Jake had imagined what this would be like for a while. He had imagined what it would be like to hold Bella in his arms. He had imagined what it would be like for him to be able to call him hers and now he finally could. Everything was falling into place.
"Jake." Leah's voice rang out, breaking Jacob out of his thoughts.
"What Leah? Care to tell me that me and Bella will never work out?" Leah could practically feel the sarcasm that Jake was using.
"Jak-" Leah stopped, shutting her mouth only a second until it opened again. "You imprinted on her!? Are you serious? Disgusting. How long have you known? Why haven't I noticed it? JAKE!" She stopped talking to herself when she heard Jake's howling laughter run through her mind.
"Leah, Bella's a part of this pack now whether you like it or not. You're going to have to deal with it." Sam's voice rung out in both of their minds, with that tiny hint of alpha coming out as he spoke.
Leah hung her head down, not wanting to look up at Sam. Ever since her transformation and placement in the pack, she still couldn't look Sam in the eye. Even if he was the alpha. She quickly covered up her thoughts with thoughts of what she had to get at the grocery store and quickly ran away to phase back.
Jake groaned in annoyance. It was kind of hard to ignore Leah's thoughts when she thought about Sam. They practically screamed at him. For some reason Leah always thought that Bella would leave him whenever Edward came back and nothing would changed her mind. So every time she thought about Sam or Emily she directed her thoughts at Jacob.
Sam spoke up again. "Don't worry. I'll talk to her about it. That is not the way a pack member should act around any of us. Congratulations, Jacob." And with that he ran to the closest tree, phased and ran back home to Emily.
The way that Sam handled the whole Emily/Leah situation blew Jacob's mind. Sam was so laid back. He was so laid back about everything. Not once did Jake catch a thought in Sam's mind about the whole imprint situation. It was something that Jake wanted to learn how to do. He didn't want the pack's mind to be so connected to his. He wanted the private stuff to stay private but the more he thought about it, the more he learned that it would most likely never happen, until the guys stopped phasing. He walked back into the woods and phased back to himself and made his way over to Embry's.
Jake walked up the familiar rocky steps of his best friends house and was greeted by a young 4 year old, running out and latching onto his leg.
"Claire! Get back here!" Embry called, chuckling as he ran out behind her. He stopped, noticing how she was latched onto Jake's leg.
"Hey man." He said as he peeled Claire off of Jake's leg. "What brings you over here?"
He leaned down towards Claire and told her to go in and play and that he'd be in soon. He took a seat on the porch step and motioned for Jake to do the same.
"It's Bella," Jake said as he took a seat. "Edward left her again and, Em, I think the imprint's finally working."
Embry opened his mouth to say something but shut it when he noticed the excitement on Jake's face.
"I mean, she came to my house and I kissed her and she let it happen. She let it happen! She didn't push my away. The last words she said to me were 'Please, wait for me. I won't let you down again.' Em I think she's going to finally come to her senses." Jake finished by taking in a huge breath.
Embry turned towards him and just laughed. He had never seen Jake this excited over anything. He chuckled a bit and waited for Jake to "come back".
"I'm sorry," Jake stated "It's just that every time I think of it I just get excited all over again. I feel so.." He paused as he tried to think of the right word.
"Free?" Embry finished for him.
Jake turned towards him, pointing a finger at him. "That's the word I was thinking of. I feel so free. Like nothing can bring me down right now." He started to drift off into his thoughts but something brought him back. "Wait, how would you know? Did you?" He asked, letting his voice trail off.
"Yeah, I imprinted this morning. I-Well, your gonna think this is weird but I imprinted on Claire." Embry answered, a little nervous.
"Oh, I remember my dad telling me about all this imprint with younger kids. Congrats Em. I'm happy for you."
Embry let out the breath that he hadn't even realized he was holding. He should've known, out of all people, Jake would be the one to understand.
After some small talk Jake decided it was time for him to go back home. Instead of phasing Jake felt like taking the long way home to just enjoy the freedom. Even though the Cullen's had left Forks, it didn't mean that other vampires couldn't come and end up causing trouble. His mind wandered back to the day that he had first phased.
"Jake? It'll all be over soon. You just have to listen to Sam. Please." My dad said as he spoke through my bedroom door.
"No! I knew something was up with him. Why should I trust him?!" My mind was racing with about a million thoughts and I couldn't pick on certain one to think and get mad about.
"No. I'm not going to take advice from him. No." I protested but in the end I somehow knew my father would overpower me.
"Jacob, don't be immature. Listen to Sam. He knows what he's doing." Billy spoke and something in his voice made me forget my doubt and let Sam take over. If I wasn't so exhausted, I would've kept fighting but I didn't have it in me.
"Jacob, you're a werewolf. Plain and simple. The reason that you've been "sick" and in so much pain is because your body is changing to able you to phase. Once I think your ready, I will take you out and teach you the basics but, I just need you to rid your hate for me."
Even though I didn't believe that werewolves existed. But, something in Sam's voice made me think twice about it.
"I'm sorry, but," I looked towards the door, not wanting to meet his eyes. "I didn't want this. I don't want it." I spoke only the truth because in all reality, who wants to be a huge, furry, monster?
"You no longer have a choice," Sam spoke, as if I was a 3 year old. "Your stuck with this for the rest of you life. Now, you can either take it or take it."
I shoved back a sarcastic laugh and looked at him like he was crazy.
"You have got to be kidding me, right? You except me to want to change into a animal?!" No matter how hard I tried to keep my voice down, I couldn't. I was getting angry and by the look in Sam's eyes, it was as if he wanted me to get angry.
I shook my head a bit and looked at him. "Are you trying to get me angry?"
He nodded his head. He nodded his head! That threw me over the edge. I started to feel a burning course through my body and mainly up my spine. It felt as if my body was splitting in half. It was as if something took over and forced me outside. I ran out and the minute I hit the grass of my back yard, it felt as if my body had completely split in half. I looked down at the ground and saw 2 huge paws standing below me. I tried to back up, only to trip over my back 2 paws. I looked around, in hopes that someone was outside and could help me out. But, just my luck, there was no one.
"Jake, I'm here," I heard a voice call out. "You're not alone. I told you I'd be here to help you through this.
Sam.
I turned around in a full circle to find him, but I couldn't. He was nowhere to be found.
"Jake, I'm speaking to you through our thoughts. It's something we can only do when we are phased into our wolf forms."
I couldn't take this. This stuff only happened in fairy-tales and made up stuff. This didn't happen in real life. It couldn't. I couldn't be an animal. It just wasn't human.
"Of course it's not human, Jake. But, it's our destiny. We have people to protect."
Protect? Protect people from what? None of this made sense to me.
"Vampires, Jake."
I would've protested and argued that vampires didn't exist, but, if werewolves existed, why couldn't vampires?
"Why is this happening to me, now?" It was the first time I had actually spoken through my thoughts and it was a little weird. I had to admit.
"You know the Cullens, right?" I rolled my eyes. Of course I knew the Cullen's. They were the family that had left Bella, completely broken. My thoughts drifted off to the day when she was found.
"Jake! Stop that," Sam yelled through my thoughts. Confused, I stayed quiet.
"Whatever you think and see in your mind, all the other pack members can see. You have to control what your thinking about…Especially when we are fighting. It can distract the other pack members. We'll work on that when the time comes. Right now you need to know only one thing. You have to control your anger. If you don't you'll phase. We cannot reveal ourselves to anyone except for the elders and those who know about us. So whenever you need to get angry, you need to think of something that will calm you down or get out of there, fast. This won't be easy but you'll get used to it. Now, let's get you back to your normal self."
"I would," I let out a sarcastic laugh. "If I knew how."
Sam didn't strike back a sarcastic remark at me but just simply answered me.
"Just think about it, think of yourself as human. Your body will go back to normal." Sam said as he voice got a bit quieter.
I thought about it for a few minutes and I felt that ripping again, feeling as if it was pulling my body back together. I looked down, realizing I was naked and tried to cover myself up. A pair of old basketball shorts fell onto my shoulder and I quickly put them on and stood up.
"So," I started, looking over towards the pile of shredded clothes. 'What are we going to do with those? How do I prevent that."
"We try to wear as little clothing as we can." I held up my hand to stop him.
"Uh, I'm a twig. I can't do that." I said a bit embarrassed.
"Go inside and look in the mirror." Sam said, with an amused smile.
I ran inside and looked at myself in front of our full-length mirror. I was jacked. I had muscles in places I didn't even think muscles grew. I looked amazing. I was also a good foot and 5 inches taller. I looked way older than 16. I liked it. I smiled widely as I looked at myself over and over again in the mirror.
"Do you like the new you?" Without turning around, I could tell that Sam was smiling.
"Like? Man, I love this." I said, gesturing to myself. It was as if I had new confidence and I liked it.
"Oh, one more thing," I placed a hand to my forehead. "Why am I so hot?"
"It's just a side effect of our body's change."
"Look, thank you for this, Sam," I said. I needed to get my apology out before I lost the guts to say it. "I don't think I could've been so calm about this if you weren't here to help me. So, thank you."
"I appreciate that Jake," He said, smiling at me. "One more thing, you. You are my beta. My right hand man."
"But, I just-I can't-I haven't." I couldn't seem to get the words out. So, I gave in. "Alright, I'll take it."
That day was one of the days that had changed Jake's life, drastically.
The day that Bella told Jake that she wanted to be with him was something Jake only thought would be a fantasy.
Now, it was real and nothing could bring him down.
Or so he thought.
Author's note:
I am a horrible updater. I'm so so so so sorry. I've been so busy.
Please don't hate me.
I personally don't think this chapters that good.
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Somebody brought up that Quil was the one who imprinted on Claire.
I know that, it's all part of the story (:
just thought i'd let you guys know.