A/N:
Sorry, I didn't realize how long this one was. Just a heads up there's a flashback to the night of the trial. I know some of you already guessed what was going to happen to him so I added it in so you can see what really happened to David.
I hope you guys enjoy this one
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The position we end up in is Jacob on his back with me snuggled next to him rubbing his chest and abs.
"Hmm." I sigh.
"What are you thinking about?" He asks me.
"Us...well you."
"I'm afraid to ask."
"Just my future with you. I'm hoping there'll be one."
"There's no doubt in my mind. You'll always be my baby." He kisses the top of my head. "Why don't you go jump in the shower and I'll wash your sheets."
"That's nice of you but you don't have to. I'll do them when I get out."
"Go." He smiles. I grab clothes and a towel and get in.
When I'm done I put my clothes in my hamper. "Your turn." I nod towards the bathroom.
"Sheets are almost ready for the dryer."
"I'll take care of it." He gets in the shower and I put the sheets in the dryer. I turn on the TV in the living room and look on the guide for something good.
"We just hope Sveta is doing alright." I stop flipping through channels and go back a few until I find it.
"Who was Sveta to David?" A woman news reporter asks David's mom.
"She's his girlfriend." She speaks in present tense as if he's still here and we're still together..
"This must just be heartbreaking for her."
"Oh yes, completely."
"I thought you didn't want to watch these anymore?" Jacob asks sitting next to me.
"Yeah, but they're talking about me."
"I hated for her to find out this way. They were so close and loved each other very much."
"If David could hear her now." I shake my head. "This is exactly what I didn't want to happen. Not a lot of people knew we were together, now everyone knows and they're gonna be calling me and sending cards, it's not right."
"Why isn't it right?"
"Because we weren't together when he died. We were broken up for like a week and then this happened. And we were not that close. Love was definitely out of the question!"
"But still, you two were together."
"So are all of his other girlfriends gonna get special sympathy treatment?"
"We'll no, not the same as you. You were the last person to be with him before he died. They don't know you broke up so they're going to treat you like you two are still together."
"If I accept everything I'll feel like I'll be lying and taking advantage of the situation."
"You won't be. In this situation the person in your shoes would be upset. He treated you so poorly, look at it as..."
"Compensation?"
"Yes." He nods. There are three knocks on the front door.
"And so it begins." I sigh. I get up and open the door.
"Hi dear, how are you?"
"I'm fine Mrs. Doyle." I smile.
"I've watched all of the news, how sad."
"Sure, sure."
"This is for you." She hands me a basket.
"Thank you."
"If you need anything dear you know where to find me." I nod with a little smile, she smiles and leaves.
"Want a muffin?" I set the basket on the coffee table in front of the couch. "Banana nut, blueberry, chocolate chip, and plain banana." He takes a banana I take a chocolate chip. "These muffins are huge."
"And really good." He says with a mouth full.
The next morning I wake up to my phone ringing.
"Hello?"
"You weren't sleeping were you?" Tatiana asks.
"Yes, I was. What do you want?"
She laughs a little, "Let's go out, it's already 2!"
"I have company over."
"Company?"
"Jacob slept over."
"Oouuhh." I can hear in her voice the smile on her face. "Your parents home?"
"No, they left yesterday."
"So you two had the whole house?!"
"Stop." I laugh.
"When's he leaving?"
"I don't know when he's leaving." The bed moves a little, I look over at him, he's awake.
"He can come."
"I'm sure he doesn't wanna spend the day with us two girls." He reaches his hand out for the phone.
"Helloooo." He says into the phone, his voice is raspy and very sexy. "Yes you did." pause "Would I mind?" pause "Yes I would mind." He chuckles. "You can see her anytime." pause "An hour is still an hour." pause. "Well thank you. It's for you." He hands me the phone back.
"Yeah."
"I guess I'll see you some other day." She says.
"Maybe I'll sneak away later." I peek at Jacob, he shakes his head no. He reaches out and tickles me. "St-ha-ha-op." I laugh, "Tati I gotta go." I laugh and hang up. He stops his torture and I catch my breath. "We slept until 2pm?"
"We still would be if it weren't for Tatiana." He yawns.
My phone dings. I open the text, it's from my mom.
We're on our way home now. It says.
"They're on their way back." I tell him.
"Good thing we're up." He scratches his chin, stands up, stretches and yawns.
I take a quick shower then put on cotton shorts and a t-shirt. He showers and put on jeans and a gray tee. We each eat a muffin and I make sure the house is how my mom left it.
We sit on the couch, I turn on the TV and hand him the remote, "no news stations." He goes to the movie channels and picks The Dark Night Rises. A bit into the movie and my mom and step dad come back.
"How's grandpa doing?"
"Good, he misses you."
"I know, I'll see him next time. How was the casino?" I ask.
"Pretty good, had a lot of fun." My mom smiles.
"...how much fun?" I take my thumb, index and middle fingers and rub them together.
"We'll talk about that later." They take their bags in their room.
"You guys hungry?" my mom asks.
I know Jacob is, "sure." He looks relieved that I said yes.
"How about a pizza? Look through these for any deals." She hands Jacob and I each a small stack of pizza flyers.
"How many pizzas do you think we'll need?"
"Depends on who wants what."
"What do you want?"
"Pepperoni, mushroom and green pepper?" she looks at my step dad and he nods. They go in their room to unpack.
"What about you?" I look at Jake.
"Pepperoni and ham."
"That's what I get." I smile.
"We're a perfect match." he kisses my cheek.
"Find anything yet?" my mom asks coming back out.
"Yeah, two, large 3-topping pizzas, cheesy bread and a two-liter for $25."
"That's good, from where?"
"Pizza Hut." I rip it out and hand it to her, "Ours will be Pepperoni and ham." she nods and dials their number as she walks to her room.
"Sorry our day got cut short." he wraps his right arm around my shoulders.
"It's hasn't been cut short." he smiles, "I'm still here with you in my arms, that's all I need."
I smile and snuggle into him more; I bring my right arm up and rest it on his stomach.
After we eat Jacob and my step dad, Joey, watch ESPN and my mom tells me to join her outside on the porch.
"What's up?" I ask.
"I wanted to talk to you about something." I wait for her to continue, "Do you want a graduation party?"
"Yeah, but I know we don't have the money."
"What if we do have the money?"
"How?"
"From the casino, I won big."
"How big?" I smile.
"Five thousand dollars big."
"Seriously?" she nods. "What are you gonna do with it?"
"Graduation party, catch up on bills and save the rest."
"Thank you!" I smile and give her a hug.
"I'll leave everything up to you."
"Do I have a budget?"
"Of course, but I'll figure that out later, do what you can and I'll approve everything at the end if it's okay."
"Is this weekend too soon?
"Yes." She laughs. "At least two weeks."
"Fine." I open the door and go back inside, my mom stays outside. When I walk past Jacob he smiles at me and stares at my ass. When I get to my room I wink at him.
I grab a note book and start to make a guest list. I invite all of my new family-including my tribe family-friends and family from my moms' side. I put a 'NO' list next to the list of people I want, the very first name, Bella. After her I just write The Cullens. The Cullens are even a maybe, I scratch them out and add them to a separate maybe list. Funny, I'd rather have vampires at my party than Bella, what does that tell ya! There's 70 people on my guest list, not including the Cullens. That's a lot of people. A lot of people means a lot of food, especially if practically a third of the guest list is werewolves! I'm gonna need a caterer. "Sue!" I smile and write her in for food.
"What about her?" Jacob asks walking in my room, he looks over my shoulder.
"I can have a grad party, I was thinking of hiring Sue to do the catering. Is that rude?"
"How is that rude?"
"Because I want her to be a guest at my party, not apart of the staff. She should enjoy herself and relax."
"She won't be cooking during the party. She can cook before and then enjoy the party."
"You really think she'll be okay with it?"
"Yes. But what about your mom?"
"Oh…" I slap myself in the head. "I didn't think about that."
"Just talk to her about it." I nod. "Who's on your guest list? Am I?"
"Nope." I hand him my notebook.
"A lot of people." he mumbles as he looks down it, I see his eyes move over to the 'NO' side. I hear him push out air through his nose.
"What."
"I just don't understand why you dislike her so much."
"Someone you used to be in love with? Yeah, I have no idea." I get up and close my door quietly.
"I never loved her the way I love you."
"Then why do you still cling to her?" I sit on my bed, he sits in my computer chair I was in before. "I thought I was enough for you." I shrug, "If I was in love with someone as much as you were with her, I wouldn't want that person in my life as much after I found someone else I love. I always feel like I'm competing with her.
"That's stupid."
"Well that's how I feel!" I get a little defensive.
"I don't know how many more times I can tell you that we're just friends. I'm sorry you feel this way, I wish you didn't."
"So, you're really mad I don't want her at my party?"
"No," he sighs, "That's your day, you have who you want."
I stay sitting, but turn so my back is towards him, I sigh. I feel his lips softly on the top of my shoulder. He moves my hair away from my shoulders and to my back, he squeezes my shoulders. "Can we move past this?" he whispers into my left ear, he kisses the top of my ear. "I shouldn't have said that your feelings were stupid." he whispers again, kissing my neck-he moans with each soft peck. He kisses down the left side of my neck as far as he can reach, I put my hand on the back of his neck, he growls. "I was being inconsiderate. I'm sorry, and I love you," he kisses my neck once, "you," he kisses the other side of my neck, "and only you." he wraps his arms around my waist and kisses my lips.
"Lay with me." I say quietly. He walks around me and I scoot back. He sits and we lay back together, I kiss him and he puts his right hand on top of my hips. I place my hand on his jaw, I pull him closer. We stop kissing, but stay in this position.
A little later there's a knock on my door, Jacob sits up and I roll over and kneel on the floor, "Come in!" I yell. I keep my hand above the bed and look underneath, "Aw, man."
"What are you doing?" my mom asks opening the door.
"Looking for my charger." I get up and look by my window seat, she takes the bait.
"I just wanted to say goodnight."
"Goodnight." I smile and give her a hug.
"Goodnight, Jacob.
"Goodnight." he smiles. She leaves and closes the door. I open my pajama drawer and pull out an oversized t-shirt. I turn out the light, the moonlight still shines in my room, everything is visible. He gets off the bed and takes off his clothes except for his boxer briefs, I stare at his body in the moonlight, he looks up at me and smiles, and then puts his clothes in his duffel bag. I take off my shirt and pants putting them in my hamper, I put my bra in a drawer
"Mm mm mmm." I hear him moan. My right arm covers my nipples as I turn half way to face him.
"What?" he's biting his lip.
"You're just gorgeous."
"Stop." I blush and put my shirt on.
"I'm just speaking my thoughts." I sit on my knees next to him in bed.
"Really?" I ask, "You really think I'm gorgeous?"
"I do."
"I've never heard that before." I look down at the hem on my shirt and twiddle it through my fingers.
"Well, you should get used to hearing it from me." he smiles.
"I love you so much, you know that?" I lean forward and wrap my arms around to his back and hug him. He hugs me back until we fall asleep.
The next morning he goes back home. He tells me how he wants to stay longer, but has tribe duties he can't get out of. We say the next time he'll come out here is for my graduation party.
"And you'll be here and on time?"
"I promise." he promises with a smile. I give him a long kiss before he drives away.
"So…?" I ask when I go inside and close the door.
"He's nice." my mom says.
"Seems like a good guy." my step dad adds.
"He's cute too." my mom smiles.
"So you approve? You're okay with me dating him?"
"Yeah." she nods.
"Good." I smile. "Ma can I talk to you about something?"
"Sure..?"
We sit in the dining room.
"It's about the catering for the party."
"What about it?"
"Well I know someone who would be perfect for it, but I'm not sure how you feel about it."
"Who?"
"Sue. She owns a little restaurant, the food's great! She might even give us a family discount."
"That sounds fine."
"And I was thinking we could do it here, we have a big back yard."
"Yeah, that's fine."
"Okay so, guest list is taken care of I will design the invitations tonight and find a company tomorrow that can make them the cheapest and then Friday I'll go down to Sue's and talk to her about everything."
"Looks like you have everything figured out." she smiles.
"I need decorations, tables and chairs."
"Have you picked a date yet?"
"Two weekends. Sunday late afternoon at four."
"You think that'll be enough notice for people?"
"Yeah, it'll be fine."
Jacob texts me the rest of the night, he asks for another Skype session-he claims he just wanted to see my smile, but I don't fall for it. I draw up how I want the invitations to look on my computer using an editor and look for local designers.
The next day after breakfast I make the ten minute drive down the street to an old friend that has a design company; he graduated two years ago. I show him my design, he scans it in his computer, tweaks a few things to make it perfectly even and symmetrical and offers me a discount.
"So what am I looking at?"
"You need how many?"
"Uh, like 60."
"Uh I can do like… 25 cents per card that includes envelopes. So you're lookin' at, $15."
"Really?" my eyebrows rise.
"That's with your discount." he nods. "So…we have an agreement?"
"Yes." he claps his hands. "When can I pick them up?"
"Two maybe three days. I'll get started now when you leave, I'll give you a call when they're finished."
"Sounds good." I pay him and leave. I pick up rose and we go to the mall; I need a dress for my party. I'd like a white lacy one, but I'll see what I find. At the mall a few people come up to me to offer condolences. That's the last thing I want to think about today, but I'm polite to them.
The next day I put on shorts and a tank top, grab my planning notebook, some money and drive out to the reservation. I park in the lot and walk in.
"Hey! What brings you by?!" Seth asks when I walk in.
"Im here to talk business." we hug.
"I'll get mom."
"I hear you're here for business." Sue says with a smile when she sees me, we exchange a hug.
"Yes, I am."
"Have a seat." she walks us to the counter.
"I am having a graduation party and I was wondering is you would do the catering." I ask with a smile.
"How many people?"
"Around 70 as of now. I will have the invitations in the mail Monday and the R.S.V.P is the following Monday."
"Okay so the party is when?"
"In three Sundays."
"Okay," she nods, "Give me five minutes, I'll be right back with some papers." I smile and she walks off.
"Order up!" Jake yells from the pass window, I look up at him. "Hey beautiful."
"Hi sugar." he laughs and walks away.
"Got them." Sue says coming back to her seat. "I'm going to fill out the number of people," she writes 70, "as of now," she writes today's date, "and now the part that matters; what would you like?"
"I've never had a catered party before, what do you usually supply?"
"It all depends on the party." she shrugs. "Are there any special requirements for food?"
"Yes, at least one thing vegetarian, nothing extremely spicy, maybe nothing really heavy."
"Okay. Here's what we'll do, we'll prepare some things you can taste them, see which ones you like and they'll go on the menu."
"Yeah, that sounds good."
"And drinks?"
"Water, Iced tea, lemonade, oh and I have to have Pepsi for my grandpa." she writes them in on the contract.
"When do you want to have the taste testing?"
"Is tomorrow good for you?"
"Yeah, I'll think of some things tonight, how about two o'clock?"
"Perfect. And what are looking at for a price?"
"We can go over that tomorrow. Depending on what you pick I'll figure out a price per plate as a general guideline."
"Okay."
"Are you staying for lunch?"
"Yeah, I guess I can."
"Do you want a table or up here?"
"I'd rather a table right now, over by the window."
"I'll send someone over." she cleans up the papers and I go over to a booth by a window; the same one from the first time I ate here. I pull out my phone and text Rose asking her to come with me tomorrow to taste the food, she says yes.
"You're back." Emily says.
"Yeah." this is the first time I've seen her since my birthday party-since I found out about werewolves and vampires.
"Wasn't sure if I'd see you again after what your dad told you."
"Yeah, for a while I thought I'd never see you guys again either. I came to my senses though. Is it rude if I ask you a question?"
"No, I'm not. I'm human like you."
"She smiles.
"Apparently I'm not even that." I sigh.
"What?" her eyebrows furrow.
"I don't know. Seth calls me super human."
She chuckles, "That kid." she shakes her head with a smile. "So are you ready to order?"
"No I haven't even looked, I'm sorry. When you get a second I'd like a sprite though."
"Got it." she walks away and I look at the menu. I flip a page and look for something. Soft lips are planted firmly on my cheek; I know they're Jacobs.
"You missed my lips." I turn to look at him.
"I'm sorry," he gives me two slow kisses, "how's that?"
"Much better." I smile.
"Did you talk to Sue?" he slides in next to me.
"Yea, she agreed to do the food. Rose and I are coming in tomorrow to taste some things and see what should be served."
"See, I told you she'd be fine with it."
"Whatever." I smile and lay my head on his shoulder.
"Here's your sprite." Emily comes back, she smiles at us. "Look at the love birds." she teases. I sit up straight.
"I know what I want."
"Besides him?" she looks at Jake.
"Stop." I blush.
"I'm just teasing. What'll it be?"
"Tomato, basil soup and a grilled cheese." I hand her my menu.
"Order." she says looking at Jake.
"Right, right!" he gives me a quick peck on the cheek, jumps up, grabs the ticket from Emily's hands and goes in the kitchen.
"You two are adorable together." she smiles and walks away.
About ten minutes later I hear a ding ding "Order up!" he yells from the window again, Emily brings my order over.
"Thank you." I smile.
When I'm almost done eating Seth comes over and slides in across from me.
"Is dad at home?"
"No he's out with Charlie."
"Who's Charlie?"
"Head of police in Forks and Bella's dad."
"He's out with Bella's dad?"
"They're friends, Sveta."
"Everyone's friends with that family." I mumble.
"Charlie's a solid guy, really."
"Okay, Seth." Emily comes by to take my plate and give me my bill. I put a ten and a five in the sleeve and tell her to keep the change. "I guess I'll head home now then." I shrug. I grab my purse and scoot out of the seat, he stands and we hug. I go back in the kitchen to say bye to the guys. "Bye guys!"
"See ya later." Paul smiles.
"I'll see you tomorrow." I say when Jacob walks over. He gives me a long kiss, I get chills.
"Sorry for that." he says quietly, I smile and leave.
The next morning I throw on a casual dress and pick up Rose. We drive down to the restaurant and taste what she made. In the end we pick an eggplant parmesan, caprese salad, grilled chicken with cooked vegetables, pork chops with scalloped potatoes and for dessert: cheesecake.
Monday I pick up the invitations. Yesterday I typed up and printed out a half sheet of paper with the food choices so people know and if they don't like it they can eat before they come. I stick them all in envelopes, address and stamp them all with help from my mom and drive them to the post office. Sue calls me when I get back home.
"Hello?"
"It's Sue."
"What's up?"
"I was thinking it would be good to have you, your mother and step father over for dinner."
"Oh." I pause shortly, "Really?"
She chuckles, "Yes. How is Wednesday?"
"Wednesday should be fine."
"Five o'clock?"
"Sure."
"Oo, what if we add Jacob and his dad to the dinner?"
"Yeah, I guess our parents should meet sometime."
"I can count on you to invite him for me."
"Of course."
"Okay, I'll see you then."
"Bye." I hang up and throw my phone on my bed. "Ma, Sue has invited us all over for dinner on Wednesday with her, dad, Seth and Leah and Jacob and his father. Is that alright?"
"Dinner with all of them? Do they have room?"
"Trust me, it'll be fine." She looks at my step dad, I know they want to talk. "I told her yes, but if you want me to call her back just let me know." I go back in my room and close the door. I flop down on my bed and call Jacob.
"I was just thinking about you." he answers.
"Really?"
"I'm always thinking about you." I blush "So, how was your day?"
"Productive, I got all of the invitations out and found a few tables."
"So you have everything you need?"
"No I still need decorations, chairs and I still have to pick up the tables. They're too heavy for me...maybe my super strong werewolf boyfriend could help me?"
"Of course." he chuckles, "When are you picking them up?"
"They only had one in the store so they had to order them online for me, so whenever they come in I'll let you know."
"Oh, okay. How many did you order?"
"Seven medium ones. My aunt has two long ones for the food I can use."
"So you're expecting everyone to show up?"
"Well I hope they do, but I checked with the manager and he said that if I ordered too many I can return the ones I don't use."
"That's good."
"Mhm, there's another reason I called you though."
"What is it?"
"Sue called here a few minutes ago. She invited me, my mom and step dad to dinner at their house Wednesday. At the last minute she decided to invite you and your father too."
"All of us over for dinner?"
"Please come. I don't know if I can get through that dinner alone."
"I'll be there."
"I just have a really bad feeling about this. Sue's never met my mom or Joey, my dad's never met Joey, your dad has never met my mom or Joey. Leah and Seth haven't met them. There's just too many people that haven't met each other."
"We'll get through it. Don't stress."
"I know." I pause, "Will it be safe?"
"Will what be safe?"
"Like there aren't any vampires around or anything?"
"Well, honestly, there are two that keep coming back. We took care of one of them, but the other-Victoria-comes and goes."
"Why can't you just get rid of her already?"
"It's not as easy as it sounds. Remember, the treaty line. She runs back and fourth between our side and the Cullen's side. We're trying to work together, but it's not exactly working."
"I can imagine."
"Hopefully we'll get her soon."
"Be careful."
"Always am." I sigh, "Listen Sveta it's time for patrol, I'm sorry, I have to go."
"Okay, I'll see you Wednesday."
"I love you."
"Love you more."
"Bye sweetie."
"Bye." I pick up Thumper and play with him on my bed for a few hours before I put him back in his cage for the night and go to sleep myself. Tuesday I stay home all day. I got a few visits from people paying their respects and a few more gift baskets.
Wednesday I wake up around noon. I take a long shower and wash my hair. When I get out I straighten it all then braid it so when I take them out before I leave, I'll have soft waves.
"Do you know what she's making?" my mom asks me from the dining room.
I walk to where she is, "No, it'll be good though." I smile. "Oh and I don't know if I should give you a heads up, but Billy's in a wheelchair. Not that it's a big deal, just thought you might want to know."
"How did it happen?"
"I don't know. I never really had a chance to ask."
She nods, there's a short pause, "What is Sue like?"
"She's really nice and kind. Of course I've only seen one side of her, but ya know, you definitely know when she gets upset. You guys might actually get along."
"I don't know about that." she mumbles.
"Just keep an open mind, I'm gonna go find something to wear." I go in my closet and look through everything before I make a decision. It's cooler today and it might rain later. I put on black skinny jeans and a leopard peplum shirt. I can't decide between heel or flats. I don't want to be too dressy, but I don't know how they're dressing. If I wear the heels I'll be closer to Jacob's height, but I like being shorter than him; I'll just wear the flats. I take my braids out at 3:30 and we leave a few minutes before four.
When we get there, I see Jacob's big truck-Mordecai-and smile. My mom knocks on the door, Joey's behind her and I'm last behind him.
"Hi welcome, come in!" Sue greets us with a smile. "You look beautiful." she tells me with a hug.
"Thank you." I step aside so my mom can Joey can introduce themselves, I give my dad a hug.
"Hi Leah." I smile.
"Hey." she smiles back.
"I really like your shirt." it's a blue top with lace on it.
"Thanks. I love your outfit."
"Thank you." she shakes my mom's hand and Joey's when they're introduced.
"Where's everyone else?" I ask. Two small, but strong arms wrap around me from behind and lift me up. "Hey!" I laugh, I can tell it's Seth; I know his scent. He puts me down, I give him a light slap on the arm and then a hug. "Where's Jake?" I ask him quietly.
"Outside with his dad. I'll go get him." I turn back around, Leah's sitting on the stairs, Sue takes my mom's and Joey's coats then they follow her in the kitchen.
[JACOB'S P.O.V]
"They're here." Seth comes out to tell me. I look at my dad waiting to see if he needs help.
"I'll be in in a minute." I follow Seth back in the house, I see a girl in the living room with Leah, her backs to me, I think it's Sveta, but it's hard to tell. Her hair is different. I cock my head sideways and stare at her ass, it's the same as Sveta's.
"Where's Sveta?" the girl turns around and my heart beat speeds up a little, I smile and she smiles back. "Wow, I didn't recognize you from behind."
"Really?" she giggles, she slowly looks me up and down. "You look good." I hear her heart beat speed up. I walk over and hug her, "I love your cologne." she says quietly to me, I smell a slight arousal from her. Thank god Seth and Leah already left a while ago. I kiss her slowly and grip her waist tighter. Our lips move faster and our tongues explore each other's mouths until nothing is left untouched. Her scent is so much stronger now, I inhale deeply and her arousal fills my nose, I growl, she gets wet. I stop this before we go too far.
"Perk to being a werewolf," I whisper in her ear, "I can smell how much you want me." she gets a chill. We take a few deep breaths.
[SVETA'S P.O.V]
It seems like that moment was so long and full of love when in reality it was rather quick. We walk hand in hand into the kitchen.
"Where's you dad?"
"He was setting the table outside." Jacob answers Sue. "I'll introduce you." he says to my mom and Joey. We walk out and they follow us. "Dad this is Sveta's mom Lisa and her step dad Joey.
"It's nice to meet you." Billy extends a hand.
"You as well." my mom smiles and shakes his hand.
"Hi." Joey shakes his hand.
"Good to see you again, Sveta." he looks at me.
"You too." I bend down and give him a hug.
"I hope you don't mind eating outside." Sue says coming out with a covered dish.
"Not at all. As long as it doesn't rain." my mom smiles. We all take our seats after Sue brings out all of the food. Jacob and I sit next to each other at one end of the table to my left is my mom, Joey, Billy, Harry, Sue, Leah and Seth.
"I hope everyone enjoys. Please, dig in." Sue uncovers the dishes, "There's caprese salad, grilled lemon chicken with couscous and garlic bread. I really wanted Italian." she smiles and sits. I follow the direction of the meal as it should be: caprese first, chicken and bread after.
"The food is absolutely delicious. Oh my god."
"I remembered when you came by for a tasting and loved the caprese I knew I had to make it again tonight."
"Thank. You!" I smile and take another bite.
"The chicken is so moist." my mom comments. "It's really great."
"Thank you, Lisa." Sue answers.
After we eat we all sit around and talk. It seems like my mom and Sue are getting along well and so are Joey, Billy and Harry. Jacob and I go back to the trampoline in the yard.
"Ladies first." he helps me in, I lay down on my back, he lays next to me on my left.
"Thank you for coming tonight."
"No problem." the wind blows and I roll to lay on my side facing him.
"Mmm, you're so warm. How?"
"Didn't we go over this?"
"No."
"It's a werewolf thing."
"Really?" I pause, "I think it's a Jacob thing." I lay my arm over his chest. I close my eyes and let out a deep breath.
"Do you um…" he starts, "Do you want kids?" he asks quietly. I open my eyes and lean up to look at him.
"Where is this coming from?" I smile.
"I've just been thinking about the future lately. You're a huge part of my future and I wanted to know."
"I do want kids, at least two. Do you want kids?"
"Can I be honest?" I sit up all the way, he sits up as well. "Before I met you I didn't want kids. I had even thought about getting a vasectomy a few times. Not because I've gone through pregnancy scares, it's because I didn't want to go through those. But then I met you," I can't help but to smile, "and I realized that I want to share that experience with you. It was weird when I first realized it. Here I was about to get a vasectomy and then bam!" I chuckle lightly, "Then I was thinking about kids." he stares at me, "This isn't freaking you out is it? I know we're young and everything-"
"No, not at all." I smile.
"I'm just still trying to get over the vasectomy thing. Imagine if you had gotten it before we met."
"I would have hated myself."
"It's weird to hear someone your age talking and thinking about getting a vasectomy. I'm glad now you want kids though."
"And I'm not talking about right now, whenever we're ready."
"So I have something to ask you."
"What?"
"Obviously you're not saving yourself for marriage, but do you want to be married before we have kids?"
"Yes. Because if we can't make this work for life," he holds my hand, "We couldn't possibly make that work for life."
"I couldn't agree me." I smile and kiss his hand.
"Who wants dessert?" Seth yells, we get out and walk over.
"What are we having?" I ask.
"I thought we could go up and get some frozen yogurt."
"Mmm, that sounds really good, do they have frozen custard too?"
"Yeah and ice cream, every frozen dairy product, they have."
"Wanna ride with me?" Jacob asks.
"Yeah." I smile.
We go around to the front Lean and Seth get in with Harry and Sue, Jacob helps Billy into the back of the truck where he insists on sitting, my mom and step dad get in their car and I slip in the front of Jake's truck next to him. Harry's car is first then my mother and we're last. Jake opens the windows, I slide closer to him and lean against him. He opens his hand, palm up and moves it towards me. I intertwine my fingers with his, we stay this way until we get there.
"Jacob, take this." Billy hands Jacob a credit card when we pull into a parking spot. "Just leave me here."
"Why?" he asks.
"It's too much to go through, go buy ours."
"What do you want?"
"Anything with chocolate."
"Okay, dad." we get out and walk in with everyone else. The sizes here are huge! Their ice cream scoopers are three times the normal size. We all get it to go and drive back to eat it.
"How about we eat inside?" Sue says.
"Yeah, it's definitely gotten colder." my mom adds.
"Can you hold this for a second?" Jake asks me.
"Yeah." I take it. He reaches in his pocket and pulls out his phone.
"I'm gonna take this outside, excuse me." Billy wheels over to the dining room with the rest of the adults, I give him his bowl or frozen yogurt and go in the living room with Seth and Leah.
"Tonight's going well." Seth comments.
"Yeah, a lot better than I expected." I say taking the lid off of my bowl of frozen custard, Seth turns on the T.V. Jacob's been outside for a while, I grab his bowl and a spoon and walk through the kitchen to get to the back door, I open it quietly, he's still on the phone. The window in the dining room is open all the way, I can hear them all talking. Slowly their conversations fade and it's just Jacob the cicadas and the crickets.
"I can't come over right now." … "Because I'm busy, Bella.", Bella? No wonder why he took the call outside, "I'm spending the night with my dad, my girlfriend and her family." … "Yes, Sveta is still my girlfriend. What do you mean you can't believe I'm still with her?" … "You are unbelievable. I'm not gonna break up with her because you don't want me with her. Why do you care anyway?" … "Bullshit! You don't want to be with me and you don't want anyone else to be with me either."… "Yeah well now you know how I felt when you started dating Edward except I wanted to be with you." … "You like having me on the back burner. The old me would come running, but not now. I'm not going to do that anymore, I can't. I'm sorry, but I'm with Sveta whether you like it or not." … "We can still be friends, but that's it. I'm not at your beck and call. That's what Edward's for, not me." … "I gotta go." … "Bella, stop." he pleads, "I have to go." he hangs up. I step outside, he turns his head to the left to see who it is.
"Your ice cream was starting to melt." I say quietly, I walk over to him slowly. He takes the bowl from me and sets it down on the table then hugs me gently. "Everything okay?" I ask after a few seconds of us still hugging. He rubs my back.
"Thank you." he holds me a little tighter, we start to slightly sway left and right.
"For what?"
"Making me happy." he pauses, "and I'm sorry."
I lean back and look at him. "Why?"
"The whole stupid thing with Bella."
"Jake don't worry about it."
"No, Sveta. I was completely oblivious, but I understand now. All that's done."
"You and Bella are still friends though, right?"
"Not if she doesn't change. Isn't this what you wanted?"
"Yeah, but I feel bad. I didn't want you to stop hanging out all together. I just wanted to feel like if it were between her and me, I would come first." he moves his hands from my waist and holds my hands.
"You will always come first. I love you, not her. You know this." he smiles. He leans down and touches our foreheads together. He rubs our noses together then gives me a kiss on my cheek, I smile and hug him. I can see out of the corner of my eye everyone except Joey looking at us through the dining room windows.
I move back a little, my lips close to his neck, "Our parents are watching us." I whisper.
"Yeah I know." he whispers, "I've felt their eyes on us." I chuckle and give him a tiny kiss.
"Let's go back in." we back apart, "Don't forget your ice cream." he picks it up and follows me in.
"Good job being discrete." I walk in the dining room and tell them, they chuckle a little and look around, I join Jacob on the couch we finish our desert.
At the end of the night we all hug goodbye, Jacob sneaks me a kiss when no one's looking and we drive home. When we get home I go in my room to change clothes and my mom and Joey change into more comfortable clothes.
KNOCK KNOCK
"Come in." I say, my mom opens the door. She sits in front of me on my bed. "What's up?"
"Just wanted to talk."
"About?"
"You and Jacob."
"Saw you guys watching us earlier."
"You two are good for each other. I mean if you can be with him after knowing what he is, there's no one else for you. I can tell he really loves you."
"What he is?"
"Wait don't…don't you know?"
"How do you know?"
"When I told your dad that I was pregnant he had to tell me there was a chance of you shifting. He told me all about them and when you told me you met Jacob out there and that he's close friends with Seth I assumed he was a shifter. Then when he came here and I saw his tattoo I knew for sure."
"So all this time you knew there was a chance I could shift. All this time you knew I wasn't human."
"What? You are human what are you talking about?"
"Is that why you pushed me to go out there?"
"Yeah. But back to the non human thing, you don't shift."
"You didn't know that though. There was always a chance. Why didn't you ever tell me?"
"How could I have brought it up?"
"You could have asked my dad to do it."
"He didn't think you should know unless it happened to you." I look away and sigh, "But I just wanted you to know that all of the doubt in my mind is gone. I've never seen a relationship like yours. You're so young, but there's so much love."
"Thanks mom." I smile, she returns one.
"Goodnight, I love you."
"I love you too." I say hugging her. She leaves, closing my door behind her, I turn out my light and get under my covers.
I send Jacob a goodnight text: Thank you again for being there tonight, goodnight I love you
He writes back: Of course. Goodnight sweetie, I love you too
[David's P.O.V] (Right after the Trial)
I walk out and sit on the bench outside of the court room. This is fucking ridiculous. A year in prison. I shake my head and look up at the ceiling.
"Having a bad night?" a woman speaks, I look down, she's talking to me.
"You could say that." she has long, curly bright red hair, pale skin and a few freckles. She's wearing a short black skirt and a loose fitting long sleeved shirt.
"What happened?" she sits next to me.
"I lost my case."
"Aww, that's too bad." she puts her left hand on my leg. She stares into my eyes and smiles.
"Wanna get out of here?"
"Sure." She smiles and we walk out.
"I don't live around here, I'm an hour away."
"I have a place we can go to." she twirls a piece of hair through her fingers.
"Direct the way baby." I put my hand on her bare thigh and slowly rub in small circles. When we get inside her place she wastes no time and leads us to her bedroom. She pushes me on the bed, takes off her shoes and crawls next to me. We start making out, her hands go around my neck.
"Wouldn't you love to get even?" she asks in between kissing my neck.
"What?"
"With you case." she moans and licks my neck.
"I guess. I can't though." I try to push her on her back, but she ends up pushing me on my back.
"I like it rough." she winks at me.
"No problem baby." she slips her shirt off over her head and unbuttons my shirt. She kisses my chest.
"What if you could do something? A fool proof plan that you could get away with."
"What are you talking about?"
"Join me against them."
"Huh?" I try to push her back a little, she doesn't budge.
"I know your case was against Jacob Black." she whispers his name. "He's not my enemy, my enemies were in the audience."
"What are you talking about?"
"Do you want to get back at Jacob or not?!" she spits, her eyes slowly turn black. "I'll help you with him, and you can help me with my problem." she smiles.
"Who are you against?"
"The Cullens."
"Don't think I know them."
"Either way. What do you say?"
"What exactly will happen? You keep saying 'get back', how?"
"Killing him. You have to go to prison because of him."
"How did you know that?"
"A year with only men. A pretty boy like you? You'll easily be someone's bitch in no time."
"Fuck that!"
"So you're in?"
"Fuck yeah." I kiss her chest, she shoves me backwards.
"Just a heads up, I like to bite." she smiles, I lick my lips. She kisses my lips and moves down to my neck. She lightly nips at my neck and adds pressure until it hurts.
"Ease up a little." she bites harder, she definitely broke skin, now it burns.
"Shit!" I groan. She latches onto my neck, is she sucking out my blood? "That shit burns!" she leans up, I see the blood on her lips and chin.
"That'd be the venom, sweetheart." she smiles wickedly.
"Venom?" the burning is worse now, it's going through my whole body. "Ahhugh!" I yell.
"Shh…shh…" she puts a finger over my lips. "That's really starting to annoy me." she reaches over and pulls out four pairs of thick handcuffs. She hand cuffs my wrists to the headboard and my ankles to loops bolted onto her footboard. She gets off of me, licks her lips and puts her shirt back on.
"What's going on?"
"I'll see ya in a few hours."
"A few hours? What the fuck!" I groan.
"You'll be thanking me later."
I yell out again, "Really? Because now I just want to fucking hit you! Shit!" I arch off the bed in pain.
"Seriously, cut that shit out or I'm gonna have to gag you."
"Bitch! When I get free, you're dead."
"Typical human reaction." human reaction? Sweat starts to build on my skin, it's getting hard to breathe. I start writhing in pain, I can't stop groaning. She sighs and goes in a drawer. She comes back and duct tapes my mouth shut, she puts a leather wrap over it and around my head. "I was going to gag you, but this'll work better." she smiles and leaves.
...
My vision starts changing first. I see things I should not be able to see. I gently pull my arms down and the handcuffs break. How the fuck did I break through those? I break my ankles free and take everything off of my mouth. i blink a few times and stand up, I touch my neck; there are no puncture wounds from her teeth. The door opens.
"I see you're free." she smiles.
"No thanks to you."
"You're not thankful? I created you David."
"What did you do to me?"
"Are you thirsty?" i'm taken back by her question. I lick my lips. "I've taken care of that for you." she leaves and brings back a girl. I can feel the blood flowing through her, her heat is calling me in. I rush over to her, push her against the wall and latch on to her throat. I suck her body dry and toss her to the side. The red head smiles at me. "How do you feel?"
"Thirsty." I put my hand on my throat; there's no heart beat. My chest isn't rising and falling taking breaths. "No heart beat."
"Immortality."
"And blood drinking? So I'm like a vampire now?"
"Not like a vampire. You are a vampire." we stare at each other, "First things first, we need to fake your death."
"Why?"
"Because you're going to want to drink everyone you know. Your family, friends, girlfriend; everyone. You need to separate yourself from them."
"How do we do it?"
"Leave that up to me."
[Sunday: Day of graduation party]
"Are you sure about today Victoria?" I ask her
"Of course. We need to check things out. Don't you trust me?"
"Of course my love. And Riley?"
"He'll be close. Remember, you two can't meet until the fight. They're watching my thoughts. They can't know about you yet." she rubs my cheek.
"What if they catch us?"
"They won't. You'll outrun them."
"If I can't?"
"You're a newborn, David. It's what you do."