Authors Note -

The recent reviews have been hilarious, I love how you guys are really apprehensive and wary about Jacobs character and his relationship with Bella. Hopefully this chapter will answeer a few of your questions. It's definitely interesting to say the least.

There will be more flashbacks throughout the story but not often, only when they're needed.

Hope you enjoy!

Chapter Nine

Four years ago

"I swear, it'll be fun. Plus I need you there, it's technically the first time me and Ollie will be alone together."

"But you won't be alone, I'll be there. Talk about third wheel Alice."

"Oh didn't I tell you? Jacob Black is coming too."

I turn to her too shocked for words. Jacob Black is probably the most popular boy in our school, he's not exceptionally good looking, he's cute with a boyish charm and he can make you laugh till you pee yourself. It's a known fact. All the girls were after him, and I mean ALL.

"Shit Alice! You didn't tell me this was a double date? There's no way I'm going in there."

She looks at me funny but I turn away from the entrance to the cinema and stalk off, only I'm stopped short as I bump into someone.

Ladies and gentleman, enter Jacob Black.

He looks down at me with that grin of his and I can't help it, I'm a mess. Ergh, stupid hormones.

"You must be Bella. Hi, I'm Jacob."

"I know, er I mean hi, yes. Bella. I'm Bella."

It sounds like I've run a marathon, my words are so choppy, I must sound like a freak.

Sort yourself out.

He looks at me funny and winks.

I understand now, I never did before but now it makes sense. Now I get why I see girls running around school arguing over him, crying over him, threatening to kill themselves over him.

Yeah you heard right, kill.

They're never serious threats though, at least I hope they're not. It's always stupid lines like 'if he doesn't call me, I'm going to kill myself' or 'he kissed me and I swear I thought I was going to die'.

I don't know if every teenage girl was like this but the ones I had the pleasure of meeting spoke about death so lightly, like it wasn't going to touch them.

Of course at this point in my life I'd never experienced anyone close to me dying, so I was like those girls. I never spoke about it lightly but I always figured death was far away. Dying young just didn't seem possible.

We ended up watching The Dark Knight which I enjoyed immensely because I've been a fan of Heath Ledger since 10 things I hate about you. Alice fell asleep during the movie, go figure, she was only ever a fan of rom-coms, whereas I had a more open mind and liked nearly every genre.

Walking out of the cinema was awkward, Alice and Ollie were tongues deep so I was forced to walk and talk with Jacob. Under any other circumstances I wouldn't have minded having to entertain one of Ollies friends with my amazing conversation skills, but with Jacob it was a lot harder.

"So did you enjoy the movie?"

"Yeah, I love Heath Ledger, did you?"

He nods. "Batman is my favourite superhero."

I'm surprised, he seemed like more of a Spiderman guy, what with being cheeky and a kid.

"Really? I like him but he's not my favourite."

"Who is?"

He looks right at me and I forget what he's just said. God that smile is going to kill me.

"I'm sorry, what?"

"Your favourite superhero?"

"Oh Thor, you can't get better than a God right? Plus that blonde hair of his, definitely Thor."

"Damn, I guess I'm going to have to dye my hair now."

I stare at him, I'm abit taken back. Was he flirting with me? No, he's just being funny right?

"That was a joke, you're allowed to laugh you know."

I force a laugh out but I can tell he knows it's not genuine.

"Right, a joke, I knew that."

"So you go to my school right? How come I've never seen you around?"

Was it bad that I was offended over this? I see this guy everywhere, literally once a day, and he's never even seen me before.

Then again why would he look at me when he's got the whole school after him?

"I don't know, I guess our paths have just never crossed, I spend a lot of time in the library, or revising."

Oh my God, did I just say that? I sound like a geek now, this was probably my only chance to snare Jacob Blacks attention and I've made myself sound like an anti-social geek.

"Ah so I'm speaking to a nerd."

"No!"

I say it too quickly and he laughs loud, like really loud. And I fall, I fall really hard. Not literally, when I say I, I mean my heart.

"Hey, there's nothing wrong with being a nerd. You can't be weirder than me, can I tell you a secret?"

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

"Sure."

"I like Disney princesses."

Ok who was this guy? Guys like him did not like Disney, let alone the princesses.

"No way, seriously? Alright, who's your favourite?"

"I have little sisters, they've converted me, and definitely Snow White. I like that even though she lost her parents and had an evil stepmother who tried to kill her she never gave up, you'd think a girl like that was incapable of love but she gets her happy ending. Plus she has seven badass dwarves on her side."

I can't help but laugh now, I never would have pegged him as a Snow White fan, maybe Mulan, but Snow White? Definitely not.

"So who's yours?"

"Belle, and yeah I know we have similar names but it's not because of that. I like how she doesn't care that the beast is, well, a beast. She falls in love with him because of his personality, plus it's the only disney story where they build the love slowly, it's not that instant crap you know is impossible."

"So you don't believe in love at first sight?"

"No way, lust at first sight? Yes, but love?." I shake my head. "Do you?"

"I don't know, I think you can sense whether you'll have that chemistry with some people, but love is something different, I don't think it can just happen in an instant. Looks can be very deceiving."

Especially when it comes to you.

"What do you mean?"

Fuck, did I say that out loud?

"Erm I just meant like you're, well you're Jacob Black and you like Disney princesses, I wouldn't have ever thought that in a million years, because you're, you."

"I think people forget I'm human sometimes." I can tell from his smile he's being sarcastic.

"Maybe."

We carry on walking in silence for a few minutes but it isn't awkward like it was before. It's one of those silences where there's no need for words, you can simply just be standing next to someone and their companies enough.

"Have you ever been in love Bella?"

His question throws me off guard but I know my answer.

"No, I'm only fourteen, plus I've never even been on a date, let alone had a boyfriend."

"How's that possible?"

"I don't know, boyfriends are overrated anyway."

"No, I meant how is it possible you've never been on a date? I get why you haven't had a boyfriend, boys at our age are commitment phobes, they don't want girlfriends. It's stupid but it's true."

"Oh, well I've never been asked out before."

I whisper it because I'm embarrased, there's no way I want to admit to him that I've never been on a date but there's no going back now.

He scoffs as if he finds me hard to believe and I can't help but feel all giddy inside, that means he finds me pretty right?

"They're probably too embarrased to ask you out, clever girls make us dumb boys feel insecure, you're too good for the boys at our school anyway."

Okay that was definitely a compliment, I'm sure of it.

I look at him and see he's deep in thoughts, I'm too shocked to reply. If somebody told me I'd be walking alone with Jacob (sans Alice and Ollie) Black while he complimented me and made me laugh I would have told them not in a million years.

Well it seems a million years has passed because that was definitely what was I doing right now.

"You're a lot different to what I expected you know?"

"In a good or bad way?"

Definitely good. "Good."

"Well you're what I expected."

"I thought you said you've never seen me before?"

"Ah damn, there goes my attempt at being cool. I have seen you, a few times actually."

My heart flutters, it literally flutters.

"You have? So what did you expect?"

He nods. "You're very quiet, reserved, I hardly ever saw you smile, let alone speak."

None of those things were good? Was this some sort of backhanded compliment?

"Oh, okay."

"I'm not finished, so yeah everytime I saw you, you were always in the background. At first I thought it was because Alice is hard to overpower, she's very charismatic, but then I realised you preferred it that way, going unnoticed. I'm so used to loud people, attention seeking girls who want everyone to be staring at them, but you. I remember seeing you smile for the first time, you were in the library, head down and Jason walked upto you, he said something and you smiled. I remember being jealous because the smile was for him. You were so different, there's something about you, even if you don't know it yet, your charisma burns brighter than Alices, you just don't use it like she does."

If I was shocked before I was gobsmacked now. My mind was going at a hundred miles per hour, to think he's actually noticed me and bothered to think about all of this.

"Wow. I don't know what to say."

He shrugs as if what he's just said is nothing, but we both know it's a lot more.

"Bella, come on Dads waiting."

We turn to see Alice walking upto us with Ollie, she grabs my shoulder as if to pull me towards us. I can't hide the dissapointment on my face, my time with Jake is over. I'm probably never gonna speak to him again.

"It was nice meeting you."

I nod at him, he smirks down at me before pulling me towards him for a hug. He smells like warmth, I know it's a weird thing to say but it's true. His arms feel like home.

Authors Note -

I just know half of you are screaming in anger right now, but don't you worry my dears, all will be revealed soon enough. Jacob sounds great right? Let me know what you think of him.

Also I'd love if everyone could let me know who their favourite Disney princess is? Like Bella, I love Belle out of Beauty and The Beast, love the concept of the story, and I like Cinderella too. How about you guys?

Thanks for reading and keep the reviews coming because I update SO much faster when I'm motivated.