Wow, what a surprise... chapter three up already. Well I kind of already finished a big part of the story so I decided not to be a meanie and keep te updates coming. But before you start on this chappie, lets quickly recapture what happened before shall we...
Previously
Jenny is looking for a job, but her grandmother accidentally ruined their own paper... including the job-section. Jenny goes next door and asks her neighbor Charlie Swan to borrow his paper. She's invited in. As she's visiting Bella and Edward return home, Charlie uses Bella to get rid of Edward and Bella and Jenny have a little heart to heart about the stories of their lives. And Bella tells Jenny about a friend that might help her fix her car. Wanna guess who? ... Yep, Jake.
chapter 03.
I was so happy to be woken up by the sun shining brightly the next day. It immediately felt like it was going to be a good day. I got out of bed and walked into the bathroom to prepare for school. I frowned when I saw that my hair looked like a birds nest. I got into the shower and turned it on cold, I just love cold showers to wake me up in the morning.
Downstairs grandma had already prepare breakfast.
"Did you sleep well dear?" grandma asked as she piled a stack of pancakes onto my plate.
"Yeah, the bed is perfect. I feel really relaxed." I answered. "Can I have some syrup grandpa?"
"Here you go duckling." grandpa said as he passed me the apple syrup. I poured a thick coat of the sweet and sticky goodness onto my pancakes before I dug in.
"Any plans for today duckling?" grandpa asked as he leafed through his morning paper.
"I made plans with Bella, we're going to the reservation after school. She knows someone who might be able to help me with my car." I explained.
"That's wonderful dear, I'm so glad you made a friend. And so fast. I bet you're going to be very popular." Grandma almost seemed giddy at the prospect.
It was the kind of weather you'd never expect in a town that has a constant layer of clouds hovering over it. The sun was so bright that Forks could easily be mistaken for... any other place that's sunny. I even enjoyed riding my bicycle to school. The sun warming my face and a gently breeze playing with my hair. I loved it. I noticed Bella standing outside the school on her own. When I parked my bike she walked over to me.
"Hi" she greeted.
"Hey, where's your boyfriend?" I asked. I didn't need more then a day to know that those two were practically joined at the hip. She shook her head.
"Camping... with his family. They do that sometime."
"Oh"
"So... if you like we can throw your bike in the back of my truck before class. I can drive us to the reservation after school." Bella suggested.
"Sure." I walked with Bella to her car, a thing of beauty. She had this really old looking, orange truck... but with this hyper-modern stereo built in. It was amazing.
"Wow, nice" I couldn't help but say. Bella smiled.
"It was a gift from my dad. Billy and Jake fixed it up for me." Bella told me as she helped me load up my bike. "The stereo was a gift from Edwards family for my birthday."
"Wow, his family sounds really ni..." The rest of my sentence was cut of when a motorcycle pulled up right next to Bella and me. I couldn't help but flinch, worried the rider would ride his bike right over my toes, Bella didn't seem worried at all.
"Hey Jacob." She said with a casual smile as the boy took of his helmet.
"Nice weather." was his reply, he didn't even seem to notice me. "Edward gone camping?" he asked. Bella nodded. "Are we hanging out after school?"
Wow, with her boyfriend out of the way Jacob didn't waste any time trying to win his princess over. I really didn't want to get in the middle so I started to excuse myself when Bella cut me of.
"Actually I was gonna bring Jenny if that's okay." she said. Jacob turned to me and I could tell that at that second he wished I would fade into nothing for getting in between him spending some quality time with this girl. Then he forced a smile.
"Yeah sure." Wow, I could hear the excitement in his voice. It was overwhelming ...NOT.
Bella started towards the school and Jacob pushed his bike along right beside her. "And after Jenny's gone home maybe we can watch a movie or something." I heard him say. Bella nodded.
"Why don't the three of us watch a movie?" she said. I shook my head, wasn't this girl aware of what she was doing to me. She was using me to maintain some distance between herself and Jacob. I don't like to be used.
Inside Bella went her separate way, and I was left walking to English lit with Jacob.
He continued walking beside me, but I could tell he was only being polite. He didn't say a word the whole way to class. It wasn't until we had been walking side by side for about seven minutes that I realized.
"I think I might be lost again." I said. Jacob snapped out of his daydreams, my guess about Bella, and looked around the abandoned hallways.
"Stupid school!" he muttered as he reached into his pocket.
"You threw it out remember?" I asked, instinctively knowing that he was looking for his map of the school. "Yesterday."
"Crap."
"We could go by registration and ask for a new map." I suggested. He didn't respond. Okay, this behavior was getting on my last nerve. "It's not like it's my fault Bella invited me."
"What?" he asked. Just great, apparently I said that out loud.
"Well you don't have to treat me like I'm the scum of the earth just because Bella invited me over. I didn't even know she was talking about you when she said she might know someone who could help me with my car." Jacob looked at me, and for a second his dark brown eyes made me regret my harsh accusations. "I'm sorry but..."
"No, your right." he said. "I'm just in a bad mood and I suppose I've been taking it out on you." reluctantly he added "sorry"
"It's okay." I said looking down at my shoes, anything not to have to look into those dark eyes of his. "Let's forget about it."
"Thanks."
We continued to the registrations office but as we were nearly there Jacob slowed down. I turned to him and noticed he was reluctant to go in.
"Are you okay?" I asked.
"Yeah, it's just that that lady behind the counter really doesn't like me." he said. I remembered the woman's look from yesterday. She hadn't exactly been nice to him, not that he was very cooperative. But I could see why he wouldn't want to go inside. So I offered to go inside alone and then he could copy my map during recess.
I swear I turned some heads when I sat down next to Jacob during recess. Eric and Jessica quickly began gossiping and pointing at us and the others listened to what they had supposedly heard about us. Bella shook her head and stood up. Jake smiled as she came over to our table.
"Mind if I sit here?" Bella asked I immediately noticed the slightest hint of jealousy. But Jacob just pushed out the chair next to him and motioned for her to have a seat. I continued tracing the map on the blank piece of paper Jacob had supplied.
"What's that?" Bella asked, as she looked at the paper.
"School map. Jenny and I got lost and yesterday I ...lost my own map." he explained, not really getting into the details.
"You're never going to find English Lit or mechanics or gym from that map. I got the same map last year but they redecorated about three years ago. That map is useless."
I finished with the map and slid it over the table to Jacob. Bella immediately leaned over his shoulder and started pointing at the map.
"See, that's the biology room. And where the gym used to be is now the mechanics room. Over there is math."
I noticed how close Bella leaned into Jacob and something about it made me feel a little bit envious. I mean, this girl already had a boyfriend straight out of a teen dream romance movie. And here she was hogging another cutie. So I retaliated. I moved to Jacob's side and peered over his other shoulder, pretending to follow Bella's instructions to the letter. Truthfully, I was more occupied with the feeling of his arm occasionally brushing against mine. His skin was so incredibly warm.
"What class do you have next?" Bella asked Jake. He looked on his list.
"Math."
I couldn't help but feel disappointed. I wouldn't have mind walking with him to class. Unfortunately I had gym next and boy was I looking forward to it.
Rope climbing... Why couldn't we just play a game of volleyball or any other ball sport. People really weren't meant to climb rope. Specially when your gym uniform requires you to wear these short shorts! Have you ever lost your grip on a rope and just... slide down. I mean, as if burning your hands isn't bad enough... try having rope-burn on your thighs! Lucky for me, I was only halfway up when I found myself sliding down the rope. Unlike Sophie, another girl in class who managed to loose her grip when she was nearly to the top.
I fell down onto the thick safety mattress with my hands and thighs burning. I cried out in pain and was immediately surrounded by other kids in my class. I looked down at my hands and they were raw, as were my thighs.
Angrily the teacher shouted something about just letting go of the rope if you feel your slipping. That's easy for him to say! You try going against natural reflexes. Sorry, but if I think I'm falling I'm holding on for dear life! I was send to the nurse's station.
I walked by the main entrance just in time to see Jacob leave early again, and he was in a hurry it seemed. Like it was a matter of life and death or something. Before I could even call out to him, he was gone. And the only sign that he was there was the door slamming shut behind him with a loud smack.
"What happened to you?" Bella asked as she saw me walking towards her car with O-legs after school. I saw her trying to repress a grin.
"Don't laugh, I slid down the ropes in gym." I explained, climbing into her car with great effort. Bella chuckled.
"You're supposed to let go of the rope when you fall." she said. My whole train of thoughts from when the teacher said the same, flooded back to me.
"So I've heard."
Bella turned the key in the ignition and turned on the radio. Somehow I hadn't imagined her as a classical music kind of girl. But honestly the sweet piano tunes were very beautiful and calming.
"It's a song Edward composed for me." Bella explained. "I always listen to it when he's gone camping."
"Wow, that's really romantic." I said, Bella smiled.
It was about a twenty minute drive to the reservation. I enjoyed the scenery as we drove up, the forest and the mountains were amazing. I had never seen trees this high. It was stunning! Bella knew the way to Jacobs place by heart it seemed. She didn't even need to look at any of the road signs, and honestly with all these paths and turns I think you must have driven up here about a million times before you know it as well as her. Again a pang of jealousy went through me, but I quickly put that feeling aside when we pulled up to Jake's house.
A/N: Maybe kind of a strange place to end a chappie, but I really wanted to dedicate a seperate chapter to the events at Jake's house. Hope you've enjoyed reading. Don't forget to review!
