Chapter 2- Repeat That Again?

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Summary: What happens when a wolf sees a certain girl in one's mind? Is it an imprint, or not? Will Jealously rear it's ugly head and blur the lines of friendship. Or will Understanding reign? ...And will Bella find her heart with a wolf that she never saw coming, or hush the call of Want, Love, and Trust? Rated M for violence, swearing, and future lemons.

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Jared's POV:

I don't know what happened. What's going on? All I know is that Jacob's part of the Pack now. A brother…And that I just saw what I can only be sure to be the most beautiful creature known to man. What the hell just happened to me? I can't think, can't process anything except…

"Bella…"

Oh boy. Did I just say that out loud? I think I felt my voice ascend up my throat, and slide past my lips. I think that I did.

"Bella…"

Yeah. I definitely did. Oh shit. I'm in love with the source of my brother's infatuation. Wait- No. Not in love. I can't be. I haven't even met her yet. Sure, I've seen her from afar before, but we've never been introduced. Still, all that I can think about is long, wavy chocolate locks, doe eyes, and that creamy skin. I wonder how it'd feel under m- Jesus, Jared. Snap out of it!

Jacob's strangled voice, still rough from the first Phase, invades my ears and brings me back to reality.

"What did you say?"

"Wh-" Damn. Did he hear me? I know Sam did, considering the intensity of his stare. C'mon, Jared, speak!

"Repeat that again?" There. See, that wasn't so hard. How 'bout I blink a few times now? I move my gaze to look at him, lying naked on the ground, curled up into a ball.

"What did you say, man?"

"Oh..Uh..I said 'bee.' Yeah. There was a bee over here."

"The big bad wolf is afraid of a bee? Wow. Didn't know that you were so skittish," he guffaws.

"Hah hah. It just startled me, that's all."

Sam must have sent Paul inside after some clothes, because he's just emerging from the house behind us, shorts in hand. As soon as he reaches us, Sam's on the situation. Whether he's meant to be Alpha or not, the guy seethes Supremo energy.

"Thanks Paul. Go inside with Jacob. We'll be right there." Paul hands over the shorts to Jacob, but not before placing a palm on my shoulder. Squeezing said shoulder, he shoots me down with a stern twist to his brows. The moment that Jake fastens the button of his cutoffs, they make their way back towards the little red house. When they elude the hearing range, Sam turns to me. Pupils still dilated and yellow- pure lupine vitality. How he cages his wolf so well, I'll never know.

"What just happened, Jared?"

Letting out a sigh, I answer him with the sincerest, most confusing honesty. "I don't know."

"Hmm. Well, what did you feel?"

"Shit. I don't know, Sam! I saw Bella in his mind and just…I don't know- froze! She's beautiful, Sam. I feel like I need to see her. Shit, I haven't even met her yet. Oh, holy shit!" I'm really starting to lose it. Now I'm the one pacing; hands squeezed together at the back of my neck, gaze darting across the ground. Where are my marbles? I know that they have to be around here somewhere!

"Don't panic. Jared, stop!"

His Alpha command renders me immobile. I stop pacing.

"Can you do me a favor? Jared, think of Bella."

"That's it, Sam! I can't fucking think of anything else right now!"

"Focus."

I close my eyes momentarily, and let the thought of that Beauty With The Doe Eyes wash over me. Just the vision of her in my mind's enough to turn me into an asystolic fool. Heartbeat sticking in my chest, a lengthy exhale exits my being.

"Jared…Jared. Come back to Earth." He laughs lightly, diffusing some of the tension.

I blink wildly. "What? …Jesus! What do I do, Sam? What the fuck is this?"

"I can't be sure. Maybe an imprint."

"How? That would be great, except you can't imprint mentally. Can you?"

"No. But it's possible that even that sight of her is drawing you to her, pulling you towards the imprint. Maybe. I'll have to discuss it with the Elders. In the meantime," He places a hand of his own on my shoulder now, "Try to see her. It's the only way that we can be sure."

"What? Now I think that you've gone bonkers. Not with the imprinting idea, but…Sam, I can't do that. What about Jacob? It pretty clear that he's obsessed with her. Maybe even in love with her."

"I know. You need to do this though. If this is what I think it is, then there's no wrong in it. If it is indeed a sign of an imprint, you have to Jared. You though may not understand why you love her yet, y-'

"Wait," I hold a hand up, temporarily halting his theory, "Who said 'love?' How can I love her already?"

Paul's back. How did I not hear him approach? "He's talking with Billy right now," he tosses his head in the direction of the house before turning to me.

"Yes. You do. Even I can see your reaction to the leech-lover now. And for the briefest moment before we phased back, I saw in your mind. You're pretty good at keeping everything guarded, but I saw it. We both did. You love the leech-lover."

Paul's face tells me that he's being sincere, but for an unknown reason, ire bubbles within me; and in seconds, I'm fuming and lunging at him.

"Don't you dare call her that! Take it the fuck back!"

Sam comes between us. "Woah, woah. Easyyyy." The bass of his command once again snaps my senses back into place. I back off, but can avoid the scowl that paints my expression bleak.

"As your Alpha, and your friend. I can't let you avoid this. If this is an imprint pointing you towards the flashing neon 'Bella' lights, then you can't. It'd mean that your bond would be a very strong one," he pauses before continuing on, "and eventually it could definitely drive you crazy not to seek her out. Try to see her."

"Believe me. I want to. Fuck if I know why I'm feeling like this..But I do. But- I can't. I just can't, Sam. What will it do to Jacob?"

"If it's an imprint, you can't avoid it. See her…That's an order."

Here we go.

Bella…

Sam POV:

I look up at the sky in humorous frustration, rolling my eyes. as Jared slowly finds the footfalls back to Earth again.

Dear Taha Aki. I'm thankful to you, but why add on another heavy duty? Sometimes I wish that you would let me have a day to rest. I could use a moment or two to kick back, put my feet up. You know, a regular day?

Releasing a slight sigh, I return my attention back to my bemused brother. Regardless of the stress it will probably eventually, and inevitably cause Jacob, if this is a sign of an imprint, I cannot refuse Jared of that bond. It would tear him apart, little by little.

"C'mon. Let's get inside. We'll head back over to my place."

We begin our trek back to the house, and within moments, we've reached our destination. Jacob sits at the table, opposite Billy's wheelchair. Paul's been surveying their conversation from across the room I gather, as I turn my head to see him leaning against the wall. Arms folded, and a stern knit to his brow- he must not like what he's been hearing. I bring my gaze back to Jacob, who looks somehow very calm and collected for just having morphed into a giant furball with legs. Hmm…I guess that Paul doesn't appreciate Jacob's cool attitude about the situation, or Jacob's really not getting it.

I redirect my eyes toward Billy, giving him a curt nod. At least this was the easy part, knowing that he is already more than well versed and conversant with the truthfulness of our Quileute legends.

"Billy."

"Sam."

"Everything good here?"

"Yes Sam, I've filled Jacob in on pretty much everything. All except one thing."

I didn't need to ask. I already knew the single factor that Billy was referring to- Imprinting. Jacob didn't need to know about that for a while. But if my theory's correct, then it seems Jacob will be finding out a lot sooner than later.

Jacob doesn't miss a beat.

"What's the thing?"

"Nothing, son. It's not important right now. I'm sure that the Pack will discuss it with you later."

"Sure, sure."

Billy's face lost it's current serious expression for a moment, stretching into a familiar grin at his son's familiar axiom.

Jacob suddenly focuses on Jared, the first time that he's done so since we entered the abode.

"What's the matter with him?"

Jared's stare is burning holes into the floorboards. Paul finally speaks.

"Dude. What did I say? Snap out of it."

I can tell that he's been trying to retain his bearings this whole time, and not wanting to look Jake in the eye. His thoughts must be honed in on Bella again. He doesn't hear a thing.

"Jared. C'mon brother, come back to us." My Alpha bass must have done the tricks because once again, he's a sputtering mess.

"What? ..What? ..Oh, nothing. Just thinking about how I can't believe that you're one of us now, man. Good to have you with us, Jake." Trudging over to wear said wolf sits, he punches him in the shoulder. He feigns playfulness, but Paul and I can see the anxiety in his eyes.

"Yeah, if you had told me that I'd be some sort of shape-shifting werewolf yesterday, I would've said that you'd gone nuts! But thanks…Brother." He gives us all a slight smile. "So, Embry's a wolf too? Where is he?"

"I've got him running patrol right now. Gotta keep one man on the look-out."

Catchphrase Time again! Our newest packmate responds with another "Sure, sure."

"Why don't we head on over to Emily's? You can spend some more time with the Pack, and Embry will be there."

"Wait? Is Emily like your mate or something?"

"Damn. You catch on fast!" I smile at him, before Paul peeps up again, turning my expression sour with his next choice of words.

"It's not just a mate. Sam imprinted on Emily."

"What's imprinting?"

Damnit, Paul! I walk over and slap him on the back of the head.

"Geez! What was that for?" My visage remains severe, and as if a light bulb just appeared above his head, he instantly gets it; whispering "Oh, shit. Sorry. Probably didn't want to explain that one yet."

"Nothing Jake, we'll explain that bit later."

"Oh…If you say so."

Making our way out of the Black residence, and back to the tree line, we strip. Tying our cutoffs to our legs, we phase and run for Emily's.

The rest of the day goes by pretty smoothly. Embry and Jacob reconnected. (After Embry phased, their friendship became a very strained one, almost non-existent. But now, it was mending.) The pack joked and grappled; and, as always, Emily somehow made more than enough delicious food to fill our ever-grumbling stomachs. I don't know how I did it, or how he did it, but we managed to either keep Jared at ease enough to remain in the house the rest of the day. As the moon started to make it's appearance, around 7:30, our new brother took his leave for the night. Soon after, Paul made for his departure.

"Well, I hate to break up this party, but I gotta get my steamin' self home."

"Oh haha. Yes, you're definitely hot SHIT, Paul."

"Woah, woah..Jared, Jared…Calm down lover boy, I didn't mean to tell him about imprinting."

"I know. I'm only messing with you."

"Both of you, leave it alone for the night. He'll have to find out soon anyways, especially if…" I left my sentence unfinished. They knew what I meant. That made Paul a little more than willing to saunter his ass home, I guess.

"Oh..Yeah. Well, uhh..See you guys tomorrow."

"Tomorrow morning. 8 o'clock. Be here." As per usual, the Pack always gathered here to sample the grub before starting patrol or other daily duties. (Before, it would have been school after breakfast for him and Jared, but since they graduated in the spring, they'd be working construction around the res and Forks with me from now on.) So there really isn't any reason for me to Alpha-order him to be here then. But it's just too much fun to watch the tough, rugged Paul squirm.

"Yeah, be there or be square!" Jared chortles.

"Oh, cram-it, dude!" And with that he left.

I've been holding back talking to Jared about this again all day. It's time. I can tell that the pull, or maybe it's just the confusion of it all's, been wearing on him the whole time since Jacob left. He won't stop bouncing his foot rapidly against the floor from where he sits on the couch, and his whole façade screams nervousness.

"Jared." He looks up at me.

Letting my Alpha voice take over again, I drag my words out slowly.

"Go and see Bella…Tomorrow."

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