Then I turned the music back up and pushed the seat back so I was lying down and closed my eyes. Then my phone rang.

Chapter 14:

BPOV

After Alice had left I decided to call Jacob - it would be his lunchtime now - and see how his day was going.

"Hello?" Jacob answered after the first ring.

"Hey Jake." I replied.

"Bella! Do you know how good it is to hear your voice?" He asked me.

"Not as good as it will be when you skip last period and come shopping with me." I answered him.

"I'll be there soon." He said and I heard a lot of 'who's that?', where are you going Jacob?', you can't leave me in maths alone, I'll die', in the background. He must have been with Quil and Embry. They had been Jake's best friends since he could talk, and because I hung out with Jacob so much throughout my life they had become like brothers to me. Quil was short, muscular and had a short fuzz of dark brown hair. Embry was tall, lean and his hair was long and the same dark brown as both Jacob and Quil. They all had a dark copper skin tone - though Jacob's seemed just a tone darker - as they were all part of the tribe called Quillautte, that came from the La Push reservation just 15 minutes away from my house in Forks, Washington.

"Tell Quil and Embry I said hey." I said to him before he could hang up.

"Embry, Quil," I heard him say, he must have already kicked them out of the Rabbit. "Bella says hey. See youse." 'Bye traitor, See you man' I heard then it was just the revving of the Rabbit's familiar engine.

"See you soon Jake." I said to him.

"Yep. Love you Bells." He replied.

"Love you too Jake." Then the connection was lost as he hung up the phone.

Only minutes later the Rabbit came round the corner. Jess had let me have the afternoon off after I told her about the second call, so I decided to get some alone time with Jake and go shopping. Jake was the only person I could shop with, because he was the only one who could make me laugh and actually enjoy it. Jess was always running through the shops trying things on and getting as much as she could. But with Jake we just took our time and brought only what we really wanted, it was great shopping with him.

"Hey Bell." he called to me through the open passenger door as I climbed into his car. I could hear the irritability in his voice and knew at once that he was angry or annoyed about something.

"Hey, Jake… What's wrong?" I asked him, starting to worry.

"Nothin'." he replied unwillingly.

"Jake? Please tell me." I pleaded feeling the pain in his voice. I wrapped his free hand in the two of mine and turned the power of my eyes on him.

"Don't worry about it. It's nothing." He said once again.

"Jake stop the car please." I told him, not wanting to cause an accident if his temper flared.

"Why?" He asked with dejection seeping through, probably thinking that something he had said had angered me.

"Please…" I asked a second time. He pulled over then, sitting on the side of the road I leant over to him and kissed him. "Please Jacob," I asked, "won't you tell me what's wrong?"

He looked me in the eyes and said just one word, "Nicole." and I was furious. Nicole was a stupid sophomore who thought Jacob loved her. She had tried numerous times to convince Jacob that he was in love with her also without much success.

"What did she do?" I asked him through my teeth.

"She… she kissed me." he told me as the anger rose and flowed through me. I opened the door and flew around to the drivers side. "Get out." I told Jacob sternly.

He emerged from the car and took my place in the passenger seat as I sat in the drivers seat and started the car. As I drove back towards La Push to talk to Nicole, I could feel Jacob's eyes on me. I turned to him and took his hand in mine. "Don't worry Jake," I told him, "I love you."

"Thank you." he replied lovingly. I drove as fast as the speed limits would let me - having a police officer for a dad had some effect on me after all - and sped through La Push to the high school. The last class had just finished and people were all through the car park. Finding Nicole wasn't easy, her car stood out like a soar thumb. It was a bright yellow, Jeep Wrangler. I parked only two spaces down and was quick to exit the car.

"NICOLE!" I screamed and she turned to face me. I couldn't tell if Jacob was following me, but I continued towards her like there was no tomorrow.