Wow, it's been a while since I last updated, sorry. I had a bout of depression that would not have been a good state to write in but now Im all better and the story could continue, yay!! I've had to split this chapter in half because I thought it was getting too long but don't worry I'll get the next half up as soon as possible :)

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or any of the characters associated with it; if I did I'd way too much money.
However I do Sherrie. A character I can call my own *sigh*

Christmas

I sat next to Charlie as we drove towards La Push and the Black's house. I sighed. I didn't know what to expect from this trip but I wanted it to go well. I looked across at Charlie and saw him smiling slightly as he concentrated on the road.

"How long until we get there?" I asked anxiously looking at the darkening sky.

"Another ten minutes, don't worry." He added as he quickly glanced at my worried expression. His smiled had become more pronounced and I was annoyed that he thought my worry was funny.

I sat in silence for the rest of the drive and became more worried as rain slowly descended from the sky. I scowled at the offending rain clouds and wished that they would disappear. I didn't want to fall over in front of Billy or Jacob because of the wet ground. But it wasn't just the weather that had me feeling agitated; the upcoming meeting with the Blacks also contributed to it. I carried my surveillance until the trees began to thin and small houses were visible.

Charlie suddenly stopped in front of one of the houses. The red of the paint had dulled over the years and gave the house the impression of being a small barn. The house was small and old but welcoming. Charlie had got out of the car and was walking towards my side of the car when the front door to the house opened and two people exited and stayed on the porch.

I got out of the car and caught up with Charlie and we made our way to the house. One of the people was sat in a chair and I realised that this was Billy; I remembered Charlie's descriptions of him very vividly. Although his face was wrinkled and showed his age, his eyes belied a hidden youth. He smiled warming as I ascended the few steps to the porch.

"Bella! I'm glad that you decided to come." Billy's deep voice stunned me. He had spoken loudly and I was sure that it could become louder if he wanted to.

He looked at me with a big smile on his face and I allowed myself to smile slightly in response. I looked behind Billy to Jacob and gasped; he seemed much taller than what I had imagined. I looked at his face and saw that he was smiling as well. I felt my smile widen without consciously telling it to. His dark brown eyes were staring intently at me and I felt myself blush at the attention.

"Hi," I said to them both, rather awkwardly. "Thanks for inviting me over." I murmured whilst lowering my gaze.

"I'm sure you two want to get inside before it starts to rain." Jacob said gesturing towards the blackened clouds. I looked up and bit my lip as the clouds circled around La Push.

Jacob chuckled at my expression as he opened the door to let us into the small house. I followed closely behind Charlie with Jacob pushing Billy behind me. We walked into the small living room and sat on the sofa. Jacob let go off Billy's chair and walked towards the TV to turn it on and Billy wheeled his chair closer to Charlie and me. As the TV slowly flickered to life I rolled my eyes. It didn't seem to matter what day it was, there was always sport being televised from somewhere. Already Charlie and Billy were shouting at the telly and urging the team to do better.

"Bella," I looked up and saw Jacob beckoning to me from the other side of the room. He was stood in the doorway between the kitchen and the living room.

I got up slowly, so as not to disturb Charlie or Billy, and walked towards the kitchen. Jacob had already walked in when he saw that I was going to come over to him.

"What?" I asked slightly worried that Jacob hadn't turned on the lights. It was weird, it was only midday but the sky was an ominously dark colour.

"I know you didn't want anything" Jacob started saying and then he quickly looked at my face. "But, I didn't buy it for you and I just wanted to say thank you for coming round here." As he was speaking he carefully pulled a small bag out of his pocket and he smiled sheepishly at me.

I sighed, I really didn't want anyone to make a fuss over me but I didn't want to hurt his feelings. He stood patiently holding the small bag while I thought over what he had said. I sighed again and held my hand out.

"Can I have my present Jacob?" I said in a neutral voice, I didn't feel like I could successfully feign happiness at the moment.

"Yeah, sure. By the way you can call me Jake if you want to." He smiled and walked towards me and gently laid the bag on my outstretched palm.

"Ok, Jake can you turn the lights on so that I can see what you have given me?" I giggled.

He smiled brightly at me as he walked past me to turn on the lights. While the lights slowly flickered to life I looked at the bag. It was woven with a rough material in a variety of colours. The threads were crossed over each other and they created the image of a crescent moon joined with a single star. I slowly traced my finger over the moon.

"It's beautiful," I said slowly tracing the star. I heard him chuckle and I looked up.

"The present is inside the bag." He laughed. "I just needed to put it into something to keep safe."

I looked at the top of the bag and saw two pieces of string and I gently tugged on them until they came apart. Hesitantly, I tipped the small bag upside and a silver chain fell out and landed on my palm. I picked up the chain and saw the carved moon and star charm in the same shape as the image on the bag. I looked up shock displaying itself on my face.

"You made this?" I asked him incredulously.

"Yeah, well the charm anyway. I used the chain from one of my sisters' old necklaces that they left here. But don't tell them, kay?" He whispered conspiratorially to me.

"Don't worry you can count on me." I whispered back and then I laughed. "Thanks for the necklace. It's really beautiful." I unclasped it and began to put it on. "Can I keep the bag as well? So that I can put necklace in there to keep it safe." I concluded lamely, I wanted the bag anyway but I wanted an excuse to allow me to keep.

"Course." He replied his deep brown eyes shining with his hidden mirth as if he knew what I had been thinking. "Come on Bells, I need to ask my dad when carrots and stuff need putting on the hob." He said linking my arm with his own and dragging me back through the door to the living room.

I stood awkwardly to one side of the room and waited for Jake to finish talking to his dad. While I waited I looked around the room and I couldn't help but smile when I saw the pictures of Jacob when he was younger. He had his hair shorter then and it made him look adorable. He was stood next to two girls on a beach. I guessed the girls must be his sisters because they looked alike. I looked across the rest of the photos and I could feel my smile widening. I looked across at Jacob and saw he was still talking to Billy. I let my gaze drift to the TV and noticed that it was playing adverts.

I noticed a slight movement from the corner of my eye and looked towards the source and saw that Charlie had moved around and was looking at me. He had that worried look on his face again as he searched my face for some clue to what I was thinking and feeling. He looked down when he noticed the silver necklace shinning and his expression softened with the corners of his mouth turning up in a small smile.

"What?" I asked self-consciously.

"I thought that you didn't want any presents." He smiled

I lifted my hand up to my newly acquired necklace and let my fingers lovingly drift down the chain until they reached the carving. I softly locked my fingers around the carving and started to lift the chain up.

"You mean this?" I indicated the chain in my hand. "I thought that it would be rude if I said that I didn't want it after Jacob went to the effort of carving this charm. Anyway, I like it." I started blushing as I realised that I said that out loud.

Yeah ok there is a reason that I choose that symbol, but Im not telling you yet. You'll have to wait and see :P

BTW please review it makes me feel all special and I like to read what you think :):)