A/N Really short chapter sorry. But to make up the difference, I will post the next chapter later today. This one is a set up to how I'm getting the Cullens to return. YAy! I am positive that by the next Chapter, the Cullens will have arrived. After writing this chapter, I'm starting to like Jacob. Lol, the way I have written has made me like him. I'm also starting to really get into this story. Writing is fun. Sorry if some things seem rushed. I re-arranged the way some paragraphs were ordered because it didn't fit right chronologically and I tried to get rid of the school part quick. OH YEAH, almost forgot. Thanks for the reviews! I really appreciate the support. And I really do consider the ideas given for the questions I ask. If I take to long posting, it's because I'm not quite sure where my next chapter is starting...or beginning and that's why I find the ideas so helpful. And that's also why the introduction is malarky. Or at least it is to me.

The day after the fire, I had dropped Charlie back home in my truck to pick up the cruiser before going to school. Of course, news about the fire spread quickly and I received a lot of condolences. I kept explaining that the damage was only minimal, but I was still treated like a loved one had just died. Most of the pity was from Jessica, but when she found out that I was staying with Jake, she was shocked and thought it was a scandal. Angela on the other hand was more understanding. I didn't like all the attention I got whenever I was in school and always counted the hours until the final bell rang so I could get back to the house and be with Jake.

Time spent at the Black household seemed to fly by so fast. Charlie slept on the Black's couch, insisting that he was 'perfectly fine' and that it was 'really comfortable'. I was staying in an unused room which used to belong to Jacob's older sister. She no longer lived there, but there were still shelves full of stuffed animals lining the walls, and a pink, fluffy queen-sized bed was pushed up underneath them. The girly atmosphere suited me just fine, but I could never feel at home staying in her room.

During the night, instead of Jacob coming to see me, I insisted on sneaking into his room, just to get away from all the pink. Charlie kept a constant watch on us making sure I was always in bed by eight, but I was never one to fall asleep that early.

Getting by Charlie wasn't too much of an obstacle, he was always conked out on the couch by ten thirty. The couch must really have been comfortable to him. I spent the last three nights just sitting with Jacob in his room until I was tired enough to sleep. We talked for hours about anything that came to our minds. Jacob was still a little disappointed at the fact that the week hadn't been going exactly as he planned. We both still had school, so we only got to hang out after we came home. Jacob was intent on making up that lost time and that's how we started the late night visits.

"Why can't you just live here all the time?," Jacob asked as I was getting up to go back into his sister's room. He always got antsy whenever I was tired enough to leave his room and go to bed for real.

"Because the insurance company said that our house would be ready by Friday." I sat back on the floor beside Jacob as he began to pout.

"But that's two days from now," he whined. "Don't you like living here?" He looked at me wide-eyed and stuck out his bottom lip. "Can't I keep you?"

"Of course I do, and I don't think Charlie would appreciate it if you held his only daughter hostage." I laughed. Jacob could be really cute when he wanted to be.

"It's not really a hostage situation if the person wants to stay...," he said quietly as his gaze fell to the floor.

"Be serious Jacob. It's not like I'll never come to see you again." I tried to cheer him up, but he was still depressed. "Relax Jake, you're thinking too much about the future. I'll still be here in the meantime."

"You're right," he said, the resolve in his voice growing. "Tomorrow is your second to last day here. We'll make sure the next two days will be the best ever." He was grinning and staring off into space. I could tell he was already brainstorming ideas on what we could do. The past three days were relatively uneventful. We spent our time together mainly just doing homework and talking. We talked a lot, and that didn't even include our nightly sessions.

Feeling like Jake was comforted enough, I let out a loud yawn, careful not to wake Charlie. I got up off the floor and so did Jacob. He wrapped me up in a warm hug.

"Goodnight Bells," he cooed in my ear.

"Goodnight Jacob." I tried unsuccessfully to keep from yawning in his ear.

Jacob hugged me for a long time and only let go when he felt my legs swaying from my exhaustion. I was used to his affectionate hugs by now and was just glad that he decided to start wearing shirts when he slept after I had 'moved in'.

I had grown really close to Jacob the past week. We were inseparable. He was like the little brother I never wanted. I never felt like a big sister to him though. I wasn't quite sure what I was to him

'Best friends,' I thought dreamily.

His friends started to take a liking to me too. Especially Embry and Quil. Even Sam was warming up to me. Jacob was right because every trace of unpleasantness I sensed from him faded when I saw him last. He even appeared to have more respect for Jacob.

I let out another yawn, and I began to sway uncontrollably after Jacob let go of me.

"Jacob, I don't think I'm going to make it," I said, my eyes already closed.

"It's alright I got you, go to sleep," he carefully scooped me up and cradled me in his large arms, not forgetting to snuggle his face in my hair. He tiptoed out of his room and into the one I was staying in.

I felt him lay me on the bed and I was going to thank him, but I was too tired and barely even conscious. My eyelids now weighed two tons and refused to open. I felt my forehead get warm where the slight brush of warm lips touched it as he tucked me in. Then my lips got warm, but I was already drifting off into a deep slumber.

A/N Oh No He Didn't!! Haha, this chapter was pretty simple. I'll post the next chapter soon. Well, it's 1 am now, and I'm going to continue writing the next chapter. So i'll upload this tonight and post the next one in the morning...well, afternoon. It's sunday and I don't wake up that early. Hmm, there's no question this chapter since I'm already beginning to do the next one. Should I do a preview? Hmmm...nah I'm coming up dry here.

Ummm...the climax of this story will be told in EPOV first...does that count as a preview