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The class starts soon after the whole staring and kneeling thing. I cross my legs and face the other way, away from him, while taking notes on stuff I've already done. I feel Jacob's stare on my back the whole class. I can basically feel him breathing down my neck.
I look over at Kim just as she glances back at me. I give her a "help me" look. She mouthes back, "Talk to him," before turning back around. I sigh, seeing the teacher writing notes frantically on the chalkboard. Here's my chance. I turn towards the front, and turn my head towards him. My eyes meet his automatically and he sits up straight from the slouched position with his eyebrows raised.
"Hi…" I start. No reply, just continuous staring. No surprise there. "Is sitting with me really that bad?" I ask.
His eyes go wide as he frantically shakes his head. "No," he says, finally looking down at his paper. He clears his throat. "I'm sorry if I freaked you out, I just… It's hard to explain." Jacob looks down at his hands as he talks.
I nod slowly before leaning over and whispering, "I'm Juliet Adams." I hold out my hand towards him as he glances up with surprise written all over his face.
"I'm Jacob Black. I hope we can just forget about that." He smirks in that cute way and takes my hand. Tingles run down my spine when he grabs it and shakes it.
I pull away and continue taking notes with no words to Jacob or from. Kim catches my eye again and she gives me a subtle thumbs up. I hold back an eye roll.
The boy next to me refrains from staring at me the rest of the class, instead taking notes. After a long time of zoning out, the bell jerks me back into reality. I gather my stuff together as Kim joins my side.
"So, Jacob, you met Juliet?" A blush floods my cheeks. I was hoping not to be the topic of conversations.
"Yeah, I did." He replies. "You guys know each other?" He asks, messing with his notebook. I glance at Kim and she grins.
"Yep. We met this morning. Our lockers are right next to each other." She replies. Now would be a good time to leave. I introduced myself to him so it wasn't awkward. I wasn't hoping to be all buddy-buddy with him.
"Awesome. Well, I'll see you later, Kim. Juliet." I look up at him and give him a small smile as he leaves. Something about the way my name sounds when he says it…
"Say hi to Jared for me, Jacob!" Kim shouts as he leaves. He gives a thumbs up over his shoulder as he walks out the door.
I give her a look. "Who's Jared?" I ask, not wanting to talk about Jacob anymore. That could've been one of the weirdest experiences of my life. I'd like to not dwell on it for long.
Kim immediately blushes when I ask her this. We walk out into the hallway, towards the cafeteria. Our class periods are an hour and a half, and I, thankfully, have the first lunch period.
"Jared is my boyfriend." Kim replies. I stop in my tracks and face her. It makes her blush even more.
"I am hearing more about this later." I tell her. She laughs and nods.
"Okay, I'll let you know when we get food. I think you'll actually get to meet him. If you wanna sit with us. It's definitely an open invitation, but you don't have to at all if you want to sit alone or anything."
I laugh as we walk into the cafeteria. "I'd love to sit with you. Thanks for being so awesome already on the first day." I tell her with a smile.
She grins back. "Anytime! I'm glad to be the first friend you've made!"
We get in the cafeteria line and slowly get our prison food before sitting down at an empty table. "So, how is La Push so far, in your opinion?" Kim asks, digging into her macaroni and cheese.
I shrug. "It's a lot colder. And rainier. And smaller." I tell her with a laugh. She nods. "It's different from San Francisco. Not necessarily a bad different, but still not a good different. I miss the heat."
Kim nods. "Yeah, there's not a ton of that here, believe it or not. We worship the days the sun comes out. It's maybe about twice a month."
I scowl. "Oh. Fun. I'd imagine gardening here would be a challenge." I reply, biting off a piece of carrot.
She giggles and opens her mouth to respond. Out of nowhere, a tall, tan, teenager just plops down in the seat next to her. Kim and I both practically jump from fright as we both glare at the kid.
He laughs his ass off as Kim and I are just sitting there, catching our breaths. "Jared!" Kim finally shouts. Oh, so this is the infamous Jared. He's not too bad looking, if I do say so myself. Go, Kim!
"Sorry, Kimmy." Jared says, leaning forward and pressing a kiss to Kim's cheeks. Her cheeks flush from the gesture as she shakes her head and looks at me.
"Juliet, this is Jared Cameron. Jared, Juliet Adams." I grin at him and lean across Kim in the most non awkward way possible and grab Jared's humongous hand in mine.
"Nice to meet you." He tells me with a grin. I'm just going to ignore the fact that his hand is about 100-and-hell degrees right now. I look down at my food, biting on some celery while Kim and Jared talk.
I look up, not very hungry, to see the infamous Jacob Black at a couple tables up. Looks like I have another class with him. Hopefully, this time, he'll keep his shit together.
He's sitting across from another dude that looks kind of like him. Jared, Jacob, and this guy are all freakishly tall.
I look over at the lovely couple. "Hey, Jared?" I ask.
He looks over at me, eyebrows raised. "Mmhmm?"
"So, are you and Jacob Black brothers or something? You guys are both really tall, tan, black hair, etc." I ask, curiosity getting the best out of me.
Jared shakes his head. "Nope. I'm good friends with him and Paul, though. Paul Lahote is the guy he's sitting across from."
"Okay, I was just curious." I say, popping a mint in my mouth. However, I almost end up choking on it when I hear a loud slam that startles me. I look up as the cafeteria goes quiet. Jacob is sitting, leaning towards the guy, Paul, with his hand lying flat on the table. There's an obvious crack now on the surface of it, as if he was that strong. Paul has the smuggest look on his face. I can already tell he's a jerk.
I look back over at Jacob and lock eyes with him. His facial expression softens as he looks at me, but he's… shaking in anger. Whatever Paul said must have really pissed him off. Jacob stands, leaving his tray on the table, and uses the exit doors outside to leave the building.
Whispers start up now, people clearly talking about what just happened before getting back to their everyday high school gossip. I look over at Paul, to see that's he's just staring straight at me. I hold his gaze, my jaw locked tight. I raise an eyebrow as if to sarcastically say, "Can I help you?"
Paul cracks another smug smile before shaking his head in - disbelief? - before standing and walking back into the halls of school. I sigh. If every other day here is as weird as this one… this is going to be one hell of a year.