Introduction:

"Did you see that? Look at her!" Jacob gushed, a smile plastered on his tanned face. She smiled back and nodded. Andrea was definitely something to gush over, though.

Andrea Sen scored another three pointer, pulling La Push High over their opponents by one point. Jacob and her had made the perfect match. After he had finally accepted that Bella Swan didn't want him, he had decided to move on. And that's when he found Andrea.

She was royalty on the reservation, one of the top students in her class, star basketball player, and deemed the most gorgeous girl in school. The two made a beautiful couple. Andrea had everything together: the perfect academic life, perfect social life, perfect boyfriend, and perfect best friend.

"Jake! She did it! They won!" Eleanor squealed, her curls bouncing.

"I know!"

They cheered together.

Eleanor and Andrea had become best friends in the sixth grade, when Eleanor had first moved to Washington, from Maine. Though polar opposites, the two proved to have a special friendship- mutual respect and gratitude towards one another. Andrea had shown Eleanor kindness when she was alone, and Eleanor proved trustworthy and loyal to Andrea. Despite the fact that the world looked completely past Eleanor, she meant the world to Andrea, and that was enough. Jacob, upon the beginning of his relationship with Andrea, had soon began an awkward friendship with Eleanor as well- appreciating her quirkiness and her friendship with his girlfriend.

Jacob and Eleanor waited in the dimly lit school hallway, waiting for Andrea to emerge from the locker room. When she did, she was all smiles.

Jacob took her into his arms immediately, placing a kiss on the top of her chestnut locks. They were currently pulled back in a low ponytail at the moment, as compared to their regular voluptuous waves.

"Ew, Jake! I'm so gross right now!" Andrea giggled, playfully shoving him.

"You are never gross, Andy. Ever." He tenderly smiled and she allowed him to kiss her cheek. Eleanor stood beside, awkwardly twirling a small spiral around her finger and turning her face away to not intrude on the two.

"El, are we still on for tonight? I think my parents left already, so I need a ride no matter what."

"Yeah, yeah we're still on for tonight." Eleanor turned to face them again, nodding slightly and offering a small grin.

"Okay, uhm, can you go start the car? I'll be right out."

Eleanor knew that Andrea wanted a moment alone with Jacob- she knew they were in love. Boys had never looked at her really, they were all always crazy about Andrea. Who wouldn't be? Jacob had just been the one to catch her eye in return. She had thought he was handsome all along, it was only when he started to pay attention to her as well that they fell together.

"Yeah, I'm right by the pool doors." She mumbled before slipping out of the building, pulling her jacket tighter against her small body. It was December and Mother Nature was taking out her wrath on the small costal reservation- they had been hit hard by the snow.

She started the car and blasted the heat, her teeth chattering in her mouth. The car took too long to heat up for her liking, and soon enough the vents started to release lukewarm air when Andrea was throwing open the trunk to toss in her sports bag in. She hopped into the small car quickly and slammed the door shut, releasing a puff of cool air.

"You did great tonight, Andy." Eleanor smiled to her best friend, receiving one in turn.

"Only because I have my two biggest fans there for me."

Andrea was truly grateful to have both of them there. Who could possibly ask for a better best friend and boyfriend? She felt blessed to have both Jacob and Eleanor so true and loyal to her.

The girls rode in comfortable silence back to Eleanor's house, the lights were already off when they pulled into the driveway.

"Dad has to get up for a special report in the morning."

Andrea only nodded in response, knowing that Eleanor's dad- William Jensen- was a news reporter and was hardly ever home because of this. That was the main reason why him and Eleanor had even ventured out to Washington in the first place.

As the two finally found themselves in Eleanor's room, they began their annual talks. They had no secrets between them, another contributing factor to their friendship.

"Hey El, do you mind going to hang out with Jacob and his friends tomorrow? He mentioned something about his house for a while, and then maybe going to the movies? That sounds fun, right?"

"Oh! Yeah, that sounds nice. Embry and Quil?"

A devious look found its way onto Andrea's darkly tanned face as she smirked at Eleanor, "Embry going would make you happy, wouldn't it?"

Eleanor blushed deeply, her hands shooting up to cover her mouth to suppress a giggle, "No! I mean, yes, but, not because of what you think!"

Andrea smiled knowingly and turned back to her phone to reply to Jacob that the girls were in for tomorrow. It was a well known fact between the two that Eleanor had had a crush on Embry for almost two years now- since they had first had a biology class together in ninth grade. He had never looked twice at her though, no one ever did.

Eleanor didn't look like everyone on the reservation, due to the fact that she was born across the country from La Push. Her hair was a fair brown/blonde with small ringlets and spirals splaying everywhere, her skin fair with freckles scattered across her small features, her nose was little and her eyes wide- a faint green color- framed by dark lashes.

Andrea had taught the smaller girl how to do her makeup though, to 'help express the unique beauty that she held'.

The following morning Eleanor drove the two to Jacob Black's house, a place quite familiar to both of them.

Jacob greeted Andrea with a sweet kiss and Eleanor snaked around the couple and into the house, being met with the sound of shattering glass. Her eyes met that of Quil Atera's, his just as wide as hers. Hers then scanned and found Embry's, his matching hers as well. The boys were frozen in motion, the look of guilt gracing both of their faces.

"What happened?"

Quil's hand shot out, pointing an accusative finger out at Embry.

"Oh no! No! He threw the pillow at me, and it hit the lamp! I didn't do it." Embry scrambled out in defense, Eleanor's cheeks heating up at his smile.

After listening to Jacob scold both Quil and Embry for their carelessness, the five lazily lounged around the Black household until it was time to leave for the theater.

"Uhm, El, you don't mind driving Quil and Embry there, do you?"

Eleanor knew that face and that tone- Andrea and Jake wanted some quality car time. So she didn't object, only shrugged and offered a small wink in Andrea's direction- resulting in Andrea's loud laughter.

"Eleanor, your car is a piece of shit." Quil chuckled out as he plopped into the back seat, Embry throwing a scowl at him from the passenger seat, "Hey it's better than yours. Oh wait. You don't have one." He chuckled.

Eleanor giggled and shrugged, "It gets me from point A to point B."

"You think Jake and Andrea are going to be a little late to the movie," Quil began, a smirk forming, "you know, just so they can spend some extra time together? If you know," he winked and Embry rolled his eyes.

He shot a smile in Eleanor's direction and she grinned back, fighting the heat from rising to her cheeks once again.

"Oh come on, we were all thinking it!" Quil held up his hands in defense.

"Yeah but you don't need to advertise that kind of thing. We all know." Embry chuckled.

"Eleanor, you don't talk a lot do you?" Quil was relentless with conversation, bouncing from one subject to another. She only shrugged in response and finally they fell into silence for a while more.

The three beat Andrea and Jacob to the theater, much to Quil's amusement.

It was a good day, all in all. It was the life that they had all fallen in to, and all enjoyed. Each and every night Eleanor thanked God for the life he gave her in La Push, she couldn't have asked for more. Her best friend was true to her and the most popular girl at school. Sure, she would like for a Embry Call to realize that she was more than "Andrea's little sidekick", but other than that she couldn't complain.

How was she to know that the following spring, her whole life would be flipped upside down and thrown into a bottomless pit of betrayal and secrets?