A/N: Here we go...the long-awaited...Chapter 13. Okay, maybe not long awaited. But it is the longest chapter so far. Woo! I had a lot of fun writing this chapter, but I'm having trouble writing Chapter 14. Writers block, I guess. I know what I want to write, I'm just having issues putting it into words. I'll probably finish it tonight, or tomorrow. I'm on "vacation" (my dad's working out of town and I'm with him) but I really have nothing to do during the day, so I'll probably be writing a lot.

Also...I've been making bags out of t-shirts (sounds weird but it's really cool) and I have a few Twilight ones...would anyone be interested in buying one? PM me :)

Enjoy the chapter! xoxo

I started panicking. What if she didn't like him back? What if she couldn't stay in La Push? What if she freaks out over the werewolf gene? I shook my head, realizing that I could drive myself crazy with the what-ifs. I looked at Jared, who looked at Jacob. I knew that this was because Jacob was the second-in-command. Jacob grabbed Seth and muttered something in his ear. Jacob started walking away, Seth going too, semi-forcibly. Embry, Quil, Jared, and I just kind of looked at each other until Corinne interrupted.

"What the hell just happened?" I forgot that she didn't know anything, and then I realized that she would soon enough. I didn't know what to say, so I just looked at Jared. He coughed, and said,

"Umm…Seth's just…going through a hard time. He has a…uhh…difficult time with pretty girls." Good save, Jared.

"Oh," Corinne said, blushing, "Umm…thanks." We settled down on our towels, trying to tan. The guys went back to playing football, even though Jared was…distracted.

"Jared, dude, I know Kim looks good in a bathing suit, but can you try to keep your head in the game?" Jared growled at Embry, while I tried to hide my smile. A few minutes later, I looked up at the sky, which had suddenly become cloudy and dark grey. I knew that it would start raining any minute now.

"Hey, Corinne? I don't know if you've looked at the sky lately, but I think it's going to start raining." She removed her sunglasses and looked up.

"You know what I say?" she asked, smiling evilly. I shrugged my shoulders. "Let it. As someone wise once said, 'Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning how to dance in the rain.'" That was one of my favorite things about Corinne. Not only was she quick, but she was wild. She would surprise you.

When it started raining about a half hour later, when everyone else on the beach started heading to their cars, Corinne jumped up and ran straight into the ocean. I just sat up and laughed. Jared came over to me.

"What's up with her?" he asked.

" 'Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning how to dance in the rain.'" With that, I jumped up and ran to join her. We jumped in the waves, laughing and having a great time. I looked back at the beach and saw Jared staring at me. "Well, are you going to wait for the storm to pass, or are you going to dance in the rain?" I yelled at him. I got my answer when he sprinted to the water, and picked me up. He ran out into the ocean a little farther and tossed me in. I stood up, walked to shallower water, and sat down. He followed and stood in front of me. I just looked up at him, smiling.

"You're irresistible, you know that?" he said, smirking. He kneeled down in front of me, and kissed me. I found myself leaning back until I was laying on the sand. He positioned himself on top of me, and we continued kissing. I knew that this was the worst kind of PDA, but I didn't care. The only people around were the guys and Corinne. I felt Jared's hand on my hip, gently rubbing my skin. He slid his hand up until it was just under my boobs. I pulled back.

"Jared, we're in public."

"Well, I guess I'll just have to get you alone," he said, smirking. But he sat up, pulling me up with him. That was when I heard the catcalls and whistles. I rolled my eyes, and Jared laughed. "Don't listen to them," he whispered in my ear, "they're just jealous."

When we started gathering our stuff up, I asked Jared if he wanted to ride home with us. I told him about my parents being gone, and about my mom's rules. He immediately agreed, and he helped Corinne and I get our stuff to my car. I drove, and Jared sat in the backseat. When we got back, we put all of our stuff away, and Corinne went into my room, saying that she was going to go online and talk to some of her friends. I told her that Jared and I would make dinner, and tell her when it was ready.

I went into the kitchen and pulled out a frozen pizza, deciding to take it easy for the night. When I was leaning over to put the pizza in the oven, I felt someone come up behind me.

"Jared, I'm leaning over a hot oven. I don't think this is a good idea."

"You know I would never let you fall in," he said. As he spoke, he slightly lifted up the shirt I was wearing and started rubbing the bare skin. I shivered, and closed the oven door. I set the timer for 45 minutes, and went over to the refrigerator to get out garlic bread and a salad. As I was making the salad, Jared came behind me again. This time, he started kissing my neck, and rubbing his hands up and down my sides.

"J-Jared," I said, stammering, "I'm trying to cook."

"I know," he said, feigning innocence, "and you told Corinne that I would help you. And I am."

"This isn't helping!"

"It isn't?" he asked, sounding shocked. "Maybe I'll just have to try harder." At that, he continued kissing my neck, and sucked on it. He lifted the bottom of my shirt up, higher and higher until he took it off, exposing my bra. He moved his hands up, cupping my breasts. I think I stopped breathing. He started massaging my breasts when I heard my bedroom door open. "Corinne," I yelled, "Can you do me a favor and bring me my cell phone? It's in my purse."

"Sure!" she replied. I immediately ran for my shirt, throwing it back on and returning to the salad. Jared sat down at the table, trying to discreetly cover the bulge in his pants. By the time Corinne came back with my phone, I had calmed down and Jared was mostly normal again. I finished the salad, took out the pizza and warmed the bread up. We decided to watch a movie in the living room, and after discussing and a few arguments we decided on Thor. I sat next to Jared, and after we finished our pizza we cuddled. After Thor ended, I heard a knock at the door. I answered it, and there, of all people, was Seth Clearwater. I guess that I should have expected it, but the thought of him actually coming to my house had never crossed my mind. "Seth," I said, a little louder than normal, "What are you doing here?"

"Well, uh, I got a text from Jared, saying that you were having a movie night. He invited me over…I thought he told you?" I realized that this was a lie, but I couldn't deny Seth. I let him in, offered him pizza, and led him to the living room. When he walked in the living room, Corinne didn't look as shocked as I expected her to be. I figured that Jared had talked to her, so I didn't say anything. We decided to continue the movie trend and watched Captain America next. We spent the rest of the night having a superhero movie marathon. I noticed that Seth and Corinne were talking, and by the time we finished Iron Man 2, he had his arm around her and she was leaning up against him. I smiled, snuggling closer to Jared. I realized that it was late, and wondered if Seth was supposed to be going home anytime soon. I whispered this to Jared, who answered, "His mom knows about Corinne. When he asked if he could come over tonight, she said no at first. Then she saw how upset he was, and she agreed. She said he could stay the night if it was okay with you, as long as he didn't miss his patrol."

Instead of watching more movies, I decided to just randomly turn on the TV. We ended up watching something on MTV, but I don't think anyone was actually watching it. Seth and Corinne were talking quietly, and from the way things were looking, she was starting to fall for him. I decided that sleeping in our beds tonight was highly unlikely, so Jared and I went into my room, grabbed the mattresses, blankets, and pillows, and put them on the living room floor. Both of the mattresses were full size, so we moved the couches a little so that there would be space between them. We made the beds and got settled. I didn't know if Corinne would be okay with sharing a bed with Seth, but she didn't freak out. She just kept her distance. I noticed that Seth kept moving closer, and I think she did, too. Eventually, she was curled up against his chest, asleep. Seth just lay there, holding her, with this content look on his face.

Jared lay on his back, and pulled me up so I was laying on top of him. He wrapped his arms around me, and hummed quietly in my ear until I fell asleep.

When I woke up the next morning, I was on my side, curled up against Jared. I looked over at Corinne and Seth. Seth was laying on his back, and Corinne had her head on his shoulder, with one arm over his body. She was curled into his side, still sleeping. I looked up at Jared who, no surprise, was awake. He was somehow always able to sense when I was awake. I whispered, "They're so cute." He nodded and smiled. The next time I looked over, I noticed Corinne stirring. As soon as she was awake, sure enough, Seth was, too. I wasn't sure if Corinne would be okay with how they fell asleep, but she just smiled and looked up at him. Not wanting to ruin their moment, I turned back to Jared.

"So, want to have a party tonight?" I asked.

"Yeah, sure!" He said, laughing, "Here?"

"Duh! My mom said we could if we wanted to. And the cool thing is, we don't have to do a thing. I'll just text Aylin and Sherry, and they'll take care of everything."

"Even food?" asked Corinne.

"Yep," I said, "And alcohol."

After a few more minutes of cuddling and party ideas, we got up and cleaned up the living room. Seth and Jared left to go shower and put on some clean clothes, and I grabbed my phone and called Aylin.

"Morning, sunshine!" I yelled into the phone.

"Holy hell," said Aylin, groggily, "It's 8 in the freaking morning!"

"So I'm having a party tonight," I said cheerily, ignoring her, "And you and Sherry are in charge."

"WHAT?" she screamed. Corinne started laughing.

"Yep, so get up and get rolling. Just let me know the details." I hung up the phone, not waiting for a reply.

"So, Corinne," I said nonchalantly, "What's up with you and Seth?" She smiled.

"I-I don't know," she said quietly, "I mean, I just met him yesterday. And I like him. A lot."

"Corinne, there's nothing wrong with that. Just go with your instinct."

We spent the rest of the morning cleaning up the house, and putting away breakable and valuable items. Luckily, we didn't need to worry about noise, since our house was secluded. I realized around noon that I missed Jared, and called his cell, telling him so. Instead of saying anything, he hung up and was at my house within five minutes. And being the romantic that he is, he even brought me a sunflower. I kissed him, and went to put it in some water. As I put the vase on the table, he came up behind me.

"You know," he whispered seductively, fingering my neck, "We never got to finish yesterday…" I smiled, because even though I didn't want to have sex, I had enjoyed yesterday. Instead of answering him, I just walked away. I walked into my parents room, and into their bathroom. When I turned around, of course he was there.

"So," I said shyly, playing with my hair, "What were you saying?" He didn't say anything, he just walked up to me, grabbed my hips, and pushed me back until I was against the wall, kissing me hungrily. He worked his way down to my neck, gently biting and sucking it. He was slowly working his hands up my torso, pushing my shirt up and pulling it over my head. He moved his hands to my breasts, playing with them and kissing me at the same time. He then kissed his way down my chest and my stomach, stopping right next to my belly button. He sucked and bit on the skin next to it, leaving a mark. Then he kissed down until he reached the bottom of my pants. "J-Jared," I stammered, "Stop. I can't go any further." He unwillingly obliged, standing up.

"Kim, I love you. And I want you to know that I respect you and the choices you make. I promise that I will never go any farther than you're comfortable with," he said, looking me in the eyes. I really did have the perfect boyfriend. He helped me get my shirt back on, and after I fixed my hair, we went back out to the kitchen. Corinne was sitting on the counter, smiling at us.

"So, did you two have fun?" she asked. Neither of us answered, Jared just smiled and I blushed. Then I heard a knock at the door. "Come in!" I yelled, figuring that it was Aylin or Sherry. It ended up being Seth. I looked at Corinne, who started blushing. Seth, not missing a beat, walked up to Corinne and hugged her. I thought that they were going to kiss, but then my phone rang. I ran to get it, and it was Aylin.

"Hello?"

"Hey, so here's the plan. People are going to show up around 8, Sherry and I have food and booze. We invited about 30 people each, which means about 80 should show up. So get all dolled up and be ready at 6, cause that's when we're coming over. See you then!" Without waiting for an answer from me, she hung up. I smiled and walked back into the kitchen.

"That was Aylin, people are supposed to show up around 8, so we need to be ready by 6. Everything else is handled."

At around 4, Corinne and I started getting ready. She helped me curl my hair, which took awhile since it's so long. I taught her how to do a waterfall braid, and she experimented with it until she liked it. We did our makeup, me going for a simplified look, her for a bold look. Remembering my shopping trip the from week before, I went through my shopping bags. When Corinne and I were finally done, and we walked out to the boys, they were speechless. I was wearing a pair of black skinny jeans with this sheer top that had a wild black and white print on the front. The front was pretty innocent, but the back was basically see through. Corinne was wearing a classic black dress. The front looked the something Audrey Hepburn would have worn, and the back made the dress fit in this century. There was a strip of rhinestones around her neck, and then the dress became backless until right above her butt. She had on dangly rhinestone earrings and black heels with rhinestone straps. When she turned around to give Seth the back view, his eyes nearly popped out of his head. Jared was somewhat used to my outfits, but even he couldn't keep his eyes off me.

Aylin and Sherry showed up at 6:30, Aylin in a black wrap dress with hot pink accents (nails, shoes, necklace, eyeshadow), and Sherry in a red miniskirt with a black top. They brought in the food and alcohol (and some non alcoholic beverages) and set everything up on the counter. I still hadn't decided if I was going to drink or not, so I asked Jared if he was going to. He said he might drink a little, but nothing major. I wanted to remind somewhat sane, plus I always thought that the host of a party should never get drunk.

By 9, we had ourselves a party. Music was blasting, and somehow, people were already drunk. A game of spin the bottle was being played in the living room, and people were dancing pretty much…everywhere. I was drinking a beer, Jared was on his second, and Corinne was…actually, I'm not sure what she was drinking. But she was hammered.

I heard someone yell from the living room that they were going to play Seven Minutes in Heaven. I groaned, Really? We're not in middle school anymore, but I decided to watch anyways. The way we play is, someone goes in a closet and is blindfolded. Then, the members of the opposite sex play Rock, Paper, Scissors until one person remains. That person goes in the closet for 7 minutes (obviously) and it's up to them whether they tell the other person who they are or not.

I watched a few rounds, before getting bored and wandering off to find Jared. He was in the kitchen, talking to the guys. I hung out with them for a few minutes until I remember that Corinne was here somewhere. I walked around the house, trying to find her, when I saw her through the window. I walked outside, and saw her holding hands with Seth, walking down to the beach. I didn't want to invade their privacy, so I decided to trust them to not do anything stupid.

The rest of the party was uneventful, but it was fun. I danced with Jared, and we kissed quite a bit, too. There weren't any incidents, except for when I walked in my room and found Aylin and Joshua making out on my bed. Some people left, while some just crashed on random surfaces. Jared and I fell asleep on my bed, and when I woke up, Seth and Corinne were on her bed. I decided to get up and walk around, and see what the house looked like. I walked into the living room, which was messy, but not trashed. There were people on the couches, and a bunch of people on the floor. In the kitchen, Aylin and Joshua had somehow passed out on the table, with some people scattered on the floor. Luckily, no one was in my parent's bed, but there were two people in the guest room. I went back to my room, cuddling up next to Jared on the bed. I fell asleep again, and woke up when I heard laughter. I sat up, and Aylin and Sherry were sitting in my room, talking to Corinne. Jared and Seth were gone, I noticed. I sat up, and they looked at me guiltily.

"Did we wake you up?" asked Aylin, laughing.

"Yeah, but it's okay. Are there still people crashed throughout the house?"

"Pretty much everyone left," said Sherry.

"Yeah, and Jared and Seth are cleaning up," added Corinne.

"Oh cool," I answered, laying back on the bed. We started talking about school, which was starting in two weeks. Jared and Seth came back in a few minutes later, Jared sitting next to me and Seth went to sit next to Corinne. Sherry and Aylin left a little later, taking the alcohol with them, because I didn't want to be in charge of it.

The four of us cleaned the house some more, and when we were done we all crashed on the floor in the living room next to our significant others. I woke up a few hours later, groggy and disoriented. Jared was awake, but Seth and Corinne were still asleep. Jared kissed my forehead, and then whispered in my ear,

"Do you want to go to the beach?" I nodded, and he helped me up off of the ground. We walked down to the beach, and found a secluded spot that was normally used for picnicking. Jared sat on top of the table, and I sat on the bench below him. I loved moments like this, where we could just…be.