Chapter 2 Imprinting.

Bella:

I couldn't wait for Theresa to get here. I was home because I was grounded - Again, I broke Esme's Egyptian Vase she got from Kebi and Amun. Carlisle was at work, Esme was in Seattle shopping with Rose and Alice. Leah was around somewhere running around, Seth was at the reservation hanging out with a girl he met. Jacob was upstairs working on homework for his college courses. Hearing the car pool up I go and open the front door and wait, watching.

Theresa and I were really close when we were little, Her mom could bring her over during the summer when they were home on vacation from Africa. I was 7 and she was 5 when we last really seen each other - we tried keeping in contact with letters and phone calls but lost touch about 3 years ago, mom and I were moving to Phoenix. Theresa would always send me pictures and video's of what was going on at her parents clinic and in the local village.

I let Theresa in and we hugged. "Missed you. How you doing?" I asked still worried about her. She didn't talk much for a while after moving here, she mainly stayed at dad's in her room - watching old family videos. I would come over and stay with her and watch them with her and just hang out with her. I was up until about a week ago, when I broke momma's vase - and proceeded to hide it in the garage hopeful she wouldn't notice.

"I'm doing okay. Just been tired and not able to sleep a lot lately." She replied sitting down on the couch. "How about you?"

"Grounded. I broke moms vase. She wasn't happy." I frowned sitting down.

Theresa laughed. "That sounds like something you would do. Why did you break it?"

"It wasn't intentional… I was grabbing something off the shelf, and knocked it down then it shattered. I hid it in the garage in a box hoping it wouldn't be noticed.." I shook my head at the idea. "She found it. " I laughed pushing my hair from my eyes - realizing how stupid it was now to hide it.

Jake came down, he hadn't met Teresa at all yet, he's been busy going to school in Seattle most of the week, and working the other time he wasn't home. "Yeah but it was a stupid idea, that you tried to hide it. You know Kebi gave it to mom as an anniversary present last year." He teased. "You deserved that butt warming." He said looking up from his book. "Who's this?" He asked stopping in his tracks.

Jacob looked like he had been hit by a bus, he just stared at Theresa. I rolled my eye's, "Jacob, this is Theresa. Theresa this is my brother Jacob." Theresa was just staring back at him.

Theresa smiled, "Hello. Nice to meet you." She said getting up and extending her hand.

Jacob blinked and smiled, "Nice to meet you too." He said snapping out of it. He put his book down, and sat on the couch right on the other side of Theresa. "Are you enjoying Forks?" He asked her.

Jacob

Bella rolled her eyes, "Jacob this is Theresa. Theresa this is Jacob." She said introducing them. Theresa stood up, flashed a smile, and held out her hand. I looked into her big beautiful brown eyes and smiled, "Nice to meet you." I said blinking.

It felt like I was immediately drawn to her, to be there for her and to get to know her, hell my heart was even pounding. Bella looked at me obviously she could hear it. Theresa smiled and sat back down beside Bella, so I sat on the other side. " Are you enjoying Forks?" I smiled asking joking, this town was okay, not a lot to do though, it lacked in entertainment.

"It's nice, a lot smaller than Seattle. A lot bigger than the village in Africa where we lived." She smiled and putting her hair into a braid.

"Yeah she really loved it in Africa, they lived their for 10 years." Bella stated.

"Thats awesome." I smiled and was just focusing on her. Not even realizing I was ignoring Bella.

Bella narrowed her eyes and just looked at them. "I'm going to go for a walk." She said getting up.

I waved my hand at her "Have fun. Not really paying attention." Bella rolled her eyes and left anyway after being grounded and told not to leave the house.

"So is that your impala outside?" I asked. She nodded. "It was my dads. He left it to me." She smiled then looked down.

"How about we go for a ride?" I asked. "Ever been on a motorcycle?" I smiled, something about seeing her sad I didn't like.

"It's been a while." She smiled and looked up. " Can we head up to Port Angeles? I haven't been there in forever. There are amazing places to see up there." She said tying her hair back into a loose bun.

"I think we can arrange that." I smiled, pulling out my phone. I texted mom and dad. "Going out for a ride. Be back around lunch time; showing Theresa around town. Love Jake."

I grabbed my leather jacket and put on my shoes. I helped her up and took her outside. I didn't even read the reply text.

"Nice bike." She smiled and put on her sunglasses. "Harley Davidson, Road King. I love the red." She smiled. I smiled adoring the comment. "Fixed her up myself. She was worth it." I said hoping on and helping her on. "You did an awesome job." She smiled and held on as we took off. We both had helmets on, dad would have my hide if we didn't wear them.

We rode for about an hour, pulling into Port Angeles, We stopped at a local diner and went in. "Hungry?" I asked.

She smiled, " I am, are you?"

I laughed, she obviously didn't know me yet, "Always. You should see how much food it takes to fill me up. I joked." She laughed. "Challenge accepted. I'll have to cook dinner for you sometime."

We sat down and ordered, she ordered an a breakfast platter with sausage, eggs, belgian waffles and bacon. I ordered the same thing - but I ordered 3 platters. She laughed, "You're really going to eat all that?" She teased.

"You haven't seen anything yet. Wait until we are back at my folks place, I'll eat them out of house and home." I winked and she giggled.

We ate and talked a lot.

"Thats awesome, you're going into the police force." She said smiling, "How did your parents feel about that?"

"They weren't too thrilled, mostly worried I'd get hurt or killed." I said shaking my head. "I start the Police academy in a few months." I smiled, "I'm also going to Seattle University on the side to get some college in just to experience it.. What about you, what are you planning on for college?"

"I want to go into Midwifery. That's what my mom was - She loved delivering babies. My dad was a doctor there is always that as a calling too.." She said smiling, she pushed her bangs from her face. " I think it will make a great career choice." I smiled and took a bite of my breakfast. She was eating her's also.

"I think going into the police force is a great choice - Charlie seems to love it." She added and took a drink of her mint water. "So how many languages can you speak?" I asked wondering, if she knew anymore. She smiled and looked up at me. " Amharic - a language of Ethiopia; French; German and Russian."

I raised my eyebrow, "Dang. Miss Smarty pants. " I tease. She giggled and shook her head. " They insisted I learn them. Figured it would be a good idea to have them in the future for college." She explained. I nodded. "Thats awesome."

"What's your mother like?" She asked looking at me. "Not Esme, your real mom?"

I smiled slightly, I haven't thought about my birth mom since I was 12. "She was a wonderful woman. She was crazy about my dad, and my two older sisters and I.." I said softly, trying to fake though the memories of her passing away. "She died from bone cancer when I was 9."

Theresa reached out and took my hand. "I'm so sorry. That must of been so hard to loose her at a young age."

I nodded. "It was. Rachel and Rebecca took it harder. At least they got to spend more time with her. I have good memories of her though." I smiled. " What was your mom like?"

Theresa smiled and sat back. "My mom was wonderful. She loved helping woman bring their babies into the world. She loved cooking, and sewing. She was insanely in love with my dad." She smiled and took a drink of her water. "They dated in high school - Joined the Army together, to afford to go to college. Traveled the world. Then a year before I came along, they settled in Ethiopia and helped the local villages."

She sighed slightly. "I hope i can be half of the lady she was."

I reached out and took her hand, my turn in being supportive. "You already are." I smiled and paid for our meal. We talked and walked around town for the next few hours before heading back home..