(Willow's POV)

I swear if I wasn't killed by vampires I would die of boredom. The three days we'd been in Alaska the most I'd seen was what I could see out off the kitchen window. And that was before Bella made me go back downstairs. I understand that I'm in danger and vampires are trying to kill me, but is that any reason to put me under house arrest? Ok maybe it is but still! I could at least be able to walk around the outside in the snow for crying out loud. Whenever it snowed at home it was usually just a bunch of slush or ice by the time I'd get out there. From what I'd seen out the window this was actual snow ball fight, snow man sturdy snow! And I was stuck in basement watching movies and getting my ass kicked at checkers. I huffed and lay back on the floor as Edward beat me again.

"You need a strategy." He chuckled.

"Its checkers, what strategies can you have with checkers?" I looked at him and he just shook his head and put the board up.

"I'm so bored!" I moaned for the fifth time.

"It could be worse." Bella spoke as she came down the stairs.

"Yeah. You could deny me shower and bathroom rights huh?" I said sarcastically.

"With an attitude like that I just might." She shot back. I groaned and slammed my forearm across my eyes.

"Couldn't I go outside with you guys?" I tried again.

"No." Bella said. "I came to tell you that Edward and I need to go hunting. We won't be far and Jasper is upstairs if you need anything." I lifted my arm away and glared at her as she and Edward headed towards the stairs.

"So you guys can go kill helpless animals but I can't go play in the snow?" I snapped.

"If it makes you feel any better, I'll kill something dangerous." She through over her shoulder and then they were gone. I groaned and through my arm over my shoulder. I was lonely now. Yeah Jasper was upstairs but he had been acting funny ever since the night he had come in my room when I was having the nightmare. He was even quieter when I was around and if it was just the two of us left in a room together he would leave. He acted as if I wasn't even there. And it really pissed me off. I sighed and sat up, looking around the room for something to do. My gaze kept landing on the stairs. Then it hit me. Bella and Edward were gone. There wouldn't be any harm in me just stepping out on the patio right? Of course not. I jumped up and ran to my room to pull jeans over my pajama shorts. I pulled on a long sleeved shirt and grabbed a jacket before putting on the thick boots Bella had gotten me. Though, I don't really know why if she wasn't going to let me outside anyway. I trudged up the stairs and down the hallway to the kitchen. I smiled when I saw thick flakes falling past the window outside. I pulled the sliding door open and stepped out onto the patio. A shiver ran through my body from the cold breeze that met me. I shut the door behind me and wrapped my arms around myself. Cold snow landed on my nose and I reach up to wipe it away with another shiver. I started going down the stairs when I heard the sliding doors open behind me.

"You know she's just trying to protect you." I turned around and looked at Jasper. I was little startled to see he was wearing a thin short sleeved shirt and he was barefoot.

"Do you not feel how cold it is?" I asked. He frowned puzzled and I pointed at his feet. He glanced down and shrugged.

"It doesn't bother me." He said stepping out further onto the patio and shutting the door.

"You're not going to drag me inside and lock me in the basement?" I know I sounded rude but I was curious as to why he wasn't dragging me back inside like Bella would have been. Again he shrugged and sat down one of the patio chairs.

"No." He said.

"Why?"

"I don't see any problem with you being outside as long as you stay close and someone is with you." He answered. I nodded slowly in agreement and smiled my thanks before descending down the short steps off the patio. I wasn't expecting the snow to be thigh deep and I lost my balance. To my great embarrassment I fell face down in the snow with a yelp of surprise. I wasn't down for long though as a pair of arms reached around me and hoisted me back to my feet. I wiped the snow my face, though most of it was melting as my face burned, and looked up at Jaspers half smile.

"You ok?" He asked. I didn't miss the amusement in his tone.

"Uh-huh." I managed when words failed me. Once again we were really close. His face was only inches from me and his hypnotic golden eyes were staring into mine. A tingly sensation started where his hands were touching my body and spread out through my whole body. The only thing I could hear was my unsteady breathing and my heart pounding in my ears. If this had been a romantic movie we probably would have been kissing. But it all ended. Something crossed his expression that I couldn't read. A split second later he let go of me and was gone all at once. My heart was still pounding and I suddenly realized that I was wet from the snow and my legs were freezing. My teeth chattered and I pulled myself back up on the patio shakily. I'd suddenly lost all interest in exploring the snow. I hurried in through the kitchen and back down stairs. I had no idea where Jasper had gone but I didn't want to meet up with him again. I was embarrassed about what had happened and I felt something else. For some reason I felt rejected. But it was stupid I know. I shook my head and hurried into my room, locking the door behind me. I stripped out of my wet clothes and changed into a pair of long pajama pants and t-shirt. I was still cold so I grabbed a hoodie to pull on then went out to the living room. I looked through the rather large collection of DVD's. Though I was a romantic movie kind of person I skipped over those and looked for horror movies. I picked out too and turned the lights off before settling on the couch with a blanket and a pillow. I knew I'd regret it later on but I didn't care at the moment.

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Somehow amidst the blood and gore of My Bloody Valentine I fell asleep. When I woke up the movie had ended and it was back to the main menu. I moaned and sat up. My stomach rumbled so I got up. I guessed Bella wouldn't disapprove of me going up and getting me something to eat. The hallway upstairs was dark. I didn't bother turning the light in the hallway on though. In the kitchen the clock on the stove read 8:33. I turned the light on and opened the refrigerator to get things for a sandwich, easy to make and an easy clean up. I grabbed a can of soda to go with it and started making my food. I tried not to think of Jasper. The way he'd been looking at me earlier… chills went through my spine and it wasn't the creepy kind like when you think someone's watching you. I took a drink of my soda and started put things up when something moved out of the corner of my eye. My heart flipped, thinking it might be Jasper, and I turned to say something. I don't know what I was going to say but whatever it was I forgot immediately. It wasn't Jasper standing in the doorway. A huge man stood in the doorway. He looked like a wrestler champ or something. And he was shirtless. Everything dropped from my arms and the sound of the mayonnaise jar cracking at my feet pulled me out of my frozen state. So I did what every girl would do in my situation. I screamed as loud as I could and grabbed the closest thing at hand to throw at him, which happened to be my soda can. It hit his chest with a dull thud and the only movement he made was a slight arch of his eyebrow. Three things happened at once. I lunged for the knife I'd used for my sandwich, another guy popped out of nowhere behind the first and Jasper burst through the patio door. And when I say he burst through the door I mean he actually burst through the door. Glass and splintered wood littered the floor. He looked at me, eyes wide with panic and then he looked at what I was brandishing the butter knife at.

"J-J-Jas-"

"What the hell is going on?" Bella appeared behind Jasper and took in the scene in front of her. Edward joined her, looking calm and a little amused. Neither of them seemed to notice two half naked men standing in front of me. Instead they were all looking at me.

"It's my fault Bella. I didn't mean to frighten her." One of the near naked men spoke and I snapped my attention back to them. Before I knew what was happening Bella rushed forward, not to kill the intruders, but to wrap her arms around him and laugh.

"Jake! It's so good to see you." She said as the guy hugged her back. The guy behind them cleared his throat and Bella let go of the first guy to hug the second.

"Seth! How's Leah?" She asked pulling back to look at him.

"She's good, pregnant again." He laughed. I swear I thought I was still sleeping and having a bizarre dream. I glanced at Jasper and Edward's smirk widened as he stepped forward.

"Bella, you may want to explain this to Will." He said. Bella glanced at me like she just realized I was there. Then she smiled.

"Willow this is Jacob and Seth, old friends of ours." She motioned to the two of them and they smiled kindly at me.

"I called them as back up." She added.

"Oh." Was all I managed. Then it hit. "Oh…are they…. vampires… too?" My voice sounded weak. Even though I'd been around vampires for a while now I couldn't wrap my mind around the fact that there were real live, or living dead, vampires roaming around the world and no one knowing about them. When I asked that, the one behind Jacob, Seth, scoffed.

"Oh, hell no." He chuckled. Bella gave him a look and his smile faded.

"You didn't tell her?" Jacob asked raising an eyebrow.

"Not yet." Bella had a tone to her voice that sounded threatening. Jacob narrowed his eyes and Edward stepped forward.

"I'll show you where you and Seth can stay." He said. Jacob hesitated before nodding and the three of them left.

"Tell me what?" I asked looking at Bella. She avoided my gaze and opened the refrigerator.

"You hungry?" She asked.

"Bella tell me what?" It wasn't helping my nerves that she wasn't answering me.

"I'm going to find something to fix the door." I'd forgotten Jasper was there until he spoke. When I looked at him though, he avoided my gaze and exited through the hole where the door had been. She waited until he was gone then she turned to me.

"Don't… freak out ok." She said. I swallowed hard and tried not to freak out but the way she was acting was really freaking me out.

"W-what is going on?" I asked again weakly.

"Jacob and Seth… they're… werewolves." She spat the last word out. For a minute I just stared at her. The word bounced around in my head and it was hard to get a hold of it. When I finally did I could feel the color draining from my face and my stomach dropped.

"L-like….full moon crazed…. Getting bit can turn you into a wolf kind of werewolf?" I asked.

"No that's all a myth. They can turn into a wolf whenever they want." She said waving her hand in the air.

"Oh, that makes me feel better." I tried to sound sarcastic but it came out a little breathy and weak.

"I'm sorry I should have warned you. I didn't think about it." She said putting a hand on my arm.

"It's ok. I'll get used to it. I mean they can't be any dangerous than you guys right?" I was trying to convince myself but it wasn't helping much at all. If I'd been told months ago that vampires and werewolves were real I probably would have laughed and thought they were crazy. Now I was starting to believe I was crazy.

"You hungry?" Bella asked again. I swallowed hard and shook my head.

"No… I suddenly lost my appetite." I muttered.

"You have to eat something." She said with disapproval. I grabbed an apple from the bowl of fruit on the island and waved it in the air, though I doubted I'd be able to eat it.

"I think I'm going… to bed." I said.

"Will," Bella stopped me before I turned the corner. "I'm sorry I didn't warn you. Please don't be scared."

"I'm not scared." I didn't sound convincing but she didn't stop me when I started to leave again. When I got to my room I tried to sleep but after an hour of tossing and turning and trying not to freak out that there were werewolves upstairs I gave up and went into the living room. I curled up on the sofa and it was like everything hit me at once. I started crying and I wasn't exactly sure why I was crying. I think it was because I hadn't been getting sleep lately. That and the fact that I was being hidden from a vampire that was out to kill me to get back at Bella. It wasn't until my sobs had turned to wet hiccups that I noticed something was touching my back. I gasped and sat up to see what it was and found Jasper sitting beside me. I burst into fresh tears and without a word he pulled me against him, stroking my back and I could feel a strange since of calm going through my body. Even after my sobs subsided and I was sniffling he was still sending the calming waves at me. He still held me against him and I made no move to push him away. He stayed with me and after a while I started to fall asleep.

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I sat up with a start, sweating from my dream, heart pounding hard in my chest. That had been a very vivid dream. My cheeks flushed and I was thankful Jasper had left sometime while I was sleeping. I'd been told by my parents several times they could hear me talking in my sleep. If I had talked or done anything in my sleep during that kind of dream while Jasper had been there… my cheeks flamed even hotter at the thought of it. I buried my face in my hands and moaned. I couldn't let myself dream like that again. Thought it was a very nice dream. A scene played over in my head from my dream and I was startled when a voice cleared from behind me. I spun in my seat to find Edward at the bottom of the stairs. A mixture of humor and horror on his face told me he had seen what I'd dreamed.

"When you're done here, Bella wants you to come up and eat something." He said a little uncomfortably. I cleared my throat and nodded. He left and my cheeks burned even more knowing he knew I'd had a sex dream about Jasper. Could my life get any worse?