Changing Tides

A/N: Spoiler Alert! - (If you're not confused and you prefer to wait to let the story play out, then stop reading this A/N now) - Ok, I planned on letting things get revealed later, but I'm worried people are getting frustrated so here's the deal, Jake can't possibly figure out that Nessie is a Cullen because to him, it's impossible for vampires to have children. But if you remember the dream he had in Ch 6 about Bella and Nessie, his subconscious is trying to tell him the truth, even if he doesn't fully understand it. He knows there is a hybrid out there, he just doesn't think it's a vamp hybrid. And Nessie didn't know what Jake was, because her family purposely never told her anything about the Quileute's or shape shifters, but she has seen real werewolves and knows Jake isn't one. It was hard for her to believe that Jake was immortal because she thought he was a normal guy. Ness is a good liar because she has to be, and she learned from the best, her dad. (Remember in BD Jake commented on Edward being a good liar?) As to why she didn't tell Jake the truth, well that I will wait for you to find out later, she definitely has a good reason so don't be too mad at her. Besides if we found out everything now, what would the rest of the story be about?

Disclaimer: I don't know any Spanish whatsoever and I'm relying solely on my translate button, so If I get any of that wrong, then I apologize.

***UPDATE*** Thank you so much to the reviewer who fixed my Spanish translations for me in this chapter, I hope I did it right. You didn't sign your name, but thanks just the same.

Ch 10 – Wolf, Wolfe, Black

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"Si el sol ardiese mañana, el mundo se calentaría por la luz que arde dentro de ti," Nessie said.

"If the Sun were to burn out tomorrow, the world would be warmth by the light that burns inside of you. - Is that right?" We were practicing Spanish to English translations, and Nessie was telling me sentences in Spanish and I was supposed to say it in English.

"Muy bien mi amor," she told me. I understood that one for sure. "Ok, now I'll tell you a sentence in English and you translate it."

"Ok, but make it an easy one," I requested.

"Tomorrow, I will take you shopping and never complain once," she said with a smile.

"Is that the sentence?" I asked after rolling my eyes.

"Yep, come on let's hear it," she said playfully.

"Ok –Después de tu graduación, me arrodillaré y te pediré que te cases conmigo," I told her (which meant- After graduation I'll get down on my knee and ask you to marry me).

Nessie just stared at me for a few moments with a shocked look on her face. "That's not what I told you to say," she said slowly.

"Te amo más que a nada, y quiero que permanezcas conmigo en vez de marcharte a Europa." (I love you more than anything, and I want you to stay with me instead of moving to Europe.)

"Jake?"

"No tienes que contestarme ahora; sólo quiero que se sepas lo que hay en mi corazón, y así tengas tiempo para decidir lo hay en el tuyo." (You don't have to answer me now; I just want you to know what's in my heart, so you can have time to decide what's in yours.)

She climbed onto my lap and wrapped her arms around my neck. "I already know what's in my heart," she whispered then started kissing me with the intensity of wildfire. After a few minutes, we both needed to catch our breaths, so we pulled away from each other.

"You've been holding out on me," she said with a crooked smile. "So, you've only been pretending to be horrible at Spanish so I would spend all this time tutoring you?"

"Oh no, trust me, I'm bad. I've just been practicing those lines for a while," I told her then pulled her in for another kiss.

I wasn't asking her to marry me officially, but I wanted her to know of my plans so she had time to consider the idea of not going overseas with her family.

We had the day off of practice so we were studying early, but that was more than fine by me because that just meant I got to spend the afternoon with my gravity. Nessie pulled away from me suddenly, and immediately her body stiffened.

"What is it Babe?" I said quietly, but then our offensive players walked by.

"Wolfe," Greg said

"Carter," I said his last name in response, though he could have been saying wolf, instead of Wolfe, it was hard to tell.

"Mutt," Zack said under his breath right before disappearing around the corner. And that's how it went every time I passed by the quarterback/ leader of the resident witches, and his coven.

I knew the witches were watching my pack for any sign of us being a threat, but they were wrong about what we were all together. I watched Ness relax when they were out of site.

"Honey, they have no reason to want to hurt you, you don't have to be afraid every time they pass, besides, I can protect you against anything."

"You just don't know how dangerous they can be." She said quietly. I hated that she was so afraid of these guys, but I was glad that she at least knew enough about them, to know to keep her distance; I didn't want her anywhere near them.

"I just don't understand why they think we're werewolves when we're not, and how they found out we're different in the first place? Everything was cool between us for weeks when they first got here," I said mostly to myself.

"Jake, Greg probably didn't know what you were before, because he never touched you. When witches touch someone that isn't human, they get a mental picture of what they really are. When your defense played their offense, he must have come in physical contact with you at some point and got a flash of a wolf, and assumed you were a werewolf. Obviously, they aren't very well versed in real werewolves, but I guess neither were you," Nessie explained.

"Hey, I knew what the movies say about werewolves, but I just thought all that was bogus. Movies don't get vampires right with the whole burning in the sun and wooden steak through the heart thing, so why would they get werewolves right? How was I supposed to know we weren't actually even werewolves at all?" I said defending my lack of knowledge of my own species.

Nessie was knowledgeable on many forms of monster, but she still claimed that it was because her family traveled a lot and came across them while abroad. I didn't believe her of course, but I loved her too much to call her a liar to her face, and we had only been back together for a couple of weeks so I didn't want to drive her away again.

"So, where are we going for dinner tonight?" I asked her

"Ugh, why don't we just eat here?" she said

"Is that code for you're not eating tonight, because I know you wouldn't eat in the cafeteria by choice?"

"Jake, don't make a big deal of it, I'm just not hungry sometimes," she said annoyed by my concern for her food intake.

"Babe, you know I just worry about you."

"Yes I do know that, but I also know what's best for me, and you need to just let me decide for myself if I'm hungry or not," she said calmly.

"Ok, you're right, I'm sorry," I told her. "Cafeteria dinner, here I come," I said mostly to myself but Ness giggled anyway.

"Hey Vanessa, we're all going to the movies, do you want to come?" one of Nessie's cheer friends came over and asked.

"Oh, no thanks. I'm just hanging out with my boyfriend tonight…"

"Babe, it's Ok. You hardly ever go out with your friends anymore, it's cool really. I'm just going to go for a run tonight anyway," I assured her.

"O-Ok, sounds like fun," she told her friend, and then she reached up to kiss me before taking off. I hated when she went into the city without me or Leah, but she knew more about monsters than I did and knew what to watch out for.

Now that my evening was free after all, I went to look for my pack to see what they were doing. Seth was hanging with his girlfriend. After I started dating Nessie officially, Seth just assumed dating the high school girls was acceptable, so it didn't take him long to find a girlfriend of his own. I explained to him that Ness was my imprint, so it wasn't the same thing because we were going to be together forever and not just for a few weeks like he usually was with his girlfriends. But at least Seth was dating an eighteen year old, so I didn't give him too much crap for it.

Embry and Leah were busy cramming for a test they had the next day, so that meant I was alone for the rest of the evening, or at least until after curfew when we would go patrolling. I decided to go for a run alone, not patrolling, just a run for the fun of it. I went further out than normal, because it was still early and I didn't want to risk anyone seeing me who may have wondered out into the forest.

It was strange, like there was an invisible line that surrounded the school where there was absolutely no smell other than the natural smell of the forest and the animals that live there, but on the outside of the line, the smell of vampire traffic was strong. I thought about waiting for my pack to investigate, but that's when I saw one. My first thought was to try and capture it like we planned, so I could question it as to what the whole hybrid thing was, but when he saw me, he attacked right away.

He was an especially nasty leech. He was as big as the biggest Cullen, and he was smart and a skilled fighter. We fought for several minutes, but after I finally had his head off, I was shocked when he immediately went up in flames. I jumped back to avoid getting burned, and was completely confused as to how the vamp caught fire on its own, when I heard clapping behind me. I turned quickly and saw Greg and his fellow witches standing there watching me.

"I'm really impressed Wolfe," (or wolf, I wasn't sure) Greg said.

I just huffed at him and resisted the urge to bare my fangs.

"Relax; we're not here to fight. We saw you headed out here and got curious, but that…that was something, truly amazing," Greg said. "It's not a full moon and yet here you are and fighting one of our enemies. We were wrong about you, and I'd like to call a friendly truce."

I phased back to human so I could speak and didn't even care that I was naked; it's not like we didn't dress in the same locker room anyway.

"You were wrong about us, but I know exactly what you are," I told him.

"Really, and what's that?" Greg asked

"Witches," I stated

"Warlocks," Zack corrected me, but Greg gave him a warning look.

"How did you figure that out?" Greg asked

"I have my ways, just as you have yours," I told him.

"Look Jacob, I think we're all the same side here, so why fight needlessly."

"And what side is that?" I asked him

"Well the obvious is we go to the same school and play football for the same team, but more importantly, we protect people by killing vamps. There is no reason we should be fighting each other when we want the same thing."

"We aren't fighting each other, because if we were, you'd be dead." I really hoped I sounded cocky enough.

"I'm not your enemy Wolfe, and you don't want to turn me into one," he threatened

"Just so we're clear, when you say Wolfe, do you mean Wolfe as in my last name, or wolf as in the animal?" I didn't really care either way, but nothing he was telling me was keeping my interest enough to not think about it.

Greg just smirked then the four of them turned and walked away.

I phased back to wolf and ran to where I stashed my clothes. I could have stayed longer hunting for vamps, but I really wanted to get back and tell my pack about my little meeting. As much as I hated admitting it, I actually did think the witches were kind of cool, the way they set that vamp on fire with a spell, or however the hell they did it, was awesome. And Greg really was a likeable guy when he wasn't being all alpha witch, so maybe these guys weren't going to bring us any trouble after all.

I went by Leah and Nessie's room first. I didn't expect to find Ness there because she should still be at the movie with her friends, but Leah was supposed to be there studying. I didn't have to climb the tree because it was before curfew, so I went straight inside and knocked on the door. I was pleasantly surprised when Nessie actually was home and smiled when she saw me.

"Hey Babe, what are you doing back already?" I asked her as I went inside and shut the door behind me.

She didn't answer me right away, so I asked her another question.

"Where's Leah, I thought she was supposed to be here?" I asked her but she seemed to be thinking hard about something, and looking away from me.

"Babe?" I sat by her on the bed, and lifted her chin so I could look her in the eye. "Honey, what's wrong?"

She took a deep breath, and then finally answered me quietly. "I decided not to go to the movie and Leah went to study with Embry in your room."

"Ok, what's wrong with you?" I asked concerned.

Tears started rolling down her cheeks before she answered. "You were just in the forest."

"Yeah, I thought we established that I was safe out there?" I asked her confused as to why she was upset.

"You killed a vampire didn't you?" she said in a whisper. I had no idea how she knew that, she looked happy to see me when I was at the door, but as soon as I closed the door behind me, her mood changed. It was almost as if she could smell it on me or something, but humans can't smell vamps the way we could so that wasn't possible.

"Ness, I know you have had vampire friends, or whatever, in the past but vampires are dangerous and it's my job to kill them." I tried making her understand.

"Not all vampires are dangerous Jake; can't you even consider the possibility that some vampires are good?"

"No," I said a little too quickly. I knew the Cullens weren't dangerous, but the last thing I wanted to do was encourage Nessie's fondness of the species, by admitting that not all were horribly evil.

Nessie closed her eyes slowly, and then opened them after a few moments looking straight at me.

"I love you Jake," she said softly

"I love you too, more than anything," I said slightly confused by the change of direction.

"Do you really want to marry me Jake?" she asked looking deep in my eyes.

"Of course I do, as soon as you'll have me."

"Ok, after graduation, but right away, we can go to Vegas or something," she said while drying her eyes.

"Really? What about your family and all that, shouldn't I like, at least meet them or something?"

"NO!" she yelled. "I mean, no; it's not a good idea. They wouldn't be happy about it, and I just don't want them to try to stop us."

"Well, maybe if I meet them, and explain how much I love you, maybe…"

"No Jake, they wouldn't let it happen. I told you, they know about the supernatural and they would figure out what you are, and they would never let us be together."

"Well you'll be eighteen, they don't have a choice."

"Trust me Jake, they will find a way to keep us apart. Please, just do this my way. If we want to be together forever, then we can't tell my family."

I was concerned about the amount of fear she had when speaking of her family, I never heard her talk about them with anything but love before and I wondered what changed. But I was even more confused as to how this conversation went from her being upset at me killing a vamp, to her planning to marry me right after graduation. Of course I wasn't complaining.

She pushed me over on her bed and started kissing my neck. "I can't wait to be Mrs. Wolfe. See now my childhood desire to be a teen wolf makes sense." She giggled in my ear before playfully tugging on my lobe with her teeth.

"Oh, about that? My last name isn't actually Wolfe."

She sat up to look at me in my face. "What is it?"

"I had to change it because of the age thing. It's actually Black."

"Jacob Black?... I like it." She said casually.

"And Vanessa Black sounds good too…" I said, but she shut me up by pressing her mouth to mine.

"Jake, I want to be with you."

"You are with me," I said smiling.

"No, I mean really be with you…right now," she said while lifting my shirt then kissing my stomach. It only took me half a second to understand what she meant, and I wanted what she was asking so badly, but she was still so young.

"Babe, I thought you wanted to wait until…" I couldn't finish because now she had her shirt off.

"I don't want to wait, Leah won't be back for hours, and I'm sure she will stay at your place if you tell her to. I want to be with you now, I love you so much and I'm ready to be connected to you completely."

I didn't verbally agree, but she knew I would never deny her, so she continued to undress herself.

"Jake?" she asked while she pulled off her pants

"Yeah?" I was barely able to speak

"Did you practice anymore phrases in Spanish?" she asked smiling, I smiled back.

"Te amo más que la vida es uno mismo, eres mi gravedad y el centro de mi universe" I told her (I love you more than life it's self, you are my gravity and the center of my universe)

"Dios te amo" She replied. I wasn't exactly sure what she said, but I knew it was something about love.

And we continued on, making the most amazing love that I ever experienced, the kind I never knew really existed.

*What do you think? Did Nessie's response to Jake killing the vamps make sense? I hope it's becoming a little clearer as to why she hasn't told Jake the truth about her and her family. Please Review*