"…I don't think it's very nice
To walk around my head all night
You got me tangled like a bread-tie twisted
I don't think it's fair…"

Around My Head- Cage the Elephant

oOo

Looking for something to do after to fill the void of bored that I was experiencing I called Bella hoping that she was too and was in luck. She was in the exact same position before being able to go over to Jake's. Jake that had given her this sense of life back which I was thankful for, but I was sort of worried how she kind of depended on him for it…that along with the phantom of Edward which she was seeing.

"Hey Bella," I smiled and she looked up from scrubbing the kitchen counters.

"Oh hey," she turned around with a smile.

"So how has your weekend been so far?" I smiled and sat down at the kitchen table.

"Oh well yesterday I just studied with Jacob and stuff," She shrugged.

"He's helping you get over this whole thing isn't he?"

"Yeah Piper," she gave a little smile just as the phone rang.

"Hello?" she answered. "Hey Jake."

I got a little smile. "They're done? I can't believe it!"

"Jacob, you are absolutely, without a doubt, the most talented and wonderful person I know. You get ten years for this one." She said into the phone, me beyond confused.

"I'm on my way up!" She laughed and I drummed my fingers on the table as she hung up. "You want to see what I've been doing?" she asked

"Am I going to like it?" I raised my eyebrows.

"Umm probably not," she laughed.

"Oh well," I shrugged and she quickly stored her supplies and we raced out of the house shouting a goodbye to Charlie.

The whole drive up to La Push Bella was charged. When we did got there Bella parked off to the side of a small red house and I looked around curiously catching my eye on two shiny motorcycles.

"Bellaaaaa," I groaned and she just smiled as a tall, buff guy ran out of the tiny house. I got out along with her and he gave me a curious look.

"Jacob this is Piper," She motioned.

"Good to finally meet you…well again," I held out my hand and he gave a smile shaking it. "I've heard a lot about you."

"Piper," Bella muttered getting a slightly blush.

"Well ready?" Jacob asked in a low voice.

"Yeah," Bella said and I watched as he loaded the motorcycles in the bed of the truck easily.

"Let's go," He said excitement in his voice, "I know the perfect spot, no one will catch us there."

Immediately when we got in the truck I kind of wished I hadn't come a little uncomfortable in between the two. Especially how slow she was going and the increasingly complicated descriptions Jacob was getting about the bikes.

"No!" she shouted suddenly Bella slammed on the break and I put my hands out to stop myself from slamming into the dash.

"What's wrong?" Jacob shouted.

"That guy, he just jumped off the cliff! Why didn't they stop him? We've got to call an ambulance!" she threw herself out of the door and I finally saw what she was talking about.

Both Jacob and I started laughing and she spun around, "They're just cliff diving Bella. Recreation. La Push doesn't have a mall, you know." Jacob teased.

"Cliff diving?"

"That must be a hundred feet." I muttered.

"Well, yeah, most of us jump from lower down, that rock that juts out from the cliff about halfway." He pointed. "Those guys are insane. Probably showing off how tough they are. I mean, really, it's freezing today. That water can't feel good." He grumbled.

"You jump off the cliff?" Bella caught on.

"Sure, sure." He grinned, "It's fun. A little scary, kind of a rush."

All of a sudden I watched her eyes widen as her lips spread into a smile, "Jake, you have to take me cliff diving."

'No, no, no,no,no'

"Bella, you just wanted to call an ambulance for Sam," He disapproved.

'Thank goodness someone has some sense.'

"Wait as in Sam Uley?" I asked him and he nodded.

'Well it make sense why the temperature doesn't affect them.'

"Do you know him?"

"I just met him last year," I shrugged.

"I want to try," Bella insisted not giving up and started getting out of the car again.

Automatically I grabbed her wrist and Jacob looked pleased at that. "Not today, all right? Can we at least wait for a warmer day?"

"Okay, fine. But I want to go soon."

"Soon," he rolled his eyes. "Sometimes you're a little strange, Bella. Do you know that?"

Bella sighed and I let out a small laugh, "Yes."

"And we're not jumping off the top." I watched as the third one flung themselves off the cliff and elegantly flipped around.

"Fine," she agreed. "Not the first time, anyway."

'She's going to kill me.'

"Are you guys going to try the bikes or not?" I stated hoping to get her off the subject onto a slightly less dangerous one.

"Okay, okay," she said and we started down the road again.

"So who were those guys?" I asked.

He scoffed, "The La Push gang."

"You have a gang?" Bella asked sounding a little impressed.

"Not like that." He laughed, "I swear, they're like hall monitors gone bad. They don't start fights, they keep the peace."

'Well that would make sense.'

"There was this guy from up somewhere by the Makah rez, big guy too, scary looking. Well, word got around that he was selling meth to kids, and Sam Uley and his disciples ran him off our land. They're all about our land, and tribe pride…it's getting ridiculous. The worst part is that the council takes them seriously. Embry said that the council actually meets with Sam." He shook his head, "Embry all heard from Leah Clearwater that they call themselves 'protectors' or something like that."

'That would make sense too…'

I looked down and saw that his hands were clenched into fists.

"You don't like them very much evidentially."

"Does it show?" He asked sarcastically.

"Well…It doesn't sound like they're doing anything bad." Bella tried, "Just sort of annoyingly goody two shoes for a gang."

This obviously wasn't the right thing to say because it launched him off into a rant and I blocked it out for a bit until something caught my attention.

"His eyes got all dark, and he sort of smiled, no, he showed his teeth but he didn't smile, and it was like he was so mad he was shaking or something. But Sam put his hand against Paul's chest and shook his head. Paul looked at him for a minute and calmed down. Honestly, it was like Sam was holding him back, like Paul was going to tear us up if Sam didn't stop him." He groaned, "like a bad western. You know, Sam's a pretty big guy, he's twenty. But Paul's just sixteen, too, shorter than me and not as beefy as Quil. I think any one of us could take him."

'I doubt that.' Again I just blocked out the conversation bracing myself as Bella turned and stuff so I wouldn't crash into either her or Jacob.

"You can stop anywhere along here," He said softly and Bella pulled over cutting the engine and both got out.

'Why am I here again?' I sighed inwardly and got out after Jacob.

"Happy late birthday." He gave a halfhearted smile and I cringed slightly remembering her birthday. "Are you ready for this?"

'Please say no, please say no.'

"I think so."

"We'll take it slow," he promised and he took his bike out. Biting my lip I wiped up off the tailgate before taking a seat.

"Jake…"Bella started.

"Yeah?"

"What's really bothering you? About the Sam thing, I mean? Is there something else?" I looked over and watched as he kicked the front tire of the bike.

"It's just…the way they treat me. It creeps me out." The words just started to rush out. "You know , the council is supposed to be made up of equals, but if there was a leader, it would be my dad. I've never been able to figure out why people treat him the way they do. Why his opinion counts the most. It's got something to do with his father and his father's father. My great-grandpa, Ephraim Black, was sort of the last chief we had, and they still listen to Billy, maybe because of that."

'Could his grandpa have been a werewolf…he had to have to been to be the chief.'

"But I'm just like everyone else. Nobody treats me special…until now."

"Sam treats you special?" Bella asked, caught off guard.

"Yeah," he agreed. "He looks at me like he's waiting for something…like I'm going to join his stupid gang someday. He pays more attention to me than any of the other guys. I hate it."

'It's because you're going to,' I wanted to say but then I would just look crazy.

"You don't have to join anything."

'oh Bella,' I frowned, 'he's not going to have a choice.'

Biting my lip I listened as they started talking about his friend Embry and I figured out that he was one of the people out on the cliffs. I felt bad about this whole thing they were both in the dark but I would only, poor Jake thought that something bad was going to happen. I guess it could be if you looked at it a certain way…I tried to give them some privacy and looked around.

"Seriously, Bella, are you sure you're not?" He held out his arm and I realized just how white she actually was. Comparably I wasn't much better but still… "I've never see anyone paler than you…well, except for." He broke off and I saw Bella look away.

"So are you guys going to ride those things or what?" I interrupted trying to get away from the subject.

"Let's do it," Bella agreed throwing me a thankful look.