Isaac had successfully avoided seeing Kate the rest of the day. He was so relieved when the bell rang at three. He grabbed his soccer gear from his locker and quickly changed. They started off practice with the normal one mile run. Isaac loved running. There was something about pushing your limits and escaping reality that he loved. He had to focus on controlling his speed. He ran faster then a normal human but not as fast as his ancestors. Practice was cut short due to the sporadic Maine rain. He didn't bother changing from his wet clothes but just ran to his car. He threw his bag in the back and sat there letting the heat from his car warm up his throbbing muscles. Through the pouring rain he could made out a lump under the school awning.

"Kate?" he murmured under his breath.

He got out of his car and headed over to the lump.

"Kate is that you?" he yelled the rain mumbling his voice.

The lump merely looked up at him before resting its head back down on its knees. Isaac silently sat down beside the figure.

"You need a ride home?"

Kate simply shook her head yes, her eyes full of tears. He stood up and offered her a hand. There was a slight shock but Isaac simply brushed it off. Once inside the car the silence continued.

"Where do you live?" he asked his eyes focused on the road ahead.

"You should have just left me there. I don't want to go home." she said simply while staring out the window.

"Well…" he did know what to do. He had this need to make her happy and he couldn't explain it. He knew he was walking on dangerous ground.

"Well…do you want to go home with me for awhile?" His knuckles were turning white, he was holding on the steering wheel so tight.

"Oh could I?"

With that Isaac took a sharp turn that leads him to his house. He was glad it was a short trip because the silence was killing him. It was still raining heavily when they reached the Black house but they did bother to run into the house.

"Wow…your house is absolutely beautiful." she whispered in awe.

"Yea I guess it is." Isaac murmured, actually taking time to look at his beautiful two story home.

"Come on let's go inside."

Kate silently followed him inside.

"Mmm…Renesme?" He called silently cursing himself for almost letting mom slip.

Isaac rarely had friends over with the exception of Anthony or Trevor on occasion. Not that he wasn't allowed or that the Cullen's weren't stable, he just felt the risk was too high and it creeped him out to have to pretend his mother was he attractive older sister.

"Isaac?" Renesme called walking in to the front room, confusion in her voice. Confusion was replaced with understanding as she saw the dripping wet brunette beside her son.

"Kate, this is Renesme." He said motioned.

"Nice to meet you." Renesme smiled at the girl.

"Hi." she whispered back looking shy as she remembered her wet clothes.

"Why don't you come with me? I'll get you in some dry clothes."

Kate looked back at Isaac who gave her a reassuring smile. She smiled in return and bounded up the stairs after a weightless Renesme. He waited until he heard his parents' door shit before running upstairs and throwing his bag on the floor. He wanted to look good to make up for looking like an idiot at school. He chose a red t-shirt and threw on some jeans. When he was finished he walked back downstairs and saw his mother resting on the sofa.

"Where's Kate?"

"Upstairs, still changing. She's a nice girl." she said smiling at her son.

"Whatever mom. She needed a place to hang out for awhile. It's nothing." he said trying to convince himself more then Renesme.

He turned back to the stairs when he heard Kate approaching. Every time he saw her she seemed to be more and more beautiful. She was in a pair of Nessie's jeans and a light blue fitted long sleeve shirt. Her hair was in dry waves and her face was wiped clean of makeup.

"Hi." she smiled shyly.

"Would you like to stay for dinner? I'm sure we could whip something up." asked Renesme still sitting on the sofa.

"No, but thanks! I'd better go home. My family is probably worried about me."

"Oh ok. Come on, I'll drive you home." Isaac said grabbing his keys.

"Please come back. We would LOVE to have you over again." Nessie hollered as they walked out the door. It had stopped raining by now.

"Can we just walk?" Kate asked. "I don't live that far. About a mile that way."

"Sure." Isaac shrugged putting his keys in his pocket. He really didn't mind because it gave him more time to be with her. It was driving him nuts how crazy he was about her.

"I just love the smell after the rain. It's so relaxing." she giggled spreading out her arms and spinning.

"Uhmpf." Isaac sounded as she ran into him. He quickly grabbed her to keep her from falling.

"My hero." she laughed her face just inches from his. "Sorry." she said scrambling out of his embrace.

"Your sister…seems nice." she commented distracting him from the embarrassment.

"My sister?" Then it hit him that his mom must have told her they were siblings. "Oh yeah she is."

"Well that's my house." she pointed to a big white Victorian home partly covered in vines. "Thanks sooo much for everything." she said stopping him at the gate.

"It's nothing really. Like Renesme said, you can come back anytime."

"Thanks I'll remember that." she smiled turning and walking up to the house.

"I have to go home and talk to Dad." Isaac muttered to himself turning around to return home to talk to his father about the strange feelings.