I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while, I hope this makes up for it. This entire chapter is written in Jacob's POV. It may seem a bit confusing but it'll be explained in the next chapter hopefully. Please review or message me or...something. I'm getting a bit lonely. Anyways, I hope you like this chapter.
Disclaimer:Stephanie Meyers owns all except my OCs.
"Jacob! Jacob sweetie wake up" A sweet voice called to me. I turned on my side and groaned. "Come on sleepy head" the female voice said again before getting closer. A warm body found its way underneath my covers the girl's arms wrapped around my waist. I pried open my eyes, deciding that I wouldn't get any sleep, and just about had a heart attack when I saw Charlie staring up at me.
"What the-" I sat up before I could finish and fell off the bed with a loud crash. "Dammit" I cursed as I laid my head back on the cold floor. I heard Charlie's laughter; usually it would make me smile but now it only confused me. If this was a dream, I would've woken up by now. That fall would've woken anyone up.
"What a wonderful way to wake up" She joked as she looked up at me from her place on the bed. Now I started to smile. She looked like a goddess with the light from the sun radiating behind her head. God this was an amazing dream...was this a dream?
"Is this a dream?" I asked her. She raised an eyebrow then crawled down to the floor beside me. Her fingers ran through my hair before she answered.
"This isn't a dream" She said before kissing my forehead. That would've woken me up if this was a dream. Or someone would've woken me up as soon as she touched me; someone always seemed to wake me up before my dreams got to the good part. "Come on. I've made breakfast" Charlie said excitedly before getting up and leaving the room. I lay there on the floor and smiled. If this was my life then I was glad I woke up from the dream. This was wonderful. I got up and left the room only to find myself in a deserted hall, that didn't belong to my dad.
"Um...Charlie!" I called out.
"Come to the kitchen" She yelled back. I followed her voice and found her standing in front of the oven. She was wearing my shirt and boxers. Quickly she turned to face me with a smile and plate of food in her hand. "For you" She said then placed it on a table. She sat down in the wooden chair behind it and waited for me to sit down too. "Come on. You've gotta be hungry. You had a night of partying with your friends" She said with a smile. I sat down and began to eat. The food was amazing. It was like something I ever had before. "Good?" She asked. I nodded and kept on eating. Charlie just watched with a smile on her face.
"What?" I asked as I slowed down my eating.
"Nothing just that...you're cute" She said before walking over and sitting on my lap. "Very cute" She added before kissing my lips. It was a peck but enough to want another. I went for another one only to find that she wanted the same thing. My hand locked around her thigh as she pulled me closer.
"Charlie, this isn't a dream. Is it?" I asked between the kiss. She slid her lips down to my jaw and breathed out slow breathes before answering.
"No" She answered. I nodded and dropped the idea. This was my life. "Okay. Let's go watch movies" She suggested then grabbed my hand and yanked me to the living room. We watched horror movie the entire day. From sun up to sun down. When something scary popped up on the screen, Charlie clung to me and whimpered into me. When people were just talking and nothing was happening, we were kissing and trust me, it wasn't like the little peck she gave me that morning. While we laid in the bed, with the TV on low, Charlie ran her finger tips over my arm. It was magical.
"I love you" I said to her in a whisper. She raised her leg over mine and put her arm over my waist.
"I love you too." She said before kissing my cheek.
"Wake up Jacob. You've got a phone call" My shoulder was being shaken by a rough hand. "Come on son it's Charlie" My dad said. My eyes opened to the darkness of my room. I knew it was a dream. Everything.
"Thank dad" I said before taking the phone and putting it to my ear. My dad left after giving me a sad look.
"Hello, Jacob?" She asked. It was so wonderful to hear it but horrible at the same time. I couldn't forget Paul's thoughts. His thoughts of kissing my imprint despite the fact that he imprinted on my sister. I realized my dream, the way she kissed me, the way it felt, was all what Paul remembered. Dammit.
"Hi" I said quickly as I sunk underneath my covers. I hated this.
"Hey, good thing you're awake. So listen...do you remember my party last week? Well I got grounded from it until mid-December. That's a long time, right? Right. So I was thinking my mom hated me but it turns out she didn't. She just said that our trust was kind of hurting. So I asked her what I could do to make it better and she said to show her how I could get her trust back. I ended up telling her every bad thing I ever did which showed that I trusted her yadda yadda yadda anyways I'm still grounded but my mom's not as mad as she was at me anymore. So-"
"Is there a point to this?" I asked. I felt sorry for sounding mean but...she hurt me. Even if she didn't know it.
"Yes but you have to wait. Like I was saying, I usually have to stay in the house now BUT I begged my mom if I could hang out with my friends and she said no. I had some of my other friends beg her, and your dad helped so now I can leave the house without having Lily as my warden. Only for a sudden amount of time. And I was wondering if you wanted to go to the movies." I sat up in the bed as soon as she asked me. The movies? A date? She might have broken my heart but it didn't mean she couldn't mend it.
"I'd love to. That'd be awesome. When?" I asked. I was sitting up and pulling on pants as if it was tonight.
"Perfect. Tomorrow at 7 be at my house, okay? And," She asked. I smiled at myself and rushed an okay before hanging up.
The next night I found myself outside of her house checking my breath. I knocked on the door and smiled when she answered it. "Hey, I was hoping you'd still come" She said before pulling me into her house. "I thought you were just waving me off" She said.
"Never" I said before my smile fell. Her living room was full of her friends...and mine.
"I would've told you but you cut me off before I could. It's me, you, Adam, Sam, Mika, Seth, Embry, Quil and...Paul" She said the last name with disgust. Well at least she was over Paul. "We're going in different cars but I wanted to make sure everyone was here first" She said with a smile. I nodded and put a smile back on.
"Wonderful. Do you need a ride?" I asked her quietly.
"Nope. I'm riding with Sam, Adam and Mika in Mika's car. Thanks though. We were hoping you could actually take Seth and Paul with you because Mika's car can only fit the four of us because you guys are so huge. Quil was going to take his little two seater with Embry and we were hoping you could take the rest. I know it's a lot but it's like I wanted us all to go together because I was trying this thing with being friends with you by inviting your friends and mine so we could all be friends. It's like Leah didn't want to go because low and behold she doesn't like me or Sam. And Jared had a date with his girlfriend while Collin and Brady just didn't want to go. So...could you?" She asked me. I couldn't say no and shook my head. "Thank you so much, Jacob." She said before her mom made an appearance from her room.
"Charlie. You know the criteria" She said. Charlie nodded.
"I do. I'll call you when we get there and leave" She said as her mom kissed her forehead.
"And if this is not a movie thing and you guys-"
"Mom. I don't want to lose your trust again. It's the movies, okay?" She said. Her mom nodded and hugged her tightly.
"Be good "She ordered us as we left for the movies. The ride to the theater was quiet, that is until Paul decided to speak.
"Look, Jacob" He started but stopped when I looked at him up in the mirror.
"Paul. I suggest you not talk" I said. It was quiet again until we got to the theater. We stood on the curb and were having a discussion about what movie we would pick, all except Charlie who was calling her mom.
"Let's watch a scary movie" Sam suggested.
"I doubt Cisneros' mom will let him" Paul joked. I shoved him in the side and Adam gave an appreciative nod.
"My mom's not here. I wouldn't mind a scary movie" Adam said.
"I wanted to watch that new movie about that guy who breaks up with his girlfriend then has to chase her down or something like that" Mika said. I rolled my eyes.
"No one wants to watch a gooey romantic movie" Paul interjected. This time I didn't stop him. I really didn't want to watch it either.
"It's a romantic COMEDY dumb ass" She cursed then crossed her arms. "Why are you here anyways? Aren't you like...27 or something?" She wondered.
"I'm not 27, dumb ass" He said back. Charlie walked over and the fighting seemed to stop.
"I'm down for a scary movie" She said. Seth snickered and tried to cover it by a cough. Charlie looked at him with a shocked face. "What's that supposed to mean?" She asked then walked over to him.
"You practically passed out when we watched one" He said and put his arm around her. I balled my fist but kept a smile.
"Fine. We're watching a scary movie so I can show Seth here I'm not afraid of anything" She said then locked her finger around his belt loop. "You're my movie buddy" She added. We had Paul by our tickets because he was the oldest and we all went in and bought food. We just about out the entire place. I was last in line with Charlie while everyone else went to go find seats.
"Do you want anything?" I asked her. She shook her head.
"You don't have to"
"I want to" I said. She chuckled and I bought her candy and a soda. When we were in the theatre, the seating arrangement was me next to Charlie, next to Seth, next to Mika, next to Adam, next to Sam, next to Embry. Paul and Quil were on my other side.
"This movie better be good" Paul whined as he sat back in the seat. The theater filled up and the lights went down. "You finally get to be in the dark with Charlie" Paul joked. I glared at him then looked over at Charlie.
"Why'd you invite Paul?" I whispered to her. She looked at me confused.
"Aren't you guys friends?" I shook my head and her response.
"Not really at least." She shrugged and let out a sigh.
"At least he got us these tickets" She said then ate some of her candy. I smiled at her and looked back to the screen. When the movie started getting good and blood started showing up, Charlie grabbed my hand. I smiled and glanced over at her, then noticed she was holding Seth's hand too. Shit.
"And you're sure no one else lives here...right?" The old man on screen asked.
"Dumbass there IS someone else living there" Charlie cursed. Seth whispered something to her and she hit him on the leg. The old man walked back into a room then his scream was heard and blood was seen seeping from underneath the door. Charlie leaned over to Seth and whimper. Just like she did to my dream. Seth looked over to me and mouthed 'sorry' before putting his arm around her.
"I gotta go to the bathroom" He said a few minutes later and got up to leave after whispering to Charlie. She leaned over on me.
"He was right" she whispered.
"About what?"
"That you guys are both good at blocking out the scary movie" She said back. I couldn't help but smile and thank Seth for being the best. I had to do something nice for him. After a while, Seth came back and grabbed her hand again. She continued laying her head on me. When the movie was over and we all stood in the movie theatre, Charlie was having a fight with Seth. "Oh whatever! I was not horrified" She said.
"You so were! You still haven't let go of Jake's hand" He said then pointed to our hands. She pulled her hand away and crossed her arms. I knew it wasn't going to last forever. "You were still scared" Seth taunted. Charlie shoved him but he shoved back.
"She probably wasn't as scared as Adam!" Mika joked. Adam looked at her shocked then smirked.
"I wasn't the one who screamed!" He threw back at her.
"That WAS you!" She said. His face turned pink and she giggled.
"All that matters is that you guys are the perfect movie buddies" Charlie said. Then it was time to decide who would drive who home. "Well...Seth lives around-"
"Me" Mika said. "And Adam can ride with me because I'm taking Sam home" She said. They moved beside her.
"Well I'm around Jacob!" Paul said. I glared at him. I didn't want him in my car again.
"You're closer to Quil. Why not ride with him?" I asked.
"Jacob, it'd be smarter to just let him ride with you." Quil said.
"The only people left are me and Charlie" Embry noted. She moved to his side and my hand flew up.
"I'll drive Charlie" I volunteered. She smiled and started to move towards me.
"But she's closer to Quil" Sam said. Charlie nodded and moved over to Quil. "That leaves Embry with you Jacob" When were were done everyone was in the cars and headed towards home.
"Your imprint sucks" I said to Embry. He looked at me in the mirror and kicked his knees to the back to the chair. "I mean I almost had Charlie in my car and she goes and says the last part" I added.
"Well...she doesn't suck. She was trying to help save the environment, ya know? Something about the Osborne layer or something like that" He defended. I snickered and turned up the radio. "She's a smart girl!"
"Right, with a dumb imprinter. It's called the ozone layer" I commented. He ignored me and the rest of the ride was full of 'The Eighties' Greatest Hits'. Finally after I dropped everyone off I went back to Charlie's house to make sure she was okay. Her mom answered the door and looked at me with a confused smile.
"Jacob, what are you doing here?" She asked then let me inside of the house.
"I just came to see if Charlie made it home alright. Quil's not the best driver" I said with a smile. She nodded and looked at me as if she was trying to read something.
"Jacob. I know" I stared at her and wondered if what she knew was...well what the secret was. The werewolf secret. "I've known since the first time you walked in the house" She added on before going to get Charlie. I sat back in the seat. How could she know?
"Hey Jacob. You didn't have to check on me" Charlie said. I looked up and noticed she was already in her pajamas. I wonder if she knew it wasn't the best thing to wear around her imprint. It was a sweat shirt and shorts. Very short shorts. "Yeah, sorry. I was asleep. My sleeping pattern is off" She pulled down her shorts only to reveal that they were longer.
"It's fine." I said. She sat down and wiped her eyes from sleep. "I'm exhausted. My sleeping pattern is off. It's only 10" She said with a smile. I smiled back.
"Tonight was fun" I complimented. She shrugged.
"Yeah. It was awesome. It was at first gonna be just us because I wanted get this friend thing going but I thought that trying to be friends with your friends and vice-versa would help us" She said then yawned. I kept from yelling and screaming to the sky about how she wanted to go on a date (whether she wanted to acknowledge it or not) with me.
"Well...Maybe some other time?" I asked. She nodded. "I'll let you go to bed. You look exhausted" She got up and mock glared at me.
"Was that underscore for I look terrible?" She asked. She led me to the door before I gave my answer.
"You never look terrible." I said. She shrugged and unlocked the door.
"Be careful on your way home, okay?" She asked before reaching up to hug me. I had to reach down a bit but she still wrapped her arms around my neck. I wrapped my arms around her waist and held her tightly. "You make me fell tiny" She said before I let her go.
"Sorry" I apologized before going back to my car. "Sweet dreams!" I shouted to her from the car.
"And the same to you" She said before I drove off. Today was amazing. I held her hand and she hugged me. I'm building up to the next level. A kiss. For now...it'll only happen in my dreams. And that's exactly what happened that night. What a perfect day.