F A D I N G M E M O R I E S; {JACOB BLACK}

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Jacob Black

"Then last night she told me that she would come down and stay with me for a while!"
I looked over at Embry as I finally started listen to what he was saying.

"Honestly I really think I'm gonna ask her for real this time,"Embry smiled as he finally stopped pacing around.

"W-Wait what are you rambling on about? Who's this girl?"

"Are you serious I've been talking for an hour now?!"
"Sorry?"

"Violet remember? Vera's best friend?" "O-Oh right Vera's friend." I placed my beer down as I felt him staring.
"What? Do I have something on my face?" I began wiping my face as Embry continued looking at me.

"No, but you've been acting weird plus you're always with Vera but I haven't seen you with her not once this whole week."
"N-Nothings wrong, really....I think?" I even questioned myself as I finished my sentence. It's been a week since we kissed but we haven't talked since.

"Spit it out Jacob....did you do something to her?!!" "NO!....well... I-....I kissed her."

"IT'S ABOUT TIME I MEAN P-PFFF....WOW!" "About time? W-What I thought she wasn't interested in me?"
"Please she totally likes you. Just don't tell her I told you, Please?" I laughed a little as he pleaded.

"We haven't talked since the kiss." "You didn't ask her to be your girlfriend?" I shook my head no as he crossed his arms. "So your saying you made the first move and haven't talked to her since AND didn't even ask her thee question?" "Shit that sounds bad,"I rubbed my eyes as I grabbed my beer.
"You think?! I mean wow Jacob I never saw it coming; kissing a girl before you even ask her to be your girlfriend."

I grabbed the pillow next to me as I chucked it at his face. "Idiot! You've done worse." He smirked as he caught the pillow. "A bit of advice you should go ask her before she moves on to the next dude." I quickly got up as I chugged the rest of my beer. "Fuck.... I gotta go." I reached for the door I looked back at him.

"GOOD LUCK WITH VIOLET!"

"THANKS, YOU TOO B-BUT NOT WITH VIOLET WITH VERA YOU KNOW?!"

Jesus idiot.
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Waiting for the door to open was like hell. Is she even home? Will she be happy to see me? Did I fuck up?

The sound of the door opening brought me out of my thoughts.

"Jacob its so nice to see you!"

"Y-Yeah you too misses Volant." "Ahh come on no formality Stella is just fine come in!" I nodded. I turned around to face her as I finally asked, "Is Vera here?" I kept my hands in my pockets as she continued closing the door. "Yeah you can go to her room it's straight forward!"

I nodded, "Thanks."

"Of course!"

I lifted my hand as I gently knocked. No response.... I knocked again but this time harder. 

"Come in!" I hesitated as I finally turned the doorknob. Walking in I noticed her room was bigger than how she described. I closed the door behind not seeing her, looking over I saw another door: her bathroom. I took this as a chance to get a closer look at her room.

Her shelf's were nearly filled with books with nooks where she stored Polaroids of her family. As I walked around I saw from the corner of my eye I had accidentally knocked a picture down. I quickly picked it up as I looked at it closely. It was a picture of her much younger with another girl.

I turned it around as it read, "ᴍᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴠɪᴏʟᴇᴛ <3– ɪᴍ ꜱᴏʀʀʏ ɪ ᴅɪᴅɴ'ᴛ ᴛᴇʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴏᴏɴᴇʀ ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʟɪᴠᴇ ᴍʏ ʟɪꜰᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴜʟʟᴇꜱᴛ. ɪ'ʟʟ ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜ."

I placed the picture back where it was wondering if the other photos also had messages in the back. A certain picture caught my eye. It was her and Embry laughing. Turning it around I read, "ᴍᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴍʙʀʏ <3– ᴛʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀꜱᴋɪɴɢ ᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ꜱᴇʟꜰɪꜱʜ ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅɴ'ᴛ. ɪᴍ ꜱᴏʀʀʏ."

I placed it down as I stared at it confused. What did Embry ask her? "Give me a minute!" I jumped as I heard her voice coming from the bathroom.
Fuck I forgot why I was here. I finally sat on her bed as I faced the bathroom door.

"My hair is so wet and I'm already getting cold can you believe it-....J-Jacob you're....... here." She finally turned around as the towel fell out of her hand as she stared at me. 

I quickly stood up as I looked at her. "Y-Yeah I'm here."

"What's wrong? Did something happen?!" She quickly walked towards me concerned and worried about me. I loved that about her, how much she cares for others. I grabbed her hand as we sat on her bed. "Everything's fine no need to worry I came here to talk about us." She looked down at her hand as she continued letting me hold it.

"I'm sorry I didn't call after the kiss I should've said something I was.....scared."

She bit her lip as she looked up at me, her hand slithered away from mine. "Yeah that was a really douchey move Jacob!" She punched my arm as she smiled at me. She's smiling.

"W-Wait you're not mad at me?"

"Not completely I mean I felt weird because I haven't liked someone in a while well at least not how I like you and after we kissed and you didn't call I felt like I was just any other girl to you." 

"YOU'RE NOT!.....S-Sorry you're not, it's just for a long time I've been searching for something real and when I kissed you.....when I kissed you I realized I finally did. But I was scared I was gonna mess it up and I guess I already did."

Before I could say anything else I felt as she lunged herself at me as her lips landed on mine.
I pulled back as I held her face.

"People do get second chances, Jacob Black."
"Assuming I have a second chance, can I ask you something?"

"Sure,"she smiled.

"Will you be my girlfriend?"

She stared into my eyes as our faces were still close to each other. "Yeah I think so," she teased.
I immediately pulled her in as I kissed her first this time.