IMPORTANT AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hey guys. I'm posting this while I have a few spare moments. Right now, my Mom is in the ER due to heart problems lately. Still waiting to hear results and all. Aside from that, my Dad and I are both fighting off colds of some sort. So all in all, due to those things and college studies, I'm not sure when I will get more written or have time to post. Hopefully my Mom will be fine and everything will go back to normal soon. Until then, here is the fourth chapter and I will get more up when I can. Thanks guys!

~Back to the story~

Chapter 4

~Bella POV~

After I had showered, Taylor and I decided to go out to the mall for the day. Sure, shopping wasn't our most favorite thing, but we figured it'd be fun to go window shopping. We hadn't been able to do it for fun since the start of our tour. As we were finishing lunch at the food court, my phone went off. I grabbed it out of my purse and looked at the text. It was from Jacob Black, my other best friend.

"Hey Bells. Let me know when u r back in Seattle and we can meet up." I smiled a bit, then typed out a text back.

"Got back yesterday. Last tour concert was last night."

Within a minute he texted back "Are you free today?"

I glanced up at Taylor, "Wanna hang with Jake today?"

She grinned, "Sure! Here, or Forks?"

"Yes," I texted back. "Wanna hang here or Forks?"

He replied a minute later with, "Reservation. Soon as you can get here."

I grinned. "Be there soon," I replied.

Jake, Taylor, and I were walking down the beach, our arms link and we were singing at the top of our lungs, breaking apart to do random dance moves and messing up lines from laughing at each other.

"Friday night beneath the stars,

in a field behind your yard,

you and I are paintin' pictures in the sky.

And sometimes we don't say a thing;

just listen to the crickets sing.

Everything I need is right here by my side.

And I know everything about you

I don't wanna live without you.

I'm only up when you're not down.

Don't wanna fly if you're still on the ground.

It's like no matter what I do.

Well you drive me crazy half the time;

the other half I'm only trying to let you know that what I feel is true.

And I'm only me when I'm with you.

Just a small town boy and girl

livin' in a crazy world.

Tryin' to figure out what is and isn't true.

And I don't try to hide my tears.

The secrets or my deepest fears.

Through it all nobody gets me like you do.

And you know everything about me.

You say that you can't live without me.

I'm only up when you're not down.

Don't wanna fly if you're still on the ground.

It's like no matter what I do.

Well you drive me crazy half the time;

the other half I'm only trying to let you know that what I feel is true.

And I'm only me when I'm with you.

When I'm with anybody else it's so hard to be myself.

Only you can tell.

That I'm only up when you're not down.

Don't wanna fly if you're still on the ground.

It's like no matter what I do.

Well you drive me crazy half the time;

the other half I'm only trying to let you know that what I feel is true.

And I'm only me

Who I wanna be

Well, I'm only me when I'm with you

With you

Uh huh

Yeah"

As we finished singing, we all collapsed into fits of laughter. I mean, come on, how can it not be hilarious to sing a song like that entirely off-key on purpose? Especially if you are with Taylor or Jake! "Man, I've missed this so bad!" I grinned up at the sky, laying on my back in the sand.

"Well you could always stop touring and come back," Jake grinned over at me, lying beside him.

Taylor bolted up into a sitting position. "Stop touring?" she exclaimed in mock horror. "I'd like... DIE!" This of course sent Jake and I into more laughing fits.

"I dunno Jake," I said quietly, once I had sobered up again. "I mean, there's just, too many memories, you know?" He nodded, a scowl coming across his face. I wondered if he knew the Cullens were back. He grimaced a bit, and I wondered what he was thinking.

He glanced at me from the corner of his eye as he sat up, and quietly said, "They're back, you know."

"Yeah... I knew," I said quietly,

"You did?" he asked, taken by surprise.

"Yep, all of them," I sighed.

"Who is back?" Taylor interrupted, raising a quizzical eyebrow at us.

"A family of... scum," Jake scowled. I could tell he was about to say 'bloodsuckers' but changed it because Taylor didn't know the little Cullen secret. She did, however, know Jake's secret.

"The infamous Edward Cullen," I mumbled.

Taylor instantly began to slowly smile her evil grin. "Should we like, throw eggs at their windows? Or maybe dress up as ghosts and make them believe their house is haunted?"

I shook my head, gazing downward.

"That wouldn't exactly be smart," Jake said, but added, "although I could tear them apart if you would just give me the permission to." He said the last part to me.

"No, Jake. You know you can't do that," I glared slightly at him.

"I think Bella's still in love," Taylor piped up. I turned my glare towards her.

"That's disturbing," Jake muttered, scowling more.

I groaned and hit them both. "Can we just forget about these blasted Cullens and have some fun?"

"What kinda fun?" Taylor instantly grinned broadly at me. I, in turn, smiled evilly over at Jake.

"What about wolfie rides?"

He groaned, playfully shoved me, but then stalked off into the woods to change into his wolf form. Taylor and I exchanged triumphant grins.