They both flinched, as their skin touched, not so much from their different temperatures but from the spark. Both didn't say anything, just gazed into each other's eyes. Not lovingly, just nervous.

"I-uh-I-I wanted to apologize." Jacob stepped back trying to focus on only her eyes, but a girl as beautiful as Alex, he couldn't help but look at "other things."

Alex looked down at her feet trying not to notice him staring at her body. "Okay." She slightly whispered feeling at a loss for words. She looked back up to find his eyes on hers now.

"That night, I was just-" Jacob scrambled his head to find a word for what he felt that night, but no word can subscribe it.

"Overwhelmed?" Alex offered as she dragged her right foot back and forth. She watched as Jacob nodded. He couldn't tell her he imprinted on her, not yet anyways.

"Yeah, kind of." He gave her a small smile, which Alex gladly took. "Anyways, I really am sorry." He noticed the hint of sadness in her eyes when he mentioned the apology and he promised himself that moment that he would never do anything to hurt her.

"Okay-"

"Okay? That's all? Am I forgiven?" Jacob wondered all she said was 'okay' that didn't say much, it just meant that she heard what he had to say. He needed to know whether or not if he was forgiven.

"Jacob, I didn't finish." Alex giggled slightly. "You're forgiven." She looked at him, as a sigh of relief escaped Jacob's mouth.

"Thank you." He stared into her eyes. "I mean that too, I was honestly expecting you to never speak to me ever again." At that moment, as Alex giggled once more, he realized he truly loved her. He wouldn't care if his pack knew. He wouldn't care if his dad knew. He just needed to be with her, all the time. She was his life from that moment on. "Listen, me and a couple of friends, are going to this beach by La Push. You want to go? With me? I know it's fall but it should be fun."

Alex bit her lip, La push. Home of the werewolves, also home of their enemies. "Are you sure this is a good idea? I mean I'm a-I'm a-"

"I don't care what you are." Jacob stated then continued. "And I don't care what they think." He finished with pure determination in his eyes. He wouldn't let them hurt her, and he definitely wouldn't tolerate their rude comments.

"I don't know." Alex slightly shook her head. She wouldn't be able to take rejection once more, especially from Jacob's friends.

"Please." He whispered, and gave her pleading eyes. He wanted everyone to know who he loved. He knew he would never hear the end of it from his friends, but that didn't mean he couldn't share his world with her.

She scrambled in her head for polite ways to say no, but she just couldn't. She told herself it would only be for one night. If it meant she would be near Jacob, then she'd risk her heart. Her cold dead heart. "Fine." She slightly said, then watched as the smile on Jacob's face grew wide. She couldn't stop herself from smiling too.

"It'll be a lot of fun. I promise." He took her hand and squeezed it. He couldn't help but feel like he just won the lottery, she was perfect, and he was hers. He now belonged to Alex Hale/Cullen. Whether she knew it or not.

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"Please, mom. Please please please." Alex and her whole family just got home from hunting and she thought that was the perfect time to ask for permission. Vampire or not she still needed permission from her parents to go out.

"Alex, honey, why would you even want to go to one of those things?" Rosalie looked at her daughter trying to find a reason why she would want to spend her time with a dog. He's nothing special.

"Rose." Edward said accusingly, looking right at her. "Just let her go. She won't get hurt. She'll be safe with Jacob."

"Yeah, safe with Jacob. But you can't guarantee no harm coming from the others." Rosalie then put a protective arm over Alex's shoulder and held on to her. Her job was to protect Alex. That's what mothers do.

"I'll be fine, mom. Nothing to worry about, besides if I don't make it home safe I'll never go to La push ever again, okay?" Alex tried to reassure her mother, she was just way to overprotective. But she would always be the baby of the family.

"I still don't know about this. Carlisle?" Rosalie called out for her father figure, wanting to get some parental support. She looked to his side and saw Esme his wife and her mother figure. She hoped they would be on her side. "What do you think?"

"Do you trust Alex?" Carlisle started, as Rosalie rolled her eyes. She nodded slowly as a response. "Then you should let her go, I don't see any harm with her going."

Alex looked up at Rosalie hopefully. She then bit her lip and waited for Rosalie's answer. "Fine." Rosalie walked over to Emmett and put an arm around his torso. "Only if you allow us to get to know Jacob a little bit better." Alex eyes widened and stared at Emmett he just shook his head and shrugged his shoulders.

"Promise you won't hurt him, offend him in any way or scare him off though." Alex crossed her arms and squared her shoulders. She wouldn't take no for an answer. Edward slightly laughed as he read her mind that second. He tried to cover up his laughter with a cough. She rolled her eyes then turned her attention to her parents.

Rosalie struggled a bit with the exception. She crossed her arms also and bit her lip. "Yes!" Emmett answered for her. He smiled at Alex and Alex couldn't help but grin ear to ear. She ran to Emmett and gave him a big hug.

"Ugh!" Alice's voice startled everyone except Edward. "I can't see anything that has to do with Alex. I hate it!" Jasper immediately went to her side and tried to comfort her. She soon was calm and looked at Alex. "I am so sorry. I can't see anything at all. I'm scared."

"I'll be fine Alice. Don't worry." Alex rubbed Alice's shoulder and offered a small smile. Alex was so happy she couldn't hold it in any longer. She needed to tell Jacob, right there and then. She tilted her head towards Edward.

Edward caught on to what she was asking, and he sighed. He then nodded a slow yes. "I'm going to Bella's. Alex you want to come?" Edward asked quickly.

Alex nodded then ran outside the door, giggling in excitement. She took out her cell-phone and dialed Bella's number.

"Alex?" Bella on the other line answered.

"Bella, I need to ask you a huge favor."

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"Will he be okay with it?" Bella stood in front of the Black's residence, talking to Jacob.

"My dad's not home. I think he's fishing with your dad. What he doesn't know can't hurt him." Jacob needed to see Alex and he was glad he was going to soon.

"Okay she and Edward are in the truck I'll just go tell Alex and me and Edward will pick her up later." Bella started walking towards the truck as Jacob ran inside trying to clean up the place a bit. He then ran back to the door, just in time to see her walking up the steps.

He smiled at her, as she smiled back. "Hey." His smile was so big his cheeks were starting to hurt but he didn't care. She was there and that was all that mattered.

"Hello." She too was smiling and stood at the door. She slightly giggled as she noticed Jacob was just smiling at her. "Aren't you going to invite me in?"

"Oh. Yeah, come on in. Sorry that this place is kind of a mess. I've been on duty for a while and just got the day off." Jacob motioned for her to sit on the couch. He sat right beside her.

"Duty? As in werewolf stuff?" Alex asked, then wished she never said anything. Why am I so stupid? You're not supposed to ask that!

Jacob noticed the stiffness in Alex then offered her a reassuring smile. "Yeah, we guard our territory I guess." Great. Now she probably thinks I meant it as in guarding from them. "We just look out." He shrugged then sighed.

"Do they know about me?" Alex looked down at her lap then bit her lip. "I don't want you getting in trouble or anything." She looked back up and found him staring at the floor.

"Yeah. They know. I can't really keep secrets from them." He looked over and saw her look down again. "But I don't care. They can think what they want. All that matters is that we're okay with it right?"

"Right." She nodded then smiled. "It doesn't matter what anyone thinks. As long as they don't interfere we're fine." He smiled back then took her hand in his. Again, the temperature did not matter, only the spark they felt.

They both sat there in a nice silence that they both enjoyed, nothing needed to be said. As long as they both knew how the other felt, it was okay.

"So have you asked if you're allowed to go Saturday?" Jacob asked casually, truly wondering. He rubbed little circles on the back of her hand feeling the stiffness.

"Yeah, I can go but um my-" She scrambled her head trying to think of a way to tell him her vampire parents want to meet him, the werewolf. "My parents want to meet you first."

"Your parents/" Jacob asked suddenly feeling nervous. As much as he disliked them he had to make an impression on her. She tilted her head sideways as she watched him think it over. He took a glance at her then sighed. "Okay. You want me to meet them tomorrow?"

"Sure. Then after that we can hang out." She smiled and he smiled too. It seemed like their smiles were infectious towards one another.

"Yeah that'd be great."

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"Mom can you please try and act civilized. For me?" Alex begged her mom, as she was putting the finishing touches on the meal she prepared for Jacob. He was coming over for and she knew he had a big appetite.

"I will. I promise, I think it's him you should ask to be civilized not me." Rosalie straightened her outfit as she saw Emmett walk through the door.

"You're making him dinner too?" He went around the kitchen from where he stood towards Alex and embraced her. "Trying to make an impression, I see." He smiled widely at her. "That's my girl."

"Behave, please." Alex turned towards him and begged. "Mom insisted on serving Jacob in a dog bowl. Talk to her, please." She turned towards Rosalie who just shrugged.

"It's not my fault he gave me the impression of a dog." Rosalie stated as Alex rolled her eyes. He arched her eyebrow towards Rosalie to Emmett as if saying, "See what I mean?"

"Rose, relax. This kid apparently really likes Alex and Alex really likes him. There must be something great about him to make her like him so why don't we try to find something great about him too?" Emmett encouraged Rosalie. She just sighed and shrugged. Alex bit her lip hoping nothing would go wrong.

As if on cue, the doorbell rang and Alex ran to the door checking the time as she went. It was 7:01.

She answered the door, to find a smiling Jacob. She too found herself smiling. "You said to be here at 7:00 and it's 7:01. I wanted to come fashionably late." He joked causing Alex to chuckle slightly. She motioned for him to come in, and as he stepped through the door, he looked around at the place amazed. He had completely forgotten that they were rich.

"I made you dinner, if you're hungry." Alex led him towards the kitchen and Jacob immensely followed. He was really hungry. He came down at around six wanting to make it on time and ended up waiting in Forks for about forty-five minutes doing nothing.

"Yeah I'm starved." He smelled the Chicken Alfredo, but there was something else. A disgusting smell. He never noticed if Alex smelled the same way as other vampires do, neither did Alex. She never smelled the horrifying werewolf smell. But now being in the Cullen's home, he smelt it and it smelled bad. He tried to ignore the smell, for Alex's sake.

"Okay. Here you go." She handed him the plate with food on it and led him towards the dining room table. She sat down across from him and watched him eat.

Jacob ate, also watching Alex as he ate. She just sat there staring at him. She studied all his features and how they moved when he took a bit. Sure, maybe it was probably a little creepy for him-even though it wasn't-but she enjoyed watching him. It made her feel alive.

Just as he finished eating, he stood up and took the plate to the kitchen. "Where should I put it?" He asked turning towards Alex.

"Just throw it away I don't think we're ever going to use it anyway. I just bought it today." She simply said and he shrugged. He took it near an empty trashcan and threw it in there. They stood for about two seconds when Alex asked, "Would you like to meet them now?"

"Sure." Was all Jacob could say because he didn't really want to meet them, he was nervous. What if they have a say in who Alex is allowed to see? What if they don't allow her to be with him? That would be too much for him to bare.

"Mom, dad." Alex said as if they were just standing beside her. They came in through the doors, and eyed Jacob. "Mom, Dad, this Is Jacob Black. Jacob, this is my mom Rosalie and my dad Emmett."

"Hey." Jacob slightly muttered then spoke up. "Nice to meet ya'" He smiled at them. Emmett returned the smile immediately but Rosalie stayed as stiff as a rock.

"Nice to meet you too." Emmett motioned towards the living room. They all sat down on the couch. At first there was silence in the room, but Emmett spoke up. "So, Jake. Is it alright if I call you Jake?" Jacob nodded nervously. "Jake, what do you do for fun?"

"Hang out with friends I guess." Jacob chuckled slightly at the lack of conversation. "I don't really do much, but I've been occupied these days with something far more fun than I would normally have." He looked at Alex, and smiled at her. If Alex could blush, she would have.

Rosalie scoffed at the way he looked at her. Everyone turned their attention to her as she tried to disguise her scoff in a cough. "Okay then, why don't you to get out of here and have fun?" Emmett stood up and motioned towards the door. Rosalie stiffened next to him but let them pass.

I personally hate this chapter, I guess it was just a filler. Next chapter will be the bonfire, so that should be fun.

xSteph.