Just Imagine
Chapter Nine
It had been one week.
A whole week.
Seven days.
168 hours.
10,080 minutes.
604,800 seconds… no, wait. 604,805 seconds.
To Jacob each and every one of those 604,805 seconds felt like a year, and years could pass pretty slowly when you happen to be a never aging werewolf.
Jacob let out another loud sigh and slammed his large head against the trunk of a very thick tree. He had phased shortly after he realized what he had done and couldn't find it in himself to phase back. If he was going to act like an animal he might as well as really be one. At least that's what he thought, anyway.
"You still stuck?" A voice, Jacob recognized as Sam, said in his head.
"Yea."
Sam sighed when he found Jacob with his head pushed against the tree, to be truthful the sight was kind of pitiful. The tree leaning slightly to the side from the pressure Jacob had used; Jacob now just sitting with his head still pushed against the tree, his large wolf ears drooping, and his fur covered in dirt, mud and grass.
"You look pathetic."
Jacob growled as Leah entered the conversation and gave her opinion.
"Enough, Leah." Said Sam, knowing Jacob had been touchy the past week.
Sam sighed as Leah huffed and phased back.
Sam and Jacob patrolled for a while, Jacobs heart not really in it. The sun was setting when Sam phased back after telling Jacob if he needed anything then all he had to do was howl. Jacobs's body flopped to the ground making a dull thud ripple through the air.
Jacob felt his eyelids fall slightly but refused to close them. Every time he closed his eyes he saw Erins.
Erin's eyes wide with shock and fear as he yelled at her.
Erin's eyes narrowing with pure anger as he said the worst thing's possible.
Erin's eyes; Erin's eyes blinking away tears as she rode away from him. Far; Far away from him, and his idiotic self.
Jacob was pulled out of his mopping when the steadying streaming of a guitar lightly flouted to his ears.
Who would play a guitar at night? Let alone at night, in a forest?
Then a voice followed.
He knew that voice! It was her voice! Jacob jumped to his paws and darted to the sound stopping when he saw her.
Erin.
She sat on a low branch of a thick tree. He knew this tree. It was the one he pinned her against and then preceded to yell at her. He winced as the scene flashed fresh in his mind but was pulled from it, as Erin continued to sing. He laid down letting some bushed and thicket cover his wolf body, his ears pointing forward and his claws pawing at the dirt resisting the urge to walk up to her and plead with her to forgive him.
I don't quite know.
How to say.
How I feel.
Those three words.
Are said too much, They're not enough.
If I lay here.
If I just lay here.
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
'Yes' thought Jacob inching a little closed her Erin trying to get a good look at her face. It had been so long since he had seen it.
Forget what we're told,
Before we get to old.
Show me a garden that's bursting into life!
Let's waste time.
Chasing birds.
Flying over our heads.
I need your grace.
To remind me, To find me own.
If I lay here.
If I just lay here.
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
Forget what we're told,
Before we get old.
Show me a garden that's bursting to life!
All that I am.
All that I ever was.
Is here in you perfect eyes, they're all I can see.
I don't know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things will never change for us at all.
If I lay here.
If I just lay here.
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
By now Jacob had come into the clearing were Erin was sitting, though she had yet to see because she was still looking at her guitar.
Jacob jumped to his feet when he heard Erin sniffle and gasp a little. He whimpered a little when he guessed she was crying.
Erin looked up quickly making her neck give a tiny crack. When her eyes found Jacobs he froze and she smiled.
"Well, Hey there, big guy." She said jumping down from her branch and slowly walking towards Jacob. "Sorry ah called ya so late at night. Ya probably want ta be asleep, huh?" She said rubbing her hand over his muzzle.
'What?' Thought Jacob. 'Why isn't she screaming or running away? What does she mean called? Oh no! Does she know its me?'
"I'll send you away in a little if you want, I just would like some company for now."
Erin sat down with her back against the trunk of the tree and patting the ground next to her while looking over at Jacob.
Jacob slowly walked over to her and lay down in front of her.
Erin whispered a thanks and start stroking his ears and head. Jacob closed his eyes relishing in the feeling of her hands softly stroking his fur. This may be the only time she'll willing touch him.
After a few moments Erin started to hum a slow, steady, heavy tune. Jacob perked up his ears listing to the tune before she started to softly and sadly sing,
Windmill, Windmill for the land
Turn forever hand in hand
Take it all there on your stride
It is tinkling, falling down…
Love forever love is free
Let's turn forever you and me
Windmill, Windmill for the land
Is everybody in?
Erin's voice faded into a soft hum before fading out. She sighed and scratched behind Jacob's ears.
"Everything's gone so wrong…" She stated softly making Jacob bring his head up so he could look her in the eye. Erin was staring at the ground but her eyes were glazed over making Jacob think she was seeing something other then the dirt.
"My parents are dead. I have an insane uncle who wants me dead. I'm putting my aunt's life at risk staying here. My friends are all pissed at each other. And…and I think I lost any chance I had with an amazing guy."
Erin's eyes filled with tears.
"I don' get it!" She said her voice cracking with frustration. "I trusted him! I thought he was my friend!!"
Jacobs's ears went flat against his head and he let out a small whine. It felt like his heart was breaking apart.
Tears started to fall down Erin's cheeks in fat drops spilling onto her chin and splashing onto her lap. She brought her knees up to her forehead and curled into a ball.
"I trusted him.." Her voice was weak; Barley a whisper. But Jacob heard it.
"I'm sorry…"
A whole week.
Seven days.
168 hours.
10,080 minutes.
604,800 seconds… no, wait. 604,805 seconds.
To Jacob each and every one of those 604,805 seconds felt like a year, and years could pass pretty slowly when you happen to be a never aging werewolf.
Jacob let out another loud sigh and slammed his large head against the trunk of a very thick tree. He had phased shortly after he realized what he had done and couldn't find it in himself to phase back. If he was going to act like an animal he might as well as really be one. At least that's what he thought, anyway.
"You still stuck?" A voice, Jacob recognized as Sam, said in his head.
"Yea."
Sam sighed when he found Jacob with his head pushed against the tree, to be truthful the sight was kind of pitiful. The tree leaning slightly to the side from the pressure Jacob had used; Jacob now just sitting with his head still pushed against the tree, his large wolf ears drooping, and his fur covered in dirt, mud and grass.
"You look pathetic."
Jacob growled as Leah entered the conversation and gave her opinion.
"Enough, Leah." Said Sam, knowing Jacob had been touchy the past week.
Sam sighed as Leah huffed and phased back.
Sam and Jacob patrolled for a while, Jacobs heart not really in it. The sun was setting when Sam phased back after telling Jacob if he needed anything then all he had to do was howl. Jacobs's body flopped to the ground making a dull thud ripple through the air.
Jacob felt his eyelids fall slightly but refused to close them. Every time he closed his eyes he saw Erins.
Erin's eyes wide with shock and fear as he yelled at her.
Erin's eyes narrowing with pure anger as he said the worst thing's possible.
Erin's eyes; Erin's eyes blinking away tears as she rode away from him. Far; Far away from him, and his idiotic self.
Jacob was pulled out of his mopping when the steadying streaming of a guitar lightly flouted to his ears.
Who would play a guitar at night? Let alone at night, in a forest?
Then a voice followed.
He knew that voice! It was her voice! Jacob jumped to his paws and darted to the sound stopping when he saw her.
Erin.
She sat on a low branch of a thick tree. He knew this tree. It was the one he pinned her against and then preceded to yell at her. He winced as the scene flashed fresh in his mind but was pulled from it, as Erin continued to sing. He laid down letting some bushed and thicket cover his wolf body, his ears pointing forward and his claws pawing at the dirt resisting the urge to walk up to her and plead with her to forgive him.
I don't quite know.
How to say.
How I feel.
Those three words.
Are said too much, They're not enough.
If I lay here.
If I just lay here.
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
'Yes' thought Jacob inching a little closed her Erin trying to get a good look at her face. It had been so long since he had seen it.
Forget what we're told,
Before we get to old.
Show me a garden that's bursting into life!
Let's waste time.
Chasing birds.
Flying over our heads.
I need your grace.
To remind me, To find me own.
If I lay here.
If I just lay here.
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
Forget what we're told,
Before we get old.
Show me a garden that's bursting to life!
All that I am.
All that I ever was.
Is here in you perfect eyes, they're all I can see.
I don't know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things will never change for us at all.
If I lay here.
If I just lay here.
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
By now Jacob had come into the clearing were Erin was sitting, though she had yet to see because she was still looking at her guitar.
Jacob jumped to his feet when he heard Erin sniffle and gasp a little. He whimpered a little when he guessed she was crying.
Erin looked up quickly making her neck give a tiny crack. When her eyes found Jacobs he froze and she smiled.
"Well, Hey there, big guy." She said jumping down from her branch and slowly walking towards Jacob. "Sorry ah called ya so late at night. Ya probably want ta be asleep, huh?" She said rubbing her hand over his muzzle.
'What?' Thought Jacob. 'Why isn't she screaming or running away? What does she mean called? Oh no! Does she know its me?'
"I'll send you away in a little if you want, I just would like some company for now."
Erin sat down with her back against the trunk of the tree and patting the ground next to her while looking over at Jacob.
Jacob slowly walked over to her and lay down in front of her.
Erin whispered a thanks and start stroking his ears and head. Jacob closed his eyes relishing in the feeling of her hands softly stroking his fur. This may be the only time she'll willing touch him.
After a few moments Erin started to hum a slow, steady, heavy tune. Jacob perked up his ears listing to the tune before she started to softly and sadly sing,
Windmill, Windmill for the land
Turn forever hand in hand
Take it all there on your stride
It is tinkling, falling down…
Love forever love is free
Let's turn forever you and me
Windmill, Windmill for the land
Is everybody in?
Erin's voice faded into a soft hum before fading out. She sighed and scratched behind Jacob's ears.
"Everything's gone so wrong…" She stated softly making Jacob bring his head up so he could look her in the eye. Erin was staring at the ground but her eyes were glazed over making Jacob think she was seeing something other then the dirt.
"My parents are dead. I have an insane uncle who wants me dead. I'm putting my aunt's life at risk staying here. My friends are all pissed at each other. And…and I think I lost any chance I had with an amazing guy."
Erin's eyes filled with tears.
"I don' get it!" She said her voice cracking with frustration. "I trusted him! I thought he was my friend!!"
Jacobs's ears went flat against his head and he let out a small whine. It felt like his heart was breaking apart.
Tears started to fall down Erin's cheeks in fat drops spilling onto her chin and splashing onto her lap. She brought her knees up to her forehead and curled into a ball.
"I trusted him.." Her voice was weak; Barley a whisper. But Jacob heard it.
"I'm sorry…"
♠ ♠ ♠
Hey...So I know it's been a long time but well...here's why...Lifes insane. It all started last October when I had to take my PSATs and then is snowballed ending with my parents divorcing, Me having to move, My brother moving out of the house, The holidays, Trying to tell my mom that I'm not Christian, being told that I'm going to go back to school (I've been homeschooled), Trying to find a job, getting ready to go to collage (in a few years or so), and huge writers block, all while trying to be a teenage girl...
Sooooo yeah....Sorry that it took so long. I'll try to get the next one out when I can but I don't know when that will be. Hope ya enjoyed!