A/N: Alright guys... I left you all hanging on a pretty steamy cliffhanger last update, so this one... well... I'll just let the chapter speak for itself! :-) Please feel free to review! Love hearing from all of you! xoxo xoxo

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Every nerve in my body came alive at Jacob's touch. My head spun and my breath caught when his warm hand slid further up the supple flesh of my abdomen, and over the soft curve of my hip. I deepened our kiss, feeling his tongue meet mine as his fingertips grazed over my bare breast. I was unable to cease the moan that left me in response, my fingers running through his thick hair as my back arched.

I became mere putty in his strong hands and I willingly surrendered myself to him.

I was bold and brazen, knowing this was normally well out of character for me.

I didn't know when this change had happened. When my body began to crave his the way it was now, but feeling his touch in this moment caused a shift in me unlike any other and I felt myself become intensely aroused for him.

I tried to remember a moment when my body had reacted to Edward this way and I couldn't recall a single time. For it never had.

Jacobs lips left mine and sought the hollow groove of my neck, his tongue barely touching my skin as he went, and his hand coming to firmly knead my left breast. My body seeming to only exist where he touched me now. His fingers soon worked my pert nipple, rolling it between his thumb and index finger, and causing his name to leave me without present thought.

"... Jacob..."

The needy tone behind it was apparent and I marveled at how desperate it sounded.

My eyes closed when I felt his searing hot kisses trail to my shoulder and then to my collar bone. His lips leaving my skin set ablaze in their wake.

When his hand roamed further down, I stilled there beneath him, my nerves beginning to peak now.

He met my hesitant gaze and stilled his own movements, his dark eyes burrowing holes into mine.

My hands cradled his handsome face, seeing the devout care for me in his stare and knowing that my nerves were not needed with him.

I drew his lips back to mine in a passionate kiss, pushing past my foolish doubt, as his tongue fluttered against my own, his hand trailing further down as he slowly removed my silk shorts. His kiss, more languid when he reached for me again.

I had never known his strong hands to be as gentle as they were now.

His touch sent shivers racing up my spine and his warmth caressed every inch of my skin.

The feel of his fingertips trailing along my inner most thigh, made my insides deliciously hum for him.

I desired his touch. Ached for it.

My body trembled and began to spasm when his fingertips grazed over my sex, hearing the needy groan leave me when he broke our kiss, and slid his hand between my legs, cautiously dipping his fingers beneath the flimsy lace of my underwear.

The slow burn that had settled between my thighs before, now raged to new heights, as he explored me further with skillful touches and slow caresses, his eyes intently on mine.

"Bells..." He whispered against my parted lips. The very sound of his husky voice making me reach for him, pulling him even closer to me and feeling him nuzzle against me in response.

I couldn't silence the moans he drew from me when he gently slid his warm fingers inside me, his thumb coming to circle the sensitive bud that made my insides tense and quiver. I clamped my thighs against his wrist, snapping my hips up, as a delicious burn spread through me. I felt the shudder that coursed through Jacob when his name came tumbling from my mouth in reverence.

He made me squirm under his hand. Made me wet with desire for him as he found a rhythm with me, stroking my sensitive flesh over and over again until my face was burning with flush color, and my breathing was ragged.

"Jake..."

The pressure building within me became almost overwhelming. Every intimate caress from him made me feel as if I would unravel there beneath him. I lost all sense of control as he continued to slide his fingers in and out of me over and over again. The heat between us growing with every skillful glide of them. I let out an audible cry when I felt myself get lost inside my own pleasure, my eyes closing as I contracted hard against Jacob's fingers.

"Oh- god..."

"Bells-"

I had never felt my body ache for another like this and it left me hungry for more of him. Like a thirst I could not quench.

My fingers nimbly began to undo the button and zipper of his shorts, trying to rid him of the offending barrier between us.

I had never been so bold or brazen. It was damn liberating.

Jacob responded to me instantly by drawing up on his knees and reaching for the hem of my camisole tank. I was quick to sit up and raise my arms for him, feeling the material slide over my skin, as he removed it from me and tossed it to the floor.

I was bare before him and watched as his eyes took me in with a lustful and heated gaze, his stare dark with desire yet shining before me.

The very way he looked at me had my skin feeling like it was on fire for him. My own gaze soon wandered to a point far south of his toned waist, seeing him stand and undo his shorts... skillfully... methodically... with no hesitation. Capturing me in a heated glance before letting them fall to the floor below him.

He was completely naked before me now. My breath hitching as I stared at him in true awe.

I reached for him then, seeing his body grow tight, as I began to stroke the length of him, contently watching his eyes close and his head lull back in response to my touch. A deep throaty moan spilled from him when I slipped further down the bed, sinking down on my knees, and brushing the full length of him once with my palm, before taking him in my mouth, my tongue tasting his perfection and savoring it's delicacy. I carefully rolled my mouth from base to tip, whispering how perfect he was to him as I went.

"Look at me, Jacob." I asked, seeing his eyes snap open and meet mine while I slowly opened my mouth, and slid all the way down his length. His eyes locked on my own with a fire now lit behind them.

He was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen. Every inch of him sculpted to muscular perfection far beyond his years. His eyes were dark with a tangible lust when he pulled me up so we were face to face again, guiding me back down on the bed, as his strong hands trailed up my thighs, slowly removing the last remaining garment of clothing that separated us.

I swallowed hard, reaching for the top drawer of my nightstand and pulling out a condom, as he gently moved my body down closer to his, the look of adoration for me in his gaze... truly breathtaking.

No one had ever looked at me like this. Like he was now. Like I was the center of their entire being... of their world.

He took the foil wrapper from my shaking hands, rolling the condom on in one swift movement. He carefully settled himself between my naked thighs, his dark eyes searching mine while he stilled there above me, before pressing himself against my slick seam. I shuddered at the feel of him, closing my eyes as he nuzzled his head into the hallow of my neck.

I arched my back, feeling Jacob slide the tip of his swollen length against my wet folds. His body beginning to tremble with his restraint, while he wrapped an arm under me, pulling me flush to him as he gently slid inside me.

My breath became utterly stolen.

I could feel his muscles become taught and rigid as he kept me close to him, his lips barely touching my ear with his husky whisper.

"I love you, Bella."

"I love you, too Jacob." I replied, feeling him ease the rest of the way into me, sheathing himself to the hilt now.

I gasped as he stilled, my discomfort making him pause and tighten his hold on me, pulling me flush to him. His warm lips brushed my ear as he waited for me to adjust to him, his body still trembling above me when his warm cheek came to rest against mine.

The very sound of his breathing so close to my ear, and his arms wrapping me up in a cocoon of his unique warmth, made the pain quickly fade from me. Jacob didn't move until he felt my hips thrust upward, silently encouraging him on.

When he slowly pulled back and entered me again, the pain was gone and all I could feel was his warmth.

I was submerged in him, losing all sense of anything else as he began to move within me. His firm length filling me so completely, as I breathed out his name... repeatedly... like a prayer or a chant.

"Jacob... Jacob."

His pace was slow and deliberate at first, drawing out each thrust and keeping me flush against him.

His tenderness brought tears to my eyes and made me hold tighter to him.

A delicious burn began to awaken as he slowly began to find a new pace with me, his thrusts becoming harder than before.

I cradled his face as his lips fervently sought mine, a throaty moan rising up in his chest when my body began to writhe beneath him. I was helpless to silence the cries of carnal bliss, as he pushed me onward to a gripping release.

His eyes met mine, intently watching my expression as all the muscles in my thighs and stomach began to tense and quiver.

I felt my release soon blossom through me, leaving me panting as Jacob let out a responding gasp. His thrusts going deeper when the unexpected desire filled me again. I opened my mouth to say it, to plead with him something I never expected to ask for, but before the plea had fallen from my tongue. Jacob picked up his rhythm... his thrusts harder, more pounding and his body now molding to my own.

My eyes shut and my back arched as his relentless rhythm made me stifle a ragged moan.

He knew what I wanted... what I needed... before I had even told him.

This kind of connection between us left me awe struck.

My heart hammered in my chest as Jacob laced his fingers with mine, his lips at my ear, whispering sweet nothings that meant... everything.

"You're perfect, Bells. Every damn inch of you, honey. You feel so good." He breathed, with a final thrust, his body trembling in my arms when his release spread through him.

He let out a final moan, his lips capturing mine in a thorough kiss, as his thrusts slowed and soon stilled. His breathing was labored when he relaxed further into my embrace. My fingers running through his hair as I cradled his head to my chest, our bodies mangled in the sheets.

My eyes grew impossibly heavy as Jacob's breathing slowed, his hand in mine as we both drifted off to sleep, wrapped up in only each other.