FINDING MATES
Author's Note:Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own either Harry Potter or Twilight. I don't mean to cause harm or confusion. Harry Potter belongs to J.K. Rowling and Twilight belongs to Stephenie Meyer. I gained no profits from this story. This is written purely for my own entertainment.
Warnings: Slash, M/M love. Mentions of Mpreg. I don't particularly care about the timeline so please don't bother about it. (DON'T LIKE DON'T READ)
Summary: HP/TWILIGHT Crossover. After the war ended, Harry. Draco and Neville moved in to Potter Manor and instead of Hermione and Ron, the one that accompanied Harry to find the Hocruxes is Draco and Neville, they've become best friends since.
Chapter 25
"Hello Bella, I'm sorry but Jacob is not here," Sam says to the girl in front of him with a composed face. He can more or less guess her intentions of coming to his house. Sam knows if she wanted to find Jacob, she would've just gone to the Black's house. Instead, she came straight away to his house; there must be something that she wants from him. A part of him regrets letting her know their secret. He already has a problem with rogue vampires and he really doesn't need any more than that.
"I'm not here for Jacob. Sam, I need your help." Bella decides to not beat around the bush and just be blunt.
"Yo! vampire girl!" Embry enters the room, cutting off whatever Sam wanted to say to her. Bella glares at the shape shifter and huffs. She wouldn't mind if he called her that if she was still Edward's girlfriend. Now, the nickname only reminded her of the things that she would never have, forever.
"Hello Bella." A young teenager also appeared from the living room and pops his head out to greet Bella. He offers her the most innocent and bright smile Bella has ever seen, and somehow she feels a little bit better; she can't be angry in front of that smile.
"Hello Seth," she replies with a forced smile.
"Seth, let's continue the game." suddenly a man with a built body glares at Bella and grabs the teenage boy back into the living room.
"Paul! Don't drag me, I can walk," Seth exclaims urgently to the man who is grabbing him by the collar of his shirt.
"Jared, continue the 'game' without me, I'm going to have a little talk with Miss Swan here," Sam says calmly to his beta and emphasizes the word game. Jared nods, obeying his Alpha and winking playfully at Bella before he leaves.
Sam Uley sighs inwardly. The truth is, they were supposed to have a discussion about the patrolling schedule after Jacob got back from the mall with snacks for the pack. Sam never expected Bella would choose to come at this time and have the need to talk to him. Whatever it is, he needs to settle it quickly. "You have my attention now," Sam looks Bella into her eyes and says, still not inviting her inside, only hoping he can wrap this up as soon as possible.
"Did Jacob inform you with anything about the Durands?" She asks cautiously, tugging her hair behind her ear.
"He did," the Alpha answers simply.
"Sam, they are dangerous. You need to get rid of them as soon as possible." Bella tries to convince him by stressing out her words.
"Bella, please stop making a fool out of yourself. A break up is a break up. There are a lot of things that really are inevitable. I promise once you overcome it you'll see a lot of things clearer and realize there's a lot of chances and people out there that can make you happy again. Think about your father, think about your mother and think about yourself. Do you really want to be stuck in a relationship that you know will never work out and be miserable for your whole life because of it?" Sam Uley remains solemn, hoping that this will be an eye opener for her to realize that sometimes it's better to let go. He's been there and experienced it himself. Although sometimes he's still painfully reminded by the love that he has lost, he realizes there's nothing he can do about it except for accept it.
"Give me a chance; I will prove it to you," Bella says stubbornly while seizing her tears back. She won't accept it and she'll prove to everyone that she's right.
"Bella..." Sam unconsciously uses his Alpha voice to utter her name.
"I will inform you the time later, I will prove it to you," Bella determinedly says and looks at Sam, then runs off to her truck without waiting for the Alpha's answer, holding back the obvious tears swelling in her eyes.
Sam Uley sighs out loud and rubs his temples while slowly walking into his living room. He suddenly chuckles when he sees his pack currently scrambling around, pretending to be discussing something when he clearly knows they had just finished eavesdropping on his conversation with Bella just now. Sam looks at the clock and wonders why Jacob needs such a long time to buy some snacks. Looking at his pack, he is weighing the options on whether he needs to inform Leah about this meeting or not. Sam smiles bitterly; looks like he hasn't let go
completely yet after all.
Meanwhile...
Jacob hums along with the song playing on his iPod. Slowly pushing his trolley along the snack isle, realizing that he is going to feed the whole pack, he knows that he will need to fill the trolley all the way up. His mind suddenly wanders to Neville again; it's been unavoidable since he imprinted. Jacob wonders what he is doing right now; he really needs to see Neville again. He doesn't care if Neville decides to beat the crap out of him right now as long he can just see him again... Perhaps it's a good idea after all? It's not like he can't endure pain and he's a quick healer.
Jacob pushes his trolley while deep in thought and doesn't realize there is someone walking toward him carrying a towering height of potato chips, walking unstably since the potato chips are blocking his view. "Ah!" Jacob suddenly knocks into him with his trolley and hears a voice in pain. When he finally realizes that he has accidentally knocked someone down with his trolley he immediately moves forward to help that person to get up, mentally cursing himself for being so careless. When he sees the person currently hissing in pain, Jacob immediately freezes in his place and stares at none other than Neville Durand.
Neville caresses his back that probably already has bruise on it and pouts when he sees the bags of potato chips spread out across the floor for the second time. Can he not just buy potato chips in peace? Maybe Draco put a curse on him about that... Neville grumbles under his breath and scolds whoever the hell bumped into him. The once Gryffindor slowly turns his gaze upwards and freezes too when he sees the person that is standing in front of him. "You! What is wrong with you and my potato chips? Can't you just let me buy some snacks in peace? Must you interrupt each time?" Neville utters out loud when he sees Jacob Black staring at him blankly.
Jacob feels himself flinch when he hears Neville's loud voice and immediately snaps out of his head. He had been too engrossed with Neville's pouting face. Neville's sulking made Jacob feel the urge to buy the whole store's snack isle just to cheer him up. "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry." Jacob bends down and offers his hand to Neville, who rejects it by slowly standing up again by himself. Jacob feels a pang in his heart the moment Neville outright refuses to even touch him,but decides to bury it, and instead tries to patch things up with him as much as possible.
Neville notices Jacob's upset expression when he refuses to accept his hand and can't help but feel guilt slowly creeping inside his heart. Then, he quickly diminishes it by reassuring himself that Jacob is the person that nearly harmed Draco, which is hard to forgive. "What are you doing?" Neville stares with wide eyes at Jacob as the shape shifter quickly throws Neville's bags of potato chips into his trolley.
"It's not safe for you to carry those around again; it might get you more injuries," Jacob replies in a matter of fact tone. Neville only stares at him with a mouth open because he doesn't know how to answer or how to respond to Jacob's kind gestures. He really wants to say more nasty things toward the muscled man in front of him but he just can't do it. He can't return someone's kindness with rudeness.
"Thank you," Neville murmurs while averting his eyes to someplace else. Jacob immediately beams when he hears it and approaches Neville. The Gryffindor slightly backs away when he sees the shape shifter come near him and can't help but be in awe of his supposed enemy. Jacob distinctively shows dark features with his russet skin, brown eyes, and black hair which Neville finds amusingly...attractive. Neville realizes Jacob is talking to him but he unconsciously starts to admire his toned and muscled arms. Compared to his own thin and slender arms, Jacob's look much more reliable and... safe.
"Neville, can you hear me?" Jacob starts to get worried when Neville doesn't give any response whatsoever during his explanation as to why he warned Draco.
"Hmm?" Neville wakes up from his thoughts when Jacob shakes him a little bit.
"As I was saying, I didn't mean your brother or you any harm, I was just trying to distract Bella from her break up with that leech. Trust me, I will never hurt you, ever," Jacob says and looks determinedly at Neville who has a shade of redness slowly forming on his cheeks. Jacob can't help but find it adorable.
"That leech happens to be my friend. I hope you can be a little bit civilized and call him by his given name." Neville awkwardly huffs a little to hide his embarrassment.
Jacob licks his own lip upon hearing Neville's statement. Civilized? Civilized with those disgusting leeches? Leech is their given name, Jacob grudgingly thinks. "Alright," He simply answers, not wanting to strain his relationship with his imprint any further. "So, am I forgiven?" He looks at Neville with his best innocent look to gain his forgiveness; after all, wolves can be cute and sweet, too. Unpredictably, Jacob is instantly rewarded by what he would call the most gorgeous display in the whole wide world, the sight of Neville laughing heartily.
"Alright, alright, you big baby," Neville says as he continues to laugh. Neville never thought a man like Jacob would use this tactic on him. Here he thought only Teddy could get away from his punishment by acting like that. Of course, that alone is not the reason he let Jacob off. He, by some means, found that Jacob is really genuine with each and every one of his words. Besides, he is still a Gryffindor that usually pardons people easily. Neville carries on laughing and slowly turns to sniffle, completely missing the desire in Jacob eyes. "But, just remember one thing, I cannot and will not tolerate or forgive you if I catch you threatening or harming my family and that includes the Cullens. Alright?" Neville turns serious as he speaks and looks into Jacob's eyes with determination, showing Jacob that he means business and shouldn't be messed with.
"I will not harm your family or the Cullens unless they start harming us, that's all I can promise." Jacob answers hesitantly; he will not make the first move against the Cullens as long as they respect the treaty.
Neville eyes the man in front of him for few seconds then nods. "So, may I have the honor of escorting you while you buy those potato chips?" Jacob asks with a goofy grin, hoping that Neville will agree to walk with him.
"Well, I don't see any harm by doing so. Alright then," Neville replies.
"Thank you, you don't know how much that mean to me," Jacob says as he shoots Neville a grateful look.
"Let's go." Neville tries to avoid Jacob's intense gaze on him and dips his head, hiding his blush.
"So, are you and your brothers triplets? Though, it's obvious the pretty boy is a blonde. I haven't seen your eldest brother, but I'm sure from what I heard from Bella, he is quite different from you." Jacob rambles straightforwardly without hesitation, too eager to know Neville's background.
"Pretty boy huh?" Neville smirks.
"Don't misunderstand. To me, you are the most beautiful." Jacob suddenly grabs both of Neville's shoulders and directly explains himself.
Neville stares inanely at the shape shifter, not expecting him to react like that. Once again, he realizes he can't fight the blush that quickly creeps to his cheeks. Something about the earnest gazes that Jacob gives him makes him not know how to reply or reciprocate. One thing for certain is... he doesn't dislike it.
"Harry is not the eldest. Actually Draco is. Let's just say we adopted each other." Neville smiles sadly at Jacob and quickly dismisses it by walking in front of the shape shifter. Jacob stares longingly at his imprint. Although he is dying to know what Neville means when he said that, he knows that this is not the best time to bring up the subject, so he settles with walking beside Neville while picking the snacks that he wants.
Neville chuckles again when he sees Jacob pilling up snacks inside his trolley without stopping. Soon enough, Neville's snack is nowhere to be seen. "You are quite a big eater."
"What? No, this is not for me. I mean, I can eat it too but this is for the entire pack, so I need to pick a lot of it." Jacob blushingly explains.
"Pack?" Neville asks, raising an eyebrow that is quickly replaced with an understanding nod. Jacob momentarily stares blankly at Neville then mentally curses himself for blurting out like that. He wants to just cover it up with something but he can feel the wolf inside him refuse to deceive his own mate. Just when he wants to say something, Neville says something that makes him freeze in place.
"I see. Wolves do eat a lot, which makes a lot of sense."
"What are you talking about?" Jacob asks stiffly while letting out a nervous laugh.
"Jacob! What the hell are you doing here with him?" suddenly Neville is cut off by a loud shriek coming from behind him.
"Bella?" Jacob looks nervously at the furious girl and instinctively stands in front of Neville with a protective stance.
Neville is quite taken aback with everything. First he didn't expect to see Isabella Swan here. Second, he never thought Jacob would choose to protect him from his own best friend. He would be lying if he said he wasn't moved by it.
"What. Are. You. Doing. Here. With. Him?" Bella hisses through gritted teeth.
"Bell, we're just going through some shopping together," Jacob cautiously answers, trying to protect Neville from Bella's rage.
"With him? Among all the people in Forks you choose to shop with him?" Bella spits angrily.
Neville moves forward and takes a look at the enraged woman in front of him, immediately deciding that staying silent is the best move. Bella's glare is not something you should take lightly of; she really is angry and reminds him of Bellatrix Lestrange right now.
"Come here and I'll forgive you." Bella says as she tries to calm herself.
Jacob looks at Bella then at Neville. He stares at Neville and smiles tenderly, sorry that Neville is too engrossed with Bella to take notice of it.
"No." Jacob answers determinedly. He would not choose anyone else over Neville. Never.
"What?" Bella and Neville exclaim at the same time. Bella is enraged while Neville is truly surprised.
"You can go... you know." Neville uneasily says. Although he is pleased, he will not blame Jacob for leaving him since Bella looks like she could kill right about now.
"No." Jacob stubbornly and firmly says. "Careful!" suddenly Jacob yells and pulls Neville toward him when he sees two cans being thrown in Neville's direction.
Thud! Neville closes his eyes instinctively and expects a pain that will bruise any part of his body. Though, seconds pass and he still doesn't feel anything. Slowly he opens his eyes and realizes nothing hit him since he is secured in Jacob's embrace. Apparently the cans that were thrown were aimed at Jacob and had successfully hit him since the Native American is hissing in pain. Suddenly, Neville feels his anger boiling; he instantly glares at Bella and tries to launch forward to give her a piece of his mind.
"No!" Jacob pulls Neville back to him and secures him a hug, not wanting to make things worse but the same time feeling bliss to have Neville in his arms. "Go Bella." he simply warns to his once-first crush. Jacob feels relief when Bella looks fiercely at him then storms away without another word.
"Are you alright?" Jacob asks Neville worriedly while checking his body for any injuries, but his hands are slapped away by Neville.
"You bloody fool! It was you who has been hurt," Neville exclaims heatedly. He wants to vent out his frustrations; he can't believe Bella would hurt her own friend, not to mention a best friend. How could she do that? What is she thinking? If only he hadn't walked with Jacob, perhaps everything would be alright then; at least Jacob wouldn't have gotten hurt. Upon this thought, his glare softens and instantly meets Jacob's eyes. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell at you."Do you still feel pain?" Neville asks while trying to reach the back of the taller man's head and rubs it slowly to ease his pain, completely oblivious to the intimate gesture he is doing to Jacob.
Believe it or not, although still feeling a light pain at the back of his head and anger for Bella, the shape shifter feels like hugging Bella now for making his relationship with Neville closer. Jacob stares adoringly at Neville; he frankly never thought that enduring pain for Neville would destroy any invisible wall between them and make the boy in front of him treat him gently like this. He would gladly go through this a million times to just have this kind of moment with Neville.
"Black, are you alright? Do you need a healer?" Neville asks with concern, not comfortable with Jacob's lacks of responses.
Jacob once again only stares uncertainly at Neville, but this time millions of thoughts are racing through his mind. The truth is, the pain is nothing compared to fighting with vampires and actually he can heal himself pretty fast so the pain is nothing to fuss about. But he really wants to get closer to Neville; he needs it and craves it. Jacob has a hunch if he lets Neville go just like that, perhaps... just perhaps he will never get a chance just like that... so...
"No. it really hurt. I'm afraid I can't drive like this. Can you take me home?" Jacob boldly suggests.
"Of course, that's the least I can do." Neville nods.
AN: Yeah! Another chapter done! XD So, I hope there's no harm with a little bit of Jacob and Neville. I'm quite happy today since I already made up my mind about this story's plot and development, not much... but at least I can see where the story is heading; now I just need to type it down! Hooray!
Thank you for those who has reviewed, followed and favorite this story! Please keep on reading as my explanation for any of your questions will be answered in further chapters. Last but not least, I want to say that of course there is reason why Teddy dislikes Edward, it will reveal soon too, please anticipate for it.
Oh yeah, I'm starting a new fic and currently searching for a beta. Whoever that interested can check my profile out to see the requirement. Okay, bye, till we meet again.