A/N: sorry I haven't updated in a while, but I've been scatter brained and really stressed. Health psychology is kicking my ass.
Anyway I will try to update as quickly as possible cause I want this story done as quickly as possible since the plot bunny has been making frequent visits and I now have five Jakeward stories I'm just burning to get started on.
Ok so in this chapter I wanted to do Edwards POV and then of course get a little into the Embry Tiffany situation.
Kinda lame, kinda short I'm not completely happy with it but I really wanted to get post today in case I don't get another chance this week.
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Usual apologies.
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"Why did Alice drag us down here again?"
"Sue's here, so she wants us out in the open to make sure we behave."
Jacob let out a snort. "So her and Leah disappearing, is her way of making sure we behave?"
"No, it's Leah's way of getting her to calm down." Edward shrugged as he lifted a hand to card through the quileute's hair while the other lingered around Jacob's waist.
"Lucky Leah."
It was an abnormally bright sunny day. Sunlight shone through the window, causing a bright sparkle to break out over the vampires skin, although Edward barely paid any attention to that.
Seth had gone off to a corner to sulk and Jasper went along to comfort his mate after Sue announced that she'd transferred him and Leah to Forks high and would be going to school first thing monday morning.
Leah had managed to tear Alice away from her mother so she could drag her off somewhere to calm down. The psychic was so desperate to get the tribal elders approval that she didn't realise that she was being a little...
Overwhelming.
Thankfully Sue didn't seem to mind too much, if anything the quileute woman was absolutely amused.
After escaping Alice, Sue was pulled off to the kitchen with Esme so she could help the vampire prepare lunch for the wolves.
The motherly vampire didn't have any friends to speak of, most of her time was always spent taking care of the house or the occasional charity work. She never got to spend time with someone her own age, or rather someone her human age especially since being a vampire made being around human beating hearts and pumping blood a bit difficult.
Sure she had Carlisle but Edward could tell that his mother was having best time chatting with Sue, especially since she didn't have to hide what she was from the quileute woman. So for once she felt somewhat normal.
Rosalie was yet to get back from her morning hunt with Paul and as for Edward, the vampire was content in standing with his mate.
The telepath stared down at the shifter clinging to his chest as they stood by the wall with a with a warm smile on his face, wondering what on earth he could have possibly done to deserve a creature so perfect.
Jacob Ephraim Black.
God how he loves this boy.
Loves him more than Edward thinks he could possibly ever love anyone else. Definitely more than he loved Bella.
Ok so maybe 'love' isn't exactly the right word to use for her.
It is clear to Edward now that he made a huge mistake with Bella. He confused curiosity and infatuation with love, a mistake he should have never made and one he definitely regrets.
Her blood was incredibly sweet, Edward felt like he could barely control himself around her on most days. That coupled with the fact that her's was the only mind he couldn't read, led Edward to believe that he was in love.
The vampire used to spend hours with Bella just watching the girl and trying to figure out what she was thinking and how she felt.
Isabella Swan was a riddle, one that Edward found himself desperate to solve. She really was the most fascinating person Edward had ever met, or he thought he'd ever meet again.
That is... until Jacob.
The moment Edward stepped out of the car in the schools parking lot at the dance, he was hit with the most breathtaking scent he'd ever smelt before in all his years of life as a vampire or human.
The telepath had to fight the urge to run off and track it, as he helped Bella out of the car and made his way towards the school building.
And that's when he saw him.
A boy standing near the entrance to the school.
Russet skin, long midnight hair and the most beautiful deep brown eyes Edward had ever seen. He took a deep breath and realised that the scent he caught earlier was coming from him.
As the telepath took in every inch of the boy in front of him he only briefly registered Bella's voice as she introduced them.
His name was Jacob Black.
Jacob.
Edward couldn't help but moan the boy's name in his head as he looked back up into his eyes and the other just gave him a shy smile. Edward immediately reached out his hand just so he could get a chance to touch Jacob in some way.
An unnecessary breath hitched in his throat and his dead heart almost leaped out of his chest when Jacob's hand made contact.
The boy's skin was a little rough but still warm and Edward could feel his pulse jump a bit when he tightened his hold on his hand.
'Cold.'
Edward was so used to being around Bella's silent mind that he'd almost forgotten that he could listen to everyone else's. The vampire tried to listen into his thoughts suddenly, desperate to know what Jacob thought of him.
As Jacob talked to Bella, Edward had to suppress a smile at what he got from the boy's mind.
'Damn Bella's got good taste, he's- Knock it off! He's Bells' boyfriend, her very male boyfriend. You can't think he's cute... If anything he's just fine!'
'Kinda pale though... And his eyes are-... Wow they're gold. Is that normal? Is he sick or something? I don't think I've ever seen eyes like that, not even on tv- Oh shit he's looking at me!'
Naturally Jacob tried to avoid looking at Edward as he talked with his best friend, but the boy's eyes did wander towards him a few times and he'd have a mental break town every time he got caught staring.
Eventually though, Jacob left.
And as soon as the boy was out of scent distance, Edward felt the full gravity of what just happened.
At first he didn't want to accept it.
He tried to blow it off as some fluke or moment of temporary insanity. But as he stood next to Bella and stared at the girl he's been so in love with for the passed few months, Edward suddenly found himself to be...
Annoyed.
As the telepath held Bella against his chest while they danced he found that her scent didn't entice him as much as it used to. He didn't find her hair as soft as he did, or marvel at the warmth under her porcelain skin and her brown eyes suddenly seemed dull.
She was nothing like Jacob.
Jacob's scent was breathtaking, rain, earth and pine with some odd kind of spice the vampire couldn't put his finger on. It was the scent of the forest and life as it should be. He never got to touch his hair, but it looked thick and soft and Edward wanted nothing more than to run his fingers through the dark raven locks. The warmth from his skin was reflected in the deep russet shade and his eyes-
God, Edward would track Jacob to the ends of the earth just to get a glimpse of his eyes again. A beautiful deep brown that somehow simultaneously burned with both pure innocence and wild defiance.
Jacob was perfect.
As the night went on Edward started getting frustrated with Bella's silent mind. He couldn't tell how she was feeling and what she thought, it annoyed him to no end how quiet his own mind felt since Jacob had left.
Sure he could hear the thoughts from the other kids at school, but they weren't Jacob's.
His mind almost felt empty without the quileute's voice in his head, or the frantic and somewhat panicked thoughts Jacob's eyes met his.
Edward almost felt lost and alone. Even with Bella right there beside him.
The night dragged on and Edward got more and more anxious to get away from the girl he once loved, wanting to see her best friend instead.
Once Edward had dropped Bella off he drove around for a while and suddenly found himself staring at La Push boarder. Luckily he managed to stay outside of the reservation and went home as quickly as possible.
It wasn't till the next day that Edward let fate win.
He went hunting in an effort to try and keep himself busy and stop himself from thinking about Jacob. He was stalking a deer when he was hit with Jacob's scent and immediately abandoned his kill to hunt something better instead.
When he found the boy Edward couldn't help but smile.
Jacob was lying in the middle of the same clearing he once took Bella all that time ago. The telepath couldn't imagine how the boy found this particular spot, but at the same time he didn't care either.
Everything about the scene was just perfect.
The sun was out so the entire area was bathed in warm bright light. The flowers around the clearing were in full bloom, dotting the grass in bright purple's and blues. Jacobs hair was fanned out beneath him and the boy's eyes were shut as he soaked up the bright rays.
It was almost surreal.
A perfect picture that he desperately wanted to be a part of, but he couldn't.
The sun was out after all and seeing Bella's boyfriend suddenly appear and sparkle in the sun would most certainly make the quileute freak. So he watched in the shadow of the tree's, until clouds started to gather and Jacob left.
It almost tore the vampire to shreds.
Just standing there between the tree's and watching his mate walk away, losing his scent and gorgeous brown eyes.
After that Edward didn't really need anymore convincing.
He broke up with Bella and started pursuing Jacob, something that also almost tore him to shreds.
Jacob wasn't scared of him, but he was definitely a little weary. Edward didn't want to move too quickly for fear of scaring him off but still it was torture.
Everything in Edwards being ached to touch Jacob and to hold him. But he couldn't do it, not yet.
Days went by and Edward started falling for Jacob for more than just their mating bond.
Jacob Black has a beautiful soul.
The perfect balance of pure innocence and wild defiance, a mirror image of the boy's eyes. The vampire spent all his time around Jacob listening in on his thoughts, despite the fact that it really was a major invasion of privacy, Edward couldn't help it.
Jacob has a deep love for his father, La Push and his heritage. The memories that his mate still had of his mother were beautiful and Edward often found himself relating her to his own mother. The quileute also had amazing reserves of strength, he's had to deal with a lot at a young age and still managed to pull through.
The boy's mind was an open book that Edward found himself looking into every chance he got. The enchantment he felt whenever he was around Bella was gone. Her silent mind was too frustrating and the fact that her face was a constant blank mask didn't help much either.
A complete opposite to Jacob.
And that's how Edward knew that fate had sent him his soul.
Because if Bella Swan is a riddle, then Jacob Black is poetry.
Time went by and pretty soon Edward noticed how Jacob would blush every time the vampire stood closer than a male friend probably should, or stutter when Edward's hand lingered on his arm for longer than just a few seconds.
Pretty soon Edward realised that Jacob had developed a bit of a crush on him and for that the telepath was over the moon. Unfortunately after only two weeks Jacob found out about his break up with Bella and the boy was not pleased.
In all honesty Edward didn't handle the Bella situation as well as he could have, but at the time Edward hadn't thought it all the way through. All he could think about was Jacob and although he didn't want to hurt Bella, Jacob took up a higher priority than she did.
Unfortunately Edward was now starting to regret his decision to just dump Bella the way he did. She didn't deserve to be treated that way, especially since the telepath never even gave her a reason. Edward blames himself for the mess that waits for them with the Volturi.
If he hadn't gotten involved with her, Bella wouldn't have joined the Volturi and Leah's life wouldn't be in danger.
It was a heart stopping moment when Edward watched Alice's vision play off in her head and he wasn't surprised when his sister spent the rest of the day with the female shifter wrapped in her arms.
Edward can hardly believe that Alice was holding up as well as she is at the moment, but the pixie had assured him that everything would be alright although he could only imagine what Alice had planned.
Maybe the vision had changed.
Edward couldn't really tell since the vision hadn't gone on for very long before it got blurry, but he did manage to see a flash of white fur which was weird.
Either way, they need to discuss what to do before the Volturi arrive in a few month's.
"Hey."
Edward looked down to find Jacob staring at him with clear concern on his face, the telepath smiled as he brought his hand down from Jacob's hair to stroke the shifter's cheek.
For now though, Bella and the Volturi can wait.
"Yes, love."
"Are you O.K? You spaced out for a minute."
Jacob leaned into Edwards touch and almost seemed to sigh, making a smirk over the vampires face. "I was just thinking."
"About what?"
"About how affectionate you've gotten since you repeatedly jumped me last week."
Jacob's cheeks instantly flushed, but the shifter made no move to pull away. "I thought we agreed we wouldn't talk about last week."
"But I had fun last week."
"Edward." The alpha growled as he glared up at his vampire, when Edwards face suddenly became serious.
"I think we should tell Carlisle."
The shifters eyes widened a bit, before he looked away. Jacob's arms tightened around Edward's waist and he pressed his head against the vampire's chest.
"There's nothing wrong, I feel fine."
"But Jake-"
'How's Embry doing? Can you tell from here?'
Edward gave an unnecessary sigh, but decided to let Jacob have his way.
At least for now.
The telepath shut his eyes as he tried to focus in on the conversation going on outside.
"Embry's about to tell her."
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First she screamed, then she cried, then she screamed some more and then she finally gave up as she wrapped her son up in a hug. Apologising for losing her mind just a few moments ago and then she wanted answers.
Tiffany sat on the front step of the Cullen mansion and stared blankly at her Embry, while another larger boy stood just a few feet away under the shade of a tree and watched. For some reason Embry had asked him to stay near, it was odd but somehow her son seemed more comfortable when the other was near than when he wasn't.
And then he told her.
The quileute woman tried to wrap her mind around what her son just told her.
At first she didn't believe him, she thought that he was either A: insane and in need of immediate psychiatric assistance or B: on drugs, in which case she was going to hunt Sam down and kill him since she couldn't see how Embry could get a hold of any kind off drugs on his own.
But then he showed her.
Tiffany had screamed, freaked out, screamed some more and then she wanted answers.
Sweet Jesus the myths are real?!
All those stories that old Quil tells during the bon fire's are true! Tiffany couldn't understand it, how was it even possible? When did it happen? How did it happen?
The quileute stared into her son's eyes and swallowed the lump that had suddenly formed in her throat, "When did you-... How-"
"After I turned sixteen." Embry sat crouched in front of his mother and stared back at her and the woman's eyes went wide.
"When you disappeared..."
"Yeah, I changed when Quill said something to piss me off. I was so scared I ran into the woods and wandered around until Sam, Paul and Jared found me." Embry gave a small smile as he raked a hand through his hair and suddenly everything made sense.
The late nights, cutting school, the vague answers when she asked him where he's been.
It all made sense.
But...
"Why?"
The boy blinked in surprise, "Mom?"
"Why didn't you tell me about this?"
"I-" Embry paused and took a deep breath before glancing over his shoulder at the older boy that gave him a warm smile and a nod. Embry took his mothers clenched hands into his and took another deep breath. "The reason I can change into a wolf is because I carry the wolf gene... And the wolf gene is only carried in those that have blood from the quileute tribe. It's impossible for someone in the Makai tribe to have it."
Tiffany instantly froze and her breathing stopped.
"Meaning whoever my father is, he's from La Push. He can't be-"
"Oh my God..." Tiffany breathed and her heart started to pound in her chest, staring at her son with something close to complete horror.
They know.
They've known since Embry turned sixteen.
Fuck she should have known, she really should have noticed.
The entire tribe has been different around her ever since Embry came back after he disappeared. Some of the residents on the rez even started avoiding her and some of the elders forced tight smiles whenever they saw her.
And Embry...
God, Tiffany can only imagine what everyone's been putting him through.
There are a lot of things that she regrets in her life, but surprisingly enough meeting him wasn't one of them.
Despite the fact that she made a stupid mistake when she ran around behind her husbands back. Despite the fact that he never really cared and Tiffany was left alone and pregnant after he left. She doesn't regret him, because if it wasn't for him.
She wouldn't have Embry.
"Embry, I-"
Before the older woman could finish her sentence Embry suddenly moved forward and wrapped her in a hug, "Mom, I'm sorry I never told you."
"Embry you should know..."
Tears began to sting behind Tiffany's eyes but she tried to force them back, so she could speak but another squeeze from her son made her stop. "No, it's O.K. I don't have to know."
"But-"
"I love you mom."
Tiffany took a shuddering breath as she gave him a good squeeze. Lord only knows what she did to deserve a child like him.
Embry pulled away and Tiffany wiped the tears from her eyes as she smiled back, before giving a sniff and fixing her son in a stern glare. "Well if you're in this pack, then why did the council exile you?"
The boy gave a sigh, "The elders didn't exile me, Sam did."
"And why did he do that?" The older woman asked with a frown while Embry just gave another sigh.
"Mom, you remember about the other legends right? About the great warriors that protected the land from the cold ones." Tiffany gave a slow nod and Embry continued. "Well, the cold ones are real too."
"The cold ones are vampires, right?" The woman frowned, "I don't understand, what does that have to do with Sam exiling you?"
"I-" Embry swallowed and Tiffany's face twisted into a look of confusion as the shifter looked back at the other boy one more time and he took a deep breath.
"Embry, who's that?"
Embry's eyes snapped back towards her and the boy gave her an awkward smile, "That's Emmett Cullen, my-uhm- his parents have been letting us stay here since Sam kicked us out."
Suspicion rose in Tiffany's chest, she's heard lots of people in Forks practically swoon over the kind hearted dr. Cullen and his wife that adopted five children and raised them as their own.
Of course those rumours also hint that the good doctor had a weird thing for setting his children up with one another. And then she's also heard plenty of people in La Push hiss and growl at the mere mention of the name Cullen.
So she never really paid too much attention to the rumours, although it could hurt to ask-
"And why are they doing that?"
Embry suddenly looked up and looked his mother dead in the eye as he spoke, "We're dating."
The quileute woman's eyes went wide and her breath hitched in her throat, "What?"
"Emmett, he's-he's... I guess he's my 'boyfriend'." Embry grimaced at the last word.
"I'd say I'm more than just your boyfriend." Emmett suddenly said making Tiffany's eyes snap towards him before darting back to her son.
"Embry...are-are you gay?"
"What?!" Embry flushed, "Of course not, I'm not-"
"But you're dating a boy." The woman reasoned not letting her eyes move from her son.
"Well yeah... But- look I'm not gay O.K. I'm not into guys like that." Embry glanced down away from his mothers gaze as he raked a hand through his hair. "The thing is, it's just different with Em'."
'Em'?'
"How's it different?"
"Its different because... Because I love him."
Tiffany just stared while a wide grin spread over Emmett's face.
"Emb-"
"Look before you ask anything else, I need to tell you something before I lose my nerve. You deserve to know the whole truth."
The older woman paused at the sudden seriousness and gave a slow nod which Embry returned.
"Sam kicked me, Leah, Seth, Paul and Jake out of La Push because were seeing the Cullens."
Tiffany frowned, but didn't say anything while she waited for her son to continue. Although it didn't make much sense, why would they get exiled for that?
"He exiled us because, because were supposed to protect La Push against the cold ones and... the Cullens are cold ones."
Realisation dawned on her and Tiffany stopped breathing as her eyes snapped up to stare at Emmett, who was now suddenly stand right beside her son.
The woman's eyes went wide when she saw the larger boy's face and arms covered in a bright sparkle as he stood in the sun next to Embry.
Embry looked up at the other boy as he put a shining hand on his shoulder, before looking back at his mother.
"They're vampires."
A/N: yeah
Ok so some small changes need to be made.
If it's not clear yet then yes Brady was going to be wolf number six, unfortunately like I said before the plot bunny paid me a visit and now Brady is gonna help the Cullens out but he's not going to be anyone's mate. But there will be someone from the Volturi will be added to team Cullen.
...Sorta
Another note I know that in the following chapters its sorta gonna look like Esme, Carlisle and Sue have some kinda odd threesome thing going on. But they don't. Their just going to be really close friends
One more thing, I know the ages are all muddled up in this story but basically this is an AU so their ages and school grades won't be like they are in the books or movies. But in this story they are all still in school.
Please review.