Chapter 3: Jacob Black

After lunch I went to my enviornmental science class that was in building three.

My teacher Mr. Robbs was friendly enough and told me to sit in a desk that was in the next to the last row in the right corner of the room.

My class was already half full and I saw a few familiar faces from the cafeteria scattered around.

I took my seat just as the bell rang.

"Today," Mr. Robbs began, "is the first day so we'll just start with some easy note taking on the bioshpere. Paper, pencil or pen is all you'll be needing for today."

I recovered an empty notebook and pen from my backpack and placed them on my desk.

"The bioshpere, as you all learned in biology, is just a scientific name for Earth-"

The door suddenly flung open and none other but Jacob Black quickly stepped into the room and shut the door behind him.

"Mr. Black," Mr. Robbs said in a disapproving tone.

"I know I'm sorry I got caught up talking to coach. Won't happen again."

His voice was so deep, like a thirty year olds voice.

Mr. Robbs sighed and shrugged turning back to the blackboard.

I watched Jacob walk across the room, saw several females smile overly friendly at him as he passed them, and nearly gasped as he came a took a seat in the desk right next to mine.

He was way to big for the desk was the first thing I registered.

He looked at me, combed his hair to the side and gave me a million dollar smile.

Why was that smile so familiar to me?

It was then that I realised that I had been staring at him for too long and quickly looked away.

Great now he's going to think I'm an anti social creep

He suddenly leaned over, his arm on my desk, totally in my personal space and whispered: "What are we doing?"

I nearly gasped at his close proximity, although I could tell he wasn't trying to distract me or seduce me (like I wished) he was being genuine.

"Uhh, paper, notes, biosphere," I mumbled leaning slightly away from him staring down at my paper.

"Thanks." He muttured leaning away.

His voice made me want to hear him speak more.

Mr. Robb's lecture went on for half an hour befor he said it was time to assign us our books.

I closed my notebook and put it back into my backpack.

"So." His voice caused me to freeze again.

"You moved here from California right?"

I looked at him quickly frowning.

"Uhh no, Pheonix, Arizona."

"Ah, guess I heard wrong."

"You heard?"

"Hasn't everybody heard?" He grinned boyishly and it made me want to grin back.

"So how is Forks treating you? And your first day?"

I thought about it before replying.

"Honestly tons better than I had expected, but still too many questions."

"Oh, sorry."

"No it's alright."

He hung his head to the side and stared at me.

"You really don't remember me then?"

"Excuse me?" I asked confused.

His lips twitched like he was trying not to smile.

"You don't remember me? At all?"

I bit my lip.

"Should I?"

He smiled.

"Your dad told my dad that you were coming back to Forks over summer." He said, still not explaining.

"He did?"

I was even more confused at this point.

Why would dad tell Jacob's father about me?

Did dad even know Mr. Black?

"I think that if you remember back several years ago, when you were a toddler... we were friends?"

He was an old family friend?

Really?

I looked at him with shock stretched across my face.

"We use to go swimming and fishing with our dads...." He went on looking slightly worried.

Of course, of course!

Now I remembered!

Billy Black!

And his son Jacob!

That's why he was so familiar to me!

How could I ever have forgetten my best friend from when I was four or five years old?

"Oh! Yeah! Yes I-I do remember that now..." I was in awe staring down at the desk visualizing swimming on the Indian reservation with a much younger Jacob.

I actually had a childhood history with him!

That is so weird to compare it to the Jacob that he is now, nearly a full grown man.

"Gosh well do- are our dad's still friends?" I asked him quickly.

"Course they are, they still fish every saturday and sunday." He chuckled.

I smiled broadly.

"Its so good to see you again!" I said belatedly smiling.

He laughed and rolled his eyes.

"You really haven't changed much." He added.

"Oh... I thought I had." I was a little stung.

He smiled.

"Wait, do you still live down in La Push?"

He nodded.

"Then why are you here at-"

"La Push High doesn't have a football team and Forks does. I got special assignment to come play and study here."

"So you actually are good? At football I mean?"

He shrugged.

"I guess that's what they say, I just love to play." He was smiling again with a sparkle in his eyes.

"That's really great." I complimented seeing his passion.

"Did you really not recognize me?" He asked briefly serious.

I nodded.

"I really didn't. You're a lot different from the three feet high kid I remember."

He chuckled at that.

"Yeah that was me, but not any more eh?" He laughed nudging me.

"Wanna feel the guns?" He asked grinning.

I honestly felt a little awkward.

"No."

He laughed again.

When the bell rang and class ended Jacob and I both took our time leaving the class.

"You're good friends with Rosalie aren't you?" I asked him as we walked down a flight of stairs.

He nodded taking the stairs two at a time.

"She's probably my best friend honestly. She's really cool. Not at all what you would expect from the way she looks."

"I found that too," I agreed as we came to end of the stairs.

"You know we should get together some-" He was cut off by a screech.

"Jake Black!"

Both Jacob and I turned to see the stunning girl from my English class and the girl who sat with him at lunch coming towards us.

She had an odd expression on her beautiful face.

It was red like she was blushing and tense like she was angry.

"Oh hey Leah-" Jacob began.

She cut him off grabbing him by his collar and yanked his face down to her lips.

She embraced him like she hadn't seen him in a decade and gave him a prolonged kiss.

Jacob, it looked like, kissed her back but only for a second then had quit.

But Leah grabbed him tighter and pulled him against her harder.

I felt extremely awkward standing not five feet next to them.

"Uhh I'll talk to you later Jacob-"

Just then he pushed Leah away and glared at her then looked back at me.

"No wait Bella. Leah I want you to meet Bella-"

"Hi, Jake we have to get to calc quickly!" Leah insisted without even looking at me.

Jacob opened his mouth to speak, but closed it as Leah dug her nails into his skin dragging Jacob away with her.

I stared after them confused, I wasn't sure exactly what to make from that...