Chapter 25:

I groaned when I saw Jacob was still in bed, I swear this boy does it to frustrate me sometimes. I walked over and nudged him in the ribs hard, making him roll away from me. I grabbed his broad shoulder and began shaking him roughly to get him to wake up.

"What?" he groaned, opening one of his eyes to look up at me. I stepped back and put my hands on my hips.

"You have school Jacob, and we need to leave in the next ten minutes for you not to be late." I replied, watching as he rubbed his large hands over his face to wake himself up.

"I don't feel well." I rolled my eyes at the lame excuse my boyfriend came out with.

"Jacob, you can't get ill. Even if you could, your temperature would burn it out in like five minutes." I stated. "Now get your butt out of bed and get ready for school." He whined and grabbed my waist, pulling me down and making me fall on him. I braced my hands either side of his head to stop me from head butting him and looked down as he was staring up at me. "Jacob Black, get up now." I said firmly.

"Why do you always burn every excuse I come up with?" he complained, trying to kiss me. I allowed him to before pulling back a few moments later.

"You need to graduate, after that you don't have to worry about it anymore. Trust me, it's easier." I replied, moving to get off him but finding I couldn't as his grip had tightened. "Jacob, please?" I sighed, looking back down at his face. "If not for me, then do it for your dad. He deserves you at least finishing high school."

"Why are you so persuasive?" he groaned, sitting upright and making me fall into his lap.

"Because I am, now move." I moved off him and pushed against his back to try and make him stand up. He sighed and stood up, stretching as he did so, and started getting ready.

"Breakfast is on the table by the way!" I called as he walked out his room, staying behind to make sure he'd done all his homework and had it packed in his bag.

"Thanks!" he yelled back, most likely from the kitchen.

"I swear he's a fucking five year old sometimes." I muttered, zipping his rucksack back up once I'd finished.

"You've got that right." I jumped and snapped my head to look at Billy who was in the doorway of Jake's bedroom, blushing lightly as he'd caught me swearing. "Don't worry; I think that boy would make anyone swear with how dim he is sometimes." He chuckled, making me smile.

"Not all the time, just most of it." I grinned, making Billy laugh.

"Are you going to start moving in the house today?" he asked, making me nod.

"Once I make sure Jacob's in school and actually going to stay there; then I was gonna make a trip back to my old house to pick up the rest of my stuff and move it in. Jake can come in on the weekend, once he's done his homework." I smiled, making Billy smile back.

"You're really going to make him finish school."

"Yeah, I want him at least finishing high school; he can decide if he wants to go to college or not. But he has to have some qualifications under his belt otherwise he could find himself stuck somewhere later in life." I replied, nearly tripping over his backpack as I slid off his bed. Billy chuckled and I scowled playfully at him.

"You always were the clumsy one." He smiled affectionately, ruffling my hair as I hugged him.

"Yeah, but you love me for it." I grinned, scooping up Jake's bag.

"It's hard not to." Billy smiled, wheeling himself towards the kitchen as I followed behind him. I stopped in the doorway of the kitchen as I saw Jake dumping his plate in the sink.

"I forget how fast you eat sometimes." I remarked, making him flash a grin at me before he walked over and took his rucksack from me; pressing a kiss to my head. "Oh and by the way, I'm checking in with Jared every hour to make sure you actually stay there." I smiled sweetly as he groaned, throwing his head back.

"You, woman, are going to be the death of me." He remarked, scowling playfully down at me. I grinned and motioned for him to hurry up to my car. He followed me out and we both got in my car before I started driving Jacob to school.

"Stop looking at me like that." I laughed lightly. "I stayed in school, and trust me; it was a much worse experience for me than it is for you." I stated.

"Why?" he asked, frowning. I sighed and shrugged.

"I was schooled in California, the most heavily stereotyped place on earth. With the way I looked and how I acted differently from everyone else, I got the brunt of it."

"You were bullied?" I shrugged again and nodded.

"Took no notice of it first, but started taking it into account when it escalated. I got dragged into fights and other shit like that. But I stayed until I finished my last year and now I never have to go back there again, so I won't be seeing them anymore." I said, turning onto the street which the res school was on.

I pulled into the parking lot and Jacob turned to face me, grabbing my chin and pulling my head closer so he could kiss me. I kissed him back until he pulled away slightly, looking at me intently.

"You'd tell me if that was happening now right?" he asked seriously, cupping the side of my face. I nodded and he relaxed again. "Good, I don't want anyone hurting you." He released my face and unclipped his seatbelt before a knock on my window made me jump. I turned my head and saw Jared grinning at me from the other side. I rolled down the window.

"Yes?" I asked, arching an eyebrow as I looked at him.

"You brought him!" he cheered, making me roll my eyes.

"I said he was going to school, I would have made him either way."

"She didn't believe my excuses." Jacob whined from the passenger side.

"You said you were ill, you can't get ill." I stated.

"Well, I could have been!"

"Dude, that was lame. If you're gonna make an excuse at least pick a good one." Jared remarked. "Like, Sam needs me for patrol; or Carlisle needs to talk."

"Thanks for the heads up." I smiled.

"Aw, fu-" I shot my hand out and clamped it over Jared's mouth, cutting him off mid-word.

"Go or you'll be late." I said to both of them, removing my hand from his mouth. Jacob kissed me quickly again before getting out my car and joining Jared, both of them running into the building.

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"Thanks for coming with me Emmett." I said, glancing up at the vampire before walking into my old house.

"Didn't want you going in on your own Hails, you don't know what he could do if you didn't have one of us with you." He replied, hugging me to his side as we made our way upstairs. I opened the door to my bedroom and saw my dad passed out in the bed.

"Charming." I remarked, wrinkling my nose. "Can you move him please?" I asked, looking up at Emmett.

"Where'd ya want him?" He went over and slung my father over his shoulder before turning back to me.

"Anywhere but in here." I shrugged, making him laugh.

"You really shouldn't have said that." He grinned, flitting out the room. I rolled my eyes and began packing the remaining stuff I had in here to be transported to my new house on the reservation.

Emmett arrived back a few minutes later and I gave him a look, making him smile and shrug as he joined me in packing.

"I'm not even going to ask." I remarked. He flashed me his teeth in a wide grin before lifting three boxes at once and heading back down to Billy's truck I'd borrowed.

Emmett and I finished around an hour later and I was beginning to grow curious as to where he had placed my dad. I walked into the master bedroom to collect some stuff that used to be my mother's when she was loveable and opened the closet to find my dad stuffed in there with full on makeup on his face. I snorted as I held back the laughter and quickly pulled some stuff out from around him before running downstairs and getting into the truck.

"Did you do the makeup on him?" I asked Emmett as I started the truck. He laughed as I drove back further into La Push towards my new house and a grin stuck to his face.

"So you found out where I put him?" I nodded and he chuckled. "Who do you think does Rose's makeup when she gets frustrated?"

"I was going to say Alice." I admitted. He shook his head and pointed to himself. "Not a bad job, got to admit. Every think of going into that business?" Emmett's laugh boomed through the truck.

"Huh, love you Hails." He sighed, ruffling my hair.

"Not while I'm driving!" I squeaked, swatting his hand away.

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