It has been a week since my birthmark became readable and I still have not been able to translate it because I still don't have a French dictionary. Charlie is home during the week now but he spends the weekends down in Seattle helping with the murder investigation there.

It was Wednesday, the most boring day of the week to far from Monday and not closes enough to Friday. I was sitting outside Angela's waiting for her to come and get into the car so we could get to school. She came out holding her hood over her face as the rain pounded down hard to the ground.

"Finally I thought I was going to go gray waiting for you."

"Sorry the twins were putting up a fight for what they wanted for breakfast." She replied.

"What are they turning into the muggle version of the Weasley twins?" I asked pulling out of her driveway.

"Not really. They don't pull any pranks." She replied.

We rode the rest of the way to school in silence. By the time we pulled in the parking lot was half way full so I had to hunt for a space close to the buildings. Angela left me to meet up with Ben—her crush and science project partner. I waved by and made my way to the library to see if any of their French dictionaries were in. There was only one and it was nearly ripped in half, why the school kept it I don't know.

To start the translation I wrote what was on my wrist at the top of the paper...

Une bouche humaine qui a la capacité de transformer un immortel de mortels une fois de plus

...and the translation below in English.

A human mouth that has the ability to transform an immortal to mortal once more

I'm not sure if the translation is one hundred percent correct but I got the gist of what it means and I really need to talk to Jake and soon. I hurried up and put the dictionary back on the shelf I got it from and went to class. On my way to class however I ran into Edward.

"Sorry." I mumbled picking my things up.

"No it's fine I wasn't watching where I was going either." He replied handing me a notebook.

After he walked past me I noticed the notebook he gave me was the one I had written the translation down in. I was thankful that he didn't see a thing.

I met up with Angela and we went to homeroom together, Ben had also come with us. He and Angela continued to say they are just friends. I have no clue if they are telling the truth or not but hey they are the ones who have to say something to each other.

The end of the day came faster than I had expected. I got there gym without hitting anybody which is a miracle. I met Angela by my car.

"Is it all right if Ben takes me home? He has to talk to my dad about something for his mom and we have work to do on our project." Angela said after I tossed my bag in.

"That's fine. I haven't even started my project yet."

"Who is your partner anyway?" she asked.

"Edward." I replied.

"Lucky."

"Not so much he hasn't talked to me for more than two seconds after he saved us in PA." I told her.

"Oh why don't you tell him that he better get his but over to your house to do the project now or you will make sure he fails his part of the project." She replied.

"You've become vindictive since you stopped hanging out with Jessica."

"I think I'm better for it."

"Hey Ang you coming?" Ben asked walking up.

"Yeah sorry I was just letting Bella know so she didn't sit her for six hours waiting for me to come out of the building." She told him with a laugh.

I said by to them both and hopped in my car and waited for the people passing behind it to get out of the way before I pulled out and went to meet Charlie and tell him that I was going to visit Jake and Billy for a while.

When I pulled up to the police station only one squad car was still in the parking lot. It was my dad's car. The deputies must be out on calls. I parked my car next to dad's squad car and walked into the station.

"Dad?" I called into the office.

"In the back room Bella." He hollered back at me.

I found him where he said he was. He was messing with a copy macheing.

"What are you doing?" I asked.

"Fixing a paper Jam." He replied.

"You are doing it wrong. You press the red button at the bottom and then pull the paper if that don't work you have to call a repair man." I replied.

"How do you know that?"

"My school in Phoenix had one in the office." I told him.

He fixed the machine and finished copying what he needed and put the papers away in files. "The second worst part of the dang job." He said.

"What is the first?" I asked.

"Dealing with all the sick freaks out there," he told me. "So what are you doing here?"

"I just wanted to let you know that I was going down to Billy's to see Jake. I have a friend at school that likes him and I think he likes her so I am stuck doing the whole go between thing." I said half telling the truth; half lying.

"Be home by ten." He replied.

"I will." I said letting him go back to the copier which had jammed up with paper again.

The drive down to La Push went faster than this time around. Maybe it was because I didn't have to deal with Mike Newton this time. I pulled up in front of a small old faded red house. I got out and waked up the door opened before I could even knock.

"Bella what brings you here?" Billy asked.

"Jake."

"He's in his room, second door on the right. Where is Charlie?" he said.

"Having a fight with a copier." I replied.

Billy raised an eyebrow.

"The copier at the station keeps on jamming up with paper." I replied.

"Jake you got a visitor." He yelled moving his wheel chair so I could walk in.

Jake had come out of his room with no shirt on.

"Put a shirt on Jake. I don't want to see that."

"I can't they are all in the wash." He replied.

I rolled my eyes and followed him to his room. I had the scrap of paper in my back pocket.

"So why are you here?" he asked.

I pulled the paper out of my pocket and said "This."

He took the paper and read it. "So?" He asked.

I rubbed the makeup off of my wrist and showed him. "Does your tribe have any legends about something like that?" I said indicating the paper.

"Not that I know of but I could look." He told me.

"You have to keep it a secret okay. I don't want people to know that I have that power if it's real." I replied.

I walked out of his room telling him to call the 'girl' already so Billy wouldn't know what we were really talking about.

"Should I tell Charlie you will be up for the game tomorrow?" I said stopping to ask Billy.

"Tell him I might be up. I got a council meeting and I'm not sure when it will end." He replied with a smile.

I gave him a hug good bye and went home, when I got home I mad fried fish for dinner. I was in the middle of making a salad to go with it when the phone rang.

"Is this Bella swan?" asked a smooth velvety voice.

"Yes. Who is this?" I answered back.

"It's Edward Cullen I was wondering when we could get together to work on our project all thought I must admit I already have quite a bit of it done."

"Some time this weekend and if you finish it in the mean time that's okay we will just tweak it so it shows mine and your personalities."

"That is a weird way of say just put my name on it."

"Edward that is not what I meant. What I meant was that both our view on the subject have to be displayed not just yours and I am pretty sure you do not know me well enough to put my views on the project also."

"You may be hard to read but I think I can tell what your views are pretty good."

"Well we will have to wait and see won't we."

"Where do you want to meet, my house, school or your house?"

"I don't know where you live. People would just stare at us at school and you don't know where I live." I replied.

"You are wrong. I do know where you live."

"How," I asked.

"Everyone knows where the police chief lives."

"Fine. Meet me at my house on Friday before Charlie leaves for Seattle." I told him.

He said okay and hung up. I finished the salad just as Charlie came in the door. We ate in silence. I cleaned up while he watched a late playing game on the television.

"Billy said he might be up for the game tomorrow."

He just nodded.

"When do you leave on Friday?" I asked wanting to know so I could tell Edward.

"After eight," He said. "Why?"

"Edward Cullen has to come over for a project and you said I couldn't be alone with a guy."

"What project?" he asked.

"Biology. He might not be here long because he says he has it already finished but I want my views on it to and I am not sure if he has them on there or not."

"Tell him to come right after school so you have plenty of time to work." he replied.

I said thank you and climbed the stairs to go to bed.

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Readers,

Hope you like this chapter.

I won't be updating as frequent

as classes have started up again.

It's more of a filler but I love

how it turned out anyway.

Please review.

~Maye~