My Unattainable

A/N: My thanks to Harleygreen and Zoey24 for reviewing the first chapter, and thanks to everyone who added this to favourites/story alert. Hope you enjoy chapter two.

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Chapter Two (Jacob's POV)

"Jacob?"

There was a strange note in her voice that I couldn't quite pinpoint.

"Bella, are you okay?"

"Um... yeah, why?"

I hesitated. "No, it's just, you sound a bit... never mind. Are you busy?"

"Nope. Free all weekend," she grumbled.

I couldn't help a grin spreading across my face. "Great. Can you come up here? I've got something for you."

She paused. "Really? What is it?" she asked warily.

I found myself chuckling a little. "You'll have to wait and see. Can you remember how to get here?"

"Sort of..."

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I waited impatiently at the front of the house, waiting for the sound of her truck. I had to admit I was a little nervous. I hadn't seen her since the night of the prom. I thought, with all the tales from my Dad, she would have avoided me at all costs. I glanced down at the messily-wrapped parcel on the table, and took a deep breath.

The roar of the truck erupted through the trees and moments later the red monstrosity appeared round the corner, and came to a stop on the edge of the road. Bella got out and headed for the house, stumbling a little on nothing. I felt a smile spread unconsciously across my face. It soon faded when I saw her troubled expression.

"What's wrong?"

She looked up at me and her eyes widened. "Have you grown?"

I just nodded, feeling the smile returning. "Are you okay?"

She looked like she was going to insist she was, but thought better of it and shook her head. "I don't think so."

I pulled the door closed behind me and gestured in the direction of the cliffs. "Do you wanna go for a walk?"

She nodded, a small smile attempting to light up her face.

We walked along the cliffs in silence, the crashing ocean loud enough to make the silence slightly uncomfortable. As she didn't offer to enlighten me, I spoke up.

"What is it, Bella?" My thoughts flickered to Edward, and my face creased in a frown. "Is it Charlie... or... someone else?"
She gave me a strange look, and I immediately felt a little guilty for prying; after all, we hadn't really spoken for months. But she gave an exaggerated sigh, and decided to confide.

"I don't think it's anyone. I think it's me."

I didn't understand. "Sorry?"

She abruptly sat down on the damp ground, and stared down at the beach. I sat uneasily beside her, and couldn't help watching her hair blowing in the breeze. She looked over at me, and leaned back a little, squinting her eyes.

"I really can't believe how much you've grown, Jake," she said, grinning, but it didn't reach her eyes.

"Yeah, and you're still tiny!" I rumpled her hair and laughed at her half-hearted pout.

She toyed with the grass absent-mindedly as she gazed out at the horizon. I watched her carefully.

"Shouldn't you be with Edw-"

"-He's away."

"Oh."

Silence.

"Where?"

"What?"

"Where's he gone?"

"Um... hiking. Somewhere up north."

I nodded, guessing I wouldn't be told anything more. Edward and his family seemed to spend a lot of time hiking up north. It surprised me that Bella didn't go with them, considering how tight she and Edward were. Were supposed to be...

A thought passed through my mind, and I grinned involuntarily. "So you thought you'd come see me while he's gone?" I waggled my eyebrows at her, trying to make her laugh.

She shoved my arm playfully. "I haven't seen you in ages..." she said eventually. I had the feeling that that wasn't the whole reason.

"So... you sounded pretty upset earlier. What's up?"

She hesitated again, and looked up at me.

"I just feel strange."

She bit her lip – I couldn't help noticing how inviting those lips were – and glanced down.

"Strange?" I encouraged her to continue.

She nodded. "Yeah, it's like..." she sighed, obviously frustrated. "I don't know what it's like. Like I'm... looking for something."

I frowned. "I thought you had everything you wanted with Edward."

"I do, I think."

Her uncharacteristic uncertainty surprised me. "You think? Bella, you know, if you're not happy with him, you should-"

"-No, no, no," she rushed. "I am happy."

I scrutinised her face. "You don't look happy."

She looked at me from the corner of her eye, looking torn. She sighed, and turned a little to face me better.

"Say someone... went to a psychic, or something like that, and they gave that person the impression that they were going to do something really stupid sometime soon..." she paused, "something to hurt someone they loved," she added quietly. "What advice would you give them?"

I tried to fight a smile spreading across my face at her cryptic babbling. "You went to see a psychic?" I asked sceptically.

I got another playful shove. "I didn't say it was me!"

I chuckled at her denial. "Okay, so this someone... went to a fortune teller to find out about their future." I paused, rethinking her statement. "You know, sometimes you hurt the people you love the most. It doesn't mean you're a bad person, it just means you're human."

She almost laughed at the word 'human,' but I didn't ask why. We sat in silence for a few minutes.

"Bella, if it's something so important, why are you talking about it with me?"

She looked at me with surprise. "You asked me to come here, remember?"

I grinned. "Oh yeah, right."

"And anyway," she continued, standing up wobbly and brushing off her jeans, "you are important. I've known you longer than anyone else here, and you're... easy to talk to, Jacob."

I couldn't help the little shiver that sped through me when she said my name. I nodded, jumped up from the ground, and we headed back to the house.

The mist that had threatened to thicken all morning had eventually turned to rain, and she tucked herself into her raincoat, her face almost hidden in her coat. I laughed. I wasn't even chilly. The cold and rain never seemed to bother me lately, for some reason...

Bella came to a sudden stop, staring down at the beach. Three tall figures were stood on the sea of pebbles, staring out at the ocean.

"Who are they?" she asked.

I wished she hadn't asked. "Oh, that's Sam Uley, and Jared and Paul."

She looked like she expected me to say more. I sighed. "They're... weird. Sam walks around here like he owns the place. He and his... gang... are all about protecting our land, and tribe pride, and stuff. The elders agree with him, too. It's... not normal..."

I shivered, but it had nothing to do with the weather. I hated the way Sam acted. Those guys had been treating me strange lately, and I wasn't the only one to notice. They'd been giving my friends Embry and Quil the same treatment. It was unsettling. It made me angry.

"So, what's all this about, then?" Bella asked, pulling me from my thoughts.

I grinned, remembering the reason I'd dragged her up here in the first place. "Come on." I hesitated very briefly, before grabbing her hand, and leading her faster towards the house, trying to get her out of the rain. I loved the feel of her hand in mine, and I loved the fact that she didn't pull away.

We eventually got to the house and I took Bella's coat. She ran her hands over her hair in a very distracting way. She looked at me with wary eyes. I grabbed her gift from the table and held it out for her. She took it gingerly.

"You know I don't like presents usually..."

I cringed a little. "I know, but I thought, just for once..."

I smiled my most convincing smile, and she smiled back. She pulled off the wrapping carefully and scrutinized the box underneath.

"A radio?"

I grinned wider at her puzzled reaction. "I know that one in the truck's gotta be just about finished now."

She looked astonished. "How did you know that?"

"I'm brilliant," I said smugly.

"Thank you, Jacob," she said simply.

I took the box from her arms and headed out to her truck.

"Besides," I replied quietly, "It's your birthday soon. I know you hate people making a fuss..."

She didn't seem to notice at first. Her small smile was the only sign she'd heard me.

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A/N: Hope you like. I thought I'd get Jacob to get her a radio, because I want to inconvenience Edward later ^_^ evil thing that I am, hehe.

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