"Where did you find this tree?" Sam asked, as Embry and Jared were trying to set up the tree in Sam's house without it tipping over.

"Uh, it was...lying there," Jared answered.

"All lonely.... just wishing someone would happen to find it and bring it into their home." Embry added.

"So then why did you need to borrow my dad's old axe?" Seth asked, holding one of the many cookies that kept coming out of Emily's oven.

"Shut up Seth!" Jared hissed, whacking him over the head, making Seth drop his cookie.

"Aw, come on man! What did the cookie ever do to you?"

"Are you telling me, that you went, and brought, an illegally chopped down tree into-my-house!" Sam asked angrily.

"Oh I don't know Sam, I think it looks.... festive," Emily said, walking out of the kitchen.

Sam looked torn between yelling at Jared and Embry for doing something illegal, and making Emily happy. "Fine.... FINE! I'll keep the dame tree! But so help me god, if I get in trouble for it!" he walked off.

"That's the spirit Mr. Scrooge!" quill yelled back.

"Bah HUMBUG!"

And I? I was laughing to my self on the couch, watching all this. Jake, who was sitting next to me, looked over at me. "You know, if you feel like leaving this funny farm, you can go. Weren't you invited to go help the blood-suckers decorate or something?"

"Well the Cullen's did invite me, but I think my sister wanted to go alone."

"How do you know?" he asked.

"Oh, she very lightly hinted.....by threatening me that if I didn't let her go alone and spend some quality time with Edward...she'd smother me in my sleep."

He laughed, then made a face, "ew, quality time with a vampire. And I mean, who say 'quality time' any more? He's such an old man. If he wants to spend time with skyler, he should be more.... out front with it."

I rolled my eyes, "and what would you say instead, since apparently you're an expert on this."

He smiled, "simple, 'you, me, my house, privet make-out session' " as he was saying this, he started to lean over top of me, making me fall back on the couch.

"ew! ack! Grow up!" I said laughing, while trying to push him back.

"Will you two stop that? That's the only couch in this house, and I'd like to be able to sit on it without thinking that dirty stuff has happened on it," Paul said annoyed.

Jacob sat back up, pulling me up with him. Putting his arm around me he said, "oh right, cause I'm sure you never do anything like this to my sister on my only couch!"

Paul smiled evilly, "you wouldn't even want to know."

"ALRIGHT, THAT'S IT!" Jake stood up angrily.

"Will both of you knock it off! If you two can't handle being around each other, then someone has to leave!" Emily said, waving a spoon at us.

"You better listen to her, she has her spoon of pain!" Seth joked; Emily whacked him on the head with it playfully. "ow, see! Told you!"

"Come on Jake, we'll go. I have to get back home anyways." I said standing up.

"alright, see you later guys." he grabbed my hand, and walked out of the house into his car.

the whole time we were in his car, he fiddled with the radio, constantly changing the stations.

"will you just pick one? seriously, it's making my head buzz!"

" i'm trying, but all the stations just play Christmas music now. and if i have to listen to one more 'drummer boy' song, i think i'd wolf out right then and there!"

i sighed, "well duh they only play Christmas songs! there is only twelve more days to Christmas. you know, like the song 'On the first day of Christmas, My true love sent to me A partridge in a pear tree' " i sang.

"i never got that song, who would want a partridge in a pear tree" he asked,

"...the pears would be yummy," i answered.

"and the partridge?"

"you could eat that to!" i decided.

he shook his head, "you are the weirdest girl i have ever met," he announced.

"i try," i said, as he turned into my driveway.

"see ya," i said, as i leaned over to kiss him.

as i got out of the car and walked up to my house, humming 'oh Christmas tree'. i had no idea that at that moment, jake had gotten an plan, and i was part of it.