I ran to the truck, thinking that was what he wanted. At the moment my feet moved across the earth I heard a crash I looked over my shoulder while running and saw a girl. A girl with flame red, curly hair past her waist. She was half crouched while she and Jacob Had a stare down. I looked away and ran to the truck faster. Once there I slammed the door and looked out the window, only to see the redheaded beast staring at me with her deep blood red eyes. The next thing I saw was Wolfy Jacob go for her, she leaped into one tree and then to another. She moved so fast my eyes couldn't keep up with her.

I blinked and she was gone and there was 7 wolves in the yard surrounding Jacob. 4 of them ran off after the creature when the other three looked at Jacob. I was worried he was hurt. The black wolf looked at me and seemed to say something to Jacob. Jacob ran into the woods, opposite of the direction the 4 wolves took and then within 30 seconds came out a human again. He waved to the other wolves and made his way to the truck.
"What in f*cking hell was that!" I nearly screamed when he got in.
"That was the vampire we've been following." Jacob said "She's getting way too bold. I know she knows I;m a wolf but she comes here anyway!" Jacob was getting upset, I could tell. His hands began to shake rapidly then I remembered what he said about that.
"Jacob, calm down. Your starting to shake." I said
"Sorry" He said looking down at his hands as he pulled the truck out. "She was hunting you, Mac. I can't take that."
"Me? What'd I do to her!" I yelled "All I was doing was walking to the truck!"
"Yeah, well this vampire has a thing with Bella and Edward and probably smelled them on you." Jacob said
"What do you mean 'a thing' with Bella and Edward?" I asked.
"Edward killed her mate, James. So now she wants to kill Bella to get revenge." Jacob said
"Why'd Edward kill him?" I asked
"James was a tracker. According to Bella, his clan, he, the red head and another, showed up one night when the Cullen's were having a family baseball night. He smelled Bella, knew she was human and wanted her. Edward said no he couldn't have her and that pissed him off. So he began tracking Bella. Eventually it led to a fight between the Cullen's and him and Edward got to do the honors off burning him" Jacob explained.
"So she wants to kill me too?" I asked
"Not the same way she wants to kill Bella. She was hungry so she hunted you." Jacob said
"Oh..." I said. We were silent for a while then Jacob spoke.
"Mac, I'm sorry for leaving you alone. I shouldn't have done that. I didn't smell Victoria because if I did I never would have left you alone. She must have been running through the reservation and smelled a non-Indian human and decided she wanted you." Jacob said "I'm really sorry!"
"Its fine. You didn't know." I said "Did the other wolves go to find her?"
"Yeah they did." Jacob said grabbing my hand. "After I drop you off I'm going to help them."
"Jacob, promise me you'll be careful." I said
"I promise." He said
"Don't just say it to make me happy, mean it. Swear to me you won't do anything reckless. Swear that if something looks too dangerous then you get another pack member to help you, please?" I begged. Jacob seemed shocked at first.
"I swear I will do everything in my power to stay safe." Jacob said
The rest of the ride back to the Swan house he explained more about normal Vampires to me and told me in detail what happened to Bella. He also told me about what his job as a wolf is; that's to make sure that people are safe from Vampires. Especially Quiliettes.
When we pulled into Charlie's drive way Jacob got out. I saw my dad peering through the window waiting.
"You go. I've got this." I whispered as he helped me out.
"No, I'll stay and explain." Jacob said. Dad opened the door and came out.
"Do you have any idea what time it is, Mackenzie Lynn Mathews?" dad asked
"No I do not." I said, wow full name! This is not a good sign.
"It is 10:49pm. You were supposed to be back at 10." He said
"Its my fault sire. I was telling her things about the truck and explaining how parts work. Its something I enjoy telling people about so when I talk about I lose track of time. And in Mac's defense she didn't have a watch." Jacob said. It sounded good to me but I didn't think dad would go for it.
"I see." Was all dad could say. "Jacob, you go on home and I'll call your father after I speak with my daughter."
"Yes sir. Bye Kenzie." Jacob said waving to me.
"Bye Jake!" I said
"Alright go up to your bedroom. I'll call you down when I'm ready." Dad said. He seemed disappointed about something. Like something had happened but he wouldn't tell me what. I went up to the room I was sharing with Bella and plopped down on my cot.
"Mac!" I heard a voice say from the window.
"Jacob?" I asked
"Yeah. I just wanted to say that if your not grounded give me a call and we'll work on the truck again." Jacob said. "Oh here's my number." He held out an envelope for me.
"OK thanks." I said shocked he was in here. "Did you come in through the window?" I asked
"Yeah actually I did. Edward let me in." I looked around and didn't see Edward or Bella.
"OK well goodnight." I said
"Night, sleep tight!" Jacob said climbing out of the window.
About that time Bella came in and sat on her bed. Then I heard something in the tree outside Bella's window. Edward.
"Hello ladies." Edward greeted us.
"Hi." I said
"Hey Edward." Bella said. He went and sat next to Bella.
"How did you let Jacob in?" I asked Edward
"Oh I was reading his mind and he was upset that he might see you for awhile so I jumped out of the window and told him to go through and wait for you." Edward explained.
"Of course. More creepy stuff that shouldn't exist." I muttered.
"Jacob was thinking about the encounter with Victoria. Apparently now she wants you dead too." Edward said
"WHAT?" I screamed
"Shhh." Edward hissed.
"Mackenzie Lynn, come here." I heard dad called.
"Wish me luck." I said heading for the door.
"He's not very mad, just confused." Edward said as I left. His mind reading could come in handy.
"Yes sir?" I said when I got the living room. I could feel my stomach from being nervous about what he was going to say.
What if he said I couldn't see Jacob anymore? What if he won't let us be alone anymore? What if he makes my curfew 5pm? What if I'm grounded for 2 months? What ifs kept rolling through my mind.
"You know what you did tonight, staying out past curfew, is not allowed. I'm disappointed in you, Mackenzie. You really let me down this time. I thought you'd be able to what your told and follow rules better than this. If your mom were here right now, she'd be very upset." Dad went on trying to make me feel ashamed of myself. It didn't work. I had nothing wrong so why would it work.
"So whats my punishment?" I asked
"When your with Jacob you have to make sure Billy and I both know where you are and what your doing. I don't care if you two decide to the beach for a couple minutes you better let us know. And if you miss curfew again your grounded for a month. Are we clear?"
"Loud and clear." I said going back upstairs. It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be.
"How did it go?" Bella asked
"Better than I thought it would. I'm not grounded and can still see Jacob." I said smiling.
"Good. You wanna tell her or should I?" Bella asked Edward
"I will." Edward said
"Tell me what?"
"See my sister Alice heard about you and Jacob and she wants to meet you. She told me to invite you over to our house for a slumber party tomorrow night with her and Bella." Edward said

"Sounds awesome." I said
"She's going to use as a Guinea pig for her endless beauty tests." Edward said.
"Cool, maybe I'll learn something." I said laying back on the cot.
"OK. I'll call Alice." Edward said whipping out his phone and dialing a number so fast I didn't even see his fingers move.
"She said she'll come... I even warned her... Uhuh... OK... Bye." Eward said

"Alice is, of course, excited." Edward said faking worried. His emotions were so easy to read... I could almost tell what he was thinking but not quite.

"Oh sweet." I said

"No. Its not. When she's excited she goes WAY over board on hair, make up and she buys clothes- Lots of them." Bella said

"Ok..." I said. Alice seems nice so whats the big deal with her wanting to make us look half as good as her? I really didn't get it.

I laid back on my cot and quickly fell into dreamland. I didn't really have a dream, it was more like pictures of the previous day flashing through my mind. I saw Jake, and Billy and Victoria with her glowing red eyes. I saw Jacob transform, er excuse me, Phase into a wolf. I saw the others come and help. I saw Edward talking on the phone to Alice. But the most disrupting, concerning and bothersome picture was the one of my dad looking so angered, so disappointed and let down.

I woke up the next morning to the alarm clock buzzing. I began reaching over both sides of the bed looking for the button. Instead of finding the alarm clock I found a glass of water which I proceeded to knock on the floor. I have got to be more careful in the morings. Edward cleaned the water from the navy carpet so I could go shower. He muttered something that sounded like "Go on. I know you wnat to see the mutt." but I couldn't be sure.

I quickly showered and dressed. Once done I jogged down stairs, I peeked out the window to see the cruiser was gone.

"Our dads left at dawn to go fishing." Bella said scaring me.

"Oh ok. Mind if I use the phone?" I asked

"No, go right ahead." Bella said taking a seat at the dining room table while Edward fixed her somethign to eat.

I dialed Jacob's number fast and waited nervously for him to answer.

"Hello." I heard a gruff voice say, it was Billy.

"Hey Mr. Black. Is Jacob around?" I asked

"He's not here." Billy said, then I heard a knock at the door. Edward answered it, he seems like her servant or something.

"Oh, well tell him I called." I siad as I saw Jacob walk through the door. Edward greeted him with "Good morning Mogrel." I just rolled my eyes. "Actually don't bother. Jacob just walked in."

"I thought he would."

"Well thnaks. Bye!" I siad.

"What were you doing?" Jacob asked nonchalant.

"Calling you just as you requested." I said walking into his arms for a bear hug... or could we call it a wolf hug? Jacob smiled and let out a happy laugh. "Why are you here? I thought you'd wait for my call."

"I have been here all morning waiting for you to wake up." Jacob said running his warm hand up and down my back

"Ok now you sound like a stalker." I joked

"No see, we were patrolling the whole area and Sam thought it would be a good idea for me to stay here since the redhead's little stunt last night." Jacob explained "He was going to send Collin and Seth but I volunteered."

"Aww how sweet!" I said, then my stomach growled and totally ruined the sweet moment we were having.

"Hungry?" Jacob asked

"Guess I am." I said blushing.

"Come on." He said leading me to the kitchen.

When we got there we saw Edward cooking what appeared to be eggs, bacon and toast.

"I'm making breakfast if you two are hungry." Edward said

"Wow thanks!" I said "Jeez Bella, you sure know how to pick 'em." I joked taking a seat by Bella. Bella didn't seem to know how to take me sometimes, but then again most people don't. She was kind of reserved and shy towards me. She almost seemed to hate me in a way. I wonder if she was mad about Jake and I being imprinted or whatever you'd call it.

After breakfast I went outside and sat on the porch. Jacob offered to do the dishes. I heard the door close behind me, I looked and it was Edward.

"Can I talk to you for a moment?" Edward asked

"eh sure." I said. He came and sat by me.

"I was listenign to your thoughts this morning." Edward said

"Ya know thats rude right?"

"Sorry." Edward said fakly. "But anyway I think Bella liked having him all in love with her, even though it hurt him. I honestly think that if I hadn't came back then she would have eventually had a relatioship with him. But thats beside the point. I just thought you'd like to know."

"Where exactly do you stand on the imprinting?" I asked

"Exactly where you thought. I'm happy with it. Even though Jacob and I are supposed to be enemeys I'm happy for him. You wouldn't believe how hard it was to hear his thoughts. Thats where this whole mind reading thing can really suck, when someone's depressed and you heard the things they think." Edward said

"Oh ok..." I said

"Hey." Jacob said "Whats going on?" He asked concerned

"Just having a little chitchat." Edward said rising to go back in the house. Jacob stared at him. "Don't worry. I wasn't even thinking about hurting her." Good lord, what is Jacob thinking? I thought

"Mack, to answer your question. He was thinking that I was eiter trying to talk you out of being on the "werewolf side" or that I was going to kill you." Edward said. Jacob's face turned red and his hands started to shake.

"Jacob, look t your hands." I said

"Sorry." He said taking a deep breath and calming down "Ready to go work on your truck?"

"Of course!" I said smiling