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I wake up and it's still gloomy outside.

"Shut the hell up, you're gonna wake her up!" I hear Jacob say. I open my eyes and he's not I'm my bed anymore.

"You guys were together in her bed!" Seth yells quietly.

"Just cuddling! Last time I checked cuddling isn't cheating. I wouldn't let her cheat on her boyfriend with me, I'm not scum! And since when is our relationship any of your business?"

"When it's in my room its my business." He says stern. "And what about Bella?" He asks.

Who's Bella? Does he have a girlfriend that he didn't tell me about?

"What about Bella? It's not like we're together! For the first time in a while, I haven't sat in my room and kept to myself! I haven't even thought about Bella. I'm moving on happy, and I'm glad it's with your sister."

"So only because she's my sister?"

"No! If that were the case I'd be with Leah. It's not the fact that she's your sister, its the fact that she's, her! Everything about her is special." Jacob replies. I close my eyes and roll over on my back, I let out a sigh. "See, she's beautiful." Jacob says.

"Just get your shit and go." Seth says and leaves the room. Jacob walks over and sits on the side of the bed putting his shoes on. I sit up quietly and hug his back. I rest my chin on his left shoulder and he turns his head to look at me sideways.

"I'm sorry." I say.

"For what?"

"Making my brother mad at you."

"That is not your fault." I squeeze his shoulders and rub my nose against his neck. He sighs.

"You have a boyfriend, stop." He says and pulls my hands off of him. He turns and I look at him.

"Where is this coming from? You kissed me first." I ask.

"The cuddling and touching is fine, but Seth's right. Now go back to sleep."

"Yeah he's right about one thing, you need to leave."

"Don't be like this. I'm trying to be a good guy!"

"I know I have a 'boyfriend', but I'm not the only one guilty of expressing emotion and feelings." He stands and looks at me.

"Thanks again for yesterday, goodbye Jacob." I say and roll over facing the door.

"Call me if you need me." He says and walks out the door. I roll over away from the door and look out the window.

"I know you can hear me." Seth says. He walks and falls into bed. "We're talking about this is the morning." He says.

This time when I wake up the sun is peaking behind the clouds. It's lightly drizzling, and there's a nice breeze. I sit up and see Seth's bed is empty. I get out of bed and walk downstairs.

"Good morning Sveta." Harry says to me. I smile and sit next to Seth.

"Sveta you hungry?" Sue asks.

"Sure, thanks." I smile. She brings me a plate of French toast, sausage and breakfast potatoes. I'm pretty much the only quiet one here, even Leah is talking. Set notices I'm quiet, but thankfully isn't saying anything.

"Sveta, you're quiet." Sue says, fuck!

"Sorry, just lonely I guess." I look at Harry and say, "I overheard something last night and my friend was helping me through it. He's gone now and I miss his company."

"Him?" Harry asks.

"Yeah I'm pretty sure you know him, Jacob." Harry chokes on his coffee and coughs a few times.

"Jacob? Leah asks dropping her fork.

"Yeah." I smile at her.

"I didn't see him?"

"We staid in my room."

"Your bedroom. When did he leave?"

"About three this morning."

"That's a long time to be in someone's room." Leah says, "what were you two doing?"

"That's kind of private." I giggle. Yeah I'm exaggerating a little, but it's only because I see it bothers her. "Would it bother you if we were together?" I ask her.

"Nope. Do as you please." She says with a small smile.

"Well for now we're just friends. I have a boyfriend back home, for the time being, but I don't see it lasting much longer."

"Well, I'll just have to have a little chat with Jacob." Harry says.

"Why?"

"Because you're my daughter and I take an interest in your life."

"Isn't that a first." I mumble.

"What was that?" He asks.

"All I'm saying is I turn 18 soon and then you won't be able to control my love life or any other aspect of my life."

"I'm your father, I remember your birthday is next week-"

"You remembered before Sue reminded you last night, or after you confessed you had forgotten?" Sue looks surprised. I put my fork on my plate. "Right." I say with a little smile and walk upstairs. I sit on my bed and think about how things played out. It wasn't as bad as it could have been I guess, but for some reason I feel bad. Harry's an old guy and the look on his face didn't keep me from feeling guilty.

"I found this on my bed last night, at 2:30 in the morning, then saw him in bed with you." Seth says walking in the room and handing me my necklace.

"Sorry I just threw it and didn't know where it went, I didn't really care where it went."

"Why did you throw it?"

"I got in a fight with David and he just pissed me off." he sits on my bed in front of me.

"So what exactly is going on with Jacob, what's the relationship title?"

"Friends, cuddle buddies, maybe next week even friends with benefits."

"Whoa slow down, do you know him well?"

"Not really, but he's your best friend so he must be a good guy. You wouldn't hang out with jerks, right?" I smile.

"What about David?"

"He smokes too much. I'm not gonna ask him to stop because that's who he is and if I won't change for him, he shouldn't change for me. It's easier this way too, I'm here, David's there, Jacob's here…David's there. I know he's at least gonna kiss someone else, that's an absolute given. That's just the type of guy he is."

"Then why are you with him?" he asks grabbing my hands.

"Well to be honest, we've been friends for life, I've always known he liked me, when we turned 16 we were each other's firsts and then finally on the last day of school I said yes to going out. I was hesitant though because I knew I was coming out here and that'd it'd be hard on us, he promised it would be okay, and so far he's breaking that promise."

"Oh." he says rubbing his thumbs over the tops of my hands. "I think before you do anything with Jacob you should talk to David about it. Don't stoop to his level and cheat."

"Thank you Seth." I smile, we both go in for a hug. He rubs my back with one hand then squeezes me once, we let go.

"Seth will you excuse us please, I need to talk to you sister." Harry says standing in the doorway. Seth smiles at me and leaves.

"Look about earl-"

"No." he cuts me off, "I'm sorry, honestly. I know I haven't been the best dad to you and I completely forgot about your birthday, I'm not going to lie. There's been so much on my mind, I haven't even been home for a month. It's a difficult time right now."

"I can go home."

"No sweetie, stay. You're welcome here." he smiles.

"Thanks…dad." I smile at the end.

"So, Jacob." he says turning on his fatherly tone.

"What about him dad?"

"I just wanted you to know, I approve."

"Wait, seriously?"

"Yes." he nods, "He's hunted with me before and he's very good, protective too. I know he would take care of you." he says serious.

"Wait are you saying you want me to marry him?"

"No you're too young. What I'm saying, is he's good for you." he says standing. I nod. He flashes a closed mouth smile and leaves. My phone vibrates and I look around for it; it's a text from Rose.

'So how are they?' she asks.

'Really nice! Especially my brother.(:' I reply.

'That's good! I'm about to start work, but I figured I would see how you were.'

'Thanks. I'll talk to you later(:'

I grab my suitcase and pull out a hoodie and pair of cotton shorts. I close the bedroom door and change quickly. I grab my car keys, my wristlet with my I.D and debit card and put on my Converse. I open the door and head down the steps.

"Where you goin?" Sue asks.

"Just for a drive. I'll try not to get lost." I laugh and leave. I get in my car and pull off their lot. I open my windows to let the air in and turn on the radio to a local station. It's a traditional station, with wordless songs, mainly all instruments. Very Native American and I love it. There are a lot of people in this small town!

"Wait a minute, is that Jacob?" I say out loud. He's with a girl, pale skin, long, light brown hair, skinny, kinda pretty I guess. He has his arm around her shoulders as they walk up the sidewalk. The light changes and I drive off. "Who could that have been? Couldn't have been one of his sisters, too pale." I pull out my phone and call David. No surprise that it just rings and rings.

"Leave a message after the beep." his voicemail says.

"David, it's me. We need to talk about something, call me back when you get this. Bye." I hang up. I only drive around for about another hour before I head home. I get home and there's a black shiny truck where my car used to be parked. I park next to it and get out. I walk up the steps and open the door. The TV's on and turned to a football game. My dad's sitting on the couch and a guy is sitting in a wheelchair next to the couch.

"Hello." I smile when I see them.

"Sveta, this is Billy, Jacob's dad." My dad says. I close the door and walk over to him. "Billy my daughter Svetlana."

"Hi, nice to meet you." I smile and offer my hand.

"Same to you." he smiles and shakes my hand. I walk in the kitchen and Sue's at the stove cooking.

"What's for dinner?" I ask.

"Bar B Q chicken, green beans, and macaroni and cheese."

"Mmm."

"And as I'm sure you already know, we invited Jacob and his dad over for dinner."

"Oh Jacob's here too?"

"Yeah." she smiled at me.

"What was that look for?"

"Oh nothing, you might want to go change, he looks very nice tonight." I smile and go upstairs. I turn the corner and bump into someone.

"Oh, sorry!" I say looking up.

"My fault." Jacob says smiling. His hair is done, he has on blue jeans with a belt buckle, boots, and a black button up shirt. Damn he really does look good.

"You look really good." I smile, "You look good with a shirt on."

"Even better with it off?" he asks with a smile.

"Maybe.." I smile and walk past him to my room. I pull out a black pair of yoga pants and a red long-sleeved shirt. I close the door, change and look in the mirror. Damn I love what yoga's do to my butt. My butt looks perfect now, my boobs do look good in this shirt too, I smile. I open the door and go back to the mirror to fix my makeup, I just put on eyeliner and mascara. I walk downstairs and now Jacob and Seth have joined our fathers. Jacob smiles at me, I smile back. I kick my shoes off by the door with the rest.

"See something you like, son?" Billy asks. I turn my head and Jacob is starring at my ass, Jacob clears his throat.

"What?" my dad asks.

"He was starring at Sveta's behind."

"Oh really?" he asks Jacob.

"I- well, um." he chuckles. His cheeks are lightly brushed with pink and he looks like he's about to sweat. He looks at me embarrassed.

"That's my daughter."

"Sorry." he looks down. I roll my eyes a little and go in the kitchen smiling.

"Leah is the table all set outside?" Sue asks.

"Yeah, ma." she replies.

"Would you girls mind taking these things outside?" she asks us.

"Sure." she hands me a large, warm, covered bowl, and a large covered platter to Leah.

"You can just put that one next to the basket." Leah says to me.

"Okay." I say surprised she's talking to me. The door opens and everyone comes outside. The table is round and the order is, from left to right, Sue, my dad, Billy, Leah, Jacob, Me, and Seth. Jacob and I both reach for the bread basket.

"Ladies first." he says and holds the basket for me.

"Such a gentleman." I smile and open the napkin on top and grab two Hawaiian rolls. I grab almost the smallest piece of chicken, and put two scoops of macaroni on my plate. Looking around the table my plate is the most empty. Sue's isn't as big as the guy's plates, but Leah's is close to Seth's.

"Make sure you all save room for dessert!" Sue smiles.

"What's for dessert?" I ask, I see Jacob shiver next to me. I look at him in disbelief. "You cold?" I ask teasing.

"Ha ha." he murmurs.

"Hot fudge sundaes." she answers.

"Mmm." I smile. "Jake can you hand me a napkin please?" I ask turning to him. He lifts his hands and shows me they're dirty.

"Um.."

"Don't worry about it. I'll grab one." I reach across him, which means he gets a perfect view of my chest and I grab one. He clears his throat. After we eat we all help clear the table and turn on the lights to the backyard. For the first time I'm seeing the back yard. When I went on my adventure yesterday I went next to the house. They have a trampoline and a nice sized pool.

"Anyone wanna jump?" Seth asks.

"Yeah!" I say excited. I follow him back there. He kicks off his shoes before he climbs in and I do the same with the flip flops I put on before coming outside. He holds out his hand and helps me in.

"Whoa!" I smile as I wobble around. He starts jumping and I almost fall. "Let's see who can go highest!" I say jumping.

"Your on!" He laughs.

"Is this thing gonna break?" I ask getting scared.

"No trust me! It's durable!" He yells. "You know, no one ever really jumps with me here! Especially Leah. I guess that's the difference between you two, you like to have fun." He says. He jumps towards me.

"NO!" I yell laughing. We both laugh, "Seth, you messed me up."

"Too bad." He laughs.

"Can I join?" Jacob asks walking over.

"Yeah!" I tell him. "You only messed me up because you knew I was winning. Such a sore loser." I say as he helps me up.

"Yup he is." Jacob says as he starts to jump. A few times I fall over into him and apologize even though I know he likes it. About an hour later of us laughing and jumping, Sue calls us.

"Dessert!" She yells. We get out and walk back to the porch. There's bowls, spoons, almost every flavor of ice cream and toppings. I grab the cake batter batter batter one from Cold Stone Creamy. It's vanilla ice cream with cookie dough batter, cake batter and brownie batter mixed in. I drizzle hot fudge and caramel on top. I look over at Jacobs and he has moose tracks with marshmallows. Seth has chocolate with fudge and caramel, Sue has black cherry with extra cherries, my dad has vanilla with chunks of different candy bars in it, Billy has rocky road and then there's Leah's; plain vanilla. She doesn't have a single topping on it, yeah sometimes I like a good plain vanilla, but its usually homemade not store bought. Maybe it's a reflection of her plain personality? Or who knows she could just genuinely like only vanilla.

"I haven't had ice cream like this in months!" I say and flip my spoon to lick the inside curve.

"It's just ice cream." Leah says.

"Maybe yours, but not mine!" I say comparing the two bowls.

"What time should we be over tomorrow?" Billy asks.

"About five." Sue answers.

"What's tomorrow?" I ask chewing on a bite of brownie.

"We're having a party."

"Fun." I smile. "A lot of people?"

"Not really, mainly tribe families."

"And maybe one exception." Billy says looking at Jacob, he looks down.

We all finish our dessert at pretty much the exact time.

"Leah, help me clear the table." Sue says.

"I can help." I offer.

"Nonsense, you're a guest." Sue smiles.

"Would anyone be opposed to me laying in the yard?" I ask standing.

"No." my dad laughs.

"Nope." Jacob says.

"Not I." Seth says. Billy just laughs. I smile walk out a little and lay down on my back. It's pretty dark out so when I look up I see stars up above. I close my eyes and feel the cool breeze sweep over my face.

"Can I join?" Jacob asks.

I open my eyes and say, "yes,".

"I love the night sky."

"Yeah it's nice."

"So what's been with you tonight?"

"What do you mean?"

"You were acting as if I was the fist girl you've ever seen! I mean I'm flattered, but starring at my ass in front of our dads...? C'mon now."

"You're right, you're right. Can you blame me? You came walking own I'm those pants, I couldn't help myself."

"It's alright." I shrug. "So who's the exception for tomorrow your dad was talking about?"

"A friend."

"Oh, a guy friend?"

"No girl friend. Bella."

"Oh, Bella..."

"It's a maybe though. She doesn't know about it."

"Oh so she might not be here with you."

"Well if she doesn't come I don't come." I sit up and look at him.

"Why?"

"Pre-arranged plans to hang out." I look at him then lay back down. I don't intentionally scoot away from him, but that's how he sees it so he grabs me and pulls me in close to him.

"If you don't come to the party will I see you at all tomorrow?"

"I can try to stop by after I take her home. Want me to sleep over tonight?"

"No, I think I'll be alright." I say and turn my head to look out in the yard, away from him. The crickets start to chirp and the lightning bugs provide us with some light. After a few minutes of looking away from him he pulls my chin softly so I look at him. Our foreheads touch and his eyes are closed.

"Jake what are you doing?" I ask quietly. Our family is just on the porch.

"What? We're alone." He claims.

"Have you forgotten about our family-" I look over him and realize we're alone outside, "that is not out here anymore."

"So come here." He said seductively.

"I don't feel right." I say right before kissing him.

"Why? We've done this before. What's different about then and now?"

Bella is what's different! Is what I want to say, but I don't. "I think until after I talk to David we shouldn't kiss."

"How about we keep all communication to a minimum to prevent misunderstandings."

"Are you mad at me?"

"I'm just trying to understand you!" he says mad, sitting up. He stands and faces the house.

"I'm sorry." I say quietly.

"I gotta go."

"What about your dad?"

"Harry already took him home."

"Oh." I follow him around to the front of the house. He gets in his truck, looks at me, then drives off. I stand there for a minute before I sneak back around the back of the house. I sneak through the kitchen door and creep upstairs to my bedroom.