It took me a while to make a very important decision and I've made up my mind, but I won't say any more! You'll just have to read it to find out! ;) ~Arianna
We came walking out of the woods at 12 o' clock for lunch having met no vampires or anything else remotely dangerous in the woods. We ate tuna sandwiches with ice tea and watermelon on Sam and Emily's front steps and then went back on patrol until dinner. When we walked into the house I thought for a moment that no one was home but walking into the kitchen we found Emily sitting on the counter with her legs wrapped around Sam's waist, kissing. Jacob cleared his throat loudly and they both jumped. Emily blushed as Sam stepped away from her and took her hands. She hopped down and kissed him lightly on the lips before turning to stir a pot of beans on the stove. "Sorry Sam, didn't mean to walk in on you two," I said apologetically. "It's ok," he said smiling at me, "I did that to you two this morning too." I still felt bad though; Sam had told me nothing he and Emily did was private from any of us but still. I was very thankful I could block the others from seeing everything Jacob and I did, like in the shower, if Paul ever saw that he would never let me live it down! "I wouldn't like him to see that either," Jacob whispered in my ear and kissing me lightly on the neck. "I'm projecting again aren't I," I said. "Mhm," he said with his lips still on my neck. I smiled, I liked him being able to hear me even when I didn't speak aloud; it strengthened the connection that bound us together. Jacob and I sat down on the couch as we waited for dinner. I curled up on his lap, my head on his chest as Jared sat down across from us. "What did you want to talk about Arianna," asked Jacob recalling our conversation in the woods. "I wanted to ask you, Jacob, you don't think I am the reason all these vampires are coming here, do you," I asked. Jared answered before Jacob could, "Don't worry about it Arianna, it's just Sam being paranoid. You heard Carlisle," he said. I nodded, "Yes, and can you think of anything else that has changed around here besides me," I said. "It's not because of you," said Jacob, "But I have a feeling something's up, Quil and Embry have mono so that means we're about to have two new wolves. That doesn't often happen unless there are going to be or are more vampires wandering around close by." I was silent for a moment as I let this new information soak in. More vampires could be on their way, but why? I felt certain now that it couldn't be me, no one knew who I was outside of Winthrop so why would a bunch of seemingly foreign vampires come looking for me. Jared was in a local jail alongside his father and the officer who let Jared go after being bribed by Mr. Kempt. Mr. Kempt also didn't deal with anyone outside of Winthrop that I knew of so he or his son knowing some out of town vampires was out of the question. But there was still the question if why, if not me, the vampires where here. "Anybody home over there," said Jared and I started. "What," I said, shaking my head slightly to clear it. "You kind of zoned out there for a minute," said Jared. "I was thinking," I said. "About what," he asked. "About things so very complex that your tiny brain would explode if you tried to comprehend them," I said and Jacob burst out laughing.
Ten minutes later the entire pack was assembled and I helped Emily carry over a large pot of baked beans and a small mountain of hotdogs and buns. We all sat down, taking two and three hotdogs at a time and topping them with an assortment of condiments. I put my beans in my bun along with ketchup and sweet and sour pickle slices before dropping the hotdog on top. Jacob who was sitting next to me put mustard, beans, dill pickles and mayo on top of his meanwhile across from me Seth was packing anything and everything that was within reach onto his dog. "Are you hungry Seth," I said laughing. He looked up at me, "I am starving, I've been eating all day and it still hasn't been enough," he said. "You're getting ready to grow little bro," said Leah, "Maybe you'll be able to live in your own house now. What a blessing that would be." "I'm not hard to live with am I," asked Seth looking affronted. "Lets see," said Leah putting on a look of intense contemplation, "You leave the toilet seat up, you leave your dirty clothes all over the house, and you're my little brother so you drive me insane in general" she said ticking them off on her fingers. We all laughed as Leah flung an arm around his neck and with the other gave him a noogie. This had to be one of the best parts about living here; we were always laughing, usually at one of the others but none the less, it was great to laugh with all of them. A feeling of happy contentment stole over me as I looked around at all of their smiling faces. I love them all so much, I thought to myself; even Paul. Jacob took my hand under the table and smiled at me and I smiled back. This was the best part I thought to myself; him.
A cold front was moving in from over La Push making it a chilly night so Sam started a fire. Everyone moved into the living room after clearing the dishes off the table and leaving them in the sink. Emily and I made tea and coffee for everyone and brought it out to them and then sat down too. I sat curled up next to Jacob who put his arm around me as I sipped my tea. We all sat in silence until Jacob spoke, "Sam, what do you think," he asked. No one had to ask what Jacob was talking about. "Arianna is not the reason, I'm certain of that, but there has to be something going on," said Sam. Jacob nodded, "I agree," he said, "Any theories?" Sam ran a hand through his hair, he looked very tired all of a sudden, "None, it makes no sense, unless we are all just over reacting," he said wearily. Emily put a hand on his chest and shifted to kiss him on the cheek. He smiled down at her and pulled her closer to him. We settled back into silence as it began to rain. The fire crackled and the rain grew heavier but we still sat in silence; everyone keeping their thoughts to themselves. Sam finally broke the silence, getting up and stretching he said, "Well, Paul, your with me, lets go." He kissed Emily goodnight before both he and Paul stripped on the front steps and ran into the woods, fazing just inside the line of trees. A crack of thunder made us all jump, "They shouldn't be out there in this weather," said Emily looking worried as she curled up in the seat Sam had just vacated. "They'll be ok Emily, we've all been on patrol in this weather before," said Seth. Emily nodded but still looked worried. I got up and went over to her, pulling my feet up next to me and putting an arm around her, "Seth is right, they'll be fine," I said quietly. She nodded and rested her head on my shoulder. Now that I was closer to her I realized that she didn't look right, she was paler than usual. "Are you feeling alright Emily," I asked her quietly so the others wouldn't hear. "I'm fine, I'm just tired, I think I'll go up to bed," she said yawning. "Are you sure," I said looking at her with concern. "Yep, I'm all good," she said with a smile. She got up and stretched, "Well, I'm going to hit the hay, you can all stay as long as you like," she said. "We'll clean up the mess before we leave," I said. She waved her hand dismissively, "Don't worry about it, I'll clean it up in the morning," she said and then, bidding us all goodnight, she went upstairs to bed.
I got up and walked back over to Jacob who stood up holding his empty coffee mug and my empty tea cup. I gathered up the rest of the cups as the rest of the pack departed and Jacob and I quickly and quietly cleaned the dishes that had been left in the sink from dinner and the cups. We stacked them on the wooden drying rack with the towel under it next to the sink and left the house, closing the door quietly behind us. We ran across the yard through the now lashing rain. By the time we got to our house we were soaked to the bone. "It's a damn downpour!" said Jacob as we stepped inside. I pulled my wet hair out of my face to look at him, "No it's only sprinkling," I said sarcastically and he broke into a grin. I started pulling off my damp clothes, still standing in front of the door. I pulled off my shorts and shirt, rolling them in a ball and then walking into the bathroom. I draped the wet clothes over the shower curtain rail and then Jacob came in with his wet clothes and did the same. He went into his room and came back out with his comforter which he tossed on the couch and then he started a fire. I sat down and curled up in the blanket in my bra and undies which had been spared from being soaked through. Jacob was also just in his boxers and as he bent over I stifled a silly little giggle in the blanket as I looked at his tight ass. He straightened up when the fire was going good and came over to me. I hopped up to let him stretch out on the couch with his shoulders propped up on a pillow. I climbed on top of him pulling the blanket over both of us.
He wrapped his arms around my waist pulling me up to rest my head on his chest. He brought one hand up from my waist to stroke my drying hair, "Besides the whole vampire problem, what else did you want to talk about, what's on your mind," he asked my gently. "How I became a wolf. I feel like I know, like there is a memory somewhere in my brain that is the key. But I can't put my finger on it and it's frustrating as all hell!" I said. Jacob was silent for a moment, stroking my hair and watching the flames dance. "Is that why you were asking Burdette about healers," he asked finally. "Yeah, I feel like there is a connection. What that connection might be, I have no idea," I said. "Don't stress out about it," he said turning his head to look at me, "When you're meant to know, it will come to you." "Have you been spending a lot of time with Burdette lately because that is exactly what I would expect her to say," I said smiling. He chuckled, "Well I am her grandson so maybe she's rubbed off on me," he said. I laughed, "I guess so," I said. I shifted slightly to pull the blanket over my shoulders and he grunted. "What," I asked looking up at him. "It's nothing," he said shifting under me. I pressed closer to him, feeling his abs against my stomach; he was so warm. I shifted to kiss him and he took a sharp breath in. "Jake, what's wrong, am I hurting you," I asked looking at him with concern. "It's nothing, I'm fine," he said. "You're a terrible liar," I said.
He looked down at me looking uncomfortable and nervous and some other emotion I couldn't identify. "Jake," I said quietly hearing his heart beat quicken. "Arianna," he said softly, "You need to stop that." "Stop what," I asked innocently. "Stop being so damn cute," he said shifting again so that I was not fully on top of him but rather half on him half on the couch. "And why should I do that," I asked slyly. "Because you're already turning me on and I don't want to do anything to you that you don't want me to," he said. My eyes widened as his words sunk in and I understood why he kept trying to move me off of him. He looked into my eyes, his nervousness not quite hiding what I now recognized as lust. I put a hand on his chest and he took it in his. Bringing it to his lips he kissed it lightly, "Arianna, I would never hurt you, I would never do anything like Jared did to you, do you understand that," he asked, a plea in his voice. It hit me then that I wasn't at all bothered by the fact that Jacob was 'turned on' as he put it, I knew he would never hurt me, he would never make me do anything I didn't want to regardless of his own feelings; in fact… "You know, it's actually rather flattering to know I have that effect on someone," I said. The nervousness in his chocolate brown eyes melted away, replaced by a look of shear love and tenderness. He smiled lightly and I leaned up to kiss him. I moved to kneel over him but before I could lay back down on his chest he put his hands on my waist, "Arianna, you're going to feel it if you lay back down on me," he said. My hair fell forward and I bent over him, bringing my mouth right next to his ear, "You are my mate Jacob Black, and that means I am completely comfortable with feeling every inch of your body against mine," I whispered and then lay down.
As I settled into my original position I felt it; his hard shaft pressed firmly against the inside of my thigh. I moaned softly and he lowered his hands to my hips. "Arianna," he groaned as I shifted slightly. This simple touch was already sending heat flaring through my veins. Here we were again, having already come so close to having sex before; in the shower for example, but never acting on our need for each other. I hadn't realized just how much I needed him and now I couldn't wait any longer. I moved again, my pelvis locked against his. He groaned and sat up, locking me in his arms and taking my lips. He kissed me fiercely and I kissed him back with just as much fire as sparks flew between us. "Arianna," he said breathlessly, "I won't be able to stop myself if we keep this up." He put a hand on my ass and clenched his fist and I moaned loudly. I didn't answer immediately; I was too focused on his hands which were now moving slowly up my back to my bra. "Jake," I moaned, "Jake I don't want you to stop," I said breathlessly. I took his face in my hands and looked into his eyes, "I love you," I whispered. He kissed me, biting my lip lightly, "I love you too," he said.