BloodyPinkRose - HEYYYYY EVERYONE ! I hope you aren't all ready to kill me! I actually have had this chapter ready for A LONG TIME my unoffical BETA XOXOGossipgirl21 just took light years to actually send the chapter back but she IS my bestfriend so I don't really blame her ... much LAWL LOOOOVE YOU DAAHHHLING! Anyways hehe I hope you enjoy this chapter and It doesn't completely blow you out the water, Gossipgirl seems to think that it is pretty intense :S. ANYWAYS DONT OWN TWILIGHT OR AMERICAN EXPRESS hehe though my mother does have a card hehe! Warnings? Jacob being Jacob .. more cussing than usual, woops :| but thats it I think :)


Chapter Seven: let's learn as we go

"That fucking asshole!" Jacob was pissed, not only had he woken up with a headache strong enough to make a saint commit suicide but he also felt weak, as if his healing properties hadn't quite finished their jobs. It sorta made him wish he had a manufacturing number and address so he could fill a goddamned complaint card by telephone or post one!

'Hello is this Werewolf healing consultants? YOU ARE SHIT! What the hell is wrong with you, your work is fucking faulty I'm not fucking healed yet! What if I were in the middle of a battle or a fucking war HUH?! That's right I'd be on the fucking floor twitching from being shot, an hour later your faulty healing works wouldn't have healed me and hey fucking presto I'll either be blown to fucking smithereens or shot again! Fan-fucking-tastic... FIX IT!'

Jacob sniggered to himself and then groaned when he found it painful. That would go down well. He looked down and cursed again, "That fucking asshole!"

He was still naked, the least the blood sucker could have done was put some fucking clothes back on him. He looked around and immediately saw ripped material thrown in a heap on the ground, he almost saw red.

That. Was. My. Favourite. Shirt!

He sat up and struggled into the muddy ripped, almost dead shirt, the stupid fool hadn't even washed it out, he just left it on the muddy floor, at least Jacob had put it on a fairly clean rock when he had taken it off. If he could do it, then Miss Prissy Fang-teeth should have been able to do it too.

His boxers were still on the side so he wiggled them on with little problems other than the fact his head was swimming and his body felt stiff. Shaking his head to clear his vision he began looking around for his trousers and similarly to when he'd found his shirt, he had to mentally calm himself down when he found them. He was so worked up he was trembling and transforming was the last thing he wanted to do right now.

Once he'd managed to subside his pending rage by taking deep breaths, he fought to put the dry, extremely stiff, muddy and creased trousers. He really wanted to kick that vampire's ass, who the hell did he think he –

BOOOM

-was??

Jacob was knocked to the ground as the place where he was standing rumbled, he probably would have been able to keep on his feet if his head wasn't spinning and he didn't have such a headache. Putting his hands to his brow, he groaned and looked around for the bloodsucker.

"Edward? What the f-" a pale, slender hand clasp tight around his mouth and if he hadn't been certain that it was Edward's – not that he had spent time staring at his pretty hands or anything – then he would have been convinced that thriller really was about to take place.

"Quiet. There are humans here looking for us. From what I've seen in their minds, it was Emmett that told them, they don't believe him so the idea is for us to hide until they leave and then we can also leave." Jacob couldn't help but shiver; Edward's words were caressing his ear.

He forced himself to snap out of it and ripped himself away from that gorgeous hand,

"Ooooh no, I'm not going anywhere with you bloodsucker!" Jacob hissed, careful to keep his voice down as not to alert the humans, who were no doubt, busy working at the rubble their explosion had left behind. Edward looked exasperated.

"This can wait till later, we have to move now Jacob!" When the werewolf refused to move, Edward sighed angrily. He was still feeling so full and powerful from drinking from Jacob, he could easily drag the werewolf away and it looked like at this instance he was going to have to go with that.

"There's nothing to wait for, I don't need you, we don't need to do anything, you can go hide in the shadows like you vampires always do, I don't nee-" Edward rolled his eyes, grabbed Jacob's tanned wrists and began dragging him towards the place he thought would hide them well.

"Don't you fucking understand me?! Get the hell off me! Who the hell do you think you are?!" Edward half wondered if it was worth ripping his own silk shirt just to use it as a gag for the werewolf or to kiss him again because no matter where they hid, if he didn't shut the hell up they would be found and something told him that wouldn't be a good thing.

When Jacob continued to rant he turned to face him, still red volcano eyes flashing angrily, Jacob seemed to have noticed them at last as his mouth still flapped but no words came out. Edward's glare appeared to have taken some kind of hold over Jacob and although he was screaming at him in his head, the words were no longer coming.

"Keep quiet, dog. As of now, one more word and I'll gag you." Jacob scowled but then nodded and reluctantly allowed himself to be dragged, still internally seething.


"Carlisle, to what do I owe this pleasure?"

Carlisle's eyes narrowed but he knew his place and he knew who he was talking to, respect was everything and he was glad that Emmett seemed to have got a hold of his mouth, although he realised that could have something to do with Jasper however, seeing as he looked a little ... distracted.

"Edward and his friend,"

Emmett managed to hold in his snort this time but the slight exhale of breath seemed to draw Aro's attention as he smiled at the large vampire before looking back at Carlisle, he wasn't sure why but Aro had always liked Carlisle, despite how seemingly menacing he was, Aro always held Carlisle in higher regards.

"Ah yes, the werewolf ... no need to worry I dealt with it, you'll have no more troubles, will he Cyrus, Sophronia?" the two guards in question shook their heads in obedience; they wouldn't risk having to go through the same thing that Aurelia did.

Carlisle nodded in thanks and turned to go. Aro was dismissing them, he wasn't going to help get Edward and Jacob back but at the same time Carlisle didn't think that they needed his help to retrieve the two boys.

"Carlisle ...," The doctor turned around at the voicing of his name, it really wouldn't do to ignore him.

Aro smiled and it was truly dazzling, not on par with Edward but it was pretty damn close.

"Do remember, you always have a place here with us, as do Alice and Jasper ... and of course Edward too."

Aro considered the three he'd left out and thought over. Esme was extremely beautiful and Rosalie too, she was beautiful but she was extremely powerful ... that was good too. It was also good to have sheer brute strength around too; Emmett would be ... could be useful. He hummed to himself as he thought and Carlisle was still waiting for him to finish.

"All of you would be quite welcome here; you have wonderful things to teach us vampires here in Volterra-"and such great things I can use, "-I do hope that you will consider my offer once more, until we next meet." Carlisle bowed his head and in a rare show of respect Aro bowed his head back.

Carlisle hid his surprise at the change in invitations, if he wasn't certain that they would have to drink human blood and be used as a possible disposal team, he really might have considered it. But then he'd worked to hard to build the coven he had now, to suppress the need for human blood. He couldn't give that all up now, not after decades of perfecting his control.

They all turned to leave, the walls had ears and eyes and they didn't want to say anything or do anything that could be reported back.


"Are they gone now?" Jacob grumbled angrily and Edward sent him a warning look before shaking his head. The two of them were in a half hidden room, it was like the cell they were in before only the entrance had been covered by fallen rubble and it was quite high up.

"What is your problem?" Edward asked and Jacob shrugged,

"You're an asshole, that's all there is to it."

Edward rolled his eyes, "At least I have progressed from conceited prick"

"You can easily go back ... asshole"

Edward stood up, this was getting really stupid. He was partly to blame with his whole 'Bella this and Bella that' and getting all mopey and pushing the werewolf away, but come on, it wasn't all him. Jacob wouldn't stop with his name calling and childishness. If this thing was going to work, hell if they were even going to get through this without killing each other they had to pull it all together.

"Jacob this is ridiculous. We need to deal with this, we are going to deal with this. Right now."

Jacob scowled and crossed his arms, "I'm not dealing anything because there isn't anything that needs dealing with."

"Well obviously you have something to say and so do I."

"I told you my problem is that you are an asshole that is all there is to say," Jacob got up and began to pace, he wasn't one to actually talk about his feelings. He hadn't when his mother died, he hadn't when his sisters left. He surely wasn't going to start with Edward. Not that Edward couldn't hear what he was thinking anyway.

"Fine, that's all you have to say then you'll listen to me." Edward told him sternly, he wasn't going to let Jacob get out of it this time. They were going to become friends or at the very least they would be acquainted and they weren't leaving until they were.

"I'm sick of this. You're mad because I didn't give the response you wanted when you told me about this whole imprinting business thing and I apologise, I really do but I don't know what you expected of me. Did you expect me to throw down everything and jump into bed with you? Regardless of this imprint thing I was – am – in love with Bella and I refuse to have relations with both of you regardless of who is here and who isn't. I can't do that."

Jacob screwed his eyes shut and covered his ears with his hands, he didn't want to listen to this, he didn't need to. Edward was going to reject him, it was so obvious that it was almost making him sick, Bella was his best friend and he loved her but sometimes – like now for example – he really wanted to kill her.

Why the hell did she get everything that she wanted, everything?! What did he get? Nothing, except this stupid imprinting. His life was just one cock up after another and Bella ... urgh; he hated to say it, but what the hell had she gone through to make her so damn lucky.

Edward stopped speaking and instead watched him intently. Jacob had tuned out, he didn't want to hear it because he thought he knew what was going to be said. This was exactly why they didn't get anywhere and just skirted around each other because for whatever reason they weren't hearing each other.

Despite the fact that Edward had stopped speaking, his words just went round and round in circles in Jacob's head. Life just wasn't fucking fair ... and he really wasn't feeling so hot, in fact that little spot in the corner seemed to be the perfect place to –

Edward wrinkled his nose, well wasn't that just lovely; he turned away from the werewolf throwing up in the corner. Despite being one who drank blood and was known to have to rip heads off other vampires, seeing bile and stomach lining mushed together wasn't appealing or something he wanted to see.

Edward sat down and leant his head against the rock, so Jacob wouldn't listen to him without throwing up and they just kept going in circles. There was only one thing he could say to this situation and when he thought about it, he wished he came up with it earlier.

"Let's start this all again?" Edward said once Jacob had finished heaving and retching, it wasn't a statement but it also wasn't a question. Jacob chuckled to himself, shaking his head. How great, he pukes all over the place like some sissy boy because he cannot take what is being said and Edward still wants to be his friend.

Cute ... real cute.

"I'm Edward Anthony Masen Cullen, I'm a vampire and most likely as old as your grandfather but I most definitely know more about cars than a formula one mechanic, I'm a vegetarian vampire but I can tell you right now you smell absolutely ravishing ... nice to meet you." He shot one of his knock out half smiles with his introduction and held out one of those pretty, slender hands.

Jacob pushed off the wall and grabbed his hand to shake, "Black, Jacob Black, I'm a werewolf with two older siblings, twin girls. I like bikes and could probably thrash you in a race, I'm 6ft7 and all muscle-"Jacob grinned mischievously, "-oh and I just puked on that hand your shaking ... but it's nice to meet you too."

Edward had never retracted his hand so fast in his life, "You are so childish,"

Jacob shrugged, walking back to his wall to sit, "Sure, Sure .... Gramps."


"So what, we just wait here?" Emmett asked looking bored whilst drumming his hands against his thick thigh as he sat backwards on one of the high kitchen stools. Rosalie and Alice shot him annoyed looks while Esme busied herself making cookies with Jasper passing her ingredients as necessary.

She had become so used to making cookies for Bella when she came over that she never quite got over the habit, she just found herself baking before she could remember that Bella wasn't with them anymore. The others had just accepted it and never really said anything.

"Yes but first we have to have a little chat, right Alice?"

Alice looked around before pointing to herself with a little cheesy grin as if to say, 'oooh you mean me', Carlisle cocked an eyebrow ... he didn't think there was anyone else called Alice in their kitchen in their home, she knew exactly what he was talking about.

"Alice where is Bella?" he asked slowly and carefully as if making sure that Alice understood everything that he was saying and that she couldn't turn what he was saying into something else. He knew that she knew where Bella was and he also knew that she knew that he knew this.

Everyone stopped their activities and looked between the two, of all things and all people. They hadn't thought that Alice would be the type to keep something like this from them ... from Edward. She looked pained and turned her face to the floor.

"She might have told me something which meant that I did something and told her something ..." she trailed off nervously, looking up to gage their responses to that before she told them what she had done. Emmett laughed to himself, pausing his drumming, haha it almost sounded like – he shook his head – she wouldn't.

"What's so funny?" Rosalie asked, her voice was dangerously low, despite how she may act ... she may not have much liked Bella but she was very protective of Edward and she really didn't like his love of humans – well – he hadn't liked humans before.

What she meant was that she really didn't like his love of Bella and that wasn't just because of the fact that she was Human and he was Vampire but also because she was endangering the family ... and that really pissed her off.

Emmett stopped laughing at her frosty voice and shrugged his shoulders, "Nothing, it just sounded like she might have known about the whole dog saga that was going to happen and she moved Bella out - quickly dealing with whatever her problem was - so it could happen but you know Alice isn't that crazy ... I mean what would Edward want with that smelly mutt you know?"

When no one else joined in his laughter and Alice, if possible looked even more worried he slowly stopped laughing and truly watched her. Then it finally dawned on him.

"No way dude..."


"Alright are they gone yet?" Jacob asked, he was starting to get a little antsy because normally if everything was quiet he would have been able to answer that on his own but he never was good at working past distractions and he could hear like a hundred other things.

Edward nodded and stood up, the humans themselves may be gone but Edward was almost certain that there would be a 24/7 watch of the entrance to make sure that no one got in and no one got out without them knowing. Knowing Edward's luck the cameras used would be able to pick him up and that was something they most definitely didn't want to happen.

Jacob stood up and was about to brush himself down when he realised that there was really no point in bothering to do so since it was virtually impossible to get anymore dirtier than he already was. He glared at Edward when the vampire turned his back, he was such an asshole, what was he going to do next? Pull an exit out of his pocket and laugh?

The two progressed deeper into the ruins and Jacob felt his eye twitch. Why the hell were they going a random way when the entrance and exit wasn't in that direction? Edward spared the wolf behind him a glance and fought down the urge to chuckle.

Maybe he shouldn't have neglected to tell Jacob that he had found another exit while he was sleeping off his concussion right at the begining. There was a perfectly valid reason that the route had been really unstable and he wanted to spend time clearing the path before they got out.

The explosives the humans had used seemed to have done it for him though and there wasn't a better time that they needed out than that moment. When he saw the eerie moonlight glow he smiled and fastened his pace, it had been quite the while since they had seen natural light.

Jacob was literally shaking in his boots, he was sure that he had just been led to an exit and he was now looking at the beautiful full moon itself. "What. The. Hell?!" it wasn't clear to whom he was addressing his statement but Edward assumed it was to him.

"We're outside you can go now." Edward replied cheerfully, stretching his muscles and enjoying the cool night, he was going to spend a few days recovering in Port Angeles before he went back home, they had some really nice hotels and they even had some really good restaurant chains.

Not that he ate food but it meant that local butchers would sell animal blood to restaurant chains that needed it for some authentic foods, such as black pudding. He had heard people in Forks High speaking of how some restaurants had a knock out English breakfast so black pudding was definitely on the menu.

Jacob's roar of annoyance brought him back to earth; Edward was roughly grabbed by large hands and shaken. If Edward hadn't fed recently he was almost positive that he would have been moving like a rag doll, Jacob was really quite strong.

"I know we are outside! Why didn't you say that you knew a way out earlier?!" he was gritting his teeth, so the words came out half hissed and half spat. Jacob was really mad it seemed, the guy was still shaking which probably wasn't good.

Edward winced but it was barely visible and he pried the huge hands from his persons, he didn't much like it when people got touchy feely unless it was with Bella. Well ... at least it had been Bella, now he just wasn't too sure if he ever wanted to be touchy feely.

"You will not listen even if I tell you that it was for the best so why should I bother?" Edward asked as he turned and began walking towards the mountain pass that would lead him back to Port Angeles, he was glad that he always left his cell and his Centurion American Express in his pocket.

He pulled his cell out of his jeans pocket and almost sighed, after wading in the water he was almost sure that it wouldn't work any longer. He shook it around a bit before he pushed the power on button, no harm in trying unless it decided to blow up in his face.

Jacob ran to catch up with the retreating vampire.

"Sure, sure. Is that what they call it now? It's for the best? Is that what your vampire daddy said before he turned you? HUH?! 'it's for the best son that you turn into a bloodsucker and run around all bat shit pretending you're vegetarian until you meet some poor sap that says hey take a bite outta me?'" Jacob boiled more when he realised that Edward wasn't paying him the slightest bit of attention.

He grabbed his arm again and swung him around, "Did you-" his mouth lay open and his eyes were fixated on the slightly battered, state of the art cell phone in Edward's hand. That. Fucking. Asshole! With a yell of rage and not sparing a single thought Jacob launched himself at Edward, the cell phone sent flying.

He struggled to get his arms close enough to wrap around Edward's neck, he wasn't even thinking that technically that wouldn't have done anything to the vampire – hello dead person walking... – he wasn't even allowed that because Edward was going a pretty steel job of keeping him away.

"You turd-like anarchistic son of a bull bloodsucker conceited smelly-crotched sperm-banked asshole! FUCK YOU!-" Jacob paused his flinging of insults, he was just really frustrated how he wanted to wring Edward's neck but he was suddenly super-fucking-nova, "-conceited prick!"

Edward blinked up at Jacob, what he really wanted to say to the werewolf was, "I'm sorry I think you just fried my brain cells please repeat that" but he didn't think that would be very smart. He didn't think he had ever heard something so insulting and yet so hilarious.

Jacob was breathing deeply seeing as he couldn't move and might as well just calm down,

"Are you finished now?" Edward asked curiously and when Jacob nodded he let him go, he didn't think that Jacob was going to cause any more trouble now that he had got all that steam out if his system. In fact the wolf looked really lost just standing there now that he had run his blown fuse box.

Edward sighed,

"Look this was another misunderstanding that I would be more than happy to explain to you later, do you want to get a 'meal' with me and perhaps a place to sleep? Maybe spend a few days here before going back?" his voice was soft as not to irritate the wolf into another mad rage.

Jacob's head hurt, hell his whole body hurt, he was tired and hungry AND cranky. He just wanted to curl up on a comfy bed and get some sleep or maybe even watch crappy TV shows while eating a meal for eight curled up on the couch. He knew that going home was ruled out because not only would he get a bashing from his pack but Billy wouldn't let the idea rest until he knew everything that happened.

He looked to Edward and sighed deeply,

"Alright, let's go but don't expect me to pay or pay you back or anything, I'm not Mister I've-probably-got-gold-stacks-to-go-with-my-money-bags-and-flashy-card-and-cars." It was said with an unsure smile so Edward took it as a weak apology and turned to lead the way.

"I wasn't expecting you too"

He almost smacked himself for saying anything when the wolf went off on a tangent about how he wasn't a cheap skate and that he could pay if he wanted but he just didn't want to because Edward was a –beep- that needed to be knocked into his –beep– place and that he wasn't one to look a –beep- gift horse in the mouth –beep- Trojans.

Edward wondered what Jacob's mother would do if she heard the kind of language that he used.


"...Fucking ... conceited ... prick..." Jacob muttered in his sleep before letting out a monstrous snore.

Edward watched the large teen and almost had to shove his knuckle in his mouth to stop from sniggering, after all he didn't know how lightly the other slept but it was unlikely that even an 8 on the Richter scale would wake him up. They had gone for a penthouse hotel room; Edward smiled at the remembrance of Jacob's face when he asked for the room,


"How can I help you gentlemen?" the lady receptionist asked, her teeth sparkling white. It wouldn't have surprised Edward if she had them whitened just for the job. Normal people didn't have teeth that bright, no way! Jacob was looking around like this was a place out of a fairytale, Edward had seen this scene more than once in his life, he was used to it.

"Penthouse suite please, with any and all extras" Edward told her almost bored and Jacob muttered under his breath something that suspiciously sounded like, rich arrogant prick but he attempted to hide it by coughing and looking around innocently.

The woman grinned,

"How long do you plan to spend with us?"

"Indefinitely just tab it."

"Of course sir, how will you pay?" she asked her eyes almost twinkling with excitement, Jacob was annoyed if it were him doing the buying he was almost sure the woman would ask if he would be able to pay not how he would pay, stupid vampire and his perfect perfectness!

'Aren't you even going to look at the price?" Jacob asked astonished and Edward looked at him and cocked an eyebrow while the receptionist looked at him with a look of disgust as if realising that this was the kind of person that clearly didn't have much money.

"Err ... no, I really don't need to"

As soon as Edward got the black American express card out Jacob swore that people all over the lobby turned their heads to get a look. As soon as the keys were handed over and Edward's card had been keyed in, the vampire grabbed Jacob's arm and began walking towards the lift.


Edward also remembered when they got the room and Edward asked Jacob if it were to his liking and if he wanted anything to eat before they – he – settled to sleep, Edward was going to spend the night out on the balcony, it was pretty nippy outside but he was sure he wouldn't notice the difference.


"Is this alright?" Edward asked, after all he had been brought up to look after guests and he was sure that it wasn't too late to find another place to stay if Jacob didn't like it. He knew that Rosalie probably wouldn't have liked it, wasn't elegant enough for her.

Jacob collected his mouth from the floor and unglued his face from the window, turning to look at the pale vampire still standing in the door way. "Shut the door, we aren't going anywhere, check this place out?!" Edward chuckled and shook his head.

He had forgotten that Jacob probably hadn't been to such a place before whereas when they went to the city for shopping trips or to see productions Alice always made sure to rent a nice room out for them to crash in at any point during the day before making their way back home.

"We are probably going to stay for a while, or at least I will be staying for a while so if you want to eat and relax now and "check" the place out in the morning that is fine with me."

Edward was really worried that Jacob was going to run up and kiss him with the expression he was pulling but instead he ran to the large menu on the coffee table and flicked straight to food, when Edward left the room to take a shower to get rid of all the grime Jacob was busy telling a member of staff his order.

When he got back in he thought he had walked straight into Jacob's dreams, food covered almost every place, hell there was even some food on the floor. Jacob smiled a little sheepishly at Edward, maybe he had gone slightly over board.

Edward smelt blood and frowned before walking over to a small golden covered serving plate, he turned to look at Jacob curiously and the young man in question blushed and looked down to continue tucking into some food that he had chosen.

"I thought you might be hungry, this place has a kitchen so I just told the guy that I wanted the ingredients to make Black Pudding, it has pigs blood in it so I figured you might want it? You might be used to something a little more wild but it's the best I could come up with."

Edward ignored the rest of Jacob's rant, he was quite touched by the thought and gave the wolf a smile that shut him up before he collected the blood and made his way to the balcony, "Enjoy your dinner Jacob."


Edward could definitely understand how both Bella and Jacob were best friends but he didn't think he had ever met a pair of best friends that were more different. Edward hoped that the two of them, meaning Jacob and himself could see past their differences and perhaps gain and understanding.

Maybe; possibly even more than that over time. Edward had waited a long time for Bella and he wasn't willing to wait any longer, at least if he were –hypothetically– to be with Jacob he wouldn't have to turn him as long as the wolf continued to change.

He couldn't hold back the snigger when Jacob let out another one of those earth shaking snores, he was face down on the large bed, shirt over the chair and trousers flung over a lampshade, limbs sprawled over the whole bed and drool leaving a clear puddle that would have soaked his face by morning.

Edward felt sorry for the cleaners, drool sheets ... lovely.

The sight; where some may have found repulsive was actually pretty endearing for Edward. It showed him another side to Jacob, that was he more mutt than Edward thought, maybe, but also that sometimes he could be pretty innocent when he wasn't on guard.

Edward – in a strange sense – wanted to learn more about Jacob and – in a seriously twisted sense – he was sure that the wolf wanted to know more about him to. Whatever was to come Edward was – almost – certain that they would face it together.

Wet mutt boy and Vegetarian vamp man, the fearless duo...

Edward shrugged and left the room, they'd learn as they went, take it a step at a time and all that jazz. He was pretty certain they were over the rough patches now.

Fucking cave...


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Brittani - Lawl! Really? Haha I was blushing when I read your review, compliment or what!? I hope you liked this chapter and it was as exciting as you hoped!

Sooo how'd you guys find it? Anyways I have a question, Since my summer has started WOOOO! I think I may start another Twilight Edward/Jacob fic LEGASP! However I want to do it completely different to usual! I would call it 'What happens next ...' haha just hear me out it isn't as stupid as it sounds I hope. You guys or whoever would give me ideas of what they want to see in the fic/next chapter and then I'll combine all the ideas and make a story from them, what do you think stupid or no?? If you like the idea just pm me or review shooting ideas :) I'm really excited about the idea but if it doesn't appeal then there isn't any point hehe, well thanks for reading if you did this far! :)