Layla smiled at her father, and raced him back to their beach house. She ran to the front door, pushing her legs faster, and tapped it with her first two fingers. "I win" she declared proudly, and turned to look for him. "Daddy? Where are you?" She jumped down the steps and scampered over to the trees. Soon she saw Jacob, and skipped over to him.
He was standing near the tree line with a scowl on his face. "Dad, what is it?" she questioned. She gently placed her hand on his shoulder, and rested her head on her hand. He turned his head slightly and half smiled at her.
"Oh, just that boy. What's his name? Riley, yeah that's it. I don't like him. He just seems…different." He sighed and wrapped his arms protectively around his daughter. She smiled, and hugged him back.
"Dad, it's like Alice said. We're going to be 'friends' nothing more. Okay? If things change, well, Alice will know before any of us. And…well, I don't think anything is going to happen. I mean, he tried to kill me." She gulped and hesitated before mumbling under her breath, "but he is kind of cute." She looked away as her face turned red.
"Layla, what are you thinking baby girl?! How can you think that this blood sucking leech is cute? He tried to KILL YOU! Do you not understand that?" Jake was practically shouting into her ear. "He's not a puppy dog, he's a vampire!" He shouted with emphasis on the word 'vampire'.
Layla could feel her tears welling up in her eyes. She didn't know what to do, but she knew that something had formed between her and Riley. "Oh, and you're one to talk? You are in love with a half vampire! And that hybrid SAVED MY LIFE! How can you think that they are all bad? Riley is different, but in a good way. A way that I guess you can't understand." She broke out in sobs, and ran into the woods at full speed.
***More to come soon. Working on it right now. Sorry for the cliff hanger, but I have to keep you interested somehow :) ***
