Angels and werewolves

Chapter 7- Jacob

'Why don't you head back to your house and gather your stuff, and I'll meet you back here. I'm just going to run ahead and warn my dad that we have a visitor.' Jacob told Angel, as they left the diner.

'Wait Jacob,' Angel called as he prepared to leave, 'Think about it once again. I really would hate to impede upon you and your dad. I really don't mind checking into a motel. Besides, the work is going to take forever. I can't possibly stay that long.' Angel tried to tell him.

'Nonsense, it's no problem. My dad really misses my sister, so he'd love to have you around. Anyway, this is just the famous La Push hospitality that everyone loves us for.' He winked and ran off slowly, to his house.

Inevitably, as he neared his house he could hear the other wolves start to approach, out of the woods. Ignoring them, he continued to his house where he was surprised to find Leah, Seth, Paul, Rachel and his dad, sitting out on the porch waiting for him already.

'We caught a couple of your thoughts as you ranged into the reserve.' Seth said, by way of an explanation.

'Listen man, I know the whole Bella thing has got you messed up but, you've just got to move on. We're all upset about her fate, but your love for her is just going to make everyone's lives miserable. You're hurting yourself, which is hurting Bella and the rest of us. Jake-' Paul launched into a lecture the second he got there.

Jacob cut him off, 'Listen, I know. Bella's my best friend, so I'm still heartbroken for her, but I'm not in love with her anymore. I've imprinted on someone else.' Jacob explained.

'Wait what? You've imprinted? God, wasn't this whole imprint thing supposed to be rare? Now people are imprinting like rabbits. Almost everyone has imprinted on someone else.' Leah scolded. Jacob understood her frustration. She had felt for Sam the same thing he had felt for Bella. But now that he'd imprinted on Angel, he felt much better about the whole situation. He knew that Leah was looking for the same kind of release.

Jacob explained about how he'd met Angel and asked his dad if she could stay with them.

'Come on, please. She's got nowhere else to go and we have Rebecca's room anyway. Besides I'm sure she's a much better cook than the either of us.' Jacob pleaded.

Billy sighed, 'Fine, she can stay in Rebecca's room.' Billy really missed having Rebecca around. If this young girl was everything Jacob made her out to be then maybe she would be able to fill up the space in his heart and home; left by the absence of his daughters.

Jacob grinned and rushed into his house to prepare a room for Angel and clean the house. He started with his room and began picking up all the empty beer kegs, litter, dirty laundry and erotic magazines that are usually found in the room of a young bachelor. Once he'd cleaned up the rest of the house, he turned to Rebecca's old bedroom.

He pushed the door open and stepped into it, breathing in the scent of his sister that still lingered about the room. It had been such a long time since she'd come to visit. Ever since she'd moved to Hawaii with Solomon, 4 years ago, she had only visited a couple of times. They couldn't complain that they were lonely; the house was full to the brim with him, his dad, Paul and Rachel, Sam and Emily. Still, it couldn't replace the absence of his mother and Rebecca. The room had wooden log walls like the rest of the house but they were covered in paintings and murals. No matter how many times he looked at them, Jacob was still shocked by the lifelike murals. They looked so real that he was still tempted to walk straight into them as if it was a doorway into the forest. The murals were oil paintings of large wolves. Though his sister had no knowledge about the werewolves or vampires, she still knew about the old Quileute Legends and had been very intrigued by them. The tales of the mysterious guardians of their home had inspired her to create some of the most fantastic masterpieces. The bed was bare, stripped of sheets and bedding; so Jacob went downstairs to fish around in the utility cupboard. Hmm. She was a girl, and, judging by his experience with his sisters, girls liked pink. Pulling out some flowery pink sheets from the bottom of the pile he trudged upstairs to make the bed, finishing off the look with some of Rebecca and Rachel's old cushions. He didn't have much experience in decorating things like a girl, and if you'd asked him a week ago to decorate a bed like this, he'd have told you to go jump off a cliff. But, for Angel he would do anything. He'd put in any amount of effort to see a smile on her face. Though he barely knew her, the connection he felt to her was the equivalent of the strongest bond on earth.

Dusting off the table, and adding a bouquet of fresh wildflowers he'd picked from the woods outside into an elegant pink vase, he raced outside to pick up Angel from outside Bernie's. His friend's and father, sitting out on the porch gave him a strange look as he whizzed past. Billy laughed to himself, reminiscing about the stupid things he used to do for love.

Angel

Angel stood huddling inside the doorway of Bernie's. The heavy rain had started up again and she played her part well. If she stood, oblivious to the rain then her position as a werewolf would be given away. Angel had her reasons for hiding this from Jacob. She'd been thrown out of the town 8 years ago for a reason, and she didn't want another attack and to have to leave again. She had nowhere else to go while she was suspended. She also didn't want another relapse of the past, or have any more attention drawn to her or her life than she was already receiving.

She spied Jacob racing through the rain. What was up with that boy? He was more eager than a starving tiger trapped in a cage with a couple of deer. Okay bad example, but Angel couldn't think of anything more eager. With a wave, she put up her umbrella and stepped out into the rain to meet him.

AN: Thank you for your review. Please keep reading, more about Angel's past will be revealed further on in the story. I'm still just setting the scene. I promise there's still a lot more action, drama and romance coming up. I will try to keep updating as fast as I can.