A/N: Hey, everyone! Long time no chapter! Well, I hope you all enjoy it. It's sort of a shit show, but the story is just beginning. If you have any questions or comments be sure to review or PM me! Now, on with the story!

WARNING: GRAPHIC SEXUAL CONTENT, VIOLENCE, AND LANGUAGE. IF YOU ARE UNDERAGE OR DO NOT ENJOY IT DO NOT READ.

Chapter Six.

The next few weeks passed by blissfully. Jacob and I spent time together every chance we could get, either by sexy rendezvous or just midnight runs to McDonald's. Lately, dad had taken to working late while mom stayed out during all hours of the night partying, so anything to get me away from the stresses of my home life were gratefully appreciated.

At the moment, Jacob and I sat in front of his house in lawn chairs, sipping cans of his father's beer. It was a rare sunny day for Washington, and we were taking full advantage of the weather by relaxing outside. Jacob's smile was like sunshine, and I couldn't help but stare at him whenever he wasn't looking.

Since that night at the movies, something had changed between us. We were closer, more intimate. It was almost like having a boyfriend without the label. And I was really starting to like Jacob, even though it was idiotic. He was still in high school and had a past with Bella of all people. We would never last, so why hold hope?

As I glanced at his soft expression as he took in the scenery around him, I asked myself that question again.

"This is the life, Jess."

"Huh?"

"Us sitting like this drinking these beers. This is how it's supposed to be."

"And why is that?"

"No stresses of life, no one to bother us. Just us, these beers, and the sunshine."

"Amen to that." We clinked our cans together then downed the rest of the contents before crushing them and throwing them behind us. "I'm craving some ice cream, let's go get some."

"But I'm so relaxed here."

"Come on, Jake! I want some double fudge chocolate swirl really bad."

"How are you going to convince me?"

"Ugh, you sleazeball."

"Suck me off right here and I'll buy you a double scoop."

"Really?"

"Yeah." He chuckled lowly. "Do we have a deal?"

"Of course, of course." Slowly, I stood up and stretched before sinking down to my knees in front of him. With a soft touch, my hands grazed his thighs, and he sucked in a breath. I unbuttoned his shorts and slowly started to pull them down, looking up at Jacob through my lashes. He breathed heavily before biting his lip, lifting his hips as his shorts slid down his thighs. He was already so hard, and I almost drooled at the sight of him. It had been a few days since we had sex, and I could feel myself soaking.

I grasped him with both my hands before sliding the head into my mouth. Jacob groaned and grabbed a handful of my hair, tugging softly. "Jess…" I moaned around his length, taking him all the way until he was hitting the back of my throat. He grunted and thrust deeper into my mouth, causing me to gag. "Ah, shit."

"Am I interrupting something?" All at once Jacob pushed me off and yanked up his shorts, not caring that I fell and got dirt on my white sweatshirt. Two boys that looked similar to Jacob clutched their stomachs and laughed like hyenas, while Jacob just glared.

"What do you both want?"

"We just wanted to chill with our favorite bro, but if you're busy…"

"Nah, pull up a chair. There's two over by the garage you can use."

Once they had their chairs set up, they sat on the other sides of us; the shorter and more muscled boy next to me, while the taller lankier boy next to Jacob.

"Hi, I'm Quil. Nice to meet you." He leaned a hand to shake and I took it happily, swallowing my embarrassment. "That's Embry over there." I gave a wave to the boy, who waved backs shyly.

"I'm Jessica."

"Oh, you're friends with that Mallory girl, right?"

"I guess…" She had texted me every day since I caught her on her date with Mike, but I had only answered a handful of times. It still burnt me bad, even though I didn't want to admit it.

Quil smirked and ran a hand through his buzzed hair. "I remember when she kept stalking Paul after they hooked up at a party. She still tries to text him."

"Sounds like Lauren, she never gets the hint."

"So, how did you guys meet?"

"Her car broke down and I was her knight in shining armor."

"More like clueless dork in jorts." Embry and Quil guffawed while Jacob just grunted.

"Ah, the famous jorts. I think everyone in our gang went through that phase."

"Jared's still going through it. I think he has a pair of jorts for every day of the week."

"Jared Cameron?"

"Yep, you heard of him?"

"He and my bestie Angela almost dated, but then he met his girlfriend and she met her boyfriend. They're still friends, though."

"The infamous pastor's daughter. She's a real cutie."

"Tall like a model." Embry mused, and the boys hummed in agreement.

"She has that whole innocent girl next door vibe about her."

I scoffed and rolled my eyes. "It's not an act, she's literally an innocent girl next door."

"Embry loves nice girls." He leaned over to my ear and whispered quietly. "His biggest kink is cuddling."

"Hey! I heard that!"

"What? I didn't say anything." As they were speaking back and forth, I turned to Jacob and he gave me a wink before grabbing at himself through his shorts. I flushed and felt a mix of excitement and embarrassment.

"Hey, Quil, I just remembered that Sam wanted to talk to you. Said something about you missing something-"

"Oh crap! I forgot I had patro- practice last night!" Quil jumped from his seat before grabbing Embry by the wrist and yanking him away. They disappeared as quick as they came, leaving Jacob and me in a tense silence. I looked over at him again and he nodded towards the house.

In what seemed like a matter of seconds, I was on his bed on my knees, trembling as he pulled down my jeans. His hands were so warm on my freezing skin, and he rubbed and grabbed at my ass and legs. Every so often his finger would brush against my center, leaving me breathless.

"I love seeing you like this. All fucked out in my bed." I shuddered as his husky voice entered my ear, feeling myself drip down my legs. "F-fuck, how did I get so lucky?"

Almost frantically, his mouth secured itself between my legs and sucked at my clitoris roughly. My head dropped to the mattress, and I moaned pathetically into the fabric.

Jacob added one, two fingers. When he had three sliding in and out of my wet channel I thought I might implode.

"P-please, Jake."

"Please what? Use your words."

"I need you inside of me."

"I don't know if you notice, but I already am," I grumbled in annoyance, but that quickly disappeared as he started to move his fingers faster. I grabbed at his bedsheets and rubbed back against his hand and tongue. Jacob pulled away again after a long lick up my pussy, chuckling at my neediness. "Tell me what you want me to do to you."

"Fuck me, please." Unfortunately, his hands slipped out of me and I was left a shaky mess. "Please, hurry." I could hear his zipper go down and his shorts fall to the floor. When he rubbed the head of his cock against my opening, I almost came right then and there. "Aaah, fuuuck."

He slid all the way inside, and we stayed that way for who knows how long, basking in each other's pleasure.

I don't think I could ever get tired of this.

I licked up my chocolate fudge swirl double scoop with glee, while Jacob just rolled his eyes at my antics. After some mind-blowing sex, we cleaned up and drove to Forks, ending up at JT's Sweet Stuffs where he begrudgingly got the ice cream I had been craving.

"You better finish all of that. It cost a fortune."

"Yes, two dollars really put a dent in your bank account." We stepped into the rare sunshine again and started walking back towards the truck, but then I stopped.

"What is it?"

"Why don't we take a nice walk? I want to enjoy this."

"Okay, weirdo. Let's go for a walk."

A comfortable, warm breeze blew through the air and Jacob suddenly grabbed my free hand and laced our fingers together. It had become almost instinctual to us, this level of skinship. I was content with letting it continue, even though it didn't seem like it was written in the guidelines of our friends with benefits rules.

Rules be damned, holding hands was one of the best things in the world. With a quirk of my head, I took in Jacob's large grin and raised an eyebrow.

"What's got you so happy?"

"You." I turned away in embarrassment, but a small smile appeared on my face.

Damn him, making me feel these things. Playing with my heart like this. But I was a glutton for punishment, so of course, I dealt with it.

We walked for a while longer, until we were to Newton's Outfitters. I could almost imagine Mike through the window talking to customer, blue eyes wide and a smile on his face. But then I blinked, and my vision vanished.

"You okay?" Jacob asked me, and I just shrugged.

"Mhm, I'm fine."

"Come on, let's get back to the truck. I have to drop you off at work in a little bit, anyway."

"Ugh, work. The bane of my existence."

"Don't worry, I'll bring you back to mine when you get off and I'll make you feel good all-night long." I rolled my eyes but pressed a kiss to his lips.

"I can't wait." We made it back to the truck as I finished my ice cream and then he dropped me off at work. Time passed quickly and by the end of the night, I was ready to pass out from exhaustion.

Three days later and everything all came to fruition. It was the most awesome, amazing, and marvelous day ever. Today I, Jessica Danielle Stanley, finally have enough money to buy a new battery and get my car fixed! I missed Sally desperately and was tired of relying on Jake, even if I loved spending time with the knucklehead.

Jacob ran me to the bank to cash my check before dropping me off at home. He'd find me a deal on a battery and get back to me tomorrow. Walking inside, I slipped my shoes off and started to go up to my room. A rough hand stopped me.

"Rent is due, Jess." Dad stood there with a look of annoyance on his face and I fought the urge to slap him right there.

"I just paid it last week!"

"That was three weeks ago, young lady. And don't take that tone with me."

"This isn't fair. I just made enough to get a new battery for my car and you try and take it from me. Well, no. I'll pay you rent next week."

"Give me that money or you're out. I won't have some degenerate living in my house!"

"This is mom's house, you cheap asshole. And you make way more than either of us, so why do you need my money for rent? You can cover it easily!" My face grew hot and my breath came out ragged as I stared up at the man I used to call my father. No, now I knew he was one of the biggest pieces of shit I knew. Coming back into our lives as if nothing happened, making us subservient to him. Dangling money in front of our noses while he scrapped by and then forcing us to give into his every demand. But no more, I'm not a toy to be played with. I pushed him back and glared up at him. "You think you're such a man because you pick on and control women smaller than you? You think forcing your daughter to pay for rent while she's struggling to pay for college and to fix her car makes you powerful? Shoving how rich you are in our faces even as you force us to give you all that we earn? You're nothing but a piece of shit and I wish mom would kick you out, so I wouldn't have to deal with your bullshit ever again."

It happened so fast I didn't see it coming. His fist connected to my eye and I was on the ground covering my face with my hands. I refused to look him in the eye as I sobbed.

"You fucking hit me! You hit your own daughter! You're such a man, aren't you, dad?" I asked sarcastically as I pulled my hands away and stared at the floor.

"Jessie, I didn't-" I stood up and walked out of the house without giving him a second glance. My head ached but I ignored the pain as I dialed Jake's number. He answered on the first ring.

"Jess, I'm a little busy. Can we talk later?" I could hear the clanking of tools from the other end. At the sound of his voice, I broke down and sobbed.

"I-I need s-someone right now. Please come get me."

The other line went quiet before he quickly answered, "I'll be right there."

I sat in a daze until he arrived. It could have been minutes or hours, I had no idea. I slid into the passenger side and leaned my head against the window.

"Jess, what happened to your face?"

"It's nothing. Let's go."

"Did he do it?" I nodded and started to bawl. Immediately, Jacob pulled me into his arms and rubbed my back soothingly. "That fucker. Want me to beat his ass?"

"N-no, let's just go to your house. I need to forget for a while." He nodded, and I climbed back into my seat. We took off at lightning speed and without knowing I fell asleep.

When I woke up I lay in his bed, wrapping in his comforter and alone. Music played from the other room and I could smell something delicious cooking. Getting out of bed, I made my way through the living into the kitchen. Jacob fried bacon in a skillet while dancing to a pop song that kept repeating the words "hips don't lie".

"Nice moves got any for me?" He froze and turned abruptly, his face tinged pink. I couldn't help but burst into laughter, clutching my stomach as it started to ache.

"Hey, stop laughing. You know I've got the moves."

"You're such a knucklehead."

He served the food onto two plates while I poured two glasses of milk.

"Dad's over at the Clearwater's so it'll be just us." I hadn't met the infamous Chief Black yet, and maybe that was a good thing. I'm not really the kind of girl you bring home to meet dad.

We dug into our plates of food and barely spoke back to each other, but that was fine with me. Any time with Jake was good, even if we were silent.

I spent the rest of the day with him watching movies and then he dropped me off at home around eight o'clock. Dad's car was gone, and I slept soundly knowing he wasn't in the house.

I woke up with a grumble as my phone started to ring. The only person to think of calling me this late, or early, was Jacob.

Flipping it open, I barked, "What do you want?"

"Jessica?" A chill ran down my back.

"Mike? Why are you calling me so early?"

"Can you come outside? I need to talk to you."

"I don't think that's a good idea…"

"Come on, please? It's urgent."

"Okay, okay. Be out in a sec."

I slid on my flipflops and grabbed my keys and half charged phone before slipping out the front door. Dad hadn't been home since our altercation, so I didn't need to tiptoe around. Mike's two-thousand-two black suburban sat in front of my house, almost like a memory. I slipped into the passenger seat and buckled in before turning to face him.

He gawked at my face.

"What is it?"

"Where did you get that black eye?"

"My dad. It looks worse than it is."

"Does your mom know?"

"Yeah, he hasn't been home since." I shrugged nonchalantly. "Anyway, what did you ruin my beauty sleep for?"

"Let's go to our spot at the park and talk there." The drive wasn't as awkward as it should have been and ten minutes later we sat on a bench in the outer rim of the park with grim expressions.

"What did you want to talk about, Mike?"

"You're going to think I'm an idiot."

"I already do." I retorted without thinking, but then felt instantly guilty. "Sorry, that was out of line."

"No, I deserve that. I'm dating your best friend…That's such a dick move."

"Well, if she makes you happy then I don't see a problem with it."

"To be honest, I don't know. That's what I wanted to talk to you about." He sucked on his bottom lip nervously. "Jess, I miss you."

"You what?"

"We used to be so in sync. I was worried about the distance it'd fuck it up, but I was the phone that fucked it up in the end." My chest felt tight and tears sprung to my eyes, but I blinked them away.

"That doesn't matter now, you have Lauren."

"She's just doing it to make Tyler jealous. You know how she is." Yeah, I did know how she was. But that didn't mean I was going to steal her boyfriend.

Even if she did the same thing to me.

"Listen, this is cute and all, but I'm sort of taken already."

"Yeah, by Jacob Black. Really, Lauren? First Bella, now you?" I could feel my temper start to rise at the mention of her name.

"He never fucked my friend behind my back."

"What? Lauren and I haven't-" He groaned and ran a hand through his hair. It had gotten longer and looked super sexy. "I don't want to fight with you. I just want you to know that I still love you."

"That's so selfish of you. I've been heartbroken for months and now you expect me to drop Jake because you miss me? How fucking dare you-" My words were cut off as he pressed his lips to mine, and all of my sanity left my body.

Suddenly I was kissing him back, and my mind was going down memory lane. Our first date, our first time, our breakup. It all came swimming back and I was floundering in the waves.

He pulled away and stared down at me with those blue eyes that made my heart ache.

"Jessica, please. Give me a chance to make this right." I sat silent for a few minutes, contemplating my answer.

I could have this all back; Mike and I could be in love like back in high school and be the best of friends. But what about when the next Bella or Lauren came around? Where would I be then?

Back at square one.

"No," I said simply before standing up and walking away from him. I dialed a number I knew by heart now.

"H-hello?"

"I'm at the park. Come pick me up before someone kidnaps me."

"Jessica?"

"The one and only."

"What are you doing at the park at four in the morning?"

"I'll explain when you get here. Hurry up before a creepy van snatches me up."

"Sure, sure. On my way now." He ended the call and I walked towards the parking lot, sitting on another bench as I waited for him to get here.

Mike didn't leave, so I assume he was sulking in the park over my rejection. But I couldn't go back to that or him. I was better off now.

Even if all it was, was friends with benefits, I thought to myself.

Even though La Push was around twenty minutes away Forks, it only took ten minutes for Jacob to arrive. I hopped into his car and we took off.

Neither of us talked during the ride back, but I kept sneaking glances at him. He still had bedhead and he wore a black tank top that looked tight enough to rip on his massive muscles.

When we pulled up to the Black residence he turned to me and rubbed the sleep from his eyes.

"So why were you at the park so early?"

"I was with Mike."

"Oh."

"He said he missed me and kissed me, but I rejected him."

"Why?"

"Why, what?"

"Why did you reject him?"

"He would do it again, even if he doesn't think he would. There's always going to be a Bella or a Lauren that I'll pale in comparison too. That's just how life goes." As he opened his mouth to speak I covered it with my hand and shook my head. "Let's go back to bed. I have tomorrow off and I'm ready to sleep in."

"Okay, let's get inside. Did you bring anything to wear tomorrow?" I shook my head again.

"I still have some clothes here anyway. I'm good." We got out of the car and entered the house trying to keep quiet. His dad was sleeping in the room over and I didn't want to be rude and barge in like some animal.

Jacob led me back to his bedroom and I placed my phone and keys on the dresser before crawling into bed. He followed quickly in suit, wrapping his arms tightly around me. I never slept better than when I was in his arms.