The next day started off interesting, and when I say, the next day, I really do mean the next day. I think it was somewhere near 12:30 when I decided that I couldn't sleep. I quietly got out of bed and snuck into Jake's room. Odd, he wasn't there. I turned around and made my way to the bathroom instead. While I was washing my hands, I swear I heard a noise, so I made my way back over to where Jacobs room was. When I entered, I wasn't prepared for what I saw.

There right in front of me was a naked Jacob turned around the other way to shut the window that he apparently just climbed through. "Well I didn't know it was a full moon tonight."

He sharply turned around, noticing it was me, and also noticing that I couldn't help but to stare at his manhood. "What, see something you like?"

"I guess I didn't realize you had grown up so much."

He chuckled. "So what bring you to my room at such an hour." I couldn't believe he wasn't even trying to cover himself.

"Nothing, I just couldn't sleep."

"Well, I always find that a nice warm shower help to relax me enough to be able to fall asleep. In fact that's what I was going to do before you came in. If you want you could join me." You could see the hope on his face as he asked this. I was a bit taken back because this is not how I pictured my first night in Forks to go. This isn't how I pictured anything to go. First Paul and now Jake? I didn't even think that I would have any interest in any of the guys around here, but with Jake's naked muscular body standing in front of me, begging mine to join him, I could hardly resist.

"Sure."

"Really?"

"Yup"

He reached into a drawer and pulled out a clean pair of boxers. I had to go back to my room real quick to grab a fresh set of pajamas as the ones I had on were sweaty from tossing and turning most of the night. When I made it into the bathroom, he was already in the shower. I quickly stripped and climbed in behind him.

He turned and faced me. "Wasn't sure that you'd have the nerves to join me."

"Oh really? Well you have no idea what my nerves are capable of." As I said this I reached for the facecloth and began to wash his stomach.

"No but I think I'm beginning to find out."

"Here turn around so I can get your backside."

We were in the shower washing each other for a while and my intents were completely honorable. For some reason it seemed wrong to do anything with Jake, when all I could think about was Paul. However, when it was his turn to wash me, he hands explored everywhere, sometimes lingering too long in certain areas and last I knew you didn't have to squeeze anything to get it clean, but every time I'd say something to him, he'd just shrug and tell me he was making sure he was doing a complete job. When he was finally done we got out and both dressed quietly. I picked up my old pajama's and threw them into the hamper.

We were walking to our rooms, but when Jake started heading towards his, I grabbed his arm and made him come into mine. Once we entered he gave me a look. "What? I just don't want to be alone tonight and while that shower helped, I still wouldn't mind someone to cuddle with."

"You're overestimating my self control." He paused "I didn't think you'd be much of one to cuddle anyways."

"You'd be surprised." Then I gestured over to my bed where the handcuffs were hanging. "And if you lose your composure, I have ways to take care of that."

"Nice, very nice." He said with a half smile. We crawled into bed together and I fell asleep cuddled in his arms.

The next morning I woke up to find Jake half spread over my body. I was hot and sweaty and almost couldn't breathe. I tried to move but due to the weight on me I couldn't budge. So I did the only thing I could think of at the moment. I threw my weight into it and I rolled him complete off the bed. He hit the ground with a loud thud.

"Good morning sunshine." I said cheerfully. He grunted, grabbed the pillow off my bed and used it to fall back asleep. I had no idea what time it was, but when I opened the curtains it was still dark out. I peered over at my alarm clock which told me it was 5:37 in the morning. Great, just what I needed, but I was so hot and sticky that I couldn't fall back to sleep, and I didn't really want to take another shower, so I grabbed my black and red bikini and a towel. Then, after grabbing my car keys, I headed as quietly as possible out of the house and into my car.

I managed the drive down to the beach in only five minutes. Once arriving I hopped out of the car with my belongings, and found a spot to put my towel down on. Then I wandered into the woods and hid behind a tree and removed my clothing to put on my bikini. I took my pajamas and put them into the car and proceeded to the water edge. For the beginning of September, the weather was unnaturally warm. I guess this is what was known as an Indian summer.

When I put my feet into the water, the water was a bit on the cool side, but it was fairly easy to get adjusted to. That's what I liked about he water up here. When I'd went swimming in Arizona the weather outside was so hot that it made the water feel cold, but here, the water felt perfect. Nonetheless, it didn't take long before I was complete submerged into the ocean's salty water.

I looked into the horizon and noticed a rock sticking out of the ocean maybe a mile or so out. I decided to make a go for it. I swam the long journey out there and by the time I reached the rock, the sun was just beginning to fill the sky. I climbed up onto the rock and was pleased to find out that it had a flat surface. I jumped a couple of times off of it into the water, and then decided to take advantage of the sun lit sky and attempt to tan.

I don't know what I was thinking because I had never successfully gotten a tan, but I also didn't want to go to school looking like an albino either, so I undid my top and sprawled belly down onto the rock. I think that lasted about a half an hour before I decided to flip over and let the front get some sun. I was laying there peacefully before I heard a voice below me.

"Hello up there."

I was so relaxed when I heard the voice it made me jump, and when I jumped, I really jumped. I seriously fell off the rock, landing into the water, which now seemed a million times cooler, probably due to that my body was so warm from tanning. When a resurfaced, I gave a shrill screech. "Oh my god, that's cold."

The swimmer that had startled me made his way around to where I was. He offered a great big smile. "Hi Elle, I'm Quil. I was on the beach yesterday when you came by. "

"Hi Quil." I smiled back at him. Then I climbed back onto the rock. Shit, my top must have fallen into the water when I did. I looked around all the sides of the rock and couldn't see it anywhere. Double shit! That was my favorite bikini. "Shit!"

"What's wrong"

"I think I just lost the top to my bikini."

"Oh." There was a pause. "What were you doing out here anyways. Me and some of the guys noticed that there was someone's stuff on the beach but no one in sight. They sent me out here to find whoever it was."

I decided to make a dive for it. I dove under the surface of the water, quickly spotted my bikini top slowly sinking down, maybe 25 feet down or so. I resurfaced to get some air, "Hey I think I see it, I'm going to dive down and get it." I didn't wait for a response and I dived back down to get it. It only took seconds for me to get it and on my way back up I could see Quil staring at me from the top of the water. Today is really starting to suck, I really didn't want to explain why I was able to make my journey so quickly. Thankfully when I resurfaced, he didn't ask anything, though I could tell he knew. Shit! And I was trying my best at being normal here.

You see there's more than one reason for me moving out here. My mom had been really understanding, she understood that I was a 'troubled' teen. We had moved a lot mostly to avoid me getting in trouble with the law, not that the law enforcement was ever smart enough to realize that I was the one behind all their troubles, but I figured that living with the chief of police would surely be able to keep me out of trouble.

I surveyed the rest of the beach. Most of the faces I recognized. There was Sam and Jared, even though I couldn't tell which one was which, Paul, who seemed absolutely thrilled to see me, and another boy who looked like the rest of them but who I didn't recognize.

I heard the one who I didn't recognize mumble something to Paul, which was clearly "Man what I'd give to tap that." I smiled a little seductively at him, and the next think I know Paul was shaking and chasing him toward the woods, which made me think to how I behave when I'm angry. Wouldn't it be messed up if these boys were like me?

"Man Embry really needs to know when to keep his mouth shut." Quil said from behind me. He followed me until I made my way towards Sam and Jared, just as Jacob showed up.

"Hey Bella." Jake said excitedly. I rolled my eyes.

"How many times do I have to tell you, it's Elle now?"

"Awe shucks, you will always be Bella to me."

The older looking one, the one who I thought was named Sam, started sniffing the air. That was weird. Then he turned to Jake and narrowed his eyes, "I think we need to have another talk."

"Fine, but it doesn't change anything." Jake turned and gave me a quick, almost bone crushing hug, and followed Sam down the beach to have a 'talk'.

This Sam character was getting weirder and weirder by the moment. They had walked far enough down the beach until they thought they were out of earshot and began to have what seemed a lot like another heated argument. It had to do with my scent being all over Jake. Who was this Sam anyways to think he could boss my Jake around?

I started to walk toward the pair, when a new voice said, "I wouldn't do that if I were you."

I whipped around to see who had brought me out of my daze, it had been the one named Jared. "But he's being mean to my Jake, and he doesn't deserve it. Jake hasn't done anything wrong."

He had an amused look on his face, "It seems that he has done a lot wrong. What do you mean by your Jake?"

"I've known him ever since we were little and me and Jake are close."

"Hmm… I see." He seemed to be searching for words to say. He was about to say something else when Paul renumbered from the woods, a semi bloody Embry following.

"Oh my God!" I ran over to the bloody Embry, my hand touched his face, wiping away some of the blood away from a swollen eye. "What happened?"

He shot a look over to Paul, who shrugged his shoulders, and then back to me, "I ran into a tree?"

"Somehow I don't think that's what really happened."

"Seriously, that's what happened for the most part."

"Well if you say so…" My voice trailed off.

Paul spoke up this time. "I swear I only got one punch in. It's not my fault when Embry decided to bolt off at full speed, he booked it straight into a tree." At this Quil burst into full blown laughter. Jared just had a smirk on his face.

"And why did you punch him?"

The rest of the guys stopped laughing and looked at Paul. Paul gulped before stepping forward. I placed a hand through my wet and tangled hair and cupped the back of my head. "Because I want you." His voice was very musky in a very attractive sort of way. "I don't want anyone to be saying those sorts of things about you." His voice dropped to just a whisper. "I want you to be mine."

MY heart picked up pace. No guy had ever been so up front with me before about what they wanted and I wasn't exactly sure on how to respond to it. My eyes instinctively drifted to where Sam and Jacob were still arguing. "Does Sam know that? Is that why he's attacking Jake over there?"

All he could do was grunt before he headed over to where they were. Paul was shaking again but then Sam said something to him and he calmed down. Or I thought he had calmed down, before he took off away from the beach all together. Sam was livid now. I decided to take my chances anyways and walk over to where they were.

"What's going on?"

"Nothing" both Jake and Sam grumbled at the same time.

"Really because it seems like something is definitely going on."

"It's okay now though." Jake mumbled back. "Listen, Elle," as he said my name he rolled his eyes, "I was going to go for a walk, did you want to come with?"

I nodded in agreement, and we took off away from the rest of the crowd. We made it down the beach line until we got to where the cliffs were. There we climbed over some rocks until we found a large one that was somewhat flat. We sat down and dangled our feet into the water.

We sat in silence for a while. It seemed like Jake wanted to say something, but couldn't find the words. I tucked myself in under his arm and sighed. What a rollercoaster these past two days had been for me. Well if Jake couldn't find the words to say what needed to be said, I would.

"Jake." His eyes bore down into mine. "Have I ever told you that you're sort of beautiful?" One of his eyebrows raised at that. "I'm so glad I have you, but I need you know that we can't be anything more than what we already are. And I really love what we are." He seemed sad until I mentioned the last part, and then his eyes lit up.

"Do you love me?"

"I love you like the best 'little' brother I could ever have." His eyes rolled at the word 'little'.

"Does this mean I get to be a pain in the ass like a little brother?"

I started to get up as a began, "Well Jake, you've had the pain in the ass part down pat for a while now." As I finished my sentence I began to run down the path, which I should have known immediately was a bad idea because my shoe caught under an uplifted root and I tripped and fell. Before I could get back on my feet, I had been caught by Jake.

The rest of the walk was filled in with chat about what had been going on while I was away and what not. We talked about our dads and about school, how I'd be starting on Monday, halfway into the semester. Before I knew it we were back to the clearing just about to make it back to the beach and it started down pouring. I had never seen it rain so hard. I just stopped, looked up at the sky and started spinning in circles laughing.

When I stopped laughing and spinning, I noticed Paul was walking right towards me. I looked back to tell Jake that I really wanted to talk to Paul, but he had already disappeared. By the time I had turned back Paul was already close to me. He pushed me back against a tree and his mouth was on mine at once. I wrapped my arms around his neck, pulling him closer to me, my hands tangled in his hair. He pulled back a bit to release me from the tree to lift me up, cupping my ass. My legs instinctively wrapped around his waist and Pulled him tighter, to which he let out a low grunting noise that sent shivers down my spine. At some point his tongue had gained entrance to my mouth. He tasted so good and between his taste and smell I was melting in his arms. He readjusted me to move one hand through my hair, and once he did, he slowly, and reluctantly put me down.

"You're getting soaked. We should get you somewhere dryer." He never put me down but settled on carrying me the same way he had been holding me all the way to where my car was parked. He opened the passenger door and set me down into the seat and before I knew it we were driving down the street. He pulled up to a tiny looking house, if you could even call it a house.

He got out of my car and walked around to let me out, or so I thought, because before I could even get one foot out of the car to get out he was picking me up and holding me like we were back in the clearing. His lips were back on mine in that same instant.

I slowly became less and less aware of my environment and more and more aware of the feelings that being with Paul were causing me to feel. Usually when I was with guys we did a lot of heavy flirting and nothing more, and sure I might have gotten to third base with a couple of them, but nothing more, and surely not after only having met them the previous day, somehow with Paul it didn't seem wrong, but I had a feeling that stuff with Paul could go far, that he had boyfriend potential.

When I surfaced back to reality I noticed several things. The first thing I noticed was that I was moaning loudly, god something sure felt good. I noticed then what it was- his mouth was attached to my right nipple and he was softly biting and sucking on it. His hands were working on removing my bikini bottom. By the time i found my voice again, the bikini bottom was at my knees, "I think I'm warm enough now."

His mouth released it's suction grip on my nipple all too soon. He looked around and found a blanket on the back of the couch, "I'm so sorry, there's just something about you that drives me wild, and it's like I can't control myself. I have never wanted anyone more than I want you every time I look at you."

I found myself blushing. "I think I know how you feel, the second you come around, it's like some sort of electricity is in the air, and I can't get enough of you, but before stuff gets to intimate between us I think we need to have a talk…"

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Before I go on I need to make a point. Elle, in this story is completely out of character, but I am trying my hardest to stay true to everything else. Paul and Jared are aged because in the book they were the first to phase and I only thought it was right to make them a bit older, but their characters, I am trying my hardest to remain true to. The whole shower scene with Jake was to show that she will always be close to Jake, but not in the way most of us had hoped would happen in the books. In a lot of ways his role will remain the same. I would have had this out to you guys a lot sooner, but I had an idea, o I had to go back and change the story jut I bit to be able to get to where I am going with it. I am making no promises, but the next chapter should come along somewhat soon. The main part of next chapter will be the talk that her and Paul have along with some other things, like flashbacks.