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10. PACK

We drove in silence. A very serious face was all Jacob kept, like he wasn't really going to enjoy this. Maybe I shouldn't meet them. He seems really tense. Truth be told, I wanted to see the pack. Really bad. I wanted to see them as wolves too. If they were anything like Jacob as a wolf, they would look pretty amazing as well.

Jacob finally broke the silence, "Terry, whatever they say… don't… don't get upset. Please? I mean, a few of them are really gonna drill this imprinting on a guy deal pretty hard. I'm most likely gonna be the one they make fun of, but just in case, cut them some slack. They mean well." He smiled at me, not his regular smile, not the one that makes the atmosphere of the room change. This smile was forced.

The trees on the side of the road gave way to a vast clearing. Jacob pulled over on the side of the road and shut Edward's car off. After getting out of the car he ran over to my side and opened my door for me, flashing another forced smile. I was getting concerned as to whether or not he was going to make it through this.

"Looks like you get to see me naked again. I gotta phase to let them know we're here." He took of his shorts again and handed them to me. "Thanks." Standing a few feet away from me again, his body exploded into a wolf. If I wasn't so worried about him, I'd be amazed by how that works.

Jacob trotted a few paces away from me before letting loose an incredibly loud howl. I had to cover my ears. Turning back to me he did his 'happy dog' face, then phased back into human-form. I was confused, "Why did you have to howl? Can't they just hear your thoughts?"

He walked over to me and grabbed his shorts. As he put them back on he said, "Well yeah but only if they are wolves at the same time. So if we want to meet somewhere, we howl, and even if they're human, they'll hear it and come to where it came from."

Not but ten seconds after Jacob finished explaining, did I see a giant black wolf walk out of the trees that lined the clearing. From what I could make out the wolf just stared at Jacob. From the corner of my eye I saw Jacob nod. The big black wolf disappeared into the trees again. I reached out and held Jacob's hand. I felt compelled to comfort him, like it was my job. I had no idea why, I just had to. He looked down at me and smiled. The real Jacob-smile this time. I could see he had a renewed sense about him. He squeezed my hand in return.

He looked back up. I eventually looked over to where the wolf had gone into the woods, only to see six half-naked guys walking out of the trees. None of them wear shirts… I'm surprised they wear anything at all. They walked in a 'V' pattern, with what I'm assuming is the leader, Sam, in front. To his right walked a guy with a very serious face, almost angry. It kind of scared me a little. On Sam's left was a guy shorter than the rest, and he was smiling and seemed friendly enough. Behind the three in the front were three more guys, all talking to each other looking at me and Jacob then back to each other. Six. Jacob said there was seven. Where's the girl?

When the pack got close, they spread out in a line. I expected Sam to talk but the angry looking guy spoke, more like yelled, first, "Who is this?! Jacob! You howled in front of this guy?!" He stepped in closer to Jacob. He was tall but not as tall as Jacob. "First you told Bella about us and now this guy?! What's wrong with you?!" His face twisted into a snarl, as he looked at me.

Jacob stepped in front of me, fists shaking, and spoke in a voice that I never heard him use before. It was threatening. "Step off. Now."

"Paul. Enough." It was Sam. His voice was calm, but full of authority. So the angry one is Paul… Sam spoke now to Jacob, "Can you tell them who he is now?"

As Paul stepped back into line, I noticed two guys on the left whispering to each other again. Jacob took a deep breath and looked at me. I stared into his eyes for a few seconds before he slowly started nodding his head. "Uhh, guys? This is Terry. Terry meet the guys." He went down the line, introducing them all by name. "That's Quil, Embry, Paul, Sam, Seth, and Jared." Taking another deep breath, he said, "I don't know how else to say this so I'll just come out with it… I-I imprinted on him."

The two guys on the left, Embry and Quil, turned to each other, and Embry laughed, "Ha! Told you so. Now gimme the five bucks." Quil rolled his eyes and reached in his pocket and handed him the money.

Paul looked angry. He was trying very hard to control that anger, but it was still very much there. There was another expression in his face. Disgust? Sam just looked at him, ready to keep him in check.

Seth looked thoughtful for a moment, and then smiled a friendly smile at me. I was glad someone accepted me here.

"Really Jake? On a guy?" Jared smirked and the mocking began.

Quil made a face and started laughing, "Ugh man, now we're gonna hear Jacob's thoughts about doin' it with this guy."

Embry knelt down in front of Sam begging, "Please Sam, please order Jake not to phase. Leah is enough constantly imagining herself with you, I don't wanna have to suffer through Jacob now too." He stood up laughing and walked over to Jacob, placing a hand on his shoulder. "Oh man Jake, only you…"

Jacob shrugged his hand off, and turned to me, looking for my reaction to all this. Quite honestly it was funny. I didn't know why Jacob was so worried about this. I like these guys. Sure Paul is a little scary but, I'm sure he'll come around. I smiled at him, and he smiled back. Facing Embry again he said, "Yeah, listening to Leah fantasize about doing Sam is pretty disturbing."

It was my turn now. "But Jake, wouldn't Leah fantasizing about Sam turn you on, seeing as how you imprinted on a guy?"

Embry, Quil, Jared, and Seth all busted out laughing. Even Paul smirked a little. Quil walked over to me and wrapped his arm around my shoulder, "Haha! I like this guy!"

Jacob looked hurt, but only for a minute when he realized it was all in good fun. "Oh ok, I see how it is. You turn on me when more shirtless, muscled men show up."

They all (minus Paul) laughed. That's when I looked at them all. They were big and muscular, like Jacob. I felt highly inadequate being five-eleven and skinny. They were intimidating, but they accepted me. But really, what choice did they have? You imprint on who you imprint on.

While I was busy degrading myself for being a twig compared to them Jacob must of mistaken my expression. He walked away from Sam to where I was with Embry and Quil, and pulled me aside. "Are you ok? You know I was just joking around right? I don't even know if you like guys or anything."

He was back to the Jacob I knew, worrisome about everything. Making sure I was ok all the time. "Yeah, I'm fine. Just a little envious of you guys and all your steroid usage. I mean look at me I'm gangly." I smiled as they laughed.

Embry, Quil, and Jared started flexing and while Jared said, "Yeah, it's a wolf thing. Once we reach a certain age our bodies fill out."

Paul suddenly burst out laughing. It startled me, as it was the first time he showed any emotion other than anger. He walked up to me and flexed, being almost as muscular as Jacob. He smiled and said, "It's ok to be jealous. You can touch them if you want."

He started laughing some more as Sam walked up and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Alright, enough guys. Let's go. We can all hang out later. Terry, nice meeting you."

Sam turned and began walking towards the trees where they entered. The rest of the pack stopped flexing and started to say their goodbyes.

"Later." Paul smirked as he followed Sam.

Jared just laughed.

Seth came over and shook my hand, "We should all hang out sometime. Jacob it's been a while since me, you and Edward hung out."

Jacob nodded in recognition.

Quil and Embry walked over to me and Jacob at the same time. Quil tipped his head and said, "Catch you later."

Embry started to laugh as he said, "Jacob be sure to go easy on this guy. I don't think he can handle an animal, if you know what I'm saying."

As the last of the pack disappeared into the woods, Jacob finally turned to me. "I'm sorry about that. You're not upset are you? They can be a handful sometimes…"

I just smiled at him. "Jake, it was fun. I like them. They have great senses of humor. I really would like to hang out with them again."

Jacob smiled down at me as he wrapped his arm around my waist leading me to Edward's Volvo. "I'm glad you like them. It means a lot. I'm just sorry they kept going on about us having sex."

"Jake, there a bunch of guys. All they think about is sex." I said as I got into the car.

When Jacob sat in the driver's seat he turned to me and said, "That's not true. I don't think about sex all the time. I think about you."

"About having sex with me." I corrected. I smiled and he smiled too.

"Well I mean sometimes I do. You know, like when you're lying on me at night." He started the car and started driving down the road.

"Ok, no more sleeping on you then." I laughed.

He made a horrified expression. "Oh no, wait. I didn't mean that. I meant…" He struggled looking for something to say.

I just laughed as we headed towards the Cullen's house.