Claire had one thought while she stood in the middle of the road with the man that had just introduced himself as Jacob Black; what have I driven into? Her brain kicked back on and visibly shook herself out of whatever trance she was in and ran to her car. She opened the trunk and opened her suitcase. She pulled out a pair of her last foster brother's sweatpants that he hadn't asked for them back so she kept them. She brought them back to Jacob and handed them to him.

"Figured you would be more comfortable in these then my jacket." Jacob smiled and held the jacket with one hand and took the sweatpants with the other. Claire gently took the jacket and opened it up to cover Jacob while he changed. Claire told herself she was not staring at his muscles as he put the pants and she definitely was not tempted to look over the jacket. Jacob stood back up and brown met purple once more. Claire cleared her throat. "Good?" Jacob nodded and Claire folded the jacket over her arm. Neither of them knew where to go from here. "Okay, I'm just going to…go. Um, glad to see your leg is better. Bye." Claire hastily walked to her car.

"Hey, wait. I don't even know your name." Jacob said running after her. He put his hand on her car door and Claire was shocked by his strength. Her whole car shook with the force of him just putting his hand on her door. Claire turned to face him again and he took his hand off the door.

"Right, my name, it's Claire. No last name, just Claire."

"Well, it's just nice to meet you, Just Claire." Jacob said with a smile and held out his hand. Claire looked at his hand for a moment before slowly reaching out and taking his hand, shaking it. Jacob's grip was light enough but still held enough strength that it was almost painful for Claire. They let go almost too soon for Claire's liking. "Are you moving here or just visiting?"

"Well, that depends on if I have a reason to stay. Right now, my only reason is that my finger picked this town from a map." Claire said shrugging. "I need to find a job and a place to stay would be nice. Would you happen to know of any hotels?" Jacob rubbed the back of his neck.

"We don't really have hotels since we're such a small town, but I can lead you someplace where people are always willing to help." Claire contemplated his offer for a few moments before nodding.

"You can ride with me so it's easier to give me directions, I mean if you want of course." Claire's brain started screaming at her the moment the words left her mouth. Her brain was screaming that she just met this man and she was going to let him get into her car with her?! Claire shushed that voice telling her it was a bad idea. Jacob nodded and started to walk around to the passenger side. Claire took a deep breath.

"Okay Claire get it together. It's just a guy. You can easily fight him off if he tries anything. You are smart, you are strong, you are…completely in over your head," Claire muttered to herself and resisted the urge to bash her head into the car door. She got in the car and turned on the ignition. After buckling her seatbelt, she pulled back onto the road. Jacob gave her directions to the reservation. She slowly pulled into a spot Jacob had showed her. Jacob got out and gave Claire a look and a c'mon motion. Claire hesitantly got out of the car. Jacob chuckled and took her hand all but dragging her toward a house. Claire definitely didn't need to ignore the pulse electricity when he grabbed her hand, because it didn't exist. Jacob brought her up to the door and barged in like he owned the place. A woman with copper skin, dark hair, and brown eyes and came into the room. Claire averted her eyes so she wouldn't stare at the scar on the woman's face.

"Emily, this is Claire. She's knew to town and helped a few miles back after a run-in with a certain half bloodsucker that caused me to break my leg." Claire snapped her eyes to him. "Don't ask now." He turned back to Emily. "She also may or may not have seen my wolf form." Emily looked at him shocked for a moment before coming back to the conversation at hand.

"Nessie broke your leg? What the hell did you do?" Emily asked amused. It wasn't too often that Renesmee got that mad at Jacob. Jacob rolled his eyes and let go of Claire's hand.

"Why is always my fault? Couldn't she have done something and it escalated?" Emily just gave him a look. Jacob fidgeted for a moment.

"I challenged Bella to a race and said winner needs to kiss the loser. Nessie attacked me before Bella or Edward could. Threw me through the woods and onto the road where my leg broke." Emily just shook her head with a smile. "I know. I know, I had it coming." Emily just nodded before turning to Claire.

"Hello Claire it's nice to meet you. I'm Emily." She stuck her hand out for the younger woman to shake. "What brings you here?"

"My finger. I needed a fresh start so I bought a map, closed my eyes, and wherever my finger landed on that's where I went."

"I like that idea. Well, welcome and thank you for taking care of Jacob." She pointed to Jacob who was currently munching on a chicken wing. Emily went over and swatted him away. "Those are for tonight!" Jacob wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.

"So anyway Em, Claire here obviously doesn't have a place to stay so…" Emily cut him off.

"The spare room is hers. You're in luck Claire, I just cleaned up in there and put fresh sheets on. It's all yours for as long as you need."

"Thank you. It'll just be until I get a job and can afford a place of my own. I also want to earn my keep so I can pay rent, cook, clean, do laundry, whatever you need just tell me. Think of me as your live-in maid." Jacob and Emily shared a brief look.

"Claire, you're a guest here. You don't have to earn your keep. If you want to help out around the house or with meals you may but it's not expected and you will not be treated like a live-in maid." Emily finished speaking and Sam walked in from the back door. "Oh hi Sam. This is Claire, she's going to be staying with us for a little while." Sam turned toward Claire and Claire bowed her head under his hard look. "Be nice, you're scaring her. Come on Claire, let's get your stuff out of the car and get them inside." Emily pulled Claire outside. Sam went over to Jacob.

"She's had a tough go." Sam said to Jacob. Jacob nodded.

"You saw that too, huh?"

"What happened over at the Cullen's'?" Sam asked with an amused smile. Jacob groaned and walked away. "Renesmee handed your ass to you huh? I told you challenging Bella was a bad idea and that one of them was going to kick your ass." Sam said following Jacob laughing the whole time.