Chapter 21

Boredom

Just as Alice had predicted, it's raining the next few days. It is dark and cloudy, just like Forks, but very humid. Jacob spent the week inside with the fans on and the air conditioning running. I told him it would be hot. Esme has always liked antiques, so Bella and Edward are antique shopping today. Renee tagged along with Phil to look for other things.

Now Jacob, Seth, and myself are alone in the house. As of now I'm sitting in the guest room putting away my clothes. Jake and Seth are raiding the kitchen and wasting all the power on the electric fans. From downstairs I can hear the TV. I bet Seth has the remote because the channels keep changing.

I climbed down the stairs to find the scene exactly what I thought.

Maybe I have a power like Alice or something.

"I'm going for a walk, does anyone wanna come?" In seconds Jake's face popped out from behind the fridge and with his mouthful of...something…nodded.

I heard a huge gulp and in a minute he was beside me. I grabbed a rain jacket and so did Jake. He then turned to Seth who was lounging on the couch.

"Seth, don't let anyone in except if it's Bella, Renee or Phil." Seth look a bit confused.

"What about Edward?" Seth asked.

I saw Jake grin. "Leave him in the rain." He zipped up his slicker and ran outside.

I rolled my eyes. "Seth, just let my dad in." And I followed Jacob.

I met him by the sidewalk and we turned down Oak Street. We just kept walking. The clusters of trees slowly went past us. We came upon a park and made a detour into the winding paths. Jacob took my hand.

"Are you worried?" He whispered.

I looked at him and remembered why we were here in the first place. I could feel my throat tighten up.

"Yes, I am. Because of me I'm putting a lot of people in danger." He wrapped his arms around me.

I stopped walking and looked at him. He gave me the stop-blaming-yourself look. "It's true." I protested but he still wasn't buying it.

"Wanna get something to eat?" I started to laugh. I'm half-vampire, I don't exactly "eat" like a normal person would.

"Jake, I think we might get kicked out of the state and be a disgrace if we got "food" here" He started to chuckle.

"Would it be better if we went to a steak house?" I smiled.

"I call getting my steak rare." I pulled him along as we wandered down the streets looking for a steak house.

We finally found one at the corner of an empty street. We went inside and slid into a booth near a window. The waitress was slim and tall. She had a bright red streak in her black hair and lots of piercings on her ears. She took our order and looked surprised when I ordered. After she walked away, I let my mind wander. I stared out the window and scanned the restaurant. When I was looking out the window, I recognized someone. It was the boy from the airport. He had the same pale face and the same color hair. He was also carrying a dark blue umbrella. At a weird angle, it looked like he was watching me. I turned away and looked at Jacob.

"Do you see that kid outside?" He jerked himself out of a trance and turned to look at me.

"Do you see that kid outside?" I asked again. He turned his head and glanced out the window. He then looked at me funny.

"What kid?" He asked.

"He was right..." I turned to look out the foggy window to see that to pale boy was gone.

"But... He was there... just a second... pale kid... ugh... forget it." I was confused the kid was there only moments ago.

Where did he go?

The waitress returned with our meal. Even though my food was really rare, it still didn't taste as good as completely raw meat. But I still finished it. When we were done, Jake paid the bill and we went back to Renee's house.

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