I woke up to a bright sunny room. I felt well rested. I looked out my window to see Charlie's cruiser still in the drive way. I wanted to force myself to go back to sleep. The last thing I wanted to know was if Sharon spent the night. However I couldn't contain my excitement to see Jacob. I got up despite my uncurious conscious and went to get breakfast. Charlie was sitting at the table reading the paper. I grabbed a bowl and poured myself some cereal.
"Morning Bella. How'd you sleep?" Charlie asked looking up from his paper.
"Good. I'm actually surprised to see you still here."
"My baby girl came home from college. You think I would leave early? Plus I wanted to make sure you were going to visit Jacob. I called Billy lat night and he said that Jacob would be thrilled."
"Of course I'm going to visit Jacob. I was going to go as soon as I was done getting ready."
"Well don't let me keep you then." Charlie said returning to the paper. I quickly ate my cereal trying not to choke. I washed my bowl and spoon fast but efficiently. I grabbed my carefully chosen outfit and went to take a shower. I put on my blue v-neck top and jeans after I dried off. I wasn't going to put through the effort of blow drying my hair. It was a lost cause. I brushed my teeth and threw on a pair of shoes and was out the door. I pushed my poor tuck to its limit the whole way to Jacob's house. As soon as I relieved the truck of its stress I realized I had no idea what to say. Unfortunately my truck had announced my arrival and Jacob was already half way to my truck. I got out the door when I was pulled into a massive hug.
"Hi Jacob." I said as clearly as I could due to the fact that my head was smashed against is sweltering body.
"God Bella I can't believe you're here!" he said pulling me inside. Once inside I saw Billy sitting watching TV. I followed Jacob into the kitchen. I was shocked to see a crowd. Quil was there with Clair who was quite older then I expected. Next to them was Joshua smiling at who I assumed to be Anne's neighbor whom he imprinted on. I was shocked to see Anne standing next to him. It just reminded me of the whole Sam, Leah, and Emily deal. Only this time it included five people; me, Jacob, Anne, Joshua, and the neighbor. Jacob must have seen my shock.
"Bella you remember Quil, Claire, Joshua and Anne. And this is Danielle, Joshua's girlfriend."
"Yeah. Nice to see you guys, and to meet you Danielle." I leaned over and whispered to Jacob. "Do you think I can talk to just you for a little bit?"
"Oh yeah." He said replying to me. He went over to Anne and whispered something to her. She looked up at him in the most loving way and he smiled. Then he came over and guided me to the living room and out the back door.
"So what's up?" he said as soon as he shut the door.
"I don't know. I mean I guess I want to make sure everything was cool you know? I mean when I come and visit my best friend I don't want things to be awkward."
"Well I don't want things to be weird either. I mean I don't want things to be like Sam and Leah and Emily. I want our friendship to put them to shame."
"And I just want to say that I'm not mad at Anne either. I just want to let you know."
"Well, Anne said that she would like to talk to you. She feels really bad about everything."
"Sure I'll talk to her." I said smiling at Jacob. I knew that for everything to be ok that Anne had to know that as well as Jacob. "She must feel so guilty about everything, leaving Joshua and then stealing you." Jacob made a painful face. "No that's not what I meant. You know what I mean though. How is Joshua with everything? Danielle was the girl he imprinted on right?"
"Yeah, and they are doing great. He was a little bitter at first because he was quite knew to this whole life style so he was confused about his emotions. Once he got them sorted out and realized that no one could ever take Danielle away from him he cooled down and forgave everyone. He was pretty sad at first that he couldn't really contact you because he really wanted to get revenge against both of us with you. It was kinda pathetic and funny, but he got over that quickly."
"Well, I'm glad that he's ok with everything. I almost feel that it's my duty to make sure that everyone is ok. I'm really not sure why but that's how I feel. I guess I can go talk to Anne now." I said walking back into the house.
"Anne you wanted to talk to Bella." Jacob said motioning for her to come and talk to me. "I'll let you talk alone."
"So you want to go outside?" I asked shyly.
"That sounds good." She said smiling. When we got outside we were silent. It was awkward. I was the ex-girlfriend and she was the 'other woman'. But besides that everything was just peachy.
"Look Bella, I'm really sorry. I didn't want to hurt you. You were so kind to me when I first came here. I felt so bad. I just kind of took your place. I've just been so upset about it. I've never done anything to hurt someone."
"Whoa, Anne it's ok. No, I really mean it. Jacob and I are great as best friends. Plus at least you know he won't cheat on you." I said jokingly.
"See, I know why he liked you so much. You can joke about something that hurt you. You are so strong."
"Well, sure. You want to go back inside? I'm sure Jacob would like to know we aren't killing each other." Anne laughed. I never realized how nice her laugh was. I'm glad Jacob imprinted on someone as great as Anne. I guess I was more unsettled about Anne then I thought because when we got inside I seemed less tense and I felt relaxed. It was kind of a nice little welcome home party and was much less awkward then being with Charlie and Sharon. I actually had a good time. Sam, Emily, and Embry stopped by at one point to say hi. At the end I didn't want to leave. I knew as soon as I got home the sooner I would go to sleep and the sooner I would have to go back to school.