I Own Nothing.

Chapter 10

Sam had refused to let Jacob in that day, probably saving Bella's life in the process of his punishment of Jake who had, in a fit of rage gone to find Bella only to see her throw herself off a cliff. That and the death of Seth and Leah's father, Harry, only made the atmosphere surrounding the vampire girl all the worse and made even Jacob take a few more steps away from their friendship and closer towards me.

After a true fight between the two of us, me screaming and he trying not to phase and hurt me, we had gotten back to our friendship terms- me not wanting him to use me and then fall back to his little leech-bitch and him desperately trying to make up for all of the bad things happening between us.

He had taken up sitting on the porch in his wolf-form while I was out practicing ordinary self-defense moves with Sam and Leah, them always reminding me of being completely insufficient if I ever came close to a vamp and that the only thing I should think of then would be to run and get out as quick as possible. While the other two were trying to put a slight dampening on the mood with their supernatural strength and such Jacob would bounce around, barking whenever I did something well, trying to get on my good side and pushing for the more furry side of him- the one that wouldn't accidentally hurt me.

When Bella had disappeared with the female vampire, Alice, no one from the pack had cared and on the burial of Harry Clearwater I had been introduced to the girl's father, Charlie, also being the Sheriff of the small town of Forks. His gaze had never left Jacob's hand on the small of my back, or the way the boy-now-turned-man looked at me, it was obvious he wasn't a fan of me and that my obvious relation to Jacob made him feel uncomfortable.

One who wasn't at all uncomfortable about the way Jacob acted around me was his father, Billy Black who- when he saw me first, couldn't stop smiling or asking me to help him with several minuscular tasks only to be able to talk to me- making his friend ever more annoyed with my existence.

"Nikole, dear. Would you like to help me make a plate?" Billy's soft voice made me smile and I left my spot at Jacob's side to walk to the buffé hearing Billy's laughter behind me as Jacob made a sour face. I started picking at the food, choosing vegetables and proteins over the fried bread and pizza that the boys were gulping down. Paul had even chosen to take a seat next to it- growling at anyone coming too close to his precious food- making both Embry and the newly shifted Quil looking miserable at about ten feet away.

"So you are the new addition to the reserve." The sheriff was standing next to me, contemplating a plate of sweets.

"Yes, I am." I felt the tension rising in the room, all of the wolves straining their ears to hear what was said between me and Chief Swan.

"You are aware of your part in creating a rift between my daughter and her best friend, right?" I gaped at him, his voice was laced with disdain and I couldn't help but just stare at him, dumbfounded.

"Oh Charlie, let's not bring up any ill will today." Sue's voice was exhausted as she came up to us putting a hand on my shoulder. "Nikole has brought so much happiness to all of us- it was you daughters choice to leave Jacob and you know that. She chose to leave him for that Cullen boy." The Sheriff grumbled but at Sue's insisting gaze he nodded and turned back to the table- leaving me standing with Sue.

"Sweetheart, don't be hurt. That man is going through a lot right now so just ignore everything he has to say." I nodded and turned back, placing Billy's plate in front of him before kissing Jacob on his cheek.

"I'll be going now. I'm way to tired for this and I think the elderly people want to be alone." Jacob stood up next to me, nodding.

"Yeah I think it's time for me to go too, I'll give you a ride back to your place." His hand found it's place on my lower back and the burn of it made me shiver.

I met Emily's gaze on the other side of the room and she gave me a knowing smile as Jacob led me out towards his car, she smirked at me and mouthed "Use protection." before she pulled Sam down in the seat next to her again, the man trying to get up and stop us before leaving.

"Are you alright?" Jacob's low, rumbling voice made my stomach clench in anticipation and I smiled at him.

"Yeah, all good."

The slow rhythm of Arctic Monkeys filled the car, mixing with the anticipation of knowing that something important would happen between us this night.

Jacob's hands were strumming along to the tune on the steering wheel while occasionally stealing glances at me, probably listening to the beat of my heart and smelling the anticipation on me.

I was looking out through the window, humming to the tune and noticing how he didn't turn off towards Sam and Emily's but instead continuing down the winding road towards the beach.

He stopped on the parking lot, parking so we could watch the dark chaos that was the ocean and turned the engine off before looking at me- eyes burning.

"I will let you take the reins." His voice was more of a growl, strained with desire and I couldn't help but to shiver as the timber of it gave me goosebumps. "But shit Nikole, I won't be able to stop forever." I smiled as I closed my eyes.

"Well Jacob, take me then." I was out of the car before he had even registered my words, running down the beach enjoying the cold wind against my face.

I heard his growl as he ran after me, I knew I didn't have much of a chance of eluding him- but couldn't stop myself from continuing, the burn in my legs making me slightly more excited, especially since I could almost feel his breath on my neck as he got closer.

He caught me just as I was about to reach the harder sand by the water and took me down on the sand, hard body on mine as his breath washed over my face.

"Caught you." The vibrations of his voice made me go slightly dizzy, and as his lips met mine I felt as my whole world was complete.

Super mega short chapter! And super sorry for the delay, have had a hard time with myself and stuff and I'm just now getting back on the track of being an ordinary human being and not one who stays in bed all day. Next chapter should be up in a few days and the vamps will be introduced to the story (start of Eclipse now yo.) Love you all, review, review, review!