Surprise Addition
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Bella's POV:
As I sit here on our log at first beach waiting for Jake to arrive I begin to get nervous. Would he show or would he just blow me off? I guess I couldn't blame him if he didn't show after all we hadn't really spoken to each other since I had returned from Italy. I had tried to impress upon him over the phone how important it was that he met me here tonight, and at the time I thought that I had gotten my point across. However, now that I was here sitting in the cold I wasn't so sure.
I was about to give up and head back to my truck when I saw him emerging from the forest with an almost angry look on his face. "hey Jake" I say meekly as he approached me. "Hey Bella, so what was so important that you had to talk to me tonight." He says while making sure to sit as far away from me as possible on the log. I had to admit that hurt I guess I was more used to his eagerness in greeting me than I thought.
"What, no how've you been or its good to see you from my best friend?" I said joking trying to take away the awkwardness of situation. He frowns and stands up "yea, well considering the last time we saw each other you left me to go after your bloodsucker, even after I practically begged you to stay with me I'm sorry but that's as good as it gets right now."
I finch at his harsh tone but I can't say that I didn't deserve it. "Look Jake I know that your pissed at me right now and you have every right to be but I still stand by my decision to leave. I know that you can't understand it but I needed to save him." I say standing up. "Your right Bella I don't and will never understand why you had to risk your life to save someone who just left you!" He growls moving closer to me.
"I didn't come here to fight with you Jacob I wanted to tell you that I found out tonight that my cousin Elizabeth is coming to stay with us" I spat. At this Jake's face takes on what would have been a comical look of surprise had I not been upset with him at the moment. "You have a cousin?" he asks me while sitting back down on the log. I sigh, "yes, I have a cousin she's Charlie's niece and she's thirteen. She lives back in Arizona with Charlie's brother Evan and his wife Jillian. Apparently she is getting into trouble at home and got suspended from school for making her science teacher's face look orange." I explain to him trying not to smile at the kid's genius. I mean who the hell does that sort of thing. He laughs "man that kid's gotta be force to reckon with if she can come up with a prank like that."
I smirk "yep, now if only she'd use that brain of her's for good instead of evil." He shakes his head "So why did Charlie want to bring her here?" I shrug "I'm not sure I guess he thought that since he was the chief of police that he could straiten her out. I don't think that he realizes what he's in for though. I used to baby sit her before I moved and that girl is definitely a hand full." I say taking a seat next him. "That bad hun?" he chuckles. "Well to be fair its not all her fault. My aunt and uncle aren't exactly the best of parents and that's putting it mildly. Evan is a big time lawyer and Jillian is a model they spend ninety percent of their time away from home and each other. When they are home it's not like they pay Liz any attention at all. Hell, half the time you would think that they don't have a kid. They treat her like she's thirty instead of thirteen and just give her whatever it is that she wants so they don't have to deal with her." I say sadly.
Jake frown's "man that sucks. I guess it makes since that she acts out then to try and get their attention." "Yea, but I know that deep down she's a good kid. I know that if she had someone who could help get her on the right path she could do some pretty amazing things" I say looking at the waves. "Ok, so how long til she gets here" Jake asks. "She'll be here on Friday. that's why I needed to talk to you tonight that way you could let Sam and the pack know" I tell him. He grabs the hairs at the back of his neck "fuck, that's only two days from now. This is great now not only do we have yet another person who we have to be careful around, but we still haven't been able to catch that red headed leech yet" he growls. "I know Jake but Charlie's made up his mind already and it's not like I can just say hey dad nows not really a good time for Liz to come stay with us cause I kind of have this vampire who's on the loose and is trying to kill me" I say with an exasperated sigh.
Now Jake's sighs and says " I know I know, but you can't think of another good excuse for her not to come?" "Well, if you've got a convincing one I'd like to hear it" I challenge. He shakes his head "no can't says as can think of anything right now. Well, if that's all you wanted to tell me then I guess I'll go now. I need to tell my dad and the others. Hey, what do the Cullens have to say about it?" " I told Edward on the way over and he didn't really have too much to say" I answered. He nods "I have to get going I'll talk to you later Bell's" he says as he turns to leave. "Jake wait!" I shout before he makes it back to the tree line. "That's not the only reason I came here tonight. I wanted to see you I miss my best friend. I was hoping that at some point you would forgive me and things could go back to normal between us. Can we just start over please?" I beg trying not to let out the tears that were threatening to fall.
"I don't know Bella when you left you hurt me really badly, but I guess it's worth a try. There's gonna be a bonfire Saturday why don't you and Elizabeth come." He says giving me one of his signature sunny grins. I smile back at him "Thank you Jake and we'll be there. Call me later okay" "Sure, sure" he says before heading off into the forest. While I was relieved that Jake and I talked I still dreaded Friday. I mean I haven't seen or talk to my cousin since I moved and I had no doubt that she was upset with me. I could only hope that the pack or the Cullen's could get rid of Victoria before she showed up the last thing I wanted to do was put yet another person in danger.