"Jacob, I want to try something with you." I said. I saw his face light up. "Not that 'something' you stupid mongrel." I said.
"Buffy." He said sternly. I giggled and he grabbed me by the waist. "What is it?"
"Well, back in Sunnydale, you know I was the slayer, right?"
"Yeah, I know that, Hun. You still are, remember." He chuckled.
"Yeah, right. But back in Sunnydale I had daily training with my watcher, Giles." I was hoping he'd pick up what I was saying on his own, but he didn't. "I don't get training here in Forks…"
"Training?"
"You know, like fighting with another person or thing so I can beat up any vamp-boy that gets in my way…"
"You want me to… train with you?"
"I did it with my old boyfriends, but they all would get hurt. And since you, you know, heal like, uber fast, I figured you'd be perfect for the job." I grinned widely.
*
"Okay, so what do you want to do?" He asked me after we'd set up the garage. We'd put some mats down on the ground after getting rid of the bikes and the car. The blue mats were squishy like the ones we used back in Sunnydale; great to fall on.
"Just… Come up to me, and grab me around the neck, and try to choke me."
"Like this?" He asked as he wrapped his arm around my neck, but not tightly. His grip was like a baby's.
"Yeah, just… tighter." He tightened it lightly. "No, really tight." I instructed. Soon, my airway was cut by Jacob's strong arm. I started coughing lightly, gasping for air and he immediately let go.
"Buffy, are you alright?" He asked as I fell to the ground from his sudden release of grip.
"Yes," I said hoarsely. "Do that again, and don't drop me this time, okay?"
"Oh… O-Okay." He said carefully.
Again, he grabbed me in the headlock, just as tight as before. I smiled, then grabbed his arm, lifted it over my head, with as much strength as I had, and flung Jacob over my head, slamming him down on the ground in front of me.
"Babe, you're going to have to try harder than that to get me." I said, grinning down at him. He looked back up at me and grinned.
He jumped up off the ground, and I bent back, Matrix style, to avoid getting hurt. He held his fists out in front of him.
"What are you 12? That's not how you fight…"
Before I knew it, his fist had connected with my face, and I'd fallen to the ground.
"Buffy!" He shouted, then jumped down to me. He put his hands on my shoulders, "You okay? I'm sorry." I put my hands on his wrists, giving a sincere smile.
Know, before he knew it, I'd thrown him over my head and slammed him into the ground again. I jumped up quickly, and looked down at him, straight in his eyes, grinning widely.
"You should never say you're sorry." I kicked him softly on the shoulder.
*
The fighting between us continued for about three hours. There had been times were Jacob had requested we stop for a moment for him to calm down. Not only was this a training session for me, but it was for him too. He managed to keep fairly calm, only staying outside for a lengthy period of time once (after I broke his nose for the third time in a row). About that he wasn't too happy, but about 10 minutes later he came back in, his nose obviously healed, and his anger obviously subsided.
I was happy, though. I'd had my first fight since the one we'd had with the Cullens those many months ago. I was just itching for a fight, and boy was I worn out now. Three hours of fighting; I must've needed it.
As he walked back in after grabbing us some water almost breathlessly, I took him in my arms, and rested my head against his torso.
*
"Ah, finally, you've arrived."
"Yes, I told you we'd come."
"And who are these people?"
"This is Wesley, Cordelia and Fred. They'll help us…"
"Brilliant. I'm Carlisle…. Thank you for coming, Angelus."
"Just call me Angel. And you know I'd do anything for my friends."
*
"I love you…" He said softly.
I flung my head up to look into his eyes.
"I love you…" I said grinning.
this is now more of a three-way-crossover. :-)
