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BONFIRES

(KATE'S POV)

Cole was driving and I was sitting next to him in his car watching the green woods with tall trees that seemed to be running behind as the car moved forwards. We had just been back from the whole Passport department somewhat because of my passport and dad. It was not about going to New York but just in case if I ever needed to go somewhere out and yeah, the dad matter too. We had left some leaflets there if anyone saw him.

"Hey, uh, Kate, um….what did you think about the whole deal with going to New York?" Cole asked me. It was a long while that we were quiet.

"I don't really want to go." I told him the truth. I knew he would figure it out if I lied, so it was better to say the truth.

"So, why don't you stay with Brady, here?" he asked me.

"Rick already has got my guardianship; I just can't stay more than what he allows." I answered and shrugged.

"I just wanted to know if there were any chances of…" his voice trailed in between.

"Of what?" I asked.

"Of what?" he replied.

"Uh…nothing." I answered.

"So, where next?" he asked me.

"I don't think we got a lot of tasks left, so let's head back home." I replied simply.

"So, what do you think? Do you want to stay here or go?" he asked me. For once, I couldn't help staring at him. I mean seriously. This was the guy who used to HATE me when we were small and always said that he wanted me to go but now…

You know, even I never really wanted to leave because there was now a place on this planet where I actually belonged, where not everyone took me as a jinx and no one wanted me to go away. There were some people who stood every time by my side and stuck to me even when I lied that I didn't need them. Those people always knew what I felt about anything and everything and this was where I belonged- La Push.

So, while he drove me back, his favorite radio show (I'm supposed to know what he tunes because it's been almost a week since he and I roam about in his 'dream girl' together) was featuring a song that totally matched us right now – THE STORY OF MY LIFE, excluding the part where the whole love thing comes. There's nothing like it between the both of us except the liking we have for each other as friends. Both of us do stand the sight of each other and don't want to kill each other as soon as the other does something wrong. We don't want each other in trouble and it feels better this way. I don't have to run around screaming and crying (which I barely do now) for help when he dresses like a Dracula (like the one in Blade) in front of me. I don't know why but I've always had this little fear (or might be called – phobia) from something like a Dracula. It's not that I'm really scared or something but sometimes, an apparition in my dreams haunts me dressed like a Dracula and says that he's going to kill everyone near and dear to me. I don't know how but sometimes, I feel like I believe the fact that a Dracula kind of a thing actually exists in this world and he (or she) is taking away everyone near to me.

1) First of all, my grandma but I don't count her in because she died after she was hospitalized for about two months because of some disease.

2) Then, you could just say our relatives from my mother's side which were really less. There were hardly four or five people we knew.

3) Mom.

4) Luke.

5) Finally….it ends at dad.

I don't get what it exactly has to do with it but sometimes, when my brain works this way logic-ing out things, I really feel as if I am left in a dark world.

"Uh…Chief Swan (AKA Seth's stepdad) told me that he just as well would help us with the case. You know, he said he knew your father." He broke the silence

"Huh?" I reacted and after that I yawned.

"Remember Bella? Bella Cullen?" he asked me. 'Cullen' as in Renesmee Cullen? Wait, I had met her family the day before. God, they are such a pasty family. I mean each one of them seems so white as if made of porcelain and (I don't know if it runs in their genes?) each one of them has got topaz colored eyes except Nessie. She is the only odd one with brown colored eyes. Cole told me that she was adopted. How could I forget that?

"Yeah?" I answered.

"Her father." He clarified.

"Uh…wait a minute. So, Seth's basically Bella's step brother?" I questioned.

"Uh –huh." He replied. "Hey, there's a bonfire tonight. What do you think of coming with me?"

"I…uh…I don't know." I answered.

"Oh, c'mon, it'll be fun. The whole pack…I mean the guys on the Rez, ya know and their respective dates and wives and whatever." He said.

"So, what am I, here? Are you asking me on a date?" I joked.

"Well, didn't think of it that way but you're single, so am I and now that you mentioned it, it's not such a bad idea." He replied. I laughed.

"I'm not gonna be a really great date, lemme tell you." I responded.

"Why? Someone said that? Wait, when have you been on a date before?" he questioned.

"What do you mean? Can I not have a love life?" I asked him.

"No, but you never told me."

"Well, obviously no, I didn't have one. I was first so occupied with my tennis and then all of this." I shrugged. "But still…I feel I'm really boring to have as a date. I mean c'mon, I'm not on the cheering squad and neither am I 'Andrea Blue' who is like another Regina George from Mean Girls."

"What do you mean by that?"

"I'm not a dateable material, I guess."

"Hey, don't under-estimate yourself like that."

"Ah, whatever. Let it go. I'll be there, don't worry." I closed the case myself.

"Oh yeah. That's some convincing." He said. I hit him in the arm. I laughed and maybe it was in days that I laughed.

"So, I'll pick you up at seven." He told me.

He pulled the brakes in front of my house and at this point of time, I felt like I wanted to tell him about the whole hypnosis thing.

"I…uh… I wanted to tell you something." I muttered.

"What?" he asked me.

"Um…thanks. For always being by my side." I said and opened the door. Without looking at him, I ran into the house. I'm such an idiot.

Cora dropped in my house at about 6:30, like those bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. No, really there was an impact. I was taking out my normal blue jeans to wear with a plain red top and there she was, cursing me.

"Look, it's just a normal bonfire. Everyone on the Rez knows me now." I said.

"You don't know! You just don't know anything!" she said in a dramatic way. Gah! "Okay, whatever. I want you to wear something fine, okay?!"

She searched through my wardrobe saying "Nah" to almost every top or anything and throwing it on my head. I know she is my best friend but sometimes, she can drive you crazy enough that you want to run out of the house and suicide.

"Here, catch this." She said and threw two pieces of clothing in my direction. I caught them and instantly knew what they were. Cora had gotten me to shop for these two some days ago. It was a dark blue (almost black) denim mini skirt with a reddish–orange top which had the net shoulder and half sleeve area. She took out a pair of shiny red and blue sneakers with black hoop earrings and a blue charm bracelet.

"And you! Are not wearing your jacket!" she didn't even question. She was ordering me that.

"You know I can't go on without it! I have to have my left one somewhere." I protested.

"Duh, the skirt has a pocket!" she shouted.

Where was I trying to hit my head to make an impact? That is Cora Littlesea- the girl who can even scold the moon on a new moon night and tell it to be a full moon. I'm just a mere human then. Anyway, she helped me get ready and was getting ready herself in a white skirt with black polka dots and a yellow and black top. Quite a cute one, if you ask me. She ran out as soon as Brady rung the bell with her arm in his and I was alone. She had made me wear the stupid lip gloss but the main problem was that I didn't know how to tie my laces. The bell rung again.

"Kate?!" this was Cole's voice.

"Yeah, there in a sec." I said and tried to walk properly with those untied sneakers. I so hate Cora for this! I was there in front of him while he was busy searching the drawers for something.

"Cole?" I asked.

"AAA! Oh you…whoa." He exclaimed. "You look…you look…"

"Your sister was the one who did this." I told him before he said anything.

"No, I…uh…you l-look…uh…p-pretty." He stuttered.

"Uh…thanks." I replied. I didn't know how but I could feel the blood rush up in my cheeks causing me to blush.

"So, shall we?" he asked me.

"Um…yeah." I muttered. As we reached to the door and I was locking it, he stopped.

"Wait, can I ask you something; why haven't you tied the laces?" he asked me.

"I guess…I don't know how to. Okay, you can laugh at me." I was looking away after I said it but I didn't hear him laugh of say anything that could make me feel irritated. Instead, he bent down to tie my laces. "Why ain't you laughing?"

"You know, even Albert Einstein didn't know how to tie his laces." He said, matter-of-factly.

Someone on this planet finally gets me.

"So, you don't think I'm an idiot?" I asked him.

"No, infact it's cute." He replied.

When we reached there, I spotted almost everyone I knew from the frequent visits to Sam and Emily's.

"Hey! Kate and Cole are here!" I hear Lew shout from the log he was sitting on. He was another guy I met at their place one day with the same spurt. He was about 17, so the only one my age.

"Um, hey!" I called out.

"Don't worry. They won't bite." Cole told me.

"Don't be too sure about it." Lew jumped in between and dragged me along. "You're sitting with me, 'kay?"

"I guess, okay." I replied.

(COLE'S POV)

I knew it's supposed to be all informal but what do I do? I'm freaking out! This is my first date. I mean, with her, of course. Goddamnit! It's not even a date. It's such a pathetic situation.

No. correction: I'm so pathetic. Ain't I? Anyway, I decided to face the situation. I'm not a coward atleast, is what I know. I can kill vampires and she is just a human, not that I'm gonna kill her but I'm going to get her to myself one day and that'll be soon enough. Okay, right now, I needed a granola bar or a Naturo fruit bar so that I don't eat as if I'm even going to eat horses in front of her. That is what exactly happened the last time when we went out to eat together. It wasn't exactly a date if you put it. We were coming back from our searching dad mission. Anyway, my wolf ears kind of made me sense that she was trying to walk better. You know, there's a specific rhythm when she walks which I always recognize every time she walks near me.

"Yeah, there in a sec." she had replied. I heard her come but I wasn't somehow ready to give up on my hunt. "Cole?"

"AAA! Oh you…whoa." I got startled for a whole but when I turned to her... I swear I couldn't just somehow say anything. Spit something, jackass. "You look…you look…"

"Your sister was the one who did this." She said as if scared that I was going to say something to embarrass her. I gotta change my mean image for her.

"No, I…uh…you l-look…uh…p-pretty." I stuttered. Just someone tell me why don't tongues work at the right places?

"Uh…thanks." She replied. I couldn't help noticing her cheeks that had a pretty tinge of pink by my stuttering. She was wearing this orange top with a mini skirt and a hot red belt. I really got a good sight of her legs. I mean… I'm a normal guy under a wolf, so….

God, what's wrong with me?

"So, shall we?" I decided to change my mind from the focus that it was in earlier.

"Um…yeah." She said under her breath. As we walked to the door, with me in the front and she following me, I noticed something. She hadn't tied her laces yet.

"Wait, can I ask you something; why haven't you tied the laces?"I asked her. I remembered when she was little, I mean when we all were little, Luke used to tie her laces.

"I guess…I don't know how to. Okay, you can laugh at me." she said, looking away. Okay, am I so mean in her brain? I would laugh at her for not knowing how to tie some stupid shoe laces? She's still so wrong about me. So, here goes nothing… I bent down to tie them myself. It won't kill me if I did that.

"Why ain't you laughing?"

"You know, even Albert Einstein didn't know how to tie his laces." I replied. Hasn't she read that?

"So, you don't think I'm an idiot?" she questioned me. That little question was way too cute.

"No, infact it's cute." I replied. I actually was talking about her question but this little habit was cute too. We walked down to the bonfire area. None of us had uttered a word yet which wasn't weird because she really was an 'in herself' person. I wanted to understand her but the thing was that this girl doesn't ever allow anyone to pass into her heart. You know, girls are already really complex materials and you never know what they mean but she was a unique one. Well, anyway, I somehow spotted Lew. Lew is like 17 and just her age and you know what, sometimes, he really gets on my nerves by fluttering about my imprint. It sucks. It really does.

"Hey! Kate and Cole are here!" he greeted after he ran to us. Exactly, what I didn't wish to happen.

"Um, hey!" she replied to him.

"Don't worry. They won't bite." I muttered sarcastically. Seriously, I hate Lew at times.

"Don't be too sure about it." Lew jumped in between and dragged her along. "You're sitting with me, 'kay?"

"I guess, okay." She replied.

No way!

How could my imprint ever do that?!

She just left me and went to sit with Lew who she has just known for less than a couple of weeks.

How could this be happening to me?

"Tough break, man?" I felt someone put a hand on my shoulder and say. I knew this was Paul.

"What do you mean?" I muttered, sulking. I walked straight into Sam's with Paul following me. You know what is second most annoying thing in the world? Paul following you around to make you speak something.

"What happened?" Emily asked as I picked up an almond cookie (which was all I got).

"Nothing." I uttered, chewing.

"That's what the look of a wolf is when his imprint goes along with someone else." Paul said.

"Oh shut up! She's not gone with someone else." I answered back.

"Paul, mind shutting up for a moment?" she smacked the back of his head. Nice one!

"Seriously, Cole? How insecure you are!" she exclaimed.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"You know what I mean." She gave me a look. Sometimes, I don't like Emily for being so great, nice and witty at the same time. Why don't they let me and my heart being grilled on a grill like it already is?

"Now, go and sit with her. Wonder why Cora didn't let her wear her jacket?" she patted my back and pushed me up. Next time, remind me to hit my head on a wall (as if it is really going to break, not breaking that wall). I walked down to sit next to her and I realized that after all what she was doing there was observing the couples and smiling. She was smiling and it wasn't a fake smile, it was a real one after a lot of time.

"Hey!" I bumped into her, not really deliberately though.

"Where were you?" she asked me.

"Just inside for a moment." I replied. "Um…you are comfortable with this, right?" I asked her. I didn't get why I asked it. It just kind of slipped down my tongue.

"With what? I'm not your date, lemme clear you." She replied, laughing.

"How can you betray me like that!?" I said in a dramatic tone. I put my hands near my cheeks like those women in old French movies do. She squinted at me, fluffed her nose for a second and laughed. One of her perfect eyebrow had shot up and come down when she had laughed. I never knew how she was so perfectly pretty.

"What are you staring at?" she asked me as she snapped her fingers in front of my eyes.

"Um…nothing." I answered.

Liar, liar, pants on fire.

Shut up! No one ever asked you.

As old Quil went on with the old legends of the tribe, I was just day-dreaming about our life…well together and after we got married and all.

First of all, what I had been seeing was my imprint barreling around the house, shouting at me to pick up things as she won't be able to because she would be just too fat to do so when she would be pregnant. Then, what I was seeing was the part when she was shouting at the kids to do their homework and I would be their secret candy giver.

"Where are you lost, Cole?" she asked me.

"Nothing." I answered. Damn, I was blushing.

Why was I blushing? She should be the one blushing!

But she doesn't know what I'm thinking. So, yeah, how would she?

"Cold?" I asked her. I had seen her wrap her arm around her.

"Um…yeah. Maybe. A bit." She replied. I took off my jacket and made her wear it and zipped it for her. For one tiny moment, even I felt her heartbeat race as the zip went up. She was blushing! She was!

I pushed her into me, now.

"How are you so warm?" she asked me.

"Runs in the genes." I answered.

"So, why not me?"

"You're a girl."

"Why do guys always get the advantage?" she said and yawned.

Yeah, right. With this warmth, you also get tuning into a wolf power free and that's not just it, you sometimes also get to imprint and there's a lot of duty too.

You're so right, sweetheart. Guys, get all the advantages.

The legends succeeded as they always do. I had my arm wrapped around my imprint that I think comforted her from the cold breeze (duh, for her) which actually comforted me too knowing that I had her all to myself and I had distanced Lew from her about a foot atleast. In a few seconds, I had her head dropped into my chest and that was when accidentally smelt her head. It happens every time I hug her. Not that we hug on a regular basis but it did happen the last time. I don't know what shampoo she uses but it is somewhat close to a fruity fragrance and let me tell you she smells a lot like blooming lilies.

"Dude, what are you doing?" Brady asked me from across the bonfire.

"Uh…nothing." I lied.

Liar, liar, pants on fire.

Oh shut up!

"You were sniffing my sister's head like a hound." He retorted.

"Sorry." I muttered. Why don't I ever say that when he makes out with my sister? I'll leave it for the next time. Anyway, the legends were almost over so I decided to drop her back home. I picked her up in my arms when the others there started making those weird noises and whistled.

Remind me to kill each one of them.

"She's sleeping." I said to shush them.

Anyway, when we reached there was a door stuck on the note.

I'm going to Seattle for some work. Will be back in a week. Hope u can take care of yourself, Kate. Everything is at it's origin place. Take care…

Ricky…

So that means I do have to stay back with her. Not a bad deal, huh? I knew where the keys were. I put her in the car for a few minutes and took the keys out of her pocket. I took her inside and straight to her room and put her in her bed. For some minutes, I was there staring at her legs and then she groaned. I knew she needed a blanket. I never get how girls know they are being stared at even in their sleep?


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