"Bella, come on its time to get up," Charlie said as he came into the room. My room now I forced myself to think. "Bella come on."
"Go away!" I said as I turned over in my bed facing the window so I wouldn't have to look at my dad.
"No, Isabella Marie Swan, you will get up this instant," then his voice softened and I turned over to look at him. "You are going to get out of this house, and be happy…because that's what your mother would have wanted. For you to be happy Bella."
This hit me hard, "Okay daddy," I said as I got up and gave him a hug. "I will."
"Thank you Bella," he said kissing the top of my head. "We're gonna go see Billy today, alright?"
"We're not going fishing are we?" I whined.
"Nope just going to hang out, his wife Keira is cooking us dinner, and you will have Rebecca, Rachel, and Jacob to play with."
"Oh, ok!" I said as Dad started to walk out my door so I could get ready.
We pulled up to Billy's house a short while later. There were about six kids playing in the yard when we pulled up, and Billy and Keira were on the front porch.
"Come on Bella, lets go," Charlie said as he got out of the cruiser. I got out quickly and walked to his side. Billy got up and came over to us and gave Charlie a hug then leaned down and picked me up to give me a hug and spun me around. As Billy gave me a hug Keira gave Charlie a hug and whispered something into his ear. Then Billy sat me down and Keira gave me a hug and whispered in my ear. "Bella I am so sorry about what happened to your mom. But I want you to know that if you ever need anything, anything at all you let me know ok? And I will take care of whatever it is you need, alright?" I nodded and then she gave me a squeeze then let me go.
"Kids, come over here and meet Bella," she told the kids and they stopped playing and ran over to where we stood. "Bella this is Rebecca, she's 11, Rachel is 10 as is Sam, and then we have Jacob, Quil, and Embry who are 7." She pointed to each as she said their names.
I nodded. Rebecca and Rachel looked like twins their hair was the same length and Rachel was just a little shorter than Becca, and their skin was a beautiful russet color as was Jacob's. Quil and Embry looked like brothers but I later found out that they weren't.
Jacob was the first to ask me to play.
"Bella do you wanna play tag with us?" he asked, almost pleading with me to play with them. He held his hand out to me.
"Sure," I said smiling as I took his hand, feeling an odd tingling sensation as I did so. And I took a chance on a friend.
Present time:
I woke up with a start from my vivid dream. Why did I keep thinking about Jacob like that? He's my best friend, has been for 8 years. He knows me better than I know myself. Then I looked around and noticed that I wasn't in my room but in Jacob's.
'What the hell?' I thought to myself, then it hit me. 'its Sunday, dad always goes to the station early, he must have plans with Billy once he gets off work that's why he brought me here so he wouldn't have to back track home to get me.'
Just then Jake walked in, "Good morning sleepy head!"
"Well aren't we just a ray of fucking sunshine!" I laughed.
"For you Bells," he said with a wink sending a shiver down my spine. "Always. Now get up get in the shower and get dressed!"
"Jacob Ephriam Black, what are you planning now?"
"Oh, you'll see, you'll see," he said getting up with that signature grin of his plastered on his face as he walked out of his room.
Once I got out of the shower I dried my hair, put on some raggedy jeans with holes in them everywhere because I wore them to La Push so much, and my old softball jersey from when I was ten, which still fit me amazingly after 6 years. I bounded down the stairs where I saw Billy sitting in his wheelchair in the kitchen.
"Morning, Bells!" he was always so cheerful and had the biggest heart you could imagine. "Toast?" he offered.
"Of course! You always make it the best Billy!" I told him as I took the two pieces of toast he offered me. "Garage?" I asked.
"As usual, you shouldn't have to ask anymore Bells, you're here all the time." He laughed, then handed me more food. "Jake didn't eat anything before he went out there might as well bring him some food."
"Alright, I guess I could bring him food," I said dramatically as I walked out the door.
"Hey, one more thing Bella, try and learn something about a car today, alright?" he laughed as he wheeled himself to the living room.
"Okay, sure" I laughed as I walked outside to the garage.
"Bells, did you bring food for me?" Jacob asked as I sat a plateful of eggs bacon and toast on the little table we had put out there so long ago.
"Only cause Billy forced me to," I laughed.
"Whatever, you did it cause you love him," I heard Quil say as he walked into the garage.
"Shut up Quil," Jacob said as he thru a tennis ball at his head then he turned to me. "Bella what are we gonna do since school starts tomorrow?"
"Jacob," I said giving him a sad look. "We go through this every year, and you always say the same thing."
"I know because it will suck not getting to see you like 24/7." He said concentrating on the truck. "But if you would rather me lie to you, I could. Because you know I would do anything for you, hun."
"I know, I know." I said as walked over and sat on the couch. "Oh Billy told me that I should actually try and learn something while I'm out here today."
"You learn something, psh." Quil said as he walked in with a plateful of food with Embry tagging along behind him.
"Shut up, Quil." I said as I tried tripping him but he just gracefully walked over my foot. "Damn."
"Nice try Bells, not gonna work on me."
"Whatever, I'm gonna sit here and trust you guys not to sabotage me…or my truck once I fall asleep."
"We won't Bella, I promise." Jacob said as he took a piece of toast off the plate on the table.