Hey guys! sorry for the wait. I've been a bit busy lately! thanx sooooo much to all the people who have reviewed! I hope you like this chapter! ~ N.B.E ~
My eyes flew open and I sat up. I was more alert and awake. I felt something drop of from my forehead as I got up. My forehead felt cold when I touched it. I looked to the side of me and saw a white rectangular shaped ice pack. I looked around to where I was. I was still in the same bed and the same room as yesterday. I was still at Rachel's house. That means Jacob is still here. Good. Two drops of water rolled down to my cheeks from my temples. I thought it was the water from the ice pack, I was actually sweating. I wiped off the sweaty tears. I had that weird dream from yesterday night and it felt a bit real. More real than the first time! I looked to the left of me as I saw a bed table next to my bed. It had an alarm clock on it. The time read 8:30. I felt like going downstairs and see what everyone was up to. I got out of the bed too quickly that fell on the floor with a thud.
"Whoa! Head rush! Take it nice and slow Nessie!"
I got off the floor and headed for the closet. I still wore the same pant and shirt from yesterday and I felt like changing. When I checked in the closet, there was nothing but empty shelves and an empty hanger bar.
"Hmm…might as well wash my face and freshen up then."
I headed to the bathroom. When I got out of my room, I could her low murmurs and if my hearing didn't fail me, then I could hear Jacob (I think) growling! He was also shouting and there were small thuds coming from downstairs. I ran into the bathroom and quickly washed my face and brushed my teeth. If any normal person came in and saw me, then I bet they couldn't even tell what I was doing. Once I was done, I wiped my face and headed downstairs.
"Why so angry grumpy face?"
I wasn't even halfway down when Jacob grabbed me by the waist and whirled to the bottom of the stairs. Nobody was here except for me, Jake and Rachel.
"What's going on Jacob?"
"I'll explain on the way, right now we have to go!"
He almost growled when he answered me. His voice was filled with rage. He went up to Rachel and almost shouted at her.
"Paul will be here in a minute and drop you at dads."
He was in such a rush that he grabbed me by the waist and headed for the door too quickly that I didn't even get to say goodbye to Rachel. His hold on me was tight and firm. Once we were out the door, we were running at top speed. Jacob never once let go of me. We were running for thirty minutes straight. There was nobody there. Jacob and I were alone. As we were running through the trees, I started to get impatient and a little annoyed!
"Alright Jacob, you better tell me what's go—"
Before I could finish my sentence, he started running away from me. That made me very angry!
"Jacob Black!"
I started shouting and following after him. He suddenly disappeared from my sight. What was that boy doing? A few seconds later, I could see a big and dark shadow appear from where Jacob had just disappeared. The shadow was coming closer to me. When it was in a clearer view, I got to see what the shadow was properly. The shadow was a massive wolf with russet brown fur. The wolf was coming closer and closer to me. Slowly, the wolfs walking grew faster and changed into a run. It was Jacob. When he reached me half way, I heard something shift behind me. I felt the grass move unevenly under my feet. There was a sudden gush of wind blown in my direction. I listened carefully as I heard the leaves on the trees to the left of me move slowly. They started to rustle unevenly. There was no wind but slow movement next to me. Jacob started to growl loudly as he ran towards me. I ran a few yards away from the tree and automatically shifted into a crouching position. Jacob saw my movement and ran the fastest as he could to where I was. I was staring at the tree where I stood before and automatically, a loud growl ripped through my chest. Suddenly there was a massive grey wolf that sprang up in the air. Jacob jumped at the same time and the two massive wolfs collided in the air together as they both hit the ground with a massive thud. Once the grey wolf released Jacob, I sprang at the grey wolf. It had its paws around me as I had my hands almost around its neck in a chokehold.
"How dare you sneak up behind me and attack Jacob!"
I hissed at the wolf as it was trying to go for my head. Once we broke free, I tried to give it some of its own medicine and attack from behind. From the corner of my eye, I saw Jacob disappear into the trees. Perfect! This wolf was mine! But at the same time I was worried if he was ok. As I lunged at grey wolf from the back, I felt something warm and hard grab me from my left side and pinned me to the ground. It was Jacob. He phased back into a human with only his jeans on! He was half naked! I was still too furious at the grey wolf that I ignored Jake and was ready to lung at it again. Another growl ripped through my chest really loudly. I was staring into the eyes of the grey wolf. It bared its teeth at me and started to growl back. Before I could lunge again, Jacob pushed me to the ground and didn't let me get off it.
"Go home Clair and don't you dare do that again! If you come and hurt her again, I won't forgive you!"
The grey wolf looked me in the eyes and gave one last growl before it ran into the trees and disappeared completely.
"Jake…who was that?"
"I'll tell you later, right now we have to go!"
He was so angry and furious. What is it with everyone and surprises! Whether it's for good or bad, why do I always have to be the last one to know! Well, now I'm not going anywhere until I know what's going on. I don't care if Jake is in a rough mood. He'll just have to deal with it!
"Jake, tell me what's going on!"
"Nessie I said not now—"
I was so furious that I cut him off.
"HELL YES YOU WILL TELL ME WHATS GOING ON! If you do not tell me Jacob Black, so help me, I will go and find out myself! I don't like being tagged along by people who don't tell me what it is that I have to tag along for!"
This made Jacob stop and think for a second. His worried and angry expression went down a few shades. He looked me in the eyes with nothing in them except for forgiveness. I was still so angry that all I could do was stare at him.
"Sorry Nessie! I've just been so worried about you that…I know I can't use this as an excuse and…I just…I just want you to be safe and not hurt."
His voice calm and soothed now. I know what he was trying to do but still he could have told me. After all I was the one in trouble for some reason that I still don't know yet! That. That right there is why I am still so angry at him.
"I know Jacob. But you still could have told me and saved your self all this trouble. So…at least now will you tell me?"
"Sure, but first we have to get out of here."
"See again with the—"
"Don't worry. When we get to a place safe enough, I promise, the first thing I'll do is tell you! Now can we please go?"
"Alright, but you better not break your promise!"
After that, Jacob disappeared. Seconds later, a wolf with brown russet fur appeared again. He started running towards me. When he stood next to me, I looked up at him and tried to reach for his face. He bent his head down and let me touch him. I showed him that he should take me to my house and let me see my family. He suddenly lifted his away from my hand and looked straight ahead of him. I saw his eyes go tense. The corners of his eyes were tight and he looked serious. I touched his brown, russet fur.
"Please Jake?"
His face became a little bit more tensed. I showed his how I didn't see my family, especially my mom and dad, and that I missed them. His face came down as he looked me in the eyes. The corners of his mouth started to twitch And I knew that he had a small smile on his face. He licked me on my cheek and lifted me onto his back. I started to giggle a little.
"You know, I can run with you! Or are you afraid that I will beat you?"
Jacob slowly slumped down to the ground. I guess he really did want to race. Well I wasn't going to miss this chance. The last time we had real quality fun was five days before my birthday. We pretended that I was a crazy new born vampire and Jacob had to hunt me down. He also showed me what happened when he really did fight new borns. Of course the part I didn't like was when Jake got hurt! We went and played in my dad's meadow. It was pretty fun whenever I got him from behind. When we got home, me and Jacob used to go on about the day and he used tease my mum about that. Of course my mum had no idea what we were talking about. Me, Jacob and my dad used to laugh. Later on when my mum would find out, she would totally flip. But then we would all tease her and we all would laugh in the end. I missed days like that! Jacob stood up again. He looked me in the eyes and started to smile. I looked back into his eyes and smiled.
"Ready?"
He nodded his head. So was I!
"Set go!"
Jake and I whizzed through the trees. The grass-covered path was smooth and easy to run along. On the way, we pass a heard of elk. I though of stopping…but this was too much fun. In about twenty minutes we passed by small stream. I stopped to wash my face. I also drank some of the water. The chilled water went down my throat and cooled me down. Once I was done, I was ready to run again.
"Let's go Jake!"
Everything was silent around me. Besides the water running and the wildlife around me, it was quiet.
"Jake...I'm done, we can go now!"
I heard a soft padding noise come from the trees behind me. The noise moved around me, as if it was circling me. I slowly sat in a crouching position. My eyes wondered around me, looking for the noise circling me. I felt the uneven padding noise slowly come to one of the trees in front of me. I stared at that position for a few seconds. The padding noise stopped right near the tree in front me. My muscle started to coil and I sprang in that direction. I caught some thing warm and hard. I looked down at what I just caught. My prey was staring back at me with a big smile on its face. Wind blow hair, pinned by a half human half vampire, smiling back at me and holding me around my waist. Honestly, sometimes I myself think that Jacob could belong to circus. I smiled back at him, with shock and surprise. I slowly leaned down and crushed my lips onto his. Our lips started to move in synchronization. I slowly broke away when I could no longer breathe. I gently broke away from Jacobs hold and stood up. He was still lying on the ground with his hands behind his head. I started to smile as I held my hand out to him.
"Get up lazy bones, we have to go remember. Your in great danger Nessie, we have to get out of here!"
I started to laugh at myself for badly impersonating Jacobs's voice. He also laughed with me. He took my hand and got up too quickly. The force of his lift pushed him onto me and my back hit the front of the tree behind me. My face and Jacobs face was just inches apart. I smiled at him.
"Jake."
"I know. Let's go."
Jake didn't phase this time which was really convenient. It sometimes gets really annoying when all you could see on the side left of you was a blur of brown. But at other times, it was reassuring to know he was there. This time, I started to run with all the energy in me. I was so excited that I almost had an adrenaline rush! The run seemed to end too quickly, because in about ten minutes, were at the door step of my house. I had a big smile on my face. I was happy that I reached there first. Jacob caught up to me in less than a few seconds. I knocked on the door and waited a few second. Nobody answered. I knocked for a second time and waited. Still no answer. I was about to knock for a third time when Jacob answered my thought.
"They're probably at Carlisle and Esme's house. Crap! I forgot to call them this morning for an update! They must still be worried about you. Let's go!"
"Alright. So, are you going to tell me at least now! I don't think there are any excuses let for me not being safe so pit it out!"
"Aright. But let's get to Carlisle first."
"Jacob!"
"Nessie, I have to let them know too you know! If were careful from now on, we might have an advantage if there is going to be any more surprise attacks! Besides, your psychic Aunt can't see werewolves. It will probably be too late like last time, which she'll see you seconds before you disappear!"
He did have a point. O.k. I wasn't going to argue with him on this one. Again I tried to think of what happened last time. Slowly my head started to hurt. I quickly changed the topic to get rid of the pain.
"So Jake, why were you sneaking around me, before, near the stream?"
All he did was just laugh. I was wondering what was so funny about that.
"Let's go!"
"Yeah…"
We headed for my grandparents house. On the way, Jacob could not stop smiling and some times laugh. I still didn't get? What was so funny?
"What? What's so funny?"
He kept on laughing while we were running. I knew that was the only answer I was going to get out of him! Well I guess that's that! Boys will be boys and Jacob will be Jacob!