Wolf Boy and Vampire Girl

The minute I stepped through the door that evening, I regretted not taking up Jacob's offer of a human sacrifice.

"Where the hell were you?" Rosalie yelled when she heard me come in. Mom and Dad rushed to me immediately, and Alice and Jasper were on the couch. Edward also immediately stopped what he was doing to come rip me a new one.

"I was with Tyler and Mariana, like I said I would be," I told them calmly. I didn't understand why everyone was so panicked. The debacle with Edward was weeks ago.

"If you were with Tyler and Mariana, I would have been able to see you," Alice argued. "There's only one way I wouldn't be able to see you, and that's if you're dead." Or with Jacob, I thought to myself. Edward glared at me, reading my mind, seeing what had really happened this afternoon.

"No!" Edward roared, and I instinctively took a step towards the door. All eyes were on Edward now.

"She was with the dog," Edward grumbled.

"He was with some friends at the same store me and my friends were at, we ran into each other!" I defended. It wasn't like I sought him out or something.

"That doesn't make sense, I still would be able to see your future by now…"Alice trailed off.

"Unless you're taking him up on his offer?" Edward challenged.

"Of course I am," I told Edward. I never considered not going, although, I don't know why.

"Do you realize how dangerous that is? Or what that dog has put Bella through these past few days? You need to stay away from him," Edward warned.

"Or what?" I challenged. He wasn't my father.

"Danielle, Edward has a point. We have a treaty with the wolves and we wouldn't want to tarnish that simply because you're curious," Dad stepped in, always trying to be a mediator.

"I'm not curious," I scoffed at his choice of words. "Jacob's a nice guy. He was Bella's best friend. Why can't he be one of my friends?"

"He's dangerous, and Bella won't be seeing him anymore either," Edward declared.

"What, are you going to make that decision for her? Guess what, Edward, he was there when she was going through the hell you put her through. You don't get to take that away from her," I spat at him. You're not her father either, I thought at him. He growled.

"You think you know so much, Dani, you think you know so much about this world. You know nothing. You're just a human. You should know by now not to argue with us on matters of this sort."

"Wow, I'm just a human?" I said, hurt by his choice of words. "If I'm just a stupid human than maybe you should just send me back to the state. Better yet, you should have just never adopted me."

I stomped up to my room. Mom and Dad tried to stop me, but I waved them off. I didn't care how dangerous they thought Jacob was. Edward had no right to say those things. Yes, there were many things I didn't understand about this world, but that didn't mean I was incapable. That didn't mean that I was incompetent.

I may be just a human, but I'm a human who can make my own decisions and my own failures. They would just have to live with that.

"He did what?" I asked Bella at school. Apparently she was grounded for life because Jacob dropped of the motorcycle she had been driving while we were away. Charlie was not happy.

"He thought I wasn't going down to La Push because of Edward, not because of me being grounded for going to Italy. He thought me being grounded would keep Edward and I separated," Bella explained. I was going to have to have a word with Jacob later. If I was ever able to sneak out and see him again.

"Wow," I said, shocked. Jacob really didn't like Edward.

"He meant well, I just wish he would call me so we could talk about everything, you know? It's not fair on either end."

"He'll get over it," I told her. "You're with Edward. He has to understand that. You guys weren't a thing, were you?"

"Not by definition, he's like a brother to me," Bella explained.

"So he's extreme friend-zoned?" I asked, giggling. Bella nodded. It was sunny outside, so we were finally getting a chance to talk vampire – free.

"Are you ever going to get down to La Push to see him? I'm pretty sure I'm the banned one now," Bella said, sadly. I had told her about my invite.

"I don't know. No one likes the idea of me going down there. I was warned to 'stay away' and all that stuff," I told Bella.

"But Alice can't see you anymore, right?" Bella asked, hinting at something.

"No…" I said, shakily. I wasn't picking up what she was putting down.

"And Edward's not here to read your thoughts…" Bella kept going, and I finally got her message.

"I need to go!" I told her, wide eyed. She laughed and waved me off.

"You have a significant head start, get walking before Alice sees you through me! I'll send Jake a text telling him to come pick you up!" Bella said.

"You're my hero!" I joked, running out of the cafeteria.

I made it about a mile before Jacob was riding up next to me.

"Someone call for a ride?" He joked. "I gotta say, I wasn't expecting the text to come from Bella," he grimaced.

"Well, you didn't exactly give me your phone number," I said, climbing in. Suddenly, I saw a Silver Volvo pull up behind us. It was Edward. He was pissed. Get over it, I thought to him.

"Is that your brother?" Jacob asked. I nodded.

"Just keep driving," I told him. "I'll probably never be able to see you again, but we have the rest of the day," I smiled.

"We have a lot to talk about," Jacob said.

"Like what?" I asked him.

"We just…need to talk," Jacob said. Leaving it at that. I didn't know what we were going to talk about, but it was clearly a serious matter. I could tell when we got to the line because Edward spun his car around. I turned my phone off, not wanting the inevitable calls to ruin my day with Jacob.

We pulled up to Jacob's house. No one was home, which made me kind of glad.

"Don't be nervous," Jacob said to me from behind. I jumped a little and he laughed. "Seriously."

"You're my family's mortal enemy, remember? I could be a sitting duck by now," I told him. He just rolled his eyes.

"Do you want something to drink? We don't have much, but we've got the essentials."

"Water would be fine, just don't spit in it," I told him.

"Nah, we werewolves have the good stuff. I'm gonna stick some cyanide in there," Jacob joked back.

"Thanks a lot," I laughed, taking the water. Jacob was funny.

"Look, I just wanted to know, how much do you know about us? Like really know, not just what your family has told you."

"I know that you're a werewolf, that's about it. Until Bella jumped off the cliff, I didn't even know your kind existed," I explained. He nodded.

"So I guess I should start with we're not actually werewolves," Jacob said. "We're shapeshifters. We can turn in between a wolf and a human whenever we want. We aren't 'bound by the moon' or anything. It's genetic, and the gene goes back hundreds of years."

"Wow."

"Yeah, crazy. What do you know about the treaty?"

"Again, just the basics. We're not allowed on your land and you're not allowed on mine."

"You know that treaty only stands for vampires, right?"

"Yeah, you made that clear at the store," I laughed. "Can I just say one thing?"

"Of course."

"I know you guys and my family don't get along, but they're my family. They were there for me when literally no one else was. I was going to end up in foster care, but they kept me. So, can you just keep the insults to a minimum while I'm around? I don't like being in the middle, especially if it's in the middle of some hundred something year old treaty."

"Duly noted," Jacob nodded. Good. "Do you have any other questions?"

"Why are you so interested in me?" I offered. It was something that had been on my mind for a while.

"What do you mean?" He asked, getting antsy. I hit something.

"You should hate me. You have every reason to. I've done about the same amount of damage as my brother, and you hate him, so why do you think we can be friends?"

"You don't want to be friends?" Jake asked, a little hurt.

"I didn't say that, I just said why would you want to be? It's not going to be easy," I told him. There were bound to be things – natural and unnatural – that kept us apart.

"I know that," he grumbled. There was something else.

"What interests you about me?" I changed my approach. Jacob looked at me in awe, like he couldn't believe I was asking that question.

"The first time I met you at Bella's house, I was angry. I was angry that Bella put her life in danger and that you guys were coming back and were going to ruin her again. But then I saw you on the staircase."

"And?" I asked.

"And remember, I didn't know you were a Cullen, and I felt so sorry for you. I just couldn't stop thinking 'Why is this beautiful girl caught up in all of this?'" Holy shit. Holy shit.

"And then I found out you were one of them, but a human and it nearly killed me right then and there. It killed me that the universe could be so cruel. Cruel to you and cruel to me."

"They're not bad, Jake," I told him softly. "They've been good to me, I know it's hard to believe, but I'm not their slave or anything."

"I know, but, at the time, you know, you think things. I lost Bella, and then I knew I wasn't going to be able to have you," he admitted. Have me?

"Jacob Black, do you have a crush on me?" I asked him pointedly. "Is that why I'm so interesting?"

"Danielle, it's more than a crush. Do you know what imprinting is?"

A/N: Okay, so don't freak out! I know I have been a little shaky on the updating lately, but I promise I will update tomorrow! The updates are going to be a little shaky from now on because I am starting a new 24/7 program assistant job at a summer camp, but there will still be at least 3-4 updates a week.

With that said, now that I've revealed Jacob's imprint, it's obvious that Eclipse is going to be a little different. Until now, I've stayed pretty Canon and that's been awesome. Am I going to go insane and change everything? No. Are there going to be things that change as a result of Danielle and Jacob being imprints? Absolutely. You've trusted me this far, so just buckle up and head into your challenge zone if you're scared about these changes.

Thank you all for sticking with me thus far, and I can't wait to hear from you!

Lexi