Awakening

By: Sailorjj07

6. Chapter 6

A/n: So yeahhhhhhh, I'm definitely gonna have to push this up to M, y'all. This story just has way too many "physical" scenes and I honestly don't want to exclude them. I'll do my best to toe the line, but I imagine that at least one or two chapters are gonna get real hot and heavy. We'll see.

Disclaimer: I do not own!

"Talking"

'Thinking'

Actions

(Me!)

Trixie's POV

I don't know why I was talking shit to the person who kidnapped me, like I wasn't at the biggest disadvantage in the world. Hell, I'm a human at a summer camp full of magical beings! I clearly wasn't in my right mind as I stepped out on the mat, acting like I was really gonna do something to this man.

Still, I refused to back down. I was annoyed that he had knocked me out and brought me to the middle of nowhere without asking. I was thankful, of course, because now I wouldn't have to worry about Jake, but that didn't change how I felt about being jacked in the middle of an alley.

When Jake started getting heavy in his Am Drag stuff, I had signed up for a self-defense class, so I could at least pretend I knew what I was doing. I realized as I bowed awkwardly to the instructor that I should have just shut the hell up.

He circled me for a minute, sizing me up and I slid into the only defensive stance I knew, from the class. With lightning speed, he charged at me, and I was barely able to block his hand that he aimed right for my face.

"Good, human. I honestly didn't expect you to block that," The masked man muttered, and then he smirked, "But you can't block this!" He swept my feet from under me and I fell to the mat, right on my ass. I huffed and got back up, aiming a high kick in his direction.

He caught my foot and drug me forward, grabbing my entire leg and pushing it back, which knocked me off balance and put me back on my ass.

"Come on now, I know you can do more than that."

I gritted my teeth, annoyed at his taunting. I wasn't Rose; I hadn't received any combat training at all, so this was the equivalent of trying to break through a brick wall with my bare hands. He ran at me and I grabbed his ankle, yanking him down to the floor beside me. The instructor barked out a laugh and jumped up, holding a hand out to help me off of the floor.

I took his hand, but as soon as I grabbed it, I knew I had made a mistake. He kicked my legs out from under me again and I bumped my head against the mat, staring up at the ceiling, trying not to get too pissed off.

"You won't be a good mate if you can't protect yourself. Or would you rather be a burden to your mate and always need protection, like Jake's Father?"

I sat up quickly to stare at him wide-eyed, then ducked to the ground immediately as a burst of flame came blazing over my head. I stared in surprise while Jake turned towards his instructor, his eyes blazing and puffs of smoke pouring from his nostrils.

"The fuck did you say about my Dad?!" Jake shouted, charging forward angrily at the masked man. I rolled out of the way as the two went right at it, Jake fighting more fiercely than I had ever seen him before.

"He's weak, and if your human doesn't learn, she'll be weak too."

"Shut up!" Jake hollered, another burst of flame erupting from his finger tips. The other man swatted it away as if it didn't bother him at all, but Jake followed up with a mean right hook, pushing his opponent back from the sheer force of it. We all watched in awe as the instructor's mask cracked over his eyebrow.

"Hmph," was all the man said, as he finally stood upright, charging at Jake once again. Jake was ready for him though, and I started to get dizzy from watching them exchange blows.

"SAM!" A blur of brown appeared out of nowhere and Sam was pushed to the ground by a huge, furry… dog? Wolf? "I told you to stop antagonizing him!"

Sam rolled his eyes, shoving the giant wolf off of him, "Fine. I'm just trying to help the kid get stronger."

"By shit talking my family and putting your hands on defenseless women?!" Jake shouted, and I finally sat up, glaring at him.

"Jacob Luke Long! Call me defenseless again and see what happens!" I yelled back, pointing a finger at him accusingly. Jake turned to me, took one look at my annoyed expression, and shook his head, cracking a smile as his gaze softened in my direction.

"Sorry, Trix. I ain't mean it like that," He told me, his anger dissipating somewhat. The others were amused by our side conversation, laughing softly to themselves.

"Daayyyyuuummm. He's whipped!" Jared teased, and I rolled my eyes at him as Jake walked over to help me up off the mat.

"Class dismissed!" The werewolf barked, and I swear the entire group breathed a sigh of relief in unison. Everyone gathered all their belongings and filed out of the gym, one-by-one. Since I had no idea where I was going, I just followed Jake.

The others hounded me with a million and one questions about my life and my relationship with Jake as we walked across the camp, heading towards their rooms, or so I assumed. The huge sign over the building that read "The Cabin" confirmed my suspicions as we slowly made our way inside as a group.

We were stopped in the hall by a woman with extremely pale skin and dark brown hair. I blinked in confusion when I noticed that she was wearing sunglasses indoors.

"Trishelle," she called in an accented voice. I blinked as Jake took my hand and pulled me towards this strange, pale woman.

"That's me," I replied, glancing at Jake out of the corner of my eye. He nodded slightly, and I turned back towards the woman, "What up?"

"I am Anya, the vampire Lead," She stated, glancing over me coolly behind her sunglasses, "The Councilor has granted you permission to go to town for supplies. Elise and Karla will go with you to assist."

"...Supplies?" I questioned, chancing a look at Elise and Karla, who looked as surprised as I felt.

"Yes. Many of your belongings were left behind during your journey here. We have the funds to replace them," and to prove it, she handed me an envelope stuffed with cash, "We will provide the three of you with a vehicle to make the trip. You must return by dinner time."

Karla pumped a fist in the air, "Hell yes, fieldtrip!"

"We don't get to go too, Anya?" Logan questioned with a pout, enticed by the idea of a shopping trip.

Anya wasn't swayed, "We do not want to alert the townspeople with the appearance of too many unfamiliar faces."

I pressed the envelope to my chest, "Thank you," I told her softly, and that earned me a soft smile from the vampire.

"You… are welcome, human. Here are the keys to the vehicle. You can find it in the garage on the Southwest edge of Camp," Anya replied, handing the keys over to Elise, who nodded resolutely.

The guys sighed dramatically as Anya gave us a small wave in farewell, disappearing behind a door further down the hallway.

"Ugh what the hell? Why can't we go too?" Jared whined, wrapping his arm around Logan's shoulder. "There might be hot girls in town!"

"And that's exactly why your ass can't come," Karla replied saucily, rolling her eyes and heading towards a hallway to the left. Each room had two names on each door and I spotted Jake's written underneath Elijah's. Right next door to their room, I found mine and Elise's names.

"Whoa, we're roomies?" I asked, pointing at my name on the door.

Elise nodded, "They figured it was easier for my brother and I to share a bathroom so they put us next to each other."

At Elise's words, I turned to Jake wordlessly, who saw my expression and had the gall to lick his lips, "Share a bathroom…?"

Eli nodded, not even noticing the exchange between Jake and I, "Yeah, the bathroom is connected. We have two sinks outside and then a shared toilet and shower."

"O-oh." I replied, feeling my cheeks flush the longer Jake's eyes connected with mine. Sharing a shower was starting to sound like an absolutely terrible, horrible, amazing idea.

"Anyway, Trix, go see what they actually did manage to pack for you so we can figure out what we need to buy. Hopefully, this town has an actual supermarket and not some creepy old general store," Karla said, scrunching her nose up in distaste.

"Do towns without a Wal-Mart or Target even exist?" Elise wondered out loud, giggling at the notion of such a backwoods town. The guys stepped into their room as Elise opened the door to our room.

"Ugh, I hope not," Karla replied, laughing at her own joke. "I'mma run to my room real quick; I'll be right back so we can head out."

I nodded wordlessly, looking over the room that was going to be my new home for a while. It looked like a dorm room, with two beds, two desks and two chests at the end of the bed. I opened up my chest and found a few familiar things: my favorite kicks, a few tank tops, five bras, and undergarments. There was no where near enough stuff in there but THANK GOD, someone thought to pack my haircare products. I had no toiletries whatsoever and I needed a lot more clothes, especially athletic stuff. I also found my cell phone sitting on the desk. I powered on my phone and started making a note of all the items I would need to buy to survive out here.

I asked Elise a lot of questions while I created my list and she told me all about the camp, including the layout. There were laundry facilities since most students were there for two or three months. Food was provided every day, but we were allowed to have our own snacks too. There were five teams at the camp currently with magical beings from ages 15 to 21. Each team had between 8 and 10 people and everyone was going through the Awakening or preparing to go through it. It made me wonder why they weren't also giving out complimentary contraceptives - there was no way that having this many lust filled young adults in one place was a smart thing to do.

"Most people don't meet their mates here, so they don't have to worry about it becoming some Den of Carnal Pleasure," Elise told me when I voiced my opinion out loud, "Though I have heard a few stories…"

"I bet," I replied, with a laugh, finishing up my list.

"That's why everyone's surprised to see you here. You are definitely a potential mate for Jake, so bringing you here is sort of…. Unorthodox. It's almost like they're asking for trouble."

"A potential mate?"

"Well, I mean, from the looks of it, you are exactly what we think you are, but it's all about how Jake feels. He didn't tell us anything about you, except that you were best friends," Elise glanced towards the bathroom door and lowered her voice, "Has he told you anything?"

I laughed nervously, "Like what?"

"You know like…." Elise eyed me suspiciously as she stepped closer, lowering her voice to a whisper, "Like he wants you or he can't behave around you or…."

I swallowed nervously, "A-And if he says something like that?"

Elise laughed, nodding knowingly, "Oh yeah, you're definitely the right person."

"Maybe I'm not," I replied softly, feeling unsure about all this. I'm just a regular girl after all.

"Well if you're not, as long as he doesn't meet his actual mate, you're still in the clear!" Elise told me cheerfully, patting my back. That didn't actually help me feel better though.

Karla appeared in the doorway, with a backpack and her own list, "Since we're going out, I'm gonna take FULL advantage."

"Good idea," Elise agreed, grabbing her own backpack.

I waved my phone in the air, "I got my list, so let's go."

The two other girls nodded and we headed out of The Cabin, making our way across the camp. On the way, Karla and Elise pointed out buildings and people, including a few of the Leads. We finally reached a giant storehouse that housed a pickup truck, covered by a tarp.

Elise sighed, kicking a tire as Karla and I climbed in, "I could run faster than this piece of junk."

"Yeah but it'll be hard to explain a whole damn dragon to the residents of Smallville," Karla said with a chuckle, and Elise laughed as she hopped behind the wheel.

"Okay you guys, let's do this!"

Jake's POV

Elijah ran into our room and dug around in his chest for something. After a few moments, he let out a cheer, holding up a duffle bag, "Found you!"

"Yo, what's up?" I questioned, looking over the duffle bag curiously.

"What do you mean? We're obviously gonna sneak out and go with my sis." Eli replied with a mischievous grin.

I was cheesing myself, "Now we're talkin'; lemme grab my bag too."

When both of us were ready, we stepped out of our room only to find that Logan, Jared, and Gabriel had the same idea. We all high-fived each other in the hallway as we rushed out of The Cabin as a group.

"So how're we gonna catch up to the girls?" Jared asked, looking off into the distance as if he could see just how far ahead of us they were.

"There's two dragons here, bro. Come on," Gabe motioned towards Eli and me as if the answer was totally obvious.

"The Prince's got the right idea," Eli replied, leading us further away from camp. When we were as far as the medical tent, he handed our bags over to Logan. "Jake, you wanna navigate?"

I sniffed the air deeply, smelling Trixie's unique fragrance in the air. It was a little harder to pick out as we got further away from each other, but I could still find it.

"I got you, fam." I told him with a smirk, and with a wave of my hands, felt a familiar tingling as my body shaped into my dragon form. Logan watched wide-eyed as Eli followed my example and soon the two of us were standing on four legs, waiting for our passengers to climb up.

"I've never ridden on a dragon before!" Logan shouted, hopping on my back. Gabe didn't reply as he closed his eyes in deep concentration. In a few moments, a pair of shimmery wings had sprouted from his back.

I winced a little and shook my head, chuckling at Logan's enthusiasm, "Next time, lay off the sweets."

"Jake, don't be an ass!"

Eli laughed, a rumbling sound that echoed from deep within his now dragon throat, "Let's go, guys." Jared climbed up on Eli's back and I took off, not bothering to check if Eli was behind me. I knew he could keep up.

As we followed Trixie's scent, we came up on their white pickup truck in no time. They were probably only 15 minutes from camp, so it was easy for us to catch-up. Gabe was the first to fly down to them, dropping into the trunk as Karla stuck her head out to say something to him.

I took my turn next, flying right beside the truck, giving Logan time to hop into the back of the pickup with Gabe.

Trixie leaned out of the window to yell at me, "Jakey-boy, what the hell?!"

I laughed and shifted back to my human self, landing with a thud in the back of the truck. Eli let Jared jump off his back into the truck with the girls and did the same. It probably looked weird to see a group of eighteen year olds appear from out of nowhere, but as we drove slowly towards the only superstore in town, only a few people looked at us curiously.

Elise parked the car and we all climbed out, laughing and chatting with each other. When Trixie slowed in her steps so she could walk beside me, I did everything I could to hold back the grin that was spreading across my face.

"Trix, are you going to need help getting your stuff?" Karla asked, lacing her fingers with Gabe's. It made me glance down at Trixie's hand right beside me. Would Trixie be upset if I suddenly held her hand? Could I handle something so miniscule with my hormones acting a fool?

I didn't have time to find out. Everyone grabbed shopping carts as we entered the store, and we grouped right at the front to come up with a plan of attack.

"I saw an ice cream parlor on our way in. We can go there after," Elise told everyone and we all agreed that that was a good idea. Elise gave us an hour to shop and our group broke off: Karla, Elise and Gabriel headed off towards the food, Jared and Logan disappeared in the direction of the electronics section, while Trixie and I walked over towards Women's clothing. I just pushed the basket for her and followed her every request, watching as she picked her way through shorts, tops and swimsuits. Soon, she had a good pile of clothes she wanted to buy.

"I should probably try some of this on," Trix said out loud, and I nodded, following her as we headed towards the fitting rooms. We walked over to an attendant, who counted Trix's items, and unlocked a room for her.

As the minutes ticked by, I wondered exactly how much stuff Trixie was actually trying on. The longer I thought about that, the more my brain went to the gutter. Trixie was trying on clothes… in a practically empty dressing room, all by herself…

I licked my lips, trying to dismiss my thoughts, but once my mind went down that path, there was no recovering it. To make matters worse, the attendant suddenly moved away from her station, heading off to put the clothes back where they belong. I bit my lip, trying to talk myself out of the wonderful, terrible plan that sprung to my mind. I was moving before I could stop myself.

I grabbed a random shirt from our basket and made my way over to Trixie's dressing room, knocking on the door softly. I glanced at the other stalls around her's, wondering if there were other people in the room. It didn't sound like it.

"Trix," I murmured, "You forgot something."

Trixie's POV

I froze the second I heard Jake's soft voice from the other side of the door. I was in the process of trying on a sports bra with a matching pair of leggings so I didn't have time to change back into my normal clothes. I swallowed nervously and turned towards the door, staring at the door handle.

"What is it?"

When Jake didn't reply, I narrowed my eyes. He was behaving suspiciously in the first place, but this was just on a whole other level. I decided to humor him and opened the door by just a hair, peeking my head out of the fitting room.

The smirk on Jake's face said it all. He pulled on the door handle, making the crack that much wider and in the blink of an eye, he had come inside my fitting room. I blanched and backed away from him, holding my hands out in front of me in a pitiful attempt to get him to think rationally. Jake looked amused, closing the door behind himself and hanging up a shirt that I hadn't even wanted to try on.

"Are you foreal right now?" I questioned nervously, my heartbeat pounding in my ears, as he looked me over slowly, dragging his gaze across my form. I swallowed thickly, feeling my throat get dry as Jake closed the small space between us. I took another step back, but realized I had nowhere else to go. I was already up against the wall.

"Trix… I like that on you." Jake whispered heatedly, gazing pointedly at my sports bra. I covered my chest with my left arm.

"Look, I know you goin through some thangs, but this-" I cut myself off abruptly as Jake stepped even closer into my personal space, his hand landing against the wall behind me. I had nowhere to go - I was trapped.

"Trixie, you have to help me," Jake's breath ghosted over my lips and I felt like my head was swimming. He gently removed my arm from across my chest, interlacing his fingers with mine to keep my arm at my side.

"H-Help you?"

Jake nodded slowly, a seductive look in his dark eyes. His fingers grasped my chin and I inhaled sharply as he tilted my face upwards, "I can't focus."

If we had been in any other situation, I would have laughed, but when Jake's lips brushed against my ear, I shivered instead, struggling to form coherent words, "H-How come?"

"Because my best friend," Jake replied, pressing a kiss just below my ear, "Is so beautiful," he continued, kissing my jaw, "That I can't think about anything else."

He kissed my cheek this time and I closed my eyes, trying to keep it together.

"What should I do?" He murmured into my ear and I couldn't say anything in response; I was too far gone. Jake smiled against my skin, running his tongue along the shell of my ear, "Trix…"

I finally opened my eyes to glare at him, "Jake, shut the hell up and kiss me."

Jake didn't need any other directions. He squeezed my hand with his, closing the last few inches between us as he devoured my lips. He wrapped his arm around my waist, pressing our bodies closer together and swirling his tongue in my mouth with abandon. I moaned softly against his mouth, cupping his jaw with my free hand. Jake smirked when we parted for air and nibbled at my bottom lip enthusiastically and I felt like I was going to melt into a puddle at his feet.

There was no way I was going to get any of my shopping done at this rate.

End Chapter 6