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Chapter 4
I sat there on the rock frozen, just watching him make his way towards me. We need to talk? I thought. We already talked, I had nothing left to say to him and I wasn't going to listen to his lame excuse, unlike Embry who hadn't even given us an excuse but Jake giving me one didn't make him any different, he was Embry the second and I didn't want to be around him.
He reached the rock I was sitting on and jumped on it to sit beside me. He was so close to me now that I could feel the heat radiating from his burning skin, his body seated beside me, only inches away.
"Eva look at me," he ordered in a commanding, deep voice.
I hadn't noticed I was staring at his chest until he said that. I couldn't help but look up at him, he didn't sound like my Jake at all, he was like a completely different person, like a younger Sam.
His eyes were now piercing into mine and his hands were slightly trembling as they rested on the rock, "Eva… things haven't been the same lately, I've… changed," he told me, his voice getting lower with each word.
His eyes travelled down to my hands that were resting on my knees and suddenly he placed one of his burning hands on top of mine, I could feel the blood start to boil in my hands the instant he placed his on top of mine.
He started again and I brought my eyes up to meet his, "I will… explain it to you Eva but-," before he finished I jumped up from the rock and stood glaring at him.
"Don't Jake! Don't. I don't want to hear it, there's nothing left to say, I told you to leave me alone but…," I stopped, suddenly very aware of the bruise he left on my arm and I could feel it hurting me. I instantly started to rub that part of my arm to stop it from hurting.
Jake jumped up, "Eva I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to, I swear," he apologized, agony in his face.
I stepped backwards, not wanting him to touch me, "Jake just go okay, were over, our friendship is in the past now, it will just be a nice memory to me now," I told him turning around and started to walk towards the bonfire.
As I kept on walking, faster and faster with each step, I felt his eyes burning holes into my back but I didn't dare turn around.
As I approached the bonfire, it was empty. There was just empty cans and bottles scattered around the sand. I sighed and sat down beside the dyeing fire, feeling lonely once again and thinking of the fun I had with Dylan.
My thoughts were interrupted when the sound of a wolfs howl echoed through the forest. It sounded like it was in pain and I could relate to that. It didn't scare me this time though, I was too caught up in my own thoughts to care, it's not like a wolf would just run out and eat me. I've never heard of that happening around here before.
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That night I made it home safely and texted Dylan to let him know I was home safe. Mom must have gone up to bed because there was no sign of her anywhere. I sighed and made my way upstairs, falling onto my bed the minute I put on my pajamas and drifted off to sleep.
"Eva," a voice whispered, "Eva," it whispered again. I was lying down somewhere, too comfortable to move, I could hear the sound of waves crashing onto rocks . "Eva," it whispered once again and my eyes fluttered open. My cheek was pressed onto something firm and warm and sweat was forming on my body but I couldn't see anything, It was too dark in this place. I suddenly felt something press onto the top of my head and I lifted my head up. There were those glowing eyes looking into mine and I realized I was lying on top of Jacob. My eyes adjusted to the darkness and made out Jacobs beautiful facial features, he was smiling HIS smile at me. "Eva," he breathed and reached out to stroke my cheek, I leaned into his touch and smiled. I glanced at him once again and his face was only inches from mine now that I could feel his hot breath on my face, "I love you," he whispered and leaned in to close the space between us when-
The sound of my alarm woke me up. "Damn it, damn it, damn it! Why is it always at the best part that you wake me up?," I grumbled as I hit the alarm clock, in an attempt to make the annoying ringing sound stop but as usual it didn't.
I climbed out of bed and stretched. I was in no mood of school anymore, I never liked that place and never will and even though that dream was pretty wonderful, I wasn't in the mood of seeing the object of my dreams today.
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School was boring and uneventful as usual and I was in my last period now English, counting every second that went by.
I heard Hannah and Jennifer whispering to each other behind me as usual but today I tuned in after hearing Jacobs name being mentioned.
"… so as I was saying, Jacob Black glanced over at me so I took at as you know an opportunity to go over and 'introduce myself'," she stopped for a second as both her and Jennifer started giggling, "Anyway I went over and oh by the way this is in lunch okay," I guessed Jennifer nodded so she carried on, "Yeah so Paul started whistling at me and I went over to Jacob and I had to tap him on the shoulder to get his attention and he looked up at me and it was so sexy Jen, it was like he glared or something and just as I was about to say what's up the bell rang and he jumped up out of his seat, almost knocking the chair down in the process, I like a bad boy you know," she finished and Jennifer agreed, both giggling.
I huffed and crossed my arms over my chest, Jacob giving Hannah sexy looks? What's so great about her? Whatever happened to Bella? Quil had told me that they were talking again so I assumed they were on good terms and I hadn't seen him today anyway. I just needed to escape, I needed to get away from all this. I was going to Forks, id go up to Dylan's and we could hang out, he'd make me feel better, I was sure of that.
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"Mom would you drop me off at Dylan's? I really want to see him," I asked my mom as I got into the car. I was sick of having no car of my own but right now I wasn't going to get upset about it.
"Okay but he's going to have to bring you home, I'm working the late shift tonight," she told me, eyes on the road.
"Sure, thanks mom," I said smiling, I realized I was excited to see Dylan, he was so much fun to be around. Quil was depressed over Jake that he didn't feel like hanging out that much.
My mom pulled up outside Dylan's and I hopped out, eager to see him. She drove off as Dylan opened his door, "Eva!," he said and ran over to give me a welcoming hug.
"Hey," I said as he pulled away, "I needed to see you, I was so bored," I admitted.
He laughed, "Well let the fun begin, what do you want to do?," he asked, shoving his hands into his pockets.
I shrugged, "I don't know, whatever," I told him and tucked some stray hairs behind my ear.
"Well let's see… its four o'clock so we could head down to Port Angeles and watch a movie and then grab something to eat," he suggested.
"Awesome! You ready?,"
"Hell yeah!," he replied smiling, as we both made it over and into his black Hyundai.
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"Yeah could I have two large popcorns and…," Dylan's voice faded away as he stood ordering our popcorn and drinks, I became aware of someone watching me but when I looked around me there was no one to be seen, just ordinary people laughing and chatting as they waited patiently in the queue.
I brushed it off and smiled up at Dylan as we moved aside from the queue. He smiled back at me and handed me my drink and popcorn as we both chatted on our way to the 'Comedy' movie we agreed on.
"Shhh," someone shushed me as I laughed hysterically with Dylan at something he told me.
"We better keep it low or we'll be thrown out!," he whispered, holding back a laugh.
"Okay okay," I whispered back giggling.
As we sat in silence for a while and laughed along with everybody at the funny parts of the movie, I suddenly felt eyes on me again.
I tensed and turned around to look behind me but once again I didn't see anybody out of the ordinary.
"You okay?," Dylan asked looking behind him.
"Yeah yeah, I'm fine," I replied. No need to worry Dylan about something that's not even there.
After another half hour the movie ended and me and Dylan exited the Cinema, on our way to Burger King.
As we both started walking towards Burger King, Dylan wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me closer to him. I tensed at this sudden change of attitude in him and I had a funny feeling that this wasn't exactly 'friendly'.
We walked liked that until we got to Burger King and found a place to sit. Dylan asked me what I wanted and headed over to order.
As I sat there waiting, I tried to figure out what he was going to say to me when he got back. I guessed something like 'I like you Eva' or 'Will you come to prom with me?' and I had no idea what I was going to tell him. I liked him sure but not in that way, I liked him as a friend. He was like the brother I never had but I couldn't hurt his feelings, I-
"Here you go," Dylan interrupted me from my thoughts and placed the tray with our food on it on the table.
I smiled awkwardly at him, "Thanks,"
As we started eating our burgers and chips, we chatted about all things possible until the words I didn't want to hear came up.
"Eva we've been friends for like… a really long time and I was wondering if we could you know, take it to the next level, maybe go on a date or something," Dylan told me as he reached over the table and placed his hand on top of mine.
My mouth opened to speak but I couldn't find any words, "Dylan I… I…," I trailed off, staring at his hand on mine.
He squeezed it, "Look I understand if you don't want to, its fine Eva," he told me, disappointment clear in his voice.
And that's when I said what I never thought I would, "No Dylan, sure we could go on a date…," I told him, staring up into his eyes.
His eyes sparkled and a smile spread across his face, he looked so happy, "Really? GREAT I'll call you and let you know when I'll pick you up,"
I couldn't believe what I had gotten myself into. Why did I say that? I had a problem with saying things I didn't mean when I was lost for words. I guessed I would just have to endure it.
The ride home was awkward, Dylan held my hand in his the whole way, smiling at me now and again and of course I had to smile back.
As I stared out the window, I noticed it was dark and that we were nearly at my place because we were driving by the woods. And then something caught my eye, I saw a shadow moving pretty fast through the woods and for a second my heart stopped beating. I had that funny feeling again that someone was watching me and it sent shivers down my spine.
I hadn't noticed we pulled up outside my house until Dylan poked me in the side, earning a low scream from me, yes I was VERY ticklish.
"Jesus Dylan!," I shouted at him, holding back a laugh.
"I know you want to laugh," he said cocking an eyebrow and started poking me multiple times in the side again.
This time I couldn't hold it in, I was screaming and laughing out loud, earning a few laughs from Dylan. I had to pinch his arm to stop him.
"Ouch!," he said rubbing his arm, pouting.
I rolled my eyes, "Toughen up dude!," I told him as I opened up my door but he grabbed my arm, stopping me from leaving. Oh no, I thought.
I turned around to look at him and his eyes looked dark with lust, "Aren't you going to kiss it better for me?," he asked, his face leaning closer to mine.
"Dylan, come on," I told him, my voice a little strained but before I could even think of anything else, he smashed his lips against mine and kissed me full on the mouth.
I couldn't think of anything at that moment but his lips on mine and I didn't like it. This wasn't how it was supposed to be, he couldn't just kiss me like that.
He pulled away though, sensing my discomfort and pursed his lips, "Sorry Eva, I… I just couldn't stop myself," he apologized and by the look on his face, he meant it. I decided id forgive him, It wasn't in me not to.
I nodded, "Goodnight Dylan," I told him and stepped out of the car.
"I'll call you tomorrow," he shouted out the window as I opened the hall door. I heard his Hyundai drive away after that and I let out a sigh of relief.
I headed up to the bathroom first and stared at myself in the mirror. I didn't look good, I looked a little messy. My hair was falling out of its high pony and my mascara was smudged a little on my left eye.
I felt awful because I knew this wasn't right. Me and Dylan shouldn't be dating, I told myself. I didn't love Dylan, I wasn't in love with him. There was only one person I was in love with and that was Jacob, no one could ever take his place and I knew that now. I wasn't going to lie to myself, I loved him more than anything and right now having him as a friend would be enough but I was still mad at him and I knew that he would never be my friend again. It was over, we were over.
I took a quick shower and dressed into my pajamas. I ran down the stairs and curled up on the sofa and watched some Grey's Anatomy.
After the first episode finished, the doorbell rang. I frowned and looked up at the clock, it was eleven o'clock, who would be ringing my doorbell at this hour of the night?
I contemplated in my mind whether I should open the door or not but the bell kept on ringing so I decided I would.
I walked over to the door cautiously and unlocked it. I pulled it open and there stood Jacob towering over me. His hair looked messy, it was growing out in all different directions and as usual he was only wearing a pair of faded jeans but he had trainers on this time. I couldn't see his face clearly in the dark though.
"Eva, I need to talk to you," he told me, his voice sounding very strained.
I sighed and moved out of the way to let him in. I wasn't in the mood of fighting with anyone tonight and right now I was letting my heart take over my decisions.
He stepped inside and closed the door behind him. I walked past him into the living room, turning off the TV and sitting down. He followed me in and sat down beside me on the sofa. He gazed into my eyes as his body turned towards mine and I couldn't help the butterflies that were fluttering around in my stomach.
But it was then that I noticed that he looked very stressed. His face didn't look happy, it looked mournful and I tried to hold in the tears that forced to spill from eyes every time I saw him and remembered that we weren't friends anymore. I missed him, I missed the old, happy- go- lucky Jake.
"Eva I can't do this anymore, I… I miss you and I'll be… I'll be your friend, I know that's what you want, I'm such a jerk… I'm so sorry," he finished and threw his face into his hands.
I was taken by surprise by what he said, he missed me? He's a jerk? He'll be my friend? I felt so sorry for him at that moment. He apologized and now he looked so stressed with his face in his hands that I felt a tear roll down my cheek.
I moved over beside him and rested my head on his shoulder, wrapping my arm around his waist, "Jake, it's okay, you're not a jerk, I… I" I couldn't finish, I started sobbing into his arm and I felt him sit up and wrap his arms around me, pulling me close to his chest as I cried my heart out. I missed him, I needed him, he was the air I breathe. I let all the feelings I had inside of me out as he combed his fingers through my hair and hushed me.
"I'm here Eva, I'm here," he whispered into my hair as I continued to cry into his bare chest.
I wrapped my arms around his waist and held him even closer to me, not wanting to ever let him go.
"Are y-you… s-still m-my friend?," I asked him between sobs, staring at his chest.
"Yeah Eva," he whispered and kissed me on the forehead, "I'm here… I'm your friend," he mumbled into my hair.
As I sat there on his lap, my cheek resting on his chest and my arms wrapped securely around his waist, I couldn't describe how happy and relieved I was to know that we were friends again and then I thought about my date with Dylan tomorrow and wondered how Jacob would react to it.
Would our friendship still be the same as it was? Or would our friendship be weaker? Would I see Jake all the time or would I see him occasionally? And most importantly, how come he changed? Why did he leave me in the first place?
A/N: Will Jacob be happy about this date Eva is going on with Dylan? Will explain why he left her? Why he has changed? Review to find out. Oh and guys I'm seriously not trying to be mean when I say review, it's just if you don't, I think you guys don't like it. Thanks again to those who did and thanks for reading my fanfic!
