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The restaurant we ended up at was in walking distance from campus. It was a quaint little place and it reminded me of the restaurant Edward took me to back in Port Angeles.
The hostess led us to a table in the back of the restaurant and we all sat down taking our menus from her. I seated myself across from Edward but Tanya did one better and sat right next to him. I noticed Edward look over at her from the corner of his eye and I smirked, hiding it behind my menu.
Already Tanya seemed to be trying too hard and I knew it would end badly on her part but for now Edward was too much of a gentleman to ignore her completely. My eyes scanned over the menu and I found that I really wasn't that hungry.
I sighed wondering why I had even agreed to come in the first place. Oh that's right I hadn't even gotten a chance to agree I was forced instead. I put my menu back down not even settling on a salad, I really wasn't at all in the mood to force feed myself. Edward gave me a questioning look from across the table and I smiled
"I'm not hungry" I said softly folding my hands up in my lap.
"Well I'm starving!" Emmett cut in before Edward could say something.
"C'mon Bella at least get something" Alice complained from my left side.
"Really I'm actually not hungry at all" I said looking over at her. She pouted with her eyes still searching through the food selections.
"Fine" she sighed closing her menu up too.
Our waitress came by shortly after taking all our drink orders and then food orders. I had just gotten a coke and when it was set down in front of me I took a sip quenching my thirst. I started to feel a little out of place as everyone around me began eating there meals. I really didn't see any point as to why I was still sitting there. Everyone was talking away but I sat silently, Edward was busy talking to Tanya but he would look over at me every once in awhile trying to get me into whatever he was talking about but when I would open my mouth to say something Tanya would grab his full attention again with another question about his life while batting her eyelashes.
I rolled my eyes and slouched back in my chair, she was really starting to get under my skin. I watched as she would laugh and flip back her hair thinking she had Edward already wrapped around her finger. No one else seemed to notice when she would place a hand on his arm while talking to him and that got my blood boiling and even though Edward would always pull away from her touch it was getting to be too much. I was jealous of her and her beauty but I was also looking out for Edward's best interests all at the same time. She seemed like trouble, I had a gut feeling about her but I guess I would just have to wait and see what she would pull next.
It was all getting to be too much. Sitting there watching as the couples around me talked –I know considered Edward and Tanya a couple just by the way she was flirting with him- got to be unbearable and I pushed myself up from the chair.
"I'm going to go head to the bathroom" I lied, in fact I was planning on just leaving all together.
Edward pulled himself away from Tanya's talking enough to watch me walk away and once I was around the corner I'm sure she had found some way to reel him back in. I was actually a little surprised that Alice or Rosalie hadn't bothered to follow me but I guess this was just one of those lucky moments my life was blessed with and I was able to slip away unnoticed.
I rolled down my sweater sleeves starting to feel the chill of the night as I stepped outside. The moon light bounced off everything around me making the streets look almost like a dream. It was stupid of me to walk away from them like that but I was in no mood to sit there and sulk.
The dorm building was already coming in to view and I slipped into the lobby. I kept my head down walking past a group of guys who were joking around with each other by the stairwell. I could feel somebody's eyes on me and I looked over at the group from under my lashes. I caught the dark eyes of a guy I hadn't seen yet since being here. He was eyeing me, still not knowing I had noticed the way he was smiling interestingly at me. He had light brown hair and was very lean and before the elevator closed behind me I caught his name as one of his friends called him over: James.
I felt slightly uneasy as I remembered the way he was looking at me. Like I was somewhat of interest to him, like a game he wanted to play. The only thing that stuck out to me about him was how dark his eyes were; like they were almost red, it was definitely bizarre.
I hadn't noticed I was not alone in the elevator until I heard them clear their throat from behind. I jumped and then gasped, my heart pounding against my chest as I looked up to see Jacob trying to hide his laughter. Either he had managed to slip into the elevator why'll I was too busy looking at James or maybe he was those types of weirdo's who ride the elevator for fun, my guess was I'm sure he had gone in before me unnoticed.
"Not funny, you scared me half to death!" I snapped. He topped laughing but he still had a goofy grin on his face but just seeing him smile made me smile.
"Sorry" he apologized before the doors opened up on his floor level. He stepped out past me but before the doors could close back up he stopped them with his foot. I furrowed my eyebrows wondering what the heck he was doing until he asked
"You maybe want to hang out or something?"
"What, Now?" I asked feeling a little taken off guard. He shrugged but was still smiling
"Well I saw that you walked in alone and I was…Just asking I guess" He sounded a little embarrassed probably seeing that his question was sort of out of the blue, since we had only met once.
But seeing as my night probably couldn't get any more exciting than this I accepted and followed him as we walked silently down the hall. For some reason I didn't feel at all uncomfortable around Jacob, it was like we were just two old friends catching up on things even though we were complete strangers. And he seemed like a nice enough guy to get along with and as I walked in to him and Edward's dorm room I could see a strong friendship in the making, not like I needed another though it seemed like lately I have only been able to create friendships and never relationships.
I sat down on Edward's bed seeing that he had unpacked his side of the room already. Without even thinking I laid back and took in the smell it was emitting.
"So…" Jacob began sitting down on his own bed facing me "Are you and Edward like together?"
"No!" I blurted out a little too quickly sitting upright to look over at him. He smiled and I blushed "No" I said again quieter this time. He nodded looking quite pleased over something, what it was I wasn't sure about.
"Where are you from anyways?" I asked trying to steer us away from that awkward subject
"Forks, Washington. You?" he answered then asked picking up the car magazine that I was flipping through earlier today and tossing it on his desk. My eyes widened and I took a harder look at him, come to think of it he looked a little familiar. I gasped remembering him finally
"Jacob…Black?" I bit my lip hoping that I was right. He seemed just as surprised as I was for knowing his name
"Yeah, have we met before?" I laughed and shook my head
"No but I think your dad and my dad used to be friends, actually I remember knowing you as a little kid" now he was the one doing the staring as he tried to remember what I was talking about. His eyes suddenly widened in recognition and he laughed clapping his hands together
"Isabella Swan!" he yelled excitedly. I nodded watching as he stood up and placed himself next to me on Edward's bed. God he was so tall that even sitting down still made him look like a giant
"Charlie Swan's your father right?" I nodded again which brought on another round of laughter. I started to laugh too seeing how this was such a small world. I used to see Jacob every summer when I visited Charlie but I guess one year during the winter seasons Billy and Charlie had lost touch and the only reason I hadn't seen Jacob at all while in Forks was because he lived on the old Indian Reservation outside of town meaning he went to a different school.
"Wow this is insane" he stated, the last of his laughter dying down.
"I know, I can't believe I hadn't remembered sooner" Jacob was shaking his head still smiling
"And to think we ended up in the same college"
"Yeah wait until Charlie hears this" I mumbled looking down at my lap.
I was already missing Charlie and was wondering what he probably cooked himself for dinner tonight. Jacob noticed my sulking face and he put a hand on my shoulder trying to get my attention
"You okay?" he asked raising an eyebrow. I looked over at him and stared into his dark eyes, they were so big and wide it was like he was still a child in a way.
"I'm fine just a little homesick" I shrugged but he kept his hand firmly on my shoulder
"Well look at it this way come Christmas break we can both book plane tickets home and spend the Holiday's getting to know one another better" I really liked the idea of that so I nodded along agreeing with his suggestion.
"Look not even five minutes together and your comforting me, I'm sorry I can't be better company" I smiled sadly
"I don't mind at all" he said sincerely with a small smile on his lips.
It was quiet in the room then and I could feel the heat from his hand on my skin. I could also feel a blush growing on my cheeks but I couldn't turn away to hide it. It was like everyone had the same power to just catch and lock me into their gaze, like a snake to its prey.
He started to slowly lean his face towards mine and I completely froze my eyes widening the slightest bit. I knew what he was trying to do but the funny thing was I wanted it to happen.
It was like a breath of fresh air for a guy to finally be attracted to me in this way instead of only being friends. As he got closer his breath started to warm my face and I noted that it smelled like mint, like he had just been chewing a piece of gum.
He also had a completely different scent than Edward or any guy for that matter; it was like a woodsy smell but good all the same. I felt his lips brush against mine gently and just as he was about to deepen the kiss the door to his room pushed open.