Disclaimer: I do not own the amazing characters or marvelous places from Stephanie Meyer's the Twilight Saga however I do own my characters and plot line of this story such as Zoe, Liam, their mom, and what other character you peoples don't recognize.

Chapter 20

"So, with that being done, where do we stand?" Jake asked looking down at me with droplets of rain streaming of his black hair and onto my cheeks.

"Um…yeah…about that…I have no idea." I said shyly.

"Well you gonna date this hot piece of ass or what?" He smirked motioning to his muscular body.

"When you put it like that….no." I crossed my arms and walked away from him.

"Hey wait! I'm kidding! Babe!" He called after me.

"Don't call me babe!" I yelled back continuing to walk.

"Alright, alright. Than what do I call you?"

"You call me by my real name until I give you my answer."

"You're answer's going to be yes anyway so let's just skip this whole wait and go home."

"Nope. Not happening."

"W-what do you mean?" He stopped.

"I mean, take me out on a real date. No wolf-boy, I'm going to show up and then get all nakey when I see you. A real date. You and me. Alone. No pack or vampires and then maybe, just maybe you'll get an answer. Deal?"

"It's a deal. Tomorrow night. Nine o'clock. Prepare to be amazed." Jake said before he kissed my cheek and ran back into the forest, leaving me in the middle of the road. I sighed and climbed back in my car, contemplating where I should sleep tonight.

It didn't take long before I ended up turning around and driving back to Emily's house. When I got there, all the lights were off. I assumed everyone was asleep so I shut the car door quietly and snuck inside. I grabbed a towel fresh from the dryer and went into my room, skipping turning on the lights, where I stripped down to nothing and began to dry off.

"Well isn't this lovely." A voice said scaring the crap out of me.

"What the hell Embry?" I said picking up my towel and covering myself.

"I came in here to take a nap before rounds but then I heard a car pull in the drive and decided I'd wait to see who it was."

"You couldn't say something when I started to strip?"

"Nah, I thought that enjoying the show would be more fun." The moonlight lit up his face to reveal the smirk on his lips.

"Jake will kill you." I snarled.

"Oh, like he did before? Please. That mutt won't do shit to me because he's not allowed to. Now, there are no rules about me doing things to you, as long as I don't kill you." He said wrapping his arm around my waist, pulling me close to his bare chest.

"Embry, stop. Please." I said pushing against his chest with no prevail.

"Why? Aren't I good enough?" He breathed, exposing the alcohol in his breath.

"You're drunk Embry. Just lay down and go to sleep."

"ANSWER THE DAMN QUESTION." He said throwing me onto the best and almost instantaneously hovering over me, pinning my arms to the bed.

"You are an amazing guy Embry, you're just not…the guy for me. This isn't you. Please Embry. You know that you will regret this." The tears began streaming down my cheeks and soaking into the pillows.

"I don't care. I want you now and I can have you. No one's home, no one that matters anyway. No one can stop me. Not even Jake." He said before smashing his lips into mine, hurting my teeth.

"Fighting won't help." He said into my lips. He was nothing like Ethan. I couldn't fight him so I gave in and reluctantly kissed him back. I felt him rip away the towel and threw it against the wall. Jake, if you can hear me, save me. Save me from this. I begged inside as he fumbled with his zipper. I just closed my eyes and prepared myself for what was about to occur. Suddenly there was a smash and the weight was lifted off of me. I still didn't open my eyes until I felt Jake's familiar touch on my cheeks.

"Get him out of here before I kill him." He growled. He then wrapped the sheets on the bed around me and then turned the lights on.

"Zoe, I'm here. Open your eyes. You're okay." He said shakily kissing my forehead.

"Are-are you?" I asked looking into his big angry brown eyes.

"I'll be fine as soon as I know he's far, far away from you."

"He's gone Jake. But how did you know to come?"

"I was running home when I heard your voice. It was like a whisper but loud enough where I knew what you were saying. You begged me to come and save you and for a split second, I saw what was going on through your eyes. I saw Embry over you and that was it. I snapped."

"Wow…that's so weird." I said surprised.

"Yeah well, if I hadn't gotten here, I would have never been able to live with myself and Embry would be dead. It's even hard for me to be here without phasing." He said still shaking.

"Just calm down, for me?" I said grabbing each side of face and pulling him in for a kiss.

"Now how do you expect me to calm down when I have the most beautiful girl in the world pretty much naked under me and kissing me like that?" He said before he kissed my neck, which he knew drove me crazy.

"Hey now mister, not until after the first date." I said breathing heavily as he continued down to my collar bone until I pushed him off.

"Fine, I'll stop." He laughed rolling over onto his back.

"I'm going to try to sleep now so you should go home and sleep too." I said poking his cheek.

"Can't I just stay here with you?" He whined.

"Nope, not until after the first date! Now go!" I giggled.

"So I save you again and you kick me out? What kind of crap is that?" He said getting out of bed and glaring daggers at me.

"Are you kidding me? Jake, it's not like I asked for Embry to try to do what he did and if I knew you were going to hold it against me, I would have never asked for help." I said rolling over facing the wall.

"Come on Zoe, you know I didn't mean that. It's just…I don't sleep right without you next to me. I used to before you came back but now, I just don't unless you're near and I just want to hold you. Okay? I want to be able to hold you all night long and be able to know you're safe." He confessed. I rolled back over and saw the look in his eyes.

"I don't want to keep coming home to you and see you in trouble." He continued. I wrapped the sheet around my body and got out of the bed to get my bag. I turned away from him, slipped on the underwear and a black tee that I stole from him a few weeks ago. Being semi-dressed, I crawled back into bed and turned out the lights again.

"Goodnight Jake. You can sleep on the floor."

"After all that…I get the floor. Oh, okay. I see how it is." He said taking the pillow from underneath my head and flopping to the floor.

"Night Jakey-poo." I grinned.

"Night." He grumbled.

A few minutes later, I felt the bed shift and his body heat against my skin.

"Goodnight beautiful. I love you." He whispered as if he thought I was already asleep. I love you too Jake…Always have…You just can't know it yet.

When I woke up, I was truly disappointed. I reached over and touched the spot where he laid with me last night but he was no longer by my side but a note was.

Can't wait for tonight. Remember to be ready by 9!

-Jake

A smile grew wide across my cheeks as I read what it said. A date. Finally.

I got out of bed and took a quick shower before throwing on some shorts and a black tee with flip flops and I was gone without doing my hair or makeup to Jake's house to check up on Billy.

When I pulled into the drive, Jake's motorcycle was out front, which wasn't a surprise since he usually travels by foot…or paw…but what was surprising was that no one was home. I called Seth's house and there was no answer so I just drove there instead of continuing to call. Luckily, when I got there, everyone was in the front yard but it seemed pretty heated. I pulled up and hopped out of the car and walked over to the group.

"What the hell was he thinking? Doesn't he know what would have happened if he actually raped her?" Paul yelled at Sam, obviously unaware of my presence.

"He was drunk Paul. You have been that wasted before so don't even talk." Leah said.

"Yeah, but I didn't try to rape my bestfriend's girl, who is like a goddamn sister to me, to all of us. We grew up with her and he tried that, after all that happened?"

"He wasn't thinking straight. Give him a break." Sam said.

"What the fuck is wrong with you people. You don't even care." He screamed at them before his eyes met mine. He shook his head and phased as he ran off into the woods.

"Um…what was that all about?" I asked.

"Embry got off scott-free and Paul got pissed meanwhile Jake…is nowhere to be found." Seth said looking at the ground.

"Again? Does anyone know where Embry is?" I asked.

"Yep. He's inside, away from Jake. Trust me, we know better than to let them around each other when this shit happens." Seth said.

"Then let's find Jake."

"Can't do that. We gotta guard Embry." Seth scoffed.

"It's either that or lose your brother to your other brother so stop complaining." Sam ordered.

"Wow. You guys are the biggest assholes around, excluding Seth. Embry did this to himself." I said with tears forming in my eyes as I walked away. I felt something warm wrap around my hands and I looked up and it was Seth.

"I don't care what they say, it was wrong for him to do that so I decided to 'protect' you for the day, until Jake returns." He said cheerfully.

"In that case, I hope you like shopping cause I gotta find an outfit for my date with Jake tonight." I said wiping away my tears.

"Oh goody." He said.

When we got back to Emily's, it was already dark and Jake was nowhere to be found. Seth carried the bags inside for me, laid them on the bed, and then left the room for me to get ready. (date_night/set?id=48621569) I walked out and looked at the clock. 8:30. I looked at Seth hopefully but he just shook his head. Well, he does have half an hour or so left so I sat down on the couch and waited.

And waited…

9:10 pm

And waited…

10:45 pm

And waited…

1:12 am

And waited.