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Beach Trip

Bella's POV:

I pulled the brush slowly through my hair, and winced when it snagged on a knot. I jerked it through, then smoothed the hair down with my fingers, setting the brush down.

Tonight was Mike's beach trip. I was excited; there was no other word for it. Edward was going to be there, but tonight there wasn't any Emmett, or Jasper and Rosalie or Alice, like when we all go to the Cullen's house.

Looking at my reflection in the mirror, I pulled my fingers into my hair again, separating it into three parts. I braided it down the back of my head, tying the end with an elastic. Satisfied, I left the bathroom and walked into my room. I ended up dressing in a simple flannel button-up shirt and jeans. I made my way downstairs.

Looking at the clock, I realized I should leave. I stared at the sun coming in through the kitchen window, and deliberated for a minute. I sighed, and grabbed my rain jacket, not wanted to test my luck and end up being stuck in the rain without a jacket.

I walked outside, my jacket hanging over my arm. I climbed into my newly-fixed truck (Charlie and I had gotten it fixed last night, thankfully.) and started on my way to Newton's.

Several minutes later, I pulled into Newton's parking lot. I saw Mike's suburban and Tyler's Sentra, with a crowd of people around the two cars. I hopped out of the truck, and made my way to them. My eyes automatically searched the crowd, but Edward wasn't here yet. I hoped he was still coming.

As I walked up to Mike, I saw who all was there. I saw Ben and Tyler with Lauren, Jessica and Angela, who waved a little and smiled. I saw the boy named Lee in my biology class, and several other people whose faces I recognized, I had seen them all at school.

Mike smiled as I walked up to him.

"You came."

"I told you I would," I said, then looked around. "Is everybody here already?"

"Um, Lee invited two people who haven't got here yet, and I still don't see Conner, but besides that, every one is here," He said, then hesitated. "Unless, you invited someone?"

I bit my lip. "Uh, well, yeah. I asked. . ." I started to say, but turned to the sound of my name. I saw Edward stepping out of his silver Volvo. He walked up to us. "Edward." I finished.

I looked at Edward. He was smiling, but his eyes were tight. "Hello." He said softly to Mike.

"Hi. Er, there's Conner. Okay, see you Bella." Mike said, glaring at Edward, then turned briskly around and walked away. I turned to Edward.

He smiled at me, but this time his eyes were friendly. "He absolutely loathes me." He said cheerfully. I tried not to laugh.

After Lee's friends got there, we all started down towards La Push. When we got there, Edward and I followed behind everyone to the little clearing in the trees. There was a fire pit in the center, and several bone-white benches around the edge. I followed Edward to one of the benches, and we sat down.

I watched as Mike and Tyler stacked up branches into a tepee.

"What are they doing?" I murmured to Edward.

"Watch."

Mike picked up one of the smaller branches, and lit the end of it. He set it down next to the others.

"It's blue." I said with surprise as I watched the strange blue and green flames lick the edges of the makeshift tepee.

Edward chuckled. "Pretty, isn't it?" He murmured into my ear. "The salt does it."

I smiled, and continued to watch the colors. Mike and Tyler walked away from the fire to go sit by Jessica and Lauren.

I wanted to talk to Edward, but I didn't really know what to say. The night we talked at the barbeque was different from now, and I wasn't sure why. After a minute, a lot of the boys stood up for a trip to the tide pools. Most of the girls besides Angela decided to stay behind, but I wanted to go.

I looked at Edward. "Want to go?"

He smiled, and stood up. We followed several feet behind the rest of the group.

Edward took my hand. My heart jumped, and I wondered if he knew how much that affected me. His hand felt nice, and I smiled.

While we were walking, the fraying edge of my pant leg snagged on a branch. I stumbled, and felt Edward's hands catch me. I blushed.

I pulled my ankle away, but it was caught. Edward laughed. I sat down with my feet out and Edward kneeled down next to my ankle. He pulled the branch away, and sat down next to me. We both laughed.

"Thanks." I said, laughing.

"Anytime," He grinned. I leaned back against a tree. I looked around.

"So," I said, turning back to him. "Do you know where we are?"

"Oh. Um, well no."

I laughed. "Oh, well." I shrugged. "I don't really want to go to the tide pools." It was the truth, I didn't really want to go, I just wanted to be with Edward. And this was much, much better. I smiled.

Edward raised his eyebrows. "What?" I stopped smiling, and shook my head.

"Nothing."

Slowly, he reached over, and tucked a strand of my hair behind my ear. I swallowed hard. He brushed his cool hand against my face, and where his skin touched mine, it burned, though I felt no pain. He left his hand under my chin. He hesitated, and I realized what he was doing. He slowly leaned forward. My heart sped up. When he was an inch from my face, I heard a branch crack, then someone clear their throat. Edward closed his eyes, and sighed softly, leaning his head back. We both turned.

Mike was standing ten feet away, with a boy I didn't recognize, at first. He was tall, with russet brown skin and long dark hair pulled back into a ponytail. Then, I recognized his face, though it had been years since I had last seen him. Jacob Black— his father, Billy, and Charlie have been friends since I was a kid. We used to play together with his two older sisters. I swallowed.

"Oh, er, uh sorry," Jacob said, looking extremely uncomfortable. Mike just glared at Edward.

"We were looking for Bella." Mike said, still glaring. I bit my lip.

"Let's go." Edward said softly, though he didn't look at me. He took my hand and pulled me to my feet, letting go when I was standing up.

"Uh, I'll just, er start heading back. " Jacob said, looking down. He turned around and walked off.

Mike turned without another word, and strode off. I felt bad, even though I had no reason to. Edward and I followed. I looked sideways at Edward, and he was looking down. We reached the clearing, and the number of people had changed. There was a group of kids from the reservation, all with dark skin and hair. I quickly looked to see Jacob's sisters, but none of the girls looked the same as I remembered.

Edward and I went to sit down. I sat down next to Angela, and Edward sat across the fire, talking to Ben. Angela noticed how quiet I was.

"Bella?" She said. I looked up. "What happened?"

I blushed. "Well, I didn't go to the tide pools."

"Yeah, I noticed you and Edward were missing. Where were you guys?"

Thankfully, I didn't have to answer, because Jacob walked up. He waved slightly. Angela turned to talk to Jessica.

"Hi."

"Hey." He said, "Remember me?"

"Jacob." I nodded. "Yeah, I do."

"It's been a while. How are you?" He sat down on the bench next to me. I sighed; thankful he obviously wasn't going to talk about the little scene in the forest.

"Good. I moved up with Charlie about a year ago. It's the first time I've been up here with any degree of permanence. I like it though." I said.

"I can tell." He said, looking over at Edward. I blushed furiously. I looked over at Edward slightly, he was watching us talk. He looked down as soon as I met his gaze.

"Anyway, you still live on the reservation?" I said, trying to move the topic off me.

"Uh, yeah." He said, nodding.

"What about your sisters?"

"Oh, Rachel is attended school at Washington State, and Rebecca married a Samoan surfer, she lives in Hawaii now."

"Oh. Wow. It has been a while, hasn't it?" He laughed.

"Yeah." I noticed everyone starting to get up.

"Oh I think were leaving." I said standing up.

"Yeah, they were saying something about they think it's going to rain." He rolled his eyes. I laughed.

"Okay, well I guess I have to go." I said, then smiled. "It was really good to see you, Jacob. We will have to talk again sometime." I touched his arm, smiling.

I walked off, over to where the kids from school were piling into the cars. We drove back to Newton's; I just stared out the window. We got back to Newton's, and I got into my truck. I didn't see Edward again that night.

Edward's POV:

As soon as I stepped up to the door, it opened, and Alice stepped out. She raised her eyebrows.

"So?"

I sighed, and stepping through the door past her. I started up the stairs to my room, but she ducked under my arm and stood in front of me.

"Well? What happened?"

"Alice, please." I sighed. "I really don't want to talk about it."

She dropped her arms, and I walked past her, up to my room.

I pulled off my jacket, dropping it to the floor. I sat down on the piano bench, when the door opened.

"Alice!" I said turning around. Emmett stepped in, holding his arms up in surrender.

"Emmett, go away." I said shoving away from the piano. I crossed the room, and laid back on my bed, closing my eyes. I heard the desk chair creak, and opened one eye. Emmett was sitting with his feet up on my desk, leaning back.

"Aren't you going to tell me how your date with Bella went?" I got up and pushed him out the door.

"C'mon Edward," He said, leaning against the door frame.

"No. Leave me alone." I said, and closed the door. I turned around and leaned my head against the door. Stupid Emmett. Stupid Alice. Ugh. Stupid me.

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