The next day when I got home from school, the phone was ringing as I walked through the door. I let it go to the machine, I still had to figure out what to wear for our date tonight.

"Pick up the phone. NOW!" The angry voice yelled through the machine.

"Oh good Lord, what?" I asked exasperatedly, after picking up the receiver.

"I want to know why I had to find out, from my brother of all people, that you had a date with Jacob Black!"

Aw crap.

"Leah, please calm down."

"No I won't calm down! The hell Swan?"

"Ok, he only asked me yesterday morning when he was leaving. He ended up coming over last night and-"

"Wow, skipped right over the date then?" She said smugly.

"Stop it! No, actually, he was talking to me about Embry."

"Oh yeah. So he told you?" Her tone softened with the change of subject.

"Yeah. He's pretty shaken up. He's convinced he'll be next. Says whatever it is, it's going from oldest to youngest, so that puts him as next on the chopping block. Said he had noticed it too awhile back. Tried talking to Billy about it, but it was just like you said, brushed it off like it was nothing."

"Oh man. What's he going to do?"

"I don't know. I'm extremely tempted to just take him away somewhere, hide him away for a couple years."

"Oh yeah, I'm sure that's exactly what you want to do." She joked.

"You're ridiculous. Anyway, I need to get ready, and you are wasting my time. Oh, and do me a favor? Hold off on telling Rachel? I haven't had a chance to tell her yet either."

"Oops."

"Leah…..."

After standing in front of my closet for way too long, and caring way too much about what I would wear, I decided to just go with something comfortable, but classy. It was just Jacob, but it was also a date. I wanted to put a little effort into it, but too much effort just wasn't me, and I knew he wouldn't like it either. I settled for my dark skinny jeans and boots, but opted for a nice grey sweater instead of a flannel or hoodie.

A few minutes after five I heard his bike pull up to the house. I grabbed my leather coat and went out front to meet him.

"The bike? Really? You want a wet date?" I asked walking up to him, before realizing what I just said sounded like. His eyes went wide and he grinned as I could feel the heat of my embarrassment light up my face. "No no no, you know what I meant." I quickly corrected.

He cracked up, laughing at me, and I didn't know if I should continue to be embarrassed, or laugh along with the stupidity of my slip up.

"Actually no, we're gonna take your car, if you don't mind." He held his hand out for the keys.

"Wait, you're driving?"

"Absolutely! Wasn't it you that said the man should take charge of the date? So I need to drive. Unless you'd rather get wet?" He cocked his eyebrows at me suggestively. I rolled my eyes and handed over the keys. I ran back in to get my purse and locked up, before climbing in the passenger seat, officially starting our 'date'.

Jacob had always been a good looking guy, but tonight he looked especially nice. Maybe it was because I was finally allowing myself to look at him in a whole new light, and actually allowing myself to truly think about him that way. It didn't help that once we got to Port Angeles, other girls were ogling him more than normal either. While it made me extremely jealous, and I even entertained the idea of hurting them with jedi mind-powers, I really couldn't blame them. His dark jeans with his slightly fitted long sleeve shirt showed off his perfect physique, and his long dark hair that hung loose down his back was just an added bonus. He kept it tied up usually, just to keep it out of his way, but let it down every now and then, and I always thought it made him look so sexy.

The night actually went great, I don't know why I was afraid it was going to be awkward, it was so easy. There was no 'getting to know you' portion of the date, we laughed, joked, and talked about things that we always talk about. Really, aside from the flirtatious touches and looks, nothing had changed. I started to see what everyone else had been seeing all along. This was always us, we just needed to acknowledge it.

After dinner, we did what we had been meaning to do for a couple years now. We broke down bought new phones. We were still using the old flip style. At first it was just because we hadn't got around to getting a new one, then it became a running joke about being hipsters and not giving in to the social pressures of having a smartphone, and then it became a contest as to who could hold out the longest. But in the end, it just came down to convenience. It would allow us to be able to message each other easier throughout the day at school. So because he was 'the man' and had to drive, I got to play with them the whole drive home. We got home about eleven but sat in the car and talked until about 12:30 when he finally decided to walk me to my door.

"Thank you." He said, taking my hand as we got to the door.

"For what?"

"For letting me take you out."

"I think I should be the one thanking you. And I hope this isn't a one time deal." I teased him. He wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me close.

"No way. I'm not going anywhere unless you tell me to."

"Then I guess we're just stuck with each other." I smiled up at him.

"Absolutely." He whispered, closing the distance.

I closed my eyes as I felt his lips brush against mine. They were so warm and sweet, and as I pushed into the kiss, he slowly opened his mouth, testing the water, and I gladly gave in. His taste was amazing. It was like the smell of his skin, but stronger.

It was delicious.

His one hand lightly grazed my hip while the other one wound in my hair at my neck as he tried to get closer, and I was doing the same. Any hesitation I had felt before about being with Jake had completely melted away, and now I just wanted him, more of him than I could get to.

I was trying to hold myself back, I didn't want to come off as desperate, but my body just felt such a strong reaction to him, it was like as soon as our lips had touched, my body turned into a magnet for him.

I just wanted him closer to me, every part of his body touching every part of mine. I wanted to be completely wrapped up in him, and never be set free. He was pulling at me the same way, like he couldn't get enough, like if he could just get a little more closer, press our bodies together just a little more, I would inhabit him as he would me.

Unfortunately lungs outweigh the flesh, and we broke apart to breathe.

"I want you to come in, but for some reason, I feel like that would be….." I said as I slowed my breathing.

"I know, I feel the same way. But it isn't fair. I got to hold you last night, I should be able to hold you tonight." He said, leaning his forehead against mine.

"It's not like this is our first date, really. I mean it is, but it isn't like we don't know each other or anything." I said, trying to come up with any excuse I could to get him to stay.

"Right. And just because I come in, it doesn't mean we can't take it slow. I mean, it's normal for me to stay over."

"And it's already so late, it's cold and rainy, and probably foggy. Way too dangerous for you to be driving your bike home."

"That's true. And there's one other thing."

"What?" I looked up and shivered as his eyes darkened.

"Wild horses couldn't drag me away from you."

And his lips were back on mine, he had me pressed up against the door. My hands were wrapped in his hair, pulling him toward me. His hands glided down and lifted me up, and I wrapped my legs around him. Quite a bold move, but this was Jacob, and I didn't care anymore. He started moving against me, and was the most amazing feeling, the feeling my body had been craving for so long and I didn't even know it. Feeling him hard against my center, rubbing against me, and just imagining him inside of me. I released his lips and moaned out his name, which spurred him on. The feeling he was creating was like nothing I had felt before.

It was new, but completely right.

All coherent thought left me, and all I could think was that I wanted more. More of him against me, more of him touching me. He started moaning my name, and it just turned me on even more.

Something was coming, I could feel it building up inside of me, and I didn't know what it was, but it was so good. The more he rubbed against me, the stronger it felt, and I just wanted more of him. Our breathing picked up, I moved faster against him, pulling his hair tighter, and he pushed against me harder and faster. I remember chanting, don't stop, please don't stop, and vaguely remember him saying the same thing, and then something inside of me exploded, causing electricity to shoot through my body as I screamed his name into the night. He pushed against me a few more times and buried his face between my neck and my shoulder as he called out my name. We slowed our movements until we were both still, and just stood there in the silence coming back to ourselves.

I had never been more thankful for living in the middle of nowhere with no neighbors in sight.

"I really didn't mean for all that to happen that way." He said softly as our breaths slowed. "But I'm also not sorry." We both laughed, resting our foreheads together.

"Well I guess the issue of you staying is over."

"Alright. I'll see you in the morning." He said backing away. I laughed and pulled him back to me for another kiss. I turned to unlock the door and stepped inside with him still nuzzling into my hair.