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Jacob

Jake? Jake, can you hear me? Are you alright? Embry called.

Jacob where is she? I can't see her. Where did she go? Leah's voice was the one that cut though my daze.

I don't know. She's gone. I answered.

We'll be right there. Embry called.

I saw them running through the forest. They were both headed to where I was. I looked around and couldn't see her.

Cassandra.

She said her name was Cassandra. I looked around again, but she was gone. If she really was a bloodsucker then she would be miles away now, since I hadn't moved. I sighed in my head. I was disgusted at myself. She was a bloodsucker and here I was worrying about whether or not she was far away enough.

You're worried about her?

Great. Leah was in my head. I had forgotten that I wasn't alone. I wanted to hit myself. Of course I didn't care about a stupid bloodsucker. I didn't give a damn if she lived or didn't. As a matter of fact I would go after her myself if it weren't for the treaty.

I can't believe this, Black. Your father is going to have a fit when I tell him you let a bloodsucker go because she was pretty.

Shut it Leah. Embry snapped.

I thanked him silently, but Leah wasn't done telling me off. She went on and on until finally, I couldn't take it anymore and transformed back. I had my sweatpants on when Leah came out of the forest. Embry was close behind her and I knew she had waited for him.

"What did you think you were doing? That was the enemy. You were supposed to rip her into small little pieces. Why did you just stand there and do nothing?" Leah snapped.

"Listen Leah, I don't have time for this. She wasn't on our land. She was on the other side of the line. She hadn't even come from our side. She was on the Cullen's side. She didn't try to kill me. The treaty says that we are allowed to hunt them only if they are dangerous. She wasn't dangerous. Did you see her? She's tiny." I said.

"That other bloodsucker, the dark haired one that can see the future, she's small. That doesn't mean she's not dangerous." Leah answered.

She had a good point, but I was not going to admit that I froze, because that girl was the prettiest thing I had ever seen in my life.

"Jake has a point Leah. The little vampire wasn't doing anything to hurt him. For all we know she's with the Cullens. We can't hurt her, not unless she attacks first. And she was on the other side of the line."

I gave Embry a thankful glance, but I wasn't going to let him fight my battles for me. Leah, however did not seem to want to mess with me anymore.

"Fine, but Jacob can tell Sam what happened."

I nodded and we walked away. It was almost time for the sun to come up anyway. We walked along the beach. Leah walked a good distance away. Embry was next to me, but he didn't say anything until we were almost there.

"Why did you let her go Jake? I thought you wanted to let out some anger."

"I don't know why I let her go." I said knowing I couldn't lie to Embry. "I saw her there and she didn't look like she was about to rip my throat open, so I let her go."

Embry looked like he didn't believe me, but I wasn't offering anything else and he took my answer. We walked into Emily's house. I looked for Leah, but she was gone.

"Hello Emily. Is Sam here?" Embry asked sitting himself at the table.

I took a look around and knew Sam wasn't here, but the things on the table told me he'd be here soon.

"No, he still hasn't come back from the watch. He was on the other side of the woods today."

I nodded. Sam had taken the others to keep watch near the border. He'd be too far away for us to hear him. Then again he might have been close enough and we had just missed him while we were arguing. I sat down next to Embry and helped myself to the muffins on the table. Just because I was going to get my head chewed off by Sam, didn't mean I had to have an empty stomach. I was on my third muffin when Sam and the others walked in.

Sam didn't even look at us. He was looking at Emily. He walked to her and kissed her. I turned away. That was too much for me to stomach at the moment. I had wished so many times to be able to do that with Bella. I sighed and turned to pay attention to Quil.

"Man you should have seen it. It was huge, the biggest lion ever. Sam said it would be good practice to take it on. We won obviously. If we can take down a bloodsucker then we can take care of a little cat."

Embry shot me a quick look. I ignored it and went back to breakfast. We said nothing more until breakfast was over.

"So Jacob, Leah told me you guys ran into a vampire." Sam mentioned casually.

"Yeah, we…I did."

"And?" Quil said leaning forward. "You didn't tell us you fought a bloodsucker."

"I didn't fight her." I said.

"Her? It was a her? Oh man Jake, don't tell me you didn't rip her head off because she was pretty? Didn't she smell bad?" Quil quizzed.

"You didn't do anything?" Sam asked.

I didn't say anything. It was clear to everybody that I hadn't done anything. I didn't know how to answer their unasked questions. I just thought about her, about Cassandra. I remembered her hair and the way it blew in the breeze. I remembered how nice she smelled, not at all like the other bloodsuckers. She actually smelled good and she was so small.

"You should have seen her Sam. She was so small. There was no way she was dangerous. She didn't smell like the others. She had a heartbeat."

"She had a heartbeat? Are you sure? And what makes you think that she was not dangerous? That small Cullen, was she smaller than the Cullen?" Sam asked.

"No, she's a little taller than her. And yes, I'm sure that she had a heartbeat. I could hear it and I know she wasn't dangerous, because she didn't attack me like the redhead did." I answered.

Sam watched me carefully. "What color were her eyes?"

"Green. Green, not red, not gold, not black."

"No way. You dreamt it Jake." Quill said.

"He didn't. I was there and so was Leah. We saw her. She had green eyes and she did smell different. Her trail was a softer smell than the Cullens."

I nodded gratefully at Embry and Sam looked at us.

"And how do you know she was a vampire?"

"We don't Sam. Leah just assumed because Cassandra was so pale, but Bella's pale and that doesn't mean—

"Woah, wait a sec." Quill said raising an eyebrow. "Cassandra?"

They all looked at me and I realized that I'd made a mistake.

"That's her name." I said regretting it at once.

Quil groaned. "Not you too Jake. Are you trying to tell us that you found a substitute for Bella? And if yes, why did you have to pick a vampire?"

I laughed. "Me? And a bloodsucker?"

But, nobody laughed with me. They were all looking at me and I stood up.

"Listen guys, I don't know what the hell goes on in your head, but I have not found a substitute for Bella. There is no one who can substitute her." I stopped.

"We're not saying that you're with a bloodsucker. You said it yourself that you didn't even know if she was a vampire. But, you seem to have her memorized pretty well." Quil pressed. "What did she look like? How pretty was she?"

I stopped again. I didn't know what was going on with me. I knew the last thing I should do was answer Quill, but when he asked me the question I had to answer. I saw her big green eyes in my head again. I saw her long black hair. I saw her small, fragile looking body. I heard her voice again.

"She's beautiful."

"I think it happened to him." Emily said from where she was standing next to Sam.

"You think what happened?" I asked.

"I think Em is saying that you found your imprint Jake." Sam answered.

I looked at him and all the others. They were looking at me with serious expressions painted on all their faces. They thought I imprinted on a vampire, well a girl who we thought was a vampire. I looked at them and saw that they all really believed I imprinted on a vampire.

I laughed.

"No offense Emily, but that has to be the craziest thing I have ever heard in my entire life."

"I think Em's right Jake. Think about it. You have never been this observant in your life." Sam said.

"I don't know what you guys are talking about." I said.

They all gave me knowing looks that just pissed me off. I got up and walked out. It was going to rain.

I walked along the beach trying to walk off my anger. I didn't need to go wolf now, especially not with the thoughts I had in my head. I would never imprint on anyone. I already knew that Bella was the one. I didn't need anyone else. I wanted chocolate colored eyes, not green. It didn't matter to me how pretty Cassandra was. I loved Bella.

I stopped walking. I could prove that I loved Bella. I walked down the beach to my house. Billy was sitting down watching T.V. I ignored my dad and grabbed the phone. The phone rang twice.

"Hello?"

"Hey Bells, it's Jake. Are you busy?"

"Jake! No, I'm not busy. Want to come over? We can go catch a movie."

"It's a date. I'll pick you up in half an hour." I said and hung up before she could say anything.

I had a date with Bella. I'd like to see what Sam had to say when he found out. I knew it wasn't technically a date, but a guy can try.

I showered and dressed in a good mood. Billy even asked what was wrong with me, but I ignored him. I got into my car and drove to Bells' house. Charlie was off to work, but her bloodsucker's car was in the driveway.

I stepped put of the car. This was going to be fun. I walked to the front door, shouting mentally about how happy I was to be going to the movies with Bella. I was happy to see the door open by none other than my favorite bloodsucker of all time.

"Hello bloodsucker." I said pleasantly.

"Hello dog. Why are you so happy this morning? Have you had your walk then?"

I laughed. "You're good. If we weren't mortal enemies, I might even like you."

"I wouldn't like you even if we weren't mortal enemies."

"Now, you don't have to be so touchy. Just because I'm taking your girlfriend out to see the movies, doesn't mean we can't be civil to each other."

He said nothing and Bella came out. She was wearing a blue shirt that made her look paler than usual. I wanted to go hug her and maybe do something else, but with her bloodsucker there I wasn't going to touch her. I didn't want to touch her so soon after she'd been with her bloodsucker. I looked away from Bells and found my head filled with images of another girl.

I remembered her voice again and let myself remember her while Bella said goodbye to her bloodsucker. But, the bloodsucker was not moving. He was looking at me like I had grown an extra head.

"Her name? What was her name?" He asked me.

I frowned. What did he care about Cassandra?

I knew he heard what I was thinking. As soon as he heard her name he ran. He didn't even say goodbye to Bella. I frowned.

"What was that about?" I asked Bella.

She shrugged. "I don't know. You don't think something's wrong?"

I wanted something to be wrong so that the bloodsucker wouldn't come back, but I wasn't going to lie to Bella.

"No, there was nothing last night." I stopped. "Wait, there was one. I ran into a girl last night. She didn't seem dangerous. She looked more human than anything."

"Another one?"

"Don't worry Bells. She's not dangerous." I said.

"How do you know?"

I walked to the car and opened the door for her. "She's tiny. She can't be dangerous. She caught me alone last night and didn't do anything to me."

I started the drive and we watched a movie. It was one of those romantic flicks. It bored me right from the beginning and I knew that Bella was not enjoying it either. I suggested that we leave early and she didn't object. We went to eat and then just walked around. She asked me how I was and what I had been doing when I wasn't with her.

I told her. And she listened when I told her about the vampire last night. We had fun and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't feel a thing. When I hugged her, I saw green eyes not chocolate.

And this concludes chapter three. Please read and review. Thanks.