*Quick Note* OMG I am so sorry it took forever for this one to get out, I have been very busy this past week and I just finished writing this chapter. It was a bit different then I was originally planning but I think you will all enjoy. Thank you all for reading and please leave a Review if you like!
Two weeks since I had come home from the hospital. It was New Year's Eve and my dad allowed me to invite over who I wanted for a party. So naturally Garrett, Adam, Zoey, and Payton were coming over. Jacob was also invited over but, actually it was hard to tell when he wasn't here anymore. He was around me a lot. Ever since the accident and changing everyone into elementals my friends have been asking me a lot of questions. The first one was from Garrett and I was curious as to why he asked it, but I couldn't read their minds anymore since they changed.
"Grace I have a question to ask you about the soul mate thing..." Garrett says to me after the others leave that day I told them what they are. He looks from me to Jacob and seemed a little uneasy he was there. I look at him with a small smile.
"Yes?" I ask him as he hesitates for a moment.
"Well... how do you know when it happens? I mean... have you?" He asks me. I look down at my hands and then at Jacob then to him.
"Yes... with Jake." I say to him and he laughs.
"HA I KNEW IT!" He says as I glare at him.
"I don't love Jacob in that way though," I say but I had been having a hard time telling if that was true anymore, "I mean he is a best friend but remember you don't have to be lovers with them." I state. Garrett looks at me and nods his head.
"What is it like when you do find them?" He asks me.
"Why do you think you have?" I ask him he looks at Jacob then to me like he was hesitant to tell me. I look at Jacob.
"Do you mind if I talk with him alone?" I ask Jacob and he nods his head with a smile. He gets up and walks to the door. "Oh and Jake..." I say and he turns to me. "Make sure you actually get to the cafeteria this time." I say with a smirk. He had a knack of listening in on my conversations and I knew that Garrett wanted to talk in privet. Jacob smirks and nod his head leaving the room and actually listening to me he gets out of ear shot. I look back at Garrett.
"Ummm... well... you know how before the crash... I told you how I like..." He trails off seeing if I got the hint. I smile and nod my head yes letting him know how I remembered him telling me about his crush on Adam. "Well... ummm... when I first seen him after I woke up... Its like... I am not sure how to describe it... everything stopped... at least for a moment... and... I just felt... every emotion you can come up with... and... he looked at me differently... but we didn't say anything about it." Garrett says. I smile could it be that Garrett knew all along that he was suppose to be with Adam even before the change.
"It sounds like you did... just let it happen like its suppose to, even if the pull wasn't there, eventually everything will fall into place. Although I am not sure there has ever been and Elemental that has had the connection with another Elemental. But it doesn't make it impossible." I say with a smile. He smiles and blushes.
"Grace I really like him... what if he doesn't feel what I feel?" he asks curiously.
"Well... if you are suppose to be together then I am sure he felt it too and is just as afraid as you to say anything. Just give it time." I tell him with a smile. He smiles too and gets up and hugs me.
"So... you and Jacob huh?" he asks with a smirk and I blush at Jacob's name. Garrett smirks. I sigh.
"Ok fine... I like him ok... but you can not tell anyone ok... I am not ready... I mean... I am not sure if he likes me in..." I start to admit to Garrett but he cuts me off.
"Grace... are you serious? He loves you... anyone could see that. The way he looks at you, the way he acts around you, his willingness to do anything for you, how he told all the great things about you to Jenny the night of the performance," How did he know about that I was about to ask when he answered me. "Its not like Adam and I were far off and we heard what he said about you. I am not saying you guys need to start dating, but maybe you should show him that you are starting to become interested." Garrett says. I nod my head.
"I suppose your right..." I say not looking at him.
I was glad I could confide in Garrett it was great that I was able to let him in. I was also grateful how they all took the whole elemental thing so well. Right now Garrett was over to help me arrange for this evening. Dad was letting me have everyone sleep over as long as we were all in the living room and the guys on one side of the room and girls on the other. Dad had to take the night shift tonight because one of the deputies had become sick so it was just going to be us friends tonight. I was glad my dad trusted me enough to do this.
"So Grace who are you going to be kissing at midnight?" Garrett asks me with a smirk. I blush thinking about Jacob but glare at Garrett.
"I don't know maybe Adam." I say teasingly and sticking my tongue out at him. He glares at me at throws one of the pillow cushions at me.
"Hey Gracie..." My dad says coming downstairs he had just got up from his nap I looks at him. "I need you to go to the store and get a few things before the others come over would you be able to do that?" he asks me. I smile and nod and he goes into the kitchen to make a list of things we needed as Garrett and I finished the living room. We go take the list and Garrett and I go to the store.
When we get back from the store I pull up to the house and I could feel Jacob near. I smile and Garrett helps me take groceries in the house. I seen Jacob was out back talking to my dad and I smiled. I was glad my dad at least liked Jacob. however, when I looked at Jacob's face he looked very serious. What were they talking about? That was when Jacob stepped back away from my father, and then he phased in front of my dad.
"Oh shit." I say and hurry out the back door. By the time I get out there, and Garrett gets to the entrance of the door my dad had his shotgun out pointed at Jacob.
"Grace stay away!" My dad warned me. I didn't listen of course and stood between him and Jacob.
"Dad its ok, Its just Jacob." I said to him he lowered his shotgun so it wasn't pointed at me. I turn abruptly and glare at Jacob. He winced and whimpered he could feel how angry I was at him. "Damn it Jacob was it really necessary for you to go and tell my dad about this?" I asked him annoyed taking a step towards Jacob.
"Grace stay away from him, he's dangerous." my dad says. I look back at him.
"Trust me dad Jake wont hurt me." I say before I turn back to Jacob. "Go home Jake... I will talk to you later... I have some explaining to my father to do." I say anger in my voice. Jacob whimpered again before backing up and turning to leave.
"You are never to see him or any of the other guys on that rez again do you understand me." my dad says from behind me. I hear Jacob growling from a distance.
"Jacob I said go home!" I scream at the woods. There was another whimper and he was gone. I turn to look at my dad. "Look... I have a lot I have to tell you... Garrett... can you call Bella for me? I think she should be here too." I say. Garrett nods his head and goes in the house to call Bella. My dad brings his shotgun with him as we go inside.
"Grace... How long have you known he was a wolf?" Dad asked. I look at him well it was time to be honest.
"Well... actually before we met in person per say... before the fourth of July." I state. "Look dad just wait until Bella gets here." it wasn't long after Garrett had called that Bella, Edward, and Renesmee showed up. I gave Renesmee a hug but I knew Edward was searching my brain for what was going on.
"He did what?!" Edward asked me his face stoned.
"Edward I have to tell him everything and.. I only find that it would be right if Bella told dad about you guys." I say Edward agreed. He took Renesmee into the living room with Garrett as Bella and I took a seat at the kitchen table with dad.
"Want to tell me what the hells going on?" he asked. he was tired of being in the dark. I looked at Bella and gulped this was much harder then I thought.
"Well... umm as you know Jacob is different." I say and he huffs. "Well..." I began explaining to him what Jacob was really. I explained what the guys do and I even went into imprinting which when my dad found out that Jacob had imprinted on me he started loading his shotgun.
"Dad seriously don't cause if you kill Jacob, your going to kill Grace." Bella says. my dad looked at her questioning. I sigh, it was time he knew what I was. I explained to him what I was and at first he didn't believe me, until I showed him what I could do and his eyes bugged out of his head. Not to mention the story about how I had saved everyone and now they were almost like me.
"Uggh I am getting to old for this." He moans and slouches back into his chair. I look at Bella worried. He looked at my sister. "Can you do what she does?" he asks not really wanting to know.
"No... But..." Bella trailed off.
"But what Bells?" My dad asks.
"Might as well tell him your story." I state to her. She sighs and nods her head. She started of being discreet but eventually told him that the Cullen's were vampires. How Renesmee was her hybrid daughter, and how Bella, after Renesmee's birth, was turned into a vampire as well.
"There is a lot more too it dad, but, we don't want to overwhelm you... even more then you are right now." Bella says. Dad was in shock I think.
"You mean to tell me that my daughter's are supernatural creatures and neither one of you were going to tell me?" He asks. "How were you going to explain not aging?" my dad asked me. I shrugged.
"Well I hadn't thought that far ahead, usually the Cullen's just leave for a few decades." I state. My dad groans.
"Are you sure Jacob is not going to hurt you?" My dad finally asks me. Out of all of that and He want a guarantee on that? I nod my head.
"Yes dad I trust him with my life." I say honestly. "Besides, I think he is more afraid of me the I am of him." I say with a small smirk. He grunts still not liking any of this.
"Fine he can come over... Just... you cant date him..." my dad says.
"Dad they were made for each other you cant do that to them." Bella says. my dad turns his eyes on here with a slight glare.
"She is still my daughter, as long as I am alive she will not, I repeat not, be with him as anything more then just friends." dad says, my heart ached, I couldn't understand why it did. but I nodded. He only wanted to protect me.
"Now," he says changing subjects, "Can I see my granddaughter?" He asked. He was taking this surprisingly well. Renesmee ran into the kitchen moments later though and threw her hands around his neck hugging him, she looked to be about seven now.
"Dad, Renesmee has this... Power... She can show you her memories... I think you might want to look at them." Bella says I look at her confused, what was she having Renesmee show our dad. Renesmee smiles and places her hand on dads cheek and as if staring off into the distance day dreaming my dad would see whatever images she was showing him. His thoughts were clouded like anyone's would be when Renesmee used her powers on them. When she pulled her hand away he looked at her confused for a moment, I figured this was something privet between the two of them and I didn't read his mind to see what he was thinking.
"Really... well Renesmee I will take that into consideration, but, I am not sure yet ok... this is all new to me." He says I frown my eyebrows curious as to what she showed him. But I stood by not reading his mind and dad sighed he looked up at the clock. "I need to go get ready." He says I look to Bella and she nodded, Edward was in the door frame in a second.
"Yes sir I can really read minds." Edward says to dad and my dad shivers, I laugh.
"I think I need a beer." He says.
"Oh no you don't you have your shift soon, go get cleaned up and Garrett and I will make you dinner." say standing up and blocking the refrigerator. He sighs and puts up his hands in defeat.
"Ok, ok I'm going." He says and stands up at the kitchen door frame he looks back at both Bella and I. "You know despite all this I still love you girls right?" he says I smile and nod my head. I walk over to him and hug him.
"I love you too dad." I say. "Now go shower." I say and point at the stairs. He laughs and ruffles my hair before heading up to shower. I turn to my sister and her family.
"I'm sorry that all this had to come out, I was hoping we would never have to tell him but for some god knows why reason Jake had to freaking go and phase in front of him." My anger growing towards Jacob. Edward laughs.
"I am sure he will tell you once you speak with him." Edward says.
"Oh I don't think I will be speaking with him... yelling maybe..." I say as I go to the refrigerator to get something to make for dad. I could hear Edward snicker.
"We need to be going, enjoy your evening tonight you two." Bella says Renesmee comes up and hugs me and Garrett. They leave quickly after and Garrett and I get the meal around for dad.
"Now don't break anything in the house, if you do you pay for it, guys sleep on one side girls sleep on the other side of the room, I will be back at three. No loud noise or fighting and if I get a call from Mrs. Fairchild about anything out of the ordinary you all are grounded for a week." My dad lectures Garrett, Adam, Zoey, Payton and I. Everyone but I nodded their heads vigorously, they didn't want to mess with my dad. Jacob hadn't come around yet, he probably knew I was mad at him. My dad said his good byes to us before heading off to work. It was eight now and had four hours to fill before midnight.
We were in the middle of playing Mario Kart on the Wii, I was sitting out this round, and it was around ten thirty now. that was when there was a knock on my door. I get up while the others continue to drive and I walk over and answer the door. I glare.
"Jacob..." I say and he gives me an apologetic smile.
"Grace... please don't..." I hold up my hand and he stops talking.
"Jacob we are suppose to protect people, my dad is in that group too, when you did that you put his life at risk... its not like he is all that young you know." I said still glaring at him.
"The Elders wanted me to tell him." Jacob says looking at me almost pleading that I wouldn't kill him.
"Oh really and why is that?" I ask him a bit irritated.
"Ummm... he looked over at the others... Can I tell you alone..." He asks. I sigh a little frustrated.
"Guys I will be outside with Jacob for a few minutes I will be back in." I state I get a grunt from Payton and Adam, Zoey was so focused on the game she was biting her tongue, and Garrett nodded.
"Just don't let us catch you making out." He mumbles loud enough for Jacob and I to hear. I blush but roll my eyes to try and cover it up and grab my coat putting it on. I step outside and look at Jacob waiting for him to explain.
"Well... you see... Charlie hasn't told you... I don't think he knows how to break it to you... but... he and Sue are dating pretty seriously... so seriously that... they are engaged..." He says not looking me in the eyes. "They figured, since you were an elemental, and he was going to marry Sue making him a part of the rez... it was his right to know..." He says. glancing up at me then back done. I couldn't help but smile, it was for several reasons, one Sue was amazing and I loved her like a mother anyways, two I was going to get more siblings, and three Jacob looked adorable how shy and tentative he was being about all this.
"Next time you want to go telling a human about our world talk to me first about it... That way it can go better." I say to him. He looks up with me with hope in his eyes.
"Your not mad at me?" He says happy.
"Oh no I am still furious at you for it. But I guess not as furious as I originally was." I say with a smirk. I was just kidding now that I knew his true intentions and why he did it. He however thought I was serious.
"Look I am sorry Grace I only was..." he started to say but I filled the space between us and gave him a hug.
"I was only kidding calm down." I say with a little laugh while hugging him. He relaxes and wraps his arms around me. his warmth surrounding me. After a few minutes, I don't think either him or I wanted to pull away, we did. I took a step back.
"I told my dad everything by the way, about Vampires, you guys, and me and well the others." I state. "I also told him about the Imprint... lets just say he isn't to thrilled about the whole thing, Said the only thing we can be while he is still alive is friends." I state I looking up at Jacob.
"He cant control how or when we will feel anything towards each other. If we are suppose to be together then it will happen." he says.
"And who says I want anything more then friendship?" I ask him. He looked hurt by this and I instantly regret saying it.
"Will you stop being so selfish!" He says getting angry. "Don't you get it. This isn't about you, its about us. I imprinted on you just like you did with me. Whether you like it or not we are in this together and your choice is going to affect both of us. It's not going to change how much I care about you but damn it Grace it doesn't mean I will end up happy in the end." He states angry with me. He was right of course, I had only been thinking about what I wanted and how I wanted it to play out, I hadn't been considering him and how he felt about all this. But right now I was beginning to get a little angry, mainly about the selfish part.
"Then what would make you happy in the end?" I ask him snapping a little. Without hesitation or a second thought he filled the gap between us and his lips came crashing down onto mine. For a moment I wasn't sure how to react, I felt completely grounded but at the same time I felt like I was floating away. I didn't believe in the while cliché of time stopping and him and I being the only two people in the world until his lips torched mine. His kisses were hot and needing and my inner self needed him just as much, my kisses matched his. He backed me up against the house and pressed his body to mine, I go to wrap my arms around his neck and in a single fluent motion one of his hands was holding both my arms over my head as his body pressed as close to me as it can. I gasp a little at his actions and takes the opportunity to slip his tongue into my mouth and explore it slowly. He was in complete control and I was surrendering to him, something I was not use to but was quickly liking. I had never felt this way before and something deep in the pit of my stomach was starting to burn. I couldn't help but moan into our kiss and I could feel his smirk against my lips. He pulled away much to my displeasure. We were both breathing heavy.
"Us would make me happy. You and me together." He says breathy. I look up at him as he said it and out eyes locked, I knew there was a blush on my cheeks.
"Jake... I..." But before I could say anything, which I really wasn't sure what to say, the front door opened and Jacob moved away from me as I quickly striated myself out. Garrett stepped out.
"Everything going alright out here?" He asked the two of us. I could tell he was trying to hide a smirk.
"Yeah fine..." Jacob says and I could tell he had a slight blush too.
"Ok well why don't the two of you come inside, its freezing out here." He says.
"I actually have to go." Jacob says and before I could stop myself I knew disappointment flashed across my face. "Some of the younger children, the ones that are only eleven and twelve are changing, and I need to be their when they do." He says explaining. I nod my head.
"Ok well it was nice seeing you Jacob." Garrett says and enters the house. I look back at Jacob.
"Thirty seconds before midnight meet me in your room." He says to be quietly.
"But..."
"Just please do it." He says before leaving without my answer. I head back inside and sit with my friends and continue playing games. I knew however, even if I couldn't read his mind anymore, that Garrett had some questions for me.
"Five minuets left until the new year!" Adam says excitedly. I giggle. I knew it was wrong to lie to my friends but I did anyway. I stopped giggling quickly and held my stomach even though it didn't hurt.
"Umm... guys... I am not feeling so good... I am going to head up to the bathroom really quick ok." I say
"Awww but Grace your going to miss the count down!" Garrett says.
"I will try to hurry but don't stop the celebration just because I am not down here ok?" I ask them. I felt wrong for leaving my friends downstairs as I went up stairs to see what Jacob had wanted. I felt like the worst host and friend ever, but part of me wanted to know what Jacob wanted to see me for again. I get up there and pretend to go into the bathroom before sneaking into my bedroom. I sit on my bed and wait. Nala coming up to me and I pet her as she rubs up against my legs purring. I pick her up and hug her and she struggles to get out of my hold and then jumps down and runs off into my closet I smile as I watch her.
There was less then a minute to go before the new year and I was wondering where Jacob was. I notice something on the desk that was definitely not there earlier, I stand up and walk over to my desk curious to what it was and it was a bracelet with several different hand made charms on it. It was the most beautifully crafted bracelet I had ever seen. I could hear the others counting down the last seconds of the year when I hear a quite thud near my window. Jacob was standing there smiling. I could hear them count the last five seconds downstairs. He walks up to me and with three seconds before midnight his lips crash down on mine again and he lets out a quiet moan. I could feel myself giving into him instantly as my arms wrap around his neck and I kissed back. I hear the others downstairs celebrating the new years but they sounded far away. After a few moments of kissing Jacob finally pulled away.
"Happy New Year." He says to me in almost a whisper. I smile up at him.
"Happy New Year." I barely get out as I look him in the eyes. I wanted to kiss him again, I didn't want that feeling to ever go away, but I knew that I couldn't have that yet. Not after what my father said today. I was having a hard time looking away form Jacob though. "I um... I need to get back to the others..." I say finally being able to break the connection. I move away from him a little. He smiles.
"I understand... We can talk later ok?" He says. I nod my head, right now talking later sounded great since I had a million thoughts running through my head now. I walked over to my bedroom door and before my hand touches the door knob Jacob spins me around and places a gentle kiss on my lips. As much as I was apposing the whole advancing our relationship to soon, I couldn't help but love the kisses he had already given to me. "Sorry... I just..." He says when he pulled away. I give him a small smile.
"We will talk about it later." I say looking up at him. I turn and am able to escape my bedroom before he could kiss me again. I get down stairs about five minutes after the new year and everyone comes up to me asking if I was ok.
"Grace you look pale is everything ok?" Adam asks coming up to me. I nod my head and give him a small smile.
"I will be fine, happy new years everyone." I say still feeling bad that I didn't celebrate with them and instead went upstairs to kiss the guy I was meant to be with. They all said happy new year to me in return and Garrett was eyeing me.
"Ok who's ready for the dance off!" Zoey says. She was out to get Payton who had beat her before and this was her revenge round.
"I am going to go in the kitchen and clean up a bit, you guys enjoy ok." I say not making eye contact with any of them. They agree and I head into the kitchen and start to wash the dishes from our dinner we had earlier. My mind wandered back to the kisses and I couldn't help but smile and blush a little as I thought out them.
"Grace what's going on?" Garrett asked me from the door. I jump and look over at him a blush rising to my cheeks.
"Oh... umm... nothing... just doing dishes." I say with a small smile and he walks up and stands next to me.
"Really now... cause your overjoyed emotion is radiating into the other room." He says as he leans against the counter.
"I have no idea what you are talking about Garrett." I say trying to be serious.
"Grace I can feel your emotions... I can feel everyone's emotions... well except Adam's for some reason it wont let me feel his. But its been like this since you healed me, it can be overbearing sometimes when I am around to many people." He says.
"So you have the ability kind of like Jasper... where you can feel and change others emotions?" I ask. he shrugs.
"I can most defiantly feel them, I don't know if I can change them though." he says. "So you want to tell me what's going on?" he asks. he was my dearest friend and I couldn't lie to him after all.
"Ok so..." I lower my voice. "Jacob kissed me earlier..." I whisper. Garrett's eyes grow big.
"He did what?!" he almost screams. I shush him. I begin to explain to him how everything happened that lead to the first kiss and how I felt. I told him how I was feeling bad that I had left them downstairs because Jacob asked to see me upstairs at midnight, which Garrett told me it was ok, just tell them all the truth next time.
"What am I going to do Garrett, I mean, I knew I like him, but... the kiss was amazing. All of them were. And, it was like he was the one in control, I had no power against him." I say a bit worried, I always felt in control of everything around me before this time. Garrett thought for a moment.
"I think, he was able to so naturally be in control because he is a Alpha, its in him to be in control, just like you. You are the Alpha per say of our group. With you both being Alpha's its hard to let the other take control like that." He muses out loud.
"So you think I shouldn't worry about him taking the lead so much then?" I ask, because honestly I wasn't sure I would be able to be in control around him when we kiss again. I wasn't sure why I was so submissive to him.
"Nah I think it should be ok, its just your inner Alpha that kind of has a problem with it which I am sure once you guys finally come clean about what you really want, your Alpha may accept his as the Alpha in the relationship." Garrett says thoughtfully. I nod my head.
"YES I WON FINALLY!" I hear Zoey scream from the living room. I laugh a little.
"You better get back in there I heard you were next on her list to see who she could beat." I say with a smirk. He smiles before returning to the living room. I knew it was hopeless but I needed to try and get the kisses out of my head. I was in for a long night.