The Twilight Saga is the rightful property of Stephenie Meyer. I only take credit for my own ideas.


Chapter Seven

"What are you planning on wearing?"

Looking up from my laptop, because I was on Facebook looking at Jake's pictures, the ones he had on his profile, I saw my mom leaning against the door frame, her arms crossed as she waited for an answer.

I wasn't stalking him, no, but I did want to see if there were any photos of him where he wasn't wearing a shirt. He looked really good without a shirt. Regardless, I exited out of the browser and sat up.

"I'm not entirely sure," I answered truthfully with a shrug. "What do you wear on a first date?"

"Well, you're going to the beach, right?" she asked as she walked in, looking through my closet. "You should wear something comfortable, first and foremost, but you also want to draw a bit of attention to yourself." She started to look through the different shirts that I had hanging up before she pulled out a dark blue v-neck t-shirt that I forgot I even had. "It's always a good thing to tease the boys," she said with a wink before tossing the shirt on to my bed. "You can bring a jacket with you, of course, but this will be enough to show off what your mother gave you."

I bit my lip as I tried not to blush. Really? My mom was suggesting that I should wear a shirt that showed cleavage? I had to admit…it was a good idea. That way Jake would still want to look at me when I got there, because my bulky green cast was definitely an eye sore. "It'll work," I said with a nod.

She gave me a smile as she turned back around, clapping her hands together. "I can't believe it. My baby girl has her first date. I think I'm going to cry," she added teasingly, running a finger underneath her eye for emphasis.

"Oh, Mom," I said, rolling my eyes. "I doubt he's even going to like me like that. I mean, he's gorgeous and so nice and handsome and…I'm just…plain."

"Aww," she said before she walked over to me and wrapped her arms tightly around my shoulders. "Don't ever think that you're just plain, Bella. You are a beautiful girl, inside and out. After all, you do favor me more than your father."

I rolled my eyes again. "Please, Mom. I'm nowhere near as…crazy as you."

Mom chuckled before she placed a kiss on my forehead. "You get crazier with age, my dear. Just wait until you're older."

With that she left just as Emmett poked his head through the bathroom door.

"We're going to leave in about ten minutes. Think you can be ready by then?" he asked.

I glanced at the clock and saw that it was two minutes past seven, and the party was going to start at about seven twenty. With a nod I walked over to the door. "Now let me get changed in peace," I said before closing it on him, heading to my bed. Once I put the shirt on, I looked down and admired the way it looked on me.

It makes my boobs look good, that's for sure, I thought before I headed towards my closet and grabbed a pair of jeans.

I was dressed and downstairs in five minutes, tapping my foot impatiently as I waited for my brother to get his ass ready. He was downstairs within the minute, joking about how he should've been the one waiting for me, before we got into the jeep and started to drive off.

I looked at his knuckles as he gripped the steering wheel, slightly reddish but nowhere near as red and purple as they were on Monday night. "How're yours knuckles?"

He sighed as he flexed his right hand. "Pretty much healed up. It's not like I broke them or anything, you know. How's the wrist?"

I shrugged as I lifted my left hand. "Can't complain. Once he put the cast on most of the pain went away." I looked out of the window as I sighed. "How was detention?"

"How do you think it was?" he chuckled. He had received a week's worth of detention for fighting Felix whereas Felix was suspended for two weeks. They said it was because Emmett was justified for what he did but that it was still wrong for him to punch another student. Either way, I felt a bit safer knowing Felix wasn't there. I didn't know what else he would do, but, seeing as Emmett had "beaten the crap out of Felix" as my friends told me the next day, I had a feeling he wasn't going to bother Emmett anytime soon. "Detention was stupid. I was only in there because I was defending you, you know that."

"I'm not some porcelain doll that you need to protect Emmett," I said with a sigh. "I can take care of myself."

He snorted. "Not very well, apparently," he said, pointing to the cast. "Besides, it's the big brother's job to make sure that no guy hurts his sister and if he does; he'll have hell to pay. Jake knows to be careful now," he said, looking out of the corner of his eye, "so hopefully he won't break your heart."

I bit my lip as I realized that the conversation had gotten deep. Deciding to remain silent, I flipped on the radio to Emmett's preferred station and, like I predicted, he started to rap along to the lyrics, his fingers drumming on the steering wheel to the beat of the song.

"Yeah, yeah," he started, bobbing his head as he transformed into Jay-Z, "I'ma up at Brooklyn, now I'm down in Tribeca, sitting next to De Niro, but I'll be hood forever…"

Drowning out his rapping babble, I looked out of the window as the sun started to make its descent towards the horizon, the sky beginning to change into different colors. Right now it was still light blue, but you could tell there was a bit of pink swirled in there.

We reached the beach's parking lot, which was higher up than the actual beach itself, and I laughed to myself when Emmett pulled into the spot next to the familiar Silver bug.

"Did you bring any cash?" Emmett asked as he turned off the engine.

"No, why?"

He shrugged before he reached into his wallet and grabbed a ten dollar bill, handing it to me. "In case you want to get something to drink," he said with a wink.

I looked at the face of Alexander Hamilton in confusion before it dawned on me. This was the money for buying alcohol. "Emmett…you don't…drink, do you?"

"Every once in a while I do, why?" he asked.

"Because Dad is the Chief of Police? What would he think if he heard you drink? What if he decides to do a random breathalyzer or drug test or—"

Emmett placed his hand on my shoulder with a chuckle. "Relax, Bells. It's not like I get drunk. I only have a couple of beers and I'm able to act like my regular self. Dad doesn't know, and, so long as you don't tell him I drink, I won't tell him you do," he said before he opened the door of the jeep and hopped out, waving to someone down on the beach.

With a sigh I got out of the jeep and headed down towards the beach, Emmett had already ran off to some of the guys that were tossing a football around, and stuffed my hands into my pockets as I looked around nervously, trying to find someone I knew. Rosalie was sitting next to Felix, he was whispering in her ear and she was giggling, and Jasper and Riley were talking to one another, laughing. Mike and Jessica were grinding to the music, as were Tyler and Lauren, so I rolled my eyes and ignored them as I looked around and found that Edward and Kate were deep throating each other on a log, and I shivered as I noticed there was a line forming near a cooler.

I got in line behind a blonde girl, one who looked familiar, and after a minute of standing behind her I recognized her. It was the girl I saw Felix making out with on my first day of school, Heidi, I learned her name was.

After she paid for her beer she left the line and I almost felt my jaw drop. This guy was yet another Quileute, but damn, he was huge; taller and bigger than Jake, his black hair shaggy as it hung past his ears. He wore a wife beater that showed off his muscles more than was necessary and his entire left arm was covered in tribal tattoos.

"What's your poison?" he asked, opening the lid of the cooler.

Peering inside, I could only see the names of popular beer brands; Rainer, Bud Light, Miller, Corona. "Do you have anything non-alcoholic?" I asked.

He chuckled and grabbed a can of Bud Light. "One Bud, two dollars."

"But I don't want—"

"Two dollars," he interrupted, waving the can of beer.

"Sam," I heard a familiar voice sigh before Jake walked around, carrying another cooler. "You could've told her to wait." He placed the cooler down next to the other one and opened it up, grabbing a Dr. Pepper out of it and handing it to me. "Sorry, Bella, Sam just likes to get people drunk."

Sam chuckled. "I just like to make money; I don't care what people do so long as I get the green."

Jake flashed me a smile, his eyes drifting down towards my cleavage before he looked me in the eyes. "You look good tonight, Bells. Come on," he said, reaching for my hand, only to realize that one of them was holding a can and the other was in a cast. He dropped his arms to his side and nodded towards the rocks. "Want to walk to the tide pools with me?"

I nodded and walked with him, away from Sam. There was something about him I didn't quite like about him; supplying teenagers with alcohol. "How old is Sam?" I asked, turning to him.

"Um…I think he just turned twenty-three. Why?" he asked as we walked.

I shrugged as I tried to crack open my can but failed miserably. Jake chuckled and opened it for me. "Thanks," I said before I took a quick drink. "Don't you think he's a little old to be hanging out around a high school party?"

"Naw," Jake said as he kicked the sand. "I've known Sam for as long as I can remember, he's always fit in more with the younger crowd, and now people especially like it because he can supply them with the liquor."

Taking another drink, I caught a whiff of a familiar smell, one that was a bit sweet but also a bit pungent. "Who supplies the weed?" I asked. Growing up in California, I quickly became familiar to the smell of weed when it was being smoked. Heck, it practically clung to Nahuel.

Jake chuckled and looked at me. "You know what weed smells like?"

"Grew up in Cali," I said, pointing to myself.

"Well, I guess they got it from themselves, but I'm not sure," he said with a shrug before he turned to look towards the ocean, smiling as he watched the sun inch closer to the horizon. "Isn't that a gorgeous sight?"

I nodded. "Yeah. The sunset back in Cali wasn't this good."

"Probably because there is less light pollution here," he teased before he stopped and ran a hand through his hair. "Look, Bella, I…There's something I want to do."

I stopped and looked at him, pursing my lips as I watched him take a deep breath. He took a step closer, closing the gap between us. He leaned forward a bit, hesitating as his eyes flickered to my lips and then to my eyes, asking for permission. I did nothing as he slowly closed his eyes and pressed his lips to mine.

My eyes seemed to close involuntarily as I returned the kiss back, my lips caressing his before I felt his hands cup the sides of my face.

Slowly our lips parted and we looked each other in the eyes, not saying a word as we tried to regain our breaths, the sound of the music the only thing we could hear.

Now, that wasn't my first kiss but I had to admit, Jake was a good kisser. I leaned forward and pressed my lips to his once more, and I smiled once I felt him kiss back.

"That was…" Jake managed to say as we pulled apart for the second time. "Wow, that was great."

I nodded. "It was."

"I'm glad I decided to do that," he said with a chuckle. "I was talking to a mirror the entire day trying to figure out the best way to do this. Man, it was easier than I thought."

"I'm not that easy," I said, rolling my eyes.

"Yeah, I know, now for the hard part," he said before he scratched the back of his neck, taking a deep breath. "Look, I know that this might seem soon and I know we haven't known each other long but…I'd like it if you were to become my girlfriend." I opened my mouth to speak but he held up a finger. "You might need time to think on it, I know, so…just let me know Monday morning, okay?"

I nodded. "Are we going to finish our date now?"

He chuckled. "Yeah, I think they're going to start the fire now. Have you seen what the sea salt does to the fire before?"

We talked about the way the fire turned blue because of the salt on the logs, and, as I walked up to the fire, I inhaled the aroma. God, there was nothing like the smell of a bonfire; it was one of my favorite smells.

I heard someone wolf-whistle from behind me, so I turned around to see three shirtless men. One had short blonde hair and a goatee, his toned arms crossed as he looked at one of his friends incredulously. Another had blonde hair that was made into a short faux hawk, a weird looking tattoo on his right pec, and he flashed me a smile as he caught me looking. Something told me he was the one who whistled at me. The one next to him had brown hair that was longer than his friends but still dark, and he had a tanner pallor. Brown stubble was on his chin as he looked around the beach, tapping his foot impatiently.

"Jake," I said, poking him with my finger, "who are those guys? They seem…shady."

Jake turned around to see the guys I was looking at before he cleared his throat. "I…uh…need to talk to Quil and Embry. I'll be back, alright?" he asked though he quickly left without giving me a chance to answer.

"Bella!" I heard someone call just as I turned around to see Rosalie and Alice walk my way with smiles on their faces. Alice's smile deepened as she wrapped her arms around me. "Glad you could make it."

"Figured you were here; Emmett parked next to your bug," I teased.

Rose chuckled. "Yeah, if you see a silver bug in Forks, you know it belongs to Alice."

Alice rolled her eyes. "Hey, now, I like my bug. Don't make fun of her."

Rose and I laughed at Alice's angry pout, her arms crossed as she looked at us, before Rose sniffed the air. "Are they cooking the hot dogs now?"

I looked towards the fire and saw several natives; Jared and Paul was a couple of them, holding metal sticks over the fire, hot dogs on the end of them. "Looks like it," I said as I turned back to Rose.

"I wonder if they did something different to it…it doesn't smell right," she said, sniffing again before she put her hand on her mouth. "Ugh…I need to go…" she said before she ran off to the buildings that were up near the parking lot.

"Wonder what's going on with her," Alice wondered out loud before she turned to me. "So, what have you been up to?"

Oh, you know, kissing my crush and being asked to be his girlfriend. No big deal. "Not much, really," I lied with a shrug as someone walked up to us, her red hair in braids as she smiled at us.

"Hi, I'm Katie," she said, offering her hand to me.

I took it and shook it with a smile. "Bella."

"I think everyone knows your name," Katie joked before turning to Alice. "So, um, Alice, you want to help me with my homework now?"

Alice nodded before her eyes quickly flickered to mine. "Sure, Katie, let's go."

I watched Alice and Katie walk up towards the parking lot, my lips pursed as I tried to figure out what they were up to. Doing homework during a party at the beach? That didn't seem suspicious.

"Hey, Bells," Jake said as he wrapped his arm around my waist. "Sorry about that. Those guys are punks that keep challenging Paul, Embry and Quil to basketball. Had to tell them that they were back. What'd I miss?"

I shrugged. "Not much," I said as I noticed Embry walking over to Paul and tapping him on the shoulder, whispering something in his ear before they both headed behind us and towards the shirtless men. As I watched them, I noticed that they headed towards the lot, and the one with the dark brown hair had a tribal tattoo over his upper back. "There are a lot of tattoos around here," I mentioned as I turned back to Jake.

"Not a fan of tattoos?"

"Well, some tattoos are good but I'm not one of those who thinks that you should have tattoos all over your body, you know?" If someone wanted to do that, however, that was on them. Let people do what they want.

Jake chuckled. "I guess that's good, because I've got a tattoo," he said with a grin before he lifted up his right pant sleeve, showing me his thigh (which was toned and muscular) that had a tribal wolf on it, one that looked like it was in a running position as it faced down his leg. "I like to think that it's running down my leg."

"It's cool, but why a wolf?" I asked.

"Well, that's one of the legends we have here," he said before he got into the long spiel about how the Quileutes are supposedly descended from wolves and that they were once warriors who could turn into wolves.

As I listened to his drabble I noticed that Alice and Katie had come back. Alice's hair was a bit messier than it was when she left and Katie's button down shirt wasn't buttoned all the way, and she looked flushed as she walked over towards her group of friends.

For some reason, I felt a pang of jealousy in my stomach, but I shook my head and nodded to Jake as he continued to discuss the legends, my eyes on Alice.

She kept looking over at me, her lips tugging downwards in a frown, before I noticed her walk over to Sam and grabbed a drink from the cooler, handing him a bill. Even as she downed her beer, her eyes kept flickering over to me.

I wanted to know why she kept staring at me like that. Was it because she didn't like Jake that much? Was it because she thought Jake was a monster?

Either way, I didn't care as I leaned my head on Jacob's shoulder, enjoying the warmth of the bonfire and the smell of my crush.


"So," Rose said as we looked through the clothes racks at Penny's, Alice trying to desperately find something as she moved from one rack to another. They made good on their promise to take me to the mall in Port Angeles on Sunday, so here I was, watching as my friends decided on what to buy and what not to buy. "I saw you and Katie Marshall heading off towards the parking lot, yesterday," she paused as she looked at Alice, "anything going on there?"

Alice shrugged. "Not really. She wanted help with her homework."

"Bullshit. That's the same lie you used when you and Tanya would sneak off and make out in the woods. There is definitely something going on between you two."

"Tanya?" I asked, stuffing my hands into my pockets.

"My first girlfriend," Alice answered before she turned to Rose. "Alright, so Katie and I fooled around a bit. Happy now?"

Rose clapped her hands. "Oh, goodie. Now Alice isn't going to be single anymore."

"Just because we fooled around it doesn't mean that we're going to be together. She's too scared to come out. Haven't you heard she's dating Eric now?" Alice asked, her eyes going back to the racks. "There's no way I'm going to date someone who's hidden in the closet."

"Alright, alright, I was just assuming, I'm sorry," Rose said before she stopped. "Oh, God…what time is it, Alice?"

Alice grabbed her phone and flipped it open. "Twelve. Why?"

"Yep, right on time," Rose said as held her stomach. "God…I need to find the bathroom."

"Menstrual problems?" I asked.

"No," she answered as she headed away from the racks and went towards the bathroom which was, thankfully, close. "Every day, around noon, I just…feel nauseous all of the sudden. It's like clockwork. I wish it were menstrual problems though," she said as she ran into the bathroom. Alice and I stopped outside the door and waited, listening to the sound of retching as we looked at one another.

Alice took a deep breath. "You don't think she could be pregnant, do you?"

"Rose is a smart woman, I'm sure she uses protection and I'm sure she's on the pill," I said with a shrug. "She could be, though."

"What about you and Jake?" she asked, leaning against the wall. "What's going on with the two of you?"

"Well, we were on a date yesterday and he…kissed me, but…I'm not sure where it's going to go."

Alice sighed. "You know my feelings about him. I just…don't want you to do something you'll regret, okay?"

I nodded. "I'll take that into consideration."

For the remainder of the shopping day, I basically followed Rose and Alice as they hopped from store to store and, thankfully, it was time to go. Once I was in my house I quickly headed into my room and turned on my laptop, clicking on Firefox as I tapped my foot impatiently against the floor.

As soon as my homepage popped up, Facebook, of course, I went to my profile and clicked edit profile, finding "Friends and Family" on the left hand menu. I clicked the drop down box and switched my profile from "single" to "in a relationship" and typed in "Jacob Black" when the new box popped up.

With a satisfied smile, I clicked save changes and leaned against the chair.

Hopefully this was a good enough answer for Jake.


A/N: What's going on with Rose? Who were those guys? How far are Bella and Jake going to go?

All of these questions, and more, will be answered in the upcoming chapters!

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Next chapter we fast forward a couple of weeks to September...13th.