-1Cassie's POV

When I woke up, Bella was perched at the end of the sofa.

"Hey Cassie"

"Morning. What's happening?"

"Well, I was wondering if you feel like going out today" I eyed her suspiciously.

"Where?"

"La Push Beach. Me and some friends were thinking of going. Fancy joining us?"

"Which friends? Edward?" she shook her head.

"He's busy. No, my friends Angela, Ben, Mike and Jessica. It'll be fun"

"Wait…Mike? Newton?"

"Yeah, you know him?"

"Yes. He told me where to find you the first day"

"Oh. What did you think?"

"He's very…enthusiastic"

"ha, yeah. So are you in?"

"Okay. Sounds fun" I smiled.

We were picked up by Mike. The car was full so I assumed we were the last.

"Cassie! Hi!" said Mike, smiling at me. I smiled slightly back and slide into the seat next to Bella.

"Hey everyone. This is my cousin Cassie" A girl with light brown hair smiled at me. The boy next to him waved.

"Well Bella, when you said that you were going to bring someone with you I expected Edward. We could have made this a triple date" said the girl in the front seat. Bella didn't reply.

"That's Angela and Ben" she pointed "and that's Jessica" she nodded her head at the girl who'd spoken. I tuned out the chatter as we drove. I didn't want to end up thinking about…things. I looked at the scenery instead.

We arrived pretty quickly.

The beach was pretty. I found the sound of the waves lapping against the beach relaxing. We all sat on driftwood benches and I watched as Mike lit a fire. The flames were green. I guessed it was caused by the type of wood used. I had bought my sketchpad with me and I started to draw.

"What are you doing?" asked Angela, sitting beside me.

"Drawing" she peered over my shoulder at the drawing and whistled, impressed.

"That's good. Where did you learn to draw?"

"I taught myself"

"You should seriously take up art professionally. I'd pay good money to have one of those" I smiled up at her but Mike interrupted before I could speak.

"I'm going to look at the tidal pools. Who wants to come?" everyone agreed except me.
"I'll stay and draw, thanks" I said, nodding. I waited for them to leave but Bella hovered uncertainly.

"Do you want me to stay?"

"No. I'll be fine Bella. I'm not made of glass" I said. She smiled and followed the others. I sat, staring out at the sea bleakly. As always when I had too much time to think my mind started asking questions. Why me? What would I do now? Where should I go?

"Well, hello Cassie" a familiar voice said, interrupting my musings. I jumped up and turned. Jacob, the gorilla from before was there.

"Oh. It's you" I noticed there were several other boys behind him, all very similar looking. One was shaking, his face contorted with rage.

"I actually wanted to apologise for the way I acted before"

"I should think so. How's the leg? Did my dog actually do any damage?"

"No"

"Damn. Next time I'll have to try harder" I said, smiling sarcastically.

"Err…Jacob?" said one of the boys. He turned.

"What?"

"Paul" Jacob's eyes snapped to the shaking boy and widened. He turned back to me.

"Cassie, you need to step away"

"What?"

"Just step away. Go to your car" he grabbed my shoulder as if meaning to drag me "Now!"

"Jacob! Look out!" he pushed me to the ground just as the shaking boy changed into a giant grey wolf.

A/N: Short chapter but the next one should be up soon.