Friday
This week has been relatively slow. It is now Friday and a bunch of the kids from school are going down to La Push. It is sunny today, so the Cullen's took off today, supposedly to go camping. In any case, I rode my bike today and am now just getting out of school. I am wearing a leather jacket, blue jeans, and a white blouse. My dad told me to have fun at the beach, when we spoke earlier this week about it, so he knows I'm going down to La Push.
I looked over to Angela and Ben, "I'll see you two at the beach?"
They nod their heads, "See you then," Angela says with a smile.
I grin, "Alrighty," I climb onto my bike, and head out onto the road.
I've just passed the 'Welcome to La Push' sign, when I saw something running through the woods. I've pulled over, looking down into the woods, when I see what it was; a wolf. Oh, good, at least it wasn't a vampire.
The wolf stops for a second, looking at me, then runs away toward the mountains. I blink, and then continue toward Billy's house.
"Hey, Billy?" I call out, walking toward the front door.
"Bella?" He calls out, opening the door and smiling, "Hey," he whispers.
I look concerned, "Is everything alright?"
He sighs, "Jake isn't feeling too well," he admits.
I nod my head, "Oh," I sigh, "Sorry to hear about that."
He shrugs, "He'll get better. I know he was going to go to the beach with you, but he's not going to be able to today."
I nod, shrugging, "It's fine. If you guys need anything, let me know?"
He nods, "Of course, but we should be fine. Sue picked us up some groceries earlier."
I grin, "Cool," and then give him a hug, "Well, I'll see you later, Billy."
He grins as well, "Of course; oh, have you had any issues with the Cullen's?"
I shake my head, "They've pretty much left my friends and I alone, but Edward does stare at us every so often," I shudder, "It's like he hates me in particular," I shrug.
He sighs, "Did you tell your father?"
I nod my head, "He called their father yesterday so, hopefully, they'll leave us alone," I shrug.
"Oh," I continue, "I saw a wolf while riding into La Push, but it was heading back toward the mountains."
He nods, "We get a few that come down every so often, but they tend to stay away from the highway and roads," he sighs, "I'll let Sam Uley know; he's working with the Reservation's Nature Preserve. What did the wolf look like?"
I describe Sam's wolf form, and Billy nods, "I'll give him a call but, in the meantime, don't go in the woods. It should be safe, but just in case. Okay?"
I nod my head, "Alright, Billy, thanks." I smile.
After pulling away from Billy's, I decided to head toward the beach. During the way, I see a woman unpacking a bed from her truck. I pull over, smiling and walking over, "Need some help?" I offer.
She grins, "Sure, my name is Emily Young, and you?"
I grin, "Emily? It's Bella, Bella Swan," I wave.
She looks surprised, "Bella?" She smiles, giving me a hug, "I haven't seen you in years, where have you been?"
I grin, "I was in Phoenix with my mom, just got back here a week ago, and am living with my father now."
She smiles, "Oh, it's so great to see you. I remember when you and Jacob used to play together," she sighs, chuckling some.
I grin, winkling my nose, "You mean when he used to throw mud pies at me?"
Emily chuckles, grabbing a side of the bed, "Well, shall we?"
I nod, grabbing another end, "So, how come you were doing this yourself?"
"Well, I wanted to surprise Sam. We decided to move in together, but his bed is extremely uncomfortable, so I told him we needed a new one. He was fine with that, but I couldn't wait anymore, so I went out and bought this one," she smiled, "I have this pickup, so I figured; why not?"
I nodded, as we brought the bed into the house, and up the stairs.
Once we were finished setting up the bed, Emily and I sat on the couch, breathing a little heavily, but smiling that we got it done.
I was sipping on some lemonade, "Man, that's touch work," I laugh.
She chuckles, "Yeah," she agrees.
"Emily?" A male's voice calls, "Where are you?" He walks into the living room and smiles, "Ah, there you are," giving her a kiss, then smiling at me, "Hello," he says.
I grin, "Hi! I don't know if you remember me, but I'm Bella Swan."
He looks thoughtful then nods, "Right, the mud pie gal," he grins.
I chuckle, "Yeah, yeah; that's me," I shake my head, and throw a pillow at Emily, who started to laugh.
We giggle together, and she throws it back at me, and I set it back in place.
Sam grins, looking happy that Emily has a friend, "So what brings you around here?" He asks.
I shrug, "I was visiting Jake, who was going to go to the beach with me later, but Billy said he wasn't doing too well," I sigh, "Hopefully he'll get better soon."
Sam smiles, "Flu's been going around La Push lately, probably just that." He shrugs.
I nod my head, going along with it, even if I know what it really is, "So, did either of you want to come to the beach tonight?"
Sam sighs, "I would love to, but I've got to patrol La Push tonight with some of the guys from the Perseveration Society. Billy called about the wolf you spotted earlier," he explained.
I nod my head, looking over to Emily, "What about you, Emily?"
Emily grins, "Honestly? I'd love to, but I am not riding on that bike," she shakes her head.
I giggle, "Fine," I sigh, "We can drive in your truck," I shrug.
She chuckles, "Yay!" She grins, "Let me go get showered and dressed, oh, and you can use the spare shower and borrow some clothes, too," she grabs my hand and pulls me off the couch with her.
I wave to Sam, who is chuckling, but looks honestly happy. Happy that Emily has a friend, and is happy herself.
Emily and I just pulled up to the party, already in session, and we get out of the car. I smile as I look down at my outfit, purple jeans, and a white halter top, with a light grey beach jacket. It's a nice one. Sam also agreed to place my earlier outfit in the drier, once it finishes in the wash, so I know it'll be dry by the time we get back.
Emily also offered the couch for tonight, since we probably won't be back until around midnight. I was going to spend the night at Jake's but, since he isn't feeling well, Sam and Emily offered the couch to me for tonight.
"Hey guys," I say as we get down to the beach, "Alright guys, this is Emily," I begin motioning to everyone, "Angela, Ben, Lauren, Jessica, Mike, Eric, and," I stop, looking at the Quileute guy, "Embry, I take it?" I grin, waving at him, even though I already know who he is.
Embry grins, "Ah, so you're Bella," he chuckles, "I think you're trying to steal my men away from me; both my boyfriend and best friend keep going on and on about you."
I chuckle, "Nah, I have certain requirements for my dates," I smirk here, "and, although I do like two balls, they need to be on the chest." I wink at Embry.
Embry chuckles, "So, Em, what are you doing here? Where's Sam?"
Emily smiles, "I used to know Bella when we were younger. She used to play with you, Jake, and others. Remember?"
Embry looks thoughtful for a moment, "Oh, yeah," he says, "I remember that." He nods, "Mud pies."
I groan, putting my head in my hands, "Apparently, everyone remembers that."
At about midnight, Embry gave us a ride back in Emily's truck. Emily and I were a little too drunk to drive back and, yes, we're both under 21. Still though, we enjoyed ourselves. I had a feeling, throughout the night, that Embry was a wolf already; he was huge, he kept looking around to find Eric, and he kept smiling a little every time he saw him.
Anyway, he gave us a ride back and then headed back to the beach to stay with Eric. Everyone else setup tents to spend the night, but Emily and I decided not to do it. I was drunk enough not to object to him walking back to the beach; even though I knew he could run back, but not drunk enough that I would spill anything about the future, either.
"Oh," I moaned, holding onto Emily, "My head," I grumbled, hiccupping some.
Emily giggled a little, "Come on, Bella, Bella, boo," she giggled again, "let's get inside."
I rolled my eyes, giggling a little too, "Okay, Em, Ah, Ley," I said stretching her name out.
Once we got to the front door, it opened, revealing Sam. He rolled his eyes at us, but smiled a little, still happy that Emily was having fun.
I grinned a little, "Sam!" I smile, "We're back," I nod my head, "yes, back before curfew," I giggled here.
Sam just shook his head, rolling his eyes, helping Emily as she got me to the couch and he covered me with a blanket.
