Chapter 2- meeting

He stepped out of his car, but I really didn't notice it. My eyes were locked on him. The only thing I noticed was that he was walking around it. He was very muscular, had gorgeous shaggy black hair, and dark tan skin- my guess was that he was of Indian descent. He went around his car to open the passenger door. Of course, he has a girlfriend- well- at least that's what it seemed like. She was beautiful; with long black hair and eyelashes. She was probably of the same Indian heritage. He took her to building 2… well that's what I'm presuming- seeing as it had a big number 2 on the side… gave her a kiss on the cheek and hustled to the gym. I looked to my schedule, "YES!" I had gym first. I exited my car and made it halfway through the parking lot when…

"Renesmee!" Alice chimed. Wow. For being so tiny her bell- like voice could carry, "Renesmee," she said again one she got over to me.

"I think we all know what my name is Alice."

"Hahaha. Very funny. But no, this is serious. Be careful in gym today. Last I saw you got hit by a volleyball but then you disappear, it's really weird. I will talk to Carlisle about it when we get home. But in the meantime, be careful." She warned it was so funny; I rarely saw this cheery pixie serious.

"Yes Alice I will, but I really got to go. Bye!" I waved to my family and walked off in the direction of the gym.

As long as I didn't embarrass myself I would be okay…

Mr. Kempf let me sit out today. They were playing volleyball- though- that was obvious. How else would Alice have a vision of me being pummeled by a volleyball? He was actually really good at volleyball. You would think he wouldn't be light on his feet, but he was. Almost like a vampire… but not quite.

"Hi." A friendly voice came from beside me. That's strange I didn't even hear her approach me. Hmm… I must have been to in thought about him.

"Hello."

"I'm Brooke." She said offering me her hand.

I took it, "Renesmee." I added a smile to my face.

"That's- ah- interesting." This was getting so annoying! We all know that my name's weird.

"I get that a lot. It's okay. It's a combination of my two grandmother's names." Ah- again- every time I have to explain this… I'm like a broken record.

"Oh cool."

"So who's that?" I didn't want to keep referring to him as he.

"Oh that's Jacob Black. He's one of the most popular guys in this school. Along with his Quileute friends: Embry, Paul, Seth, Quil, and Jared." Or course- I knew I would never have a chance with him- even though vampires are unbearably beautiful- but that's the problem I'm half human so I'm not as pretty.

"Okay… who's he dating?"

"Leah Clearwater. She's really pretty, captain of the volleyball team. Everyone wants to be her. Why do you want to know? Her ears narrowed… though she also sounded jealous. Maybe Leah beat her out for captain?

"Oh… I just saw him with someone… I just want to get to know people." Yeah, that sounded logical. I shrugged my shoulders for emphasis of the fact that I didn't care… except for the fact that I did care, "Are you on the team?"

"Yeah… do you play… cause I could probably get you a try out…"

"NO!" I practically shouted, she looked taken aback, "I mean… no thank you… I suck at sports… I seriously should be locked up for the duration of gym class." I laughed.

"Me too, except for volleyball… I don't know why but that's the one sport that I can play."

"Then why are you sitting out." That was strange, if she liked it so much why wasn't she out there with the rest of the kids?

"Oh my last game I dived for the ball and fell of my knee wrong… I'm out for the rest of the season. Anyway… where'd you move from?" She changed the subject… apparently, this is a sensitive subject for her to talk about… hmm I wonder why? I mused in my head.

"A little town called Coldfoot in Alaska… it's population is like 20… and that's no joke. "(authors note- we do have friends that used to live there… it's population is seriously around the 20s… no joke.)

"Wow! That's tiny! And I thought Forks was the smallest town. But anyway… wasn't it like freezing?"

"Yeah, but nothing we couldn't handle."

"Have you ever had a boyfriend?"

"No."

"Wait, you look like that and have never dated?" Well, that helps my self esteem, but not by much.

"Nobody's really caught my eye yet… and when you live in a small town like coldfoot, there aren't that many options."

"What about now?" She nodded to the court Jake was playing on. CRAP! She knew.

"Kinda. What about you?"

"I did date. His name was Embry, he was one of the Quileutes I mentioned earlier. He found Melissa, he's like irrevocably in love with him or something." She rolled her eyes, "I still see them around school," Her eyes looked sad- like they held an eternity of sorrow. She probably really loved him.

"Oh. I'm sorry." What else could I say? I don't really know her.

"It's okay! I'm actually enjoying being single- being open to options." Her words sounded sincere though hers eyes contradicted her words.

"Haha! Yeah."

"Renesmee watch out."

"Huh?" but then it was too late- I was smacked in the face with a volleyball- then I blacked out. So much for vampire reflexes.

~~*~~

"Hi hun, how are you feeling?" The nurse came by and checked my stats; my cornea, ears, breathing and blood pressure.

"Uh… good… I guess." How do I respond to that? "Except my head hurt." I complained.

"well you just got nailed in the face with a volleyball, what do you expect?"

"Look. I'm really sorry about that um…" A male voice came from beside me.

"Renesmee," I finished, "it's fine, I'm kinda prone to this stuff, I get it from my mom... um… I didn't catch your name." I really didn't want to tell him that I already figured out what he was called- that's kinda stalkerish.

"Jake."

"Hi." Wow, that was lame. However, I didn't know what else to say. I tried to sit up but a massive throbbing pain in my head stopped me and I laid back down.

"Renesmee, I'll write you a pass. You'll be dismissed at lunch."

"Thanks. Um… you don't have to stay here Jake." That slipped out of my mouth before I could stop it, he actually needed to stay.

"It's okay… I want too… If that good with you."

"Oh of course. Um…" I turned to the nurse and pleaded her with my eyes.

"Fine. Jake. I'll write you a pass as well." She grumbled before walking to her office leaving me alone with Jake.

"Thank you." We said in unison though she probably couldn't hear us through the thick walls.

"So what do you want to talk about?"

"Ask me anything." There was only one thing I didn't want him to ask.

Authors Note: So, I hope you liked this chapter! Please review, so that way I know if it's worth continuing! I have seven chapters written already, so they should be updated pretty fast!

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Love, Kelly Hearts Stark