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Chapter 44

I woke up in a great mood. Why wouldn't I? Andy had finally sort of forgiven me an Jacob promised not to hang out with Emma anymore. This is the best day in a while. Jacob was in my bed this time and that made me smile even more. I didn't want to wake him so I tried to get out of my bed without moving around. I can tell you that is hard. This time I seemed to succeed and was able to take a shower without waking him up. It sure was time I took one. Jacob had been right last night, I smelled like beer and it was awful. How did he not force me last night to take a shower? When I came back, I was surprised to see Jacob was still there.

"No patrol today?"

"No, my Sunday is completely free to spend with you." He smiled but something was off about it.

"Great, what do you want to do?" I asked excitedly.

It had been a long time since he and I got to spend an entire day together.

"You want to go to Port Angeles? There's this one movie they're playing right now. Something about-"

"Yes, that's perfect." He said.

"You didn't even hear what it was about."

"Doesn't matter. I'm sure that if you think it's a great movie, I'll find it awesome as well."

Okay? Since when do we have the same taste in movies? Usually he wants to watch some horror movie while I prefer fantasy movies ever since I found out my boyfriend was one of those characters. He doesn't like those movies a lot. He says they've got it all wrong. He especially gets worked up over movies where a human falls in love with a vampire. I think that may open some old wounds so usually I watch those movies with Jackie. Or alone since Jackie usually spends all her time with Embry.

"Okay, so do you want to drive?"

"If that's what you want. You can drive as well."

What is up with that? Jacob refused so far to let me drive because he says I'm a danger to myself and everyone around behind the steering wheel. Why is he suddenly letting me have my way?

"You can drive I guess but you will have to tell me why you're acting like my slave right now."

"What? You don't like it? I thought I might try my best to have a great day since I didn't spend a lot of time with you lately."

What was up with the guilt today and last night? Twenty-four hours ago he didn't seem to be bothered by it at all. Then again I did yell at him Friday night that he didn't spend enough time with me but he shouldn't take it too hard. I was angry and upset.

The rest of the afternoon was...weird. He let me pick the movie and sat through this corny comedy without any complaints. Usually he'd crack me up with his witty remarks about how unoriginal and unrealistic the movie is but now he was silent. Then afterwards he insisted that I'd choose the snack bar where we'd eat even though I knew he wanted to go to his favourite. He never goes anywhere else.

I was actually sort of happy when he had to go home. This was just a really weird day for me. I didn't like this meek version of Jacob. I know I'm being hard to please right now. I don't like the overprotective Jacob, the meek one or the inconsiderate one. I just want him to act like the Jacob I know.

The weekend was over and Monday had arrived again. I hope Jacob will act a little more normal now but I was being hopeful for nothing. He wasn't even in school today and when I asked Embry where he was he said 'patrol'. When I asked Embry why Jacob seems to be getting all the patrols, he just looked at me funny.

"What's up with Embry?" I asked Jackie once her boyfriend left for class.

"What do you mean?"

"I asked him something earlier and he looked at me as if I was a psycho."

"Don't you think you're blowing things out of proportion?"

"You mean like I always do?" I hinted to our last conversation.

"About the other day: I'm sorry I made you feel like I didn't believe you."

"That's okay. It's not like you were completely wrong. I was acting a little crazy."

Jackie smiled but I knew she didn't mean that the wrong way.

"So you and Andy made up?"

"Yep, although I'm not sure he remembers that after all the alcohol he had in his system."

"He was drunk?" Jackie said outraged.

Out of the three of us, Jackie is the most responsible one. When we were younger we used to tease her by calling her our mommy but then my mother actually left and it wasn't so funny anymore.

"Just a little." I tried.

"You just said he might not remember what happened."

Jackie didn't listen to me anymore. She was making her way over to her next class which she had with Andy, probably to yell at him. Too bad I've got another class right now. There aren't a lot of things funnier than Jackie scolding Andy. Reminds me of the good old days when there was no soul mate demanding all her attention and girls hadn't even noticed Andy has a defined six-pack.

Another reason those days were pretty good is because there was no Emma Hurley. She was standing in the hallway with that cocky, I'm-so-superior-look on her face. But she can't get to me anymore. She can't get her hands on Jacob anymore now that he doesn't want to spend any time with her. I just wish I had seen the look on her face when he told her that but I've got a pretty good imagination and that's making me feel good as well.

I was just going to pass her and completely ignore her presence but there was a strange look on her face. She looked like she was gloating. What the hell? I know why I would be gloating but she's got nothing to be happy about. When she noticed me staring at her, she made her way over to me.

"Hello Erin." She smiled.

"What do you want?" I bit back.

"Just wanted to ask you how Jacob and you were doing? It didn't look like you guys were okay Friday night."

"We're fine."

"Oh, so you're not mad about it."

"About what?"

"Haha, I can't say I'm surprised. Jacob doesn't want to hurt you."

What was she talking about?

"You're just pissed because Jacob doesn't want to spend time with you anymore."

"Not really. This usually happens. The girlfriend gets upset and he promises her we won't hang out anymore but that's when the secret dates happen. And Jacob is just feeling guilty because we kissed."

"What?" I yelled.

"I guess he didn't tell you." She smiled.

"You're such a bad loser and a terrible liar."

"Really? Then how come I know where he was Saturday and you don't."

He was with the pack. That's what he told me.

"Not so sure anymore, are you?"

She was just trying to get under my skin and I was letting her.

"We spend the afternoon together and I kissed him. He definitely kissed me back, you know. It was a good kiss as well, a great kiss. He tastes a little like chocolate but of course you already know that."

How the hell did she know that? I could have thought of other reasons like she was just guessing or something but I saw Embry looking at me and Emma as if there was something I wasn't allowed to know... Holy shit! And Emma was still smiling that ridiculous smile.

I got so angry, I saw red. I didn't even fully have control over what I was doing. Before I knew it, I had pushed Emma against the locker and punched her in the face. My hand was stinging but I swung back to hit her again. Before my fist could connect with her face again, someone pulled me back.

"What is wrong with you!" Emma shrieked.

There was blood running from her nose. Good. I wouldn't mind hitting her again. Unfortunately a teacher came around the corner before I could try that again. Although I might not have succeeded with Embry holding me back.

That's how I ended up at the principal's office a few minutes later, getting a speech about how it was very inappropriate to hit other students in the face. He was trying to reach my father, Emma's father and Embry's mother. Somehow they all just assumed Embry had something to do with it as well.

The principal couldn't get a hold on my father or Embry's mother but Mrs. Hayworth soon came into the office. If I wasn't still boiling inside with anger I might have felt bad when Mrs. Hayworth looked at her stepdaughter's face. But right now I felt kind of proud of what I did to Emma's face. I had hit her right between her nose and her eye. A big bruise was forming there between her swollen nose and her tearing eye.

"Emma! What happened to your face?"

"Hello Mrs. Hurley. Miss Hurley got into a fight with two other students. I think it would be better if we continued our conversation in the hallway."

Mrs. Hayworth nodded and followed the principal out of the office. Now it was just me in a room with the bitch who threw herself at my boyfriend and the jerk who had known about it.

"Erin." Embry tried.

"Shut up!"

"Yeah Embry, she doesn't want to hear about me and Jacob yet." Emma grinned.

"Shut up!" me and Embry both shouted.

"Look, Erin whatever Emma told you wasn't true."

"Oh, so nothing happened between Emma and Jacob last Saturday? And there isn't something you know that concerns me?"

"Well,..."

"Please, I don't want to hear it."

"That doesn't mean I won't tell you." Emma smiled.

"Shut up!" We yelled.

Finally the principal returned and Emma was allowed to leave with Mrs. Hayworth. I'll be glad if I never have to see her again. I might try to make my improvement on the other side as well.

"Mr. Call, Miss Thompson, since I cannot get in contact with your family, I'll try to reach them some other day. For now you are both suspended for the next three days."

That's just great. My father will be angry and he's already in a bad mood since Bryan got in a fight two weeks ago at school as well. I was very glad I had come with my own truck today so I could just leave right away and not wait for Jackie. Unfortunately Embry found it necessary to follow me all the way to my car.

"Wait, Erin! Just wait!"

"Leave me alone."

"Not until you listen to me."

"Letting you try and make me think Emma lied you mean? I know very well what happened. Emma might be a bitch but she's not a liar unlike someone else I know."

"No, you're right. Emma kissed Jacob but it's not like he kissed her back. And he wanted to tell you but we all know you'd just use that as another reason to dump him."

"Excuse me? Since when is cheating not a good reason to break up with someone?"

"He didn't cheat on you. He didn't kiss her back. He pushed her away the second he realised what she was doing."

"Because he tells you everything but I get left in the dark?"

"I saw it in his mind. He wanted to tell you what happened but we talked it out of his head."

"What? Why?"

"Because you'd just get upset and angry with him."

"And this is so much better of course!"

"Will you please just listen to Jacob when he'll try to explain it?" Embry sighed.

"No."

I got into my car and drove home. I didn't even get to class today. Not only will I be in big trouble with my father, the principal but I'll also be hopelessly behind on schoolwork. Not that that really matter right now. My boyfriend just made out with someone else and lied to me about it.

I was still so angry but the sadness about Emma's kiss with Jacob was slowly sinking in. If Embry was telling the truth, Jacob didn't really kiss her but he had still hid it from me. He does that a lot and I just can't get it through his thick skull to quit it.

I needed to calm down right now and there was only one way to do that. I'd just have to clean the house, again, for the second time in one week. Too bad the house wasn't so dirty anymore and I couldn't completely calm down. It was around noon when my dad woke up. He was working the nightshift this week so he would sleep during the day.

"Erin? Why are you home right now?"

"I...There... You see?"

He just looked at me with a cocked eyebrow. He was waiting for a proper answer.

"I got suspended." I whispered.

"You what? Erin!"

"I know. I'm sorry. I just..."

"What did you do?"

"I kind of...hit someone in the face."

I wish he would yell at me right now, that he'd say something mean and hurtful but he just looked at me so disappointedly.

"That doesn't sound like the daughter I raised."

He took the car keys from the table and left, saying he was going to buy some groceries. I had disappointed my father. Is there anything else that could go wrong today?

I went upstairs to find something to do. I guess I shouldn't be surprised when I saw Jacob sitting on my windowsill. My father must have locked my window because he didn't seem to be able to get inside. I wanted to look away but his puppy eyes are very hard to avoid. He just looked so sad and sorry. Any doubts I had about him not pushing her away, disappeared right away but that doesn't mean he's forgiven. Not even close.

I got up and walked over to my window. Instead of opening the window for him, I closed the curtains. I don't want to see him right now.