"How far is this place?" Jacob wondered aloud, pushing a few branches to the side as he walked just a step ahead of Leah down the path.

"I'm not sure." She struggled to look ahead, unable to see through the thickness of the woods.

Trees surrounded them on all sides, though over to the left they could make out the shimmer of the sun against the docile lake.

"Well, not too creepy yet," Jacob commented, before face-planting onto the weed-choked landscape below.

"Whoa..." Leah jumped at his sudden fall but immediately began to giggle once she realized Jacob was alright.

"I'm fine, thanks," he said, laughing lightly as he rose.

"I'm sorry," she continued to chuckle.

Jacob smiled and wiped off some leaves and stray dirt from his clothing, and then followed Leah's gaze.

"I hope this isn't a bad omen," she told him, pointing down at an old wooden sign that was barely legible.

"The old Camp Crystal Lake sign," Jacob suspected.

"Looks like the termites got to it," Leah added with a nod. She glanced back up at him, "Are you okay?"

He nodded, "I'm fine." Jacob looked back down at the sign. "I guess we're going the right way."

"Guess so." Her voice was slightly more timid but she had no desire to back down from going to check out the place.

"Sure you want to go?"

Leah's head jolted up, "Yeah."

Jacob grinned wide again, causing her to do the same. "Okay then... on we go."

She smiled and walked up side by side with him.

The two of them wandered through the woods quietly until they reached a sinking barbed wire fence.

"Don't get caught on the fence," Jacob warned, prompting a sigh from Leah. "It's only a couple feet high." His eyes scanned the forest floor and he managed to find several oversized branches.

"What's that for?" she asked.

"Hang on." He grouped them all together and laid the bundle across the sinking part of the fence. "Come on." Jacob waved his hand and left it out for Leah to grab.

"Oh boy." She laughed lightly, gripping his hand a little extra hard as she scampered over the barbed wire fence. "Oh no..." Leah rushed the last few steps, nearly falling as she went but managed to stay on her feet.

Jacob laughed once and then took the wobbly journey himself over the branches before landing safely on the other side. He held a hand up, and Leah gave him a high-five.

"Woo!" she said enthusiastically, "Okay, I'm ready for Camp Blood after this."

The two of them continued to laugh, talking as they went before Jacob abruptly threw an arm in front of Leah with a quick gasp.

"What?" she clutched onto him for a moment before eying what he spotted just a few feet in front of them. "Yuck... what is it?"

He took a few steps in front of her, but Leah held onto his arm. "I don't know... a coyote? Fox maybe."

"I hope it's not a dog."

"It's too mangled to tell," Jacob added, shaking his head.

"What could have done this?" Leah asked. "A bear?"

"Are there bears in these woods?" Alarm rung in his voice.

"I... hope not." She suddenly realized how freaked out she was from the possibility that hadn't really crossed her mind until the sentence left her mouth.

A pair of bulky hands landed solidly on both Jacob and Leah's shoulders; one on each, causing both of them to scream and turn around.

"What are you kids doing out here?" A police officer with narrowed eyebrows stood behind them with his hands on his hips, glaring at the two of them.

Jacob and Leah didn't say anything. They exchanged a glance that indicated they were both aware of the trouble they were in.

...

"Where's Steve Christy?" the officer asked angrily. He stood in between Jacob and Leah facing the rest of the group. The two of them looked like teenagers who had missed their curfew, each sulking slightly with their heads facing down.

"We haven't seen him, officer." Alice stepped forward, trying not to glare at her younger co-workers. "But I think he's in town getting supplies for the camp. He dropped some off this morning."

"Well, when he gets in, tell him to call down to the Sheriff's office," the officer went on, "I should hall these two in for trespassing."

"Trespassing where?" Edward asked.

He hesitated but went with the non-traditional name. "Camp Blood."

"We're not from around here-" Bella began, but the man silenced her.

"I don't care," he said sternly, "The rules don't just apply to people who live in town."

"I doubt they meant to-" Carlisle chimed, in but the officer put a hand up.

"You're all just lucky that I'm not arresting these two." He looked at Jacob and then Leah, who both avoided immediate eye contact.

No one said anything back initially, but Jasper stepped forward and nodded.

"Thank you, officer." He sighed and held a hand out, "We're not trying to be of any trouble. We were just taking an hour break because we've been working to get this place set up for the last day and a half."

"It won't happen again," Alice added. She looked the officer in the eye, "I promise. We'll stick to this side of the lake from here on out."

"Next time I catch someone out there I'm bringing them in... this time in handcuffs."

She nodded back. "Yes, sir."

The officer glanced around at all of them again before giving a final glare in the direction of Jacob and Leah before heading back toward his cruiser.

When the officer had driven away from their camp, Alice looked at the two of them.

"Why did you guys go out there?" she asked.

"We..." Jacob began.

"We wanted to see it," Leah finished.

"There's nothing to see," Jasper told them, taking responsibility for his story, "It's nothing. It's a story."

The two of them still looked as if they were little kids in trouble, but Alice lightened up.

"I'm not trying to come down on you," she said, "I'd be interested too if I were you. They've just given my uncle such a hard time since he's attempted to open this place up. I don't want to cause any trouble with the people in town... ya know?"

Jacob and Leah both nodded.

"Sorry," he said earnestly.

"Yeah," Leah added, "I'm sorry."

Alice half-smiled, "It's okay."

"We won't go back down there."

"Thank you."

"And it's Friday the 13th," Jasper added, lightening the mood. He smirked, "So if there was a day you would get the axe," he ran his thumb across his throat, "Today would be today."

"Well maybe he just saved our lives," Jacob joked modestly with a shrug.

"Good way to look at it," Alice told them. She laughed and shook her head. "Why don't you two just join us for a swim... stay out of trouble."

Jacob nodded and peeled off his shirt.

"That's the Jacob we know," Edward teased.

"Shirtless," Bella added.

"Always," Jacob chimed in, mocking himself.

Leah looked at him and the two shared a smile before heading down toward the water after their close call.

"Someone got in trouble!" Emmett teased.

"Shut up." Jacob smiled as he ran at full speed and dove off the end of the dock.

Emmett glanced down in the sand where the water met the land and grabbed the football. "Catch Jake!" He lofted it into the air and then proceeded to walk down into the lake with Rosalie at his heels.

Jacob reached but the ball went over his head. He then winced and reached for his side. "Ow." He winced again before sinking once under the water and popping up again. He then waved his arms over his head.

"Something's wrong with Jake," Bella pointed out, looking over at Edward.

"Help!" Jacob continued to wave his arms and everyone headed toward him at the same time.

Leah was closest and began to swim out toward him, just a few yards beyond the end of the dock. "I'm coming Jake!" she called, "Hang on."

When Jacob's body sunk beneath the surface, she felt butterflies build up in the pit of her stomach and a moment later she followed him under, attempting to open her eyes in the murky lake water.

With a lucky break, she managed to graze his shoulder with her fingertips, and a moment later she had him secured under his arms and used her legs to bring him to the surface.

"She has him." Bella's voice was frantic, and Leah took in a few deeps breaths as she and Edward dragged their friend up onto the dock.

Leah followed, sliding herself up. "I know CPR." She pushed in between the two of them and hovered over Jacob, who lay motionless.

Two breaths, she said in her mind.

Leah bent down, placing her mouth over Jacob's once, blowing in a full breath before taking in a full breath of oxygen for herself and then going back toward his mouth.

When her lips connected with his, she felt his arm slide across her back and a moment later he was rolling himself on top of her, laughing as he kissed her in the process.

"Jacob!" Bella shouted, shaking her head as she realized her friend had played an elaborate joke on them.

"I cannot believe you!" Leah pushed him off her, rolling Jacob into the lake as he continued to laugh.

She sat up, still huffing and puffing over the event as her mind struggled to process that the whole ordeal had been a prank.

Emmett laughed loudly. "That was a bold move, my man."

Leah put her hand over her mouth, but struggled not to smile. "I'm going to kill you Jacob! You scared me to death!"

"You know... you're beautiful when you're angry sweetheart." Jacob waded in the water just a few feet away with a wide smile.

Leah reached her hands over and dunked his head under the water, making eye contact with Rosalie and shaking her head. The two girls smiled at each other.

"I think you'll need to get him back for that one," Rosalie told her.

"Oh, I'm planning on it." She released Jacob's head and he resurfaced, still visibly pleased with himself.

Carlisle pushed himself up onto the dock and Esme stayed in the water, leaning an arm up next to him. "I'm glad I wasn't the one to give him CPR," he joked with a laugh.

Esme snickered and shook her head. "If something happened to him, I'd say this place was really cursed." She sighed with another quick laugh. "Never a dull moment."

"Not at Camp Blood," Emmett added, swimming by with a smirk.

Esme sighed again and leaned her back against the dock so both of her arms were outstretched. In the distance, she caught a glimpse of something that made her stare.

It looks like a person, she thought.

"Hey, what's that?" Bella's voice asked Edward lowly from behind her.

Esme quickly turned partway to face them. "Out in the woods?" she asked, pointing.

Bella nodded. "I thought I... I don't know."

"I thought I saw someone, too."

"The police officer maybe," Carlisle said to them, attempting to see what the two of them had.

"I don't see anything," Edward added.

Esme and Bella both stared in the direction of whatever they'd seen in the distance.

Carlisle placed a hand on Esme shoulder and gave it a squeeze. "It's nothing."

She looked up at him with a smile, but stared outward for another few seconds. She then looked around at all of her new friends. Emmett, Jasper and Mike were tossing the football back and forth. Leah was splashing Jacob profusely, still punishing him for his joke. Alice and Rosalie stood knee deep talking and sunbathing. Carlisle seemed at ease, as did Edward and Bella. It appeared as though in the last ten seconds her attention was completely away from the movement in the woods and onto whatever she was discussing with Edward.

"Hey," Carlisle nudged her, sensing she was stressing just slightly. "When the kids all get here in a few weeks this place won't see as... spooky."

Esme smiled, "I know. It's just me. You know how my mind loves to wander."

He grinned at leaned down to kiss her on the forehead. "You have nothing to worry about."

"Yeah?" she tugged on the bottom of his swim trunks.

"Yeah." Carlisle slipped into the water next to her and smiled.

Esme sighed and kissed him once.

"Think of the next two weeks as a little vacation," he told her, "Of course there'll be work but we get this whole lake to ourselves. That's not so bad, is it?"

She smiled, realizing he was right. "Nope... not bad at all."