Catherine (J. Black)

Chapter Ten

Jacob walks with Catherine through the trees, they'd dealt with her family and now they have to talk to the pack, Carlisle walks ahead of them, he's there to talk about amending the treaty, Jacob to be allowed across the line with repercussions and for Catherine to be acknowledged as an imprint, officially, plus she needs to resign the treaty, with her unmarried name. Rosalie and Emmett behind, just in case, but it's mostly for Rosalie to watch over Catherine. Jacob looks to his imprint and smiles, completely in awe smile, dopey and all loved up, Rosalie rolls her eyes, Emmett nudges her back. Jacob brushes his fingers against Catherine's, she smiles and looks down, before threading her fingers with his. They share a smile. Emmett smiles seeing his little sister smiling again, he looks to Rosalie who even smiles too, she looks to Emmett and drops it, he smirks and kisses her head. Knowing that Rosalie is secretly happy for her sister and the wolf, even if he is a wolf. Rosalie knows that the imprint bound means he will never intentionally hurt her.

"Jacob" Sam states approaching the treaty line.

"Sam" Jacob greets back squeezing Catherine's hand before letting go and heading across the line. "Doc wants to talk about mending the treaty, just to allow me over to see Catherine" Sam looks to Catherine as Rosalie and Emmett move to stand with her between them. "They thought it best to talk to you in...person" Sam nods and looks to Carlisle, they move away to talk as Catherine approaches the treaty line, well she thinks it's the treaty line, seen as she can't smell it like the others. Jacob leans against a tree on the other side and smiles at her. She smiles back.

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Jacob grabs a muffin from the table and tries to shovel it in so he can go back to Catherine. Emily shakes her head.

"Slow down" she warns. "You'll choke"

"Sorry" Jacob mumbles with a mouthful. Paul and Jared share a look as Embry smiles.

"So...when do I get to meet her?" Emily asks and all the wolves stiffen and look to Sam, Emily looks to him. "I do get to meet her, right? She's an imprint..."

"And a vampire" Paul points out grabbing a muffin, Jacob growls at him. "Well she is" Paul adds. "And we're here to protect humans from them"

"She doesn't smell like a vampire" Sam points out, they all look to him. "She smells human"

"You don't smell it either?" Jacob asks.

"I think it's because we're a pack, we're connected...." Sam answers. "And because she's an imprint, so we're not...uncomfortable around her"

"So?" Emily asks. "Can I meet her?" Sam sighs and looks to Jacob.

"We can do...a supervised meeting, at the treaty line, with....reinforcements, just...to be sure" Sam offers, Jacob nods.

"And when she's ready" Jacob offers. "She's....we're not....It's complicated...." Paul smirks.

"He means he choked...vampire got your panties in a knot?" Jacob growls and lunges at Paul who laughs dodging him.

"Hey, easy, both of you" Sam warns. "Jacob" he snaps, Jacob stops and glares at Paul instead.

"She was married, okay" he states. "To the other one....To Edward" they all stare at him. "Yeah, see...."

"So....Bella stole her husband?" Seth asks.

"Yeah" Jacob nods.

"You imprinted on the vampire that hates the human you love" Leah points out.

"I don't love Bella" Jacob tells her. "I don't really feel anything for her any more, I mean I am annoyed, pissed off even for what she did to Catherine...it's hard to explain...."

"No it's not" Sam tells him. "Your affection for Bella is what lead you to Catherine....she was the white rabbit to your Alice....Catherine being Wonderland" they all stare at Sam as Emily smiles. "The white rabbit lead Alice to Wonderland...that's the analogy I was going for...." the wolves all start laughing, Sam sighs. Jacob smirks but he understands what Sam means, if he hadn't 'loved' Bella he would never have met Catherine.

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Jacob smiles approaching the treaty line, Catherine is sitting with her back against a tree and a book in her lap, his smile widens as he approaches her.

"Catherine" he greets, she looks up at him and smiles herself.

"Jacob" she greets back.