Isabella Chapter 1: Are You Guys Being Safe?, a vampires fanfic

ISABELLA

A/N: This is the new, and hopefully improved in your eyes, Isabella. Please R&R!!! And I'll love you forever!!

The various colors of bright oranges and blues paid a longing to my eyes as the sun rose, so beautiful. My arms pulled my knees closer to my body as I watched silently, listening to the bird's song randomly as they awoke. The air had a slight chill to it, I noted, and the morning seemed to have a sort of eerie feel to it. A breeze brushed across my face and I lifted a hand up to slide a strand of hair from my vision. The sun, now fully lifted from the horizon and visible over the roof tops, shone a gleam through the hazy clouds that reflected from my crystal blue eyes. I looked away and pulled a leaf from the tree that was next to me on this black tile covered roof. My hands absent-mindedly tore at the leaf, until there was nothing but a stem, and I threw it to the ground below. My dark blue back-pack lay beside me, being pushed against by a patch of wind passing by. I could see two blocks down to a big two story house that I knew too well. I glanced down at my wrist watch, noting it was a quarter past seven. I gripped my pack and stood up carefully. The roof I was on wasn't exactly known to be all that sturdy.

I grabbed the tree and swung myself over the edge of the roof with one of its limber branches and let go just as I was only about 7 or odd feet from the ground, as I had practiced so many times before. I landed hard on my feet and walked out onto the grass, which was in dire need of water, and headed for Jake's house. I could hear the noise of my shoes clapping against the asphalt of the road and began to detest the noise. I glanced up at the creamy white house as I approached. The sun reflected on the glassy windows, causing me to avert my gaze. I stepped onto the sidewalk leading on to the big wooden door, decorated with a shining blue tinted window. I could see a single light on in the second story as I stepped up to the door. My fingers hesitated slightly as the pushed into the doorbell twice. I could hear a muffled chime coming from the inside as I waited.

"It's open!" I heard a familiar voice yell audibly. I twisted the golden door handle and entered without question. Everything seemed to be in complete order. The carpet was an unmistakable white and the furniture seemed untouched. I hesitated at the door way, not wanting to step even a toe onto the whiteness of the carpet.

Then he walked around the corner and my mouth fell open and I barely had time enough to catch it before he looked at me. Jake. He was shirtless... and oh... my... god...

I noticed I was staring at him and quickly gathered up all the sensibility I had in me at this point. He slipped a gray cotton T-shirt over his... gorgeous six pack and smiled at me.

"Isabella, hey." I cleared my throat almost silently and slumped my pack near the floor.

"Hey." I said in my shy voice, still a little shaken up by what I had just seen. He looked at me in disbelief.

"What? No hug?" I laughed and stepped over to him, throwing my arms around his neck. He laughed. "That's more like it. Want some eggs? I just made some and I was just about to eat."

I pulled away from him slightly with his arms still around my waist. I didn't want him to move them. "Sure." I smiled at him as he let go of me and turned toward the kitchen. I followed after him, wishing we could still be in the hug.

The kitchen smelt of burnt eggs and bacon. Oh no. I smiled wide as he turned around to look at me. "I can tell you've been having fun cooking." I said, motioning toward the still visible burnt eggs in the trash bin. He smiled a little.

"Hey, it's not my fault that you have to watch them every second. I had stuff to do!" I laughed at him. "It's not funny! But I did manage to make some of them edible... "He moved out of my way to reveal 5 eggs on the counter, white and fluffy.

I laughed at him again. "You're in dire need of a cook." His smile widened. "I know." He hopped up and sat on the counter, opening up a cabinet behind him and pulled out a china plate.

"You're going to eat eggs off of that?" I asked with a color of disbelief in my tone. He shrugged.

"Sure, why not? It's not like I'm ever going to use them for much else." I guess he had a point there. I just shrugged along with him, took the glass plate he had offered me and stepped over to the much-to-large table.

His parents lived in Germany, due to their jobs, and so he had lived here alone since he was old enough to be without a nanny. I must've zoned out for a moment because I heard him call my name from right next to me.

"Are you okay?" He sat a glass of milk in front of me.

"I'm fine. Thanks." I took a bite of eggs and a sip of the milk. I noticed the eggs had no salt and made a small face, and soon after hoped he hadn't seen it.

"Can I use your bathroom?" I turned around to him so suddenly; I hadn't had time to realize how close he was to me. I found myself staring directly into his eyes for a long moment and backed away slightly.

He mirrored my movement. "Why do you always ask like that? You know you can." I heard the small stutter20in his words and smiled sweetly.

"Of course." I laughed a little nervously. "Sorry." I turned away from him fast and headed upstairs before he could say anything else. The bathroom was as big as my room. This wasn't really saying much because I lived in the attic.

I turned the faucet on in one of the sinks and splashed some water on my face. My dark brown hair was nearly past my waist now. There was a light tap on the door and I realized I hadn't shut it.

"Hey, it's about 7:40. We should probably get going'." Jake took in my appearance and turned away. I didn't say a word, but followed him downstairs. He led me to the garage door. He opened it to complete darkness. My hand hit the light switch and the whole room sprang to life. There were 2 cars side by side. One was the Nissan 370z. It was my absolute favorite, and also what we were driving. The one next to it was the Nissan 350z. I loved that one as well, but it wasn't as good as the 370, to say in the least. He walked around and opened the door for me as he always did. I slid in without a word and he shut it carefully behind me. A second later, he was next to me, listening to the purr of the engine.

"I'll call her to tell her we're on our way." He got out his shiny new phone.

"Oh no you won't!" I protested. "You're driving! Let me call her." He sighed and surrendered his blackberry to me. I dialed her number carefully, throwing him a smile in the process. There were a few rings until finally she answered.

"Hello?"

"Hey Ski, we're on our way." I heard some noise in the background.

"Umm... Yeah, I'm not coming to school today. I've got... hum... things to take care of." I looked at the phone a little funny as I heard her giggle, and then I remembered her boyfriend got back in town yesterday. Gross.

"Okay, I guess I'll talk to you later."

"Stop" She laughed again. "I'm on the phone!"

"Ski?" I thought I was going to be sick.

"Yeah yeah, sorry. Okay I got to go! Bye!" And the line went dead. I stared at the phone for a few seconds with a disgusted look on my face.

"What?" Jake interrupted my gaze, thank God.

"She's not coming to school today." I breathed, handing his phone back to him and looking out the window.

"Oh..." He said knowingly. Thankfully he didn't ask for an explanation.

The trip to school seemed surprisingly shorter than usual. And that was kind of a downer, because now Jake and I had to go our separate ways until lunch. I gave him a sideways look as we both stepped out of his car. A gust of went blew part of his black hair out of his eyes. Though he was an obvious Goth, he didn't act like one in the least. He didn't do drugs and he was a really nice guy. That was more than you could say for some of his friends...

"Hum... Isabella?" He interrupted my thoughts gradually. "Huh?" Now I figured I probably had an extremely stupid look on my face and I looked away a little embarrassed. He looked at the ground and we started walking toward the school building absent-mindedly.

"After school, you want to... go with me to... Miranda's party?" I almost tripped over a piece of sidewalk that was sticking out of place, and just barely caught myself. My face turned blank.

"Miranda's party?" I asked, feeling really stupid now.

"Yeah... If you want to... I mean, you don't have to but..." Oh no... He was starting to think I didn't want to go with him. GOD, IM SO STUPID!

"No no no! Of course I want to go. You just kind of... caught me by suprise." He opened the door for me. "But... You mean as a... Date?" He looked at me kind of funny and I immediately regretted asking.

"Well... Yeah. If you don't mind." My whole freakin' heart exploded at that point. I was surprised I still had a strait look on my face.

"Okay." I smiled. "I'll see you at lunch then." I turned around too quickly and a locker slammed into my face. OUCH!!... I caught myself from falling and felt arms grab my waist. I looked up to see Jake smiling at me.

"You okay?" He started laughing. My face was beet red, I could tell just by the expression on his face.

"Uh..." I straitened myself up and he let go of my waist. "I'm fine. Haha... See you later." And I disappeared as fast as possible, making sure I didn't hit another locker. That was worse than embarrassing. That was just torture. As I walked around the corner, I looked both ways. There was no one in sight.

"YESSSS!!!" I whispered loudly. Yes, I can whisper loudly, among my many talents. I had a huge smile on my face until I looked up to see one of the cameras staring me full in the face. My face turned red, but I didn't care. HE JUST ASKED ME ON A DATE!! Kind of.

Almost everyone was buzzing in the cafeteria, waiting for the first bell. I walked on over to the 10th grade side. Sophomores here I come. I saw a few people that I recognized and started off in that general direction.

"Lizzy!!" I heard my nickname being called and automatically turned to see Tyler running strait for me with Maverick and his girlfriend tagging along behind. They looked so cute, although completely in black, both of them, they made the perfect couple. Dianne's bleach blond hair kind of stood out in all of the darkness. I sat my stuff to the floor, preparing myself for what I knew was coming. He leapt at me and embraced me in a hug.

"Oh my God girl! You look so happy! Why the sparkling smile babe?" He released me and I took an exaggerated breath. Maverick and Dianne walked up.

"Hey Isabella." They said one right after the other.

"Hey." I smiled at their cute couple-ness.

"So? Why you look so glamorous?" Tyler put his arm around me and started leading me to our usual table. "Tell me all." I laughed. I leaned away from him and took in his... well... his "ness" I should put it. He had black hair almost to his shoulders with little blue and pink streaks in his bangs. It wouldn't really look as good on anyone else but him.

"Well... I ummm... "I blushed deeply.

"Oh my God! Its Jake isn't it! OHH!!" He squealed and gave me a big hug before I had time to respond.

"Whoa whoa! Tyler! He just asked me to Miranda's party tonight. It's nothing!" I smiled wider and hid my face behind my long hair.

"Nothing?! Pasha!! It's everything! OH!" He brought his voice down to an audible whisper. "Make sure you make him bring a condom! Are you guys being safe?" Maverick and Dianne burst out laughing and my face got so red I had to cover it with my sleeves.

"Tyler!"

He backed away in defense. "What? I'm just lookin' out for you girlfriend!" The bell rang and everyone began shuffling out. I rolled my eyes at him and skipped in front of a whole bunch of people to get away, my face burning red.

~END OF FOURTH HOUR~

My mind rang with dizziness... The clock ticked slowly while I waited with the up-most impatience. The second hand on the ordinarily black clock actually seemed to be moving slower with every tick! I let out a big sigh unintentionally and turned a few heads my way. I sunk down farther into my chair until their eyes averted. This was really becoming torture. Only one minute left! My bag lay ready, the strap already clinging to my shoulder.

The bell rang and I shot out of my chair, all of that bottled up impatience catching me with a pulling anxiety. Ryan was next to me in seconds trying to keep up with my pace.

"What's your hurry Isabella?" He grabbed my arm gently, slowing my pace barely. "Lunch isn't goin' anywhere! Slow down!" I stopped suddenly and he flew in front of me a few feet.

"Hurry? I'm not in a hurry." I walked slowly past him, acknowledging his awed expression out of the corner of my eye. I smiled in the other direction.

"...You're insane.." He caught up to me and we kept at a normal pace. "I'm not even gonna ask..."

I laughed. "I'm just hungry is all." We walked through the double doors of the cafeteria and got into a fast building line. He looked at me funny. "How long has it been since you've eaten? A few weeks or something??" I laughed again, "Noooo... " We grabbed trays and waited as the lunchladies filled them with school food... Gross...

Ryan just shook his head and walked silently behind her for a few seconds before he spoke again. "So, what's up anyway. Today's pretty boring huh."

I nodded at him. "Yeah.. I guess.." I felt the corner of my mouth lift into a small smile and I turned away. I heard Ryan laughing. I turned to see him with a huge amused smile on his face.... Oh crap. He saw.

"What?" I asked too innocently.

"You know what." He smiled wider. "Okay Isabella, What happened?" I turned to go to our usual table and bumped strait into someone, knocking my tray from my hands. I felt arms grab my waist and I looked up to see Jake standing there, smiling at me.

"Second time today, Isabella." He laughed. "I'm gonna have to become your regular savior aren't I?" I lay there in his arms for a split second, feeling like a total idiot. Then my mind caught up with my body functions and I stood up, my face on fire.

"Sorry.." It came out as an audible whisper, just barely. He smiled at me, and I saw he had my tray safely in his hands, not a scratch in sight. How'd he do that? "Oh thanks." I took the tray from him and he started walking to our usual table, Ryan and I not far behind.

Ryan grabbed my sleeve and I looked back to see him smiling. "Ohhh... Now I see.." His grin grew.

"Shut up!" I hissed at him. But my smile didn't fade.

I thudded down on a blue chair, setting my bag next to my feet, and looked at Jake. I couldn't say anything, still feeling heat in my face from just a second before, so I looked back down at my food and poked at it with my fork.

"Yes Isabella, I see what you mean. Soooooo hungry." Ryan whispered to me, flashing me another one of his amused smiles. I went to kick him under the table.

"Ouch." Jake said unexpectidly as he looked under the table. I hid my face in my hair as I felt the redness come back and heard Ryan burst into whispering laughter right beside me. I could tell this was going to be a loooong day.

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A/N: Thanks for reading everyone. Now If you would kindly select the little thing that says 'review' and share your oppinion... I would be very very thankful! =] And, terribly sorry for the extreme shortness.