CHAPTER 4: SOMETHING'S WEIRD[NEW MOON]
After that night at prom I didn't see Bella all summer. I was missing her, but was preoccupied with things going on in La Push. First off, the wolves were hanging around our village a lot more than usual, second my dad and the others adults had been acting like they were waiting for something and third it seemed like all the adults could talk about lately was how sick Sam Uley had gotten. I never really got to know Sam, but I knew who he was. I personally didn't care, but since no one would shut up about it, I heard it all the time.
The school year started sooner than any of us wanted, but like clockwork we were back. Quil, Embry and I sat at our lunch table, when Jared made his way over to our lunch table. Like Sam, I never really talked to Jared before, so I didn't know why he wasn't hanging around his buddy Paul.
"Can we help you?" Embry asked acidly.
"Embry be nice." Quil said.
"Yeah, do you guys mind if I sit with you for today?" Jared asked.
"Why?" I asked.
"Yeah, don't you have Paul for that?" Embry asked still acidly.
"Embry this is the reason, you only have Jake and me as friends." Quil said.
"Paul got really sick this weekend and I haven't seen him since. No one's answering the phone at his house and I walked by his house on Sunday and I saw Sam Uley go inside. I looked in the window and all I saw was Paul laying on a table shaking like crazy, sweating and screaming in agony. Sam stood by his side and kept telling him he would be fine and he would help him. It was all creepy to me." Jared shuddered.
"Why don't you tell someone who cares?" Embry asked.
"What Embry's trying to say is you can join us till Paul comes back." I said.
Embry growled and glared daggers at me.
"Down boy." Quil chuckled.
After school the three of us were walking to my house, discussing the thing with Paul and Sam.
"So, do you think Paul's gonna die?" Quil asked worried.
"No, but wouldn't that be nice?" Embry asked, hopeful.
"Dude!" I yelled at him, appalled.
"What you guys know I don't like Paul." Embry said.
"I can live with that, but not you hoping he would die." Quil said.
"Hey guys wait up!" a voice called from behind us.
We all turned around to see Jared running toward us.
"What's up bros?" Jared asked, involving himself in the conversation.
"Oh great." Embry huffed.
"So where you guys headed?" Jared asked.
"Jake's house." Quil said.
"Sound's good." Jared smiled.
For the next two months Jared became our unofficial 4th member. Paul did come back to school, but he wanted nothing to do with Jared or anyone for that matter. Sadly, that only made Jared cling to us more. One Monday, it got even weirder. Jared joined us for lunch, but he seemed abnormally quiet. Something was up with his eyes too, they were usually full of happiness, but they were cold and dark.
"Who did it Jared? I want to thank them." Embry said.
"Who did what?" Jared asked.
"Who stopped you from talking it's about time." Embry said.
"Shut up, Embry." Jared said.
"Excuse me?" Embry asked appalled.
"I said shut up, are you deaf now?" Jared asked acidly.
"Oooh big mouth's grown some balls. Let me tell you something Jared. No one tells me to shut up except for my parents and my boys, that's it. You got that?" Embry asked getting in Jared's face.
To anyone besides us, this looked really stupid. Watching tiny Embry get into Jared's face, who was a little shorter than me at like 6 feet.
"You're funny." Jared chuckled to himself.
"If you were smart, you'd back away," he said threatening Embry.
"Jared shut your fucking mouth, tuck your balls back between your legs and step off!" Embry yelled.
Suddenly something in Jared just snapped and in slow motion, with fire in his eyes, he lunged for Embry. Quil and I quickly jumped up and held him back, but it was hard Jared was suddenly extremely mad. Then just as fast as it began, it stopped and Jared collapsed on the ground. The nurse with the help of some other students brought Jared to her office and called his parents.
"Man he was lucky, I didn't go all kung fu on his ass." Embry said, standing up.
"Embry, shut up!" Quil yelled.
"Fine, geez." Embry sighed.
Jared was out of school for the next week and just like nothing had happened, he went back to hanging out with Paul. The two of them were always hanging around with Sam Uley. I didn't think much of it, it was probably for the best, especially for Quil that is. Later that semester we were hanging in the general store when Sam, Jared and Paul came by.
"Look who it is." Paul chuckled.
"Paul we're leaving." Sam said.
"Have you potty trained him yet?" Quil asked and we chuckled.
"Shut your mouth, runt!" Paul yelled, suddenly furious.
Quil was usually a mediator, but Paul had been making snide remarks about him behind his back. Quil never took crap from anyone.
"Make me!" Quil yelled back.
"Quil not now." I whispered to him.
Honestly I'm taller than Paul and Quil is way bigger than him muscle wise, but I didn't want to start anything.
"I'll tear you apart!" Paul yelled, shaking furiously.
Sam walked up to him, put his hand on his chest and shook his head. Paul just calmed down and they left. It was really eerie and I look at Quil and Embry suspiciously. They just shrugged their shoulders. Something was definitely up, I could feel it.