Jake Pov

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"Hey, Jake, would you mind putting some sunscreen on my back."

I took off my sunglasses and looked at Luna, who was sitting up. Stuttering out, "Sure."

I tried really hard to look in her eyes and only her eyes. She was wearing a short pair of shorts and a dark blue bikini top.

The cut-off jean shorts favored her shapely legs and bottom. The bikini top she was wearing was simple, but on her, like anything else she wore, looked stunning. Luna was not thin like her sister in any means. A full hourglass figure, warm brown skin, luscious long curls, full plump pink lips, full bust, thick thighs, a flat toned stomach...

She had been blessed. Every other girl I knew would be wearing little to no clothing at all if they had Luna's body and shape. Luna wasn't like that though, she hid in long baggy clothes. Occasionally there would be some holes in her jeans or a tight shirt, but nothing this showing before. It wasn't a bad thing either.

We had just got done swimming, so her hair was still wet. It was in its usual tight braid, but it looked different in the sun. It was still dark brown but, parts of it were highlighted, with reds and lighter shades of brown.

Luna sighed, looking over at me.

"Jake, we talked about this."

I nodded, understanding what she meant.

Luna said that she didn't like me the way that I liked her. She said we could be friends, she only had a few exceptions, and one of them was not staring too long.

I grabbed the bottle of sunscreen and put some in my hands. I moved Luna's long braid to the side and started applying the sunscreen to her back. Unlike the usual, white this sunscreen had a clear coat so you couldn't see it. It smelled like coconut, so that was a plus. I tried to think of something else as I rubbed the sunscreen into her soft skin. I did her crescent moon birthmark last, tracing the moon shape before shakily getting up.

"I'm done."

"Thanks, Jake, before you, go let me do yours," I started to object, but Luna gave me the puppy face, and I sat down without another word. In my head, I was screaming in excitement. The girl I liked was about to put her hands on me. I didn't want her to see that I was too happy about it because she might not do it. I wanted to make things as comfortable as possible between us if we even had a chance.

It was strange having her hands all over my back, but I didn't mind. They were soft, and she didn't linger as I did.

After she was done, she sat down on her towel and started applying the sunscreen to her arms, legs, and torso.

I tried to look away, but it was hard.

Luna tossed me the sunscreen bottle, and I started to apply some myself.

She laid out on the towel on her stomach, reading some old book. I asked her what it was, and she had replied with,she didn't know, and Elijah had gifted it to her.

After I was done with the sunscreen, I put on my sunglasses and my straw hat planning to take a nap.

It wasn't long before I knew it would be impossible. I heard lots of footsteps followed by loud laughing.

I took my sunglasses off and looked into the woods confusingly. No one knew we were here.

Seven men came out of the clearing, and their eyes moved from me to Luna. One of the men cat-called, and I clenched my fists.

I hated these guys, even the one human who hung out with them, who was supposedly stealing information from the witches. Even though Jackson said, to show them thanks and treat them with respect, but I was only going to stand for so much.

Luna came up popping, her back in the seal pose. She looked around startled and sat up.

The guys continued staring. "What the hell are you doing? I thought I told everyone that I didn't want to be bothered."

I got up and stood in front of her. Luna sat up, no longer in a good mood.

"Hey, listen, we just wanted to know if you would go swimming with us." said the middle one.

Luna shook her head and started to walk off. She grabbed her black tank top and put it on over her now dry bikini top.

I walked over to her, and the guys followed.

"Hey, listen, we asked nicely, but you don't really have a choice," I growled and stood in front of her. Luna put her hands on my shoulder and looked at the group of men.

"I hope all of you know that I am friends with the Mikealson's and Marcel and his vampires."

The men said nothing and looked unaffected by her words.

One of the guys stepped forward and grabbed her arm. Luna punched him in the throat, and he went down. Another one grabbed her from behind lifting, her off the ground in some kind of bear hug. I grabbed a rock and hit him over the head.

Luna winced and grabbed her torso. "Are you okay?" I asked, concerned.

"I think he just broke a couple of ribs."

I turned around and felt something hit me over the head. I blinked and fell to the ground. Everything was so blurry.

I vaguely recalled Luna saying my name and hovering over me, and then everything went dark.

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Luna Pov

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"Why in the hell did you do that? Leave now, before I call Jackson and your alpha."

They stood motionless, still staring, I bent down and checked for Jake's pulse, he still had one, thankfully. I checked his head, he was going to have a nasty knot on it, but that was about it.

I reached into my bag and grabbed my phone, I was going to call Klaus, but decided against it. He was probably still with that snake, Genevieve.

I called Damon instead, "Hey, Damon, can you come down to the bayou?"

Damon laughed, "Yeah, sure, I was on my way down anyway. I've got some bad news princess-" Before Damon could finish, my phone was ripped, out of my hands.

I looked up and somehow caught the hand that was coming towards my face. I twisted until I heard a snap, and I kicked the guy in the chest, and he went down into the water, clutching his hand.

One of them tried to pick Jake up, and I shoved him forward towards the water. Luckily he tripped on some rocks, and he went down tumbling.

I heard a gasp and looked up. Jake was now standing, "Jake, you need to go get help." He drunkenly shook his head.

"I can-can't, I'm-no not leaving you," he spluttered out.

"Yes, you are, and you will." Jake took one last look back at me and took off running in the other direction.

I turned around stupidly and saw the group of seven men. I tried to run, but one of them tackled me to the ground. I couldn't breathe, and my head was fuzzy. I tried to remember what Elijah had told me and what Damon talked about if I had ever been in this kind of situation.

He picked me up and flipped me over his shoulder, and I kicked and hit him in his chest, but he didn't budge. I glanced up to see the others coming, and then I realized that I had no other options. I leaned towards his neck and bit him.

He immediately dropped me, and I crawled away, spitting out his blood.

The man was clutching his neck and crying out in pain. I could see the blood and my deep teeth marks in his flesh, but he had also broken out in boils. I had seen what my bite did to a person a few times before. Every one of them died Sabine, and Agnes couldn't come up with a cure for my bite. They learned not to get anywhere near my mouth. A rash was starting to appear below his neck and on his face. I had never seen it take effect so fast before.

I felt a breeze of air and turned around. It was Damon. I ran and hugged Damon, I had missed him so much. He was my father figure after all.

"Luna are you okay? Jake said there were some guys down here trying to get to you." I nodded, "Yeah, I am fine. Is Jake okay?"

Damon nodded and then looked over at the man I had bitten who was withering in pain, clutching his neck.

"Oh, and Jackson said he would be down here in a minute. Klaus is also coming." I turned around surprised.

"Damon, Klaus is going to freak out!" Damon looked at me sympathetically, shrugging his shoulders.

"Yeah, I know. He was coming downstairs, and I guess he overheard me on the phone with you, and he took off and left Genevieve at the compound."

I tried to breathe slowly, my ribs were killing me. Damon seemed to notice my discomfort and asked me what was wrong. I shook my head and told him it was nothing. He was about to reply when I heard two sets of footsteps.

I looked and saw Klaus, I walked to him and hugged him. It had been too long. His smell was as pleasing as ever, just like I remember. Now back in his arms, I was safe, warm, and protected again.

It felt good to think that again.

He hugged back more tightly than I was used to. I winced, and he pulled away looking me up and down.

"Luna, love, are you okay?"

I was about to lie again, but Jackson stepped forward, his hands on his hips. I sighed, it was pointless, "One of them," I said, pointing to the men. "Picked me up and put me in this bear hug thing, and Jake hit him over the head with a rock, and I was out of his arms, but the damage, was already done."

Klaus bit his hand and offered me his blood. Afterward, I said thank you. Now that his blood was running through my veins I felt better already. Klaus asked me how I've been. I wrapped my arms around his torso and replied with,okay but better now.

And that was the whole truth.

Jackson turned his attention to the man on the ground. "Luna, do you know what happened to him?" I nodded, the events replaying in my head.

"He had me over his shoulder, and he was going to throw me to the others, but I bit him before he got the chance."

Klaus raised his eyebrows, a surprised expression on his face. "You bit him?" I nodded, and Damon whistled.

"I am never going to get on your bad side." The man then started screaming, and I saw Jackson's face fall.

"What is it?" Asked a worried Klaus. Jackson sighed and bent over to look at the man. Who had stopped screaming and had stopped breathing all together? He was dead. Just like I knew he would be.

"This man was our spy for the witches, he was human."

When Jackson said that, I felt my heart drop.

I just killed a human, I put my head in my hands, realizing what I had done.

"I'm a killer."

Someone put me into their chest.

"No, you are not a killer you, were defending yourself, you had every right."

I looked up to see Jackson, who had a somber expression on his face.

I stepped away and watched Jackson and Damon carry the body away. The other men followed them sending, death glares in my direction. I think they would've said something if it weren't for Klaus standing beside me.

He pulled me into a hug. "Everything is going to be alright, love, I promise. Don't worry about the curse, I will be there with you."

I nodded and looked up a the moon. It wasn't full, it was in a crescent shape.

Klaus kissed the top of my head, briefly pulling me out of my thoughts.

I hoped that everything would be alright, just like Klaus had said. But my gut was telling me otherwise.