This chapter is dedicated to my friend Taylor, happy birthday!!Sorry, it took sooo long. I had school to deal with, so any way this is in Jacob POV from chapters' six to eight. Thank you all the reviewers!!! On with the story!!

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Jacob POV

I woke up to the sunshine burning my eyelids red through the small window in my room. I covered my eyes with my arm, not totally ready to get up yet. I laid there for a minute, trying to go back to sleep. My stomach had other plans; it growled loudly making me get up. I shuffled to the kitchen bleary eyed and groaned when I saw the time.

Only 7:46, waaay to early to be up. I inwardly cursed my bottomless pit of a stomach. I frowned unhappily at the lost hour of sleep; well at least I could go to Bella's since it was the weekend. My mood brightened considerably at the thought of her. I searched every cupboard until I found a lone box of cereal, Total. Yuck. My stomach snarled again, I didn't feel like cooking, so I guess this would have to do.

I ate the whole box in my desperation to fill my stomach, it didn't work. I could probably eat continuously and never be full. I stepped outside to put the box in the recycle bin. The sun was shining, no rain, it looked like it would be nice weather today. Maybe we'd go swimming today.

I went back inside to change into my swim trunks just in case; I also put a shirt on for Charlie's benefit. My dad was in the kitchen trying to scrounge up some food when I came out. "I'm going to Bella's, okay dad?"

"That's fine; I might not be home when you get back though. Charlie and I are going to watch a game at Harry's," My dad informed me, putting a skillet on the stove.

"Bye, dad," I called going out the door.

He grunted a goodbye, before his head disappeared into the fridge. I strolled over to the rabbit thinking Bella would rather drive than run to the beach. I sped off the reservation going a good twenty-five miles over the speed limit. I got to Bella's in a little under a half hour.

I waited patiently after rapping my knuckles on the door, Charlie answered.

"Hey, Jacob. You caught me on my way over to your place. Let me go tell Bella you're here," he said, while letting me in, then climbing the stairs.

" Thanks, Chief Swan," I called up.

He told Bella I was here before heading out the door. She came down the stairs in her pajamas, yawning. It made my heart flutter; she was beautiful even half awake.

"Hey Jake," she said on her way to the kitchen, I sat down at the table. Bella got some cereal with milk before sitting at the table with me. She stirred her food around, taking a few lazy bites. "So, any plans for the day?" she asked, scooping the cereal up then dropping it back into the bowl.

"Well, I was thinking since the weather's so nice," I started. "We could go swimming at the beach."

"Yeah!"She burst out, then shoveled her food down like there was no tomorrow.

"You seem excited," I commented, milk was sloshing out the sides of the bowl.

"I am," she said between bites. She finished, speedily rinsing her bowl out and wiping down the table. "Let me go change, and then we'll leave."

"Okay, take your time," I replied. I leaned against the wall, bored. I head slumped foreword, my eyes slipped closed.

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"Huh? What?" I slurred, jerking my head back up. I slapped a hand over my face, dragging it to my chin. How long was I asleep? I read the clock, ten minutes! Gosh, girls take forever to get dressed.

"Come on Bells!" I yelled impatiently. "You don't want to miss the sunshine!"

"Hold on a minute!" She yelled back. I have held on a minute, I thought snidely. Ten minutes, I've held on. Well at least I caught up on my sleep. Yeah right. I heard her footsteps, then saw her bound down the stairs successfully. She didn't even stumble. Odd.

"I'm ready," she said beaming a smile at me.

"Wow, you didn't trip down the stairs. I'm impressed, Bella," I teased, smirking at her.

"Come on," she huffed. Did she just roll her eyes at me? She took my hand pulling me along behind her to the truck. She put her hand on the handle, before I interjected. "Can we take my car, please?" I asked, smiling at her. "No offense but I want to get to La Push before the sun sets." Her truck was ancient, I was glad her dad got it for her so I wouldn't have to drive it.

She frowned, wrinkles creasing her forehead. Bella was clearing offended that I called her truck, that she was so fond of, slow. But it was the truth, and sometimes the truth hurts.

"Fine," she said curtly, then a wicked smile crossed her face. "But, only if I get to drive."

"Ugh," I moaned, dropping the keys into her hand. Evil, she was evil. "Alright." But I still loved her, why? At least we'd get there in my car, but she didn't drive nearly fast enough for me. She drove the speed limit. The thought made me shudder. How could anyone drive at that snail pace when the car was practically begging to be driven fast?

I clicked my seat belt in, that I only wore because Bella insisted on 'safety first'. We reached my house quicker than I thought we would, but Bella was going faster than usual. We left the car at my place, walking to the beach. I peeled off my shirt, ditching it in the sand. I ran to the water, giving one last glance at her before diving under.

My head was above the black water a few seconds later. I tossed my head from side to side, flinging water everywhere. Bella had this goofy smile on her face as she watched me, I wonder why. Oh well. I floated on my back waiting for Bella, the surf heaving under me.

I heard her noisy splashes as she came out in the waist deep water. I heard her get closer to me less noisy, like she was trying to be sneaky. What's she up to? Her small arms grasped my back and tried lifting one side of me with all her strength. My arms shot out to try and keep my balance, but she had tipped me just enough to ruin my floating position. I flipped on my face anyway.

I coughed twice clearing nose easily. I towered over Bella, though she seemed taller, glaring down at her laughing frame. She looked up at me, her smile wiped off her face when she saw my expression. I grabbed her waist and lifted her over my head, trudging out to deeper water.

"Nooo! Put me down Jake! No!" she screamed, waving her limbs around like it would stop me. She caught on easy what was going on.

"You started it, Bells!" I informed her throwing her. She was coughing when she resurfaced; she gave me a death glare while stomping over. I laughed at her appearance. Bella didn't usually have a temper, but she fumed at me for chortling at her. Her hand trembled slightly, before she smacked the water, spraying me with foam. Her hand shook? Why?

I stood there a minute in shock, disturbed by the fact. She had a triumphant smirk plastered to her face, I, being determined to wipe it off, splashed her back. We ended up having a water fight; she got creamed by me, though she got me good a few times.

"I give up! You win!" she yelled behind her arms that were shielding her face. I stopped splashing, extending an arm.

"Truce?" I asked.

"Truce," she agreed, but instead of shaking my hand, she strained her neck up to my face. She put out what started to be a soft kiss, but ended up being one of our most passionate kisses. We broke for air, our hands dropped. I inwardly sighed contently.

I looked at the sky, dark forbidding clouds had moved in while we were 'playing'. Bella noticed too. "I guess we'd better head to my house," I droned, sighing disappointedly.

"I guess," she supposed, seeming as down as I was about the weather change. We got to my house as the first few drops broke through the cloud.

"Dad?" I called entering the house. No answer. "Guess he's at a friend's house." Still at Harry's, probably.

"Um, Jake," Bella said, blushing lightly against her golden skin. Golden skin?! She tanned? "Can I borrow some clothes? I forgot to bring some."

"Uhh, sure," I mumbled, stumped by the fact that she had tanned, usually she was so pale. I came back from my room with a t-shirt and some sweats. "They'll probably be a little big though." I had my hand cupped behind my neck; I felt my face getting hotter. It was a little embarrassing to give your girlfriend clothes.

"That's okay," she said, taking the clothes and heading to the bathroom. My pants were soaking the carpet so I changed into dry clothes. I sat on the coach and being bored tried to have a thumb war with myself. She came out a few minutes later, dropping her clothes by the radiator.

Bella plopped down by me, scooting closer, probably cold. The rain pounded the roof harder in the silence. Remembering I needed to check in with the pack I cleared my throat. She looked up, waiting. "Do you mind if I leave you alone for a few minutes? I need to check in with Sam," I asked.

"Of course not, Jacob! You don't need to ask," She encouraged me, shoving me up off the couch. She was always so understanding.

"Okay," I said unsure, would she be safe to leave alone? "I'll be back in a few minutes, stay out of trouble." I winked at her making a joke out it even though I was serious. I stripped off my clothes, leaving them on the porch. I burst into wolf form, loving the feeling.

Jacob, I thought you'd be checking in soon. We've gotten a fresh trail on the leech; will you be joining us on the chase? Sam asked. He knew I might want to stay with Bella.

I'll ask Bella - see if she minds.

Okay, see you later, Jacob.

I phased back, dressing and going inside. I sat next to Bella, taking her slightly pigmented hand in mine.

"So," she wondered. "Anything new?"

"Yeah, actually there is," I started pausing. She motioned with her hand for me to go on. "The pack got a fresh trail, they'll be a better chance of catching her if I come along, but I don't want to leave you alone," I told her trying my best to sound like I didn't want to go. I mean I did want to go, but I'd stay with her if she wanted me to.

"You don't have to do that, you always stay with me Jake," she said. Yess! Yes! I get to catch bloodsuckers! "You can just take me to Emily's; go have some fun with your brothers!"

"Are you sure?" I asked trying to contain my happiness. I mean I liked being with her but I like to have the thrill of hunting leeches every now and then. Or all the time, either one suits me.

"Of course!" She said wholeheartedly. In my head I was pumping my arm saying 'yessss!'.

"If you insist," I said trying to seem uninterested, then thinking of her safety. "But I'll leave one of them with you for safety."

"Fine, now let's go before they get her without you," she said, putting on her jacket. When we stepped onto the porch I noticed Bella was a whole lot taller. Weird, she tans then grows. Is the sun doing something to people?

"Did you grow, Bella?" I asked confused.

"That or you shrank," she joked trying to get me to laugh.

"That's not likely," I muttered, still serious. I was truly puzzled. "I'll give you a piggy back to Emily's so it will be faster, okay Bella?" Now I'd get to show her how fast, I could go. Well not top speed, but still…

Okay," she mumbled, had I said something wrong? I tossed her carefully onto my back. She took a sharp intake of breath, as we took off, her hair flying behind us. I turned back to grin at her, but her eyes were closed. I pouted for a moment; didn't she want to see how fast I could go? Maybe next time.

We reached Emily's, Bella got off my back almost landing on her back. I snickered at her loss of balance. She sighed at me.

"Bye, Jake," she said wrapping her arms around me.

"Bye, Bells," I murmured, tipping her head up to plant a short kiss on her lips. I waved to her watching on the porch as I left, phasing almost immediately as I was in the forest.

Guys, I'm here. Where are you?

We're at the edge of town.

I'll be there in a minute. Someone needs to protect the girls, any volunteers?

There was a grumble then Quil piped up, I will, maybe I can make amends with Bella.

I sighed to myself, no matter how many times I told him Bella had forgiven him, he never got it. I reached the pack just as Quil left to go back. The sickly sweet scent filled my nostrils, making me crinkle my nose in disgust. Filthy bloodsuckers.

Let's go. Sam commanded. And with that we followed the burning scent in hope of finding a vampire.

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My brothers and I howled in frustration, the leech had gotten away again. We were so close this time though, but she didn't want to fight. She wanted to find a way in, a way to Bella. I growled my dissatisfaction. We shifted back as we neared the house, putting our shorts on.

We entered nosily, greeting the three boisterously. Bella was asleep on the couch, chin resting on her hands. Quil went to Embry asking for details, Sam informing Emily. I went to Bella gently shaking her awake.

"Bella?" I asked. "Bella?"

"What?" she mumbled, rubbing her eyes, not fully awake.

"Time to wake up, sleepy," I chuckled at her half awake state.

"Oh, hey Jake," she said through a yawn. "What time is it?"

"Around…" I began, thinking for a moment. "7:30ish."

"Okay," she stated standing up, stretching slightly. The noise of forks scraping against plates and chewing of meat drew my attention away from Bella. I stared forlornly at the little table. Bella noticed.

"Well, what are you waiting for?" she asked disbelievingly. "Go pig out!"

I was kind of hungry. So I strode to the table hoping for an intact burger or two or six. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Bella join Emily. I swallowed the burger I found in two bites. My eyes scraped over the table for another. After wolfing down another two or three I leaned against the wall feeling a bit satisfied.

While Sam and Emily were making out Bella strolled over to me. I took both her hands, leaning down to her level; I put a kiss on her lips. I guess she was self conscious, because she pulled away blushing when she noticed the guys were watching.

"Silly, Bella," I mumbled, my voice low and deep. "Don't mind them."

This time she let me kiss her, a more 'in line' sort of kiss, but it still made me happy, like every time I kissed her. Bella was smiling, too. We stayed at Emily's joking and chatting with the pack, having a good time, until Bella noticed the time.

"Jacob," she whispered in my ear.

"Hmm?" I asked being pulled out of the pun I was listening to.

"I have to go now, can you take me home?" She asked. Of course I'd take her home.

I took a look at the clock. It was past Bella's 'curfew'. "Shoot," I muttered. "Yeah, I'll take home. Bye guys!"

"Bye." She said waving.

Once we were out the door I tossed Bella on my back. "Up you go."

"Oooff!" she puffed, I guess it had surprised her.

"Sorry," I murmured, starting the run back. We were there within a minute, but Bella didn't seem to notice. I pulled lightly at her arms, she slide off going to the car. While she was fumbling with her seat belt, I revved the engine for fun, but it set her off.

"Cheese! Hold your horses!" she had barked. The whole drive back the atmosphere was thick with aggravation. It was coming off her in waves, what was she so annoyed at? Charlie was waiting at the door, pink faced, arms folded.

I walked her to the door before Charlie burst out.

"Where have you been?!" he yelled. "Wait here Jacob, Bella get inside."

An angry scowl was on her face as she followed Charlie in, I went to my rabbit, prepared to wait awhile. I heard the discussion, Bella had gotten grounded (which I thought was a little harsh), and she was positively furious. It was just so weird to see Bella angry, she never got this angry.

She came out of the house fuming, to tell me goodbye. I put my arms around her trying to be comforting. "What's wrong?" I asked.

She shoved me off, her face showing her distaste of my words.

"What do you thinks' wrong, Jacob?" She spat. "Couldn't you hear? I got grounded!" She let out a groan at some unknown irritation. She sunk to her knees, head in her hand, teeth bared. Her frame was shaking, hard.

None of this seemed to register in my mind until she turned into a werewolf right in front of my eyes. It shocked me to no end, Bella is a werewolf. Bella is a werewolf. BELLA is a WEREWOLF!! The shock didn't last long though another feeling took root, spreading within seconds.

This new feeling I felt for her was so, well…new, yet familiar. It was like she was my gravity; no one else was around us. Nothing else was around us. Nothing else mattered in that one second, nothing. She was my world in her snarling glory, with a death stare piercing my dumbfound gaze. She was beautiful, I felt more love for her than I ever thought possible.

I had imprinted. So this is what it felt like, it was like finding new purpose in life.

The door flung open with a bang, snapping me out of my trance. "Bella! Your time's …" Charlie's mouth gaped at the sight. Stupid Charlie, couldn't he see I was having a moment?

"I can explain," I said, well the werewolf part, not the how or why. "Well, some."

"Holy crap! Step away from the…wolf," he exclaimed, having found his voice, though he was still somewhat breathless. He inched back into the house, probably for his gun. He then noticed something vital was missing. . "Where's Bella? Did it eat her?!"

"No! Umm… how should I put this…?" I said, thinking how to word this. "Can I use your phone?" I'll just call for help, Sam and my will know what to do, hopefully.

"Uh, sure," he said still clueless. He looked Bella over without knowing it, as I reluctantly went inside. I called Sam, Billy and Old Quil, alerting them to the situation. They said that they'd be here ASAP. I was somewhat, well really distracted while making the calls. The only thing that seemed to be on my mind was the silver/blue wolf in the yard, Bella.

All I had to do was go out the door and there she would be. But I was stuck here explaining what I could to Charlie. I clasped my hands together, sucking in a breath through clenched teeth.

"So," I started, this wasn't going to be easy. I gestured to a chair, "You might want to sit down."

He sank in to a chair, looking at me with a confused look. I paced for a minute before starting, "There's no way to sugar coat this so, Bella is that giant wolf out there."

Charlie was looking at me like I was crazy. "What?" he asked disbelievingly.

"Let's start from the beginning," I said trying again. I retold the Quileute legends, concluding that we (as in the pack) are werewolves and we exist for one reason, to eliminate our enemies. The vampires. I left out one little detail though, the Cullens. I didn't think he'd be ready for that.

"But, she's not… not..." he stuttered, his mind over loaded. He didn't accept it yet. "She's not Quileute, how could she be…?"

I heard tires pull up outside, they're here. Finally, I didn't know how much more I could explain. "I don't know, but maybe they will." I went to the door, opening it when I heard their footsteps on the porch. I slide out as Sam pushed Billy's wheelchair through with Old Quil trailing closely behind.

I went to my car, slumping down to the asphalt driveway, glad to have someone else to the explaining. I watched my Bella trot over to me almost tripping. I smiled wasn't she supposed to have balance now? She crammed her nose into my hands, I laughed at her dog likeness. I gave her head a scratch, a wonderful feeling left my hand tingling from when I touched her head. She seemed to notice the difference too, grinning wolfishly.

She rested on the lawn in front of me, fixing her gaze on the forest. I just watched her as her ears swiveled at sounds that her more sensitive hearing now heard. I may have dozed of once or twice, I was kind of bored.

The front door opened, yet again. Bella's head snapped to the opening looking at her dad with worried eyes. She stood waiting for him to approach, different emotions flitting in her eyes. Upon reaching her he put his arms around her, relieving us all. He stepped back, uttering one word.

"Bella?"

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Sam had instructed Bella to wait for us in the forest while waiting for us to phase. At the moment we were discussing the 'how and why' as I had put it earlier.

One of her ancestors could have been Quileute, the trait passing through generations without being triggered.

She was close with the vampires; wouldn't she have changed earlier then if that was the case?

Perhaps she needed something very upsetting to get the process started.

But Sam, when the leeches left she was devastated. Wouldn't that have set her off?

Perhaps it is something else; we'll discuss it later though.

We had arrived in the small clearing Bella was in.

Sam, Jacob.She greeted us, sitting down.

Bella. We said together, Sam nodding slightly, I wagged my tail overjoyed to be with my love again.

The rules? She asked impatiently, getting right to the point. I'd never seen her with her emotion ragging.

We will start on those while waiting for the other four to come. Sam assured. I had my mind on other things though, like imprinting on Bella. I forced myself to focus. She was waiting for him to continue.

The only and most important rule is you most obey an order from Jacob or me.

So, that's it? If you say 'stay out of school', or something like that, I have to do it without question, right?She asked or more like snorted. She found it a little hard to believe that there was only one rule, mostly because I had told her of a lot of my 'restrictions'.

Yeah, that's pretty much it. Whatever we say goes. I confirmed thinking of what she said. And you do need to stay out of school for awhile, until you can control yourself.Memories of Sam's went across my mind, bad memories.

'Kay. She said in agreement.

The others burst in the clearing noisily then, gossiping 'quietly' to each other about Bella. The quieted quickly, giving Bella wary glances.

Hey, Bella.They said, unsure what to think. Quil was pouring out his feelings about the whole 'incident' to her, hoping to find so way to make up for it. Maybe now that he'd be able to see into her he'd know he was forgiven a long time ago.

Hi.She said rushed wanting to get to a different subject. So, Sam do you have any ideas why, I'm here right now?

We're not sure, we have a few sketchy assumptions, but we haven't had enough time to get in to it that much. Now we have to teach you the ropes. Sam informed her.

But you said there was only one rule.She had this puzzled look on her face, not getting it. She was lovely even confused, I wonder how Bella feels about the whole imprinting thing. Wait, a fact dawned on me, maybe she didn't know that we'd imprinted. Should I tell her? No, the shock of being a well, werewolf is enough. Don't want to overload her; I know, I'll tell her tomorrow when things die down some.

Now to keep my mind off her…at least for a little while. Uh…La Push is a reservation. No that wouldn't work; I'll just um… hum a tune! Yeah that's it I'll hum a tune! I began humming random notes, just to keep busy.

Jacob! Sam Snapped, angry that I hadn't answered.

Sorry. Uhh… yeah, that pretty much covers it. I mumbled not wanting to get off my task. I went back to humming the tuneless tune. But was pulled into the sort of excitement of the next 'test'.

Good, now we can try to get you to phase back. To do this you- Sam was cut short by Bella. Not very smart to cut him off. Bella had left our view, she was a girl after all, but she should have waited for Sam to finish.

Sam sighed, making his irritation clear. He started again, like I was saying, a warning growl to Bella slipped between his teeth, to do this think of a calming memory.

Every one thought of that certain happy thing, I thought of Bella. I could feel my bones cracking back into places, the reddish fur retreating. Until finally I was back in human form, the feeling of phasing still fresh. We put on our shorts for Bella's benefit, Embry tugging on a shirt also.

We heard a sigh from the trees, before a voice rang out startling us all.

"Does anyone have a shirt I can use?" Bella shouted. Everyone was petrified from shock; no one had actually expected her to change back, especially not on the first try.

"Yea," Embry muttered, breaking the coma like state. "Hold on a second."

He yanked off his shirt, tossing it in the general direction of Bella. She came through the stand of trees a moment later, the tee only reaching mid-thigh, exposing some of her scares. Our jaws dropped at the sight of actually seeing her back in human form.

"What?" she asked pulling at the edges of the shirt.

It was a minute before one of us could speak, Sam summing up our thoughts, "It's just that it usually takes days, weeks to be able to calm down enough to change back. Only Jacob has been able to do it as fast as you have."

I snorted to myself; even I hadn't done it that fast.

"Oh," she, understanding.

"So," began Jared, breaking the tension. "How does it feel to be the first pack sister, a big giant wolf?"

"Umm…" she started, thinking. "Kind of cool I guess; Now that I can protect myself, from all the monsters after me."

Grins broke across our faces, though mine was a little hesitant. I didn't like the idea so much, but she'd want catch her pursuer.

"I guess that would be sort of cool," Quil said seeming to have finally broken his streak of depression. About time.

"Tomorrow you start your shift," Sam commanded. "Time to go home now Bella, we'll walk you."

"You don't need to I can-" Bella protested, but Sam signaled that his decision was final. Bella stomped along beside me, her arms quivering lightly. Not enough for her to notice though. I pulled her to me, putting face in her hair, breathing deeply.

"You smell nice, Bells, like flowers," I said, my voice muffled by her hair. She smelled wonderful, as usual. I stopped suddenly, Bella jerked forward in my arms, caught off guard. She smelled the same, not like us!

"Jake?" She asked, looking up at me.

"She doesn't smell like us! She smells human!" I burst out in my shocked excitement. We could use to our advantage when hunting, this is excellent! She smelled her hair and my arm, trying to differentiate.

"What?" Sam questioned.

"Come smell her!" I told them. Sam and the others approached, surrounding us, each taking a chunk of her hair and inhaling.

"You're right, she smells human!" Embry said pointing out the obvious.

"Just another mystery about me," she muttered, losing her patience. "Come on let's go."

"Alright, come on guys," Sam commanded us; we started up again. A few minutes later we were at her house, Charlie snoozing on the porch. Bella woke him up, his face going scarlet he stumbled inside grumbling about 'half naked boys'.

"Come down to La Push tomorrow, when you wake up," Sam instructed her. "We'll give you two sometime alone." He mumbled a few last words to me before melting into the forest with the others, "Go home after you leave."

We stood for a moment unsure what to do before I swept her into a vice-tight hug. She hugged me back just as tight, making me laugh at her new found strength. I released her taking her face in my hands.

I closed the gap between us placing my lips on hers. Our hands tangled in each other's hair as the kiss became more intense. It was the most passionate kiss we had ever shared and sadly we needed air. We broke both gasping for breath, I loved her kisses.

She told me goodnight and I gave her a short goodnight kiss. I waited until I heard her on the stairs before leaving. After stripping down I exploded into wolf form, my paws thudding almost silently against the ground as I raced to La Push.

I loved the speed that came with this curse; it was faster than a car could ever go. I reached my house within minutes, phasing back, I crept in the house. I didn't want to wake my dad. Upon reaching my room I plunked down on the mattress.

Worn out I closed my eyes, seeing only Bella's face behind my eyelids; I hoped to catch some z's.

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