Ok. So I got the idea for this fic after reading Fluffy Bunnies Are So Cute's Maximum Ride oneshot called Puffer Fish Lips. It isn't exactly like that but it is inspired by the fact that MAx and Fang are best friends as kids. Also, I am currently looking for a beta for this story who will not be afraid to yell at me if I don't feel like writing and who can fix any and all grammar mistakes. So if any of you are up for it, PM me or tell me in a review. Now, on with the story.

The Summer Before Third Grade

A girl and a boy are sitting on the shore at First Beach, letting the water come over their toes.

"It's cold, Jake!" The girl screeches as the water hits her legs as a particularly big rush of water engulfs the children's feet and splashes them. The boy reaches down and cups a handful of the freezing liquid and flings it at the girl. She runs away squealing and the boy runs after her and grabs her before she can trip herself.

"Not so fast Bella." He says and grins at the girl. He lets her go and they sit on a piece driftwood, holding hands as they sit in a comfortable silence. They had just gotten out of school for the summer, and were playing on the Beach before going back to Jake's house for a celebratory dinner with their dads. This upcoming year they would be in third grade together; they had gone to school on the Rez since pre-school and had always been in the same class. They had been best friends ever since they could remember and were closer than close. This is what made their silence so natural feeling. They didn't need words to know how the other was feeling. Their friendship was natural, and as easy as breathing.

"Hey Jacob?" Bella asked him after a while.

"Yeah?" Jacob looked down at her from his slightly taller height.

"I was talking to Emmet a few days ago, and he told me something that only boyfriends and girlfriends get to do together, and you have to love them with all your heart. And since you're a boy and my best friend and I'm a girl and I'm your best friend thought we could do it!" Bella told him excitedly.

"Really? Sure! We're best friends so we should definitely do it. I love you more than anyone in the world! How do we do it?" Jake asked her.

"Okay. Well we have to kiss each other. On the lips." Bella tells Jacob. "And then you I can be your girlfriend, and you can be my boyfriend!" Bella is bouncing with excitement, a sparkle in her eye at her words.

Jake looks at her for a minute deciding. "Fine. As long as you promise you won't give me cooties. And you have to promise that you'll never leave me. And that you'll marry me. Okay?" Bella nodded at him.

"Okay. But you have to promise to love me forever. And you can't give me cooties either. Deal?" She questions him earnestly.

"Deal." He puckers his lips into a fish face and leans toward Bella, and she does the same. They press their lips together unceremoniously and burst into giggles as they lean back.

"I love you Jakey." She tells the boy still giggling.

"Love you too, Bells. But I'm hungry. Let's go back to my house, my dad made spaghetti. And your dad is coming over to watch the game. Maybe you could spend the night! We could build a fort in the living room!"

"Yeah! Let's go!" Bella runs in front of him and he follows her as they race the little way back to Billy's, laughing together as they try to run faster than the other.

Sophomore Year

"Hey Dad." I say as I give my dad an awkward hug. "I've missed you a lot. How's the Rez been without me?" I ask him as he takes my bag from my hands to carry out to the cruiser.

"Just as rainy as ever. I missed you too. But Phoenix was the best place for you for a while. I'm glad your back though. It's been lonely without you. And there's, there's uh, something I need to tell you." I look at him questioningly as he scratches the back of his head distractedly. "I kinda...well I sort moved us off the Rez... Got us a place in Forks. Closer to the station, you know? Since I got promoted to chief and all... It's just easier. I hoped you wouldn't mind..." We have made it out of the airport and he puts the bags in the back seat as he finishes.

I am stunned into silence. No, I don't mind necessarily. I'm just... shocked.

"No dad, it's fine. I'll just need to get a car so I can drive to the Rez and see everyone without having to get a ride from you."

"Well, I kinda already took care of that..." He gruffs awkwardly, not even looking over at me.

"You got me a car? Wow. Thanks dad... That's... That's really nice of you." I say looking straight forward into the rain like him. Neither of us were very good at showing emotion. The only person I had ever been open with was Jacob.

My Jake.

It had been so long since I had seen him. I remember I had left to go live with my mom the summer before third grade. And I had visited often at first, before I had learned the wonders of the heat and grown to despise the rain I had once loved. My dad had visited me after that. And Jacob had hardly ever gotten to, and lately not at all. It had been probably five years since I had seen him. Five years since I had seen my best friend. It hit me how much I really missed him.

I decided that was the first thing I was going to do. I would go see Jacob. I would drop off my stuff at the new house and use my new car to go down to the Rez to see Jacob. Wait... my new car. My new car...

"Hey dad," I say, breaking the silence. "What kind of car is it?"

"Well, it's uh, it's a not exactly a car. It's a truck. It's not new but I bought it from Billy. Jake fixed it up. He's quite the mechanic these days, Bells." HE always had been good with his hands...

"Well then I'm sure it runs fine if Jake fixed it. I was actually... Well, I was thinking about going to go see him as soon as we got to the house. Is that okay?"

"Sure Bells. Jake sure has missed you. And I'm sure you've missed him. You guys were so close, it must have been hard for you without him." I nod at his words. I had never had a friend like Jacob, I hadn't really had many friends at all actually. I didn't fit in any of the cliques at my school in Arizona. The only place I had ever fit in was with Jake. And I was so excited to see him. But also a little nervous. Would he be the same as I remembered him? I hoped so. Because my dad was pulling into a driveway in Forks. And it was time for me to go see Jacob.

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