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The First snow fall

CHAPTER 10

Candace's POV

I sat with Kim and Jared in the cafeteria. Weirdly enough people kept coming up to introduce themselves to me. A lot of the guys kept staring at me with interest in their eyes that it was starting to get uncomfortable.

I kept looking towards the entrance of the cafeteria, hoping to see a familiar face standing there, but so far there were only strangers coming through. Kim kept trying to introduce me to some boys who were too eager to meet me, I met some of her friends too. Everybody seemed nice enough.

Outside, the rain just started up again. I miss the humid weather of Perth Australia. I spent most of the time wearing short skirts and shorts since there were days when the days got so hot and lazy.

But Forks was the complete opposite. It was always cold and raining, and if the weather forecast was right, there should be snow by tomorrow. I sighed as I started picking on my pasta salad.

Kim kept asking if I was alright, well nothing was overly wrong with me, just the fact that my parents dumped me in this place left me feeling a little tired.

I shivered a little as a cold breeze flew inside the cafeteria. I looked towards the open door and locked gazes with Jacob. A boy with a long mane of hair kept trying to chat me up, but I was a little too busy staring at Jacob to notice.

Another expression took over Jacob's face, he looked almost sulfurous, annoyed. I had no idea why, then I felt a finger tap me on my shoulder as another boy tried to introduce himself to me. I gave Jacob a side way glance which screamed out 'help me!'.

His sulfurous expression turned to one of sympathy as he started striding towards me. I breathe in as he came over to our table. He gave the freshman boy a look that could freeze water, I watched as the boy hurriedly left the table and back to his own.

I gave Jacob a smile as he sat next to me. "I see you've met some of my friends already" he said in a low voice. I just smiled and nodded shyly.

"Everyone has been so friendly" I said in an awkward voice. He chuckled slightly and added, "yeah, a little too friendly" as he spied another boy coming towards our table.

I sighed loudly, "This is going to be a long day". Just then, Quill, Embry, and Seth sat down, bringing with them another boy who I saw at the wedding party. As I stared at his big frame and his furrowed eyebrows, I recognized him straight away.

"Hey, you're that bulldozer from the shops!" I said brightly. He just gave me a dark look and sat down. I wasn't going to have any of his attitude. "Hey I think my nose is still sore, I'm pretty sure I broke it too!" I added sassily.

He gave me a pained look and looked towards the others for help, but they all just gave him an odd look.

"I said sorry to you didn't I?!" He barked at me. I raised my eyebrow and smiled impishly, "No, I'm pretty sure you said sorry to Jacob, but you know, no problem" I said nonchalantly.

Embry and Quill both started laughing as they took a seat. "You know what? I like her already! Geez Jake, you sure know how to pick them!" He said with a mischievous smile. I blushed fiercely as Jacob glowered at Embry.

I looked down at my food, and took a small mouthful of my pasta and started chewing, staring at anything but the people on my table.

"Aw, Embry, look what you did! Quit embarrassing the new girl!" Quill chimed in. I choked on my food and started having a coughing fit. Jacob was with me in a second, trying to pat my back.

I sat up and held my hand out, a gesture that told him I was fine.

I watched as Jake glowered at Embry and Quill, while Kim just rolled her eyes. By the look of things, she was already use to it. She ignored them and focused her attention towards Jared. I smiled, I couldn't help it, they just looked so cute together.

"So, new girl, how's your first day going so far?" Seth asked. I recognized Seth from the wedding, the boy who caught me when I tripped over the flower arrangement.

"Yeah, it's been alright. It's a bit weird though, do they have to stare at me like that? It's a bit discomforting" I said the last part in a whisper. Seth just laughed it off, "Oh, you'll get use to it in no time at all, you're like Britney Spears to them, before her recent predicament of course!" he said good naturedly. I smiled warmly towards him. I was starting to get comfortable when yet another boy came up to me.

This time he looked like he was around the same age as us. He was probably either a senior or a junior. He had very spiky hair, dark soulful eyes, and a slightly rounded face. He wore a black hooded jacket and brown faded pants. He smiled at me warmly and I blushed furiously.

I admit he was quiet cute, in a boy band kind of way, but he didn't hold a candle to the person sitting right next to me. The boy stood next to me and started to introduce himself.

"Hey girl, I noticed you sitting all the way here, and I just thought that maybe I should introduce myself to you. You lookin' fine and all!" He said in a sleek voice. I looked around the people in my table, Kim rolled her eyes, while the boys looked like they wanted to eat him alive.

But he was so oblivious, I felt the air thickened, the raging hormones felt like it was suffocating me.

"So, my name is Tommy, what's yours girl?" I sat there, slightly dumbfounded. This boy was too much. I think I liked him better when he had his mouth shut. He was coming on too strong that I found it hard to find my voice.

"I'm Candace" I said in a choked up manner.

Seth gave him a steely look and stood up. Seth was way taller than Tommy, his gangly form reminding me of a lean tree. "She's with Jake Tommy, so why don't you go back to your preppy boys, and go back to dressing up Barbie, or whatever else you get up to" he said in a cold voice.

Tommy looked towards Jacob, and Jacob gave him a cold look that sent shivers running up and down my spine. I shivered slightly.

Tommy held up his hand, "Hey…I was just introducing myself, no need to get defensive" and with a cocky smile, he walked away. I was still speechless when I looked towards Seth.

Seth sat back down, and I took in everybody's disgusted expressions. "Sorry you had to see that Candace, Tommy is such a dog, it's the only way to get rid of him" he said seriously while everybody else nodded.

I looked towards Jacob, he looked thoughtful for a while, then stood up so suddenly, that I don't know what went over me, I stood up with him. He looked at me with a curious look.

"Oh, um…Well…Where are you going?" I asked lamely. He just smiled slightly. "I'll be back, I'm hungry" I sat down and watched him head towards the queue. I sat back down embarrassed, "Urgh, How friggin lame could I get?" I said in a tiny voice. But I must have said it a little too loud because I heard Jared chuckle.

"It's called love!" Jared piped in. I blushed a deep crimson and brushed what he said away. I just snorted, which was a very unattractive sound, but they didn't seem to care. "I'm not in love with him!" I said, a little too unconvincingly. The others just shook their heads.

"Denial sucks you know?" Embry and Quill said in unison. Kim giggled while Seth and Jared joined in with the laughter, Paul just kept sulking.

"Oh shut up!" I barked. I focused all of my attention to my pasta salad and ate in silence. Then I heard someone sit next to me. It was Jacob.

I looked at the tray he was holding and nearly choked. He had a full tray with at least 5 different food, and a drink. Quill just laughed, "Well what did you expect, he is a growing boy after all" but he shut up as soon as he saw an apple being thrown his way. He caught it and took a bite off it and just smiled at me.

The rest of lunchtime passed by, filled with light playful banter, with everybody talking about all kinds of random things like re-runs of The Simpson's.

When the bell rang, I had to admit that I was slightly disappointed. I got up and headed towards my locker with Kim. She gave Jared a kiss as he headed towards chemistry.

I sat in cooking theory with Kim, watching Quill and Embry give Ms. Red a hard time by firing hard questions such as; "Can an egg spontaneously combust? If so, how do you do it?"

Then there was the mind boggling questions that had no answers what so ever. We all sat there in silence after Ms. Red told Embry and Quill to shut up. But then after five minutes, Embry held his hand up, "Ms. Red! Which came first? The chicken or the egg?" Then the questions started all over again.

The whole time Kim and I just giggled at their antics. But after a while it got a bit old, I started to drift of to dreamland again. But my gently slumber was interrupted by the bell, which released us from our last class of the day.

Everybody got up from their seats. I headed towards my locker and started stuffing my bag with homework. I turned to Kim waiting for her to finish talking to some random girl I didn't know.

After she was done, she looked at me and gave me a smile. "Thank you so much! I don't think I would have made it through today without you!" I said sincerely. She blushed just slightly and told me it was all cool.

I said goodbye and headed towards the car park. Past the busy students, trying not to trip over the slippery ground. Some people waved at me, some I recognized, some I just completely forgot their names.

I got inside my car and tried to start the ignition. I heard it falter then suddenly it died. "Oh no, not now, come start" I turned the key again and again, but it wouldn't budge.

I heard a tap on my window and saw Jacob grinning down at me. "Are you alright? You want me to give you a lift home?" he asked. I sighed, and hopped off the stupid truck. I nodded and uttered 'thanks' in a small voice. I walked next to him, people were staring at us and whispering, but nothing seemed to bother me somehow.

Being next to Jacob felt nice. I could feel him everywhere somehow. He stopped in front of a black motorbike. I looked around, there was nothing else in this part of the car park but bikes.

"Um, Jacob? Where's your car?" I asked, nervously eyeing the black motorbike. He took out a helmet from his bag, and I started to inch away from him. "Um, on second thoughts, I think I'll walk…" I started walking away, but he wasn't having any of it. He insisted.

So I took the helmet. He noiselessly jumped on and helped me up. "Alright, hold on tight Candace!" He said over the rumbling of the bike. I gripped his hips tightly as the bike gave out a stutter, and he started to speed off. Once we reached the high way, he went on full speed.

I gave a small scream and he laughed heartily. "Oh my god!" I screamed some more like some crazy harpy. I watched as everything went by really fast. The whole time I was gripping his waist like it was my life.

He tried to make small talk. "Did you know my dad use to own that truck you're driving?" he said. I screamed as he looked back at me, "Jake! Keep your eyes on the road!" but instead, he just kept on laughing.

"Yup, I can fix it for you if you want!" he said cheerfully. I was starting to think that perhaps I liked Jacob better when he was sulky and quiet.

But I knew he was just trying to get my mind off the freakiness of riding a motorbike. We arrived at Bella's house in no time at all. I saw Charlie's cruiser, seemed like he's back a little too early today.

Jacob hopped down from his bike, and offered his hand to mine. I took it and was surprised by the heat radiating from it. As I was getting off the bike, I felt my self stumble slightly, Jake caught a hold of my waist, and my face was smoldered on his chest.

"I'm sorry!" I squeaked. He just chuckled and looked down at me with warm eyes. "You know, this is starting to become a habit, are intentionally falling for me?" he said, one of his eyebrows cocked.

I turned red, and shook my head. "No…" but even I wasn't convinced. He just chuckled some more, "sure, sure" he said in a not so convinced tone.

The heat radiating from his body became a little too comfortable. His face came closer, from that distance I could fully see his face. The soft lines of his face, each and every detail spoke rough perfection.

His lips touched my forehead, and I sighed like an idiot.

I wanted to drown in him, to stay in that moment for the rest of my life, just standing still, and just loving him.

But all too soon the spell was broken as Charlie stormed out of the house looking utterly broken and in rabid pain.

His usual gentle face was twisted in an unfathomable expression. Any minute he looked like he would collapse. I let go of Jacob and started heading towards Charlie.

"Charlie?" I asked worriedly, he just stood there, looking at me. Jacob stood right behind me, holding my shoulders back.

"Charlie? Tell me what's wrong!" I said loudly.

He opened his mouth, then to my horror, actual tears came out of his eyes. I looked around at Jacob, he looked slightly crestfallen. I looked from Jacob to Charlie.

"What the hell is going on here!" I screamed out this time. Charlie gave out a dry sob and looked down.

When he looked up, his face was slightly more composed. "Bella's gone Candace" He said in a tiny voice. I felt Jacob stiffen right next to me.

Nothing was making sense.

"What do you mean Charlie?" I said slowly, trying to push down the rising terror that was trying to break free from my heart.

"There's been an accident, Bella…My Bella is dead" he said, and with that his voice cracked. I felt the emotions ooze out of me as the first drop of snow started to fall, followed closely by my tears as I sunk to the ground with Jacob holding me up.

A/N: Thanks so much for reading this guys. i know I'm not imagining it, I'm losing readers. I'm sorry if I can't update on this one as much, I have another project, and I want this one to be a really good imprint story, but for a while, I didn't know where it was going, so after a little more planning, I finally figure out where all of this is heading. Thanks to those people who kept on reading this, you guys rock for putting up with my crap :) Thanks for the reviews! I just needed to close my eyes and let my own imagination take me over. So now here it is! Until my next update you guys! Mwah! Hope you liked this, please review!

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Rose