The sun had woken me up. I didn't fail to realize that La push decided to give us a sunny day after I had had a glorious night and early morning. I felt Luke's arms around my naked body and smiled. He still loved to cuddle after having me be away for what felt like years. I turned over so I faced him and discovered he was still sound asleep. I leaned over and kissed his cheek before getting out of bed and rushing to the bathroom. My naked ass tiptoed to the bathroom until I remembered that Luke and I had the place to ourselves for another two days. I went into the shower and got dressed quietly then decided to make pancakes for the both of us.

Just as I was about to flip the last to pancakes I heard Luke's footsteps. I turned around in time to catch him rubbing his eyes. My gosh. I loved him. Everything with him felt normal. And I was happy to have a sense of normal while living in a supernatural world. I placed 5 pancakes on a big plate and gave him a cup filled with milk along with syrup.

"Thanks baby." As usual, without hesitation he dug right in. I rolled my eyes. He wasn't as gross to watch eat as my new friends were but it still wasn't very appealing.

"You're welcome." I smiled then turned around to take my pancake off the stove. Since I hated hot pancakes I decided to do the dishes until they got cold. As I cleaned off the stove and was just about to dig into my breakfast Luke finished.

"I will never understand how you can eat pancakes freezing cold." He said as he brought his plate to the sink and began washing them. I loved that he did that, he always did that.

"Not everyone can be perfect." I shrugged before putting too much syrup on my pancakes. Perfect.

"Ha. Ha." He said sarcastically while coming to join me.

While I was eating he updated me on what was going on back home. He told me about helping Kailey with her breakup which I appreciated. Since I couldn't be completely there for her, him taking my place soothed me. He updated me on the drama going on at school; nothing surprising. Boys fighting over bruised egos, girls sexing to gain self-esteem and my friends/ pack mates tired of it and tired of killing vampires.

"This one vampire, was able to silence our thoughts. It was one of the scariest things ever. Hector killed him and ever since then he hasn't stopped bringing it up." Luke rolled his eyes and I snorted.

"Will he ever get over himself?" I rhetorically asked. Hector was a sweetheart but a bit too self-involved.

"No." We said at the same time then laughed. I loved this. I couldn't believe how worried I was. Luke stopped laughing and looked at me seriously.

"I can't tell you how good this feels." He said reaching over and putting his hand on my thigh.

"Show me." I smirked evilly than walked down the hall while taking off my t-shirt and bra.

(JACOB POV)

Embry and Quil were helping me fix my dad's new Chevy truck in our garage. Just because it was new to him doesn't mean it was new to the world. This car was double my age and the engine had been grinded to shit. We had the radio on, a station that played 80's rock, our shirts off and our grease stained shorts on waiting for pizza while our hands brought things back to life. There were times I wished we were still 13, tinkering with our parents' cars and quickly trying to fix them before they noticed we wrecked them. But most importantly not interested in girls. Or not interested in girls that had vampire boyfriends.

"Jake, hand me the Hex Socket." Embry said, his mind knowingly on Bree but his hands working their knowledge. I tossed it to him.

"No, there's no monsters under your bed. I checked last night. Ok. Night Claire Bear. I'll see you tomorrow at Auntie Emily's. Nighty- night." Quil said then hung up the phone. Embry and I looked at each other than busted out laughing.

"Man, that will never get tiring." I said, trying to contain my laughter.

"Nighty night Claire Bwear." Embry mimicked Quil which had us laughing again.

"Like you're any better, Embry." Quil grumbled then sat at the stool beside me.

"We were having a competition!" Embry's cheeks got a red tint under his russet skin.

"Sure, Bwee, I pwomise I'll cwall you tonight." Quil mimicked Embry – badly- and laughed in between each word. Embry pushed while getting back to work on the truck.

"Give it a rest." My voice rang with alpha finality.

I went back to looking in the tool box for nuts and cranks. They were both so stupidly in love it was annoying. Even though a massive part of me was happy my best friends had found their imprints, I felt left out. No one, could understand why I was "wasting time with Bella." They didn't understand that to me, Bella's life, had become my mission. It gave this wolf thing purpose for me. Jocelyn had made sure she destroyed that passion. Which made my Bella mission that much more addictive? Before I was determined. Now? I was obsessed.

After a couple of hours of lazing around my room, I decided it was time to take Luke out. I needed to show him around, and hopefully show him a place that would help him get over his prejudice. This evening, Emily was hosting a BBQ and for Luke and I wanted him to be nice. I know how Ian; the head of our pack worked. Luke was here to report back. Ian had given me the same job, but my reports weren't filled with much juice. Very early it became more about reporting information about my friends and I would never be that time of person. It would be exactly the same if they had asked me the same thing about my tribe. I was on neutral grounds.

Being neutral with your pack nemeses was never a good thing.

"Isn't it gorgeous?" I said, as I pulled Luke through the rain forest that led to the beach. Our lands didn't have a pretty forest, it had lots of dead plants trying to revive with the little bit of rain we got over there.

"Just marvelous." His tone was dripping with sarcasm. I rolled my eyes and sighed.

Things were going to be harder than I thought. We had an hour until the beach party and I had to put Luke in a good mood.

"Babe, could you try and not sound so bored. This is my new home."

We had reached the end of the forest and looked out into the ocean. The waves were dancing where it met the sand, the waves were crashing against rocks like grass, and for once, the sun was beaming through the clouds.

"You do realize they're our enemy, right?"

"No, Vampires are our enemy. The Quileute's are another tribe fighting the same demons we are." I tried to keep my tone light. If we argued, it would ruin the mood of the party. Our arguments lasted a good few days usually; until we chose to distance ourselves and only talk until we no longer cared. I didn't have a few days. I had an hour until he met some of those tribe members and I had another day until he was leaving.

"Jocelyn. You know what they did to us. To our direct ancestors. Maybe you can trace back our family lines and we'll be related but within the last 9 years they are our enemy too. Well for me, anyway." He said looking me dead in the eye and then started to walk off ahead of me.

Woah. Where did that come from?

I walked faster to catch up with him. We simultaneously sat on a rock several inches from the waterline. For a minute I didn't speak. I had to try not to have my temper explode. I couldn't afford to lose it on him. I didn't think he could hold me off by himself if I did.

"What do you mean?" I asked carefully. I stared off into the water. Why was it every time something unshakably important happened I always ended up at the beach?

"You don't turn into a serpent like the rest of us. You phase into the body of a wolf, but have scales and fangs like a serpent. You can't possibly understand. Your father still liked them. "He slightly turned away from me. I had no idea how to react. I recoiled as if he slapped me.

"You said you didn't care about that. That my father's choices were his own and that you knew I was loyal to you guys." The only thing I could manage to do was whisper. I'm actually surprised I could speak at all.

The wind had come and it was strong. It whipped around my hair and caused me to lose my breath. or maybe I was breathless because my fiancé thought I would betray our tribe like everyone else. All these years I fought so hard to prove my allegiance, my loyalty. I did extra patrols, I even eavesdropped on my father and delivered details about our enemy tribe when I was younger.

After a few minutes, Luke had put his arms around me, but it did very little to comfort the chill that struck my heart. Was Jacob, right? Would my relationship fail? How could I be with someone who thought I didn't have the same duty as them. But, how could I not be with Luke?

"Joc, I'm sorry. Ian, has me going insane with this trip to visit you. I let what he said get inside my head. I know you're on our side, babe. I'm sorry."

He leaned down and kissed me. I accepted his apology with dread. Not because I didn't forgive him. But because I feared Ian may be right.

We walked along the beach and played in the water in our shirts and tank tops. For years, Luke and I would play in the water. We loved the ocean and somehow it seemed like it was a part of our relationship. Although, at this moment? I sure hope it wasn't. The waves were so strong it felt like it was pushing us apart. We turned into a game eventually and ended up getting over the initial tension. We got so distracted that we didn't notice anyone new join us in the water.

"This better be Luke, or I'm telling him you're cheating, Joc."

Without even turning I knew it was Ryan. Without responding I went underwater and tackled his knee's so he went underwater. I rose from the ocean laughing and was soon joined by the others. Sam and Emily were setting up picnic benches, Bree was chatting with Kim and Kelly and Jayla, Jade, Paul and Seth.

"Nice one, Joc." Seth came over and gave me a high five. I returned it and laughed when Ryan arose from the water with sand matted in his hair.

"That. Was. So. Not. Funny" he said each word with emphasis. The part that scared me was the evil glint in his eyes.

"KELLY!" I yelled while trying to get away. Ryan was crazy fast in the water; not comforting.

I instantly sought out comfort, going behind all of the guys and then going to Luke knowing Ryan wouldn't go after me once remembering that my fiancé was here. I looked around for Luke and saw him stepping out of the water. What the fuck? I stood there and saw him walking up the same path we took to get to the beach. i quickly got out, slathering the sand beneath my feet with water and chased after him. When we got into the private sanctuary of the forest, he finally slowed down.

"Um, hello? What was that?!" I yelled. He obviously had reservations but he could have the decency to be polite.

"You're the one I should be asking that to. You seem pretty chummy with them."

" They're my friends, Luke. Friends that decided to throw a party just to meet you." His eyes twitched with anger when I said friends.

"Ian was right about you." His voice was cold, he turned away and started walking in the direction of my house. HELL NO. This was not going to go down like this. I ran in front of him and looked him dead in the eye; willing him to stay still. He froze.

"I said they're my friends. You guys are my family. You can't truly believe there's any competition. " my eyes were pleading with him. He couldn't move because I forced him not to with a bit of my power, but I needed to see him emotionally thaw.

"Jocelyn. The way I just saw you act with them, you treat them the way you treat us. " Although his words were still cold. I could see the hurt in his eyes. Did he think I'd leave them?

"I'll never abandon you. I'll never abandon you guys. You know me Luke. You know everything about me.

"But I don't know the you, that's here with them."

"I'm the same person you fell in love with." I took a deep breath. "You know exactly who I am." I took a step closer to him. When I released my hold over him I was happy that he took a step towards me and we kissed.

We walked back to the beach, hand in hand. The weight of everything still on my shoulders but at least I stopped Luke from leaving. If I could do that, then maybe, I could convince both tribes that we belonged together. As we stepped into the sound from the opposite side I saw him. Jacob. Jacob was walking with Justin, Quil and Embry flanking him. He looked like he was staring straight through me and it held me in my spot. God he was godly. How was that possible or fair?

In order to keep things neutral, I had to try my hardest to ignore Jacob. It would be impossible, every step he took closer to me made my heart race, I could feel myself getting flushed as I took in his appearance.

Dear Lord, please do not let Luke catch on.