Summary: What if Bella had been born and raised in Forks with her father, spending time in the summer with her mother in Arizona? What if Bella had an on and off relationship with Jacob Black? And who are the new kids in school? The Cullens?
A/N: Warning, this IS A JACOB/BELLA FANFICTION! With a little Edward/Bella mixed in. Ultimately {if this is continued} it will be a Jake/Bella thing. I don't much like Edward, but I'm going to try and write impartially for him.
In this story Jacob is closer to Bella's age. For this story Bella was born on September 13, 1987 and Jacob was born on January 14, 1988. I've never written for the wolves before, so bare with me and let me know how I do!
Rated M for language, sexual situations and possible future chapters.
Also, I don't own any of the characters or what not. Thats Stephenie Meyer. If I did though Bella would have definitely had more werewolf action than vampire action. Though...Alice and Jasper are just about perfect 3.
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Chapter 1: Their Arrival
Bellas POV
Everything was pretty perfect. While Forks wasn't always my favorite place to be, it was when Jacob and I were getting along. I loved Jacob, I really had. Ever since we were kids we'd been inseparable. Charlie had joked with me that I'd thrown a fit with Renee had threatened to take me away from Forks with her. I was the sole reason that she hadn't taken me with her. At least my mother cared about what I wanted.
And when we were thirteen years old Jacob and I changed a little. I'd noticed him slowly becoming more of a man than a boy. Now, he was still a boy but I'd notice more about him. Like the way he smelled perfectly like a mixture of the woods and cinnamon, a mixture that was purely Jake. And his growth spurt that put him taller than me.
When we were fourteen is when he confessed that he liked me on the beach in La Push. I'd been so over the moon about that and immediately decided that the strange reactions I'd had to him being close meant that I liked him back. Our first kiss had been right there on La Push beach, our bodies melding together sweetly in a way I hadn't realized I'd like.
Now, my mother had given me 'the talk' when I got a boyfriend. It'd been embarrassing sitting there talking to my mother about such things. But talking to Charlie about sex was out. Charlie nearly had a heart attack when I'd told him I needed a bra. I loved Charlie but he just didn't understand the perils of being a teenage girl. Luckily I'd gotten to spend time in Phoenix with Renee and she'd taken me bra shopping instead.
I was fifteen when I realized my teenage crush had turned into love. Though Jacobs relationship and I was strained at times it was great. We'd broken up once or twice only to come back together in the end.
But when I'd turned sixteen just a few months ago Charlie had been great. He'd gotten me a new truck, an old truck of Billy Blacks, my boyfriends father. It was great, a first taste of freedom. And I had Jacob to look after it for me. That boy was talented when it came to cars and motorized things in general.
It was the beginning of September and the town was abuzz. Forks was a small town and the smallest thing stirred gossip. Apparently we had a new doctor in town, a man named Carlisle Cullen. He'd moved into the huge abandoned mansion just outside of town with his wife and children. Apparently his children would be in high school with me. Though, his kids weren't really his real kids. They were adoptive kids. News spread quick that Mrs. Cullen couldn't have children so they'd just adopted a few kids.
I wasn't really interested. Gossip wasn't much my thing, I was much more interested in getting the day at school over and heading over to La Push in order to see my Jacob. Possibly hang out on the beach or around a bonfire in Jacobs yard with a few friends. I spent much more time with the natives than with the 'pale faces' as Jacob and his friends teasingly called us. Of course, I was one of those pale faces.
I walked into my science class as usual, the day going by in a pretty boring manner as I moved to take my seat. I wasn't even paying attention as Mike Newton droned on about something or another. Now, Mike had been trying to date me for two years now, ever since Jacob and I took a small break. That break had only been about a month when he'd done something dumb and I'd been mad at him. I never could remember the nature of the arguments when we had one. But Mike hadn't given up. Sure it annoyed Jacob, and I was flattered that he'd been jealous, but I wasn't interested in Mike Newton even if Jake and I broke up for good.
Looking up I noticed someone different coming into our classroom. It was a tall boy with unusually pale skin, even for Forks, and golden hair. He was gorgeous, even I could admit that. Of course I had the most gorgeous boy in all of Forks all to myself. But this boy was different in a way I didn't quite understand.
He looked up and his golden eyes met mine in confusion. I wasn't sure what that confusion meant though.
The boy talked to the teacher who motioned him to the empty seat beside me, and he moved to take it. Sliding his books on the table and looking up at me, that same confusion written all over his gorgeous face. But I didn't get what that confusion was about.
I straightened up in my chair, my notebook already laid out in front of me and looked up at the boy. "Hello. I'm Bella Swan. You must be one of the new kids." I said politely, looking up at him and examining him for a moment.
He swallowed as he slowly slid his book down to rest on the table. "Edward Cullen." he said shortly as he took a seat. But he still looked at me strangely from the side of his eyes. It made me uncomfortable, it made me shift in my seat. Oh this was going to be a fun class.
I nearly jumped when my phone buzzed on the table. Looking down at it I opened it to see a text message from Jacob.
'You coming to the rez after school?'
I smiled at his text. Of course I would come to the rez after school. Leaning against the table to text him back.
'But of course. Get back to class, Black. Love you.'
A smile was on my face as I hit send. I wouldn't call myself a normal lovesick teenager. I loved Jacob Black, sure, but I wasn't one of those girls. The kind of clingy girls that couldn't go without her boyfriend. Though I did enjoy getting a text from the guy I loved randomly through the day.
I looked back down as my phone buzzed again.
'You too Swan. Bring your bathing suit, we're going cliff diving.'
'Cliff Diving? Are you nuts Jake? No way.'
It was way too cold to go swimming. And I didn't do well in the water anyway, I was uncoordinated and tended to fall a lot. I never got the boys obsession with cliff diving. I'd done it once when it was sort of warm in the summer. But the water had always been ice cold, way too ice cold for my tastes.
'Party pooper. Fine. Bonfire?'
'Cool. Can you look at my truck while I'm there? It's making a noise..'
'Bells, its ancient, it makes noises. But sure. Class. Love you.'
I smiled and closed my phone, putting it back into my bag. When I looked up I noticed the new kid, Edward Cullen, watching me curiously still. Blinking slowly as I looked at him, shifting uncomfortably under his scrutiny.
Though I was right. Class was odd. Edward shifted in his seat uncomfortably, watching me from the corner of his eye. One of his hands was over his mouth and nose and he barely touched the sample for the lab we were doing. He wouldn't even speak to me at all. He was acting like I had the plague or something.
When he wasn't looking I inconspicuously leaned to smell my hair. It smelled like strawberries, like my shampoo. So it definitely wasn't me.
A second before the bell rang Edward was up and dashing out of the room as though something was chasing him and it only confused me more about him. Maybe he just wasn't friendly, I didn't know. I didn't think I'd done anything to offend him at all.
But I tried to shrug it off. At lunch time I sat with my usual crowd, Jessica, Lauren, Angela, Mike and Eric. They were chattering about something or another and I sat half paying attention.
"So Bella..." Mike began, looking at him. "You wanna go to a movie with me this weekend?"
Oh no. I sighed as I looked up to Mike. "Mike...you know I'm with Jake..."
"Yeah I know. But like...we could make it a group thing? Huh? We'll all go? How does that sound guys?" he asked, looking around the table as my traitorous friends agreed that a movie would be fun.
"Maybe. I'll ask Jake tonight okay?" I asked. I didn't like the idea of spending a couple of hours in a dark theater with Jacob on one side and Mike on the other. With Mike stupidly hoping that I would suddenly have an epiphany and lunge into his arms like he was my long lost prince charming or something.
"Yeah thats cool. Or, you know, the rez guys don't have to come with us. It could just be us off-rez people..." he suggested. He obviously didn't like Jacob, I'd always known that.
We all glanced up when the door opened and five people slowly walked in. One girl was a beautiful blonde who was holding hands with a bigger guy with dark hair. The other girl in the group was small, though she was just as beautiful with pixie like qualities, short cropped brown hair. And that girl was holding hands with a tall blonde man who almost looked like he was in pain. Trailing behind those two were Edward. And they all had the same strange golden eyes.
Those must be Edwards siblings. We watched them move to sit down and it surprised me when the short girl sat so close to that tall blonde and he put an arm around her shoulders. I watched as he brushed his lips over her cheek and his nose brushed hers. She smiled up at him and claimed his lips in a soft kiss before she leaned back, looking at the others at the table.
And the beautiful blonde girl sat with the big guy, his arm around her waist as they picked at their food. What was with these people? Weren't they siblings?
"Wow, they're all like...beautiful." Jessica said as she gawked at them.
"I heard they're all siblings. Well, not blood related though. That handsome new doctor adopted them." Angela chimed in, leaning on her elbows against the desk.
Jessica shot a glance to them and shifted, leaning into the table as though she were about to reveal a secret. "Well, I know the little ones name is Alice, and the guy she's with is Jasper. They're in my English class. That girl is totally weird. She stared off into space so many times. And the guy? Yeah he hovered and looked like he'd snap someones head off if they got near her. I think they're together-together." she muttered conspiratorially.
"No way..." Lauren said, leaning against the table.
"The guy by himself is named Edward." I chimed in, picking at my food. Looking up, Edward was watching me curiously once more. His eyes bore into mine and it made me blush and look back to my friends.
"Its weird, they live in the same house!" Jessica muttered, glancing over at them again. She giggled a bit. "Hey Bella. That Edward is looking at you."
My blush became deeper as I shifted nervously in my seat. "I know. Stop bringing it up. Ignore it. I'm with Jake." I insisted.
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The rest of the day was boring and nothing really happened. I didn't have classes with any of the other Cullen kids during the day. But when I walked out to my truck I saw them around a silver volvo. That was a really, really nice car. But I ignored it and got into my car, starting it as quickly as I can before pulling out to head towards the rez.
Today had been such an odd day with Edward Cullen showing up.
I drove down to La Push and to Jacobs house. Of course he was already home, he'd come home right after school. I parked my truck just by the garage and hopped out, grabbing my back pack before walking into the garage. I knew he'd be there, in the garage. Thats where he always was.
And I was right. He sat on a stool in the garage messing with the lawn mower. I smiled up at him as I moved behind him. Resting my backpack down, I slid my hands to rest on his shoulders.
"Hey there. What'd you do to that lawn mower?"
He leaned to kiss my hand as he worked, looking at what he was doing. "Tuning it up. I'd run over something with it yesterday." he said in a strained voice as he pulled on something. I wasn't mechanical so I had no clue what he was really doing.
"I'd hug you but my hands are dirty." he said, bringing his hands out of the mower and holding them up to show me.
I laughed and nodded, leaning down to kiss the top of his head. "Smart move, Black. I might have to kick your ass." I teased before I let him go, moving to sit on the stool on the other side of the mower.
He chuckled back, looking up at me over the mower before down at what he was doing again. He was a beautiful man, he'd really grown up over the years. His muscles were more defined and he'd shot up like a weed. And even in the past couple of days he seemed to have grown. He really looked good without his shirt on.
But he sat there with the offensive shirt on, covering his muscular chest from my view. His long dark hair was tied back in a loose pony tail and he wore a pair of dark jeans with a long sleeved grey shirt, the shirt sleeves pushed up over his arms.
"So...anything fun happen with the pale faces?" he teased.
I shrugged. "Theres some new kids in school. Five of them. It's the talk of the school, they're the Cullens."
He seemed to pause his movements when I said their names, shaking his head and going back to what he was doing. "Oh yeah? Not many new people move here."
"Nope. Who would want to? It's rainy and dreary all the time. And cold. I hate the cold." I said. Jacob was truly the one reason I wanted to stay in Forks, he was my sun in the darkness that was Forks, Washington.
A grin moved over his lips as he laughed. "Oh yeah? Why do you stay then huh? Your moms is nice." he said. He'd gone with her once on a visit for spring break a year ago and Arizona had been perfect to him. Having him there was perfect too. He'd actually been my date to my mothers wedding to Phil too. Both Phil and Renee liked Jacob, everyone seemed to like Jacob.
"Because my sun is here. And where would the earth be without her sun?" I teased right back, smiling up at him as he looked up at me over the mower.
"Good answer." he said, shaking his head as he looked down at the mower. "I doubt my dad is going to like the Cullen's being in town..." he said with a sigh.
Well, that peaked my interest. "Why not? It's just a family. I think I heard the dad was the doctor in town.."
"Yeah well, you know the Quileute legends right?"
"Yeah who hasn't?"
"You remember the one about the ah...what did dad call them...the cold ones?"
I thought for a moment, shifting on my stool before I nodded. "Yeah sort of. Where there was a family of cold ones and the old Quileute tribe made a pact with them to keep them off your lands or something?"
"Mmhm. And that we're apparently descended wolves.." he said, rolling his eyes. "Well, Cullen is a name I heard in that story a couple of times."
"Maybe your dad doesn't need to know? I mean he rarely ever leaves the reservation..." I suggested.
Jacob nodded, sitting back a little. "I'm not telling him." he said as he reached for a towel. Looking up at me he grinned, wiping off his hands. "Now, I get my hug and a proper kiss." he stated.
I laughed, moving to stand up and step away for a moment. "Nooo no no Jake, you're still a mess!"
"I don't care." he growled playfully. Moving towards me, he trapped me in his arms and pulled me against his chest, looking down into my eyes making me blush and squirm.
"Jake!" I giggled, resting my hands on his strong chest and looking up at him.
In a moment his lips claimed mine in a slow, sweet kiss. I let my eyes fall closed and leaned into it. Even though I wanted to be upset at him for possibly putting stains on my shirt and jeans, his kiss sort of pushed those worries on the back burner and I melted into his chest. He felt positively good, my whole body hummed as I kissed him.
What started as a soft kiss slowly turned more passionate. I leaned up on my toes to kiss him deeper, tilting my head to one side as my lips moved against his. I could feel his hands grip my hips and gently push me back, pressing me into that old car he'd been restoring slowly but surely.
It was so perfect, he was perfect. My fingers moved up his arms and tangled in his hair at the base of his neck, messing up his pony tail a bit. While his hands moved up and down my sides, squeezing me lightly as he kissed. When his lips left mine I started to groan my disapproval until I felt his lips trailing down my jawline and neck. His hands returned to my hips and gripped them, pressing his chest into mine.
A blush crossed my cheeks as I felt his arousal against my abdomen, shuddering a little. We hadn't actually had sex yet. But we were a teenage couple who had experimented in things. I'd seen him naked before and we'd definitely let things get heated a couple of times. But we just hadn't actually had sex yet.
I let out a light moan as his lips trailed down my neck and along my collarbone. It felt like heaven in his arms and my whole body hummed at his touch. The trials of the day - including the strange Edward Cullen - were forgotten here in Jacobs arms.
"Hey Black!" a voice called from the garage doors, causing us to jump. But Jacob didn't jump away from me. He let out an almost animalistic growl as he glanced back.
"Embry. Learn to fucking knock would you?" he asked one of his best friends, and I couldn't help but giggle as Jacob pushed back off of me, moving around to sit back on his stool.
I looked up to see Embry walk in, nodding to him. "Hello Embry."
"Bellaaaa." Embry grinned up at me. "Did I interrupt something?"
"No." I muttered
But Jacob chimed in too, "YES." he growled, glaring up at his friend. "What do you want?"
"Grumpy grumpy. Sorry I cock blocked you dude."
"Heyyy.." I muttered with a blush, shaking my head. "Inappropriate. Besides we weren't going to do anything out here." I insisted, looking up at Embry.
It was fun hanging out with the rez boys. I liked them all, Jacob and his friends could rough house a lot though. "Oh, before I forget. Do you guys want to go to the movies with me and some friends from my school this weekend?" I asked, shifting uncomfortably.
Jacob nodded. "Yeah sure babe, I'm down."
"You're always down Jake." Embry said, playfully shoving his shoulder. Jacob laughed and shoved back.
"Shut up. If you could get a girl you'd want to hang out with her too."
"Oh now you've done it Black!"
And there they went. I laughed as they started play fighting right there in the garage, shaking my head. I'd discovered it was just better to let them do whatever they were going to do. It was hilarious watching them sometimes. Part of me always worried that Jake would get hurt, but I knew better.
Shaking my head I pushed to sit on the hood of the old car, watching them.
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Embry had agreed to go and said he'd ask Quil too. It was getting later now though but I was still on the rez. Charlie came over to the Blacks for dinner like usual since I spent most of my time there and I was the one that cooked. I was pretty sure Charlie couldn't cook toast on his own.
After dinner Charlie and Billy sat on the couch to watch a game and Jake and I snuck back to his room. As a general rule we weren't allowed in Jakes room with the door closed. But most of the time our dads didn't even notice. Jakes dad didn't really care, but mine could be overprotective sometimes. So long as we had the door open again once the game was over.
I giggled as Jacob playfully tackled me onto his small twin bed that barely fit us both. Laying back, I looked up at Jacob and smiled, my hands moving to rest on his arms. "Just what are you doing?"
"Well...I think...I'm about to thoroughly kiss my beautiful girlfriend." he said as his head dipped down to kiss my lips slowly.
And he was definitely thorough. I shuddered as my hands rubbed his arms slowly, shifting on the bed. Leaning back from the kiss I shook my head. "Come on Jake our dads are here. This is a small house."
"But I missed you.." he whined, slowly beginning to kiss down the side of my neck, feeling his hands on my sides and hips, rubbing slowly.
"We've been together all day."
"Yes but not quality time." he insisted. Kissing my neck, I felt as his tongue licked out over my skin making me swallow thickly. My eyes closed and my head tilted back.
I giggled again and shook my head, gently pushing him up. "Come on Jake, I really have to get homework done tonight."
"Liar." he teased, sitting up on his elbows. "Fine, I'll let you do your homework." he said as he moved off of me. Sitting up on one side of the bed, spreading his legs and patting the bed in front of him.
Reaching over, I grabbed my backpack and moved to settle between his legs. Feeling his arms move around me as I took my books out, trying to pick which subject to do first.
We sat in silence as I did homework and Jacob watched me. Shifting a bit as I got to science, looking at the page I sighed slowly. Jacob seemed to notice and he looked up at me. "Don't like science?"
"No it's not that. I'm just thinking I guess..."
"What about?" he asked, kissing the base of my neck slowly.
"About class today. You know I told you about the Cullens? Well I have class with one of them. Edward. All of class he sat there...staring at me with his hand over his nose and mouth. Like...like he couldn't stand the smell of me or something. And he just watched me with this strange intensity...like he was curious about me. Like I was a freak or something." I muttered slowly, chewing on my bottom lip.
I felt his hands rubbing up my sides as he tugged me closer to his chest, shaking his head. "He's an asshole Bells."
"Jake!"
"No, he is. Don't pay any attention to him. You're perfect." he insisted, kissing the side of my head slowly, his lips lingering on my skin. "And I love you. His opinion doesn't matter."
"Yeah I suppose you're right. I'm just worrying over nothing as usual. I'm sure it'll be fine." I said, looking down at my notebook, chewing on my bottom lip. "It's weird though. They're all so...perfect. I mean like, they're adopted but each of them are way too pretty. Perfect skin, hair. And they all have the same eyes."
"You're perfect." he said, rubbing my arms and slipping his hands around my waist, rubbing his fingers against my skin just above my jeans.
I shook my head, glancing back at him and smiling. "Your bias. But no, they're a different kind of perfect." I said with a shrug "It doesn't matter, don't worry about it." I insisted, closing my books and pushing them off to the side. Shifting up, I turned to face him. Noticing his legs move down so I could straddle his waist, smiling as I leaned to kiss him. "I still don't get what you see in me. I'll never understand it."
"Well..." he started, his hands resting on my hips and pulling me forward. Leaning up to kiss my chin, placing light kisses over my jawline. "I think you're perfect and beautiful. And fun to be around. What other girl will sit in my garage while I'm working on a car and be happy just spending time like that? Or, how many girls could put up with my friends? Especially Quil and Embry. I love you Bells, don't ever doubt that."
I shuddered at his words, leaning down to claim his lips in a slow kiss. My lips moved gently over his and I parted them to allow his tongue to dip into my mouth, tasting him as his tongue played with mine. This boy was perfect to me, my perfect sun.
"BELLA!" I heard Charlie's voice from the living room, making me sigh sadly as I leaned back from the kiss, smiling.
"Coming Charlie!" I called back, kissing the tip of Jacob's nose before I moved to stand up, pushing my books in my bag. "So...that movie this weekend..."
"Like I said, I'm there babe. Wherever you are is where I'm at." he said, slipping to sit at the edge of the bed, handing me my notebook. "Want me to come over to your house tomorrow? Or you come here?"
I thought about that for a moment and shrugged. "My house? And bring your homework. I don't get when you get that stuff done, but you're doing it tomorrow."
"Yes Ma'am!" he mocked with a grin, looking up at me and I laughed.
"Shut up."
"Fine." he said, moving to stand up and kissing me lightly before I leaned back.
Stepping back I opened his bedroom door, looking back at him. "Goodnight Jake. I'll see you tomorrow."
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The next day was even stranger. What made it strange was Edward Cullens strange absence. I wasn't quite sure what was up with him, but I had the distinct feeling like he was avoiding me. It wasn't like he just changed classes, no, he wasn't even in at lunch with his family. And I noticed his shorter pixie like sister giving me slow side glances during the entire lunch period. But she looked at me differently, she looked at me with soft eyes and gave me a smile when I'd noticed her.
People were already talking about the strange small girl. People called her weird and a freak.
When it came to my last class of the day, English, I'd taken my seat as usual. I liked English, it was my favorite subject. I read a lot, and with Jacob I also liked reading out loud. He usually enjoyed the sound of my voice as I read one of the novels we were supposed to be reading for classes. He wasn't in the same school but it was the same basic curriculum so we usually were reading the same books for our English classes. School on the rez though had much more tribal history classes than I did.
I wasn't paying attention when someone gracefully took the two empty seats next to mine. As I looked up I saw that girl, the short pixie Cullen girl, and the tall man she was usually with sitting next to me. I blinked up at them as the girl turned to me and smiled warmly.
"Hello! I'm Alice and this is Jasper." she said cheerily, holding her hand out to mine.
I took it slowly, shaking her hand and blinking at her unusually cold skin. "Um, hello. I'm...Bella..." I replied slowly and curiously.
She smiled happily at me as she sat up straight, crossing her legs. "We're going to be good friends! I can just tell." she said happily. This girl seemed entirely too happy and I just blinked at her.
Looking up towards Jasper though he was staring at me strangely. I wasn't sure what that look was, an intensity lingered behind his eyes and he looked as though he was in pain. Though part of him was watching me, especially when I was this close to Alice. Protective much?
"You met my brother Edward yesterday didn't you?"
I was mortified, he'd mentioned that? "Uh...yeah...in science. He wasn't in today..."
"No he went out of town to visit our cousins in Alaska."
"Alaska?" I asked. I was amazed people wanted to live there. Sometimes it amazed me that people lived here. Then again, I lived here.
"Mmhm. Thats where we're from." she said happily. Sitting back in her chair I saw as she moved to take Jaspers hand in hers, letting their fingers twine together as she smiled sweetly up at him. And it was cute, the two of them seemed so strange yet so cute together.
Though I didn't want to pry. And the teacher walked in to start class. But I was pretty sure Alice and Jasper did not have English with me yesterday. I tried to shrug it off and concentrate on class.
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Things went pretty much back to normal after that. I didn't really see Edward in school anymore, but Alice was a welcome friend. She was nice and peppy. Though during class sometimes her eyes went to a far away place and Jasper would hover with his arm around her shoulders protectively. I could see why people talked about her, but I wouldn't be one of those people.
And then suddenly a little more than a week after meeting Alice when I walked into my science class I saw him sitting there. Edward Cullen.
Swallowing nervously I walked to sit in my seat, getting my books out and shifting as I looked up at the board, attempting not to linger in the awkwardness.
"Hello." his velvet voice said beside me, almost making me jump as I looked up at him. "I didn't get a chance to introduce myself before. I'm Edward Cullen..."
"Um...I'm Bella...Bella Swan. Nice to...meet you." I said hesitantly.
He flashed me a smile as the teacher began class. We were working on a lab and he passed out the slides to each group along with the microscopes. It was strange, this Edward seemed almost nice as he offered me to look at the first slide.
We worked on the lab here and there, and all in all it was a pretty easy lab. The silence was a bit awkward for a while though as I looked up at him. "So um...enjoying the...rain?" I asked in an attempt to start a conversation not related to the lab.
He chuckled and nodded. "You could say that. The rain doesn't bother me."
"Not me." I muttered, shuddering. "I hate the rain. And the cold. Any cold, wet thing...I just...hate."
He looked at me curiously and laughed. "And yet you live in a town that it rains more often than anything else.."
"Yeah well, I was born and raised here. My mom lives in Phoenix though. Well she might be moving to Jacksonville soon."
"Why not move in with her then?" he asked softly.
I thought about that for a moment. Is this where I told him about Jacob? I shrugged and smiled a bit, looking into the microscope and identifying the cell inside before I sat back, shrugging. "My life is here." I stated simply, and that was true, Jacob was my life.
But why didn't I just outright tell him? I smiled a bit as I thought, remembering my response to Jacob whenever he teased and asked me why I didn't move in with Renee. Where would the Earth be without her Sun? Jacob was truly my sun. But for some reason I didn't tell that to Edward.
He just nodded as though he understood, continuing with the lab as he looked up to me. "What is there to do here in Forks?" he asked.
I laughed, shaking my head. "Nothing really. Well theres the movies in Port Angeles, if you don't mind the drive. Oh, theres La Push Beach. Theres always bonfires down there at night with the locals, and some kids like to swim and surf, when it's not too cold. Oh and theres cliff diving in La Push. I went a couple of times, I don't like it much. I prefer to sit on the beach while the boys cliff dive and watch them."
"The boys? Your friends in school?"
"Oh no.." I muttered with a chuckle. "The guys down in La Push. They're a great group of guys. My dad is friends with some of their dads, they go fishing all the time so I always spent more time growing up in La Push than anywhere else."
He seemed to visibly tense at my answer as though he was anxious. "La Push hm? We don't...go to La Push." he stated stiffly.
"You don't? Why not?" I asked, tilting my head to one side as I looked up at him.
He paused a moment, seeming to be thinking about it and wondering what to say. "My father...would prefer us not to."
I stared at him and shrugged. "Well theres not much else to do in town really..." I said slowly. Though I wasn't too sure what other locals did since I spent so much time on La Push.
We chatted about other things that were small. Movies, music, school and various things in town. Edward was a nice guy and I was surprised that I was kind of liking him. If I didn't have Jacob I might even be interested in him.
After class he walked me to my locker before lunch, chatting with each other. It was nice chatting with him, but I felt bad. I hadn't even mentioned Jacob once, Jacob my boyfriend. That was kind of an important thing to establish when talking so much with someone.
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When I got home my conversation with Edward was still replaying in my ears. I'd even forgotten that today was a day that Jacob was coming by. When I heard the knock at my door I almost jumped on the couch. Standing up, I walked over to open it and was embraced by Jacob immediately.
I smiled and hugged him back, looking up at him. "Hey Jake..."
"Don't say you forgot I was coming over?"
"We, Jake. We." Billy said from behind him and I smiled to him.
"Hey Billy. Come on in." I insisted, holding the door open for Jacob to help roll Billy's wheelchair up into my house. Once they were inside I closed the door and looked at them. "Charlie won't be in for about a half an hour." I said as I looked at the clock. Wow I'd really stared off into space that long?
"Thats okay, I can wait. Besides I brought Harry Clearwater's home made fish fry." he said enthusiastically, holding up a brown paper bag for me.
I took it slowly and gave him a small smile. "Wow, thanks.." I said. Looking up at Jake I knew that he knew I wasn't that excited about it. Fish wasn't my favorite, but I knew Charlie loved it. "Well, make yourself comfortable." I said as I walked into the kitchen to put the fish fry away.
Instantly I felt Jake behind me and smiled when he cornered me at the counter. Leaning forward against it, I glanced back at him. "Jake stop, your dad.." I muttered as his lips began attacking my neck in slow kisses. I couldn't help but giggle as he found a sensitive spot. "Jakeee..."
"Oh relax Bells. He doesn't care. Its your dad that cares." he stated as he patted my hips before leaning back against the counter next to me. "How was school?"
"Good..." I said slowly, almost hesitantly. I wasn't sure how much to tell him about Edward.
"Alright what happened now? Is Lauren being a bitch again?"
I smacked his shoulder, shaking my head. "No. That Cullen kid, Edward, showed up again today. He's pretty cool. Though he says he doesn't go down to La Push, that his dad told him not to. Weird huh?"
He tensed for a moment and then shrugged. "Maybe. Maybe he just can't hang with the natives like you can." he teased, and I smiled.
"Maybe. But he's nice."
"Nice huh?" he asked and I could sense the jealousy in his voice that made me smile just a bit.
Slowly I moved in front of him, resting my hands on his hips, leaning up to kiss him slowly. "Why, Jacob Black are you jealous?"
He smiled as his arms moved around my torso, pulling me close to his chest and kissing my forehead as my cheek pressed into his chest. "Do I have anything to be jealous about?"
I thought about that for a moment before shaking my head. "No, no you don't. What is the Earth to do without her Sun after all?" I asked, smiling as I closed my head and took in a deep breath, smelling Jacobs scent, the scent that was home to me.
After all I could have entertained the idea of liking Edward Cullen, I didn't think he'd ever feel like this. He'd never feel like home the way my Jacob did. He was the instant light in my life and the only one that could make me feel quite this happy.
He smiled as he held me, rubbing my back slowly, leaning to kiss the rim of my ear lightly. "I love you.." he whispered slowly against my ear.
"I love you too." I said back. And then I knew it was true. I did love Jacob Black, and the small bit of doubt Edward had let seep into my mind disappeared with this moment.
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A/N: Andd chapter Fin! Let me know what you think.
Read and review, let me knowww! Should I keep going? Or should I give up?
This story will ~sort of~ follow the Twilight series events. There will be correlation's but everything will be drastically different with this new outlook. Obviously there will be werewolves at some point.
So. Yup. Thats it. A dribble from my brain and I hope ya'll like it!