Chapter 5

I must have been more tired than I thought because I slept like a log and by the time I finally woke up it was 11:45. "Shit!" I yelled, jumping out of bed as I realized that I had exactly 15 minutes to get ready before Jake picked me up. I sprinted to the bathroom and showered in record speed and went to my closet to grab my white jean shorts and a dark blue tank top, dabbed on some makeup, blow-dried my hair and grabbed my bag. As I was walking down the stairs, I heard Jake and Seth laughing as they watched Friends. "Hey I love this show!" I shouted as I jumped down the last three steps. The boys laughed as my mom called me to the kitchen.

"Sid, I've invited Billy and Jake to come over for dinner tomorrow night, so while you're out today think of something yummy for me to make ok?"

My mom is so funny, "Nice tact Mom! Jeeze!" I knew she was going to push this whole imprint thing to go faster, she's probably got the whole relationship planned out right up to the engagement!

"Honey," she tisked, "he imprinted on you, that means you are soulmates, I'm just going along the natural course of your relationship." I gave her a look until she added, "I'm just speeding it up a little….well…since its already moving faster than everyone else's did in the beginning." I must have looked confused because she elaborated. "Well, for everyone else, their imprints had no idea about the wolf thing. They had to take it slow and wait before telling them about it all and the whole imprint thing. But for you guys, since you both know your destined to be together, there's not as much annoying timing, so you can just get right on into the falling in love part."

I walked away shaking my head, "Mom! Oh my god…" I was still shaking my head when I walked into the living room where the boys were failing at their attempt not to laugh. "Ok, ha ha ha, let's go."

As I walked up to Jake's truck he opened the door, saying "Billy loves Spaghetti….and I love….cake?"

We laughed as he got in and headed to Port Angeles. The car ride was about 30 minutes, we talked the whole way there. I was kind of amazed at how easy it was to continue a conversation with him. It wasn't a forced one like it is with most guys, where you have those awkward moments of silence where no one knows what to say next. Our conversation was really laid back and…flowy, yes, it was flowy. And we learned a lot about each other too. For instance, his favorite color was Caribbean Blue because it was the only way he could think to describe my eyes. This man sure knows how to get a girl blushing, and I'm SO not a blushing kind of girl. We finally got there and pulled up in front of this huge auto store place thing, it had a tire on its' sign. We went in and Jake went to the cashier guy and gave him his and Sam's name and the guy went to the back and returned with a cart full of maybe 5 or 6 medium sized boxes that we loaded into the cab of Jake's truck. After paying and returning to the car Jake turns to me, "So, anything you want to get while we're here? Any stores you wanna hit up?"

I thought about it, "Well I need to go to Victoria's Secret?" He got this look that told me he was thinking naughty things, so I went on. "Not for that! I ran out of my favorite perfume from there and want to get some more, and maybe lotion or something!" His face fell a little as I shook my head, "Boys!"

He started his car and said, "To Victoria's Secret it is then! And you know, if you see something that you absolutely have to try on, feel free! In fact, I encourage it!" I started laughing as he turned to me adding, "But only as long as I get to see how they look." And then he winked again! He's gotta stop doing that! Except thinking about it, I'm pretty sure he can tell that it makes my pulse jump…stupid wolf senses.

When we enter the store, every female's eyes are glued to Jake and I feel a strong urge to hit every single one of them. We might not be together, but he is MY soulmate! So I get a little possessive…what girl doesn't? He must have realized this because he put his arm around my shoulders as I headed past the lingerie to the fragrance/lotion area. I found my perfume and paid for it and we left.

"Well that was fast!" exclaimed Jake. "But good, cause the people in there looked like they were gonna attack me…I was kind of scared!" he joked, "Where to now?"

At that very moment, my stomach growled, reminding me that I haven't eaten anything all day. Jake must have heard because he grabbed my hand and led me to the boardwalk where there were tons of food stores. "What does that monster in your tummy want?" he asked.

I decided on pizza, because, well…it's a classic! We ordered a large meat lovers pizza with extra cheese on it. As we sat and waited for our pizza I turned to Jake, "Is half a pizza enough? Or are you still going to be hungry?"

He laughed looking surprised, "Half? I thought we ordered a large pizza."

"No silly! I mean is half for me and half for you good? Or should we get another too?"

He gave me a look responding, "Are you trying to tell me you can eat half of a large pizza?" I nodded my head. "How in the hell can you look as good as you do and eat half a pizza? Don't girls eat like salads and crappy food that's meant for horses?"

I shrugged my shoulders, "I dunno, fast metabolism? I hate salads and dieting, I eat what I want. Actually I can eat a whole pizza….but I want to save room for ice cream." I smiled sheepishly looking at him.

His jaw dropped, "I'm so happy I know you, seriously, you have no idea."

Finally our pizza arrived and we both attacked our halves. He finished his maybe a minute before I did, I'll admit I ate like a pig. Normally when I'm around guys, I eat somewhat lady like. But I was so hungry that any thoughts of being prim and proper while eating just flew out the window while the pizza flew into my mouth. I leaned back and rubbed my belly and looked at Jake, he was doing the same thing only he was giving me this loving look while laughing. "You eat like me, I like that!" I laughed and got up to pay for our pizza but he was already pulling out his wallet. I looked at him and smiled, "Hey, no worries, I got it."

He just laughed and shook his head, "Umm, I don't think so. I got this one missy."

"Jake, it's fine. I can pay for the pizza."

He looked at me and firmly said "No!" as he put his money on the table.

"Jake!"

"Sid!"

This went on for about five minutes before he took my money, put it back in my wallet, threw me over his shoulder, and carried me away from the pizza place.

"Jaaaaake!" I whined, "Can you please put me down?" He laughed a gently brought me back to my standing position and ordered a double scoop of chocolate ice cream on a dipped cone. I looked up at him confused, why was he ordering ice cream? He turned me around and we were standing in front of an ice cream vendor. I smiled and ordered the same. After we got our ice cream I reached for my money again and again Jake put it back in my bag and paid for the ice cream. "Eventually you are going to have to get used to me paying for you," he laughed.

"But I feel so bad!" I whined, "I hate making guys feel like they have to pay for everything, it's not fair!"

He wrapped his free arm around my shoulders saying, "Well don't, because I want to pay for you, so get over it and eat your damn ice cream."

I huffed in defeat as we walked over to the wooden fence separating the walk and the beach. I climbed up and sat on top of it and just looked out at the ocean. I forgot how beautiful it was out here. I felt his warmth right next to me and turned to him, "Tell me something I don't know…something that no one else knows about you." He laughed as he thought about my request. "Hmm….Everyone thinks I'm a slob, but if we were in my room, I could find everything you asked for. It all looks messy, but it's organized the way I like it." He laughed, "That's the best I can think of right now, how about you?"

I laughed, "That's awesome! I'm gonna have to put that to the test someday! Umm….I have dance parties alone in my room, just shut the door, turn up my ipod, clean, and dance like a maniac. My mom walked in on me once and I didn't realize until I spun around and she was on the ground crying from her laughter."

He burst out laughing, "My new goal in life is to watch this, I just thought you should know." I hit his arm and started to say something but a voice interrupted us. "Excuse me, I was walking by and couldn't resist." A middle aged man handed us a Polaroid of Jake and I sitting on the fence just smiling at each other, it must have been while we were talking. "I saw you two laughing together and realized I had never seen two people be so at ease with each other, I had to capture the moment." And with that he left as Jake and I just stared at the photo. We looked so happy...I didn't realize I was crying until Jake wiped my tears away. "Oh...um, sorry about that…"

"Are you ok?" He asks, "Did he upset you?"

I shook my head replying, "No, I just haven't seen myself this happy since my dad died." Another tear fell after I said that out loud as I looked up at him. "I feel really happy when I'm around you."

He smiled, "Well good. I'm happy when I'm around you too." And with that he kissed my nose and hopped off the fence, extending a hand to help me down. As we walked back to the truck we passed a movie theatre and I saw that Just Go with It was playing, "Oh my god I've got to remember to see that," I exclaimed. He pulled me towards the theatre saying, "Or we could watch it now?"

"Really?" I asked like a little kid. "Absolutely," he said as he bought our tickets. And headed in, he turned and arched his eyebrow, "you coming?" I skipped up to him and grabbed his hand, "Can we get popcorn? And candy? And soda? And a pretzel? And nachos? And popcorn?" He laughed and fixed our hands so his fingers were laced with mine, "you can get whatever you want, beautiful." I twirled myself around and kissed him on the cheek, "You're the best ever!" He smiled so much, I was surprised his face didn't hurt. I love that I can cause him to smile like that, it's a good feeling. We ended up only getting popcorn and sodas because I wasn't too hungry after the pizza and ice cream….I eat a lot…. By the time we left, it was 7. The movie was so funny, it is hands down my favorite movie ever. Adam Sandler is a genius and Jennifer Aniston is amazing! During the movie Jake put his arm around my shoulders and I laced our hands together again before leaning my head on his shoulder. I feel like this was a date…should I kiss him? I kind of want to…

"What are you thinking right now?" He interrupted my inner dialogue, making me realize I'd been silent since we got back in the car. "I'm thinking about how that movie made me want to go to the beach," I made up, "I wonder when it's gonna be nice enough weather to go."

He smiled at me, "You remember how summers are in La Push, nothing like the movie…but next time it's somewhat sunny, I'll take you to the beach." He reached for my hand and I slid closer to him. "Pinky swear?" I asked looking up at him. He took his eyes off the road for a second and looked me dead in the eye and said "Pinky Swear," before kissing my pinky. We settled into a comfortable silence for the rest of the ride home, which was perfect because I was still debating on whether to kiss him or not. I mean, this was kind of a date.

Exhibit A: He paid for everything.

Exhibit B: We held hands AND he put his arm around my shoulder…we were basically touching the whole time.

Exhibit C: We got food and watched a movie-that's pretty Date-like.

Exhibit D: He kissed my nose, I kissed his cheek. There's already been some kissing…just not kissing.

Final piece of evidence: I really want to kiss him. His lips look so soft and perfectly kissable. I mean, his hands are pretty soft, considering he's a guy. And his cheek was soft, so his lips must be really soft. And he smells so good. "I think I've made my decision." I said, not realizing it was out loud. Jake squeezed my hand and asked, "Decision about what?" Oh my god, I would say that part out loud. "Umm, about dinner tomorrow...Mom and I will make pasgetti and cake…chocolate cake…yummy!" Oh I am good!

Jake turned to me, "Did you just say pasgetti?" I started laughing, "Yes, yes I did. It's what I said when I was younger, I guess I never felt the need to change it." He kissed my hair and whispered, "You are so freaking cute, you know that?" I giggled, "You know what? I think I have heard that a time or two before!" The rest of the ride we talked, made jokes, and laughed…A LOT!

Before I knew it we were in front of my house and he was walking me to my door. "So this was a lot of fun," I said fumbling with my keys-total date cliché, I know! He smiled, "Yeah, I'm really happy you came with me today." I looked up at him, "Are you?" He laughed replying, "Of course! It would have been really boring to go alone, and your fun to hang out with…" he knew I was waiting for him to go on. "And I guess there's that whole imprint/me liking you a lot thing…That might have made it even more fun" We both laughed at that part, I love that we have the same sense of humor. That was totally how I would've responded. "Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow at the diner?" he asked. "You bet your ass you will," I replied as he gave me the best hug...like ever. As we started to pull apart, I stood on my tip toes and our lips met. I was right, he has the softest lips I have ever kissed. I could feel him smile when he realized what was happening. This is definitely the best kiss I have ever had, no question about it. When we pulled apart, he was smiling his big ole Jacob smile again as he pulled me toward him to kiss my forehead before I went inside. I walked up my stairs, collapsed on my bed and thought about the perfect kiss that just happened.

Suddenly my door flew open and Kim was standing there with a smile on her face. "Seth told me you were out with Jake all day! I WANT DETAILS!"