Sorry, this took so long, it's been a crazy week. but this is an extra long one to make up for it. This chapter does contain sexual themes, feel free to skip it if you're uncomfortable.


"Jake! I can shower alone!" I yelled through the door

He laughed, "But you never know what could happen!" he called through the door

I laughed as I wrapped my hair up in my towel. "Jake I'll be out in a second!"

"Not fast enough." He joked walking away from the door. I walked out dressed in his sweats and his huge-shirts. I walked into the living room and smiled when I saw him already half asleep waiting.

I sat down next to him and he wrapped his arms around me and snuggled in. I held his head to my chest and scratched his head.

"Awwwww, that's niiiice!" he groaned rubbing his head into my hand

"You're such a goof," I told him smiling

We stayed that way for a while just enjoying each other's arms. Jake hasn't left me alone for the last four days. He's been glued to my hip every moment of the day since that vampire showed up at my grandmothers. She's been okay, no more vampire visitors, but I've spent my days with Emily and my night sleeping in Jacob's bed as he took over the floor in the living room.

"Time for bed Jake." I told him as I untangled myself from his arms.

"No, just a little longer," he said. His hand reached to keep me close to him but caught on the tail end of my towel wrapped around my head

I let out a shriek and he released it, letting the towel fall to the floor.

"Your hair is in there?" he asked dumbfounded

I fell over laughing. His face was shocked and scared with his discovery.

"Yes, my hair is in there!" I said between laughing fits, "It helps my hair dry and keeps my clothes from getting wet too." He made an O face and pulled me to my feet

"You're wonderful. Always teaching me new things." He said kissing my forehead

"You're so sweet." I said to him, as he said: "Even if they're weird things, unnatural things."

"Oh, you think you're funny?" I joked, cocking my his to the side.

He grinned and I started running from him and into the bedroom. I heard him chase me all the way but I dove under the blanket to escape his arms. He leaped in to and landed on top of my holding his weight off my body so I wasn't squished.

He gripped my waist looked me in the eyes and started to tickle me. I choked on my laughter and squirmed underneath him, laughing uncontrollably.

"Jake!" I squealed, "Stop!"

"Never!" he smiled down at me and kissed my nose

I wrapped my arms around him and he stopped tickling me and just held me in his arms.

"Avery. I'm so happy you're safe. I don't know what I would do if I had lost you."

"You'd have been fine, Jake."

He sat up and brought me onto his lap, Looking in my eyes he said something that broke my heart. "Avery. I would die if you did. I would not be able to go on if you no longer existed."

"Jake, stop. You don't have to say all this. I already know you care about me."

"I'm not just saying this. You're my imprint. When you die, I would too. If that vampire gets you, I'll spend my days making sure she died. After that, if you were gone, I'd have no reason to exist."

I stared into his eyes and he didn't falter.

"Jake, you have to promise me to live even after I die one day."

He looked away, and looked back with sad eyes, "Fine. But you have to promise never to die before me."

I laughed at that and he did too. "Jake, I love you."

He squeezed me close and held me to his chest. "I love you too, Ave. More than anything."

I kissed his neck, up to his jaw and to his lips. He kissed me back, weaving his hands in my hair deepening our kiss. I moved to lay down and he followed me, never breaking contact. He slipped his tongue past my lips and we kissed feverishly, never wanting to stop. My hand cupped his face and his fingers traveled south to rest at the edge of my shirt. His fingers touched my skin and I melted underneath him.

I reached down and pulled off my shirt. He sat back and looked at me, bare from the waist up.

"You're beautiful." He muttered staring

I blushed and pulled him back down to me. Our lips met again and it was like magic as we touched. He cupped my breast in his large hand and held me close to the other one. We moved together and kiss deepened. Gasping for breath I trailed my hands down his chest and across his hard stomach. He was beautiful, he was sexy, and just absolutely perfect.

"Ave."

I kissed him again, ignoring what he needed to say.

He pulled away from me suddenly. He looked hungry, "Avery!"

"What?" I asked catching my breath

"We have to stop if you don't want this to go any further."

I thought about it, and then I kissed him again.

We were skin to skin and he felt so hot. He set my skin on fire and nibbled at the soft spot between my neck and shoulder. I ran my hands down his back, he felt hard and smooth under my fingertips. His lips kissed down to my collar bone and took my nipple into his mouth. I arched into his touch and pulled at his hair.

"Jake!" I looked down and met his eyes as he let my nipple go with a soft pop

I pulled him back up to look at him, "Jake I love you."

He smiled and kissed me, "I love you too."

I reached for his shorts and tried to tug them down. His hand wrapped around my smaller ones, "Are you sure?" he asked softly

I nodded, "Have you done this before?" I asked him blushing

"No." he admitted his darker skin staining red

I kissed him softly on the lips and he cupped my face between his massive hands. My hands went back to fumbling with his shorts until he finally just pulled them off for me. His fingers moved to my waistband and pulled them down in one swift pull and over my ankles.

"We're naked," I whispered to him, covering my self.

"Don't. I want to see you." He said moving my hands from my body. "I think you're beautiful. Just perfect." I blushed and looked away. His hands traveled down my body and spread my thighs open before him. "Absolutely perfect."

I blushed fiercely at his gaze, "Jake."

"Hmmm." He moved between my legs and leaned down to kiss me. His hands cupped my breasts and squeezed them gently. His touch went straight down between my legs and kept melting at his touch. His mouth replaced one of his hands and the other traveled between my legs.

His finger slipped inside me and I arched my back at his touch. "Jake!" he rubbed my clit and I couldn't breathe.

He traveled up my body again and kissed me softly. His hips thrust into me and I gripped his back as he entered me for the first time. The pain hit me first and after a moment as he lay over me immobile, my hips rocked against his and we moved together.

"Fuck," he whispered into my neck

I moaned his name as he moved again. He felt so wonderful. My skin felt so tight and everything was hot as we kept moving together. Everything felt like it was pilling on top of everything else and then I exploded around him. It was soft and I cried out as I arched against his body. He thrust into me faster and faster until he stopped and groaned jerking his hips into me until he collapsed on top of my body.

"Jake?"

"Yeah?"

"I love you."

"I love you more." He whispered squeezing me close to his side before we both fell asleep sweaty and still so naked in each other's arms.


Jake and i had become inseparable since our night together. The only time he was far from me when when Sam made him patrol. He was so sweet, holding my hand and trying to take care of me all the time. When i looked into his eyes i could see his emotions plain as day and it gave me butterflies.

Bella spent her days being babysat by one of the boys, and she sulked in the corner of the room at Emily's as she and I baked, chatted and fed our boys when they came home.

Today Paul was out 'protector', and he pouted the whole time giving us the puppy dog look like we could save him. This was the first time he had to sit with us and watch Bella for the day. She fought and pouted the entire day, making this the worst job any of the boys could have, they dreaded it from start until the end, growling the entire time.

I walked over to Paul and handed him one of the giant muffins we had finished so far, "Here, Paul." In a split second, he started to scarf it down, "For being such a good boy today." I mocked and ruffled his hair. With a mouth full of muffin he looked at me as if I had just offended his mother and told him he couldn't eat breakfast. I laughed and he started to eat again as I walked away.

Emily snorted in the kitchen and we joked around as we finished cooking. I added eggs to the chocolate muffin batter and went to work.

"I don't know how the boys deal with her," Emily said scrambling the eggs

I laughed, "I don't know how we deal with her."

We laughed again and kept cooking, gossiping about the boy's love lives and about our own.

Emily peaked out into the living room and then looked back at me, "I think I'm pregnant." She whispered I could barely hear her

My eyes went wide and I couldn't breathe. I threw my arms around her and squeezed her tight, and then it hit me. "Does Sam know?" I asked pulling away to look at her

She shook her head, "No, I'm going to tell him tomorrow night." She smiled and I couldn't help it I smiled with her

"You'll be great, Emily,"

"You really think so?" she asked

"Of course! You take care of all of us. How bad can one more be?" I told her smiling

She nodded and her grin turned wicked, "How are you and Jake? You've been very touchy lately." she commented

I blushed. We're fine." I told her looking away

"Fine? Or really, really fine?" she asked

"Really, really fine," I told her as I flushed scarlet

He mouth gapped, "You've done it!" she exclaimed

"Be quiet! Paul will hear you." I shushed her

"Don't worry Jake daydreams! The whole pack knows, we just didn't wanna say anything!" Paul screamed back from the other room

Emily burst out laughing and through my embarrassment, I joined her too. The pack would always know everything, they were the glue that kept us together.

We cooking and provided snacks for Paul and Bella, she refused to speak to me, or anyone today. Just pouted in her corner and avoided us. The door blew open and let in some rain and icy wind, as Jacob stomped inside shaking off what he could, and she rushed him. She scampered from her corner and wrapped her arms around his rain covered waist, "Jake, I missed you!" she cooed rubbing her face into his chest

He stood tall and held his arms above his head, his eyes met mine and he pleaded for me to do something. Gripping the kitchen counter in anger, I spoke firmly, "Bella."

Her eyes jumped to mine and she glared at me, "What do you want?"

I walked over to her and crossed my arms under my chest and I glared at her, "You do this every day. And every single day I tell you the same thing."

She glared at me but her grip in Jacob started to loosen. I was so done with her thinking she could do whatever she wanted here and with him. She forced herself over the into the reservation where no one wanted her and then she tried to touch him like this. He was mine, and as the days went by leading up to this moment I tried to be polite and shoo her away but she kept coming back for more. Today I was not going to deal with it.

I pointed the wooden spoon at her and glared, "Take your hands off him, or I will break all ten of your fingers." My eyes met hers and she flinched away from Jacob like he had burned her.

Emily lost it and was bent over laughing her ass off. Paul looked a little scared but cracked a smile as Bella hurried away and huddled in the corner again muttering something along the lines of 'such a bitch'.

"Thank you," I told her as she turned away from us. I turned back to the kitchen and went to finished the muffins before the rest of the boys came back and devoured the entire kitchen. I poured the batter into the greased tin and strong hot arms wrapped around my middle and hugged me close.

He didn't say anything at first just moved closer and pulled me into his damp chest. The water soaked through my clothes and I turned into him and buried my face in his neck. He held me close and dragged me out of the kitchen and into the backyard. Emily would finish up the food and make sure everyone got to eat.

He plopped into a chair and pulled me onto his lap. I wrapped my arms around him even tighter and we sat as the rain fell around us. We were almost safe under the rickety awning over us. His body heat kept me warm as we sat.

"Jake?" I whispered

"Yeah?"

"When is this gonna be over?" I asked pulling away to look into his eyes

"Hopefully after we kill this army coming to town." His arms wrapped around me tighter and held me closer

"When's it coming?"

"Soon. The leaches told us it would be when the first snow fell."

I gasped, "It's supposed to snow next weekend!"

He nodded and squeezed me tight, "Yeah, that's what they said too."

"Promise me you'll be okay," I begged him

"I promise, you'll always be safe." He said instead

I tried to pull away but his strong arms kept me close, "That's not what I asked Jake."

"I know." Was all he said

We sat there together for a long time and just held each other as we watched it rain around us. The back door cracked open and Seth peaked his head out with a goofy grin on his face.

"Emily says you better get her inside Jake before she gets sick." He was snickering as he spoke in Emily's mom voice

On cue, I sneezed and rubbed my nose, "Awe jeez." Jake said frowning and rubbing my upper arms for warmth, "I never thought you'd get sick."

I laughed as he carried me inside. Emily set plates and fed us all and we ate tonight like a giant family, with Bella pouting in the corner like an unhappy relative, who showed up uninvited.


I woke up the next morning with a headache that wouldn't quit and a sore throat that made breathing an absolute chore. I turned over to face the wall and my body protested every move. I pulled the covers up more and cuddled into Jacob's bed for a few extra hours of sleep. Heaving as I took a few deep breaths I fell into an unrestful sleep.

I woke up in a coughing fit a thirty minutes later. Jake burst into the room and ran to the bed. "Are you okay Ave?" he asked patting my back still half asleep

I groaned and hid my face in the covers, "I don't feel good." I admitted to him shivering

He crawled into bed with me and wrapped his arms around my middle.

"You're gonna get sick," I muttered trying to get as close to him as possible

He chuckled, "No, my body runs too hot. Any germs would get burned off." He said stroking my hair

"Interesting," I muttered yawning and snuggling into his arms

"I only have a few hours before I have to run patrol." He said with a long yawn and snuggling into me

I nodded and let sleep take over my sick fogged mind, he was just so warm.


A cold hard hand caressed my cheek and I shivered. I tried to move further into my covers for warmth but was held in place by something strong and cold.

My eyes blinked open and I saw a pale white woman above me. Her dark hair fell at her shoulders and she stared down at me with cold red eyes. I tried to scream but it was caught in my throat, making no sound at all.

Her hand ran over my face again and I flinched. She was freezing and to my feverish body, her cold stone like skin felt like ice. I opened my mouth to scream and nothing came out. My voice seemed to stick in the back of my sore throat and die before making it past my lips.

She smiled at me. Her red hair was like fire in contrast to the rest of her.

"I know you're important, to these animals." She whispered.

Her voice sounded like music. It was high and light making her threatening words even more menacing.

Her hand came down to my face seemingly in slow motion as I watched her move. "You and the rest of the women these animals gathered."

I shook my head and mouthed the word 'No'. She smiled again and laughed lightly.

"Don't play games girl. I've been watching your pathetic excuse of a tribe. I've been watching your every move for a long time now." she said moving the hair out of my face and I whimpered at her touch. "I've realized that without their women they're useless. They can't function, that can't fight."

My eyes went wide and she laughed again. Her musical voice echoed through the room and all I could do was savor the smell of my man around me and prayed I would die quickly.

"Yes, I will kill you. I will kill all of the women these animals old dear."

"Why?" I managed to whisper

"Because I want to make sure I win. I want everything to go perfectly when I kill her and watch him suffer through everything I have been through in the last few years. Everyone will suffer the way I have." She said as her hand moved to my throat and gripped it tighter between her claws.

"You can't even imagine the pain I felt with your feeble mind and body." She looked off into space, and pain flickered across her face for a split second, "It was nothing and everything all at once. I lost him that night because he chose a challenge. He just couldn't resist trying to kill her. She smelled wonderful even to me, and when she spoke her voice grated on every nerve. She was the perfect target."

She smiled down at me, "I always loved his ambition, his drive to kill and succeed. He almost had her that night. Before they showed up and outnumbered him. They didn't play fairly, with their gifts and their large family. It just wasn't fair," she said as her voice broke filled with pain

I knew what she meant. She loved him despite his flaws and when he died she blamed them. The Cullen's, for taking him from her. She missed out on everything she ever planned. I closed my eyes and breathed deeply. Her cold skin on mine was probably the worst, I could deal with death but I just wanted the last touch I felt to be his on my skin engulfing me in his warm scent and his amazing body heat. I gasped for air as her hand closed around my throat and when I looked at her again she was smiling.

"You would have made a wonderful vampire, but I just can't take the chance."

"You can't. Please, stop." I begged her. Tears welled in my eyes as I thought of Emily and her soon to be family, the boys and their imprints, and Jacob. I thought about Jake and all things we would never be able to do together.

A loud band came from the front of the house and her hand clamped down a little harder. "Fucking dogs." She muttered before she grinned and crushed my throat in her hand like I was a nothing at all

I blinked at the black haze that was clouding my vision quickly. Running through the house I heard Jake and Billy screaming. I heard them as they called my name but I couldn't scream, I couldn't call back I could only wait.

My eyes closed of their own accord, and my world went dark. Their voices were muffled.

I took one last strangled breath before I let myself collapse into nothing.

I smiled inwardly because the last thing I smelled and feel against my body was Jacob.