Adriana P.O.V.

I sat on the stiff decorative couch in Jake's room and he sat down at the plush arm chair. I cross my legs and placed my hands in my lap, waiting for Jake to talk. He took a deep breath,

"Tirana and I grew up together. We were really close till we got to high school. She started getting into sex and alcohol so I cut her off. I didn't need someone like that in my life."

I nodded that was not nearly as bad as I thought it was. Then he looked nervous,

"I am not going to lie to you, Ri. Tirana was my first everything. We were each others first kisses and we lost our virginity to each other."

My blood ran cold. The mere thought of Jake and Tirana made me sick. I whispered,

"Ok."

He raised an eyebrow,

"After you hearing that all you have to say is ok?"

I tried to shrug it off. This was not how I pictured today would go. My head started to pound from my hangover and my stomach turned. I felt slightly dizzy as I shrugged,

"It was obviously a while ago. When was the last time you slept with her?"

He went quiet. My heart leaped into my throat. What would I do if he had been with her?

"Jake, when did you last sleep with her."

I glared at him and he whispered,

"Two weeks."

My heart froze and my heart clenched painfully like someone was jabbing tiny needles into it over and over again. Tears welled up in my eyes and I chocked out,

"Two weeks?"

He looked guilty as he nodded,

"I was really drunk at a party and it just kinda happened...it was an accident..."

I flew up from my couch, rage pulsing through me.

"HOW DO YOU ACCIDENTALLY PUT YOUR DICK IN A SLUT?!"

Jake looked startled and narrowed his crystal blue eyes at me.

"I told you it was an accident Ri. I was drunk. It didn't mean anything."

I laughed dryly, trying to hide the pounding hurt coursing through me.

"Sex doesn't mean anything to you? Its not intimate to you? Wow thank God I found this out before you gave me Tirana's STDs."

I spun on my heel and held my head high as tears raced down my cheeks. It was then that I realized he never said he loved me back.

My heart tore in two and a fresh wave of tears fell. My vision was so blurry I couldn't get the damn door open. I threw my hands in the air and yelled at the door,

"Dammnit!"

I felt a hand land of the bare skin of my collar bone and I tried not to shiver. Hot breath ran over my ear and neck as Jake whispered,

"Calm down, Ri. You cant leave yet."

I scowled and gave him my best death glare,

"I cant leave? Says who? You?"

He smirked and his eyes darkened slightly. Before I could blink, he had twirled my around and pushed me gently against the door. My heart leaped into my throat and I felt myself turning red. His face was so close to mine I could see his long eyelashes and noticed a small splash of freckles by his nose.

"Yes I do say so, sweetheart. Problem with that?"

His voice was dripping with sarcasm but was slightly husky, sending shivers down my spine. I whispered back,

"There is a problem there cause news flash, you don't own me."

He grip on my arm tightened and he leaned forward, twirling a lock of my hair on his finger.

"I could you know."

I snorted and looked away from him in my embarrassment.

"What are you going to do? Mark me? Are you my sexy werewolf mate?"

He grinned widely at me,

"Is that an invitation, sweetheart?"

Damn testosterone...

I tried to push him away, my face growing warmer,

"No! You're not putting those werewolf canines anywhere near me!"

He chuckled and moved his head to the crook on my neck. My heart went on over drive when he whispered,

"Who knows? You might like it..."

He pressed a soft kiss to my collarbone and I shivered, my protests and resistance slowly dripping away. Jake pulled away and brushed a stray piece of hair from my forehead, tucking it behind my ear. His eyes bore into mine earnestly when he whispered,

"You're so beautiful..."

He pressed a kiss to my forehead and whispered against my flushed skin,

"So desirable..."

He moved down the tip of my nose,

"So wonderful and pure..."

He kissed my cheek,

"Everything I want but don't deserve..."

He brushed his lips over mine, sending sweet shivers over me. He rested his forehead on mine and whispered,

"I shouldn't love you... But dammit I do."

My heart jumped and my blood ran cold. Did he just...?

Jake chuckled at my reaction,

"Your reactions are just so adorable."

I pouted and furrowed my eyebrows at him.

"Don't tease me..."

Jake laughed gently and kissed me briefly,

"I cant help it, its just so much fun!"

I laughed and poked his forehead,

"So your a sadist?"

His face turned an unbelievable shade of crimson.

"I am not!"

I laughed and stepped away from him, trying to keep my face straight.

"Sorry I don't know if I'm into that stuff, thats kinda a deal breaker for me."

The look of embarrassment and horror on his face was hysterical.

"I am telling you I'm not!"

"So if I looked in your nightstand drawer I wont find handcuffs?"

He yelled loudly,

"I don't own handcuffs!"

A voice pipped up behind him,

"Who has handcuffs?"

My eyes lite up and I ran up to him,

"LUCAS YOU'RE BACK!"

Lucas laughed and gave me a big hug, spinning me around,

"Did ya miss me?"

I beamed up at him laughing,

"Of course I did you big goof!"

Suddenly, I was pulled out of Lucas's arms and arms slipped around my waist. Jake rested his chin on my shoulder and glowered at Lucas.

Lucas laughed and wiggled his fingers at him,

"Ooo so scary! Still a big fan of mine Jakey?"

Jake's grip tightened slightly and he didn't say anything.

I huffed and tried to wiggle out of Jake's arms but Jake just laughed and purred in my ear,

"Keep wiggling that nice butt of yours and Lucas might see something he doesn't want to."

Blood rushed to the top of my head and I smacked his arm,

"Pervert let me go!"

"Little brother, I didn't peg you for a possessive jealous type."

Loraine appeared from behind Lucas and wrapped an arm around Lucas's waist. I smiled broadly when I saw Lucas's face turn bright red but he didn't move her hand away.

I asked excitedly,

"Are you two together?!"

Lucas sighed exasperatedly,

"Yeah I guess."

Loraine pouted sadly but her brown eyes glittered like jewels. She looked in love.

"Sound happier about it, Luci."

Lucas looked really happy too as he kissed the top of her head. I felt a pang of jealously; would I ever have that with Jake?

Jake seemed to read my thoughts and he kissed my neck lightly and smiled at me.

"The amount of love in this room is disgusting."

Alyssa, Jake's maid appeared in the doorway. She rolled her eyes and glared at Loraine as she walked by her but Loraine was too busy smiling at Lucas to notice her blatant jealousy.

She looked at me,

"Mrs. Collins requests to see you along with Lucas."

Lucas stepped away from Loraine and Jake let me go. Trailing after Alyssa, we both waved goodbye to Loraine and Jake. Jake winked at me as I closed the door and yelled,

"Still diggin' the slippers!"

I threw one of my Cookie Monster slippers at him.

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Mrs. Collins was typing away at her keyboard, not looking up when me and Lucas entered the silent stuffy office.

She still didn't look up at us as she ordered,

"Sit."

Lucas and I sat down on the wooden chair in front of her wide desk. I wondered what she could possibly want. I hadn't seen her in person for almost a month.

With one final click, Mrs. Collins closed whatever she was working on and turned to us, her blue eyes narrowed hard and cold.

"Lucas explain."

Lucas sighed and turned to me,

"While I was in London, I ran into someone. He came up to me and gave me this picture and tell the girl in this picture a message for him."

He showed me the picture and my blood ran cold. It was a picture of me when I was young and my Dad was giving me a piggyback ride.

"My D-Dad?"

Lucas nodded then frowned in deep confusion,

"He told me to tell you he had received a message from this 'Tom' and that you had to be careful and...

I stopped listening as I remembered the person who had haunted the dark shadows of my life for years. The man named Tom who had killed my mother, the man who had looked me in the eye as he spared me only to let me live in terror.

I stood up abruptly, making the chair screech against the floor. Lucas stopped talking and looked at me in alarm.

"Are you ok, darling?"

My throat was too tight to reply as I ran out of the room.

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"Dammit it Noah just kiss Allie already, she loves you!"

I shoved Ben and Jerry's down my throat with Madison sitting beside me, watching the Notebook. Madison gave me a concerned look,

"You know they kiss right? We have seen this stupid movie millions of times."

I sniffled and shoved more chocolate ice-cream in my face,

"But with my luck they wont..."

Madison huffed and snatched the remote and turned the TV off.

"What the hells your deal? Jakey Poo has been pounding on the door for an hour, your phone is sounding like a vibrator with all the text messages your getting from him, and your pretty much making out with that ice-cream tub so hard its rated R and making ME uncomfortable!"

I bowed my head and sighed,

"I got a message from my Dad."

Madison froze and stared at me in alarm,

"What did he say?"

Tears welled up in my eyes and all I could say was,

"Tom."

In a flash Madison was up on her feet and gave me a flying hug.

"That motherfu--"

I slammed my hand over her mouth and gave her a pointed look. She rolled her eyes and pried away my hand, declaring,

"I'm gonna kill him with my little brothers ninja sword and take his tiny balls and punt them with a golf club and then bury him in a dumpster and dump the dumpster in a volcano!"

Where the hell does she come up with this stuff?

She hugged me tighter for a second then jumped up and ran for the door.

I pointed at her and glared,

"Madison if you open that door..."

She winked and pulled it open, revealing Jake standing there, holding my slipper in his hand with a small box in the other.

He winked,

"Does my little Cookie Monster need some cookies to feel better?"

Madison laughed and slapped his shoulder on her way out,

"Tag your it, lover boy. Your turn to comfort."

She waved to me and walked off. I made a mental note to introduce her to Loraine, sure that they would be great friends.

Jake walked in, kicking the door closed behind him. He turned on my lamp, lightening the dark room. He set down my slipper and the box, covering his mouth as he tried not to laugh.

I was in a mountain of blankets and pillows with only my face and hand showing.

"Maybe Blanket Monster is a more appropriate name for you, Bookworm?"

I rolled my eyes at his old nickname. It made me smile though, it made me feel special.

He sat down next to me and started to pull of blankets and pillows till I was sitting there in my pajamas holding a tub of ice-cream. I sighed and teased,

"I don't know why boys aren't lined up down the block waiting for some of this?"

Jake smiled softly and cupped my cheek,

"I do."

Well if that wasn't adorable I didn't know what was.

Jake pulled me to his side and laid down, pulling me to his side. My small frame fit snuggly against his and instead of his large size intimidating me, it made me feel safe and comforted. I snuggled into his chest and he kissed the top of my head.

He stroked my hair as he whispered,

"You don't have to tell me whats going on but I want to be here for you, so don't push me away alright?"

I nodded and he smiled as he turned the TV back on.

"Is this that Notebook movie that girls have been trying to get me to watch?"

I nodded and fought off a smile.

He clicked play,

"Well I have been avoiding it for years, but for you, I will watch this insufferable movie."

I slapped his chest,

"It is not insufferable! Its adorable! Its every girls romantic dream!"

Jake smirked at me and pulled me closer to him,

"Am I not romantic enough for you?"

I paused thoughtfully then teased,

"Nope."

Jake sat up and reached for the box. He held up two forks and opened the box, revealing a single wanton.

"How 'bout now?"

I grinned and pressed a kiss to his soft lips,

"Thats kind of adorable."

He winked,

"I promise not to break the fork with my abs this time."

I smiled and my heart ached with happiness. Whatever force that made me love, Jake this much, I thanked them over and over for the happiness he brought me, even if it was just in the form of a wanton.

Loving him brought me such joy.

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