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You get to meet Gabi's mom in this chapter.

CHAPTER 2

"Did you say your cousin?" Quil asked.

"Yes Gabi's mom and my mom are sisters," Embry told them.

"But you've never mentioned her," Jared said.

"Yeah well our moms don't associate with each other," Embry told them. "They had some sort of argument and I don't know what it was all about and neither one of them will say anything." he sighed.

"So you never talk to her or anything?" Jacob asked.

"Only at school occasionally," he told them. "I do know she has a rough time at home, her mom isn't really a mom to her I do know that."

"You don't know what's going on exactly?" Quil asked.

"No." Embry sighed. "But there has to be a reason she doesn't want you at her house Jake."

"Yeah she was really quick to saying no to meeting at her house," Jacob said.

"You'll be spending a lot of time with her on this project," Jared said.

"She's not going to tell me anything," Jacob told him.

"Maybe not at first but maybe after a while if you work in talking about other stuff and work your way up to that." Quil suggested.

"Why can't Embry just talk to her, they are family." Jared said.

"Because she's not just going to talk to me," Embry told them.

"Why are you so quiet?" Jared asked Paul.

"Just thinking," he told them.

"About what?" Quil asked.

"Paul…just…let it go…leave Gabi alone," Embry said and he stood up and walked away.

Gabi was at her locker after school getting her books so she could make her way home. She had just closed her locker when someone leaned against the locker next to hers and she knew it wasn't Jacob. She let out a sigh and turned to see Paul looking very sexy as he smirked down at her.

"What do you want?" she asked.

"Just to let you know, I always get what I want," he told her.

"Good to know," she said. "Why the hell are you telling me this?" she asked.

"Because what I want now is you," he said and took a step closer to her.

"Why?" she asked. "You never knew I was alive until I came over and talked to Jacob today."

"Oh I would have noticed you eventually, can't believe I haven't noticed you before," he said and reached out and brushed her hair away from her face. "You're extremely beautiful and sexy," he growled and leaned closer to her. Gabi felt her heart start pounding in her chest and Paul smirked when he heard how fast her heart was beating. "And I will have you Gabriella," he whispered and she felt his lips touch her neck, "in my bed," he said huskily. "Begging for more as you lie beneath me." he said and Gabi pulled away from him and took a step back.

"Leave me alone," she said.

"I don't care what Embry says, Gabriella, you will be in my bed," he told her. "And it will be because you want to."

"Well considering what a jerk you are Paul Lahote I will never want to be in your bed." she told him and turned to walk away.

"Never say never baby," he called out as he walked away.

As Gabi walked away from Paul she couldn't believe what a jerk he turned out to be. She couldn't believe she had a crush on him, well still had a crush on him. The more she thought about it the angrier she got about what Paul had said to her, she couldn't believe that kind of stuff worked on other girls. She also couldn't believe the stuff he said to her. That he always got what he wanted and now he wanted her. He probably wanted her because she turned him down, guys always wantede what they couldn't have. He had some nerve, you will be in my bed, he didn't care what Embry said. Gabi stopped walking, What did Embry say to him? Gabi let out a sigh of frustration and turned back around and stormed inside the school. Paul was still right where she left him and she walked right over to him.

"Paul," Gabi said and he turned around and gave her a sexy smirk.

"Change your mind already," he said and grabbed her waist. Gabi slapped his hands and he moved them off of her shocked, no one had ever done that.

"No Paul I haven't changed my mind," she said angrily. "I want to know what the hell Embry told you about me and I want you to tell me now!" she demanded.

"What's in it for me baby?" he smirked.

"What's in it for you?" she asked. "Not a damn thing Paul," she said angrily. "Its not always about you," she added and crossed her arms over her chest. "What the hell did Embry say.?" she asked.

"Gabriella,"

"Damn it Paul," she said angrily. "Tell me what he said!" she demanded.

"That you were cousins," he said.

"That's true," Gabi said and glared up at him. "What else?"

"To leave you alone," he said.

"That's it?" she asked. "he didn't say anything else?"

"That you prefer Gabi,"

"He's right I do," she told him.

"Well Gabriella sounds a lot sexier," he whispered

"Well you listen to Embry and leave me alone because I'm not sleeping with you Paul," she told him. "And you have plenty of other girls that would love to jump into bed with you, go bug one of them," she said.

"Gabriella."

"I don't jump into bed with just any guy Paul, so leave me alone," she told him. "I am not my mom," she added to herself quietly.

"What….." Paul began.

"I have to go," she said and turned and walked away.

Gabi went straight home after school and started researching ideas for her history project with Jacob Black. She was coming across some interesting things they could do and wonder what Jacob would come up with and what they would actually decide on. After doing a little homework Gabi went to the kitchen to have some dinner and wonder if her mom would come home today or if she would be at some guys house before she came home long enough to sleep, not alone of course because her mom never slept alone. Gabi knew she would never end up like her mom. The guy she slept with for the first time, because yes Gabi was still a virgin, she was going to be in love with him and he was going to be in love with her. So since Gabi knew Paul Lahote would never be that guy for any girl because he so obviously didn't do commitments or love so Gabi knew Paul would never be the guy for her. She let out a sigh as she heard the front door slam and her mom walked in and into the kitchen. Gabi looked up at her mom, her mom had long dark hair, dark brown eyes and still had nice curves, which seemed to be what all the men loved.

"What's for dinner?" her mom asked.

"Um…cheeseburgers," Gabi said quietly.

"Great sounds good," she said and Gabi looked over at her mom.

"You never have dinner with me," she said.

"So," her mom said as she grabbed a bottle of vodka from the refrigerator and took a big drink of it. Gabi shuddered and shook her head.

"Ok," Gabi said and she made two hamburger patties and started to cook them.

"How's school?" her mom asked and Gabi looked over at her shocked. Her mom never asked her about school. She never seemed to care about anything in Gabi's life.

"Its ok, I have a history project and the teacher assigned us partners."

"Oh who did you get?" she asked as she took another drink from the bottle.

"Jacob Black," Gabi sighed.

"Jacob Black, oh he's cute," her mom said.

"Mom!" Gabi exclaimed. "He's to young for you." she added and her mom shrugged.

"Anything else?"

"Well I found out Paul Lahote is a big jerk," she told her mom.

"Paul Lahote, Paul Lahote," her mom said. "He sounds sexy." she added as she turned the bottle up again.

"Mom!" Gabi exclaimed.

"Oh I've seen him!" she said. "He is sexy, those abs and arms and you tell by looking at him from the way those shorts he always wears fit him that he's got a big di …"

"MOM STOP!" Gabi yelled. "Just stop and leave Paul alone," she told her.

"Oh you have a little crush on him don't you," she said.

"Why do you care?" she snapped.

"Well I don't, its just we all have crushes on guys who don't like us, who never notice us." she said softly and looked over at Gabi as she took yet another drink from the bottle.

"So you're saying Paul won't notice me," Gabi asked.

"That's what I said." she snapped. "A guy like Paul Lahote with you, you're just not pretty enough." she said and Gabi looked at her mom shocked, her mom just basically called her ugly." Gabi shook her head and took a deep breath to stop tears from falling down her cheeks.

"Well he invited me to stop by his house today," Gabi told her.

"And you're here?" her mom asked in disbelief.

"Yes mom because I'm not going to go fuck Paul Lahote, no matter how much he asks me to drop by his house or says he wants me."

"He said he wanted you," her mom said shocked, "And you told him no," her mom said even more shocked.

"Yes mom, I don't want to sleep with just any guy."

"But I thought you liked Paul."

"I do but I'm not sleeping with him, because its all he wants from me," she told him. "As soon as he gets what he wants from me, he'll never talk to me again."

"He will if he enjoys himself enough," her mom told her and turned the bottle up again.

"I can't believe I'm having this conversation," Gabi said to herself. "With my mom while she gets drunk in the kitchen."

"You're sixteen years old Gabi. Don't you think its time to give up that V card."

"MOM!" she exclaimed.

"Gabi, Paul is gorgeous and from what I hear about Paul, he knows what he's doing," her mom told her.

"Mom I will decide who I give my virginity to and it sure as hell won't be Paul Lahote," she told her and sat a burger down in front of her. "I'm not going to be some girl guys just want to fuck, I do think more of myself than that," she told her. "I'm going for a walk."

When Gabi stepped outside she couldn't believe the conversation she just had with her mom. Her mom was basically encouraging her to give her virginity up to Paul. She almost couldn't believe it. She knew her mom would have that bottle finished when she got home and most likely a few more bottles and be locked in her room with some guy. She headed towards the woods, she never went inside the woods she always stopped short of going inside the woods. She let out a sigh as a tear ran down her cheek. She really wished she could get out of La Push now, her dad wasn't an option, her mom would never say anything about him, so not only was Gabi most likely an accident her dad was most likely some woman's husband and according to her mom dead. Gabi shook her head and let out a sigh and turned to go back home but was stopped by a voice calling her name.

"Gabi," someone said and she turned and saw Embry.

"Embry," she said.

"Is everything ok?" he asked and she nodded. "You sure?" he asked and she nodded but Embry saw a tear run down her cheek.

"Gabi," he said. "What's going on?"

"Nothing," she told him and wiped her eyes with her hands. "I'm fine."

"I know we don't talk that much but we are family and whether you believe it or not I do actually care about what happens to you."

"I'm ok," she told him.

"If you say so," Embry sighed. "Stay away from Paul, he's actually not a bad guy but…"

"Don't worry Embry I have no intention of doing anything with Paul," she told him.

"Good," Embry sighed.

"My mom was shocked when I told her about what happened with Paul," she sighed.

"Oh really?"

"Yeah, I don't know if my mom was more shocked that I told Paul no or that Paul said he wanted me." she told him. "She was basically pushing me into his bed." she added. Her eyes widened when she said that. "I need to get home." she said and turned to walk away from Embry but he grabbed her arm to stop her.

"I'll walk with you," Embry told her.

"Embry don't worry about it." she said softly.

"Let me make sure you get home ok," he told her.

"Fine," she sighed and the two of them started walking back to her house.

"So your mom really thinks you should sleep with Paul," Embry said.

"Yep, I'm sixteen years old Embry, she said it was time to give up the V card."

"Your mom said that," Embry said shocked. "I thought parents didn't encourage their daughters to sleep around with guys."

"Well my mom," she said. "Isn't the best mom in the world."

"Gabi if there was anything I could do to help I would." he told her.

"I just want to make it through until graduation and get the hell out of La Push."

"I know how you feel," Embry sighed and Gabi looked over at him. "What about your dad?"

"My mom said he died after I was born but I just think she's slept with so many men she doesn't know who he is."

"That's horrible."

"Yep," she sighed.

"I don't know who my dad is either," Embry told her. "My mom told me he took off after I was born," he said. "He didn't want kids."

"I'm sorry Embry," she said softly as he walked her up to her door.

"Well there's nothing we can do about it now," Embry sighed. "Well I'll see you at school tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow Embry," she said.

"You can sit with us at lunch if you want," Embry told her.

"Oh I have lunch with my best friend Cassi everyday."

"Well she can join us to," Embry told her.

"Cassi would love that, she has a major crush on Jacob," she told him and Embry smiled.

"Really?" he asked and Gabi covered her mouth with her hands.

"Please don't tell him Embry, she'll kill me if she finds out I told anyone." Gabi told him.

"Don't worry Gabi, I won't tell Jake or anyone else your friend has a crush on him."

"Thanks," she said quietly. "I'll see you tomorrow." she added and went inside her house.

When Gabi walked inside her house she went to the kitchen to get something to eat. She saw the kitchen already had several vodka bottles on the table and she let out a sigh and threw them in the trash. She tied the garbage bag and went to take it outside. She walked past her moms bedroom and heart loud moans coming from inside it and shook her head as she continued on outside to the garbage cans. Then she just went to her room and grabbed her ipod and shoved her headphones in her ears to drown out the sounds of her mom and whatever guy was in the room. She laid her cell phone on the bed in front of her so she could see if someone called her. Then she grabbed her notebook and started writing down ideas for her Egypt project with Jacob. She had just started writing things down when her phone rang. She glanced over and saw it didn't have a name just a number on the screen. She took her headphones out of her ears and answered her phone.

"Hello," she answered.

"Hey Gabriella," the voice said. "Its Jacob."

"Oh hey Jacob," she said. "I prefer Gabi," she told him.

"Oh Yeah Embry did say you prefer Gabi," Jacob said. "I didn't know you two were cousins."

"Not many people do," she told him.

"Oh." he said.

"Did you need something Jacob?" she asked.

"Oh yeah, I was wondering if you just want to come over right after school instead of 4:00."

"Sure that's fine," Gabi said.

"Great," Jacob said. "Why don't you join us for lunch tomorrow."

"I eat lunch with my friend Cassi everyday," she told him.

"She can join us to," Jacob told her.

"I just don't know," she sighed.

"If this is about Paul, we'll make sure he leaves you alone." Jacob told her.

"Its not about Paul Lahote," she told him. "I can handle Paul just fine on my own."

"I never said you couldn't," Jacob told her. "Although it was really good to see someone tell Paul no."

"Well nothing is going to happen with me and Paul and the sooner he realizes it the better off we'll all be."

"Just think about having lunch with us tomorrow ok."

"Alright Jacob," she said.

"Gabi," Jacob said.

"Yeah."

"Most people call me Jake." he told her and hung up the phone.

The next morning Gabi slipped on a pair of skinny jeans, a long sleeved pink top and her brown boots. She grabbed her bag and was making her way to the door when she felt someone grab her. Obviously whatever guy her mom just finished up with.

"Hey there baby," he said and pulled her against him.

"Let me go," she said struggling against him and he turned her around so he could look at her. He let his hands roam over her body, her breasts and her ass. "Don't touch me," she told him.

"You're more beautiful than your mom," he told her as he let his eyes travel over her body and his hands travel back over her body as well.

"Hands off of me," she said and brought her knee up but he moved away.

"That's not nice," he said. "You're feisty I like that," he said and Gabi tried to step away from him but he still held her against him. Gabi still struggled to try and get away and the sick part was that she realized it was turning him on. "To bad if I don't get to work I'd loose my job otherwise I'd love to give you ride, or let you give me a ride," he said and leaned down and looked in her eyes. He grabbed her chin and forced her to look at him, Gabi got a look at him when he did, he had blonde hair and dark blue eyes, he smiled as she looked at him and it sent shivers down Gabi's spine. This guy was going a lot further than any of the others had. "But don't worry I'll be back," he said and touched his lips to hers and released her before walking out the door. As soon as she knew he was gone Gabi ran to her car and locked the door and cranked it up. As she drove to school she couldn't believe what just happened. That guy would be back and she had no idea when. The tears started to fall down her cheeks as she realized what could happen, he would be back to do what he didn't get to this morning and she had no idea what she was going to do when he did.