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14. Chapter Fourteen

Hailey was here in La Push. This was unbelievable! There were a million thoughts going through my head as to why she'd be here. "Hailey, what are you doing here?"

"Obviously I came here to hangout with you," Hailey said.

"Yeah, but how did you get here?"

"I walked," she smiled.

"You walked all the way from Forks?" Jacob asked.

"Yep," she paused. "By the way, I didn't properly introduce myself. I'm Hailey Madison." She holds her hand out to Jacob. "And you are?"

"Uh, I'm Jacob Black." He shook her hand.

Hailey's eye lightened after letting go of Jacob's hand. "You're Jacob? Wow, Mel didn't tell me you were hot."

I flushed red, wanting to hide as badly as I wanted to get Hailey for saying that. Jacob, who was standing right next to me, was speechless about this as I was. We were so lost and speechless about this we had now idea Embry and Quil walked out of the made-shift garage to see this.

"Did we miss something?" Embry asked while Quil took in both mine and Jacob's facial expressions.

Jacob sort of composed himself enough to answer. "Uh, I guess so. I mean, I found out that Mel's cousin decided to pay her a visit."

"Her cousin?" Quil asked this time looking in Hailey's direction.

"Yep, I'm Hailey, Mel's cousin from L.A." she waved. "I saw you guys earlier when I got here. Who knew we'd run into each other again."

"Yeah, who knew?" Quil said, trying to figure out how Hailey knew about Jacob's place.

"Hey, just curious," Embry began, "how did you find out that Mel would be here? And I'm not meaning is in a rude way."

"Mel's brother told me where she was and I kind of guessed my way around here." Hailey lied—at least the boys didn't think she was lying.

"Okay…" they all chimed.

Hailey turned her attention back to Jacob and me. "So, looks like what I assumed to be a little date between you guys actually did turn out to be just hanging out at his house." She paused. "That means Adam won't get Jacob then."

Oh God, this could not get any better. "Hailey, can I talk to you? Privately?"

"Why? What did I do?"

"I'd just like to talk to you right now." I smiled, telepathically adding, Before you freak the guys out.

"Okay, we'll talk."

I turned my attention to Jacob, "We'll be in with you guys soon. I just want to talk to my cousin for a bit."

"Okay, just try to stay close." he said.

"I will, don't worry." I smiled.

Jacob smiled back, which resulted into a chorus of "awws" coming from both Embry and Quil. Jacob looked in their direction, causing them to laugh and run into the garage. Jacob followed after them, leaving the sound of their laughs and grunts playing in the background. I turned my attention back to Hailey, ready to hear her actually explanation.

She took in my facial expression, understanding what was expected. "I really have to tell you everything, huh?"

"Oh, yeah."

She sighed. "Okay, fine." She gathered her thoughts and emotions, knowing that would affect me and began. "You know I wanted to see him, too! So, I thought 'maybe I should find Mel and that boy', so I asked Adam where he lived—'cause he told us, mostly Bella and me, that you went with Jacob—and after I found out where Jacob lived I teleported here and guessed in every direction as to where he'd might live. Once I found the right direction and decided to teleport myself wherever you were. And that leads up to me being here." She finished, trying to catch her breath.

I stared at her, taking in everything she just said. "Well, that does seem like quite the adventure, Hail. But, did you really have to come all this way?"

"Please? I want to meet this guy and see if he's right for you." She pouted.

I sighed. "Hailey, not this again."

"What? It could happen."

"But I'm not sure if that's what I want."

She stared at me, almost confused. "You're not sure if you want to be with Jacob? Mel, you know what happened in that dream. And you can't really ignore that."

"But that also doesn't mean that I can't find a way to see if its true or not." I countered. "Hailey, what if we're going overboard with this? What if…my dream didn't mean that I would end up with Jacob?" I started biting my lip, my awful nervous habit.

Hailey took in the lip biting. "Okay, Mel, I'm getting the feeling that you didn't fully tell me everything from that dream. What happened?"

"I don't know if I should tell you."

"Mel, you can tell me. Remember, we always tell each other everything."

She had me there. We always told each other everything. Hailey never kept anything hidden from me, and I knew I shouldn't do the same for her. "Alright, I'll tell you. But you have to promise not to think about it at all when we head back to Charlie's house if Edward is still there. Promise?"

"I promise, Mel, don't trip." She smiled.

I knew that what I was about to tell her would be one of the craziest and wildest things I'd have told her. Lets hope this doesn't go wrong. "Well, the dream continued after Jacob kissed me on the beach." She nodded, remained quiet. "And after he suggested we do something else the dream switches off to me being alone in the forest at night, looking around for Jake. After what felt like hours—even for a dream—I found the clothes he was wearing on the ground and—"

"He was naked." Hailey giggled. I stared at her and she composed. "Sorry, continue."

"And after I found his clothes I heard growling. And this growl really freaked me out, they were really close by and when I looked up from Jake's clothes, I saw a pair of dark eyes staring at me." Hailey's eyes widens slightly. "And then I saw an animalistic grin and before anything else happened…I woke up."

"You woke up?" she whined.

"Unfortunately, yes."

"Aww, but then we wouldn't really know if anything did happen to him…"

"I know, and I have a feeling that my dream wasn't just a dream."

Hailey caught on quickly, "You think it's a vision?"

"It could be. Hail, I'm really nervous and worried for him right now. I have no idea how I'll be able to explain something like this if I had to." I felt nervous about thought itself, I seriously didn't want to lose Jacob to something like this.

Hailey rubbed my arm. "Don't worry, Mel. I'm sure we'll find a way to protect and save Jacob." She froze—I already knew what was going on in her head but she asked anyway. "Uh, you sure you don't have any feelings for Jacob? Because how you're acting is showing it."

I flushed again. "Hailey!"

"What? I'm just asking a simple question." She hugged me. "You know me, I need find out if you're interested in someone so I can interrogate them later!"

I groaned, really not in the mood for this. I heard footsteps coming out from the garage and see other Hailey's shoulder that Jacob was back out. He stopped after seeing her hug me.

"Uh, am I interrupting something?" he asked.

"No, I just like hugging people." Hailey lied then let go of me.

Jacob nodded, "So, are you going to stay here for a while?"

"If I'm welcome to." She looked in my direction.

Should have seen this coming. "Hailey, you don't need my permission to be here. Well, maybe Jacob's but…" I trailed off, looking at Jake.

He understood. "Uh, yeah, if that's what she wants. She's fine to be here."

"Great! I'm hoping to have some fun while being here." She walked into the garage and started mingling with Embry and Quil.

Jacob looked at me, walking a bit closer. "Uh, your cousin's…"

"Yeah, she's something else."

He nodded. "So, did anything go on while you were talking or…?"

I shook my head and lied. "No, everything is fine. Just had to make sure about her being here and stuff. I found out she's staying with my brother in Seattle for a while until she goes back on Wednesday." Quickly changed the subject. "Embry and Quil seem to like messing with you."

He sighed, really not enjoying how they are with us at the moment. "They're starting to think there's something going on between us." He began walking.

I followed, really interested in hearing this. "They do?"

"Yeah, its pretty crazy. I mean, we just met yesterday and I wouldn't really know if you like me." Oh great! Nice going, Black. He groaned internally and flushed.

I tried not to giggle at Jacob's current behavior at the moment; he really was cute for being flustered like this. Wait, did I think that he was cute? "Um, well, y-you do have a point. We did just meet yesterday and I do like you and stuff but…" I paused, realizing what I had just said and stopped walking entirely.

Jacob also stopped, and looked at me—almost as confused as I was about what just left my mouth. "Did you just say what I think you just said?"

I knew I couldn't really lie about this; the truth was the best way to go. "Yes, I did. I like you, Jake, but I'm really not sure how I should go through with this. And I just got out of a bad relationship and I'm not sure if I'm ready for something like this—"

"Mel, its fine. I get it. You want us to be friends first before anything really happens." He didn't really show it but I could feel his emotions drop slightly from what I was trying to explain.

"I'm sorry, Jake. I'd really like to but…"

"But you're just not ready to start on another one."

Oh, God, I want to take it back. "Yes."

He nodded, attempted to smile. "Don't worry, Mel. I wouldn't want you to feel like I'm trying to force you into something you're not ready for, promise."

"Jake, you really don't have to—"

"Trust me, I'm fine. I just don't want you to feel like I'm trying to force something on you." Again, he may not be showing but I could feel it. And I felt so awful for saying it in the first place. "Come on, we'd better head back to the others."

I nodded, really not sure if I could trust myself speaking yet or not. Jacob began walking back with his shoulders almost slumped. I just stared and thought about what I had just said. Knowing that it might be difficult to try to change things later.

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