Chapter Nine

"Thanks, Carlisle." I looked down at the stitches that were in my arm and admired them. I smiled.

"What in the world are you smiling about?" Bella asked me.

"It's my first battle scar!" I joked.

Bella shook her head.

"I'll see you at school tomorrow, try and cover that thing up, the last thing we need going around school is you got in a fight with the big-bad-wolf." Alice said. She winked at me, gave me a hug, and danced to the jeep.

After everyone left, Jake and I went back to Sam and Emily's with the rest of the pack. Jake and I decided we wanted to go for a walk down First Beach to have some alone time.

Surprisingly enough, the storm had passed and the sun had begun to shine. The breeze off of the water was warm. We walked down the end of the beach and sat on a log that was along the tree line.

"Good thing Carlisle has an emergency kit in his car at all times." I joked. "He probably uses it a lot with Bella there most of the time."

Jake was quiet. The fight was still bothering him.

I reached up and touched his face gently with my hand. He reached up, held it to his face and closed his eyes.

"I would die if I never got to feel your touch again." He whispered.

I leaned in slowly and lightly kissed his lips. I felt his hands run through my hair as he deepened the kiss.

"Jacob… You never have to worry about never feeling my touch again." I whispered back.

"What if something ever happened to you? What if you got more than just a slash on the arm today, Kaylin?" His tone was very serious. I had never heard him talk like that before.

"Look at me." I grabbed his face in both my hands and lifted his gaze to mine. "As long as I'm with you and as long as we're together, nothing could ever take me away from you. What we have for each other is too strong to separate us. We're meant to be together, Jake. Through thick and thin, hell or high water, neither of us is going anywhere."

His chocolate eyes were teary. He pulled me into a hug and squeezed every inch of my body against his.

"I promise I will never let you get hurt again." He said into my hair.

"That might be a little difficult for you to keep that promise." I replied.

He looked at me with confused eyes.

"I'm accident prone. Did you forget or something?"

He chuckled. "Everyone's probably wondering what's taking us so long."

I stood up and held my hand out for him to take it.

"Let's go, Mr. Black." I said. "Your brothers are hungry and you might get hurt if we don't hurry up and get to Sam's before the food gets cold."

I couldn't find it anywhere. My favourite sweater that I always hung up in my closet was nowhere to be found.

"I know I didn't leave it at your place…" I mumbled to Jacob, who was laying on my bed.

He sat up. "Maybe it's in the dirty clothes hamper in the laundry room or something. It couldn't have just gotten up and walked away." Jake crinkled his nose. "God, Kaylin, it smells like bloodsucker in here all over. When was the last time Bella was over, I think she dragged some garbage scent with her." He paused. "Have you noticed anything else out of place in here besides your sweater missing?"

"Some papers were moved around on my desk but that's about it. Why?"

"There's different bloodsucker scents in here. Not just the Cullens."

"Well my sweater didn't just get up and walk away, and…" Someone cut me off.

"It didn't." A voice came from my doorway.

Before I knew it, Jacob was firmly at my side and made no signs of budging.

"Edward, what are you doing here?" I asked. "Wait… Scratch that. How the hell did you get in here?"

"You gave Bella a key, and I didn't think it was too polite to come through your window with Bella on my back. She's downstairs right now." He replied.

I could tell he was very upset about something, he looked very raged. His eyes were almost black.

"So how do you know that my sweater didn't get up and walk off on its own? With everything I know about now, I wouldn't be surprised if it took my toothbrush and nail polish with it."

Jacob still hadn't moved an inch since Edward stepped foot in the doorway. It wasn't a scent that Bella dragged with her the last time she was over, it was Edward downstairs that he had smelled. Jake still looked very angry.

"Victoria took it." He responded.

"Excuse me?" I took a few steps toward him.

Jake grabbed my arm and pulled me back.

"How do you know that filthy leech took her sweater?" Jake asked.

"Because a few items of Bella's along the same line are missing. Victoria's scent is all over the place."

"That was the other scent I could smell." Jacob whispered. He pulled on my arm. "I have to get you out of here."

I shot up out of my sleep and turned on the light beside the bed. I grabbed my cell phone and dialled the first number that came to my head.

"Pick up… Pick up…" I mumbled to myself.

Finally someone answered.

"Jake?" I asked the person on the other line. "Is that you?"

"It's me, don't worry. What's wrong? Are you alright" He asked.

"No, I'm not alright if you must know. I need you to come and get me now." I demanded.

"What is it?" Jake asked.

I could hear him getting dressed and getting ready to go out the door.

"I'll tell you when you get here, just get here fast." I replied.

I closed my phone and stayed in my room until I heard his car pull up. There was no way in hell I was going downstairs in this big house by myself. Aunt Connie was in Los Angeles for the week for a bingo tournament with her girlfriends. I decided to climb down the side of the house instead outside my bedroom window.

Jake got out of his car and ran to the spot underneath me where I was climbing down.

"Kaylin, are you insane? You could fall and break your neck!" He shouted.

I got to the last five feet from the ground and jumped. I landed perfectly on my feet.

"I have to get out of here; we have to go to the Cullen's. I need to talk to them."

"What the hell has gotten into you?" He asked, jumping into the driver's side and slamming down the gas.

"Look, I had another nightmare." I started to explain. "Victoria's been in my house, Jacob. She's been through my things and she took one of my sweaters."

"How is that even possible? We've been monitoring this place like crazy ever since the fight."

"I'm guessing she broke in right after the fight, when we were all still in the meadow." I replied. "She was in Bella's house, too. She took some of her stuff that was similar to mine."

We pulled up to the Cullen's house and all their lights were on, as usual at night. I ran up to the front door and pounded as hard as I could.

"Esme! Carlisle!" I shouted.

The door swung open and Emmett was standing there. "Where's the fire, Tater Tot?"

"With Victoria." I answered. I walked through the doorway and past the big bulky vampire.

"Kaylin, what's wrong?" Alice said as she walked up to me. "Good lord, you smell like dog."

"Thanks. Appreciate it." I smirked. "Look, Victoria was in my house and took a couple of my things. I don't know why and I don't know what for, but you need to call Edward and get him and Bella here now." I told them.

"How do you know that she was in your house?" Carlisle asked.

"I had another dream." I replied. "Alice, if you concentrate hard enough, can you try and find out what Victoria is planning?"

She nodded. "I'll do my best."

"Thank you." I hugged her.

"Bella and Edward are on their way here now." Rosalie spoke.

"Good." Carlisle said. "Do you want to stay here, too?"

I shook my head. "Thanks, but that's quite alright. I have Jake waiting out in the car. I'm going to be staying on the reservation. I need to tell the pack what happened so they can get into high gear."

"I will call you if I see something." Alice promised.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you." I raced out the door and to the car.

"Let's go warn the pack." I said to Jacob.

He looked at me with confusion written all over his face.

"How are you keeping your cool?" He asked me.

"My Aunt isn't home for another week, so I know that she will be okay. As long as I'm with you, I'm safe from even the worst possible thing happening. Bella will be with Edward so I know she's safe, too." I answered. "Now let's go."

Once again, he stepped on the gas and we were flying toward La Push. It didn't matter how fast we were going or what the road conditions were like, I felt safer than I ever could have been. I was with Jacob Black.

Author's Note:

DISCLAIMER: I DO NO OWN TWILIGHT, JUST KAYLIN AND HER AUNT CONNIE.

So, sorry I haven't updated in a while! Things have gotten pretty crazy around here lately! My wedding is slowly creeping up in 2 months, and we just got the best gift of all in March! We found out we are expecting our first baby! I promise I will try my best to update more often! Thanks to everyone who read and reviewed. I hope you liked this chapter; hopefully the next one will be a little longer, though! Thanks for reading and don't forget to review!