ºJake…. Please don't do anything reckless…º Ahna says, looking at Jacob with a pleading look on her face. He shakes his head, and trots over to her. He looks down at her with a soft look.
ºI'm sorry…I'm just a little overprotective of you, Ahna.º Jacob says, running the side of his face on her cheek. She sighs in contentment as she leans against him.
ºI have to go, Jake.º Ahna says after a good two, three hours of sitting on the moss. Jacob sighs.
ºYou're not going to listen to me if I tell you no, are you?º Jacob asks, looking at her with a sure look. She jumps to her feet, and grins down at him.
"Nope." She says, transforming into her human shape. Jacob shakes his head in irritation as he transforms as well. He wraps his arms around her waist.
"Just do me a favor?" Jacob asks, looking down at her with worried eyes. She nods. "Don't go around that Cullen guy." He says with a serious look on his face.
"But Jak-" Ahna begins, only to squeak when his arms tighten around her.
"No, Ahna." Jacob says in a stern voice. Ahna sighs.
"That's one thing I can't promise you, Jake." Ahna says in an emotionless voice. She stomps down on Jacob's foot, causing him to let go of her. She jumps away from him quickly before she could be caught again in his steel grip. She looks back at Jacob. "He's my sister's boyfriend. The reality of the situation is that I'm going to see him whether I try to or not." She shakes her head. "Sorry, Jake." She says as she runs off, toward home. Jacob sighs as he looks in the direction that she had run off in.
"I guess she'll see when the time comes." He says as he runs off toward him own home.
"I'm home." Ahna says, walking into the house, only to get tackled by her sister and father. "Gah! Dakotah! Let go!" She shouts, trying to pry her sister off her.
"Where have you been? The last time we saw you, you were in your bed…with a terrible fever." Dakotah shouts, shaking Ahna fiercely. Ahna lifts her hands in surrender, only to scrunch up her nose when she takes a breath out of her nose. She quickly plugs it. "What's wrong?" Dakotah asks, sounding worried. Ahna takes a step back.
"Um….Kotah….when was the last time you showered?" Ahna asks, looking at her sister with stern eyes. Dakotah looks at her with surprise.
"About half an hour ago….why?" Dakotah asks, looking at Ahna in confusion.
"Because you smell….bad…" Ahna says, shaking her head in an attempt to empty her nostrils of the putrid smell.
"I do not!" Dakotah shouts, irritated.
"Um…okay, whatever….but you should shower again." Ahna says, walking by her sister as quickly as she can.
"Well, good to see you too!" Dakotah shouts after her. Ahna waves a hand behind her.
Ahna closes her bedroom door quickly before releasing her nose, and taking a huge breath of air, only to get assaulted by a familiar and comforting smell.
*Jake…* Ahna sighs as she breathes in the scent again. *He must have been here.* She says. Her head snaps to the side when she hears her sister's voice.
"Hey, Ahna! I'm going to invite Edward over!" Dakotah shouts from downstairs.
"Go ahead…oh, and take a shower!" Ahna shouts back, only to hear her sister growl. She giggles.
*I wonder why Dakotah smells so putrid…* Ahna wonders after going to sit on her bed.
Fifteen minutes pass with nothing much happening, when suddenly, the familiar smell assaults her nose, only stronger this time.
"Gah! What the hell, Dakotah! I thought you said you were going to take a shower!" Ahna shouts, opening her door, only to see Edward standing there. "Um…hi, Edward." Ahna says as she goes to shut her door.
"Hey, aren't you the girl from before?" Edward questions, reaching a hand toward Ahna.
"Girl from….before?" Ahna asks, sounding confused. Edward's eyebrows furrow in confusion.
"Yeah. The girl that was here the last time I came over…only you expressed a lot of distaste toward me." Edward says with a shrug. The two of them turn when they hear someone walk out of the door at the end of the hall.
"Hey, Ahna. What are you doing?" Dakotah asks, looking between the two of them.
"Don't worry. I have no intention of stealing your man." Ahna says, raising her hands. Edward and Dakotah look at each other in surprise.
"My…man?" Dakotah questions, looking at her sister in confusion.
"Well, the two of you ARE going out with each other, aren't you?" Ahna questions, shrugging. Dakotah smiles.
"Yeah, we are." Dakotah says. "Would you like to come for a walk with us?" She asks, looking at Ahna with hopeful eyes.
"Where are you going?" Ahna asks, not really paying any attention as she turns to walk into her room. Dakotah's quiet for a moment.
"We're going to a nearby field." Dakotah says in a quiet voice. Ahna sighs as she turns to look at her sister's hopeful face.
"Sure. I'll come…when are you going?" Ahna asks.
"In about ten minutes." Edward says from behind Dakotah. Ahna looks over her sister's shoulder at him.
"Okay. I'll be down in a moment." Ahna says, shutting the door to her room in the two's face. She sighs as soon as she hears them walk down the hallway.
*Surely nothing could happen with my going with them. I mean, she is my sister. Jake should have known that I wouldn't be able to keep that promise…* Ahna says as she hugs her knees to her chest.
*You have to promise me not to see that Cullen guy…* Jake's voice kept repeating in her head as though he's trying to hammer it into her brain so she can't forget.
*Well, screw you! I'm going with my sister whether you like it or not!* Ahna mentally shouts as she gets to her feet. She opens the door, and walks to her sister and Edward.
"All right. I'm ready." Ahna says with a smile on her face.