Sun in Sight
Chapter 1
I woke up from, yet another, nightmare. I hadn't screamed, I had gotten used to them now. I climbed out of bed slowly, I didn't see the point in hurrying. After I took a long warm shower, I caught sight of myself in the mirror.
My dirty blonde hair was in a messy ponytail and my sapphire eyes had bags under them. I looked lifeless. I was lifeless, if not, quite close. I was this way ever since my dad, Don, died. I missed him so much. Now he's just... gone. He was the only one that really got me. Sometimes I felt like I took him for granted, that I didn't tell him I loved him enough. I just hope he knew it was true.
I felt knots building in my stomach from the gulit. I aimed for the toliet where I emptied out my already empty stomach. After brushing my teeth I went downstairs. My mom, Karla, humming a tune as she cooked breakfest.
"Good morning, Jackie. Are you okay? I thought I heard you getting sick." She asked. I smiply nodded as I eat my eggs.
My mom was already getting over my father's death. I couldn't blame her, it had been three months. Also she had friends that helped her through it, I didn't have any of those.
After I finished my eggs and orange juice my mom washed the dishes and put them in a packing box.
My mom and I were moving away from my hometown in Moline, Illinois. I didn't want to leave, even though I didn't have any friends our anything, but unfortantly my mom lost her job after my dad died. We were moving to Forks, Washington, where it rained almost eveyday of the year. Not that I minded, I thought rain was peaceful. It was the beginning of summer vaction and we were leaving in a week.
I sighed and went up to my room. I started packing my things in boxes. After a few items, I held a picture of my mom and dad together at their wedding. Instantly, the tears started to bulid in my eyes. I quickly put the picture in the box and resumed packing.
The week had passed too quickly for my liking. Before I knew, my mom and I were in the car driving to Forks with a large trailer attached to the back that was carrying our stuff. I had my Ipod on and hadn't realized that I had fallen to sleep, until my mom shook me awake.
"Jackie? Come on sweetie we're here." I groaned and got out of the car.
My mom streched, took in a deep breath of air, and said, "Can't you just smell the air? It just has new possibilities all over."
I shrugged. We were infront of a white house, our new house. Then a red truck and a police car pulled up. A boy came out of the truck, while the town sheriff came out of the other car. They helped another man into a wheelchair, until walking over to us.
"Hey, guys it's nice to see you again." My mom greeted them, then she looked at me, "Jackie, this is Charlie, the town sheriff. Billy Black, and his son Jacob. They were friends of your dad." I smiled politely to them. I remembered my dad had lived in Forks before he moved to Moline and married my mom. It was a wierd coincidence.
"Wow. Look at you Jackie, you're all grown up. I remembered when you were just a little baby." Billy smiled.
My eyes lingered on the boy named Jacob. He looked about 16, one year older than me. He was tanned, and very musclar. His short jet black hair looked smooth and shiny. His eyes caught with mine. They were chocolate brown and... beautiful. I hadn't realized his expression until I looked at his whole face, it was... intense. He looked at me like I was the only person in the world. I started to feel self conscious.
"Jackie, why don't you go pick out a room? There are three, and I don't really mind which one I get." Mom said suddenly, breaking me out of my trance. I nodded and took of toward the house.
Once I was upstairs, I saw three bedrooms and one bathroom. The first bedroom was small and had only one small closet. I guessed that it was going to be the guest bedroom. The next room had a window that looked out at the front yard and the street. It had a huge closet, I didn't have that many clothes. That was probably going to be my mom's room.
Finally, the last. It wasn't too big or small. It had it's own bathroom. There was a window that had a view of the backyard, I could see the front of the forest too. I could also see that the window lead out to a flat part of the roof that I could sit and relax on. It was so... me.
"Perfect." I whispered to myself.
"You like it?" I heard a male voice behind me. I whipped around to find Jacob standing by my door, with a box in his arms.
"Oh, um, hi. You scared me." I said, he chuckled.
"Sorry. Your mom told me this was your box." He placed the box on the ground, and stepped closer to me. "We haven't actually met, I'm Jacob." He held out his hand.
"I'm Jacqueline, but you can call me Jackie." I shook his hand. My heart just about stopped when we touched. His hand was adnormally hot. It sent waves of electricty all through my body. We both pulled away at the same time.
"Um, I think I should go help move some other stuff." He rubbed the back of his neck nervously, I could tell he felt it too. I nodded, and he left.
After about half of the day of moving, the furniture was all in the house and all that was left was boxes for my mom and I to unpack. I was in my new room when my mom called to me from downstairs, "Jackie, dinner is ready!"
I went downstairs, only to find Charlie and the Blacks already seated at the table. I saw Jacob, whose face looked like it was in deep boredom, instanly brightened up when he saw me. I couldn't help but smile at the sight. I felt very warm with just his presence. I felt complete, yet again.
I took my seat, next to Jacob, and looked at the food on the table. I didn't have many opitions, due to the fact that I was a vegetarian. I settled for mashed potatoes and salad.
"No meat?" Jacob whispered beside me.
"I'm a vegetarian." I said in a proud voice.
"Looks like I have much more too learn about you."
I shrugged, "I guess so."
"I'm looking forward to it." He smiled, I did the same back.
The rest of the night was filled with laughter and chatter. I very remembered Jacob glancing and occaisonly just staring at me, his black orbs burning into my skin. When I would catch his gaze he would only smile, I would smile back.
Unfortantly, dinner had to end sometime. Which meaned my time with Jacob was coming to it's end. After he helped his dad into the car, he came up to me.
"I guess I'll see you around?" His voice was hopeful, yet sad.
"Of course, Jake." He smiled. I don't know if it was the fact that I called him 'Jake', or that we were going to see each other again. Before I knew it, he was driving off in his truck. I watched him till he was out of sight, instantly feeling cold and empty when I couldn't see him anymore.
I went back to the house, where my mom was cleaning the dishes. It was about 9 o'clock at night, and I was exhausted.
"Goodnight, mom. Love you"
"'Night sweetie, love you too."
I took my time on the stairs, then jumped on the bed. After about 20 minutes of tossing and turning, I finally gave up on going to sleep anytime soon. I thought about what had happened the previous hours.
I met Jacob Black.
He looked at me like he had just seen the sun for the first time.
My heart almost stopped when we touched.
I had agreed to see him again.
There was something odd about him, I just didn't know what it was.
After my replay of earlier, I fell into a deep sleep. I dreamt about Jacob Black.
Hey! This is my first story sooo... Love it? Hate it? Review and tell me, thanks! Oh, and sorry for any mistakes. I will try and get the next chapter up soon :)
Kisses~ Jackie