Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or any related characters

A/N: this chapter takes place months after the last one, around April.

Here In Your Arms

I woke up warmer than I should have been if it were any other Friday morning. I quickly remembered why as I inhaled the delightful scent of campfires and freshly cut grass that Jake always seemed to have. I loved that smell. I turned around in his arms so I could face him and noticed he was plenty awake. "Morning." He said with a smile. "Morning." I grinned back.

"You know I love you right?" I asked him.

"Yeah…"
"And you know I want nothing more than to just lay here all day with you?"

"Yeah…" He looked at me skeptically.

"Then you won't have any hard feelings when I tell you to get out?" I grinned and watched his face fall.

"But Addy!!" Jake whined using the name that only he can call me. Addy, which is a shortening of my middle name, Adeline.

"I know, I know, but Sarah will be here soon and we have to go get our prom dresses. You want me to be all pretty for you tomorrow night, right?" I smiled and bat my eyes.

"Yeah, yeah." He started to mumble as he climbed out of my bed. "You could wear a pair of sweats for all I care. Or what you're wearing right now. That's nice." He eyed me in his shirt and shorts which I used for pajamas. I stuck out my tongue at him as I headed for the shower.

Maybe I should explain…

My stepfather, Xavier, is in Colorado for some teaching convention. Jake has been keeping me company. We didn't do anything, you dirty minded fool. The reason we're able to lay in bed on a Friday morning is because tomorrow is prom. Our schools give us the Friday before prom off so we can get everything together.

See, this year, they mixed our two proms together. It's going to be at this big hotel. It'll be so pretty. We had a little debate over the king and queen stuff and the prom committee assured both schools that everyone will have a fair chance. "Whoever gets the most votes wins, regardless of school."

I don't really care for that sort of thing. I have my king and he treats me like a queen. I don't need a shiny plastic crown to solidify that.

I came out of the bathroom after drying my hair and getting dressed to find Jake asleep in my bed again. I rolled my eyes and checked my phone. The little light on the top was blinking meaning I had a text.

"Hey. Running late. Be there at noon." From Sarah. I checked the clock, seeing it was 11:00. I smiled and snuggled up to Jake for a while, breathing him in. Around 11:15 I got up and made some food which, of course, lured Jake out.

"Fooood!" He elongated the word. "What is it?" He stalked up behind me, wrapping his arms around my waste and resting his chin on my shoulder. "Just bacon, eggs, and toast. No time to go all out today." I scrambled up the eggs to keep them from sticking to the pan and turned off the fire. I plated 3 servings – one for me and two for Jake – and we dug in. "You," he said, shoving some eggs in his mouth, "are a goddess, Addy." I smiled and took a bite of toast.

Shortly after we finished and I stuck the dishes in the dishwasher there was a knock at the door, Jake's cue to leave. He grumbled and got up, walking me to the door.

"Hey Sarah." I smiled, walking outside.

"Hey Ayzie, Jake." She greeted us both.

Jake just grumbled. I laughed. "Not a morning person." I explained to Sarah and quickly kissed Jake goodbye. I got in Sarah's car and watched Jake drive away on his motorcycle. (Yes, it's the same one Bella gave him)

We drove to the mall and almost immediately reverted back to childhood as I always do with her. We were up to the same old shenanigans. Photo booths, uncontrollable laughter, the usual.

We both found gorgeous dresses. They were beautiful and floor length. Hers was pink with rhinestone embellishment around the neck and sleeves and also placed in random places along the skirt. Mine was much more formal. It was blue and strapless with rhinestones all along the chest while the skirt seemed to wrap around like a sash along the skirt carrying rhinestones along the edge. The hem of the dress had rhinestones which seemed to make the shape of flowers and stems, though not quite. We each found matching shoes and jewelry and decided today was just a good day, ha ha.

After the dresses, we decided to relax and have a smoothie from Frulatti.

"So," Sarah said, sipping her kiwi watermelon smoothie. "Jake stayed over last night, huh?" She looked at me with curious eyes.

"Yes. What of it? We didn't do anything. You know that." I moved my straw around in my favorite strawberry banana smoothie. "Yeah, I know." She sighed. "It's sweet though, that he keeps you company like that." She stared into space with obvious thoughts. I wish Aiden would do that for me. She wandered off into fantasies that were to private for me to intrude on. "You know the only reason Aiden doesn't do that is cause he's terrified of your parents." I reassured her. She seemed happy with that and continued her day dreams.

I started thinking of Jake and everything I loved about him. His hair, his eyes, his smell, and his warmth. I realized that I loved all those things after I fell for him. I began thinking of when it was that I lost all hope of forgetting him, only being able to think of that day in the meadow.

His scared and shocked face… It was beautiful. I just… fell… I never believed in love at first site, but how could I explain this? It was like this sudden feeling smacking you to the ground and blacking out everything else that mattered. Then I got to know him. His playful nature, his darkest secrets. There was no turning back. Ever.

"Ayzie, come on! We have a manicure and pedicure scheduled in 10 minutes. We're going to be late!" Sarah snapped me out of my reverie. "Right." I said and smiled.

JPOV

Knock knock knock. I knew who that was. Sarah. I grumbled and let Addy get the door. I don't have anything against her, it's just that… I want all the time with my Addy as I can get.

"Hey, Sarah." Addy smiled.

"Hey Ayzie, Jake." She smiled at Addy while looking at me with criticizing eyes. Was it that obvious I stayed the night last night? I just grumbled again. Addy told Sarah I wasn't a morning person. That wasn't necessarily true. I just don't like leaving my girl. Addy kissed me quick and walked to Sarah's car. I climbed on my bike and smiled at her as she got in the car. My thoughts were crowded as I drove home.

You can't make him go!

Yeah, man! He's happy!

I know that! But he's the strongest we've got. It has to be him!

You can't do this!

Yeah, what about Ayzlin?!

Im sorry. I can't.

It wasn't happening now. It was something I heard as I slept. I could see Quil, Embry, and Sam arguing. I parked my bike in the garage and headed to Sam's.

"What was that about?" I asked, opening the door without knocking. "What do you mean?" Sam asked, pretending to be oblivious. He knew exactly what.

"Sam, don't play with me. It has something to do with Addy. What is it?? What are you making me do?" I walked closer to Sam.

He sighed and headed out the door. "Not inside." He said, pausing as he turned the doorknob. I knew this would be bad. It must upset me if we're heading outside.

We got to the woods and Sam started to explain. "I have a job for you. It's not optional. You're the strongest we've got and we need you to be the one." As same continued to explain I got madder and madder. It turned out some vampires were wreaking havoc and their own didn't want to do anything about it. He said we had an ally in the area and I was to meet him somewhere. "Where is it?" I asked Sam. He sighed and backed away. "England. For a long time… you leave Sunday night. I'm sorry Jake." A growl ripped through my body and I couldn't think anymore. I ran. What was I going to do? I had to leave my Addy. Why? Why did I have to be the strongest?!

Instead of wasting time thinking of useless ways to get out of it, I just thought of my Addy. How was I going to tell her? What would she do? Would she cry? I don't think I could take that.

Running through the forest until dark, I decided what I would do. I didn't know where I was or where I was running to until I came upon a familiar white house with light shining through the windows.

I saw Addy welcome her father back home after his trip and walk back to her room before they left to go out to eat. She grabbed her keys off her desk and my jacket off her desk chair. She smiled widely as she put it on and smelled it. She looked like an angel. I would make this weekend the best she's ever had, so the last thing I'd see is her smile.

I like,
Where you sleep,
When you sleep,
Next to me.
I like,
Where you sleep;
Here.

When you are the one, the one that lies close to me.
Whispers "Hello, I've missed you quite terribly."
I fell in love, in love with you suddenly.
That there's no place else I could be but here in your arms.

"Here in Your Arms" - Hellogoodbye