It had been 4 whole years since I last saw him, four whole years. Oddly, we were next to see each other at a 2 year olds birthday party in La Push. I arrived at 7, straight from the airport, when the party was just winding down. Balloons, wrapping paper, toys and paper plates with remnants of cake covered the floor. I sat down amongst some of my childhood friends, Karys' little birthday boy, Luke, was adorable, and was just about to be taken up to bed. My other friend Nina, was also a Mum, to 6 month old Milly.
There they all were, all my oldest friends in one room. Celebrating the new extensions to our group. After Luke had been taken to bed, the interrogations started.

"So! How was uni!? Do you miss it already? What was England like? Did you meet anyone? Have you got a British boyfriend? How long are you staying here? Do you miss Sam? Sam's outside you know, with Jacob and Paul? Remember them? Do you like them?"

I think I should probably take this opportunity to describe myself. My name, is Evelyn (Evie) Davis. I'm 22 years old and have been studying History at university in England for the past four years. I'm 5ft 7, have wild curly brown hair and I'm slim, but curvy. I grew up next door to Sam Uley, and have been best friends with him ever since. Today is the day I have arrived back in Forks, today I've come home, today, everything changes.

There he was. Leaning against the door frame, listening with an amused expression to the 20 questions session currently attacking me. Jacob had certainly grown to be a beautiful man. Tall, dark and muscular.

"Hi Jacob! I haven't seen you in a while." I said grinning.

"I know, I was just thinking the same." He replied, his voice was gravely and deep, and made my heart flutter. Why was my heart fluttering?

"How are you? How have you been?"

"Yeah good thanks, how are you?" I smiled and explained how I had graduated uni, and that I was moving back home for a while to save some money and decide what I was going to do next. He told me about his business in the garage, mending cars and motorbikes. I could definitely see Jacob doing that. Hands on, dirty, greasy. Oh man what was wrong with me?!

"I'm just going to use the facilities, is the little one asleep?" He turned to Karys, who was sat with a grin on her face.

"Yeah, he is, just be careful when you close the doors, but he is quite a heavy sleeper." As he walked upstairs, Karys and the other girls all turned to look at me, I felt my face flaring. "What?" I asked nonchalantly. They all burst in a flood of hushed tones "Oh my god. You like him!" "Did you see how he looked at you?" "You're blushing like crazy!"

"WHAT?! No! Shh!" I covered my face with my hands. We all heard the bathroom door unlock and silence fell on the room. I wanted to scream and run out of the room. I prayed that my cheeks had simmered down and that I no longer looked like a cooked lobster. Jacob came back round from the stairs and smiled a wide bright smile as he entered the room.

"Evie, I'm going to drive back home later, if you want a lift. I mean, I will literally be driving past your house."

"Oh yeah that would be great actually, I walked down here, so."

"Yeah thats cool, Think I'm taking some of the other guys back too, I'll go get Sam and Paul."

Jacob went back outside, and I stood up to say goodbye to the girls. "Don't do anything I wouldn't do." giggled Karys. "That doesn't leave much Karys!" I laughed as she hit my leg. "It was lovely to see you sweetie, let me know when you're free and we can meet up!" We hugged goodbye as Jacob walked back in the room with the guys.

"Hey Evie!" Sam bellowed hugging me from behind.
"Hey Sam! Good to see you!" I turned around and gave him a proper hug. Sam and I had grown up next door to each other, we were best friends, but had fallen out of contact somewhat since I had moved away to study in England.

"Is Jacob taking you home?" Sam asked, warranting a whistle from Paul. I eyeballed him and nodded to Sam.

"Shotgun sitting next to Evie!" Sam shouted.

"SHH!" Karys warned. "I don't want to have to send a bad report to Emily!" She looked over at me, "You owe us a proper catch up, we need the goss! See you next week?"

"Yeah definitely, I'll call you! Byyee!" I called over my shoulder, as we walked out to Jacobs car.

"How was uni then?" Sam asked opening the door for me.

"It was amazing, it really was. You have to go to England, it's so beautiful and old! And they have all these weird traditions and stuff."

"Sounds cool, so you going to be a famous historian then?"

"Haha, I doubt it, a regular historian will do me just fine though. I was actually thinking about researching the history of Forks and the Res while I'm here, what do you think? Obviously I'll leave out the whole Wolf/Vamp thing."

"Awesome, that would be cool. You need to talk to Billy, Jake's Dad about that. He knows pretty much everything there is to know!"

Jacob got in the car and started the engine.

"So what are you up to these days then Sam?"
"I'm kind of full time Alpha now. It takes up a surprising amount of time…"

"Alpha pup! Aw Sam!"

"Yeah yeah."

I suddenly became aware of the silence in the room, of the fact that everyone was listening to what I had to say. I caught eyes with Jake in the mirror and blushed, which was luckily hidden by the low evening light.

The car slowed and pulled into Paul's driveway.

"Right, gunna have to love you and leave you kid." Sam said pulling me into another hug. "Staying at Paul's tonight, Em has some girls round for a pamper evening… So you know." I giggled, "Are you free tomorrow? Would love to catch up properly!" Sam said hopefully.

"The bonfire! Evie come to the bonfire on the beach tomorrow evening. Everyone will be there!"

"Sounds great guys, see you tomorrow." Paul and Sam got out of the car, and I followed soon after to sit in the front of the car. I shut the door and Jacob pulled away.

"How are your parents?" Jake asked.

"Yeah good thanks, Mum's been quite ill, but she's on the mend. They're actually away for the next month on a cruise!"

"Oh! Alright for some then! So you've got the house to yourself?"

"Yeah, apart from the kitten."

"Kitten?"

"Ha, yeah Mum decided to get one a couple of weeks ago, it's adorable actually."

"We've never had pets at Dads."

"You should come and see the kitten then, he's called Orange."

"Ginger?"

"Yup." We stopped at the traffic lights and I looked out of the window at the vast expanse of woodland. I missed this town, and I missed this man. But we had never been more than friends. Bella was the only one he saw. Bella. I hadn't heard her name mentioned once since I had been home. Bella who broke Jacob's heart and dropped him for that vampire. I hated her for that.

"Have you- heard from Bella?" I whispered, afraid of his reaction. His shoulders stiffened.

"No, she lives with him now. We never really see them. I'm glad. I am, I am over her now though. I just can't bare to think of him."

"Yeah I understand, he still gives me the creeps." I glanced down at Jacobs's large hand, which was covering the gear stick. I had the biggest urge to touch him. But I knew he may find that a tad bit weird.

We pulled up outside my house and I reached down to pick up my bag from the footwell.

"I'll walk you to your door." Jacob said opening the door. I stepped out into the fresh night air, Jacob joining me at my side, the moonlight playing on our skin. I started off down the driveway, under the thick arches of trees. "It's so pretty here." He said in a whisper.

"Yeah my Mum planted the wisteria when I was born. Its kind of taking over now."

We reached the front door and I got my keys from my bag. Feeling his presence behind me, my shaky hands put the key to the lock. As the door swung open, I turned and smiled to Jacob.

"Thanks for bringing me home." I reached out to give him a hug. My hand touched his arm in a spark of electricity. We both reeled back in shock. I couldn't take my eyes from his. Jacob brought his hand up to push my fringe from my eyes.

"Did you just- did we?" I gasped breathlessly.

"Imprint?"

"Oh my god."