A/N Just a reminder: Twilight isn't mine!


Chapter 7

I awoke bathed in sunlight from the window. Jake was snoring beside me still, so I put my hand to his face and played him a repeat of what we had fallen asleep to. I heard his heartbeat quicken and his lips curl into a smile. He opened his eyes to look at me and quirked an eyebrow.

I could hear Billy moving around the house, so I shook my head. How embarrassing it would be to have him hear us! Instead, with my hand still against him, I showed us getting something to eat.

With a groan, my Jacob got up and put on his shorts. He loved it when the sun was shining as he didn't have to wear a top to fit in. he could go without, just how he liked it. I liked it too, I thought with a private giggle.

I put on some cargo shorts and a vest top and went to help him make breakfast.

While we were eating, the phone rang.

"Hello?" Jake asked.

"Oh, hi... Yeah we are… Sure, sure. Here you go." he passed it over to me.

"Hello?"

"Hey Ness! So I checked on your friends, and since their day disappears soon, I guessed they're meeting up with you two. And I also gathered that since you're at Billy's you'll be going to the beach…so you should pack a beach ball." my aunt spoke so fast she said it all within seconds.

"Umm, OK Alice. How do you know we need it though? You can't see any of us if me or Jake is there.." I asked.

Alice usually found some way of figuring out what people were going to do, even if Jake or I would be with them, which would block out that person's future to her. She sometimes just got us to decide that we would sit in a corner and ask people not to disturb us or something, then everyone else would have a future again.

"Well, I can see who else is going to be at the beach. I think a beach ball would come in handy… but anyway, I'll see you later. Let me know how it all goes!"

"OK Alice, thanks for the tip. See you tonight." we hung up and I filled Jake in on what she had said as we finished eating.

After breakfast we made our way slowly to the beach, it was almost eleven already. I had brought a backpack with me with suntan lotion, a towel and the beach ball. It was considered more normal to have a bag of such things at the beach, so even though I didn't need the lotion or a towel (Jake being so warm I usually dried off by the end of a kiss) I brought them so there weren't any unnecessary questions.

I heard a car pull up and smelt the twin's scent on the breeze, so we walked up the hill to meet them. I could see awe in both their faces when they saw my Jacob for the first time.

"Whoa, hello up there" Dawnafus said with a smile. Then as a flash of horror crossed her face, she added "Sorry, I guess you get that a lot." I smiled at her, they didn't have to worry.

"Only a couple of hundred times" Jake laughed.

"Let's go down to the beach," I said drawing both Josephine's and Dawn's eyes away from Jacob for a moment. They were obviously surprised at his size. He was after all six foot seven, pretty big for a guy his age.

We made our way back down to the beach and put our stuff down by the driftwood. Then Dawnafus and I went for a walk along the shore.

"So how was the date?" I asked. I could see Dawnafus was almost buzzing to tell me.

"It went really well. You were right I loved the hockey." she beamed.

"I told you it was good. So what happened after?"

"Well he drove me home and we got into some pretty heavy petting.. But we've only been at school a week. I didn't want to do something then get known as a bike or something.." I could see her point. Gossip was vicious at high school, as I had found out the hard way.

We talked a bit more as we made our way back. When we were about twenty feet away, Dawnafus tugged on my arm and pointed to some boys who had come onto the beach behind us. I spotted that same blonde guy from school immediately.

"That's the bloke Josephine likes" Dawnafus said pointing him.

"He's cute" he was quite toned and his dirty blonde hair shone golden in the sun. He was obviously nowhere near as gorgeous as my Jacob was though.

"I wish I could come up with some way to force her to talk to him. I don't think she's noticed how he stares at her too."

"I've got an idea, I have a ball in my bag," I said as I thought about what Alice had said on the phone. "So that's why Aunt Alice told me to bring a ball," I muttered to myself. I saw Dawnafus give me an odd expression but she shook her head slightly and let me carry on with my plan.

"Do you want to play too?" I asked.

"I'd rather watch. She'll only blame me otherwise. Besides I'm half-way through a great book."

We were giggling when we reached the driftwood and Jake looked up with a questioning expression. I took the ball out of my bag, and leant on his shoulder showing him the scheme Dawnafus and me had just come up with. He chuckled to himself as I pulled him to his feet.

"Hey, Josephine, fancy a bit of a throw about?" I asked with my best innocent smile.

"Yeah, ok." She still managed to watch her dream guy while she walked over to an empty patch with me and Jacob. I led us closer to the boys, I could throw hard, but I wanted it to look a little accidental not just freakish.

We stood in a triangle and chucked the ball to each other. Jacob and me were throwing it pretty hard and fast between us, but kept it light for Josephine. She didn't seem to have a lot of upper body strength. Of course, she was only human.

I watched as the guys were moving around playing their own game and saw out of my peripheral vision that her fancy guy was at the right angle I needed him to be.

"Go long!" I called to Josephine and I threw the ball. I threw it much to fast for her to catch it, as planned, and it went sailing straight past her face, then hit the blonde guy in the back of the head.

Josephine watched it hit him, then ran over to get the ball back. I saw her almost freeze when she saw who it was. I heard her apologising, and with a smile, I jogged over to Dawnafus.

"It worked!" she squealed. These two could get excited over such little things!

"I told you it would." I laughed. I turned my ear to Josephine and…Chris, he had just introduced himself. They were obviously nervous about talking to each other, and soon enough ran out of things to say. "Well I better go save her," I said as I jogged in Jo's direction.

"Hey Josephine" I called. I didn't want to really interrupt them. They said an awkward goodbye and she ran back to us holding the ball and stumbling on the sand.

She was flushed from embarrassment or nerves, and looked at me as if to tell me off. However, before she could say anything, she squeaked. I laughed as I took the ball from her and we walked back to the driftwood.

"I'm hungry, who's up for lunch?" Jake asked. The wolves ate so much food; it was a wonder how he hadn't become obese.

Dawnafus offered to drive us, and we went to the local diner. As we ate our food (I had an omelette, eggs had always been a favourite of mine), my Jacob and Dawnafus started talking cars. I was glad one of my new friends had something in common with my boyfriend, at least he wouldn't feel left out when we went out as a group.

Then Josephine asked how Jake and I had met. We shared a knowing look and I held his hand. It would have looked like an innocent gesture to them, but I was showing Jake what to say, so we had the same story in mind.

"Umm... Well our families go way back. I've known Ness since she was born. Our parents always knew we would end up together." He answered. He leant over and kissed my forehead and we smiled at each other.

Jake had known me since I was born, sure but my parents had never been at all acceptive of the arrangement at first. After the Volturi problem when I had only been a few months old, mom had come to terms with it and let it be. Apparently, there had been some sort of tension between my dad and Jacob though, so it was a lot harder for him to accept jake into the family. I don't think it helped that he could hear our thoughts, which weren't always pure when it came to each other…

"She's my brown eyed girl" he smiled before he turned and we kissed lightly. When I looked back at the twins, I noticed they were both looking at my eyes with a new intensity. I guess that human's don't take in every scrap of information straight away, so I didn't feel embarrassed.

Then the conversation turned to cars again between jake and Dawnafus so Josephine and I started our own separate conversation. We talked about how we could get Chris to talk to her again, she went on for a while telling me how gorgeous he was, then we talked about classes. That subject quickly returned to Josephine's gym class, in which Chris would be there. I laughed as she turned every subject back to Chris. It was fascinating to see how her mind worked. Of course, when I had the chance I always talked about my Jacob.

After the meal, Dawnafus offered to drive us home. We declined and I said we had to get some more food on the way home. This was true in its own right. Since it was Monday tomorrow, I thought it best that I should go hunting again, to keep away the thirst that all the humans brought on in me.

They drove off and when it was clear me and Jake held hands and ran into the forest. No matter how much fun I had with my new friends, running always elated me. The freedom and speed, was exhilarating.

We ran until we reached the forest nearer to my house. I caught a scent, but it wasn't food, it was Alice. Just next to it, I could smell Jasper's scent too. They smelt fresh. They must be out hunting too.

I grabbed Jacob's arm, showing him through my power, us following the scent...but deciding when we had found them that we would just turn away again and leave them undisturbed. If we chose anything else, Alice would see her future disappear and know we were coming.

We moved as swiftly and quietly as we could manage, still keeping our senses ready to find food. I heard a crack of a branch above me, and as I turned to look, saw a beautiful small figure leap down. I hit the ground and rolled away just as Alice landed. We looked at each other and giggled.

"You're getting better, but you still can't focus properly on not catching me," she laughed as we got up and walked over to where Jasper and Jake stood smiling, watching us.

"I'll get you one day." I answered and poked my tongue out at her.

We split up again and went about our actual hunting trip. I only managed to find deer today, but drained two of them in preparation for the week ahead.


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