With Jake's words echoing in my head, I fell asleep to a serene silence other than the beforehand nature melodies. The relaxing feel of Jake's breathing had me out like a light. I slept a whole night. Until the unexpected woke me up.
"Looks like Big Shot's got his girl," cracked a voice with a snicker.
"And all through the night," another one said.
"Boys, stop," a gruffer voice entered.
Jacob woke up, startled. Waking me as well, I pushed off of his chest to sit up. Blinking a few times into focus, it had to be about mid-dawn and the sky was a yellow and blue blur above the trees. It kind of reminded me of an Easter egg. Approaching were Embry, Jared, and Sam. I'd only heard of the last two from Jake, but I never really liked the idea of meeting Sam. Or Jared in that matter; he was the aggressively annoying one Jake warned me about. But Sam, I was always a bit wary of him.
Jake sat up, more alert than me.
"You missed the meeting call," Sam's heavy voice said.
"There was a meeting call?" Jake played stupid. His sensitive ears couldn't miss a beat.
"Yeah Jake, but you were probably too busy to hear it," Embry laughed along with Jared. Jake made a face to them and returned to face Sam.
"I'm sorry. Is there still time to get there?" Jake said, grabbing his shirt from the grass next to me and pulling it over his head.
"Obviously Jacob, if there wasn't any time left, we wouldn't have come looking for you," Sam almost growled. Whatever this meeting was about, it had to be serious.
"Oh okay, sorry," Jake stumbled on words.
"Go to your meeting Jake, I can get home on my own," I faked a smile. I pictured after a cute romantic evening, I could have a cute romantic morning. Guess not, werewolves had to come and ruin it. I got up and rolled my shoulders back to stretch them, and started to walk back up to the open woods that lead to my car. I felt a wisp of wind behind me as Jake flew in front of me.
"I'll come back. Just stay out of trouble," he smiled playfully, exposing perfect pearls that glistened away from his russet skin. He lifted me up a bit and kissed me. I kissed him back quickly in fear of Sam getting mad at me. And that was the last I wanted. He hurried off back to the other wolves. I looked back over my shoulder to see them walking back towards the woods, conversing, and pulling their shirts from over their heads. I knew they were about to phase so averted my gaze back to the direction I was walking.
There was so much I missed in the woods as my fired up self from yesterday trudged through. The strange flowers grew up in vines around the trees and even sprouted on the deep green patches of moss that blanketed the thick roots of its host. I reached down and plucked on straight from the earth, roots and all, and carried it back to my car.
You could see the yellow Corvette from a mile away. It stood out from all the surrounding green vegetation, making it easy to locate. I put my hand in my pocket, pushed the car-open button, and yanked on the handle to open my door. I slid in, shutting the door behind me. I placed my flower in between the passenger and driver's seats, put the key in the ignition, and slowly back out of the woods. I reached the pavement and changed into forward, directing the car to the way out of La Push.
Speeding a bit, I slowed down and gazed out of the window for a minute. A deep brown blur was keeping up with my car. And it only took me a second to realize that my Jacob was racing along side my car as the big, scary dog I rescued in the beginning of summer. I smiled out the window as the blur disappeared back into the forest. I wonder what I'm going to do today I thought. I think I'll go see Bella. And with that I turned at the next intersection to her house.
I turned on the radio but nothing worth listening to was on, so I turned it back off. I rolled down the street until I reached Bella's driveway. I slid my Corvette in between Charlie's police car and the grass. Bella's rust colored truck was no where to be found. I parked my car and got out, swinging the ring of keys around my finger. I pushed the doorbell in and it rang. Footsteps pattered from inside and Charlie opened the door.
"Oh, hello there, Danielle. Haven't seen you around here in a while," he spoke through his mustache.
"Yeah I know, just was really busy with school and stuff. Thank God for summer. Is Bella home?" I asked.
"No, she isn't right now. She's off with Edward. I think she's at his house. You might want to check at his house?" Charlie responded.
"Sure, thanks Sgt. Swan," I said and saluted him. He laughed and waved goodbye, shutting the door behind him. I walked back to my car. Where was Edward's house again? I'm sure he won't mind if I show up, will he? I better text her to see if it's okay. I whipped out my phone and sent a message asking. I pulled my car out of the driveway and waited for my phone to vibrate, telling me she responded. After driving a few blocks away, my cell buzzed in my lap and I flipped it open. It read:
Sure! Come on over. You can meet Edward's family, too J"