Bella's POV

I saw Jake in the distance. Smiling, I went over to him. The hole had been tearing larger and larger, but it had almost ripped inside me with the news Jess had brought.

"Hey, did you hear?" Jess asked excitedly on the other end of the table. I tried to ignore her. "The Cullens are back." I focused on her voice, even though I knew I would regret it. And I did. Immediately, my side began to scream in protest.

"What are you talking about?" Lauren asked her. "I haven't seen them."

"I have. Well, not all of them, but I did see Edward." I clamped my hand over my mouth to prevent my scream, but a small cry snuck out anyways. My friends looked over to me in concern while my frenemies glared over.

"I'll tell you later," Jessica said a bit too loudly. "Some people probably shouldn't hear." Another glare. I got up and ran to throw away my trash.

"Bella!" Jake called. He looked excited to see me. I ran over to him.

"Hey, Jake!" I gave him a quick hug, then looked around me. I had missed La Push. It felt good to be here. And the pain was already starting to go away.

"Dang, Bella, you haven't been here in forever. I thought you forgot me." I grinned.

"Forget you? I couldn't if I tried."

"Whatever," he denied.

"No seriously. Do you know how hard it is to forget someone when they call you five times a day?" I laughed. Jake just blushed.

"Sorry," he said guiltily.

"Jeez Jake, I was just kidding. You know I honestly don't care, don't you? You're my best friend. I'm glad you call. Just try not to call so much. Charlie's getting annoyed." He smirked.

"Nah, Charlie loves me."

"You're right," I admitted. A little too much, I thought secretly, but I didn't say anything out loud. I started walking along the shore, and Jake fell into step beside me.

"So what do you want to do today?" I thought about that. Jake had thought it best not to ride the bikes, since I almost had a concussion the last time. That had disappointed me, seeing as that always got Edw-his-voice in my head. But to everyone else, I had confessed it was probably best, everyone else being Jake and Quil. So now there was only one thing left to do.

"I honestly have no idea."

"Oh, come on. If you didn't want to do anything, why would you come?"

"What, I couldn't just come to see my best friend?" He gave me a look that said 'Duh!'. Before I could stop it, something came out.

"Anything dangerous." I blushed. Uh oh. I wasn't supposed to say that out loud. Jacob looked at me like I was crazy.

"Bells, are you being suicidal? That's stupid." He stared at the waves crashing against the beach. "No, how about we go to Port Angeles today?" He smiled down at me. "That's safe." I frowned.

"Charlie won't be happy about that." Jake laughed.

"Haven't we already discussed how much Charlie loves me? He won't give a hoot as long as you're with me." I frowned again. "What, don't you believe me?" No, I knew he was telling the truth. That's what upset me. I sighed.

"Port Angeles might be fun."