What's Me Without You? ** ON HOLD**

We Need To Talk

I lay on my bed, trying to calm down.
Only I can't.

I jump up, grab my phone and walk out the backdoor. I walk until I find my place.

An old cave on the edge of the water, where no one except me has been for a long time. The only other person that knows about it, is... Jake...

Don't even get me started about how frustrated I get with him!

"Alex?" a soft, recognizable voice sounds.

"I don't want to talk to you Jake," I say.

"We need to talk, wether you like it or not," he says as he sits down on a rock next to me.

"About what?" I ask pretty rudely.

"Us," he replies, "What's wrong?"

"I don't know, you tell me," I say, not even looking at him.

"I know what I did. I should've kept talking to you," he says.

I interject, "Key word, should've! But you didn't."

"I know, and I'm sorry," he says, "And Bella heard your rant the day you phased."

"Good, she needs someone to pop that balloon head once in a while!" I say.

"She was pretty upset," he says.

"Tell me something I don't know. She wouldn't even talk to me today," I say, "Didn't you come here to talk about us?"

"I did," he says, "Did Sam tell you about imprinting?"

"I think so," I say, "Isn't it when a shapeshifter finds their soul mate or whatever?"

"Yeah, and there's something important you should probably know," he says.

"And what might that be All Mighty Beta?" I ask sarcastically.

"I imprinted on you, and I think you imprinted back," he concludes.

"What? When?!" I ask.

"The day I yelled at you," he says.

"If we're suppose to be soul mates, then why are you going around calling me an attention seeking bitch, and avoiding me?" I ask.

"I was jealous," he says.

"Of what?" I ask.

He simply replies with, "Quil.",

"You were jealous of Quil? Why?" I ask.

"I saw the way you two were getting closer, like you and I were. I imprinted, and I walked away to calm down," he explains.

"But you avoided me anyway," I say, "Why?"

"I thought that if I ignored the imprinting, it would just go away," he says while looking down.

"You thought the imprint would just go away?" I ask.

"Yeah?" He states.

"Why would it just go away?" I ask.

"I thought that if it went away," he starts, and mumbles the last part, not knowing that I could still hear him, "that I could win Bella over."

I glare at him, jump up and stomp away. What he doesn't know is that I've had a crush on him FOREVER! Since we were like seven.

"Alex wait!" He yells after me, I ignore him, "What did I do?"

"What did you do? What did you do?! Don't you dare ask me that question, because you know exactly what you did!" I yell at him.

"Can I just tell you something?" He asks, I cross my arms an shift my weight. He takes it as a cue to go on.

"After I phased, I felt the imprint almost instantly. Sam told me I couldn't talk to you, but you were the only one I wanted to talk to. Not Embry, or Paul. Just you."

That hits a nerve, not the bad kind, but the kind that just makes me not want to be mad at him. I never could be mad at him. Not even now.

"Now can I tell you something?" I ask him, not making a move to do anything.

He nods.

"It hit a nerve when you stopped talking to me, because I've had a crush on you since we were like seven," I say, looking away from him.

"I-I didn't know," he stutters.

"Of course you didn't I wouldn't tell anyone. Not even Britt, Mak, or Seth," I say.

"I'm sorry. I should've paid more attention," he says, obviously embarrassed.

"You don't have to be sorry, I should've told you sooner," I say, tears brimming my eyes.

"Hey, come here," he says as he pulls me into a warm hug. Not too tight, but not too loose either.

"I've missed you Jake," I mumble into his chest.

He mumbles into my hair, "I've missed you too Alex."

My tears of emotion (frustration, sadness, etc.) spill a little.

"Are you crying?" He asks.

I sniffle and say, "No, why would you ask that?"

"Yes you are, why?" He says.

"To be completely honest, I have no idea!" I sniffle and laugh, earning a chuckle from him.

"What do you say to some pizza and movies?" He asks.

"I've missed that!" I say, "I'll race you!"

And with that, I take off running.