3. A Night Out
I was staring up at the ceiling in the darkness wishing I could just move back to California. I thought this is what I had wanted but apparently being here with Jacob the past few days and him being without Nessie brought on some new sexual tension between the two of us. I couldn't believe how much he wanted to actually hang out with me and see me while she was away. I noticed he missed me a lot but I couldn't help but wonder what was going on inside of his head. I nearly jumped out of my bed when I heard a knock at my window. I sat up slowly waiting to hear it again. When I heard the second knock I carefully let my window open a crack and looked outside.
"Hey Allyson"
"Jacob what the heck are you doing out there it's late" I said to him.
"Come out here you need to see this moon it's incredible it's almost like you can…."
"Jake I'm tired"
"Oh please Allyson remember when…"
"Okay fine give me a second I need to make myself decent"
"You didn't seem to have a problem the other day walking around half naked with your ass cheeks hanging out in front of me in the kitchen" he said.
"Do you want me to come out there or not?" I questioned. I shut the window and hoped out of bed I placed jeans over my shorts and put on a normal t-shirt instead of a tank top. I quietly and successfully made my way outside he was waiting right out front for me.
"What's all of this racket about?" I questioned.
"Get in my car" he said.
"I'm sorry I don't get in the car with stranger…"
"Allyson now" he said sounding demanding. I obeyed and got into his car and we drove to the beach.
"Why are we going to the beach at god knows what time it is?" I questioned. He pulled up to a parking spot and pointed out towards the ocean. The moon was so big it looked like you could really almost touch the thing. I opened the door keeping my eye directly on the moon. I heard his footsteps right behind me.
"This is amazing Jake how'd you know I'd like this?" I questioned him. He smiled.
"I remember a certain someone breaking my window with a giant rock telling me to come to the beach to see the moon" he said with a smirk. I smacked him on the arm.
"It was only because small pebbles didn't wake you up, nothing wakes you up you sleep so soundly"
"Yeah well that was until my Dad came wheeling into my room with a shot gun" he said remembering his Dad wheeling himself in his wheel chair into Jake's room with a shot gun shouting who's there. We both laughed at the memory.
"I was only what 7 and grabbed a rock that was heavier then I was" I laughed.
"Yeah I found you on the ground with a bruised behind" he laughed.
"Are you cold?" he questioned. I almost had to laugh I still had not spilled my secret that I was one of them. I looked at him.
"I'm pretty warm actually" I let him know. He smiled and shrugged his shoulder.
"Okay" he said placing his arms around me.
"Hey look I know things are rough right now and maybe your feelings for me are going crazy because we have been spending every waking hour together for the past 3 days but I want you to know our friendship has always been important and I want to keep it on my list of priorities. I want to stay your friend and never loose this again do you hear me?" he questioned. I nodded.
"I might be able to handle that" I told him.
"I'm glad" he said with a smile.
"The number one thing you have to remember is to take your hands off of me because that just makes things worse" I told him.
"Oh right sorry" I saw him blush in the moonlight.
"It's fine just don't do it again or I'll have to pummel your ass" I told him.
"Right give it a shot"
"You really should not have said that" I said with an evil smirk. He turned to me and I punched him directly in the arm with all of my force. He waddled a bit backwards as I hit him.
"How the hell?" he questioned taking a fighting stance.
"Let's just say I've been working out" I smirked.
"I don't think that's working out damn that actually hurt the last time a girl punched me she broke her hand" he laughed. I looked at him.
"Go ahead hit me" I told him.
"But I don't hit girls" he said.
"Just do it" I told him. He took his fist and jabbed it into the same spot that I had hit him. I laughed as he hit me as hard as he could and I stepped backwards too.
"See no harm no foul" I told him.
"Damn your strong it's almost like…" he started to say but folded his arms.
"Like what Jacob?" I questioned. He shook his head.
"Nothing"
"Like I'm a werewolf?" I questioned He eyed me like he had seen a ghost.
"Jacob I'm part of the Quileute tribe of course I know the legends" I said.
"Well are you?" he questioned. I looked around to see if anyone was around. When I noticed quiet all around I closed my eyes and within less then a minute I exploded literally into my form. I didn't know much about it but I figured if I told someone that maybe they could show me the ropes. I changed and he looked at my white fur as it blew in the wind. I was a bit smaller then the average wolf from what I had read up on but I was strong and I knew that on my walks I had a few run ins with some bears and other animals it wasn't pretty.
"You are so beautiful" he said placing his hands on my fur. I growled at him.
"Not that I mean … not that you aren't absolutely beautiful as a human but your wolf form is just as beautiful" he told me. I looked up at him. He nodded knowing what I wanted and walked to his car. He came back a few seconds later with a dark blue blanket. He stood there waiting. I tilted my head to the side and he realized exactly what I had wanted him to do. He turned around and I felt myself pop back into my human self. I grabbed the towel from him and wrapped it around my naked body. He looked at me.
"I'm one of you I guess I hope that's not a problem" I said. He looked at me.
"No not at all does Seth know?" he questioned. I shook my head.
"I kind of just wanted to come here and be myself for a while I mean I've been curious as to what all of this is it's still slightly new and I never really tried to phase much in California. Imagine giant wolf attacking LA I mean yeah bad news, but I just kind of want to keep it on the down low" I told him.
"I can keep it hush, hush for a while if you'd like" he said.
"That would be really cool if you could I mean I know it's not that big of a deal but I enjoy being non werewolf" I told him.
"Yeah sure" he said to me.
"If you have any questions you know you can ask me I'll be glad to help you with anything. Oh and just so that you don't think things are completely crazy Nessie is part Vampire I know you were going to ask why she smelled differently I had a feeling it would be in a conversation in the near future" he said.
"Well that explains the way she reeked" I said to him.
"Hey that's my girl don't" he said. I laughed.
"I'm just playing Jake gosh you seem really attached to her" I told him. He sighed.
"I guess I can tell you why"
"Imprinting?" I questioned.
"You know about it?" he questioned.
"I have a computer I can read" I said.
"Well yeah that's kind of what happened, see I was friends with her Mother and I thought I was in… well I didn't think I knew. Do you remember Bella Swan she used to come around when we were younger?" he questioned. I nodded sort of remembering her a young girl with brown and brown… holy shit she looked just like Nessie.
"Yeah I do" I told him.
"Well you see she married a vampire and had Nessie and the only way to save her was to turn her into one now Nessie is half human half vampire she was only born about 6 years ago but has fully developed into a 17 year old girl" he told me. I looked at him in awe I really wasn't expecting this. I had read about imprinting and didn't put two and two together until now.
"Jake what does it feel like when you imprint on someone?" I questioned. He eyed me.
"Why?" he questioned.
"I'm curious"
"Okay well your whole world revolves around the person and it may not be the type of romantic love you are thinking about it's being anything for that person being anything they need a friend a brother or sister a protector, but it's like everything stands still and all you see is…."
"Okay yeah enough please" I said pretending to gag.
"Hey you asked" he said.
"So you feel this way towards her?" I questioned not wanting to hear his answer. He nodded.
"Which is why things will be complicated for a while" I said to him. He hesitated.
"Why is that?" he questioned.
"No I'm just saying" I told him.
"Allyson I can see right through you that meant something else" he said.
"Jake lets drop it and enjoy this please" I told him. He looked at me.
"Is it bad of me to be a bit hot for you in that blanket knowing your…." I smacked him harder this time.
"JACOB BLACK!" I yelled with a slight smile enjoying that a bit I might add.
"What? Can't I be a guy?" he questioned. I shook my head and laughed.
"You are taken" I told him.
"I'm a guy" he responded. I rolled my eyes and pushed him again. My blanket fell to the ground and I had an evil idea. He didn't look over at me.
"Hey Jake when was the last time you went skinny dipping?" I questioned him.
"Never" he said.
"You are such a liar come on it's so much fun it's free" I said pulling his arm.
"You can't do this to me" he said.
"Oh yes I can" I smirked slightly the moon was getting covered by clouds and the breeze picked up a bit. But it did not bother me. I pulled him down with me towards the ocean leaving the blanket by the car. I got him down to the beach and let go running into the cold water without any clothes on.
"You are going to get hypothermia" he told me.
"Jacob I'm over 100 degrees give me a break" I said.
"Okay you win" I watched as he began to take off his clothes. He cleared his throat.
"Okay okay god I'm not the perv who got excited standing next to his best friend" I said sarcastically. He shot me the finger. He then placed his clothes on the beach and I heard him running into the water. He splashed me and I turned around.
"You are going to get it" I began to splash him back. This went on for a good 10 minutes.
"Who's down there" we heard someone shout. Who ever it was it sounded official. We both stopped movement. Jacob grabbed my mouth and me from behind and pushed me under water. We saw flashing lights skimming the water. I was trying to hold my breath as long as possible. Once we noticed the lights were gone we went back up for air. I turned to him and we both started laughing.
"Stay right there" we heard a voice say. Both of us eyed each other and didn't move. We had been caught.
"Please could you step out of the water" it was the La Push police officers. There were two of them. I couldn't help but laugh and I knew Jacob was too. We both walked forward.
"Please put some clothes on" one of the officers said. I couldn't tell what they looked like but the one had a deep voice.
"You too miss" I looked at him.
"My clothes kind of got ripped" I said.
"Okay well then we have a towel in the car" he said.
"Both of you are trespassing you do realize this" he said.
"Yes officer we are very sorry" I said to him.
"Just get up to the shore and get your clothes on" he said. Jacob and I followed their orders. Luckily we were let go they didn't give us any charges or anything they just told us that if we did it again we would be arrested and have to pay a fine for entering at night. I placed the towel around me and we waited for them to leave before we burst out into laughter.
"Can you believe we actually got caught" he said snorting.
Jacob pulled up the house the dark sky was beginning to lighten we had been down at the beach for a long time that night. He stopped the car and shut off the engine.
"I had a really good time tonight" he said with a smile.
"I did too surprisingly" I said.
"What does that mean?" he questioned.
"I was afraid my feelings would overwhelm me but I tried to hold them in for now" I told him.
"I'm really sorry things have to …"
"Jake don't apologize please" I said to him.
"Don't ruin the night" I leaned forward and hugged him. I felt my towel droop a bit as my bare chest touched his body. I pulled away quickly.
"I'm sorry" I said blushing.
"It's fine now get inside before people start to wonder" he said. I smiled and opened the door making my way into the house. I walked to my room and flipped on the lights I nearly hit the ceiling when I saw Seth sitting on my bed.
"Where were you?" he questioned.
"Out with Jake" I told him.
"It's 4am and you are wrapped in a towel what's going on?" he questioned.
"Seth why is it a big deal?" I questioned.
"Because I know you have feelings for Jacob" he said crossing his arms standing up.
"Yeah and.." I said.
"And.. I don't think you should get in between him and Nessie she's a good girl don't do that to her"
"I wasn't going to do anything god Seth how much of a bitch do you think I'm?" I questioned.
"I saw what you did with Embry the day you arrived that was really messed up"
"Seth just stay out okay stay out of my business I don't need you telling me what I already know"
"Okay I'm just looking out for you" he said.
"Seth please I just want to go to bed I had a really good night and I just want to crawl into bed and sleep"
"Fine whatever" he said walking towards the door.
"When things get fucked up don't say I didn't tell you so" he said shutting the door.
I almost screamed loudly but held it in as I took the blanket off and crashed into bed naked. I pulled the covers over me and shut my eyes. I had an amazing time with Jacob and I wanted to keep it like that, I wanted to remember that night as it was. Maybe I could move on with this or maybe all I wanted to do more then anything was kiss him and be with him. I still felt hurt and willing to do anything to be with him. For now I'm just going to go into my dream land of the two of us being happy and together.