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Chapter 11- Phasing Out

JPOV

Bella got up slowly from the bed, her naked body illuminated by the pale glow of the full moon.

"Bells come back," I grumbled.

"Jake we aren't showing up late to the party," she said as she pulled on her underwear, reattached her stockings to her suspenders and slipped on her dress. "Get up."

I grumbled again and got out of the bed, sweeping Bella off her feet and into the Hollywood kiss pose. "Fine," I said before kissing her on her full lips. "Your loss." I grinned.

"Stop being so cocky," she laughed, punching me in the chest with her small fist. She went into the bathroom to reapply her makeup and sort out her hair whilst I grudgingly put on my clothes.

We drove down the road to Sam and Leah's and pulled up outside the small but beautiful white, wooden house. Fairy lights and paper lanterns had been strung up outside, illuminating the path between the untidy but colourful flower beds.

"Bella!" Leah shrieked and bounded out of the front door to embrace Bella.

"Hey Leah," Bella replied as she hugged her back. "Congratulations!"

"Thanks," she grinned. "You look great."

"Thank you, so do you," Bella complimented Leah's short red dress that clung to her tall, slim frame, exposing her long legs. Her hair was short and choppy, her skin was copper coloured, her eyes were dark and sparkling and her teeth were dazzlingly white and straight. Leah was attractive, but I had never thought of her in any other way than a friend. She had eyes only for Sam and Bella was the only girl for me.

"Jake!" she jumped over and hugged me tightly. "Thanks for coming! Come in!" She was obviously excited about her party and her smile was wider than I had ever seen it before. Leah was always happy, though she had a fiery side as well which I had witnessed a few times when she was in wolf form. She had taken a fair few bites out of Quil when she had heard him thinking about her naked.

I took Bella's hand and she grimaced at me. She never had been one to enjoy parties. We walked inside the house which had been decorated with flowers, fairy lights and engagement banners. The music blared out from the speakers in the front room and a huge table in the kitchen groaned under the weight of the vast amount of food that was piled high on top of it. I suddenly realised how hungry I was. Leah bounced over to Sam who was talking to Jared and Kim beside the table and he kissed her lovingly. I looked at Bella and she grinned at me, it was hard not to feel happy in the presence of such unmistakable love. Sam looked up, a huge grin lighting up his face.

"Jake! Bella!" his voice boomed over the music as he strode over to us. "Thanks for coming."

"Congratulations!" Bella said happily.

"You too," he replied. "Glad you two are finally together! Everyone's already here."

Bella was a little shy at first but after an hour and a few cups of rum punch she seemed to loosen up a little. She chatted to my brother's with ease, even engaging in a game of pool with them which she lost at spectacularly. With her by my side, surrounded by my family of wolves and my friends, I couldn't wipe the grin from my face. This was all just too perfect. I had everything that I had ever wanted.

"So how are you two going?" Sam asked me as I watched Bella talking animatedly with Leah about the wedding plans.

"Really good," I nodded, smiling.

"I'm glad you're happy," he clapped me on the back. "So is Cullen out of the picture for good?"

"Yeah," I said, flinching slightly at the mention of his name. I hated to acknowledge the fact that he ever existed. "Yeah, he's well out of the picture."

"Good," Sam said in his rough voice. "Filthy leech. What about the redhead?"

"She's not been around," my voice portrayed an edge of worry. "I don't know what she's doing but it's making me suspicious. Why would she suddenly just stop hunting her?"

"Bella will be fine," Sam heeded my anxious expression. "Maybe the leech just gave up after she failed to get past us so many times. Bella is well protected."

"I can't lose her Sam," I said quietly. I looked over at Bella and she caught my eye, a small smile curving her lips as she tucked a strand of her mahogany hair behind her ear. "I don't know how I'd live without her."

"You won't lose her," Sam's voice was hard. "We'll track down the leech eventually. Listen. Me and Leah need to talk to the rest of the pack. Can you come upstairs with us?"

I nodded and followed Sam over to the corner where the rest of the pack was standing with Bella. I wrapped my arms around her and kissed the top of her head, inhaling the scent of strawberries that lingered in her soft hair.

"We need to talk to you all," Sam said as he grasped hold of Leah's hand. He nodded towards the group of people who weren't members of the pack that were standing around the house, chatting, dancing and drinking. "Alone."

Sam led us up to his and Leah's room and shut the door behind us. Seth, Colin and Brady sat on the bed and the rest of us stood, looking at Sam and Leah.

"We have some news," Sam said.

"You're pregnant!" Seth exclaimed loudly.

"No I'm not pregnant," Leah scowled at him, but the corners of her lips twitched slightly.

"No nothing like that... yet," Sam went on slowly. "But Leah and I are getting married. We want a life together and we want to start a family eventually. So we've decided to stop phasing."

Everyone was silent. Sam looked into the eyes of everyone in the room, taking in our dumbstruck expressions.

"Stop phasing?" Quil said after a few seconds of silence. "How?"

"We've talked to the elders and basically we just... stop. It's quite simple really. We asked the elders for permission and they agreed that there are enough wolves to protect the tribe without us. We just have to stop thinking about phasing, keep our emotions under control and eventually it won't happen anymore. We've done our duty. It's time for us to move on now, to grow old together."

My heart thudded. I knew what was coming next. Was I ready for this? Sam cleared his throat and turned to face me. "Which means that Jacob will be taking up his rightful place as Alpha."

Bella gasped. I had never told her that I was destined to be the alpha of the pack. All the rest knew of course as they had heard my thoughts.

"So from now on Jacob is in charge," said Sam. "Are you ready Jacob?"

I nodded slowly.

"Okay, then back to the party!" Leah said brightly and everyone left the room, a few members of the pack thumping me on the shoulder and grinning as they walked back downstairs. Bella and I were the only people left in the room.

"Alpha?" her voice shook a little.

"Yes," I replied, also shaking.

"Why didn't you tell me?" she turned around and backed away from me a little.

"I'm sorry," I said quietly. "I never really thought to tell you. My great Grandfather was the last Alpha male, it's in my blood. When I first phased Sam told me that he would back down and let me be the leader but I told him I wasn't ready. I didn't want the responsibility."

"Oh..." she said, looking into my dark eyes. "What does this mean for you? Will you have to patrol more?"

"No not really. Things will be more or less the same but I'll just be in charge. Basically everything I say will have to be obeyed by the rest of the pack and I'll be more powerful."

"Really?" she sounded impressed. She walked up to me and wrapped her arms around me, kissing my lips softly.

"Yeah," I said, my voice a little dull.

"What's wrong?"

"I just don't think I'm ready for this. It's so much responsibility."

"I think you'll make a great Alpha."

"You think so? You're not mad that I didn't tell you?"

"I know so. No, I can understand why you didn't tell me." She kissed me slowly and smiled. "Let's go back down to the party."

The music was still blaring out from the living room and many people were dancing. I helped myself to some more food and Leah dragged Bella up to dance. I laughed as Bella shook her head, horrified at the thought of having to dance but she knocked back the shot that Quil had given her and followed Leah grudgingly. She looked awkward at first but Leah took her hand and she swayed slightly to the music.

"Bella looks hot!" Embry said as he came over to get some drinks.

"Mmm," I replied absentmindedly, mesmerised by the way that Bella moved her hips from side to side.

"Dude, did you just hear anything that I just said?"

"Huh? What?" I snapped my eyes away from Bella and turned to face Embry who was frowning at me.

"I said congratulations on becoming Alpha."

"Oh right... thanks!" I grinned. "Who are you here with?" I looked at the two glasses of punch that were in his hands.

"Katia," he said nodding in the direction of a pretty girl with long, brown hair that I recognised from school. "Looks like Paul's getting on well with Leah's cousin Emily."

I followed his line of vision to an armchair where Paul and a girl with long, shining, black hair were locked together, kissing wildly.

"Wonder how long that relationship will last," I laughed.

"Oi you!" Leah exclaimed and I saw her storm over to Seth and yank the bottle of beer out of his hands that he was about to take a sip from.

"Aw Sis," he groaned but she glowered at him.

"You're 14!" she shouted over the music. "Mum would go mental. There's already enough underage drinking going on here but I'll be damned if I let my little brother get wasted."

Bella giggled as she downed another glass of punch. As Leah walked away I saw Seth grab another bottle of beer from one of his friends and swig it rebelliously.

"Hey beautiful," I said softly as I wrapped my arms around Bella's waist and kissed her. "Enjoying yourself?"

"Yes!" she shrieked loudly. "Rum punch is sooo tasty! But whatever Quil gave me was nasty. Blegh!"

"That's because it was tequila," I laughed at her slurred words.

"You want some punch?"

"No Bells I have to drive you home later." I watched as she helped herself to more punch. "Haven't you had enough already?"

"Nope," she grinned mischievously.

"Seriously Bells I can't take you back to Charlie pissed out of your head." I made to take the glass from her but she pulled away.

"Oh no you don't Jacob Black," she said. "Just because you can control your little wolf pack now doesn't mean you can control me. Unless..." she paused. "...you want to take me upstairs."

Her eyes were seductive and serious. My dick throbbed. I grabbed her hand and led her upstairs to the bathroom and shut the door behind us, pressing her up against the wall. My lips found hers in the dark and I kissed her hard, my tongue rubbing against hers urgently. She let out small moans as she moved her lips against mine and ran her hands all over my body, her fingers frantically undoing the button and zip on my jeans. My dick was out in seconds, hard and ready for her. She groaned eagerly as she felt how hard I was and I kneaded her breasts through her dress. I ran my hands down her body and bit and sucked her bottom lip, groaning as my fingers reached her wet centre and felt her wetness soaking through her panties.

I pushed them to one side and slipped one finger into her, curling it up to stroke against her sensitive spot.

"Fuck me Jake," she moaned against my lips. She stood on tip toes to reach my lips as I was so much taller than her. My dick wouldn't reach her in this position. I put my hands underneath her thighs and lifted her up, still pressing her against the wall and she wrapped her legs around my waist. My dick sank into her and we both groaned as I felt her hot, wet pussy envelop me. I grabbed her ass hard and plunged into her deeper, groaning loudly.

"Fuck Jake..." she gasped and kissed me wildly, biting and sucking my lip, her hands pulling on my hair.

The amount of time I had spent fantasising about moments like this was unbelievable. I couldn't believe that it was all coming true now, and how my fantasies paled in comparison to the real thing. Her legs wrapped around me possessively, pulling me closer towards her. Her nails raked against my back and she moaned my name.

I moved in and out of her hot pussy that was tight around my dick, biting her neck, running my tongue between her breasts, wanting to taste and bite every inch of her. Her skin was hot, smooth and tasted sweet and slightly salty from sweat. She grew tighter and tighter around me as she cried out in pleasure, pushing me closer to the edge.

"Jake... I'm going to..." she moaned.

I growled and thrust into her hard, feeling her tense tightly around me as she cried out in release. I came hard inside her as I kissed her, groaning.

...

We rejoined the party a few minutes later. I kissed Bella on the forehead and we walked over to the drinks table where she served herself yet more punch. I didn't bother to protest, she was having fun and I would be damned if I ended up as one of those controlling boyfriends.

Embry winked at me from across the room and I felt my face grow hot. The whole pack had probably heard us due to their unnaturally keen hearing. But, then again, we did have free access into one another's minds on a regular basis and considering some of the things that I had seen in my brother's minds there was really no need to be embarrassed. I grinned sheepishly and we walked over to them, hand in hand.

"So..." Quil raised an eyebrow. "You guys have fun?"

Bella giggled and slurped her punch, blushing.

"Looks like Paul and Emily had the same idea as you guys," Embry chuckled, nodding towards the now empty armchair which had previously been occupied by the kissing couple. Embry had his arm around Katia's waist as she chatted to her friends.

The party gradually got wilder as everyone got more drunk, Bella and I danced a lot. I was happy to see her having fun, maybe she would be less offended by the idea of going to parties from now on. But soon it was 2 am and I realised that I had better get Bella home to Charlie's.

Bella had drunk a lot. She had started a shot drinking contest with Quil, Embry and Leah and, as they were all much bigger than her, she was the first one to hit the floor. I laughed as I scooped her up and whispered in her ear that I was taking her home. She nodded clumsily and waved a drunken goodbye to everyone. I heard Quil commenting on how fun drunk-Bella was.

I bundled her into the Rabbit and drove her home, praying that she wasn't going to throw up in my car.

When we pulled up in front of her house Bella fell out of the car and I caught her quickly before she hit the ground.

"Bells you're home now," I said gently. "Could you please, please act less drunk? Charlie will kill me!"

"Oh no!" she whispered dramatically. "Charlie's never seen me drunk!"

"Okay so try to be really quiet and stand up straight...ish."

"Okay," she giggled. "Shhh!" She clumsily put her finger to her lips.

"Great job!" I encouraged as I wrapped her arm around my shoulder and supported her waist.

I let myself in using the key under the mat, noticing that the living room light was still on. I heard Charlie grunt as we walked in and he appeared in the doorway, sleepy eyed.

"Hey kids," he yawned.

Bella giggled and staggered.

Crap, I thought.

"Bells," Charlie said hesitantly. "You ok?"

But Bella seemed to have momentarily lost consciousness.

"Err," I began. "I'm really sorry Charlie but Bella seems to like rum punch a little too much. I took good care of her, don't worry, but she's got this new stubborn streak now. She wouldn't let me stop her."

"Ah well," Charlie sighed. "I would rather she was like that than the lifeless empty shell that she used to be. Thanks for bringing her back Jacob. Thanks for everything."

"Uh... that's okay," I was shocked that he wasn't mad. "I didn't drink so that I could drive her back home."

"No Jake. I mean... thanks for bringing my daughter back to life. I thought I had lost her forever."

"You don't have to thank me Charlie," I could feel an embarrassing lump rising in my throat. "I love her. I would do anything for her."

"I know," said Charlie quietly and I could see that his eyes were glistening slightly. He cleared his throat after a few seconds, trying to bring the conversation back to something less emotional.

Suddenly Bella woke up.

"Dad!" she screamed. "I missed you!" She threw her arms around his neck and hugged him, staggering so badly that she nearly pulled him over.

"Think we need to get you into bed," I laughed as I detached her from Charlie and held her in my arms.

"Mmm Jake," she murmured as I picked her up. She wrapped her legs around my waist and screeched, "Woo cowboy let's go! Take me to bed!"

I froze, turning my head towards Charlie with my mouth wide open in embarrassment. "Charlie," I began to apologise.

Charlie's face was flushed but he cleared his throat and grumbled, "I heard nothing," before walking into the kitchen.