It took shorter than I thought! This is chapter 9 and I only have 4 reviews which is kind of disappointing but they have all been good so thank you to all those who did. This chapter is pretty much filler with lots of fluff. ;)
Ciao,
heartforthehopeless
Chapter 9
My mind raced. I hadn't thought of this. I mean, I had, I just hadn't thought about Jake asking me. Would I go back to Edward if he came back? If I committed myself to Jacob would I be able to leave Jacob? Would I be able to put him through that much misery?
"Bells, I don't want to hear the answer. Let's just make this last as long as possible."
I let out a deep breath.
"Jacob, I swear I will do anything in my power to keep from hurting you."
"I know," he whispered.
Three Months Later
The months flew by and they were some of the best in my life. Jake made me happy and healed the wounds in my heart. Don't think that I didn't get times that would remind me of him. There was at least one thing everyday that reminded me of him. The way the wind went through the leaves reminded me of how fast he could run. When I fell I would expect to feel his cold arms save me only to feel warm ones. Besides the reminders of him, I was happy. We were happy.
Charlie was extremely happy for us. He loved Jake. The only thing that he didn't like was how expressive Jacob and I were about our feelings for each other. Though Jake and I hadn't gone 'all the way' we were always physical. We had decided to wait for that, though, it definitely wasn't always easy. We were constantly holding hands. I would sooner sit on Jake's lap than on my own chair or beside him. There were frequent pecks on the cheeks.
One afternoon we were sitting in the living room. Billy and Jacob had come over for the game. Billy and Charlie were sitting on the sofa and Jake and I were on the loveseat (ironically). I was on Jake's lap. We were all focused on the game when I felt a small tickle near my ear.
"You look really beautiful, Bells," he whispered.
It sent chills down my spine. I shivered slightly. I heard a small chuckle next to my ear.
"Aren't you interested in the game?" I asked, slightly annoyed that he had such an effect over me.
"Yes."
The hair on the back of my neck rose.
"Then why aren't you watching it?" I said weakly.
"Because you're a lot better to look at then a whole bunch of sweaty guys."
"How come I can't think of anything to say?"
"Because I swept you up off your feet and, what is that called? Oh yeah, 'rendered you speechless," he said with a smirk.
"Who's been reading romance novels?"
Then he chuckled lightly and kissed my ear lobe.
From that time on, he knew that whispers in my ear drove me wild. He used it to his advantage.
Jacob's Point of View
After that conversation when we decided to be together, my heart flew. This was what I had always wanted. I had her to myself. She was mine. I was hers. My life was nothing short of perfect.
For the next couple months, we learned about each other. I already knew a lot of Bella but I started learning things that a boyfriend should know. Like how she reacted to presents, when she was crabby, when I was the cause of the mentioned crabbiness. How to drive her insane (in a good way), how to make her cry, and how to make her laugh, yeah, those things mattered a lot. No matter how she acted though, I loved her. I knew that this was real, not just infatuation. When you're infatuated, you don't see the person's faults, just the perfection. I loved Bella to death but she had a terrible temper, but then again, so did I and she didn't have a giant wolf waiting to come out when she did.
Bella definitely knew how to get me going too. She learned how to use it pretty fast.
Bella had driven over to the house earlier that day. Billy was gone to Sam and Emily's.
"So what do you want to do?" she asked, playing with a few threads fraying off of the couch she was sitting on.
"I'll do whatever you want to do, babe."
"We could go to the cliffs, we could go riding, or…" she said scooting closer with each suggestion.
I chuckled and said, "Are you trying to seduce me? Because if you are, it's working."
"I'm glad I can have some sort of power over you," her lips just two millimeters from mine.
"I don't think you realize just how much you have," then I made our lips meet fully.
I felt her sigh on my lips. One of her arms was around my neck. She had the other had resting on my shoulder. She slowly let it drift down my arm, dragging her fingernails softly. I felt tingles of heat left behind the trails of her nails.
"Mm, Bella," I groaned.
"You like that?" she asked, surprised.
In answer I kissed her again. I was embarrassed over how much I liked it. I promised myself that I would never let Bella see that unless she wanted to.
I don't know if I should put a lemon or not but I changed the rating to M anyway.
