Bells & Jake - Chapter 1
No copyright infringement intended to Stephenie Meyer or her book series. This is a fanfiction by yours truly. The italic text at the beginning is taken from chapter 18 of New Moon.
Summary: Begins in Bella's kitchen in New Moon without the 'interruption' in the way of a certain phone call. Jacob and Bella kiss and Bella realizes she is in love with Jacob. Elusive creatures are in town. Meanwhile, Victoria's on the hunt. Is Bella safe? Introduces a lot of original characters. JxB
Chapter 1
And Then We Kiss
“I’ll miss you,”
Jacob whispered, echoing my thought. “Every minute. I hope she leaves soon. “
“It really doesn’t have to be that way, Jake.”
He sighed. “Yes, it really does, Bella. You...love her. So I’d better not get anywhere near her. I’m not sure that I’m even-tempered enough to handle that. Sam would be mad if I broke the treaty,-his voice turned sarcastic-, you probably wouldn’t like it too much if I killed your friend.”
I recoiled from him when he said that, but he only tightened his arms, refusing to let me escape. “There’s no point in avoiding the truth. That’s the way things are, Bells.”
“I do not like the way things are.”
Jacob freed one arm so that he could cup his big brown hand under my chin and make me look at him. “Yeah. It was easier when we were both human, wasn’t it?”
I sighed.
We stared at each other for a long moment. His hand smoldered against my skin. In my face, I knew there was nothing but wistful sadness - I didn’t want to have to say goodbye now, no matter for how short a time. At first his face reflected mine, but then, as neither of us looked away, his expression changed.
He released me, lifting his other hand to brush his fingertips along my cheek, trailing them down to my jaw. I could feel his fingers tremble-not with anger this time. He pressed his palm against my cheek, so that my face was trapped between his burning hands.
“Bella,” he whispered.
I was frozen.
No! I hadn’t made this decision yet. I didn’t know if I could do this, and now I was out of time to think. But I would have been a fool if I thought rejecting him now would have no consequences.
I stared back at him. He was not my Jacob, but he could be. His face was familiar and beloved. In so many ways, I did love him. He was my comfort, my safe harbor. Right now, I could choose to have him belong to me.
Alice was back for the moment, but that changed nothing. True love was forever lost. The prince was never coming back to kiss me awake from my enchanted sleep. I was not a princess, after all. So what was the fairy-tale protocol for other kisses? The mundane kind that didn’t break any spells.
Maybe it would be easy - like holding hands or having his arms around me. Maybe it would feel nice. Maybe it wouldn’t feel like a betrayal. Besides, who was I betraying, anyway? Just myself.
Keeping his eyes on mine, Jacob began to bend his face toward mine. And I was still absolutely undecided.
Instantaneously his soft, warm lips touched mine with a sweet, chaste kiss. The unusual heat against my lips, which was caused by higher body temperature, caught me by surprise. I have never experienced any
thing like this.
I gasped.
I was slightly offended when he pulled back. Did he think I wanted him to stop? I wanted more. I stood there momentarily stunned by the sudden loss of contact. Wait I shouldn’t want that…what about Edward? I waited for the hole to sting and bring me to my knees at the thought of his name. It stung but wasn’t overwhelming me. His kisses were hard, cold, and forbearing - to protect me - but Jacob’s kiss made me feel alert. Jacob was watching me and I wondered what he was seeing as the many thoughts went through my mind.
Jacob started to turn away but I did not want that, not now, maybe not ever.
“Jake..?”
“Bells...”
I cut him off by saying “Don’t leave, Jake.” For a second I wondered if he could hear the hurt in the tone of my voice.
I stepped toward him and gazed into his warm dark eyes. I placed my hands along his jaw and pulled him closer. I felt the heat against my hands and radiating against my face. His expression turned from confusion to surprise as he took in my actions. I pressed my lips to his and I began to smile brightly inside at the touch. He was taken by surprise by my actions but quickly recovered by kissing me back.
The kisses started out light before he turned his head to the side to deepen the kiss. I wrapped my arms around his neck and he rested his hands on my waist before he moved them to my back. My senses were being overloaded with Jacob. The feel of his lips, his warm skin against mine, his warm taste - it was intoxicating. I moved my hands into his hair and lightly tugged in an attempt to beg for more.
He reacted by pulling my body against his and moved his tongue into my mouth. I opened my eyes in shock. This is new. I thought as a moan escaped my throat. I moved my hands to his broad shoulders and he moved his hand through my hair before he rested it against my neck. The action stimulated me to try this tongue thing. I slid mine into his mouth and moved in the same motions he did.
We immediately stopped when the sound of a musical gasp filled the room. I watched Jacob’s face as he took in who it was that interrupted our moment. He was looking at me but his eyes were somewhere else. His nose wrinkled, his eyes narrowed, he clenched his jaw, and his mouth tightened into a line. He turned around and I heard him growl at Alice.
“Jake! Don’t growl at her!” I said displeased.
“You’re making out with a dog!?” Alice said disgusted.
My jaw dropped. “Alice! What is wrong with you two?” I heard Alice’s musical laugh so I let out a sharp breath and walked in between them. “…Besides the obvious.”
“Bella? What - What about… my family?” she said, despair apparent in her chime-like voice.
My eyes widened I turned toward Jacob who was violently shaking and clenching his fists. He had the face on that belonged to Sam. I reached my hand and placed it on his chest which seemed to placate him, his expression changed to ease as he looked into my eyes.
I moved my hand to my side and looked back at Alice. “You left. Every one of you left me here. Things aren’t the same as before.” I knew as I spoke the words that they were the truth. I had feelings for Jacob. I love him. I was in love with him.
Alice’s head whipped toward the front door. Before I could wonder what happened Jacob’s voice shocked me from behind.
“I have to go.”
What? No, this can’t be it. I began to panic inside. He can’t leave now. How long would it be till I saw him again? I won’t ask Alice to leave. I’m not ready to part from either of them.
I followed Jacob to the front door as fear was beginning to consume me. When will I see him again? The question was reiterating over and over in my head. He stopped before opening the door and he sighed. I bit my lip as he turned toward me. His expression was pensive and I knew I must have been reflecting the same feelings as I looked into his eyes.
Jacob stepped toward me and place one hand on the back of my head and my back to pull me toward him. I wrapped my arms around his waist trying to keep the tears from falling as he pressed his cheek on the top of my head. I was sure we stood there for a few minutes. I felt Jacob move and he kisses my hair. I squeezed my eyes shut so that the tears wouldn’t come but once I opened them there was no stopping them.
Jacob pulled back and put his hands on my cheeks. He lifted my face and waited for my eyes to meet his, I tried not to but there was no point in putting this off any longer. As I looked into his eyes there was only sadness. More tears betrayed me.
I knew that we were more than friends. I needed him as he did me. Today had made me realize that that my heart no longer belonged to one person but two. I wasn’t sure which love was stronger. All I knew is one was here, leaving but here, and the other was never coming back.
“Jake, I don’t want you to leave me. I want to come back soon.” he sighed and closed his eyes.
He kissed my forehead and opened his eyes before she spoke. “Bella, I won’t be too far. I’ll call you; you can call me, if you want.” I nodded. “You can come to the rez. The pack just needs me right now.” He spoke with a power that I could only assume came with being a wolf.
I placed my hands on his and moved them down so I could move closer. I pressed my lips to his and I hoped I was conveying how much I would miss him. Our kisses became fierce and I could taste the salty tears that were falling down my cheeks. I vaguely realized I heard the phone ring. I assumed it was a wrong number since I only heard the one ring.
I let go of his hands and wrapped my arms around his neck. At the same time he placed his hands on my cheeks and wiped the tears away with his thumbs. He moved his lips around my face, kissing my cheeks, my jaw, my nose, before he kissed my lips one more time. He pulled away and we stared into each others eyes.
The words he spoke began to sync in. I didn’t have to wait to see him and I took comfort in that. I particularly didn’t know how long Alice would stay so I wanted to spend as much time with her as possible.
I looked into his eyes and I was surprised that I didn’t feel sad anymore.
“I love you, Bells.”
I smiled. “I love you too, Jake.” My favorite grin appeared as he took in my words. He pecked me on the lips and left.
I stood there savoring everything that just happened and I was strangely happy. I felt alive.
I turned and walked into the kitchen. Alice was standing facing away from me. I quickly realized she probably heard what happened between Jacob and me.
“Did I hear the phone ring?” I said to avoid anything about that subject.
“Yes, it was… Carlisle.” She walked to the table and sat down.
“I thought he was hunting with Esme?” I asked as I sat down in the chair across from her.
“They got back this morning.”
I nodded. “What happened?”
“Rosalie told them what I saw, that I came here to see if there was anything I could do. Carlisle called to see how Charlie was taking the news. I explained everything,” she looked at me puzzled “Well almost everything.”
I sighed. “Okay. What would you like to do today?”
She smiled brightly, “Shopping! You’re wardrobe is a disaster. You haven’t gotten any new clothes since before…” her smile turned into a frown taking none of the beauty from her features.
“Oh no Alice! Please!” I begged.
She held up her pointer finger to stop me and closed her eyes.
Her magical smile reappeared. “Trust me, Bella, you’ll enjoy it!”
With that she pulled me upstairs.
I smiled. I think this could work out. I thought as she rummaged through my closet.
Continue to Chapter Two here.