We walked in silence for a while until I realized I had no idea where I was going, I was just concentrating on putting one foot in front of the other and trying not to fall over, the bronze haired boy walking a few feet to my left made me nervous. As we passed yet another classroom door I peeked through the glass to check the time on the large black clock that sat above every board in every classroom in the school. It was 3:46, I calculated quickly in my head and decided that 3:46 was an acceptable time to leave school, and I had something to do on the way home anyway. I turned from the door and found Edward had stopped too, oh, "I didn't realize you meant you wanted me to show you around now…."
His eyes narrowed slightly, " well it seems we're skipping class, I assumed my… tour was the reason. Forgive me."
Forgive me?! Now it was my turn to narrow my eyes, was he being sarcastic. I studied his face his eyes looked at me in earnest, he smiled, my face seemed to be betraying my confusion, then he turned on his heel and strode off back the way we came. I wanted to call after him but my voice stuck in my throat, ugh I was such an idiot and he was walking away.
I walked slowly towards the exit muttering to myself, why couldn't I put this boy out of my mind.
I considered this on the way to my truck and as I climbed into the drivers seat I realized, I didn't want to. For some reason this thought annoyed me more than the first one and by the time I reached the park my forehead was so creased I worried I might get permanent wrinkles there, I forced my eyebrows up and smiled into the mirror on the sunshield, I took a deep breath and stepped out of the cab.
I was greeted by my favourite smile, although that was debatable now, and suddenly my own smile wasn't fake anymore, my heart swelled and I couldn't help grinning,
"Bells! How are you?!"
Before I could respond I was caught up in a bear hug his strong arms clamping round me like a vice,
"Er Jake you're not doing great things for my lungs right now"
I heard him laugh and felt his breath at my ear, my brows pulled together as I remembered Edwards sweet breath on my skin, the smell. It can't have been as good as I remembered, nothing was that good. I was pulled from my daydream by the solid earth that was suddenly under my feet again. Jacob took a step back, "So…" he said coaxingly, "..are you okay?" I obviously took too long to work out my answer and his smiled faded slightly, "Oh no I'm fine" I said quickly, anything to keep that smile, he raised his eyebrows, okay maybe I spoke too quickly, "….its nothing Jake just this new boy at school, he's a bit…. Irritating", yes irritating was a good way to describe him.
Jacob walked towards me swinging his arm around my shoulder, "well we can't all be as perfect as you Bella…. Oh watch out for that pebble" I hit him with the back of my hand across his chest, that was gonna hurt in the morning, "Very funny" I eyed the pebble carefully all the same, I have a tendency to trip over anything within a ten mile radius, it's not that I'm clumsy, they just seem to find my feet.
We walked through the rows of caravans, Jacob carefully keeping my pace, his black hair shining even in the grey light of the cloudy day, He turned to meet my gaze, his eyes inquiring, they were like burning coals, then I remembered another pair of eyes that had the habit of smouldering, and I had to look away. He cleared his throat and I wondered how long it would take before he started,
"So, has your dad changed his mind yet?!",
I sighed, "its not his decision Jake, its really not"
" I've been here all my life Bella its my home, its all of our homes, who are we hurting?!"
"Jacob I don't want to get into this, you know I'm on your side and Charlie's just doing his job. If you want to blame anyone blame the council they want the land back."
"Because they obviously don't have enough" he growled in exasperation, and as we neared the Blacks caravan I thought I heard him say, "I would never blame you… for anything" but he said it so quietly it could just as well have been the wind.
Jacob climbed the steps and swung the door open calling out for Billy but he stopped in the doorway frozen. Curious, I hopped up to his side and peered into the living room not prepared for what I saw there…..
A/N So... does anyone want the next chapter:)