Meanwhile, back at Natalie's apartment, she was smirking as she was looking at her phone. She had just sent a message to Jake, asking him to come over.

She had an idea on how she would get Jake to notice her and be with her. It may be a terrible way to go about it, but she wasn't about to lose to some other redhead, whether it was Ryan or April.

"Any minute now, he'll be at the door." Natalie said to herself, smirking. "And then. . . it'll finally be my time. Jake will have no choice but to listen to me now."

At that moment, A knock was heard at the door as Natalie smirked, knowing fully well who it was.

"Come in, Jakey-boo!" Natalie called, as she got into a flirting position on her couch.

The door then opened as Jake walked up to Natalie with an angry look on his face.

"Hey, Jakey-boo." Natalie smiled. "How's your day going?"

"Well, it *was* going just fine." Jake scoffed.

"Why the long face?" Natalie asked. "You're not happy to see me?"

"I've been through quite a bit today." Jake said, starting to get annoyed. "Now, what do you want?"

"I just want to have a little talk with you, Jakey." Natalie said, as she shuffled on the couch, putting her arms under her chin and sticking her rear end into the air, while kicking off her shoes. "I feel like we haven't been together much lately."

'Yeah, and I wish we could've stayed that way.' Jake thought to himself.

"Listen, I'm gonna be real with you, Jake." Natalie said. "I've been missing you recently. But I've come to notice you've grown awfully close to people lately."

"Well, yeah." Jake said, forming a smirk. "What, are you jealous that I made new friends and you still don't have *one*?"

"I'd watch your tone." Natalie said with a smirk. "I'd hate for your secret to get out."

Jake's smirk suddenly faded when she said that. "M-My secret?" He gulped. "What are you talking about?"

"Oh, nothing." Natalie said, still smirking. "I just got some incriminating footage of you beating up my men."

"What?" Jake asked.

"Last night. . . when you freaked out and turned into a monster." Natalie said. "I got it all on video. It's actually quite arousing."

"You're weird." Jake said.

"I don't know. . . it seems like you just lost it back there." Natalie said. "Wanna take a look-see?"

Natalie smirked as she took out her phone and waved it around. "It's all here." She said.

"Give me that!" Jake said, reaching for the phone.

Natalie quickly pulled away. "Oh no. . . I'm afraid this isn't for your touch." She said with a smirk. "Just admire the video from a distance. And other things, if you must. I don't mind."

Jake ignored that lewd comment and focused on Natalie's phone as she played the video. And sure enough, the whole video was him when he turned into a strange creature and started attacking the other hunters. It was honestly a brutal watch.

"I. . . that's actually me?" Jake said in shock.

"Yep." Natalie smirked. "Chad even confirmed it himself."

"You're with Chad?" Jake asked in shock.

"Not 'with' with him." Natalie said. "It's more like we're partners in business. After all, his family has strong ties with my father."

"Enough about that." Jake said. "Is this really what you called me here for?"

"Well, yeah." Natalie said. "What, did you think I wanted sex or something?"

"Okay, stop talking." Jake said. "You're gross."

"Alright, but I have to tell you." Natalie said. "I've come to realize that you're being tailed."

"What?" Jake asked.

"You're brother." Natalie said. "He's after you because he can sense the darkness inside of you."

"Douxie?" Jake said.

"He can sense your dark magic." Natalie said with a smirk. "And with this. . . I can expose you. Not only to him, but to everyone in the school. And you'll be hated as much as April is."

"You're. . . blackmailing me?" Jake asked with a scoff. "Well, isn't that a good way to get me to like you?"

"Oh, my goal is still to get you to love me." Natalie said. "But. . . you're clearly too hard to get. And I'm getting desperate."

"So, this is what you resort to?" Jake asked angrily. "I can report you for this, you know?"

"And once you do that, I won't have to hide it anymore." Natalie said. "And I'll just expose you anyway."

"Damn it!" Jake shouted. "Why are you so persistent?"

Natalie then sat up and crossed her legs. "Because. . . I love you, Jake." She smirked. "That's all I've ever done this for. And it's why I'm threatening your social status now."

"No. . . you're insane." Jake said. "If you think that this will make me agree to be with you-"

"Listen. . . I don't want this too be hard." Natalie said as she stood up and walked towards Jake. "I just want one night with you, Jake. One night. . . and I'll delete the video."

"You. . . can't bribe me into this." Jake said.

Natalie smirked as she ran her finger down Jake's torso. "You know you want to, Jake." She said. "Come on. . ."

"No, I can't!" Jake said. "I don't have it in me!"

"Why? Are you afraid of ruining your innocence?" Natalie asked. "We don't have to go that far."

Natalie continued to get closer to Jake's face, making him even more uncomfortable.

"Remember. . . I have this." Natalie said, taking out her phone again. "If you refuse me. . . I'll expose your freakish nature. . . as well as tell people that you came on to me first."

"You're a pushy one, are you?" Jake said.

"So, what will you choose?" Natalie smirked. "Me. . . or the end of your social life?"

Jake really didn't want to do anything with Natalie, considering how rude she was before and how creepy she was being. But he also didn't want anyone to find out about his monstrous side. So, he felt like he had no other choice.

"Okay, fine!" Jake said, defeated. "I'll spend the night with you. But *only* tonight."

"I knew you'd make the right choice." Natalie smirked as she backed away from Jake. "I'll delete the video tomorrow. Of course, as long as you don't tell anyone about this."

"I. . . I won't." Jake sighed.

"Good." Natalie said. "Since it's pretty late already, I'm gonna go and take a shower. And then, we can go to sleep."

"Alright then." Jake said. "I'll. . . I'll be waiting for you."

Natalie winked as she turned and went towards the bathroom, but once she was around the corner, she took out her phone and sent a text.

He's so easy to manipulate. How come you have such a hard time?

What have you done?

Don't worry, he's fine. And he'll be yours soon enough. I just need to talk to him some more.

Fine. Just make sure he doesn't know of our meeting.

Oh, of course. I wouldn't dream of spoiling the ultimate surprise.

After sending that last message, Natalie went into the bathroom to take a shower, but not before shooting Jake one last flirty wink.

'What's her end goal?' Jake thought to himself. 'I really don't understand her character at all. But I guess if I'm staying the night here, I'll try to get *some* answers.'

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The next morning, Jake woke up next to Natalie in her bed. He looked down at her, and she was still asleep.

Luckily it was the weekend, so he didn't have to worry about school. He quietly got out of bed and started to head out of the room.

But as he was about to leave the room, he caught sight of Natalie's phone on the side-table. He carefully picked it up and turned it on. Fortunately, she didn't have a password protecting it, so he was able to get into it and easily delete the video from her phone. After doing that, he gently set the phone done on the table and snuck out of the room and left the house.

__________

Once Jake was outside, he let out a huge sigh of relief. "Man, that was awful. I wasn't even able to talk to her about her motives." He said. "At least she can leave me alone now. . . hopefully."

At that moment, Jake felt his phone vibrate as he took it out and saw a text from April.

Hey, Jake. Sorry if I woke you early on a Sunday. But I was wondering if you'd like to spend the day here at the lair?

Jake smiled as he was quick to respond.

Yeah, I'll be there.

Jake smiled as he out his phone back in his pocket. But before he could go anywhere' Jake heard the front door open and turned to see Natalie standing there, not looking too happy.

"What now?" Jake asked, in an annoyed tone.

"Well, I was going to delete the video, but I saw that you apparently had already." Natalie said.

"Yeah?" Jake said.

"Well, guess what? I have a backup." Natalie said. "And after your little stunt, I don't think I can trust you anymore."

"What the hell?" Jake said angrily. "I did what you asked."

"Well, there's been a change of plans." Natalie said. "I had fun last night. And now you're just going to forget this and go back to your side chick?"

"She's not my. . . you know what, nevermind." Jake said. "Just leave me alone now. I gave you what you wanted."

"I'm afraid I can't just let you go off willy-nilly." Natalie said. "We need boundaries."

"I've got one." Jake said. "How about you stay away from me?"

"I've got one better." Natalie said. "As I still have the video I can show everyone at any time. . . you're still under my control."

"Why, you little-!" Jake said, trying to hold back from attacking her.

"I only have one request." Natalie said.

"What is it?" Jake asked.

Natalie smirked as she put her phone back in her pocket. "I want you. . . to stay away from April O'Niel."

To be continued. . .

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