DISCLAIMER! YAY!

Basically, so far, I own the two new characters that I introduce in this chapter.

Steph owns all the rest.


Jacob Black

There she was.

So beautiful, with her small round face and a smile that melted his heart. And the most miraculous thing: she was here for him. She was standing in front of him, smiling. He walked toward her, and she ran for him. With her eyes full of passion and love, she smashed her mouth up against his, kissing him with such passion that he was blown away.

When she finally pulled away, she laughed at his bewildered expression and said, "I couldn't stand the thought of never seeing you again. It scared me so much, Jake, I just had to come and find you."

"Bella, I love you so much. You have no idea, I can barely wrap my own mind around it...Please don't ever leave me..."

"Jake..."

"What?"

"Why are you in a tree?"

His eyes snapped open to reveal the bright morning sun. His cheeks were wet, probably tears from the dream. And there was a little boy staring up at him.

"What are you doing in a tree?" the kid repeated. "Did you sleep up there?"

He had indeed. It's not as if he had anywhere else to sleep. He had walked up till he had almost passed out, and the tree seemed as good as anywhere else. So he climbed to the lowest branch and dozed off.

"Spence, who are you talking to? You're not supposed to talk to strangers; you remember what happened last time with the old man!"

Jacob's eyes grew wide, and his breath caught in his throat. The voice had come from the most beautiful person he had ever seen. Time had slowed down; he couldn't look away...even blinking was out of the question. Hundreds of different thoughts swirled though his head: Was he dreaming? No, that couldn't be it. The feeling was too real. Was he in love? It didn't feel like love. He knew what love felt like, because of Bella. But this felt like...intensity. That was the only word that he could think of to describe the feelings he was having. It was like fate had brought him here to meet his soul mate. But the biggest question running through his mind disturbed him greatly: Why did he feel this way? Had he imprinted? And if so, why on this particular person? Why couldn't he have imprinted on Bella, or a girl from his school...or a girl in general. Did this mean he was gay? He stared at the person who he was suddenly attached to, and it was not a girl. He was a tall teenage boy, about 5'10, with dark red hair. It was almost brown, but when he moved his head, the sun lit it up as if there was a halo around it, making the red visible. He was skinny, but you could tell he worked out because of his chiseled biceps peeking out from his T- Shirt.

"Spencer! Who is this? Mom told you that you needed to be more careful when you..." the beautifully constructed boy trailed off when he noticed Jacob staring at him. "Dude, did you sleep in the tree?"

"I...uh...," Jacob tried to put together a plausible explanation to tell the angel in front of him. "I was hiking...and I got lost, and ended up here...Although I don't really know where here is...I'm from La Push, in Forks."

"Seriously? I used to live right outside there! Do you know the Clearwaters?" he asked.

Jacob shook his head, not giving a negative answer, but clearing his head. Too many thoughts had clogged up his brain, making speaking difficult. "You mean Leah and Seth? Yeah, I know them."

"Oh, seriously? I haven't talked to them in awhile. I remember hearing that Harry died, though. I meant to call and talk to them but…yeah. I guess I should do that." The angel was rambling. "Is Leah still with Sam? We stayed close, even after I moved, and she was head over heels for that guy."

"Actually, no. They broke up awhile back, and Sam is with her cousin Emily now. It was all very sudden and confusing."

"Oh, no! Leah must feel awful…I can't believe Sam ditched her for her cousin! ...But anyways, my name is Daniel, and this little monster is my brother Spencer." he said, motioning to the little blond boy hiding behind his legs.

Jacob hopped down from his makeshift bed and extended his hand. "Jacob," he replied simply. He grasped Daniel's hand, and his heart skipped a beat. I was small compared to his, but it felt like it belonged there, wrapped in his.

Much to Jake's regret, Daniel pulled his hand out of his after several seconds. "So, since you're a friend of friends, would you like to get cleaned up and eat a hot meal? No offense, but you look pretty ragged. My house is right down the street, and you can come over and take a shower and stuff, and then if you'd like, I can drive you home. We're only about an hour outside of Forks here, so it's no big deal."

Unable to speak, Jacob just nodded. He had to figure out what to do. First of all, he needed to talk to Sam, and find out if he had indeed imprinted. And if he had, he needed to figure out what to tell this boy who was apparently his new soul mate. For the second time in two days, he was once again screwed.

Daniel

As he and Jacob walked back to his house, Dan's head was spinning. Something about Jacob struck him as strange. Not bad, or dangerous, really. Just different. For one thing, he kept staring at him. It seemed as if from the moment he first walked up, Jacob hadn't taken his eyes off him. And now he was trailing along behind Dan, resembling a lost puppy looking for home. Yes, something was definitely different about this boy.

Jacob

Why was this happening to him?! He had someone he loved, and it was a girl! GIRL! This was a guy. Guys are not supposed to love guys. It's weird, and awkward, and GROSS, he thought. This was not in the legends. There were no stories of anyone in the pack imprinting on someone of the same gender, so why was it obviously happening now? It felt like everything in Jacob's life had been turned upside down. This boy's existence was calling to him, and he needed to answer, but he wasn't sure if he could. It was just so WEIRD. He knew that imprinting wasn't always about love; it was more of a need than anything. Once you saw your mate, then you had to be with them. But you didn't have to be in love with them. You could simply be their best friend, or a sibling type figure. That meant Jacob wasn't gay, right? Because in all of this craziness, that was the one thing that was certain to him; he was not in love with this guy.

While Jacob had been sorting through the turmoil in his head, they had reached Daniel's house. He thought about taking a hot shower and breathed a sigh of relief. They walked into the house and Daniel led him into the kitchen that was pleasantly lit with sunlight, while Spencer ran upstairs.

"We don't have all that much to eat," Daniel admitted. "I'm not they world's best cook, either. The best I can really do is Ramen Noodles or canned ravioli."

Jacob laughed, a little too loud from his nervousness. "I'll go for the noodles, thanks."

"Coming right up," Daniel said cheerfully. "So, are you a regular hiker who just got lost, or a new one who was stupid?" He asked, making conversation.

"Well...a little bit of both, I guess. I can hike just fine, but I left in a hurry, and I didn't have much of a plan."

"Oh?"

"Yeah… My...well, she never was my girlfriend, but the girl I love is getting married." Jacob was having a hard time lying to this guy.

"Wow. That sucks, man. So you found out she was getting married and you just left?"

"No, not quite." he said, trying to explain. "See, the guy she's getting married to is..." he trailed off, fighting the urge to say vampire." He's got this whole 'kill 'em with kindness' thing going on. He sent me an invitation against her wishes, with a note saying that if it was him, he would want to come. I opened it, read it, and just couldn't stand it anymore, I had to be moving."

Daniel seemed slightly speechless. "Dude, that's...deep. And sad. I'm really sorry."

"Yeah, me too. She's pretty amazing."

Daniel sat down beside him at the table beside Jacob, placing a bowl of noodles in front of him. "Well...Dig in, I guess."

Glad to have something other than Bella to focus on, Jacob began scarfing the bowl down, finishing it in about 2 minutes, while Daniel stared, amazed. "Do you want some more? Or…Like…Uh…Wow."

I've known you for about 20 minutes and you've already baffled me several times. You have talent, man."

With his face burning from the compliment, Jacob smiled. "It's been a few days since my last good meal. You have no idea how good that tasted." He wiped his mouth with his arm sloppily. "Would you mind if I used your phone? My pack – Uhhh, friends, are probably worrying about me." He mentally cursed himself for being so clumsy with his words. He couldn't let Daniel know anything yet, not until he had talked to Sam about what was going on.

Daniel stood up and walked across the room, and grabbed a white cordless off the counter. "I'll give you your privacy. I'll be upstairs if you need me." He walked out of the room and Jacob began dialing Sam's phone number. It rang a few times before a quiet feminine voice said, "Hello?"

"Emily? Is Sam there? I need to talk to him, it's really important."

"Well, he's not here…Why don't you just phase? He should be available to talk to you that way, he told me they were going out on 'pack businesses'."

"I'm….well, I'm not in a place where I can. Do you know when he's gonna be back?"

"After dark, I assume. " She paused a moment. "Uhm…you should probably know…we got a visitor today."

"Oh, no." His thought immediately went to a bloodsucker.

"It wasn't a vampire, don't worry… It was Bella. She's kind of on her way to find you."

He choked back a strangled sob and hung up the phone. As bad as his situation was before, it was now a thousand times worse. He was going to have to tell the girl he loved that he had already found his soul mate.


A/N – BAM. Imprinted on a dude! Can't have Bella now, can ya Jakie?! BAH!

Anyways, I know it took me forever to update, but I have uber amounts of Alg II hw and an English project, not to mention Honor Band and Indoor Percussion. I am such a loser.