Chapter 5
"You're a…were…wo…you I mean how?" I stuttered.
"I am a werewolf." He stated. He looked a little hurt at my reaction, but I really couldn't factor that right now.
"When?" I asked. "I mean, how?"
"Yesterday, I phased for the first time, and as for the how, the story is extremely long." He muttered.
"Well, why are you telling me this?" I asked carefully. I saw happiness and longing in his eyes.
"Well my pack brothers told me about a werewolf effect. It is called imprinting. Jared imprinted on Kim, this girl in class. It is like true love but a hell of a lot stronger, and it is can be great sometimes, I really didn't think I would imprint. The guys tell me that it is like you filled an empty space in your heart, and I kinda imprinted on you, the imprints are aloud to know about it, the whole wolf thing." While he explained it my mind was kicking into over drive. I went through every possible out come. One is that we date, he dies of old age and then I slowly try to kill myself. Two, we be friends and I wait for him to die. Three, we completely ignore each other and never come near each other. "It I hard to stay away from your imprint."
"So, what now?" I asked. I mean what does a fricken imprint imply? Does it mean that I have to be with him? I really don't like the idea of being forced into something. Especially after I basically spent my life realizing that I will be alone forever.
"Well, I really don't know." He answered. I felt the awkwardness come in waves. I saw him fidget.
"I mean, what does being a werewolf imply? Do you only turn into a werewolf when the moon comes up?" I asked with a smirk. I saw him frown but reluctantly chuckle a little.
"That's Hollywood fiction. We phase whenever we want. When we start shaking, that is when it usually happens. And as long as we keep phasing, we stop aging." He said easily with a smile. I froze. He didn't even notice. Stop aging?
"So who else is in the pack?" I asked.
"Well, Jared, Sam, Paul, and Embry." Jake said with a frown.
"Jake, is it safe for anyone to be around you? I mean couldn't you phase unexpectedly?" I asked carefully. I mean not that I am really worried about me. I can take care of myself.
"Yes, it is perfectly safe for you to be around me. I would never hurt you." He said as he stroked my cheek.
"I am not worried about me." I said indifferently. "I was worried about Bella."
"I don't think I can be friends with Bella." He said quietly.
"You have to. I noticed how she is the happiest with you. I don't care if I have see once a year, she needs a friend, and you have to the friend." I said as I starred in his eyes.
"Couldn't you help her? I mean Sam told me I can't hang with her anymore." He muttered.
"No, I am not good for her." I whispered. He looked at me weird.
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"I don't help anything; I ruin everything I come near. And I don't want to make it worse for Bella. Knowing me I would get her killed….by a bear." I half lied. Knowing me, I might not be able to control myself, or my brothers won't.
"I doubt that, she would do that on her own." He joked.
"You are better at it than me, being a friend I mean. I think Sam can go shove it if he wants to tell you to be friends with." I said fiercely.
"Yeah, well we can't cross the Alpha." He muttered.
"They are going to be pissed about me too, aren't they? They won't want you hanging around with me." I muttered.
"No, they have to be okay with it, if they weren't then they are hypocrites because most of them have imprints too." He said with a laugh. I laughed too. "So, your okay with this?"
"Well, I think we should be friends, at least for now. I want to learn to love you. I don't want to be forced into this." I said with a shrug. I saw him nod but very reluctantly.
"So, friends?" He asked sadly.
"Friends." I replied. He just nodded. I just starred at him. I felt my heart ripe apart from keeping this from him. I mean I can't tell him now, if I do, he would be weirded out and leave. Then my family will kill me for telling someone else. But then if I don' tell him now, he will be even more mad at me for keeping this from him. So, it is undecided.
"Jake!!!!!!! Open up!! We have to run patrol!!" Someone yelled from outside the door.
"Go away!" Jake yelled. I heard the garage door being propped up but I couldn't move my eyes Jake's face.
"Jake!! Come on, dude-." I turned my head to a guy who looks like Embry but much bigger. And his hair is cut into the cut Jake has. I saw him smirk and he looked between us. I turned my head and focused on Jake.
"Holy Shit!! Jake imprinted!" Embry yelled as he ran over and ruffled Jake's hair. I heard Jake growl and Embry backed off. "I have to tell the guys about this!"
"What??!" Jake yelled after him. Once Embry was out of hearing distance he sighed. He looked back at me and I smiled.
"What?" I asked with a laugh. I saw him shake his head. I heard people coming in the distance. Jake grabbed my hand and pulled me into the front yard. I stood to Jake's left, his hand still in mine. I saw three boys watching us curiously. I heard a loud growling. I looked over and saw a muscular boy with the same hair cut as them and the incredibly tan skin. I heard the growling increase and I saw him start to learn into a crouch.
"Paul?!" Embry asked. Jake started growling too and he tried to step in front of me, but I pushed him back and I sank into a crouch.
"She is the thing I saw hunting on our grounds." Paul hissed.
"Your that wolf?" I growled as I bared my teeth.
"Yes, and your that thing that killed a herd of deer and sucked them dry!" He growled back.
"You don't know what you are talking about." I hissed.
"Of course, you're a filthy blood sucker." He said as he started shaking, I heard Jake growl and I felt him start to shake too.
"You aren't going to hurt him." I hissed menacingly as I felt my instincts take over and my possessive side take over. I pushed Jake back lightly so I could jump if I needed to.
"Paul!!" The biggest guy hissed as Paul started shaking more. I could only just barely make out the shape of his hands.
"Don't you dare phase near Jake." I bared my teeth more and my hunting instincts kicked in. I saw the guys watch me closely.
"You filthy bloodsucker!" Paul shouted as he lunged for me. I jumped at the same time and hit him in mid air. I heard Jake growl louder and more frightening. I felt someone ripping me away from Paul as he tried to bite me. I instantly felt arms wrap around my waist and I was being pulled away Paul. I heard Jake's voice and I instantly snapped out of my trance and got my senses back. I saw Paul fighting the rest of the boys but reluctantly stopped fighting. We all stood in an uncomfortable silence.
"I guess I should explain." I said in an even voice. They all nodded and Paul just glared. I sighed. "Well, my mom used to work for a chemical plant in Baltimore in the 1800's. Her co-workers were working on trying to make some kind of medicine. Well, one of the people there mixed the wrong ingredients and then he spilled it on my mom. She started changing; like she started craving blood and she noticed over time that she stopped aging. As the weeks went on, she noticed how human food held no appeal to her anymore. So, as she traveled for some way to live, she met my dad. He was human of course, and they fell in love. She became very possessive over him and he did the same for her. So, you know they had my brothers and I. We all took after her and my brothers have stopped aging 2 years ago. I have started to slow , and pretty soon I will stop all together. Or as far as I know I haven't stopped. But anyway, now I am like her, and I need the same things she needs, blood every couple of weeks and stuff like that. We hunt animals, always have always will. But now I acting like my mom too, I know how she feels now, with the possessive over a human, because I am with Jake." I finished. They all stood looking at me like I have five heads. "You could say something."
"So, that is why you stood in front of me, because you thought he would hurt and you were protecting me?" Jake asked with a smile.
"Yup. Although, my possessiveness is more than my moms, maybe because of the imprint?" I almost talked to myself. I felt Jake's arms tighten around my waist. I saw the frowns on all their faces. "Listen, you don't have to like me, hell, you don't even have to have accept me, you can hate me with a passion, but you can't take Jake away from me." I thought back to when my mom first lost my dad, she wouldn't even move. We had to forcibly remove her from the hospital room. It wasn't pretty with Ricky going crazy with the blood and Jeremiah crying his eyes out. I just sat still as a rock. Now, I can understand how she feels, I can't even think of loosing Jake. It makes my heart go into complete agony.
"Of course we accept you, it is just a lot to take in, I mean come on, and it is like Jake imprinted on a vampire." Embry joked. I laughed too surprising. I felt more comfortable around him then the other boys.
"Sky, there is no way I will let them take you from me." Jake whispered in my ear. I shivered.
"Is that why your heart is not beating?" The biggest one asked.
"Yes, I am pretty sure. My mom never figured out how hers is beating, and my brother's beats, but mine is silent, I also am better with senses. Mine are more heightened than my families. I can't see as well as I would like too, but my hearing is amazing." I said with a frown.
"So, can you hear our hearts beating?" The big one asked again.
"Yes," I said with a nod. I saw them stiffen a little.
"It sounds good, doesn't it." Embry joked. I stayed stiff and said nothing. I couldn't admit that it sounded like the most delicious thing that I have ever heard, even though it doesn't taste it. It is starting to be more appealing, but I can't say that aloud. It is like saying that I will kill them.
"I am not going to hurt you. I have better control than that . I have only once slipped, and I was like 9 at the time." I said with a frown. "And she didn't die." I said sternly. They laughed slightly. I saw how they were still nervous and very careful with their movements.
"Would you like me to leave or something, you don't seem comfortable with me here." I said with a frown. They all frowned too. "I mean, it is not like I am going to kill you or something."
"No, we are just…we are concerned about our tribe people." The big one said again.
"I would never hurt a human being, ever, unless they are trying to hurt my Jake," I said seriously. I saw them nod and I saw them loosen their muscles. "I promise, and Paul, I am sorry for attacking you,"
"It's fine, I guess I shouldn't have attacked you either." He muttered.
"You had all the right, I mean who wouldn't attack someone who you saw suck a pack of deer completely dry of blood, and then you see them with someone who is basically their brother." I said with a small smirk. I heard Jake laugh a little.
"Good point, so truce?" He held out his hand, I should it quickly and I nodded with a bright smile.
"So, how did you learn to fight like that?" Embry asked.
"Well, I didn't really learn to fight, it was just an instinct, when someone or something threatens someone who is special to me, I just attack. Like if someone attacks my brothers or my mom, I would attack. It is like survival. My brothers taught me about it when they turned 13. I started showing signs when I was about 5. I would go and attack anything in sight, playfully of course, and I got extremely protective. So, I was taught early, but I wasn't taught how to control it since I already knew how to," I explained. I saw them all nod and smile. "It was an instinct for me to know when to stop."
"So, when you thought Jake, or as you said 'your' Jake was in trouble you just responded in the only way you knew how too, like survival." I blushed but nodded reluctantly. "Interesting." The big one just starred at me while Embry smiled and the other one just watched me with curious eyes as he thought out loud.
"You aren't mad that Jake imprinted on me, are you?" I asked with a frown.
"No, of course not. We are very happy that Jake imprinted on you." The big one said.
"Um, not to be rude but I was never told your names." I said carefully.
"Of course, well this is Sam, Jarred, you know me, and that is obviously Jake." I nodded and smiled back at my Jacob as everyone introduced themselves…wait my Jacob? Well, he doesn't seem to mind it, I kind of like it too.
"Well, I am Skyla. I don't really know if you knew that, since I didn't really say it, but yeah. Or Sky or Lay for short." I stammered. They just laughed at my nervousness. Sam finally let go of Paul. Jake still held my waist.
"Okay, now that this is all over, can I have some alone time with Sky?" Jake asked assertively. I saw his possessive side come out. I just smiled and gazed at him happily. I saw them all nod and walk out. I noticed how they were all careful when they walked out, like they were making sure I wouldn't attack.