Chapter 15
The action of sacrificing yourself can have either a positive or negative effect on your body, mind, and soul. In case it affected all three. Victoria had left a damaging hole in my back before she was killed by Leah and Paul. I've personally learned that accelerating healing can be negative.
The bones in my back and spine had healed incorrectly which resulted in the rebreaking of my bones by Sam. A very painful process that resulted in me making Jacob's bedroom my miniature hospital for almost two weeks. The bright side of me healing was him not leaving my side. Even though Bella broke his heart, he actually stayed to take care of me. The threat of Victoria was gone but her army was still out there doing no telling what.
I cough in my hand grabbing the glass of water off the coffee table. I been having a cough for the last three hours. It's like an itch in the back of my throat. I drink the water and turn the volume on the TV up. Jacob walks from around the corner and head for the fridge. "Hi!" I happily say. My little helper seems to be in a mood today.
"Hey." He say grabbing a juice bottle out of the fridge and closing it with his foot. "Sit next to me." I say patting to the cushion next to me. "No." He say looking out of the kitchen. I sit the glass down and get up. I walk over to him. "What you looking at?" I ask looking out myself.
"Just trees. How been feeling?" He asks. "I'm coughing. We're wolves." "We still cough, Mia. I cough the other day when lint flew into my mouth." He explains. "Oh! I thought we were immune." "Not to every single thing." He say sitting the juice bottle on the counter.
"Venom can kill us. That's the number one lesson that we were taught." I say leaning on the counter. "Something like that." He say looking in my face. I smile grabbing at his left hand and pulling him away from the window. In case someone walks up or run pass, they won't see us. He grips the back of my head and lean down.
He lightly kiss my cheek. What does that mean? I know what it means. He's still in love with Bella. "I can't." He say pulling back. "I mean it is okay. No rush." I say. Jacob is my good friend. I don't ever want to push him.
He grabs his juice bottle and walk pass me. I watch as he heads back down the hall. I blow my breath in my hand and sniff it. Not that. I guess he is conflicted. He feels that he perhaps is cheating on Bella. I shrug going back to the couch and sitting down. I watch TV for almost an hour when my brothers and Lincoln comes to pay me a visit.
"Cynthia was the first imprint of our pack to go missing." Marcus say. "Right. She was found?" I ask flipping the channels. "Yeah. Her body washed up to shore. She been missing for three months." He say. "Right. So that's two still missing. How are they doing? The wolves." "Not too good. Very rough when losing your imprint." Well, I wouldn't know nothing about that.
"He's not that sad nor ripped up about her." Shawn say. "Luis, right?" "Yeah. It was brushed over." "Cause of what she did and her friends." Marcus say. "Pre-vamps. Actions of being premature vampires. I wonder what she was doing to be in the water." "Damn did not jump off the cliff on her own."
"It could've been a coincidence and you would have to be waiting for hours to catch one of the wolves who were patrolling. What she have a vampire waiting on her in the water?" "Maybe. I wouldn't had trust it." Lincoln say. "If it was a good friend then she would have." His friend say.
"We have established that these vampires are super powered. Scent Vamp. His female friend. Basically inside attacks. You know Jacob brought up the Makah building dams. He said the smell of Oak Trees is in the air." I say waving my arms around. "A good thought. All around the ravine. Our tribe to." He say to Lincoln. "At least two."
Jacob walks out of his room. "Nobody looked inside?" "No." "Nor did us. I'mma go tell Sam." He say walking from the hall and heading out the back door. "We should go too." Marcus say getting up. They leave out of the house. I turn the TV back up. I hope they figure this out.
Night had arrived. Jacob left for six hours. He was literally gone for six hours. I started to cook dinner around seven knowing it would be a late night. It made me curious as to what they perhaps have found out about those wooden blockers in the ravine. I hope it was not bodies. The mystery remained on my mind till Jacob finally showed up.
We sat down. We ate. He said it was bodies inside. Female teenage girls. Two were of the missing imprints. It seems they were transitioning into vampires. That is what knocked me out the most. It became really serious in my mind.
"So what you do?" I ask drying the bowl. "Burned the bodies." He announces taking the faucet stopper out of the sink. The water flows down. "This is crazy. I'm glad though. You saved the tribe." I say smiling. "I didn't. Just have to check now." He say taking the towel from me. Right. Gotta check. He toss the towel on the counter and walk pass me.
I grab his hand stopping him. "Yeah, Mia." He say. We've been growing very close since he has been helping me. "I like that we have been bonding lately." I say stepping in front of him. "Not much bonding. Just hanging out." He say. "Well, I like what we are doing. We're friends." "Only that." He say walking pass me and heading down the hall.
Oh, wow. I pick my face up off the floor. I calm my anger down and head right to his room. He's taking his shirt off and tossing it on the stack of clothes. "I am dead serious." I say walking over to him. "You want something that I can't give, Mia." He say.
"Jacob, I know how you feel. I respect that. I respect our comfort level." I say grabbing his hands. "And, what level is that?" He ask. "A very good level. I think." I whisper standing on my tippy toes. He grabs my face and slowly kiss my lips. I'm pretty sure he's struggling especially due to his love for Bella. I know he is.
"It hurts. I can't." He say moving back. I nod. I don't know how to respond to that. He sits down on the bed and throw his head in his hands. I sit next to him. "I'm real sorry that you're in this situation, Jacob." I say rubbing on his back. "Nobody's fault but my own." He say. Well, love is love. "Well, I got your back." I say grabbing his hand.
"You're my pack member. You'll always have my back." He say taking his hand out of mine. "I know. Pack wise but I'm also a friend, Jacob. Come here." I say grabbing his hands and helping him up off his bed. I pull him into a hug. He hugs me back. I give him comfort and let him know that everything is going to be alright.
I know loving another person who is in love with a person is hard. I've never been through such a situation but I know firsthand that he is going through Hell. He grabs my face and look his brown eyes into mine. "I'm unsure." He say. "Me too. Just gotta take it one day at a time." He leans down and kiss my cheek.
The next morning, I found out Jacob left. I guess all of that talk about us perhaps having a relationship was simply all talk. I thought I was making heatwave but I guess he had something else on his mind. I guess he was just talking to get me out of the room. In the end, I could and would not wallow. I pour more dishwashing soap into the frying pan.
Those scrambled eggs seems to have made the pan ugly. I shake my head and go back to scrubbing. The front door opens up. I turn around to see Jacob. "I'm back." He angrily growls out stepping in and closing the door. "Alright. Well, I made breakfast if you are interested." I say watching him storm across the living room and down the hall. He slams his bedroom door a few seconds later. Oh, wow.
I quickly dry my hands and race towards his room. I open the door as he's taking off his shirt. "So how far did you get?" I ask amused. "To the Canadian border." He say. "Alright. I wish I knew how to run. Must be nice to have that ability. I know I'll be found quick." I say walking in. "You run fast." He say tossing his shirt on the floor.
I nod closing the door. I do run fast but I'm trying to run with a partner. He sits on his bed. "How bad was it?" "He yelled at me." I figured. "Talked about the pack, tribe, and the vampire army. Just needed to get away." He say looking down at his feet. I bet. I walk over to him and sit on his lap. He actually allows me. "It hurts. It's heavy. It is unbearable." I explain voice breaking.
I'm just trying to understand his emotions. "Too much." "Yeah." I say putting my arm behind his neck. "Just know that I got your back." I say wagging his finger. "I guess." He say in a low voice. He guess. I guess. We all guess. We look at each other at the same time. I grab his face lightly and kiss his lips. He kisses me back strongly.
Our kissing turns to an intense make-out session. He unbuttons my shirt and takes it off my back. I guess nudity is not a question for us. I wrap my arms around his neck and he lays me on the bed. His hands quickly unbutton my pants. I let his arms go and he takes his shorts off.
It don't take long for me to wrap both my arms and legs around his body. Once he insert his manhood inside of me, I swear I feel as though the world has glowed. I don't even pay attention to the bed squeaking. The heat off his body is pleasurable. I dig my nails into his back. He picks me up and lay us correctly on the bed. I guess the afternoon is going to be memorable.