I woke to the feeling of something wet dripping down my face. My eyes fluttered open and I saw a broiling sky; the wet feeling was from the rain. There was a flash of lightning and then a clap of thunder.
I bolted upright. That wasn't really thunder. My eyes searched the dark and found what they wanted illuminated in another bolt of lightning.
A massive auburn wolf was growling and wrestling with something white and human like a few yards down the beach.
I stifled a shriek and scurried on my hands and knees away from the fighting. My flight kicked up stones and caused a clatter.
The figure wrestling Jacob froze and looked at me. I, like a mouse in the gaze of a snake also turned to marble.
He was a tall man, pale as can be, with long shaggy black hair and evil glowing red eyes. He was exceptionally beautiful, and when his red eyes met mine, his mouth turned up into an evil grin.
My breath stopped as I stood frozen in fear.
The vampire, for that is all he could be, turned back to Jacob and the took off so fast I couldn't see. Jacob let out a loud growl and darted towards the forest.
Still in shock from what was happening I leaned on the ground against a drift wood log and closed my eyes -- my head hurt.
It wasn't until I heard a small chuckle that I realized I wasn't alone.
My eyes snapped open and I uttered a small scream. The vampire was right in front of me. His grin still in place. I started to back up, but of course his superhuman speed was more than a match for me.
His pale arms shot out and grabbed my arms, pulling me to a standing position in front of him. I looked around wildly for Jake, but he was nowhere to be seen.
"He won't find you until too late," the vampire's soft voice said and he licked his lips. Of course I struggled against him and screamed for Jake, but to no avail.
He brushed his lips against my cheek and I shook violently.
"Goodnight, beauty," he whispered and lifted his head to my neck and placed his cold lips on my throat.
Suddenly he was ripped away from me, his hands clawing my skin leaving deep gashes where he had held me immobile.
I sank to the ground and turned my head in the direction of the furious growling. Jacob stood over the vampire a few feet from me, his teeth bared. He swiped a paw at the vampire and I heard a high scream and saw white and crimson fly in the air together.
I shut my eyes and curled into the fetal position, hugging my stinging arms to my torso. More thunder and lightning, then a cold silence.
"Allie?" Jacob's whisper cut through the wind and rain, "I'm . . .sorry." His voice sounded remorseful.
I jumped to my feet suprising him and threw my arms around his neck. My lips touched his and I clung to him like a drowning man to a life preserver. We both stopped and gasping for breath I touched his nose with my finger.
"Don't you ever say you're sorry," I told him intensely.
His lips twitched and I kissed him again.
"Never, ever, ever, ever, again!"
I felt his mouth curve into the shape of a smile under my lips.
"Okay," he responded.
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"This is going to hurt," Mrs. Costa cautioned me with her eyes.
I still cringed like a baby when she spread the ointment onto the gashes on my arms and proceeded to hold back tears as she wrapped them with gauze and bandages.
Jacob squeezed my hand encouragingly.
"All done," Mrs. Costa said, "I'm going to bed now. And Allie," she turned back from the stairs where she was heading, "try to be more careful."
Jacob looked exceptionally serious, "It was my fault Mrs. Costa. I wasn't watching where she was walking."
Mrs. Costa's eyebrows rose. "Mmmhmm. Falling." she shook her head and we could see she didn't believe our lie. She went upstairs and we heard her door close.
Jacob rose from the kitchen chair. "Well, I better leave now."
I jumped from my chair to cling to him. "Please. Please don't leave."
"I don't think Mrs. Costa will like that," he said but his eyes lit up mischievously.
I decided I needed to use some of my feminine wiles to help him want to stay. I held up a finger and pointed to the chair. He sighed and sat down.
I raced up the stairs and searched my room for my only pair of "sexy" pajama's. A small silk nightgown. It was quite pretty and I rarely wore it.
I slipped the pale pink night-gown on, the lace ends skimming my thighs. I pulled my hair from it's matted pony-tail and brushed it around my shoulders. I looked in the mirror. Yep, I looked like a ho.
I leaned against the kitchen doorway with my hip cocked out, my arms at my sides.
"Oh Jacob," I cooed, and pouted my lips, "will you please stay?"
He turned around and I knew my plan had worked because his eyes widened even if he did quickly recover.
Jacob swiftly got up from the chair and walked towards me. He stood in front of me, once again pinning me back against the wall. I looked up at his face and arched my back just a tad.
His grin became wolfish.
I ran my hand up his chest and leaned against him, still pouting.
"Pretty please?" I whispered in his ear.
His hand caught my face and he kissed me passionately. I sighed thinking I had won. One point Allie, zero Jacob.
He pulled away from me, his eyes raking my body appreciatively.
"Tempting, but no," he walked towards the front door.
"Dammit Jacob!" I said and ran to the front porch, "I'm afraid!"
He stopped walking away from the house. I took this as an opportunity not to be missed and ran out into the front yard, ignoring the rain.
He grabbed me and looked into my eyes.
"Seriously?" he asked not teasing any more.
I nodded. "I . . .I don't want to be alone, not. . . After .. . Well, you know." I shuddered violently at the recent memory.
He rolled his eyes and sighed. " I guess it's alright, but, no funny business."
I held up three fingers. "Scout's honor."
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To say the next morning was embarrassing would be like saying the bubonic plague was just the sniffle's.
I woke up next to Jacob in my bed. And before you jump to conclusions, I changed back into a t-shirt and shorts and Jacob, although shirtless did have pants on; nothing had happened. I was lying with my body draped across his chest.
He was smiling, amused by something. I looked at him groggily.
"Good morning sunshine," he sounded like he was suppressing laughter.
My eyes finally focused and I looked around. Quil and Embry were standing at the foot of my bed, their mouth's open in awe.
I shrieked and dove under the covers smacking Jacob with my fists.
His laughter shook the bed.
"Dude." Quil's awestuck voice cut through my cursing.
"No, don't," Embry cautioned.
"Did you guys do the dirty dirty?"
I leapt out of bed with an enraged scream. I threw pillows at the three of them. "GET OUT NOW!! GETOUTGETOUGETOUT!!" I punctuated each 'get out' with punch to whichever was closest. "DIRTY DIRTY MY ASS! HOW DID YOU EVEN GET IN HERE?!" I tried shoving Jacob towards the door but he was perfectly immobile.
"Mrs. Costa let us in," Embry said, clearly embarrassed by his intrusion.
"Serves you right sweetie," Mrs. Costa's voice drifted in from the hall, "for having a boy in without telling me." I could hear the humor in her voice.
"AAAARRRRGGGGGGG!" I yelled flopping down on the floor in defeat.
"Is she gonna start crying?" Quil asked Jacob.
He dodged the text-book I chucked at him. They looked at me warily and started to back out of my room laughing.
"We'll be waiting, my little bed bunny," Jacob laughed.
I don't think he even felt my math book smash into his chest before I slammed the door closed in their faces.
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