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The day after Leah and Seth phased for the first time was an extremely nice day for the Pacific North West so with the Cullen's patrolling the treaty line like they normally did, the pack decided to take a day off, for the most part. They'd still keep me and everyone else safe but enjoy themselves as well. We decided to go cliff diving. I was a bit scared at first but Jake said they did it all the time, even before they became indestructible.

"You don't have to jump, Bella." Leah said, tying a bag to a tree near the beach for when we all came down.

"I want to… it will be exciting." I replied, but I'm sure my voice didn't sound too confident in that moment. I WAS excited, but I was also scared. I had never done anything like that but what made me decide to go anyways was knowing that most of the things I've done in the past year were a hundred times more dangerous and likely to get me killed, yet here I was. I wasn't going to let some cliff be the end of me after everything I've survived so far.

I climbed with my new favorite people to the highest point on the cliff wearing just my swim suit. I could feel someone's eyes on me but was too embarrassed to look around. I was wearing a one piece that looked like a two piece. The bottoms came just below my belly button and came across the middle of each cheek in the back. There was fabric at the hips that went up, over my breasts and crisscrossed at my collarbone to go around my neck leaving my back bare. I wasn't a huge fan of the swim suit that my mom purchased for me but it was my only one piece and no way was I jumping from this height with a two piece on just to have the top ripped off of my body with the force of the water.

I felt like my suspicion of being watched was true when I heard a growl come from Jake. I didn't quite understand why, but it gave me weird flutters hearing him growl like that. Between always having someone else around and Jake being gone to train Leah and Seth or patrol, we hadn't spent any time together, just us, since that night before the bake sale. The distance caused this ache inside me that I didn't quite understand and made coherent thoughts difficult.

When we got to the top of the cliff I was amazed at the view. You could see all of La Push and a good distance out into the ocean. It was absolutely mesmerizing.

"Well I don't know about you guys, but that climb made me sweaty and I know one good way to fix that problem." Kim said before running and diving off the cliff followed quickly by Jared.

"Shit. Not even going to enjoy the view a little?" Jake yelled down after them, knowing they couldn't hear once they hit the water. Sam shook his head and jumped in next followed by Embry. Emily stayed home since she knew Leah would be here and I think a part of Leah was happy to be the cause of her cousin feeling uncomfortable.

Paul and Jared jumped in next, each set of people giving time for the previous to move out of the way just in case. It was just me, Jake, Leah left.

"Leah, would you? I need a minute to convince myself." I gave a half-hearted smile and hoped she'd listen.

"Sure. I know you'll love it if you do though." Leah replied, then jumped over the edge of the cliff.

"You'll be okay Bella. You know I wouldn't let anything happen to you."

"I know. I just…" I couldn't help my nerves and started chewing on my bottom lip.

"We can walk back down." Jake offered though I knew he'd be disappointed if he didn't get to jump.

"It's not that. I um…" I took a deep breath, hoping my brain would catch up with my body that was inching closer to Jake. "You've been so busy and I missed you and I was kind of hoping that maybe you missed me too? Which now that I've said it out loud sounds really stupid considering how much time we've spent together lately it's just that all of that time was," I cleared my throat, shocked I was actually saying this. "um, crowded?"

"Wait, you convinced them to jump so you could have time alone with me?" Jake's smile grew as he picked me up into his arms and spun me around making me laugh. "I love you, Bells." He sat down on a rock, setting me on his lap before placing one of his large russet hands on my bare back. "God Bells, this swim suit is going to be the death of me. You look amazing."

I could feel the heat rising to my cheeks so I did the only thing I knew to do that would hide it, I pressed my lips to Jake's. Not like I didn't plan to do that anyways. His warm hand caressed my back and the heat alone was able to release tension I had no idea was hiding. I pulled myself closer to him, wrapping my legs around his waist as our kiss grew deeper. This time I was the one to intensify it, craving the kind of kiss from the other night.

My lips parted and my tongue touched his lips which he opened . I glided my tongue over his and this time it was Jake that moaned. Hearing that noise from him wasn't helping the strange way I was feeling, though to be fair neither was the kiss. It was then that I noticed what had grown between Jake's legs, noticeable through his thin swim shorts. I pulled away. While I was enjoying everything, that was one step I was not prepared to take.

"I think, um… we need a cold, ocean, shower. Plus they're probably going to come looking if we don't show up soon." I removed myself from Jake's reluctant arms and hopped onto the ground, facing the cliff. "Now or never." I said to myself then ran full speed toward the cliff. Just as my feet left the ground I felt Jake's hand in mine and we were free falling. It was exhilarating. I was so overwhelmed by the feeling I almost forgot to hold my breath. I stayed under for a moment, just watching the waves swirl around me before Jake pulled us up. As we surfaced I heard cheering from the shoreline, everyone seemed happy I didn't chicken out. These were my people now. They were family and I loved them. We swam to shore. Next to Jake and with the Sun in the sky it didn't take long to dry off.

JPOV

Today was a rare day off from patrolling and it was beautiful outside. The Sun was high in the sky and we decided to go to cliff diving. We got to the bottom of the trail and we needed to leave anything that wasn't going in the water with us down here for when we swim to shore. The guys in the pack all wore what we'd be jumping down in so it was really just Bella, Leah and Kim that had to leave stuff behind. We all left cell phones or other items we didn't want lost back at my house which was the closest except for Bella's phone which she kept on her in case we needed to hear something from the bloodsuckers.

There I was the entire walk to the trail picturing Bella, shy as always, in a simple one piece suit that looks like shorts on bottom and covered everything on top and this girl slips off her knee length shorts and I can see half of her ass!

My jaw hit the ground, and fairly certain Paul and Embry's did as well. A low growl escaped my lips in response, quiet enough that only the pack could hear. I saw Leah in the corner of my eye glance over and hold back a laugh at my reaction to Bella's new fan club. They knew they couldn't touch because of the imprint but they damn well needed to learn not to look either.

Then she just blew us all away. When this girl took off her baggy t-shirt, my shorts definitely became tighter. The top to her swim suit was the kind you'd see on the cover of a magazine, front and center at the check out of a grocery store on some well known model titled 2005's Top 10 Sexiest Swimsuits and of course it would be number one.

The walk up to the cliff was unbearable. She was slightly ahead of me and between her bare back and half of her ass in my face I was barely keeping it together. That was until I saw Paul looking over and licking his lips like some kind of… of…. DOG! The humor was not lost on me but I was too angry to care. I growled, louder this time and he just smirked but with a quick glance back from Sam, he looked away.

The second I growled though, I was hit with a smell that made my body hum with need. Bella was aroused. I was glad for the direction of the wind and that we were off to the side, I should be the only one able to smell her from here. It did make walking up a cliff difficult though since my shorts were on the tight side in that moment.

Normally when we got to the top of the cliff, we would enjoy the view, and the breeze for a few minutes but Kim had other plans. She just hauled ass off the cliff like she was running from a forest fire. It was highly entertaining and of course Jared wasn't far behind. I needed this distraction from my growing need.

"Shit. Not even going to enjoy the view a little?" I yelled after them.

"Leah, would you? I need a minute to convince myself." I heard Bella say behind me after Sam and Paul jumped.

"Sure. I know you'll love it if you do though." Leah said back, then jumped off the cliff, diving into the waters below.

"You'll be okay Bella. You know I wouldn't let anything happen to you." I had to reassure her, I wanted her to experience this with me but I also knew that if she wanted, I would take the slow way down. No way was I going to leave her alone to walk by herself.

"I know. I just…" She looked nervous and started chewing on her lip which of course just made me want to kiss her more.

"We can walk back down." I didn't want to but more than anything I just wanted her comfortable.

"It's not that. I um…" Bella took a deep breath, slowly walking closer to me. "You've been so busy and I missed you and I was kind of hoping that maybe you missed me too? Which now that I've said it out loud sounds really stupid considering how much time we've spent together lately it's just that all of that time was," She cleared her throat. "um, crowded?"

"Wait, you convinced them to jump so you could have time alone with me?" This girl in my arms was amazing. I picked her up, and spun her around. The delicious smell of her hair pressed to my nose. "I love you, Bells." I moved back to a rock that was flat on top like a chair that we would sometimes used to lounge on and pulled Bella onto my lap to sit. I couldn't keep my hands off of her though so one hand went to her back again. "God Bells, this swim suit is going to be the death of me. You look amazing."

She kissed me. SHE kissed ME. This was a first. I was the one always making the moves with us so this was a pleasant surprise. I had to restrain myself from pulling her tightly to me, curious where she would take things without me stepping in, so I just rubbed her back in small circles, trying to breathe through my need, like that was actually going to help. It didn't.

The little minx was really testing my restraint as she turned to straddle my lap, pressing herself against me before opening her mouth and sliding her tongue against my lips. I let out a moan and was hit with that intoxicating smell again. I was doing things to Bella that I never knew I could. The sounds I made alone was driving her crazy. My need for her strained against the fabric of my shorts and I was surprised considering my own body temperature that I could feel a heat coming from between her legs as it pressed up against her.

Bella leaned back to look at me, "I think, um… we need a cold, ocean, shower. Plus they're probably going to come looking if we don't show up soon." She moved out from between my arms and jumped to the ground. "Now or never." She said quietly before running toward the cliff.

There was no way after all of this that she was jumping alone and just in the nick of time I got a hold on her hand and down we went to the water below. The mist hit us first but only for a split second. The cold water felt amazing to my hot skin but nothing could compare to seeing the look on Bells' face as she experienced it for the first time. I started worrying about how long we were down there, not for myself but for Bella and pulled her while I swam up to breathe. The pack was roaring from the beach, proud of my girl and her need to always surprise us. Embry and Paul had a bet. Paul said she wouldn't jump but Embry knew she would.

While some things in my life weren't what I would wish for, a good portion of how my life has turned out so far makes me feel like the luckiest man alive. Bella looked over at me, the waves making her sway up and down, and the pure happiness on her face as she looked at me. ME! Well it made me feel invincible. This is where I belonged. I let go of her hand and we swam to shore.

"Bella. I am impressed." Paul came a little closer than I was comfortable with and smiled. "I really didn't think you'd do it." His eyes raked over her body and I felt like I could kill him in that moment. "But here you are, all… salty." He reached a hand out to touch her arm, dragged down and wrapped around her wrist.

I knew he meant nothing by it and was just trying to get a rise out of me but the wolf in me screamed. "Mine, mine, MINE!" Of course I'd never say it out loud. Bella belonged to nobody but herself. My body started to shake as he pulled her close to him, taking a step forward to help close the distance and I saw Leah look over at me with worry in her eyes, knowing I was about to phase.

Then Bella surprised us all. She pushed him away and punched him in the face. The shaking stopped as I stood there amazed that she stood up for herself and also fearful. Not only could I hear her bones cracking when she hit him, but Paul had a huge temper. It wasn't my phasing Leah should have been worried about. Leah pulled Bella away from Paul as I leapt forward onto four paws as Paul growled and shook with anger, exploding into a pile of fur, claws and razor sharp teeth.

I glanced at Leah to make sure she was getting Bella away from here, and she was but the distraction gave Paul an opening. He lunged for my neck, wrapping his jaws around it. I rolled my body away from him which forced him to let go and started circling him, watching for any sign he was going to attack again.

"Shit, Bella." I heard Kim say in the distance, she must have went with Leah and Bella without me knowing. "I think it's broken." Paul heard as well and knew I'd be distracted.

My eyes never left him but my body felt like running to Bella. In that moment Paul lunged for me again, this time sinking his teeth into my side. I yelped in pain.

"ENOUGH!" Sam's Alpha voice ordered and Paul backed down, nose to the ground like he'd been scolded. "Run the treaty line Paul. Don't come back until you've cooled off. Embry, join him."

"Aww man!" Embry muttered before phasing and taking off towards the trees behind Paul.

"Can you phase back? I need to see the damage." Sam asked, I could see the concern on his face as a whimpered when breathing in.

I tried to calm myself but every time I hurt it made it difficult. I breathed out and held it for a moment, relaxing myself. I phased back to human and when I breathed in the pain was worse, and I screamed. Must be something about the wolf anatomy that lines up poorly for this injury when human.

"Come on, up you go." Sam and Jared helped me up and supported as we walked back to my house. When we got there no one was around. I laid down on my bed and Jared called Kim to find out where they went, since their things were still here.

"They took Bella to the clinic. Sue's making sure Bella's hand is okay." Jared said to Sam after coming in from outside. "I can't believe she hit him."