Lisa's POV -

I walked into my house, still in shock. First, my "fun" movie date with my friends turned into an awkward moment between me and Sean. Then, he puts the moves on me and wouldn't back down. I had always been trained to put my safety and comfort ahead of nicety and being "proper", so of course my instincts had gone into an overdrive and I had a knocked the kid out without thought. The hand that he grabbed hurt like a bitch, I remembered how tight his grip was, and the more I thought about it, and the more it made sense. Sean was a big guy, he had pulled pretty hard. Maybe, it was a hairline fracture? I would have to have Sue or someone look at it tomorrow.

I knew I had done the right thing, I knew I had no reason to feel bad in any case, I felt angry! Angry that he assumed, that he would not take no for answer and most angry because he felt like he could get physical with me. I knew Paul would be awake, he and Rachel spent all their time together now and I did not want him to know what happened. Jake would be here to so that I could sleep. I hoped that they were tired and wouldn't ask too many questions. I quickly pulled my phone out to send Leah and ambiguous text just to make sure.

Lisa: Can we keep it between us?

I was sure she would understand. I walked in gently massaging the wrist where his fingers had wrapped around me, the force of using my body weight against had left deep red marks and I think his nails dug in when I swung around with my foot, I think his body holding onto it with all his weight, as he went down must have the reason why it was now starting to swell. Argh, now I had to spend the next couple of days hiding this.

Thank god I have all that makeup now. More fun things to hide.

I opened the door and walked into the quiet living room. All three of the wolves were standing there, my brother, Paul, and Jake. They looked murderous.

Jake was the first to get to me, his tall stride made sure that he reached me in two steps. He was so close and so in my space. I unconsciously tried to take a step back, if I got too close to him, I knew my body would take over. I had been craving him like a moth to a flame for days now. I tried my best to control my body but the bond was too strong for me to withstand and ignore.

His hands circled me instantly pulling me into his chest. I could hear his heart thump under my ear. I felt him kiss my hair several times. I wanted to push him back, tell him to get his hands off of me, I wanted to ask him what the hell he was doing but words failed me. I stood still, unable to let my body melt into his like it wanted but also unable to move away from him like I know I should.

Just as suddenly as he had hugged he was now holding me at an arm's distance, eyes scanning every inch of me, my legs, torso, chest, and face. I knew my face was heating up, I knew I was blushing under his gaze and did not want him to know that.

"Are you okay? Are you hurt?" He asked gruffly. At the last part, I heard someone behind us growl. They knew. Fuuuuuuck. They knew. Goddammit.

I shook my head, trying to downplay the situation.

"Let me see!" He said as he grabbed the arm that I was trying to subtly hide.

He wrapped his fingers gently around mine lifting my hand up. He stopped as soon as he saw my wrist, red, angrily swollen and scratched.

"I am going to kill that asshole" He screamed. His body was so close that I could feel the tremors. Instinctively I put my other arm on his chest.

"Jake? Jake! I am fine. Nothing happened! "

I could hear my brother now. Oh god. Andy was just a bomb waiting to defuse when it came to me.

"Lisa! Are you kidding me? Why did you go to his house? What were you thinking?" Andy was shouting too.

I saw red for a second.

"So now, you are going to blame the victim?" I asked him in almost a whisper.

That shut him up.

"No. I am just so angry that this happened. I cannot believe that this happened. I am sorry I was not there to help"

"I didn't need help. I handled it."

"I know but now you have a broken wrist. I hate that I am never there when you need me."

"You are here now," I told my brother kindly. I knew where his sorrow was coming from me but I didn't have time for fragile masculine BS.

"Let's go get this fixed?" Jake was back to hugging me. I could feel the heat of his body seep into mine as his fingers stroked my back and kissed my hair over and over again. I needed to stop Jake before he turned me on more.

"Okay," I said quickly. Anything to get away from his warm embrace that was melting me, making me want him so bad.

"I'll call Sue to see if she can come over," said Andy as he walked away looking at his phone.

"She must be sleeping. I can do it tomorrow" I told him

"No" I heard three voices in unison. I wanted to roll my eyes but was pretty sure that would make my brother even madder.

Sue came over in fifteen minutes. Pajama bottoms, a jacket, and flip-flops. Leah with her.

"I asked you not to tell them" I frowned at Leah

"It was hard. Jared and Jake were on patrol with me" She grumbled.

I smiled apologetically at Sue, "Sorry for ruining your sleep" I mumbled

"No problem, let's have you sit down so that I can look and we can see if you need to go to the hospital"

"NO" I heard my voice ring out. Louder than I intended. Panic in my voice. I was recalling my hospital visits a few months ago. Partially being carried by Jared because I couldn't eat or sleep. Unable to stay sane. Depressed, full of anxiety. "No Hospital!"

Jake was immediately by my side, rubbing my shoulder gently with his rough calloused hands. He guided me to the couch and sat down. He gently tugged at my waist sitting me down next to him. His big hands wrapped around my waist as he slowly lifted my injured arm from the elbow.

Leah pulled up a chair for her mom to sit in front of me. Sue quickly inspected it.

Moving it in directions. I gasped at the pain and buried my face in Jake's chest. He had turned sideways to face me and was holding me close.

"It looks like its sprained badly but not a fracture. We can have it x-rayed tomorrow but remember not to move it." She took out a splint and gave it to Jake. She knew better than to try to do more with imprints around their wolves.

Andy hugged Sue and thanked her profusely. Promising to get me to a hospital first thing in the morning.

Sue, ever the joker, looked straight at Jake and said - "Jacob Ephraim Black, you take good care of her now okay? Make sure she is okay! I don't want to hear one bad word about you from Lisa." Oh god like I needed this now.

Jake nodded seriously. Big brown eyes now hyper-focused on me. He tested out the splint in his hands, trying all the straps.

He took my hand gently. It felt funny, Jake was massive, a six foot seven giant compared to my puny 5'9" and here he was handling me like I was a child. He was acting so different. So much like the Jake, I fell in love with. So much like the Jake, I was waiting for. I promised myself that I wouldn't let myself fall for him again. I needed to stay strong. I had seen him like this before. In love with me and look at how that ended for me. The memories of having to leave his house in the middle of the night, him asking me if we could be friends, hearing from stories of how he reacted to seeing Bella, how he laid down next to her in that tent crushed my heart. I could feel tears pooling in my eyes again.

He suddenly looked at me, "You are not crying about the hand are you?" somehow he knew.

His voice was a whisper, allowing me the privacy I needed from my family around me. I shook my head, suddenly feeling so tired of hiding so many things.

He reached out to touch my face and his hovered unsurely an inch from my cheek as tears streamed down my face. He suddenly took my face into his hands and kissed the salty stream of tears on both sides on my face. His soft warm lips pressing against my face.

"I am sorry. I am so so sorry. I will never hurt you again. I promise. I messed up Lisa. I messed up so bad. I know what you are thinking, you've heard all of this before and why should you trust me again? I know. I have no right to ask you but I am begging you. Please give me one more chance. I promise I will make sure you don't regret it." His big brown eyes were tearing up now.

I could not move. Every fiber of my being was telling me to touch him, tell him it is okay. That I was always his. But my mind was screaming at me to remember what he put me through. To not be one of those girls who would give in. I looked at the faces around me. I knew they could all feel his pain through their bond. My shoulders slumped. I was fighting the inevitable but I would not give up.

"I need time Jake. I am not saying no but I need time." I told him. He nodded not meeting my eyes.

One by one all my family left the room bidding their goodbyes. Leah and Andy to go home. Paul went out to patrol. I made sure they knew not to engage with Sean. I explained that I didn't want anything more to happen. I wanted this done. I had taken care of it.


Jake slowly eased my hand into the splint and closed the Velcro straps over my arm gently.

"Can I please sleep here? My wolf is driving me crazy. I just need to be with you."

I was glad to know that he was feeling what I felt. I just nodded. I was not going to be cruel about this. I knew every day he slept at the foot of my bed. Uncomfortably folding his large body into a small space, trying to be close but not touching me so that he could help us sleep. After everything I've been through tonight, after what he said, I felt like I couldn't let him do that anymore.

I took all the pillows and cushions and made a wall with them in the middle of the bed. I pointed to the half of the newly divided bed, "Sleep here but don't cross over okay?" I asked.

He looked at the bed and then and gave an easy smile. Old Jake. Melting my heart. I walked over to my closet, quickly grabbing my soft sleeping shirt and changed in the bathroom.

He laid down facing my side. "Can I hold your hand?" he asked in a small voice.

I nodded and put my injured hand on the pillow line, he simply wrapped his warm fingers around it. It felt good.

I felt the warmth of his fingers when I woke up the next morning, he was still here. In my sleepiness, I tried to edge closer towards the heat. When my body hit the pillow boundary that I built, I opened my eyes groaning. He was just lying there, eyes wide open. Staring at me with his big brown eyes. I could not tell much from his expression but I knew Jake, he wanted me. I smiled slowly. He smiled back. Suddenly I felt so much better. I was laughing and he was laughing too. We were just in bed, a bunch of pillows between us, laughing loudly.

"Jake, promise not to do anything to Sean. Promise the pack won't do anything?" I whispered as we stayed still.

"Lisa, I cannot promise that."

"Jake please, I don't know how much you know about what happened, but he definitely will not try anything with me again."

"You always amaze me" he whispered.

Something inside me was tugging at me, I wanted to reach out to him and slowly draw his face towards me. I wanted to kiss his full lips slowly, nibbling on his bottom lip. I wanted to make him gasp as I thread my fingers through his black hair and straddle him. I wanted him shirtless under my hands. I wanted to kiss his long neck and strong shoulders. Slowly graze my hands all over his thick muscled chest. I wanted Jake. All of him. This feeling that was driving me crazy was now taking over me again. I wanted him so badly. I tried to take a deep breath. Think about all things I don't like - cats, zucchini, beer, and fish oil.

"I know when you are turned on," He said in a very matter of fact voice.

I launched up screaming at him to get out of my bed and started throwing pillows at him. He wouldn't stop laughing and just told me to come to eat my breakfast once I am done with my shower.


For the next two days, Jake was always around, I didn't leave home because I didn't want people asking me about the splint. He cooked, cleaned and helped me type on my laptop.

All of the pack visited me, bringing their parents, baked goods and tight hugs. They made small talk and hung out for long hours. When some of them addressed what had happened, I sensed their anger at not being able to protect me from this experience. They told me about Sean's reputation and appetite. I felt a little repulsed that he had touched me but I tried not to dwell on the past. The imprints roared with laughter when Leah regaled the story of how I brought him down with one kick and just stood there.

It was Friday and I knew my birthday was tomorrow, I usually celebrated it with my other two brothers and knew they would call me. I looked forward to talking with them!

After a long potluck with the pack, I went into my room to lay down. I was so exhausted that fell asleep not long after. I knew at some point Jake came in and took his spot on the other side of the bed.


In the morning, I felt Jake move, I put my good hand out to see and could not feel him, I sat up suddenly wondering where he went, he always woke me up before leaving. Suddenly, screams erupted from all sides!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LISA! The room was packed with family. I suddenly knew why Jake had left a pair of pajamas on the bed. I thought he was being helpful because of my hand, I hadn't realized that he made sure no one was in me anything that was anything less than 100% modest. Of course. Possessive wolf Jakey. I met his eyes realizing what he had done. He smirked back knowing exactly why I was smiling.

As I was thinking about him, he came up to me and grabbed me. "Help me pack you a bag? We have a big day planned for you" he whispered in my ear, making my me shiver a little with his gruff voice, bed-tousled hair and warm hands running over my back with the thin cotton shirt acting as a weak barrier between our skin.