Chapter Eleven

Author's Note: Hey everybody. Sorry this post is late I've been super-busy with our new baby girl. I hope everybody had a great Christmas and a rockin' New Years! Just so you guys know, the more reviews I get, the quicker the chapters come up. I'm pretty sure that the next chapter will be the last one of this series, so let me know if there's any questions that you want answered in the last chapter about Kaylin, Jacob, or any of the other characters. Please review! I hope you enjoy this chapter!

The Cullen's were very swift when it came to training before the big fight. They were fast. Very fast. It made me fear how quick the newborns were going to be, especially since they were stronger. A lot stronger.

I felt a gentle hand on my shoulder and I just about jumped out of my own skin.

"Kaylin, are you in there?" Jacob asked me. He had a worried look upon his face.

I focused my eyes on him and smiled.

"As far as I know." I replied.

He brought his hand up to my face and touched my cheek.

"Are you alright?" He asked.

He was worried.

I nodded my head. "I'm fine." I lied.

He stared me over. He knew I was lying. Crap, I was busted. He shook his head and smiled.

"Training for today is over. The pack is going to Sam and Emily's for dinner." He said.

Haha! I wasn't busted after all. The only thing I was busted for, was for having a stomach that had a bigger attitude than I did. It began to growl like it was angry at me.

"Well, looks like my stomach has spoken for me." I said. "I'm freakin' starving."

Jacob laughed. "Come on, let's get you some food before you do some serious damage to the wolf pack."

I smiled. "I don't think I could do too much damage."

Jake shook his head and took my hand. "I don't know about that…"

I raised an eyebrow and shot him a glaring look. "What 'chu talkin' about, Wolf Boy?"

He laughed. "You have an attitude to begin with, I would hate to see it when you're hungry."

"Can't argue with you there."

The house was full of hungry boys all holding their plates waiting to get up to the table to get their food. I may have an attitude when I get hungry (or just anytime), but there was no way in hell I was going to cut in front of one of these guys that were ten times my size that had a stomach ten times the size of my own. Nu-uh. No way. Nope.

"Go cut in front of Seth." Jacob said to me.

"Are you out of your Goddamn mind?" I asked him.

"What?"

"Seth may be small, but he's just like you when it comes to food. Geez, Jake. You won't even let me take food off of your plate." I explained.

"That's not…"

"It is, too." I cut him off. "I'm fine standing here in front of you."

"Alright, then." He smiled.

Emily walked over to where Jake and I were standing.

"Kaylin, you don't have to wait with Jacob to get your food." She said. "Come on, we'll get ours first. By the time these boys are done fixing their plates, there isn't going to be any food left."

I stuck my tongue out at Jake and started walking away arm-in-arm with Emily. "See. It pays off to be patient and not a pig." I laughed.

Jake's mouth dropped to the floor and he stuck his tongue out at me in return.

I was helping Emily with the dishes when I felt the same familiar hand from earlier on my shoulder.

I turned around and smiled at Jacob. He had a serious look on his face.

"Jake, are you okay?" I asked him.

"Yeah, I'm fine." He replied.

He was such a bad liar.

"Are you sure?" I asked.

"Positive." He said. "When you're done dishes, do you want to go for a walk?"

I nodded my head. "We're done now. Let's go."

I grabbed my jacket and we headed for the door. Jake was unsurprisingly quiet. He lead us down to First Beach.

"This brings back memories." I said quietly.

We stood there watching the waves.

"I want to fight tomorrow." Jake said.

I knew it. I thought to myself.

"I figured that much." I said, my eyes never leaving the horizon.

"Are you mad?" He asked.

I shook my head. "Why would I be mad? I know why you want to fight, Jake. I can't stop you."

He turned me so I was facing him and he wrapped his arms around me. God was he ever warm.

"I don't want any newborn getting near you." He said.

"Jake, you don't have to explain."

He lowered his lips onto mine and kissed me gently.

"I want to kill Victoria myself." He continued.

"You have to be careful." I said. "You heard what Jasper said. You can't go for the obvious kill, and never turn your back on your enemy."

"Kaylin, she won't have time to wrap her arms around me. There's no way. If I have it my way, she'll be dead before she even hits the battle field."

I took his face in my hands and gave him a gentle kiss.

"You have to promise me something." I said.

"Anything." He replied.

I looked into his eyes. "Promise me that you'll come back to me alive." I whispered.

A tear rolled down my cheek and I quickly turned my glance down to the sand that was under my feet.

Jacob put his hand under my chin and my eyes met his.

"I promise." He whispered.

He pulled me into a hug and I wrapped my arms around him as tight as I could.

"I love you so much, Jacob black. I don't know what I would ever do without you. You're my everything." I said to him.

His grip around me became tighter.

"I love you too, Kaylin. I always have and always will." He whispered.

Nobody got any sleep last night. Hopefully that wasn't too much of a bad thing. My stomach had been in knots for the past week, and today I felt like I was going to hurl.

"Come on, Seth, you and I have to meet Bella and Edward up at the meadow to take you to the camp site." Jacob encouraged.

"Yeah… Let's go…" I mumbled.

The three of us got there just as Edward and Bella did.

Edward kissed Bella on the forehead. "I'll meet you up there. I love you." He hugged her.

Bella put her arms around him and hugged him back. She looked like she didn't want to ever let go.

"I love you too, Edward." She said.

She walked over to Seth, Jacob and I.

"Let's do this." She said.

She looked just about as thrilled as I did.

Seth picked Bella up off of the ground and Jacob did the same with me.

"Alright boys… Mush!" I said.

We all laughed, and Seth and Jacob started running with us in their arms. When we got to the camp site, Edward was there and already had a fire started.

"Thank God that storm blew over." Bella said.

"I know, I was pretty sure I was going to have to wear my parka and galoshes!" I joked.

I looked over at Jacob who was looking over the horizon. I walked over to where he was standing.

"Jake…" I started.

He cut me off.

"I need to know that you're going to be safe up here." He said.

I looked behind me at the small boy-turned-wolf and the vampire version of Romeo.

"Jake, I'll be fine. Seth and Edward are more than qualified to play security guard for Bella and I."

"This is no time to joke around…"

I took his hand and gave him a gentle kiss.

"Jake. I'll be fine. I promise. I'll still be here when you get back. And you better come back."

He smiled and took me into his arms.

"You can count on me coming back. I'm scared if I don't, you'll bring me back to life and end me yourself."

I laughed. "Good. Now go. The pack and the Cullen's are waiting for you."

I enveloped him into a hug and squeezed him as tight as I could. I buried my head into his shoulder.

"I love you so much, Jacob. Please… Be safe…" I whispered.

"I love you, too. You're my everything." He replied.

Before I knew it, he was gone. I turned around and walked back over to Bella. I had tears streaming down my face. We hugged each other.

"He'll be safe." Bella reassured me. "He's Jacob. He's a fighter, there's no way he's going down."

"It's starting." Edward said.

All I could do was stand there and stare at Edward. He was translating for Seth, who was in his wolf form.

Seth perked his ears up and looked at me.

"Jacob just got there." Edward said.

I took a step toward him. He knew my question.

"He's alright." He answered.