Chapter Twenty

Monsters don't always have claws and fangs.

Disclaimer. (I'm pretty sure you guys know by now that I don't own twilight…. xD)

Rachel's POV

My sickness definitely took its toll on me, lasting a total of five days. My coughing had worsened though the body aches are finally gone. My asthma had worsened, which made my dad nervous. Cough drops were my only solution, as I had to finally head into work today. My long 'vacation' had me missing the small library, so when I walked in through the glass door I grinned happily, taking in the smell of old books.

"Ah, Rachel! You have been gone to long!" Julia smiled, looking up from a book from behind the registry.

"I know, frankly I'm surprised you haven't fired me." I laughed setting my purse in a cabinet behind the large desk.

"Well how could I fire my new executive?" she asked, smiling.

"Really?" I asked, excitedly.

"Your new name tag should be here tomorrow." She smiled.

"Thank you so much!" I squealed, hugging her.

"When are we going to hire new people?" I asked, after she told me all about how she had to fire Nicole when she found her making out with her new obsession named Danny. All I can say is thank God she is over Paul…

"Well Paul is doing my midday errands so that we can interview a few people. I need you to be with me while I interview because I need more than one judge of character." She said looking at a list.

"Whens the first one suppose to be here?" I asked, sitting down next to her.

"She is meant to be here now actually." She said getting up and looking outside.

"How many people are you planning on hiring?" I asked as we waited.

"Well, before I hired you I had fired two or three employees already so I'm trying to go back to the regular number of four at least, but in the long run I'm aiming on being able to have seven people working here. That way it's a looser schedule if someone is sick or something." She said shrugging, setting a foldable seat in front of our short desk area where I presume the people would be sitting.

Suddenly an older looking girl, maybe in her thirties, walked in carrying a bunch of shopping bags. She had short brown hair, which was cut in a short bob just at her chin. She was wearing a long blue maxi dress and some sandals.

"Hi! I'm Carol, and I'm so sorry I'm late! I just had to stop by this little shop on the way." She said smiling, setting the bags down and taking a seat.

"Well, since we have already lost some time lets get to it." Julia sighed.

By the end of the interview I was sure we knew a lot more than we really needed to. It wasn't that Julia was asking too many questions; it was that Carol seemed to spill her life story when she asked her about the simplest subjects.

We learned she had a cat, which needed surgery, and a parrot that wakes her up at five in the morning. Also that the reason she needed this job was because she was a shopaholic and wouldn't be able to pay her bills if she didn't find one soon. By the end of the interview Julia all but kicked her out because we had another person waiting to be interviewed.

"Thanks for your time!" she smiled, heading out the door.

The young man, maybe a year older than me, who had been waiting patiently on the sofa stepped forward holding out his hand for us to shake.

"Hi, I'm Andrew. I'm guessing I've got the job if that was my only competition?" he asked, joking. Fixing his blonde hair, he flashed us a sideways smile.

"Please, take a seat." Julia smiled, ignoring his comment.

"So why do you want the job?" Julia asked him.

"Well, my mom and me are having financial issues and I need to help around more." He said, shrugging.

"What are your past work experiences?" she asked.

After a day full of interviewing either too bland or too weird people, Julia and I sat down with some hot chocolate looking over all the different people.

In the end we decided to hire five of the eleven people we had seen. Carol, because she seemed okay and had a good past job experience at a publishing firm. Andrew because he seemed really hard working, and a guy named Frankie and two other women named Barbara and Wendy.

"Thank you for all the help today, I'll see you tomorrow." Julia said smiling as we departed around six in the afternoon. It had been a long day, but it was good to be back in the small shop.

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"Dad, did they call about my inhaler prescription pick up from the pharmacy today? They said it would be done by today." I sighed grabbing a bowl of cereal I had suddenly been craving.

"Jake actually went to pick it up today. Its in the medical shelf." He said pointing to the shelf were we have all of our Band-Aids and stuff. He went and grabbed my inhaler and put it in my bag. I rolled my eyes smiling at his precaution.

"Can you believe Becca leaves in three days?" I asked sadly.

"I know. I finally have you both home and it ends so quickly." He said sighing.

"Well she said she is going to be visiting a lot now." I said, hoping to cheer him up.

"Yeah. Said that last time." He laughed, ruffling my hair.

"Hey Rach!" Jake smiled walking into the room.

"Your awfully cheerful. What's up?" I asked smirking.

"Oh nothing. So uh are you going to Emily's later tonight?" he asked stealing my bowl of cereal.

"Oh yeah Jake, of course you can have my cereal." I said giving him a blank stare. "And no I wasn't planning on it… why?" I asked confused. Paul hadn't mentioned it when I talked to him earlier.

"Its movie night." He said like it was obvious, finishing the cereal by gulping the bowl down.

"Paul never mentioned it." I said shrugging.

"Eh, he probably forgot to ask. You should come." He said putting the bowl in the sink and leaving.

"Why is he so… happy?" I asked dad.

"Bella is probably going to be there." He sighed, seeming a bit agitated.

This made me think. I wanted to go and see Paul and the Pack. But I most definitely didn't want to see Bella. I mean was it even safe having her there? She is the girlfriend of a Vampire! They are our enemy!

The other day Paul had told me how Bella's boyfriend Edward is a vampire. One of the reasons Jacob is so hung up on her is because when Edward left a while back Jacob was her rock of support. Along the way of being there for her he ended up falling in live with her. But when Edward came back, she ran the leech like a flipping puppy! What kind of person does that? I love you, just not enough? Bull crap!

What kind of decent person does that to someone? Life lesson kids, not all monsters have claws and fangs... This monster just happens to be going out with a real monster. I have never met the guy, and not that Paul would ever allow that, but i sometimes felt sorry for him for having to put up with all this. To each his own though. But it was beyond me why she choose a cold vampire over a warm wolf.

Not only did this bit of information gross me out, it made me furious. How could she choose one of them over Jacob? How could she put her life in danger like that? Was she stupid?

Paul had laughed at how mad I had gotten. I honestly was about to storm to her house and asked her what the hell her problem was. Needless to say, I do not like Bella.

"Rachel are you coming or not? Becca is at Teresa's house so you don't have to worry about that." Jake asked walking back into the kitchen with keys in his hand.

As much as I didn't like this girl, she wasn't going to stop me from hanging out with Paul and my brother. Plus, I need to get a good look at her if I ever need to beat her up for something.

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"Rachel!" Paul smiled, picking me up in a hug and twirling me around in a circle.

I kissed his cheek smiling. He set me down and took my hand, leading us into the living room. Everyone seemed to be prepared to watch the movie, couples paired up on the sofas and everything. Paul sat down next to where Jared and Kim were sitting on the tan sofa to the right and pulled me onto his lap. I was grateful that I was wearing a comfy V-neck shirt and some Capri sweat pants so I could lean on his chest and be relaxed.

Suddenly the rowdy room became slightly quieter and I turned to look at what had caused this. A girl with mud brown hair and pale skin wearing a jacket and some jeans was standing awkwardly next to Jacob.

"Bella glad you could make it!" Emily smiled from where she sat with Sam.

"Yeah, thanks for inviting me." She said blushing.

Everyone turned their attention back to what it had been on before and Bella and Jake sat down on couch opposite to the one Paul and me were on. She sat fidgeting, looking around uncomfortably.

Why did Jake like this girl so much? She wasn't gorgeous, though I will admit she was not ugly, she was just average. She didn't seem to have too much of an individuality. She sat there with him blushing and speaking quietly. She didn't fit in too well with these loud and crazy boys.

To be honest, as much as I want my brother to be happy, I don't think that even if she choose him I would like her too much. She didn't seem that bad, besides the fact that she used my brother, which I definitely don't take lightly, but she didn't really… fit with him. He was happy and bubbly and cheerful, and she was shy and reserved and quiet. Not that there is anything wrong with being like that, but she just didn't go right with him. End of story.

Of course life never works that way though. Edward had to be a vampire and Jake had to be a werewolf. Jacob had to fall in love with fall in love with a girl who was desperately in love with a vampire. He had to still want her, and she had to take advantage of that. Things never work the way we think they should. But what do we know? Maybe it was destiny.

If so then its safe to say destiny, though at times can be absolutely beautiful, can really truly suck from time to time. And maybe, it was destiny for what was about to happen, to happen… I'll let you decide.

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Hey guys! Please review! It might be a week (maybe a little less) before I update cause school is back and you guys know how that always comes first :) though I definitely will not stop writing this story haha

What do you think is going to happen next? Tell me in a review! ;) If you're right I will PM you.

P.S. What's about to happen isn't going to be something that goes according to the book, because the book was obviously in Bella's POV and I don't even think she ever meet Rachel haha :P also, it just doesn't happen in the book lol

P.S.S. Okay I promise this is the last thing! I was thinking of maybe writing another story, though it might not be up for a really long time, but which wolf would you guys want to see in this story? It has an OC so it would be someone who hasn't imprinted (this story will most definitely not interfere with 'My Heart With You' hence the part that it might be a long time before it is up:)