Hands on Me (A Twilight Fanfiction written by IndependentIndividuality)

Chapter 30: In Which Jake is Nessie's Alpha

i'm aware that all in love is fair

but that's no reason to make me feel this way

- fefe dobson, kiss me fool

I immediately flew back when I felt him release me, but he was right behind me, catching me again. I managed to wriggle away before his grip could tighten and flew across the room.

"Catch me if you can, Jacob Black!" I called, my line from when I was younger returning to me and falling from my lips like I said it everyday.

"Oh, I will," he said, getting to his feet and assuming a very predator-like pose. "Don't worry, Ness."

He lunged and I spun, bounding in the opposite direction and leaving his arms empty once more. He growled in frustration. We hadn't done this in awhile - he was out of practice.

"Getting old, Jakey?" I taunted, making him make a jump for me again.

He faked left, then right, but I stood mostly still. I was ready to jump back if he made an actual attempt to catch me. He finally did and I hopped onto the bed, realizing at once that I had made a very bad move: I was cornered.

"Not so chatty now, are we?" Jake asked as he approached, exaggeratedly slowly. I knew, to use another phrase Aunt Alice was fond of because it annoyed Aunt Rose, the jig was up.

But then someone knocked on the door.

"Pizza!"

"Just a second!" Jacob called back, narrowing his eyes at me before he turned to head to the door.

With him sufficiently distracted, I ran to the bathroom and sidled behind the door. To the bathroom because I was without a bra and didn't want the pizza guy to see me and behind the door because I was going to leap at Jake when he began to look for me.

I heard the door open and the sound of things being set down, followed by Jake's word of thanks and then the door shut again.

"Ness?" Jacob said a few seconds later. "He's gone - Ness?"

I stifled a giggle, feeling childish and a little exhilarated at our game.

"It's not like you can hide," Jacob stated, and I heard his footsteps approach. "You're obviously in the bathroom, so - "

The second Jake stepped far enough in the bathroom to clear the door, I shot out from behind it and took off, pinching him in the back as I went, of course. He spun around to grab at me, but I was too fast and already back in the room and on the other side of the bed.

I flipped open the pizza box, grabbed a slice and took a quick bite before putting it back down. Jake narrowed his eyes at me as I chewed the bite slowly, making sure I made very convincing "mmm" noises.

"Did you just eat my pizza?"

"I think I did," I told him, skipping a few steps back and grabbing one of the large two-liters of soda sitting on the table. I, of course, skipped over the Coke and chose the Mountain Dew. "And now I'm thirsty."

I should have known better, but the second I raised the huge bottle to my lips to take a swallow, I felt the air change. By the time I tipped the bottle back down and looked, Jacob was on my side of the bed. My heart rate sped up, anticipation twisting in my stomach. I tried to make a run for it, but Jacob caught me around the waist, snatching me back to him and making me slop soda all down my front. It was cold.

"Jacob Black, you got me wet!" I shouted, already knowing the triumph of the win would overshadow any care he may have had about this.

My heart thrummed in my chest as Jacob pulled the bottle easily from my fingers and set it on the table behind us without another look. In a flash, he had me pinned against the wall and my stomach clenched pleasantly at the familiar position. There was also the stab of fear that the game of chase brought - what happened once you were caught?