A/N Hey guys, sorry for the wait, but I have having some serious writer's block. So, I won't make you wait, enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight, SM does.

Previously

Jacob narrowed his eyes and growled as he pushed her onto the wall opposite them, trapping her before leaning forward, his lips almost inches from hers. "Don't think I didn't catch the lust in your eyes, Bella. I know you want me. And by the end of this week, I'm gonna have you begging for me."

She almost moaned but controlled her expression as she heard the door opening. "Don't flatter yourself."

Billy rolled into the house, taking in the scene and only shaking his head. "You guys can order a couple of pizzas for dinner; I'll just eat one of those frozen meal things."

Bella rolled her eyes. "Billy, I refuse to let you eat that cardboard trash. I'll make dinner." And with that, she trudged into the kitchen, rummaging through the cabinets and fridge for whatever ingredients she was searching for.

Jacob winked at his dad. Bella may not know it, but she was already taking care of them as if they were her family.

Chapter Nine: The Passion Ignites

Bella woke up with a jolt, quickly turning off her phone's alarm as she looked blearily at her unfamiliar surroundings. It took her a while to remember that her family had dumped her at the Blacks, practically abandoning her. Looking down at her phone, she saw over a dozen missed calls and texts from them. She turned off her phone, she was too angry to speak with them now.

Stretching, she got up, remembering that she had set the alarm so that she could go for a run before anyone else got up. When she was with her family, it was sometimes the only time she could get away, left to her own thoughts despite the fact that one of them was following to make sure nothing happened to her.

She quickly put on a pair of black spandex shorts, along with a sports bra and running shoes. After tucking her Ipod into a small pouch around her arm and tying her hair in a long ponytail, she was ready to go.

Bella silently opened her door and tiptoed down the hall, pausing by Jacob's door to make sure he was asleep. Judging by his soft snores, she was in the clear. She continued on and quietly slipped out of the door.

Giving herself a mental pat on the back for sneaking out of the house, she inhaled the crisp morning air before stretching and running in place for a few minutes to warm up a little. Turning on her Ipod, she smiled as one of her favorite songs by Paramore came on, and she took off.

Deciding to avoid the forest so she didn't run into any of the pack, she jogged along the longer path down to the beach so she could get a better work out. She came out on the south end of the beach and decided to run across to the northern side a few times for about an hour before she headed back.

With this plan in mind, she allowed herself a short break before setting off.

The sun had completely risen by the time Bella decided to stop, snapping out of her daze and cursing herself for not looking at the time. She had been running for longer than she had expected. She didn't really mind much herself, she loved getting into the zone of running, clearing her mind of everything except for the ache in her legs and burning of her lungs, which only pushed her to run faster. Bella wasn't too worried about her figure, but she did like to keep in shape. The problem was that Jacob and Billy were probably up by now and were most likely panicking as to her whereabouts.

Bella turned around to head back to their house when she bumped into someone and almost fell if it weren't for their strong arms holding her up. Pulling out her earphones, she looked up at her rescuer to thank him but her mouth fell open.

Standing before her was a boy around her age, clad in only a pair of black shorts. He wasn't as muscular as Jacob, but it was clear that he worked out. But it wasn't his appearance that caused her to gasp; it was his dark eyes, which now stared at her in amusement. She could tell just by looking at him that he had that bad boy thing going on, and she did have a certain weakness for bad boys. Shaking herself from her trance, and reminding herself that her bad boy was probably frantic with worry she glanced up at him apologetically. "Sorry! I can be such a klutz sometimes!"

Bad boy, as she termed him, set her on her feet, only letting go when he was sure she had regained her balance. "It's no problem rescuing such a fine lady as yourself." His eyes raked up and down her figure appreciatively, causing Bella to blush. "You must be new around here, I'm Luke."

Bella grimaced. "How'd you know?"

Luke smirked. "Trust me, I'd know if a beauty like you were around."

Bella flushed even more. "I'm Bella."

Luke bowed with a flourish. "So Bella, what brings you to the beach this fine morning?"

She grinned at his antics. "I just came down for a run. And I really should be heading back before I'm missed. It really was nice to meet you. Maybe I'll see you around school?" She turned to head back but was stopped by him tugging her arm.

"I'm not so sure I should set you loose just yet, wouldn't want you to trip and hurt yourself. Where are you staying?"

Bella lifted her chin up, her eyes teasing. "I assure you that I can make my way back just fine without you. What just happened was a mere lapse of balance, and you'd do well not to mention it to anyone else…wouldn't want you getting hurt."

Luke guffawed. "Yeah, and I'm guessing you're the one that will be doling out this punishment. No offense, but I think I'll live. Besides, maybe I want to talk to you for a little longer."

Bella laughed. "Suit yourself. It only makes revenge sweeter when you're underestimated. But seriously, its fine, I'm staying with the Blacks so it isn't too far."

She saw anger flash through his eyes but he quickly covered it up. "I don't live far from there and I was just heading back."

Bella let out a long, drawn out sigh. "Well I guess you can escort me back."

A few minutes later, they were trudging up the path that led to Jake's house. Bella turned to him. "Thanks so much for walking me home, even though it was entirely unnecessary."

Luke didn't appear to be paying her much attention, merely looking over her shoulder with calculating eyes before meeting her eyes. "No problem. See you around."

She yelped in surprise when he suddenly pulled her into a hug, holding her tightly to him. "I had a good time with you, Bella."

Her brow furrowed in confusion and before she could get out of the hug, Jacob came storming out of the door. "Where the hell have you been? And what the fuck are you doing with him?"

Bella's eyes narrowed as she shrugged out of Luke's hold. "I went for a run and Luke here was nice enough to walk me home after I bumped into him."

Jacob laughed humorlessly. "You seem awfully cozy for two people who just met."

Luke smirked at him. "Maybe we just had a…connection."

Jacob began to shake with anger and was clearly at his breaking point. "You motherfu-You stay the hell away from her!"

Luke tsked. "Touchy, touchy. I think Bella can make her own decisions about who she hangs with, no one controls her."

Bella looked between them both. "Do you guys know each other?"

Neither of them responded, both glaring at each other fiercely.

Luke broke the stare first, winking at Bella. "I'll see you around."

Jacob tried to lunge for him, but Bella put her hand on his noticeably bare chest. "What the hell is wrong with you two?"

Luke just shook his head and left, waving a small goodbye to Bella.

She waited for him to disappear up the road before she turned to Jacob. "What was that about? And who are you to tell me who I can and can't hang out with?"

Jacob clenched his jaw. "Stay away from him, he's bad news."

Bella raised an eyebrow at him. "He seemed pretty nice. And may I point out once more that you can't control who I spend my time with. Now tell me what all that was about?"

His dark eyes met hers. "Nothing. Just stay away from him."

Bella gawked at him as she interpreted the look in his eyes. "You're jealous! That's why you're behaving like a Neanderthal."

Jacob looked down at her angrily. "Maybe I wouldn't be jealous if you weren't parading your body around for any man to see!"

Her mouth fell open and she slapped him across the face before stomping inside the house and to her room. She angrily pulled on a tank top, grabbing her bag and putting her phone and sketchbook in it. She then headed out the door, intent on getting out of the house for several hours. Just as she was heading outside, she felt the air whoosh as she was deposited over Jacob's shoulder and he started walking away from the house.

She fumed. How dare he throw her over his shoulder as if she was his cavewoman and he was dragging her off to his cave? The hornier side of Bella was panting with excitement and wanted nothing more than for him to have his way with her. Her anger won out and she started pounding on his back. "You put me down this instant, Jacob Black! Where are you taking me? I swear, the second you put me down, I'm going to beat you to a bloody pulp!"

He didn't answer her, just continued to walk. Clearly her blows had no effect on him but she continued to hit him nonetheless.

This continued as Bella was carried to Sam's house and Jacob didn't put her down until they reached the front door. She turned around to do just what she'd promised when he caught her hands between his and sighed. "Are you finished?"

She saw red. "No the hell I'm not finished! You called me a slut!"

He glared at her. "Did you hear the word 'slut' come out of my mouth? All I said was that what you were wearing was too revealing."

Bella glowered at him. "You are not my father!"

He growled. "No, but whether you like it or not, I am your mate and I don't want any man ogling you."

She rolled her eyes. "He was not ogling me."

Jacob snorted. "Bullshit, he wasn't taking his eyes off your ass and tits. And you definitely weren't discouraging him."

Bella huffed. "Way to be crude, Jacob. But what could I expect from an empty-headed caveman that probably thinks I belong in his kitchen making him a sandwich!"

Their argument was interrupted by a stage-whisper from Quil. "Do you think this is foreplay?"

Bella and Jacob both jumped, clearly oblivious to the fact that the entire pack had gathered outside to watch them.

Bella frowned at all of them. "I hope you enjoyed the show because I am so out of here."

Jacob shook his head. "Unless you want me to drag you back again, you're not going anywhere."

She leveled a look of pure malice at him to which he didn't even seem shaken by, before stomping into Sam's house, followed by the rest of the pack.

Bella saw that Emily was bustling about the kitchen, but ignored her. She immediately took the first chair she saw, the one that was the farthest from the rest so no one would try to sit by her. Crossing her legs, her gaze turned to the ceiling as the pack took their own seats.

With a sigh, she turned to address Kim, who had apparently just arrived. "Why am I being forced to be here?"

Kim looked at her, confused. "You didn't know? The pack always meets to have breakfast on Saturday mornings. It's kind of like an unofficial pack meeting."

Bella groaned. "I still don't know why I have to be here."

Kim gave her a pointed look. "As an imprint, you're part of the pack."

Bella heard Paul snort from behind her. "Some imprint."

She turned to face him malevolently. "What did you just say?"

He rose to her bait. "You don't seem to be affected by the imprint at all. You're supposed to want to be part of the pack and feel a connection to all of us as an imprint. But you don't. Which leads me to think that this imprint had to have been a mistake."

Bella rose from her chair angrily, turning to look at the others. "Is that what you all think? That I don't care about any of you?" Her gaze strayed to Jacob's, who remained as silent as the rest of them. Tears filled her eyes when no one answered her.

Sniffling she reached in her bag to pull out a well-worn sketchbook that looked as if it had been looked at many times. "Well, take a look at these." She threw it at Jacob and left, no one stopping her this time.

Jacob stared in her direction, knowing he should follow her, but something was holding him back. Perhaps it was resentment that she hadn't given him any reason to believe she cared about him, so why should he continue to show that he cared?

Leah snorted. "Good riddance, if you ask me."

Emily cleared her throat. "Maybe we should look at the book."

Jacob picked it up off the ground and brought it to the table. Turning to the first page, he saw that there was a note. He read it out loud:

The Book of Dreams. If you're reading this Jacob, and by extension, the pack, I know that you have managed to singlehandedly hurt me more than anyone has before or royally piss me off, most likely both. Because if you hadn't, I would never have let you see this book, for fear that it would hurt you all. Back to the title, though this book includes a future I've always wanted, it was destined to never happen. I'm not saying that some of it can't happen, but after looking through it, it's obvious that some of it is impossible. Maybe I should have destroyed it long ago, but sometimes it eases some of my pain to look at it. So flip through these pictures, and look at the future that would have occurred if the pack had never hurt or teased me before.

-Bella

This strange note made all of them even more curious, even Leah, who was craning her neck to get a closer look. Jacob turned the page.

The first picture was of a smiling Bella and Jacob, at the age they were at now. He had his arms around her and they were both gazing at each other with love.

The next picture was of Bella riding Jacob in their wolf form, the pack surrounded protectively around them both. Bella was looking affectionately at all of them and there was no bitterness in her eyes.

The next page was of Bella, with two boys around the age of twelve. One of them had brown eyes, while the other had one sea green eye, and one brown eye. Bella was laughing with them as she lay on the ground, one of them holding her down as the other tickled her.

Kim choked on a sob, which caused the others to look at her in confusion.

She wiped her eyes. "Can't you see? They look just like her. These are her brothers."

Leah grimaced. "Is she seriously saying that if we'd never made fun of her, she would be happy with Jacob, the pack, and her brothers would still be alive?"

Quil put his head in his hands, thinking of the best friend he had lost. "Will she ever forgive us?"

Paul scoffed. "She has to eventually. She's Jacob's imprint and she obviously came back for a reason."

Embry put his finger to his lips and nodded in the direction of Sam's porch, where they could hear someone speaking. "It's Bella."

"Peter, please get me out of here. I know Jasper sent you ahead to keep an eye on me."

"Sorry, kitten. But you need to stop running from your problems."

Bella huffed. "If you don't get me the fuck out of here, I'll tell Char about the summer of '72."

"How the hell did you find out about that? Never mind, you're still staying. You'll thank me in the end."

She snorted. "I highly doubt that."

They heard a sigh on the other end. "I don't understand your problem, sweet cheeks. I figured you'd be sharing your first kiss with your mate with as much as you go on about him."

Bella laughed. "You know well enough that you were my first kiss, Peter."

Everyone looked at Jacob who was shaking in anger.

"And what a kiss it was, kitten. I do believe you're a natural."

Jacob growled loudly at the thought of his mate kissing another man.

Peter chuckled. "My work here is done." They all heard a click and the sound of Bella opening the door.

She took one look at their faces and knew that they had been listening. "Has anyone ever told you that it's rude to eavesdrop?"

Jacob stood up and walked over to her, a livid expression on his face. "We need to talk." And with that, he grabbed her arm and practically dragged her outside, not letting go until they were out of earshot.

Bella leveled him with a furious glare as she rubbed her arm. "Did you have to manhandle me?"

He ignored her. "Who was that on the other line?"

She rolled her eyes. "Peter. He's my best friend."

Jacob looked at her incredulously. "You kissed your best friend."

Bella sighed. "It was purely an experiment. I wanted to know what it would feel like to kiss a vampire, and he was the only one I could see myself kissing."

He clenched his fist, physically restraining himself from going to hunt down this Peter and rip his lips off.

She placed a hand on his arm. "Will you calm down? Your jealousy is getting really old."

Jacob raised an eyebrow at her. "How would you feel if I told you that I had made out with another girl?"

Bella glared at him. "You better not have! Who was it?"

He looked at her pointedly and frowned. "Why are you so against being with me?"

She threw her hands in the air. "Oh, it can't be because you ridiculed me as a child after I practically worshipped the ground you walked on."

Jacob ran his hands through his hair in frustration. "We were all kids then, Bella! Immature and stupid! People grow up and if we're ever going to be in any sort of relationship, you're going to have to get over it!"

Bella narrowed her eyes at him. "Get over it? Get over it? You told me that my eyes were hideous and broke my heart and you want me to get over it? Not fucking likely! And then you pretty much say I don't care about you? Fuck this. I'm done with you." She started to walk away, but he caught her arm.

She turned and tried to jerk her arm out of his grip. "Let go of me!"

He held tighter. "No."

"Damn it, Jacob! Let go!"

He pulled her closer to him. "No. I'll only let go if you look me in the eyes and say you don't have feelings for me."

She looked him in the eye defiantly. "I don't have feelings for you."

He immediately dropped her arm and she started to walk away again.

That is until she was pushed against a tree and Jacob forced his lips on her. She resisted, trying her best to push him away from her, but he only pressed her further against the tree. She opened her mouth to protest, but it only granted him access to her mouth and as soon as the kiss deepened she gave in. The same hands that had been pushing him away pulled him closer and her hands unconsciously moved to his short hair, gripping it in her hands and tugging him ever closer.

He growled in her mouth and suddenly his hands were on her waist, lifting her until her legs wrapped around him. She didn't mind, her legs wrapping around him tighter. She gasped when the action caused his member to line up with her center and she knew that he could feel how wet she was.

Sure enough, Jacob's kisses grew even more passionate; his hands trailing under her shirt to grip her breasts, causing her to moan loudly against his mouth and clutch him to her. He continued to explore her mouth and body, his fingers massaging her breasts. He suddenly tweaked her nipple which caused her to cry out and her hips jutted up against his member enticingly.

Jacob smiled against her lips and broke the kiss, eyes darkened. "You're mouth is telling me no. But your body says yes. Just admit that you have feelings for me."

Bella glared at him, panting heavily and feeling more than a little frustrated. "Please, Jacob."

He shook his head with a grin. "Nope."

She rolled her eyes. "If you can't figure out by now that I have feelings for you-"

Jacob put his finger to her lips. "Good enough for me. And by the way, I lied. I always thought your eyes were beautiful." He set her on her feet with a twinkle in his eyes and this time he turned to walk away.

He heard a huff of annoyance from behind him. "You're just going to walk away, leaving me all hot and bothered?"

He continued to walk, waiting.

Jacob was suddenly tackled by her, but he didn't lose his balance, merely turning her around until she faced him and practically slamming her into another tree. Their lips moved furiously against each other, Bella clutching his head to her lips as if to ensure he didn't leave again. Jacob certainly wasn't complaining.

Within minutes, Bella's shirt was in tatters on the ground and Jacob was trailing kisses down her neck and to her chest. With a wicked grin, his mouth descended over her bra and engulfed the area around her nipple.

Bella let out a mix between a whine and a cry, her hips bucking wildly against his. She forced his head to meet hers and they both set a pace as they grinded against each other. Jacob suddenly held her firm to make sure she wasn't moving and when Bella looked at him with confusion, he moved slightly and thrust up.

Bella's eyes rolled into the back of her head as she could practically feel every inch of him against her.

He did it again and Bella moaned loudly. "Oh God, Jacob. I think I'm gonna.."

"Well well well, what do we have here?" Paul stepped out of the trees and immediately noticed the tattered clothing. "I can see you too are doing a lot of talking out here."

Bella shoved Jacob away from her, not only pissed that she was even more frustrated then before, but because there was no hiding what they had been doing. There was a big wet spot on her bra from Jacob sucking on it and her hair was a mess.

Jacob appeared extremely smug with himself and turned to Paul. "Just give us a minute."

Paul shook his head. "Hell no, I'm not leaving you two alone so you can finish. We're heading back now. Sam made me come out here to get you two. He wants to talk."

Bella held her head high and marched off in the direction of Sam's house, ignoring the sounds of an obvious fist bump going on behind her. Men.

A/N Awww, so Bella gave into Jacob on the first day…or did she? If you think a little make out action will make Bella give in, you are sorely mistaken. And what's up with Luke and Jacob? Do you think the pack has finally gotten it into their heads how much they've screwed up yet? There's nothing colossal about Bella blaming them for her unborn brother's deaths. If you think about it, if they hadn't have teased Bella, she wouldn't have had to move. Next chapter is the heart to heart with the pack, a bonfire and we'll find out where Seth was during this entire fiasco.