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5. DRESS-UP

Jacob smiled at me as we laid in bed together, enjoying the afterglow of intercourse. He brushed his hand across the side of my face. "See? Wasn't that worth it?"

He was right. As usual. Anytime I vote not to have sex with Jacob is one more mistake I've made. Sex with Jacob wasn't only a physical thing. It wasn't just for 'getting off'. Sex with Jacob is always much more meaningful, the way he stares into your eyes, like he's staring right into your soul.

Not to say that sex with Jacob wasn't highly enjoyable physically. He always made sure that I was well taken care of before his own needs.

"Yeah, yeah." Even though he was right, I couldn't let him know. I got up out of bed, stretching in different directions, hoping to rid myself of the ache Jacob leaves me with.

He stood up next to me and laughed. "Looks like I should shower again." He whispered into my ears. "Care to join me…?"

I turned to look at Jacob, there was no way he was suggesting we have sex again.

Jacob laughed at my expression. "No no! I was just playing, I'm good for a while now. But that doesn't mean we still can't shower together."

"Alright." I followed Jacob into our bathroom and he turned the water on.

He motioned for me to enter the shower first. "After you."

I stepped over to the shower and let the water hit my hand. "Holy crap, that's cold! Are you trying to freeze me?"

"What? The water's nice." He looked at me, noting I wasn't kidding. "Fine, fine…" Jacob adjusted the knob, altering the temperature. "How's that?"

Again, I stuck my hand in the water stream. "Jacob, come on now. Seriously? You shower with it that cold?"

"What? The water's not cold!" He stuck his hand in. "In fact, that's pretty warm. I shower cold because of my body heat, it cools me off when I'm too hot."

"You're joking." I pushed him aside and adjusted the knob myself, sticking my hand in for the final time. "There. That's how you should shower."

Jacob stepped over and put his hand in. "No way. That's way too hot. You shower like that?"

I nodded.

"I'd die of heat stroke in there. How can you stand something that hot?"

I smirked to myself. "Well look at my fiancé."

I turned to see his expression. He looked back at me through thoughtful eyes. "Was that about my body heat, or how damn sexy I am?"

I laughed, stepping into the shower. "Whichever you'd like."

Jacob smiled and squeezed into the shower with me. It was only a standup shower, barely room for one person, let alone a person and a wolf man. His body was pressing against mine, and in combination with the water temperature, it got pretty warm in that little shower.

After we were done, I stepped out, drying myself off. "Pretty close quarters in there, huh?"

He stepped out and shook off like a dog. "And you loved every second of it."

"Not as much as you did." I laughed throwing him the towel, leaving the bathroom.

"You know it!" Jacob called from the bathroom. I walked over to the dresser and started getting dressed. When I was finished I turned around to see Jacob leaning against the door frame. "Do you have to wear clothes?"

"Unlike you, I have no excuse to go around half naked all the time." I threw his shorts at him.

Jacob quickly pulled them up and walked over to me, lifting my shirt up. "But with clothes on, no one gets to see your tattoo…" He placed his big hand on my left what would be pec, if I had muscles like Jacob. "Why did you put it here?"

I put my hand over his. "This way it's close to my heart."

He smiled and moved his hand, staring at the wolf pack tattoo he had me get, on my chest.

"Would you like me to go out like you today?" I asked, lifting my shirt up over my head.

He laughed and walked over to the dresser, handing me a pair of cut off khaki shorts. "Completely like me."

I smiled as I shook my head, taking my pants off.

"You could go like that, too…"

I look up to see him staring at me. "Baby steps." I grabbed the shorts and put them on. "How's that?"

He laughed and pulled me close to him, pressing his lips to mine. "Beautiful."

I pushed him off of me and an idea struck me. I laughed to myself and began flexing what little muscles I had. "It's ok to be jealous. You can touch them if you want."

Jacob laughed more and pulled me into a big bear hug. "Man, I love you."

I smiled and laid my head on his chest. "I love you, Jake."

We stood in each other's arms for a few minutes, before he held me out at arms length. "Alright, let's go talk to Alice now."

"Good idea, we kept her waiting long enough." I followed Jacob out of the house towards the Cullen's house.