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8
What's going down already?
My senses were being assaulted by the most, sweet, arousing smell in the world, I could almost taste it. I slipped my finger into her blouse, and checked her face for an answer, it was there. Yes.
Then I heard it in the distance. Not now, please not now, the piercing sound of Sam's alpha howl resonated in my head. I tried to block it but it was no use. Just then the phone rang. Saved by the bells, God damn it. I pulled myself reluctantly out of her embrace her eyes were filled with lust.
"I...I need to go, give me a couple of minutes, I'll be right back, I swear..." her face fell then scorched, obviously Bella was now feeling the impact of what had just taken place, I didn't have time to talk this through just now. Something was going down and I had heard the call. I couldn't not go.
I burst through the back door towards the woods at the back of Charlie's, stripping off clothes as I ran, as soon as I met the tree's I phased.
"What the fuck Sam?" I knew there was a good reason coming but I couldn't help feeling pissed.
"Mind your mouth Jake" Sam would never have tolerated a smart mouth from any of the others, he would have ripped them a new asshole if they'd dared talk to him the way I just did. After our little chat the other day I knew he would take it from me. "We've had another visit, Jared picked up the scent on his way over from Kim's this morning"
"Where?" I knew what the answer would be before he said it.
"He followed it as far as the Cullen's place but he had to stop. If he'd followed it any further and they were home there would have been one almighty shit storm for us to deal with, they only suspected our existence when they left. We don't want to make them any the wiser".
That was it then; if they were back Bella and I were over before we'd begun. Despair took over. "Jake you stay phased just now, the rest of you get dressed and make your way over to Sue's" he was trying to protect me, protect my thoughts, I felt my anguish fall over the other guy's before they phased back to human form. Sam remained silent for a moment listening for the others no doubt. "Jake...don't tell her"
"You know I can't do that Sam, I won't lie to her, not now" I loved her too much, she had given me a gift, she had shown me the way things could be between us. If I withheld this from her it would be the ultimate betrayal and if she found out she would never forgive me.
"Give yourself a break Jake, you're just starting out with her, I know how long you've waited for this... don't tell her..."
"Sam I hear what you're saying, but I can't"
"Jake... you don't get it" I could hear the change in his voice "you are not to tell her, she could...er... compromise us" we both knew she would never do that, but Sam was very aware that I couldn't disobey the alphas command. He was trying to make this guilt free for me.
"Ok I get it..."
"Go back to her now, but Jake...be careful" I knew his warning wasn't in reference to any vampires, "and try to think about fixing cars or something the next time you phase"
The pack mind connected us in a way that meant we shared each others thoughts and memories like we had experienced them ourselves. It kinda drove us all a bit crazy, especially if we weren't getting any action.
I walked back towards the house picking up and replacing my clothes as I went, it was a good thing Bella's back yard backed on to the Forrest, naked Quileute boys strolling around your garden was a sure-fire way to get a girl a bad name.
I quietly entered the door I'd exited moments earlier. Bella was in the hallway brushing her hair, she was the most stunning girl in the world, and she had no concept of that. I watched as she braided her hair once again, worry etched on her face. I wished I could ease her anxiety, share her burden; but this was going to take time and gentle handling on my part. She eased her face into her hands and begun to rub her eyes. This time there were no tears. She looked up and caught me watching her, she was lovely.
"Hey Bells...sorry I had to run out just then, wolfie things... you know?"
Her face flushed, I could tell she was angry. I had to soften the atmosphere, distract her... make amends for deserting her at the crucial moment.
"Are you ready to go? Harry's funeral is at two thirty, wouldn't be good if we were late what with this being our first date and all" I smiled at her as I reached out to take her hand, just then the phone rang.
She spoke a few words into the receiver, I was still preoccupied with the information I had just received from Sam. She looked up and smiled as she set the phone back on the wall.
"You ready now?" I asked, she smirked for a moment then reached for my hand, hers was tiny and pale against mine. She felt so fragile. I lead her to Sam's pickup and opened the door for her to climb in. As I entered the cab her smell hit me, it wasn't the strawberry and jasmine smell from her bathroom bag, it was her. This was going to be my punishment for being a bad boy. I was going to have to spend the day with her smelling like this and try not to jump her. Her smell was driving me insane.
All I could think about all the way over in the car was getting her alone, pulling into a side road, laying her on the hood of Sam's pickup and have her roll her hips in to the huge erection, uh oh, I was now sporting. I knew if I did it wouldn't end there, my animal instincts had taken over but deep down I respected her need for boundaries; even though she hadn't shown me where they were yet... This was going to be the longest fifteen minute drive of my life.
On entering La Push the significance of where we were heading finally dawned on me and I managed to get my urges under control. I pulled up along side Sue's house, there were so many people there they had spilt out into the front yard, it was a sea of black. People were just mulling around. I jumped from the truck and went around to Bella's side to open the door for her. I held out my hand to steady her. I squeezed hers gently, her cheeks flared momentarily as we made contact. I gave her a temperate smile; I didn't want to get myself back into a state again so I didn't linger in her gaze for long.
"Let's go find out where everyone is" I led her towards Sue's front door.
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The funeral went well, well as well as a funeral can go I suppose. After the ceremony Sue, Leah, Seth, dad, me and the rest of the pack all headed over to A-ka-lat, the ancient burial grounds on James' Island just off the coast. Bella couldn't go there, tribe members only. I left her in the capable hands of Emily.
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It was twilight when we returned, the sun was sinking in the sky on this unusually sunny day. Bella was busying herself, helping Emily prepare cuts of meat and salad for the barbeque dad had organised for this evening.
"Do you need any help?" I glanced at Emily
"No we're just about done here Jake, but if you want; you and Bella could take some of these trays of food down to Charlie at the barbeques, he's kinda commandeered them we think, you know it's a guy thing, Me man, Me bring fire!" Emily and Bella cracked up.
"yeah... ok... it's like that is it?"I teased.
"Sorry Jake your exempt from that" she quickly corrected herself "Not that we're saying your not a 'man' per say, but you don't need to play with matches to prove it" Emily dissolved again but Bella blushed bright red. Emily straightened herself out. "oops, take it I hit a raw nerve there" Bella grabbed two trays and headed for the door, her eyes fixed on the floor. "What'd I say?" Emily looked up at me gingerly.
"Nothing Ems, it's just Bella's real easily embarrassed, don't think anything of it"
I took some trays and headed after her catching up with her within a few strides. "Bella, Emily didn't mean anything there" I started to explain.
"Jake... I know; and I don't know why I reacted like that. I'm just real tired, I had a bad dream last night and didn't sleep well..." she trailed off. She'd told me about her dreams once before, they sounded vivid, terrifying.
"You wanna tell me about it?" we slowly paced down towards where the bonfire had been built.
"You don't wanna know Jake, trust me. It was really messed up" she shook her head. I placed my trays on the table that Charlie had assembled by the barbeque, before relieving Bella of the one's she had carried.
"You wanna go for a walk, before the action gets started around here?" I gave her my widest smile. It was kinda pathetic.
"Yeah... I'd really like that Jake" she said softly.
"Come on... I wanna show you something" I took her by the hand and led her the short walk towards the cliffs at First. There was a clearing that I had found that overlooked the bay. On a warm day the sun would filter through the leafy canopy provided by the Acer trees and cast an otherworldly glow to the scene. Occasionally the sun would penetrate through gaps in the leaves sending bright shafts of light scattering across the clearing floor. Floating moss spores would dance in the rays. You could hear the pacific wave's crash onto the rocks below. The place was filled with peace, my little heaven on earth. I had fantasised about bringing Bella to this spot...sharing it with her since the day she arrived at my house with the busted up bikes. I wanted her to be sure about us before I took her there.
We laughed and talked about Charlie's cooking skills and many of Bella's emergency hospital trips due to falling off the bikes as we walked. I had to get something off my chest before we went any further. I was falling for her hard and I had to know.
"So does this mean we're 'dating' now" I teased as I rubbed my thumb across the back of her hand. She looked up at me.
"Yeah Jake, I guess you could say we were dating. That is unless you think I make out with all my friends on Charlie's kitchen table" she giggled. I wanted to scoop her up again and hold her tight against me, but there was something I had to know. I knew it was going to sting. I stopped and turned her towards me.
"What if the lee... what if Edward was to come back, would that change things?"I felt my brow crease anticipating her reaction. She looked across the bay, just staring into the distance as she thought for a moment.
"He's not coming back Jake..." she replied, her voice devoid of emotion.
"that's not what I asked Bells, I don't want to push you, it's just...I need to know how you feel" She turned to look me in the eye.
"No, I don't think it would" she smiled timidly, waiting for my response. I wrapped my arms around her from behind and bent my head to kiss her neck.
"That's all I needed to hear" I whispered into her ear.
