Chapter 2

I checked into the hotel. It was independently owned by the Newton's; Charlie had told me on the ride over. The lobby was nice, but nothing extraordinarily fancy, the carpet was a bright red-yellow-green floral pattern. The light fixtures were bronze and one crystal chandelier hanging over two antique red velvet sofa seating area. I wondered up to the concierge desk and a blonde men helped asked "How may I help you?"

"…Yes please, are there any rooms available?" I stood there with a perplexed look on my face.

"Yes, for one?" He smiled at me.

I nodded my head 'yes' and looked at his name tag, it read Mike.

"Put it under the name Raven." I said. He told me the price and I handed him the cash.

"Okay Miss Raven. You will be in room 7." He said as he put the cash in the register.

I made my way down the hall and found the room. I used the key card to open the door and entered the tiny dark room. Flipping on the lights revealed a small closet to the left, a couch, a twin sized bed, a small table also functioning as a nightstand between them and a cabinet with a television. Across from the bed in the cabinet the TV was sitting on there was a little refrigerator and microwave inside which would be handy. I turned around and face the entrance of the room. The bathroom was on the left side near the front of the room the opposing wall of the window. The bathroom was a generic white tile. I looked at the shower; it was much bigger than the one at the community college where I had been showering. After inspecting the room I got ready for bed. I laid down on the bed and stared out the window amongst the moon lit trees and slipped into a light sleep.

The next morning Charlie had call saying he would pick me up and give me a ride to the mechanic on his way to work. I had gotten up and gotten ready. I was wearing a red plaid button down flannel over a soft black t- shirt and black jeans. I grabbed an energy bar and my bag as I entered the lobby.

I got into the passenger side of the cruiser.

"Good morning!" Charlie chimed

"Good morning. Thank you so much for the ride officer Swan!" I sat my bag in the floorboard as I got in.

"Please call me Charlie." He pulled out of the parking lot.

"So what exactly brings you to Forks, Charlotte? This isn't exactly a booming town to start a career." He gave me another fatherly look.

"Umm as I said last night I came to live with my extended family. Figure my life out, but they don't want me, we had a fights, they kicked me out. So I am just kinda here for now." I fidgeted with my hands. I didn't tell him I had been living in my truck and was taking classes at the college and this semester had just finished. School had been taking my mind off of everything.

"Why 'extended' family? Your mom and dad would probably like to see you." He asked

The car was silent and awkward.

Pain gripped me and I looked down at my hands. Charlie notice this and continued talking "You seem to be a good kid. Parents will always love their children, even if they don't always agree with the choices they make. I know I am always happy to see my daughter Bella. She might not always like to see me. You know you look to be about her age…. but….She is married now. I also have a grandbaby!"

I smiled at him, "Congratulations! Boy or Girl?"

Charlie kept telling me about his baby granddaughter Renesmee, then about Bella and then even more about the baby. He was a very proud grandpa. Then the conversation shifted to Billy and his fishing trips. It was nice hearing a normal conversations.

Soon enough we were driving up a gravel way a short distance away from the reservation. We came upon a small gray metal building with many old car park outside. Charlie pulled into a parking spot and we got out. The sound of air compressors and engines revving echoed as we walked up.

Charlie called out to a man under a car. He rolled out and stood up wiping his hands on a towel putting it on his left shoulder. I looked at him and thought 'now he is cute' as my eyes traveled his tall muscular form as he walked across the drive. The blue gray jumpsuit looked nice with his russet brown skin tone.

"Jacob this is Charlotte Ravensky, she is the owner of the black Ford truck brought in yesterday evening. Charlotte, this is Jacob Black, Billy's boy. He is the one who did the repairs." Charlie gestured towards Jacob.

I shook his feverishly warm hand. Then I looked into his gleaming brown eyes and seen a mischievous flash that made me want to melt as he smiled at me, "Hello."

"Alright, well I have to get to the station. If you need anything Charlotte just call down to the station and ask for me." Charlie checked his watch and walked towards the cruiser.

"Thank you Charlie!" I waved at him. He got in and drove away.

Jacob and I were standing there alone. I shivered in the brisk cold air and adjusted my purse on my shoulder. Jacob walked me through the shop to a back side lot and showed me my truck. "All done: tires changed, leveled and windshield replaced. There was quite a bit of water we cleaned up, so you have a very clean interior to say the least. Good news is the water did not appear to cause any damage."

"Well, thank you very much. How much do I owe you?" I asked.

He guided me back through the shop to the main office where we discussed payment. I handed him the amount in cash over the counter.

"So you are a cash type of girl?" He remarked jokingly as he took the cash and put it in the register and handed me a receipt.

"When I can be!" I leaned on the counted and smiled amused at him

"So is there anything else I can help you ma'am?" he leaned over the counter towards me.

"No, maybe later, thank you!" I gathered up my purse trying to think up a witty reply but, could not think of one. He shook my hand. I beamed another smile on my way out the door.

I got into my truck and pulled out the drive. I was headed to town to the local coffee shop to work. I was beginning work at the coffee shop in the mornings and afternoons.

Meanwhile back at the mechanic shop…..

(Jacobs Pov)

The moment I seen Charlotte and WOW everything seemed to hit me at once. Just like the legends said the imprint would. I had to pause and get my head together. Then my eyes traveled up her petite body. The first this I noticed was her white smile and it was from there. Icey deep blue eyes. Dark brown long slightly windblown hair. Nicely proportioned boobs. Tapered legs. Not tall by any means.

I could not get the girl out of my head. Before she left I shook her hand, smiling like a kid in the candy store.

"Who was that? She is hot!" The voice of Quill echoed from behind me. He had just finished rotating the tires and changing the oil in another car.

"You know you didn't give her our business card." Leah was sitting at one of the desk in the crammed office filing paper work and submitting part order forms.

"Ooo such a shame you didn't even get her number much less give her yours. Well miss 'maybe later' was code for probably never!" Quill poked fun.

"Yeah, yeah, Jake must like them 'fun sized' now! Who was she?" Embry came clambering in when he heard those words, but he was using the excuse he needed Leah to order another list of parts for the engine.

"You guys..." I shrugged grabbing some boxes of parts to take into the work section of the shop.

"Oh come oh you were looking at her like she was a piece of chocolate!" Embry razzed.

"Boy, I had not seen you smile like that since you last seen Bella!" Leah snickered stapling some more papers together. The phone rang and Leah answered, "Black Mechanics

The guys just snickered man I wanted to smack them up the side of the head.

"C'mon guy we have a lot of work to do today! We have patrols this evening!" I carried out the boxes and began to unpack the new shocks I was about to install. All the while thinking about that mysterious girl, my imprint.

Please tell me what you think! I love encouragement and to hear your thoughts! Honestly this should have probably been part and chapter 1, but oh well. Good news is I am almost done with chapter 3 and will post soon.