The minute I walked through the door Alice shoved an outfit in my face. I had a feeling she would see me in town with George, and I had an even greater feeling she wouldn't let me go in the t-shirt and baggy jeans I was already wearing. I had to change into a low cut tank top and a denim mini skirt. As for shoes, she lit me wear my white tennis shoes.

The town was somewhat pleasant if you don't count the fact that some narrow minded idiots were staring at my chest. I zipped the hoodie I had grabbed at the last second before stepping outside to meet George. I took a short breath. The smell of their blood was far more alluring than that of an animal's. I started to take small short breaths kept even and slow so it wouldn't look like I was hyperventilating. The smell didn't seem any less appetizing with the passing minutes, but at least I could control myself. The stops in town became more frequent. George and I went every day. Of course this time allowed us to bond and we became very, very close. The months flew by quickly and before I knew it, tomorrow would be the first day of school. I saw Jacob every now and then and he started to relax around me more and more. For second I thought he actually looked forward to seeing me but it might have just been me being excited to see him. Which I often was. My family didn't particularly enjoy my being around him so much, but they tolerated him and my being with him nevertheless. The same went for Jake's pack and George.

It was just another lazy day. Nothing for today was planned for me and George to do together so I did what I always do when I'm not hanging out with George. I go hang with Jake. I stopped mere inches from the border and Jacob was nonchalantly walking over the border. He seemed happy to see me.

"Do you wanna go somewhere?" I asked Jacob. We had been walking around the woods no real destination planned.

"Okay…where?"

"I don't know. Just…somewhere."

"Sure."

"Not knowing is the best part. That's what makes it an adventure." Jake just smiled at me and shook his head. I just kept walking in no direction in particular, and Jake walked beside me. I had learned to put up with his smell and he learned to put up with mine. So that wasn't what was torturing me at the moment. I t was the silence. It was suffocating, but it's not like when Jake and I walked off into the woods I expected to here loud music or a rustling in the bushes every five seconds from some small woodland animal.

"Tell me about you," he said trying to break the silence. I wasn't sure if he noticed my discomfort with something or if he was be strangled by the lack of sound. Silence is deafening.

"Um…I'm a vampire. My best friend is a werewolf. I drink animal blood and have a clean record of never killing a human.. My favorite flower is the rose. My favorite food is mountain lion. My first day as a vampire, I was close to being mauled by werewolves. My family is playing matchmaker and trying to push George and me together. At first the thought of that made me sick, but we're really close now. And I think I just might be falling for him," I said staring down at my feet, "I'm not sure though."

"You mean like him like him?" Jacob asked. I looked into his deep black eyes. Never before had black ever been such a beautiful color.

"I think. It's your turn now!"

"Don't tell Dara, but secretly I'm a werewolf. My best friend is a vampire. I wanted nothing to do with her and first, but warmed up to her. I eat lot. Pack members can read my mind, but only when we're wolves. I'm sorry I scared Dara the day I met her," he said and winked at me. I giggled.

"I promise I won't tell her," I said and winked back, "And I think she'll forgive you for scaring her."

I pushed past some bushes that were tall and grew close together. There on the other side lay a glistening, clear pond. It wasn't very big, but it was big enough. There was an old house and an even older looking dock.

"I think I found what I was looking for," I said looking toward Jake before walking down to the lake. I felt bold and unashamed at that moment. I took off my shirt, pants, socks, shoes and jumped into the water. I wasn't bold enough, however, to look at Jake's face when he saw me strip down to my underwear. I heard a splash and knew Jake had joined me. I floated on my back most of the time I was in the water and simply enjoyed Jake's company. We sat on the old dock and just talked more about nothing in particular. We talked about our likes and dislikes. We talked about what we planned to do in the future, and other things about us. We were best friends. By the end of the day I was sure there wasn't one thing that Jacob Black didn't know about me and vie versa. Excluding the more private things not meant to be discussed between friends.

XOXOXOXOXO

Class was extremely boring. School in general was boring, if I were able to I'd rather be at the lake with Jake. Hey that rhymed! After school, I 'd thought I'd be able to go straight to the lake for a swim, but a certain silver Volvo caught my and a large jeep and a certain group of six perfect people caught my eye. I couldn't pretend I didn't see them. I walked reluctantly towards them. I hopped into Edward's Volvo wordlessly. You'd need a butcher knife to cut through the tension between us. Something was wrong obviously because otherwise we'd be talking like normal. Surprisingly, I was the main source of the tension. I wa upset. I glared out the window, and the more I was away from the pond the more upset and angered I became. Edward sighed.

"Dara, we need to talk," Edward said clearly expecting an out of the line response from me, "Our friend George likes you. A lot. But he feels…threatened…by the dog."

"I thought he trusted," me I said slightly offended and confused.

"He does. We all trust you. It's your mutt that we don't trust" he said with acid in his voice. I smiled. Jacob was my mutt.

"Don't go there, Dara," he said as we pulled into the garage of our house.

"Can I go now?" I asked impatiently put keeping my voice as cheery as possible. He needed no explanation. He knew where I wanted to go.
"If you take George," he said simply.

A million things ran through my head at once. It didn't seem right. I didn't want him there under any circumstances no matter how close we were. That place was for me and Jake only. I frowned at him. No. I grabbed my backpack and walked into the house and up to my room. I slammed the door behind me. My stomach felt the same way it did when I first found out my family was playing matchmaker. I started on my homework which was dome in no time at all. I felt sickened with myself and my family. I was sickened with my family for not trusting Jake around me. And I felt sickened with myself for not trusting George at Jake's and my place. But that was just it. It was Jake and me.