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Estee cranked on the tunes of his stereo. She wondered how many Bon Jovi like songs where out there that she'd just never taken the time to listen. The sun was starting to shine its rays through large patches of scattered clouds, making the air surprisingly warm and sticky in the car. That was the warmest temperature she'd experience thus far.
"Mind putting down the window for me?" Estee fanned herself, putting her feet up on the dashboard and displaying her freshly shaved smooth legs.
Jacob snorted, one hand on the steering wheel as he drove. He looked at her sideways and saw her hand motions, fanning herself.
"You're being serious?" he asked in disbelief.
"Yes, I'm dying!" she blurted.
"No, not that," he said as he motioned his hands to his side of the door, rolling down his own window in the process, "they're not automatic, Princess. Gotta put them down yourself."
Her eyes were glued to his hands, struck with complete intrigue over the whole process.
"Wow, this is like so ancient!" She turned to her side of the door and did the same manual spinning motion he'd just done. Estee sat there in awe for a few seconds, still basking in the new found information.
Instead of taking offense to her comment, Jacob found it refreshing to see her serious fascination over his car's manual system.
"There's so much you need to learn," he spoke as she rested her head by the side of the car, the wind wildly whipping around her long black hair.
Twenty minutes went by and Estee was growing restless.
"Where exactly are you taking me?"
Wherever her sight landed there were tall barks surrounded by a slew of branches and leaves. The trees were tall and engulfed everywhere but the road and sky. If anything, she felt the trees were only getting more dense and overwhelming.
"Oh my god!" she suddenly exclaimed, startling Jacob.
"Warn me before you go yell out," he said as he placed both hands on the wheel cautiously, her outburst making him become more alert on the road.
"You're trying to kill me! That's why you're bringing me out here! I watch a ton of lifetime movies-I know!" she rambled.
Jacob rolled his eyes automatically. Are all rich girls prone to have issues?
In that moment, he could see the clearing off tall pines, allowing the sight of the ocean to come through instead. Jake cleared his throat and pointed at what he was seeing to catch Estee's attention. "You were saying…"
Estee stopped talking the second she caught on. "Oh…" was all she let out as she fixated her eyes on the ocean.
Jacob felt as though he'd struck gold, wondering if she'd ever seen the sea before. "Don't have an ocean nearby where you come from?"
"Are you kidding me? I grew up in L.A." she answered possessively, as if Jacob were trying to steal the beauty and characteristics from where she'd grown up from her, "the water is literally in our backyard and we get actual sun. It's just been a while…"
Summer was barely starting to roll in and Estee only ever made the conscious decision to go to the beach once or twice a year. Last time she's stepped foot on sand had been months.
"Huh," Jacob said aloud, causing Estee to snap out of her thoughts, "never would've pegged you as a California girl." He said the last part in a high pitched sing-song voice.
"Don't do that!" she urged disapprovingly.
"Do what?" He smirked but kept an I don't know what you're talking about face.
"First, don't quote Katy Perry...she's not even originally from California and second, don't assume."
"Didn't know Californians were so uppity about who they let in," Jacob stated, amused, "I pegged you as a New Yorker."
Estee gave his last statement some thought, eventually approvingly nodding in content. "New York," she repeated almost pleased, "It's the resting bitchface, isn't it?"
She turned to him and tried to display the most cold and serious facial features. Breaking character so easily, their laughter ended up traveling between them, both feeding off of it from one another.
"It was actually the pale skin," Jacob teased,causing her to self consciously grip her legs; pulling them into her chest.
"Just because you have the world's perfect tan…"
She spoke so low that Jacob almost didn't pick it up. He felt confident she found his tan skin so approving.
They pulled up to the edge of a designated viewing area on a cliff causing Estee to become confused. She was just about to express her distress when Jacob turned off the car and stepped out without a word. Eyebrows furrowed, she followed his lead.
"What are you doing?" Estee followed Jacob who was hopping the low wooden fence that kept civilians from stepping out of the parking lot area and into non man-made territory.
"I thought we were going to the beach?" she asked pointing in the opposite direction. Estee did the same action and hopped over as well. She took into consideration their altitude, seeing that the beach was still a long way down from what she could tell. Jake trudged on by the side of the cliff side they were now on. They were easily a few feet away from the car.
"Hello?" she exclaimed. He still didn't answer. Jacob came to a stop moments later, finding the spot he'd been looking for and began taking off his shoes.
"You complained the other day that there was nothing to do here," he answered nonchalantly, tossing his shoes to the side and beginning to work on his other foot, "so I just want to give you a taste of what it is we really do around here."
Estee's eyes seemed to open up twice as big. Her mind started racing as she put together all pieces: The cliff side, the water, Jacob removing his clothes.
"Are you psycho?" she practically yelled.
Edging herself closer to the side, she gulped and took a glance down where there was no more ground, instead finding a long drop. The distance from where she stood to the crashing waves below had to be a couple yards. If that wasn't daunting in itself, then the dark roaring water smacking against the rocky edge of the cliff side a distance away was. It didn't help or sooth the stream of worry now entering her head.
"You can't be serious?" She turned back to Jacob who was done removing his second shoe. He stood up and walked over to where she was standing. Looking at her dead in the eye, he smirked before he said, "I'm very serious."
He reached one arm overhead, reaching for the shirt on his back. If Estee hadn't been in a state of panic then she would've at least tried to enjoy ogling at his well sculpted and beautifully tan body. Instead, she chewed on her lip.
"Is this even safe?" Her mind raced even more. She couldn't believe she was even considering going through with his proposition.
Jacob pointed far out but when her eyes caught on in the distance to what he'd been pointing to. She gasped when she caught sight of a body letting him or herself drop straight into the water with ease. There was a splash thereafter but after a few seconds, the person emerged just fine.
"Total rush and really fun but it's definitely not for the weak," he challenged, trying to sound as impressionable as possible.
She waved it back and forth in her mind but Jacob was already giving her a "you're being a little pussy" demeanor that she didn't like.
"If you don't feel up to it then-"
"Shut up! I'm in!" she said in a rush and without anymore thought.
Jacob proceeded to remove his pants but it wasn't until he watched Estee pull her oversized t shirt over her head, causing her breasts to perk out towards him for a second. He turned away automatically, not wanting to get caught staring or found with a boner again. Especially not when he was merely in boxer briefs.
"Are you sure this is safe?" Estee asked, uncomfortable as she removed her shoes now. The craziest thing she'd ever done was go zip lining in India once when she was 11 on a family trip. It was the last family trip they officially had before everything went to shit.
"Do you trust me?" Jacob pressed.
"Hell no!" she announced. He chuckled at her blatant and honest answer.
"Just try and push away from the side of the cliff once you've jumped and make your bodys stiff so you have a better chance of landing straight into the water."
Estee nodded her head in compliance rapidly. "Yeah, sure. Got it!" she added, her voice quivering lightly.
She stood there half naked in her lacey bralette and black underwear, her feet glued in place.
"Do you want me to go first, or-"
He didn't get to finish. Estee caught him totally off guard when she took three steps back and then took off in a sprint. He watched as she pushed off from the ledge and drop from the top, her arms sticking right to her sides as if her life depended on it. He watched as she free fell, the moment only lasting a few seconds but she still managed to, at the top of her lungs, dramatically yell, "Fuck you!" until she hit the water.
Jacob laughed at her sudden act of fearlessness. He saw her start to emerge from the water but didn't linger any longer as he followed after her. He took a breath and stepped of the edge, his adrenaline kicking in. He felt his stomach move up to his ribs the moment he stepped off the edge, the rush and excitement causing him to yell out automatically in delight. It might've been a few seconds experience but in his mind, it felt like a never ending stream of both fear and thrill. In moments, his body made contact with the water. He was submerged in what he knew must've freezing water but his wolf temperature kept him warm. Rising up for air, he emerged and found an elated Estee a foot away.
"I can't believe I just did that. It was such a quick and small high! It's such a tease compared to when I-" She didn't finish her sentence, catching herself almost mentioning her drug abuse.
Jacob caught her abrupt stop in sentence, but the rush still had his body tingling so he pushed it aside.
"I thought you were going to chicken out." He motioned with his head to the shore, both of them starting to swim towards it as a wave pushed them in that same direction. Jake could tell the water was getting to her; her body quivering and the goosebumps raised on her skin.
When they reached the shore and exited the water, she was fully shaking. The sun were peeking through but not enough to warm her at a faster rate. They walked away from the beach, Estee's thrill and excitement starting to subside and instead overcome by her teeth chattering. Five minutes into hiking back to the car and he couldn't stand hearing her teeth any longer.
"Estee I know you're freezing. I can help," Jacob offered as they passed through a group of surfers who lingered their stares on Estee's body. One even wolf whistled which she didn't even notice. Jacob tensed his body at the surfers actions but eased up when he took note he was acting out of character.
"Eww! What are you planning to do?" she asked with disapproval.
He rolled his eyes.
She stopped walking and added, "My feet are starting to kill me. I can't believe I let you talk me into cliff jumping in freezing ice water."
Jacob looked down at the ground, now noticing they'd been walking on gravel.
"I'm a walking heater. Let me carry you until the car and that way we get there faster and you get to spare your oh-so delicate feet."
Estee seemed to give it a good hard thought through. Jacob only grew impatient by the passing seconds. He was about to give up his offer when she finally replied.
"Fine! But I better not feel a boner or something."
Jake cupped her body in his arms, easily carrying her just like he'd done so before, only now he focused on not staring down at his arms because of her nearly naked body. He even tried not to focus on the fact that her skin felt so soft and almost creamy against his. When they arrived to the car, he set her down, proud of himself for not getting a hard on.
I'm getting better at this, He thought.
Estee made her way to the exact place they'd removed their clothes. Trying to search around the area, she scanned wherever she could for their articles of clothing but found none. She scampered around in a raised panic but still couldn't find anything.
"Jacob! Our clothes are missing!"
"What?" Jake rushed to her side. He didn't need to search for long, taking note that his clothes clearly weren't there anymore.
"That was my favorite daft punk shirt!" Estee exclaimed.
Jacob searched now instead for a culprit. He knew it had to be someone who had noticed them stray away from their car and head into that specific area.
"Those were also my favorite Adidas sneakers!" Estee announced again.
"Are you not at all worried that you're stuck being half naked?" Jacob was concerned at the fact that she was more stressed over her clothes than the problem at hand.
"Should I?" She raised an eyebrow at him.
"Never mind. I feel stupid now for asking that question." He recalled the first time he met her. Giving up, Jacob headed back to his car, Estee trailing after him.
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