Yup. Not Stephanie Meyer blah blah blah blah all that shiz.
~Katie's POV~
After Jake and I left the house he drove us to Seattle to go see a movie and eat a late lunch. We rode in comfortable silence for most of the time. Well, I did. Jake was fidgeting a lot and I sighed, looking over at him and making a motion with my hand.
"So you want to tell me what Sadie told you before I came down?" I asked him and he bit his lip. I could tell Sadie scared him, which honestly, was kind of amusing. She was tiny, and he was a big guy. But I guess if the best friend of my imprint acted like she could kill you without blinking, then I would be a bit frightened too.
"Well.. she threatened me." he said, letting out a breath. I rolled my eyes with a dramatic sigh.
"Sadie, Sadie, Sadie..." I mumbled, smiling. "How did she threaten you?" I asked after a pause and he cleared his throat, looking a bit embarrassed about being intimidated by a girl. After a moment of me watching him, he sighed and rubbed the back of his neck, one hand still on the steering wheel.
"She... threatened to tie me down and peel my skin off.." he shuddered, crinkling his nose. I barely kept in a giggle as he frowned. "She's scary. I don't know what it is about her.. I mean, no offense, but I just get a weird vibe off of her at times and-..." he cut himself off, looking at me apologetically. "I'm sorry, I know she's your best friend.." he said. I couldn't help it, I started giggling, he was just too cute. Jake frowned and looked at me, tilting his head. "What's so funny..." he asked, his eyes glancing over at me before looking back at the road.
"Sadie is... protective. We met a long time ago and we're like sisters.. she can be a bit weird and violent at times, yes, but she's usually pretty nice. I guess she just doesn't want me to get hurt." I smiled at him reassuringly. "But even if she did want to skin you, I wouldn't let her. I think you'd be much cuter with your skin." I teased, watching his cheeks turn a light red. He sighed, looking almost relieved. Finally we pulled into the cinema parking lot and he grinned at me.
"I can take the threats.. she just looks so serious about it when she makes them." he told me, turning off the car and pulling the key out of the ignition. I just grinned at him, opening my door.
"That's because she is." I smirked, hopping out. I didn't have to look back to see Jake's shocked and slightly frightened look. "You coming?" I called to him from over my shoulder. He quickly got out and walked around his truck and followed me inside the cinema. Once we got in line, we looked up at the menu like board to see what was playing.
"What do you want to see?" Jake asked and I smiled slightly, tilting my head as I stayed silent, my eyes scanning over the various titles. I looked up at him and grinned, knowing what I wanted to watch.
An hour and a half later, we walked out, his hand around mine. He stretched, his back a bit stiff from sitting in the uncomfortable movie theater chairs, and to be honest, my back was a bit stiff too, but it didn't bother me too much. Jake gave me a crooked grin, and shook his head.
"I can't believe you made me go see a chick flick.." he crinkled his nose, making him look even cuter than he already was. I just laughed, tossing my empty drink cup in the trash can as we passed by.
"Okay, you said it was up to me and if you really didn't want to see it, you could have said something." I pointed out, matching his grin with my own as we walked out of the cinema. He sighed, nodding with a grin.
"But what kind of date would I be then?" he asked as I shrugged, grinning up at him. I poked his arm playfully.
"A date with an opinion, maybe?" I responded with a small smirk and he raised an eyebrow, amusement in his eyes.
"Oh ho ho. Someone's feisty." he winked. "So, where do you want to eat? Or should I have an opinion about that?" he teased, nudging me gently with his elbow. I had to smile. He was so protective, we hadn't spent all that much time together, but I could tell he was. Just by the way he acted around me, he was so gentle, and watchful of my every move. Constantly being near me like he would take a bullet for me if he had to. Which, honestly, from how I've heard Sadie talking about imprinting, he probably would. Not that any one wanted to shoot me or any thing.. I hope. I hadn't realized I was staring at him until he waved his hand in front of my face gently, making me blink and look at him.
"Say what?" I asked and he chuckled.
"I asked if you wanted to eat any where specific." he said, looking down at me with a crooked smile. I felt the heat rising to my cheeks and I looked down at my shoes, shrugging with a small smile.
"Well, you know the area better than me.. I don't mind. Food's food. Unless it's bacon. Then it's heaven full of that has been cooked in grease." I responded with a slight chuckle and he laughed, wrapping his arm around me. I froze, not expecting him to do that and he started to pull away, looking slightly embarrassed. I smiled and wrapped an arm around his waist, moving into his side a bit more before he could pull back completely. "Lead the way." I chirped and he shot me a bright smile before we started walking. We walked down the sidewalk for about five minutes when suddenly there was a large clap of thunder and it started to pour. My hands immediately flew to my head, trying (and failing) to protect my hair. Jacob laughed and grinned, stopping.
"May I?" he asked and I looked confused. He held his arms out and I just continued to look confused.
"May you whaa-" I cut myself off with a slight squeal as his arms slid under me and he picked me up bridal style and started running towards the diner. I couldn't help but laugh. Even though I was still soaked, it was still faster than if we had walked side by side. Our laughter rang through the silent, empty diner as we got inside and he set me down, shaking his hair out like a dog, pun intended. I grinned up at him. "Why thank you." I said with a playful curtsy and he laughed, mock bowing, leading me to a booth.
"You're welcome m'lady." he beamed, sliding in across from me. I pulled out my phone and checked the time. It was still kind of early so I texted Sadie.
'Having a great time with Jake. Don't know really when I'll be back. Don't hurt any of the Cullens. Except for Edward. Feel free to kick his ass.
-K'
I sent the text to her and put my phone back in my purse before looking back up at Jake who was giving me a curious look.
"Is something wrong?" he asked. I could almost hear a hint of worry in his voice so I quickly shook my head, flashing a smile.
"No, there isn't. I just never told Sadie when I'd be back. I was just texting her to tell her that I'd be back whenever and to be nice." I shrugged, watching as a waitress started to walk over. He had an amused look on his face.
"To be nice? Did she go somewhere?" he asked and I nodded.
"Yep, to the Cullen's to help plan for a graduation party." I told him and his expression grew dark. He opened his mouth to say something when the perky waitress, who was also going slower than a turtle, walked up and smiled.
"What can I get you two?" she looked up at her, pursing his lips and she drew back slightly at his expression. I simply acted as if I didn't notice and smiled before ordering and looking to Jake, waiting for him to order also. After he did, in a very cold way might I add, he turned back to me, his stare fixed right on me.
"Katie you and Sadie really shouldn't be around them. They aren't safe." he said like I knew he would. I figured he'd more than likely give me a warning since werewolves and vampires were enemies or whatever. I just shook my head.
"Sadie and I can take care of ourselves, Jacob." I told him, using his full name rather than his nickname. He scoffed, rolling his eyes slightly and I quirked an eyebrow. He noticed this and sighed.
"Look, you two might be able to, I don't doubt that. But you two still shouldn't be-" he started and I cut him off, raising my hand slightly.
"Jake.. let it go please? We'll be fine." I reassured and he shook his head, running his hand through his har hair.
"Alright..." he muttered and changed the topic. We continued talking about little things when our food came and we happily dug in.
On the way back to Forks, it was still raining, as always. We sat in comfortable silence, the only noise being the slight pitter patter of the rain on the top of the truck. Finally, Jacob broke the silence by sighing. "I'm sorry about getting a little worked up in the restaurant." he told me and I looked over at him. I shrugged, turning my body so I was facing him a bit more. By this time we were almost at my house.
"It's alright, Jake.. it's nice to know that you care enough to say things like that. But we really can take care of ourselves. Sadie more than I. Besides, I'm only really close with Rose and Alice. Not so much any of the others." I shrugged again. "We'll be careful." I said in a tone implying that was all I had to say. And it was, I really didn't want to say what we are and he get freaked out. Not that I think he would, he turns into a wolf for crying out loud. But still, keep things slow. I'll take Sadie's advice and tell him my secret when he tells me his, even though I already know it.
Nodding, he pulled into my drive way and I could see Sadie was home already. Surely Alice didn't let her off that easily, did she? Smiling at Jake, I unbuckled. "I had a great time today." I said, opening the door. He smiled at me and leaned forward, kissing my cheek.
"I did too." he said and I couldn't help but let out a little girlish giggle as I got out and waved to him, closing the door and looking through the window that was rolled down just a crack.
"I'll call you." I said and he nodded, grinning as he pulled out. I watched him drive away before digging out my key and walking into the house. "Ohhh Sadieeeeeeeeee!" I called happily and heard a muffled 'I'm here' coming from upstairs and quickly laughed, kicking my shoes off and running all the way upstairs. The smile quickly dropped from my face though as I opened her door to see her throwing different things into a small suitcase. She turned around, looking flustered.
"I'm leaving." she stated.
A/N: Bloop. So, what do you all think? Is it good? Is it bad? Is it boring? Or just... eh. Let me know because I get really nervous about my writing. But yeah, any way. Just letting y'all know that I might change my pen name soon.
-marie
