A/N: The title of the chapter says it all. It's the calm before the storm, and the drama will begin... yay... I never realize how long this story was going to be when I originally started it, but maybe I'm trying to rival Stephenie... who knows. LOL! :)

Chapter 19
The Calm Before the Storm

I was anticipating our stay on the Reservation. I hadn't been this nervous in a long time. Jacob spoke highly of his family and friends on our day trip around Port Angeles. I forced him to tell me about each of them, so I could get a good idea of how everyone acted and perhaps how they would react to me.

After hearing about all of his friends, and pack members, I realized that I couldn't wait to meet Seth and Leah Clearwater. I, also, couldn't wait to meet Jacob's father, Billy. I was a little nervous about this because I really wanted him to like me, and usually I wouldn't care if someone's father liked me or not, but I knew it was different with Jacob.

It always was. It always would be.

I finished repacking my things when knuckles rapped on my door. Turning around I saw my mother with her arms folded over her chest and a smile on her face.

"Molly Catherine,"

I used to hate how she always called my by my first and middle name, but I realized that was just my mother. She used to say, "Why give you a middle name and never use it?" I used to snicker at her and roll my eyes dramatically, but now I smiled.

"Hey momma," I looked over her carefully remembering her all over again. "What's up?"

"I just wanted to say thank you for coming here to see me," She smiled. "And for bringing Jacob with you, He's been a breath of fresh air around here…" She stepped further in to my room.

"Why wouldn't I come see you?" I asked her confused. "You are my mother and I love you,"

She bowed her head just a bit, "I know, I just—I know Patrick's death was hard on you and it's hard to come back home…" I didn't say anything, though I knew, I didn't have to. "You're such a brave girl, Molly Catherine," She put her hands on my shoulders. "You really deserve to be happy…"

I smiled at her, "I am,"

"I know," She pulled me in to a tight hug. "I hope you two visit me again, soon." She pressed her chap-stick covered lips against my cheek.

"We will, promise."

Now that I knew I could step foot in Washington and be OK, it would be easier. Especially with Jacob by my side.

"I figured you could take the Mustang, instead of the bus down to La Push," She handed me the keys. "I think it'll be a nice ride for you and Jacob."

I stared at the keys in my hand, "I—" I didn't want to take Patrick's car; we would have to leave it in La Push, since we were flying back to Colorado from there.

"No arguments. You need something to get around in," She shrugged. "And you never know…"

I sighed, when her mind was set, it was set. There was no change Julia Carmines' mind.

"Mols!" Jacob called my name from down the hall. "Are you ready yet? We're going to miss the bus,"

I could hear him move down the hall, "We don't need to rush," I called back and my mother smiled.

"What? Why?" He asked confused, though his very tall frame leaned casually in my doorway.

I held up the keys to the Mustang and a large grin formed on his perfect lips. He looked to my mother and she clapped her hands together.

"Breakfast?" She questioned.

"Definitely," Jacob retorted without hesitation.

I laughed and my mom slipped out of the room, leaving Jacob and I alone. He came further in and I met him halfway. I wrapped my arms around him, pressing my cheek flat against his chest. I inhaled deeply and felt right at home.

""Your heart is beating like a jack hammer," He mused quietly in to my ear.

"I'm nervous," I murmured.

"Why?" He pulled his muscular frame back and I sighed looking up to meet those amazing brown eyes.

"What if they don't like me?" My tone came out whinier than I had expected it too. I groaned inwardly, I did not want to sound like that kind of person.

"Who wouldn't like you?" He asked, though it was meant to be rhetorical, I answered him.

"Your dad, you sisters, your pack..."

"Oh Molly," He sighed and pulled me to my bed. He sat down and pulled me on to his lap. "They are going to love you just as much as I do,"

I opened my mouth to say something but couldn't. His words reverberated in my head. I saw that wolf-like grin spread across his face. I wiggled a little in his lap and turned to face him.

He had a certain twinkle in his eyes and I pressed my lips to his, not caring if it was too early to say this or not, "I love you, Jacob Black..."

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The long ride was anything but boring. Jacob kept me entertained the entire way. I could barely breathe at one point because I was laughing so hard. It made me wonder if we'd always be like this.

Would he always be able to make me laugh no matter my mood? Would he be making stupid jokes about the greenery if we were still together in twenty years? Would we still be together in twenty years? Would he be bored of me by then?

All of these thoughts crossed my mind throughout the trip, along with many others.

When we passed an exit for Forks I noticed him cringe, but I didn't dare say anything about it. He continued driving as if he wasn't bothered. I swore that if I met this Bella I was going to be anything but nice to her.

I couldn't get over the fact at how badly she had hurt Jacob. Though, another thought crossed my mind during our travel. If Bella hadn't chosen Edward over Jacob, then perhaps Jacob would have never stepped foot in Colorado, and I may have never met him.

I shook the thought away that was preposterous. We would have had to cross paths at one point or another, I was sure of it. We might have run in to each other several years down the road, and if he was still with Bella then, it may have been messy.

Perhaps she would have been the one getting hurt instead of Jacob.

As soon as I saw signs with the words La Push on them, I filed those thoughts away. I wasn't going to be thinking of Bella and her fictional relationship with my boyfriend. I smiled, though my heart was starting to beat irregularly.

When I saw the next one, I nearly jumped out of my seat. Nerves or excitement? I wasn't sure.

"Relax," Jacob took my hand in his and gave me the most heart-melting smile I'd ever seen. "They'll love you."

I nodded though I was still unsure. He let me know as soon as we got on Reservation Land. I sat up in my seat and looked around at the homes that littered the area.

A small smile tugging at my lips, I couldn't help the thoughts rushing through my head. It wasn't what I expected for some reason, though I'm not really sure what I was going to see when I crossed the line to La Push.

I voiced my thoughts and Jacob laughed.

"What did you expect to see rows of teepees and huge bonfires?" His lips twitched with amusement. "Maybe a lot of chaps, cow leather and feathers?" He continued.

I gawked and reached over to punch him in the shoulder.

He pulled in front of a house and I stared at it for a moment, swallowing hard as I realized this was the house he told me about. This was the house that he had told me so much about; the house that he grew up in.

He turned off the ignition and honked the horn, I looked up startled and he grinned like a fool, "You ready?"

I took a deep breath and saw the front door swing open and I nearly fell out of my seat. I saw the tips of someone's shoes and a silver chair before I saw my first actual glance of Billy Black.

"C'mon, let's go…" He opened his door and smiled at the man who was wheeling himself out of the house.

I nearly choked on my own saliva when Billy's face pulled from a grimace to an all out grin that probably rivaled Jacob's twenty years ago. I pushed the door open and took another deep breath, it was all or nothing.

I stopped my climbing out of the Mustang when I noticed several people approaching. Wow, I wasn't expecting to meet everyone at once. I chewed on my bottom lip and Jacob looked over his shoulder.

"Mols, c'mon…" He mused waving his hand to me.

I noticed two dark haired people walk out behind Billy, they looked about our age, and they were wrapped around each other smiling. I grinned, that had to be Paul and Jacob's older sister Rachel.

I shut the door and still found myself in the same spot, I couldn't move. I think I was still trying to take in the fact that I was in the middle of quite a few people, who at any moments notice, could transform in to large werewolves.

Jacob sighed exasperatedly and ran around the car grabbing my hand in his and pulling me towards his father, his sister and Paul. He made me wrap an arm around his waist, as he tossed his over my shoulder.

"Jake!" Billy grinned wider saying his name. "I can't believe you're actually here…" He fiddled in his chair.

Jacob released me for a second and leaned down to scoop his father in to large, back-breaking, bear hug. I smiled and watched Billy beat him on the back.

"Air, son… air…" Billy groaned and pushed himself away. His eyes diverted from Jacob's face to mine. He lifted an eyebrow and grinned, "This the girl Seth's been going on about?"

I glanced at Jacob wondering what he meant and he blushed wildly. I shrugged the comment away and stuck out my hand.

"Molly Landon, it's a pleasure to meet you Mr. Black…" I introduced myself politely as possible.

Billy grabbed my hand and yanked me down for a hug, unexpectedly. Jacob laughed and I could hear him slapping hands with Paul and caught him giving his sister a hug out of the corner of my eye.

"Call me Billy, Molly… it's great to finally meet you…" He let me stand fully erect and glanced to his son. "She's a looker,"

"Dad," Jacob rolled his eyes and looked to me and then to his sister and Paul, "Mols, this is my sister Rachel, and her—" He paused.

"Boyfriend, Jake… c'mon say it…" Rachel teased her younger brother and I laughed.

"Boyfriend, Paul…" Jake finished glaring at Rachel.

"He can't get over the fact that Paul likes me more than he likes Jacob," Rachel joked and pulled me in to a hug. "It's nice to meet you Molly,"

"You too," I gave her a hug back.

Paul tuck out his hand and I shook it with out hesitation.

"They're here…" I heard someone call from behind us. I had seen several people headed over but now there was a small pack of people who were rushing up to Jacob.

I figured I'd see this kind of reaction to him, he told me how he had just left abruptly and hadn't seen any of his fellow pack members in a long time. He had been with me for quite some time, so I could imagine.

I picked out Seth and Leah right away, Seth was the first person that came up to Jacob and wrapped him in a large bear hug. He was only a bit shorter than Jacob, and was a little gangly looking. His limbs seemed to just hang off of him.

Leah was tall, but not overly-so for a young woman. She was beautiful, very exotic looking with a perfect copper complexion and long, wavy black hair. I could see the excitement in her eyes, but the content look on her face didn't show all of it.

I had to admit, all of the people that were headed our way were good looking in their own sense. I wondered if having good-looking children ran in the Quileute genes. I knew that I was spacing off when Jacob nudged me out of my daze.

"Hi," I grinned and waved to everyone, though a bit awkwardly.

"Hey Molly, I'm Seth," The boy I had pinpointed before came over to me.

"It's great to finally meet you Seth," I looked at Jacob. "He talks about you guys all the time…"

"All good I hope?" This kid had a killer smile and was adorable to say the least.

"Of course," Jacob commented and slapped hands with two other tall teens that look similar to him, yet different. He hugged both of them and dragged them to my side. "Mols, this is Quil and Embry…"

"The infamous Quil and Embry…" Jacob had gone over the pronunciation of each of their names a hundred times so that I wouldn't giggle or mispronounce. He said they were still pretty touchy about their names, even after their transformations. "It's great to meet you…"

I was scooped up in to their arms, shockingly quick, and I barely had time to breath before Jacob made them put me back down. I laughed and caught my breath.

I was feeling very, very welcome, that was until Sam and Jared were introduced, a little glumly. I wondered what their problem was. I didn't bother to probe Jacob yet, since well, we had just gotten there.

"I'll show you to your room," Rachel extended her hand and I skeptically took it. I glanced at Jacob and he nodded with a little laugh to himself.

As soon as we walked in to the house Rachel was talking a mile a minute. She was beautiful, and looked a lot how I had pictured her. Was it cliché of me to imagine Jacob's twin sisters as Pocahontas? Or maybe that was stereotypical?

But did Rachel ever look like how I imagine Pocahontas. And from I heard she and Rebecca were identical twins, so for that much beauty to run in the genes had to be a good thing.

"You'll be staying in Rebecca's room; I hope you don't mind…" Rachel finished after she told me a little bit about herself and Paul.

"Not at all," I smiled and knew that Rebecca was living in Hawaii with her husband.

"I'm really glad that you're here," She smiled happily at me. I returned it and she put a hand on my shoulder. "You seem like a really great person, Molly…"

Oh, I knew where this was going. It was the equivalent of the big brother speech; it was the big sister speech.

"Jacob's been through a lot in life, and he's still probably got a lot going on…" She pursed her lips together. "He's my little brother and he means the world to me…"

I grinned and nodded, "I understand Rachel, and he means the world to me too…" I answered her unasked question and her eyes brightened up.

"I'm glad that's settled," She stated without continuing the speech she probably had prepared for years now. I let out a low chuckle and I looked around, "Let's go get your stuff and get you settled in, yeah?"

I couldn't help but nod and walk back out to the car with her. When we got outside Jacob was leaning against the black Mustang and talking animatedly with his friends, Billy had wheeled himself across the street to talk to an older woman, probably his age, about something, more than likely Jake's return and my visit.

Rachel's arm linked with mine and we gathered my things from the car, leaving Jacob's behind. Why? Because if he wants to be lazy and talk to his friends then he can get his own crap.

After this comment I wondered if their sense of humor also ran in the Black's genes. We gathered my things and got everything unpacked and settled before the guys even came inside with Jacob's things.

"Thanks for helping, Mols…" Jake quipped quickly glancing at Paul and Seth who were trailing behind him with his very few things. My mother had insisted on buying him clothes while we were in Port Angeles, and though he tried to object, as I said before, once her mind is made up, it's made up.

"Don't even start Jacob Black," Rachel yelled giving him a glare. "Besides, she's going to help me with dinner, right Molly?"

"Sure, Sure…" Jacob muttered his usual response and disappeared down the hall.

I laughed and followed Rachel in to the kitchen. When we started making dinner I had no idea what was going to come of the rest of the evening.

I had kind of a difficult time with this chapter towards the end. I really wanted to get a good grasp of the other wolves, and I don't think I've gotten it yet, but I'll be working on that more so throughout the next few chapters. Rachel and Rebecca were never really 'introduced' in Stephenie's books, but I thought it'd only be appropriate to add her since Paul did imprint on her.

I hope you enjoyed, and the next chapter or two is going to get a little interesting, or at least I hope so... that's the plan anyway.

Also, I've been brainstorming, I'm thinking about doing a Leah fic. I think I would do it from her POV, and it would kind of circulate around Emily/Sam's wedding. I was thinking of doing it as an 'sister' piece to Blue Moon, so that Molly & Jake are together, but I just wanted to feel you guys out and see if anyone would be interested.