Aww poor Rose. Well theres more Jose fluff in this chapter as, well, Bella is in Italy...

Short, but it's late. And well, I will update when I have more time.. plus the last chapter was mucho long anyway!

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"Is Bella at Jake's house?" Charlie asked as he came home from work to find me curled up on the sofa, staring into space with a book in my hand; I knew I was going to have to cover my terrible mood for my Uncle's sake.

I shook my head, hating that I had to lie. "She's in... LA."

"WHAT?!" His face went red and he gritted his teeth.

"I don't know what's happening." I lied. "Alice came over and said Edward was having a serious breakdown, and she freaked out and they went to LA to talk him out of something stupid."

"But he broke her!" Charlie hissed.

"I know." I dropped my head, feeling a little broken myself. "I tried to stop her, so did Jake. It... it didn't work."

"Grrrr." Charlie growled, clearly pissed. "I'm going to see Billy."

"Okay." I replied. "You want any dinner?"

"I'll eat there." He slammed the door and left the house.

I sighed. Love sucked. The feeling, the word, everything.

What sucked even more?

I felt really hot right now, like I was on fire.

I didn't want to call him, but I was scared.

"Jake?" I whispered into the reciever.

"Mmm." He mumbled. "What's up, Rose?"

"I'm hot, Jake. Really hot. I'm pretty sure I should be dead."

"I... I'll be right there." He hung up on me.

I bit my lip and walked upstairs to change into my denim shorts.

It cooled me down a little. I looked into the mirror.

I still looked tanned and my eyes had darkened, but only slightly.

Then I felt a scratch on my lower back. I lifted up my shirt and gasped.

What the hell was that tattoo doing there?! And why did it look just like Jake's tattoo?!

I jumped as a half-naked Jacob jumped through the window. Why was he doing this to me?

My heart sped up, and I sighed to slow it down a little.

Jacob Black was going to be the death of me.

I watched as he studied my body. He gasped when his eyes moved over the tattoo. "Oh."

"That wasn't there earlier!" I frowned, looking at it. Sure it was cool, but I did not want a tattoo.

Jacob looked at his arm and then at my back. "That's weird.. all the tribe have theirs on their arm like me.."

"So I am becoming a werewolf?!" I gasped, horrified. I didn't want this. I hated it.

"I'm sorry I did this to you." He whispered, his face full of hurt. It reminded me of his face from earlier today, when Bella had driven off.

"Jake, it's not your fault. You did it to save me. Anything has to be better than death." I whispered the reply, walking over to him.

He hugged me and I felt like I'd broken into a million pieces. I wanted to stay here forever. If only I could read his mind.

"I love the way she holds me."

I jumped backwards. Okay, Jake's mouth definitely didn't move there.

"Did I scare her? Ugh, I better take her to Sam's."

Again, his mouth wasn't moving.

Oh, shit. So now I can read minds? Fantastic. Just fucking fantastic. I let go of Jake and frowned.

"I think we need to go see Sam." He told me, his eyes full of concern.

I nodded. "Yeah. I'll leave a note for Charlie."

From the corner of my eye, I could see him watching me.

But I couldn't read his mind. I tried to read his face. Nothing.

Well that was... weird.

I sighed, feeling hotter again. "Let's go."

I reached for Bella's car keys, but Jake moved me away from the counter.

"What?" I frowned.

"We're running."

"No way. I'm not that fit."

"Just humour me, would you?" He ran outside.

I grabbed the house keys and ran out after him.

Holy crap, I was fast.

"Oh sweet baby Jesus." I gasped, catching up with him.

Jacob laughed softly, but there was still pain in his eyes. "Have you noticed anything else?"

I read your mind earlier. You said you liked the way I held you. "No. Just this, the heat and the mark."

"Hmmmmm."

I quite liked running with Jacob. Everything felt so natural. Apart from the hurt in his eyes.

But I loved the feel of the wind whipping through my auburn hair as we raced through the forest.

We reached a small house in a clearing and Jacob stopped.

I skidded to a stop beside him.

A tall man with russet skin and short, spikey black hair stepped out of the house, followed by a few others, who looked younger. They must've been my age, only they looked so much older with their muscles.

I noticed the marks on their arms and figured they were the tribe.

How was I going to fit into a tribe of mainly men who were bigger than bodybuilders? Ugh.

"I knew you were coming." The oldest man said. "Hello Rose, I am Sam."

"Hi." I half-smiled, a little nervous to be around a load of topless men, who were all pretty good looking. Nothing compared to my Jacob, though.

I noticed one of the boys staring at me, checking me out, causing Jacob to growl.

I wasn't his property, so what was the problem.

"This is pretty interesting. I've never heard of a female member of the tribe." Sam said. "Are you sure it's not just a fever?"

I turned away from him and lifted my t-shirt. I heard the gasps as they looked at my mark and turned back.

"Fever! If she was this hot, she'd be dead, Sam!" Jacob frowned.

"I never knew that by just giving blood, this could happen." Sam looked at me cautiously. "Anything over than the heat and the mark?"

"I ran all the way over here at Jacob's speed." I said. "Though I probably could run faster if I'd tried."

One of the boys sniggered and Jacob growled again.

"Anything else?"

I took a deep breath. I had to say something. "Erm.. I heard Jacob's thoughts."

From beside me, his eyes bulged out of his head. "WHAT?!"

"What were they?" Sam said, clearly interested.

"That he needed to bring me here." I stated, simply.

"How do we know she's not lying?" The third largest boy said, folding his muscular arms.

"Rose, can you read his thoughts now?" Sam asked.

I focused on Jacob. "No. Nothing."

"Hmmmm."

"Wait." I reached out and touched Jacob's arm. "I was touching him before."

"Okay."

I looked deep into Jacob's eyes, trying my best to concentrate.

"Don't think anything stupid, don't think anything stupid. Wait, this isn't possible, wolves can't do this."

I laughed softly, before repeating. "Don't think anything stupid. Wait, this isn't possible. Wolves can't do this."

Jacob's eyes widened. "Huh.. what?!"

"Is that true, Jacob?" Sam asked. Jacob nodded. "Well, this is odd. But, I guess we have a female member of the pack."

There were wolf whistles and I blushed as Jacob growled, again.

"I'm so sorry." He whispered. "This is no fate."

"Though, Rose, I suggest you try to phase whenever you can so we can work things out for you." Sam continued.

I nodded. How was I supposed to phrase?

"Jacob will help you." He added.

I turned to look at my friend who still looked horrified.

Maybe he regretted saving my life...