HELLO THERE!

Welcome back to another sturring addition of *instert dramatic music here* DAYLIGHT ROBBERY. Sorry, I am ever so slightly on a mental high :P I get to go see AVATAR sooon! I'm stoked...like...to an unbelievable amount! I was looking over the show times, and it is STILL being sold out days before the show at the IMAX theater closest to me. Personally...I think that's a little nuts, but I can't judge yet as I have not seen the movie yet. It does however look wicked awsome.

Anywho, lets get down to business! I have to say, I was a little disappointed with the lack of reviews, and answers to my missions. You could have changed the entire outcome of the story...but not one person replied to that mission. I did however get a review about the less important mission...they had an interesting take on the words :P Now I take my leave, and wish you happy reading. This time, please...do the world a favour, and review *sad music*

PS. There is another mission for you at the bottom. ANSWER THE CALL!


Though she was exhausted and her muscles ached, Bella didn't want her parents finding out she had been out so late. When Bella awoke, she was unable to focus on anything but the stranger that she had encountered. She didn't notice when her mother asked her how she slept, or when her father told her the scores of her favorite soccer team. It wasn't until she was punched in the arm by one of her friends at school, when she snapped out of her trance like daze.

"Dude, are you high or something? If you are can I have some?" Bella's friend Jacob Black whispered, sitting beside her in their first period class. She turned to look at her friend, only to scare herself half to death. It seemed Jacob Black was now sporting brilliant white contact lenses; it looked like he had no pupil.

"So it lives!" He smirked. His tongue had begun to absently play with his studded snake-bite piercings, on his bottom lip.

"Jacob, would there be a problem between you and Bella?" It seemed to Bella that this was their teacher's first time looking Jacob Black in the eye today as well. She tried to stifle his laugh as the teacher took her own turn to jump. Bella's sneaky tactic to stifle her laugh failed miserably, so she ended up trying to hide it with a cough. Jacob Black was Jacob Black's full name (though if he had a middle name, Bella didn't know it).

"No Miss, no problems here," he smiled his pearly white smile, one again startling their teacher when she turned around. Bella began snickering to herself. At leased Jacob Black was in this class to keep things interesting. Don't get her wrong, history was her favorite subject. Though their teacher did everything she could to make it as boring as possible, it didn't help that both Bella and Jacob Black knew everything she was going to say before she said it. The both of them were giant history buffs, and knew most of everything this course had to offer.

Upon first glance, Jacob Black is absolutely terrifying. He looks like the type of guy who would beat you senseless if you looked at him wrong. He was approximately 6 feet tall, with a body that was hardened from intensive training as a martial artist, a feature Jacob Black often liked to show off. He would often buy hoddies and rip off the sleeves to better show off his "guns". As horrifying as he looked, Jacob Black was friends with almost anybody you could possibly think of, and was possibly one of the nicest guys you could ever hope to meet.

Jacob Black had probably been Bella's best friend since kindergarten. They knew each other better than they knew themselves. A few times Bella had found herself drooling over the physique of his friend (literally in fact a few times). Bella figured that since Jacob Black was her best friend, she was entitled to sneak a peak every once in a while.

Her classes went by as slowly as ever, maybe it was due to the fact that she could never keep her mind on her work, as it always wondered off to what happened…or didn't happen as the case may have been, the pJacob Blackious night. She went through the events of the night continuously in her head. She was positive that she went to see the movie, Jacob Black talked about nothing, but. She was positive she ran home, as her muscles were still too painful to move, though she could only blame herself on that one. The thing she wasn't so sure of was the man she had met while she ran home. Could he have been real if he disappeared so suddenly around a corner, with no place to hide? Her skin crawled as she thought of some of the possibilities.

"Personally I think you are going insane, but that is only one man's opinion." Jacob Black was always so understanding in situations such as these. They made their way to their usual lunch table in the cafeteria, soon joined by some of their friends who had lunch that period. They spent their lunch coming up with a list of likelihoods that could have happened:

Theory #1: he didn't exist, and their meeting had been a dream.Theory #2: he was a ghost, and therefore, in a sense, existed.Theory #3 (Jacob's idea): he was an alien gathering information about the human species for his home world in another galaxy, so that they would be able to come and take them all as slaves.Theory #4 (also Jacob's idea): I scared him so much, that he burst into flame leaving nothing but a pile of ashes that I didn't happen to see.Theory #5: There was a place to run into that I simply missed.

"I think I'm loosing it," Bella said, as she stared at the small scrap of paper they had written their ideas down on.

"You have long since lost it." Bella took her eyes off the paper for a moment to look at Jacob Black in disbelief. Jacob Black's face was smooth as silk; complete seriousness. His expression, or lack there of, earned him a smack in the back of his head. Jacob Black started grumbling and rubbed his head

"Hey there, Jacob!" came a familiar, yet extremely cheery tone. Both their skin began to crawl as Bella watched her friend became ridged as a post; a look of terror swept across his face.

"Hi Leah!" came Bella's own voice, mocking the bubbliness of the intruder. The familiar voice had come from Leah, to Jacob Black's dismay. Leah had been chasing after Jacob Black since kindergarten. She was convinced that they would one day get married. This terrified him to no end. Due to the fact that Jacob Black and Bella were such good friends, she had made it quite clear she didn't want Bella anywhere near "her man" as she had so often put it.

"So, Jacob, the winter formal's coming up."

"Is it? I didn't realize." Bella couldn't help but hide her smile. Leah had been dropping a merciless amount of hints for Jacob Black to ask her to the formal. Not only was Jacob Black not much of a dancer, but he also really didn't want to go with Leah of all people.

"So, Bella…who are you going to the dance with?" Leah's judging eyes were like daggers, burrowing down into her soul. She opened her mouth to say she had better things to do than go to a high school dance, when Jacob Black answered for her.

"Me. She's going with me." Bella tried her best to hide her surprise. Why was she being dragged into this? Fortunately for Jacob Black, her hatred of Leah was greater than her hatred of dancing.

"Ya, we're going to the dance together…like a date…me and Jacob Black…together." She couldn't believe the words that were exiting her mouth. One of their friends, Embry sprayed his chocolate milk all over Alice, who was sitting across from him. She however was too surprised with what Bella had said to care. Bella knew Leah saw through their ploy.

"So you two are like…dating now?"

"We haven't really –" Jacob Black cut her off. He was growing more flustered by the minute, just like Bella, who was growing angrier by the minute.

"Ya, we're dating now. Just started…just, just started." Bella couldn't believe what she was hearing. She grabbed Jacob Black's arm, digging her long nails into his skin like claws.

"Excuse us for the moment." Her voice was practically a growl, as she dragged Jacob Black to somewhere away from Leah. She could have sworn she heard Leah ask if there was "trouble in paradise".

"Just what the HELL are you doing, dearest?" Bella might as well have be spitting venom she was so angry.

"Please Bella! Please, just go with it! We can "break up" in a month. I just need that hag away from me for the dance." Jacob Black was pleading with all his might, and even tried the puppy-dog eyes. He failed…miserably. "I will get down on my knees and beg. You know I will!"

"You owe me big time, and I mean big!"

The two of them returned to the table, Bella was still fuming, but at leased Leah was gone. She smacked Jacob Black in the back of the head again, this time harder.

Jacob Black started grumbling and rubbed his head as the two went to their next class. The day dragged by, each minute seeming like an eternity.

Later that day, Alice had asked her about that day's events.

"Oh, that. That was just another ploy to get Leah away from Jacob Black. I was surprised as you were when I found out I was going to the dance."

"You hate dances…maybe you can "break up" before then?"

"I promised we'd be a couple until the dance."

"Yahuh, you just have a soft spot for Jacob Black." Alice gave Bella a wink before flicking her perfect hair, and twirling off into her own la la land.

Finally the bell rang, signifying the end of yet another school day. Bella hadn't realized how much work she had day dreamed through during the school hours. She couldn't help but feel slightly stressed by looking at the amount of work she was required to accomplish in one night. She had a feeling this was indeed going to be a fun night. Even with the workload, she was planning on returning to the ghettos again, though this time during the day. She had to find out if he actually existed.

"You aren't going back there," came Jacob Black's voice from right behind her, making her jump out of her skin. How the hell did he always know what she was thinking?

"I'm not?" She had become slightly amused with the hint of worry that was in Jacob Black's voice. He always worried, about everything. She tried to hide a smile as she finished packing her backpack full of her many hours of homework.

"No, you're not! You don't know what could have-"

"Hey, first off: calm down. Take a breath. Second: nothing did. Third: I am going back there, this time I'm not going to be alone." She paused as her eyes searched her friend's face for any sign of relief. Apparently he wasn't satisfied with her response. Bella continued in a very definite tone, "You are going to come with me…tonight"

"Since when did you decide this?! I refuse to be an accomplice in your future murder. Besides, I'm busy tonight." Jacob Black had gotten more riled up than Bella had expected. Even so, she knew she could talk him into coming with her.

"Since when? Anyway, I don't need someone to watch over me. I'll do fine on my own! If I happen to pass a rave I'll have extra fun without you. Besides…you owe me…boyfriend" Bella's tone was somewhat mocking, but she knew she had him wrapped around her finger, and he had fallen into her trap. Despite her mocking tone however, she was still quite mad about the whole Leah incident.

"Make it tomorrow, and I'm in."

"Deal." He was deep in; hook…line…and sinker.

"Tomorrow then." Bella couldn't help but feel slightly smug. He was always too easy. Plus, he did owe her quite a bit after the day's drama.

No matter how hard she tried, she could not get her mind off the strange boy from the ally. She tried to tackle the day's homework, but she got nowhere. She tried to read her favourite book, but she ended up just staring at the same page for nearly a half hour. Her mind kept wondering back to the hooded boy.

Eventually, she gave up trying to mould her brain, and decided to start that week's laundry. As she rummaged through various pockets, she found a piece of paper she didn't remember. Opening it up, she read the unfamiliar hand writing,

Don't go into the ghettos again

A chill ran up her spine. Now she had to go. Now she had to find out who the hell she had met.


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