This chapter includes more lemon, though definitely not as much as last chapter, lol. This one cuts off right before the big thing happens, so don't worry. ;)

I do have my own twist to the tent scene we all know and love, but it has to change for obvious reasons. And, unfortunately, there are two more chapters before the Epilogue. *sniff* We had a fun run, but I promise the sequel will be a hit too! And for the person that was asking, Seth does imprint in the sequel. I wonder what that tells ya...muahahaha.

Please read and Enjoy!

Chapter Fourteen

Silence. That's all I heard. Well, it was silent if you didn't include the sound of forks scraping on plates.

Billy was sitting across from me, his eyes full of worry. He had half a steak on his plate, and he grabbed the steak sauce.

Rachel sat at my right, and I noticed that her eyes went from me to Paul, who sat on my left.

I knew they were worried about tomorrow, but come on! Do they have to act like we're a bunch of puppies? We've fought vampires before, so it's not like we're inexperienced.

My fist came down on the table, my fork upright in my hand. "Will you quit your worrying?"

Billy's eyes looked at my fist. "Err…Jake. I do like that table."

I lifted my hand and noticed a small dent in the table. "Oops." I said, brushing the spot.

This got a laugh from Paul, which I should've saw coming. "Dude, you need to watch the anger man."

"This coming from Anger Issues over there?" I asked, cutting a piece of my steak.

"Boys." Rachel chastised. "Don't take it out on each other. This is hard on us, okay?"

"Rach, you don't have to worry. I'll be fi—," Paul started, but then Rachel lifted up her fork.

"I don't know that, and I won't know that until I see you safe in my arms." Rachel said, her voice getting all sappy.

I groaned. "GAG! I don't want to hear that coming from you!"

Paul chuckled. "Oh yeah? Guess what I heard coming from you, alpha man? Thoughts about Carrie." He wiggled his eyebrows then.

I growled under my breath. "Shut up!"

"Oh…did my little bro finally become a man?" Rachel sniggered. God, Paul was rubbing off on her. NOT a good thing, either.

"He sure did." Paul winked. "Took you long enough, boss. I mean, it took me what? Two days before I got my freak on with your sis—"

My nostrils flared. If there was one topic of conversation I did NOT want to hear was about Paul and my sister having sex. "Don't talk about her like that." I half-growled.

"Easy man…I was just joshing you." Paul said, eyeing me defensively. "It took about four days."

I had a better idea. I could make him stop talking about her. "I order you to stop speaking about my sister that way." I half-growled again, only this time it was underlined with the voice of the alpha. "Do you understand?"

Paul took a drink of water to stop him from saying anything, and then he nodded.

I relaxed then. "Good."

"Um…Jake…I need to ask you something." Rachel bit her lip.

"What?"

Rachel took a deep breath. "Are you…are you bi-polar? Cuz I swear I saw two-face in here." She smiled then, obviously joking.

"Oh ha ha." I rolled my eyes, and from then on, it wasn't silent anymore. We joked and talked, forgetting about the upcoming battle that was scheduled for tomorrow. Only bad thing was that I wasn't going to spend my possible last night with them. No…I was on hide-the-trail duty. Granted, I wasn't forced into it, but I would've liked a night to myself.

When lunch was finished, Paul and Billy went to watch some game on the television. I swear, I didn't know how many games were playing but they somehow managed to watch one every day.

Rachel was getting the water started in the kitchen sink while I collected the plates; no leftovers, of course. I dumped them in the water and grabbed a towel, prepared to take on the drying job, when there was a knock at the door.

Rachel jerked her head to the door. "Go on. I think I can take the rest from here."

I kissed her on the cheek. "Thanks sis." I said before heading to the door. I opened it just enough to tell who it was, and then I swung it open, quickly wrapping my arms around Carrie.

"I should come around more often if that's the welcome I get." Carrie chuckled, wrapping her arms around me. "I missed you."

"Missed you too." I pressed my lips to her forehead before breaking apart the hug. "So what's up?"

"Can't I see my boyfriend without there being anything up?" Carrie joked, walking past me. "Hey, Rachel. I heard you were worried."

"We all are." Rachel said, her back to us. You could hear her scrubbing the dish in her hand, the water dripping off. "Kim, Emily and even Hannah. Hannah doesn't want her child to be a bastard."

Carrie snorted. "Addison's too stubborn for that. She's got nothing to worry about." Carrie then turned to me. "Come on, hotshot. We need to talk." Now, if you normally heard those words escape a girl's lips, you knew one thing was coming. Break-up. But seeing as I was in an imprinted relationship, I didn't need to worry.

I grabbed her hand as she led me to the garage, where she closed the door. Uh-oh…this wasn't looking good.

"Jake," Carrie started, turning around. "There's something we need to do before you leave to hide Bella's trail." Her face dropped slightly.

"What's wrong, Carrie?" I asked, reaching out to her. She knocked my arms out of the way and pushed me again the wall. "What ar—"

Carrie pressed her fingers to my lips. "Shh…you'll see." She winked before pressing her lips to my shoulder. "There's something I want to try before tomorrow…in case one of us doesn't make it."

"But we are go—" Carrie pressed her fingers tighter to my lips.

"Don't worry Jake. I promise that you're gonna enjoy it." And then she unzipped my jeans.

I felt Little Jake get excited. It was last week all over again.

Carrie giggled as she dropped my pants, where they fell to my ankles. Once again, I went commando underneath, which meant I was exposed. And then Carrie did something unexpected.

She dropped to her knees. "Hold still, Jake. I'll make this as enjoyable as possible." She winked before opening her mouth.

I was zipping up my pants, Carrie still laughing behind me.

"Don't ever do that again." I almost growled as I turned to her. Secretly I wanted her to do that again. What guy wouldn't?

Carrie smiled at me. "Are you sure Jake? What if I told you I was going to do it?"

I took a deep breath. "Then maybe."

She walked over to me, wrapping her arms around my waist. "You can't honestly tell me you didn't enjoy that."

I wrapped my arms around her shoulders and smiled at her. "Of course I did. Just don't spring those things on me. I have to get prepared first."

She chuckled. "You were plenty prepared to me."

I shook my head. "What am I going to do with you?"

"Well, hopefully you'll eventually marry me." She smiled. "Or else I did all this to the wrong guy."

"Ha, ha." I fake laughed. "Now come here." I playfully growled before swinging her into my arms, bridal style. I pressed my lips to hers and we kissed until she made a noise in the back of her throat. I pulled away instantly. "What?"

"There was something Holden needed me to tell you, and you're getting me distracted." Carrie laughed while I sat her down.

"Well what is it?" I asked.

She sighed. "Alice noticed that the numbers haven't gone down, so Holden said we needed more wolves. Milena and Preston have to stay at La Push no matter what, so guess which wolf is being pulled back into the fight?"

I sighed because I knew exactly which wolf. He was one of mine. "Seth."

"Yeah…so we can't have wolf-phone up there for Bella. Sorry." Carrie shrugged. "On the brightside, at least she won't be alone."

"What do you mean?" I asked, opening the garage door.

"Oh, Bella was able to convince Edward to stay with her during the fight, because she's afraid of losing him." Carrie smiled sheepishly. "That's kinda where I got the idea of wanting to sleep with you before the fight." We started to walk outside, and I noticed it was a bit chillier out than normal. Huh…I thought it was June.

I chuckled, shaking my head. "You and Bella should never talk again. I can't believe what you guys come up with."

"Hey Jake!" Paul called, opening the front door. "Edward just called…he said you should meet him there in about half-an-hour."

"Alright, thanks for telling me!" I called back and then I turned to Carrie.

"So…what do you want to do during that half hour?" Carrie winked, holding my hand.

"As tempting as that sounds, do you want to go to Emily's? I want to see everybody before the big she-bang tomorrow."

Carrie nodded and we raced to Emily's house, where we ate many muffins and played a few card games before I had to leave.

"Oh, Jake?" Carrie said as I was on my way out. "Give this to Bella." She handed me a white ruffled coat.

"Err…you do know it's June, right?"

"Yeah, but the weather seems off and I can't hear any animals out there. I just don't want her to get frostbite tonight." Carrie said, obviously worried for her best friend.

I grabbed the coat. "Alright, I'll just have to tie it to my legs too." I leaned in closer to her and kissed her. "I'll see you tomorrow."

"Be safe." Carrie said as I ran to the forest edge. I quickly tied my shorts and the coat to my leg before I finally exploded into my furry self. I ran to the place Edward wanted me to meet him, trying to make sure I make the time-quota he gave me.

Luck was with me, I was finally changing back when I heard Bella and Edward finish with their trail.

"Where are we meeting Jake?" Bella asked as Edward wrapped her hand. Ha, she must've went klutzilla and fell.

Now or never, I thought as I entered the clearing. "Did someone call for one sexy werewolf?" I grinned widely.

Bella chuckled. "Yeah, where is he?"

I put on a mask of disappointment. "Ouch, Bella. You really just wounded my ego."

"I'm sorry Jake." Bella smiled. "What's with the coat?" That's when I noticed Bella had on her own.

Oh…she saw the coat in my hand. "It was for you in case you didn't bring one." I shrugged it on my shoulders. Yeah, I was going to despise that because now I was going to be roasting underneath, but I needed to keep my arms free.

"Aww…you didn't have to."

"It was nothing." I finally reached them and I turned to Edward. "So where'd ya want her?"

Of course the bloodsucker pulled out a map from his pocket. Props they most likely used. Edward unfolded the map, offering me the other end.

"We're here now." Edward reached over to the spot on the map, mere inches from my arm. Pre-imprinted Jake wouldn't have liked that very much, but now I matured quite a lot over the past month. "And you're taking her up here," Edward continued, tracing a serpentine pattern around the elevation lines on the paper. "Roughly nine miles." I nodded, so he continued. "When you're about a mile away, you should cross my path. That will lead you in. Do you need the map?" He asked.

I shook my head. "Thanks but no thanks. I know this area pretty well. I think I know where I'm going."

"I'll take a longer route," Edward said, though he was talking to Bella now. "And I'll see you in a few hours."

"See you." Bella said.

Edward took the map then, and faded into the trees, heading in the opposite direction.

I turned to Bella, my arms wide open. "You ready to do this?"

She nodded, walking over to me and allowing me to get her in my arms, bridal style. I started to walk towards the direction Edward wanted me to go in.

Once I got to the cover of the trees, I began jogging briskly. It was at a faster pace than a regular jog; it was actually a lot like running, except my arms were much fuller.

"You don't have to run." Bella commented.

I shrugged. "Yeah well, I want to get you in the tent before the storm hits."

"Storm?"

"Yeah, there's one coming. The temperature is a lot cooler than what it should be for June, and I hardly hear any animals out there." I sighed. "Carrie was worried about it too, she wanted you to have the coat."

Bella smiled. "I have my own, thanks."

"Yeah, I know that." I then started jumping on the rocks. "So…I hear you convinced Cullen to stay with you during the fight."

Bella sighed. "Yeah…I know I'm being selfish but I don't think I could live through the pain of him being away from me, fearing for his life. It'll be our break-up all over again." She started to choke up, so I knew it was time to change the subject.

"Yeah, well, you gave Carrie an idea, I hope you do realize that." I snorted.

Bella snorted too, an odd reaction. "Yeah, I heard about that."

"What? You can't think of me as a perfect angel anymore?" I laughed.

"NO!" She half-shouted, pouting at the same time. "It's just you're younger than I am and you still get some before me! It's not fair!"

I laughed again. "Aw, is Eddie holding out on you?"

"It's not funny Jake." Bella sighed. "Anyway, tell me how you came to be alpha."

I sighed this time. "Didn't we already cover this?"

"Not really." Bella smiled. "Tell me how you came to be Chief Jacob."

I groaned at the name. "Well, Sam wasn't too thrilled in getting into the other packs' business, but I set him straight. Then he didn't want to side with the Cullens when I knew that it was the best decision. Things picked off from there, and I took my rightful place."

"Wow…" Bella whispered before turning her attention to the sky. "Whoa…"

I looked up and noticed that a large purplish-cloud was hovering ominously above us. I kicked up the speed. "I need to get you there before THAT hits." And with that, I got to the campsite in ten more minutes.

"Finally." Edward whispered when I arrived.

"Keep her bundled up." I said, setting her on the ground. I shrugged off my coat and hung it on a branch before I went to change. I would stay the night hear, in case I needed to be in contact with the pack before it was time.

It was about one in the morning when Bella's shivering woke me up. Seriously, her teeth chattering was what woke me up. I was about to drop my eyelids again when I heard her and Edward talking.

She too cold to sleep? I asked in my thoughts, sitting up.

"Yes." I heard Edward answer me. "You could be a good dog and go fetch a space heater if you're so concerned."

A wise guy, huh? I changed back, slipping the shorts on. I grabbed the coat that was hanging on the branch. Bella was probably too cold to warm it up by herself, but I'm sure it would thaw out with me in close proximity.

"Go fetch a space heater? I'm not a Saint Bernard." I scoffed, walking into the tent. "Besides, I know something that will warm her up in an instant."

"J-J-J-Jake y-y-y-you d-d-d-don't ha-ha-have to." Bella said within shivers. Girl was freezing and she was refusing heat? There must be something wrong with her.

Edward chuckled, most likely at my thought. "Bella, Jake could really help you."

"A-as l-l-l-long a-as y-y-you d-d-d-don't m-mind E-ed-war-ward." Bella said, and then shivered like I did when I was angry.

"I don't mind." Edward said, nodding for me to proceed.

I slipped to the ground and unzipped the sleeping bag. Edward didn't mind, so I kept going, but I knew Bella was going to protest. "It's okay, Bells. This way I'll have you sweating when you wake up." I chuckled while I cozied on into the bag; there wasn't that much room, so I kinda overlapped her tiny frame.

I started to fall asleep once Bella started to stop shivering, and I dreamt that Carrie and I both made it out alive during tomorrow's fight.

A/N: I had to keep the space-heater comment. That was priceless. Anyway, next chapter some fighting happens! Awesome! Jake gets to hurt some newborns!

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