Chapter 9:

I finally pull away, breathless. I read his face and I see want in it and something inside of me gets giddy over the want he shows to me. "I've wanted to do that for years Jake." I whisper to him. He leans closer and takes my lips to his and everything inside of me erupts with pleasure. I pull him closer, needing his body against mine. He smirks in the kiss.

This time he is the one to pull away. "Why didn't you do it sooner?" He asks smoothly. His lips brush over my cheek and neck and then he proceeds to nuzzling my neck.

I look around the room at everyone staring. My father looks a little worried, but Joy seems to be comforting him as she smiles to me. Embry winks at me when I meet his gaze. Bella glares at me as she sways with Edward. Sue and Charlie are so caught up in each other they haven't noticed anything. Leah gives me a small smile and hits Seth when he pretends to gag. I pull Jake down so that I can whisper into his ear.

"We need to go somewhere. Now." I say and I take his hand in mine and I begin pulling him out of the tent.

When we get a good distance from the tent, I let go of Jake and I take a few steps away from him. He tries to move closer but I shake my head. "I need to think clearly, I can't think clearly with you so close."

"It never bothered you before." Jake smirks and tests me by stepping closer. I take a step back.

"It had a little effect on me, but I'm afraid you've changed it from a little to a lot." I say and he smirks but looks to me questioningly as if he didn't understand what would change it. "You've never kissed me like that before." I said breathlessly.

Jake smirks to me and moves closer, I back up with every step he takes towards me. He keeps trying to move to me, I keep moving back until I'm pinned between the tree and him.

His body heat and mine surrounds us. With his touch, I become excited and the skin underneath his touch tingles. He leans close to me.

"You've never kissed me like that either." He whispers and his lips brush my collar bone. I try to push him away but he moans and instead his arms pin me between the tree and him, one on each side of me. He begins placing gentle, tender kisses on my collar bone and shoulder, these kisses are slow and gentle. They begin a journey up my neck. With each kiss, another butterfly is added to my stomach and my heart gains speed.

"Jake…" I say breathlessly. "Please, stop." I beg. He groans but his lips leave my skin. He keeps me pinned between him and the tree. "I have a few questions Jake…"

He groans and looks at me. The looks he gives me has hunger, love, passion and annoyance. He pouts with puppy dogs. "Can't you ask questions later?" He asks me. "Just go with it Melaine."

"Fine… but I have two very important questions that I need you to answer before you attempt to do whatever it is you have on your mind right now. I'm not like other girls Jake." I say proudly.

"Of course not." He kids.

"Do you really have any interest in me at all? Is it just the dress talking? Is it because I'm the only possible girl tonight? Because if it is I need you to stop, move your arms and let me walk away and we can pretend like we didn't share that kiss in there in front of everyone and we can go back to being whatever the hell we were. I can't take mind games Jake. Not right now." I say.

He ponders for a minute as if to think very seriously about what he is about to say next. "That is a lovely dress," he says as he runs his eyes up and down my body. He smiles. "Of course that's not the reason why I'm interested. I know you Melaine. I know you aren't some cheap hookup that I could have one night with and never talk to you again. I want you Melaine, not just for one night, but for as long as I could possibly imagine. I've wanted you for as long as I could remember, not only physically, although that would be nice too, I want you to be there always. I want you to be there when I come back from fixing a car. I want you to be there when I come back from a patrol. I want you to be there through every sad moment in my life and help me through it. I want you to hold me in your arms and tell me that everything will be okay no matter what crazy mistakes I make. Every big happy moment in my life has included you and I don't want that to change. I want to make new memories with you and reminisce about the old ones. I don't want to pretend like you don't mean the world to me, because you do. You always have, even when we were kids you meant the world to me, but somehow that relationship we had before has twisted and I can't think of you as the innocent girl who was like my sister anymore because I want you to be so much more now. I need you to be so much more now. I've waited for you for too long, and tonight you took the leap that I should have taken years ago and I never want to go backwards with you. I need you Melaine, I need you. I've always needed you, I just never had the guts to tell you because the last time I told someone I cared about them, it didn't work out and I wound up alone. Now that you've taken the leap, I can't go back to just being friends with you. I can't take my mind off of kissing you, not because I just want to fuck you and be over with it, but because that kiss that we shared in there and every kiss since has flown passed any possible thing I could have imagined. I guess what I'm trying to tell you Melaine, is that I love you and I will always love you." He finally stops and my heart is racing. At some point I began crying during his speech. I pull him closer and my lips crash against his. He clings to my dress in the back and deepens the kiss. He pulls away and smiles. "What was the other important question?"

"Oh…" I blush. "What about Bella?" I ask him.

He leans close to me; I can smell the forest off of him. "Bella who?" He smirks and then his lips touch mine and I get consumed by the kiss once again.

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