Chapter four: Angel

The doorbell rang at 4:30. "Right on time!" Billy said. "Jake, get the door."

Jake went and opened the door. I could hear the "hellos" and the "how are yous" from here.

Then they came back. Along with Jake came a man about Billy's age. Obviously that was Charlie, and behind him were two girls. One had brown hair and looked like Charlie, I guessed that was Bella. The other had blonde hair, but I couldn't see her face. Her hair was covering and she was whispering to Bella.

"Hey, Billy, It's been awhile. Oh, this must be Ashton! Nice to meet you." Charlie said. He seemed nice enough, soft spoken, but nice.

I shook his hand. "Hello, sir."

"Call me Charlie." He smiled and I felt instantly more comfortable.

"Charlie," I corrected.

"Hi, I'm Bella," the girl with the brown hair said. She seemed quiet too.

"Hi, I'm Ashton." She smiled and went to say hi to Billy.

Then it was the blonde girl's turn. She looked up at me, her blue eyes shy and said, "Hi, I—I'm Angel. I mean Angela."

I was stunned for a moment and couldn't say anything. "Uh. Uh. I'm, um, Ashton."

She smiled and went to talk to Bella. I just stood there, still stunned. Her eyes were so beautiful and her voice, it sounded like a chorus of angels. Angela fit her. She was an angel.

Then everyone sat down for the game. It was Seahawks vs. Cowboys. I was rooting for Cowboys, obviously. You can't be from Dallas and not be a Cowboys fan. It's like how in Philadelphia wearing anything but an Eagles jersey will get you shot. We like our team.

The rest of them were rooting for Seahawks. Actually, Bella and Angela weren't really paying attention. They were just whispering to themselves. Bella sat next to Jake and I could see how hard it was for him.

But, he could hear what they were saying! I'd ask him when the game ended if they said anything about me.

I tried to concentrate on the game, but it was hard. All I could think about and look at was her: Angela.

I watched how she laughed and smiled. I watched everything. At one point she glanced at me, she'd probably felt my stare, and gave me a weirded out look. I loved that look.

I don't even know what happened during the game. All I know is Cowboys lost, because everyone was cheering at the end of the game.

The game ended at 7:45 and then Bella and Angela had to leave. They had school the next day. So they all left.

At 10:30 I went up to Jake's room to crash. He was already up there. "Hey, Jake. You were sitting next to the girls, right?"

"Yeah…" he gave me a weird look.

"Did, did they say anything about me?"

Jake smiled. "You like one of them, don't you. Let me guess, it's Bella. She's beautiful. But she's taken, sorry." Jake looked genuinely sad at this too.

"No! No! Not Bella. Well, not that she wasn't pretty, but it's Angela," I sighed her name.

"Yeah, they talked about you a little. But she's got a boyfriend. And they're pretty serious."

"What'd they say? Did they just talk about my sad life and how I'm like a lost freaking puppy?"

"Um, no. Angela thought you were actually kinda cute. She said you looked like some singer she loves, Teddy something or other. Why do you even care? She's not that pretty."

"She's beautiful! How can you say that! I think I love her!" I was pacing now, angry as hell.

"You've imprinted, dude."

I gaped at him. "No way! I just, like, met her! How could I love her without knowing her!"

"You just told me yourself that you loved her. Imprinting, dude."

"No! Well, I didn't mean it. Not really… well, yeah I did. I mean, she's—she's perfect!"

"Dude! I'll say it one more time! You've imprinted on a girl who's got a boyfriend! Welcome to the club!" Jake was angry too now and he was up in my face. Way too close.

"Yo, personal space." He backed off. "I don't know how that could happen. I mean, I've only known her for a minute! I only said two words to her!"

"That's how imprinting happens. I didn't even know Kenz, but I fell in love with her the first time I saw her."

"I thought you imprinted on Bella."

"No. I just love her. It's not the same, though. Kenz is like my other half. But I want to kill her every time I see her. It wouldn't have worked…"

"I'm sorry."

"Hey, man. It's in the past. Maybe you'll have better luck and your girl will stay human. Boyfriend or no boyfriend, if she's human, it can work."

I smiled. Jake knew how to make other people feel better. Too bad I couldn't do the same for him. "Yeah. I guess. Do you know if she'll ever come over again?"

"I don't know, dude. Maybe you should enroll at her school. You can't got to the La Push one cuz you don't really 'live' at the reserve. You're just visiting. And if this visit has any degree of permanence, then you have to go to school."

"What's degree of permanence?" I was stupid, so sue me!

"It means you're staying here for a while."

"Oh. Ok, yeah. If I can, I will. I don't want to go home."

"Hey, man. We wouldn't send you home no matter what! You're like family now! Family who likes the Cowboys… but we can forgive for that… kind of…"

I laughed. "Yeah, I guess I can forgive you for liking the Seahawks!"

"K. Now, I'd tired. I'm gonna hit the sack. See you tomorrow sleeping beauty!"

"Night," I said. I stripped to my boxers and climbed into bed.

I was asleep within a minute, and I dreamed of angels named Angela…

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