Chapter 3: Nice To Meet You
"Jacob?" I asked as I knocked on the garage door.
No answer.
"Jacob I'm gonna come in if you don't open the door." I threatened.
I started to hear footsteps on the other side of the door and within seconds the door was flung open to reveal Jacob. "Damn I knew you were persistent but this is just annoying" he said with a grin. I thought he was mad?
"Well what can I say, I'm an annoying person." I said as I stepped around him and into the garage. "This place hasn't changed much. Apart from the car." I walked over and started looking it over.
"You're going to fix this? Its gonna take forever" It had to alteast be 1980's.
"Yeah, but I'm putting it on hold for a while, gonna fix up these." He pointed to two motorbikes in the corner. "How would you know if its gonna take forever? You don't seem like the car type." He said as he sat down opposite me.
"Just because I'm a girl, doesn't mean I don't know a few things about cars."
"That's not what I mean."
"Then what did you mean."
"What I mean is that look at you. You are probably the most beautiful person I have ever seen. I just thought you would have been one of those girls who all they care about is makeup and clothes."
"Well I doubt that I am the most beautiful person you have ever seen, and as for makeup and clothes, I have never even put on makeup or looked twice about what I was wearing. Guess your gonna have to rethink what you thought about me ha." I said while crossing my arms and grinning.
He grinned back "Guess I am." Then he sighed.
"You thought I was mad at you didn't you?" he asked.
"Billy told me what happened. I heard the glass break. I know how I would feel if I was told what you were told."
"Don't worry about it ok? It was just a shock. I mean coming home and finding someone who you thought was dead sitting there talking to your dad. Not exactly something that happens every day." He said with a grin and I couldn't help but grin back.
We spent the next hour or so working on Jacob's car. Within the first ten minutes Jacob had smudged nearly all of the grease he could find on me. All the clothes I had on now were officially wrecked and I was in despite need of a shower. I was just about to go inside when I heard someone calling from outside. "Hey Jake, you in there?"
"That would be Quil and Embry. Don't worry they are harmless."
"Trust me I'm not scared of anything." Except what you will think of me when you find out what I really am. I thought to myself.
Jacob just laughed at me and called them in. As they stepped through the door I could tell they were Quileute like Jake. They had the same tone coloured skin and jet black hair.
When they saw me they froze. I thought they were going into shock up until they started looking between me and Jake.
"Guys this is Nikki, Nikki this is Quil and Embry."
"Hey""nice to meet you." They both grinned at me.
"Don't even try it." Jake warned them.
"Hey it's not our fault you have a hot girl in your garage." Both said at the same time.
"Seriously if you even try anything I will personally kill you."
"That's if they survive me." I said causing a grin from all the guys.
"I better go inside and shower." Eager to get inside before Quil or Embry try anything.
"See ya later." They all said.
As I stepped outside I heard a chorus of "Wooooo" followed by a 'bang' and an "Aww" and "Hey". I laughed quietly to myself as I made my way into the house.
Billy was watching TV when I came inside. I told him I was gonna take a shower and, after looking at me, he practically pushed me in.
When I got out of the shower I realised that all my clothes were in the other room. I tucked the towel tightly under my arms, took a quick look out the door then ran straight to the room. When I was in the room I quickly shut the door and ran to the bed where my clothes were. When I was at the corner of my bed my foot hit something. I looked down and saw the photo album that I found. I picked it up and started flicking through the pages. There were ones of Rachel and Rebecca, Jacob and Billy. They dated all the way back to when Jacob was born.
When I got to the end of the album I came across an envelope. It was thick and had the inscription always remembered on it. I opened the envelope to find photos of Sarah before the car accident. She was with Billy and by the looks of it, they were still in school. As I started to look through the rest of the photos in the envelope I noticed that they were all of Sarah. When I started to get through the rest of the photos they changed. They were no longer pictures of Sarah, but of me.
The first one I looked at looked like I was the same age of Jake, maybe two years old, but of course I was probably only two months. All the rest of them were random pictures of my first five years of growing up, nothing really interesting.
I settled the album on the table beside my bed and, realizing I wasn't dressed, got dressed.
When I made my way into the kitchen Billy was talking to someone on the phone.
"Yes Charlie. I will. Tell Bella thanks. Ok bye." He hung up the phone just as I rounded the corner. "Hey Billy, who was that?" I asked.
"That was my friend Charlie, Bella's dad." He said while turning towards me. "He wanted to know if we wanted to go to their house for tea. I told him an old friend was over and I would have to ask her. Do you want to go?"
"Whatever you want to do, we will do it." I said smiling at him.
"I will call him and tell him we will come then. Will you go tell Jake please?"
"Sure"
I went to open the garage door when I heard a low chuckle. I stopped just outside of the door and leaned in to listen.
"Man she is soooo hot. Is she coming to our school?" One voice said, which I then remember as Quil's. Who were they talking about?
"Not hot, smoking hot" The other voice, Embry, said.
"Guys I really don't want to talk about her like that. And I don't know if she is even staying let alone going to school here." Jacob said and I heard another smack and "Ow."
"She has been a friend of dad's for a long time." Jake told then.
"But how can Billy have a friend that young? She has to be like what? 16?" Embry asked.
"She is 15 actually. And the reason she is close to dad is because him and my mum found Nikki when she was young. Nikki is practically a daughter to him." So they were talking about me?
"Just because she is a friend of your dads doesn't mean you can't go out with her. I mean Bella is Billy's friends daughter right? How can it be much different?" Quil asked.
"It's different because Bella isn't directly dad's friend, but Nikki is. I don't even like Nikki like that."
"Cummon man she is hot, she knows about cars and just think about her in a bikini. I know I can." Eww.
"That is seriously gross guys. If you like her that much then go and ask her out, you're thinking about a death wish though." Jake warned them.
"Yeah right Jake, like she can resist my charms." Causing all three to burst out laughing.
I took the opportunity to go tell Jacob, trying not to laugh myself.
"Hey Jake." I said as I pulled the door opened. Only to find that it was jammed shut. I pulled a few times but it didn't budge. Remembering what Jake was like he was probably just sitting back and watching me embarrass myself, lucky for me though I never get embarrassed. I was once dared to poor a whole bowl of punch over my head, which I did, and I didn't even care. It was just fun.
"Ugh Jacob Black I know you're watching. Open the door." I heard laughing and then footsteps. The door opened to show Jacob and Quil and Embry standing behind him.
"Thanks for jamming the door." I said sarcastically, stepping into the garage.
"Not my fault you're so small that you weren't strong enough to actually pull the door hard enough." He said while shutting the door.
"Not my fault everyone around here is as tall as a giant." I said back. Although I knew that it was just the wolf geans, but I wouldn't say anything about that just yet.
Jacob just grinned "So what did you want to tell me?"
"How did you know I was gonna tell you something?"
"Just a guess, so?"
"Billy told me to tell you that we are going to Charlie's for tea tonight." I told him.
"Ok then." He said while grabbing a towel and wiping his hands. "Is that all."
"Yep that's all." Making my way towards the door, "and I might just be going to school in La Push" I told Quil and Embry. They grinned and winked at me while I shook my head and started to leave, "We are leaving in 10" I yelled to Jacob over my shoulder.