How a Piece of Bread Screwed Up My Life
I think the title speaks for itself. I will continue BAC I swear but I just need to get back into the groove of writing, so I'm writing this to get myself back into that place. =] Seth/Jacob All from Seth's POV. Probably gonna be about 2, 3 or maybe 4 chapters.
Oh and there is just one small change I've made to the twi universe, Emily isn't related to Leah or Seth or any Clearwater's in any way. Just one little important detail, but that's it!
Chapter 1: Smolder
"Going out!" I called behind me, the screen door slamming with a resounding thud.
"The beach?" my mother called behind me.
"You know it!" I said with a smile.
My name is Seth Clearwater, and life, for all intents and purposes, is perfect. I have a steady part time job at the local grocery store, its summer so no school, and for once, it was sunny, not a cloud in the sky.
I hopped on my skate board and soon was on the road heading for the beach. The air was hot and humid (according to the computer, which I checked before I left, it was 99 degrees) and it was already making me sweat. I stripped off my shirt, leaving me in only a pair of dark green swimming trunks, and tied it around my waist. I put my I-Pod earbuds in and turned up the music, soon a Jason Mraz song was in my head and it was making me smile. Soon I arrived at the beach, which was slowly becoming filled with local La Pushians and folks from Forks. Sunny days are rare, so the fact that the beach was filled was not much of a surprise.
I slowly skated down the long sidewalk on the edge of the beach, looking for a less crowded place to lie out, one of my favorite things to do on a sunny day at the beach. I found a spot and stopped the skateboard. I slowly walked out to the spot, enjoying a subtle and quick disappearing breeze while I did, and slipped off my sandals and put them on my skateboard before falling back on the hot sand and closing my eyes to enjoying the burning sun.
I'm not sure how long I laid there, probably about an hour, the only noises where the crowd of people talking, the ocean, and some seagulls. I smiled; this was seriously turning into an awesome day.
And as fate would have it, it was going to get better
"Hi, mind if I join you?" I popped an eye open. Someone was standing over me but with the sun literally right over them, I couldn't tell who. I stood up and then turned to see who it was. The person was a boy about 17 or 18; he had beautiful cocoa brown eyes, short cropped black hair, the same coppery skin as mine, and an Eight Pack that would make a professional bodybuilder jealous. He was also very, very tall, at least 6 and a half feet.
"And you are?" I said, hoping the sun and sweat was hiding the fact that I was blushing.
"Jacob, Jacob Black." He said with a coy smile, holding out a large hand. I grabbed it and was pleasantly surprised by how rough and rugged they were, a man who likes to use his hands, I like that.
"Seth, Seth Clearwater." I said, returning the smile.
"So, mind if I join you?"
"I don't have a towel to lay on."
"Good thing I got a big one then, we can share." He said, unfolding a very large neon blue towel.
"And what makes you think I would want to share with you?" I said, with a raised eyebrow expression.
"Well no one's saying you have to." He chuckled, lying down and putting his hands behind his head. I couldn't help but smile, a hot guy was very obviously flirting with me? I guess my Indian ancestors decided to smile on me today.
I lied back down like I was before and closed my eyes.
"So, nice day." He said.
"I know, I've been waiting for a day like this for a while now." I responded. He laughed and said.
"You and me both friend." It was silent for a minute before I spoke again.
"So, what made you want to come lay with little ole me?" it was silent for a whole minute before I got a response.
"Well, I pulled up in my car and I saw a hot shirtless kid about my age, lying out under the sun and I thought, damn, I got to give that one a shot." My eyes popped open and I stared at him, he was staring back.
"Well aren't you…direct." I said, I hadn't been expecting that. He smiled.
"I'm a very…direct person."
"I…see." I said, smiling now.
"And what makes you think I'm gay?"
"Just a feeling."
"You looked at me and got a 'feeling'?"
"It was an intense feeling." He chuckled. I laughed at that and stared at him.
"Your cute…I guess you can take me out on a date, and I can see if you stay sweet or not." He smiled.
"Trust me; one date is all I'm going to need." I laughed again and stared back up at the sky and closed my eyes.
"Someone's cocky."
"Naw, just…very confident in my skills of…seduction." It was quiet for a second before he started laughing and I laughed as well. We talked for about half an hour, mostly about school, I hadn't even realized he went to my school.
"You do? How come I haven't even noticed you?" I found it hard to believe I hadn't noticed someone as hot as him at school before.
"I'm sure you have…I've just done a lot of…look revamping in the last month. I used to have hair that went down to the small of my back…but I chopped it off for this new short look, which is a lot more manageable by the way, plus I started working out like crazy…"
"I can tell." I chuckled. Suddenly an image of a short skinny kid with long black hair popped into my head. I sat up and stared down at his face and it suddenly hit me that they were one in the same.
"Holy crow, I do remember you! Wow you look….a lot different." I said, shocked. He sat up and smiled at me.
"Ya…the last few weeks have been intense…um, working out and stuff has been intense I mean."
"Apparently." I said with a smile. I sighed.
"Anyway, I got to get back for lunch…"
"I'll drive you." He said with a smile. I smiled back and nodded.
"Alright." We stood and I quickly collected my things. We walked to his car, a rabbit as he called it, and soon were driving to my house. I used his towel to dry some of the sweat off before I pulled on my shirt.
Once we pulled up to the house, I got out and smile at him.
"I put my phone number in your phone for you, text me or something and you can take me on that date."
"You know…my friend Emily Uley is having this special dinner thing tonight…and I'm short a date, you want to go with me?" I stared surprised; he was friends with Emily Uley? She was kind of a local legend around La Push, the only person in La Push to ever survive a bear attack.
"Um, sure, I would love too." I said with a smile.
"What time?"
"I'll pick ya up at about 5…these things usually go till about 10 or 11 by the way."
"I'll ask my mom and text you if I can go or not."
"Alright…here's hoping I see you then." He said with a smirk. I smiled shyly at him.
"Same here." I closed the door and walked up to the house, turning around and waving at him as he pulled away. I got inside and immediately went for the kitchen, knowing that my mom would be in there. It was her favorite place to be for some reason, something about being relaxing. She was sitting in a chair, reading the newspaper. My sister was next to her on her laptop, talking to some boy I'm sure.
"Hey mom, Leah." I said with a smile. Leah looked up from her laptop at me.
"He wants something." Leah said immediately.
"What? What makes you think…"
"Because you wouldn't be acting so polite to your sister." Mom chuckled looking up at me.
"What is it?"
"I was hoping I could go to this party…"
"Is there going to be alcohol?" she said. I shook my head.
"No, it's at Emily Uley's house…" Leah stared at me.
"Are you kidding me? I got invited to! Embry invited me…" Embry was my sister's boyfriend, they've been dating for about 2 weeks and I have yet to formally meet him, but I don't really care so…
"Ya, only people in their little group of friends can go…who invited you?" I blushed a little and shuffled uncomfortably.
"Jacob Black…" Leah was grinning wickedly.
"Ohhh I see, someone has got a hot date."
"N-no…" but it was obvious by my face what it was. To my surprise, my mom started laughing.
"Billy Blacks kid? He invited you?"
"Ya…"
"And Leah, you will be there too right?" Leah was frowning.
"Ya…"
"Alright, have fun." She said with a smile. I grinned excitedly.
"Thanks mom!" I kissed her on the cheek and she smiled.
"Of course honey." I ran upstairs and quickly texted Jake.
She said yes!
I waited a few minutes before I got a response.
Nice, can't wait, wear something…cute :]
I laughed at that and was about to respond when I suddenly started overhearing a conversation downstairs, what was odd was that I could even hear them from up here.
"Mom! I do not want to be stuck babysitting him all night!"
"Honey, he is going to be with that boyfriend of his, I'm not saying you have to watch him all night. You don't have to even talk to him. The only thing I want you to make sure he doesn't do is drink liquor and that is all ok?" Like usual, my mom's cool, calm nature, soothed the beast. I heard Leah sigh and say.
"Alright, but that's all!"
"That's all I'm asking." Mom replied calmly.
"It's his first boyfriend honey, I just want him to get out there and figure it all out is all…"
"Ya I know...wait till you see Jacob mom, he's ridiculously hot." My mom laughed.
"Are you sure we are thinking of the same child honey? I remember a little boy with long hair. He was very cute, but not ridiculously hot." Leah laughed.
"I see you haven't seen him recently. Just wait." I smiled, and stopped listening to the conversation.
Lol, I got a few things in my closet I can wear…you have to wear something…smoldering
I waited for a few minutes, looking for something to wear and finally deciding on a plain white T shirt (no not a shirt with that band on it, just a white T shirt) and a pair of dark jeans. I grabbed a pair of underwear and headed to the shower. I closed the door and let the water rush over my body. The stupid water was acting up again, because no matter what I did, the water would get hot or cold so finally I was stuck with warm water. I turned it off and dried myself off. I checked my phone and he had responded while I had been showering.
Hahaha smoldering? How am I supposed to do that?
Wear something that shows off those abs…and maybe a pair of dark jeans and boots, and a tight jacket that still shows off the arms.
I laughed at my response and slowly got dressed. I brushed my teeth and did up my hair and put in my single earring in my right ear, the only ear that was pierced. I walked out and was met by my sister, who glowered at me.
"God you take forever!" she pushed past me and slammed the door, my sister, oh how I love her.
I walked into the kitchen and stared at the clock, 3:30. He was picking me up at 5. My phone rang and I checked the message, it made me grin from ear to ear.
I happen to have all of those things...you can tell me how smoldering I am when I picked you up :]
Can't wait hot stuff =]
I smiled and that was the end of that conversation...at least until he picked me up
"My don't you look all dressed up." My mom chuckled, not looking up from her newspaper.
"Thanks." I said with a smile. She smirked and looked up from her paper.
"I want to meet this boy before you leave…it's been a while sense I've seen him or his father."
"Alright." I said with a shrug. I got sick of just sitting there so I finally just went into the living room and started watching TV.
At about 4:45, the doorbell rang and I opened it excitedly, only to be disappointed by Embry.
"Leah!" I called, jumping when I turned and she was right behind me. She had little makeup on and was wearing a pretty red dress and a small handbag, she looked like she was about to go out to a night club or something.
"Ah, Embry's here."
"Yes, I can see that, thank you." She said, already annoyed with me, oh how I love my sister. I moved out of the way and she walked pasted me and smiled as she gave Embry a peck on the lips.
"Hey."
"Hey." He said with a smile.
"Dude move it." A voice said behind him. I looked past him and there was Jacob, where a tight teal shirt and a black jacket that clung to him and showed off his arms. Along with that were a pair of black stylish boots and dark jeans.
"Wow." I said as he moved past the two lovebirds to stand in front of me.
"You actually did wear that stuff."
"And you look cute as well." He chuckled.
"Wow Jake, looking good." Leah commented staring at his butt.
"Sorry Leah, you're stuck with him." Jake chuckled.
"Hey asshole." Embry chuckled, fake punching him in the arm.
"Well, let's head out." Leah said, she stared at Jake.
"You make sure he gets there safe." Jake laughed.
"I doubt something bad is going to happen, we'll be right behind you." My sister just nodded and soon they were gone.
"Mom!" I called. He stared at me.
"Whatcha doing?"
"She said I could go but she wanted to meet you again…"
"Again…oh ya, boy that was a long time ago." He chuckled. My mom walked into the room.
"Is Jacob…" she stopped dead in her tracks and stared at him, her mouth a perfect O.
"M-my word…you look…different!"
"It has been a while." He chuckled, rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment.
"Yes but not that long…did you have some sort of insane growths spurt? Or did you…" she stopped talking and I stared at her in confusion.
"Mom?" She shook her head.
"Never mind…I just wanted to tell you that he needs to be home by 9 and that he better not drink any Alcohol…same goes for you if you are driving!"
"Of course." He said with a nod. She stared at me.
"Alright, go have fun."
"Thanks mom." I said with a smile, giving her a hug before turning around and running to the door.
"Alright, let's go!"
"Bye Miss Clearwater." Jake said politely.
"Hold on a sec." We stopped and stared at her as she ran into the kitchen and ran back with a notebook and a pen.
"Could you write Billy's number down? I can't remember it and I would like to…catch up."
"Oh, no problem." He quickly scrawled down a phone number and handed it back to her.
"Thanks." She said, waving us off. I closed the door behind me and smiled at the slowly setting sun.
"Whew, my first date!" I giggled.
"Hope I make it memorable." He chuckled besides me. We got in his car, but now the radio was on and I was shocked to hear the radio station.
"And here I was thinking I was the only one who listened to Indie…"
"Perhaps we have more in common than you think." He said in this very hot, smoldering kind of way.
"You totally just smoldered." I giggled. He started laughing.
"Did I? I honestly didn't notice."
"Well look in a mirror with you tight fitting coat and you short hair…you are practically oozing sex right now." We both started laughing at that.
"Well look at you in your little shirt and your earring…you have to be the most adorable thing I've ever seen." I didn't laugh, but started blushing and he noticed.
"Sorry, didn't mean to make you blush…"
"It's fine." I said, looking away in embarrassment. He just smirked.
We arrived at the small house about 10 minutes later. There were 5 other cars parked all over the place.
"Are we late?" I asked curiously. He laughed.
"No, don't worry." He parked and turned off the car. He got out and walked around and opened the door for me.
"After you." He said with a smirk, holding out his hand. I grabbed it and eloquently got out of the car.
"Why thank you good sir." He closed the door behind me and we started walking up to the house. It took me a second to realize that he was still holding my hand. I stopped walking and blushed.
"Um…" He stared at me and then finally noticed our hands.
"O-oh sorry…."
"It's ok." I said as he removed his hand from mine. We walked inside and I was met by one name.
"Jacob!" Emily Uley walked up and gave him a big hug, the room was deserted besides her.
"Hey Emily…everyone out back?"
"Of course, you think I could fit all you boys and your dates in this room?"
"Good point." Jacob laughed. She suddenly turned her gaze on me.
"Well Jacob, don't be rude, introduce me to your…date?"
"Oh, sorry, this is Seth Clearwater." I held out my hand.
"Pleasure to meet you Miss Uley." Emily laughed.
"So polite, please, just Emily." She shook my hand and whispered something in my ear.
"Jake may act tough, but just know he's a big teddy bear."
"I heard that." Jake growled as she let go of my hand.
"You were supposed to…now go out back, have fun." I followed Jake through the house until we were outside. The place was filled with a ton of people, most of them I had seen around town except for a couple, who I could only guess were from Forks.
"Ah there he is!" A tall muscular guy came walking up to us and patted Jake on the back.
"And this is Leah's kid bro I'm guessing? The one you haven't stopped talking about all day?" I blushed in embarrassment and Jake growled out.
"Nice to see you too Paul." A pale girl about my height and age came walking up behind Paul and smiled.
"Ah boys, this is my imprint Jessica Stanly." I stared at him confused.
"Imprint?" He suddenly got a freaked out look on his face. Jessica then suddenly smacked him upside the head.
"Idiot! Sorry Seth, dumb dumb here was helping me with this summer assignment for school and he's been getting his words mixed up all night, he means date." She said with a sweet smile.
"Y-ya, what she said." he chuckled humorlessly, rubbing the back of his head painfully.
"Ow babe that hurt…" he mumbled under his breath. She just sighed and grabbed him by his arm.
"Come on; let's go put some ice on your poor old head. Nice to meet you Seth, see you later Jacob!" she drug him inside and I grinned.
"He sure seems whipped." Jacob laughed.
"Ya, it's kind of surprising to see, he has some crazy anger issues…but I guess that's what love does to a person." It took me a few seconds to realize I was holding his hand again.
"Oh!" I yanked my hand away in embarrassment.
"I…didn't realize I did that…sorry…how long?"
"You grabbed my hand when Jessica came over." He said with a sweet smile.
"Didn't realize…sorry." I mumbled under my breath.
"Its fine with me." He said.
And so the night went by in a blur. Jacob introduced me to all of his friends, who I like and all liked me. Emily brought out some food, with her husband Sam's help. The only low point was Leah, who seemed a little moodier than usual and seemed to be distracted all night. I would have asked her what was wrong, but the minute I tried to talk to her she told me to not speak to her so I just left her to be moody.
Her behavior lately bothered me a lot. I mean lately it just seems like she is always…angry. Even small things seemed to make her snap at me. I even told asked Jacob about it later, when we had a moment alone, sitting next to the fire pit, which had a fire going as we spoke. He didn't help my suspicions at all.
"I'm worried about my sister." I said with a frown. He gave me a quizzical look.
"Why?"
"Because…she has been acting…odd lately."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean…it's like everything makes her angry. I mean if it's not big things its tiny things like me getting the bathroom first in the morning, or eating the last of the Cheerios, etcetera…"
"I…see." He suddenly seemed totally distracted, staring at the fire.
"How long has she been acting like this?"
"Um…I don't know. 2, 3 weeks?"
"I…see." He said again, once again becoming distracted.
"Jake?" he didn't hear me so I grabbed his hand and squeezed. He stopped staring at the fire and stared at me.
"Huh?" I blushed a little bit because our faces were only 2, 3 inches away.
"You don't have to worry about it…is all…let's not ruin the night." He smirked.
"True…want me to go get some food for us?" I giggled.
"You don't have to get stuff for me."
"True, but I want to." He said sweetly. I nodded.
"Alright."
"What do you want?"
"Whatever you get yourself will probably be good for me." I said with a smile. He grinned smugly and squeezed my hand before standing up and going to the table filled with food.
"You two are adorable." I was surprised when Jessica Stanly was suddenly sitting in Jacobs place.
"Oh, hi again." I said. She smiled.
"Sorry about earlier…I felt like I came off as a bitch."
"No no…but if I'm being honest, you made Paul seem kind of…"
"Whipped?" she said, amused.
"Ya." I chuckled. She laughed.
"He thinks he isn't, but he is… but I love him to death." She chuckled, seeming suddenly distracted by some phantom memory that was making her smile. She shook her head.
"Anyway…you and Jake really are cute…and it's nice seeing him happy again." I stared at her surprised.
"What do you mean?" She sighed.
"About 3 weeks ago he was dumped by this girl, Bella Swan…he thought she was 'the one' you know?" I nodded.
"Ya…"
"He's been depressed ever since…see she ended up picking this guy, Edward Cullen and the two are getting married…it's been killing him…but see they are trying to just be friends but he still has feelings for her…or, I should say, had." She said with a smile, winking at me.
"I didn't realize he was Bi." I said a little surprised. She laughed.
"Just wait, he might have a few more little surprises for ya…trust me, Paul did." I stared at her confused.
"What's that supposed to mean?" She shrugged.
"Well all I'm saying is…everyone's got secrets Seth don't let that ruin your interpretation of say person." I wanted to ask her more but suddenly she stood and stretched.
"Paul's got my dinner, we should chat some more later, bye again." She walked off to Paul and gave him a little kiss on the lip before grabbing a plate from his full hands and they walked off together. Jacob was suddenly back and he handed me a plate filled with green beans, a hamburger with only ketchup, mustard, and a pickle, and corn.
"Wow, you know how I like my hamburgers." I giggled. He smiled.
"Its how I like mine, so I just naturally assumed…" I laughed and laid my head against his arm as I ate. I couldn't see his face, but I just knew he was grinning from ear to ear. We ate in silence and simply watched the fire as is slowly started dying until someone put more wood in it and it started back up again. Finally I was done and I smiled at him.
"Has anyone ever told you how hot you are?" He laughed.
"Has anyone ever told you how cute you are?"
"I meant temperature wise."
"Oh…it's probably just this coat, its heating up my skin is all."
"Well I mean your hands are really hot too…"
"And so many uses for them too." He said with a smile. I frowned inwardly as he tried to change the subject, Jessica's little conversation with me came to mind, but I figured to just let the subject drop, he would tell me his secrets…in time.
"Oh? What kind of uses?" I said with a smile. He smirk as his face slowly got closer to mine.
"Oh all kinds of things…" I gently pushed on his chest and smiled as his face was only centimeters away.
"Hold your horses you smoldering son of a bitch." He pulled away surprised and then we both started laughing. After we stopped, he looked at his phone and frowned.
"I should probably be getting you back…don't want your mom to hate me."
"Alright." I said with a sad smile, I didn't want the night to end. He stood and helped me up and we walked inside, where we were met by Emily.
"Hi boys."
"Hey Em…we got to go, I'm supposed to have him home by 9."
"Ah alright, I hope to see more of you around Seth." She said, giving me a surprise, which I returned after a few seconds.
"Thank you Miss…er, Emily."
"No problem, see ya boys!" she said, waving us off. We got in his car and, too soon for my liking, were back at my house.
"I'll walk you in." he said with a smile, coming around to my side and opening the door for me. We walked up to my house and stopped at the front door, me at the top step and him at the bottom, the only thing separating us was a single step. He was still a little taller than me even by the step difference.
"Well…I believe you made my first date ever very memorable." I said with a smile. He smirked back.
"Glad to hear…" there was an awkward silence before he said something.
"So when do I get to see you again?" I smiled at him and suddenly wrapped my arms around his neck, our faces only an inch away. His eyes clouded over in lust and he put his hands on my hips. I pressed our foreheads against each other and our noses touched. He closed his eyes, waiting, and I smiled. My mouth traveled suddenly against his cheek and to his ear.
"See you tomorrow Jacob." I kissed his cheek and turned around, his hands falling to his sides. I didn't look at him as I opened the door, but as I was closing it behind me; I caught a glimpse at his face.
And he was smiling from ear to ear
Well I hope ya liked it, next chap will be up quickly I promise =]