A.N. Hi again! So sorry for the gap between the last chapter and this chapter, but I really hate writing Jacob. I don't know why but I do, I wrote the first 250 words of Jake and then could not write any more for ages! But I got there, yay me! Hope you like this chapter as much as the last ones!

P.S. I know my writing style has changed from about chapter 4 onwards... that is because I was trying to work out how to start a new chapter and my friend took over the laptop and started typing for me in that style.. So I just kept on writing like that when she handed it back! I don't know if I have time to rewrite the first chapters, but I will if I can.

Chapter 7

Jake POV

Pulling up into one of the larger clearings situated closer to the edge of the reservation, Jake almost let out a groan of disappointment as he felt Jason's hands release their tight grasp from around his waist. Pulling off his helmet and twisted around while still sitting on his bike to help Jason with his, Jake noticed his two best friends making their way over to them with fire wood in their hands and all knowing smirks on their faces.

Almost letting out another groan of annoyance, Jake pulled a smile onto his face and turned his full attention back to Jason. Unclipping the chin strap of Jay's helmet, he lifted it off his head and hung it over the front of the bike, smirking is satisfaction when he saw that Jason's eyes were alight with an almost childlike joy.

"Have fun?"

Letting out a small chuckle as Jay bobbed his head up and down excitedly, he pulled himself off the bike and saw out the corner of his eyes that Jason was doing the same.

"Can't wait for the ride home, can we go a bit faster?"

Snorting at Jay's comment, Jacob started to make his way over to his friends.

"Aren't you supposed to be the sheriffs perfect, law abiding son? We were 10 mph over the speed limit on the way here and you want to go faster?"

"I'm an adrenaline junky, so sue me."

Letting out another small snigger as they arrived in front of Quil and Embry, Jacob turned and started the introductions.

"Jay, these two knuckleheads here are my friends Quil, on the right, and Embry," he said as he waved a leisurely hand over at the two grinning idiots beside him. "Tweedle-Dum, Tweedle-Dee, this is Jason."

Watching cautiously as Jay stuck out his hand to shake Quils', Jake saw Embry wink and waggle his eyebrows at him while Jay was distracted. Resisting the urge to slap Embry over the back of his head, he turned and nudged Jay's shoulder.

"Come on, I'll show you around before everyone else gets here"

Pulling Jason away from his two friends, Jake was mortified when he heard "kissy" noises being made behind him. Glancing worriedly at Jay to see if he'd heard, Jacob was relieved too see the small boy was too busy looking around to notice his friend stupid antics. Sending a glare over his shoulder at the sniggering duo, Jake turned back to the way they were walking.

They were prevented from going any further when Jay quite suddenly tripped over a small root, causing Jake to react without thinking. Before either of them knew what was going on, Jake had grabbed Jay and pulled him into his chest to stop him from falling. Arms tightly wrapped around his waist as Jay grasped the material of his shirt in a death grip; they stood still for a moment.

'He's so soft and small; I could stay this way forever and never tire of it.' Jacob thought to himself, enjoying to closeness even more than he had enjoyed the ride to La Push. However, like all good things, it ended far too quickly for Jake, as Jay seemed to regain his equilibrium and pull away, a brilliant blush staining his cheeks.

"I'm so sorry, I'm such a klutz." Jay exclaimed, looking down at his feet in embarrassment, only causing Jacob to think he looked even cuter.

"It's fine, are you ok now?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Let's keep going," Jay said, slightly desperate to move on from the embarrassing moment. Grinning, Jacob seized the opportunity and casually wrapped his arm around the small boys shoulders before propelling him forward again.

"So you get your clumsiness from your dad." Jake stated, hoping that a distraction would prevent Jay from saying anything about his arm.

"Yeah, except I'm a hundred times worse." Jay laughed, looking up at Jake with a large smile.

Jacob laughed as well, relishing the closeness between them. No longer caring if Quil and Embry could see what was happening.

After showing Jason around, almost everyone who was going to come to the bonfire had arrived. Quil and Embry had taken the wood and started the bonfire, people add their own bits of wood as they arrived. The place was mostly full of teenagers, the occasional young adult standing around drinking with friends. Jacob spent the first half an hour introducing people to Jason, the boy endearingly shy under so much attention. For the majority of the time, Jason didn't move away from him, staying at his side both to keep him comfortable in knowing someone, and also to make sure no one started hitting on him. Jacob was positive that he would not enjoy watching someone hitting on Jason, no matter who it was.

When they finally found a spot to sit with a bunch of Jake's friends, Jason seemed to fit in fairly well. He talked and got along with all Jake's friends and all his friends seemed to like him as well. This was great as it meant no one would object when Jacob invited Jason along to their parties and outings.

The only slightly annoying thing about the night was Quil and Embry. They hadn't stoped trying to push Jason towards Jacob the whole night, ever since they'd first been introduced. Jake wasn't sure if he wanted to thank them or strangle them! Every time it was just the four of them, the duo found some reason to disappear and leave Jake alone with Jason, or they would continually talk about the great things Jacob could do and basically talk him up in Jason's eyes. Then there were the winks and sniggering that only Jacob seemed to notice them doing – thank god! He'd hate to answer any questions Jason might have about that.

All in all, it had been a fairly good night.

"Remember, I want to go faster this time." Jason teased him as they were putting their helmets back on, readying themselves to get back on the bike so Jacob could drop Jason home.

"Yeah, hear that Jake! Jason wants' so go faster this time." Quil said, amused smirk on his face.

Jacob caught the innuendo and sent a glare at the other boy, as Jason laughed, oblivious, as he had been the entire night.

"It was great to meet you both." Jason said to Quil and Embry as Jacob climbed onto his bike.

"Yeah, you're a pretty cool guy, Jason Swan. I'm sure well be seeing a lot more of you." Embry spoke to Jason, but winked at Jake, getting an eye roll in return.

"For sure." Jason easily agreed as he moved and pulled himself up behind Jacob. Making sure not to focus too much on the feeling of Jason's small arms wrapping around his waist, Jake turned on the motorbike and revved the engine before they took off.

Briefly, Jacob had entertained the thought of driving slower than he had to get to La Push on the way home, after all, if he drove faster then he'd not have Jason pressed up against him for as long. However, the tightening of the arms wrapped around him and the warmth of Jason's chest pressed tightly against his back was enough to make him speed up, delighting in the lack of room between them.

Sighing to himself, he knew there was no doubt about it now. He had a serious thing for his father's best friend's son. Though he'd never liked a guy before, he supposed Jason was almost like a girl in his soft, feminine features and his continual blushing. He was cute, even Embry and Quil had admitted it to him when Jason had been talking to one other their friends. The fact that his friends approved only encouraged Jake to want to pursue Jason even more.

'But how do I do it?' Jacob thought to himself, slightly frustrated. He'd never tried to get a guy like him like this before, only girls. How did he show that he liked Jason without outright telling him? Flowers would just be embarrassing for both of them and poetry and all that crap would probably be met with confusion rather than affection.

'Maybe if I just spent lots of time with him and stuff, that might work.'

Plan in place, Jacob allowed himself to enjoy the last few minutes before rolling to a stop outside Chief Swan's house. Switching off the bike, he waited for Jason to climb off first before helping him with his helmet again and then walking with him to his front door.

Coming to a stop before the door, Jason turned sparkling eyes to him and Jake could feel himself beginning to react to it.

"Thanks so much for tonight Jake, I had a really great time and your friends a heaps of fun." Jay said with a happy smile.

"No problem, I just happy you agreed to come." Jake used his most charming smile, leaning in slightly closer.

"We'll have to get together again soon." Jay said, smile still in place.

"Yeah, definitely. I had loads of fun with you." Jake said, his voice dropping a few octaves as he leaned in a little bit closer.

"Well, see you later, drive safely." Jay suddenly said, pulling open the door and disappearing inside before Jake could say anything else.

Standing on Jason Swan's doorstep, Jacob blinked a couple of times before it sunk in. Jason had just left him standing here when he had gone to kiss him!

'Ok, just leaning in a kissing him obviously isn't the way to tell a guy you like them. But I will figure it out!'

Filled with determination, Jacob began thinking about how he could go about it, how he could tell Jason that he liked him. There had to be some way that guys did it! Maybe there was some special sign or action that previously straight guys had to learn before they could ask their cute guy friends out?

Edward POV

This past week Edward had found himself more restless and unable to stop thinking then ever before, that is including when he was being adopted by Carlisle and Esme when he was 7 years old. This was all Jason Swans' fault.

He had never before even thought about looking twice at another guy. He had always been comfortable in his heterosexuality, then he'd come along and somehow managed to grab his attention. Edward actually didn't know what to think anymore. Rather than the usual faceless girls that usually invaded his dreams, now soft brown hair and dark brown eyes stole the breath from his lungs. He was sure that there was more to it then hair and eyes, but when he woke to damp sheets, that's all that he could remember.

As if possibly fancying Jason Swan hadn't shaken his previous thoughts to their core, the unexpected and completely foreign jealously he had felt earlier had his head spinning. Although he would never admit to it, Edward was dying with curiosity as to where Jason had gone with that bastard Jacob Black!

While he didn't actually know that much about the Black boy, the image of him driving off with Jason on the back of his motorcycle was burned into his mind and was playing over and over again like a scratched CD. It was driving him insane!

What if Black decided to get all 'handsie' with Jason? Would Jason know how to get away? He looked so innocent that Edward seriously doubted it. Frowning, Edward pulled himself up from his comfy bed and made his way noisily down stairs to the kitchen.

'If Jacob Black tries to pull anything, if he so much as puts a finger on Jason, I'll rip him apart with my bare hands!' He thought viciously to himself.

Shuffling into the kitchen and pulling a glass from one of the cupboards, Edward poured himself a glass of water as his frown slipped from angry to confused. Why did he even care in the first place? Jason was just some new guy that Edward hardly knew, apart from the fact that they had Bio and Gym together, he was friends' with his sister Alice, and he had a really cute smile.

As soon as that thought passed through his mind, Edward chocked on the sip of water he had just taken.

No! He's Chief Swan's son – that's what he meant! Nothing to do with any smiles.

"Edward, you alright in here?" Alice suddenly spoke up, causing him to start and almost drop the half empty glass in his hand in surprise.

"I'm fine," he replied automatically

As she gave him one of her patented searching looks, he knew he had to distract her before she guessed exactly what was running through his head. His sister was freakishly perceptive.

"Do you know where Jason was going with Jacob Black?" he said before he could engage his brain. Cursing loudly at himself within his own head, Edward bit his tongue to keep himself from asking any more stupid questions.

"Oh, Jay said he was going to some bon-fire with Black or something." She said, suddenly giving him a familiar piecing look. "Why do you care? I didn't think you even liked him?"

"It's not that I don't like him, I just, you know, I don't know him," Edward shrugged, as he made sure not to look directly at her so she couldn't tell exactly how nervous he felt.

"Well one usually needs to talk to a person to get to know them," her smile turned teasing. "I know doing that is a foreign concept to you, dear brother of mine, but you might want to try it some time."

Rolling his eyes at her jabs, Edward turned his back on her and tipped the rest of his drink down the sink and placed the glass in the dishwasher before turning and heading back to his room before her teasing got out of hand.

Climbing the stairs leading to his bedroom, Edward reached up and scratched the back of his head in annoyance. Even though he now knew where Jason was, he still found himself restless and worried as thoughts of him being alone with Jacob Black danced around in his mind.

Reaching his room and slamming the door behind him, he let himself fall face first onto his bed and let out a groan. He had a feeling that he wouldn't be able to relax fully until Monday morning when he saw Jason Swan again.

Bella POV

Monday

Sighing and prying her eyes open for the fifth time that lesson; Bella wondered again what she was supposed to be learning. It wasn't that she didn't like history, it was the opposite actually, but there was just something about Mr. Dalkos's monotone voice that just made her want to fall asleep.

Jerking her self upright, along with half of the class, at the sound of the lunch bell, Bella started shoving her note books back into her bag and hurried out of the classroom. Earlier this morning she was cornered by Mike and his cronies and was made to promise to have lunch with them again today. Just her luck.

Hurrying to the cafeteria and through the lunch line, she made her way to where Mike was already seated and was waving overenthusiastically at her. Sliding into a free seat next to Mike, Bella just sat back and watched the group of friends interact.

"Hi Jason!"

Shuddering internally at the nasally simpering voice behind her, Bella turned and nodded at Jessica Stanley. She had been following Bella around all day and was really starting to get on her nerves. Groaning internally as Stanley lowered herself into the open chair next to her, Bella turned her full attention to her food. At least when she was sitting at the Cullen's table she was able to participate in the conversation without getting hit on by a bottle blond.

Shovelling her lunch into her mouth, Bella made a promise to herself. From now on she was only going to sit with the Cullen's. She didn't know how much more of Newton and his friends she could take.

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A.N.

Ok so what did you all think of the new chapter? Tell me what you think and I will try to update again soon (well sooner than it took to update this one anyway).

Also, a huge thanks to Silversmile, without whom Jake would not be in this story. I'm serious. I wasn't going to put him in but when we were on holiday she got me drunk, stole my laptop and wrote him in. By now I should just call her a co-author!

Until the next,

Yukiru-4-eva!