Summary: Zoey is Jacob's cousin sent to stay with him and Billy at La Push. The two of them are close, more like brother & sister than cousins. When she develops a friendship with Paul it bothers Jacob because he doesn't think he's good enough for her. But Zoey's made it clear that her and Paul will only be friends but as their friendship develops will friendship be all either of them want or will they want more.

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight or any of the characters you recognize.

I'm going out of town tomorrow so there won't be another update until I get back. The good news is the next chapter is ready to post when I get back. Enjoy the chapter.

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CHAPTER 2

"Maybe I should just go back home," Zoey said nervously.
"No way, you'll be going to school with over half of these people," Jacob said. "Come on."
Jacob led her over to where everyone was gathered together talking and got ready to introduce her to everyone.

"Jake," Embry said and everyone turned to look and Zoey soon felt everyone's eyes on her which made her really nervous.

"Everyone, this is my cousin Zoey," Jacob said. "Zoey this is everyone," he added and pointed everyone out and she tried to remember everyone's names. Sam and Emily were married, Leah and Seth, brother and sister and the cutest girl with dark curly hair and brown eyes who she found out was Brianna, Seth's girlfriend. Amanda was with Quill and Kim was Jared's girlfriend and Jared was out of town working with Paul, they would be back tomorrow and she could meet them then. After meeting everyone Zoey found a place and sat down alone to take a deep breath, meeting everyone at once was a little overwhelming. She was only alone a few seconds before someone plopped down next to her.

"Hey," it was Embry.

"Hey," she replied.

"Why are you all by yourself?"

"I just needed a minute," she answered and he smiled as he looked over at her. He saw something on her shoulder.

"What's on your shoulder?" he asked.

"Oh that's my tattoo." she told him.

"You have a tattoo, that's hot," he said grinning. Zoey shook her head. "Let me see," he said and she turned so he could look. She felt his finger tracing the outline and his finger was really warm on her shoulder. Her tattoo was a silvery colored wolf, just the head and neck, howling at the moon. It was really beautiful. "A silver wolf," he sighed. Like Paul, he thought. "You like wolves."

"Yes I do," she sighed. "I think wolves are beautiful, the silvery gray colored wolves especially," she told him. "I read somewhere wolves are monogamous, they usually only have one mate for life, it's a nice thought." she told him. "I have no idea if its actually true or not."

"It could be true for some wolves anyway," Embry told her.

"So Jared and Paul," she said. "What should I know about them?"

"Well Jared's ok, he's a pretty cool guy but Paul," he sighed. "Paul has a bad temper, he's a little hot headed but all the girls love him," he told her. "They all want to sleep with him and believe me, he'll sleep with most of them to."

"So staying away from him would be good," she said and he nodded.

"Yep," he said. "Paul would love your tattoo though."

As the night went on Zoey got to know everyone more. She had talked to Emily and Kim. Kim was totally missing Jared and couldn't wait for him to be home tomorrow which she kept saying over and over. Zoey was actually talking with Kim now.

"So did you leave a boyfriend?"

"No," Zoey answered quickly.

"Jared's been gone a whole week and I so miss him, I can't wait to see him tomorrow."

"How long have you two been together?" Zoey asked curiously.

"Oh about three months," Kim answered and Zoey looked at her surprised. From the way Kim talked about Jared she was sure they had been together longer than three months. "But I had a crush on him forever." she sighed. "We even sat next to each other in classes and he never even looked at me for the first few years of high school."

"Big surprise when he asked you out then?"

"Yeah I thought he wouldn't ever notice me, he finally did though." Kim smiled. "So Embry seems to like you." she quickly changed the subject.

"It seems that way,"

"So what was he looking at on your shoulder?"

"My tattoo," she answered.

"Let me see!" Kim said excited. Zoey turned around and showed Kim her shoulder. "Oh wow!" Kim exclaimed. "That's so beautiful." she said. "A silver wolf." she added. "Have the other guys seen this?"

"No," Zoey said nervously.

"Paul would love it, to bad he isn't here to see it tonight." she said. "You have to show the rest of the guys, they'll love it," she told her and took her hand and pulled her to where everyone was standing.

"Hey have you guys seen Zoey's tattoo?" Kim asked them and everyone's head whipped around to look at them.

"No," Sam said.

"You have a tattoo," Jacob said.

"Where is it?" Seth asked.

"On my shoulder," Zoey answered quietly.

"Turn around and let us see," Quill said and Zoey turned around.

"Cool a wolf," Seth said cheerfully and Zoey felt someone's fingers tracing it and she turned and saw it was Embry again. She also heard someone let out an angry growl as Embry traced her tattoo, she assumed that was Jacob.

"A silver wolf," Sam said.

"Paul would love that," Quill said.

"Paul isn't getting anywhere near Zoey," Jacob said angrily. "He's bad tempered, hot headed and…"

"And I can take care of myself," Zoey said walking over to Jacob. "Embry told me all about Paul and I have no intention of being a notch on some man whore's bedpost." she told him and walked away.

Zoey walked a few feet away and sat down on the beach. She hated when people thought they could tell her what to do. If Paul was anything like Embry said he was she would definitely be staying away from him. She did like Embry though, she thought he might ask her out. She figured Jacob might keep him from actually asking her out though. Her and Embry got along great already and he was totally hot. She let out a sigh, even though she wanted nothing to do with Paul from what she was told about him, she couldn't wait to see him, to see what was so special about him that girls lined up to sleep with him, he must be really good in bed or have a really big dick or something. She was so lost in her thoughts that she never heard someone sit next to her.

"Zoey," a voice said and she jumped and turned around.

"I didn't mean to scare you," he said.

"Sam, right?" she said and he nodded.

"Yeah," he smiled. "Is everything ok?"

"Yeah its just Kim and Embry have both told me about Paul and neither one of them had anything good to say. I mean it was amazing Kim stopped talking about Jared long enough to talk about anyone else but still, neither one of them had anything good to say about him except that he would like my tattoo."

"He would," Sam said. "But Paul is not all bad I promise," he told her and she smiled. "So why a wolf?"

"I have no idea," She admitted. "I've always liked wolves."

"Any reason you picked a silver color for the wolf?" Sam asked curiously.

"I think silver colored wolves are beautiful," she told him.

"I know you may not want to be here, but we're all looking forward to getting to know you better," Sam told her. "And I know Jake's excited you're here."

"But Billy's probably not, especially since he called off my visit with him and Jake last year and never rescheduled it like he said he would." she sighed and ran her fingers through her hair. "No one was more surprised than me when my dad told me I could move in with Jake and Billy."

"Hey things were really hectic for Billy and Jake last year, but you're here now so might as well make the best of it."

"Might as well." she agreed.

"Zoey we're all a big family even when we're on each other's nerves." he told her. "And you're part of that now which means we'll all be looking out for you like we do each other." he told her and she nodded giving him a small smile. "Come on, lets go back with everyone else."

When the two of them got back to the beach with everyone else Kim ran over.

"Is everything ok?" she asked.

"Its fine." she told her. "

"I'll see you later," Sam told her and walked away.

"So you haven't told me anything about Jared except how much you miss him, tell me about him."

"Really?" Kim asked shocked. "No one ever wants to hear me talk about Jared."

"Well I do, tell me." she said and Zoey really hoped she didn't regret it.

"Well he's totally hot of course. He's smart and sweet and he takes care of me," Kim told her. "Paul's like his best friend, so I sometimes end up spending more time with Paul than I would like to but Jared says he's not all bad."

"That's what Sam said."

"Maybe its true I mean he's never been mean to me or lost his temper with me or anything. But he probably knows Jared would kick his ass if he did."

"Probably so."

"Anyway Jared makes me feel like I'm special and beautiful and he's not like all these other guys, we haven't slept together yet even though I know he wants to. But he's never pressured me."

"Then he's way different than most guys," Zoey told her.

"I know," Kim sighed. "he's just the most amazing guy ever," she went on and as Zoey listened to her talk about Jared some more, she could tell Kim was totally in love with him. The way her eyes lit up just when she said his name. The way her voice softened at certain points when she was talking about how well he treated her, how he made her feel like the most beautiful girl in the world. Zoey could only hope that she could find a guy half as amazing as Kim said Jared was. And that was if she was lucky because If Jared was as amazing as Kim says he is she doubted there was another one like him.

"You ok?" Kim asked.

"Yeah I was just thinking I hope I find a guy as amazing as you say Jared is although I highly doubt there's two of him."

"Me to," Kim smiled. "But you'll find someone wonderful soon."

When Sam left Zoey with Kim he walked over to Emily and slid his arms around her.

"Is she ok?"

"She'll be fine," Sam told her and kissed her cheek. "She had questions about Paul," he added. "I would bet anything that Paul imprints on her to."

"What!" Emily exclaimed. "Paul?"

"It may not happen the first time they meet but give it a few days or weeks, knowing Paul and I'm sure she'll be his imprint. Which he'll hate, he loved not being tied down to anyone."

"Jared was the same way before he imprinted on Kim," Emily told Sam. "Don't worry things always work out somehow."

The next morning when Zoey got up she put on a t-shirt, workout pants, pulled her hair in a ponytail and headed out of her bedroom. The house was quiet, Jacob and Billy were still asleep so she slipped out quietly and went for her morning run. When she got outside she took a deep breath and looked around before she started her run. It seemed as if no one was up yet, every house she ran by was dark as if everyone was still sleeping. It was a nice day today. Of course there was no sun, but it was cool for her run and a nice breeze was blowing making the tree branches sway slightly as some leaves fell to the ground. As she continued running she wondered if she would really fit in here, everyone seemed nice so far and she got along with Kim really well so far. She was also nervous about her first day of school what it would be like, if she would have classes with any of the people she met already. Zoey stopped running, she had gotten so lost in her thoughts she ran a lot further than she wanted to. She stopped in front of a house before heading back to Billy's, well she guessed it was home now. She turned to look at the house and saw a guy walk out. Her eyes widened as she looked at him, he was hot, muscular arms, six pack abs, Damn he was hot. She felt his eyes on her as she stared at him. She saw his lips turn up in a sexy smirk and he gave a small wave, she waved back and then ran back to Billy's…home.

When she got back she walked inside the house and to the kitchen and saw Billy was up.

"Good morning," she said and Billy turned his head to look.

"Morning Zoey," he replied. "Where have you been?"

"I went for my morning run," she told him.

"Oh," was all he said.

"Is Jake gone already?"

"Still in the bed," Billy told her and she smiled.

"Have you had breakfast yet?"

"No I was fixing to have some cereal," he told her.

"No cereal, I'll cook," she told him.

"Really?" he asked surprised.

"Go watch TV or something and I'll let you know when its ready." he smiled and made his way out of the kitchen. Zoey let out a sigh and washed her hands and then looked through the refrigerator pulling out eggs, bacon, milk, sausage, cheese. She found some flour and everything else she needed and went to work on breakfast. She was almost done with breakfast when Jacob walked in the kitchen.

"It is real food!" he exclaimed. "I thought I was dreaming."

"Not a dream Jake, go tell your dad its almost ready," she told him and he walked in the other room and returned with his dad.

"Smells really good," Billy said. "What did you cook?"

"Bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs and pancakes." she told him.

"I can't wait to eat," Jacob said and went to grab a plate but Billy stopped him.

"You'll let Zoey fix her plate first," Billy told him. "Go on Zoey." he added and she let out a sigh and fixed a plate with some eggs, bacon and two pancakes on it and sat down with some juice. Billy fixed his plate next and went to the table with Zoey. Jacob put almost all the food that was left on his plate and sat down to eat with them.

"You can eat all that?" Zoey asked shocked.

"High metabolism," Jake answered automatically and took a bite of food. "Sooo good," he said.

"Well after breakfast I'm going to the grocery store because you two boys have no food worth eating in the refrigerator."

"What do you expect, I don't know how to cook and I'm usually out a lot anyway." Jacob told her.

"Maybe you should learn to cook," she suggested.

"Maybe," Jake smiled.

That afternoon everyone had gathered at Sam's. Zoey was talking with Kim, Jared had gotten in late last night and she had talked to him before he went to bed. He was on his way with Paul and Kim was practically jumping up and down. You would think it had been months since she seen him instead of a week. Finally Kim stopped jumping.

"He's here," she said and Zoey turned and saw two guys, really big guys walking their way. The two of them got closer and Zoey could tell they were both really hot, especially the one on the right which she really hoped wasn't Jared. But the guy on the right was sexy, he had lean muscular arms, he was of course taller than her like the rest of the guys around here. He had a perfect six pack and short spiky hair and he was perfect, If that was Paul she could see why the girls lined up to sleep with him. She let out a sigh and Kim looked over to her.

"Something wrong?"

"Which one is Jared?" she asked snapping out of her trance and wiping her hand across her mouth to make sure she wasn't drooling.

"The one on the left," Kim answered.

"Good," Zoey said quickly as the two guys stopped in front of them. The one on the right was the guy she saw this morning when she was running, he looked better close up.

"I missed you!" Kim exclaimed and jumped in his arms, Jared wrapped his arms around her and he leaned down and kissed her lips before sitting her down. "Jared this is Zoey, Jake's cousin."

"Hey Zoey," he smiled.

"Jared," she said. "I've heard a lot about you."

"Kim talk your ear off then," he said.

"Of course, Jared this and Jared that, you're all she talked about last night." he smiled.

"I missed you to Kimie," he whispered and leaned down and kissed her, their arms wrapped around each other.

"I'm going to let you two be alone," Zoey said and walked off. She barely heard someone else mutter me to as they followed her.

So the next chapter Zoey and Paul will officially meet for the first time, Its already finished so i'll post it this weekend wheni get back from my trip.

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