For the fist time in a long time, I woke up feeling refreshed and happy. It was weird. To feel some sort of joy and happiness curse through my body. After everything that just happened yesterday, that's the last emotion that should be roaming through my body. I ended up going with the flow and got out of bed.
I took my toiletries bag and headed into the bathroom for a nice warm shower.
After I took a shower and got dressed it was still kind of early to go over to Jakes.
I decided to practice just a little bit of my magic. I practiced my self control, and my powers. I have about 10 or so but I didn't want to use them all before I started my day. Each were differed in the amount of strength or energy I had to use so I didn't want to exert myself too much so I just stuck to the basics. Moving things around with my mind, listening to the birds in the woods a mile away, conjuring fire, wind, earth and water in my hand or around me. I decided that that was enough before I went to go see Jake.
I headed down the stairs, still feeling happy. I headed into the kitchen to find Charlie in his uniform. He had his newspaper in one hand and coffee in the other. He seemed to not see me so I decided to announce my presence.
"Hey dad!" I said happily.
He jumped, splashing coffee on the table.
"shit." He mumbled.
"Oops. Sorry dad." I said. My cheeks flushed red as I wiped up the coffee on the table before it could spill on Charlie.
"It's ok Bells. I just kind of have to get used to the fact that you are here." He said shyly.
Charlie looked at his watch and set the newspaper down. He pushed his chair back and put his coffee cup in the sink.
"Sorry kiddo, but I got to be at the station soon."
"Its ok dad, I think I'm going to grab something quick to eat for breakfast and then head over to surprise Jake." I said with a big grin on my face.
My dad looked at my face and smiled. "Sounds good, just don't stay out too late ok? I will probably be home by dinner time." He said as he kissed my head.
"Ok, I will have dinner ready when you get home!" I said.
"Bells, you don't have to. We can get take out tonight or something. You just got home last night, give yourself a break."
"Dad, really its ok. I don't mind. Plus, I like cooking. Maybe tonight I can try some new recipes out on you?" I said coyly
"Mmm….sounds good to me Bells" he cleared his throat. "I mean, are you sure? I don't mind take out…."
I chuckled. "I'm sure dad. Don't worry."
He smiled. "Ok then, I will be home by dinner! Love you Bells." He said as he was walking out the door.
"Love you too!" I shouted right before the door closed behind him.
I sighed. What to have for breakfast? I looked in the cupboard. The only thing practically in there was Cereal. Ok, Cereal it is.
After I ate my breakfast I practically ran out the door and hopped into my car. I was on my way to see Jake. I couldn't wait to see the expression on m
y face when I saw him. Right after I passed the border, I got this pounding headache. The thumping wouldn't stop as I was blinded with pain. My hands started to shake uncontrollably. I pulled over to the side of the road. What the heck?
Images flashed through my head. Werewolves…vampires….people of my kind….yelling….fighting….
I hissed. Then all the sudden it went blank. My headache went away and my hands stopped shaking. It was so unusual. Another power? I thought.
But what did all those images really mean. I had this feeling…like in the back of my head I knew.
I felt like there was a jigsaw puzzle in my head and I was trying to put all the pieces together. I shook myself out of the trance and headed over to Jakes house again. After I got there I jumped out of my car and onto his porch. I knocked on the door, harder than I expected, and waited.
As I waited I couldn't help think about the images I saw. They were so real, so vivid; it was like I was almost living them.
All the sudden, the door swung open. Standing in the doorway is non other than the infamous Jake. He grew so much from the last time I saw him. My eyes roamed over his shirtless body for a second. His hair was still black but short and kind of spiky. His chest….was built. Correction. His whole Body was built. He had about an 8 pack and he was wearing low rise shorts.
If he wasn't like a baby bro to me, I would have drooled over this kid.
"J-Jake?!" I stuttered in shock.
"Bells!?!" he exclaimed as his eyes roamed my body for a quick second.
I immediately jumped up and wrapped my legs around his waist while my arms made their way around his neck.
"Bells." He whispered into my hair as he hugged me just as tight.
All the sudden he broke out of his trance and pulled me off of him.
"W-what…H-How….." he stuttered
"Nice to see you too Jake." I smiled.
Before we could get any further into the conversation Billy rolled up behind Jake in his wheelchair.
"Bella!" he exclaimed.
"Hi Billy!" I waved. Jake was kind of in both of our ways, still in a trance.
I cleared my throat which broke Jake out of his trance.
"Excuse me Mr. Jacob Black, but I believe you are in both of our ways to hug each other" I pointed out jokingly.
"Huh? Oh right sorry." He said as his cheeks flushed a tint of pink.
After I hugged Billy I turned around to see if Jake was out of his trance but before I could look up to him, big arms wrapped around my body.
"Bells, I can't believe you're here! What are you doing here? How long are you here for? How come you didn't call me to tell me you were here? When did you arrive?!" he said in a rush as he let go of me.
"Whoa Jake, slow down." I chuckled.
He smiled a white toothy grin. Then all of the sudden it clicked. All the puzzle pieces came together. Jake was a…was a….werewolf. I must have looked pale or something because all the sudden Jake came to my side and lifted up my chin to meet his.
"You ok Bells?!" he said in a panicky voice. His eyes were searching mine for some sort of hint if I was ok
"I-I yea, sorry, I…what?" I said.
"You zoned out on us for a second Bella. Are you ok?" Billy said in a nurturing tone.
"Yea, I'm sorry, I just must not have eaten enough for breakfast or something." I said not meeting their eyes.
"Oh, ok. Well I will be in the living room if you two need me." Billy said as he rolled away.
Jake looked at me one more time before asking me if I wanted to talk in his room. When we got into his room, I smiled. Same old Jake. His room was a mess. Clothes everywhere and his bed with the sheets all over.
"Ummm...Sorry for the mess" he said as he tried to clean up.
I walked over to him and put a hand on his arm.
"It's fine Jake. I'm still same old Bella. Stop being so fidgety, you're making me nervous." I said with a smile.
He smiled back. "Right." He took a deep breath and led me to sit on his bed
We talked for hours, mostly about nothing. But when he asked my why I was here…that was hard to answer.
"So Bells. Not that I don't love you being here and stuff, but…why are you here. Did something happen to you or Renee?" he asked concerned.
I huffed. "No. Why does everyone think that? I mean, I did used to come here."
He winced. "You know that's not what I meant Bells. It's just…well…you haven't been here in almost 8 years. Why now?"
I shook my head and bit my bottom lip. Had it been that long? I couldn't even remember why I didn't visit for those 8 summers. Oh yea, Renee who was trying to keep her secret a secret. I balled up my hands into fists.
"Bells?" Jake asked with concern.
"Oh sorry, I guess I kind of zoned out." I said while my cheeks flamed red.
"Hahaha. Same old Bella. The only girl I know who can beat the color of a tomato."
"Hardy har-har." I said blushing even deeper, which made Jake laugh even more.
It finally felt like we caught up with everything. From Jake going to school and working in the garage, to me, getting in a fight with my mom. Jake didn't know the whole story…he just knew that she didn't want me to leave and said some stuff.
"JAKE!!!" Billy shouted from the living room.
"YEA DAD?!" Jacob shouted back, not moving an inch from the bed.
"THE PACK IS HERE!" He said.
I jumped up from my spot on the bed.
"Le-le, Embry, Quil, and Sethy are here!?" I screeched in happiness.
Jake chuckled and said "yep."
I practically ran down the stairs. "Le-Le!!!"
"Bella!!?!?!" Leah shouted. "Is that you!?"
"Ahh!" I cried as I ran to hug her. We stood there for a few until we heard whimpering.
"What about me?" Seth said.
"Ahh! Sethy!!" I laughed and ran to hug him.
"Bell-a!" I heard. I pulled back from Seth to see Embry and Quil smirking.
"Aren't you going to give us a hug?" Quil said.
"Yea, we missed you too ya know."
I smiled and ran into both of there arms. A few seconds passed and I pulled out from both of their embrace. "I missed you guys" I said. I then took a full look around the room. "Ummm….I'm sorry, I don't know you 4." I said while pointing to 4 other boys.
"I'm Paul" the one said as he stuck his hand out.
"Bella" I said as I shook his hand.
The two boys who looked no more than 14 or 15 introduced themselves next. "I'm Collin and this is Brady." He said as the both of them waved.
"Hi. Nice to meet you." I said
And lastly came a tall dark and handsome man. He was kind of like Jake but more built, a tiny bit taller and a lot cuter. He seemed to have this mysterious vibe with him.
"Hi Bella, I'm Sam." He said while holding his hand out for me to shake.
As our eyes and hands touched, I felt like he was my everything. He seemed to be the air I need to breath and the comfort I needed in my life.
At that moment I felt like I was spinning out of control. What was happening? I quickly looked away while pulling my hand back. I took a deep breath. So many questions were going through my mind at that point. Imprinting. I thought to myself.
What? How did I….huh? It was like the answer just appeared. I never knew what imprinting was… so how did I know now? What the hell is going on? I thought. I'm his imprint. I'm his soul mate, his one true love. I was beginning to freak myself out.
"Bella?" someone said
"Are you ok?" Leah said.
"W-what? Yea, yea, I'm fine. Sorry, I don't know what came over me." I said.
My forehead scrunched up and my eyebrows crunched together. I looked back at my hand to Sam and back again. Sam's face had a mixture of shock and amusement. I could feel the love radiate off of him while I felt this pull that I know he felt too.
"Uhh…umm…Jake. Can I talk to you for a second?" Sam said nervously.
"Yea, sure thing man." Jake said. The 2 boys headed outside while the others, except me, were in the living room. I shook myself out of my daze and headed to where the rest of the gang was. I talked to Le-le and Sethy for a little. After what felt like forever, the boys cam back to join us. Jake had a mixture of anger and sadness written on his face, while Sam had a mixture of happiness, pain, and guilt on his face.
"Everything ok boys?" I said as they walked into the room.
"Huh? Yea fine." Jake said while bringing his hand to scratch the back of his head.
"oookkk." I said with doubt obvious in my voice.
The grandfather clock chimed 6, and my head popped up.
"Shit. Its 6!" I said while scrambling to get up off the floor.
Sam was up before I knew it. "Yea, did u have to go? Did you need a ride? Is everything ok?" he said hurrily.
"Yea, everything…is fine. I just have to get home. I was going to cook Charlie a home cooked meal before he got home fro work." I said rushing to get my stuff.
"Umm…. I guess I will see you all later?" I said in the doorway looking at everyone.
"Yea!" I heard in unison.
"k. Bye!! Sorry I couldn't stay longer. Jake, I will see u soon?"
"Yea, Bells. Of course." He said with a tiny smile.
As I was walking out of the door I heard "Call u later BELLS!"
I chuckled. Of course le-le would call me later.
We had to catch up on everything.
Before I moved, Leah and I became so close. She was my only girl type friend at the time. We would have sleepovers and do all kinds of girly stuff. It was a nice change from the guys, especially when they couldn't understand about some personal things. We were each others crutch.
Whatever we were going though, it was together.
