Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or anything related to it. I own this story, and that is all.

Warning: This chapter contains lemon.

Bella and Jake found time to spend together once Jacob finished with his winter exams. He had less than three months in school, he was counting down the days already. He enjoyed mocking Embry and Quil for still having a year of high school. No one was more surprised than he was that he had been able to take his junior and senior years in one year. Since he had taken shop ever since he was in the seventh grade he had completed his elective credits. Which left him with two years each of math, history and English since science wasn't a requirement after sophomore year. Bella helped him as much as possible but it was smooth sailing from here on out; if he aced his classes for the rest of the year he could possibly be exempt from his end of year exams.

Charlie was more accepting of Bella's decision to remain friends with the Cullen's as long as they never put her in danger again. Everything had been fine while they were gone in his opinion except for the vampire who had wanted to kill his daughter. Jacob had done a fine job of looking after Bella and keeping her safe. He didn't hate the Cullen's but did blame them for the onslaught of events.

Bella had been focusing so much on her time with Jacob that she hadn't had time to see the Cullen's in weeks. It was normal for them to keep their distance since Edward left. She couldn't remember the last time she had even talked to Alice. She made a mental note to call her after Jacob left that night, he would never understand her loyalty to Alice.

Jacob usually met her at home after she got off work or she would and go and see him if he was at the shop that he and his dad had bought. His dream of opening his own body shop would soon become a reality.

Jacob's car sat out front of her house when she pulled in one afternoon as usual and he sat on the front porch waiting for her, but she didn't think anything of it. He was usually vegged out in front of the TV around this time since Ridiculousness was more than likely on. She got out of her car, pushing her sunglasses up to her hair.

"Is there nothing on TV?" she asked as she walked up to the walkway.

"I thought that we could go for a drive," he said, choosing to ignore her question.

"Can I change first? It's March and it's pushing eighty. I am dying," she said pulling the collar of her white button down shirt away from her neck.

"You've got ten minutes. I'll load the car."

She changed quickly, piling her hair into a bun as she made her way down the stairs. Jacob gave her a once over, his eyes running over her body excruciatingly slow. She had chosen to wear a dove gray cami and acid wash jean shorts with gray Converse to match her shirt. He exhaled a huge puff of air before rubbing the back of his neck.

"What?" she asked credulously.

"Can you wear your hair down?"

"Did you put the top down?"

"Yeah."

"Then my hair is staying up," she said with finality.

"Will you let it down later?"

"If you behave," she said coyly.

He sighed, taking hold of her hand and pulling her out of the house. There was a blanket weighted down with Jacob's book bag covering the back seat of Bella's car and she tossed him a curious look.

"It's a surprise," he informed her before starting the car.

She pushed the thought to the back of her mind and let the wind rushing past her relax her. Music played softly as Bella turned her face towards the sun, basking in it's light. She loved days like these even more since she had moved to Forks two years ago because they were so few and far in between. She had never been much of a beach or lying out in the sun person until she moved here. She didn't take things for granted the way she used to. She was glad to be spending time with the person who mattered the most to her.

"What's on your mind?" Jacob asked, breaking through the silence.

"Nothing, I'm just glad to be enjoying this day with you," she answered with an easy smile, her eyes still closed and face towards the sun.

Jacob's smile mirrored hers because he had been thinking the same thing. They both had too many worries and too many responsibilities weighing them down. It felt good to leave them all behind, even if for just a little while.

Half an hour later they finally reach their destination. A small cabin with a dock leading to a small pond was in front of them. Bella took in the rest of the scenery as Jacob unloaded the car. The whole front yard was a field of wild flowers which was like nothing she had ever seen. Thousands of flowers in every color she could imagine stared back at her.

"This is Sue's cabin; you used to come here with your dad when we were younger," he informed her.

"It's nice," she said, looking over her shoulder to see him leaning against the car with a picnic basket in one had and the blanket that had covered the back seat in the other.

He strode towards her, giving her a hooded, secretive look. He had something up his sleeve, she just had to figure out what it was. He didn't stop next to her, only took hold of her hand as he passed her and led her to the field. She followed willingly, not thinking twice. They stopped in the middle of the field and he set the basket down silently. He spread out the blanket before sitting down and pulling her down to sit in between his legs. She rested against him, her head in the crook of his shoulder. His hands rested on the blanket on the either side of them, inches from her thighs as they took in the sounds of nature with the gentle lapping of the pond as background noise.

"Thank you for bringing me here, I needed a break from everything," she said before brushing her lips against his cheek.

"Really? I hadn't noticed," he said in a mock serious tone.

"You're funny," she said with a light scoff.

"The house isn't what you pictured but I can paint it and put up a picket fence," he observed.

"What?" she asked, turning to face him halfway.

"I talked to Sue, she going to rent it out to us until I can afford to buy it from her."

She turned to take in the small clapboard house. It was nice, definitely a place that she could see herself and Jacob making a home for themselves. It wasn't too small, just big enough for them and a couple of kids if they chose to have any. She couldn't believe that Jacob had done this, it only made her love him even more.

"Aren't you going to say anything?" he asked with a light laugh.

She turned to face him, wrapping her legs around his waist before leaning in to kiss him. Her hands cupped his neck and his fisted in her hair. He pulled her flush against him, his arms linking around her waist and she sighed against his lips. This was the longest amount of time that they had spent alone together without being interrupted in the three months since they had gotten together.

Bella didn't know what caused her to do it but she found herself placing her hands on his shoulders before grinding her pelvis to his. The sensation sent shivers down her spine and made her wish that they didn't have their clothes between them. She continued her menstruations, feeling his arousal grow against her thigh. The kiss grew more heated and his hands went to her hips to keep the rhythm she had set. She took that as a sign that he wanted this too and drug her hands slowly down his torso to bunch his shirt in her hands. It was tossed over her shoulder seconds later.

Jacob didn't know how much farther things would go but if she didn't want things to go any farther than she was going to have to tell him because they were passing the point of no return very rapidly. She pulled away from the kiss to make eye contact with him. She was silently asking him if he wanted things to progress because it was obvious from her actions that she did.

"I have a condom in my wallet," he said, his voice low and deep.

Bella nodded, bunching her cami in her hands before pulling it over her head and it joined Jacob's shirt a few feet away. He could tell that she was slightly nervous but that she trusted him. He lifted her off of him and she lay down with him hovering over her. His eyes drifted down her body slowly, wanting to remember everything about her. Her breast heaved against the restraints of her bra, letting him know that she wanted him just as much as he wanted her.

The button of her shorts was easily undone by his thumb and forefinger and she leaned up just enough for him to be able to slide them down her hips. She hooked her feet around his thighs once he had made his way back up to her before he leaned down to brush his lips against her collar bone. They may not have been together for long, but he had learned that was her favorite place to be kissed fairly early on.

"Jake," she breathed.

He smiled against her neck, cupping one of her breast, brushing his thumb over her nipple through the fabric. Her hands went to his shorts, fumbling with the button for a couple of seconds before succeeding in freeing it from it's hole. She quickly pulled the zipper down before pushing them down his narrow hips. Jacob kicked them off the rest of the way, groaning when one of her hands reached into his boxer briefs to fondle him.

"Are you sure this is your first time?" he asked huskily.

"I'm positive," she answered with a light, ragged laugh.

She pushed his boxer briefs down, grabbing hold of his butt in the process.

"I've always wanted to do that," she said in wonder.

"Feel free to do it whenever you like."

She wrapped a hand around him, marveling at the fact that although her hands were small, it didn't fit all the way around him. She paused for maybe half a second before sliding her hand down the length of him. He groaned against her neck, cursing under his breath. She held back a smile as she continued, growing more confident with every pass of her hand. His hands traveled down her torso, his fingers sliding into her already wet folds. She moaned softly, moving against his hand, wanting him to go faster.

He pushed her underwear down with his free hand all the while adding a second finger. She leaned up on her elbows to reach behind to free her bra and let it fall off to the side once she had slid the straps down her arms.

"You're beautiful," he said, barely audible.

She smiled up at him, wrapping her arms around his neck to pull him closer. He kissed her gently, pulling away before she could take control of the situation, choosing to place kisses along her neck then moving farther down to her breast. He cupped one, brushing his thumbnail over the nipple as he latched onto her other nipple, his tongue swirling around her areola slowly, his teeth pulling gently at her nipple.

Bella arched her back, wanting to give herself to him. She had never been scared of sex even though she had never experienced it, she thought that it was something that would happen whenever a couple was ready and should never be forced. She had honestly been ready to sleep with Edward but she was glad that he had said no. She was glad that her first time would be with someone who she loved and loved her in return and could show his love for her without any hindrance or thinking of what could go wrong.

Jacob looked at her from under his eye lashes, wanting to see her reaction to what he was doing. Embry had told him that having sex for the first time was awkward at first but once things progressed and you found out what the girl liked and didn't like things would be easier. So far nothing about having sex with Bella seemed awkward in any way. It helped that they knew each other so well and that they had always been open with each other even when the truth hurt. His fingers slid into her folds with ease and he knew as things progressed they weren't going to be as easy. He didn't like the idea of hurting her or knowing that she would be in pain even if it would only last a few minutes.

"Jake," she said to get his attention

He focused his eyes completely on her and she gave him a look that let him know that she was ready. He reached behind him for his shorts and pulled his wallet out without breaking eye contact with her. He shook the condom out of his wallet before throwing it and his shorts over his shoulder. The wrapper was opened with ease and he pulled his fingers from her core and she whimpered from the lack of contact.

"Let me know if you want to stop," he said, positioning himself with her center.

He met resistance which he had expected but he didn't know how to push through her vaginal wall without hurting her. He had stretched it as much as he could but she was still going to be in pain. He paused, not sure if they should keep going.

"Oh, no you're not, I can take it. Just get this part over with," she said, fixing him with an even stare.

Jacob pushed himself up on his elbows, hooking one of her legs and bringing it around his waist. That gave him some more room and he was able to slide in farther, without her feeling any pain. That gave him an idea: He grabbed hold of the leg around his waist and placed it over his shoulder. Embry had also told him that might help, he was thankful for having an honest friend like Embry who wasn't scared of telling him things that most people wouldn't.

He pushed the thoughts of hurting her to the back of his mind and focused on the feeling of being inside of her for the first time. He hadn't even realized that he was halfway in. Her warm slick folds molded to fit him and she was obviously enjoying herself. She gasped/moaned as he pushed himself down to brush his chest with hers. He could feel himself sliding deeper as she winced, her vaginal wall completely broken and now he could work on stretching her out.

"You okay?" he asked gently.

"Just go slow," she said with a shaky sigh.

"Love you," he said, brushing his lips over her forehead.

"Love you more," she said with a lazy smile.

He brushed his fingers over her collar bone, sliding into her slowly. He couldn't go any farther so he slid out of her and let go off her leg before rolling over, pulling her with him. She straddled him, impaling herself with him as gently as possible.

"Go as slow as you need to."

"What if one of us finishes before you're completely inside me?" she asked, gnawing on her bottom lip.

"Then we'll try again, and again and again," he said with a gentle laugh.

She moved against him, feeling him lift himself off the ground to meet her.

"Talk me through this. What do you want?" she said with a sigh.

"It's all in the hips. Whatever you feel comfortable with," he encouraged her.

She moved her hips in a slow circular motion, almost letting him slip out of her before sliding back down. He moan his approval and she let out the breath she was holding. That hadn't been been so bad, and he had liked it. She swiveled her hips again, this time placing her hands on his torso to brace herself. She could feel him, sliding farther into her inch by inch and the fire in her belly was increasing by the minute. She was close but she needed to feel all of him inside of her, she needed it more than she had ever needed anything else. She gritted her teeth before impaling herself onto him one last time. Fire spread through her center and her eyes welled up with tears as he gripped her arms and asked if she was alright.

"You didn't have to do that," he said regretfully.

"Yes, I did. I wanted all of you inside me," she said once she was able to breath again.

"Are you okay?" he asked again.

"I'm getting there," she said with a slow nod.

His hands went to her hips, guiding her, urging her to slow down so that she wouldn't injure herself anymore than she already had. The fire in her belly was building and she could feel that she was close, was he? She hoped that he was.

"Okay, off of me, Danger Girl, letting you take the lead was a bad idea," he ordered.

"I'm not a flower who's going to blow away if you're not careful with me, Jake," she said with a scoff.

"Bella, roll off of me," he said evenly.

Bella dismounted him and emersed herself in the flowers as he slide into her once more. Yes, maybe impaling herself onto him had been a bad idea but she didn't see any other way of having him inside of her. He hadn't been able to do it because he hadn't wanted to hurt her and she understood that but she also needed him to understand that she wasn't going to break if he was rough with her.

His eyes met hers, letting her know how much he loved her. She smiled up at him, brushing his sweat slicked hair off of his forehead. He pushed into her and she moved with him as he pulled almost all of the way out. Heat washed over her as her climax built it's way to the surface and she gasped, digging her nails into Jacob's biceps as she felt herself go slack. He pumped into her a few more times before letting out a guttural growl. She pulled him to her, her hands splayed over his back. Her chest heaved against his, their sweat mingling.

Jacob pulled away from her to roll off of her silently. She rolled onto her side to face him, her head propped on her hand. She watched him with curious eyes, he was staring up at the sky.

"Do you regret what just happened?" he asked, not looking at her.

"Are you insane? Of course not," she said, shocked that he would even ask her that.

"I want you to know that I didn't bring you here so that we could sleep together."

"I like that my first time was in a field of wildflowers. That's something every girl dreams of."

"So it lived up to your oh so high standards?" he asked, slowly turning his head to give her a teasing smile.

"Oh I don't know, next time I may expect rose petals on the bed and chocolates," she with a roll of her eyes and a shrug.

He laughed, shaking his head and she grinned. It was good that they could joke around, right? Having sex had changed things but it hadn't made things weird or awkward. If anything it had made their bond stronger.

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Seth stood on the porch shuffling from foot to foot. Kourtney had invited him over to be properly introduced to Hudson but Seth wasn't sure if he could handle it yet. He was only sixteen and he was being expected not by Kourtney but by the elders of the tribe to form a relationship with Kourtney as soon as possible. That meant that today had to go well because if Hudson didn't like him than there was no reason for Kourtney to even consider being with him. The front door opened and it took half a minute before Seth realized it. The towheaded little boy from the week before stared up at him with questioning eyes. Seth smiled slightly, still a little uneasy about the whole situation.

"Who are you?" Hudson asked innocently.

"I'm Seth, I'm here to see your mom," he said, his nerves starting to settle slightly.

Hudson walked away, leaving the door open. Loud footfalls could be heard charging up the stairs and a minute later Kourtney came to the door. She pushed her newly shorn strawberry blond hair out of her eyes with a smile before opening the door wider to let him in.

"You're early; I didn't expect you for another twenty minutes," she said over her shoulder, leading him into the living room.

"I've actually been standing on your porch for the past five minutes debating if I should knock or not," he admitted, embarrassed.

"Why wouldn't you have knocked?" she asked her, head rising quickly to meet his eyes.

"There's just a lot going on and it's a little too much at once," he said with a shake of his head.

"I know the feeling," she said sympathetically.

He sat down on the couch, raking a hand through his hair. He should have known better than to bring up what was going on. She knew the situation because she was going with it with him but she didn't know the whole story. There was talk of wanting them to get married as soon as he was done with school. Didn't either of them have a say in the situation? What about what he wanted? He didn't see the older members of the pack having their lives planned out for them the way his was.

Kourtney sat next to him putting a hand on his knee reassuringly. He appreciated the gesture but it wasn't enough to calm his frayed nerves. He needed to be honest and just come out with the new information that was being thrown at him.

"How about I go turn on cartoons in my room for a little while? Seth and I need to talk," she asked Hudson who was playing in the corner.

"Can I watch Spongebob?" he asked hopefully.

"What do you think?"

"No," he said sadly.

"Maybe when you're a little older," she said with a light laugh.

Hudson followed his mother, tossing a shy wave over his shoulder and timidly saying goodbye to Seth before exiting the room. Seth smiled back feebly and gave him a small wave in return. Kourtney was back less than two minutes later after finally finding something for Hudson to watch. She sat next to Seth, her body turned towards him, watching him cautiously. She could tell that something was wrong, she just wished that he would come out with it.

"Are you having trouble at home?"

"My mom and sister have been arguing a lot more," he admitted quietly.

"Arguing about what?"

"Me, mostly. My mom thinks that nothing is wrong with what's going and she agrees with the counsel who think that I should take on more responsibility."

"And what does you sister think?"

"She thinks that it's too much to soon, which it is. Don't get me wrong, I think you're great, you're amazing. But I would never have pursued you if I hadn't imprinted on you. Leah wants me to have a normal childhood and thinks that I deserve to have the same freedom that the older members of the pack do."

"You wouldn't like me if you hadn't imprinted on me?" she asked, hurt.

"I didn't say that. Considering that I am jailbait I would have at least waited a few years before making my move on you, that is if you were still around," he said with a dry laugh.

"What exactly is the counsel asking you to do?"

"They're pretty much planning both of our lives for us. We would be married as soon as I'm done with high school and start trying to have children if it were up to them. Also, they're trying to push a trade on me that I don't want so that I'll have a steady job once I'm done with school. I mean, wood carving has been a hobby of mine since I was young but I don't know if I want to make a career out of it."

"They're planning our lives for us? Can they do that?" she asked skeptically.

"Not without my parents permission but since my mom is all for it than yes they can plan my life for me."

"What about mine? They can't tell me what to do!" she reminded him with a huff of annoyance.

"That's why Leah is in our corner. She reminds our mom every day that I am not the only one that is a part of this. My sister can be a pain in the ass and a raging hormonal bitch when she wants to be but she's been my biggest defender since our dad died last year," he said with a sigh.

"You know what I think? I think you and I should talk to your mom, and try to get her to see things from our perspective. And maybe we can ask your sister to be there when we do it."

"That's a good idea," he agreed with a nod.

"Mom, Daniel Tiger went off!" Hudson called from her room.

"I'll be right back," Kourtney said with a sigh as she stood from the couch.

"He can come back in here. I'm okay now, really," he reassured her.

"You sure?"

Seth nodded, steeling his nerves. He hadn't wanted to dump his problems on her but he was glad to have her in his corner and that she saw his side of things. Kourtney could be heard warning Hudson to be on his best behavior and he promised that he would before coming back into the room. Hudson came in half a minute later carrying a plastic bin of toys.

"Don't you have enough toys in here?" she asked with a light laugh.

"I wanted to show him these," he stated, giving his mother a 'duh' look.

"Oh, well, excuse me,"she said with a laugh and a shake of her head.

Hudson sat on the floor in front of them pulling out each car, train, motorcycle, action figure and McDonald's Happy Meal toy one by one to let Seth see them. He had stories to go with certain ones and Seth listened intently for the next half an hour until Kourtney's roommate Soiel came in.

Soiel watched them from the archway for a minute before heading up to her room. She turned off Kourtney's TV since Hudson could never remember to turn it off. She didn't know what to make of Seth. Kourtney had given her a vague story of how they met and promised her that the police would never show up at the house to haul her away for having a relationship with a minor. She liked Seth, he seemed like a nice enough kid, but was he worth all the stress and worry that was being put on her best friend?

Hudson's laughter bounced off the walls, echoing throughout the house. Kourtney's laughter was next and Soiel made her way back downstairs to investigate.

"No!" Kourtney said in between fits of laughter.

"Do you want me to get her?" Seth asked Hudson.

"Get her!" Hudson said excitedly.

"Oh no!" Kourtney groaned before laughing again.

Soiel smiled as she watched Seth pin Kourtney to the couch then Hudson launched himself at her, tickling her everywhere at once. Kourtney threw her head back in laughter, the three of them probably didn't even realize that she was home. She pushed away from the wall silently and walked into the kitchen. She would get dinner started, even though it was Kourtney's night. She would need to make more than normal, Kourtney had warned her that Seth tended to eat more than a typical person did, but she didn't mind.

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Bella needed to be honest with her dad, she didn't know how to tell him the truth without making the situation weird. She owed it to him to be up front about the situation because she had promised him that she would be honest with him when the time came to have this conversation again and that time had passed...a week ago. She didn't regret a single thing that she and Jacob had done while they were at the cabin...or the three times that it had happened since.

She ordered a barbecue chicken pizza from Al's, knowing that it was Charlie's favorite and she had given Leah some money to buy beer for him when she had come over earlier and she was due to drop it off any minute. A car could be heard in the driveway and she looked out the front window to see Leah getting out of her car and their usual pizza delivery guy pulling in beside her. Leah let herself in and would have shut the door in the delivery guys face if Bella hadn't stopped her. Bella paid him, giving him an apologetic smile before shutting the door. Leah left a few minutes later without saying much. Bella could tell that something was going on but she wasn't going to ask since Leah hated it when people prodded into her life.

Charlie came in half an hour later to find Bella plating the pizza and cheese sticks which she knew were his weakness. He knew something was going on immediately and he was too tired to beat around the bush.

"What happened? Why are you trying to butter me up?" he asked in a tired tone.

Bella jumped since she hadn't heard him come in. She grabbed hold of the counter to calm herself before turning around slowly.

"Sorry, didn't mean to scare you," he said gruffly.

"It's okay. Have a seat, I had Leah get you some beer to go with dinner," she said handing him a plate loaded down with food along with a beer.

"You didn't have to do that. Seriously, what's going on?"

"Remember when I promised to be honest with you when I became sexually active?" she asked sheepishly.

"So it's happened?" he asked, taking a pull from his beer.

"I don't want things to be awkward," she said in concern.

"I don't either so we're gonna have some ground rules. I know you aren't a kid anymore but it's more so that I don't walk in on anything I shouldn't see: he isn't allowed to stay the night unless I am working. I don't want you to think that I don't trust the two of you."

"Okay," she agreed with a nod.

"The second and last rule is that you always have protected sex. You're both too young to be parents and I am too young to be a granddad."

"I understand."

"Good, now that I've spoken my peace can we move on?" he asked, clearing his throat.

"Enjoy your dinner," she said before wrapping her arms around his shoulders from behind.

He patted her hands once before starting to eat. She let go of him, deciding to let him eat in peace. Even if it had been slightly awkward she thought that it had gone reasonably well. She was dreading having to tell her mom because she was not ready for the avalanche of questions that would be thrown at her. No one should have to go through the third degree when it was given by Renee.