This Love

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11. Getaways Turned Holidays (Meg and Dia)

Sexual love is the most stupendous fact of the universe, and the most magical mystery our poor blind senses know.

— Amy Lowell

Bell's POV

"I'm gonna go and get my purse." I said. I opened the door when a cool hand grabbed my arm, stopping me.

"Are you sure?" He said. "Edward, I'm sure that I want my purse. He's not dangerous. He's about as dangerous as Jasper." he looked at me skeptically. "On a good day." I smiled.

"Just...Be safe. Call me if things go wrong." Edward said. He pressed the keys to his Volvo in my hand. "Try not to hit any werewolves. Please." he chuckled.

"I promise!" I said. I drove, trying to find the house were Jacob is. The wind was blowing through the open window. It was red, right? I believe so. And, he lives in La Push. I think. Yeah....La Push. What if there was a town called La Shove? When push comes to shove...

"Bella?" I jumped at Jacob's voice. "Oh, sorry. I didn't mean to scare you. It's just that you looked lost..."

"Jake. Hi. I, um, left my purse in your car. Yesterday...morning.." I trailed off. He smiled.

"Yeah, it's in the house. Come on." I turned the car keys and hopped out after Jake. I noticed how tall he was for the first time. He was at least seven feet tall! I stepped into his tiny house and was greeted by warmth. I smiled, then trip over the edge of carpet. Jacob reached out and caught me, his hands were burning hot.

I laughed nervously, then I noticed an older man in a wheelchair. "Why, Bella. I haven't seen you since you were tiny."

"You know me?" I asked the older man.

"My name's Billy, and I knew your father, Charlie. I'm sorry about his death." He smiled sadly. "And your mother, Renеe. She was the only one, besides you, that could make Charlie smile like that."

Pain shot through me quickly, even though I barely know them. Billy rolled over to a table and picked up a picture frame. He rolled back over to me and handed over the frame. There was me, or at least a young brunette. And older lighter brunette who has the same cheek bones as me. A man with a moustache who had my hair color and my eyes.

"Tha's you and your parents on First Beach. You can keep the picture." He smiled. I nodded.

"Here." Jacob said, handing me my purse. Our fingers touched again and I noticed how warm he was again. "Hey, I wanna show you something out in the garage."

"Okay." I followed him outside, waving at Billy. We walked the length of his grassy backyard and to a plastic shed. No, two plastic sheds that were bolted together and the middle walls knocked out. I liked it.

"Okay, it's not finished yet, but I'm building my own car. Aaaaand, there it is. The Rabbit." I was staring at a car that, compared to the Volvo, was sort of junk. But, I adored it.

"You built this?!" I was astounded. He couldn't be any older then seventeen!

"Yeah." he chuckled. "You like it?"

"This is awesome." I smiled at him.

"Yeah?" He smiled. "I just need a few parts like a muffler and the carbo rater cover and a new spark plug."

"Okay, you lost me at carbo rater. I'm not much for car talk." We laughed. Then we sat in silence for a second. "Hey, Jake? Can I talk to you?" He nodded. "Um, you're a werewolf."

He laughed nervously, "Yeah. Bloodsucker told you, eh?"

I nodded, "He says your dangerous."

"I'm better than him. He needs to fed, and I only change on accident when I get really angry. If I can stay calm, I would be safer for you then him." He scowled.

"Jake, why are you a werewolf?"

"Uhm, it's because of the vampires. They come here and it....activates a gene in us or something. You see, the werewolf thing is passed down father to son. When there's bloodsuckers in the area, we start to morph to werewolves to protect our tribe. Sam calls us the protectors."

"If you keep calling them 'bloodsuckers', I'm gonna leave."

"Sorry."

"Who's Sam?"

"The leader." He sighed at my confused expression. "You know how there's the alpha for dogs? Same thing. Sam's the alpha."

We sat in silence. I was soaking up the flood of information that was swamping my mind. When I looked up, Jacob was staring at me, a weird expression on his face. I looked away. When I looked back, he was still staring.

"Okay, what are you doing?" I laughed nervously.

He blushed. "Nothing."

"You liar. What, is it some werewolf thing?" I teased. "Are you gonna start sprouting hair and try to eat me? Huh? Huh?"

He started laughing. "No." he sighed. "Alright. I was trying to imprint on you." he blushed again. I touched my cheek. Why was he trying to make a dent in my skin? Is it some weird werewolf thing? I wouldn't be surprised. Alice sees the future and Edward reads minds. Jasper fools around with emotions.

"So, why dent my skin?" I asked.

He burst out laughing. "Not dent your skin, silly. Imprinting, or the soul mate principle, is when a werewolf sees his soul mate...it feels like there's no gravity. There's been only two imprints in the pack so far. Sam imprinted on Emily and Jared imprinted on Kim."

Now we were both blushing. Jacob really liked me. I stood up. "I should probably go. I told Edward that I wouldn't be that long." Suddenly he moved really fast and his lips were on mine. I struggled for a second, then I just went limp. He pulled away from me a smirk on his lips.

"What the hell, Jake! You barely know me!" I wiped at my lips.

"Not true! We made mud pies when we were little." Jacob smirked again.

"Well, I don't remember that!"

"Oh, it couldn't have been that bad. You'll be thinking about it tonight." He was still smirking. I wanted to slap the smirk off his lips.

"I'll have Edward kill you."

"Bella, you don't want me dead....do you?"

I stared at him for a second. I knew Jacob. He was my best friend...and I only truly knew him for about two days. I sighed, defeated. "Noooo."

"See? All good."

"No, it's not! Me and Edward are soulmates. You have to realize that I can't live without him." I ran my fingers through my hair. "I can't breathe without him. Life is unbearable without him."

"Bella, I'm just broadening your horizons. If he fails to be 'the one', then I want you to know that I will always be here for you. I'll never, ever leave you."

"Thanks Jake. I love you...as family. You're my best friend. I feel like I've known you forvever – " he interrupted me.

"You have known me forever. You just don't remember."

"– and I really hope that we can be best friends forever."

"Bella. When you say 'soulmates'... is he planning on changing you?"

"I don't know. And if he doesn't plan this, I'll force him."

Jacob took a shuddering deep breath. Then, a playful smirk reached his lips. "Ha! Imagine your honeymoon, what are you two gonna do? Play checkers? Parcheesi? I might have to come with, board games sound fun."

"No! We are going to do activities that normal human couples do." Jake's eyes bulged.

He grabbed on to my shoulders and shook me. "Bella, are you nuts?! Are you going insane?! Do we need to take you to the hospital?! That bloodsucker will kill you! Mark my words, Bella. He's going to kill you! I'd rather have you dead than have you with him."

I was frozen. I stared at him for a second. "I'm leaving Jake." I detached myself from his arms and started stomping away.

"Bella..." Jacob whined.

"No, Jake! This is my life and I'm gonna do whatever the hell I want with it!" I turned back around and continued stomping. I sat in the Volvo for awhile, trying to control my breathing. Mark my words, Bella. He's going to kill you. The words echoed in my brain.

"No, Edward will not!" I told myself. I'd rather have you dead! I started the Volvo and begin driving towards the Cullens home. My home, I mentally corrected.

It doesn't matter what Jacob thinks of me. He's just a...a...dog! And it's my life. I'll do what I want, when I want. I have only known Jacob for, like, two days anyway. Why should I care.

He's a jerk anyway. All I did was go over there to get my purse, then he was all over me, telling me what to do with my life.

Realization hit me. "Shoot!" I forgot my purse. Again. Dammit. Ah well. I'll leave Jacob to a day of suffering and get it tomorrow.

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The Cullens were plotting. "I think we should catch them off guard. The Volturi relies on three things. One, numbers. The Volturi always greatly outnumber the coven they are trying to kill. Two, Jane. Jane can easily slow them down and make running vampires easier to catch. Three, Demetri. He can easily find the ones they are looking for." Jasper explained.

"Okay. So, how do you plan to catch them of guard?" Rosalie said.

"Easy, we have many things also. One, connections. Carlisle, I think its time we visit old friends."

"Denali, too." Edward interrupted.

"Yes," Jasper continued. "Two, we have Alice. It's just easier with her." he flashed a smile – rare! – at Alice. "Three, if we can get the numbers, we'll have strength equivalent to and maybe over theirs. Four, wolves."

Everyone looked at him skeptically. "Wolves?" Rosalie repeated with a wrinkle in her perfect nose.

"Yes. Jacob, or whoever, obviously cares about Bella. Enough to protect her. Easy enough to convince them to help if we tell them of the large and bad group of vampires coming. This will completely throw them off. They don't even know that this type of shape shifter exists!" Jasper looked pleased with his logic.

"Yes." Carlisle murmured. "It'll surely throw Caius off. He fears wolves."

Emmett snickered.

"Bella, you can get them to help?" Jasper asked.

"Sure." I replied. If I don't feel like killing Jacob.

"Alright. I think we should start recruiting help now. Edward, stay with Bella. Carlisle and Esme should go to the Amazon. Rosalie, Emmett, you got Asia and Europe covens. Me and Alice will track and recruit nomads, like Peter and Charlotte. Garrett, perhaps. Edward. Call Tanya, get them here." Jasper ordered.

The Cullens stood and bade their good byes. And then, just like that, the house was empty. I took a deep breath. Jacob's question about our honeymoon got me thinking. What would sexual love be like for me and Edward?

"So, we got the house to ourselves. Rarely happens, right?" I smiled up at him. He smiled his crooked grin and swooped me into his arms. He carried me up the stairs bridal style.

We were kissing on the wonderfully soft golden bed. I pulled away, which surprised him. I hardly ever want to end a kiss. "You know what I want?" I toyed with a button on his shirt.

"What?" he said. Suddenly, I was embarrassed. I blushed tomato red and looked away. "Bella? Why are you embarrassed?" He sighed when I didn't answer. "Please tell me."

"You'll laugh." It came out a question. I didn't know what to expect of his reaction.

"No I won't." He sighed again. "I promise. Please? I'm very curious."

"Curiosity killed the vampire." I mumbled. "Ok. I want you."

He laughed. "Your embarrassed about that? Bella, you already have me." I scowled at him and hit his arm lightly. "What did I do?"

"You laughed." I pointed out.

"I'm sorry, Bella. Your so funny when your mad."

"Well, that's not what I meant." I looked away, my embarrassment rekindled.

"Please tell me. I'm curious to see what it is. Your silent mind is more frustrating then you realize." He buried his nose into my neck.

I popped the button open on his shirt. Then I popped another. And another. He froze; he grabbed my arms and pulled my fingers from his shirt.

"Don't be ridiculous." he said frostily as he re-buttoned his shirt. I sat up, my own anger flaring.

"Well, why not?" I said angrily. "What if this is one of our last moments together? What if I get taken away or if you get killed?"

"It won't happen, Bella."

"You don't know that!"

"Shush." He put a finger to my lips, then kissed me. He pulled away, expression pained.

"I thought you were over my scent..." I was truly confused by his behavior.

"What if I hurt you? What if I kill you? I mean..." It was his turn to be embarrassed. "Idon'tevenknowwhatvampireejaculateis."

"What?" He had said his words so quickly that they mashed together, and I couldn't pick out individual words. "I didn't catch that."

"I said... I don't even know what vampire ejaculate is." He looked away. I blushed.

It was painfully silent, I almost wanted to scream so it wouldn't be so awkward. It was true, though. What was in vampire ejaculate? Venom? Is it harmful? I wouldn't ever care. Just to be with him. Hey, if I die...Wouldn't this make the Cullens safe? I'm the one they wanted, right? Of course, me being dead would just give Edward a reason to do Vampire Suicide. He'd go to the Volturi or provoke Jacob's pack. Well, this sucks.

"Well, I guess we'll just have to find out." I said.

"Bella, do you have any idea how dangerous it is?"

"Please." I whispered. "Please, Edward?" it was silent for a moment. He groaned.

"Bella, you are the most dangerous creature I have ever come to know." He kissed me and for a second I thought I had won. He pulled away, though, much to my frustration. I groaned this time and looked at him.

"Why won't you just give into temptation?" I said; completely exasperated.

"Because, do you really think I would willingly do something that would harm you?" He gave me a weird expression... somewhere between indecision and anger.

"You won't harm me."

"You don't know that!" He growled.

"Hey, that's my line!"

He suddenly chuckled. "You silly, oversensitive girl."

"Why don't we just call Alice and ask her?"

"Do you have any clue, Bella? I'm doing this for your own good."

"Your not my Mom, Edward!"

He pinched the bridge of his nose. He sat like this for fifteen minutes. I counted. "Edward?" I tapped his shoulder. He suddenly came to life and lunged for me. Fear washed through me, then passion. He kissed me again, but this time, his hands left my hair and moved to my waist, where he begin pushing my shirt up.

"I win." I whispered.

"For now." he murmured back.

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A/N Whew! That chapter took me ages to write! You know the requirements... please, lets get to 130! Its only eight reviews! :) lets try and bet my other highest reviewed story, PNN. PNN has 142 reviews (I think...)

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