Chapter 37

I woke up at some time in the middle of the night. I rolled over and hit my head on something rock hard and freezing cold. Kacey. I rolled back over with my hand on my head.

"Sorry," Kacey whispered. I blinked a few times until I could see clearly. I looked up at her and shrugged.

"It's fine," I said, groggily. I put my head back down on the pillow and shut my eyes. Before I knew it, I was asleep again. When I woke up in the morning, the sun was shining brightly through the living room window. I looked down and my skin was shining lightly. I looked over to Kacey to see her skin fully sparkling.
Logan was looking at Kacey in awe. I laughed. Kacey smirked at me, as if she knew something I didn't. I eyed her suspiciously.
My phone vibrated and I looked at the text message. It was from Jake.

Hey Ness, you look really pretty when you sparkle. I looked at the message confused. Before I could look up, two warm hands were wrapped around my eyes.

"Guess who," a very familiar, husky voice said.

"Hmm," I pretended to think.

"I'll give you a hint," he said. A hint? What? My cheek grew hotter as I imagined him leaning towards it. He, then, place a small kiss on my cheek and pulled away. I smirked.

"Embry?" I asked. Jake immediately pulled his hands free and frowned at me.

"What?" he asked. I laughed.

"Kidding." I placed my hand on his face to show him I really was kidding and that I loved him. He cracked a smile.

"Good because I thought I was going to have to kill him." He smiled.

"Might as well, because you know he told Emily what I said on our date." I muttered. He laughed.

"Yeah and maybe the whole pack, now who wants some pancakes?" He said, really quickly.

My eyes shot up to him. "What?" I said in shock.

"So how many pancakes for you Kacey?" Jake said. Kacey shook her head.

"Too interesting." She smiled.

"What?" I repeated still looking at him.

He looked at me. "He uh, slipped up when we were all on patrol..." He said. I could feel my cheeks getting red. He smiled.

"Hey! Remember me, yeah I had to endure most of it," He said, sticking his tongue out at me. I buried my head in his chest and groaned.

"Stupid Embry!" I muttered. Jake chuckled. I looked over at Kacey, who had suddenly gotten much more quiet.

"What?" I asked. She shook her head.

"Nothing." She stated. I looked at Logan who was tracing the patterns that the light shined on Kacey, completely engrossed.

"Kacey," I started.

"Nothing. Nothing." She smirked. I sighed.

"Spill it, Kacey," I begged. She shook her head and shrugged.

"It's nothing… it's just… I'm sure it's a huge problem for Jake," she said, sarcastically. I looked up at Jake; he had the same confusion on his face, I bet I had on mine.

"He's a guy Ness. You think it's going to do bad things to his rep if the pack knows about that?" She laughed. I pushed her.

"That's stupid Kacey."

"I wouldn't do that." He said softly.

I smiled. "I know." I laughed.

"Kacey's just being.. well herself." I smiled at her.

She laughed. "Yeah, whatever." She said laughing. "But you love me!" She sang. I smirked.

"Sorry hun, but I don't swing that way." I said. She narrowed her eyes and laughed.

"Mhmm.. sure.." She teased. I grabbed the couch pillow and threw it at her. Kacey moved and it accidently hit Logan in the face. He snapped his head up to look at me.

"Really?" He asked and chucked the pillow in my direction trying to hit me, but hit Jacob.
Logan stared at him with wide eyes.

"I- You- Ness... Please don't hurt me.." He whimpered. Kacey, Jacob, and I busted out laughing while Logan sat there not moving his eyes off of Jacob, and clinging onto Kacey. Jake was the first to stop laughing. He held his hand out, my guess for a hand-shake but Logan flinched so Jake pulled it back and frowned.

"It's okay… I'm not that bad," he said. He turned to me. "Am I?" I placed my hand on his cheek.

No. Never. I shook my head. He smiled slightly. Kacey still had a huge grin on her face. Logan was still hiding in Kacey. Jake sighed.

"I'm not going to hurt you," he said. "Think it's kind of funny how you're scared of me yet you're so close to a blood-sucker," he mumbled. I punched him.

"Stop it!" I whispered. Kacey rolled her eyes. I could tell she was about to shoot a smart-Alec response back so I cut her off.

"Don't start that now." She shrugged. I smiled, changing the topic quickly. "So, who wants pancakes?" I asked. Jake smiled.

"I do! Wait, you're cooking them right?" He asked. I narrowed my eyes.

"Yeah..." He smirked.

"Okay then yeah I want pancakes!" He said. What was he up to? Kacey smirked at Jake and I looked between them. They were planning something. I made my way to the kitchen pulling out the easy-mix pancake batter, where all you have to do is put the mix in a bowl and add water and some eggs, then mix it together.
I put five cups of water in (since I had Jake here I had to make ALOT of pancakes.) I stirred it and didn't notice when I went to go for the eggs there was an egg missing until two warm arms wrapped around my chest and held my arms down to my side. Then an egg was cracked over my head.

"You. Did. Not. Just. Do. That." I said. Jacob let go of me and took off running. Kacey just stood there not knowing what to do, or why he ran. I got the pancake batter and grabbed some of it in my hand and threw it at her, and smeared it all in her hair. Then I ran to go find Jake with the pancake mix. I backed him into the corner of the hallway and smiled, evily. Jake put two hands up in surrender.

"Okay okay… you don't want to do that," he said.

"I don't?" He shook his head.

"No," he said, unleashing his puppy dog eyes. Oh come on, really?

"And why not?" I asked. He reached one arm out and rested his hand on my hip. I looked down at it and back up at him. When I was trying to figure out if I should, I felt him trying to get around me. I smirked and backed him up against the wall until his back was against it.

"So tell me again, why shouldn't I?" I asked raising an eyebrow. I still had the pancake mix in my hand. Jake smiled.

"Because I love you." He said, sincerely and leaned in to kiss me. He pressed his lips against mine and I kissed him back. When he was distracted, I got the whole thing of pancake mix, and dumped it on his head. His lips froze on mine and he pulled away. I smirked.

"Not a good enough reason," I laughed and ran. He caught my wrist and pulled me back. He whipped me around and our lips met again… well this time he had pancake mix dripping down his face. I pushed against the wall and away from his face.

"Jake!" I laughed. He smirked. Kacey cleared her throat behind me.

"Not to interrupt you two sucking face… but can I clean this stuff out of my hair now?" She asked. I laughed and turned around.

"Yeah sure, umm just use my bathroom. I should get this egg out of my hair too," I said. I started to walk with her.

"Wait… does this mean no pancakes?" Jake asked. I shook my head. He frowned.

"Come on. You have to get that stuff out of your hair too." I pulled him to the bathroom with us. After helping Kacey get the batter out of her hair, she helped me get the egg out of mine. Then just Jake was left. Kacey looked at me.

"You clean the dog. I'll be downstairs with Logan." I laughed, watching her leave. Jake smiled.

"You heard the girl, clean me!" He teased. I shook my head.

"Okay. You have alot of pancake mix in your hair.." I said. He looked at me.

"And who's fault was that?" He asked.

I rolled my eyes. "Oh shut it!" I laughed. "Okay there are two ways we can do this. One, we try and clean you with a sponge… which will take forever, or you can let me spray you with the shower hose." I smirked.

"Isn't there another option?" He whined. I smiled.

"Nope." I said popping the 'P'. I took his hand and made him stand in the middle of the tub. He groaned. I turned on the water and grabbed the shower hose.

"Oh stop," I said. "Put your head down." I said. He put his head down and I sprayed the water all over his head. Kacey opened the bathroom door and scrunched up her nose.

"Now I know why it smells like wet dog! " She teased. I rolled my eyes and laughed.

"Jake you have to keep your head down!" I laughed. He tried to keep his head down but tried to keep glaring at Kacey, but ending up looking like he was p***** off at the bottom of the bath tub. I finished cleaning off Jake's hair and he was, like he said, drenched in water. He stood in the bathtub looking at me.

"Umm… maybe Uncle Jasper has some clothes that would fit you…" I said. He laughed. Wow, he was dripping wet.

"Can you get me a towel?" He asked. I threw him a towel as I was walking out of the bathroom to find him some clothes. I walked down the hallway to Aunt Alice and Uncle Jasper's room. I knocked on the door. Aunt Alice opened it with a pair of grey sweatpants and a dark blue tee-shirt in her hands. She handed them to me.

"Thanks. He's just borrowing them," I said, as I took them.

"He can keep them. You know how hard it is to get the dog smell off of clothes?" She asked. I laughed.

"Thanks," I said and started back for the bathroom. When I got in the bathroom Jake was standing there. I looked at him.

"What-" Before I could ask him what he was going to do he wrapped me in his arms giving me a hug, getting me all wet.

"Jake," I whined. "Must you drag me along with you?" I asked. He laughed.

"Yupp" He said. I smiled.

"Oh well." I said and pecked him on the lips. "Okay here's your clothes. I'm gonna get dressed in my room." I said, walking out of the bathroom. I went into my room and changed into a pair of skinny jeans and fitted shirt with a wolf on it that Jake got me for my birthday last year. Oddly, it still fit. I outgrew most of my clothes pretty quickly. I went down the stairs, expecting to see Jake already down there with Kacey and Logan but he wasn't.

"Where's Jake?" I asked. Kacey looked up. She was sitting next to Logan on the couch. He had his arm around her and her head was on his shoulder.

"I thought he was with you…" She said.

"Oh… he's probably just still getting changed." I walked over and sat on the couch next to Kacey. Logan turned to me with a worried expression on his face.

"Is he mad at me?" He asked. I smiled.

"No, he never was. Jeez, you two need to spend more time together," I mumbled. Kacey smiled.

"About that… we have to double-date," she said. I smiled.

"Okay Sure!" I said. I liked that Idea. It would be fun. Just then Jake walked in.

"What's this about double- dating?" He asked. I smiled.

"I dunno, you tell me." I sang. He laughed.

"When?" He asked. We both looked at Kacey. She shrugged.

"I dunno! I'll text you." She said. I laughed. "But it has to be sometime before spring break ends." I nodded. Spring break ends next week. So that meant soon. Jake slid into the couch next to me and moved his arm so it was over my shoulders like Logan's was over Kacey's. I laughed.

"So what are we doing today?" Jake asked. I shrugged and looked over at Kacey and Logan.

"Do you wanna go home?" Kacey whispered to Logan. Jake and heard it of course. He sighed.

"Last place I want to go." He looked down.

"Okay, Ness any ideas?" Kacey tried to change the subject, desperately.

"We could go bowling," Jake suggested.

"Yeah! Sure! Anything," Kacey said. I laughed.

"I drive!" I said. Jake looked at me.

"Yeah sure.. uh... Kacey you wanna sit up front?" He asked. Kacey shook her head.

"Uh boyfriend goes first." She said.

"Goes first? But I don't want to go first! I wanna go last! Isn't best friends go down with one another?" Jake asked. I looked at them.

"Um, yeah, I'm right here! " I said. "And I'm not gonna kill you guys!" I said.

"Uh.. I'm sitting in the back..." Logan said. Everyone laughed.

"You too Logan?" I asked. He shrugged.

"Hey, I don't wanna die, I'm human... for now.." He said the last part lower, but everyone heard anyway. Kacey sighed. A short, awkward silence followed but I decided to break it.

"So I'm going to be alone in the front?" I asked, pouting. Jake smiled.

"No I'll risk my life for you, only for you." He said looking in my eyes. I smiled and took his hand. Kacey cleared her throat causing me to break away from his stare.