A/N: Here is chapter three! yay!. I have soooo many Idea's floating around this warped brain of mine and I can't wait to write them! Still not sure how many chapters this will be. I have a banner made for this story which can be viewed here :

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Shannonn14: Yes Bella and Edward will show up eventually, but this is a Jake/Hermione story, so im not sure how much they will be featured.

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Chapter Three.

The next day Jacob took Hermione walking on the beach. Harry was off somewhere with Sam discussing every little detail about Harry's life prior to their meeting. Hermione was a little worried about this, but Jacob assured her that Sam was a decent guy. Plus Hermione knew Harry would tell her everything they had discussed, and Sam couldn't hide anything from the pack even if he wanted too. So Jacob decided he would show her around La Push, then casually start the inquiry into her life. There was still so much about this pretty girl he wanted to find out.

They continued down the beach until they reached the piece of Driftwood he and Bella often sat at. Jacob felt a pang of sadness and hope his pain wasn't mirrored on his face. Hermione looked at him half a second longer than normal, but if she noticed anything different she didn't let on.

Hermione sat on the driftwood, and Jacob sat beside her. She smiled at him shyly and Jacob smiled in return.

"It's beautiful down here" Hermione nodded out to the water.

"Yeah it's nice"

"You can ask you know, it's you that bites remember" She smiled at him.

"Very funny" He replied cheekily "What makes you think I have something to ask"

"Please I turned up a day ago in the woods, I would have a million questions" She nudged him encouragingly.

Jacob looked at her for confirmation that he was indeed allowed to ask questions, and she nodded her head yes.

"How did you meet Harry" He was going to start off with an easy question.

"To be honest he hated me at first. I heard him and Ron making fun of me one day after classes. Truth hurts I guess, 'cause after I heard them I went crying in the girls loo. Then Quirrell who was a teacher at our school, but was being possessed by Voldemort. Well he let in a troll and it found it's way to the girls washrooms. Harry and Ron saved me, they didn't need too but they did. We've been best friends ever since" Hermione was grinning at the memory.

"So where is this Ron guy?" Jacob asked, and watched her face shift from a look of glee, to a look of grief.

Hermione thought for a moment before responding.

"Sometimes you can love someone, and they can love you, but that's not enough. He was with us for a while. Then when we were hunting horcruxes, he left. Went home I suppose. It's weird you know, you have so much love and hope and trust in a person. Then they go and disappoint you in the worst way possible."

"I understand that" Jacob looked down at her sadly."You would never leave Harry"

Hermione shook her head no."He's my best friend. Like a brother too me, and we've been through so much together. I'd do anything for him."

"What about your family?" Jacob questioned,

"They love me, but they don't really understand me" She shrugged "The life we live is hard to believe unless you live it too. I lie to them, tell them im happy and having fun. They know nothing about the war"

"That must be hard" Jacob could sympathize

"Sorta" Hermione shrugged "What about you? this freak out Billy?"

"Nah, he knew it was coming. Plus I think it makes him really proud." Jacob didn't understand why, sometimes he thought he was a freak.

"You protect people" Hermione's brown eyes were so caring, he had to look away.

"I haven't protected anyone" Jacob snapped at her.

"You will, I know it" She nodded her head, as if doing so made it true.

Jacob looked out at the water, he didn't like where this conversation was going. He hated talking about himself. He didn't really know how, Bella only ever talked about herself. He didn't need to talk much with the pack because they knew what he was thinking.

Clearly sensing Jacob was uncomfortable Hermione changed the subject.

"So when did you change?" Hermione asked.

"little over a year ago. You?"

"I never really changed, I've just always been a witch. It was always in me, weird things happening that I couldn't explain. Then when I was eleven I got my Hogwarts letter" Again Hermione smiled at the memory.

The two sat in silence for a few moments, going over in their heads all that was revealed.

"So you ever gonna tell me about Bella Swan?" Hermione was the first to break the silence. It was getting close to dinner and Jacob's stomach was aching for food. When he heard her question he went rigid.

"How do you know about her?" His voice had a obvious bite to it.

"Heard some of the guys talking" She looked at him warily "Must be important to you"

"She was"

"Was?" Hermione had her eyebrows raised almost to her hairline.

"Was as in not anymore, she's marrying a vampire, he's gonna change her. She won't be the same, She'll be one of them" He spat.

Hermione snorted "Them, whats so wrong with them?"

Jacob looked at her as if she had two heads "They EAT people Hermione, they're freaks"

"Do you really have any right to call them freaks. I mean wolves can attack people too. Witches and Wizards kill people. People kill People."

"It's not the same!" Jacob jumped to his feet, now screaming at Hermione "It's not the same alright so drop it!"

Hermione however was unphased "Is it not the same because you love her, and she picked one of them right. I get that you hate them, that's fine but you better remember that when you call them freaks, you're calling me a freak, because we come from the same world."

Jacob felt a pang of guilt in his gut, and regretted using the word freak, but regardless stood his ground.

"And I'll have you know that I've faced much scarier than you Jacob Black! So you might as well sit down and relax, cause your not scaring anyone" Hermione had that stubborn glint in her eye and Jacob couldn't help smiling.

"Now what does imprinting mean? and why does all the boys say your doing it to me?"

A/N: Was is mean leaving it there? New update soon! REVIEWS MAKE ME VERY HAPPY. Also we never really get to know what Jake is feeling, and I think that he's hasn't accepted being a werewolf quite as much as he would like us to think. Also while I LOVE Bella, I really do, she is a little self centered.