A/N: If you don't like the characters or plot, then don't read. This is slightly AU as fair as Lana and their ancestry and stuff like that. But the main premise will not change.

DISCLAIMER: I only own my OC, nothing else.

WORD COUNT: 1, 317

Chapter 3:

Visiting.

Edward flew out of his seat, ripping his bag and books from the table just moments before the bell went.

Lana quickly packed her own things up, giving Mike her notes and the answers, considering she had done them while Mr Molina was teaching and she quickly walked to Bella, who grabbed her things and walked out.

"I'm changing Biology." Bella growled, looking annoyed and confused.

"Bells, what happened?" Lana asked, her eyebrows furrowed seriously.

"He wouldn't stop staring at me. He didn't say anything and he just kept staring. He made me uncomfortable." Bella said, looking a bit shaken.

"Did you tell him to stop?" Lana asked, already knowing the answer.

"No." Bella replied, walking determinedly to the office.

"He would have if you told him!" Lana groaned, "oh alright, go ahead. Listen, I'll be coming to the diner late. I'm going over to the reservation to see Billy. I said I'd be visiting. So letting you know,"

"What about Charlie, does he know?" Bella asked, for the moment, distracted by the Edward Cullen staring competition. Good, her plan worked.

"It's Dad, Bella. And yes. I told him this morning." Lana raised her hand in farewell before parting, navigating her way easily through the halls until she found the front entrance and her bike, she threw her bag in Bella's truck, considering there was no way that she could keep it on the bike. Suiting up, she pulled on her gloves and her helmet before mounting her baby and started it, peeling out of the parking lot and racing down the street.

(..)

The sound of the motorcycle brought Jake from his house, a large smile on his face as he saw Lana expertly park and dismount, taking off her gloves and helmet.

Her smile rivaled his.

"Hey, stranger. What brings you to this neck of the woods?" Jacob asked, bringing Lana in for a tight hug, which she returned, her heart beating faster as his arms wrapped around her waist and they broke away.

"Just thought I'd visit my favorite person in the world." Lana smiled as Jacob's smile turned smug and he pushed his chest out, just as Lana continued, "your Dad." Jacob's smug look completely wiped off his face and was replaced with shock, which made Lana burst out in laughter.

"Very funny, Lana." Jacob said, a crooked smile gracing his handsome, youthful face and he wrapped an arm around her waist, leading her to his home. "So what really brings you here?"

Lana smiled, "I really did just come to visit. Thought it'd be a good idea to reconnect with my childhood best-friend. It's been a very long time. Plus I've missed your Dad too."

"Okay," Jacob said, leading her in and she said her hello's to Billy, sitting with them for a while, talking and hanging out.

"So, Lana, tell me," Billy asked, his hat resting on the end table next to him, along with a can of half-drunk beer, "how was your first day at your school?" He asked, a fond smile curving his lips at the sight of Lana. He'd always loved her like a daughter, along with the fact that she was so close with Jacob during their childhood when she and Bella would visit their father for the summer. Alana Swan was probably one of the most gorgeous souls he had ever come across. When the diabetes progressed and he was confined to a wheelchair; when Lana came for that visit, she didn't stare, she didn't ridicule him, she just asked if he was okay and if he needed a hug. While Bella looked on at 11 years of age and hadn't said a word, but she was looking up at the trees, he knew she didn't want to be insensitive and stare.

"It's alright, a bit tedious but I'm working with it." Lana shrugged, looking a bit bored.

"Tedious? Aren't you in Jacob's year range?"

"I mean, I'm 16 in September, but I had enough credits to be bumped to Junior."

Jacob and Billy's eyes widened in shock, "You're a Junior?" They asked at the same time. It made Lana smile.

"Yeah, I mean, I just didn't want to stay in school for longer than I needed to. I read every text book. It's just boring to me now." Lana shrugged, like her stroke of genius just wasn't worth the time and effort to be praised on or thought about.

"Damn, Lana. You've got some talent." Jacob raised his hand, palm out and she grinned, slapping her palm to his in a loud high-five.

"I know, I'm awesome. Take some notes, Jake. You'll need 'em." Lana teased as Billy barked out a loud laugh as Jacob got up and tackled Lana good-naturedly. Billy laughed as the two fifteen-year-old kids mock-wrestled.

(..)

It wasn't long after that Lana announced her departure, having promised her Dad that she was going to have dinner with them at the local diner.

"I'm off, Billy. It's good to see you again." She hugged the older man as he reciprocated.

"You're welcome anytime, Lana." Billy smiled at her before looking to Jacob, "can you walk her out, son?"

"Sure, Dad." Jacob said and walked Lana out to her bike, watching her zip her jacket up as well as putting on her gloves as she sat on the bike, holding on to her helmet. "Hey, Lana, could you. . .uh. ." Jacob trailed off, his cheeks turning an almost invisible shade of pink due to his copper skin.

"Yeah?" Lana prompted, looking at him questioningly.

"Could you tell Bella I said 'hi'?" Jacob mumbled, looking up at his best friend through locks of his hair.

Lana's smile slowly slid off her face but she knew that her crush probably barely even realized. "S-sure. I can do that for you. M-hmm. Yep." Lana spoke through clenched teeth, popping the 'P'. She started the motorbike with more force than she knew was necessary, thrusting her leg on the trigger on the first go, hearing it spark to life with a loud roar.

"Oh, you're the best, Lana." Jacob kissed her cheek, before pulling away. Lana knew it was silly to feel even a smidgen of hope, but she allowed it. . .and then it smashed to floor, "you're the greatest friend anybody could ever have."

'Have I just been friend-zoned?' Lana internally asked herself. 'Well, there's go my heart. Would you like anything else? My kidneys? Maybe my spleen since you seem to like playing Operation with my feelings!'

"I swear, nobody's a greater friend than you." Jacob rambled.

'Oh, so you want my liver too? Ten points for the Alcohol Station. Now boarding.' Lana smiled bitterly. "Look, Jake. While I love the praise, I really do have to go." She easily slid the helmet over her head, putting the visor down to cover her eyes.

"Oh yeah, of course. See you soon, Lana!" Jacob called, waving.

Lana nodded before taking her hand off the break and she gunned it from the Black residence, her hands tight on the handlebars of the bike as she looked down at the speed monitor and she was going well over the legal limit, but at that point, she didn't care.

Lana would always be second best to Bella.