MIKE NEWTON, THE KING OF EMBARRASSMENT

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Twilight.

Name: - Jessica and the Moose Part-II

Rating: - K

Summary: - Why is Jessica so scared of moose lurking in her backyard? And why are the Cullens, of all the people found in her backyard?

Timeline: - Between New Moon and Eclipse.

Many thanks to liesygirl for pointing out the flaws in my fanfic! Your help is appreciated!

Character Point of View: Jessica Stanley

Time: Continuing off from last chapter

Setting: Stanley residence

I parked my car in the garage and got out. Mom was standing at the door, waiting for me. Her eyes were rimmed with red –evidence that she'd been crying again. Geez, she was so paranoid. It was just a damn cut. Not a bloody vivisection!

"Oh, Jess!" Mom let out a wail and surged forward to hug me. "How are you? Did the doctor help? What did they do?"

"Whoa, whoa, mom. Calm down...calm down." I tried to reassure her as she babbled on about crying and worrying blah blah blah.

"Uh, mom...I have some bad news." I told her nervously. What if she got the wrong idea?

"What's it, hon?" She said, sniffing.

"I-I...well...I..." I stuttered. How could I explain this to her without looking like some stupid five year old in a seventeen year old girl's body?

Mom looked suspicious, before the realization sank in for her.

"You're not pregnant, are you!"She exploded, taking me by surprise.

"What! No, it's nothing of that sort!" I protested indignantly.

She calmed down, but still looked a bit suspicious. See? What did I tell you about my mom over-reacting over the simplest things?

"I meant I heard some bad news at the hospital." I said slowly, hoping she would understand.

She nodded, and prompted me forward.

"Uh...you know him, right?" I jabbered. "Anyway he told me that he heard that a rabid moose escaped from the park, and that it was on the loose, and it is very dangerous and it is rabid."

Mom frowned. "I didn't hear that correctly."

I sighed. "Dr. Cullen told me that he heard some rumor that a rabid moose escaped from the park."

Mom snorted.

"Mom, don't you believe me?" I asked desperately.

"Well..." She hesitated. And then I knew the answer. She didn't believe me. I resisted the urge to cry.

Why were parents so unsupportive these days? Didn't they ever listen or believe us anymore? Why couldn't they stop with their 'jobs'-if you call sitting at a desk all 12 hours a 'job'- and just take their children out to a beach, where they could have some quality time?

It wasn't fair.

"Sweetie, I...that story sounds very plausible, but...uh, it could be a prank." She said nervously, fingering her rhinestone necklace.

"Mo-om," I moaned, drawing out the word 'Mom'. "Please do believe me. Dr. Cullen told me. Why would your crush lie to your daughter?"

Mom's face turned bright red. The question was clear on her face: How did you know about my secret crush?

"I don't have a crush on him." She said flatly.

Yeah, right –and I'm Angelina Jolie.

"Whatever," I said impatiently. I didn't care if she was in love with Mickey Mouse or Edward Scissorhands. I really needed her to believe me. "Come on. Please do believe me. What if the moose came into my bedroom at night, and murdered me in my sleep?"

Ok, ok –I know it was mean of me to use those words, but she had to believe me.

"Well, I'm making dinner." She said, abruptly changing the subject. Real clever of her. Now, I'll have to spend all night shaking in fright.

"Well?" Mom barked irritably. "Are you helping me or not?"

"Maybe!" I yelled back before going upstairs. My cell phone was in my hand and I was dialing Lauren now.

After a few rings, Lauren answered the phone.

"Hello?" Her harsh voice grated my ears.

"Lauren, it's me." I said, hoping she wouldn't ditch me and replace me with that new girl Katie.

"Jessica! I called you, like, fifteen times!" She hollered. "What the hell happened? Did you go and murder yourself or what?"

Oh, you have no idea how close I was to doing that.

"I cut myself up," I stated flatly. "So I had to go to the hospital. And guess what?"

"What?" She asked sullenly.

"I met Dr. Cullen!" I shrieked.

"Dr. Cullen? As in Carlisle Cullen?" Lauren's voice grew higher, the way it did whenever she was emotional.

"Yes! And guess what? He was the doctor who stitched up my hand!"

"Oh." Jealousy layered Lauren's voice.

"And know what?" I said, adding suspense. "He told me a few things!"

"What did he say?" pestered Lauren.

"He heard that a rabid moose escaped from the park." I said, trying to keep the fear out of my voice. "It's dangerous."

"Ha!" Lauren's obnoxious snort burst through the receiver. I winced.

"That's what he said?" She said rudely. "Oh, please!"

Seriously, why did everyone scoff at the news? For Pete's sake, it was a moose! Very dangerous animal!

Imagine a red-eyed, foaming-at-the-mouth, razor-sharp toothed, wormy-brown monster with gigantic blood-colored forks jammed on its head. And then imagine it barreling at you with its giant forks aiming for your chest. Now, can you snort at that?

"Jessica!" My mom yelled from downstairs. "Dinner's ready!"

"Uh...Mom's calling me." I muttered into the phone. "Bye."

"Wait! I heard-" Lauren's voice was cut off suddenly when I ended the call.

A few hours later, I was sleeping on my warm bed.

Tap, tap!

My eyes flew wide open. What was that? No...It couldn't be...

Tap, tap!

It sounded like a moose's antlers tapping against my window...

Oh, I wish I had let Dad put bars over my window!

Wait, did I say that? Ew. Bars over the window are so...three-year old-ish. And besides if anyone at school ever knew, they would laugh themselves dead. I wouldn't get any boyfriends. Lauren would snub me in front of others...

"Grrrrr-grrr!"came the moose's angry growl.

I screamed.

Author's Note: Ok, ok, I know the chapter wasn't as good as I [and maybe you] expected...

But I have a huge case of writer's block [for my fanfics], am working on like, 4 novels [won't tell you what they are], studying for my exams [which happen to be in 2 days] blah blah blah. I won't bore you with my pathetic excuses. But, I wanted to update this incomplete chapter so that you wouldn't think I totally ditched this story. This story as a matter of fact, is NOT on hold or anything like that. I am still trying with Chapter 25 Part III. I just don't have inspiration...yet. :(

10 more reviews = 1 more chapter. [Please...I know it is kind of hypocritical of me to ask for reviews like this, and this chapter is not as good...but still, please?]

P.S I don't have any fear of moose or anything like that. I just didn't know what to make Jessica scared of, and I randomly chose moose, just to make the process quicker.