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During 2nd block, Edward Cullen kept looking back at me with a grimace, almost like he smelt something horribly bad. It quickly hit me that he could probably smell Jacob all over me. His scent was all over his car after all. I had forgotten that werewolves smelled bad to vampires.

Before lunch, I quickly went to the bathroom and dusted myself off a bit, hoping it would get rid of Jacob's scent a little. I didn't really care about the smell, but if one Cullen was able to smell it, then the rest would probably be able to as well. Besides, I didn't want to draw the vampires attention, I'll have enough of their attention by tomorrow for sure.

Lunch was passing by quickly like I knew it would, and I was getting nervous again. I could feel the nausea building up and I wanted nothing more than to just get this over with, to just be done with it.

Before I knew it, the bell was ringing and it was time for me to go to my 5th class. I let out a shaky breath and got up to leave.

"You okay?" Mike asked me, looking at me a worriedly.

"Yeah. I'm fine." I responded. He nodded and walked through the cafeteria doors to his next class.

Edward was already in his seat as I walked into class, nervous as hell and even shaking a little. When he saw me coming he made a face but changed it so fast that I wasn't sure if he'd even made it, or if I was just being paranoid. Could he still smell Jacob on me? I wondered.

I sat down as far away from him as I had before. He didn't move at all, just looked down at the writing on the desk, which was mostly cuss words. Once again Mr. Banner didn't start class immediately.

I took a deep breath and exhaled.

"I have to talk to you."

"About?" He asked, looking up from the desk to my face.

"This situation." I whispered low enough for only him to hear.

"What situation?" he asked confused. His voice was still a normal volume.

"Keep your voice down... look... I know your a … a vampire."

He looked at me shocked, but composed his features quickly.

"I have no idea what your talking about." he whispered back, looking at me like I was crazy.

"You know exactly what I'm talking about."

"You've lost your mind." He turned his head to look at the window. I looked down at my books and played with the damaged corners. I continued talking to him even though he clearly wanted the conversation to end.

"No I haven't. I know what you are because..." I sighed " Because I'm a werewolf."

He turned to look at me with an even more shocked expression. He was speechless.

"Don't you smell it on me?" I finally asked.

"That's not yours." he whispered lifelessly.

"No, but its one of my pack members."

"I don't understand how your a werewolf. You don't smell like one." He looked like he was talking to himself.

"But I am."

He didn't respond.

"Look... I know this situation is awkward. I'm not exactly comfortable with this, and now, I'm sure you aren't either. But we can make it work, I'll stay out of your way and you stay out of mine. We can keep peace this way."

He still looked at me in disbelief.

"So..." I continued, "Do you agree?"

He just nodded, his face expressionless. He slightly scooted away from me and looked outside the window once again.

I sighed, relieved that things went well.

The class went by more quickly since I wasn't feeling as stressed as I had the other days. When class ended, Edward got up and walked out without even looking at me. I could feel that he felt tension between us now, but I felt like things were better now that nothing was hidden, that the truth was out.

When I got outside of school, I immediately noticed Jacob standing outside by his car. As I walked over to him, I noticed him looking-well glaring was more like the right word-over at something. I followed his eyes and found what he was staring at.

The Cullens. Of course he would be glaring at them. They were staring back just as coldly, but they knew how to hide it a little better than Jacob did.

He didn't notice me when I got to him.

"Jacob." I said with aggravation in my voice.

"What?" he asked, finally looking away from them to look down at me.

"Stop staring at them."

"They're staring at me too."

I turned around to take a quick look. Edward Cullen was staring at us with a disappointed expression, almost like he'd gotten confirmed something he didn't want to have gotten confirmed.

"See. Especially that leech." he nodded towards Edward. That seemed to have brought him back. He gave one last look straight in my eyes and then got into his silver Volvo.

"Did you see him just standing there, staring at you?" Jacob asked completely amused.

I could sense all the students in the parking lot staring at Jacob and me.

"C'mon, lets go." I said to Jacob. He didn't say anything and just got in his car.

"How did it go with the vampires?" He asked on our drive to his house, we'd already dropped off Aunt Lucy at her job.

"It went fine, they understood and we agreed to stay out of each others ways."

"And what was up with that one that was looking at you in the parking lot?" I'd thought he'd forgotten about that, but I guess he just couldn't let it go.

"I don't know. Maybe he had difficulty believing I was a werewolf. Most of them did."

"Did they really?" he laughed.

"Yeah. But I convinced them."

"Well, I guess Sam will be proud of you then."

"And that will be a first." I said with a smile.

Sam took my report about what had gone down with Cullens pretty well. He believed what I told him and didn't question me to much. The pack though wanted every detail. They wanted to know exactly the face that the Cullens had made when they found out what I was, how I said it to them, if I was scared. I told them as much as I could without revealing the actual truth.

After all their questions, they then continued to tease Jacob and me for arriving together. It was their only chance, since Sam had gone to do something and said he'd be back shortly.

"What were you guys doing together before you got here?" Jared asked, while all the other guys chuckling. Except Seth, who looked confused to why the guys were laughing at the question. Leah wasn't laughing, or smiling, but she looked at Jacob and me, waiting for our answer.

"And was there sweating?" asked Paul, making the other guys laugh harder. I could feel my face turning red.

"Shut up! I only gave her a ride!" Jacob said getting pissed.

"Oh my god! I knew it!" Jared laughed.

"To school, you perv!" I finally said tired of them.

"Oh sorry, we were getting the wrong idea." Paul said grinning over a Jared. I scowled (You're very repetitive with words like glare. Mix it up a bit.) at them both. Guys are such idiots.

"So, Jacob finally decided to make a move then." Quil added. I made a face and looked at Jacob quickly. His brown skin turned a shade darker from his blush and he didn't meet my gaze.

"Shut up Quil." He said, uncomfortable.

"Leave him alone!" Seth butt in, defending Jacob. I opened my mouth to say something when Sam finally spoke.

"Quit it, all of you." he said looking at all of us. " lets get started cause we have a good amount of land to cover today."

He wanted us to go all the way to the Canadian border this time, to expand our scent.

We never found anything weird while patrolling. Sam would usually only send a couple of the members out to patrol and let the rest hang out at home. But he hadn't done it in a while, since we'd caught the scent of a passerby 2 weeks ago. He wanted us to be on alert in case they decided to comeback, and it'll probably be like this for at least a month before he eases up on us.

I remember the pack complaining that day about how bad the odor was to the point where it burned their noses. It didn't stink that bad through my nose, but when I saw what the pack meant through their minds, I understood what they were talking about. That's probably why I was surprised by Edward Cullen's scent. I had completely forgotten that vampires smelled differently to me, since I was so focused on the way it smelled to the rest of the pack.

I greeted Billy when I got to his house. Jacob was already inside. He handed me a Pepsi as I sat down on their small couch.

"Hey where were you yesterday?" Billy asked me. His tone causal.

"I fell asleep in the truck and when I woke up it was really late. Didn't have time to come in, sorry."

"You don't have to apologize. My feelings aren't hurt." he laughed.

"Thanks. So how was your day yesterday?"

"Good. I watched this show yesterday about the Pharaohs and mummies of Egypt. Real interesting..." he continued telling me about the show and facts that they mentioned on it. I sat there, drinking my soda, and pretending to be interested. I tried listening the best I could, in case he asked me some question about everything he'd mentioned.

"Dad, your boring her." Jacob complained to Billy, while he sat at their small dinner table in their kitchen, eating Frosted Flakes in a big bowl.

"He is not." I said to Jacob.

"Jacob. Why aren't you eating Dinner?" Billy asked sternly.

"Because I felt like cereal instead."

"You're not gonna fill yourself up with that."

"Yeah I will." Jacob poured himself more cereal and milk into the huge bowl.

Billy just shook his head at his son.

"Want some Bells?" Jacob asked.

"No, I'm good. I actually need to get going."

"Alright. I'm almost done." Jacob said holding the bowl in his hands and drinking up the milk.

"You're taking her?" Billy questioned to Jacob

I sighed. "Yeah."

"Why? Something wrong with the truck?"

"No, it was a dumb deal we made." I muttered.

"Oh..." He looked at Jacob and me curiously.

"Bye Billy. See you tomorrow." I said, gave him a quick hug and went outside with Jacob to go home in his car.

"Bella, just ignore the guys. They love picking on anyone, any chance they get. They know that you and I are …" He sighed. "Just friends."

"I know. I'm used to it by now. So don't worry about it."

The car was silent for a couple minutes.

"Bella?"

"Hmm?" I turned from looking out the window to look at him. He looked hesitant.

"Can I ask you something?"

"Sure."

"Its probably going to sound stupid, though."

"So?" I laughed. " I won't judge you."

"Okay, well... I'm your favorite of all the guys in the pack, right?"

"Yes, you are actually."

"And whats that favoritism made out of?"

"What do you mean?"

"Like... what do I mean to you?"

"Your my best friend Jake, you mean a lot to me."

"But that's it. Where just friends." He stated and then sighed again.

"Best friends." I corrected him.

"I can live with that then... for now."

For now? I didn't like it when he brought up these little conversations. He's only brought something similar to this once before and that was a couple months ago when people in school thought we were dating. Jacob hadn't cared about what everyone thought, and in some way neither had I. But I had made sure that Jacob knew we were friends, just like I did now.

"You know what though," He grabbed my left hand at that moment and held it in his. " As long as I'm your favorite, I'm okay." His smile was contagious, and he quickly had me smiling back.

"Just don't tell Seth that he's second. Okay?"

"If I do, it won't be intentional."

"Of course it won't." I chuckled.

My eyes glanced down to our hands that were still connected. I didn't want to hurt his feelings by yanking mine away, so instead I just pretended that I had to itch my right arm and softly pulled away my hand to use it. He put his hand on the steering wheel, and I rested my hands on my legs for the remainder of the ride.

When we got to my house, I thanked Jacob for the ride and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. I hope he didn't think to much of that gesture, it was just me being thankful.

While I lay in bed that night, I didn't feel the pressure that I had the last three. A lot, almost all, of the pressure was gone. The nerves of having to face Edward Cullen weren't there anymore. Of course, I still had to be in a classroom with him, and worst of all, sit next to him in another, but hopefully it wouldn't be to much of a bother for both of us.

Things were looking up.

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