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Song for this Chapter: Bon Jovi - thank you for loving me

Thank you for loving me
For being my eyes when I couldn't see
For parting my lips when I couldn't breathe
Thank you for loving me

You pick me up when I fall down
You ring the bell before they count me out
If I was drowning you would part the sea
And risk your own life to rescue me, yeah

When I walked in, Bella was in the kitchen making dinner. If my mind was in the right place I'd say it smelled like heaven but its wasn't and I was pissed.

Bella turned to look at me, and taking in my expression, got worried.

"Jake, what's wrong?"

I just looked at her. None of this was her fault. I was just angry and I didn't want to yell at her.

"I need to talk to Embry. I'll be back in a few minutes." I told her and walked away to find Embry.

"EMBRY!" I bellowed. I was fuming pissed and I wanted to figure out a way to deal with this asshole.

"Whoa dude, what's up?" He asked, shocked by the tone of my voice.

"We need to talk. Outside."

"What did I do?" He asked scared.

"Nothing, I just need to speak with you." I said through gritted teeth.

Nodding his head, he proceeded to walk out to the back porch, far enough away from Bella that she wouldn't hear what I had to tell him.

As soon as we were outside, I turned to look at him.

"Did you see anyone around here that's not normally here?" I asked him.

"No why?"

"Because this asshole saw her this morning, look" I said and took the note out of my pocket and put it in his hand.

"Seriously? What the fuck? I was outside almost all day working on my car. I didn't see anyone"

"Well, he saw her, which means he was really close to her. Not only that, but on my way home after I found this note, I saw that bastard standing on the side of the road. When I stopped to deal with him myself, he snuck back into the trees. I'm not stupid. I'm not following him into the trees when its dark so he can catch me off guard, so I got back in my car and came here, but this is seriously starting to get on my last nerve."

"GUYS DINNERS READY" Bella yelled from inside the house.

"We'll discuss this tomorrow…I need you to arrange a meeting with Sam and the rest of the guys so we can deal with this bastard." I told him.

"No problem Bro, I'll call Sam after Bella's in bed."

"Thanks man"

"Anytime, she's like family to me, and you are family to me. You fuck with one, you fuck with us all" And with that he walked inside and into the kitchen to eat dinner.

I remained on the back porch for a bit. I needed to get my head on straight. I hated lying to Bella but I didn't want her to get stressed out unless there was reason to be. And right now he was just toying with me. That's not something she needs to worry about right now. If the time comes, and shit starts to get out of hand, I'll tell her but right now. I'm just going to leave it alone.

"Jake?" Bella whispered, jolting me out of my thoughts.

I turned my head to look at her and noticed the worried expression was still there that she had when I came in. I hated being the reason for her stress.

"Hey Bells"

"You okay?" She said as she wrapped he arms around me from behind. I grabbed her hands and intertwined my fingers with hers. This felt good. Slowly my anger started to subside.

"Yeah baby, I'm fine. Just a lot of bullshit today, and I didn't want to bring it home with me, so I was just trying to calm down."

"Okay Jake, well dinners ready whenever your ready to eat." She said, placing a kiss on the back of my neck. I couldn't help but moan at that. It felt so damn good.

I turned myself so that she was facing me now and took her face in my hands.

"God Bells, I love you, you always knew how to snap me back to reality." I said looking deep into her eyes.

"Well geez Jake, I hope so, I've known you my entire life." she giggled. Even her giggle made me feel better.

Next thing I know, she stood up on the balls of feet and kissed me. Briefly, but still kissed me.

"You need to eat, come on" she said, grabbing me by the front of my shirt and dragging me inside into the kitchen and making me sit.

She dropped a plate of Lasagna in front of me, handed me a fork and told me "EAT"

"Yes Mother" I said. She laughed and smacked my arm, dropping into the chair next to me.

"Em, what are you doing tomorrow?" Bella asked.

"Nothing why?"

"I need to go into town and pick up a few things and I know Jake has to work and was wondering if you'd drive me. My car is still in California and truth be told, I'm not ready to venture out by myself yet…I don't know if I ever will be until Assward's stopped." She said taking a bite of her food.

"Sure, no problem. What time do you want to head out tomorrow"

"Umm how 'bout after Jake leaves for work. That way we can get what I got to get done and be back before he gets home" She said smiling at me.

"Sounds good… Well I'm stuffed. I'm going to work out a little bit then hit a shower. Have fun you two, don't do anything I wouldn't do" He said as he dropped his dishes into the sink and walked outta the room, leaving Bella turning 4 different shades of red.

"That doesn't leave much Call" I called back at him. I let out a chuckle, turned to find Bella hiding behind a curtain of hair. I reached out and tucked it behind her ear.

"What's wrong babe, he was just joking" I told her.

"I know. I just feel…I don't know…I want to be closer with you, but im scared too you know?" she said.

"No Hun I don't, what's going on in that pretty little head of yours, you can tell me Bell's, I promise not to judge you" I reassured her again.

"It's just that…I mean…UGH!" she said frustrated, standing up and dumping the dinner dishes in the sink.

I watched as she put both hands on either side of the sink and hung her head. I didn't want to pry but something was bothering her, therefore it was bothering me and I wanted to know what it was. I stood up and crossed the room and leaned back against the counter next to her.

"Bell's? Bella look at me." I said tilting my head down to catch her gaze.

"Baby listen to me…I would never do anything to hurt you or make you feel uncomfortable or like you HAVE to do something, you know that right?" I asked her.

She just nodded her head still not bringing her head up. So I put my finger under her chin and tilted her head up.

"Then will you please tell me what's wrong? It's killing me knowing your upset and not knowing how to fix it." I pleaded with her.

"I just, Last night was incredible, that kiss, I couldn't stop thinking about it all day. And it felt so good to sleep in your arms, that was the first peaceful nights sleep I've had since the night I listened to my heart and decided I was in love with you too."

"Okay then what's the problem honey, you can tell me."

"I'm scared to sleep by myself right now, and I'm scared to bother you about sleeping in your room with you, I don't want you to think im some needy clingy crazy woman" She said and I chuckled at her.

"Bella, baby, nothing you do or say will make me think that…Calm down, if you want to sleep in with me tonight, by all means, go right ahead. I won't object, you can sleep in with me whenever you want. Last night was the best night of my life and I won't dare turn down any more" I said and wrapped my arms around her.

"Are you sure?" She whispered into my chest.

"Very sure" I reassured her.

"Thank you Jake" she said and kissed my chest, then turning to finish the dishes.

I wasn't even three steps out of the kitchen when my door flew open and I heard someone starting to yell.

It was Leah. FUCK I forgot she had a key that Embry gave her.

"Oh look who's making herself at home!" she exclaimed in a sarcastic tone. Aww shit here we go. I'm not in the mood to deal with this shit.

"Leah if you've come in my house to start problems you can turn right the fuck back around and leave." I told her pointing to the door.

"I'm not starting problems. I just don't understand how you can forgive her so easily."

"Easy…There was nothing to forgive now either tell me why you're here or get the fuck out." I said and turned to see Bella standing there with her arms crossed. She looked pissed.

"I'm heeeere because I want to be and Incase you forgotten, Embry gave me a key. I can come and go as I please"

"Really? Well you seem to forget this is my house. So keep your drama at the fucking door. Are you here to see Embry?"

"NOPE, I'm here to see you." she said pointing at me, she was all wobbly like she was drunk. Then it clicked. She was drunk.

"Leah, your drunk"

"I am not, I'm just dizzy. I think your little toy over there gave me a concussion or something when she hit me the other day. I'll give you that bitch, you can hit hard."

"I wouldn't be calling anyone a bitch if I were you Leah" Bella said. My Jaw hit the floor. She hadn't moved from the spot she was in and her tone of voice…DAMN.

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me, I wouldn't be calling ANYONE a bitch if I were you Leah. You assume you know me and why I left. But you don't know a damn thing, and I'm tired of listening to your bullshit. So just shut the fuck up and mind your own business." She said and turned back to the dishes.

Before I could stop her, Leah flew across the kitchen and grabbed Bella by the hair. But as I went to break it up, I found out I didn't have too. Because Bella was prepared.

She kicked Leah's feet right out from under her and pinned her to the floor.

"I TOLD YOU I'm done with your bullshit now leave me the fuck alone." And with that she stood up and attempted to walk out of the room.

But Leah wasn't having that. Because Just as Bella stood up to walk away, Leah grabbed her foot and yanked hard, causing Bella to fall backwards and smack her head on the counter. Within a split second, just as I was making my way over to separate them, Bella brought her right foot up and kicked Leah right in the face, making a nice crunching sound on impact.

"YOU STUPID BITCH, YOU BROKE MY NOSE!" Leah screamed.

Embry came flying down the hall way and into the kitchen just as Leah was trying to get up off the floor.

"Fuck Leah what did you do now?" he asked her.

"WHAT DID I DO? You should be asking what did she do. SHE JUST BROKE MY FUCKING NOSE"

"I see that, but why?" He asked Leah.

"Because the dumb bitch attacked me that's why" Bella said.

"Leah, give Embry your key and get the fuck out of my house" I told her. I was done with her bullshit as well.

"So your going to take her side in all this Jake. After what she did to you? REALLY?" She screamed at me.

"Yes Leah I am. Regardless of what went down between me and Bella, she lives in this house. It give's you NO RIGHT to walk in MY HOME and attack someone who lives in my HOUSE. NOW GET THE FUCK OUT!" I yelled at her.

She looked at me and then at Embry.

"Nope, no way, your not dragging me into this Leah, I love you really I do, But Jake's right. You went to far this time." He said to her.

So she handed her key to Embry and walked towards the door.

"THIS ISNT OVER SWAN" She called out.

"YOU SAID THAT THE LAST TIME CLEARWATER, AND ONCE AGAIN YOU'RE THE ONE WALKING AWAY BLEEDING!" Bella called back.

Next thing any of us heard was the door slam. I immediately walked over to check and see if Bella was hurt.

"Are you okay?" I asked her when I reached her.

She reached up to touch the back of her head where she hit it and pulled away with blood on her hand.

"Fuck baby, your bleeding"

"It's just a scrape, I've had worse. Can you get me a cold cloth or something please, this stings like a bitch"

"Sure, sure. Sit. I'll be right back" and I walked down the hall to the bathroom and wet a washcloth with cold water.

I brought it over to her and cleaned off the back of her head. She hissed at the pain. She was right. It was just a scrape but it was turning into a nasty bruise.

"I'm sorry you had to deal with that Bella. I forgot she had a key" Embry said.

"S'ok Em, don't worry about it. I can deal with Leah" she laughed out.

"Obviously" Embry and I both said at the same time.

"You know Bell's that was kind of hot" I joked with her.

"Oh I bet it was" she said wincing when I pressed the cloth to her wound.

"Come, lets go get your PJ's and you take a shower and relax okay. I'll finish up the dishes." I told her.

"You sure?"

"Positive" I said while pulling her up outta her chair. I walked her to her room and waited until she had everything she needed for her shower.

"You all set?" I asked.

"Yup, I'll be out shortly." she said and walked towards the bathroom, but not before I lightly tapped her on that perfect ass of hers.

"your going to pay for that Black" she said walking into the bathroom.

"Looking forward to it Swan!" I called back. At least she didn't freak out. That was a good sign.

I went and finished up the dishes while she took a shower. When I finished I turned around away from the sink and saw one of the sexiest things I think I've ever seen in my life. Bella standing there in one of my T-shirts and some really, short short's. I swallowed a lump in my throat and tried not to stare but it was almost impossible. DAMN the things this woman did to me.

"Hi" she whispered.

"Hey" I said.

"Showers all your's. I left you some hot water. I know after a day in the shop you probably need a nice hot shower"

"Yeah I do. If your camping out with me, im sure you don't want to smell me." I chuckled.

She giggled.

"Just go take your shower. I want to lay down"

"Okay, I'll be out shortly" and with that I gave her a quick peck on the lips and ran off to take a shower.

I didn't waste anytime in there. I couldn't get out of the shower fast enough. I just wanted to hold her. Usually I slept in just my boxers but I decided to out on a really loose pair of basketball shorts as well tonight so she'd be comfortable.

I walked out of the bathroom, and into my room, to find Bella spread out on her stomach, watching the flat screen I had mounted on the wall.

She looked so sexy. Her shirt had rode up slightly, showing a small sliver of ivory skin. I could see part of her tattoo peeking out and my heart swelled. It's still hard for me to believe all this is real. That she was really here. With me.

My eyes couldn't help themselves. They traveled down more to look at her perfect behind. Her shorts we're almost so short that you could see the outline of her ass. I wanted so bad to reach out and squeeze her bottom. It took a whole lot of self control not to do just that.

But I did do something.

I walked over to the bed, kneeling down with one knee on either side of her thighs. I reached out to move her hair to the side, and leaned down and placed sweet, open mouth kisses up and down the left side of her neck from her ear to her collarbone.

I didn't know if I should stop, and god knows I didn't want too, and from the sounds she was making I took it that she didn't want me too stop either.

I ran my hands up and down her arms and down her back, switching over to give the right side of her neck much needed attention. I can't even tell describe how her skin tasted. I was in heaven.

When my hands reached the bottom of her shirt, I slowly slid my hands under her shirt and massaged the part of her back my hands could reach without taking her shirt off. She skin felt so good under my hands. I looked up to see her eyes closed and see her biting on her lip, making the sexiest little moans I've ever heard in my life.

"You like that?" I asked her, my voice deep.

"Mmhmm" she moaned out.

"Baby I don't want to stop, but if you want me to stop, at any time this gets too much for you, you tell me okay? And I'll stop." I told her.

"Jake?"

"Yeah"

"Shut up" she said, then flipped over onto her back, wrapped her arms around my neck and crashed her lips to mine. I kissed her with everything I had. The kiss was so passionate, so loving that I thought I'd get lost in it.

I felt her tongue trace my bottom lip, silently asking for entrance and I happily obliged. When her tongue entered my mouth I moaned. She tasted so fucking good. I couldn't help myself.

I propped myself up on one elbow one hand curved around the side of her neck, the other gently rubbing her stomach through her t-shirt. She started moaning into my mouth, and her back arched.

I slid my hand down further and up under her shirt. The felling of her bare skin on mine was enough to make my body shake. I was so hard it hurt, but I didn't want to push her. I pulled away from our kiss. I had to make sure she wanted this.

"Bella, please, I have to know if you want me to stop." I pleaded with her.

"Touch me Jake" Was all she said.

"Are you sure Bella, I don't want you to do something because you think you have too."

"Jake, shut up" She said again and silenced me with another mind blowing kiss.

So with that I slid my hand back up under her shirt, I stopped when I felt the bottom curve of her breast. She wasn't wearing a bra. The thought along made me moan.

"Jake" She panted against my lips.

"Yeah" I said, my breathing ragged.

"Take it off, my shirt, take it off, please" She asked.

So I sat her up and and slowly pulled her shirt up over her head and threw it on the floor. The sight before me would make a blind man see again. She was so fucking beautiful. Her breasts we're perfect, not too big, but definitely not small by no means. They were perfect.

I pulled her to me and kissed her, instantly pushing my tongue into her mouth and laid her back down on the bed. My hand traveling slowly up her stomach to her rib cage. I slowly slid down her body, kissing and sucking her neck. I couldn't get enough of her.

I made my way down, placing opened mouth kisses across the top of her chest right about her breasts. She arched her back again, pushing her breasts even closer to my mouth. Slowly, oh so slowly, my left hand came up over her right breast at the same time my mouth found her left nipple. She arched her back again, pushing even more of her breast into my hand and mouth. I curled my right arm around her back to hold her steady. I wanted to be sweet and loving about whatever we did tonight.

"Mmm Jake" She moaned, running her hands through my hair. I looked up at her through my eyelashes and saw her face in ecstasy. I loved that I was doing that to her.

"Jake, please" She said. I raised my head to look at her, letting her nipple fall out of my mouth, but keeping my left hand on her breast, kneading it.

"Please what baby? You got to tell me what you want, I don't want to do anything you don't want."

"Touch me, please" She said and raised her hips at the same time. There was no mistaking what she wanted and I was more then happy to give in.

Slowly I kissed my way back down to her breast, taking her right nipple into my mouth this time and letting my left hand travel lower and lower down her stomach until I reached the top of her shorts.

"Please Jake" She begged.

"Can we take these off Bella?" I asked her.

She nodded her head that was all the permission I needed. I slowly pulled her shorts off and threw them on the floor with the t-shirt. I left her panties on though, because I knew if I didn't it would really hard for me to control myself and this was about her tonight, not me. I wanted to make her feel good.

After I did that I crawled back up her body and began kissing and nibbling at her neck again, at the same time running my hand down to her thighs, massaging and kneading them. I laid back on my side and took her nipple in my mouth again as my hand came up to cover her mound. Soon as my hand connected with her her whole body arched into my hand.

"Relax baby" I whispered to her, leaning back down to continue what I was doing.

I gently rubbed my hand up and down her slit through her panties. She was already so wet I could feel it on the material of the panties. I slipped my fingers into her panties and she whimpered aloud when my fingers found her clit.

I decided to do something else. I laid my hand flat cupping her with my whole hand. Rubbing the palm of my hand on her clit as I put my index finger inside of her. She was moaning so loud now it took everything I had in me not to enter her right here. I leaned up and silenced her with a kiss as I inserted another finger, the whole time keeping the pressure on her clit. I kept at a steady rhythm until I felt her inner walls start to clench around my fingers.

"Oh, Jake…I'm gonna…Baby I'm almost there, don't stop." She gasped out.

I picked up my pace and not a mere 5 seconds later she was moaning my name as her walls clenched down around my fingers. After she rode out the waves of her orgasm I slipped my fingers out of her and brought them to my mouth to taste her. Oh my god she tasted so good.

I looked down to see her smiling at me. Love in her eyes.

"Hi" She whispered.

"Hi yourself" I chuckled.

"I love you"

"I love you too baby."

Then she let out a huge yawn. And to be honest I wasn't annoyed in the least bit that she was tired, I was just happy to have been intimate with her, even if it wasn't that much.

"Why don't you get some sleep baby" I told her.

"What about you?"

"What about me?"

"You helped me out, you don't want anything in return"

"No baby, im just happy you let me be like that with you"

"Are you sure? I don't mind" She said ending in a yawn. I chuckled at her.

"Your tired. I'll take a rain check. Get some sleep baby. I'm right here with you, I'm not going anywhere." I told her as I crawled up along side of her.

She laid he head on my chest and I wrapped my arms around her.

"Okay Jake, if you sure. Goodnight, I love you"

"Good night Bell's I love you too." I said and kissed her one last time, turned off the T.V. That I forgot was still on and we both fell asleep in each others arms.