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There was a brief moment where both Jacob and I stood frozen in fear. His eyes were wide and it seemed as if both of us had stopped breathing.

When Embry knocked again we both jumped away from each other. But in doing so he had to tug his hand from under my bra, which ended up pulling the thin red material off my chest and up around my neck.

Jacobs's eyes widened, and darkened, as he saw my breasts for the first time. I think we were both so shocked, for different reasons, that neither of us moved.

Embry knocked again, calling Jacobs name, which distracted him.

The first words out of Jacobs mouth was a string of curses as he spun around. After that he started spewing the multiplication table in Spanish. He stuttered around the four times table before I realized I was standing there with my breasts bared.

At first I felt rejected. Jacob had seen me but didn't want me.

Was I not pretty enough for him?

Had seeing me made him change his mind?

But then Embry knocked again, and I realized that he had jumped into quoting the constitution because my dad was here.

Dad was here...

Oh FUCK!

I spun around myself and started trying to drag the clothing back into its proper place as Jacob started quoting Shakespeare.

I didn't even know he knew any Shakespeare.

The black sports bra had finally settled into place when Embry banged on the door one last time.

"Shit Jacob, you really need to get a portable phone, the cord doesn't reach up the stairs and Chris can't take Edward yellin' at him for much longer."

Jacobs and my eyes snapped up to meet each others.

Phone?

"Embry you fuckin' ass. You better be running."

We could hear Embry laugh as he ran down the stairs.

Jacob crossed the room to wrap me in a hug.

"Sorry babe. I didn't mean to freak out like that." he whispered, kissing me briefly. "You look beautiful."

Jacob kissed my forehead before heading for the door.

"Hey Jacob?" I called after him. He paused at the door to look over his shoulder. His face was serious again, but there was still a hint of that passion he had showed earlier. "You know Shakespeare?"

His face immediately broke out into laughter and he shook his head smiling.

"Your dad said the same thing when I started quoting it when you, uhh, began to mature."

Yet another blush crossed my face, but I couldn't help smiling this time as Jacob left the room.

I think I ended up standing there just staring at the doorway Jacob had just gone through, absolutely lost in thought.

Damn he had a sexy smile. Hell, he was just straight up sexy, period. Something about the confidence he portrayed in everything he did. His broad shoulders, tight abs, and fantastic legs, helped too. His smile, and the way his shaggy black hair hung into his eyes when he laughed; it was beautiful, in every way. But that wasn't all that drew me to him. Ya, being gorgeous helped, but it was the little things. How he smiled at me, the blush that crossed his face when I was embarrassed, how he was always such a gentleman and always knew what I was thinking before I even knew myself. Jacob had always been there for me, through everything, and loved me unconditionally.

As I stood there staring at his door I think I finally began to understand what an imprint really was. It wasn't just a sexual attraction, though that had grown as of late, but Jacob had become a part of my life. More than that he was a part of me. Two halves of the whole. One love in two bodies.

Together.

Forever.

I swear there was a ridiculous smile on my face when Brooklynn came into the room a few minutes later. She raised an eyebrow at me, probably wondering why I was standing there staring off into space like a moron. I caught myself when she started laughing.

"What?" I finally mumbled, turning back to Jacobs's bed so that I could put on the rest of my armor. We still had work to do after all.

"Oh I'm sorry Nessie. I didn't mean to laugh. Actually I'm so happy for you."

"Happy for me?" I questioned sarcastically as I started to do the buckles of the breast plate up.

"Yes happy." Brooklynn said as she pushed my fumbling, nervous fingers out if the way and took over for me. I don't know why I was nervous, maybe it was more adrenaline than anything else. "You've got that 'I just realized that Jacob is the hottest thing in the world and that he loves me so much that it kills me to be away from him' look."

I paused, staring at her in shock, "There's a look for that?"

Brooklynn laughed right out loud again, moving on to buckle up the collar. "Yes Hun, there is. Apparently it sometimes takes the imprintee slightly longer to get that 'they are my life I am nothing without them' feeling."

"Huh?" I said intelligently.

"Same thing as the wolves' get." she explained "Though some of the girls get it sooner than others."

Brooklynn had moved on to the bracers, strapping them on quickly as I stood there contemplating what I had just heard.

Had I really just imprinted back on Jacob? Is this how Jacob has felt about me for the past seven years?

For once in my life my brain and my heart were both screaming yes.

I did love Jacob, more than anything else in my life.

More than my own life.

The phrase on my sword finally made sense to me. I could finally understand why Jacob felt compelled to keep me safe; why my parents focused on protecting me. There was someone out there who I would, without a second thought, willingly give my life for.

Suddenly I wanted to have Jacob in my arms and to be far away from this upcoming battle.

"Yep," Brooklynn said with a smile when she had finished, "You imprinted."

It was not the first time I had blushed today, but this time I was smiling brightly behind it.

I had just imprinted, and I was the happiest I had ever been.


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