"Jacob, what are you doing here?" Bella asks, looking a little suspicious of him, as Mackenzie makes her way up the stairs and into the school building. Edward answers for him, "He's checking to see if you're still human." But, Edward is chuckling and not about that. Jacob can tell he knows, about his imprinting on Bella's little sister. Apparently the leech finds it absolutely hilarious and for whatever reason that only serves to piss Jacob off.
"Look, I'm here to warn you," He begins, and Edward nearly rolls his eyes. "If your kind come on our land again-" Bella looks back and forth between them before interrupting. "Wait, what?" Edward and Jacob exchange looks before it dawns on Jacob that Bella has no idea of the danger that she's in, that Mackenzie is in.
"You didn't tell her?" He questions, almost mockingly. "Just leave it alone, Jacob." But, Bella's already too far gone, staring at Edward with confusion and worry, "Tell me what?"
"Emmet and Paul had a misunderstanding, it's nothing to worry about." He summarizes, sure to leave the reason as to why out of it. Jacob refuses to stand for that. After all if Bella is in danger, then so is Charlie, so is Mackenzie. And, the pack would never allow a vampire to harm an imprint, they would protect her at all costs. Cullens or no Cullens.
Edward marches up to him, trying to silence him before Bella can hear anymore, "You should just leave, now." But, Jake will have none of that. If the Cullens keep it to themselves, there was a possiblity they couldn't protect her and Mackenzie. "She has a right to know," He says, staring Edward right in the eye, "She is the one the red-head wants."
An awed look crosses Bella's face and she exchanges looks with both of them, "Victoria?" She stampers, everything suddenly becoming clear. "Alice's vision."
"I was trying to protect you." Edward defends honestly, but Bella's not having it. He means good, but has a bad way of showing it. "By lying to me." She takes a moment to convey they're going to discuss it in full, before turning on Jacob. "Why haven't you called me back?"
Jacob pauses at the turn of events, eyes narrowing as he thinks of what to do. He hadn't called because he has furious with her for going back to Edward after what he'd done to her, and then he'd imprinted on Mackenzie. He hadn't thought of what to say to Bella or how to explain it. He still wasn't sure himself what he would do. "I had nothing to say," He replies and climbs on to his motorcycle.
"Well, I have tons. Hold on." Bella moves to follow but gets stopped by Edward. They argue for a moment, he wants Bella nowhere near the wolves, but she's stubborn as always.
As Bella disappears into the distance on the back of Jacob's bike, Edward looks up through the window to see Mackenzie watching the two drive off. The younger sister frowns, thinking to herself that she doesn't want to share. And, Edward understands exactly how she feels.
Jacob comes to a stop in the familiar driveway of Emily and Sam's house and Bella climbs off, allowing him to park it on it's kickstand. "Are you sure this is a good idea?" She questions, "I am the vampire girl, remember?"
That makes little difference to the pack, as the boys file out the front door, each with chicken bones in hand (or mouth). None of them are wearing shirts, as usual, and all of them are dressed in cut-offs or jeans. "What's up, Bell?"
She notices that Quil Ateara V. is with them now, "Quil, you too?" The younger boy nods, smiling, "Yep! Finally made the pack."
"Bella!" She hears Emily Young call, as she makes her way down the steps, Sam Uley right behind her. "I was wondering when we'd see your face around here again." the pretty native women comments, and wraps her in a friendly hug. Bella likes Emily, has from the start.
Sam and Jacob get to talking. The Alpha tells them that Victoria won't be getting through their line again. All the boys give a cheer, as a young woman in shorts and a sleeve-less shirt comes out of the house. She's taller than Bella and Emily, about 5"10, has cropped, black hair, and the same tattoo as the rest of the pack members.
"Bella, this is Leah Clearwater," Jacob introduces, "Harry's daughter." Bella greets her, gives her condolences (which would have been better given at the funeral, had she been in attendance), but Leah's face remains stern, judgmental almost.
"I think you brought the wrong one, Jake." She says in a mocking way. Isabella doesn't get what Leah means. Brought the wrong what?
"Come on Lee, Bella's technically a pack-sister by default." Quil comments, nudging her. "How's that?" How could she be pack? She's not a wolf. She's 'the vampire girl'.
"You didn't tell her yet?" Jared asks Jacob, who Bella realizes suddenly looks very nervous. "Tell me what?" She asks. Why was everyone keeping this from her lately? Paul practically busts out laughing, clapping Jacob on the shoulder. "Aw man, Jake. Good luck with that."
Without anything more said, Jacob quickly changes the subject. The situation between him and Mackenzie would be a difficult topic to tackle. He avoids it for as long as he can, opting to take Bella to his house. As they walk his motorcycle toward the garage, Bella begins asking about Leah and he tells her about when she phased, as well as about Seth. (Who's still yet to have spoken to Mackenzie.) They get to talking about Sam, Emily and Leah, which progresses into talk about the imprint.
"Imprinting on someone is like..." Jacob pauses, wondering how to safely go about this. "Like when you see her... Everything changes." He picks a spot on the ground and focuses on it, instead of his imprint's older sister, his first crush. Guilt builds in him, though he isn't sure why. He definitely doesn't have any regret but, he still finds it's easier if he isn't looking at her. "All of a sudden, it's not gravity holding you to the planet. It's her... Nothing else matters. You would do anything... be anything for her."
Once he finishes, Bella takes a second to gather this bizarre information, "Sounds like you know the feeling." Jacob looks down again, swallowing nervously, because he knows what comes next. "Have you... imprinted... on someone?"
He's silent, deciding how to tell her, but his silence is enough of an answer for her. "You have... On who?" Jacob starts to panic, he can already envision this going very bad.
"Now Bella, I have no control over it." He starts, stepping back from the motorcycle hesitantly. "Who is she, Jacob?" Bella questions, raising an eyebrow at him.
What's gotten him so worked up?
"Don't get angry..." He starts carefully, gently stepping away. "But, It's Mackenzie."
Bella pauses, taking a moment to gather everything she'd just learned about Jacob 'imprinting', some freaky soul-binding magical werewolf mating phenomenon... on Mackenzie. "You imprinted on my baby sister?!" She hisses, barreling toward him.
Jake backs away, hand up in defense, as he attempts to reason with her, "It's not like I meant for it to happen, Bella!"
"She's fourteen!"
"It's not like that!"
Bella glares at him, snatching up a wrench from the tool box, "Then what is it like?!" She screeches, throwing the tool at his head.
Jacob ducks, effectively dodging the wrench and dashing out of the garage door.
"Jacob Black!" She screams, rushing after him into the yard, but by then he's already reached the tree line, jumping mid-air and phasing before disappearing into the woods.
Bella lets out a huff, absolutely furious at him. Imprinted! On her little sister! She's just a kid, not food for wolves! Bella wants Mackenzie to have nothing to do with the supernatural world. Jacob imprinting on her would do just the opposite of that. She intends to see that Mackenzie will have no part in it.
Isabella practically slams the door, as she marches into the living room in search of Mackenzie. She finds her sister lying down on the couch, asleep when she walks in. The sound of the older sister flopping noisily into the loveseat adjacent to the couch she's sleeping on, wakes Mackenzie from her nap.
She blinks a few times, sitting up and looking to Bella, who's observing her impatiently. "What's up, sis?" she yawns, stretching.
"I think you and Jake need to spend a little less time together." She says, sternly. The statement hits Mackenzie like a sack of bricks, "Why?..."