The Story of Us
Disclaimer: all characters and copyright belong to Stephanie Meyer.
A/N-thank you for the kind reviews on this little story. Nikki :)
Chapter 2-A Day at the Beach
Jacob was enjoying some free time working on his latest project. He was knee deep in oil and car parts. He was so engrossed in his endeavor that he did not hear the quiet little pit pat of small feet entering the garage.
"Daddy." Bellowed his young daughter, Sarah. The shock of her voice made Jacob jump which resulted in him hitting his head on the open hood of the car.
"Ouch!" He rubbed his head and looked down at the three year old. For some reason Sarah had a habit of shouting rather than speaking. When you asked her a question she would yell the answer back at you. When he had queried this with Bella she had assured him that Sarah would grow out of it. 'How long would that be?' Jacob wondered to himself. His super werewolf induced hearing made the sound three times as loud.
"Mommy wants you in. We are going to the beach." His daughter shouted and held up a bucket and spade in readiness for her trip.
"I will be in soon." Jacob promised. "Tell Mommy to come out front with Harley and I will pack the car."
"OKAY." Jacob winced at her reply and closed the hood of the car. He sighed, he missed working on cars. His daily job and life in general prevented him from indulging in his hobby. Still, life with Bella and the kids more than made up for it.
An hour later they were all assembled on the beach. Most of the pack were there with their own offspring. Charlie and Billy were off by themselves like two old bachelors moaning about the youth of today. A big bonfire was being assembled by the younger members of the wolf pack. This had become a regular occurrence. Sam wanted the families to stay close and bond. Everyone had agreed immediately, any excuse for relaxing and eating lots of food.
Jacob watched as Bella struggled across the sand trying to juggle a mountain of food that she had spent the morning preparing. As much as she loved cooking it was getting increasingly difficult to keep up with the gargantuan appetites of the wolves. Jacob had assured her that they all loved her but Bella continuously tried to impress everyone by cooking complicated exotic appetizers. This was beginning to get up Emily's nose as she had been the original pack mother and cook. Bella's food was so good that Emily's efforts were being ignored and she had become snappy towards Bella.
It was a rare day of sunshine on First beach. All the kids were playing on the sand. Jacob watched his son Harley. He was now coming up to two years old. As Sarah was such a dominating personality, Harley often found it hard to get his voice heard. Whenever he opened his mouth Sarah would talk for him. This would frustrate Harley who would then start to tantrum. Bella usually rolled her eyes at this and would remind Jacob of his young self. She would poke out her bottom lip in a pout and let tears well up in her eyes. "I did not do that." Jacob would deny, but deep down he knew Bella had the impression down pat.
Harley had just built a little sand castle. He looked immensely proud of himself. But as usual Sarah appeared out of nowhere and laughed at his efforts and destroyed it within seconds. Harley's bottom lip poked out and the tears started. Soon his wails could be heard above the noise of the gathered crowd.
Jacob went over to him and picked him up. He patted Harley on the back and glared down at his daughter. "Why did you do that?" He asked.
"Do what?" She yelled up at him.
"I am not deaf Sarah. Don't shout." Jacob reminded her.
Sarah glared right back at him. "Arly is stupid. His sand castle is stupid. Noah said so." She stood with her hands on her hips; a little replica of Bella when she was angry.
Jacob sighed in frustration. Of course, Noah! Quil's son was just like his father. Sarah followed four year old Noah around like he was god. She would quote on a daily basis everything that Noah said.
Bella came up beside him and took Harley from him. "Who does Noah remind you of?" She whispered.
"Quil." He replied straight away."Like father, like son."
"Speaking of like father like son?" Bella pointed at Harley's expression. Jacob laughed and flung his arm around his wife, kissing her on the top of her head.
"Let's eat." She said.
"I could not have put it better myself." Jacob followed Bella to the huge pile of food. Life could not get better than this.
A/N-I love the wolf pack. Please read and tell me what you think. Part 2 of the beach coming up soon! Have you ever written something years ago and thought I could have done that better, LOL ;)