SURPRISE! In a good mood so decided to gift you all with an extra chapter this week. I hope you enjoy and I hope this clears up some questions regarding the amnesia. ;-)

/Jake POV/

Go to her! He growled again. NOW!

"Fuck." I jogged over to Bella, startling her when I caught up. "Sorry, I figured you heard me running up to you."

"It's ok. I'm just still a bit on edge since the battle."

"Yeah I can understand that. Um, I wanted to apologize for last night. This whole situation is just messed up and I took my frustration out on you, and I'm sorry."

"No, don't worry about it. This isn't your fault. You were just kind of tossed into this." Bella smirked, and to be honest she was quite beautiful. The way the light hit her hair and it had the slightest red tinge, how pink her cheeks were when I caught her looking at me, in the way she bit her bottom lip to keep from smiling when I smiled at her.

The wolf in me liked it too, especially when she bit her lip. He just wanted to pull on that lip with his own teeth, while thrusting into her.

I could feel my body respond to his thoughts and tried to keep it all in. My face must have betrayed the way I felt because when she looked at me again, she seemed to know what was going on in my mind. I knew from the way her tongue darted out to wet her lips and the smell of her arousal hit my senses.

"Fucking Christ." I said again, and my wolf growled at me because my words made her jump. "Sorry. I just…" I'm the one that growled this time and fought with my wolf to take her up against a tree right here in the open.

Bella met my gaze and the love radiating off of her was overwhelming. I put my head down and just walked beside her. Obviously my wolf wanted to be near her and as long as I wasn't being a dick, he would probably for the most part keep his muzzle shut. We walked in silence.

When we arrived at wherever Bella was taking us, which I recognized as Sam's house from the memories Leah showed me, she went over and started chatting to Leah.

I found Quil and Embry hanging out in the kitchen, recognizing them from the memories Leah showed me. I hated not really knowing these people.

"Hey Jake. So it's true? You kind of look like you have no idea who we are." Quil asked.

"Yeah. Sorry man. Hopefully my memories return soon. So uh, I have a question that maybe you guys could help me with?"

"Shoot." Embry said! Shoving a cookie in his mouth.

"How close are me and Bella? I mean I got the x-rated version from Leah through the pack mind thing but I mean, would it be easier on her if I stayed away while trying to remember? Or..." My wolf growled at me again and I had to fight not to say anything and make everyone think I was crazy. "Would it be easier if I just gave in to everything? Her, the imprint, ya know?"

"Well, from my limited experience with imprints," Quil started, "It's usually better for both parties involved if you just go with your instincts. The imprint draws you both to each other. Fighting that can get pretty ugly. But, my experience with Bella, which is more then my experience with imprinting is that she needs the Jake she knew, to truly be happy."

"Yeah, but Jake might never regain his memories. Bella would rather have him in some way than in no way. I say stick close by. She needs you, especially after going through what she did. She almost died just to save you and walking away to figure out your crap, in my opinion, that's a harsh way to say thank you."

"I'll keep all of that in mind while I think about what to do. Thanks."

/BPOV – Later/

Jake walked with me back to his house. Walking was starting to take it's toll on me as my body continued to heal. I also was exhausted. I hadn't slept well since before the fight, and never slept well when Jake wasn't around so I was going on two weeks of poor sleep.

"Could you, um… I was hoping you might be able to fix my truck, if you have time. I only ever let you do anything to it but I'll understand if you don't want to or are busy."

"No, I don't have a problem with that. I can work on it after some lunch. It will just be us though. My dad said he was going to talk to my teacher, explain everything so I don't end up held back a year after he gets back from fishing." Jake said, then gave me a weird look.

"What?"

"I was kind of hoping you might make some lunch. I kind of don't know the first thing about a kitchen and I feel like I'm starving."

I had to laugh at that, I wonder if Leah showed him that I pretty much cooked every meal he ate on the weekends. "Yeah, I can do that, with some help."

"Thank you." Jake brought his hand to the back of his neck and rubbed it in a way that showed he was embarrassed.

"It's not a problem. I just need to guide you. I can't really do much on my own." I gestured toward my arm.

"Oh, right. I completely forgot. And your ribs, right?"

"Yup." I reminded him, which hurt me more than I was expecting. MY Jake never would have forgotten. We walked the rest of the way in silence.

When we were done eating I got up to clean our plates, but Jake placed his hand on mine to stop me.

"I'll get the dishes." He said, and I thought I could see a hint of the old Jake, even if he didn't remember.

"Thank you." I leaned against the counter, watching him as he washed the dishes, mesmerized by the bubbles in the sink. I didn't realise I had completely zoned out until I felt his lips on mine. "Mmmm. Oh Jake!"

I couldn't help the way I responded to him instantly. It was like breathing and just came naturally, so when his hand started to trail up my side, under my shirt, I didn't think at first to stop him. But it wasn't my Jake.

He's not my Jake. Stop him.

"No. Stop."

"Come on, Baby. I thought you missed this." He asked as his lips found my neck.

It felt so good, and he was right, I did miss it. But I missed it with the Jake I knew, not this imposter. But… would it be so wrong? It isn't like it would be cheating. It was still Jake. And I overheard Embry, what if this is all that's left? Would I just be alone forever because this Jake doesn't remember our memories together? Didn't sound like the best idea.

"I…" I had no idea what I wanted in that moment. His warm hands groped my breasts as his lips found mine again. I moaned into his mouth. I could feel his erection pressing into my hip. "Please…"

"Please what, baby? Tell me what you need. I'll be gentle. No need to worry about your injuries."

His right hand left my breast and slipped inside my panties.

"You're so wet for me baby."

We spent the rest of the afternoon in Jake's bed, against my better judgement. I needed him.

When we were done, Jake quickly got out of bed and got dressed.

"What's the rush?" I asked, instantly regretting my decision to sleep with Jake when I was feeling so vulnerable.

"No rush, just made a promise to my other personality's girlfriend. I'm going to work on the truck."

"Oh! Thank you. I completely forgot I asked you to."

"Well, makes sense. I kinda kept you distracted for the past few hours." He winked then took off out the door. I got dressed, brushed my hair, and followed behind.

He worked on the truck while I sat back, watching as he laid down on a rolling thing, like a wide skateboard, and went under the lifted truck.

"Fuck!" Jake screamed, tossing a tool across the garage and startling me awake. I didn't even realise until then that I was falling asleep. He must have noticed because next thing he said was "Sorry."

"It's okay. How long have I been asleep?"

"About 3 hours. I didn't know if you wanted sleep but you looked like you needed it so I didn't want to disturb you. Our dads are back, and yours is grilling up some swordfish for dinner. Also Carlisle is here. Not sure why, I haven't gone out because the smell hurts my nose."

I walked to the house to see what was going on.

"Bella, just the person I was hoping to see. I tested one of those scratched on Jake's back that seemed to be healing a bit slower and just got the results back. I think I know why his wounds and his brain aren't healing as fast l as they should.

"Really? Is there a way to fix it?"

"Time, if anything. I'm sorry I don't have better news. The results showed that there was trace amounts of venom in his blood. Based on the type of wounds they were, I would like to take a guess that Victoria came prepared, having coated her nails with venom. When she clawed at Jacob, the venom entered his blood stream, which slowed his healing and likely weakened him almost immediately, giving her the upper hand.

"I would also like to assume that since the molecules of venom are so small, that it bypassed his blood brain barrier, causing his brain injuries to slow their healing. Another guess would be that his system just needs to fight it, which may take time, but I could be wrong, since I have never seen this before, and it could have permanently scarred his brain similar to how her nails permanently scarred his skin. Only time will tell which one we're left with."

"Well that's… I mean, I'm happy we have at least somewhat of an idea what might be going on. I just hope it's the former."

"We all do, Bella."

I felt Jake trail a finger down my back, surprising me since I had no idea he came inside.

"Fingers crossed." I said to him, he didn't seem as hopeful.

/One Week Later/

Once Jake was awake, it was easier to get my mind off things so I was back in school, and so did Jake. We spent very little time together and he rarely responded when I sent him a text.

I got a ride down with my dad on Saturday morning but Jake was nowhere to be found. I asked around but no one in the pack had any idea.

I walked past the small convenience store on my way back to Jake's when I saw him. He was around the side of the store, he was kissing a girl who I'd never seen before. He had her pressed up against the wall and his hands were on her ass, pressing her into him.

"Jake?" I felt like my world was falling apart. I knew that this Jake and I didn't share the same connection that I used to with my Jake, but it was still Jake, his body. I stood there, like a deer caught in headlights.

"Bella. What are you doing here?"

The other girl looked back and forth between Jake and I, then whispered to me, "I'm sorry…" and walked away.

"I was looking for you."

"Well, here I am." He said, completely unaware what he was doing to me.

"What the hell were you doing? You can't just cheat on me, Jake.

"Cheat? Oh, Bella. You aren't my girlfriend. You were just a good fuck and when you aren't around, and I'm in the mood, I have to take care of it somehow."

My heart felt like it was imploding. I took a step back, in shock by his words. Something didn't seem right, I knew he didn't have his memories but this seemed u like even THIS Jake to be doing.

"I-I'm your imprint."

"No, you were his." He walked away, leaving me there, feeling similar to how I felt when Edward left me on the woods. I couldn't let myself spiral like I did back then though so I did the only thing I could think to do. I called Leah.