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One Smart Cookie

I wanted to sleep in, I really did. But the bright sun coming in threw my window woke me.

I sat up and stretched. I smiled at the bright sun. My smiled was soon slapped off my face when I noticed the clear tape, broken in half but still on my window.

I had forgotten all about last night then I saw that tape and it all came back.

I got up quickly and pulled the two halves of tape off the window. The tape was torn right where the window opened. The window was shut tight.

Well at least I wasn't going crazy. But was it Edward who had been in my room? Or had I just done that in my sleep? I can't have done that in my sleep, I've never slept walked before. So I couldn't have done it. No I didn't do it. Someone or something did it, not me in my sleep.

I crumpled the two pieces of tape up and threw them in the small waste bin by my vanity. I didn't want to look at them anymore.

It was nine thirty, we were all supposed to meet up at Mike's parent's hardware and Nature store at eleven, then we would all load up in three separate cars and go. I had plenty of time to shower and fix my hair. I straightened it all to the side so if it got wet it would still look alright.

I wore pale blue pants that were lose so I could them up if they got wet, a black stripped tank top, and a pair of slip shoes that are easy to take off if I wanted.

It was exactly eleven when I was finished, so I sat down at the kitchen table and drank some orange juice. I stared absently at the white wall. And then my mind started thinking about none other then…..Edward.

So he should be almost one hundred years old, I could deal with that. Could I? I really have to talk to him. I need some fucking answers.

Well what I really needed was a security system for my room. What had broken that damn tape? I should be scared that something or someone got into my room, but I'm more confused as to why and who did.

I finished my orange juice so fast in my anguish that I choked a little. Then I set the glass in the sink and left. It felt good the leave that house, and my room. As I drove to the meeting point I tried and tried and tried to sort threw everything. And then I realized that I really should stop thinking about all of this. I was going to end up committing myself to an insane asylum.

The Newton's store wasn't far from my house, hell hardly anything was far from anything in this place. I had seen the store but I had never stopped there. In front of the store I recognized Mike's Suburban and Tyler's Sentra. A group of kids were all standing around each car as I pulled in next to Mike's car.

Some girl with red hair gave me a dirty look as I got out of truck and whispered something to Lauren, who shook out her hair and eyed me. It would be a good time to punch her now. But how would I explain that to Charlie. Damn I really needed to get over these intense feelings of violence.

Mike greeted me with his full Mike smile and ushered me over to his car to wait for some other people who were coming. He gave me shotgun and Jessica gave me a sour look. It was so hard to make them both happy at the same time, I was getting a little tired of it too.

But then everything worked out in my favor. The kids we were waiting for brought a friend each and then every seat was necessary. I managed to wedge Jessica in between Mike and me. Jessica was glowing as we pulled out of the parking lot and onto the road. Forks Match Maker. I was really thinking about getting a tee-shirt made with the name in big letters on the front.

It was only fifteen minutes to La Push from Forks. I had been there before so when we reached the soggy beach the sights weren't new to me. The gray said was exactly as it looked when I was younger: soggy and gray.

As the two cars parked and everyone started to get out, I slowly almost crawled out. I really didn't want to go on this trip. I had better things to do with my time then get sand stuck in my shoes. Well I take that back, the only thing I could do today other than this trip would be to sit around and lose my sanity. Okay maybe this whole trip isn't that bad of an idea.

Everyone started to do one thing or another. A few people started to gather at surf, while a few started to set up a sitting area and starting a crappy fire. Everyone was doing something so I decided I would go have a walk. I quickly slipped my shoes off and started walking shore, away from the groups of people.

The cold water felt nice on my feet and it felt better on my ankles when I rolled up my jeans. A few seagulls were here and there, swooping at the water. I looked back at the group to make sure no one would be wondering where I was then I ran. I had gotten far enough away that they probably couldn't see me.

I just fucking ran. My shoes dangling from my fingers, my feet making huge splashes as the water rose and fell, my short hair falling to the left side of my face. My lungs burned as I ran faster and faster.

I couldn't quite tell what I ran from.

I could say I ran from Edward. I ran from my sane brain and my insane brain. I ran from the stupid people I had gone on this trip with. I ran from Forks, well I wish I could.

But there was only one this I ran toward, hoping to catch it: My Sanity.

So I shut my eyes and pulled my head up so the wind hit me right on my cheeks. I feet the water between my toes, the burn of my throat and lungs. I heard the water crash against itself. And the very last thing I felt, the very worst thing, was myself crashing into a large and solid thing in my path.

My hands reached out and just grabbed air, just grabbed onto anything that would lessen my fall. My hand clasped on what I figured to be fabric, then I felt a warm hand take hold of my arm. My eyes opened after I didn't feel the cold, hard ground. I was surprised and embarrassed as a young Native American boy looked down at me. His lessened as he stood me straight.

"Are you okay?" he asked, picking up my shoes which had fallen from my fingers. "You were running really, really fast." I heard him chuckle a bit on his last remark.

"I just needed to run. And thanks for…..catching me," I said as I awkwardly took my shoes from him and started to walk away.

"Hey wait!" he called after me and I instantly cursed myself for being stupid. He caught up to me and followed closely as I walked back to the "little gathering".

"I'm Jacob, Jacob Black," he introduced himself.

"Bella, Bella Swan," I said, my voice a sarcasm factory.

"Oh yeah! Your dad bought your truck from us," he said sounding very happy about the small connection to how we knew each other. But I was surprised at myself for not making the connection soon. But I was so zoned out I wasn't that surprised.

"Yeah," I said and tried to sound a little happier for him.

"So how do you like it?" he asked, kicking a piece of driftwood out of his way.

"Yeah, runs great."

"Have you tried to go over 50?"

"That its only flaw." He smiled widely at me, his teeth as white as fresh printer paper.

We walked to the little sitting area that the group had set up, neither of us saying much more. Most of the group had gone. I saw some people at the surf. Lauren and Tyler were sitting near the small fire someone had made discussing something Tyler was showing her. Her face turned up and sneered at Jacob and I as we sat down near the fire.

"Oh there you are Bella," she said with a sarcastic tone. I ignored her, really trying to control my fists from acting on their own. "Why didn't you invite Edward Cullen, Bella, to the trip since you two are so close."

Another Native American boy, a little taller than Jacob, was next walking over. He had just gotten over and heard Lauren's statement. His face instantly hardened and he said, coldly, "The Cullen's don't come here." Then the boy walked away. Lauren looked confused but just shrugged her stupid shoulders and started paying attention to Tyler.

I nudged Jacob in the arm. "Hey, what did he mean?"

Jacob shrugged his shoulders. "I'm…..I'm not really supposed to tell. It's a tribe legend."

"I like stories," I pushed, realizing I would probably have to do a lot of pushing. He sighed and looked at me, his eyes a light redish-brown.

"Well….okay. But you can't tell anyone, its against tribe law to tell tribe legends to anyone outside of the tribe," he said. I nodded and agreed.

When he first started to speak he spoke low and slowly.

He began telling me how his tribe was related to wolves or something. Then something about cold ones hunting, I was totally lost. But then he said the Cullen's name and I tuned in.

"And see we didn't expose them to the pale faces," he concluded.

"But….what are they then?" I asked, hoping I wouldn't be caught for my lack of paying attention.

And I wasn't, he just kept answering. "They are the cold ones. Your kind calls them……vampires."

Goose bumps formed on my arms. The hair on the back of my neck raised. The Cullen's are……va…..vam……god I couldn't even think it.

"You've got goose bumps," he stated.

"You're a good story teller." He chuckled.

"Its just a story, Bella." I hope.

We didn't talk about it again. Instead we sat and talked, he asked me that standard "New to Forks" questions. He told me about when we were little and how Charlie would bring me over to the Reservation. But I remember Charlie dragging me to it because I didn't want to go. Then we made plans to hangout the next time Charlie and Jacob's dad went fishing.

It was partly dark when everyone decided it was time to head home. Jacob and I said goodbye, because he would just walk home. I was the last to get back to the car so I had to sit in the back, Tyler sandwiched beside me and Lauren.

So I was extremely happy when I picked up my truck and headed home. Charlie wasn't there when I go home. He had left a note on the table stating that he had to work late. And that was good, if he were to see what I had planed he would commit me.

First I took a quick shower, changed in a comfortable pair of cotton boy shirts and a nice tank top. That was the easy part. Then I dug threw the old boxes in my closet searching for the present an old aunt had gotten me when I turned fifteen. I found it, that old box with the cross rapping paper.

It was a present that an overly religious aunt on my mom's side had given me. Inside the box was a black cross as big as my index finger, a small bottle of holy water, and a small bible. I had opened the present but as soon as I did I threw the top of the box back on and pushed it away from me.

I emerged from my closet, threw the objects onto my bed, then set to the next thing on my list. I went to my window and opened it. Not very wide but just wide enough that I stuck my whole arm threw and touch the side of the house, chipped paint on my hand as I brought it back on threw the window. Then I took my supplies off the bed, set them on nightstand, took a pillow and arranged it to look like a small body under the covers, then pulled the covers all the way up. It looked real….like I didn't feel good and just felt like being under the safe confines of the covers.

I grabbed my things off the nightstand and shut all of the lights off. I walked to my closet, pulling over two boxes to sit on. I angled the closet door so if anything comes threw my window I would know. I settled against the back wall of the closet and started my long wait. But before that I saw my old baseball bat I had used for girls baseball tryouts. I grabbed that and held it to my chest with the cross, holy water, and bible because…..I didn't know what the fuck would be coming threw my window.

But I so fucking hope it wouldn't be who I thought it would be.

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