A/N: Just a bit of a warning, this chapter is well… the 'romance' part. I wanted to see Jazz and Jacobs relationship grow, mostly because it needs to grow for what I have planned, so it contains… what's the word… 'fluff' I think. Now you're warned. Enjoy.
Bites, Fights, and Lovely Ladies
Ch. 11
"Thanks again Emily! Bye! … So" Paul started "Who has Jazz duty tonight?"
"Well I think it should be Jacob" Quil said, "She did, after all, say he was the hottest. It should be a win-win for everyone." Everyone laughed, and even though Quil had meant it as a joke, in the end Jacob agreed to watch over Jazz.
It was obvious that by now everyone was accepting Jazz, some more then others, but still accepting. The only reason they still had someone with Jazz at all time was because that when they had fought with the Cullens against the newborns, Carlisle and Jasper had told them that newborns would be the biggest threat until about a year. Deciding that they didn't really want to take chances they all agreed to keep tabs on her for about a year or so.
And so, one by one, the rest of the pack departed for home until only Jacob and Jazz were left walking through the woods. After a few minutes of comfortable silence, Jacob, sticking his hands in his pockets, asked, "So Jazz, where will we be staying tonight?"
After a few moments of thought, Jazz finally answered, "How about that cliff you guys talk about jumping off of?"
"Well," Jacob began, "When you say it that way it almost makes us sound suicidal. But sure, why not. Just let me go get naked…" and seconds later both were racing against each other towards their goal: the cliff.
Once they reached it Jacob plopped down and tried to catch his breath, mostly because both of them were laughing. Why? Neither really knew, maybe the running made them delirious…
Once Jacob had caught his breath and their laughter died away into a comfortable silence, Jazz sat on the edge of the cliff, her legs dangling off, and Jacob eventually moved to join her.
"Hey, umm, Jacob… can I ask you something?" Jazz said quietly.
"Well, you already did, but sure." He joked.
"Well… umm…" Jazz mumbled, "Well, I was just wondering… umm… if… never mind, it's stupid…"
"Come on, you already started, so finish it. Plus, now I'm curious. What is it?"
"I was just uh… wondering… if you could…eat… chocolate…?" She asked it so softly even he could barely hear it.
"You want to know… if I can eat chocolate?" Jake asked, he wasn't exactly sure where this was going.
"Well since, you know… You're a wolf shape-shifter… and wolves are dogs… and dogs can't eat chocolate…"
Jacob just looked at her, never before had anyone ever thought of something like that. "You… want… think… that… wolves… dogs…chocolate…can't… Oh…My…God!" and it was, at this moment, that Jacob burst out into hysterical fits of laughter. It started Jazz, and even in some small part of his mind, Jake wasn't sure why he was laughing either.
Maybe he was going crazy…
Once his fit of laughing subsided he looked apologetically at Jazz, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to laugh, it's just… I don't know… Well, I can eat chocolate, but I've never tried in wolf form, so it might just be the form, but I don't know. Good question though."
He looked over and saw her smiling, just a little. He never really noticed it before, but she looked young, even for a Vampire. "Hey…" he started, "I know you don't remember much from your life before, but do you remember how old you were?"
Jazz finally turned her gaze away from the dark waters below towards Jacob. "Well… I think I might have been… maybe 15… or 16… Hmm… I think I was 15."
"Why hasn't anyone been looking for you?" He didn't mean to, but he had almost made it sound mean, like 'what did you do that made no one want to look for you?' rather then a genuinly concerned question.
"For starters, I'm pretty sure that I lived in the South, so if anyone's looking for me, then I would think they'd be looking there. I'm still not sure why I'm even up here."
They just sat there for awhile before Jazz started lowly humming, then quietly started singing:
"This dark night…
Cruel and Cold…
You whisper softly:
'Honey, you'll never grow old'
Looking back at the crowd,
Back at the party…
I step outside
Then dissapear swiftly
Oh I can feel it being drawn out
The blood rushing into your mouth…"
After that she started humming again, and Jacob asked, "What song is that?"
Her mouth pulled into a small bittersweet smile and she replied, "The Vampire's Waltz, by Hannah Fury. One of the things I can remember the best is that I listened to music, lots of it. I use to listen to the Vampire's Waltz all the time… among other things of course."
Jacob smiled slightly too at the irony of it. Then he asked, "What other songs do you like?" He himself didn't listen to much music, so he didn't have much knowledge of it, but he wouldn't mind listening to it if she sang it, she had a pretty voice.
"Well, I like some of Lady GaGa's songs." "Lady… GaGa…?"
"Yeah, you've never heard of her?" "No, I don't listen to much music…" At the 'seriously?' look that Jazz gave him, he added, "My ears are kind of… sensitive… so listening to a lot of music gives me a headache…"
Jazz grinned and said, "Well, my favorite by her is 'Bad Romance'."
"Can you sing it for me?" Jazz thought for a moment about his request. "Well, it's not exactly a song you should sing sitting down in peace and quiet."
"Oh yeah? How so?" She shook her head, a smile on her face, "It just can't be done." She laughed a bit, "Okay, some of it can be done, but not the majority."
"Well then, give me an example." They looked at each other in silence, before Jazz started singing softly and slowly, while all the while looking Jacob stright in the eye:
"I want your love and I want your revenge
You and me could write a bad romance…
Oh-oh-OH-oh-Ooh
I want your love
And all your lovers' revenge
You and me could write a bad romance…
Oh-oh-OH-oh-Oooh-oh-OH-oh-oh…oh-oh-OH
Caught in a bad romance…
Oh-oh-OH-oh-Oooh-oh-OH-oh-oh…oh-oh-OH
Caught in a bad romance…"
And even though they didn't realize they had been getting closer, suddenly they were only millimeters apart from each other.
I think we all know what happens next.
