Bites, Fights, and Lovely Ladies

Ch. 21

"Come here… That's it… good birdies…" Jazz mumbled to herself as she watched the two small birds hop just a little closer. She loved watching them hop around and play with each other. They were hopping just a little bit closer when suddenly they flew off.

"GOD DAMMIT!" Jazz jumped at the voice, she was concentrating on the birds and didn't notice someone approach. She looked around the leaves of the branch she was crouching on and jumped down when she saw that it was Jacob.

"What's wrong, Jake?" She asked, keeping her distance seeing as Jake looked like he was about to phase. He was shuddering and looked extrememly pissed off.

"You know how I said my sister was coming down?" He said through clenched teeth. He had been telling Jazz about his older sister Rachel for a few days and she had supposedly arrived not too long ago. Jazz and the pack generally thought it'd be a good idea for Jazz to stay away from her, so she'd been spending her time in the woods or by the beach.

"Umm, yeah, something happen?" Jazz asked cautiously, not wanting to upset him more.

"Well she wanted to go to the beach… and that was fine" he added, "but it turns out Paul" he almost spit the name, "was there too…" He trailed off and Jazz managed to put the pieces together. "Paul imprinted on your sister?" She gasped, oh this was not good…

"What's worse is that Rachel's supporting it!" He started to rant and Jazz just listened for a while before she walked up behind him and started rubbing his shoulders when he was finally frustrated enough to stop talking.

"C'mon Jake…" she coaxed, trying to relax him as she massaged his back, "Don't blame Paul… if he imprinted then he couldn't control it… Plus, you don't want Rachel upset at you, do you?"

Jacob turned around, "Why would Rachel be upset at me?"

Still trying to calm him down, Jazz kept rubbing his shoulders and said, "Well, if you're mad at Paul, she might get mad at you for getting mad at Paul… Not to mention, he may be dating your sister, but you're dating a Vampire… So she has more right to be angry at you then the other way around" She laughed and Jacob cracked a smiled before hugging Jazz.

"Yeah, I guess you're right, Jazz."

He lowered his head and Jazz wrapped her arms around his neck, then slowly… Well, I think we know what happens next…

It had been a few days, nothing more, nothing less. Rachel was there, and Paul was with her, but nothing was wrong. No, nothing was wrong.

At least that's what Jacob had been telling himself.

At first he thought it was just because he was spending most of his time with his family, but after a few days he realized that that wasn't it. There was something wrong with Jazz.

She had been seeming more distant then usual, and almost hesitant whenever he touched her. He never tried to do anything bad, he didn't want to rush her or anything, but she seemed to be withdrawing from him.

So after a few days of wondering what was wrong, he finally went to search for her, but this time, he wanted answers. He wandered around a bit before he found her at the cliff, standing still, arms crossed over her chest.

He had never realized it until now how still she was. Usually they were always moving around enough to not notice, but they had never taught her how to look human. He now noticed how she didn't blink, didn't twich, didn't fidget or do anything that humans do. She didn't even breathe, she only did that when she needed to talk.

He walked up behind her slowly, "Jazz, hun, are you okay?" He placed his hands on her shoulders and she said so quietly he almost didn't hear, "Please, Jacob… stop it." He removed his hands. Today was the first day she actually told him to stop. Before she just looked uncomfortable or found a reason to move away.

It had been a week since Rachel had been imprinted on, and every day since then Jazz had gotten steadily worse. Jacob was starting to wonder if she was sick, if Vampires could even get sick.

"Jazz… Please… what's wrong? Whatever I did, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to-"

"It's not you, Jacob."

She finally turned to look at him. He was shocked by the pain he could see on her face.

"Jacob… We're through… I don't want to be with you anymore…"