Chapter Ten
As I stood there, staring into the eyes of Nahuel, my hatred for him once again resurfaced. Suddenly, a million questions bombarded my mind. What in God's name is he doing here? Wasn't he supposed to be coming tomorrow? And why is he acting like we are lifelong friends who didn't have a fall out about a year ago? As the anger and tension grew inside of me, my grip on Jacob's hand became even tighter. It was a good thing he was as strong and indestructible as he was; I would have surely crushed any normal human's hand by now.
"What are you doing here?" I said through gritted teeth "You are not supposed to be here until tomorrow when my grandparents arrive!" With a sly smile he said, "I decided I would come a day early and surprise you. This way, we have a few more hours to spend together." As if just realizing that he was stopping us from leaving, he continued. "Oh, was I interrupting something? Were the two of you leaving for….a date?" he said with visible sarcasm. "Oh I am dreadfully sorry for the intrusion. I will just go see how Edward and Bella are doing." With that, he passed by us swiftly, murmuring something that incidentally sounded as if he said "there goes my chances". What? I had to have heard him wrong. Did I?
I turned to Jacob who had been silent through the whole ordeal. Looking at him, I could tell he was just as upset as I was about Nahuel's early appearance here. "It's okay, Jacob. Let's just go and forget that he's even here." I said, trying my best to sooth him "We have a date tonight, don't we?" With that, he gave me a huge grin. "Yes, we do." he said before softly kissing me. I would never get tired of those!
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That night after dinner at a wonderful restaurant and a movie, (I will have to go back again to see it; not much time was spent watching the screen...) we returned home. I laughed to myself as I thought of the kind of date a human would have. The guy would walk her to the door and give her a goodnight kiss. But in our situation, he would walk right in, without the parents even thinking twice about their daughter's date coming inside the house. As I sat there in Jacob's car, I began to remember the amazing time I had that night. As we got out the car and headed to the front door, I could feel the tension from before return. "He's still here, isn't he?" Jacob said curtly. "Yes. Hold on and I'll let Dad know we're home. Maybe he can help us bypass him." I said as I began to mentally send my dad a message. Hey Dad can you hear me? Listen, we're back, but can you do something with Nahuel till we get upstairs? If Jacob sees him after what happened earlier, we might have trouble on our hands. We will most definitely have trouble if I see him, too I add silently to myself. I could see my dad through the kitchen window as we came closer to house. He glanced our way and gave us a quick nod before leading Nahuel at the back door. Apparently he was going to show him something in the garage.
Once in the door, we quickly ran up the stairs undetected. "I'm going to have to remember to thank Edward for that later." Jacob said, finally giving me a smile. I laughed as we walked into my room. After he sat down on the loveseat, I grabbed the remote and jumped into his lap. Once the T.V. was on, we never glanced at it again.