CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
Jacob E. Black's Point Of View
The pretty boy had called Miley about twenty minutes ago and said he'd come see her so they could talk about yesterday later this afternoon, after school, so I had suggested that she come with me immdediatly after school to meet the rest of the people in our pack. After we'd talked about it I'd assured Miley that I wasn't mad at her for keeping the fact that she's an international superstar secret I had put it out of mind, seeing that it wasn't something she wanted to talk about just yet. Oddly enough I hadn't brought my car when I ran to Charlie's house yesterday so Miley went with the over-grown mosquito's, staring longingly at her own car and I heard her mutter something about getting her licence as soon as possible and grinned to myself, the sooner she got her licence the less she had to be around the vampire bats.
On my way back home before school I stopped by to check on Shane, the kid looked a little better, but I wouldn't be holding my breath for him to be healthy just yet, he had at least another week to go. Luckily for me he and Seth were friends from school so he could actually help quite a bit. Shane grinned and waved through the window when he saw me, he took the same excited, this-is-the-best-thing-in-the-world aproach to wolf-hood as Seth did and couldn't wait until the phasing process was over, not so he could stop being sick, but so he could join the rest of us out patrolling for vampires and the rest of our responsibilities.
School was boring, there was a pop-quiz in science that I'm pretty sure I flunked, Seth followed me around like a lost puppy, and at lunch one of my best friends, Quil Ateara, came over and sat with us instead of with Embry, Paul, and Jared who were all in Sam's pack. This is how that went.
"H-hey, Jacob..." Quil said hesitantly, I'm sorry to say we hadn't talked much since I split from Sam's pack. "Can we talk... Alone?"
"Anything you have to say to me you can say in front of Seth." I replied, the way he said it made it sound like he wanted to talk about pack business and Seth was part of my pack now.
"How did you do it?" Quil asked, glancing behind him at the other three who were watching us with interest.
"How did I do what?" I questioned and Quil took that as his cue to sit down at our table.
"Split from Sam... He's been driving us all insane since you left, he makes us run double shifts around the perimetre and he told us to attack if we even smell one of the Cullens within, like, a million miles." Quil said and I could sense what was coming. "It's like he's possessed or something, Dude."
"That's no reason to split from the pack, he'll calm down when he realizes they're not going to come anywhere near here." I said calmly and Quil raised his eyebrows whilst Seth looked confused, he didn't know I'd been part of the other pack - though they did know about Sam's pack.
"You left... Why? For a girl?" I growled lowly at that, even though I hadn't really explained to anyone why I left.
"Miley is more than just a girl." I muttered, maybe a little rougher than was neccessary, but I couldn't help, I'm protective of my girl and anything to do with her.
"I get that, I have Claire remember." Quil sighed and I rolled my eyes, the only thing Quil and I really had in common with our girls at this stage in time was the fact that we both imprinted and they were both female.
"Yeah, but Claire never left you because her family thought she tried to kill herself." I shot back and he stayed silent at that. "Sam kept saying that he understood and he kept telling me to get my head back in the game... But, you know how it is when you're not around Claire for a while, even if it's just a few days, well Miley was half way across the country and Sam was telling me to brush it off and get back on patrol..." It was Quil's turn to growl at that, he could imagine anyone - especially someone with an imprint - telling someone else to just 'brush off' not being with their imprint. "I couldn't do it, I couldn't just sit around and let him talk about Miley that way, so I left, I fulfilled my birthright to be Alpha and left to go find Miley."
"I want leave too, I want to join your pack, Jake, Sam's just getting too controlling and I was your friend long before any of this wolf business happened." I could almost hear a slight begging in his voice and it was hard to deny him, we'd been best friend since we were practically in diapers.
"Look, I don't know how you do it, I just know how I did it; I just let my natural birthright to lead split me from Sam's hold." I sighed, I really didn't have any right to deny one of my oldest friends his wish, Quil had been there for me my whole life, what kind of friend would I be if I didn't let him join my pack of misfit werewolves?
"Thanks, Dude!" Quil shrugged, I'm not sure if it was in defeat, but if he really wanted to split from Sam than I'd help him and we'd find a way.
So that's what happened at lunch and now it was after school and I had raced my way through checking on Shane - I just felt like I should be doing something for the kid knowing what he was going through - and almost destroyed another pair of jeans in my hurry to meet Miley at her school. I almost had a heart attack when I phased and could hear more than my own thoughts and it wasn't Miley, Seth, Leah, or even Shane... It was Quil. Well, damn, how'd he manage to find a way out so fast?
I just told Sam no when he ordered me to run patrol from now until daybreak, and then I felt some weird thing, like being sucked through a vortex or something, and then you phased in and I could hear you. Quil explained in his mind with an unseen shrug, and now that I thought about I did feel a weird sort of rush a few minutes ago that kind of matched what happened when Seth, Leah and Shane phased and I could hear them... With Miley I was too concerned with trying to stop her pain to notice any sort feeling like that.
TWILIGHT
Miley R. Stewart's Point Of View
Time passed slowly at school and I wasn't sure if I should happy about that or not, on the one hand the faster time went, the sooner I could be with Jacob again, one the other hand, I was dreading having to talk with Jake tonight and tell him I didn't love him the same way he loved me... In the end - well, actually, right after the conflict began in my head - my want to be around Jacob won out and I spent more time looking at the clock or my watch, waiting for the final bell to ring and set me free. One day when I was just wondering around in my wolf form a few weeks ago, waiting for Jacob so I could appologise to him I had stumbled upon a cute little hidey-hole not far from the school that had a sort of cave that I could hide in to phase in private without having to worry about someone just looking around and seeing me. It was dirty and smelled funky, but it was big - it could probably fit both me and Jacob in our wolf forms - and I couldn't smell neither wolf, vampire nor human anywhere near it. When I phased I could feel more than one pressence that could intrude my mind if I let them... One of them was Jacob - I could recognise him anywhere - and there were another three; the boy from a month ago, a girl and another boy.
Jacob? I touched out with my mind, sniffing around and looking for a trail I could follow to him.
Hey, Mi's! Jacob's sweet, perfect voice replied in my head. You still coming down here?
Of course, I get to spend time with my favourite boy! I thought, making it sound like 'duh' and he laughed. But, I gotta find my way first...
I'm almost at your school, I can lead you from there so you know for future refference. Jacob said and I paused, I hadn't factored in Jacob coming to me in my hurry to get to him. I turned and started running back the way I came.
Can you follow my scent to the cave? I asked him, it would be a whole lot easier if there was a place we could both go to meet, especially one that no-one else knows about.
Already on my way! I was at the cave before Jacob and I lay down on my stomach with my big furry head on my crossed paws as I waited for him. Miles?
Jacob? I lifted my head up just as he came through the opening.
How'd you find this?
I was just wandering around one day and BAM it was here, I figured it would be a good place to phase and stuff. I shrugged, standing up and shaking the dirt off my nice, clean, white fur. White was always the worst color outdoors, it attracts dirt.
I want to stay here, just you and me, no interuptions! Jacob thought with a sigh, nuzzling me.
Me too! I replied, laying back down and looking up at him. Maybe we could stay for a few minutes? I suggested and as soon as he heard 'stay' Jacob laid down as well, right beside me so we were all cuddled up together.
Ugh... Seth is starting to get impatient, he wants us to go back so he can meet you. Jacob groaned, though not making any move to get up.
But, I wanna stay here with you. I whined, moving my head off my paws and resting on his when he lifted his own head. My way of trying to convince him not to go.
I wanna stay, too, Mi's! I could hear the regret in his thoughts and knew we had to go.
Alright, let's go. I sighed, slowly standing up and shaking the dirt away again. I picked my backpack up off the ground on my way out of te cave and waited for Jacob to follow. So, how many are there now? Last I knew there was a boy and girl.
That was Seth and Leah Clearwater, they're brother and sister. Jacob explained as we started in what I could only guess to be the direction of the reservation or where-ever we were going to meet the others. Seth is fifteen and Leah's nineteen, she used to date Sam before he changed and imprinted on her cousin Emily.
Yow, that's gotta hurt! I shuddered and Jacob nodded.
Yeah, she's not exactly been friendly since that happened. Jacob thought before moving on, I'm sensing that kind of a touchy subject... Boy, I feel out of the loop. Uh, Shane is fifteen as well, he's in Seth's class at school and they're friends, he started phasing last week. And Quil, my old friend, he just changed from Sam's pack to ours because he didn't like the way Sam kept making them run double patrol and stuff. I vaguely remembered Quil from the campfire last month, before I even changed myself.
But, how is that possible? I thought the only reason you could leave was because it was your birthright to be Alpha? I asked, confused.
I don't know, he just said that he told Sam no when he told him to run patrol until morning and then the next thing he could hear my thoughts when I phased. Jacob shrugged, starting to slow down so I figured we were almost there. You wanna do this as a human or wolf? He asked and I looked around.
I'd say human, but there's nowhere to change. I thought and Jacob just pointed his head to the right and started walking.
I'll keep watch if you want to phase. He offered and I felt like blushing at the thought of being naked with him so close. I wondered if wolves could blush and Jacob let out a bark of laughter.
Shut it, Dogbreath! I snapped in embarassment and he just shook his head and turned away so I could phase and get dressed. My jeans were a little wrinkled and both that and my shirt smelt like the cave, but overall they weren't too bad considering I'd rolled them into a ball to put them in my bag and had been carrying it around in my mouth. "You want me to keep watch for you?" I asked Jacob out loud, it felt weird to be talking when we hadn't said a word through-out our whole conversation. Jacob shrugged his shoulders and instead of walking away or anything he just phased right there and my jaw dropped. I'd never get used how beautiful he is... Or the fact that he was so comfortable being naked when someone could walk in at any moment.
"Like what you see?" Jacob teased and my eyes shot to his smirking face. I blushed darkly and he laughed lightly.
"I-I-I... Uh... What was the question?" I stuttered like an idiot and he laughed again, pulling his cut-off jeans on.
"I love you, Mi's!" Jacob said, walking over to me and kissing me softly. "Never change, baby!" Dang it, the boy knew how to make me forget why I was embarassed. One kiss and I was putty in his hands.
"I love you, too!" I sighed happily and Jacob took my hand and led me out of the forest and into the clearing behind his house. I laced our fingers together as we walked around the house and over to a park that was nearby, I could recognise Quil sitting at one of the picnis tables with two boys and a girl.
"You ready, Miles?" Jacob asked, his hot breath tickling my ear and sending shivers down my spine.
"Sure, why not?" I shrugged and we walked over to the table. Quil and the girl - who I'm guessing to be Leah - looked up at our aproach and the two other boys turned to face us.
"Hey, guys!" Jacob greeted when we reached the table and one of the two boys moved over to let us sit down.
"'Sup, Jake?" One of the boys nodded and I was reminded of Lilly every time she was around Jake when he started at Seaview.
"Guys, this is Miley!" Jacob introduced and I felt all eyes on me, making me feel self-conscious. Jacob squeezed my hand under the table and smiled at me before turning back to the others. "Miles, this is Quil Ateara, Leah and Seth Clearwater, and Shane Mauboy."
Check out the links on my profile, they're the pictures of the packs that have been decided as of last week.
For appology for the way my brain has been working these last few days see the last few chapters.
Big confrontation with Jake next chapter, what do you guys want to happen?
Also, Christmas is coming up in the story, what should everyone get?
Imprinting; should Leah imprint with, Shane, Brady, Jayden, or someone else entirely?
Who should anyone else imprint with?
A Brain Teaser worth a nice big 50 points in the 'Name Macob's 1st born' competition;
- In a street there are five houses, painted five different colors.
- In each house lives a person of different nationality.
- These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke different brand of cigar and keep a different pet.
Einstein's riddle is: Who owns the fish?
1. The British man lives in a red house.
2. The Swedish man keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Danish man drinks tea.
4. The Green house is next to, and on the left of the White house.
5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the center house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The Blends smoker lives next to the one who drinks water.
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