A/N: It's been a few chapters since Jake and Bella had some private time. Enjoy!

Chapter 38

Lucky

Quil and I walked up the stairs and down a short amount of hallway until we got to the medical room. Embry was laying on a table, spread out so Carlisle could do what he needed to do, but as curled up as he could be to be in less pain. I walked over to him and began running my fingers through the fur on his head. Poor Em. I looked back at Quil who had a blank look in his eyes. He walked over to me and put his arm around my shoulders carefully, like he didn't want to bump me and move Embry in the process.

"Jasper , you good?" I asked. He looked exhausted, and vampires don't sleep.

"Just drained," he said, leaning against the wall. Quil looked confused.

"Jasper can feel and control other's emotions. My guess is you were sending some calm to Embry?" I explained.

"You got it," Jasper responded, closing his eyes.

"He's going to be in a lot of pain for the next few hours so hopefully it'll be a little more bearable," Carlisle said.

"Thank you for doing what you could, I know we all really appreciate it no matter how hard it is for us to show it," Quil whispered. I wouldn't have heard it if he wasn't standing right next to me but I'll bet everyone else in the entire house heard what he said.

"Of course. We were glad to help solve this problem and help keep the area safe," Carlisle said, mainly looking at me as he said it.

Quil rested his head on me with his cheek against my hair. Embry made a low rumbling noise and gently moved his head under my hand, so naturally I kept petting him. We stood like this for at least a few minutes. If I could comfort Embry just by petting him, of course I would. I am alive because of everyone in this house. It's scary to think about, but a great feeling. Jake came in after a little while, most likely after eating. Quil kissed me on the cheek and moved over so Jake could wrap his arms around me from behind. I relaxed into him, enveloped in his warmth.

"Is Edward around?" Jake asked. I looked up at him, probably with a very confused expression on my face. Speaking of Edward, where did he run off to? Before anyone else could say anything, Edward was standing in the doorway.

"That should be fine Jacob, but I must insist that Bella stand in the hallway just when you phase," Edward responded. Darn mind reader. I felt so out of the loop. Jake looked down at me and nodded, so I walked into the hallway. Before I could even turn back around, I saw my wolf standing in the middle of the room next to the table Embry was on. Jake's tongue was hanging out of his mouth and he licked Embry happily. I got it: Jake wanted to see if Embry was conscious to communicate in the pack mind but Edward could communicate with the rest of us.

"Embry is still mentally pretty fuzzy, which means the medications haven't worn off yet," Edward reported. Carlisle looked relieved to hear that. "No, I don't think he'll be waking up any time soon but I wouldn't leave him here alone for whenever he wakes up," Edward said. Jake growled at that. Even I knew that the pack would never leave someone alone, especially injured, in a house of vampires. Cullens or no Cullens, it just wouldn't happen. Jake phased back and reached to the floor to put his shorts on. Jasper, Carlisle, and Edward all looked away. I've seen almost all of the guys in the nude at this point and didn't even care anymore. Only one truly mattered to me.

"Bells, let's go home for a bit and get some sleep, then we can meet up with everyone later," Jake whispered to me.

My body language showed him I was ready. As we walked downstairs, I asked in a normal voice, "Why do you all bother whispering? Even if you are just talking to me, everyone in the house can hear anyway," I said. That caused a couple of laughs, upstairs and downstairs. Jake walked right up to Sam.

"Can we have someone run with us?" Jake asked, implying he was my ride.

"Please, allow me to drive her. You can stay human and ride with us or stay phased and run with us but I feel highly uncomfortable with her in the woods when there could be newborns still out there," Edward pleaded. He tried to keep it together, but I could hear the desperation in his voice.

"Jacob I agree with Edward, please let him drive, I'll see you later," Sam said. Edward, Jake and I began walking to the garage. Once we were in the car and about half way down the driveway towards the main road, I heard another howl. Just like the one in the clearing, full of pain and mourning. Poor Collin. I reached for Jake's hand and laced our fingers together. I put my other hand on top of his. I would never wish any harm to an imprint, but I feel selfish as I thought how happy I was that mine was safe and sound.

"Jake what are they doing with Collin?" I whispered.

"Probably getting him to phase and they'll all go back to Sam's. My guess is that Jared will stay with Embry, but we'll figure it out later. Collin is safe and being taken care of," I felt his hopefulness. We both knew that Collin was left in good hands, but the thought of losing Jake made me shiver. Before I knew it we were at the treaty line.

"Can I please drive you to your house? At least to your neighborhood? We still have a lot of woods to go to if you were to run to your house," Edward asked. I don't think he would let me ride through the woods after this afternoon, which I was thankful for, but would Jake let him on rez land?

"Yes, to the edge of the neighborhoods please. If anyone gives you trouble, literally say that you were giving Jacob and Bella a ride back, just to the edge of the neighborhoods," Jake said with caution. If anyone saw him, he could end up in serious trouble. With all of the help we've gotten from the Cullen's today, we don't need any more trouble. Eventually the car stopped. These were roads I had driven tons of times but in the dark, knowing vampires were around, they seemed a little scarier.

"Thank you so much Edward, for everything today," I said.

"Of course, Bella. Thank you also for helping us. I'm glad we were able to work together to protect as many humans as we could," Edward said looking at Jake.

"Of course. Please let us know if there is anything we can do or if you hear of anything else," Jake said as he put his hand on my lower back and turned me away from Edward. We walked for about fifteen minutes before we finally got to Jake's house. Billy wasn't there, so we could only assume he was at Harry's. We both collapsed on his bed. I could have fallen asleep right then and there out of pure exhaustion. Adrenaline from all day was finally wearing off. Jake rolled onto his side facing me and began tracing patterns on my stomach with his fingers. I looked up at him and saw so much love in his eyes.

"I love you so much, Bella. I don't even know what I would have done if anything happened to you," Jake said quietly. It almost sounded like he was holding back tears. It was honestly even painful to think about life without our imprint at this point.

"I love you, too. I've been thinking about it today also. We're here though, and we're safe," I said as I cupped his cheek with one hand. He closed his eyes and I started running my fingers through his hair over his ear. As tired as we both were, I could have laid like this forever. Eventually Jake opened his eyes I felt like we looked into each other's souls. He left his hand on my hip and rolled so he was hovering above me and kissed me. I knew that we had kissed passionately, gently, tons of ways, but this was the most loving. I couldn't describe it. It wasn't desperate, but it may become desperate if we end up wanting to skip the foreplay. Our lips moved together slowly and gently, like we couldn't get enough of each other. Well, we couldn't. I cupped both of his cheeks then ran both hands through his hair. It relaxed me almost as much as him. It was a way we kept in physical contact that was subtle but clear to us. It might as well be programmed in our brains that once we began making out more heavily, the clothes start coming off. This time as he took my shirt off, he pulled me up into a sitting position and kissed from my belly button up to the bottom of my bra. Once he pulled my shirt off I left my hands on his shoulders. He unclasped my bra and got rid of it quite quickly. He rested his head on my chest, just above my breasts, under my chin. He took a few deep breaths, it felt like he tried to keep himself together. His emotions were getting the best of him, I felt it. I traced mindless patterns on his shoulders and what I could reach of his back. That seemed to keep him calm. Without warning he kissed wherever he could reach. First the top of my breasts, then he began sucking on one nipple and gently pinching the other between two fingers. I let out a long moan. I didn't see that coming. I knew we were home alone. A definite perk after a life or death battle with supernatural creatures, I know. Jake continued teasing me and then switched. Once I regained any sort of state of mind, I cupped his balls while I was kissing my neck. His turn to let out a long moan. His lips gently moved around my neck and sucked when he could, but I kept distracting him. Eventually I pulled his face back to mine and that's when the more desperate kisses began. I just wanted him in me. We're both here, alive and safe, and most importantly, together.

"Bells, wait. I want this as much as you do, but we have time. Lay down," he ordered. I had a feeling today was going to be a day that I ended up impatient. I humored him though. He was right, there would be plenty of other days to rush. After I laid down he kissed me some more than kissed his way down my body. I should've seen this coming, it was one of his favorite things to do. He looked at me from my hips. He inhaled deeply at my core and I could see him keeping control over the wolf, who wanted to claim. "Bells you smell so good," he exhaled.

"You always say that," I said , giggling.

"Because it's true." He kept eye contact even at the first movement of his tongue licking straight up my opening. I tried to keep my eyes open but I laid my head back and moaned. He licked, put his tongue in and out of me, sucked on my clit, and oh my goodness was it all amazing. I would never get sick of this feeling. Without any dangerous vampires around, I may be able to feel this for the rest of my life. I was so close to coming when he stopped. I knew he was going to make me impatient.

"Jaaaaaaaake," I moaned.

"I need you, Bella," he said as was already positioning himself to go in me. I surely wasn't going to complain about that. At the first contact we both inhaled, then he slowly moved in me and we both moaned. Knowing that if one of us didn't make it through the battle and we could have never experienced this again. Jake hovered over me, kissing all over my neck and face gently as we rocked back and forth and moved our bodies together. I was already close to my orgasm before, so this wouldn't take long. My nails dug in to his shoulders as we kept rocking back and forth. As we kissed I could taste myself on his mouth. Usually I wasn't a huge fan of that, but again, I was happy to be able to kiss him then in the first place. We both moaned while kissing, in between kisses over each other's bodies, anywhere we could reach, and surely didn't hold anything in. I didn't care if the whole pack was outside listening, I needed to connect with my imprint. That's when I lost it. I didn't realize it until after but I was tearing up as I let go. Waves of pleasure made my body shake. I had no clue how Jake was holding on but he began moving faster to keep my orgasm going. I ended up moaning into kisses since my orgasm never stopped. It felt like hours of pleasure but I knew it was probably barely over a minute.

"Don't hold on, Bells, let it out," he whispered. As he nipped my ear and kissed down my neck I heard louder moans, but didn't care that it was me making the noises. My whole body shuddered as Jake pushed and pulled in and out of me. I couldn't even move to keep up with him anymore. I couldn't, but he kept going. After what felt like another whole orgasm, Jake finally hardened and spilled inside me as he held on to me for dear life. Tears were still falling down the side of my face into my hair quietly. I was so happy and lucky to be able to be with my imprint. We still had each other, and that was a miracle in itself.

"Sleep, Bells, we don't have to be anywhere for a little while," Jake whispered in my ear. "I love you so much."

"I love you, too," I answered, before I fell asleep.