Chapter 3

Jacob

(Jacob's point of view)

I phased as I ran into the forest.

Hey Jake, I heard Seth as soon as I phased.

He must of heard my thoughts as I phased.

See we were werewolves, well technically shape shifters. We used a form of telepathy to communicate with the others in our pack, but it only worked while we were in our wolf form.

Hey buddy! How did patrol go? I thought.

Good I guess, it was boring as hell. There's never anything exciting here!!

Yeah, I know. Think of it as a good thing though. Go ahead and head home. Get some rest. I can patrol now!! I thought with enthusiasm.

Ok, thanks Jake. I'll meet up with you after I get some food and sleep.

Sounds good, I thought taking off into the woods.

I knew Seth had phased back into human form because I couldn't hear his thoughts. Seth's thoughts drove me crazy. He was always thinking about imprinting. Everyone else in the pack had imprinted except him. He was always so lonely, and we all sensed it every time we were in wolf form. It was bad enough I was feeling so empty inside; I didn't need to feel his pain too.

I think that's the reason Seth and I had become such good friends. We knew the other was hurting, but we never said it out loud. Instead we were just there for each other. Finding things to do to take our minds off of our pain, and it worked for the most part.

Ahhh patrolling, it was one of my favorite things to do. It felt good having the wind through my fur as I ran through the forest making sure all was good in our little world. Forks became a quite place after the Cullens left. Not one vampire ever came around. We were happy that Forks and La Push was safe, but it made us restless never having anything to do.

I had come up to the boundary line set in a truce between the Quileute tribe and the Cullens. I decided I would stick around here for a while. As I was pacing back and forth running my paws through the dirty, I suddenly found myself thinking about my imprint. Most of the time, I felt like I was dying inside without her in my life. Would I even recognize her if I saw her walking down the street? Where was she? What was she like? Every possible question had popped in my head about her. I didn't think I could keep going on with out her. I needed her.

As my pacing became more intense, I caught an odd scent in the air. The scent was so sweet and tempting as it hit my nose. It got stronger and something whizzed past me at an incredible speed.

A leech? I asked myself a bit confused by the smell.

How come it didn't notice me standing here?

I had to pause for a second to think.

Ok, there has been no sign of the Cullens since they moved, so it can't be one of them.

I think?

No no no, I'm sure it wasn't one of them. None of them smelt like that, not even Bella.

Damn! I'm letting that bloodsucking leech get away.

I took off running as fast as I could. I had to catch up to the leech before it hurt someone. The anticipation started building in my stomach. I could already picture myself ripping that leech limb from limb.

Finally some action around here!

I picked up my pace as I ran through the forest. I followed the faint sweet scent as it got stronger the further in to Quileute territory I went. When I caught the leech in my sight, it was getting ready to pounce on a deer. As it caught its prey, I watched while the deer struggled under its attacker's grip.

I got closer hoping to get a better view of what I was up against. It was a female. She had her back to me so I couldn't really see that much. She had long curly hair with a bronze tint to it. It had flecks of gold as the sun shined down on her. I had to tear myself away from watching strands of her hair flying in the wind as she finished her meal.

What are you doing Jake? I thought to myself, are you actually checking out a leech?

She moved and I glanced back at her. She stood up, dusted herself off and started to look around, still never noticing me. She turned in my direction and my heart started to race and I began panting.

Are my eyes playing a trick on me? I have to get closer.

I tried to slow my heart rate and calm my breathing. I didn't want to her to sense me in any way. I slowly stood on my paws and began to circle around her, hiding behind the trees. I just need one good look at her then I would know what to do.

I tried my best to keep as quite as possible. I was almost there when a sense panic came over me. She crouched down frantically glaring out into the forest. She knew something was watching her and she was ready to fight.

Shit!! Not yet, I just need one good look.

I stopped as soon as I got in front of her, still hiding in the trees. I watched her face as a lot of emotions touched her soft angelic face. I looked a little harder, letting my eyes focus and my heart stopped. I realized I knew that face. It was all grown up, but I still knew it. And that smell, it was exactly how I remembered it.

How could I forget?

Nessie!! I thought as my empty heart suddenly felt so full.

I slowly scanned every inch of her, noticing the curves that projected from her petite little frame in all the right places. Her pale ivory skin glowed in the sun with pink accents. Her eyes were just as I remembered them; big and brown, exactly like her mother's once were. She was absolutely perfect.

She straightened her posture and started to look for a direction to run in. I couldn't let her leave, not yet. It was time to show myself.

I had to decide if I wanted to show myself as a wolf or a human.

After a brief moment of thought, Wolf, I decided. I knew I couldn't throw myself at her and expect her to love me right away. I needed to give her time. She didn't know me.

This is going to take some planning.

And with that last thought I stepped out from behind the trees.

She quickly crouched back down and I heard a growl escape her throat. She waited a moment and lunged at me. Time seemed to move so slowly. I stepped to the side and her hair ran across my wet nose, forcing me to smell it. The scent was tempting and caused my body to burn. I've never smelt anything that good.

Just like Bells, so quick to react without an explanation, I thought to myself and I let out a little laugh while watching her get back on her feet.

She crouched back into position and stared into my eyes. I couldn't tell what she was thinking, but her growling had stopped. Her beautiful brown eyes were staring deep into mine. She had me hypnotized; I wanted this moment to last forever.

She slowly raised her hands and stood straight up, never taking her eyes away from mine. Then as if looking at her wasn't enough, she spoke.

"I just want to go home," she pleaded with me.

Her voice was so soft. It was like a lullaby, so soothing and comforting. I could listen to that voice for eternity.

Of course I would let her go home. I could never hurt her.

I knew I must have looked confused by the look in her eyes. I had to figure out how to communicate with her, so she knew she was safe with me and she could leave if she wanted to. My eyes had fallen to the ground as my thoughts raced through my head.

The sudden sound of her voice broke my train of thought and my eyes jumped right back on her. She was talking to herself.

"What am I doing?" she said questioning herself while biting her bottom lip, "So much for being normal!"

I remained quiet, trying not to interrupt her cute ranting. Her eyes were no longer focused on me and I thought she forgot there was a huge wolf standing in front of her.

When her eyes found their way back to mine, I couldn't help but smile. She reminded me so much of Bells, but she still had her unique differences. And I was in love with her.

She looked so tired and confused. I decided to knell down hoping she would figure out I was letting her pass and she did. She nodded and slowly backed away from me never looking away. As soon as she was far enough away from me, she turned and took off running fading into the forest. I stood there until her scent faded with her body.

My Nessie is back, I thought with excitement hanging on every word, so that must mean the Cullens are back too.

What? A loud voice rang in my head.

Seth not so loud!!

Sorry man, The Cullens are back in Forks? Nessie is back? He asked confused.

Yeah, get the pack together and meet me at the beach, I ordered.

Ok Jake, we'll meet you there!! And he was gone.

I had to explain everything to the pack. There was going to be a new set of rules to follow. New things were coming and we had to be prepared.

I ran through the woods towards the beach as fast as I could. When I hit the border before the forest broke into the beach, I paused for a second. I watched as my pack slowly gathered around a fire.

I phased back to human form got dressed and stepped through the trees onto the sand. My walk towards the fire burning on the beach felt long as I thought about what I was going to say and how I was going to say it.

I decided I would lay it all out and let them give me their opinion, but I was the alpha male and my decision was final. I hated giving orders, but sometimes it was necessary.

I just needed to make sure my pack knew how important this was to me. I haven't been this happy since the day my Nessie was born. I wasn't going to lose her again. I was prepared to do anything for her.

"Well, here I go!!"

I hope you enjoyed this chapter.

I felt like I needed to add Jacob's POV. He's just so lovable, I couldn't help it. :0)

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