You and Jacob had been friends since you were both very little. Your dads got on well, so did your mums until Jake’s mum died. They had been best friends since birth, but your mother couldn’t handle living without her best friend. She took her life three months after Jake’s mum died.

He had imprinted on you a week after he first shifted. By then, he had already been told everything by Sam and it was the first time he was seeing you since the since change in his life. When you saw him, you noticed all the differences. His long hair was now short, his muscles had doubled, all his baby fat was gone, the tattoo on his right bicep, his body temperature. He knew he couldn’t hide it front you. He was worried about telling you he imprinted but he couldn’t keep you in the dark, so he comprised and told you everything about the supernatural world. Vampires, shapeshifters. imprinting, but not that he imprinted on you.

"It's not like love at first sight, really. It's more like…gravity moves. When you see her, suddenly it's not the earth holding you here anymore. She does. And nothing matters more than her. And you would do anything for her, be anything for her...you become whatever she needs you to be, whether that's a protector, or a lover, or a friend, or a brother. He'll be her perfect match. Like he was designed for her alone."

That’s how he described it as you sit in his garage, staring at him in shock.

“It sounds like you know the feelings” You say slowly. Physically pain shot through his body. He had loved you since he was a child, but now? Now he’s imprinted on you. Should he tell you? He had too. You not knowing was painful and so was not being able to hold you or kiss you. But he can’t stand the idea of your rejection.

“Just have a direct line to Sam’s thoughts” He lies. You know he’s lying and he knows that.

“Who was it?” You ask. The silence is painful.

“You. I imprinted on you, but I’ve loved you since we were children.” Jacob finally speaks, his voice quiet. He’s scared of how you’ll reply.