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Guests.

Jacob pulled up to his drive way, the lights shinning into the windows as he parked. He hurried out and up to his house, locking the door after he closed it. He could hear the TV playing in the living room and decided to go check on his dad.

"Hey dad, is there a game on tonight?" Jake asked casually. Billy looked from the TV over to his son who was leaning against the wall.

"No, not till tomorrow. I was just watching the news." He said gesturing to the commercial that had just started.

"Where have you been?" Billy asked turning his full attention to Jake.

"I went to Emily's birthday picnic, I told you that when I came home." Jacob said a little confused seeing as he had explained the whole picnic thing to his dad when he picked up the rabbit.

"I know that, but Sam called not too long ago saying you took Quil, Embry and a young lady home. When I called Quil and Embry's houses their mother's said that neither you nor their sons were there, so that only left one option." Billy spoke turning his chair towards Jacob, a sly smile on his face.

"O-oh, well Emily asked me to take Aniela home, so Embry and Quil came along. Then when we got there it started to pour. Aniela was worried and asked if we wanted to hang out, so we did." Jake explained, only giving enough detail to satisfy Billy.

"I see. So who is this girl that got you to stay somewhere else other then sulking in your room?"

"Oh well her names Aniela and she just moved here from England." He decided to leave the little bit about her looks out, knowing he'd say more then needed.

A small silence settled between the father and son.

"Well I'm gonna go to bed." Jacob said pushing away from the wall and walking towards his room. But before he reached it he turned around and poked his head back into the living room.

"Oh, dad can I have the paint in the shed?" Billy looked over at his son with an eyebrow raised in question.

"W-well, Aniela is going to paint the outside of her house and I was thinking that since we never painted the house she could just use the paint in the shed." Jake finished, his voice fading off slightly at the look on his dad's face. Billy gave him a knowing smile and simply nodded.

"Thanks." With that Jacob went to his room and flopped down on his small bed, making it groan under him.

After a few minutes of trying to get comfortable he finally gave up and rolled into his back with a sigh. His head was resting in the corner of his bed against the wall and his feet were hanging over the foot of the bed. Closing his eyes he saw a face. A face he thought about constantly. It was her face and it made his stomach churn. It was Bella, she was smiling and he felt a little queasy. But right as he was about to open his eyes a new face began to form. At first it was nothing but a blur. Then as the face started to take shape and became more focused Jacob could feel his heart beat speed up. The face relaxed his body and his mind. That night Jacob ended up falling into a peaceful sleep for the first time in weeks. That night Jacob ended up falling asleep thinking of Aniela.

The next morning Aniela woke up at 7:30 and began packing the boxes stacked up in a few places. It was actually a nice day for Forks. Only a few clouds were in the sky and the sun was shining a little every now and then making it warm out. She spent about 2 hours doing that, and then ran to the grocery store to get food for her empty kitchen. When she got back from the store she started to decorate her bland house; hanging a few family pictures in the living room and some of her painting in the different rooms. At 12:45 she was just finishing hanging a picture on the wall in the office, the last room she had to do. Looking at her watch Aniela walked into her room and grabbed her cell phone. She looked up at her vanity mirror where the sticky with Embry's number was stuck. Quickly punching in the number she pressed the call button on her cell and held it to her ear. The line was picked up after the third ring and a woman's voice answered.

"Hello?"

"Um, hi. Is Embry there?" Aniela asked quietly.

"Mmhm, hang on one second hun." The woman said politely. A few seconds later the silence on the other line was broken by Embry's voice.

"Hey, Niela." He said excitedly.

"Hi Embry. Um if you still want to come over to help that would be great." Aniela could hear Embry chuckle.

"Don't worry; I already called Quil and Jake. Jakes in his way to pick me up then we'll be over there in a little." Aniela smiled; even though he couldn't see it.

"Ok, I'll see you guys' soon. I'll even make lunch." All she heard was Embry whoop before the click of him hanging up. Looking at the phone Aniela laughed and shook her head a little. Hanging up Aniela decided she should change if she was going to clean the outside of the house.

Pulling out a pair of jeans with a hole in each knee and a three quarter sleeved shirt Aniela quickly stripped out of her nice jeans and sweater. She changed into the outfit and headed down stairs to get some of the cleaning supplies they might need to clean the house.

About fifteen minutes later Aniela was just closing the back door after letting her puppies out when the door bell rang. Hurrying over to the door Aniela swung it open and smiled at the unfamiliar people in front of her. There were three people a year or two older then herself; two girls and one boy.

The boy of the group was tall, taller then herself anyway, and extremely pale. He had neatly messed hair, it was a bronze like color. Aniela noticed his eyes were an interesting topaz, it made her wonder weather or not he was wearing contacts. Aniela also noticed he was holding one of the girl's hands. The girl was a little shorter then Aniela herself and had shoulder length brown hair. She was pale but not as pale as the other two people she was with. Even without knowing the two holding hands Aniela already knew they were in love, their souls were intertwined in such an intricate fashion that there was no other way to describe the kind of connection they had. The last girl was very delicate looking and Aniela could only describe her as pixie like. Her hair was a dark brown and was short. It was styled what would be considered very hip by most teens today. The girl was just as pale as the boy but she had an air of mischief about her.

"Hello, is there something I can help you with?" Aniela asked a little uncertain of what to think.

"Oh, no we saw the moving truck leave here yesterday and thought we'd come over to introduce ourselves." The pixie girl said with a wide enthusiastic smile.

"I'm Alice. This is my brother Edward and his fiancé Bella." Aniela noticed Bella wince slightly at the word fiancé.

"Oh, well that was very kind of you. I'm Aniela; it's a pleasure to meet you." She held out her hand to Alice first; suppressing the urge to shiver at Alice's ice like touch.

"It's nice to meet you too." Aniela shook Edward's hand next; noticing touch was just as cold as his sister's. When she shook Bella's hand her skin was warmer then the other two, but not by much. A small silence settled over the group for a few moments. Edward looked like hi was going to say something but stopped suddenly and looked behind him. Alice and Bella looked at him for a second before following his gaze. Aniela had to look around the three to see Jacob's rabbit speeding up the drive way, screeching to a stop in front of the house.

Jacob had gotten a call from Embry at 12:30 asking if he wanted to head over to Aniela's early. Of course Jacob said yes, he had been thinking of her all night. He had showered quickly before grabbing the paint and his keys.

Throwing the paint into the back seat he yelled a quick bye to his dad and was off. Jacob picked up Quil first because his house was easiest to get to.

"Hey man. I can't believe Embry volunteered to do this. Cleaning is such a pain in the ass." Quil muttered getting into the back seat.

"Yeah, I know." Was all Jacob said before he started down the road to Embry's house.

When they got to Embry's Jacob honked a few times before they saw Embry and his mom walk out the front door. Both Quil and Jacob laughed when they saw Embry's mom plant a big kiss on his cheek. Embry made a face at his mom and tried to wipe the lipstick off his cheek as he made his way to the car.

"Shut up. You guys suck." Embry mumbled getting into the passenger seat. This only made Jacob and Quil laugh more.

Jacob started the car and drove away from Embry's house towards Forks. When Quil and Embry started to talk about random things Jacob zoned out. His mind drifted and surprisingly he wasn't thinking about Aniela. His thoughts were focused on Bella right now. He was confused about how he was feeling. Last night when Bella's face popped into his mind he didn't feel anything but guilt, when a few days a go he would have held onto her image as long as he could. Instead he felt as though something was missing, like something should have been different. Just as he was thinking about what could have been missing Quil's voice brought him out of his thoughts.

"Hey isn't that the blood sucker's car at Aniela's house?" Quil asked pointing out the window and up the road where Aniela's house was visible through a break in the trees. Jacob looked to where his friend was pointing and lo and behold the blood sucker's Volvo was indeed parked at Aniela's house.

Jacob's mind began to spin, he didn't understand. What was the leech doing at her house? Was he trying to take something else from him, something more then what he already had?

"Hey Jake, you know killing your steering wheel wont do anything to him right?" Embry asked looking at Jacob's hands that were threatening to snap the wheel in half. Jake looked down and loosened his grip before pressing the gas petal down 'til it way touching the floor. The Rabbit sped up even more as they turned at the yellow mail box. Jacob could feel his hand tremble when he saw not one but two leeches standing at Aniela's door. He could hear Embry and Quil growl a little as he screeched to a stop. His heart started to beat faster seeing Aniela peeking around the three people standing on her porch.

Quickly shutting the car off Jacob got out, followed by Embry and Quil. He could tell that his two friends being cautious, but like him their adrenaline was pumping.

Aniela smiled at the three boys, hardly noticing how the people in front of her tensed slightly; Bella the most. Mumbling an 'excuse me' Aniela walked around Edward, Alice and Bella and over to her La Push friends.
"Hey guys." Embry smiled and surprised her with a hug. Aniela hugged him back after the surprise wore off.

"Hey Niela." Embry greeted. She was passed to Quil who gave her a side hug just as Embry had done.

"Hey Aniela." He said releasing her. When it came to Jacob he gave her a nod, but never took his eyes off her visitors.

"Hi Niela." Jacob said, using her nick name for the first time.

Looking back at her friends she smiled.

"Umm, do you guys know Edward, Bella and Alice?" Aniela asked looking over at her guests.

"Yeah, we've met." Edward said from the porch. He seemed just as tense as everyone around her. Bella looked a little awkward as she looked at Jacob.

Aniela cleared her throat a little looking at Embry for a little help. Embry looked at her and opened his mouth to speak, but Jacob spoke before he could.

"I brought the paint over. Where do you want us to put it?"

Looking at Jacob she smiled.

"Um, over there would be fine. I have some cleaning stuff in the house." She said motioning towards the house.

Quil walked towards the house calling over his shoulder, "I'll get it." He made sure to leave a wide space between him and the three people standing on the porch as he walked into the house.

Aniela went back to her guests.

"Umm, I'm not trying to be rude or anything, but we have a lot of work to do and…" She looked up at them apologetically as she let her sentence fade off. Edward was the one who spoke up.

"Oh, we understand. We'll leave so you can get started." He smiled at Aniela as he, his fiancé and his sister walked back to their car.

"Maybe we'll come by later." Alice said with a smile, earning a quiet growl from Jacob, Embry and Quil.

The Volvo peeled away from the house as Quil returned with a bucket, scrub brush and soap.

"Is this the stuff?" He asked from behind Aniela.

Having not heard him walk behind her Aniela jumped with a squeak, landing on the ground with a rather unattractive "thud". Glaring up at the laughing boys around her she let out an annoyed huff.

"Aren't you a graceful one?" Embry laughed unloading the last thing of paint.

"Are one of you bloody wankers going to help me up?" She asked looking at the three boys around her.

Jacob, taking pity on her, walked over to the distressed girl and grabbed her hand, receiving a smile from her. Aniela was lighter then Jacob thought making him pull her up and into him.

Laughing quietly Aniela took a small step away from him; their hands still clasped together, and looked up at him. Looking down at their hands Aniela couldn't help but notice how well they fit, it was almost like opposites. Her smaller, delicate hand seemed to be almost completely over taken by Jacob's bigger and more muscular hand, but his grip was gentle and caring. Aniela smiled a little and looked back up at Jacob, getting lost in his chocolate eyes.

Someone to the side of the duo cleared their throat loudly, making them jump apart and look to where Quil and Embry were standing. The two boys were smirking devilishly at Jacob as Aniela broke away to get the hose to fill the buckets.

"Jake and Niela-"

"Shut it."

"Sitting in a tree-"

"I mean it guys!"

"F-U-C-K-I-N-"

"I swear if you finish that sentence you will be so sorry." Jacob growled, knowing his cheeks were darker then usual as he glared at his so called 'best friends'.

Quil and Embry were nearly rolling on the ground laughing at Jacob's expense. That was until they were both practically drowned as cold water was sprayed over them. The two looked up and over at the culprit, Aniela. She stood there smiling innocently holding the hose in her hand; kinked so it wouldn't spray water.

"Oops, did I get you guys?" She said biting her lower lip and smiling sweetly. Jacob was now laughing as his two friends glared at him. Giving Aniela a high five Jacob smirked triumphantly.

But in the next instant Quil and Embry retaliated; dumping the water filled buckets over their 'enemies' heads. This was what started the two hour water war between the four teens. Jacob and Aniela had started out on the same team until Aniela turned the hose on him as well, then it was pretty much just the three boys trying to get the hose from Aniela. Surprisingly Aniela didn't win; Embry ended up getting the hose about an hour into the war and doused everyone. The war ended around 3:30 when Aniela decided it was best they start washing the house instead of wasting water. All four of them were soaking wet. Quil and Embry's clothes were sopping and their hair looked damp, unlike Jacob and Aniela whose hair was plastered to their skin. Jacob had to peel his hair away from his neck and face. Aniela could feel hers sticking to her back even though it was still in the pony tail from earlier; it felt heavier then usual thanks to all the water it soaked up.

"Ok, let's get to work now." She said wringing out her hair.

"But I'm huuungrrrryyy!" Quil whined looking at Aniela with a puppy dog pout.

"Fine, you guys wash the house and I'll go make something to eat." All three boys happily agreed to this new plan and quickly began to get bust washing the house.

Jacob watched as Aniela pranced up the porch steps and into the house; leaving a trail of watery foot prints behind her.

Embry cleared his throat trying to get Jacob's attention. Jacob looked over at him only to get him in the face with one of the scrub brushes.

"Ok, just because that doesn't hurt, does not mean you should throw things at me like that." Jacob muttered picking the brush up and scrubbing a section of the house.

Aniela made sure she didn't track any water or dirt on her clean floors as she made her way to her room. Grabbing herself a pair of sweats and a fitted tank top she quickly changed and put her wet clothes down in the laundry room. Walking into the kitchen Aniela looked out the window to check on Coal and Biggie. The pups were playing with a few chew toys, their food and water bowls sitting in the shade only having a little gone.

Smiling she walked over to one of the cupboards and grabbed some long noodles out. She set the package on the counter near the stove before getting a large pot from the cupboard next to the stove. Filling the pot with water she turned the burner of the stove on and set the water to boil. While that heated she bustled around the kitchen grabbing tomato sauce, ground beef, basil, oregano and a few other spices to start her family's special sauce. As the water started to boil Aniela opened the pack of noodles and carefully put them in the bubbling water. Putting the lid on the pot she pulled a pan out from the same cupboard as the pot. Turning on another burner on the stove she set the ground beef in it, breaking it up with a spatula to make it cook faster. While the noodles and beef cooked Aniela went back to preparing the sauce her mom used to make; adding the ingredients by memory.

About an hour and a half later she was just sprinkling a pinch of oregano on top of her finished bowl of spaghetti; a secret family recipe. Smiling triumphantly Aniela set the deep glass bowl the meal on the table before popping in some microwaveable breadsticks into the microwave. While they were heating she grabbed four plates, four forks, four cups and a stack of napkins. She quickly set the table and placed the plate of breadsticks next to the bowl of spaghetti.

Stepping away from the table she looked over her handy work with a smile.

"And Austin said I'd never learn how to serve a meal."

Letting her puppies in she walked into the living room and opened the front door. What she saw made her raise and eyebrow.

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