he did. Or maybe he'd imprinted on Destiny? I didn't understand why that annoyed me. She'd helped me once, but did that mean I should be stirred for something as little as Seth imprinting? I didn't understand it. I felt protective of her almost. I almost laughed at myself, but I realized that probably wouldn't help. I let my eyes move back to Destiny and Sienna. They were very different. Sienna had dead straight hair, black with lustrous blue eyes. She was beautiful. But Destiny, with her curly brown hair and -. Was it strange I didn't know what color her eyes were? I'd never really bothered to look at her. Of course I'd noticed her hair - one night it's dead straight, the next its wavy, the next it's fully curls. I admired them both for a moment, then turned back to the tooth. I couldn't be sure, but I had a feeling it was no vampire or witch tooth. It was a werewolf's tooth. it was large, and slight yelled in age, but I knew what my teeth looked like when I was phased. They were shaped the same. I frowned, shaking my head as I sat on the leather couch. I was surprised at where she lived. It was like a mansion, except there were no workers taking your orders and cleaning the house. I'd been thinking about Destiny a lot, especially since she'd helped me so much. I felt like I owed her a lot more then a simple thank you, but she didn't seem to like me very much. Not by the way she avoided looking at me, and when she had to talk to me, it had an odd tone in her voice. I realized neither one of us was being selfish. We were being ourselves. We had our own lives. I'd thanked her. It was all I could do. I let my eyes wonder the the television, which happened to be on a music channel. I felt a grin sneak on my face as All I Believe was being played. It was the song Bella had switched off back in the days of a happier era. Another day.

Destiny

Everyone, including Sienna, followed Jacob as he told everyone Billy would have had lunch set. I wondered if he'd be happy he had another mouth to feed. Sienna ate chicken and fish, other then that, she was fully against eating meat. I was happy she agreed with me that it was wrong. Mother, Grace, Tia and Mel were full on meat lovers. When Billy saw Sienna and Embry, he raised an eye brow at Seth, Leah, Quil and Jacob, then when Quil nodded, Billy nodded knowingly, smiling.
"C'mon kids. Whoever doesn't eat chicken has gets the left overs of the lasagna," Billy laughed. Of course, it was the chicken curry he'd been wanting to make from yesterday. It smelled gross, but if I'd eaten meat, I was sure it would have smelled delicious. We decided to sit outside, though it looked like it could rain at anytime. Even Billy had decided to sit on the ground. I heard Sienna giggle every few moments when Embry tried to crack a joke, which were usually pretty terrible, but it seemed Sienna was hypnotized. Love at first sight apparently. I hoped she didn't breka his heart, or he break hers. I was getting over the little incident with Quil and Embry. Like yesterday, the lasagna was delicious, and I offered to clean the dishes again. Billy took this as the perfect opportunity to get Jacob to dry the dishes.
"Can't," he grumbled, though he looked pleased, "broken arm." Pretty much everyone scoffed except Sienna and Embry, who looked they were close to the point of kissing. Geez.
"You'll get over it," Billy smiled, pleasantly. I sighed, picking up the dishes and scraping all of the left overs onto one plate. I quickly helped Billy back into his chair, since apparently no - one else besides Seth would have bothered to help. I was beginning to like them less and less.
"Thanks, kiddo," Billy nodded, staring at Sienna and Embry with an odd expression. Then, shaking his head he wheeled himself inside. Grabbing the plates again, I followed, until we parted as I went into the kitchen. I ran the dishes under the warm water, then began scrubbing. I didn't really notice Jacob until he switched legs. I still ignored him. He didn't seemed to mind much. He managed to wipe and dry the dishes at a steady rate, while also able to put them away faster then I could finish a dish. When I was pleased nothing was left over, I finished cleaning the sink, and yanked the towel out of Jacob's hand to wipe the water I'd spilled, then walked to the laundry to put the towel away. I paused at Jacob's bedroom, a slow smile creeping on my face. When I saw Jacob from the corner of my eye, I turned, placed the towel in the washing machine and moved around him. I had a feeling he was getting annoyed. Finally, I sat down, switching the small television onto the recent game. Billy's teams weren't playing, but I listened as I began to find my page on my book. Seth had found me and was sitting before I'd gotten a chance to look up. He watched, silently. Soon enough Jacob sat on the other side of me, watching too. I sighed. I'd gotten about three pages when Embry, Sienna, Quil and Leah joined us, though only Quil fit, having to squeeze next to Jacob. It was a good thing I was so thin. I was practically sitting on Seth, but he didn't notice. By the time I'd gotten another three pages, Embry was kissing Sienna, and she was responding with a giggle. Another.
"Get a room," I grumbled, trying to concentrate on my book. I felt eyes on me. I ignored it. I decided to move when I got to so claustrophobic I had to get off of the couch. I decided to find Billy. He was in the backyard, staring at some of the wilting flowers. He smiled, sadly at me. I knew he was thinking about something, I just really wasn't sure what.
After about five minutes, Billy finally spoke. "Too crowded in there?" he laughed, humorlessly.
"Definitely," I grumbled. Billy was silent. "Billy, why do I feel like everyone is keeping something from me?" Billy seemed surprised, but he seemed to realize I was smarter then I appeared.
"I can't tell you that, Des," he smiled, sadly.
"Why?" I asked, silently fuming.
"It's no longer my secret to tell," he spoke as if he actually did know what he was talking about. I didn't question him further as I saw him shed a tear. I left him there, and entered the lounge room again. I'd left my book, and apparently Seth liked vampires. I coughed back a laugh. He looked up and grinned as he turned the page.
"Not that bad a book," he teased. I rolled my eyes.
"I'm gonna go," I mumbled to him, deciding I might as well go home and cook something for Mother. She always seemed to be away.
"Aww, you sure?" he seemed genuinely upset. I was surprised.
"Yeah," I laughed, softly. "I'll see you tomorrow," then I paused. I ripped out a small piece of the blank page from my book and looked for a pen. Jotting down my mobile number I gave it to him. Then I left.

Billy called me at seven thirty, asking if I could come over. Apparently Carlisle was coming over. Again. I shuddered, but agreed.
"Destiny," Carlisle greeted me with a smile, not seeming surprised when I arrived. "I've checked on Jacob. He's bones have finally set well. He should be able to walk and run as usual in a couple of days. I just have to tape his ribs up again. He wouldn't let me finish last time." Carlisle spoke with a sad tone, as if he truly did care for Jacob.
"Thanks, doc," Billy tried to smile, but I could still see the distrust in his eyes. There was no screaming this time, just a couple of swear words and a few whimpers. Carlisle came out about ten minutes later, packing up his things.
"I'll come by sometime over this weekend, but he shouldn't need any more help. He can continue his, uh, genetic transformation in a couple of days." I stared at him, bewildered. Was he loopy or something? Billy nodded, seeming to think that was funny. Carlisle left.
"Des, do you mind. . .Helping him again? Like last time? I can't do much with this darned thing," Billy growled at his chair. I'd never seen him frustrated or angry, but he looked a little frightening. I smiled tightly.
"Sure, Billy." I mumbled. Walking into his cramped bedroom, I shut the door, crossing my arms. I pulled up the chair Billy had put in there sometime today and sat. Jacob was breathing heavily, and sweating, but he was rather silent. No tears, no screaming, no talking. I could hear his heart though, I could hear his pain. I didn't notice it at first - I'd done it so instinctively, but I'd reached for his hand, and was holding it, though it was like a child holding an adult's hand. Still, he closed his fingers around my hand. I could feel a little pressure as he tried to ignore his pain, and in a couple of minutes, his hand loosened, and he just held it. I felt like it was a sweet moment, a step towards liking Jacob. Reaching the other way, I was just long enough to turn the radio on, and put the CD on, which had been changed to a rather jazz - like music instead.
"Thanks for all of this," he whispered, as if speaking took to much energy. Maybe it did.
"It's okay," I mumbled, squeezing his hand. I saw a smile spread over his face, though I could only see one side of his face.
"I owe you a lot," he mumbled, his mood changing to frustration.
"You owe me nothing," I grumbled, apparently his mood affected me more than I thought.
He turned to me, staring me in the eyes. Something just clicked between us. I smiled, weakly. I'd never noticed what dark eyes he had, it was like staring into a forest of mysteries and adventures. . .

J a c o b

I don't know why I suddenly felt like staring at her. Just that thought suddenly popped into my mind. What color are her eyes? And suddenly, everything seemed to move, as if gravity had given up. She'd smiled, weakly and had stared into my eyes. I held them with my own. I remembered the look in Embry's eyes as he'd imprinted on Sienna, and I froze. Is that what had happened? Had my worse wish finally come true and created my greatest wish? Was that how it happened? Good came from bad? I felt bound to her, and like I'd seen through Jared, Sam and Quil's eyes, gravity shifted, and a greater force was applied. Her. I'd change myself for her. I'd die for her. All thoughts, memories and emotions for Bella seemed distant as we stared at each other.

D e s t i n y

I felt the instant connection between us. I felt almost drawn to him. We held each other's eyes for what felt like seconds, but we'd finished the whole CD of twenty two songs. I finally let my eyes drop.
"I should leave," I whispered, softly, checking the time. It was quarter to nine. I stared at the watch, shocked.
"Thanks," he whispered, "for everything." I could see he was physically exhausted. Leaning down, I pecked his cheek, and left him in his bedroom.
I was blushing, I knew it. But as I found Billy, he was staring at a picture of a woman. She had the same eyes as Jacob, and the same face shape. It made sense when I thought about it.
"She was your wife, wasn't she?" I whispered, sadly.
"Yes," Billy smiled. "It was our anniversary today." I stared at him and felt that lump rise in my throat again.
"I-I'm sorry, Billy," I whispered, staring at the photo. She was beautiful, and even though her hair was a shade lighter then Jacob's, I could see the resemblance between the two.
"It's alright, Des." He smiled, weakly, "go ahead and call your Mother. I don't want you walking home this late at night."
Mother came to pick me up at five past nine, and oh my goodness, I'd never felt so light headed.

A/N: Oh my goodness. I'm totally with Des on this. I've never felt so light headed. Jacob and Des are just...Perfect! Review please! :D