Hello, hello, another chapter. I know, I'm the devil so I'm going to stop apologizing.
Simply Me - Thank you so much for your review! I totally understand and yes, Billy is all knowing!
Jacob Black, my god he was one guy who could speed. The wind sliced through my hair and I clung on his back like I was falling through mid air. The feeling in my gut resembled the feeling before you loop on a roller coaster. Exerliating, terrifying, and utterly fearsome. Jake laughed as the trees whizzed by, broken up by the occasional small house or car. The bike finally rolled to a stop in front of a small yellow house nestled in the trees like it had grown there straight from the ground.
Unsteadily I threw my legs off the bike, "That was," I pause and press my ice cold hands to my rosy red cheeks, "something. Certainly something."
He laughed until he was bent over and suddenly his laugh brought me comfort like everything was going to be alright, "You look as if you've been through a wind tunnel or something like that," before I can protest that its his fault I'm in such a state he continues on, "this is my friend Sam's house. I want you to meet him, he has something important to tell you."
"What happened to my guided tour?" I ask crossing my arms across my chest and notching up my chin, so what if I didn't like to meet new people. He couldn't make me.
Jake shrugged, "Technical difficulties Tessa," he grabbed my arm, his hand closing around my frozen elbow. He stopped and looked down at my arm, "Take it." Jake pulls off his jacket to only throw it around my shoulders, quickly placing his arm tightly around my waist, "Just to keep you warm."
I roll my eyes, Yeah right, I smiled to myself, not that I was complaining. The wind blew my air all over the place as Jake tugged me towards the house, it took me a second to hear the booming sounds of laughfeter and talking that was cutting through the air. I smiled and he put his arm around my shoulders like he was going to protect me from something invisable.
He stopped and leaned down towards my ear, "Look at her eyes," Jake whispers then wiskes me in. I stumble a bit and catch myself by grabbing his arm. What an entrance. I look around and realized I'm surrounded by over grown men and a petite woman who is trying to wave hello.
Jake noticing my red cheeks said, "Everyone this is Tessa, Tessa this is Sam and his girl Emily," he nods towards a huge man who has his arm around the woman who was waving. Her eyes gleam and it takes me a second to notice the scar that drags down her features like posin in a flower. I throw her an experasted smile that she returns.
"Paul and Quil," Jake acknolodges the two boys who were shoving each other and laughing. They stop look at the warm food on the table then barrel towards it dispite Emily's attempts to ward them off. I laugh and tuck a piece of hair behind my ear, this felt like home. Not home with just dad, but home before Nick died. Died, the word hits me like a ton of bricks and I stand there for a second trying to breathe. My older brother Nick had died in a car accident three years ago, the paramedics said he died on impact. As if it made a difference.
My smile twists, "Nice to meet you," I wonder if Jake knows I'm on the verge of tears, but I look up and see all his attention is directed on a Red Chevy that has somehow made it up the driveway. His tan skin pales a bit and he breaks away from me and makes a bee-line for the door. Dandy, this is just great.
"Boys," someone scoffed behind me and I turned to see a girl with tan skin and black hair razored off at her chin shaking her head, "they all stink and burp and laugh at the stupidest things."
I laugh then extend my hand, Nick forgotten for the moment, "Tessa," I introduce myself.
She shakes my heand firmly, "Leah, and that's my idot brother Seth and his friend Jared," pointing towards the boys who are scarfing down sugar cookies like they are the best thing they've ever eaten. "So, where do you go to school? You seem way too cool to go to school on the reservation."
"In Forks," I said picking up a sugar cookie and nibbling on it, "not working out that great for me though. Who said it was easy to make friends? I really want to meet him."
Leah chuckles and leans against the wall next to me, both of us watching Jacob as he talks to someone through the window of the truck. "We could be friends," she suggests downing another cookie before I'm even done with the first.
"I like that," I knock her shoulder, "friends."
Leah looks at me for a second and I could swear I see a little girl underneath who is forced to be someone she isn't, but as soon as its there it isn't - replaced by the same old hard shell. "You are the very first Tessa, they all said I have anger issues. Crap if you ask me."
"Well," I watch as Jake nears the house with his arm around another girl with brown hair, just like he had with me, "I'm not so tolerent either." I can feel my heart physically breaking in my chest, its more painful than I thought it would be. It was more like someone was trying to rip it out with tweezers.
Leah must've noticed because she grabbed my hand and steered me towards the back door nodding at Emily, "Lets go," she said grabbing keys off a dish and opening the screen. I couldn't have agreed more.