Chapter 2-Rainy Nights and Sunny Days

"What day is it today?" I asked when we were driving home. I was poking my head through the gap between the passenger seat and the driver's seat. We didn't necessarily talk about the Jacob scenario, as apparently it 'happens all the time'.

Edward laughed, and turned from the wheel. "It's Saturday," He smiled and looked into my eyes. Bella's eyebrows furrowed.

"Shit, Edward!" His face moulded into an expressionless countenance.

"What?" He replied, looking to Bella who chuckled, yet it seemed forced.

"Watch the road!" My arms were pinned to the back of the seats and my face was fraught with tangible terror.

"Oh," Edward and Bella shared a knowing look. "I will."

"God, kill us, why don't you?" Laughing, whilst holding my heart, I stared out of the window, thinking. Bella and Edward were chatting animatedly; I really could see Bella's love for him. But there was something inside me that thought different about Edward. It seemed like he was trying to hide something, some dark secret behind his angelic face. When these thoughts popped into my head, Jacob suddenly emerged. I thought about him. He was hot, I had to admit. It wasn't just that, though. I wanted to be near him all of a sudden. I wanted to be next to him, talking or not, just him presence would quench my thirst. I've never wanted to be near someone before, except Bella, she's basically my only friend, but it seems I want to be near Jacob differently. Why? Why would I want to be near someone who I barely know and is homophobic? The mind boggles.

When we got home, Bella went to kiss Edward, but he dodged it and gave her hug. I saw this and looked away, not wanting to be a part of it. It wasn't that I didn't wasn't bothered, but I didn't want to seem to be the cause. Even though I wasn't, it seems that peeking and watching a scenario unfold, makes you involved. I did see, however, Bella's eyes tell a different story to her smiling face. Suspicion.

Edward turned to me in the back seat after dodging Bella's kiss and hugging her. "I'll see you later, Aidy. It was nice meeting you," His eyes were the same, glorious butter scotch colour. They were breathtaking.

"Bye, Edward. It was nice to meet you, too," I smiled meekly as the fatigue of a long day and changing states descended down upon me.

"Bye, Edward. I love you," Bella said, awaiting his reply.

"Goodbye, Bella. Have a nice sleep."

Bella nodded after his answer. Not in terms of answering his command, but in terms of knowing something. It was a nod of acceptance, yet there was a tinge of despair and sorrow in her nod. I wonder what was wrong with her. This is the hardest decision every friend and brother has to make: Do I ask her?

We hung our coats up in our room. Charlie was asleep on the couch and we had brought up our cold dinner from the kitchen and planned on eating them in our room. "God, it's freezing," Bella confirmed, her lively self returning again. "Are you cold?"

"Yeah," I turned to her, a forkful or jacket potato in my mouth. "I bet it's like this all the time."

"It's not the only thing which is cold around here," What was she on about?

"Huh?"

She turned to me, her eyes piercing mine. "Edward, Aidy. He doesn't love me anymore."

My eyebrows lifted, trying to comfort her. This is what she was suspicious about. "Bella, he does still love you." I should be telling her how I can tell, but to tell the truth, I don't have any reasons. Maybe she's right.

Her lip quivered. "No, Adair! I can feel it. I can feel it in his eyes. He used to look at me with mellifluous eyes, now he looks at me with eyes as black as coal," I saw tears forming as I stood there, getting ready to hug her, but a thought prowled in the back of my mind, ready to surface to the realm of consciousness. "There's no emotion in his eyes anymore, Aidy."

I tried to find the words, but only released gasps and quirks in my voice. The croakiness told the story to her.

"I know you don't know what to say, but I just had to tell you," The tears begin. Her mouth shook. "Bella," I came to sit next to her and put my arm around her. "He loves you; you've been together for so long."

"It means nothing, Aidy! He may have loved me, or maybe it was just to hide his," She sighed. "Ugh, I don't know."

I wanted to know what she was going to say. "His what?"

"No, it's nothing. Of course he still loves me, what am I on about?" She laughed, maniacally almost. I could tell she believed her didn't love her, but was trying to engrave it into her mind with Cupid's scorching poker. "I'm going to sleep. What are you doing tomorrow?"

"Um, I don't know. I wanted to explore the area a little bit, but I could stay here with you, if you need me?" I released my arm from her shoulder, but stared longingly into her eyes. I wanted to be here for her, she needed someone she could trust. Clearly she didn't trust anyone here.

"No, it's fine. I'll just be on your laptop, you explore the town," She gave me a thumbs up, though I saw it was feigned.

I smiled. "Are you sure?"

"Yeah, you go ahead. It's supposed to be sunny tomorrow, besides there's nothing wrong with me. I might go out with Edward or Jessica."

"Who's Jessica?"

"Oh, she's my friend from school. Anyways, I'm going to sleep now, Aidy, it's…"She glanced at her watch. "…11pm. Goodnight."

I hummed, indicating laughter and said. "Night, Bella."

The wind howled like a wolf outside. I was pretty sure I heard a wolf to be honest, but brushed it off. The rain pelted the slate rooftops beautifully. I was tossing and turning, hearing Bella and Charlie snore didn't help either. I couldn't sleep, end of! It was 2am and I had nada to do. But, that thought that was soon to surface, finally surfaced. Edward liked me. It may sound impossible, and it clearly was, but he paid more attention to me and Bella said when he loved her he shown butter scotch eyes. I know it may sound scandalous and it basically was, I was thinking about the love of my sister's life loving me! But you can't help the mind wander. It was definitely wandering into an uncharted territory: A forest of foggy betrayal. Even though I was thinking about Edward, Jacob kept sneaking into my thoughts and took over. It was like him and Edward were battling to gain my attention. I don't necessarily like Edward, I mean he's hot, but he's my sister's boyfriend, yet Jacob I do like. He's quite charming. I don't really know what it is about him, but he's just a handsome gentleman. I think there's more to him than meets the eye…

I finally fell asleep and when morning emerged I was tired as fudge! I groped the sheets and pulled them off me. Bella was already awake and was on my Mac. "Morning, Aidy," She seems to be in a much happier mood.

"Morning. What time is it?" I glanced out of the window, having a stretch. She was right, it was sunny today. The light from the glimmering star shone through our window and indicated the floating dust particles in its ray's path.

"8:30 Am. this laptop's fantastic!" She was truly amazed. Can't blame her, though, the Macbook Air is a genius gadget.

"Fuck me! I have to get going!" I wanted to see the whole town and the surrounding area. I can feel my adventurous child coming back in me.

She giggled. "Okay, be careful going through the forest though, you can get lost."

"I'll be fine," I said, and waved her off, puling on some jeans and a short sleeve shirt. I packed a purple jacket into my bag and headed downstairs.

Charlie was there, cooking breakfast.

"Good morning, son," He smiled to me, his eyes smiling with it.

"It truly is, Dad, this weather's gorgeous," I grinned happily and looked out of the window. The conifers looked stunning in the rare sunlight and the street's usual rain covered tarmac was shimmering in the rays.

"Yeah, it's not everyday the weather is like this," He leaned back on the counter. "Where are you going today?"

"I'm just going to have a little explore of the surrounding area, see the hills, the town, the rivers etcetera," I nodded, scratching an itchy part of my head.

"Be careful. Who you going with?" He was giving the concerned father approach. I liked feeling appreciated; it was a luxury which was hardly ever used upon me. "Oh, and your mom called when you were out, I told her to ring back in the morning."

"I will, and no one. When I explore I like to be alone. And sure, I'll ring her when I get back in. Right, goodbye, I want to make the most of this day," I waved him off and gave him a hug, before heading for the door. I tied on my Converse and went to open it, but heard a knocking. Who's that?

I opened it and truly felt how warm it was. The heat was stunning. It wasn't unbearable, but just right.

The person knocking was the person I'd been dying to see yet would have expecting him to be here. Jake.

His face lit up like a little puppy's. His ears practically jumped. He gave me a true smile, and I could tell. This smile was definitely a real one. "Hey, Aidy."

I beamed back at him, revealing my teeth. His eyes were glued to mine. They weren't examining the woodwork of the door frame or the plant pots; he was looking straight into my green eyes. And I was gazing into his brown ones. I was almost lost for words and I could tell her was, too.

"Good morning, Jacob. I'll go get Bella," I went to go, but he gently touched my shoulder.

"Actually, I came to see you," He looked down as he said these words. Why, though? He was tracing circles with his feet, and didn't dare look into my eyes. Here's this macho man who doesn't want to look at me. Why? Was there something wrong with me?

"Me? Why?" I let out a breathy chuckle. I shut the door, feeling the sun's beauteous hate massage my head.

"Well, I just though I would. Why not?" We both laughed, and I leaned into his shoulder when I did this. He seemed to purr, like he was letting out a secret noise of satisfaction or love. I liked it, too. His arm was strong and warm. He reminded me of my sanctuary already.

We stopped at the bottom of the garden path, under a looming pine tree. "I was thinking about walking around the surrounding area," How was I to say this? "Um, wanna come?"

Jake's countenance lit up like a Christmas light. He smile broadly and his chest moved to me a little. "Yes," He said this enthusiastically.

I couldn't help but grin. "Right, um, where should we go first?"

"Where ever you want, Adair," His eyebrows bounced up, teasing me.

I shook my head as I laughed. "Don't use my full name or I'll bite your arms off!"

He was hysterical. "Please don't!" He was too cute. His superbly muscular frame meant nothing to me now. Why were Bella and Edward so nasty to him? He was lovely.

"I'm going to start by exploring the town itself," I went to walk into the town centre, which I could see through the boughs of trees.

He became anxious. "Actually, why don't you come to La Push first?" Jake smiled encouragingly.

"Uh, okay," I couldn't care less about how far it was. As long as I was with Jacob, I'll be fine.

"It's a trek, you sure you're up for it?" Jacob said whilst our feet walked in sync.

I scoffed. "I'm a brilliant explorer, thank you very much."

"Bet you are. I reckon you'll need to get on my back within the next 3 miles," He rested his arms on his waist and looked teasingly and suggestively into my eyes.

"Of course not! I'll do fine, but is that an offer?" I winked jokingly.

"So you would?"

"I don't know, um, yes?" I didn't know how to answer this.

He laughed and took the advantage. He came in front of me and stopped me. "What are you doing?" I asked.

"I think I'm going to take you there myself," He lifted my legs up then cradled me in his arms.

"Jake! What are you doing?" I was lost in shock, yet the rest of my brain was flustered, and the warmth of the sun and Jacob himself was making this all better.

"You seemed tired, I wouldn't want to have you broken," He gave me irresistible puppy eyes. I gazed up at him, and accepted it. He chuckled in victory as I sunk into his arms. The smell of musk in the air.

I think Jake's gay.

Well, there's chapter 2 for all you people. Hope you enjoy, now review, review, review or I won't continue this!