Chapter 27
Serena's point of view
It's been a week since the battle and Jake's pretty much healed now. Mom found out about the battle and got super mad but understood why we didn't tell her. No leeches have come through and the Cullen's and Bella haven't bothered us either. Jake and I have spent every minute together but today he has to go back to patrolling. So I'm at Jake's waiting for him to come back. Mom's at work, Sam and Emily are out on a date, Rain went to Seattle for a shopping trip so Embry went with her, and Billy's at Sue's. I'm watching TV in the living room but not really paying attention. A knock at the door snaps me from my thoughts. I get up and head to the door. I open the door and my eyes widen at the person standing there.
"Rachel?" I ask shocked. Rachel's Jake's older sister and twin to Rebecca, Jake's other sister. I haven't seen them in years. Rachel left for college and Rebecca moved to Hawaii with her boyfriend.
"Serena?" she asks confused.
"What are you doing here?" I ask.
"I graduated early." she says.
"Oh. Well your dad's at Sue's and Jake's at um work." I say.
"What are you doing here?" she asks as I let her in.
"Well um I kinda..." I start but Jake comes through the back door. When he sees us he freezes with his eyes on his sister.
"Rachel?" he asks shocked.
"Hey little bro." she says.
"What are you doing here?" he asks.
"I graduated early and decided to come home." she says.
"Why?" he asks coming over to me. "Why'd you decide to come home after all these years?" he asks and she frowns.
"Jake." I scold. It was hard on all the family loosing Sarah but the girls took it really bad.
"No it's okay Serena." she says. "I couldn't come back Jake, it was too painful. It still is." she says.
"And you don't think dad and I felt it?" he yells shaking slightly.
"Jake just relax." I say rubbing his arms.
"No." he growls.
"Jake you have to understand me." Rachel pleas.
"Rachel we needed you but you left." Jake says and she frowns.
"Jake I needed to go to college." she defends.
"You still could have called or visited." he says.
"I know and I'm sorry. I should have called and visited but I was caught up in the college life and everything else. I really am sorry Jake." she says.
"Jake." I say and he looks down at me. "Forgive her." I say and he sighs turning to his sister.
"Rachel I forgive you." he says and hugs her tightly.
"I missed you Jake." she says as a tear rolls down her cheek.
"I missed you too sis." he says. I smile at them and know this will be good for Jake and Billy. They let go and Jake comes over to me. He pulls me into him and gives me a kiss. I pull away slightly blushing and see Rachel blinking in surprise.
"Are you two a thing?" she asks.
"Um ya." I say.
"Awww you two are so adorable together!" she squeals and I blush.
"Thanks." I say.
"How long?" she asks.
"Um almost a month." I reply.
"Does your brother know?" she asks knowing how protective Sam is.
"Ya and he's cool with it. Jake and Sam work together." I say.
"What do you do?" she asks Jake.
"Um I'm a security guard for La Push." he says.
"Really?" she asks.
"Ya." he says.
"I didn't know that was a job." she says.
"It's kinda new. Dad, Sue, and Old Quil started it when things started to happen." he says and she nods.
"Well are you hungry?" I ask noticing it's around noon.
"Ya I am." she says.
"Are you good with having pizza?" I ask.
"Sure." she says. I order five boxes of pizza, three for Jake and the other two for Rachel and I.
"So Serena how's everything with you and your family?" Rachel asks as we sit on the couch while Jake goes to take a shower.
"Um everything's fine. Mom's still working at the hospital. Sam is engaged to Emily Young." I say.
"Wait wasn't Sam dating Emily's cousin Leah?" she asks.
"Um ya he was." I say.
"He dumped Leah for Emily?" she asks.
"Not exactly. Emily's the one for Sam. Like how Jake's the one for me." I say.
"You really love my brother don't you?" she asks.
"Ya I do. We've been through a lot and I mean a lot. Things didn't go well at first but things happened and now we're together. We love each other and supposed to be together." I say.
"I can see it in both of your eyes. I've never seen Jake look at anyone like that." she says. "How do you know he's the one?" she asks.
"I just know. We may be young but true love comes whenever it's supposed to. I know in my heart that Jake's the one for me and I for him." I say.
"You make him so happy." she says.
"He makes me happy." I say.
"I'm happy for you two." she says and I smile.
"Thanks Rachel." I say.
"Call me Rach or sis. You're practically family now." she says and I smile.
"Okay sis." I say and she chuckles.
"SERENA!" a voice yells and I groan.
"What do you want Paul?" I ask. He enters through the back door and heads into the kitchen.
"Do you have anything to eat? Emily and Sam are out so she didn't make us any food." he says.
"I just ordered pizza but I guess I should have gotten more." I say. He comes over to me and sees Rachel.
"Oh." he says and she turns to him. When they lock eyes he freezes and she gasps. I look between them and smile.
"Oh my gosh! I can't believe it! Paul you so owe me twenty bucks!" I say. Paul and I bet that if he didn't imprint then I'd give him twenty bucks but if he did he'd give me twenty bucks. Rachel quickly looks away blushing while Paul grins but frowns.
"Holy crap!" he yells.
"That'll be twenty bucks please." I say and he groans.
"I can't believe I did it." he says in shock.
"What are you two talking about?" Rachel asks confused.
"Oh nothing. We just made a bet." I say and she nods.
"Is the pizza here yet?" Jake asks coming down. "Oh man now I have to share my pizza!" he groans seeing Paul.
"That's not all you have to share." I say smirking.
"What?" he asks and then see Paul staring at Rachel. He puts two and two together and growls.
"PAUL!" he lunges at Paul and tackles him to the ground. My eyes widen and I quickly jump into action.
"Jake get off of Paul." I beg pulling on his arm.
"On my sister!" he growls.
"You know I couldn't control it Jake." Paul defends.
"Jake!" I plead and he gets off.
"Leave." Jake orders. "I don't want you near my sister." he growls.
"Jacob he can't do that and you know it." I say.
"I don't care." he growls.
"It's okay Serena, I understand." Paul says getting up. He leaves through the front door and I turn to Jake furious.
"Outside now!" I demand and head out the back door. He follows me looking like a dog with his tails between his legs. "I can't believe you told Paul that!" I yell.
"Serena he imprinted on my sister! What was I supposed to do?" he asks.
"Jake I understand that part but you can't make him not see Rachel. It's not healthy for either one of them. I should know." I say.
"What?" he asks.
"Well after Bella slapped me and you ran after her I got really sick. I had massive headaches, a cold, and the chills. But I also threw up, blood." I say and his eyes widen.
"Why didn't you ever tell me?" he asks.
"Well you didn't like me then and when we finally got together that had been old news." I say.
"How on earth could I do that to you?" he asks mad at himself.
"Jake it's okay, I'm okay now." I say.
"It's not okay Serena I hurt you, a lot and you suffered. I don't know why you even like me." he says.
"Jake I don't like you." I say and he frowns. "I love you and for many reasons." I say and he smiles. "You're very sweet, funny, kind, strong, brave, and handsome. You're mine and I love you." I say and kiss him.
"I love you too." he says.
"Now about Paul and Rachel." I say and he groans.
"Fine I'll let Paul near her but if he does anything to her I swear I'm going to kill him." he says.
"Give Paul a chance, he's a really sweet guy." I say and he snorts.
"Ya right." he says.
"You'd be surprised." I say.
After Jake and I talked we went back inside where Rachel was with the pizza. She looks kinda confused so we explained a few things but nothing that exposed the secret. We ate and then Rachel went to unpack. The door opened a few minutes after I finished the dishes.
"Who's car is that?" Billy asks rolling himself into the kitchen.
"Dad someone is here to see us." Jake says.
"Who?" he asks.
"Daddy?" Rachel asks from behind Billy. His eye widen and then he turns around to face his daughter.
"Rachel?" he asks.
"Oh daddy!" she cries and wraps her arms around him.
"I missed you so much." she says.
"I missed you too little one." he says hugging her. I smile at the sight as Jake wraps his arms around me.
"What are you doing here Rachel?" he asks.
"I graduated early and decided to come back home." she says.
"That's wonderful." he says with a smile.
"Dad can I talk with you for a minute?" Jake asks.
"Later son." Billy says.
"Dad it's kinda important." Jake says and Billy sighs but follows Jake into another room.
"What'd he talking about?" Rachel asks.
"Just something about work." I say and she nods.
"So is Paul always here?" she asks and I smile.
"Sometimes. Why?" I ask.
"Oh no reason." she says.
"Hmhm sure." I say.
"I was just curious." she says.
"Whatever you say Rach." I say.
"I was." she defends.
"So you don't care that he's single?" I ask.
"He is?" she asks and I smirk. "I mean who cares." she says and I shake my head at her.
"You do. He is single and I bet he would be interested going out." I say.
"Well I might just be interested too." she says and heads upstairs. They'll going to make a great couple!
Rachel and I have spent a lot of time together getting to know each other. She's really great and like a sister to me now. She and Paul have been hanging out and are going on their first date tomorrow. Rachel excited and Paul is extremely happy. He wasn't at first because now he's tied down to someone but happens to really like Rachel and doesn't mind it now. Jake's on patrol and I'm running low on art supplies so I'm heading to Port Angeles. Jake said I could use his bike so I am. I head into the art store and buy some paints and other things I need for my art work. I pay and head out to the bike. I find someone staring at the bike and find that he looks really familiar. He has black hair and russet skin. He looks Quileute so maybe I've seen him around town. "
May I help you?" I ask approaching him.
"Is this your bike?" he asks not taking his eyes off the bike.
"It's my boyfriend's." I say. "He rebuilt it." I say.
"He did a great job on it." he says and I nod. He finally looks up to me and I gasp.
"Serena?" he asks.
"Dad?" I ask.
