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Chapter 10

Anakin woke up to the sound of voices. She was worried for just a second before she realized it was just Sophia and Jake. Seems like the guy couldn't keep away for too long.

She had things to do and a run date to go on. She got ready in a jiffy and came down to see a still upset Sophia with a worried Jake. He was trying to talk to her but she wasn't really responding well to his efforts.

Anakin just called a good morning before hurrying out the door. She hadn't been running alone for long when Paul joined her. She was no longer surprised to see him coming out from the forest and he was glad she wasn't looking at him weird.

"Morning!"

"Good morning!" Paul said with a wide smile.

"How've you been?"

"Pretty good actually"

Anakin looked at his smile and thought the small dimple in his left cheek was cute.

"I saw Jake this morning."

"Yeah, he's been pretty worried about Sophia. Could hardly wait for the morning to go talk to her."

"They seem to be proceeding really fast in their relationship." Anakin observed.

"Yeah, when you know, you know."

"What do you mean?"

"Jake's quiet serious about Sophia. He's not fooling around or anything."

"But she's going to leave eventually." Anakin said with a frown. They would both get hurt if they got into something they couldn't continue.

"If it's up to Jake she isn't going anywhere."

"I highly doubt that." Sophia was fun loving and all but she was an independent girl. She had been taking care of her expenses ever since she was sixteen!

"Oh well you know, love conquers all!" Paul said dramatically and they both burst out laughing.

"Yeah, right!"

"You'll believe it someday, Anakin." Paul said and she thought there was a hidden meaning behind it but didn't question it.

They turned round to go back home after some time. Both had work to do and Anakin was curious if Jake had a breakthrough with Sophia.

Anakin wasn't sure if anyone was home though. It was too quiet. But she was surprised when she saw Sophia and Jake sitting in the kitchen. Jake was talking softly as if he was afraid Soph was about to have a meltdown. She looked at her and could make out that she seemed to be in shock.

"Sophia? You ok there?"

She looked at Anakin and back at Jake nervously but nodded nonetheless. Anakin didn't like it. She seemed tense and it was almost as if she took Jake's permission before nodding. Something was going on here but she was running late for work and decided to talk to Sophia later.

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Jake had just told Sophia the legends and everything about them. She was in shock but seemed to take it better than some of the other imprints. She had been upset because Jake had been late the night before and they were supposed to spend time together but he wasn't able to. She thought maybe he had started seeing someone else and was no longer interested in her. He had to clarify everything and that led to the truth coming out.

Jake was sure she was having a delayed reaction. She didn't say anything, no questions, nothing. But he planned on making her visit Emily soon and she could explain everything better. Jake knew Anakin was suspicious but he wasn't paying attention to that. Paul could deal with it. He was more worried about Sophia. He didn't want her to leave and he knew she hadn't planned on staying that long. What was he going to do?

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Anakin watched with interest as Jake hurried out of the house when a howl rang through the forest.

Sophia seemed nervous though.

"What's up?"

"Nothing!" Sophia said a little too quickly.

"Sophia, really, you can't lie to me. What is it?"

"Jake wants me to stay."

Anakin sighed. Of course he wanted her to stay. But Anakin wanted to find out more about the guys before Sophia got too involved with them.

"What do you want to do?"

"I think I love him." Sophia said staring out the window.

"You met him not even a week back."

"When you know, you know."

Anakin looked at her. It was the exact same thing Paul had said. Why didn't she believe in this 'when you know you know thing'? She was too smart for it. It was easy to fall in love and hurry into a relationship but tough to remain in it. Anakin did not want Sophia to get hurt.

"You'll get hurt, Soph. Be careful. You don't know him too well."

"But you said he's a nice guy."

"I only said that he's Billy's son and he seemed like a nice guy. The Black's are well respected but I don't know much about them personally."

"But I know him. And that's enough." Sophia seemed too sure of herself and Anakin realized that nothing she said would make a difference.

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"Why did you tell her so soon?" Paul asked Jake

"I had no choice. She was mad and upset and didn't understand why I was late and I ran out of excuses man."

"Just admit you wanted her to know. I don't believe you ran out of excuses." Paul sneered.

"Well maybe I did. So what? She's my imprint. She has the right to know. Just because your girl is playing hard to get doesn't mean I can't let my girl in on the secret."

Paul growled at that. Jake had no right to comment about his relationship with Anakin. But there was some truth in there. He did want to move ahead with her.

"Come on guys! There's a leech out there. Let's go get him and then you can bicker!" Quil said as he ran through the forest following the smell.

The guys followed the smell but it was leading them all over the forest. Obviously the leech had left a trail in super speed in the woods. It was difficult to follow. His scent was all over the woods.

"This is pathetic! It's all over the place!" Jake said pissed.

"You guys warn your imprints to stay inside. Embry, Quil and Colin you patrol and howl for trouble. Leah and Brady, make sure no one enters the forest. It's dangerous with the vamp here. We don't need another attack in the forest." Sam said and the guys set to work.

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Paul and Jake had rushed back but Anakin had left for work and Sophia was preparing lunch. She offered them but only Jake chose to stay. Paul left for work as well. She was safe as long as she was in the city and not near the woods and Soph had Jake.

Paul had a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach though. Something was going to happen and he dreaded it for some reason.

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