I had worked out for a good hour before slowing down. I can't remember making the choice but before I knew it I was out my window again. Jacob had said it was the clearing that had pulled him, but it was him that was pulling me. He had spent has last couple days watching me sleep, I had the compulsion to watch him sleep. I had never been to La Push before but I didn't need to know the lay of the land to follow Jacob's smell.
His house was easy to spot, or smell as the case was. I would have made an attempt to pick the lock, an easy feat but the door was unlocked. "Oh Jake with the things that bump in the night you should be more careful." I said in a whisper. The house was shabby but better then the places I had stayed in. Jacob's father was wheelchair bound and asleep in front of a flickering TV. I smiled and shook my head slipping past him silently.
I found Jacob's tiny room, his bed nearly consumed it all, but it was still barely large enough to contain him. His body was twisted up in his blankets , his belly full and in digestion. He slept in a pair of boxers on his stomach. I carefully unwound the blanket from his legs keeping my touch light. After I was finished I spread the blanket over him. I perched myself on the edge of his bed.
Several times in the night Jacob called out my name. The first times I thought he was awake before realizing he was just dreaming. Jacob's father woke up early to go fishing with some of his friends, not once checking in on his son. Jacob slept for several more hours waking up about one in the afternoon. "It even smells like her." He said hugging his pillow. "Maybe that is because you don't lock your doors." I said grinning.
Jacob's head snapped up his eye brows skyrocketed into his hairline. "Vander?" "In the flesh, you know a lot more real then those dreams you had." I said nudging his leg. "You been here that long?" He asked pushing himself up. I nodded. "Yeah, I left my house about an hour after you did, took a couple minutes to get here." I shrugged. "You aren't angry are you?" I asked. He grinned and shook his head. "No, curious but not angry. Angry would be the opposite of me right now." I shook my head and stretched out my legs.
"I can't help it Jake, I was drawn to you. You watched me while I was out fair is fair. Don't you go to school Jacob?" he shook his head. "Summer." "Oh that is right, I forget how things work sometimes." I shrugged. "Come here you." He said attempting to pull me to him. "I don't think so." I said holding him off with one hand. "I don't get it, you came here but you won't come to me?" he asked. "Jake, you just woke up." I pointed out his face blank. "You have morning breath, not really that appealing. Plus you are kind of smelly days without showering and all."
"Oh right." he blushed and scrambled around me out of his room. I laid back onto his bed inspecting his room as he showered. He was taking great care trying to look his best after he exited swearing at his hair for being hopeless. I chuckled. "Hey you." He said leaning against the frame. I looked up and grinned. "Take long enough?" He deflated and shoved his hands in his jean pockets. "Sorry we can't all be effortless sexy." The cologne he put on hit my nose and I made a face. "I like it better when you don't try as hard, your a lot more effortless sexy then you think." He smiled and came to the bed in less then a stride. "You think I am sexy?" "No." I said flatly, like my voice had no will to lie to him. "Yes you do, admit it." He said prodding me in the side. "Fine, your pretty not bad, for a wolf." I said teasing him.
He laid beside me on his side putting on of his legs over mine his fingers twisting in my hair. "Vander I didn't say anything embarrassing did I?" He asked his face scarlet. "I don't know how embarrassing is 'Oh Vander mmm yes…'?" I asked making my voice husky. "I did not." He shot back his heart racing. "If your not worried about it then why did your heart start racing? But no nothing embarrassing." He sighed and pulled me close burying his nose in my hair.
I brought his hand to my mouth and kissed the back of it. "Jake may I make a confession to you?" He nodded. "I hate being with you like this, it makes me feel alive again. It makes the realization that I'm not so much harder when your gone. That is why I came." "Vander you are alive, just not how you used to be. You just need to realize that." he slipped his hand under my shirt and slid it over my stomach to rest on my side and I shuddered. "See you are still very much alive." He fell silent if his breathing weren't irregular I would have thought him asleep. "What are you doing?" I asked. "Enjoying touching you, your skin is amazing, like a glass of water." he replied. "You worry about it's contents?" I asked. He laughed and shook his head. "No pure and refreshing." "Oh you mean like a virgin's blood on All Hallows Eve?" I cackled. "Right that was to weird for words." He made a face. He got serious and brought his eyes to mine. "Have you ever?" "No, it doesn't tempt me at all. I need blood to survive and more then a run of the mill vampire because I use a lot of energy. But I stick mainly to deer, they are over populated in most parts of the country and their bodies are easy enough to depose of." "Oh… what.." I cut him off. "Have you ever had sex Jake?" His face flushed and he looked down. "Where did that come from?" "Well you ask all these in depth questions about me, why don't I get to ask my own? I wish you would just let us be and not ruin it with questions. My past in painful for me, I will tell you when I am ready."
He murmured sorry in my ear and then nibbled my lobe. "No I haven't." He said softly moving his hand form under my shirt to my jeans fly. "My Dad is out right now…" He said his voice husky. "If the next words are want to fool around, I am breaking your jaw, and if you like that hand I would move it." I whispered in his ear. He moved his hand and blushed sitting up. "I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable…" I shrugged. "I am fine, I just don't want you to get carried away, we have been on one date." I held up my index finger to illustrate a point.
His head shifted and then looked at me. "They are worried, Alice thinks your dead because she can't find you and you left in the middle of the night and left your phone. " He told me. I made a face and held my hand out for his phone. "Shit." I called my phone which was instantly answered. "Jake, do you know what happened to her?" Alice's worried voice asked. "Um I went for a run and it took longer then I planned.." I said in a small voice. "I am not used to living with other people or having a phone." I said explaining. Alice sighed in relief and told the others my situation. I could hear Edward being annoyed and Emmett making a lewd comment in the back and being silenced by Rosalie's glare. "It's fine but in the future be more careful and considerate. Don't scare us like that." "Got it, and Alice for what it is worth I am sorry." She hung up the phone obviously angry at me.
"I should go." I said pushing myself up. Jacob pushed me down. "Let them cool off a while, plus I want to spend time with you before we go out tonight." "If we are going out tonight then what is the point?" I asked. "You aren't a fan of PDA remember?" He grinned and kissed the corner of my mouth. I smiled and shook my head. "I have to go." "Vander, please stay." He pleaded. I nodded and he smiled at me. "For a little while."
I stayed a lot longer then I expected. Jacob started talking about rebuilding his own car and that set us talking for hours. It wasn't until Billy came home I realized how late it was. "Well I guess I will see you later?' I asked. He nodded. "Yeah pick me up at nine." he gave me a quick kiss then allowed me to stand. "Is there a not past your father way out?" I asked. "Just go he is harmless." "Walk me then." I offered my hand for him to get up and he smiled. Billy arched his eyebrows as we walked past. "She is cute, that is the vampire?" He mouthed to Jacob who was shaking his head for his father to be quite. "Yeah, I am, Vander." I said giving him a wave. "But I much prefer roided out leech, you know cause of the magic and all." I said trying to keep a straight face. "She is a funny one Jake." His father said chuckling a little as I exited.
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Angry was an understatement, but I could understand. I sat in the living room bring politely told off by Alice. I felt like I would have in high school if my parents had cared what time I rolled in at. I guess fighting wolves sort of gets you off the hook for having a cur view. "But you can make it up to us, you are going dancing tonight take us with you." Alice laughed, I guess she wasn't all that angry or she was just easy to forgive. "I am not going dancing tonight, Jake is taking me out." I said quickly. "I guess he is taking you dancing, perfect we can double times two." Rosalie said. Bella groaned from her spot beside Edward. "But I am a horrible dancer, I will probably take out the whole family with one misplaced mashed potato." I couldn't but help but laugh. "but if you don't come they will never forgive me, can you have that on your head Bella?" She sighed and gave up. "Alright but if anyone starts bleeding I am holding you guys responsible." Emmett grinned and shook his head. "It has been awhile since we did anything together, it should be fun." Jasper had already left to go get ready knowing how carefully Alice would examine what whatever he wore.
A couple hours later Jasper was still unsure what to wear and Alice and Rosalie had put Bella and I through the ringer. I laughed as Bella exited the bathroom her hair in wavy curls wearing dark makeup and tight jeans and top made to look torn and vintage. "Laugh it up." My hair was straight and tamed and my make up felt unnatural on my face. I was wearing black flats and a tight fake vintage jean skirt and a black half tank top half long sleeve shirt torn to revel a little cleavage. "Alice this outfit is ridiculous." I said as she exited the bathroom with Rosalie. "You aren't fighting anything you are dancing the outfit is perfect, makes your legs look miles long." "But they are!" I cried. Most of my height came from my legs. "Oh stop it dress up is fun." Rosalie laughed.
Emmett, Jasper, and Edward entered my room looking a little sharper then normal. "Then how come they get to go as themselves?" "Yeah?" Bella echoed my complaint. Unfortunately her kryptonite Edward told her she looked stunning and she quieted. "Fine lets just go get Jake." I hadn't run the new arrangements by him but then again I wasn't giving a choice or the time to do so.
I drove the Volvo to La Push, the only car that could accommodate all of us. Jake's eyes nearly jumped out of his head at the sight of me. "Not a word, Alice made me. Speaking of which they are all in the car coming with us. A peace offering for me running off last night. Be nice." He shrugged and closed the door behind him. Apparently while I was out Emmett and Jacob had become something like friends. I rolled my eyes as they started talking sports.
In Seattle Alice directed me to a club and I parked. Instead of waiting in line we were let in instantly, a bonus of being unnaturally beautiful. My first thirty minutes were spent sending back drinks sent to me and being begged by Alice to get me on the floor. Bella was dancing carefully with Edward and Rosalie and Emmett were having fun in the middle of a group. Dancing in my room was a lot different then doing it in front of a group of people I didn't know.
It took Jake and Jasper to pry me from my seat and get me on the floor. I started to dance bouncing my shoulders to the beat of the music. The rest of my body followed as I started to dance with Alice. Soon I was dancing with Jake and Jasper as well laughing. I grabbed on to Bella and Jasper nabbed Edward as we were absorbed into Rosalie and Emmett's group. Once again I was having fun despite myself.
I was having fun teasing Jake by dancing on him his heart pounding whenever I did so. What was more fun was dancing with other guys but never letting them touch me seeing jealousy take him over as he pulled me to him.
Everyone but Bella noticed a now familiar smell of magic working their eyes following the source to a shocking blonde girl and boy. 'They are blocking their thoughts, all I can get off of them is music.' Edward thought at me. A skill I had never mastered a mind reader knew to give me space so it had never been an issue. The pair weren't from the group at the clearing but they seemed to know us. For some reason I had seen their faces before, they were familiar to me. As quickly as they had probed us with magic they were gone.
Before I knew it I was tiring my hair up behind my head in a loose knot, ripping slits in my mini skirt and had ripped the one long sleeve off of my top as I went. I could hear Edward calling my name in my head and everyone yelling for me to come back, but I didn't care. They didn't need to get involved in magic any more then necessary. I was nearly to the door when arms wrapped around me from behind. I was about to slam my head into whoever's nose when Emmett's voice was in my ear. "Enough of this cowboy bullshit. We stand as a family remember?" "Yeah.." I said softly. "Good now go collect your boyfriend he almost fainted seeing you rip your clothes almost off." he joked. I turned to see them all looking at me with wonder.
We meet up and everyone knew it was time to go. We worked our way out of the club and out to the parking lot. The pair was leaning against our car. Edward jumped from beside Bella to stand in front of her protectively. I didn't bother protecting them, Jacob had managed to shatter my protection he could do it again and I didn't want to waste the energy. "Greetings sister." They said smiling at me but in a threatening way. "I have said it once and will say it again. I am no sister of yours." The man smiled and raised his brow. "Oh on the contrary we will always be more kin to you then any of the beast and leeches you have claimed Vander." "Exactly Sisto." The young girl said. The name brought me back and it hit me where I had seen their faces. "Mike, Steph?" I asked. "Oh a little slow but at least she got it." Michael said. "What happened Vander you used to be good." Stephanie said sharply striding to me, sizing me up. Michael examined Emmett and Jasper. "So these are the brothers you rather then me. They are disgusting, and that flea bag. If he lusted after you any more I might have to kill him for having those thoughts about my big sisto." Jacob growled but was silenced by my glare. "Leave them out of this, and go home there is nothing for you here." Stephanie slapped me in the face with all of her strength, the act stung me more then the pain. "Why, you are the one that brought them into this. Claiming them disgracing our family name, though you have always been a selfish bitch Vand." Stephanie said. "Besides Vander why should we go home, you never do." Michael finished.
"I wanted you to be happy." I said defending my actions. "Oh once we got a chance to shoe what we could do too we were happy." Michael said he snapped his fingers and Jacob started to struggle unable to breath. I jumped forward and pushed him breaking his concentration. "Not him." I growled. "No then pick another Vand." "Not any of them. Ever." I said shaking with anger. "Oh but we aren't nearly finished sisto. It took us a long time to find you." Stephanie said spitting on Alice. "You will never be her family not like we are. I balled my fist and used my elbow to strike her in the face. She spit blood from her busted lip and grinned.
"Good Vander, get angry, Your more fun to hurt when your angry." Michael said as Emmett took a hold of Jasper to keep him from losing control. "Don't worry we aren't done by a long shot." Stephanie said backing up to Michael's side. They clasped hands and disappeared.