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Chapter 4

Jacob could smell and feel her as soon as he entered. She had been in the kitchen recently and he could make out that she was upstairs. Her bedroom must be there. Her scent lingered and it tugged on the invisible string that connected them. He had to see her.

Carol frowned when she saw Jacob glancing upstairs instead of at her. Mia and Embry exchanged glances. Jacob and Neona were in for a ton of shit from Carol.

"Hi, Embry, how have you been?" Carol asked with fake sweetness.

"Good. Thanks."

She nodded before glaring at Jacob.

"Morning, Jacob….Jacob? Jacob!" Carol glanced up to see Neona at the bottom of the stairs staring wide eyed at Jacob. She frowned.

"Neona, aren't you getting late? This is your one good chance at employment." Carol emphasized to let Jacob know she was unemployed at the moment and would mooch off him if he so much as thought about her.

Neona's mouth snapped shut before she nodded and adjusted the strap of her handbag and averted her eyes. She swallowed trying to lubricate her suddenly dry throat. She felt the burn of embarrassment down to the pit of her stomach.

She offered a small smile to Embry before glancing at him nervously before deciding to nod to him as well and hurrying out.

"Neo! Wait I'll drive you!" Mia came rushing out while zipping up her hoodie.

"Nah, I'll just walk. It'll warm me up." She said with a smile, hoping her lie wouldn't be caught. She was hoping the walk would cool her down. She felt hot suddenly and what was with this pull again? Man, it was like an invisible rope had been tied around her chest. But where was its other end?

"I can give her a ride." Jacob said eagerly.

"Sure you can." Mia muttered angrily under her breath. The wolves heard her alright.

Carol who had come to see what was going on frowned again. What the hell?

"Err.." Mia was at a loss for words, polite ones anyways. She could already see the slightly confused and very upset expression Carol wore. This would not go down well.

Without waiting for an answer, Jacob was jogging towards her only to see that she was already turning the corner of the street.

He quickly got into his SUV and sped towards her.

Mia and Embry decided to head to her room before leaving for work not paying heed to Carol who was seething.

Neona was walking at a good pace and she felt her skin begin to cool down although the tug was still present.

Her ears perked up as she heard a vehicle slow down beside her.

"Hey, come on in. I'll drop you off."

She looked into the eyes that had haunted her night and hesitated only a little before getting in.

Jacob smiled big but then mentally face palmed. He should have gotten out to open the door for her.

She smiled a little when she saw him looking her way.

Jacob relaxed. It wasn't so bad.

She gave him the address to Mrs. Thompsons place.

They didn't say anything for a while and Neo noticed how slow he was driving. Her destination wasn't far off. She should have been close to it by now. She let her thoughts wander.

Jacob noticed her deep in thought and frowned. What was she thinking? He wanted to know but didn't want to come off as nosy or intruding. As it is he was driving extra slow to make their time together last. He was sure she must have noticed.

"What's the interview for?" he finally broke the silence.

"Err…It's…I'm a personal chef or trying to get there." She spared him just a glance while shrugging.

"huh uh"

Neo blinked before looking at him. He seemed a bit troubled.

"Is..is that a problem?"

"What? No..no..I was just wondering what that is all about." Jacob glanced at her with a smiled and Neo breath hitched a little.

"Get a grip…don't be stupid." Neo muttered to herself while looking away and out of the window.

"What?" Jacob asked brow frowned.

"Huh? Ahh..nothing… just…it's rather cold for this time of the month, isn't it?"

"Yeah"

Before any more awkwardness could make them feel weird, they arrived at her destination.

Jacob's face fell.

He watched her get out.

"Thanks for the ride, Jackson." Neona smirked before walking away.

"It's OK…wait..my.." Jacob frowned before looking at her smirk and letting out a hearty laugh. He knew what she just did there. Embry had chided him after their date that he kept forgetting his date's name; Clara wasn't Candy.

He looked at the gates trying to get one last glimpse of her before driving off.

He saw her with a girl chatting away as she swung her arm over the shorter girl's shoulder and moved inside the house.

He smiled feeling happy although the tug had lessened it smarted a little now as she got further away. He sighed before driving home to get some sleep before going to work.

Neo was rather proud of the little stunt she pulled. She was sure he was wondering what happened.

She frowned and her steps slowed as the pull in her chest caught her attention once again.

"What the hell?" She whispered to herself. She could have sworn it went away.

"Neo!"

Neona's attention was demanded by her new friend, Amy. She had met her at the cute little dress shop in La Push and they had gotten along quickly. It was then she had learnt that Amy's grandmother lived alone and could use help cooking and Neona couldn't believe her luck.

Amy had promised to call her back once she talked to Mrs. Thompson and she had. The "interview" was more like a sampling of all the good stuff she could cook.

They chatted about random things while she worked but Neo rubbed her chest discretely. Hopefully the day would get better.

Seemed today was not the day her wishes would be granted.

The ache continued throughout her time with the Thompsons and she felt uncomfortable. Wanting nothing more than to get home and curl up with some hot chocolate, good music and a good view of the forest.