A/N Okay, as promised this is the return of the Cullens. This is still a pretty Jacob heavy chapter though. Warning, there is a sort of steamyish part, but it's very brief, and I love putting Jacob in situations. He's so fun now. Enjoy.

I opened my eyes the next morning after a dreamless night. I knew I didn't dream because ever since I started staying in Jacob's house, I always woke up with my pillow dry. I also felt very refreshed after waking, instead of feeling groggy and heavy. I was seriously pondering Jacob's proposition of staying forever.

I got up and picked out my clothes for day before laying them on the bed. On my way to the bathroom I checked the door to Jacob's room and rolled my eyes. He was probably still asleep.

I sang loudly as I indulged myself in a hot shower, knowing that even if he wasn't still sleeping, Jacob wouldn't be able to hear me through the water running. As soon as I was done I wrapped myself in a towel and reached to open the door. I gasped and jumped back in surprise, dropping my towel in the process.

Right as I opened the door, Jacob was right on the other side of it which I wasn't expecting. He stared at me with his mouth gaping open. His eyes darkened dramatically and there was an expression of amusement, guilt and shock on his face. He was frozen in place. I quickly picked my towel up from the floor, all while trying to cover myself up with my arms, and created a screen between Jacob and myself to block my body from his view. Then I slammed the door in his face.

"JACOB BLACK!!!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. There was a pause.

"Oh my God! Bella I'm so sorry!" He rambled his apologies at me, although it took a few seconds for him to find his voice.

"Get out of here!!!" I screamed vehement. My face was burning up. My head began to sweat from the extreme blushing I was doing.

I heard his heavy footsteps as he walked swiftly away from the door and into his room. As soon as I heard his door close, I opened the bathroom door and ran to my room as fast as I could. I got dressed quickly and decided to sit on the bed for a while before I dealt with Jake. After a few minutes I heard someone knocking on my door.

"Bells, can I come in?" Jake's muffled voice came through meekly. I sighed loudly and got up to open the door for him.

"Bella I'm so sorry!" he repeated. "I didn't mean to! Please forgive! Don't hate me!" He pleaded.

"I don't hate you Jake." He looked into my eyes apologetically before blushing and looking away. I was blushing too. I was still embarrassed.

"You don't?"

"No Jake, it's just...What the heck were you doing in front of the bathroom door like that!" I was feeling peeved again.

"Sorry," he said again desperately. "It's just that I was sleeping and then I heard singing. Gosh Bella, you have a beautiful voice. I just was just listening and I didn't realize how close I had gotten and then..." He slowly lifted his face to mine again to read my reaction. "you know."

"You heard me?" I was blushing again...as if I'd ever stopped.

"Yeah, sorry." He still had a look of shame on his face. "But I loved your singing. You really do sound amazing."

"Thanks Jake, but you're never going to hear it again. And stop apologizing, if it was an accident, then I forgive you."

"Of course it was an accident!" He looked hurt. "Besides, there was another reason why I was so eager to see you."

"And what is the reason?" I asked wondering what was so important that he couldn't tell me after school.

"We're ditching." he said simply.

"What? Why? Charlie will kill me."

"First of all, I said that today and tomorrow will be the best days ever didn't I?" I nodded. "And secondly, your dad left for work a while ago, and mine will be at a tribal meeting all day," he smirked at me. "You have no excuse not to ditch. It's a perfect plan."

His reasoning sounded so good to me. And I really did want to do something fun with Jake before I moved back to Charlie's house. I had no tests that day, and I never really looked forward to school anyways. I decided to be impulsive.

"Sure Jake, I'm game. Ditching is healthy every once and a while." He beamed. "So what are we going to do all day?"

"You'll see," he sent a mischievous look my way. "But we should eat some breakfast first."

After breakfast, Jacob took me to a cafe/bookstore in Port Angeles. It was pretty early and he had told me that since not many things were open yet, we might as well go somewhere he knew I would enjoy myself. I was suspicious of what he needed to be open, but those suspicions died after I had laid eyes the vast collection of books the store had. We spent the better part of the morning reading. Well, I curled up to a couple of books in the reading area while he watched me. He did begin reading with me, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,a classic, but couldn't help sneaking glances at me every so often. When I noticed his page hadn't been turned in half an hour, that's when he dropped all pretenses.

It was little awkward being watched like that, but it wasn't creepy at all. It felt safe to have someone watching over me. I barely even noticed once I became engrossed in the books I read. I would have felt bad for keeping Jacob there for so long while I read, but he seemed totally content just sitting there with me.

At noon, we went to eat at a Japanese place and I had asked him why we hadn't just gone to a fast food restaurant. Eating at fancy places wasn't exactly Jacob's style. His excuse was that it wouldn't be a best day ever if we had eaten elsewhere. The weird thing was that he paid for my meal. I always paid for myself and felt bad having him spend money on me. He had already bought me a couple of books earlier that day. I tried pay for my own food when the check came, but he was so insistent and gave me his puppy-dog eyes that were so darn effective that I just gave in.

"Bella, just let me do this," he sighed. "You'll need your energy for what's coming up next, so don't waste it fighting useless battles with me."

"What are we doing now?" I knew our next activity would be what he was waiting for all day. He just smiled and took my hand to lead me back to the car.

We pulled up in the parking lot in front of a large looped road.

"Go-karts?" I asked Jacob surprised. "You're taking me go-karting?" He chuckled as he pulled me towards the rental booths.

"Bella, Bella, Bella, I haven't forgotten." He pointed to his head. "You have a need for speed. Now what kind of friend would I be if I didn't try to fulfill that need."

I smiled. This actually sounded exciting. He paid once again for our rental karts and we got into our vehicles. Mine was purple and his was red. I squeezed comfortably into mine, while Jacob, with some effort, awkwardly got into his. I stared at him for a while and started laughing uncontrollably.

"What?" he asked nervously.

"I'm sorry Jacob," I said still laughing hard. "It's just that, you're so huge, It's like those clown cars where a dozen clowns come out!" I was wiping tears from my eyes. I couldn't get the mental image of him stuck in the kart out of my head.

"You know Bells, I guess I'll just have to wipe that smile on your face by beating you bad." He revved his engine and shrugged. "It's a shame too, since you have such a pretty smile."

"You wanna go, Black?" I revved my engine as well.

"Okay. On your mark." He locked eyes with me and then kept his eyes on the road in front of him. "Get set-"

I took off not waiting for him to finish. I turned around briefly and waved goodbye to him while sticking my tongue out.

"You cheat Bella Swan!" He was racing towards me almost catching up but not quite.

We spent most of the afternoon racing each other. The last time I checked, I had won four rounds and he had three. We stopped racing and decided to head back at four o' clock because the small kart began to take its toll on Jacob's tall frame.

"So did you have fun?" Jacob asked as we drove back to his house.

"Yes. Thanks Jake." I beamed at him.

We drove home talking about who was the better driver on the track. I had won of course, but he was so sure that my driving was reckless and told me that he wanted to drive the right way and that's why he lost. I was about to get him on his lame excuse when the cold got to my body and I shivered in response. I didn't bring a jacket with me.

"You're cold," Jacob frowned. "Sorry, I should have brought you a jacket."

"It's fine." I said rubbing my arms up and down.

"No it's not. You can at least close your window."

'wait' I thought to myself as he said those words.

"Jacob, I need you to drop me off at my house." I said urgently.

"Why? Is something wrong?"

"No, I just...forgot something." He saw my hesitance. I couldn't tell him why I really needed to go home. He'd think I was crazy.

"Well, you're going back home soon anyway, can't it wait?"

"No, I'd rather take care of it now." I pressed. I needed to make sure my window was secured. Now that I remembered, my mind wouldn't let me rest until I knew it was locked.

We got to the street I lived on when I saw Jacobs eyes darken. It was different than this morning, his pupils weren't dilated this morning.

"Jake...are you okay?" He didn't respond. He drove faster and stuck his nose up in the air smelling something. I did the same thing, but didn't smell anything.

He drove faster and faster past my house.

'wait a minute...'

There was a black Mercedes parked in front of my house. I knew that car.

"Jacob stop." He wasn't listening. "Jacob stop right now!" I pounded my fists against his rock hard arms. He seemed to barely notice, but pulled over to the curb three houses down from mine.

"Bella, I changed my mind I don't think you should go anymore." He said with a sense of urgency.

"Jacob, I know that car," I said as got out and starting running to my house. Jacob didn't follow. I turned around once I got to my house and saw Jacob speeding away. I wasn't too worried about being left behind at the moment.

I stared at the black car running my fingers against the veneer. I knew this car.

'No...'

I stepped inside and found that the door was opened. I heard something in the kitchen. I took a deep breath and walked over. What I saw made my insides twist in a knot. In the kitchen was a vision standing with their back to me. White skin, paler than my own. Yet so beautiful. More beautiful than a person should be allowed to be. I couldn't believe who it was. I didn't want to believe. I tried to find the words as the person turned around the face me.

"...J...Jasper?"

A/N Dun Dun DUN! I tried to make that last scene just like how it happened in the book. Well, that was their return...It still counts. It took me the longest time to think of what Jacob and Bella were going to do once they ditched. I was thinking motorcyles or cliff diving, but that would have been too much of a stretch. Hmmm...a question for the next chapter...umm...not really a "question" question, but is there anything off in this story? Just want to make sure there aren't any discrepancies. If there are, be sure to point them out and I'll try to fix them. Also, if you have any ideas, feel free to mention them too. I have a general idea of what's going to happen, I just need to figure out how and that's when your help comes in handy.

The preview is...Well this isn't really a preview either, but I want something to happen and I'm not sure if it's too over the top. I don't want to post it here because if I do do it, it will ruin the surprise. So if you want to help, just tell me and I'll ask you the question. It's not really a big thing, just a small action I'm considering. It won't happen for a couple of chapters so I'm asking now because I haven't started it yet.