~Kate

Apparently Jake wanted to show me round Forks and… La Push - that was the one- right away, he didn't want to waste any time.
I went upstairs to go find some shoes, and as I left the table he called me.

"Kate?" I turned looking over my right shoulder, trying to look sexy "Don't take long" he shot me another cocky grin and winked.
I left the kitchen before he could see that my face had turned beetroot.

I shot up the stairs as fast as I could - I really was looking forward to spending the day with Jacob, I mean he didn't say we would be alone. But still.

After battling through the rows and rows of clothes I managed to find some shoes, I grabbed a pair of gladiator sandals, I mean after all it wasn't raining and it was July! I fought my way back out of the wardrobe and sat down at my dressing table.

I slipped the sandals on, when I looked up from my feet I caught glance of that scruffy hair of mine. I was mortified; id actually had my hair like this when I met Jacob?
Well, it was going. Pulling it out of the band I shook my hair feeling it fall down my back. It looked good sort of a straight but a scrunched kind of look.

Leaving my room I winced as the door slammed behind me. Mental note to self I really needed to break that habit!

Better go tell sleeping beauty that im going out I thought

I threw open Emily s bedroom door and there she was wrapped up in her blankets tighter than Tootencarmoon "Bitch, im going out!" I announced
"Mmmm, alright" she half grunted
"I don't know when I'll be back?"
"Okay." she grunted again
"Could be late" I smiled to myself knowing what I was doing. I love winding her up, its practically a best friend right.
"ALL RIGHT!"
"Love ya!"

I shut the door leaving her to her hibernation.

I sort of fast walked down the stairs not wanting to look over keen. He was waiting for me at the bottom of the stairs, talking to Edward.
They stopped talking when I came down, Jacob looked up at me and smiled "Ready beautiful?"
"Ready as I'll ever be" I smiled my good girl smile again, and followed him out the front door. He had his own car, it was small but it was his own so far I was impressed.

I was about to get in the wrong side of the car, when I remembered they drive on the wrong side of the road over here I caught Jacob looking at me grinning like a jackass.
"Right okay left hand drive over here, got it" I walked to the other side of the car and got in as quickly as I could. I noticed that it smelled like Jacob in here, I was also trying to see if I could smell any perfume. Why I don't know.
Jacob got in, shutting the door with a final slam.

"Nice car" I commented as I fiddled with the radio trying to find a good song.
"Yeah" he said smugly "I built it myself."
"Really? wow that's brilliant" I looked at him quickly to see his reaction, laughing I added "I don't know many people who've built their own cars" he chuckled and started the engine.

"So where are we going?" I finally managed to find a decent song on the radio and settled back in my seat.
"I'm going to show you around forks, you can't have forgotten that already Angel."

I narrowed my eyes "No, of course I didn't. I just thought we'd be going somewhere other than just driving around" I felt like everything I was saying he was finding a way to fire sarcastic comments at me so I decide to just sit and be quiet. He must have noticed because he reached over and squeezed my leg gently.
"Relax, im not going to kidnap you, just show you around."

I gave him my best 'whatever' face and carried on silently looking out the window.

I found that Forks really was a nice place, we drove in a comfortable silence all around the little town. We drove past a sign that said 'La Push' I looked at Jacob questioningly. "This is where I live." he said casually.

I felt myself frown a little "You don't live in Forks?"

"No, this is the Quileute Reservation and this is where I live, and have lived for the last-" he stopped, looked at me quickly then back to the road – "for the last twenty three years" It took a moment for it to sink in, then I realised why he paused before telling me his age. He was scared id care how old he was.
I quirked my eyebrow at him choosing to ignore the age difference "It looks like a nice place to grow up"
"Yea it was" grinning he added "It's a nice place to live once you're grown up too" we both laughed.

We drove past a beach – that was a nice view, but not as nice as the view of the man sitting next to me.

Before I knew it we were pulling up outside a little red house with white window frames. It was so cute, for some reason I could imagine a little miniature Jacob running around playing in the garden.

"This is my place" the engine was cut off pulling out of my day dream. His place? Fast mover.

Then the rain started. Great!

"Come on, we'll have to run for it!" he pushed my shoulder playfully, the touch of his skin still echoing on my own as I shoved open the car door shutting it behind me, running towards the house after Jacob. We were on his front porch in no time flat.

"You're fast" he winked.
"Thanks" I beamed "im a Gold Medallist!" he laughed and opened the front door, holding it open for me. "So, you live here with your mother and father?" I asked as I looked around the small living room.

"No just my father" He put his hand on the small of my back giving me another shock and pushed me towards the kitchen. I didn't know what to say to that, but like always something came out anyway
"Where's your mother?" I blurted before I could even run through the consequences of asking something like that.

"She died when I was small" I looked at him carefully to see if id upset him
"That's terrible" I didn't say 'im sorry' because it annoys me when people say that. What have they got to be sorry about? And usually they're not sorry about your situation; they're just sorry they got caught up in an awkward conversation.

"Yes well, it was a long time ago, don't worry about it Angel"

I stood next to the table in his kitchen and watched him fiddle with the kettle, he stuck the kettle onto boil and pulled out two mugs, he turned to face me. After studying me for a short moment his dark brows furrowed.

"Kate…" his eyes had a sudden far off look in them as he came and stood in front of me, he reached out and touched the side of my neck with his big hand gently running his thumb against my skin. It took my breath away, between him touching me and looking into his eyes all at the same time my knees went week. He suddenly seemed to realise what he was doing, and pulled his hand away. The look in his eyes turned to something I'd never seen before, I think this was Jacob being serious.
"You know what I am, don't you?" he asked.

I could only nod. Id dealt with so much crazy in the past two days; why not add a little more in?

"I want you to know everything, that's why I brought you here, so we could talk."
"That's fine, I'd like to know" Smiling contently he turned back to the kitchen counter.

I wandered out of the kitchen, back the way we came and out onto the porch. I couldn't help but watch the rain; it was a different kind of rain to back home it was the kind where you could actually use an umbrella. It was just raining, without the wind.

"What are you thinking about?" Jacob had suddenly appeared at my side; the tea clearly long forgotten.
"I'm Just watching the rain, that's all" I sat down on the steps to the porch still sheltered from the rain. Jacob sat next to me, wrapping his arm around my shoulder snuggling me into his side.

"Are you cold?"
"No im fine" he was warm enough to keep both of warm. I decided that was enough small talk and we needed to get on with it. "So... You're a werewolf then?" I asked looking up at him

"last time I checked, yea – well maybe not exactly"

I raised my eyebrows "What do you mean?"

He laughed a little. "I'm not the kind of werewolf you're probably thinking about. I'm a shape shifter, my ancestors were Spirit Walkers and then one of them took on the body of a wolf. It stuck I guess. So im not controlled by the moon or anything encase you're wondering and I certainly wouldn't go all crazy and attack you when im in wolf form" he gave me a playful look "We just attack vampires."

He could see I was confused.

"Angel, don't look so worried. We don't attack the Cullen's because they don't kill humans they used to not be able to come on our land or anything like that, or we would attack" he looked away from me and scuffed his boot on the decking "But things changed. Now I guess we're sort of friends"

I looked at him frowning a little. "What changed?"

He swallowed hard, and continued. "You know im friend's with Bella right? Well I was friends with her before she got turned. We went through a lot together and I wanted to be more than friends with her, but she just didn't feel the same. She stayed with Edward. So I just had to suck it up and deal. And then Seth imp-" he corrected himself quickly "got with her daughter. He's my pack brother so we have to deal with it and I'd rather be Bella's friend than nothing at all"

I didn't really know what to say to him at this point, I just sat there in silence trying to focus on the rain. He loved Bella? Why did that bother me so much? Why should I even be bothered? I couldn't find the answer to these questions, but I just knew that it did.

Sometime during his confession id un-snuggled myself from underneath his arm

"Hey-" Jacob touched my arm gently but still startling me, his hands were amazing: big strong and warm. They made me feel safe "-Why do you keep looking like that?"
"What do you mean?"
He gestured to me, looking down I found that my arms were wrapped around myself "You just look sad" he tilted my face towards his, looking me straight in the eye he added "I don't feel like that about Bella any more you know. I haven't for a long time"

Finding his eyes too intense I turned my face away "It's not about that" I lied. "It's just-" I sighed, sighing out two days' worth of crazy "-it's just a lot to take in that's all, y'know?" Maybe it wasn't just about him and Bella after all.

Jacob put his arm back around me snuggling me into his side once again, burying my face in his chest I felt him whisper in my ear

"Yes Angel, I do"