Author's Note:
First, I want to apologize for not replying to a lot of the reviews that were left on chapter nine. I haven't really had that much time to do anything. But thanks to those that did review; asianpervert, Marissalove123, merethebear, SophiaBushFan, Jennipher, Emotionsonhold, jacob-bella4073, Arabella16, Tenar Ohtarwen, and Umm Attyyah. Also, a thanks to those that have recently added me and/or the story to your alerts or favorites lists. I appreciate it very much.
Thought I'd let you guys know that the details of the crash are actual events. One of my best friends was in a car wreck today. Fortunately, she escaped with only bruises and sore arms because of the airbag, but yeah. I'm glad she's okay. lol. Oh, and the bonfire party is based on an actual bonfire party that I went to with one of my other best friends. :P I put a lot of my actual life into my stories, obviously.
And I better get some good freakin' reviews on this chapter!

LadyJezebel.

The Words of Reality
Chapter Ten
Oh Sweet Melody

I hadn't returned to school in three days. I stayed at the hospital by my sister's side. I was excused for school, since news of the accident had spread throughout town. There were constantly people coming to see her, bring her gifts or cards or flowers. No one seemed interested in the girl that had gone off to college until her life had been put on the line.

Rachel was coming back for a quick visit. She was right outside of town when a man in a truck pulled out in front of her. She had rear-ended him, totaling her car. The only comment she had made was about how pissed off she had been that her car was so messed up, and the only thing that happened to the truck was that the bumper had fallen off. Her windshield had busted out completely and the hood had crunched up all the way to the broken glass.

She had a broken collar bone, broken leg, broken arm, some of her fingers were broken, and she had some injuries to the head. Thankfully, those had only been minor. The air bag had left her with big blotches of black and yellowing bruises on her arms. She was having a little trouble breathing but that was in result of the dust that had been stirred up when she crashed.

I had missed my sister when she was gone, but now sitting with her in the hospital, I couldn't bring myself to admit that I may not have skipped school just to be with her. I knew that I was running from my confession to Edward. How could I have been so stupid to let something like that slip? I had been so flustered when I had seen what he was doing. I blamed myself for not knocking, but in the farthest corners of my mind, I was glad that I hadn't.

"What's wrong, Jake?" Rachel asked, squeezing my hand.

"Nothing, I'm just worried about you."

"You know I'm fine. Gained about a thousand pounds in plaster, but I'm okay. There's someone else on your mind."

Stupid observant sister.

"Is it Bella? Are you guys having problems?"

"No, we're fine."

"You know you can tell me anything, right?"

"Yeah, I know." I looked up at her face and her eyes were full of understanding. She smiled lightly, then let her lips draw back into a straight line.

"Who is he?"

"What?"

"I can see it in your eyes. What's his name?"

"I'll never understand how you find out my most hidden secrets."

"I'm your big sister. I've spent your entire life learning your secrets." She grinned. "Now are going to tell me his name?"

"His name is Edward."

"How absolutely gorgeous is he?" I blushed.

"On a scale of one to ten? He's about a million. He has hair the color of copper and his eyes are the most beautiful shade of green. Like emeralds."

"With him being as handsome as you say, why are you sitting here conversing with your sister? I know you're not sleeping in the stupid recliner thing and eating nasty hospital food just for me. What did you do?"

I snort came from within my throat. I laughed, embarrassed.

"Okay, keep most of the details to yourself. I'm not sure I want to know the full story. Just tell me why you're avoiding him."

"I'm not avoiding him. I just- okay, I am avoiding him. I kind of accidently told him that I wouldn't be able to control myself if we had to sleep in the same bed." My face felt like lava.

"Did he punch you, throw you out, use vulgar language?"

"No."

"So you have a crush on a straight boy that doesn't care that you have no self control?"

"He's not exactly straight."

"So he's gay?"

"Yes, and he likes me too."

"Then what the hell are you doing here? Get out."

I looked at her with wide eyes.

"I'm serious. Get out."

"You're kicking me out of the hospital?"

"Yes, and I don't want to see your face until the two of you are an item. No go and talk to him."

"You can't be serious."

"Yes, deadly." The look in her eyes told me she wasn't playing.

I gathered up my belongings and after giving her one last pleading look, I left the room. As I shut the door behind me I could hear her laughing. Stupid sibling. How do sisters know everything in the universe?

Instead of going to Edward's house like I was told, I went back home. Dad was sitting on the couch in front of the television with a bag of Doritos.

"I thought you weren't supposed to be eating junk food? What happened to your diet?"

"I'm vegging out because of stress. Leave me alone." He laughed. "You're not staying at the hospital tonight?"

"No, Rachel kind of kicked me out." He didn't need to the details.

"Good. She needs some rest without us there. So are you still planning on going to the bonfire tonight?"

Oh shit.

"Uh, I kind of forgot about that."

"Well, your friend Edward called to see what time you were picking him up."

"I don't think I'm gonna go."

"You're going."

"What?"

"You need to get out. Hang out with your friends."

"Dad, I don't think-"

"You're going Jake, and that's final."

I huffed and stalked to my bedroom, making sure to stomp extra hard on the wooden floor. It would do no good to argue with him.

"I heard what you did."

"Alice, I really don't want to talk about it. I'd rather just forget about it ever happening."

"Whatever, Mr. Idiot."

"Just tell Edward I'll be there to pick him up at six."

"Okay."

After setting my alarm for 5:30pm, I lay back. I figured I would try to get a nap in before I had to leave. I was devastatingly worn out. The recliner at the hospital really wasn't a good thing to sleep on.

As I my eyelids closed and sleep took me over, I was bombarded with dreams of bronze hair, emerald eyes, and unfortunately, the sweat covered body of the pale Edward as he jerked himself off under the light from the moon. His fingers were working magic on his hardened length, and I kissed his lips with utter desperation. I could smell the scent of him, taste the salty moisture on his skin.

My shot open wide as he came, screaming my name.

"Jake! Get up! It's 6:25!"

I covered my own erection, praying to God that I hadn't talked in my sleep. That was all I needed. Dad hearing the details of my nocturnal erotica.

"Did you hear me, Jake?"

"Yes, Dad. I heard you."

He turned and left me alone.

Wait? Did he say it was 6:25? Fuck, fuck, fuck! I was supposed to pick Edward up almost half an hour ago! Why hadn't my alarm gone off? I glanced over at it quickly, realizing the button was pulled down. I must have turned it off in my sleep.

I jumped up and grabbed the first clean shirt that touched my fingers. I threw the dirty one in the basket and pulled the cloth over my head. After I straightened out the tangles in my hair, I grabbed my keys and jumped in the Rabbit, heading for the big white house in a hurry.

He's not going to show up. I know it. He's almost half an hour late. I should have known he wouldn't want me there.

I checked the clock for the hundredth time.

"He'll be here, Edward. Calm down."

"He's late."

"He'll show up. He wouldn't lie to me."

I threw a disbelieving look at my sister.

"Hey!" She said, throwing her hands up defensively. "Jacob and I have had more interaction than you know. He told me he'd be here, so he'll be here."

I didn't feel like delving into the secrets my sister held at the moment.

A car horn honked outside. Alice grinned.

"Told you so."

"Shut up, Alice."

I checked myself in the bathroom mirror quickly, then ran outside and jumped into the small car. We were already speeding down the highway before I could buckle my seatbelt.

"No offense, but considering your sister just got into a car accident, shouldn't you slow down?"

He growled but I noticed that as he drove further out of town the needle on the speedometer lowered. I relaxed silently.

"How come you were late?"

"I overslept."

"We match."

"What?"

"We match. Look at our shirts." We both were wearing The Clash band t-shirts.

He glanced over at my shirt and muttered something unintelligible.

And that was that. He didn't speak the rest of the way.

We ended up on a long patch of dirt road. The area seemed very much secluded and I could see no one in sight. But a moment later, a line of cars became visible. There was no real parking spot or drive way. Everyone had just pulled up behind the car in front of them and shut the engine off. So he did the same.

On each side of us there were woods. We walked for what seemed to be forever, until we came to a clearing. It looked like just a big huge field. On one end there was nothing but tents. On the other, there was a house, a swing set, a fire pit, and loads of people.

There were about five men standing around a grill and next to it was a long table filled with various types of drinks and snacks.

"What's with the tents?"

"A lot of people just stay. They bring up their tents and just camp out."

That was a neat idea.

We walked up to the crowd of people and were instantly put into conversation. I was introduced to so many people that I couldn't even begin to remember all of their names. A lot of them seemed to know my father, though.

The sun soon went down and the bonfire was quickly started. After eating a plate full of grilled salmon and baked beans, we all settled around the fire pit. Some of the older men brought out their guitars and banjos and started playing a tune that I didn't recognize.

"I'll be right back." Jacob said, getting up and leaving.

I was surprised that I had not seen Bella or Quil anywhere. But they were probably just lost in the sea of faces that I didn't know.

Jacob seemed to answer my question as he sat back down, handing me a glass.

"Bella's got that stomach flu or whatever. So she didn't come. Quil, like always, is in the house flirting."

I nodded my head and took a drink of the dark liquid.

"Woah. What is this?"

"It's wine."

I glanced around at all the adults, wondering if anyone noticed what we were drinking.

"Don't worry. We're not gonna get into trouble."

"We're not?"

"No. If you're underage, but mature enough, they don't care. I mean, they won't let you drink excessively, but one or two glasses are okay as long as they're here to watch."

"Wow."

I sipped on my drink, not really liking it, but wanting to indulge a little all the same. It's not every day that I'm allowed to drink alcoholic beverages.

I couldn't help but notice how Jacob wouldn't even look at me. His eyes seemed to be glued on the red and orange flames that licked into the dark of night.

I needed to talk to him. I desperately needed to understand. I knew that he wanted me. He had made that clear last night. But it seemed that drastic measures were going to have to be taken to get him to admit it.

The bright and happy melody that came from the elders' instruments ended and turned into a soft, melancholy tune.

"Can I talk to you for a minute?"

"Sure." Jake said. He didn't move.

"I mean alone. Away from everyone else."

"I don't-"

"Please, Jacob."

He sighed and put his drink on the ground. He got up from the log we were sitting on and started walking towards the road where all the cars were parked. It was pitch black there. I followed him.

He finally stopped in the most secluded area possible and leaned up against the tailgate of someone's truck.

"What do you want to talk to me about?"

"Jacob, the reason why you wouldn't have anything to do with me, why you didn't want to be around me…was it because…were you…?" Why couldn't I just get it out already?

"Was I what?"

"Jacob are you attracted to me?"

"No, I'm not."

"So you won't like it if I do this."

I slipped closer to him in the darkness, pressing my body against his. He took a deep breath as he tried to back up and realized he had nowhere to go. His back was pressing against the cold metal of the vehicle.

"What are you doing, Edward?"

"Making sure you're not attracted to me." I whispered into his ear.

He held his breath as I ran my lips over his jawbone, not kissing him, just trailing my flesh against his.

"I don't want this, Edward." He breathed into my hair.

I could feel his hands gripping my arms as my lips continued their path to the tender flesh on his neck.

"You don't?"

I lifted my head up and looked into his eyes. I couldn't see the colors of the irises, only the shiny glint brought on by the moon's shine. I brought my face to his and placed a small kiss on the corner of his mouth.

"No, I don't." He was breathing hard. "Not from you."

"Alright, then." I backed away from him and started walking back to the light of the party.

"Wait! Where are you going?" He called after me.

"I'm leaving you alone."

"No, please Edward. I'm sorry. Come back."

I gave in and walked back to him, keeping a distance.

"I'm sick of this shit, Jake. I know why you've been acting the way you have. Stop playing games with me. If you really don't want me, then tell me now. Tell me you're not attracted to me and I'll leave you alone."

An eternity seemed to pass as we stood there in silence.

"Why aren't you saying anything?"

"Because I don't want to lie to you."

I couldn't hold myself back. I pushed him against the truck, pressing by body against his. I could feel every inch of him against me. I took his face into my hands and kissed him hard. His lips were rough and masculine, hungry and tasting of cheap wine. He parted his lips and I took advantage of the moment. I slipped my tongue into his mouth, feeling his own reach out to touch mine. One of his hands was lost in my hair, the other at the small of my back pulling me closer.

I sucked his bottom lip into my mouth and heard him moan.

"Tell me you don't want this." My voice broke, a tear threatening to fall. "Tell me you don't want me, Jake, and I'll go. I promise I won't hurt you. I'll leave you alone if it keeps you safe."

"You're so fucking stupid, Edward."

He grabbed me by the collar of my shirt and pushed me down onto the ground, forcing my back into the dirt of the road.

"How can you be so fucking stupid?" He asked as he kissed me angrily. His cheeks were moist and his tears fell to my skin. "I've never wanted anything more in my life. I want you so bad I can't fucking stand it. I can't do this anymore. I need you."

Oh sweet melody,
Sing to me softly.
Play your rhythms in my ear.
Tell me everything I want to hear.
Kiss my lips
Touch my heart.
Play for me
The very best part.