The first date was easy.
Asking her was harder.
Kora had been living outside La'Push for just over a year now. Jacob had been staring at her dreamily for just under a year. As most stories of boy meets girl go, Jacob was slowly building up the fragile confidence to ask this girl out on a date. He didn't know why he was so scared but something about this girl sent chills up his spine. She had straight black hair that hung down to the small of her back and a small waist to match her petite frame. In his mind she was utterly dazzling. He took in a deep breath and knocked on the garage door hoping he would be heard over the loud radio. After a minute of no reply he figured she hadn't heard so took a small step inside.
The garage was fairly small with a few hanging naked bulbs that only just illuminated the dusty room. Faded band posters were tacked onto the wall to provide a little more decoration. The concrete floor was littered untidily with random metal pieces and at the far end was a dusty work bench which had seen better days. Jacob stepped in and walked over to the radio with a small smile as he looked around. He didn't understand why Kora liked this place so much, she could easily have just worked on the cars at his garage or even outside but she claimed that it held a 'homey' feel.
'Kora? You in here under all this rubbish?' He teased as he turned down the radio.
There was a loud squeak as Kora rolled out lying on a skateboard from under the Volkswagen at the centre of the room.
'Jake!' She exclaimed in delight on seeing him. Her silky hair was thrown up into a messy ponytail and from underneath the layer of oil and grime on her face he could see two sparkling hazel eyes. She leapt up and dusted her hands of on her ripped denim shorts. 'How are you mate?' She grinned.
Jacob chuckled on seeing her 'I'm great thanks, You having fun?'.
Kora laughed, a noise that sent butterfly's spiralling through Jacob's stomach 'Wonderful fun thanks, Was there something you wanted or were you just stopping by?' .
Slowly he sucked in a breath determined to not chicken out, humbly he stared at his feet and began to stammer out 'Well actually, It's just, I was wondering, If maybe, Not that you have to, But if you did want to, But you don't, and….' He trailed of feebly and didn't need to look up to see her bemused expression. Finally after what seemed like far too long of an awkward silence he faltered and muttered out 'Just came to check on you…'.
Kora smiled slightly if a little concerned by all the stammering but she decided to just let it go. 'Well I'm okay, a little annoyed at Embry to be honest but who isn't…'
'Why Embry?' Jacob leapt at the chance of a change of topic.
She rolled her eyes 'He just seems to forget I'm a girl sometimes and instead chats to me about things I even don't want to know.'
'No one forgets you're a girl' he said suddenly.
Kora looked up with a faint blush in her cheeks 'Sometimes you do…' she said quietly.
'What do you mean?-' His question was cut short by the sudden force of her lips on his. For a minute he froze but gradually he began to kiss back. Slowly she pulled away with worried eyes 'I don't want anything serious' she began. Jacob silenced her with his lips on hers, he chuckled slightly, just glad to have her for the moment 'What are you, a girl?' he teased.