Wow, holy cheeseballs! Only 14 chapters in and already thirty two reviews, holy shit ! And a bunch of faves and follows. You guys really restored my faith in my not so great writing skills and for that I'm in total bliss over here, you don't even know how much the reviews and the favorites and follows mean to me. I'm glad so many people like this, Bella bashing and all. I intend for this to sort of follow but not follow the canon timeline, I'll be making serious changes because SM did things that I really thought nonsensical and stupid (the whole imprint on a baby thing for one, the way the vamps and bella got all the attention and dominated the stories leaving the more interesting characters in the background), and Bella / vamps are not my cup of tea, so if you choose to, think of this as an alternate story and ending for Jacob.

Leah turned around and found Colby standing there, holding out a piece of paper. "Nick sends his love." Colby giggled as she added, "Girl, you made one hell of an impression on our resident ladies man." before skipping away. A smile held on Leah's face for a few moments as she unfolded the note, copied Nick's cell phone number into her phone and then she caught up to Colby, tapped her shoulder as she said "You didn't have to tell him I liked him."

"Actually, Leah, I did nothing.. He came up to me in the gas station and put that in my hand, told me that if I saw you again to give it to you. If I were gonna play matchmaker, I'd have done it with more flair." Colby admitted with a shrug as she added in a quieter tone, "Just be careful with the guy.. He is the ladies man of Forks High for a reason.. I'd hate to kick his ass."

Leah chuckled and shook her head then said "Thanks anyway. I can handle the guy." before walking over to the bonfire, sitting down. She watched Colby and smiled a little, shrugged. Maybe Colby was a lot better than Bella. She had to get used to the idea of Jacob imprinting on her and she knew that tonight was the night.. Jacob was nervous as hell, of course, he had been all day, but he'd decided that he had to tell Colby everything before Bella did it just as a form of sabotage. And Leah agreed with Jacob's reasons for telling her now, as opposed to doing what Sam wanted him to do and waiting.

Jacob settled into the space behind where Colby stood and as his warm breath made contact with the back of her neck she practically purred which made him laugh and lean in, whisper in a flirty tone, "Did you seriously just purr?"

Colby nodded and giggling said quietly, "I did." as he shook his head, laughing, putting his arms around her as he asked in a whisper, his lips next to her ear, "What's up? You look like you have something on your mind.."

"Just thinking about something Marnie said earlier when she called me at six am still freaking about and wanting to talk about the dance the other night." Colby admitted as she looked over her shoulder at Jacob and wondered if maybe her best friend Marnie wasn't on to something.. After all, the wolves seemingly vanished within seconds of Jacob and his friends coming around the side of the gym.. And there was the way Jacob always sort of felt just a few degrees shy of being a human furnace.. And his growth spurt..

And she wasn't an idiot, she knew something was up tonight, because rarely did people outside of the tribe get invited officially, to a tribal council bonfire. The fact that Jacob claimed that Sam and his own father wanted her there tonight...

She bit her lower lip and turned to face him, looked up at him with a strange look in her eyes. Jacob stared at her and wondered if he'd dropped enough subtle hints throughout this whole thing they had going with each other to sort of clue her in, prepare her for what he was excited (and scared to death) to tell her tonight.. She seemed to be thinking really hard about something, that could go either way with Colby. He'd been dropping casual hints about himself, about what had happened with them so that maybe she wouldn't be so shocked that when he finally got to tell her she panicked and bailed then avoided him for a while.

"Are you okay, Jacob?"

"I'm fine, babe." Jacob said quietly as he stared at her a few moments. He had this intense gleam in his eyes as he looked at her and bit his lower lip the entire time. She looked up at him and blushed under the heavy intense looks he gave her. She migrated closer to him when Quil came flying past, Seth hot on his heels, the two of them chasing each other up and down the beach for some strange reason. He steadied her quickly and with a deep laugh he said in a huskier than normal tone of voice, "Whoa.. I got you. You're not gonna fall."

She nodded dumbly and then said "Is there something going on I should know about, Jacob? I mean I can't help but think tonight's not just a normal night?" as Jacob stiffened a moment then asked stiffly, "Why?"

"Reasons." Colby muttered as she smiled up at him with an amused gleam in her eyes. He looked at her and asked quietly, "Why do you think something's up?"

"Oh, maybe because this is a tribal council meeting and I'm not Quileute and your father really seemed to want me to show up? As well as Sam, who lets face it, the guy hasn't ever really seemed to be my biggest fan."

Jacob paced a moment and then shrugged, playing dumb for just a few moments. Was she piecing things together? Was she about to guess before he got to tell her what had happened to link them?
And what was going to happen when he did get to tell her finally tonight?

He couldn't exactly predict how she was going to take it.