(Disclaimer: Yes, I do not own Twilight, or any of its characters. Stephanie Meyer does. Yes, I own my OC's. Yes, there are also some quotes lifted directly from the books/movies, yes, I – again – take no credit for them. And yes, I Copy-and-Paste my disclaimers.)
The Imprint
(Tess POV)
The reddish-brown wolf, turned to me, collapsed and confused, on the ground. I squeezed my eyes shut, anticipating large teeth biting down on me.
But then I heard a yelp.
I peeked an eye open; the russet wolf was backing away from both me and Sam, looking around at it's legs and back, whimpering.
"Don't worry, Jacob." Sam said, and before my eyes his figure blurred and in an instant, he was a huge, black wolf.
If I had still been standing, I would have collapsed again.
Billy came rolling outside and over to the russet wolf, tossing it some shorts and another thing which I couldn't see. Then, he rolled over to me, blocking the huge wolves out of sight.
"Billy – did you – Jake – he -" I breathed.
"Tess, Jake is going to be fine, just wait."
After a minute, Sam came over, with some jean-shorts on, and helped me up.
From across the yard, I saw Jake. But, he had short hair now. And, something – a tattoo I think – was forming on his right shoulder.
It was starting to rain. To pour.
I didn't care.
As soon as I was up, I tore out of Sam's grip, sprinting towards Jacob.
I tackled him, both of us falling onto the ground, hugging eachother tight. So tight, that my now soaked-through tshirt was the only thing between his skin and mine.
He sat up, forcing my face from his shoulder. He wrapped a hand around my soaked head, staring into my eyes.
We stayed that way for a moment, several emotions passing over Jake's face.
"Oh, god." I heard Sam say, a sudden note of worry and fear tracing his voice. But I didn't realize why, because at that moment, Jacob collapsed back down, pulling me with him.
Only this time, we weren't hugging.
I was startled at first as Jacob pressed his lips to mine, but I almost immediately relaxed as his hot, wet lips seemingly melted to match mine. Oh, how I wished we could have done this earlier.
After what felt like mere seconds, but I knew was a minute or so, we broke away from eachother, Jake sitting up again.
I started to shiver in the cold, but Jacob pulled me close, his heat enveloping me.
"Oh, good, you're done." Sam remarked as he came back outside. He had two towels in his hands, and, passing them to us, asked us to come inside.
. . .
"Alright," Sam said as we sat down, fresh clothes on, "As you now know, Jacob, here, is a werewolf." We nodded. "Well, for one thing, Jacob, you're not the first, and definitely won't be the last, – we're still waiting on Quil – because many boys in the tribe have the gene, such as Paul, Jared, Embry, and I. That's why they became a part of my pack – or, as you called it, my gang. Us werewolves also have wolf-telepathy, it's how we communicate with eachother while phased.
"But what I really want to talk about is imprinting."
"What's 'imprinting?'" I blurted, even though I knew my question would be answered in a second.
"'Imprinting' is a thing that usually happens after someone has phased for the first time. You see the person, look them in the eyes, and it just... happens.
"It basically shows you you're soulmate. Pushes them towards you so you don't waste time with other people. It gives you and your mate a special bond that has many uses, such as the imprint can order their wolf to do things, even just simple commands, and if he can do them, he has to. Or feeling eachother's emotions, and even physical pain, even if your body has no injury.
"From my own personal experiences with my fiance, Emily, when you feel eachother's emotions, it's usually dulled, unless very intense, in which case it is exactly – or even more – painful as the original injury.
"Wait, so we're... soulmates?!" Jake asked, surprised.
"Yes, you and Ms. Swan here – "
"Tess – "
"Okay, Tess, are soulmates. You aren't the first – or even the second – to imprint. As I mentioned before, I imprinted on my fiance, Emily, Jared imprinted on his – now – girlfriend, Kim. And Paul should imprint any day now... If he can.
"The wolf has a very, strange experience at first. It's not like, 'love at first sight' or anything... It's more like... gravity moves... suddenly, it's not the earth holding you here anymore,"
"She does..." Jake and Sam said in unison.
"You become whatever she needs you to be, whether that's a protector, a lover, or a friend."
Sam ended his reverie and stood up.
"Well, I should really get going," He said, "Jake, the pack and I will give you a month to get some training and get adjusted to your life as a werewolf." He began walking to the door, "Oh, Tess, you may want to move back in with Charlie and Bella."
"What? Why?" I asked. Sam motioned for me to join him outside.
I stood up. Jake looked pleadingly at me, his eyes begging me not to go.
"I'll be back in like, two seconds, okay?" I kissed his forehead and followed Sam.
We walked outside and around to the back, at the edge of the forest.
"Sorry," Sam said, "I forgot to mention – Jake already knows – werewolves have superhuman hearing, as well as strength."
"Really? Cool!"
"Alright, so," Sam said awkwardly, "You know that kids your age get... 'physically intimate' right?" I nodded, closing my eyes as I anticipated a sex lecture.
"I'm not here to lecture you," He said, practically reading my thoughts, "I just would recommend you move back with your father because... with all this sudden change – phasing and imprinting within a few minutes – he's inevitably going to be more... aggressive about things like that."
"And?"
"And, if you stay here, he'll have a practically infinite supply.
"It'll also be harder to go patrolling after two weeks. Or to leave you at all, for that matter."
"So that's the real reason, huh?"
He chuckled, "You have a month." And then, he ran off into the woods.
. . .
I walked back inside. Right after I opened the door I was swept up by Jacob, who had been waiting, just inside the door.
His embrace was so tight you'd think he hadn't seen me in days.
"Jacob," I said as he put me down, though his arms were still wrapped around me, "I was only gone for like, five – "
He cut me off with a kiss. As we kissed it turned from tender and missing, to hungry and searching.
He slammed the door and pushed me up against the wall, his hands sliding under my shirt up to my ribcage.
As the now makeout session began to grow more intense, I stopped him by pushing against both my hands against his chest, forcing him to pull away.
"Jacob," I said, "I – "
"You... don't want to kiss me..." He said, turning away to sulk.
"No, Jake, that's not – I just don't want to get too... intense, I guess..." I said, turning him to face me.
His face softened. "Fine," He said, kissing me softly, "I promised I wouldn't pressure you."
"And Jake?"
"Yeah?" I motioned for him to sit down on the couch. I sat down next to him.
"I – promise you won't get mad?"
"I..." He paused and I realized I had just ordered him to do something, "I promise."
"Sorry... I–I didn't realize..." He put a hand on my cheek, "It's fine. You didn't remember. It's only been about an hour since I first phased, anyway."
"Okay... So," I exhaled loudly, "I think... I'm going to take Sam's advice, and move back in with Charlie."
"Why?" Jake asked, still calm.
"I don't know, but it's been a little more than a year now, and I'm going to turn 16 in about two months, plus I'm going to be a Junior next year – "
Jacob shushed me with another kiss.
"I mean, we can still – You can drive me to and from school if you want, and y-you can see me at night, during your free time between patrols – "
"Is that really what this is all about? Me going patrolling?"
"Well – kind of," I brought my knees up to my chest, "Sam said, since I'm your imprint, after a month and a half – give or take a few days – the wolf and their imprint get adjusted to eachother and it's really hard for them to part. It was easier for Sam and Jared, because Emily didn't accept him at first, and Kim and Jared live separately. What that means is, it would be almost impossible for us to part, and that's why he wants me to move back in with Charlie."
"Well... I guess it would be... okay for you to," He sighed, "Move back in... With your dad." He stood up.
"What will you be looking for, anyways?" I asked, standing up with him.
"Well, Sam said – while phased – that we'll be chasing... vampires."
"Wait, actual vampires? Like, 'sink your teeth into someone's neck' vampires?"
"Yeah. One keeps coming back apparently. And she's not alone. There's another one, with dreadlocks, that keeps going to the exact same place. Sam is planning to attack him once I start patrolling."
"Right away?"
He started caressing my cheek, "Not right away... A couple days in, the nearest sighting of him. Oh," He stopped caressing, "And you know the Cullens?"
I nodded, "Yeah... Bella's ex and his family?"
"Yeah, they're vampires." I gasped. "And apparently, Bella knew."
"Oh my god. She knew?!" I exclaimed, severely shocked.
"Yeah, and she's been lying to everybody."
He saw the look on my face and kissed me.
"I have to tell Charlie!" I exclaimed, pulling away.
"It's late, hon. We can call him or visit him tomorrow... We should get to bed." He kissed me again, this time on the forehead.
I went into my room to change. I told Jacob I was going to bed and cuddled into my bed, only to have Jacob snuggle up next to me.
I sighed, contentedly, and fell asleep.
Author's Note: This was one of the longer chapters, but I had to get a lot of information into it quickly, because some people on Whisper (you know who you are) were asking when I would upload this next chapter, so here it is! I hope you liked it, most of the typos are – for some reason – a bug from uploading this, soo... Yeah... Leave a review!