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Chapter- 13
Morning rolled around and I rushed like I never did in my life which resulted in the worst start of the day ever.
Why?
Let's see.. my alarm didn't go off in time, I got tangled with my comforter and fell down- probably had a bruise forming on my left butt cheek- my tongue got burned from sipping a cup of too hot coffee and I was probably late to meet Edward for our project.
So yeah.. it wasn't a good day.
Thankfully, I reached school in time, only being late by two minutes and thirty-two seconds- yes, I counted- and found Edward in front of the main entrance wearing a white shirt that probably cost more than my entire closet, a pair of dark blue jeans and a light blue jacket.
I got out of my truck and ran towards him, almost losing my balance more than once in that short distance of twenty-three feet.
Since when did I become so good at measurements and stuff?
Maybe it's me providing you with a taste of my internal Einstein gene..
Internal laughter.
Internal eye-roll.
Okay, this doesn't make sense.
"Hey." Edward flashed me his grin as soon as I got closer to him.
I'm gonna be blind.
Drama queen much?
His skin was enough white to put chalk to shame, now his teeth too.
I seriously think there's some sort of weird little creature living in my brain.
"Hi," I said a little breathless. NOT by this angel-white's beauty, no! From the sprint I just achieved without tripping over and that's my dream come true.
You're the saddest person on earth.
Untrue.
"Sorry for being late, my alarm didn't go off." I said as we walked further inside the school and Edward held my door open like a gentleman.
Chivalry wasn't dead after all.
"Come on.. I'm not that uptight. You were only three minutes late. It's no big deal." He adjusted his forest green bag on his shoulder and kept walking by my side.
Wow.. was his watch faster than mine?
He's counting the time it took for your Olympic level sprint from truck to school entrance.
Oh.. okay.
"Do you wanna go to the library? Or in the class?" He shrugged.
"I don't know.. I think library would be better. We can get help from books if we need." I nodded my head.
"Yeah, you're right. Let's go."
We walked inside the library and noticed that we weren't the only people here this early. There were some actual nerds who probably came to the library right from their house waking up.
Did they dream about books too?
Edward and I took a seat in the middle at an empty table.
We spend the next hour working on our project. Only talked about books, biology, page numbers, chapters etc. No small talk, not even a 'how's the weather?' I wasn't trying and neither was Edward.
I had my reasons- Jake- but why was Edward being distant? Did he have someone too who threatened him to not get cozy with another girl?
But I don't think I've seen him with any girl other than his foster sisters. And now me.
Was he gay?
Maybe..
Oh my God! What if he has eyes on Jacob? Maybe he hit on Jake before, Jake refused and he got mad at him. That's why Jake asked me to stay away from him, he's afraid Edward's gonna use me to get to him!
Is that creative talking or crazy talking?
I stand by my theory. Not gonna throw it away.
They'd look good together though. Vanilla King and Chocolate Hunk..
Shut up! Jake's my boyfriend!
Whoa.. wait a minute! Did I just admit Jake was my boyfriend?
Duh..
It made me feel a little giddy to think about him that way.
Internal frown.
Fine! A lot giddy. Butterflies. Fireworks. All that stuff. But we didn't actually agree-
The warning bell for the class rang and pulled me out of my thoughts. I looked up to see Edward had already packed up his stuff and was standing up.
"We got a pretty good head start. Do you keep working on it after school?"
I thought about Leah and Jake. I had to meet either of them, or maybe both. Still didn't get any of my answers.
"No," I shook my head as I packed my stuff in my bag. "I have plans after school. Can we meet at the same time tomorrow?"
He tilted his head a little.
"Yeah, sure. Anything works for me. See you later." Edward gave me a little wave and walked out of the library. We didn't have any class together other than bio and that was the last class of the day.
I got up and headed towards another dull school day without Jacob.
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I kept looking for Leah at lunch but couldn't find her anywhere. I asked Embry if he'd seen her and he hadn't. She couldn't have gone MIA. It's only been a day.
I'm definitely taking her number the next time we meet.
Edward and I sat together at bio again. He just asked me about how I was adjusting to Forks after staying at Pheonix. I just said one line.
"I miss the sun."
We didn't say another word to each other after that. The teacher asked everyone if we'd started working on our project yet and everyone said yes. He reminded us that it was very important and would be counted in our final grades.
After the class, I normally got out and went to the parking lot and found someone standing with their back leaning on my truck.
Leah.
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We agreed to go to my house as it was closer than the rez and Charlie won't be home 'till dinner.
Leah looked pretty tensed but she refused to tell me anything on the parking lot or on the drive. The curiosity was putting me at edge and I'd be dead by now if I was cat.
Because curiosity killed the cat? Seriously?
Sorry! Leah's tensed form was making me nervous as hell. What did she find? Was Jacob gonna be okay? Was he getting married to some tribe girl against his will because they were engaged at ten? Was Edward gay and trying to steal Jake from me?
Don't mention the last one again.
No promises.
The truck pulled into the Swan driveway and I got out as fast as I could and Leah followed suit. I unlocked the door and got inside the house at lightning speed. I don't think I ever did anything that fast.
You don't get any award for that.
Didn't ask for one.
We sat down on the living room sofa facing each other, I didn't even bother asking for coffee.
Screw being nice! I was going crazy!
"Leah, please tell me you found something." My eyes were pleading and I held my breath for what was about to come.
Leah seemed calmer than before, collected. She nodded her head slightly.
"Yes, I did. You need to calm down and listen to everything, okay? Ask questions later." I consented and urged for her to go on.
"The dreams you described sounded pretty insane, including your parking lot interaction with the wolf. The best people for me to talk to these sort of stuff is my Dad and Jake's Dad Billy. They know almost everything about the La Push history and Quileute legends and both are members of the tribe counsel. I approached my Dad first, he intently listened to everything I told him about your dreams and the wolf. I was a little worried he's laugh at me or something. But his expression told me he was more intrigued than me. It was proven when he kept asking me about you, everything I knew. He and Charlie are pretty good friends. They go fishing with Billy every week.
But he still asked me about you. How you seem, how you look, anything strange etcetera etcetera.. I told him everything I know and when I asked him what he was thinking, he got all weird and told me not to say anything to anyone. Even you! I kept asking him what it was but he didn't tell me. He got out of the house and told me to stay put. But I followed him without his knowing and saw him go to the counsel to talk to the elders, including Billy."
Leah paused to catch her breath. I got it all in slowly. Finally it was going somewhere. I wasn't crazy. Leah's Dad clearly knew something and so did Billy. They may have an explanation for what was going on with me and they were clearly aware of Jake's drastic changes too.
"I tried my best but couldn't exactly hear what they were talking about. They were practically whispering. But they seemed pretty excited and worried at the same time. I can assure you that it's not nothing and you're definitely not going crazy.
In fact, your issues might connect with the weird behavior of Sam and Jared, and now Jacob. They've kinda isolated themselves from the rest of the kids and the elders support everything and defend everything they do!" She sounded a little frustrated at the end.
I felt upset when I realized the reason. By the elders defending Sam and others, she also maybe meant him cheating on her with her cousin. That sort of thing couldn't go away no matter how much time had passed.
I opened my mouth to say something to console her nut hot interrupted by the knock.
I frowned in confusion as I stared at the door. Was it Charlie coming back early?
Leah was also giving me a confused look. I got up from the sofa to get the door. Another knock sounded and I swung the door open.
Jake.
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Cliffy again! I love doing that. XD
Sorry if it's short but I'll try to update as soon as I can. Possibly in new year's *wink wink*
See you in 2019*****
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