Hi everyone, hope you enjoyed the last chapter with Mike. I hate Mike. I hate Mike almost as much as I hate Edward, and I really really hate Edward. But anyway onto the next chapter.

Jacob's POV

When I saw that asshole Mike Newton with his filthy hands on my Bella I almost lost it. I could see her trying to push him away, and I saw him pushing himself onto her more. As soon as I turned off my bike I was flying towards them. I threw my helmet in one direction and signaled for Embry to come with me.

"Quil, grab Bella and make sure she is okay." He nodded at me.

I took Mike by one arm, and Embry had him by the other as we hauled him off towards his van. I could hear Bella screaming, until Quil calmed her down. I could hear her asking about me, as I slammed Newton into his van. Embry stood to one side of him, as I got right in his face. He was pale, and gulped loudly. I glared at him. I was shaking and I knew I needed to control myself or I would phase right now. And that couldn't happen. I drew in a deep breath.

"I don't know what you think you were doing pressing your self on her like that, but it was a very stupid thing to do." I pointed a finger in his face. "I suggest you don't do that again. It would be very bad for your health, if you catch my drift."

I heard Embry chuckle darkly as he glared down at Newton. Mike looked at me, then at Embry, and then he glanced passed my shoulders towards Bella. I growled at him. He snapped his eyes back to me.

"You are going to get into your van and you are going to go home. You aren't going to try that with Bella ever again. DO WE UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER?" I shouted the last part at him, but not loud enough for Bella to hear, although I knew Quil could hear me, and would probably tell Bella what I was saying.

Mike just nodded then scrambled into his van at lightning speed. I started to walk back towards Bella. Mike peeled out of the parking lot, Bella watching him leave, and I could see he didn't even look at her. Good. I didn't expect any more problems from him. I walked up behind her and tapped her on the shoulder. She turned to face me and I smiled down at her.

"Jeez Bells, I come to surprise you and here I find you making out with Newton." I chuckled.

If looks could kill, I would have been dead. "Puh-lease! Not funny in the least Jake." But then she did something that surprised me. She threw her arms around me to hug me. I stiffened, afraid to move for a minute. She felt so good against me, so soft, that I couldn't help but pull her into a hug.

"Are you okay? He didn't hurt you did he?" I whispered into her hair as we stood there. She buried her head into my chest and shook it in reply to my question.

"No. I don't think he was trying to hurt me. I just think he was trying to kiss me, and when I put my hands on his chest to push him away he thoughts I was being friendly." She looked up at me and smiled. "But I am still very glad you came by."

"Uh.. guys we..uh...hate to interrupt but we are gonna need Bella's keys." Embry stood a few feet from Bella and I. Embry and Quil were both looking at the ground, Embry digging at the dirt with the toe of his shoe, Quil shifting uneasily from one foot to the other. Bella pulled the keys from her pocket and I grabbed them from her. Without even looking away from her I tossed them in Embry's direction, knowing full well that with his werewolf reflexes he would have no trouble catching them.

"Alright guys, thanks for your help. You can just leave the keys in Bella's truck and I'll see you both tomorrow." I said to them, still never breaking eye contact with Bella.

"Sure Jake see you tomorrow." Quil said as he and Embry got into Bella's truck and drove away.

Finally we were left alone, standing in the dimly lit parking lot of Newton's Outfitters, my arms wrapped around her waist, staring into each others eyes. I smiled at her and rested my forehead on the top of her head and closed my eyes, breathing in. She smelled like strawberries. I had never loved the scent of strawberries more than I did in that moment. We stood like that for a few more minutes before I pulled away. I grabbed her hand and dragged her towards my bike. She gulped, and looked like she had gotten paler, if that was even possible. She looked up at me, with concern in her eyes.

"You know Charlie doesn't really approve of motorcycles."

I chuckled. "Don't worry about Charlie. Charlie loves me!" I handed her a helmet and then stripped off my motorcycle jacket and handed it to her. "Here put this on."

It was HUGE on her and I don't think I have every seen anyone look so sexy in all my life. Except for the face she was making. It wasn't sexy at all. I chuckled at her. She hit me playfully in the arm and pouted.

"If you want me to get on that thing with you, don't laugh at me or I'....."

"Or you'll what? Walk home?" I chuckled again as I got on the bike. "Come on Bells, hop on." I nodded behind me.

She sighed and I knew I had won.. She got on the bike and I grabbed her arms and wrapped them tightly around my waist. As started up the bike and yelled back at her.

"Okay Bells, hold on tight."

I could feel her bury her head into my back, and squeeze her arms tightly around my waist, and I chuckled to myself as we zipped out of the parking lot and down the road.

I tried to drive as slowly as I could, to savor every moment with her. I wanted to extend the amount of time I got to feel her pressed against me, her arms wrapped around me like this. It was a wonderful feeling. I wanted to be as close to her as I could. But all too soon we were at her father's house.

I parked the bike in back of her truck, turned it off and hopped out. Quil and Embry must have just dropped the truck off because the hood was still warm when I leaned against it. I leaned against her truck, Bella in front of me. I grabbed her hands and looked down at her. It was late September and while the days were still fairly warm the nights were cool. She shuddered a bit in the chill of the night. She looked so beautiful in the glow of the porch light, standing there, holding my hands looking up at me with a big smile on her face. My super wolf hearing picked up shuffling inside the house and out of the corner of my eye I could see Charlie looking out the front window at us. I chuckled and she gave me a questioning look.

I shook my head and smiled as I nodded toward the house. "Charlie's just checking up on us."

She frowned at me, and tucked some of her loose hair behind her ears. She dropped my hands and looked at the ground.

"I should be going inside. I have a lot of homework to finish and...stuff. Thanks again for tonight. I am really glad you decided to surprise me." She looked up at me again and smiled. She leaned into me and whispered. "Really glad." She winked at me. "Call me tomorrow?"

I nod. "Sure, sure. Oh and before I forget, I am having a party at my house on Second Beach on Saturday night. Will you come, you can bring your friends, the ones from the other night, if you want"

She smiles at me. "That sounds great. We are going to Port Angelese in the morning to celebrate Jess's birthday, going to a party in La Push will make her night."

I pulled her into a hug. I walked back to my bike as she got all her things out of her truck. I watched her as she walked up the front steps. She turned at her front door and waved at me. I jumped on my bike, started it up and waved back. I left after I saw that she had safely gotten inside.

Charlie POV

I had heard her truck pull up in the driveway and turn off. I waited and when she didn't come in I went and looked out the window. In the very dim porch light I saw two large guys pulling stuff out of the bed of the truck. I grabbed my gun and rushed to the door pulling it open.

"Who the hell is out there" I demanded.

The two of them looked up at me.

"Ah chief Swan, I'm Embry and this is Quil, we are friends of Jake's. He wanted to pick up Bella from work, so we tagged along on our motorcycles and brought her truck home. She and Jake should be along any minute."

Motorcycles. I hate motorcycles.

I huff. "Is he bringing her home on a motorcycle?"

"Ah...yes..sir..Chief Swan, sir."

The boy who had been talking, I think he said his name was Embry, was rubbing the back of his neck with his hand, while the other one was staring at the ground. I nodded at them. I couldn't be mad at them. I mean they weren't the ones who had my daughter on the back of a motorcycle.

"Oh but Chief Swan, it's a good thing we went to Bella's work today! That Newton kid tried to kiss her, and Jake was there to pull him off of her, so don't be too mad at Jake." The Quil kid said to me.

I noticed that they had dragged their motorcycles out of Bella's truck, and they looked uncomfortable and ready to high tail it out of Dodge.

"Well thank you for telling me that bit of information. Alright guys, get home." I nodded toward the road. I walked back inside and closed the door.

I heard them start up their bikes and speed off. I started pacing the hallway. I walk back and forth in front of the door, pulling my chin. It wasn't long before I heard a motorcycle pull into the driveway and cut off. I looked out the window and in the dim light of the porch I saw Jacob Black and Bella get off the bike. I saw her take off her helmet and shake out her hair. I was about to barge out the door to start screaming at them. But then I stop. I start watching Bella and Jacob as they walk to her truck. She's happy and laughing. They are holding hands and smiling. Well what do you know. I leave the window and sit down on the soft.

"You know how I feel about motorcycles." I saw, not moving off the sofa, when I hear her come into the house.

She walks into the living room, leaning on the door jam and crosses her arms in front of her.

I continue. "And I am not thrilled that you let other kids drive your truck. But I heard what Jake did for you tonight. I might have to give Mike's mom a call about his behavior."

"No dad don't do that. I don't think I will have any problems with him from now on." She smiled.

"Okay Bella, well I hate motorcycles, you know that. I'm glad you had helmet on, and I trust Jake, and I trust you." I stood up and looked her in the eye. "Don't make me regret it. Now I am off to bed." With that I walk over to her and kiss her forehead and then I head up the stairs to bed.

Bella's POV

Charlie was really surprising me. I expected him to fight me about the motorcycle. He didn't, and I wasn't going to waste too much time on thinking about why.

The rest of the week flew by. I went to school, I went to work. Mike apologized for the other night, promised it would never happen again, and kept his distance from then on. Not that I was complaining.

And the best thing was that Jake and I talked every night. He was so sweet and I was really enjoying getting to know him better. He was a really interesting person, and I say this not just because I am his imprint and his buddy from childhood. I say this because of everything I'm getting to know about him. He's really devoted to his father, his pack, his tribe, and me. He loves tinkering with things, especially cars, and someday he hopes to open an auto shop of his own. After high school he is going to go to Technical school to become a mechanic, and he already has a job at a local shop in La Push. See? Interesting.

Finally it was Saturday morning and Jess and Angela were at my house by 10am for us to head to Port Angelese. We were all set to do some shopping, and then whatever Jess had in mind to celebrate her birthday, and be back in Forks by 5pm to get ready to go to the party at Jacob's. Jess was super excited when she picked me up. All week Jess had refused to tell us what was going on. So on the way to Port Angelese Angela and I really started to nag her about it.

"Alright Jess, what are you going to do for your 18th birthday." I poked at her from the passengers seat.

"Come on Jess, what are we doing in Port Angelese today." Angela whined at her.

Jessica smirked as she watched the road. "Well we need to do some shopping for "party clothes" for you Bella." I groaned. "And Angela you could use some too." Angela groaned. "And I was thinking...I want to get my belly button pierced...WHOSE WITH ME?"

Angela and I both gasped. Jessica laughed and looked over at me. "Well, we are all 18 now. Come on girls, it will be fun!"

I could hear Angela stammering out a million excuses as to why she couldn't or wouldn't get her belly button pierced. But I was lost in thought. I was 18. What the heck, it's just my belly button. I wonder what Jake would think of it. I smiled.

"Alright Jess, I'm game."

Angela gasped again and Jess cheered.

Soon we were in Port Angeles. We hit the mall first. Jess dragged Angela and I into a small store that had all kinds of "different" clothes. And by different I mean things I would have never agreed to trying on. I remember giving Alice such a hard time when she used to take me shopping. But here I was willingly shopping with Jess and Angela, and I wasn't fighting anyone when they handed me a shirt or pair of pants to try on. I was actually kind of excited about all of it.

After a morning of successful shopping we headed to lunch. I had bought a couple of cute shirts, two pairs of pants, one of them being fake leather which I knew Jake would LOVE, and a really awesome pair of knee high boots with a small heal. They were leather and zipped up the back. I really liked them.

We ate lunch at this little pizza place right on the main street in Port Angeles. It was really nice and we had a great time chatting and laughing. I discovered that Angela was actually really excited to go to the party in La Push tonight because she had made friends with Embry at the last party. They had exchanged numbers and had been talking on the phone throughout the week. I was happy for her, and Embry was a great guy, so I knew she would be taken care of.

As soon as we were finished eating and had paid our bill, Jess jumped up and ushered Angela and I out of the pizza place.

"Alright girls, the tattoo parlor where we are going to get out piercings is right around the corner. My older sister Brittney got her tattoo here, so I know its a good place."

So down the street we went, until we reached our final destination. Jess was beside herself with excitement and skipped happily inside. Angela and I followed behind her. Before long it was time. Jess went first. I didn't know if I wanted to watch or not. I wasn't going to, but at the last minute I peeked. It was all so fast, and in a second it was done. And then it was my turn. I was actually surprised at how excited I was. So I got o the table, and before long I too had my belly button pierced. I could help but giggle. Jess and I stood there giggling as Angela got her piercing done. I actually thought she would chicken out. But no.

Before I knew it the three of us were leaving the parlor arm in arm giggling as we headed back to the car. We were right on schedule, and would be in Forks soon. I felt my heartbeat speed up as we closed in on the city limits. And I couldn't help but wonder what Jake would think of my belly button ring.

Alright guys, there you go, a new chapter. Hope you like it. Now I have heard some rumors about fanfiction taking down stories with mature content. I don't know if it is true or not. So I will continue to post on this site. Although I am looking for a site that is "lemon friendly". Any suggestions?

Also, I have been thinking about when Jake and Bella should start dating. Right now in the story it is the end of September. Edward broke up with her a few days after her birthday. So I don't know how soon is too soon to have them together. I mean she is his imprint, but I don't want it to seem rushed, and then be unbelievable. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

See you in chapter 8!