CH.2
He looked at me with eyes of dissapointment and lunged for Jacobs throat. "EDWARD, NO!" I screamed. In that second my head was resting on Jake's stomach. I was dreaming. I must have fallen asleep, tipping over till my head rested on Jakes chiseled stomach, creating a circle of bodys with his head stillon my lap. Still Startled I sat up quickly. My movements must have woken Jake. "Whats wrong!" Jake said with immense concern. His open eyes were now staring protectively up at me. "Its nothing, its nothing, just a bad dream." I reassured him with my words. "Victoria?" he implied. "y-yeah, she was chasing me through the woods and no one was there to save me." I lied. I wouldn'tdare tell him the truth for fear he would phase right here still in my lap. Now sitting up with his arm around my neck Jake started lecturing me, "Bella, you can't stress out about this too much, it's unhealthy. Don't forget you have a pack of wolves and a coven of bloodsuckers on your side. You heard how easily we took out Laurent. Carrot top wont be any trouble." I didn't hear exactly what he was saying, I was too busy analyzing my dream. I gather it has to do with my concience. Deep down I felt horrible
about being so intimate with Jacob behind Edwards back. The worst part was how much I enjoyed it. His physical touch made my veins vibrate, you would think it was his body temperature boiling my blood. When I was sure Jake was done talking I just nodded my head, smiled, and hugged his left bicep. "Thank you Jake, I really can't say that enough." "I know your grateful." he smirked and released his arm from my grip to stretch. His hands in the air he let out a final yawn. "Well I feel pretty rested, how about we go do something." "Yeah, I'm a little kinked up from our interesting sleeping arrangement anyway." This was a lie. I would like nothing more than to just spend days cozied up to him. He got up first and assisted me up, I was still pretending to feel "kinked up." "How about we take out our bikes." Jacob said with enthusiasm and a mischievous glint in his eye. "Alright, I could always use the practice." It was around one in the afternoon and the rain had stopped. We made our way to the shed where he kept our bikes. "I have an idea..." Jake said again with mischief in his voice. "How about I show you my favorite place to go mudding, Embry and Quil dug out a hug dirt bowl in a clearing not too far from here. It's so much fun." "Mudding?" my voice cracked. "Oh come on, you have a blood thirsty vampire after you and your afraid of a little mud?" "Jake! I was so close to forgetting about that, thanks for bringing it up." my voice was serious but forgiving. "Sorry, sorry, come on, man up and lets do this." he flashed me a persuasive smile. There is something about those pearly whites that make saying "no" strangley difficult.
"Fine, but don't expect me to make it through the day without an injury." "Can you just not worry for one minute?" "I blame my mother." I said while an image of my mothers worried face after finding out I was admitted to the hospital danced in my head. We mounted our bikes and Jake blasted out of the shed, his front tire coming off the ground just a little. I have to say his skill on a bike is extremley attractive to me. I putted along slowly behind him down a familiar path, occasionally Jake would look back to see if I was okay and smile. I assume my uneasiness on this machine is morbidly entertaining to him. After about ten minutes down this path we took a turn by a huge weeping willow I had never seen before. I focused my eyes to the distance and my palms immidiately started to clam up. About 20 yards ahead of me in the middle of a gigantic concave circle of mud at least 8 feet deep waited my arrival. Jake was already off his bike waiting for me with his arms crossed and a kid-in-a-candy-store grin on his face. I killed the engine and hopped of the bike shooting Jake a look that screamed not-in-a-million-years. "Come on Bella, don't give up so easily. How about you watch me go first before you completely shoot it down." "I'll watch you but I can't promise I will subject myself to that death trap." Jacob laughed as he put me in a playful headlock and messing up my hair. He proceeded onto his bike and kicked the engine to a roar. Without hesitation he made his way to the edge of the bowl. He gave me one last smile and a wink before he dropped. When he dropped so did my stomach. I ran to the edge to be as effective as a supervisor as I could. I clutched my cellphone in my pocket so I was ready to call an ambulance when he broke his neck. I was quickly assured I didn't have to worry as much as I was when I witnessed what was in front of me. Jacob was riding with ease. A constant stream of mud spitted from his back tire, Hhe scaled the walls of the mud bowl like he had done this hundreds of times.
My worry turned to admiration. Watching him surf the muddy walls was as fluid and graceful as if it were ocean waves. Seeing ever muscle in his abdomen tense as he shifted his weight and manipulate the bike made me week in the knees. Jake was emitting "cool" from every pore. Edward would never do anything like this. He would call it silly and uncivilized. Im realizing while watching Jacob that my hunger and admiration for extreme activities didn't go away when Edward came back. Jake did one more turn around on the side of the bowl opposite to where I was standing just as a skateboarder would on a half pipe and before I knew it him and his bike were barreling right at me. Before I could jump out of the way he landed next to me with precision. "So what did you think." he asked with a slight hint of cockiness. "Jake, that was amazing. I've only seen stuff like that on ESPN or something." He responded with a smug laugh and said "Now its your turn." Watching Jake perform really made me consider doing it. I just stared at him in the eyes and with a raise of his eyebrow he convinced me. He gave me a few basic pointers and before I knew it I was on my bike at the edge of the pit. "Remember Bella, a lot of it is mental, you can't be scared. Just take a deep breath and go."