Whoo, back with another chapter! I hope you enjoyed the last chapter, Breakfast is Served, despite it's shortness. Maybe Jake and Billy have learned to never laugh at someone when they're cooking breakfast now. Tee-hee, me and my naughtiness, and le gasp! Paul's in this one!!! Lyiek, omgwtfbbq!! Sorry he wasn't in the last one, but I'll this one up to ya. ;)

*Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight, only Gabrielle and other characters unassociated with Twilight. Now, enjoy chapter three of "English Girl in La Push".

P. S. Leah's gonna be a bitch in this fic, sorry to the Leah fans.

Chapter Three

The Bonfire

"Oww, why'd Jake have to do that to me?" I whined childishly in my room a few hours later, rubbing my sore rump. Flashing back, I was still laughing at Jake's misfortune when he suddenly appeared in the living room where I was at. Looking at me with a grin of pure evil, I paled even whiter that I already am and tried running out using the front door, but somehow Jake beat me as he grabbed my waist. Pulling me onto the couch, he sat down, bent me over his lap, and gave me a spanking.

Yes, you heard right, a bloody SPANKING and hard!! I'm flipping sixteen for Christ's sake and I haven't had a spanking since I was four, even at that it wasn't even a decent spanking! God, I've never been so embarrassed in my life, all of my dignity was grabbed by the effing neck, thrown to the ground, stomped on, spit on, shot repeatedly, and torched to ashes right there. I ran up to my room as soon as Jake finished tearing the last of my pride, slammed and locked my door then jumped onto my bed, tears spilling freely. I much rather would've have him kick me in the face, throw me off a cliff, and tear me to shreds, but not a spanking! I'll never be able to look Jake or Billy in the face now, not after that. I'll just lock myself up in my room and die of starvation for all I care! That was…just too much. Curling into a fetal position, I tried blocking out all the sounds that went around. Finally after ten miserable minutes, I was able to fall asleep, dreaming horrid dreams of evil hands and green bunnies.

I was awakened sometime later on by someone knocking on my door.

"Hey Gabe, are you awake?" that putrid villain asked, waiting outside my still locked door. The nerve of him, thinking he can waltz up to my room and demand me like that? What's he going to do, tickle me until I wet myself? Fat chance. I didn't move or make a sound, hoping he would give up and leave. But he didn't, the persistent bastard.

"I know you're awake, Gabe, but I want to say sorry for what I did earlier." I nearly snorted at his pathetic "apology".

"Um, if I can make it up to you, do you wanna to go the bonfire tonight? I know you're still mad, and I don't blame you. Again, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that. Even if you won't speak to me for a while, my offer's still open." and with that, he left.

I turned over on my bed so I was looking at the ceiling. I'm not going to forgive him that easily…but I've never been to a bonfire before. I've always wondered what it was like, being around many people surrounding a huge fire, having the time of your life. My hard features softened a bit, thus earning a groan. Why did I have such a soft heart?!! If I had any sense, I wouldn't even talk to Jake for weeks, but inside I heard my soft side telling me that he did try to apologize, even invited me to a bonfire. Running a hand through my hair, I sighed heavily and pulled myself to a sitting position. Alright, I forgive him, but that doesn't mean I have to like it. Looking over to my clock, I saw that it was one o'clock. Sliding my converses on, I quickly tied them and stood up. Walking slowly to my door, I unlocked it, turned the knob, and went downstairs, bracing myself for the worst.

Strangely enough, before I made it to the bottom step, I was swept off my feet into a bone-crushing hug and Jake's wave of apologies.

"I'msosorryGabepleaseforgivemepleasedon'tgoemooneme!!!!" Jake said all jumbled into one sentence. Emo? That was certainly a first, why's he so worried about me going emo? I'm not like those wannabe people who cut themselves for attention. I'm Gabrielle Lee Black, not Britney Spears! I somehow managed to get Jake to put me down, reassuring him that I wouldn't go emo on him, laughing at his look of relief.

"So, are you going to the bonfire?" Jake asked with hope in his eyes.

"Yeah, I've never been to one before, sadly." I replied with yet another bone crushing hug. Dude, his guy's 'bout the most hugginness person I've ever met, not to mention he's freaking burning up.

"Hey, heel boy! Down, I swear you're gonna break all my freaking bones one of these days." For a moment, I thought he looked shock, but it was gone so fast it must've been my over-reactive imagination. Setting me down, hopefully keep me down, Jake smiled showing off all his perfectly white teeth. This guy is definitely strange.

"Great! I'll introduce you to all the guys, and you can hear all the legends, and they have great food!" Now I couldn't help but smile along with him, all my anger vanishing. Both walking to the couch, Billy left earlier to go to some woman's house, Sue I think her name is I.

"So what do you do at a bonfire exactly?" I asked wondering why Jake was so hyped up about a bonfire, are they really that cool or something?

"Well, Dad tells the legends about the "cold ones" and that we descended from wolves to protect our people." Descended from wolves? Sweet! I would've been able to sink my teeth in some stupid ass's head. That's hardcore shit I'm telling you!

"Descended from wolves, nice. That would be so cool to run around as a wolf. But now next question, what the bloody hell is a "cold one"? Some drugged up zombie?" Jake laughed loudly at my last comment, and for a while too. Finally, Jake stopped laughing long enough to fill in what a "cold one" was, his face suddenly turning very serious. Is he a bloody bipolar or something?

"The cold ones aren't zombies. No, they're vampires. They drain the blood of innocents, which is why our ancestors were able to become wolves to rid them of this world." Vampires, eh? Now we're getting somewhere, I just wonder why Jake's taking all this so seriously. Does he actually believe the legends? Oh God, I hope he doesn't start getting mad again, Jake + Mad = Sore rump for Gabrielle. Ok, moving onto the next subject.

"Who will be there?" I was curious if the whole town went, please say no because I'm not exactly a fan of big crowds of people I don't know.

"Oh, pretty much everyone." Well that screwed my hopes right in the ear. "Most people come for the food, because everyone's heard the legends so many times. Still though, it's pretty interesting to hear them." Jake added with a thoughtful look. Nodding, I understood how it is to hear something over and over, like your favorites song or book.

"What time does it start?" I asked resting my hands behind my head.

"Around nine. It ends usually at midnight."

"Jake, are you going to be busy today?" He probably is, but that'd be cool if he wasn't then he could show me around La Push.

"No not really, why?" Jake answered looking over at me.

"Oh, just curious, that and I was wondering if you could show me around town before the bonfire starts." Please say yes, I want to take a lot of pictures. This town has the perfect scenic atmosphere, just begging for its pictures to be taken and it'll give me something to sketch.

"Sure! Billy won't be home until after the bonfire, and the guys are busy, so yeah let's go."

"Great, but let me get my camera right quick. There's so many pictures I want to take for my sketches." Running upstairs, I grabbed my small professional's camera, my black beret, and my favorite sunglasses. By the time I got downstairs, Jake was waiting for me in the Rabbit. Walking to the passenger's door, I opened it and sat down in the musky scented seats.

"Let's rock." I grinned sliding on my sunglasses. Oh, the Matrix had nothing on me.

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I still don't know how many pictures I took just from forest alone. Something about it had a very enchanted feel that seemed to pull me in, beckoning for me with it's earthly arms. Jake had to literally drag me back because I had traveled too far into the forest, but I didn't struggle because it was about an hour until the bonfire started.

We arrived at the bonfire about ten minutes later which was held on a cliff. As Jake and I got out of the Rabbit, we went towards a group of huge men and a few girls. God, what the hell did they feed these kids? They were all about the same height, same build. I'm sure they always have girls stalking them, the poor guys. Two were able to nab 'em, wonder how long it took? As soon as we made it to the group, Jake began talking to one of them, but his back was turned so I couldn't see his face. After exchanging a few words with the stranger, Jake looked past his friend's shoulders and waved me over. Sauntering to the large group, I was instantly met with warm smiles and faces. Patting me once on the head, Jake smiled brightly and introduced me to everyone.

"Everyone, I would like you to meet my cousin from England, Gabrielle." One of the girls wearing a simple white dress stood up and came towards me, her arms open wide. I would have to say she was the prettiest woman I've met, except for the large scars that raked her face.

"I'm so happy to meet you, Gabrielle!" She exclaimed pulling me into a bear hug, which shocked me for a moment, but I quickly recovered and wrapped my arms around her as well. "I'm Emily, by the way. This is Sam, my fiancé," she said pointing to a handsome well built man, who waved, "Jared and his girlfriend Kim," moving to the kissing couple on the log, "Quil and Embry," skipping to two guys wrestling a ways away from the group, "Seth and his sister Leah," Seth waved slightly, a small smile on his lips as his sister, who looked like a bitch, just huffed and marched off, "and last but not least, Paul!" her hand resting on the one who had his back turned who was still talking to Jake.

"Paul, don't be so rude! Say hello to Gabrielle." Emily proclaimed firmly as she pulled Paul by the collar of his tight tee-shirt. Stumbling backwards, Paul flashed an angry look as he finally turned around.

"Emily! Why'd you grab me by the freaking…" Paul started but as his eyes rested on me, his sentence trailed off as he stared at me, mouth hanging slightly open. He kept staring at me for I don't know how long, what, did I have something on my face that was so intriguing to him? Strangely, though, I felt a strange pull towards him…

Alas, I couldn't take any more of it. To tell you the truth, it was creeping me out, with him just staring at me without saying anything. Standing on my tip toes, I reached up as high as I could reach, pulled my hand in front of his face, and poked him on the end of his chin.

"Y'llo Paul? Earth calling Paul? You still awake there?" I interrogated as Paul finally snapped out of it. Shoving my hand out of the way, he looked away, and, was that a blush on his cheeks?

"Yeah, don't poke me again, uh, Gabrielle." Paul retorted crossing his arms in front of his chest, still looking away. Silence thickly covered our group for a few minutes until Quil and Embry wolf-whistled.

"Soooo, Paul," Embry said aloofly putting an arm around Paul's shoulders, who looked the opposite direction. "Got something to tell us?" Still refusing to look him in the face, Paul roughly threw Embry's arm off and stormed off to the forest. What the hell's his problem…wait, forest = wolves. Bad voodoo! My eyes grew large at the sudden realization.

"Oh shit, get your ass back here!!" I yelled, but Paul was already gone inside the forest. "Dimwitted bastard." I grunted, setting my camera down. I began following after him until Jake stopped me.

"What're you doing? The bonfire's about to start." Did he not hear the howls? Everyone saw Paul go inside the forest, isn't he the least bit worried about him?

"Paul went off into the forest by himself. Aren't you a little bit worried, especially with those howls last night?" I almost shouted at him. I must've struck a chord, because now everyone went dead silent, except for Jared and Kim still making out on the log. Jake then scratched the back of his neck nervously, not making eye contact with me. Okay, this was really getting weird. What the bloody hell were they so nervous about? What are they keeping from me?

"Erm…Paul will be back in a little bit, he's just letting off some steam." Emily butted in, moving herself in between Jake and I. "He'll be back in just a bit, don't worry, Gabrielle." I knew they definitely keeping something from me, and it was driving me crazy, but I gave in, picking my camera back up. Sitting down on a log in front of the blazing fire, Jake sat to my right, Emily and Sam taking their seats to my left. As everyone took their seats, Paul suddenly appeared, shot a glance at me, then sat as far away from me as possible. I ignored him, moving my attention to Billy as he cleared his throat and started the tale of our ancestors, but I kept getting a strange feeling that someone was watching me throughout the whole tale.

"Wow, you were right Jake, those legends were awesome!" I declared happily as I wheeled Billy inside the house. We had just gotten back from the bonfire, and I was synched about all the legends. Jake just laughed, closing the door behind him. Both of us fell onto the couch, laughing for no real reason as Billy wheeled himself to his bedroom murmuring something about "loud kids". We kept laughing, but for some reason, I felt almost empty, like something was missing.

"Hey Jake, d'you know why Paul was looking at me like that?" All the laughing abruptly stopped.

"I don't know, Gabe. I don't know." There goes that damned bipolarness again. "I'm going to bed, see you in the morning." Jake then stood up from the couch and hurried upstairs, his door slamming. I sat there for a good ten minutes, trying to process what happened just a moment ago and at the bonfire. Everyone was certainly keeping some sort of secret from me, and I didn't like it one bit. I groaned in frustration as I went up to my bedroom. So, everyone wants to keep a secret from Miss Gabrielle, huh? Well then, I will try my absolute hardest to find out whatever the hell is so damned important that they think should be kept from me.

That was chapter three for you! I wasn't really pleased with this chapter, and there wasn't much of Paul in this one, but oh well SUE ME AGAIN. I kind of jumped around a bit in this chapter, but hopefully not too badly. Hope you enjoyed this chapter! Review if you can!