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To his surprise, it was Bella who closed the space between them. She couldn't wait any longer, having already thrown caution to the wind and finally going with what her heart had been telling her the whole time; Jacob was safe.

Still, that first kiss was slow, as though they were making their way out onto a frozen lake; neither wanting to go too fast. Bella gasped against Jacob's mouth. His lips were soft as velvet, sweet and warm, like icing on a cake; polar opposite to what she had experienced with Edward.

Wanting more, Bella reached up around Jacob's neck, threading her fingers into his long hair on the back of his head. She clenched her fingers, gripping his hair as she tugged him closer.

Jacob intended for just a few chaste kisses on her lips but suddenly it turned into something more; something passionate, full of longing, need and desire. A deep growl erupted from Jacob's throat while he kissed her harder than when his lips first touched hers. While the sound surprised Bella and she opened her eyes momentarily, Jacob intensified the kiss, sweeping his tongue against her lips, causing her to ignore it. Bella moaned, her eyes closing while she enjoyed the sensation before she felt his teeth tug her bottom lip. Jacob ran his fingers down her side and rested them on her hips, the heat of his palms warming through the fabric to her skin.

Feeling a sudden intense heat pour out of him, Jacob momentarily broke the kiss, his darkened eyes never leaving her eyes as he pulled his shirt over his head, throwing it to the ground. The moment the shirt cleared his head, Bella quickly brought her lips back to his, running her hands down his bare chest and around to his back, her hands instantly becoming warmer against his skin. Feeling overheated herself, she tugged her coat off of one arm, Jacob helping her with the other. He ran his hands down her arms and over the back of her white blouse, his fingers digging into her skin through the thin fabric.

Strong waves of desire ran through him and he could sense the same from Bella just as the first few drops of rain fell down before the sky opened up over them. Rain poured down, drenching them almost instantaneous. Bella shrieked, breaking the kiss before Jacob told her to run to the car. He picked up his shirt and Bella's coat from the ground and rushed behind her. He could hear Bella's laughter as she ran ahead of him over the distant rumbling of thunder. While Bella darted to the passenger side, Jacob opened the driver's side door and quickly jumped in, slamming the door behind him.

"Where did all that rain suddenly come from?!" She exclaimed, out of breath while smiling and chuckling over the noise of the rain pouring down hard on the roof of the small VW.

Jacob looked bitterly out the window while the rain trailed down it, attempting to figure out when the storm cloud was passing by them. His answer came with a loud crack of thunder as the wind began to pick up. It seemed that the weather was mirroring the emotions that were still coursing within Jacob. He was frustrated that the rain had put an abrupt end to his evening with her. She had admitted that she was in love with him before she kissed him. And now, they were soaked to the skin and he ultimately had to bring her home.

"I don't know, but I'm starting to wonder if some higher power out there is trying to ruin everything," he said, bitterly.

Bella laughed at his sour expression. "Jake, don't worry about it. Nothing was ruined. That was fun."

Jacob snorted.

"You and I have a very different view on what you call fun."

"I'm not talking about the rain, Jake," she said, with a smile.

He looked over at her, his mouth slightly agape in shock over what she was implying. Until tonight, he never knew Bella to be so forward and open. He was used to seeing her guarded and emotionally closed-off. It was like he was fully seeing a new side of her that he had only seen glimpses of every so often when they'd be working in his garage. Those barriers were finally down.

Suddenly noticing her shivering with her arms wrapped around herself, Jacob reached into his pocket, pulled out the keys and turned on the car's ignition before turning the heat on full blast. He angled the vents towards Bella, while she reached forward over them with her hands to welcome the warmth.

Bella glanced over at Jacob, sitting in the driver's seat just as soaked and shirtless. For the first time, she really looked at him; the water dripping off his black hair, hitting his russet abs before sliding to the waistline of his pants and suddenly disappearing as it soaked in. Bella remembered touching that chest and those abs just a few short minutes ago. Suddenly, it felt like it had all been a dream; her telling Jacob the truth about how she felt, Jacob's lips on hers, her hands on his skin, the feelings and desires that he somehow pulled out from within her... She wanted nothing more than to experience that all over again.

Clearing her throat and the thoughts from her head, she rubbed her hands together in front of the vents.

"Aren't you cold?"

Jacob pulled his wet hair forward from behind his back and laid it over his shoulder. "No. Surprisingly, I'm quite warm."

"Must be all that hot Quileute blood," Bella teased with a smirk, cupping her hands together around her mouth before blowing on them.

There it was again - her subtle flirting. If she didn't mean it with her words, the look in her eyes when Jacob caught her staring momentarily at his bare chest was more than enough to know that she was blatantly flirting with him.

Feeling the heat within him rise a little more knowing that Bella was checking him out, he reached forward and took her hands within his own.

"Here, let me help."

Her hands were quite cold and he sucked in a breath at the temperature difference compared to his own skin.

"God, Bella, you're freezing."

Jacob glanced in the backseat, seeing only his wet shirt and Bella's soaked coat on the ground. He knew that he should have listened to his Dad when he suggested putting a blanket as part of an emergency kit in the car.

"I don't think I have anything dry here that you can use to warm up or dry off. I'll bring you home as soon as the rain eases up. I can barely see ten feet ahead of us in this rain." He brought his folded hands over Bella's to his mouth and blew to warm up her fingers inside.

The thunder rumbled again as a flash of lighting lit up the sky and forest around them. The rain continued to pour, the pounding of the drops echoing loud inside the car.

"It's okay, Jake," Bella told him, softly. "I really don't mind being stuck here with you a little longer."

Jacob smiled, releasing her hands before brushing Bella's wet hair away from her face.

"You're so beautiful," he said softly, his thumb grazing against her cheek. Bella reached up to her face and took his hand within her own and turned her face slightly into his palm.

To Jacob's surprise, she kissed his palm.

"Thank you for not giving up on me when I pushed you away," she told him softly.

Jacob's eyes were on her mouth as she spoke, his hand having felt her lips move with her words. Slowly, his thumb grazed along her mouth. As he moved back it back, Bella gently kissed the pad of his thumb as it passed over her lips. He felt her breath tremble and this time he wasn't certain if it was from the cold. Jacob looked into her brown eyes, before he slid his hand around to the back of her neck and leaned forward.

Bella kicked off her wet shoes before she shifted in her seat and sat up on her knees. She met his lips across the small centre console and gear shift. Once again, the kiss started off slow and soft. Bella reached around Jacob's neck to the back of his head and weaved her fingers into his hair, pulling slightly while she ran her other hand down his chest. Jacob moaned at the feeling of her touching him. It elicited an excitement within him. Jacob's fingers had found a small portion of Bella's skin around her waist that had been exposed as she reached up around Jacob's neck. Slowly, he splayed his hands over her back, his hands seeming to move higher and higher towards the back of her bra, to the point where Bella suddenly broke the kiss and sat back on her knees on the passenger seat.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Jacob said sitting back, quickly putting up his hands in surrender, knowing exactly what had caused Bella to stop. "I got away with myself. I wont do it again Bells, I promise."

He suddenly paused, not believing what he was seeing.

While he was already berating himself for going too far, Jacob feared and fully expected for her to turn away from him and close herself off. Instead, Jacob's eyes widened to see Bella undoing the buttons on her blouse. She was already halfway down her shirt when Jacob choked out his words.

"B...Bella, what are you doing?"

"I'm taking this cold, wet thing off of me."

"Are you sure you...uh...want to do that here?"

Bella paused and looked at Jacob. "Jake, we're not in public. It's just you and I. And I trust you."

"Yeah, well, I really don't know if I could trust myself if you're sitting in front of me with just a bra on," Jacob mumbled, as he watched Bella pull her arms out of her soaked shirt and lay it over the vents in front of her.

As much as he tried to avert his eyes from her bra, he couldn't help but notice the minute details of what he had seen in the darkness of the car - the white satin, the light pink edging going along the straps and the small white bow that sat low between the cups, both effectively covering each breast. The colour nearly blended in with her milky, white skin and Jacob found that he liked it.

A little too much, he soon realized as he felt the beginnings of an erection.

Pinching his eyes shut, Jacob turned his head towards the windshield, forcing himself to not become aroused from such a mental image. Frustrated, Jacob kept his hands on the steering wheel and clenched tightly.

Despite it not being anything sexual to her, his teenage mind couldn't help but twist it in that direction. He felt a deeper need, a primal desire began to rise in him and as foreign as it was, it felt right but it still frightened him. His muscles trembled from trying to fight it.

"Jake?"

"Hmm?" He said, not looking at her.

"Are you okay? You're shaking."

"I'm peachy," was his quick, sarcastic reply as he took deep breaths, a growl echoing each one as he tried to control that animal that threatened to escape.

What made it relax was Bella's sudden touch on his shoulder. It wasn't just her touch, but the fact that she was running her hand along his bicep, almost comfortingly. Jacob could feel the monster calm down and almost purr in his throat.

"What's wrong?"

Jacob lowered his head, confused. For a few seconds, he felt as though he was about to crawl out of his skin. His muscles couldn't help but tremble painfully under his skin but it seemed to stop the moment Bella touched him.

"I don't know. I feel a bit strange. I need..."

Bella leaned forward, brushing her fingers along his cheek.

"You can tell me."

Jacob looked at her, his eyes dark and mouth open as he breathed.

"Kiss me," he whispered, his voice sounding desperate yet there was a demand laced thickly behind it.

Bella leaned forward on her knees, taking Jacob's face between her palms before she brought her mouth down on his. Jacob kissed her, and moaned feeling her tongue sweep across his mouth as she became more aggressive. Slowly, Bella moved and kissed down his jaw and then along his neck. Jacob closed his eyes, feeling her tongue brush against his skin and he tipped his head to the side, enjoying the sensation. When he felt her teeth pull at his earlobe, he growled before turning off the ignition, the sound of the pouring rain filling the car once again. Reaching down to the seat lever beside him, Jacob slid the driver seat as far back as he could. With a gesture from his head, Bella climbed over the gear shift and centre console before carefully straddling her knees over Jacob's lap.

That's when she felt it. As much she shouldn't be surprised to be feeling his erection pressing at her core while they were in this position, she had no idea that he was that aroused. He was extremely hard and Bella found that just the thought of being separated by just a few layers of fabric turned her on.

Jacob paused, looking at Bella as she sat over him. For something that sounded like a great idea a few seconds ago, Jacob realized that he had put them into a very compromising position. He could feel his heart beating in his chest, nearly deafening in his ears.

"Hey there," he said, innocently.

"Hey," she replied with an awkward chuckle.

Bella couldn't help but smile meekly and duck her head into his shoulder in embarrassment. She had never been one to be so bold and here she was, sitting on Jacob's lap in the front seat of his car. If someone had told her a week ago that she'd practically make out with him in his Rabbit and straddle his lap, enjoying having his growing erection being pushed against her, she would have laughed embarrassingly and would have bet all her money against it. But here they were and suddenly, she was embarrassed for being so forward as to straddle his lap like this.

The sound of their breathing was all they could despite the rain pouring down on the car outside.

With Bella's head still on his shoulder, she felt Jacob's hands gently rest against her back, an intense heat radiating from them.

"Look, Bella, we don't have to do anything," he told her softly. "I can still just bring you home."

A thought came to mind and Bella raised her head and looked at him. "What do you want?"

Jacob was surprised by the question. How could she not know? "Me?"

Bella nodded as Jacob smiled. He was about to answer when Bella leaned in and kissed his neck again.

"How's this?"

Jacob chuckled and nodded. "That was good."

Bella slowly licked along his neck, inciting a soft moan from Jacob and she felt his hands squeeze against her back.

"And how 'bout that?"

"Hmmm," was his only response.

"I want what you want," Bella whispered in his ear.

Jacob opened his eyes as Bella leaned in and brought her mouth to his, wrapping her arms around his neck. Bella and Jacob kept their eyes on each other while Jacob came in for another kiss, this one lasting longer than the last. Bella could feel a heat intensifying within her as Jacob's erection pushed up against her. His teasing at her mouth was not ony frustrating her, but her desire for more of him grew.

Bella tipped her head to the side, while Jacob's lips, slowly and seductively created a trail of kisses down her neck, to her ear and then to her shoulder just beside her bra strap. Teasingly, Jacob pulled it to the side, sliding it low over her shoulder. He kissed down her shoulder and over her chest, following the path where her bra strap once rested, stopping just above the cup. Jacob heard Bella's breathing increase and could feel her hands tangle themselves within his hair on the back of his head, pulling it slightly.

Jacob paused, feeling an intensity suddenly burn within him and a heat radiate over his erection. He hated to admit to himself that he wanted nothing more than to rip that bra right off of her. But this would be crossing a line that neither of them may be ready for. Hell, Bella had just admitted that she loved him and she was kissing him. It didn't mean anything more than that, but based on the fact that she could feel his desire for her and she hadn't climbed off of him when he said, it had to mean something. Still, he stopped and sighed.

"Bells, I'm thinking that maybe we should stop," he said, his voice husky from the intense desires that he had been enduring. As much as he didn't want to stop, he wasn't going to push her either.

"You want to stop?" She asked him, looking into his eyes, her voice untrusting.

Jacob snorted. "Of course not, I just think..."

Quickly, she reached behind her back and undid her bra, dropping it on the passenger seat beside them. Jacob stared for a moment, not even certain what had just happened. Every teenage boys wet dream was happening right in front of him and all he could think about was whether Bella really wanted this. It was obvious that she did. With that thought in mind, he was certain that his erection just grew another inch.

"Are you sure?"

She answered him by wrapped her arms tightly around Jacob's neck, bringing her lips back down to his as he kissed her hard. Jacob couldn't help but growl, enjoying the feel of her breasts pushing against his chest. His hands ran down Bella's sides as she pressed herself tightly against him, feeling the mounds of flesh squeezing out of the side. Almost frantically, Jacob kissed down her neck and then over her shoulder, anxiousness filling him as he moved lower. Sensing his intended path, Bella pushed up on her knees and closed her eyes, enjoying the sensations. Suddenly, he stopped.

Jacob was looking at her breasts. He simply stared. Although her breasts weren't huge, they weren't small either. To Jacob, they were perfect. Her small pink nipples were perk from brushing against his chest. His mind raced as to whether he should ask permission to touch her, or even how he should touch her. He had never touched a woman's breasts before and beside's looking at the odd magazine with Embry and Quil, and talking guy stuff with them, he was new to this. He looked up at Bella's face hovering above him as her chest moved with each breath she took. Her eyes were shut as she breathed deeply, waiting.

For Bella, frustration was starting to build as she could sense his hesitation to touch her in a place so intimate where no one had ever touched her, let alone seen. It lasted for just a few moments before she felt very warm hands rest beneath either of her breasts, gently squeezing, touching before his thumbs grazed over her sensitive nipples. Bella hitched a breath. And then suddenly, his touch was gone.

As he looked at her breasts at eye level to him, Jacob could feel some deep internal desire to taste her. As strange as it was when he considered it, he knew that for some reason, he had to do it. Something demanded him to just do it.

Bella was about to open her eyes to see what was wrong when she suddenly heard a deep growl and felt a tongue slowly lick up from under the supple flesh of her breast, stopping beside her nipple. Reaching out, Bella put her hands behind Jacob's head, twisting her fingers in his hair, moaning as he licked over nearly every inch of her breasts, yet avoiding her nipples in a lengthy tease.

Suddenly, Bella gasped as his tongue suddenly licked over her nipple, his fingers digging into her back. Chuckling at her sudden response, Jacob repeated the action with the other breast and was rewarded with the same small gasp.

"You are a tease" Bella groaned, looking down at him.

"You're enjoying it."

"So are you."

Bella opened her eyes and watched as Jacob wrapped his lips around her nipple, sucking on it and pulling it gently between his teeth. Bella's breath hitched as her mouth opened and her eyes closed, her hands pulling at Jacob's head to continue. Once again he chuckled, his tongue teasing her nipples as he squeezed her breasts.

Bella was right about Jacob enjoying himself. Although she wasn't sitting right on his lap at the moment, he was extremely aware of the bulge within his pants. For Jacob, it was becoming almost a painful ache that he knew he'd have to relieve himself of sometime soon. There was no other way around it. Jacob had gotten himself so aroused that there was no way that simply relaxing or thinking of something other than the beautiful woman half-naked in front of him would help.

When Bella suddenly leaned down to kiss Jacob's lips, his erection was painfully aware of her presense once again pushing against it. In his own desperation, Jacob deepened the kiss, squeezing her hips with his hands. Instinctively, Bella rocked her hips with his grip.

"Shit," Jacob swore, lifting his hands from her hips, breaking the kiss and startling Bella. He chuckled slightly, panting. "Bells, you can't do that. You...you can't move your hips like that. It feels so good...but you can't do that."

Bella sighed and looked at him as she considered something.

"Let's do this then," she told him, decidedly.

It was obviously not the words he was expecting to hear and he had no idea what she meant by them. "Wait...what?"

A smile came to Bella's lips as she leaned in and gave a quick peck on Jacob's lips before she undid the button and zipper on her jeans. Jacob couldn't beleive his eyes as she carefully maneuvered, moving her knees together between Jacob's legs to slide her pants down to her ankles. She slipped out of them and left them at Jacob's feet by the foot pedals before straddling Jacob's legs once more wearing only her underwear.

"I've already felt you pushing against me. I want to feel you inside me, Jake."