The ocean curls around my toes, as I walk down the beach. Why does sand squishing between your toes feel so good? I may be a little biased. Okay maybe a lot. I love the beach. I've lived on the coast my entire life. I couldn't see myself living anywhere else. The waves crashing together in the beautiful chaos, rolling onto the sand, never ceases to take my breath away.
As I walk down the beach, I breathe in the fresh, salty air. Hmmm, today has been a great day. Too good of a day. The kind of day you never want to end. It was simple, a breath of fresh air to my system.
I had missed my friends, and Jake's garage terribly. I couldn't do anything all summer, thanks to Paul. I know he was just mad, and looking out for me. But lying to have Mom ground me, was too far.
When he turned into a wolf, he found out the truth about the Cullens. Safe to say he freaked out, causing our biggest fight on record. He accused me of knowing about the Cullen's secret. Since Edward could never tell me, I had no idea what Paul was talking about. So in an attempt to keep me away from Edward, Paul decided to tell Mom that I was drinking and partying, to ground me. I don't know how it worked I've always been vehemently anti drugs and alcohol. Well, It worked. And I found about Edward.
Being grounded, I couldn't do anything. I did get to catch up on my composition, and I read a couple of good books. But what's the point of writing when I couldn't even show Edward? Although, we did stop hanging out as much as we used to since he found Bella. Regardless, I'm happy for him. I guess I learned how to not lean on his expertise in music. But, I missed him. I still miss him.
Luckily I have the most annoying, stubborn friends on the planet. Quil, Embry, and Jake all showed up to my house this morning to save me from my imprisonment. They decided to take it in their own hands to convince my mom that I served enough time. I swear if Mom didn't answer the door a second to late, they were going to break the door down.
After they all doggy piled on me to get me out of bed this morning, we went for breakfast at our favorite diner. As we finished, Jake was almost jumping in his seat to show me his new project he got over the summer.
When we got to the garage, we worked on the jeep for awhile and Jake's new project; the Rabbit. That Rabbit is beautiful. I can't wait to work on it some more. I'll admit, I am a little jealous Jake found that beauty at the junkyard, but i'll never admit that too him.
Oh, Jake. The never ending feud of one upping eachother never seems to end. SInce we were little we always seemed to have to prove ourselves to each other, even though we were always joking. In reality, we don't have too.
We all mess with each other. It's really funny when Quil and Embry start to gang up on Jake-
"Andie!" I snapped my attention away from the sand to the husky voice calling my name.
I wave at Quil and Jake running toward me on the beach.
"What's up, sis?" Quil says, as they both reach me.
"Just walking the beach before I have to go home. I've missed it." I say through a smile from ear to ear.
"I think it has missed you, too!" Jake says.
Before I could turn my head to look at Jake to see what he was doing, he already scooped me up and ran with me like a sack of potatoes.
"Don't you dare, Jake!" I screamed, hitting his back with my fists.
I could feel the splashes of cold water on my arms and legs, as he ran deeper and deeper into the water.
"You're going to pay for this!" A laugh escaped, revealing my false attempts to sound mad.
"Sure, sure." I could hear the smirk on his face, making me laugh harder.
How could I be mad right now, I was having a great day. I did want to go for a swim soon. So Jake was just making come sooner than I expected.
I could feel Jake's large hands move to my waist, pulling me forward onto his hard chest as he ran.
Quiet and stillness consumed me.
He stopped moving me as I got to his eye level. There was a crazed excitement in his eyes that extended down to his wide smile.
Jake's smile was his best feature. He is always smiling, no matter what. He is such a happy person and it comes out in his smile. It is truly infectious to everyone around him. When that smile is directed to you it knocks you off your feet, sending you to cloud 9. There's nothing you can do, other than smile back.
I couldn't help smiling back at him, I was yet another victim.
All in a couple of seconds that felt like minutes, Jake was diving down in the water, toting me along with him.
Getting out one final scream before I went under.
The water is a shock to my system. My muscles seize in response to the cold.
It feels so good.
Before I know it, Jake is hauling me to the surface by the waist. They never left their post.
I take one big gulp of air when I get to the surface, before I loose it. I can't stop laughing, looking at Jake with all the hair in his face. He moves his hands to clear his face.
"Jake got you!" I look over Jake's shoulder to see Quil laughing on the ground at us.
I turn back to Jake and wink, mouthing "Watch".
I slowly get out of the water, Jake on my tail.
I open my arms wide for Quil. "Quilly," I say tauntingly and grab him getting him wet as possible.
"Aww come on! But hey, didn't know you felt that way." He says with a wink.
"Gross." I roll my eyes, as I try to escape his arms. Making him hold tighter.
I finally get the upperhand and push myself out of his grasp.
A sudden tremble runs through me. Brrr, it's cold. The sun was setting along the horizon. The summer heat leaving with it.
"Let's go to my house to dry off." Jake suggested.
I take the offer immediately, nodding my head.
"Our first day of school is tomorrow, we should get going." A common grimace showed on all our faces.
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BEEP, BEEP, BEEP!
I roll over to turn my alarm off. Why does an alarm have to be the worst sound ever?
I get up and head to the bathroom, to get ready. Of course I have the world's worst bags under my eyes on the first day of school. I wash my face, and decide to put some mascara on and some concealer on the dark rings around my eyes. Can't hurt to try for the first day.
I pick out my favorite jeans and flannel to wear. I match the outfit with a pair of short, light brown boots.
As I head down the stairs I start to get anxious. A tight ball forms in the base of my stomach. Anxiety always finds its way to me. I head to the fridge to grab something to eat, in the hopes that will help. I look into Paul's room to see if he's home yet from patrol. Ever since I found out, I worry a lot about him nowadays. More so than before, when he just had anger issues. Having your big bro turn into a giant wolf, when he gets mad at you, is quite a shock.
It's his first day of senior year, he should be home. We always drive together on the first day.
Sam better not be keeping him from school. I'll need to talk to him about that.
Realizing that he isn't coming home, I grab my phone and text Embry: hey could u pick me up? Paul ditched
I really don't want to walk, hope I texted him soon enough.
While I'm grabbing an apple, I hear a car pull up and honk a few too many times.
Before the horn stopped, I was out to door. I spot Embry's Geo. Thank you, Embry. When I spot Embry, I see Jake and Quil got a ride too. Embry got his license first, so he's our taxi for now.
Jake gets out of the passenger seat to let me into the backseat next to quil.
"Hey guys!" I said with a big smile. I still miss them a lot, yesterday wasn't enough.
I'm only outgoing with them, if I'm not with them I tend to blur into the background.
A collective "hey" was said by all 3 boys. They sounded dead.
Embry put the car in gear, heading to school.
Everyone was pretty quiet on the ride to school, it was the earliest they have been up all summer I'm guessing. I wasn't the only one sporting the dark, purple bags under my eyes.
I dont think Im ready for school. So much has happened over the summer, it's going to be hard to act normal. My life is anything but normal lately. The only thing that has stayed the same is with these boys in the car with me. They've been my best friends since I was a baby. Our moms were great friends in the tribe, we all grew up together like they did. Our moms were together probably as much as we are now.
That all changed when Sarah, Jacob's mom, died. The tribe was devastated, our moms especially. They still hang out, but not like they used to in the good ole days.
Quil snapped in front of my face, "You can come back to Earth now." moving his face a little too close to my hair.
"Ha Ha I'm back now." I mocked him, pushing his face away.
"Aw c'mon baby, don't push me away." He said in a voice trying to sound sexy.
Some things never change, Quil's overbearing flirting personality, will probably always be one of them.
"Keep dreaming baby." I say sweetly. I swear I see take a gulp when I said baby.
Jake and Embry are laughing in the from, "You can call me baby anytime," before I start to yell at Embry he goes, "Quilly." The car burst with laughter.
We just drove into the parking lot, so everyone is probably staring. Were laughing way too loud, although, I don't care. Never really have cared what people think about me.
Being a light skinned native is enough for peers to poke jabs at me. Going to the white people school for the music program, it's almost a given. I had to switch to the rez school this year, it was Paul's idea since I was such a bad kid. I'll get him back for all this one day.
Embry parks the car in the first open space, we all start to spill out.
"Remind me to steal the front seat from you, Quil might have a broken nose next time." I squeeze me nose up, like I always do when I'm trying to get what I want.
"Maybe. That might be fun to see though." He says with a crooked smile. He shuts the door behind him as we all walk to class.
I jab him in the ribs with my elbow, a shocked expression on my face. "Who knows, you might be first."
"Sure, sure." He says his tell tale saying.
Embry comes up alongside me to join the conversation, "Do you think the geo drove all right? I turned it last night." All seriousness in his voice. One way to get these boys to be mature or talk like they know what's going on in the world is to bring up cars.
"Yeah it was smoothe, Embry." I say as a matter of fact, making him confident I'm telling the truth.
I side hug him as we walk, I only saw him for a couple of hours yesterday. It's nice with Embry, you don't have to make any kind of effort. You don't have to talk, you don't have to pretend, you just exist. He calm in a way that's not demanding. I'm at a temporary peace when I am with him.
He hugs me back laying his long arm across my shoulders.
"How are you?" He says quietly, looking down at me.
"A little nervous." I say, as I laugh a little unsteady. I hug him a little tighter.
"You'll be fine, I think we'll have some classes together too." He says with a reassuring smile.
We're almost to the building, Embry starts to pull his arm off me.
"Me and Quil's first class is this way." He points to the left down the outside hallway.
"Okay, I'll see you later." I say as Embry and Quil start walking away.
Great, now I have to try to find the office to get my schedule.
I turn to Jake as he's about to leave, "Where's the office?" I say in a lost glance. There's kids everywhere and I have no idea where anything is.
Jake starts to laugh and comes back up to me and tells me to come with him. He opens the door for into the building. All the lockers are along this hallway, and looks like a few rooms are in here too. I look to Jake as he sets his hand on the small of my back to lead me through the kids.
I don't know how I just noticed, Jake grew a lot over summer. He had to of grown at least 3 or 4 inches. His height wasn't the only thing that grew, his shoulders got wider, and his biceps got bigger. All the kids around him looked small. In the sea of the crowd he towered over everyone our age.
"Go this way." he leans over my shoulder and points, so I can see where he points. Now I really notice his biceps. They're huge, compared to 2 months ago.
"Jake, when did you start to work out?" I say with a little amusement in my voice.
"I don't workout." He says with his bright smile, holding in a laugh.
"Oh, BS, you're trying to catch up to me, you won't admit it!" I workout a lot, I like being active, any kind of physical activity is fun for me. Playing sports is a big part of my life, aside from music.
"Yeah right, you're not even swole," He jokes. He comes around to the side of me, he's wearing a short sleeve, black t-shirt and lifts up his sleeve and flexes, "Now this is swole." He says trying to be arrogant.
I roll my eyes at him trying to be a douchebag. That is not in Jake's persona, he was always to happy and nice to come off as a arrogant douchebag. Nice try, Jake.
As he pulls down his sleeve, I see two girls across the hall looking at us, no looking at Jake with googly heart eyes.
Seems I'm not the only one who's noticed Jakes transformation over the summer.
Just as he puts his arm over my shoulders, since there's room to walk next to me in the hall now, the girl's expression changed from ogling all over Jake to full blown scowl towards me.
Why are they glaring at me?
I look up at Jake to see if something's wrong, I find he's smiling down at me. There's a good 6in between us now.
He's cocking his head questioning why I stopped walking, and it hits me.
They think him and I, are like, together? They like him and I'm walking with him. Of course they're not going to like me. They are typical high school girls. I never really understand how girls can be like that. But they don't like me for some reason that's obvious.
I forget about it, and start walking with Jake to the office. Right as we are going through the office door, I hear one of the girls say, "Skank." quietly in a malicious tone. Looks like Jake didn't hear it, that's good. I don't want him worrying about me here.
All I can think about is wanting to go home. What a great start to my first day.
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