The wind wiped my hair back out of my face as we sped down the road. It was a beautiful day out with the sun shining brightly overhead in the clear blue sky. I tilted my head back and took a deep breathe. The feeling of cramped confinement was blown away with the wind. Adrenaline coursed through me as I locked my knees onto Jacob's side and slowly I took my arms from around Jacob and put them in the air. I whooped with exhilaration and Jacob laughed and whooped too! Jacob accelerated and whooped louder; the feeling was amazing. It was like flying and it took my breath away. We came up to a curve and I locked my arms back around Jacob's waist.

He was still shaking with laughter, "Fun isn't it?" he yelled to me!

"It's amazing!" I yelled!

Too soon we pulled into the garage and Jacob killed the engine. He got off and turned around and grabbed me around the waist, lifting me off the bike. He pulled me to his chest and I locked my arms around his neck as he spun around. We both laughed and he pulled me into a kiss still holding me off the ground. I locked my hands in his hair and he pulled my legs up and around his waist. I felt my back bump up against the wall of the garage and I tightened my grip on the

back of Jacob's neck. He moved his lips down my jaw and onto my neck and I moaned softly. I felt him smile against my neck.

"I love you so much," he whispered against my neck.

"I love you too," I moaned as he move back up my neck and back to my lips.

Booming barks brought us abruptly back to earth.

Jacob looked at me, "What do you hear," he asked.

I closed my eyes and focused on pulling the other's thoughts into my mind. Sam's voice came into my mind barking orders at the others.

"Leah get behind it, Paul get in position to take its head off, Seth if it so much as moves take off its legs!"

I opened my eyes and looked at Jacob, "Vampire," I said. He put me down and we pulled off our clothes and ran towards the woods. We both fazed and the voices of the entire pack came rushing into our heads. We bounded towards the sound of the barking and found them in minutes. They had formed a circle around a single vampire, a man.

He was screaming at the top of his lungs, "You killed my mate! And you killed my companion! I will kill you all!"

"Sam, what do you want us to do," I asked as we came up behind him.

"Kill it, I don't care how just kill it," he said.

That was all we needed.

Jacob backed up and took a running jump over Seth's head. He landed right on top of the

vampire and the rest of us converged on him. I grabbed a foot and tore it off pulling the leg along with it. Jacob had the honor of ripping off its head and the rest of us ripped the body to shreds.

We all fazed back and Sam took a lighter out of the pocket of the shorts strapped to his leg. We

tossed all the parts in a pile with some fallen branches and lit the thing on fire. Paul left and came back a few minutes later dragging the body of another vampire and carrying the head under his arm. He heaved it onto the fire and we watched as the bodies burned.

"I'm assuming his mate was the vampire I killed, huh?" I asked Sam.

"Probably; he came running into the woods with a buddy and when we found him he

started yelling at us, telling us we had killed his mate, you heard him," he said,

"We took out his little friend and then he took off running and we cornered him. Nice move by the way Jacob!"

"Thanks," said Jacob as he pulled on a pair of shorts from Paul.

"I got the idea from Arianna," said Jacob smiling, "I just decided to land feet first."

Seth walked over to me already having pulled on his shorts and handed me his shirt. I pulled it on and Seth smiled but saw Jacob looking at him and moved away quickly. I smiled at Jacob and walked over to him.

"He's just trying to be nice Jacob, no need to give him the death stare," I said hugging him.

His expression softened and he hugged me, "I know, I can't help it," he said kissing me on the forehead.

"Alright, Leah and Seth, stay with the fire until it burns out and then dump some water on it. The rest of you can go to dinner," said Sam.

Jacob and I walked back to the garage together and put our clothes back on. We walked to Emily and Sam's house holding hands and when we walked inside Sam was just hanging up the phone. "That was you dad Jacob," said Sam going over to help Emily set the table,

"Two boys have come down with mono."

"Who is it Sam," asked Paul walking in behind us. "Embry Call and Quil Ateara. To be honest I'm surprised Quil at least hasn't started transforming yet with his family having wolves in some of the past packs."

"Hell yeah! Embry can come over here!" said Jacob.

"Jacob and Embry have been best friends for years! And Quil is Jacob's second cousin," said Sam when I looked inquiringly at Jacob.

"Won't you have to build more houses for them," I asked as the rest of the pack came in the house.

"Yeah, we'll have to have some of the guys from the village come over and help us build at

least two more," said Sam putting a plate of burgers down on the table.

"Let's eat!" said Emily putting a plate of corn on the cob down on the table and we all sat down.

We all ate in silence until Sam looked up from his burger to ask, "So, how was your visit with

your parents?"

I rolled my eyes, "My mother questioned me relentlessly as to why so many shirtless guys

offered to come hunt down my ex-boyfriend with me!" I said.

The entire table erupted in laughter. I laughed as Paul began slamming the table with his fist. "Wow, I thought she would be more worried about the fact that not only did we not have shirts on but we were butt naked," said Jared.

"No, I left that part out. After she saw Jacob and I get off his bike I didn't think she could take much more after that," I said laughing.

"Oh hey, did you leave your backpack on the bike?" asked Jacob.

"Shit, I didn't even bring it out of my room," I said.

"You didn't, I did," he said.

"You are the best!" I said kissing him on the cheek.

"Damn right I am," he said pulling my chair closer to his.

"You two are making me nauseous," said Leah putting a hand over her mouth and making retching sounds.

We all laughed and went back to eating. An hour later Jacob and I made our way back to the house, making a minor detour to the garage to take my backpack of clothes off the bike. When we got home I put my key necklace in the little wooden box on top of my dresser and was about to start putting my pj's on when Jacob appeared in the door.

"What do you say to a swim?" he asked grinning.

I went over to him and kissed him, "I'd say that sounds like a fantastic idea!"