AN: Chapter 2 is up and running, give the story a shot. I've got some ideas.

On Pointe
A Jacob/OC Imprint Story
By she defies gravity

Chapter Two

Olivia was not looking forward to starting school. Junior year was the worst, teachers expected you to start 'working to your full potential' but the students knew that they would have to endure it for another two years. It was made worse by the fact Jimmy was starting his senior year, something he never let his younger cousin to forget.

The inhabitants of the Collins/Lee household were not morning people, as was evidenced by the unintelligible grunts coming from both adults preparing to go to work and the two teenagers slowly gearing themselves up for the day ahead. It was like a synchronised dance, bodies expertly avoiding collision as they stumbled around the kitchen with their muesli, even the newcomer to their routine Olivia would not throw them off.

It took Jimmy a full hour to wake himself and it was still bleary eyed he climbed in the cab of his truck, beckoning Olivia to follow him,

'Come on, I'll drive. Show you the way.'

'Are you even awake enough to drive without killing us?'

'Course, I'm not stupid Livvy,' Jimmy replied, his tired eyes changing to an impish grin, 'can't put my favourite cousin in harm's way now can I?'

'I'm your only cousin.'

'Onward then, today's going to be a good day. I can just tell. And you'll probably make some friends, if you stop being such a grouch that is,' he added almost as an afterthought.

'I really, really hate you sometimes.'

'Why are you so mean in the morning Liv? You're going to put people off!'

Her response was a hard hit to the arm.

La Push high school was unbelievably small, just two buildings that looked like they could be houses and what looked like a small office out the front. The grounds were quite large though, that may have been due to the forest behind the classrooms, and the surrounding area was definitely prettier than anything Olivia had seen back in Chicago.

Pulling into a parking spot the car was suddenly swamped by a few guys who Olivia presumed to be friends of Jimmy's, all firing off questions regarding her 'hotness' to her cousin.

'Dudes! Don't talk about my cousin like that! Especially not when she's standing right there!' they at least had the grace to look a little ashamed, 'anyway, Liv, this is Donny, Carlos and Mike. My friends. Unfortunately.'

As he pointed to each one she figured that the stocky one with the buzz cut was Donny, the lean and good looking one Carlos and the lanky boy hanging near the back Mike. All three were subtly checking her out, until they were snapped back to attention by Jimmy who hit them all in succession.

'Oi! What did I just say?'

'What do you want us to say Jimmy? She's hot! And we're men!' that one was Carlos, as he said he turned back to Olivia, giving her a slight wink.

Starting to getting a little uncomfortable she decided it was time for her to get out of there, 'Well, I'll see you later Jimmy, I'm going to go and get some forms. Nice to meet you, I think.'

Turning on her heel and walking away she could hear her cousin hitting the three of them as he yelled at them for not at least waiting until she was out of earshot. Either way she would have been disturbed she thought.

The office was smaller than it looked, all that was in there a small desk with an older lady whose nametag read Mrs Brandon, she seemed nice, almost a motherly quality around her. Behind Olivia could just make out a small hallway leading to what she could only assume were the offices. As she approached the desk she was nervous. It was strange, she shouldn't have been, it was only school. Nothing to be nervous about.

'Can I help you dear?' the woman's voice was friendly as it broke her out of her reverie.

'Oh, umm, yes please,' Olivia was flustered, tongue tripping over words, 'it's, uh, my first day. I need a timetable, I think?'

'Oh! You must be Carol's niece! She's been so excited to have you here with us, everyone's heard about your arrival!' not sure how to respond she gave the elderly woman a small smile and a thanks as she took the small piece of paper, 'looks like you have American History first class. Room 103, would you like a map? Or do you think you can find it?'

'Oh, it' okay, I'm sure I'll manage.'

As it turned out, she could not manage. As small as it looked from the outside the maze of classrooms was still confusing to navigate. It didn't help that most of the students were already in class and those who weren't were too busy rushing to their classes to notice the new girl looking completely lost.

'You alright there? Looking a little out of place,' turning around, Olivia saw the speaker was huge. Like, massive must be on steroids huge, 'I'm guessing you're the new girl?'

'Oh, uh, yeah, I guess so. I mean, I may not be the only one. But I am- new that is,' Olivia could feel her face heating up as the guy in front of her was obviously trying not to laugh.

'Come on then new girl, show me your schedule and I'll show you where to go.'

She was still blushing as she handed the small piece of paper over, taking the opportunity to get a better look at the guy in front of her. He was tall, taller than anyone she had ever seen, including her uncle and cousin which was pretty damn hard. He was handsome, that much was obvious and he was built, very built, a girl would have to be crazy not to appreciate that.

'Looks like you have American History, same class as me!' his voice was deep and smooth, he seemed happy to have her in his class, 'you must be a junior, I'm Brady by the way.'

She smiled at him in return, 'Olivia. Olivia Lee just moved here, like, yesterday.'

'What a welcome hey?' he laughed, it was a nice sound, rich and loud, 'come on, Ms Rollins doesn't like stragglers. At least this time I have an excuse, so thank you for that.'

It turned out that Ms Rollins did not in fact like stragglers and as punishment decided that Olivia would give the class an introduction, stumbling over her words and blushing she quickly stammered out some stuff about moving in with her aunt and uncle for a change in scenery, all the while noticing Brady and some equally large boy struggling to hide their laughs.

The class was boring, school had never been a favourite part of Olivia's life, she had in fact tried to avoid it as much as possible, usually through dance but now that was impossible.

'All right, you lot. Off to your next class, and Ms Lee, perhaps if you would like to succeed here you will actually pay attention.'

Olivia really did not like this teacher.

The whole day was average, as first days go. Olivia knew it could have been worse; movies had made a multi – million dollar industry over glorifying the bitchiness of teenage girls. So far, she had been ignored for the most part.

Lunch hour came around fast and Olivia found herself heading outside to an empty table, not wanting to sit with Jimmy's questioning. It was surprisingly sunny outside, she had come to believe the warmth was a rare treat; her aunt had certainly prepared her for days upon days of countless rain. It was nice, she thought, sitting by herself. She hadn't had much time alone to figure out her thoughts since she had come to La Push. It was quiet and peaceful, well, as peaceful as it could get in a high school.

'Hey! New girl!' it was Brady, he was with his friend from class and another slightly larger boy. What did they feed the people here?

'Yes Brady?' Olivia's voice was muffled as it came from the circle of her arms.

'Why do you sound so unenthusiastic to see me?' his tone was joking, every time she talked to him he seemed amused by her, 'I was just going to introduce you to some people. This here is Collin and this is Seth.'

Collin turned out to be the laughing guy from her class and apparently Brady's best friend as he so enthusiastically told her. Seth was a senior and a good friend of the two younger boys. As they stood towering over her Olivia noticed how good looking they all were, seriously, is there something in the water?

'So I hear you're new here?' Seth's voice was deep and hoarse, but attractive.

'Obviously, hence Brady addressing me by new girl.'

'You're a little snippy aren't you?' Seth didn't sound offended, rather like he was attempting to stifle another laugh.

'Mmm, you would be too if three gargantuan had decided to come stand over you, blocking out the only sun I'm likely to see for a long time.'

'Touché. You're good new girl.'

'I also go by Olivia,' she said putting her head back into the circle of her arms, eyes closing against the beating sun.

'Well Olivia, our ride is here so me and the boys must be off. I like you, so we'll definitely talk later.'

'Bully for me. Have fun cutting. I think you have the right idea,' she was left with the sound of barking laughter as the three boys retreated, one even going as far to pat her on the head.

The rest of the day went quite quickly, news had spread of a new girl so Olivia was getting more and more looks in the hallway, especially when Jimmy ran up to her stressing because he hadn't seen her at lunch.

'Seriously Liv, you could have come and sat with us,' he was a little admonishing as he lectured his younger cousin as they went to the car, 'I don't like the idea of you sitting by yourself.'

'I was fine Jimmy. I'm a big girl, I handled years of sitting alone back in Chicago, didn't need you holding my hand there.'

'Yeah and look how that turned out,' he gave her a pointed look which she ignored, stepping past him as they reached his truck.

'Don't ignore me, you know I'm only looking out for you.'

'I don't need you to Jimmy, I know you care but I've always managed by myself. I had to learn early remember.'

'Whatever, just get in. We got to swing by the store, Mom needs some stuff.'

The drive was pretty quiet, Jimmy had turned the radio right up surprising Olivia with his mix of pop songs, hard rock and some country; all of which he belted out as though his life depended on it.

The store was small, like everything in this seemed to be. Looking inside Olivia could just make out a few aisles and a checkout counter, which seemed to be manned by a young girl maybe a few years older than Olivia herself.

'You wait out here, I'll just be a sec.'

'No problems, maybe I'll try and find some better music. Something that even your voice can't mutilate.'

'Shut up Livvy.'

She laughed as he walked into the shop, still scowling at Olivia's insult, something the shop girl seemed to pick up as she raised an eyebrow to his scowling shuffle to the fridges. Settling back into her seat she pulled her iPod out of her bag, already playing to some of her old dance tracks as she herself fell into the routine of closing her eyes visualising her gliding around an empty room, music filling the air as she twirled and span, over and over. She missed it, she really missed it.

She was startled as she heard a loud knock on the window, it was Seth. She hadn't even noticed the large car full of large guys pull up next to Jimmy's truck.

Rolling down the window she asked, 'Are you stalking me or something now?'

'Hardly, Olivia, this is my town. If anything you're following me!'

'You were the one who knocked on my window, you're car is weirdly quiet by the way.'

'Not really, you were just so lost in your own mind you didn't even notice a bunch of big gorgeous guys pull up. Must have been something good.'

'Yeah, sort of' she replied, giving a small smile.

'Oi Clearwater! Who're you talking to?' the speaker was one of the guys Seth had turned up with, just as large and just as good looking.

'Oh, this is Olivia. She's new,' he replied, 'Olivia, this is Embry, Paul and Quil. Jared's gone inside to talk to his girlfriend.'

At the introductions she got a stiff nod from an angry looking Paul, and waves from Quil and Embry. Collin and Brady sitting in the bed of the truck , grinning at her as she shifted awkwardly under their stares.

'Right we're out of he-' Jimmy stopped his sentence midway, face tightening when he saw Seth at Olivia's window and the car full of large men beside them, 'Clearwater. See you've met Liv.'

Seth's smile had dropped, lips thinning, 'See I have, she's pretty don't you think?'

'She's my cousin.'

'Ah, no family resemblance then?' all the joking was gone from Seth's voice, his friends had stiffened as the two exchanged words, ready to jump in if needed.

'Whatever Clearwater, we're out of her Liv,' his voice was terse as he climbed in the truck, dumping his bags in Olivia's lap.

'See you tomorrow Olivia. Hope I don't see you anytime soon Collins.'

Olivia gave him a small goodbye and wave as Jimmy tore out of the parking lot, hands tight on the wheel, occasionally looking back at the group in his mirror,

'You shouldn't talk to them.'

'Excuse me?' Olivia was surprised, 'they've been perfectly nice to me all day, and I'm not going to stop talking to them because you say so.'

'Well you should, they're not good guys. In some kind of gang. Following orders of some older guy called Sam, I don't want you mixed up in that,' Jimmy's voice was strained, 'so just, do me a favour and stay away.'

Still waiting for some constructive critisicm because I highly doubt it's perfect, so leave me a review, especially if you have decided to favourite it. I'll try to get the next chapter out as soon as possible, enjoy.
- Hannah aka she defies gravity