A/N: Thank you fari30 for reviewing and everyone else for the favorites and follows. Remember you guys to read and review. I know this chapter is up quick, but its spring break at my high school and it still feels like winter, so I didn't have anything better to do at 12 am on a Tuesday morning.

The rest of the week was strange. Every day I would meet a new giant. Jacob introduced most of them to me, but they all said they were friends of Paul and they apologized for his undesirable behavior. Surprisingly I didn't see Paul, but I counted that as a blessing. I had gotten close with Stephanie and Ellie and we had made plans to crash a bonfire on Friday night.

When Friday came around Ellie came to Qhala's to pick me up and we headed to Stephanie's house. Stephanie lived on the beach so Ellie parked her car there and we walked the rest of the way. When we got to the beach it was late and the fire was easy to see. There were kids everywhere and I noticed a few of them who must have been from Forks because they didn't look Quileute. Stephanie and I were a little on the shy side when it came to meeting people, but Ellie wasn't so she dragged us around while she socialized with freshmen and upperclassmen alike. Eventually me and Stephanie managed to detach ourselves from Ellie and sat on the logs surrounding the fire. Farther down the beach I noticed a smaller group huddled around a cozier fire.

"Who's that?" I asked Stephanie gesturing towards the other side of the beach.

She followed my line of sight and answered quietly. "That's La Push's elite." I gave her a questioning look and she giggled at my confusion. "They're what La Push deems as 'blue bloods'. The group of boys Jacob Black had been introducing you to this week. They have the purest Quileute blood on the reservation. Most of the girls are just girlfriends though. Except for Leah Clearwater, but she graduated a while ago. The council gives them special treatment, but the council is full of a bunch of their parents anyway."

"That's… interesting. Is Jacob over there?" I asked trying to be discreet. Again Stephanie giggled and nodded at me. "Let's walk over there and talk to him- them. I mean let's talk to them." Stephanie full out laughed this time before texting Ellie who was currently sucking face with a guy from school. After she told Ellie where we were in case she needed us, we made our way to the other side of the beach.

The first person to notice us was Seth who I had met yesterday. He waved at us and made catcalls towards Stephanie before grabbing her by the waist and running off with her. I rolled my eyes and made my way towards Jacob who was unfortunately sitting with Paul.

"Hey Jacob," I said quietly, completely ignoring Paul. Jacob smiled his thousand watt smile at me and patted the empty seat between him and Paul.

"You can call me Jake if you want. People usually only call me Jacob when their particularly upset with me." He told me as I sat down "So what's up with you Fire Engine?"

I rolled my eyes again. "You know none of the names you call me are original?"

He laughed his deep, throaty laugh and rubbed the top of my head with his big hand, messing up my hair. "Yeah, but they are new to me. I've never known a redhead, so I'm enjoying trying out all my new nicknames. I like when you straighten your hair like that by the way. It's really pretty."

I tried not to, but it was impossible not to smile at his compliment. Next to me Paul scoffed. I stiffened and turned my attention towards him. He was sitting in the sand and using the log as a back rest instead of sitting on it like Jake and I. His long legs stretched out far and I noticed his feet were bare. From my position I could look at his face properly and I hated to admit that he was handsome, even more so than Jake. He wasn't as tall as Jacob, or as buff as Quil who I met Wednesday, but he was kind of perfect physically. His eyes were a dark and deep brown, his nose straight, jaw strong, eyelashes full, cheeks high, and lips plump. It was really too bad that his personality wasn't as admirable as his features.

"Do you have a problem?" I asked him harshly.

He snorted this time and looked up at me. "Yeah, I kind of do. If I wanted to see you moon over Jacob, I would have asked for it."

"I'm not mooning over anyone and even if I was, it's none of your concern."

"Like hell it's not!" He shouted. Again he started shaking slightly and I jumped up off of the log, he followed my movements.

"Don't yell at me asshole!" I poked him hard in the chest, which was bare by the way, to express my animosity. "It's not my fault you have a stick shoved so far up your ass that it's poking your brain." I balled my hands into fist waiting for him to get pissed enough to hit me. I had been in fights with grown men before, but none of them were as beefy as Paul.

"Why the fuck do you feel the need to piss me off so much? Aren't you supposed to help me control my anger?" He asked frustrated.

"I don't know what the fuck you're talking about psycho, but you better back the fuck up off of me before I blow my top." I warned him. He laughed like a maniac at that and if there was one thing I hated it was being laughed at.

He stepped closer so that our chests were touching. "What are you going to do Maddy? Huh, you gonna knee me again, because that was a cheap fucking shot."

This time he was more focused on my knee and expecting me to hit him with my right hand so he didn't see it coming when I slapped his cheek with my left hand. His face was hard and my hand hurt after, but the left side of his face was red so I felt accomplished. He snarled at me like a wild fucking animal before a man I hadn't met yet was standing behind Paul, telling him to back up. Unfamiliar arms grabbed me by the waist and pulled me away from Paul.

I kicked and screamed and lashed out before the person put me down a few yards away from where I was before. After I was put down I turned around, ready to rip my capture a new one, before I saw it was Brady.

"You ok hot stuff?" He asked with an amused look on his face.

"No. What the hell is his problem? I didn't even say anything to him at first and he still managed to piss me off." I shook my head in confusion. "The boy was put here to be my hell on earth I'm sure of it."

Brady laughed and wrapped his arm around my shoulders. "I'm pretty sure he feels the same way, but I wouldn't know. It's not like I'm in the guy's head or anything." He said with a smirk.

"You're a weirdo Brady." I told him. I looked around the beach and saw Ellie flirting with Seth while Seth flirted with Stephanie. In the other direction I saw Paul, Jake and two strangers talking. Jake was waving his arms around and Paul just stood there with his hands crossed against his chest. Suddenly Paul and one of the strangers walked towards me and Brady. Brady quickly removed his arm from around me when Paul stopped in front of us and glared at it.

"Brady, follow me," Commanded the stranger.

"Yes sir, Sam sir," Responded Brady with a mocking salute. Paul and I were left alone and I felt comfortable in the awkward silence, but I could tell he had something he wanted to say.

"Walk with me," He said. I noticed it wasn't a question, but I followed him down to the edge of the water out of curiosity. When he was walked far enough for the water to cover half of his calf he stopped and stood there. I wasn't the most patient person so after a while I grew weary and rolled my jeans up to follow him into the water. We stood and looked up at the moon for a moment before I noticed that his attention was turned in my direction. I looked at him and we stared at each other for I don't know how long. It seemed like he was memorizing my face, cataloging every detail, right down to each individual freckle. Eventually he reached over and touched my hair. I froze, slightly uncomfortable with the physical contact. He sighed in defeat and moved away from me.

"I'm sorry for being so temperamental, I'm a volatile person by nature, but that's no excuse to talk to you the way I do." His voice was coarse, but I could tell he was sincere and I was somewhat surprised. '

"Oh." I said. He could tell that I didn't know what to say so he allowed me a minute to process. "Thank you, I'm sorry I responded so violently."

He laughed a little and shrugged his shoulder. "It's fine, refreshing even. Most people, other than the ones I hang out with, usually cower when my temper rears its ugly head. I'm not suggesting you knee me again, but a slap every now and then can be useful I'm sure." He was smiling and it was magnificent. I had thought Jacob's smile was as good as it got, but Paul's smile was this attractive half smirk half grin that made my heart flutter. If Jake's smile was worth a million bucks, Paul's was priceless.

I nodded in response, not knowing what to do with the warm feeling that spread through me at the sight of his smile. He laughed like he could hear the sound of my heart pounding and this time his grin was a cocky and crooked smirk.

"By the way," He said. "Your hair is prettier when you leave it all curly. That's the way it's supposed to be." With that compliment Paul jogged out of the water and towards the woods.

"See you at school on Monday!" He called from the tree line before disappearing into the shadows of the forest.

I can honestly say that my first bonfire was a better experience than any of my other firsts.