We walked outside and down the stairs, still holding Jacob's hand.

"You're house is beautiful." I told Jacob.

"Tell Bella." He said looking back at the house. "She remodeled it for us after she was changed."

"Really?" I said, impressed. "That's nice."

"She did it out of pity." He shook his head.

I looked at him questioningly.

"I knew her when she was human. She was my best friend." He said. "But she's happier now, I guess."

"She seems happy." I said.

"Kind of creepy though." He shrugged.

"I guess." I smiled. "I'm used to it though, vampires, necromancers, witches…"

Jacob looked stunned and he stopped walking. "Necromancers?"

"Yeah." I laughed at his expression. "Don't worry they don't summon demons unless they have to. They mostly just get requests from ghosts who need some closure; who haven't passed over yet. At least that's what Jamie tells us but I think she was mostly just trying not to scare us."

"Who's Jamie?"

"You might know her. Jamie Vegas?"

"The psychic lady on TV?"

"Yeah. They call her a Medium actually."

"So she really talks to ghosts?"

"Yeah." I nodded. "But it gets more complicated than that."

"I don't think I even want to know."

"Good cuz I'd probably get it all wrong."

We walked into the woods and easily traveled through the thick brush; it's something you have to learn how to do if you're going to be running through the forest all the time. Jacob talked about his Dad a lot. He explained why he was in a wheelchair; that he'd had and accident. It only took twenty minutes until we walked into the clearing where the Cullen's house stood. I sniffed the air instinctively, smelling the overly sweet scent of vampires. It took some getting used to. We walked up the front steps and Jacob walked right in.

"Don't knock or anything."

"They already know we're here." He said closing the door behind me.

"Hello Jacob." Carlisle said walking into the entryway. "And Katherine, how are you feeling?"

"Better." I smiled. "Thank you."

"Edward and Bella are at their cottage; though I'm sure they already know you're here. Just out of curiosity, how did you feel when you woke up this morning?"

"Awful. I threw up, twice and my head… ugh. It still hurts."

"Drink plenty of water." He said in a very "doctor" tone. "You certainly recovered fairly quickly, a human would be sick for days."

"Yeah, well, one of the perks of not being human I guess." I shrugged.

"Make yourselves at home." Carlisle added and vanished up the stairs.

Jacob took my hand and led me into the living room. He flopped down on the couch and flipped the TV on. I snuggled up next to him and closed my eyes. My head really did still hurt.

"Oh, Katherine!" I heard a very airy voice on the other side of the room.

When I opened my eyes Alice was sitting next to me.

"You're wearing the clothes Bella sent over." She noted. "You look awesome, just like I thought you would. I'm bringing you shopping next weekend, just us girls. Bella will hate me but I'll drag her along anyway. She'll enjoy herself, and so will you."

"Dragging her away from me already?" Jacob said putting his arm around me.

"It's not my fault I can't see anything when you wolves are around." Then she smiled at me. "Plus I'm sure Katherine is itching to dish on you."

"You can tell the future," I said to Alice, "and Edward can read people's minds, except Bella's because she can shield."

"You catch on quick."

"You guys belong in a sitcom or something."

"And two different kinds of werewolf falling in love isn't comedic material?" Alice chimed with a smile.

Jacob laughed and got up from the couch.

"I don't think she's that deep in this yet." He said with a small smile and little humor. "When are Edward and Bells coming back?"

"I don't know." She said pointedly. "You're here, remember?"

"Yeah," Jacob said looking out the window. "Listen, I'm gonna go see what's up with the Pack. Will you be alright?"

"Yeah." I nodded; I felt completely fine staying at the Cullens' at this point.

"I'll be back soon." He said and kissed my forehead before leaving through the front door.

Alice never took hers eyes off me or the wide smile on her face.

"What?" I asked her.

"I'm so glad Jacob found you." She said giddily. "He's been waiting so long; well, in human time at least."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, he imprinted on you right?"

"Yeah."

"So that means he's over Bella. I have to say that he was starting to get on my nerves being all gloomy all the time."

"Wait… what do you mean "he's over Bella"?"

"I can't expect you to know." She smiled. "Edward changed Bella but Jacob was totally against it, he was so in love with her and when she went through with the change it broke his heart, he knew he'd lost her. But of course, he wanted to be friends with her still. I think he just wanted to be around her. And literally, the day he found you in the woods… it was like turning on a light switch. He went from dragging his feet to prancing around."

"He was in love with Bella?" that seemed to be the only part I heard.

"It was sad to see but yes, completely and utterly head over heels in love. But now he has you, see? And he's happy."

I nodded. This was a strange twist. That's what Jacob must have meant when he said she rebuilt his house out of pity. It was because she knew she couldn't fix his heart so she figured she'd fix his house. Hmm. I couldn't help but feel a little put off, maybe a little jealous. Bella was so perfectly beautiful, who wouldn't fall in love with her?"

"My thought exactly." Edward interrupted my thoughts.

"Oh. Hi." I said standing, I got a little lightheaded but recovered quickly.

"You OK?"

"Fine." I said with a weak smile.

There she was, beautiful and perfect. I couldn't help but envy her. What I would give to look at that in the mirror every morning. No wonder Jacob was in love with her. Was. I had to keep that in my mind. He wasn't anymore… right? I suddenly became unsure of that.

Edward was looking at me a little strangely. I cleared my thoughts and smiled at Bella.

"How are you, Bella?"

"Good." She smiled warmly. "Where did Jake run off to?"

"Something with his Pack." I shrugged, and then looked up at Edward.

He looked to be concentrating on something for a moment then looked out the window.

"He's just thinking about you."

Bella smirked. My own memory flashed back to the bathroom and I felt a little flutter in my stomach.

"He's not straying too far from that."

I felt my face get hot and I buried it in my hands.

"Don't be embarrassed." Bella smiled. "I bet Emmett and Rose think much vulgar thoughts."

"All too true." Edward shook his head.

I hung around the Cullen house for twenty minutes before Jacob came back. He didn't divulge on what was going on with his Pack and I didn't ask. If he wanted to tell me I knew he would. Bella kindly made us lunch. I didn't ask but I wondered why Bella was such a good cook, I mean, she doesn't eat food; why have the skill if you can't even enjoy it? Edward looked at me and snickered a little at my thought.

"She cooks for the Pack a lot."

"Oh." I said looking sideways at Jacob.

"She's always been good at it." He said smiling at her.

My mind wandered again. I looked at the way he looked at her. Could he really be over her? Just like that? I didn't exactly know their past but it seemed rather impossible for him to just get over it; especially if he was so in love. My heart ached at the thought of it. What if I wasn't good enough for him?

"Katie." Edward interrupted my thoughts again. I looked up at him. "Do you want to go for a walk?"

I had a questioning look on my face.

"C'mon." He said standing, kissing Bella on the cheek and walking from the room.

I smiled at Jacob and followed after Edward. He'd gone out the front door. I hoped he wasn't running because it would take a long time for me to catch up to him.

"Nope, I'm right here." He said from the bottom of the stairs.

"What's up?" I asked him, walking down the stairs.

"Let's walk." He said turning to the driveway.

I followed after him, walking at a slow pace. He watched his feet as he walked with his hands in the pockets of his slacks. I followed suit, putting my hands in my pockets and kicking a rock along the dirt.

"Why do you keep thinking that Jacob is in love with Bella?"

I looked away from him, into the woods.

"I don't know." I said.

She's so perfect.

"I know." He said.

He was in love with her.

"I know."

How can I compete with that?

"Are you kidding?" He said stopping.

"What am I supposed to think?" I asked him. "You can't just turn love off. It doesn't just go away."

"Of course he still loves her." Edward said. "But not the way he used to."

"How do you know?"

He looked at me like it was obvious. I let out a frustrated sigh.

"How do I know?" I asked.

"Look based on the fact that I do have the ability to read people's minds, I'm pretty sure I can be considered a reliable source."

What if he changes his mind?

"I don't think he has a choice." I looked at him as he spoke. "I mean, this imprinting thing is pretty permanent."

"So he's forced to love me?"

"I think it's more like… destined to love you." He put his hand on my shoulder. It was icy cold and almost made me shiver.

I felt a little better after talking with Edward. He was right in that he was a fairly reliable source. I really had no reason to wonder if Jacob loved me, did I?