Author's Note: Soooo...my bad for not updating but here ya go!

Both Jacob and Adeline are 14 by the end of the chapter.

Chapter 5: Love Buzz

Word had spread of Sam and Leah's breakup, she avoided everyone not wanting to hear the whispers of theories people were making of their split. What made it worse was hearing that Sam would often skip class to go up to the Makah reservation.

It pissed me off that none of the elders seemed to care that Sam would purposely miss school. Usually they would make a fuss about how important it was for all of us to get our education and shit, but for them to brush this off was not like them. What really set me off was when Paul Lahote missed school for weeks and when he finally came back, he didn't speak to anyone except Sam.

A week after Paul's return our teacher had decided to reassign seats having me sit next to him. Before his disappearance I'd occasionally talk to Paul only because we somehow ended working in the same group. Though at times he'd go out of his way to talk to me after class mostly if I was by myself or with Kim. However, after our seat change, I would notice him frequently glancing at me. I did my best to ignore it, but of course freaking Kim had eyes like a hawk and caught on.

Once we got out of class Kim is immediately on the topic, "It's a good thing Jake isn't in our class this year."

"Kim…" I warn her.

"What? Just because you're pretending Paul isn't into you doesn't mean I have to."

"Ugh, this sucks."

"Why because you have a beefcake staring you down." She laughed, Kim was loving this too much.

"NO! It's just weird ya know…" I look around, "He was gone for weeks and now he's…"

"I know what you mean, but its not like we're gonna get actual answers from anyone."

Kim and I parted ways since I was staying afterschool to print some stuff in the library. Once I started to head out, I saw that only a few kids had stuck around to hang in the front of the school.

"Hey Clearwater!"

I turn to see Paul walking next to me, I was a little taken aback since I didn't see him when I walked out. "Umm…Hey Paul, what's up?"

"Nothing much you mind if I walk with you." He asked.

"Yea sure its fine." God this was weird right? I mean I haven't spoken to him what feels like forever with him being gone for weeks. Yet here he is offering to walk me home.

"I just figured we can walk home together since you ain't walking with Black or Connweller today. Hopefully this isn't weird for you, but I just don't feel comfortable having you walk by yourself."

"I don't mind plus its like not much happens around here."

"That's not true it's dangerous to be on your own especially in Forks." He had gotten serious at my statement. I had kept my focus on the road ahead of us when I finally turn my attention to Paul. As our eyes met, he stared into my eyes I tried looking away, but his eyes followed it seemed like he was waiting for something to happen.

"…P-Paul…?"

He shakes his head frustrated with himself, "I need to go!"

"PAUL!" I shouted at him as he disappeared into the woods leaving me stunned.

He didn't go to school the rest of the week or the next week. But when he did, he completely ignored me no longer giving any side glances during class. I tried confronting him, but he was always the first to leave class and he rarely hung around the lunch room. I would have been more persistent however, Jared Cameron had missed school for a few days followed by weeks with Sam and Paul missing as well.

Almost a month since Jared had stopped showing up, he had reappeared at school including the other two. All three of them never hung out with each other prior now suddenly they are rarely seen without them being all together. I felt like I was in the twilight zone with how much weird shit has been going on around here. If anything, it just made me more curious on what the hell happened to Sam in those damn woods. Apart of me felt like all of this could be connected back to those two weeks Sam went missing.

Kim had calmed me down from the whole Paul investigation, but she wasn't going to be able to stop me from my Sam investigation. With the amount of shit going on around this reservation and Sam being the epicenter of it I could not let it go, you would have to pry it from my cold dead manicured hands. Especially with me hearing whispers of Emily allowing Sam to go visit her at the Makah reservation what the fuck! She went on and on that she was disgusted at the fact that Sam would leave Leah for her but now she's entertaining the idea of him being around her. This was all bullshit this was starting to make me feel uneasy on what kind of relationship those two had. Apart of me was hoping Sam was still groveling to Emily but knowing her she's probably letting him have a friendship with her out of pity.

Before I went completely insane with my own thoughts, I figured I'd make my way to the Black's garage or as I call it Jacob's little slice of heaven. As I came into view of the make shift red garage it started to drizzle a little making me walk faster. The closer I got the more I can hear Jacob's loud music, Billy hated when he blasted his radio since he can't hear him yelling from their porch with his wheelchair not allowing him to get close to the garage due to how uneven the ground was.

I see there's a little opening to the garage and peek my head in to see Jacob's back facing me. I slowly make my way towards him while his attention was on Billy's beast of a truck. Once I was right behind him, I look over his shoulder to what he's doing.

Still not noticing me I decide to give his hair a little tug, "Holy shit!" He touches his head and turns around to see me smiling at him.

"Damn it Addie! Do you have to do that every time?" He questions me.

"You make it too easy, plus I can't help but touch your hair…" I started to run my fingers through his hair, "…it's so soft…" Jacob closes his eyes and leans into my touch more, hearing a low hum coming from him.

"So, what's wrong with the truck now." I say to him.

"Mmm…Nothing much really it just looks like I'm gonna have to rebuild the engine."

"You say it like it's no big deal."

"When are you gonna realize I got skill when it comes to cars." He grins at me.

"Can you at least act humble about it." I stop combing my fingers through his hair.

He frowns and looks up at me, "Why'd you stop?" This causes me to giggle Jacob loves it when I play with his hair he totally melts whenever I do it. If we're watching a movie or something, he falls asleep to it, but he shoots right up once I stop.

"Have you told Billy of your little project yet."

"Well I have some money from helping your dad fix those boats but since it is dad's truck, I figured he wouldn't mind giving me some cash for parts." He gets up wiping his hands on a rag and walks towards the end of the garage. There was a red Volkswagen Rabbit Billy had bought it for Jacob to fix up and resell, after he finished working on the old Chevy pickup. "You know dad says once the truck's done I can drive around in it."

"Woah, Jake you drive now." How long has he been keeping this from me?

"Kind of…Well dad's been teaching me since my birthday." He says while messing with the rabbit's side mirror.

"For almost two months you've been driving!"

"I wanted to surprise you…" Giving me a nervous look, "I thought we could start taking drives together to help clear your mind."

"What do you- "

"You really think I haven't noticed this whole Sam and Leah thing hasn't been affecting you." I had turned my head away from him, he gently grabs my chin to turn my attention at him. Looking at him I see the worried expression he has, "I was there that day too you know…I got to see firsthand the damage Sam did to Leah's heart it was cruel what he did to her, leaving her for her sister. Not sure how you can recover from something like that honesty, especially since I've even heard that Emily might be giving him a chance…"

My eyes widen in disbelief hearing him say that last sentence, I had been hoping that rumor wasn't true, that I was hearing things wrong. But hearing Jacob say it made it more real since he never spoke about rumors unless there was some truth to it.

"…Adeline…" He said my name so softly I almost didn't hear it. I couldn't respond to him with there being a knot in my throat not that I had anything to say. His arms wrapped around me giving me a wave of calm, neither one of us said a word all we heard was the pitter patter of rain outside. While in his arms I debated with myself whether or not I should express my theories on Sam and his two new companions. It was probably better not to mention it to him yet since he was still pissed at Paul for leaving me alone by the woods where people have been hearing wolf activity.

We waited for the rain to settle a little giving us a chance to run into the house. Billy was in his room passed out, we figured we couldn't be too loud, so Jacob gave me a stack of movies his sisters left behind to pick from. We ended up watching Heathers since Jake didn't want to watch Sixteen Candles again, the only reason I kept picking it was because it was one of the few romance movies, I wasn't banned from watching.

This was the last weekend before all hell broke loose, you know the saying 'the calm before the storm', that's what exactly what happened. That Sunday my mom had gotten a call from Aunt Sue that it was urgent for them to go to the Makah reservation immediately, she packed up her equipment and left. Turns out Emily had been mauled by a bear, having half her face shredded as well as her shoulder. The next weekend Leah and I had went to go visit her seeing her was like seeing something out of a horror film with majority of her face covered in gauze with some blood seeping out of it. Emily couldn't talk since the cuts were so deep leaving her unable to move her face.

Weeks had gone by since Emily's bear attack, I haven't been able to go visit her again since my teacher was giving me a shit ton of homework to prep us for finals. The only thing I was looking forward to was my birthday coming up and Aunt Sue had promised to make me her famous berry cobbler. But of course, the universe thought that was asking too much since that morning I woke up to news that Sam and Emily had officially become a couple.

Shit happy birthday to me.