Christi's POV:
Three loud bangs scared me out my sleep. Jacob was sitting up looking around.
"What the?" He obviously was as startled at me.
"Wakey wakey you two!" I think it was Embry, but I wasn't positive.
"Yeah Jake, rise and shine, it's 5pm man wake the hell up!" Ok now I recognized Quil's voice.
But why were Quil and Embry here? Was I still dreaming?
"Go away!" Jacob yelled back at them as they laughed.
Their laughter faded away into the background. I clutched my chest, my heart was still pounding.
"God that scared me half to death." I said out loud.
"I'm sorry honey, it's only stupid Embry and Quil. They're idiots." He said comfortingly wrapping his arms around me and kissing my cheek softly.
His head snapped up and he looked at the door. He turned his attention back to me and smiled warmly.
"How are you feeling?" He asked me pulling me on top of his lap so that we were facing each other now.
"Mmm… a little rested." I was still tired. He really did wear me out. "I guess I could have rested a little more, but oh well." I was deliciously worn out.
I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed his lips. I felt a familiar hardness against my center and smiled.
"Hmm… how are – you – feeling Jacob?" I bit my lip taunting him a little. "Didn't you get enough?" I giggled.
"I can never have enough of you angel." God he was so perfectly sexy and sweet.
He leaned in and kissed me. His hands brushed over my ass cheeks ever so lightly giving me goose bumps.
"Can you be real quiet?" He grinned from ear to ear and I instantly knew what was on his mind.
"You are bad Jacob, very bad." I said silently.
"But so good to you." The grin on his face still perfectly intact, almost overly confident.
"So true." I smiled and leaned in to kiss him.
I felt him slide into me and start up without hesitation. It held my breath several times in the attempt to be quiet. The only sound was that of our heavy panting as we both released.
"Better?" I asked him once I had relaxed.
"Much much better, what about you? Was that too quick for you?" He's so sweet and always so concerned about me and my needs.
"Quick is nice too." Yeah, real nice when he doesn't have the chance to talk nasty to me and make me crazy. I smirked at the thought. "No time for dirty talking that way." I couldn't resist teasing him.
"Mmm… miss it did ya?" Well, yeah, maybe a little. "Don't worry, I have plans for you for later." His eyebrows wiggled up and down.
Oh God, what plans? More? A giddy little girl's laughter rang out within me.
"Oh oh, that bad huh?" I pretended to cringe. I'm sure he knew I couldn't wait.
He pressed his cheek up against mine and whispered into my ear.
"I'm gonna make your whole body shake uncontrollably until you're breathless." I could feel goose bumps forming all over my body. "Because that's what I love Christi. I love to make you shiver and feel good."
I felt my whole body tremble and my breathing kicked up. I closed my eyes and moaned. Oh shit!
"Oops sorry." I slapped my hand onto my mouth. So much for trying to be quiet. Well, he started it.
There were another three loud bangs on the bedroom door. I jumped in his arms
"This is the police, you're under arrest!" Quil laughed on the other side of the door.
"Go away!" Jacob yelled with a scowl on his face and after a short pause added. "Shut the hell up you ding dong!"
Did I miss something? He slid me off of his lap and stood up.
"We better go out there, the troops are getting wrestles." His hand brushed up against my cheek and he kissed me softly.
He turned around and bent down to retrieve his shorts from the floor. God his ass is perfectly rock hard. My stomach clenched at the thought of having him so perfectly naked here in my room with me and all the things he had done to me. I traced his whole body with my eyes, his beautiful russet skin, hard back muscles, rock hard ass curves, well defined thighs, ok so my eyes couldn't really get past his ass, it was just so hard and beautiful. I wanted to bite it.
"Like what you see?" His voice broke my concentration and I saw him shake his ass from side to side.
"You are so absolutely beautiful Jacob." I sighed still in my little trance of admiration.
"Beautiful? Isn't that a word for girls? You mean, God like? Can't keep your hands off of me cuz I'm crazy sexy?" He pulled on his short with a big grin.
So proud of himself and so damn cocky.
"Yeah, you're crazy alright." I had to give him a hard time. "But I was thinking more along the lines of delusional. Now that's a perfectly adequate word to describe your insanity Jacob." I stuck my tongue out at him smugly.
"Don't show it unless you plan to use it." He teased back.
Oh I can use it on you. In fact I already did and as I recall he seemed to like it. I rolled my eyes at him and got up.
"Now that's – beautiful." He was pointing at my body.
I felt my face get hot. I moved around him and got dressed. We went out to find the others. Heidi skipped over to me as soon as she saw me.
"Isn't it great Christi? I called Embry and told him to invite all the guys over. Look they even brought their girlfriends." She was just so happy and proud of herself.
Sure Heidi, joy rapture, you just woke me up and pried me away from the sexiest man alive, and the moron award goes to Heidi! I chuckled silently. I could picture Jacob saying something like that and here I was thinking like him now.
"I'm not a girlfriend." The girl on the couch said obviously annoyed.
She was really beautiful, I mean like super beautiful except for that scowl on her face. To be honest she kind of scared me a little, and that's not an easy thing to do, I'm usually pretty damn tough. Her arms were crossed tightly over her chest and she didn't look happy at all to be here.
"Oh never mind my sister guys, she's a real hag when she wants to be." Seth walked around the couch and pulled her hair obviously annoying her even more.
"Hey!" She yelled out at him.
Yeah I could definitely see the family resemblance. But how the hell could two polar opposite people like them be related? Seth was so warm and sunny and Leah was all prickles and thorns. She must be hiding something beneath the thorns, there has to be more to her than that. Well, I'm sure there was, but hell if I was going to be the one to try and figure that out. No thank you. That was one scary bitch.
"That's Leah by the way." Jacob said rolling his eyes. Leah just looked even more annoyed that Jacob was bringing attention to her. " Leah, this is Heidi whom I'm sure you've already met, and my girlfriend Christi."
Wait, what did he just call me? I felt my mouth drop open. Was I? Already? I felt my eyes get moist. That just really made me happy.
"You're girlfriend?" Heidi said kind of rudely. "Didn't you guys like just meet?"
Jacobs face looked distorted, he looked like he was conflicted and uncomfortable and really embarrassed all at the same time.
"Yeah well – uh?" He stumbled over his words.
I felt bad for him, Heidi was being pretty impertinent. I had to make this right again, I couldn't stand seeing poor Jacob so uncomfortable.
"We like each other Heidi, and we have a good connection, so why would that be a shock?" I really couldn't speak above a whisper, I looked at Jacob, my heart felt like it melted.
I heard Leah sigh annoyed in the background but paid her no attention. My eyes were locked on Jacobs.
"Well what ever then." Heidi said and skipped out the back door.
Jacob took my hand. I felt electricity when our hands met, it was so familiar and so strange at the same time. I had a strong feeling that things were going to change between us. Was I ready for that yet? I don't want to lose myself in someone so soon. I can't, I don't want to open the door to getting hurt in the end. Jacob was like no man I'd ever met, he was different, there was something about him that made me feel like I'd known him all my life. God you overanalyze things to the point of insanity Christi, get over it already!
We went outside where the guys were busy horsing around in the pool. Heidi was of course attentively staring at them from the edge of the pool. Sam was sitting down holding the hand of whom I assumed to be Emily. Wow, I though Leah was beautiful but if this was Emily, Sam was an extremely lucky man. Were all the women in their tribe this beautiful? What the hell did Jacob see in me when there were women like that in their tribe?
"Hey Sam." Jacob said pulling me closer to him.
"Hey, look what the cat drug in Emily." Sam said. I knew I was right. "It's about time you two joined us. Emily's been dying to meet your girlfriend Jake."
I shivered at the sound of that word being used again.
"And she's absolutely beautiful Jake. Hi I'm Emily." She stood up and extended her hand towards me.
I almost gasped at what I saw. She had three long scars on the right side of her face which pulled down at her eye and the corner of her lips. The hand she reached out revealed another long scar. I wondered what could have happened to her, she was so beautiful, what a tragedy. I quickly composed myself and shook her hand with a smile.
"Nice to meet you Emily." I didn't want to be rude and stare.
"Well, the coals are probably ready." Sam stood up.
"Are you making something?" I was happy for the distraction.
"We brought some steaks over and Emily made some sides, I hope you don't mind us intruding on your kitchen and grill." Sam was always so thoughtful and polite.
"No, no not at all." Do you need any help?" I smiled back wanting to help out if I could.
"We've got this under control Chris." Jacob winked at me. "You sit back and relax and let the men cook for you ladies for once." I felt his lips press up against my cheek and he left with Sam.
"Come, sit with me." Emily patted the chair that Sam was sitting in before.
"Thanks." I said a little shyly and sat down.
I tried to focus my attention on anything but her poor ruined face. I felt so bad for her.
"I feel like I've already met you girls, Jake and Embry have told me so much about you two." She said warmly.
"Oh, then I'm sure it's all lies, don't listen to them." I rolled my eyes playfully and chuckled.
"It's all been good things Christi." She assured me. "Jacob really thinks highly of you."
"He does?" I said quietly.
"Yes, he does. So, no need for anyone to feel self conscious." She patted my hand.
I wanted to ask her what Jacob had said, but I didn't want to be nosey. Everything was happening so quickly and I really felt like my head was swimming. I was so conflicted between my thoughts and emotions.
"Something's troubling you. I can tell. Do you want to talk about it?" Her eyes were those of a concerned mother. "Jake hasn't done anything –"
"No!" I cut her off. "He's wonderful, really, beyond wonderful." I sighed.
"Almost too good to be true." I said in a small voice and looked down.
"Oh." She looked at me as if a light switch had just been flipped on. "And you're worried that it's too soon?"
Was I that easy to read?
"Sometimes it's good to have a little faith Christi, don't question life too much. Just sit back and enjoy the ride, as they say." She laughed quietly. "Jacob is a good man. He's a loyal friend and believe me when I say that he will never betray your trust or do anything that would cause you pain. He will take good care of you, if you give him a chance." She stopped and studied my face.
"Really?" My voice was so small.
"Well, let me ask you something now. Do you enjoy having him in your life?"
"Very much." I revealed. "Almost too much, I think. And I feel like its way too soon for that." I could feel my face get hot.
"Some people fall in love at first site, did you know that?" Her words caught me off guard, I wasn't expecting her to say that. "It's true, it happened to me with Sam."
I studied her face now to see if she was being honest or just trying to be politely patronizing. Her face showed nothing but honesty, her eyes lit up as she said Sam's name.
"I took one look at him and I knew that I would love him for the rest of my life." She sighed contentedly.
"I've never known anyone who's had that happen to them before." I didn't want to be rude, but I was curious now. "Didn't it freak you out?"
"Oh goodness no." She laughed out loud. "How can you be freaked out by something that feels so right and natural? It's like coming home to a home you've never been to, everything feels perfectly in place."
"I guess so." My bottom lip puckered out in thought. "Huh."
"Have a little faith Christi. We all need faith in our lives." She patted my hand again.
Emily gave me a lot to think about. It really did help talking to her, it's like she was in my head picking out my thoughts. I felt two warm hands slide across my shoulders. I looked up, Jacob was smiling down at me.
"Hello angel." He leaned down and kissed me.
I looked over at Emily and she winked at me.
"So what were you two pretty ladies talking about?" Jacob asked sitting down. "Come here." He patted his lap for me to come to him.
I got up and sat on his lap, he wrapped his arms around me. He took my hand in his and started rubbing circles around my palm with his thumb. I instantly got goose bumps. Maybe Emily had a point, I should be happy that I had a wonderful man in my life and I should have faith that he was there for a reason.
"Faith." I said. "And how we all need to have a little." I looked at Emily and winked.
Jacob smiled and squeezed me tighter.
"That's pretty deep." He said into my ear.
"Yeah, well, it's good to have deep conversation sometimes." I squeezed his hand lightly.
The sun was starting to set just as Sam announced that everything was ready. Everyone quickly grabbed a plate of food and settled down between the kitchen and patio tables. There was plenty of food, conversation and laughter to go around.
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