Chapter 28 Werewolves?

Jake POV

It was peaceful, the guys won there game which meant that they weren't going to be home and mom wasn't even making me go to the game thank god. I was curled up on the couch drinking some coffee as I played Dead Rising on the Xbox,when I heard the sound Sam jeep pulling up to the house. Great they were home why the hell were they home, why couldn't they go to a party and be a pain somewhere else. Why couldn't they be normal high school student and not be home on a Friday night? I heard the slamming of the front door as Sam began to speak "Jake we need to talk." Great the last time that we had to speak, Sam was telling me that he didn't love Paul more then me. I don't know how much of his speech was actually true but it did put away some of my fears but no by lot.

When I look back over my shoulder there was Paul leaning against the wall behind me, he didn't say a word just pointe at the tv I snapped my head back I notice that I was getting ripped apart by a group of screaming echoed in the living room, as a blood red screen appears with very music and a pop up in red that said "do you want to restart at your check point" "Thanks a lot." I mumbled it under my breath but Paul didn't say a word he just looked at his feet as Sam walked into the room. This frown on his face like he really didn't want to talk to me but he had to. "Does he have to be here?" I nodded my head at Paul and Sam let out out a sigh as he nodded his head. "Yeah kid but what we tell you stays between the three of us you cant tell mom we told you." I grinned at him that means that I was definitely ratting them out.

"It's not like that twerp, you won't get us in trouble,you will get us dead." I looked at Paul and frown there were plenty of problems with that sense. My most recent concern was the grammar. "What happened are you failing English." Paul scoffed at me as he jumped over the back fo the couch and sat on the love seat as he tipped his head back and closed his eyes. "Nope I have an A in AP English unlike you who is failing every class you have. Your teachers asked me to tutor you. I told them that you wouldn't, like that very much. Hence why you have a sub-par tutor like Christy." I looked at him for a minutes of snarling, I hate that everyone thought that he was better and smarter than me because they were wrong. "Jake focus please we don't have much time to explain this to you and it is fairly confusing."

I heard the urgency in Sam voice so I snapped my head back to look at him, he was sitting directly at me his gave not wavering. Like mom does when she want to talk to one of us about something important. Sam let out a slow breath before being to speak."You know about the legends about how we were descended from wolves right." I looked at him this was what he wanted to talk about this was so pointless, but I nodded my head and he continued. "Well in truth the wolf gene are only past down to our tribe. In specific three blood lines,the Uleys, the Blacks and the Ateara, and we are wolves, it was one of the secret that we were keeping from you. I know that you probably think that we are lying but it was why we were and are acting so weird, we truly are descended from wolves."

I scoffed at him before looking at Paul hoping to see a smug grin that said that they were messing with me. But as I met his gaze it was so intense that I knew that they really believe this. "You're certifiable crazy, I'm calling mom." Before I could get another word out Paul snarled. "I told you this would happen, he isn't ready to know the truth about you, me, mom and Billy." I stopped in my tracks as I looked at Paul what did my father have to do with any of doubt that I may have felt slowly started to sleep away as I look at Paul. He was shaking his head carefully as he spoke.

"Mom told you that Billy was put in that wheelchair due to diabetes, but that would be impossible because he has super healing just like the rest of us. When he got into the fight with our father who is also a wolf, dad broke Billy's back and it healed the wrong way. That's why he is in the chair. But Billy was one of two black wolves left in extension, other than Jared."

Wait what Jared was related to me, I looked art Paul and then Sam, Sammy gave me a look that told me to focus on the big picture. When I tune back to Paul he was rolling eyes eyes. "Jared is more like a second cousin rather than a direct blood relative don't overthink it. But basically all of the wolves are related in some me and Sam are both wolves like mom and dad, and soon if you ever phase, so will you. Shifting ain't a done deal so you might not have to worry about it. But there are perks on it we don't age until we stop turning into a wolves. We get super healing, supersense like, sight and hearing and all that jazz. Plus you get a super gross spurt that makes it easy to get into bars. But once you shift you can never leave the rest, we are the protector you can protect if you aren't here."

Now I know that this is bullshit there was no way that Paul of all people would be a protector. "Yeah right Sammy,I could buy even though he has made some questionable decisions he has made recently he is a good guy you aren't." Paul scoffed and looked at me "It isn't about how is worthy and who isn't, it about bloodlines and that is it. I shifted a year ago along with Jare. He is the beta I'm the third in command. Sammy here is the alpha he phased 2 years ago. Met Emily right after that, she and him they…" I looked at Sam and he let out this sigh "She knew of the wolves and I couldn't be around Leah, if I lost my control for even amount I could hurt her. So I left. When we get angry the wolf takes over. It hard for us to keep out tempers in check, they become hard to ctrl when we shift."

I still sound like total bullshit, "Let's say that even more a moment that you are wolves who the hell is supposed to be protecting us from." Sam sighed sadly at me like I had said some bad joke. "The vampires or you might know them as the cold ones, the Cullen's they are vampires but they have a treaty with the tribe, you remember them from the old stories right." I nodded my head but none of this seems real. My whole body filled with doubt even though my heart told me that they were serious that they were right. But I refused this isn't the land of fairy tales was anything is possible.

"Alright I can't do this anymore he isn't buying it come on Jacob I want to show you something, that will no doubt make you believe." I look at Paul who was slightly shaking as we walked out to the backyard. "Paul doesn't you might make thing worse." Paul ignores the order that Sam had given him he just kept walking out into the open yar. He walked till he was at least 5 feet away before his body started to shake. He shook so fast that he was nothing but a tan blue and eventually I couldn't even see him with my human eyes, this had to be impossible. But my doubt was stomp out like a dying family when he erupted into a ball of fur and a giant silver wolf stood there glaring daggers at me with his red eyes.

I felt myself getting light head as all the news that they had just told me came crashing down on me all at once, Paul let out a light chuckle as he started to stalk over to me. In that moment I let my brown eyes meet with his fiery red ones I felt a wave or terror wash over me. But not because he was a giant hose size it was the fact that now he really had the power to beat the crap out of me if he really want. I moved backward slowly and he noticed it and stopped walking momentarily. I watch his back legs tense as he stopped moving and, then he just sat down on his hind leg and cocked his large head to the side. Like a confused puppy that couldn't figure out why his master was mad at him. But whatever confusion he had dispersed from his eyes as he got up and started to move closer to wolfy choice escaping his muscle as, I backed up further but he didn't seem to care this time. But that made sense since my back hit Sam hot chest, like burning hot.

"Sammy are you sick?" He laughed at my question like it was something to laugh at, it was rather rude I was tired of them laughing at my question like I was some dumb kid. "Calm down Jakey, Paul won't hurt you and no I'm not sick shapeshifters run a hotter temp that is all. Like 108 degrees hot, I don't really know why maybe because of the magic cruising in my veins." I looked at him before Paul was right on top of me. His hulking body mass larger than a horse and he is definitely towering over cocked his head to the side before his tongue lolled out of his mouth. He has his mischievous glint in his red eyes as I realized what he was going to do.

"Paul don't you e…." Before i could be the next word out Pauls sandpaper tongue hit my face going from my chin all the way to my thick wet saliva covering my face as his warm breath hit my face. I expect it to smell like any other dogs but it almost smell like forest moss or fresh air. He pulled away this huge grin on his face as I grumbled under my breath that he was the worse. But I couldn't help but want to pet his neck. Before I could even think about it my hand dart through the hair touching Paul's comfortably soft coat. I ran my finger careful though his coat to work out the few notes that I found. I was shocked of not only my own brazen but how soft his fur was. I could have thought that it would be rough or wiry.

"This makes sense with all the growling and the snaring but why couldn't you just tell Leah about the whole wolf are you telling me? I just don't get if, if telling people about this could hurt the tribe then why do it." I wanted the answer to my question but I don't look up form Paul coat. I was so fascinated by it to look at Sam for my answers. I always wanted a pet dog. "Well as for the Leah thing, Emily had a right to know Leah wasn't allowed to know the reason why Emily has that privileges and Leah doesn't its rather to complicated for me to explain." I felt this rumbled shake Paul body bit as I scratched behind his ear and his leg started to thump ain't the ground. I couldn't help but laugh he was so stupid. "Just like a pet dog"

When I looked at Paul I could tell that he want to snap at me for calling him a dog but he simply rolled his eyes and he growled at the same time like he was trying to say I looked back up at Sam his brown eyes were filled with guilt, "Okay its no so much complete and more like even if I explained it your human brain couldn't truly grasp the concept. You would see it as a twisted and fucked up. Which is why it would just be easier to explain to you when you shift." I smiled widely at him for a moment. "But I am going to shift,that is what you are telling me." I looked at Sam as this excited smirk formed on his face. "Hell yeah it's in your genes man. But it might not be for a while the first sign is the growth spurt and then the increase of your core temp. When you started to tremble is when you know that you are close."

I nodded my head as I listened to Sam informational yet gentle tone for as moment before standing and walking over to the outside wall of the house and leaning against it.I sat down on the ground and watched Paul come over to me before resist his head in my lap and nuzzling my hand. I don't like human Paul but wolf Paul I could get used to. I pet his head while thinking absently. "So does Bella know, is that why she had been so weird." I looked at him and he sigh along with Paul this growl building in his throat that was realized as a large sigh as he closed his big red eyes. I just looked up at Sam and he let out a sigh but nodded his head, "It's a little more complicated than that but yes in a sense, but the reason that we told you, is because we figure that we are at this point because he keep to many secrets from don't want to lie anymore, I think that it is one of the many reason that you are angry at us. Keeping all the secret is ruining your life and I'm not cool with that."

His voice would fill with both pain and hopefulness liked he knew the ending of the story already even though it hasn't played out yet. He let out a heavy sigh as he looked towards the trees for a moment. "This doesn't fix things with us, not by a long shot but I thought that I should tell you, Paul agreed, he knew that you would still hate him and that you knowing the truth might not change a thing but we thought that with more vampires showing up that we should let you now. But at any rate what we walked about to say only between us no one can know." I looked at Sam's as his voice became grave as I looked at him Paul who was snoring lightly in my lap, he had fallen asleep. Sam simply shook his head sadly.

"You would think that he would stop falling asleep since he spent the whole day sleeping expect for the game an meeting."Sam let out his own tired huff before giving his mouth and looking at the forest was he looking for mom maybe his dad? "Embry Call, your friend Jakey you gotta to stay away from him pleased, he is starting to shift and all it is going to take is one comment and he will blow up. You could get hurt you could get killed." Paul growl in argument and I started to twirl a piece of his shaggy fur in my hair. His growl quickly turned into a purr.

I laughed at him in relation and continue the motion until he was back asleep."I'll be careful but I'm not going to cut him off, Sammy." I look at Sam this frown forming on his face as I watched something move past the tree line. "Of course he picked this time to show up. Jake, I know that I have no right to tell you what to do, no one does that this point but just promise me if you see him shaking. Don't try to talk him down, don't go near him just back away please." His voice was pleading and it almost sounded terrified.

When I looked him in the eyes his concern and tariff eyes match his tone perfectly. "Fine, I will keep the interest to myself and keep a inches away from Embry when I am around him. Is there anything else I need to know." I hear him let out a laugh "Yeah when no one in our pack can know besides Jared so even when Embry shifts you have it play dumb and when he does phase, you won't see him for awhile. Human interaction will be too much stress for him and he will need to learn control." That seems like it's made since I rather not die I could live a week without seeing Embry as long as it was his avoid me afterward. "So you finally told that pup does that mean that he is one of us. He doesn't smell like one of you break laws?"

I looked up to see that Jared's eyes were glowing gold for an amount as he looks over me amused."Yup definitely not one of us, so what up my favorite alpha in the whole world." Sam rolled his eyes as Jared antic as Jared's eyes turn back to deep brown kind of like a bubbling cesspool. "Jared what are you doing here." I looked at Jared as he looked down at my lap, I looked down as well to see that Paul was still asleep, I stop crating my hand through his fur which only earned me a growl from him. "Aw is the little puppy tried." I know that voice when I looked up Emmett had this amused smile on his face and a white folder in his hands. He smiled smugly as Paul snare and jumped up to chase after him. Emmett was gone in a white flash and reappeared near Sam.

He didn't look my way what even as he talked but there was this amusement that I knew was directed toward me."This was everything that my dad could compile on the coven I argued that it might make your leaders trust us more if they knew and it is cool for the kid to be around pack business." I hear the concern in his voice as he looked at me this slight frown on his face like he knew something that I didn't and that's the worst thing ever. When you are out of the loop. "Why wouldn't it be fine if they are working with a vampire." I looked at him and he smiled as Paul slammed into his back by putting all his power behind his meat shower. Emmett stumbled but looked up amazed as his golden eyes sparkled. He gave me a smug smirk as he spoke. "Alright you know a few thing kids but you still ant on my level."

Emmett blurs out of sight and Paul start to chase after him snarling and snapping but Emmett seems to be enjoying himself. They were going at each other pretty rough, Paul was snape and snipping at Emmet, who hiss and bounce back out a problem. "You would think that they would take this treaty a little more seriously." I looked at Jared was so serious. I didn't think that Jare could be he has this calming aura around him and he was already a laid back and prey chill. Other than that night at dinner I don't think that I had ever seen him lose his cool. He looked at me and hand me his hand. It hung there firmly in the air, I simply looked at it unsure if I should take it or not.

"Sorry for the argument we got into early kid now would you take my hand." I nodded my head as I grabbed his hand gently as he tugged me off the ground like it as effortless for him. Sam was frowning at the white folder at his hand before turning to look at Jared. "Jare takes it to the council, they aren't the biggest fan of the Uleys right now and if they asking you about marking tell them you did it even if it isn't true."

Jared nodded his head and his alpha before slapping my arm gently. "Welcome to the pack kid, I'm sure you will be a killer wolf when you shift. Later" He waved over his shoulder before jogging out of sight. When I looked up Paul and Emmett were gone, I wonder if they had finally killed each other but I could see emerging figure coming from the forest. One being pale white and the other being a deep color of copper. I could see both of their smug grin on their faces, Sammy simple let out a sigh."Thanks for the intel Emmett" He nodded his head before punching Pauls arms "Bella says call her like now she is livid apparently you did something wrong." Paul grumble under his breath but Emmett just laughed "Nice to meet yo kid, I gotta to go before you mom comes back. See you Monday." He waved and give me a wide toothy grin before disappearing.

Paul looked at me for moment, I didn't get it why was he all buddy buddy with the Cullens. I thought they were mortal enemies. Paul must have since my concussion and how uncomfortable I was back he spoke to him in a gentle tone. "What prefer me in my wolf form." I looked at him and shook my head yes but then started at sutter when I saw the frown on his face. "Yes but that isn't what I am confused about Emmett is a vampire and you are friends." Paul bellowed out in laughter as he grabbed his phone out of his sweatpants pockets. But he wasn't wearing that before. He was in jean wasn't he, when I looked down at the shred of clothes lying on the ground.

"Our clothes shred when we shift, and as for Emmett he's a friend, I found a way to look past the vampire thing. But then again it had a lot to do with Bella, she knew that are vampires and hangs out with the anyway. Compromise and all that shit, anyway I got it go I'm taking this call then sleeping." He clapped Sammy on the back before giving me gentle smile and running up the stairs. "Boys" I turned around at the sound of my mother yelling as the front door slammed close. Sam gave me a waning look. "Rember not a word to her." With that we both walked in the living room and mom smiled happily that the both of us. She looked exhausted and flustered and she was wearing different scrubs than before but her happiness was undateable.

"Hey, boys, where you hang out" I just nodded my head Sam walked slowly over to mom and kissed her cheek gently before walking away. "I'm heading to bed please don't bug me." I watched him run up the stair before trying to look at mom. I motioned toward the couch and she nodded her head. Like she knew that I had wanted to talk to her about something important. I collapsed on the loveseat as exhaustion seeped into my bones. When I opened my eyes and see that my mom was loving worldly at me.

"Was it Paul did he do something to you, you want to read him the riot act." "No it's not that we kind of had I talk and I am nowhere close to forgiving him or any of you for that matter. But I do now realize that I was wong. I shouldn't have said that about you and dad, you don't deserve to hear something that heartless and cruel. Especially since I know dad death still tears you apart. I'm so sorry mom"

She gave me this wide right smile but I could tell that it was tense, her whole body seemed like was holding a breath in. She let out a long sigh and her whole body slumped and relax as a senior simpler form on her face "You have an idea how much that means to me Jacob and I realize that we can't say we understand how you feel because we don't. The only person that truly knows is Leah. So I am going to back off and give you time to think about this and you are right the only ones to blame are Bella and Paul. Anyway I am wiped dear I will see you in the we can do something tomorrow since I have the day off." She stood up and kissed my gently on the temple before running stairs.

I smiled to myself glad to finally get that bone-crushing weight off of my chest, I think that now that I know the truth that I could get one decent night of sleep.I walked slowly up the stairs before walking down the hallway. I heard talking from Paul room. I stopped for a minute to listen as he let out a sigh."I know I'm a dick to him, Bella. I am trying to be nicer, yes I told him about the wolves, yes, can I go to sleep now." I stifled a laugh as I walked down the wall and collapsed on my bed slamming the door shut behind me. This exhaustion rested in my limbs as I drifted off to the land of dreams.