AN: I own nothing but my OC's.

Jacob stopped the car outside of Charlie's house, but he didn't open his door. Awkwardly, I reached over and hugged him. "Thanks for tonight, Jake. I had a... good time." I lied. Jacob simply nodded. I frowned at him. "Hey, are you okay?" I said.

"I'm fine. Really, Bells." He smiled at me.

"I'll call you sometime, in the week." I promised.

A light cast itself over us. I looked up to see Charlie was stood at the front door, arms folded, waiting for me. I said my goodbyes and got out of the car. Jacob closed the door for and drove off. I watched him go, then made my way over to Charlie. "Hey Dad." I greeted.

"How come Jake didn't come in?" He asked me.

"I think he's tired. He seems a little off." I replied.

"Did you have a good time?" Charlie said as he closed the front door behind us.

"It was alright." I shrugged. Charlie didn't need to know anymore than that. He went to go back into the living room, but stopped and turned at the door.

"Jessica called. She told me to tell you to call her as soon as you got home." He reported.

I groaned. Jessica always wanted to know every single detail of everything. When I had first started dating Ed... I felt a strange pain as I thought of his name. Forget about him, I scolded myself. I quickly wrapped my arms around myself and rushed off to the kitchen before Charlie could pester me. I drew up a chair so that I could sit down whilst I was on the phone. Jessica answered on the second ring. "Hi, Jess." I said, my voice a little dead. I hoped that if I sounded like I was tired, Jessica would let me go without too much inquisition.

"Bella! What happened? Tell me everything!" She demanded right away.

Sighing, I recounted the evening for her, being careful to cut out the bit about my outburst. I paused. "There was a really cute boy there. He took quite an interest in me." I told her hesitantly. I hated using words like "cute" when describing a boy. It seemed so immature. But I had to remind myself to talk like a normal teenager when it came to people like Jessica. I had become used to speaking more formally over the summer.

"No way! What was he like? Whats his name?" Jessica shrieked. I described Reuben to her in great detail, realising too late that she'd probably bring the person I defiantly did not want to talk about. She did. "He sounds just like Edward!" She realised.

"Thats what I thought." I couldn't help but gasp in pain at the mention of his name. Jessica didn't notice though.

"Have you heard from him recently? I still can't believe the Cullens just got up and left like that. Its just so weird..." Jessica began to gabble. I had to stop her.

"Jess I'm really tired. I'll see you at school, alright?" I cut her off before she could rip me open any wider.

I quickly hung up and put the chair back. Then I said goodnight to Charlie and went up to my room. It was then that I realised I had forgotten my purse. I hoped to God that Jacob had it in his car as I rushed downstairs. I had to ring his house twice before he finally answered. "Jake, its Bella. Is my purse in your car?" I said anxiously.

"I'll check, stay there." I heard him put the phone down on the table, and listened to the background noise of the TV from his house whilst I waited for him to get back. Finally, I heard footsteps and then he spoke. "Nope, sorry Bells. Did you leave it at the party?" He said.

"I must have." I groaned.

"Want me to go back and see if I can get it for you?" Jacob offered.

"Oh no, its too late. Go to bed, you must be exhausted." I said quickly.

"Well, if you're sure. I hope you get it back though. Somehow. Night, Bells." Jacob yawned.

"Goodnight." I hung up and put my head against the wall in despair.