Jacob sat on the ancient porch swing that hung from the back veranda. As soon as he had phased he had run back here, wanting peace and quiet for a while to try and calm himself down. He shouldn't have gotten angry, but Bella was going to throw her life away and he couldn't understand it. He took a deep breath, thinking of Elle and how much she must be hurting by his reaction. He was about to stand and go inside when Elle appeared, her face crumpled anxiously.
"It's okay, I'm not angry any more." Jacob smiled timidly, reaching for her hand. She took it and sat down next to him, squeezing his hand gently.
"I'm so sorry, Elle." Jacob murmured, shaking his head sadly. "I shouldn't have run off like that."
Elle smiled and rolled her eyes. "Your right, you shouldn't have. Next time take your damn cell phone!" Jacob glanced up at her and grinned sheepishly.
"You know, you don't have to keep doing this to yourself, Jake." Elle said, looking out over the back yard towards the edge of the forest.
"Doing what?" Jacob asked, confused.
"Pretending that you don't care about her." Elle smiled knowingly, glancing at him. "I can tell it hurts you and seriously, you're allowed to feel angry about this."
"I just don't agree with the choices she's making.." Jacob began, feeling a shudder of heat run through his spine. "She has to lie to everyone, and she's just hurting the people around her!"
"Jake, you can't stop her from making her own choices." Elle replied, playing with the bracelet on her left wrist.
"I know that, but it's the choices she's making that are completely wrong!" Jacob fumed.
Elle rubbed his back consolingly. "You knew this was coming. They're in love, Jake. Surely you can see it too?"
"She's being sucked in by him!" Jacob mumbled..
"You know what, you're doing the same thing to me." Elle snickered, nudging his shoulder.
"Doing what?" Jacob asked, his nose wrinkling.
"Sucking me in. You really don't see how much you've captured me, do you?" Elle smiled, giving his hand another squeeze.
"You don't understand how you've captured me, more like it." Jacob grinned, stroking her face tenderly with his hand. He bran her face to his and kissed her gently.
"You know how much I love you, right?" He whispered, his forehead pressed to hers.
"Of course." Elle replied, closing her eyes and smiling. "And I know how much you care about Bella. She was your best friend, Jake."
"I don't know if we can be friends now." Jacob replied, shaking his head.
"Of course you can! You just need to let it go, remember that the girl you loved will still be there, she'll just look a little different." Elle reassured him.
"She wont be though!" Jacob hissed, his eyebrows creasing together. "She's going to be a soul-less demon like him! She won't be Bella any more, she'll be my enemy!"
"Not if you choose to see it differently." Elle said gently, her green eyes crinkled slightly. "She will be different, sure. But if Sam and the others don't see this as a problem, then neither should you. Let her live her life, Jake. Then you can start living yours."
Jacob sat in thought, knowing that Elle was right. He looked up after a few minutes and kissed her again.
"I'm so lucky I found you." He murmured, pressing his lips softly to hers.
"Damn straight you are," Elle grinned, kissing him back. "Otherwise you probably wouldn't have someone smart to talk to seeing as you don't listen to your Dad! Embry and Quil can be a little dim when it comes to this stuff."
Jacob laughed and stood up. "Speaking of Billy, he's going to be over at Sue's for dinner. We have a few spare hours on our hands..." Jacob grinned, picking Elle up in his arms and walking through the house towards his bedroom.
The rain had held off long enough for the Cullen's wedding but later that night it started to pour down in sheets. Jacob and Elle had been getting more and more enthusiastic as they kissed and eventually their clothes were thrown to the floor. Jacob's warm body hovered over hers as he gently kissed down her naked chest and towards her legs. He came back up, kissing her deeply on the mouth before Elle pulled back, blushing.
"Jake, I have to tell you something." She whispered, her breathing uneven.
"What's wrong?" Jacob asked, scared he had hurt her.
"It's just, I've never done this before..with anybody." She confessed, her cheeks flushing red.
Jacob smiled and took her hand, placing it over his rapidly beating heart. "My heart belongs to you, as does every other part of me. I've never gone this far, but that just means we finally found the right person to do this with. It's kind of perfect though, isn't it?"
Elle grinned. "Actually it kind of is." Jacob pulled her face to his once more and kissed her gently at first then more passionately. Elle lowered herself back down onto the bed, feeling Jacob move slightly so that his weight wasn't too heavy.
Jacob pulled back and stared right into her light green eyes. "I love you, Elle."
"I love you, Jacob." Elle whispered back. Their bodies became one as they let their lust take over, Jacob felt that the last few fragments of his life were sealed to Elle. Their hearts beat as one, they breathed as one and now they had given themselves completely to the other.