Lunar Love Chapter 18.
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Previously:
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"It's just Billy, Hermione. Mr. Black is my father." said Billy with a laugh on his face
"Dad!" whined Jacob who received a slap on his chest from the girl sitting beside him.
"Come off it Jacob. I think it's funny." she said snuggling into him for his warmth.'
"Yeah Jacob. I'm funny." started Billy his laughter still heard as he left the two of them alone once more.
"Well despite the fact that Quil's an ass that likes to talk shit about my awesome self, I really do happen to like you, I just choose to express it in a less vulgar manner than my friend." he answered back eyes focused on the girl leaning against him rather than the t.v. she couldn't seem to take her eyes off of.
After what felt like a lifetime but was in actuality five minutes she spoke, "I'm glad. As crazy as it sounds I feel like I'm drawn to you. And I don't think that, that's all that bad of a thing Jacob Black."
"Brilliant. Hermione's cousin...Bella you said her name was?" and at Harry's nod continued, "She was dropped off by Hermione and that giant brute she's been seen with lately. Hasn't returned to her uncle's house either by the locating charm I placed on her."
"Oh Ginny's going to have a field day when she hears Hermione's spent the night by her boyfriend's." muttered Harry, "What else?"
"Pettigrew was there. The cowardly lard ran off and apparatted before I realized who he was. Sorry." spoke Draco looking to Harry for the first time.
"Don't worry about it. Now all we have to do is wait-"
BAM
"-on Ron." said Harry as they ran to the nearby nursery.
"Well do you boy?" he seethed leaning towards Pettigrew's crumpled body.
"Yes, sir."
"Good. Than you know what your new orders are. Don't fail me again." answered Dolohov turning away from the injured man with a flourish of his robes.
"I won't fail again."
"Thanks Jake. I really appreciate it. Truly." she answered happily as she stepped towards him, lifting her hand to wrap around the back of his neck which she quickly pulled down so she could peck him on his lips releasing him almost as soon as she grabbed him. An unimaginable grin on both of their faces.
"Goodnight Jacob." she whispered opening than closing the door behind her, leaning against it waiting to hear any sort of reaction from him.
It was a full two minutes before he shook his head and whispered a quick, "Awe, hells yeah!" before quickly covering and mumbling back, "Goodnight Hermione." and making his way across the hallway and into his room.
After Hermione heard his own door close, she happily skipped, Yes Hermione Jean Granger skipped to her bed and did an even more un-Hermione like thing to do, she jumped onto her bed and squealed into her pillow just like every preteen girl did after their crush asked them to go steady in every underrated romance comedy you've ever scene.
The two had more in common than their first official kiss now though for both of their thoughts were mimicking the other as they promised they would think more of it later.
'Oh crap. Now I really have to tell her soon.'
'Bugger. Now he'll need to know what I am.'
'This is going to go great.' they both thought sighing into their pillows before drifting off to sleep finally.
The two slowly moved themselves closer to each other. For Hermione it was like an unknown force beckoning her to close the distance between their lips to be connected to each other, started there and maybe not stopping until completely together. For Jacob it was the same only the force that was beckoning was a little more known to him.
Unfortunately the two of them forcefully threw themselves from the other as Billy grabbed something and started banging it on the floor followed by his very loud yells.
"I might be one of the cool parents, but I'm not that damn cool. I don't wanna hear you two stop talking until you're in separate rooms. I'm too old to be a grandpa just yet!"
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Now:
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"Good morning, Bella, Uncle Charlie!" exclaimed Hermione giddily skipping into her uncle's kitchen.
"All right, I'm going to Billy's to kill Jacob. Only one reason you'd be this happy." Charlie muttered pocketing his gun quite seriously.
"No Uncle Charlie!" yelled Hermione grabbing onto the older man's arm and leading him to his favorite chair.
"I just realized that Bella and I should come clean to you about some things." Hermione spoke quickly grabbing onto Bella's arm as she noticed her trying to escape upstairs.
"Bella, here, is going to go first." Hermione deadpanned dragging Bella until she stood in front of her.
"Hi daddy." started Bella as she heard Charlie mutter, "Oh geez this is gonna be good. Kid never calls me Dad, let alone daddy."
"I-, I'm pregnant." she spoke barely audible to Hermione let alone her father, though by some unfortunate miracle he heard.
"Right so like I was saying I'm going to Italy to kill Edward. I'll see you girls in a few weeks." he replied instead taking his jacket and throwing it over his shoulder as Hermione heard Bella let out a sob.
The first real tears she had cried since the night Edward left her.
"Uncle Charlie you can't kill Edward." Hermione spoke trying to steady herself and her cousin
"And why the hell not?" he seethed more angry after he saw his only child's tears.
"It's pretty hard killing something that's already dead."
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"I don't understand why you have to be the one to babysit me. I'm perfectly capable of handling myself." ground out Bella glaring at her cousin's blonde headed friend.
"Uh huh. So that's why you've done such a bang up job with the red-headed vampire?" questioned Draco more than highly annoyed with the situation apparently however neither was more so than Hermione herself.
"Bella. Draco. I'll put it on really thick that way it might be enough to register into your heads. You both have little choice in this matter; I mean you both do of course but let's face it, as a human you're hard core as all hell Bella but against vampires and wizards not so much. And let's face it Draco but ever since you and Blaise started working with Harry and Ron you've developed just as much of that damned hero complex as the both of them combined. So why don't we stop arguing in front of me for my own sanity before I hex the both of you!" yelled Hermione her hair an even bigger frizzy mess than usual.
At both of their nods however her hair seemed to deflate and her eyes were brought back to their natural mirth. "Great, I think I'll make tea."
"Still don't like you." Bella muttered angrily
"Ditto." bit back Draco dramatically.
He was gonna have fun with her.
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It was about three days since Bella and Hermione came clean about their personal lives. Two days since her Uncle Charlie and Bella met Draco and today they were going to meet Harry and Ginny. At least officially.
The only one she had yet to reveal her secret to were Jacob and the Cullens. The Cullens were no longer an issue at least until they figured out that Edward left Bella pregnant and alone. Jacob however was a bit more complicated. It had been about four months since she first met Jacob, and three since she realized she might like him as more than a friend, and that kiss that happened between them last night. It was nothing that she had ever experienced before with anyone else. She felt without a doubt that even if nothing more came from their relationship, Jacob would now and forever be bound to her very self for the rest of their lives. It was something her very magic guaranteed her. Jacob would always be there for her, she was sure of it.
It was just putting him in the situation that would have anyone else leaving her a bit more complicated than she initially thought.
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"I- I'm pregnant."
"You know most women usually sleep with me before they accuse me of being the father." Draco said with a raised eyebrow that seemed to raise higher as a smirk grew on his face due to the blush decorating her cheeks.
"I wasn't accusing you of being the father. Edward is. It's just considering you're my body guard as far as Hermione is concerned. I thought you might need to know." she defended.
"I probably would." Draco agreed eventually, "Edward was one of those vampires, wasn't he?" asked Draco.
"Yeah. The one with the copper hair." Bella answered, "He doesn't even know. And I doubt Alice is even looking for me."
"I wouldn't understand why not, Alice is probably bitching at him as we speak and trying to figure out a way to apologize to you now for her brother's stupidity."
"I doubt it, but thanks for making me feel better." Bella smiled.
"I wasn't saying it to make you feel better. It was merely an observation stating that Edward is a dumbass." Draco said with a smile
"Really, I used to think he was kind of perfect." Bella said sadly
"Honestly, perfect is just the new fucked up." Draco said sitting next to her and awkwardly wrapping an arm around her shoulders. "Besides at least you can't be labeled a necrophiliac any more."
Bella definitely understood why Hermione kept Draco around, he was assey, but he definitely had a way with words.
"What's this?"
Draco's voice brought her out of her silent musings of the man next to her very quickly as she felt him pick up her right wrist and gaze intently at the teeth marks of James.
What little color she had in her cheeks drained away and the last thing she saw before blackness overtook her vision was Draco's worried face.
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Charlie really didn't know where to put himself at the current moment. Being a cop he witnessed a lot of crazy shit before but a witch niece, a vampire ex-boyfriend and a pregnant Bella he honestly didn't know how to handle it. It was information overload on a supernatural degree.
And he at least knew for sure he didn't like it.
Edward and the other Cullens were vampires, who left his daughter and probably didn't even know she was pregnant. He was going to be a grandfather of a half-human, half-vampire crossbreed and he didn't exactly know how to deal with that. Unfortunately that was the simple part of his new life.
His little niece, his daughter's best friend since they were two and three years old, is a witch. A witch, who didn't lie when she said that a homicidal maniac wasn't trying to kill her, it was more like fifteen to twenty homicidal maniacs who used to follow the first one that were now after her and her friends. And because he and Bella were related to Hermione that put them in danger as well.
And the worst part was he couldn't even tell Billy about all of this. And tonight was the night he and Bella met Harry Potter and his fiance Ginny Weasley, Hermione's closest friends from back home who un-coincidently just happened to be a wizard and witch respectively.
The most depressing part was it was only Tuesday. The week hadn't even begun yet.
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[2 days earlier]
"Hello?" Hermione's voice could be heard over the roar of her engine starting.
"I hear your truck starting. I hope you don't have plans." Jacob's laughing voice could be heard through the speaker.
"Now that you mention it. I met this really sweet boy when I first moved here and he's finally gathered enough guts and asked me out. He's lucky he's so handsome or else I doubt I would be freezing in my truck wearing nothing but a bikini and jeans. And all so he can take me cliff diving."
"Wow what a douchebag. If I was him I would at least plan to take you to dinner after." Jacob smiled on his end of the phone.
"He might be, he does have his moments after all. I'm putting my faith in him tonight and I'm sure he won't disappoint. I'm sure whatever he does though I'll have fun. If not I'm sure I could always leave him for his father. Now that man always knows a way to make me laugh."
"That, my dear Hermione, is wrong on so many levels." muttered Jacob almost darkly.
"I'll pick you up at your house in fifteen." she laughed
"I'll be ready in ten." he agreed.
"See ya Jacob."
"Fifteen minutes." he reminded and then the line went dead.
"Fifteen minutes." she just hoped she was making the right decision.
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"!"
Hermione's scream was muffled as Jacob tucked her body towards his own wrapping her around his warm arms as the two plummeted into the ocean. Even still his laughter also helped cloud her own voice. She also couldn't help but notice as she heard his laughter a smile lit up as she subconsciously snuggled into his warmth. A loud splash was the thing that officially silenced her thought and inner monologue as a numbing cloud wafted over her entire body. The cold pins that stabbed at her skin lasted all of a second before Jacob's natural warmth clouded over that awful feeling.
It was with a slight start did she realize Jacob had already pulled himself and her to the surface and she was able to breath again, though for some reason the pull that always made her want to gravitate towards the younger boy was twice as strong as it normally was and her ability to take in oxygen was evading her mind. The only thing she ever wanted was to get lost within Jacob's very being.
It was only when she finally noticed Jacob lean in closer to her did her brain begin to function again and she took a deep breath before leaning towards him as well. Surprisingly though and much to Hermione's confusion and disappointment Jacob pulled away first and spoke, "We should probably get you out of this water before you freeze to death." it did not escape her notice of how much more huskier his voice sounded than usual.
The trek towards the sand felt as though it took an eternity and despite their almost kiss there was no awkwardness between the two. Jacob had yet to release his hold on her as they walked towards their dry clothes, Hermione let out a contented sigh causing Jacob to reveal a slight smirk.
Ever the gentlemen Jacob turned around to allow Hermione some form of privacy as she dried off with the towel before putting on her jeans and tank top over her bathing suit. She had to admit Jacob's chivalrous act was pretty good, she only caught him sneaking a peek at her twice which if what Draco and Blaise told her had any semblance of truth it was more courtesy than Ron ever showed her.
After dressing she walked to Jacob tapping him on his shoulder to get his attention which he very eagerly gave her, "So I met your friends, met your dad, went on a date with you, and …" she trailed off stepping even closer to the shocked Jacob, wrapping her arms around his waist as he did the same to her.
"… you have yet to kiss me." she breathed leaning upwards to meet Jacob halfway which he eagerly gave into.
As their lips met, Hermione found that the pull she felt towards Jacob lighten significantly almost as if this is what it wanted all this time. She found that if that was all there was to it she and Jacob should have kissed a lot sooner than what they allowed. It was so much more than fireworks it was more like a fire working its way from her soul to spread throughout her entire body which only heated her being more being pressed against Jacob's body. It only strengthened her resolve of what she was about to do even more. So upon thinking of that, despite the fact the pull wanted her to remain within Jacob's arms, she slowly withdrew from his warmth, placing one last peck on his lips she removed herself from the now ecstatic boy.
"Jacob." she spoke sweetly, a lone tear falling from her eyes, "I'm really sorry. I … I think I could fall in love with you." she said even more softly,
"Hermione." Jacob asked confused though he couldn't say anymore as Hermione's own voice cut him off,
"Obliviate."
A dazed look appeared on the shifter's face as every memory of Hermione erased itself from his mind, he later wondered why he smelt fresh tears and lilies at the beach and even what he was doing there in the first place, and why his wolf seemed so sad like he knew some big sad secret he wasn't sharing.
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[Normal Time – 2 days after Hermione/Jacob's date]
"Harry. Ginny." Hermione smiled hugging both her friends leading them towards her truck a little too happily for either Harry or Ginny's tastes.
"Mione." Harry began,
"Did something happen with you and that kid?" finished Ginny almost running to keep up with the older girl.
"He's a muggle an ordinary, magic free, completely brilliant and handsome muggle. And I obliviated him." Hermione spoke softly allowing the first of her tears to fall as Ginny hugged her to herself.
"It's alright. Maybe once all this is over …" Ginny trailed off,
"What? I tell him the truth. 'Hey Jake, even though I could eventually see myself with you I had to erase your memories because I have magical bad guys trying to kill me and my friends and if we get any closer to each other they would have come after you, so how about we try this whole dating thing again.' Yeah I picture that going over very well, Gin." Hermione ranted her tears long tried since the beginning of her rant, "Let's just go and make sure Draco and Bella haven't killed each other yet."
"You mean you really did leave them alone together?" asked Harry incredulously, "I thought you were just joking."
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"… so that's how I found out that Edward and his family are vampires." finished Bella the look on her face implying she had waited a very long time to tell someone the secret she held onto for so long.
"Wow. I know you've gotten mad at me for saying your beloved Edward is a dumbass but … Edward … is … a … dumb … ass …" Draco repeated himself as Bella finished her story, he interrupted her again before she began what he no doubt knew would have been a very well worded speech.
"Draco, the guy just left her pregnant and alone, I doubt calling him a dumbass is what Bella needs right now." reprimanded Hermione as if speaking to a small child.
"Oh would you feel better if it came from you, Granger? Just so you know though, we've been arguing over these vampire's intelligence since you've left us here." the annoyance in Draco's voice was their for them all to hear, though before either Hermione or Ginny could once more scold the young man, Bella's voice rang out.
"We haven't been arguing, we've just been talking really, really loudly." Bella obviously never screamed before in her life, it had always been her talking really, really loud. Hermione had just learned something new.
"Well maybe you should practice talking really, really quietly." Draco shot back smirking slightly causing Hermione and Ginny to look at each other shocked.
"Oh Merlin!" the two witches exclaimed at the same time excitedly.
They hadn't seen Draco act like this since before he and Daphne broke up.
He liked Bella and he didn't even realize it yet.
Apparently Hermione had just learned two new things tonight.
"Oi! Do you know exactly how hard it was to find you guys? Had me looking all over the bloody place for you lot."
Make that three.
Ron had better leave before her Uncle Charlie came home or else they'd have more to worry about than nomad vampires and rogue wizards.
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Summary: Hermione could not believe how she got conned into going to visit her relatives in the states after the war. There were only three things she knew for sure. First she was a very tired and exhausted warrior from war not yet ready to move on like her parents were forcing her to do. Second she was not allowed to use any of her magic. And third Hermione knew irrevocably and without a doubt that if nothing interesting would happen in Forks, Washington something or someone is going to get blown up.
Pairings: Hermione Granger x Jacob Black
Rated: M+
Edited: 07/09/12
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