I watched them suspiciously as they took it in turns jumping from the high cliff tops. All of them ran straight back up after emerging from the cold water, not even shivering or showing any signs of being slightly scared at the huge drop they continued to jump from.
I frowned, no one jumped from up there unless they had a death wish. Embry stopped as he walked to the edge of the cliff, his head turned in my direction but I was too far away to see if he was looking at me. I guess he was, he always was.
"Weird bunch of guys them" Jonah spoke up from across the circle to me, I looked back at him and nodded. They were strange.
We were at the beach, doing some studying, well I studied, the guys all made plans for the big party they were throwing at Nathans house, the last Saturday of spring break which was in about a week. Jonah, Jason, Nathan and few other guys were here. It was only me and Maya out of the girls, which I was grateful for, Suzie had stayed away since Jason stood up to her in the lunch hall.
I peered back at the cliff, Embry was no longer up there, and Jacob had stepped up to jump now. I looked down to the end of the beach, Embry was walking out of the water, soaking wet and shaking himself dry. His muscles seemed to glow more as the water dripped from him, highlighting each curve of a perfectly toned torso. He had the most impressive abs I had seen in a while, and a swimmers V any girl would scream over.
But I was not any girl, I shook the thoughts from my head and dropped my stare, snapping my head back to Jason who was smirking at me, one eyebrow raised. I poked my tongue out at him and looked at Nathan who was next to him; however his expression was less playful. He was scowling past my head at Embry, his gaze came back to me and he smirked slyly before winking. I rolled my eyes; he seriously made my skin crawl.
I went back to my algebra, chewing the end of my pen as I stared down at the impossible equation that had been the reason behind so many headaches this weekend, I was crap at algebra, I just did not understand it or why we needed to learn it.
Slowly my concentration slipped, dropping back to the boys who confused me so much. They had all suddenly exploded into these big muscle men, which ran around with two guys 5 years older than them, and were all secretive and protective over the tribal stories and what they did when they went missing from school. They were hiding something, I could feel it. I mean, since my little emotional slip up I had stayed away from them, dodging their visits and awkward hello's in the hallway to me. The only ones I hadn't avoided were Jacob, Embry and Leah. Leah I didn't mind so much, she wasn't false with me, and she genuinely understood me.
Jacob was ok too I suppose, he was trying hard with me, and he wasn't annoying me for once, he kept his anger down around me and seemed less strained. It was Embry that bothered me; he just did not give up. It was like he had a split personality or something, he had hated me like the others, then snap, he seemed to hated me more, then another snap and he liked me and tried getting to know me, then bam he hated me again and now we are back to him trying to like me, it really was a mind screw.
And each time he attempted talking to me, or telling me how much he cared the tug in my chest got worse and formed into a slight ache as it tried pushing me too him. But in usual Jade style, the more he tried, the more I tried shielding myself from the pain I knew would one day come from any sort of relationship I formed with him.
I didn't understand, I was nothing special, I was a bitch, a broken bitch that hurt the people she loved. So why was he so intent on getting close to me?
"Stop thinking so hard, you'll get a headache" Nathan's creepy voice whispered to me as his breath tickled through my hair and along my ear lobe. I shuddered and leant away from him.
"What do you want Nathan?" I answered blankly, not looking up from my page.
"You" He whispered, moving my hair from my neck he leant closely in, his breath crawled along my throat and I shuddered again.
A creepy shiver ran through me at the way he said you, it wasn't like he was trying to win me over, or seduce me, more like a threat, as if it was inevitable that one day he would have me.
I stayed silent, unsure what to do in a moment like this.
"Nathan, how many times do you need to be told? Back the hell off" Jason's angry voice loomed behind me. Nathan chuckled as he stood up, his hand still on my hair.
"Jealous Jason. You want a piece? I can share you know. You can have her when I'm done"
I stood up suddenly, anger roared in me as I grabbed my bag from the floor. He was basically calling me a slut, normally, I would bitch the person out, but I never felt like I could with Nathan. I turned as the boys squared each other up.
"Go fuck yourself" Jason snarled at Nathan who just laughed again.
"I'd prefer to fuck her" Nathan spat back, Jason's fist came up and I swung forward, grabbing it.
"Jason stop it, please" I pleaded slightly, he looked down at me and shook his head.
"Unbelievable" He muttered, shaking me off him and stalked away.
Nathan smirked slyly at me before walking off toward the boys from Forks.
I shook my head as another shiver ran through me, turning to walk away as the creepy you're being watched feeling swept over me from the looks I knew I was getting from Nathan.
"Jade!" Maya's kind voice called to me and I turned back to her, she was smiling genuinely at me.
"Hey" I replied, smiling slightly at her.
"Look, I wanted to say sorry about Suzie, she drives me crazy but our moms are best friends, what she said was wrong and believe me I would have slapped her too it's just" She trailed off, unsure what to say.
"Yours moms, I get it, no worries Maya. Thanks anyway" I tried to smile friendly at her but it was forced and I knew it. Nathan was still watching me, a smirk present on his arrogant face.
Maya looked away sadly as she turned back to Jonah who waved bye to me as I turned back to walk up the beach.
I could hear footsteps behind me, I glanced up at the cliffs, the guys weren't there, and they were obviously following me. I sighed, how they got behind me so fast I had no idea, but they were good at popping up randomly.
I continued walking, a bit faster. But as I rounded on the car park I noticed them all stood around their trucks a little way from me. I frowned, so who was following me?
I turned looking behind me, an angry looking Jason was storming toward me.
"What have I done now?" I groaned as he came straight up to my face.
"It's him. Why do you stand up for yourself with everyone but him?" He sounded pretty annoyed.
He meant Nathan.
"He has a crush, so what" I lied, that was not a crush, that was something else, he creeped me out too much, I often just ignored him and hoped he would get bored. He never did.
"No Jade, it's not just a damned crush. Why do you never let me say anything to him?" He was nearly yelling now and I knew the guys behind me would be able to hear it if he got any louder.
"Because I can handle myself, he won't do anything, its Nathan, all talk" I tried to turn from him but he grabbed my arm, pulling me back.
I could swear I heard a growl behind me, like an animal growl but I ignored it as I glared at my best friend.
"Obviously. You screw with people's heads, that's what you do. You don't say shit to him when he's like that with you; you just look all cute and innocent leading him on"
I stared at him, screwed with people's heads? No I did not. And I sure as hell did not lead him on. I just was too frightened by him to say anything back. There I admit it, Nathan scares me. Ok I admitted it to myself but I still admitted it.
I stared up at Jason, he looked a bit calmer, and he sighed in frustration and let my arm go.
"Sorry, I didn't mean that. I just worry. You may put on a hard exterior Jade but you're still just a tiny girl who he could over power within seconds. Stay away from him. And in future, if he pisses me off, let me sort it."
"What's going on?" Sam's gruff controlled voice erupted behind me and Jason's eyes popped up to the guys I knew where stood directly behind me.
"Just having a talk" I answered curtly.
"Who does she need to stay away from?"
I glanced around; Paul was staring at Jason, a little angry. I was confused, why would he be angry at Jason? But then again, he was always angry so who knew.
Jason raised his eyebrow at me; I shook my head slightly, making a desperate look at him. If he told them the staring would get worse. Embry would get worse. This irrational false over caring behaviour they had all been showing would just get worse.
"You must have misheard; I said stay away from her. As in Suzie, they keep arguing, I don't want her to get in another fight. Right Jade?" Jason looked at me; his face was blank as he lied.
I let out an internal sigh of relief. I owed him big time.
"Yeah" I squeaked out and looked behind me at the guys, they were all frowning, and Sam shot Jacob a look, as if he didn't believe us.
Well he could jog on, he already got me to cry enough, no more Sam Uley, I am on to your caring games.
"But he said him" Embry piped up now, I looked at his shirtless self, a few water droplets dripping from his tanned and toned body.
I gulped as I quickly glanced down his body, then back to his eyes. Those eyes, they always reminded me of the wolf. I could never shake the similarities.
"No, he said her. Try cleaning your ears out Embryo" I snapped at him slightly as I mentally cursed myself for checking him out.
He frowned, looking around at the guys who all raised their eyebrows and shrugged slightly. Interfering idiots.
"Right, well I need to get going" I piped up, trying to dodge my way out of the group of oversized males.
"You're not walking, I'll drive you" Embry. Eurgh.
"I have legs" I replied curtly.
"Yeah but it's dangerous, the woods are full of scary things, just let me take you"
I glanced at him, he looked slightly hopeful as he waited for my answer. I looked at Jason who was stood behind all the guys, he was nodding encouragingly at me. I rolled my eyes and nodded.
Embry jumped in excitement slightly as he walked past me toward an old truck. I looked around at the other guys; they all smiled at me, forced kindness I thought. Sam had obviously told them to be nice to me. I lingered on Seth, he was smiling genuinely, I liked Seth.
I turned, following Embry to his truck and climbed in.
"Since when do you drive Embryo" I asked, looking across at him as we pulled onto the main road toward my house.
"Got my license few weeks back, mom got this for me, nothing special but it gets me places. Stop calling me that."
I nodded at him. But I knew I wouldn't stop calling him it, it annoyed him and I liked to annoy him.
"You thinking of getting a license, you wouldn't have to walk everywhere. It would be safer for you to drive" He seemed concerned.
My heart faltered slightly, I had always been scared of driving since the accident. I didn't want to end up like my mom. I was fine in a car with other people, but I could never imagine putting myself behind the wheel.
"No, I like to walk" I replied quickly, hoping he wouldn't push it any further.
"Maybe I could teach you, if you wanted" He glanced across at me, hopeful again.
"Maybe" I replied, I would never drive.
"But it would be good for you" He tried again, annoyance built within me.
"I don't want too"
"Why not?"
"Because" I replied blankly.
"Because what? Come on Jade, everyone old enough to get their license, wants their license. Let me teach you" He nudged my arm slightly.
"Embry, leave it" I snapped. He huffed.
"I'm just saying, it would be good, then you could drive yourself around, you could go shopping by yourself, you wouldn't need Jason to drive you everywhere"
I snapped, turning to him.
"Embry, I like Jason driving me everywhere. Now leave it"
He sighed and nodded, I hated this kid sometimes. Maybe, just maybe he could one day, wake up and not feel the need to interfere in my life. Maybe. I high doubted it, but just maybe it would actually happen.
We were silent a little longer as I calmed myself down from his annoying stirring of emotions he had caused. My mind fell on the usual suspicions of the guy's weirdness I had and I looked at Embry.
"What's so dangerous in the woods?" I frowned, remembering his earlier comment. And the countless warnings before that I had gotten of my brother and dad about going out alone.
Embry seemed to freeze for a second, caught off guard. His face fell, but he regained his posture, smiling playfully.
"Lions, tigers and bears" He smirked as he said it.
"Oh my" I finished sarcastically for him.
He laughed now and looked at me, his eyes were filled with the emotion that scared me the most. Love. He looked at me as if I was the sun to his life, I stared blankly at him, ignoring the racing my heart was doing in my chest at his look.
"What's up chuck?" He smiled at me, taking in my solemn look.
"I don't get you, or your friends. You are all weird" I looked back out of the window.
"We aren't, why would you say that?" He sounded a little nervous now, so I decided to push him a little.
"I can make a list if you like" I smirked. He nodded silently.
"Well, each of you disappeared, coming back abnormally big, then you all start acting all superior to everyone, you do these weird tribal bonfires, you walk around shirtless in the rain, you are all angry all the time, and you do a weird whistle around each other, like a wolf call"
He coughed awkwardly as my last comment came out.
"A what call?" He glanced nervously at me. I frowned.
"A wolf call, you know, you kind of do a small bark like yip when you see each other, and it's strange"
He looked back at me; he broke into a false smile as we pulled up outside my house.
"Your strange" He tried to pull it off as a playful comment but his eyes flashed with something, he seemed nervous.
"Just ignore my questions then" I raised an eyebrow at him, not moving from my seat.
"We grew most teenage boys do that, maybe we are slightly arrogant not superior, we respect the tribal leaders and our history maybe you should try it sometime. And I have a good body so why not show it off, and we aren't angry all the time, just at people who make us angry, and we don't do a wolf call, it's more of a greeting. Like the scowl you greet us with, except we just aren't as socially inept as you"
He smirked as he listed off reasonable answers to each of my suspicions. I couldn't even argue with him, I was socially inept. I threw open my door, glancing back at him as I made my way to my house, my dad was on the porch.
"I'm watching you Call" I frowned at him, showing him I wouldn't give up until I knew this secret Jacob had told me I couldn't know.
"So you agree I have a good body?" He smirked again as he pulled away.
I sighed as I heard him singing I'm sexy and I know it loudly out of the window as he drove down the track from my house.
I shook my head, stupid arrogant boys. I turned and walked up the steps to my front door. Dad was smirking at me too.
"What?" I asked, trying not to be rude.
"He's just a nice boy, a boy any father would be ok with dating their daughter" He smiled as he said it.
"Dad, don't start with that. He's an evil Sam Uley minion. I just needed a ride" I groaned as I pushed the door open to my house and walked in.
I tried to ignore the grin that was building within my lips, shutting down the attraction I had to him, it was getting harder but I wouldn't let it win. He was hiding something, which meant one thing. I would get hurt. Therefore, as I have stated previously. He can go suck it.
Thought I would do a double update as neither chapter is very eventful, hope you like it anyway :D
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