Chapter 11-Back Again

With my mind on the road, I tried to forget completely what had happened. The thought of his last kiss was still hovering over my lips.

His stony coldness, I felt moving over my lips for the last time. I shut that memory completely out of my mind.

The closer I got to Jacob, the better and calmer I felt. I felt like screaming out the window, "I'm coming Jacob!" Or just screaming, but it was late, and I didn't want to draw attention to myself.

I rounded the last corner towards Jakes house. I drove straight into the driveway. I don't even hesitate anymore. I was sure he heard me coming, the truck seemed to be getting louder the more I drove it.

He peeked through the curtain from the living room before he stepped outside.

I parked the truck in its usual spot before jumping out and half running towards Jakes waiting arms.

I gave him a brief hug before I let him kiss me. When his lips found mine we were moving together, just standing there for minutes.

A quiet cough interrupted my moment of heaven. We both looked to see Billy at the door with his arms crossed, eyebrows raised. He sighed then rolled himself back inside.

What did he expect?

"So...how did it go?" He asked, being careful, waiting for my response.

"Ahh... Well, it could have gone better...or worse. I'm alive for one thing." He put his arm around my shoulders and lead my to his couch, facing the blank T.V screen. .

"Yeah. Did you tell him?" Usually 'tell him what' would be my answer, but today I knew exactly what he was talking about.

"Yeah. It's good vamps can't have heart attacks, otherwise I know one that would have died." I shuddered, remembering his face. Priceless. He was quiet for a moment, as he gripped me tighter.

"It was stupid of you going today. You should have just ignored him. That would have been so much easier."

"Yes." I replied. "It would have been easier." I looked up at him to see him smile.

"Stubborn Bella." He muttered. We both laughed.

I rested my head against his shoulder and relaxed at bit more. With my arm around his stomach, he relaxed a bit too.

"So...anything new with the pack?" I asked, looking for a reason to distract Jakes mind from Edward, and I hadn't stayed long with them, I wanted to know the latest gossip.

He sighed. "Yeah...Quil phased." It took a while to sink in.

"Quil phased? What! Are you kidding?" I half yelled. Jake was shocked, he never expected me to react like this.

"Yes he did." He said hesitantly. "Is that okay with you?" He asked kind of teasing me. "Is it okay with me? Of course it's okay with me!" I was so excited! I was literally bouncing on the couch. "We have to go see him. Right now!"

I didn't care what the time was. I stood up from the couch and reached down to pull Jacob up with me. "Come on, come on!" I said impatiently.

He finally stood up properly. "Okay fine. He'll probably be asleep though."

"I don't care! You're going to wake him up for me!" Jake sighed in defeat. He led me outside. "Were going in the Rabbit though. Your truck will wake up the whole reservation." He joked, pulling me toward his car.

Within a few minutes we were in front of his house. Before Jake had turned the engine off, I was out of the car and waiting for him to hurry up.

He walked to me and put an arm around my waist, kissing my hair softly. "This is ridiculous." He muttered. I was unsure wether I was supposed to hear or not.

We walked to the door together and Jacob knocked on the door, fairly quietly. I heard footsteps come towards the door. "Coming!"

Quil's voice boosted my energy. The doorknob turned and the door started to open silently. He looked up at who was at the door and was immediately frozen with shock.

He didn't have enough time to react. As soon as the door was out of the way, I pounced on him. Squeezing him into a big bear hug, even though my weak attempts wouldn't be noticed.

"Bella?" he grinned as I finally let him go. "What...? What...are...Jake...you...here...late...ummm..." He didn't know what to say. He paused and made up his mind.

"Would you like to come in? Mum's at work so she'll never know." I grinned at him.

"Yes please!" I walked in. Jake just rolled his eyes and followed in behind me.

"Hey Jake!" Quil finally noticed his presence. He just nodded his head and kept walking.

"So guys." He said as we sat own in his family room. "What can I do for you today?"

I was still grinning and taking in the house around me to answer his question straight away. "Umm...oh yeah. Jake told me you phased!" I nearly screamed with excitement.

"Yeah. You know what I can't believe? That you found out before me! Why again was that?" I could tell he didn't like that idea.

"I guessed." I stated plainly. "I guessed right!" He wasn't expecting that.

"Really? That's all it took? So I missed out of weeks of time to hang out with my mates because I didn't think to guess? Wow..." He was taking this in slowly. And carefully. "Wow." He said again, just to top things off.

"I know this is awesome! So...what was it like?" I asked. I had heard it form Jake, now I wanted it form Quil.

"What was what like?" he asked confused.

"Phasing. For the first time. What was it like?" I was eager for his answer. I wanted to imagine what it would be like, but I just couldn't.

"Oh. It felt like...you have just lost total control of your body. And the whole world around you just drifts away, and your body kind of rips, and then your this hot thing, with fur, running so fast its just bizarre.

"The whole world is like right there, but you see everything so differently, with so much more detail. And then, when your emotions are finally under control you phase back. Your feet are on ground again, but everything is still just as warm and clear."

He was lost in a dream or memory as he explained the feeling of phasing. But I was still curious.

"So do you like it?" I felt like was being picky now, but he still answered.

"Like it? I love it. The speed, the strength, being able to eat so much without dying. You can change into a wolf! It's awesome!"

I was still grinning. I leaned back against Jacob, relaxing for the first time. I rested my head against Jake's chest, and closed my eyes slightly.

Quil was looking at us together. "Things had gotten a bit more serious between you and Jake it seems." Duh! As if he didn't already know.

"Figured that out on your own did you?" I said sarcastically, not moving anything but my mouth.

I didn't see, but I could tell he was grinning at us, but mostly me.

"You don't know how happy I am right now. Life couldn't get any better at the moment."

And it was true...