POTW chappie 8

HALEY POV

I ducked as the huge wolf that was Jacob soared over my head and into the water. I turned in the water, ready to defend myself if necessary. Instead, the wolf dog-paddled over to me, and sniffed me all over. "Jacob?" I asked warily. A huge wolfy smile spread over his face. He kept sniffing me though. "What?" I asked. Suddenly, he was under me, and then I was riding a giant wolf to shore. When I was safely on shore, the wolf ran away, only to return as Jacob, wrapped in his towel.

"Oh my god Haley, are you ok? Are you hurt?" He circled around me, looking for a wound. I laughed.

"You couldn't kill me if you wanted to." He raised an eyebrow. "Ok, sit down, and no exploding again." I said, patting the rock next to me. He came and sat down, keeping his distance. I rolled my eyes. "Ok, like I was saying, I'm a half-vampire. My dad fell in love with a vamp and they adopted me. But she lost control one day and bit me." I looked to see his reaction, but his face was smooth. Then it all came out in a rush.

"Haley, I am so sorry. When you said half-vampire…I freaked out. But when you said you didn't drink blood, I just relaxed. Too much actually, because I switched to wolf-form." He glanced at me. I was smiling.

"It's honestly fine, and I'll explain why." He didn't relax, but waited for me to continue.

"She was able to suck out half of the venom. And with the vampire half of me, I got a gift. When anything bites me, only vamps so far, I can absorb their trait. For my mother, I absorbed her power to heal without pain." I looked at Jacob. He looked a little skeptical, but hey, who could blame him?

"And why can't I smell you? Normal vampires smell disgusting, but I can't smell you at all." He sniffed my arm. I resisted the urge to laugh, but barely.

"I have no idea honestly. I mean, I look like a human, I eat like a human, but I can run and I am as strong as a vampire. I guess my smell is in-between?" I offered. He must have taken it, because he put me back in his lap again. I felt incredibly awkward just sitting on him.

"Why…are you so warm?" I chickened out from my original question, which was why the hell was I in his lap, and asked the first thing I thought of. But it was true, he was like a furnace.

"Oh, that. Well…The heat is just a werewolf thing. And I can kinda heal like you, just not as fast. And it hurts. Wanna see?" He asked. I smacked him.

"No!" he chuckled and rubbed his arm where I hit him.

"Fine…oh!" He flushed, realizing that he had sat me on his lap like I was his fiancée or something. "I imprinted on you on the cliff, that's why I've been kind of…hands on, I guess." He flushed deeper at his quick choice of words, but I didn't ask him about it, even though his words make me a tiny bit uncomfortable.

"Imprinting?" I asked, confused.

"Yeah, it's another one of those weird werewolf traits. Imprinting is like finding your perfect soul mate. It's like love at first sight, but stronger." Jacob explained quickly, looking relieved that I was still sitting somewhat calmly on his lap, and that I hadn't punched him in the face or something. But my mind was spinning. Soul mates? As in, he was madly in love with me?

I really wasn't complaining, he was very attractive, and warm, but I didn't know him at all. "Wow…soul-mates?" I said slowly.

"Yup." He said, and kissed my neck. It surprised me, but it felt nice, so I didn't move. "And you freaked when I said I was a vampire…why?" I asked.

"Uh...." He said, thinking quickly. He looked nervous.

"What is it??" I demanded.

"Well…vampires are the natural enemy of the werewolf." He said. That immediately launched a new wave of questions, from the both of us.

We spent the whole day explaining to each other what we were and why. By the time we finished, the sun was setting, and it was sending sparkles across the water.

"Oh crap, I'm sorry! You're still in a towel!" I said, jumping up thoughtlessly.

"And we probably should go back…just to make sure the pack and your 'family' hasn't killed each other." said Jacob. In less than a second, he was a werewolf. The towel landed a few feet away, in shreds. He lumbered up to me, and sniffed me again. I scratched him behind the ears. Then I swung up onto his back. He let out a joyous dog-yip and ran into the water. By the time we reached the beach under the cliff, the two families looked ready to kill each other.

"Umm, hey guys!" I called from Jacob's back. All eyes on the beach were bugging out of their heads. I dropped gracefully off of Jacob's back. He nuzzled me into him, and stared down the pack, who were all in human form. "Look, he's not dead!" I called with fake cheeriness to the pack. Jake walked over to them. One of them wordlessly handed him a pair of shorts. Jake was back in less than 30 seconds from the surrounding woods, now dressed.

"I imprinted." He said, and wrapped his arms around me, and all hell broke lose.

"How could you?!" One of the boys yelled.

"Haley, you actually like him?!" Rosalie screeched.

"Jacob! Why a bloodsucker?!" Another boy bellowed.

Fed up, I whistled long and hard. Everyone stared at me. "Alright, one, I am not a bloodsucker, I eat food, two, yes Rosalie, I like him, and three what is wrong with you people?!" I cried.

"She hasn't killed me, has no intention to, and if any of you want to kill her, you better start with me, cause there is no way I could ever live without her." He stared accusingly at the pack.

"Too bad Jacob!" roared one of the boys, and exploded into a wolf. He ran and jumped at Jacob.

"Fuck." He muttered distractedly, shoved me backwards, and changed into a wolf.

"Paul!" The whole pack yelled at the silver wolf. Paul snapped at Jacob and tried to run past. Jacob bit down on his leg, and the Paul reared up, and with a roar, smashed his paws into Jacob's back. Furious, I ran forward.

"Hey, dumb-ass!" I bellowed at the gray wolf. Its head snapped around to look at me.

"Why don't you leave him alone and fuck off!" I yelled. I kicked it in the leg. Almost instantly, he leapt off of Jacob, and circled to face me. "That's right, come here and TRY to kick my ass, you miserable-" as he sprung like a cat, I jumped and punched him in the nose. He skidded back, shaking his nose. "If you want to kill me, do it!" I yelled at him, trying not to betray how scared I was.

"Alright, that is enough!" One of the boys yelled, he strode forward and in front of Paul.

"Paul, I order you to stay here." He said sternly. Paul growled, and sat down and began to lick his nose. "Come here." He said to me. I stayed where I was.

"Why not let him keep trying?" I asked, arms crossed.

"Because." He said, not meeting my gaze. I snorted.

"Why not let them try? Come and get it!" I yelled at the rest of the pack.

"Because no matter what, Jacob is still part of this pack, no matter what his mate is." He wrinkled his nose at me.

"Haley, look out!" I heard Carlisle shout. Then I noticed a brown wolf that was right behind me, snarling. I twirled to face him, almost crouching to defend myself. I couldn't look at Jacob.

"Quil!" Yelled the man who I had been talking to.

I glared at the wolf in front of me. "Just try, I dare you." I snarled, my vampire side taking over.

"Haley!" I heard Jacob shout. My head turned toward the sound, and Quil launched forward and bit into me, ripping off an arm. "Oh shit no!" I heard Jacob yell, and the last thing I saw was his face.

So, I read this story a few days ago, and it was TERRIBLE, so I've been giving it a bit of a face lift. If you're reading this for the first time, be glad that it's been edited. It sucked before.

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