Disclaimer: Twilight and its characters belong to Stephenie Meyer. I do own the story line and whatever original characters I create though so please no stealing. I am not getting paid for writing this fic; it's purely for my (your?) entertainment haha.

New Moon on FX = happy

New Moon on my DVR = really happy

Happy + really happy = writing muse…

Note:

'hi'= thinking

"hi"= talking

Chapter 4: Bleeding, Hiking, and "Whoa"

"Jake? What're you doing here?" I asked from my spot hiding against a moss-covered tree. When he remained silent, curiosity got the best of me and I turned to meet his smoldering gaze. No matter where I was, be it Forks or La Push, he would always find me. This time I was in the forest behind my house wrapped in a wall of soft moss. I was hoping the scent would stall him but I guess not.

"I told you, I'll always find you," he rumbled in his deep baritone as he took a step closer, "There's nowhere to run, baby."

I rolled my eyes, "Who said anything about running? Now if you said hiding, that would be a whole different story."

"Running, hiding, it really makes no difference" he chuckled as his hands encased my waist, "You are mine, and nothing is gonna change that."

"Oh really?"

"Yes. You", he leaned in, "are", he leaned in closer, "mine" he sighed, his warm breath fanning over my face. Damn this guy! He knows I hate it when he teases me. I can sense the urgency and pent-up tension in his body yet every caress and action is soft and delicate. Good Lord, if I wanted a monk I'd go to a monastery!

"Stop teasing me Black" I growled in frustration then anger when he just laughed lowly in my ear. My growls turned to soft whimpers when he started to run his nose from my ear, down to where my neck met my shoulder, then up to brush against my cheek. "Black" I sighed quietly.

"Say it" he whispered, while running his hands up and down my sides.

"No."

"Say it" he growled, taking a handful of my bottom in his hands and yanking me flush against his hard body. We both hissed in pleasure. "Ok! Jake kiss me" I whispered.

"What baby? I didn't catch that, speak up."

"Jacob kiss me."

"As you wish" he smiled and leaned in to me, his lips parted slightly. Just when our lips were about to touch, he whispered, "Take me to your best friends house, going round this round about, oh yeah."

'Say what now? I'm confused.' "Ugh Jake-"

"TAKE ME TO YOUR BEST FRIENDS HOUSE, I LOVED YOU THEN AND I LOVED YOU NOW!"

Suddenly I heard a loud pounding on the wall over my head. "Sissy! Shut that off!" Noa shouted. "Ok sheesh!" I grumbled while reaching over and turning the volume down on my iPod speakers. When 'tongue-tied' became a soft murmur in the background, I took a moment to gaze sleepily around my room.

My color scheme is pretty obvious once you see it. While the ceiling and trim is a soft white, the four walls are a bright sapphire blue. My bed frame and headrest was a shiny black. Now here comes the interesting part. Two out of three pillows are blue while the third is yellow. My fitted sheet is blue and my regular sheet is yellow. My comforter is white with blue and yellow squares on it. Eh what can I say, I'm a born and breed Forks Spartan! Luckily that's where the Spartan pride ends. I have two windows; one that is over the foot of my bed while the other is over my desk. My curtains are white with a sheer white inner curtain for those warmer days in Forks. Next to my bed is a reading lamp and my iPod speakers atop my small white nightstand with black drawers. Add in a plush blue carpet over the wooden floorboards and a shelf over my bed of various softball trophies and that's my room! Simple enough, right?

Anyway, after rubbing the sleep from my eyes I flew the covers off and crawled sluggishly out of bed. Slowly I made my way down the hallway, the stairs, and finally into the dining room where everyone else was digging into their breakfast. Dad was at the head of the table with Noa sitting to his left, both eating a heaping plate of rice, eggs, and bacon while Ahi sat next to Noa happily eating her bowl of cereal. Grabbing a plate from the cabinet and a fork from the drawer, I mumbled a quick "Morning" before plopping down onto the chair across from my twin and reaching forward to pile food onto my plate. Mom, as chipper as ever, swept in from the kitchen and placed another plate full of food on the table.

"Morning dear" she smiled brightly, momentarily blinding me. I blinked and yawned sleepily in response, completely ignoring the breakfast conversation in favor of my meal. Halfway through my plate, Noa abruptly said "Oh and Sissy I'm taking the truck today after school."

"Wait what?" I frowned, mouth full of eggs and bacon bits, "But why?!"

"We're tired of catching rides home and besides all you do is go down to La Push with Bella after school"

"We do important stuff there", I mumbled under my breath. Eh who am I kidding, I'm practically baby-sitting Bella and Black. For free!

"Oh really, and what pray tell are you doing down there?" my father asked, his sharp eyes trained on me over the rim of his coffee cup.

"Conditioning?" I tried weakly. Noa looked smug as he stood up and took his plate to the sink. "Try again" Ahi sang in annoying voice. "Ugh helping a dear friend recover?" I guessed. "Nope" Noa smirked making sure to pop the 'p'. "Oh all right, you guys can have the truck after school. The only reason I insisted on driving was because I didn't want to get stranded on the side of the road in Bella's truck."

"So, you let me and Noa walk home and risk getting eaten by bears all because you didn't want to ride in an ancient truck? How rude! I could've been bear chow!" Ahi cried while shaking her spoon in my direction, drops of milk splashing all over the place.

"Bears? Really Ahi?" Noa asked in his 'WTF face'.

"Yes really! Haven't you guys heard? There's been lots of bear sightings recently" she nodded towards mom, who arched an eyebrow at our dad. He just shrugged and took a sip of coffee.

"And?" I drawled mimicking her spoon waving with a piece of bacon.

"And we could've died fool!" she shrieked.

I rolled my eyes and walked over to the kitchen where Noa was washing the dishes, "Unless bears have taken a sudden liking to loud Hawaiian girls, I'm sure you'll be fine".

She shot me a glare, "Hehe funny Sissy."

"I thought it was" I smiled brightly, while grabbing her plate and rinsing it in the sink. I laughed when she scrunched up her nose and stuck her tongue out at me.

"You know what else is funny?" Noa asked.

"No what?"

"You not having the truck for the next month" he smirked as he walked back upstairs to get ready for school.

"Ooh burn!" Ahi sang as she dodged a swipe I made for her head.

"Shut up Ahi!" I growled and ran upstairs after her. Since all three of us shared one bathroom, to avoid jam-ups in the morning, we've developed a routine. Noa, who ate the quickest, would brush his teeth first followed by Ahi and lastly me. Ahi and I had our closet doors changed in favor of sliding doors made of mirrors so that left the bathroom open for Noa if he needed it again. Usually Ahi takes the longest mostly due to her thick, wavy morning hair.

After brushing my teeth, I made my way back to my bedroom. Once I shut the door, I turned the volume up on my iPod speakers and sang along with Maroon 5's 'One More Night'. "Hmm what to wear" I mumbled as I walked over to my closet and started going through my clothes, while running a brush through my short locks. After changing into a grey Barq's Root Beer shirt, dark blue skinny jeans, and a Forks High Softball windbreaker, I grabbed my backpack and my favorite pair of boots and raced out of my room. Shouting a "Bye Mom, bye Dad" over my shoulder, I ran to the garage where I could hear the truck engine rumbling. Since Ahi was already in the front, I begrudgingly hopped into the back seat.

'Hey bells', I texted as we pulled out of our driveway and onto the street out front, 'I don't have da car so u'll have to drive us down 2day'

'that's fine, see u at school!' came her quick reply.

'ok see u'. Five minutes later, Noa parked the truck smoothly into the stall next to Bella's beloved rust bucket. "Morning" I smiled as I walked over to her, "well don't you look peppy today."

"For good reason! Guess who called me this morning?"

"Elvis?" I asked innocently. Honestly sometimes I can't help myself, she makes teasing her so fun.

"No" she groaned out in frustration "Jake! What the hell, Hina."

"Ah he was my second choice, go on?"

She gave me a funny look then she smiled, "Jake finished the bikes! We're going to test them out today, isn't that great?

"That actually is great. Wow today's looking better and better already!"

As soon as the bell rang signaling the end of school, Bella and I were in her truck and speeding towards La Push. Ten minutes later, (a record for Bella!) we pulled into the Black's yard and were immediately greeted by Black. He seemed to be bouncing like a giddy pup as he waited for us to hop out of the truck. As soon as Bella was in arm's length, he grabbed her wrist and swallowed her in a giant bear hug.

"You ready to do this?" he asked Bells when he finally let the poor girl go. She shot him a glare that seemed to melt away when he smiled brightly at her. She smiled back and did a little fist pump, "Oh yeah I'm so ready!"

"Great! Let me just put these in the back", he grinned as the lifted one heavy bike after another like they were weightless. After grabbing a spare toolbox and some other stuff, which he placed in the back next to the bikes, he closed the tailgate with a loud clank. As Bells made her way towards the driver's side, both Black and I freeze where we're standing. Oh you have got to be kidding me!

"Hey, what's the problem?"

I turned and glared at Bella through the window, "I ain't sitting by him", I turned to face Black, "I ain't sitting by you."

Black just stood there quietly, studying me I bet. I could almost see the wheels turning in his thick head. No doubt he was trying to come up with a plan to get me quiet and in the truck without having to knock me out and tie me up. I snorted at the thought. 'Fucker can try.'

Finally he opened his mouth, "Why are you chicken?" I almost face planted into the dirt at his feet. What was he, a little kid? That was how he wanted to get me to cooperate?! What the fuck is wrong with him

"Ufa, I ain't scared of you!"

"Then prove it", he smirked, "After you" he gestured to the now open door.

Casting a glare at Black, I weighted my options. Worst-case scenario, I could catch a flesh eating virus due to the amount of rain and unsanitary conditions of his garage. Which is highly unlikely, crap. "OMG get in the freaking truck already" Bella shouted from behind the wheel.

"Alright sheesh, don't get your sports bra in a twist" I grumbled as I hopped into the cab, Black following close behind. I hissed when my knees dug painfully into the dashboard and Black snickered quietly. Oh it is so on, pal. Let the games begin.

"Ugh are we there yet" I moaned for the eighth time since we left Blacks house. Part of my complaining was because I actually couldn't feel my legs anymore while majority was because Black looked about ready to open the door and jump out. I wish he would.

"Are we-" I started when Black groaned loudly "Knock it off already or else."

"Or else what" I challenged.

He mumbled something that sounded like 'cliff, accident, and get away with it to.' Sheesh mento much? "What was that Black? Speak up I can't hear your psychotic rambling."

He finally turned and growled out "I said or else I'll… give you a wet willy!"

What. The. Fuck. I jerked back in shock. What is this? Elementary? I scowl in disgust, "What the hell dude, who does that anymore?"

"Me" he grinned, in victory no doubt, "if you don't calm the hell down, I will give you the grand daddy of wet willies, and there's nothing you can do about it."

"I'd like to see you try" I dared. If he wanted to keep that finger, he best keep it to himself. I'm not opposed to biting the sucker off. He stared at for a moment before slowly lifting a large, tan hand to his mouth. My eyes widened as the tip of a long finger disappeared between his lips. Oh my god, he better not.

Faster then I'd expected, his finger slid out of his mouth with a pop and was flying towards my face. I shrieked and flew backwards, hitting Bella on her right side causing her to swerve on the narrow cliff side road. Immediately I pulled back and apologized but she wasn't even staring at me. Following her line of sight, I watched as four small figures stood at the top of a nearby cliff. I'm guessing they were guys because they were all shirtless despite the nippy wind. Suddenly a lone figure tumbled off the cliff and plunged into the dark water below. Immediately she pulled the truck over to the side and slammed it in park causing the truck to lurch forward painfully.

"They're gonna jump!" she screamed as she hopped out of the truck and ran into the middle of the empty road. "Wait up!" I shout, jumping out of the cab and walking over to her. Bella was in complete panic mode. She kept saying how we needed to go back to Blacks house and call 911. Poor girl was so freaked out, she completely forgot that she had a cell phone in the car. Luckily I had mine in my pocket. I quickly whipped it out and was about to dial 911 when a loud laugh boomed behind us. When Bella spun around she looked like she wanted to kill Black. I definitely would have helped hide the body.

He snickered some more and motioned for me to put down the phone. "Relax, they're just cliff diving. Purely recreational. We don't have a mall you know."

"Cliff diving?", she repeated staring transfixed at the remaining men on the cliff, "but it's so high! Must be at least a hundred feet!"

"Who in their right mind would do something like that?" I wondered out loud. Seems pretty crazy to me.

"What", Black scoffed in my direction, "You don't recognize your best friend Paul?"

"Paul?" I barely managed to choke out, "that's Paul?" I felt sick to my stomach, why would he jump from that high?

"Yeah that's the La Push gang" he growled out. "They like to show off. Us normal people usually jump from there", he pointed to a smaller cliff face that jutted out about halfway down. I gulped nervously, even that seemed high to me. One of the figures, I'm guessing it was Paul, nudged the guy next to him before raising his hand and waving at me. As I lifted my hand in greeting, he launched himself off the cliff, doing multiple backflips, before splashing into the water gracefully. The third guy stood still for a long time before he too jumped over the edge.

"Who was that?" Bells asked. Black turned away but not before I caught a glimpse of his face. He looked, miserable. "That was Embry" he sighed.

Whoa wait hold the phone! "Embry?", I gasped, "When did that happen?!"

Black composed himself enough to shrug nonchalantly, "One day he said he wasn't feeling good. Then he missed a couple days of school. When he did finally come back, he's following Paul and Jared around like a little bitch."

"Jake" Bella scolded him, but he just rolled his eyes at her. My eyes wandered back to the cliffs where a lone figure stood tall and proud. "Eh, who's that?" I nodded towards the cliffs as the figure flew over the cliff and executed a powerful yet oddly graceful swan dive.

"That's the head honcho himself, Sam."

Bella looked thoughtful for a minute, "I remember him. He's the one that found me in the woods." I nodded, yeah I remembered him. He seemed alright to me.

Black scowled darkly, "Heh he's a real saint."

"What's your deal Black?", I asked curiously, "Why do you hate them so much?" I wasn't ready when he suddenly turned and growled at me, "They think they're all high and mighty and nothing can stop them, it's sickening." When Bella and I stared un-amused at him, he sighed and continued "There was this guy, from the Makah rez, who was selling drugs to the kids around here. Sam and his gang supposedly 'roughed' him up a bit. By a bit I mean a lot, he was a bloody pulp!"

"So let me get this straight," I said slowly, "You're mad because some scum bag dealer got what he deserved? I'm not sure I follow you."

"Ugh it's not that" he groaned, while running a hand through his hair in frustration, "They walk around like they're God's gift to all mankind. They even get special treatment! My Dad and the rest of the council eat up everything that Sam feeds them." Oh my, he started pacing. "And then he goes and brainwashes Embry! My best friend Embry! I never gave a flying fuck when Jared and Paul started following him around. Ok I lie it was weird, but who cares about them. Embry used to dislike them more than me and look where he's at today. Sam's side! And to make matters worse, Sam's been eyeing me out lately. Like what the hell?"

"Don't worry Jake", Bells cooed gently, "It'll be ok."

"You don't understand! It's like he knows something is going to happen. It's creepy. I don't like it" he trailed off slowly. His shoulders sagged and he looked utterly spent. Hmm I guess even crazy people feel exhausted after completing their psychotic rants. Who knew?

Bella walked over and placed a gentle hand on his arm, "Come on Jake, let's get going." He nodded. After a quick discussion, it was decided that to save time Black would drive us to where ever it was we were going. We arrived on an empty dirt road not even two minutes later. When Black dropped the first bike gently onto the dirt, I almost swooned. Oh wow!

"Whoa a Harley Sprint?! That's what the heap of junk was? I'd never have guessed!" I smiled while running my hands over the shiny black paint. I really had to hand it to Black, he sure cleaned these bikes up nicely!

"You know bikes?" Black arched an eyebrow in disbelief. Sheesh does he think that lowly of me?

I grinned widely while caressing the bike once more, "Only the one's that catch my eye". Before he could respond I walked over to Bella, who was staring at her bike with a mixture of wariness and excitement. "Hey Bells! Nice bike!" And I wasn't lying. Her bike was a red Honda XR 500. Not as pretty as the Sprint, but who cares! A bike is a bike!

"Dude," I grinned like a kid in a candy store, "Can I ride your bike when you're done? Pretty please?"

"Of course you can!" she smiled. I ran over and gave her a hug. I'm so excited!

"No one will be riding anything if you guys just stand there and talk all day" Black grumbled loudly. Aw is the little boy getting jealous? Good! Haha. "Coming Bells?"

"Coming!" she winked at me before hopping on her bike. As Black began to slowly explain the finer workings of the dirt bike, I took the time to take a look around. As I said before, we were on an empty dirt road in the middle of nowhere. And that was about it. Oh wait I lied; from here I had a magnificent view of the Olympic mountain range in the distance. There was something about mountains that drew me in. I think it was the sheer majesty and all around beauty that mountains seemed to exude.

Suddenly a loud roar ripped through the air breaking my train of thought. I lifted my head just in time to see Bella speeding down the dirt road. "Yeah Bells! Whoo!" I clapped. Wow look at her go! She looked so badass with her mahogany mane trailing behind her and a wide grin on her face.

"Bells! Slow down!" Black shouted as she neared a turn in the road.

"Ugh Black, you taught her how to turn right? I asked. The look on his face said it all. I messed up. We turned and watched in horror as her bike tipped over, throwing Bella through the air until she landed with a loud thud against a giant boulder a few feet from the road. In a flash, Black was on his bike and speeding towards her while I dived into her cab and tried to coax the old truck faster.

When I finally threw the truck in park, Black was kneeling next to Bella, his shirt pressed against a large gash on her forehead. "Here let me do this," I said placing my hand on Black's shoulder, "you put the bikes away" I offered quietly. He nodded and rushed towards the bikes. I turned my attention back to the injured girl, "Come on Bells, let's get you to a hospital."

"Hey Hina," Bells yawned from her place curled up behind me, "Did you notice that you and Jake were working together today?" 'Hmm really?' Turning around carefully I took a moment to study her face. Her eye sparkled in the dim light of her room, and she genuinely looked happier. 'As happy as someone who not even 12 hours ago had their head cracked open and needed stitches' I snort. "Well what can I say? Today we had a common goal: your wellbeing."

"You really are my best friend," she yawned quietly, her breathing soon becoming slower, deeper. Before long a tiny drop of drool slipped from the corner of her lip, her hands rising up to lazily drag it away. 'And you are mine, Bella' I smiled into the pillow, 'you are mine.'

"So what do you want to do today, B?" I asked after Charlie had left the house. Bella twitched slightly "Well…"

"Spit it out."

"There's this… meadow I found by accident one day. It was so breathtaking. Unfortunately that was the only time I ever saw it again" she said softly, "If you're willing, I'd like to try and find it again."

"Sure, why not? It sounds fun and lord knows we're in need of some quality one on one time with some trees." She smiled brightly, "Ok I'll go change, you can have the bathroom."

After changing into a pair of black Everlast yoga capri's and an old Spartan tank top, Bella and I quickly packed a bag full of food and water. Sliding my Aviators and tennis shoes on, I followed Bella out the front door and towards her truck. Twenty minutes later we turned onto an almost hidden and unkempt driveway far from Forks. "Where are we?" I asked warily eyeing the wall of trees that bordered the truck on both sides. Silence answered my question, so I turned back to stare out the windshield just in time for the truck to break through the archway of trees and into a large front yard that lay before an equally large white house. No scratch that, it was a mansion.

As Bella made her way over to obviously abandoned house, the pieces started falling into place. The way she looked at the house in silent yearning. The way her hand caressed the window as she gazed in. The way her face crumbled and her shoulders sagged as she made her way back into the driver's seat. This was the Cullen's house. The Cullen house. The one and only Cullen's that had abandoned her all those months ago. Suddenly, this had morphed from a relaxing Saturday into a depressing hike down memory forest. 'Or was it a depressing day from the very beginning?' I wondered.

"Don't worry Bells" I whispered gently, my hand automatically reaching over to give hers a squeeze as soon as she pulled herself into her truck, "We'll find your meadow, even if it means us hiking every Saturday." It took a few minutes for my words to finally sink in, but when they did she flashed me a grateful smile, "Then we should get a move on." Nodding sharply I chanced one last glance at the silent house in the side mirror before its huge shape disappeared behind a giant tree trunk. 'Please, please, let us find this meadow today. For her sake.'

Sadly after trying for majority of the day, we finally ceased looking for the Bella's meadow. "Don't worry, a promise is a promise Bella. We'll try again later."

Lunch on Monday started out as ordinary as any other day. Scattered around the table sat Lauren, Jessica, Ang, Ben, Tyler, Mark, Austin, Mike, and Bella. The conversation flowed as normally as any other day until out of the blue Mike made his move.

"So Bella, what d'you say we watch a movie? This Friday?" he smiled sheepishly at her. Poor guy had that hopeful, lovesick look on his face and while Bella's eyes quickly darted around the room. 'Poor girls looking for an escape route.'

"A movie? Friday? Umm sure why not" she finally relented. I had just taken a sip of water, I know I should've known better, and unfortunately it ended up misting over Tyler and Austin. I'm not the only one's who was shocked. A piece of cucumber fell out of Ang's mouth and back onto her plate, while Ben tilted so far to the right he slid clean off his seat. "I mean we should do like a movie night," Bells smiled at everyone on the table, "What do you say guys? Anyone want to see a movie on Friday?"

"Yeah" Mike mumbled, "Invite everyone, why don't you?"

No one bothered to answer him and soon the bell rang signaling the end of the lunch period. As we made our way towards English, Bella grabbed my arm in a vice like grip and yanked me to the side. "Please, please, please tell me you will be there Friday?"

"Ugh no thank you" I scoffed to myself. 'Another movie night with Jessica? I don't think so, once was enough.' "You do realize he was asking you out right?"

"I know" she sighed while reaching down to play with the straps on her backpack, breaking eye contact with me. "But that doesn't matter now. So are you coming? For me?" she asked again this time unleashing the full force of her puppy dog eyes on me. I didn't stand a chance. "Alright!" I caved, "Just stop already, with the look!"

"Thanks Hina. Come on, we're going to be late" she threw over her shoulder as she walked into class like her getting her way was nothing. 'Damn' I thought 'I just got played, like a fool. I really need to work on that.'

Unfortunately, Friday night came around way to early for my tastes. A couple of hours ago in school, Jessica and Lauren bailed claiming that they were both busy. 'Hn I guess someone still hasn't forgiven Bella for the last movie night we had together. So far Angela and Ben were still going, which I was eternally grateful for. Besides my siblings and Bella, Ang and Ben were my closest friends and I truly enjoyed spending time with them.

So with that in mind, I took a quick bath and changed into a black tank top, black skinny jeans, and a charcoal yarn coat that fell to around my knees. After slipping on a black belt and my boots, I grabbed my purse and walked the short distance to Bella's house. She met me at the door wearing a cute ivory blouse and dark wash jeans, a small clutch in her hands.

"That's a cute top Bella! You should wear it more often" I smiled.

"Thanks. Oh crap I forgot a jacket! I'll be right back" she said right as Mike pulled up to the curb and shut off his suburban. "Hey. Bella forgot something upstairs, she'll be right back" I nodded in greeting when he had walked close enough. He nodded and we stood there in silence until Bella quietly shut and locked the door behind herself.

After Mike had greeted Bella, warmer than my greeting the bastard, he told us that Tyler and Austin had bailed. Bella added that Ang had the stomach flu and Ben didn't feel right going without her. Which left the three of us, great. "Well" Mike coughed awkwardly, "Are you ready to go?"

Bella shook her head, "Actually we're waiting for one more person". Before I could even utter the word "who" an eerily familiar faded yellow car pulled into Bella's driveway, her face brightened happily while my face dropped.

'No way.' "Bella" I hissed "What is Black doing here?"

"I invited him" she said confused, "What's the problem? I thought you were both cool?"

"Why would you think that?" I groaned.

"The other day?" she weakly tried to appease me, but I had already zoned her out. The only thing flying around in my head was 'how the hell did this happen? And how the hell am I going to survive the night? If having one lovesick ass around is bad enough, how am I going to handle two?'

She frowned and was about to say something until Black pulled her into his arms and gave her a big bear hug. "Bella! Your looking good tonight" he commented lightly.

"You to Jake. Why didn't you tell me that the rabbit was finished?! That's great news!"

He smiled and released her, opting to stare at Mike who was looking like an angry cat left outside in the rain, "I just finished it tonight, this is the maiden voyage."

"Really?" she beamed like a proud PTSA parent, "Well we should see what it can do." When Mike coughed in the background, she blushed and turned to face him, "Is that ok with you, Mike?"

"Yeah that's fine" he sighed when Bella smiled shyly at him. As she turned and walked over to the rabbit I heard him finish "Not like I had a choice" under his breath.

Mike ended up squeezed behind the passenger seat while I was behind the driver's seat. The drive over was a mixture of amusing and irritating for me. Amusing because Bella and Black chattered away in the front, oblivious to Mike, who was trying his best to put his two cents in. Irritating because towards the end of the drive Mike discovered that he could be right in their conversation if he rested his head on the shoulder part of Bella's seat, causing their cheeks to almost brush against each other. That blatantly halted all conversation until we made it to the theater, which pissed Black off immensely.

When Black finally shut off the engine, I almost cried with joy. The interior of the car felt to full, probably the angry pheromones these hormonal males were excluding. Either way I sighed happily when I was let out and could breathe normally once again. Black, the ever asshole, wrapped an arm around Bella and dragged her in the direction of the theater with Mike trying his best to keep up. As for me? Well I took my sweet time, obviously. They certainly weren't going to miss me one bit, I figured, so why the rush?

A moment later I was pulled, literally, out of my thoughts by the tight grip Bella had on my hand. "Come on, slow poke" she smiled as she continued to drag me up front with her. Both boys seemed extremely put out when this caused them to be left alone, together. I guess the had underestimated the 'sister-before-mister' concept.

Since Black was to young for the extremely violent movie that Bella chose, he glared at me while I laughed for almost a full minute, Bella had to buy him a ticket. After grabbing some food, our little group of lovebirds flocked towards our assigned theater. Luckily we arrived early because as soon as we got to a mutually decided row of seats, the problem of seating order broke out. Both boys wanted to sit next to Bella, while Bella wanted to it next to me. Bella and I let them argue among themselves for a moment. I finally lost my temper when the other moviegoers started giggling and pointing towards the two donkeys we had the misfortune of being there with. Frustrated, I shoved past the two lugs and planted myself into a seat near the middle of the row. Just as the theater lights dimmed Mike, Bella, and Black took their seats.

The movie wasn't to bad, though if you asked me what it was about, I wouldn't be able to tell you. I would be able to tell you that it was filled with unrealistic bloody scenes that had me laughing, half of the time. The other half of the time that I was laughing, was because of Mike. Every time an especially bloody scene played, he would cringe and twitch until the scene changed. He was pretty amusing.

I think it was around the last part of the movie when I noticed that both boys had their palms facing up on the armrests, their fingers open and waiting like a Venus Fly Trap. My snort was so loud, Bella turned away from the movie and looked at me, an eyebrow raised in question. Wiggling my eyebrows I nodded towards the armrests around her, 'What the hell is up with that?' she looked down and frowned in irritation. 'Save me' her eyes whined. Like any good friend I did the only thing one could do at a time like this: I pointed and snickered until she grabbed a piece of popcorn and attempted to throw it at me. Instead it hit Mike right in the eye causing me to crack up laughing more and Bella to apologize repeatedly.

It was around this time that Mike, the poor guy just could not get a break tonight, mumbled something that sounded suspiciously like "I'm going to be sick" before bolting over my legs and out of the theater. I look at Bella and Black, who stared blankly after him before simultaneously turning their gazes back to the movie. 'Wow what good friends' I thought debating for a minute if I should go check on him. Glancing at my watch I noticed that their was only about five minutes left of the movie. 'Eh he can wait.'

As soon as the movie ended and the rush had died down, we made our way out into the hallway. Bella and Black continued walking towards a staircase where they took a seat, content to wait until Mike was done being sick. I frowned at their retreating backs, "Those two are unbelievable." Oh well. I briskly walked over to the men's bathroom and knocked loudly on the door, "Female entering in five-" two teenagers ran out the door staring at me in horror "four-" an elderly man walked out and winked at me. 'Gross!' "Ok forget this, I'm coming in!" I shouted, yanking the door open quickly.

Thankfully the bathroom was empty save for one person throwing up violently in a closed stall. "Mike" I cooed gently, my hand pressed up against the door, "Are you all right?"

The toilet flushed loudly, and a moment later the door opened to show a ash faced, clammy Mike. He moaned weakly, "Ugh I think I'm sick."

"Oh Mike! Come on let's go find the others and get you home" I gently ushered him towards the sink. After rinsing his mouth and splashing some water on his face, we made our way outside towards the others. They seemed to be in the middle of a really intense conversation, completely unaware of the world around them. I left Mike leaning against a wall nearby and walked over to the oblivious couple. "Hey guys, it looks like Mike caught that stomach bug that's been going around" I motioned to said guy huddling in the corner, "He needs to get home ASAP."

I expected angry dark brown eyes to shoot daggers at me like every other time I interrupted his little Bella moments but instead Black turned his enraged gaze towards Mike. "This is your fault" he growled venomously at the sickly boy, "You ruined everything! Why'd you have to be here?" When he stood up and started to stomp over to Mike, I quickly jumped in front of him.

"Now you listen here Black, knock this shit off right now!" I growled back, "He is sick and doesn't deserve you beating on him. Now take us home or I'll have my brother pick us up." With each sentence I tried to put some distance between the defenseless boy near the wall and the boy who looked mad enough to kill.

It worked, kind of. The anger faded from him, but instead he started to look a little clammy to. His russet skin looked even more flushed and he was panting in rough little breaths. "Hn just make sure the marshmallow has a bucket, he is not messing up my car."

"Fine, whatever" I tossed over my shoulder as I walked over to Mike. After grabbing an extra-large bucket from the concession stand, we made our way to the car. By the time we made it back to Bella's house, Mike had gotten sick at least twice in Black's car. I was starting to think Black had the stomach bug to because he had started sweating up a storm even though it was pretty nippy tonight.

It took about ten minutes for me to drive Mike back to his house, with Black and Bella following behind me. When we finally got back to B's house, without waiting for the engine to stop, I crawled out of the car. 'This was too much one night' "Ok well thanks for tonight" I shouted while making my great escape, "Bella I'll see you later. Black, drive home safely you don't look so good." Without waiting for an answer, I power walked back to my house like my life depended on it. When I finished changing into a red tank top and a matching plaid pants, I went over to Noa's room.

As you first walk up the stairs to the left was the master bedroom while on the right was a long hallway that led to the rest of the rooms. The next room on the left was the bathroom then a linen closet. If you made a left at the end of the hall, you'll see Ahi's room (on the left), my room (in the middle), and Noa's room (on the right). Noa's room looked exactly like mine except everything was blue and white. His walls were a shiny navy blue with a white trim. His plaid blue blanket covered light blue sheets, pillows, and his black bed frame. Our desks, nightstand, hell even our trophy-lined shelves matched. I think the only thing that differed was our rugs (his are blue with black and white specks).

'Mousey?' I knocked softly. Instead of verbally answering I felt a warmth creep into my chest. Smiling I opened the door and found my twin lying on his bed, staring up at the ceiling.

If you hadn't guessed already, Noa and I can sense when the other is feeling extreme emotion, like pain or anger, as well as send each other little flashes of 'feeling'. We can also hear what the other is thinking, although it sounds more like a whisper instead of outright talking.

'What did he do now?' Noa asked, never taking his eyes off a spot on the ceiling. 'Hn aside from almost beating the snot out of Mike?' I snorted while stretching out onto my stomach next to my twin, 'Nothing much.'

Noa rolled his eyes, 'That boy is no good.'

'Eh he's a guy in love, I heard they're scary.'

'Hn I really don't see the appeal' he huffed, arms stretching up to fold behind his head, 'She's pale, clumsy, quiet, and reminiscent of a baby deer.'

'Hey that baby deer happens to be my best friend' I poked him in the side roughly, 'But I agree, she's not my type either.'

He snorted and bumped me with his shoulder, "She sure as hell better not be your type."

"You know," a voice said from the doorway "I used to hate when you'd do that." Simultaneously we lifted our head to stare at Ahi standing at the door. She wore her long hair in a braid, a black long-sleeved shirt, pink shorts and long fuzzy socks. "Ahi-Wela, we didn't mean to make you feel that way" Noa sighed, motioning for her to come closer. When a smirk flashed across her face, I got a little worried. "Don't even think about it-" but too late. In the same time that it took me to finish the sentence, she had walked into the room and jumped horizontally onto the bed over us. We groaned in unison, "Sheesh, what have you been eating?'

"Very funny" she smiled, making sure to elbow Noa in the ribs and pinch me on my butt, "I don't know about you guys but I'm very comfortable, I think I'm going to sleep here tonight."

"Oh no you're not! Get off!" I whined. "Ahi?" I asked when she didn't answer. "Wow" Noa whispered, "She's asleep already." 'I guess you're sleeping here tonight.'

'I guess you're right. Goodnight, Mousey' I yawned, smiling when my brothers words whispered in my head 'Goodnight, Sissy.'

Alas all good things must come to an end. The following week after our disastrous movie night, Bella became stressed. When I confronted her on Friday, she broke down and confessed. "Jake has been avoiding me, Hina" she cried, a wild look in her eyes, "When I called his house later that night, Billy said he was sick with mano. That was last week! He should've been healed by now! Right? Right! He won't call me and Billy isn't helping. I don't know what to do?" At the end she finally cracked and wrapped her arms tightly around herself, like she thought that she was going to break into pieces. I frowned, taking a closer look at her. All of the good these past few weeks with Black had done for her seemed to be unraveling before my eyes. She looked paler, her hair unkempt, and her eyes. Her chocolate-brown eyes that were almost back to normal had returned to that dull, dead look that they had the night Edward left. Oh this will not do.

"Oh sweetie it's ok, everything's going to be fine. We don't need him to have fun! We can do bad on our own" I teased, while pulling her in for a hug, "I have an idea, let's go hiking tomorrow! It'll be fun, what'll you say?" After awhile she weakly returned my hug. "Ok" she mumbled, "Let's do it."

"That's the spirit, Bells! Now let's get to class, shall we?" I motioned towards the open door, a smile firmly planted on my face. As she shuffled her way into the room, I let the carefully hidden anger flood my features. I had never been this upset before. Not even the gentle waves of concern and comfort Noa sent my way could calm me down. I was mad and only one person was to blame. Black is going to rue the day he broke me friend!

Luckily this hike, somebody was on our side. After about 30 minutes of aimlessly trekking through the wood, we happened onto the meadow that we were looking for. At least I think it was, judging by the way she was sitting cross-legged in the middle of a particularly large dead patch of grass. Glancing around I tried to recall how she described this place. The shape certainly fit: it was about the shape of a perfectly formed football field, surrounded on all sides by a wall of trees. The endless fields of wild flowers from yesterday gave way to dried, dead patches of dirt today. All in all, I felt kind of sad. I was really looking forward to seeing this meadow in its prime.

It took her a good ten minutes to unravel herself from her place curled up on the forest floor. She sighed turned towards the direction of the truck, "Ok I think I'm ready, we can leave now." I nodded and turned to follow her when a smooth, velvety voice drifted across the clearing to us, "Please don't leave on my account." Bella's head whipped around quickly, while I turned at a slower pace.

About twenty yards away from us stood a lone male figure dressed in a dark brown suit jacket and slacks. His skin was a weird chalky tone though it was no mistaking that he was African American, or Jamaican, judging by the long dreadlocks that hung down to the middle of his back. Something inside of me was screaming to grab Bella and run, to save ourselves. Glancing at Bella, she looked surprised. "Laurent?" she whispered.

I turned fully towards Bella in confusion, 'she knows this guy?' When I turned to look back at the stranger, he was standing a mere ten feet away from us. 'How the hell?' I blinked in shock, 'what's going on?' "Ah Bella, and friend?" he drawled casually glancing between the both of us, "I was not expecting to find you here. Have you seen the Cullen's? I went to see them but the house was empty."

"You must've just missed them. In fact we should really be getting back."

"Oh Bella, you cannot fool me. I know that the Cullen's are gone. What I do not know is why they did not take you? Were you not like a pet to them?" he smiled cruelly. Ow, that was a burn.

"The C-Cullen's are running errands today, so I, we" she corrected "Decided to go for a little hike. Don't worry I'll be sure to tell them that you visited."

"Ah but they are not running errands, correct? They left you here, alone and unprotected. How foolish. Oh well, their lose is my gain."

"Edward will know you killed me," she threatened weakly. "And the President will know that you killed me" I added smartly, just for the hell of it. "What?" I shrugged when Bella glared at me, "He will know."

"Such chatty food" Laurent scolded "Goodbye Bella, Bella's friend" he started but the words abruptly cut off. When we both looked at him, he was gazing into the forest behind us. "Impossible."

What I saw behind us had me trembling in fear. Out of the forest stalked a monstrous inky black, horse-sized wolf. More leaves rustled and Laurent's jaw dropped further as four more horse-sized wolves stalked out of the forest. Three wolves crept slowly past Bella until they reunited with the two wolves that had crept past me, completely blocking our view of Laurent. A brown and black streaked wolf and a russet colored wolf stood near Bella, while a light silver wolf with black spots on its back, and a dark silver wolf stood near me.

I would have missed the exact moment when Laurent to turn and fled had it not been for the thunderous growls that erupted from the wolves gathered around us. With a earth-shaking howl, the wolves were gone, chasing the thing that had tried to kill us. With the wolves gone, the clearing fell into an eerie silence. Just to make sure they were really gone, I waited one more minute before I grabbed Bella's arm and ran all the way back to the truck. A hike that took 30 minutes one way, took only ten minutes this time. The drive that had taken almost an hour, only took 20 minutes. Thankfully it was a fairly deserted road and we didn't run into any cops.

I drove, like my life depended on it, all the way to Bella's house. When I pulled into the driveway I finally allowed myself to relax. 'We're safe at home, my job is done' I sighed tired suddenly, 'Oh shit my legs feel like lead weights! FML.' While slowly making my way into Bella's house, I felt my phone buzz from inside the pocket of my jeans. Bringing the madly vibrating phone closer, I groaned when "Mousey" flashed brightly across the screen. "Hello?"

"Sissy? What's going on? Are you all right? Where are you?" Noa's voice shouted angrily from the tiny speaker. Crap, he felt my fear. "Don't worry, I'm ok now."

"You're ok now? Then why does my heart feel like it's going to burst right out of my chest? I was jogging around the block when I almost ate dirt because I was suddenly scared shitless. What happened?"

"Look Noa I said I'm fine. I'll talk to you later, ok?"

"No, not ok! Hina don't you dare-" he shouted but I had already ended the call. By this time I was in Bella's living room, draped over the couch. Bella had just finished telling Charlie and another man, who were sitting on the kitchen table loading their guns with ammo, about our new friends. Charlie looked surprised while the other man looked oddly calm, considering.

"Wolves?" the other man asked skeptically, his face set in stone.

"Yes wolves, you know Ahhhhhhh whoooo?" I joked lightly. He didn't appreciate my humor. "Wait a minute" Charlie interrupted my pathetic howling, "How do you both know it was wolves?" Bella and I exchanged alarmed looks, oops. Just the other day Charlie had forbid us both from going into the woods, we were so in trouble.

"Lucky guess?" I tried, while Bella blurted "We were *cough* hiking in the woods today?"

"Hina I would expect this from, but you Bella? I specifically told you to stay out of the woods" Charlie scolded, his gaze flitting between Bella and I. When Bella continued to avoid his gaze and he gave up trying to break my blank face, he stood up with a sigh. "Well, the main thing is your both safe."

"Yup safe, we're both safe" I nodded in a rush, "Well I gotta go, see you at school. Good hunting Uncle Charlie and… umm Sir?" I finished lamely while walking over towards the door. I was on the porch when Charlie shouted out the door, "No more hikes!"

"Ok!" I waved before starting my walk home. Luckily for me, Noa was not waiting for me as soon as I walked in the door. Honestly, I had enough excitement these last couple of days. An interrogation is not what I needed now, what I needed was a nice hot bath. And a good night's sleep maybe. And absolutely no more excitement.

That's not too much to ask, right?

A/N: Finally, I finished this chapter! Hooray! I can't wait to get started on the next update. Especially since next chapter, the ball starts rolling BIG time. :D