Chapter 9 - Jake Says Goodbye
Anysa looked at Jake like he'd grown 3 heads and said, "Do what?" Jake said, "I'm not repeating myself because I know it's just going to confuse you or hurt you and I don't want that...Look...I love you Anysa but I'm going through something right now and Sam is going to be helping me...And I don't want you to think I'm alienating you...I just can't spend any time with you for a couple of months...That doesn't mean I love you any less...It just means I don't want you getting hurt by me...but you have to trust me as well...I know it's going to suck...but you have to just believe when I'm done...I'll tell you everything...I promise."
Jake had been having the fevers like the other guys but hadn't actually phased yet. He stepped up to Anysa and he pushed her into the wall of her room gently...He leaned down and captured her lips softly. She could feel the scorching heat off his lips...His lips felt like molten lava against hers, felt as though they were going to burn all the way to her teeth. She gripped his arms for leverage, suddenly noticing how scolding hot the rest of his body was and not just his lips. They still hadn't had sex yet, but Jake told her when they finally did it would be so much more beautiful because they did wait until they were both ready. Jake pulled back and smirked her cheeks blushed as he pressed his forehead to her forehead and he said, "Promise me that you trust me." His voice was low and husky.
Anysa chewed her bottom lip and she said, "First you promise me this isn't some stupid excuse to get out of dating me." Jake said, "I promise...Hell I swear on my life." He kissed the end of her nose and said, "I'll promise you one better...I'm going to marry you some day Anysa." Anysa could feel her heart fluttering in her chest and she gave Jake a little shove and said, "Shut up...You're going to go off and meet some hot girl and marry her." Jake leaned down and met his eyes with hers and he said, "Nope...You're the only hot girl I need." As his lips captured hers one more time. His arms wound around her waist and lifted her off the floor a little so she didn't have to stretch to reach him.
Jake placed her back on her feet and groaned as he pulled away from her lips one more time and he said, "I'm going to miss you." Anysa touched her swollen lips and said, "I think I might miss you more." Jake shook his head and said, "Never...Listen if you need me for any reason...Tell Em and she will be able to get to me and let me know." Anysa couldn't stop the tears from sliding down her cheeks and nodded and mumbled out, "Okay." Jake said, "Don't cry baby please...I promise the 2 months will go by faster then we know...It will only seem like 2 days...Just promise me you're not going to cry anymore." Anysa nodded and couldn't help as a few more tears slid down. Jake pulled her into his arms and rested his chin on her head. His low voice said, "You're breaking my heart baby." Anysa sniffled and said, "I'm sorry...I didn't think it was going to be this hard." Jake said, "I know...me neither."
As she wiped her eyes and watched as Jake pulled off his necklace that always hung around his neck...it was a black hemp cord with a silver wolf charm...it was something his mother had given him as a baby to help protect him...He slipped it over her head and let it hang and said, "There...It'll watch over you when I can't." hugging her to him again...Jake pulled back and dropped a couple of extra kisses on her lips and said, "I love you." She smiled sweetly and said, "I love you too." She watched as he took off out the door. Anysa watched from her bedroom window as Jacob met Sam, Paul, Jared and Embry at the tree line and they all disappeared in the woods.
Dina was sitting in bed staring on the window, when someone knocked on her door...She said, "C'mon in." Jared opened the door and said, "Hey." Dina rolled over and looked up at him and said, "Hi." He sat on the edge of her bed and leaned over kissing her lips softly and said, "What's the funny taste?" Dina giggled and said, "Sorry...It's the chemo...It takes over my sense of smell and taste." Jared shook his head at her as he kissed her lips a couple more times and said, "Listen...I'm gonna have to disappear for a couple of weeks...Jake is getting ready to join the pack and we all have to be there for him...I already know he somewhat braced Anysa for it...but she's more than likely going to come and ask you what's going on. You can't tell her anything...She'd not allowed to know any of it until after he's gone through everything."
Dina said, "Are you crazy? I can't lie to my best friend." Jared said, "I never said lie to her...I said don't tell her anything." Dina said, "So what she doesn't ask me then I don't have to tell her, but if he does I can't tell her." Jared said, "Either way you can't tell her...It's forbidden." Dina furrowed her brow and said, "It might be forbidden for you but I'm not in the pack...Remember me...paleface...Besides if the roles were reversed Anysa would tell me everything...and you know that." Jared said, "Look...I don't want to fight with you...I'm just telling you what can't happen." Dina said, "Do me a favor...Worry about your own friends and pack members and let me worry about my friends." Jared kissed the top of her head and said, "I have to get going...The guys are waiting for me." Dina nodded and watched as he left...as she went back to looking out the window...The guys saw Dina in the window and she waved bye to them.
Anysa looked at Dina and said, "Are...Are you...Are you fucking kidding me?" Dina giggled and said, "Wow...Almost the same response I had." Anysa said, "Tell me you are completely fucking with me right now." Dina rolled and said, "I'm completely serious...have I ever lied to you?" Anysa looked at her skeptical and said, "No of course not...This is just really...Surreal" Dina said, "Listen...Whatever you do you have to act as if I never told you anything! I'm not trying to get into trouble with Jared even though I don't give a shit and you should know that already." Anysa laughed and said, "No...I know...Besides Jake promised he'd tell me the truth when he could...I guess it just softens the blow now." Dina laughed and said, "That's one way to look at it." The girls continued to giggle and talk. It was nice. Dina hadn't been doing a lot the last couple of weeks except for getting her chemo treatments...So it was nice to have her out of the house laughing everything off.
