Bella seemed to not even notice how uncomfortable she was making him feel, I guess she expected them to continue to act exactly as they did before- even after she broke his heart. She continued to lean on him throughout the rest of the movie, and although I could tell he felt better (for the fact that his arm was still around me) but I was also not oblivious to how tense and uneasy he was with the situation.
It was around eight when the movie finally ended and as Emily turned the lights back on, the boys suddenly returned to their normal selves. Laughter and yelling filled the room for a few moments, and then after a few moments everyone retreated outside. Bella walked along next to Jacob as I trailed behind. Mostly because I hadn't heard anyone mention going outside and I was surprised when they all began to leave the room.
The boys went off to gather wood- while me Emily, Leah and Bella sat on logs around the campfire pit. Leah stared off into the distance ignoring all of us, while Emily and Bella discussed things going on in Bella's life. I barely paid attention to their conversation, only little bits and pieces- like how Edward's family had adopted another kid.
That only interested me because it seemed to make Emily a bit upset, "Oh is that so." She had said with her lips in thin line, but as the boys began to reappear from the woods they changed the conversation and began laughing again.
Once they were done bringing all the wood, and the fire was lit, they all sat down with us girls. Jacob sat next me and before Bella could make a move towards him Embry sat to his other side. My brother looked over towards me, and I smiled a kind of thank you to him- and he just laughed.
For hours we all sat around the fire, talking and laughing and occasionally singing. After about an hour- Bella said her goodbyes and left in her car. After she was gone the boys began a contest of jumping over the fire. They were all completely ridiculous but it was the most amusing thing to watch. At one point Jared's pant leg caught on fire and we all laughed hysterically as he jumped and rolled around attempting to put it out.
Hours passed and then suddenly it was eleven thirty, and I panicked. I hadn't realized it was so close to midnight- and I wasn't sure what I'd do with them still out here, and I also knew that they would not easily let me leave the fire.
So I tried to make myself convincing- for about five minutes I let my eyes go drowsy looking, and laid my head on Jacob's shoulder, and then finally I forced a loud and convincing yawn out. Hoping they fell for it I stood up, "Im gonna head off to bed." I said stretching and rubbing the back of my head.
"Awe, come on Kotaaa, stay out here with us." Jacob whined, and Embry and Seth said things like "Kota don't go." and all I could think was great- a new nickname I had to be stuck with. I smiled at Jacob and said "Leave me alone guys im tired." and added another yawn.
"Let the girl go to sleep." Emily said standing up and dumping a bucket of water on the fire. "You guys need to all head off to sleep too." They all groaned but obeyed her as they trudged off to their homes.
We all said our goodbyes, and I returned to my room to just sit up and wait for midnight- since it was to late for me to even bother trying to get some rest now. But it could wait for the morning- for now I had some wolves I needed to watch, because I wanted to make sure they weren't going to harm the people around me