"Ha," Jacob laughed lightly as we walked through the forest.
"What's so funny?" I said looking at him perplexed. We continued to walk through the trees and overly grown grass, and the fallen leafs.
"Im intrigued Bella." He said climbing onto a hill.
"By?" I asked him as I followed him effortlessly. "What's so fascinating Black?"
"You," He said simply and turned to look at me, gazing at me with his jet black eyes. "Your captivating," He said honestly.
"M-Me?" Did I just stutter? "Why?" I asked trying to regain some composure. Why did Jacob Black make me shaky? Nervous?
"It's been about an Hour since we left your house King, you haven't asked or said a word about my little reunion with Emma Davis," He said.
" Did you want me to ask you?" I said pretending like I didn't care. But the truth was, curiosity was eating me up inside. I needed to know. Why was there so much….hesitance form both of them. Why was Emma so nervous? Who was Sam? And what is the Pack that Jacob mentioned?
"If you wish," He said to me, as he continued to go over the hill.
"Where exactly are we going?" I asked him as, our hike seemed to prolong itself.
"My favorite place, somewhere I go to sing, play the guitar. To be alone," He said dreamily.
"Don't you get too much alone time? Shouldn't you use that time to make friends Black?" I teased him. He let out a small laugh.
"You're my friend," He said.
"I am?" I laughed.
"Im implying that we are, I mean why else would you go out with a total stranger? With someone you don't know?" He stopped once more. "You've met me but once and you decided to go out with me, Im sure you don't fancy me, so you must like my….friendship."
"And this is just you implying?" I asked raising an eyebrow. He was too observant.
"Just my guess," He smiled. "We're here" He said pointing to behind him. It was amazing! It was a breathtaking scene; a meadow. The one you imagine are in a fairy-tale. With enormous trees, as high as the sky, with the leafs spluttered delicately on the floor, and the grass tempting to lay upon. The smell of the forest, of fresh, of the earth. Of Freedom.
"Wow," I said amazingly.
"Beautiful," He whispered. I looked up to him, but Jacob wasn't looking at the scenery. He was looking at me.
"Where did you find this place?" I asked, trying to get him to stop looking a t me.
"On my daily run," He laughed to himself. "It's amazing isn't it?" He asked. I nodded.
"It's the kind of place you read in fairy-tales. Like the forest Red Ridding Hood traveled in," I looked over at the Sunless Sky. "Without the wolf of course,"
Jacob smirked. "What's wrong with a wolf?" He asked, slightly interested.
"Nothing," I said shrugging it off.
"Bella," Jacob called me. He walked over to me, grabbed my hand in his. The warmth contrasted against my skin. He pulled me down, gently, to sit on the green grass. "There is a reason why I brought you here," He said looking at me inventively. "There is something I want to confess," He said honestly. "Something you must know. About me."
"Is this a girl chat?" I asked. I joked, trying to cover my nervousness.
"Bella. Please." Jacob said rolling his eyes. "Be serious."
"Sorry," I said, giving him a small smile.
"I have something to….confess. About who I really am." He said, looking out to the trees. His eyes were focused out to the wilderness, away from me. "I don't know why, exactly, I am telling you this. And I will be in a difficult situation once the….Alpha finds out, I have broken our secrecy. But seeing the situation has changed, in an instant. As soon as you opened that door, I knew I had to tell you. You have to know what I am.
But first off, I must tell you what I know, about you. I know who you are Isabella. I know what, you are." I froze in my seat on the grass, feeling the wind blow through my wavy hair. "You a cold one. A blood-drinker. A vampire,"
"What? Your crazy," I said standing up hastily. "How could you say that? I mean Im cold-hearted, but you really going to put such a damned label on me?" I said, giving a shaky laugh.
"You're a terrible lair," He said with a grin. "Please sit." I eyed him. "Im not going to tell anyone, I've sworn to secrecy," He said. He patted the patch of grass by his side ."Please,"
I hesitated. Could I trust him? Was Jacob Black, really that observant that he managed to figure me out? To figure us out? "Okay?" I said. I plumped myself on the moist grass.
"Okay, now that you've figured out my secret, tell me about you." He turned to face me. " Your different from any other human. Your touch, your radiation, your…smell," I said with a smile, but I quickly replaced it with a hard-line. "I know you are different."
"Very good, so not all leeches are idiots," He said.
"Hey!" I said.
"Sorry," He mumbled, rolling his eyes.
"Im a werewolf, Bella." I froze.
"Bella?" Jacob said, waving a hand on my face.
"Like-" I paused looking at the ground. He was surely teasing me. A Werewolf? A hair-wolf, dog thing? "Awhoooo!!!" I howled. He burst out laughing.
"Something Like that," He chuckled. "But yes, that is the point. I'm a werewolf"
"H-How?"
"It's in my genes. Genetic. It's not like you, We are not bitten, the males do it over time. We started transforming, since there is so many of you, our ancient genetics kicked in, and well…here we are." He explained.
"But Why?" SO this was real? I was actually having a chat, on a beautiful meadow, with a stinky werewolf?
"We exists to protect Humans form you. To protect them from your foul nature," He said.
"But we don't hunt Humans. Not us, nor the …Cullen's."
"I know that…now"
"So, are you going to tell me why, you told me this? We aren't….best friends, you could have kept this from me,"
"Because. I don't want to lie, I know you mean no harm King," He smiled.
"So…. This is weird right?" I said socking him lightly on his arm. "What we are doing,"
"Is it weird that a vampire and a werewolf are out in a date?" He laughed.
I stared at him. "So this is a date?" I said winking at him.
"Don't flatter yourself King," He said turning away, I thought I saw a small patch of red form on his russet cheeks.
"So are you going to go, Red Ridding-Hood wolf on me?"
"I don't eat trash," He said. And we both laughed.
It felt, strangely, right. Like, If Jacob Black was suppose to be part of my fairy0tale life. We had so much in common, yet we were completely different. He was the first person, of the outside of my family, who relates to me. We were both, unreal.
"Bella," He said, suddenly stopping his fits of laughter.
"Yea?" I asked.
Our heads turned into the hollow darkness of the forest. There was something moving around the trees.
Jacob growled, and stood up hastily.
"Jake," I said standing with him, clutching his arm.
There was more movement in the trees, and from inside the darkness, a grand roar infested the air.
"Run Bella!"
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