Meanwhile, the wolf formerly known as Jacob Black was pacing. Back and forth, back and forth. He had imprinted which was, well, life altering obviously. However, for some reason, he felt .. guilty? Like he had betrayed Bella which was a funny sentiment considering she had betrayed him and she certainly didn't seem to care about that. No, definitely not.
As long as she had her Edward.
Growling angrily, Jake sat back on his haunches one more time, debating whether to turn or not. He had to. He had to think this through. After another moments debate he felt his body begin to rearrange itself and in a few seconds flat he could see his hands, his feet, both entirely furless.
Sitting on a log, just like that, he buried his hands in his hair and sighed, trying to think. He didn't even know her name but she was beautiful - she was and apparently quite kind. After all, by this morning she wasn't even afraid of him in giant wolf form but what was he supposed to do now? He had never expected to imprint on someone let alone in his wolf form. Fuck.
"Why me?" he groaned, tugging his hair, silently wondering if Lily would keep her promise.
Day turned to night, slowly but surely, as Lily sat up in her room. She didn't move much, expect to occasionally open and shut her bedroom window or grab a sweater. She watched the fading light, listening to her father shuffle around. Normally it took him full days to apologize when he hit her. Normally she forgave him verbally but mentally, that was a whole other story.
Sighing, she leaned back on her bed and shut her eyes, willing the tears away. Why did it have to be like this?
Why had her mom left?
Did he hurt her to?
Lily couldn't remember, she was so young then. Sure, she could remember her parents fighting but hitting? She couldn't recall that. It drove her insane. He drove her insane. She grew ever more frightened of him. James didn't even know.
Listening as the sound of footsteps came from outside she cautiously made her way to her window and peeked out. James. Thank G-d. Sighing in relief she sat on her bed and waited to see whether or not her father felt guilty enough to let her out or him in.
Riiiing.
The doorbell.
Her father's soft shuffling feet. He must be in his slippers. What time was it anyway? Glancing at her alarm clock she read 9pm and frowned. A whole day, wasted.
"Hey Mr. Martin!" she heard James cheery voice chime through the house.
"Hey there James" she heard her father reply in a perfectly amiable tone. "How are you? What are you doing here?" he asked.
"I'm fine, sir, how are you. Is Lily home? I haven't seen her since yesterday morning." It was rare that they were ever apart. For some odd reason though, she wanted to go back to the woods and find that wolf as opposed to spending time with James. Of course, she fully planned to introduce them but for some reason - this was a secret she wanted to keep - just for herself.
"I'm afraid she isn't allowed out tonight James. She took a little adventure into the forest last night, didn't come home until 8 am." he said, clearly trying to be sarcastic. Luckily, James didn't add anything in to further get her in trouble. He just let out a surprised oh and a laugh.
"Alright then, I guess I'll try again tomorrow with the jaybirds." Ah, there it was, with the jaybirds, he'd be stopping by to sneak her out tonight. She didn't know if she wanted to risk it though but she definitely wanted to find her wolf again so maybe she would.
"Alright, have a good night James" she heard her father say as the door shut and James departing footsteps rang in her ears.
Her father went to bed at 11, by 11:30 she'd be back with her wolf, hopefully. Settling back against her pillow she closed her eyes and waited.
Again, she must have fallen asleep, because the next thing Lily was consciously aware of was the sound of pebbles knocking against her window. How cliche, she scoffed as she made her way over - rubbing her eyes and peering out.
"Lets get a move on it Martin before I wake up your Dad!" he said in a hushed voice, and Lily nodded her head with a small nervous smile as she tugged on a sweatshirt and a pair of shoes before quietly leaving her room. Her father's loud snores assured her he was asleep so she felt much better when she slipped out and crossed her lawn to James.
They didn't speak until they were out of earshot of her house. When that happened James started laughing. "You got lost in the woods until 8am?" he teased as he brought her over to stand in front of his car. A volvo. Lily hated volvos.
"I didn't get lost" she hissed in response, folding her arms over her chest as she spoke. "I feel asleep."
This answer incited more laughter from James who shook his head. "You're a liar, a fucking liar!" he said between laughs which caused her face to go stotic. Her Dad had just said that to her before hitting her. She didn't want to hear it again.
Rubbing her jaw, she frowned. James suddenly stopped and looked at her closely. "Where the hell did you get that?" he asked, coming around to stand next to her.
"What?" she asked suddenly self consciously.
"That bruise on your face? You fell too!" he said, starting to laugh again. She sighed and climbed into his car, shutting the door. She would have slammed it but her Dad might have woken up from that.
"Get in the car, shut up, and take me too the woods."
"Okay Lilikins, whatever you say!"