Author's Note: I'm SO pleased with the reviews on this story that I am posting TWO chapters in one sitting! You guys really made my weekend and I love you guys so much! I...really love this story and where I see it going. There's drama but not at all what you see in other fan fictions and I love that it stands out. I hit a snag so please review these last two chapters and let me know what you think! Love you all! ON WITH THE STORY!

On the ride home, neither of us said much. Jacob was still wearing his sash and his crown had been deposited in the back seat of his rabbit. I was embarrassed at what I had done to him, but also proud that I could do that to him. I was torn between wanting to be with him and wanting to stay friends, because I didn't know if I would want to ruin our friendship. Then there was the whole Jade fiasco, I wouldn't ask about it but hoped Jake would clear that up.

When we pulled up Charlies cruiser was outside and I frowned, wishing Jacob could come in and talk. He jumped out and ran around to open my door and walked me to the front door, my heart began to hammer at all the cliche movies who made this moment so scary for us girls.

"I'll wait till you are in your room to come up, we need to talk." He kissed my cheek and I nodded sadly turning to go inside. As I shut and locked the door behind me I laughed at the irony of it, the things that are out there in the night wouldn't be deterred by a locked door.

Charlie was up and I told him about the night, well the good parts anyways. We laughed about Jacob's dance and he said he was glad we had fun, but dismissed himself saying he had an early shift.

When I got to my room Jacob was UN-doing his tie and sitting on my bed, facing me. I closed the door and took the heels off my achy feet, sighing I began to rub the sore heels.

"Bells, come here." I sat down and he pulled my feet into his lap where I was gifted with the best foot massage I had ever had. His hands worked the pain out of my muscles like magic and I laid back on the bed and began to take my jewelry off and the headband, Jakes movements slowed as I opened my eyes to see his hand stretched out and I handed him my jewelry, he placed it on the night stand and resumed massaging my feet.

He sat quietly for ages and I enjoyed his touch, the pain in my feet gone but butterflies replaced that pain, I knew something was on his mind. After a while he just held my feet in his hands but finally spoke up, "That girl...I went out with her one summer before you moved back." He seemed ashamed of himself and I propped myself up on my elbows so I could see his face. "She wasn't always this mean and bitter towards people." I nodded and stifled a yawn. "We...used to have the same group of friends. She was my first..." He paused and gave me a glance and I gave him an encouraging look, that would explain her insane jealousy. I won't lie, it was sort of heart-breaking that he'd been with someone but I knew it wouldn't get in the way of anything, we all had a past. "I...didn't know what happened. We'd gone to a party at the beach and I guessed I had too many alcoholic beverages or, I guessed I did." He stuck his thumb between the gap on my toes and rubbed them mindlessly.

"Is that why she was so nasty to me? She must still like you?"

"It's really not that at all. After that summer she told me she wanted to see other people and I was...mad. You know... I knew I never would've agreed to sleep with her voluntarily drunk or not I wasn't in love with her at any point. So I did some digging and found out she put the date rape drug in one of my drinks."

I gasped, Jacob was raped? "Oh my god, Jake."

He shook his head, "I'm not looking for pity, I just wanted to be honest and upfront with you. If you go round my friends we are bound to run into her again. After I found that out I confronted her and she of course denied it and told all our friends I'd cheated on her and that she had gotten pregnant and because I'd raped her she had an abortion."

That would explain what she was talking about and why she wrapped her arms around her stomach like that. I'd sat up entirely by that point and my feet sat in his lap, but his hands were on my shins. "I'm sorry she did that to you."

"It is what it is. But now you know the truth...you disgusted?" He hung his head and I scoffed.

"Of course I'm not disgusted, geez Jacob we all have a past and like you said It was involuntary. I'm okay, but thank you for being honest with me." He avoided looking at me so I slid into his lap, I was sitting on the bed my thighs resting on his lap. "Look at me." he did with sad eyes and I poked his chin. "You are one of the best people in La Push, everyone knows that and I am lucky I get to spend so much time with you. As for the dance, I had a blast! Thank you for taking me."'

"You're welcome. I had fun too, you looked so beautiful. Well...you always do, but you know what I mean." He scratched his neck and I kissed his jawline lightly, laying my head against his heart. As usual it was thudding heavily against his chest. "Oh, before I forget the guys and their girlfriends get together a few times a month to hang out, usually karaoke or dancing but they asked me to invite you. I know we aren't dating, but they really liked you and said they wanted to see more of you. It's up to you, I said I'd ask."

"That is sweet! I'd love to go but now...I need to get out of this dress, you want a pair of your shorts?" He'd left a few pair of cut offs here and boxers just in case a few weeks ago. He nodded and I tossed him a pair while I headed to the bathroom to wash my face, brush my teeth and change clothes. When I knocked on the door lightly Jacob didn't answer, not wanting to walk in on him changing I knocked a little louder. "Jacob, are you done?"

"What. YES! Sorry." He sounded distant, I peered into the room and he was at my desk looking at something laying on it. When I closed the door he turned towards me, "We need to talk."

I hated those four words, almost as much as I dreaded using the other 3 worded phrase. I cringed and hugged my loose pink top to me, "Why?" I leaned over him to see what he had been looking at and I was angry. "Where did you get that!" My Brown acceptance letter, he'd found it and now I had to dig my way out of this mess.

"It was poking out of your trash, looked important. Why are you deferring this? It's an amazing opportunity, Brown is an outstanding school." His face was not angry, it was full of love and support but I still felt defensive, partially because when he found out why he'd be upset.

I shook my head and grabbed an elastic and a hairbrush from my dresser and sat on my bed DE-tangling my hair so I could braid it for bed. "It's none of your business."

He hung his head briefly and nodded, "You are right, your future is none of my business. Even if you are my best friend and I care about you."

My words cut through him like a warm knife on butter and I wished I hadn't said them, he was right to question my actions. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean that."

"Well I'm sorry I was snooping but you never mentioned school to me I had no idea you'd even applied to any out of state. Why aren't you going?"

I finished the sloppy braid and put my brush on the night stand. "I...just didn't feel like it."

"Why?" He got up and joined me on the bed, his 'v' poking out above his boxers and I found myself wondering what he had on the other end of that 'v'. "Bella..." He lifted my chin gently and smirked at me, I was caught again and my face was on fire. "Do I need to wear a shirt around you to keep you focused on one thing at a time?" He joked lightly, but it couldn't hurt.

"I don't want to argue with you about anything, so I'd rather not talk about it."

"So it either has something to do with me, which makes it an argument or it has to do with money."

I didn't say anything and he pinched the bridge of his nose, "Bella!"

"Well." I whined immediately, "Jake..."

"God, what were you thinking?!" His voice startled me and I glared at him.

"What was I thinking?" I knew Charlie was in the next room so I whispered loudly, "I was thinking that life without you was bad enough for the month I couldn't see you and if I could help not going through that pain again I would at all costs. THAT'S what I was thinking! Sorry if that's not good enough for you!"

He hesitated and looked guilty briefly before kneeling in front of me, I bit my tongue and threatened my tears to fall. "I...I'm sorry I yelled at you. I didn't know..." I didn't say anything. "I'll never be able to make that up to you."

"Nobody asked you to." I growled, still angry.

"OK. Well, you can do whatever you want I guess, it's none of my business. I'm sorry I got involved."

"Jake, it's not that you took interest it's that you were confrontational about it before I could explain."

"I know, and I'm sorry. Please, forgive me."

"Sure." I wasn't convincing and soon found myself on my back squealing uncle while he tickled the crap out of me. He knew where I was ticklish and he always went for the most ticklish spot on me, just above my hip bones.

"Say it!" He laughed, pinning me to the bed with his hips. I could feel his arousal slowly make itself known against my thigh and I wanted to laugh but I refrained.

"Unc-Unc-CULL!" I couldn't breathe and he stopped finally but kept me pinned on the bed.

"Now...try again. Forgive me?" He smirked and I laughed at him.

"You are forgiven, apology accepted!" I gripped his hands in mine, waiting for him to attack me again but he didn't.

"Thank you." He held my hands in his and leaned on his elbows.

Curiosity took over and I blushed before even asking the question. "Jake?" He nodded and released my hands. "Why haven't you kissed me again?" He looked stunned and I bit my lip.

He sat up and helped me sit up and I straightened out my shirt. He sat down on the window seat and I faced him on my bed. "Seriously?" He ran his fingers through his hair and kind of scoffed, "Because the last time I kissed you you shot me down."

I stared at him in disbelief, "You misunderstood my reaction."

"What do you mean?"

"I wasn't saying I didn't want to kiss you, I meant that I wasn't ready for a make out yet. You tried sticking your tongue down my throat." I laughed, but he wasn't laughing along. "What's wrong?"

"I feel stupid." He dug his toes into the carpet and dug the heels of his hands into his eyes.

"You don't need to, it was just a misunderstanding is all."

"You know how many times I wanted to kiss you tonight alone but felt like I couldn't?"

I laughed, had I any idea...hell yea I had an idea. "I do, actually." I stopped laughing when he lifted his head, his eyes no longer soft and laced with a bit of humor. They were darker and full of lust, but he just sat there staring at me.

"And then you danced on me like you did..." he softly growled. I bit my lip and laid down, throwing the sheet over my head in embarrassment.

I waited a few minutes and felt the bed dip below me, I scooted over and turned my light off but we weren't going to sleep I guess because he lifted the sheets and pressed his lips to mine softly. I couldn't remember what his lips felt like on mine it'd been so long but it quickly came back to me and I grabbed his neck. The warmth of his skin lingered beneath my finger tips as I tickled his skin lightly and opened my mouth to deepen the kiss. I knew he wouldn't initiate a french kiss after the last time and I was ready for it now so I flicked my tongue along his bottom lip. He pulled back for a second and put his hands on either side of my face, allowing my tongue into his mouth. But now I was lost, I'd never kissed anyone like this before and wished he'd take the lead. Almost as though he could read my mind he pushed his tongue into mine and swirled our tongues together lightly.

The feeling was the most incredible thing I'd ever felt in my life, topping the way I felt when he'd touch me. His tongue was warm and sweet and very skilled, it made my skin sweat and flushed. One of his hands buried in my hair pulling me closer to him and the other was on my hip. He was laying to my side with his knee between my legs and I never wanted to leave this spot. If kissing Jacob was this amazing I'd made the right choice passing on Brown, who cared if I was stupid...they weren't the ones kissing this incredible man.

He suddenly pulled back and scoffed, "Damn..." I'd taken control of the kiss, despite my fears I guess he liked what I'd done. "Hey, you know we never did discuss us dating..." He laughed, kissing me again. He pulled back off of me just as I was beginning to sweat from his intense body heat and he laid next to me, on his side adjusting himself.

I rubbed my swollen lips and bit the bottom one, "You have a right to be possessive." Our conversation last night had been hanging over our heads and I wanted to be clear.

He smiled down at me, his head resting in his hand. "Do I?"

I smiled, "If you want to be my boyfriend that is."

He didn't answer, just clicked his tongue on his teeth and pursued his lips like he was thinking about it really hard and I playfully scoffed. "Oh my god." I laughed, pretending to choke him with my hands. He laughed and groaned against my hands.

"If you don't stop I'm going to tickle you again." he laughed, wiggling his fingers. I instantly stopped and kept my hands to myself.

"Okay..."

He laughed a throaty laugh and I giggled nervously, he had that look in his eyes like he was up to something. But it faded quickly and I snuggled in to him as he brought up his pictures on his phone with his free hand. "I think some of these should be on my wall." He showed me a few he had taken of me before the dance, a few of us at the dance and some random ones of him and his friends that I'd taken for him. He stopped on one of us together though that made me smile, his friend had taken it for us after I'd dirty danced all up on his junk. His face was flushed and he looked dopey while I was smiling like a dirty vixen, it made me laugh out loud.

He chuckled next to me, "What is so dang funny missy?" He flipped through some more outtakes after that dance and in one you could see him adjusting his pants by the table. "Oh for god's sakes." His finger hit delete and he groaned as another lit up the screen. He shook his head and tossed it to the night stand as I giggled.

He smiled at me, "You know that's the first time I've seen you go out of your comfort zone. It was pretty incredible."

"I'll bet it was." I laughed knowingly.

He laughed and shook his finger at me, "That isn't what I meant, though...yes...yes that was pretty incredible too." I smiled and bit my lip, he reached up and tugged me lip out and smiled. "But seeing you let loose after everything you've been through...was the best moment of my night. Thanks for being my date."

I smiled into his chocolate brown eyes, "You are welcome."

He kissed me sweetly once more before we let sleep take over, an innocent night ending in bliss.