Bites, Fights, and Lovely Ladies
Ch. 12
"Well, well, Jacob, you sure look happy! Did anything happen between you and Jazz last night?" Embry said, winking and nudging Jacob's ribs with his elbow while doing so.
Jacob just laughed and playfully pushed Embry away, everyone could see Jacob's brightened mood and, as the saying goes, it was contagious.
No one had really noticed it, but ever since Jazz came along they were hanging out with each other more then ever; not to mention they were all a bit happier. This was mostly due to Leah being a bit less depressed.
They were all hanging out in Jacob's house today, and though the mood was happy at first, surprising it was Seth who made the air tense.
"Hey" He started, "Isn't Bella's Wedding tonight?" Any laughter stopped immediately, and Jazz noticed Jacob tense, flexing his biceps as he did so. "Will you go?" Jazz, who was sitting on the floor next to Jacob in his armchair, asked, and everyone looked at her, then at Jacob.
"I don't know…" He mumbled, "I don't know if I can stand to see her, and that monster she's…marrying…" Jazz visibly cringed and curled herself inwards a bit as she remembered that she was the same thing as the 'monster'. Jacob didn't see her from his position so he didn't notice her discomfort.
"Jacob" Sam said, "This may be your last chance to see her… alive…"
Jacob covered his face with his hands and thought for a few moments, then after a minute or two he finally slid his hands off and said, "Yeah, I'll go… if just to say goodbye…"
Sam nodded and said, "Then we'll go to, to make sure… to be there in case anything happens."
Jake snorted, "Just say it, you'll be going to make sure I don't do anything stupid."
"Hey, Jacob?" Jazz asked as they were walking along the beach together. The wedding would start soon, but seeing as Jacob just wanted to say goodbye, not see her married, they decided to just go to the end. So, to calm himself down, Jacob decided a soothing walk along LaPush's shoreline would do the trick.
"Yeah, Jazz?" He replied, his hands in his pockets.
"What… What exactly is your relationship with this… Bella person?" She asked quietly, thinking about their moment on the cliff.
Jacob laughed humorlessly and wrapped his massive arm around Jazz, pulling her close to him as they kept walking. "She's my best friend. Like… Like a sister almost. I love her in a family way, and I care for her, but she's choosing to die and become a Vampire. I use to LOVE love her, but that passionate feeling has died away, and now I just love her as my best friend."
Jazz frowned as a memory of her own pushed it's way up to the surface. It was only a flash of brown hair being whipped as someone's head turned quickly, but it brought along with it the same feelings Jake was talking about.
"One more thing…" Jazz started, and Jake looked over at her, "Is… This Edward guy, the one who's marrying her… Is he actually a monster, or did you just say that because he's a…" She trailed off, looking away towards the water.
"Hey" Jacob said. He stopped walking and turned Jazz towards him, holding her by her upper arms. He had heard the hurt in her tone when she'd said that. "I'm extremely sorry, I wasn't thinking clearly. I use to think that all Vampires were evil and I'm use to calling them things like 'monster's. I only said it out of habit, because now I realize that not all of them are evil or bad or whatever. You are not a monster."
Shyly, she smiled up at him. She had to turn her head upwards, but he was only a few inches taller then she was, seeing as she was about 6 feet tall. Unconsiously she leaned forward slowly, and Jacob copied her until they both closed their eyes and pressed their lips against each others.
She was as cool as stone, but he was as hot as fire and they balanced each other out. Carefully she reached up and rested her hands on the base of his neck, on top of his collar bone, before she trailed her fingers up his neck until her hands reached each other and her right went up to thread through his hair and her left grasped the back of his shirt.
Jacob, meanwhile, released her arms and trailed them down her sides. His left hand rubbed her side a bit then wrapped around her and pulled her closer. His right hand remained on her ribs, and his thumb traced the barely feel-able bite scar on her left side. After a few moments his right hand smoothed down her shirt as he grabbed her hip and yet again pulled her against him.
It was at this moment they heard a loud wolf-whistle that could only belong to Embry and some chuckleing from Leah, Sam, and Jared. When they heard them Jacob and Jazz instantly jumped back from each other as if electrified.
Jacob blushed and Jazz would have too if she could before they started running towards them, and when they did they heard Quil mumble to himself angrily.
"What's up with him?" Jacob asked. Leah said, "He had bet Seth that you two weren't actually… involved with each other" she snickered a bit at that and both Jacob and Jazz glanced at each other before looking away. "So" She continued, "Now he owe's him ten bucks."
Seth and his mom had already gone to the wedding, which was why they weren't here.
After his chuckleing died down, Sam said, "Well, we should go now if we're going to make it to the end." And with that they went to the woods and all the wolves phased and Jazz followed them to Bella's wedding.
Unfortunatly, the pack didn't seem able to resist replaying the scene they had just seen over and over again from different angles, all the while adding their little comments and snickers.
This is just TOO good Leah snickered Bella is going to KILL you when she finds out…
Why? Jacob asked
You gave her all that crap about dating a Vampire, what do you think she'll do to YOU when she finds out that YOU'RE dating one?
