Chapter Five

I woke up at eight and looked out the window. It was sunny and warm, which is amazing considering this is Forks. I hopped out of bed and decided I better get up and get ready. I put on some cute jean short shorts and a cute pink tank top. I brushed my teeth and combed my hair. Put on some lip gloss and mascara and I was good to go. I never really liked to put on too much make up although my make up artist did. She liked to put a lot so it felt caked on. It was gross.

As I walked down stairs I could smell the coffee. I look over and saw Grammy reading the newspaper and drinking her coffee in a mug.

"Good morning Grammy!"

"Good morning. So what plans do you have for today?"

"Well the room people are delivering my new furniture and I am going down to La Push for a bonfire."

"La Push… Oh yes. Now you be careful going down there, I have had some late night calls back when I used to be the police chief, about kids being rowdy down there." She says sternly. I mean come on how much trouble could kids get in when they live in a little old town like this, but whatever.

"Okay I will be careful, but I doubt anything will happen it's just a bonfire."

"That's another thing those folk down there are incredibly superstitious and I don't want you believing all of those lies. They should just realize that those stories are only stories and nothing else and to actually believe in them is ludicrous…" then she was mumbling. Sometimes I think Grammy has lost her marbles.

The rest of the afternoon I basically spent doing chores like vacuuming the carpets, dusting the cup boards, cleaning out the attic, and washing the windows. Seriously the windows, the rain is just going to start again and they will have spots all over them, but Grammy still made me do it. I tried really hard not to complain, but I have my limits. I am so grateful for our maid back home and when I get back there I will have my parents give her a raise or something because she works hard for it.

Finally it was time to go to the bonfire. It was getting a little colder so I went upstairs and changed into some skinny jeans and a long sleeve baby doll top. I re-did my make up and decided to leave my hair down since it was already really straight.

I grabbed the keys and my purse and I flew out the door, beforehand telling Grammy to let the furniture people in. As I drove down to La Push I decided to listen to my friend Courtney's demo CD. She just got a recording contract with Blue Ice Records and she wanted to know what I thought of some of her songs. Her style is kind of in between pop and rock so I thought it sounded really good. She had an amazing voice and she wrote her own lyrics.

I finally got to First Beach and noticed right away the big group of people. I walked over to where the fire was burning. It was really cool since it burned different colors. As I watched in fascination I felt someone tap my shoulder. I turned around and there was Melanie.

"Hey I am so glad you made it" says Melanie excitedly and hugs me.

"Hi, of course I was coming this sounds fun! So how long are you going to be here?'

"I am only staying for two weeks because then school starts at the Mankah reservation, ugh. At least I get to visit here though, ever since Sam imp- I mean fell in love with Emily she stayed here instead of going back home so my mom was afraid that would happen to me." Melanie said annoyed.

"Oh really, who is Emily?"

"She is my older sister and my best friend. =) I wish I could visit more often. I think now that I have come and met all the new umm… kids my age I don't like any of them and they didn't fall in love with me so she doesn't need to worry."

"Well that's good because I want you to visit whenever we have school off so we can hang out more! I can tell we are going to be great friends." And I really meant it. I could already trust her and it's so much easier when your friends are real and not just who you're working on set with.

We talked some more, but in the middle of the conversation I glanced around and noticed a lot more people arriving. They were all very tall and some were older than others. They started to go in different directions and that's when I noticed one in particular. He looked a little older than me and he was HOT! Omg and he wasn't wearing a shirt I am like hyper ventilating. He had some nice abs; he must work out a lot. Wow I am like drooling Cassidy snap your self out of it.

"Cassidy. Cassidy! CASSIDY!!!"

"Oh what… hmm, you uhh I am umm…" Like I said drooling.

"What are you even looking at?"

Oh wait Melanie right I am talking. "Sorry I was looking at uhh nothing, sorry what were we talking about?" Damn that stupid blush I hate it. Now she was looking at me suspiciously.

"Sure, 'nothing'. Anyway we were talking about how I liked to play volleyball. Do you play any sports?"

"Oh yeah I do I play soccer. I love it and I have played for a long time! I am not too bad either." Cassidy pull it together stop trailing your eyes over there. Focus on Melanie!

"Really that's cool I wish I could play soccer. A lot of the boys over there are also pretty good at soccer haha but they get way to competitive" Great she just had to mention those boys. Wait, oh =( I guess he has a girlfriend he's over there hugging that girl. What am I even thinking earlier wasn't I just saying I couldn't trust guys and I didn't I mean I don't. So it's for the best.

"What's wrong?" She obviously noticed my change of face.

With a smile I say "Oh nothing I was just thinking about something that happened a while ago. Anyway what do you want to do?"

"Right I almost forgot. You don't know anybody, but me so I will introduce you."

We went through all her friends and family. I met her sister Emily who was very sweet and I felt like we were friends by the end of the conversation. I met her husband Sam and he was nice, but it seemed like his mind was elsewhere. I also met Leah who was her cousin and she was just plain rude she said hi and left. Then I met Jacob and Embry. Jacob was hilarious and my sides hurt from laughing so much and Embry was nice and so cute with his girlfriend. Then I met Quil, but he was busy playing with this little girl. Then I met Brody and Collin who had loads of energy and kept trying to flirt with me. They were both pretty cute but to be honest I couldn't get the other guy out of my mind.

I met other relatives that I already have forgotten there names, but hey I met a lot of people today so don't blame me. And don't even get me started on the food. There was enough food for an entire army! No joke, I thought it was like Thanksgiving for the whole town.

"Now where is Seth? He is one of my best friends here and I want you to meet him!" Melanie says while looking around. "Oh there he is, Seth, Seth! SETH!!!"

Ugh, Melanie is like screaming in my ear. I have met a lot of people; really I don't need to meet anymore, but I guess this is like her best friend. "Ahh!" I am so dumb I just tripped over my own shoelace. (a/n I have done that so many times! It's a gift. lol)

"Geez, Melanie what? I was just talking to that really HOT girl over there and I think she likes me! But hey who wouldn't, right. Haha just kidding. So what's up?" I look up and see that it is the really hot guy! I just stood there staring.

"Seth you're such a dork. I thought you already had a girlfriend?"

"I am not a dork; you know I am the coolest person you've ever met! And no I don't have a girlfriend anymore me and Jessica are over."

"Oh I am sorry, Seth."

"No big deal, its fine. So sorry I haven't been able to hang out with you as much but Sam has put me on patrol every ni-" that's when he looked over and noticed me.

"Oh wow sorry I totally forgot to introduce you. Seth this is Cassidy, Cassidy this is Seth." OMG Seth had the prettiest green eyes I had ever seen! I could look into them forever…

"No way! Seth you didn't! Seth!" I can here Melanie freaking out I wonder what she is talking about, but I can't seem to look away from Seth.

All the sudden I was pulled backwards. "Hey" I protested.

"Cassidy I forgot to introduce you to Jared and Paul come on you'll love them. There um… interesting ya that's good interesting, lets go!" why is Melanie being so pushy, I wanted to go back there and get to know Seth. Wait what am I doing there is no way I am falling for Seth. For one I have bad experiences choosing guys and two he just broke up with his girlfriend and he said no big deal. Plus I bet he already likes that 'really HOT girl' =( why does that make me sad anyways. It doesn't. I am perfectly fine now. Okay.

Well I met Paul and Jared and that was just plain weird. Paul was really mad and was noticeably shaking, it was freaky so Jared was yelling at Paul to go away and so he ran in the woods. I wonder what he was going to do in the woods.

The rest of the night went pretty well. We ate some really good food and I found out Emily was a really good cook. Then we all sat around the bonfire and I listened to some old legends. They were pretty cool from the things I understood it was about the cold ones and then the protectors of the tribe. I asked Melanie about it and she said it was about vampires and werewolves. It was really interesting, but I have always loved scary stories and movies. It makes sense, now wait before you commit me to an insane asylum I mean a lot of legends are like metaphors for something I think. These werewolves are representing the warriors and defenders of the tribe who are the strongest and most skilled. Then the vampires represent their enemies and how the enemies might kill their people so they must kill the enemies first. That's all I was saying by 'it makes sense'.

It started to get really late and I decided it was time to go. I didn't want to admit it, but I did notice that Seth wasn't there the rest of the night, but neither was Sam. Hmm, well maybe they just had something to do.

I got home and right when I stepped inside I got ambushed. Grammy started flipping out and yelling about how she was worried about where I was.

"Cassidy Johnson where in the world have you been? I have been worried sick and I had no idea where you had gone!" Grammy was flipping out.

"Grammy I told you twice today that I was going down to the bonfire in La Push." I did tell her once in the morning and another time before I left.

"No that was yesterday night not today!" What does she mean by yesterday?

"Grammy what are you talking about? It was today that I was going to La Push remember this morning when you had your coffee?"

"But- I though…" she was stammering and I think she was just sleepy.

"It's okay. I think you should just get to bed its pretty late. C'mon I will help you up the stairs." And I got her up to her room and had her lay down. She was acting very strange tonight, but it was probably just lack of sleep.

As I got in bed I realized that I had a really fun time tonight and I think me and Melanie could be best friends if we keep hanging out. No matter how hard I tried I could not get those piercing green eyes out of my mind. Well oh well I should just get some rest. As I was drifting off to sleep I heard a faint wolf howl, how strange…

This chapter is soo late and I am so SORRY!!!!!! But it is not my fault! I finished this chap a while ago, but my mom grounded me from my computer =( because I got in trouble! It was so unfair ugh but I am so sorry to you guys. And I will try to update sooner, but my life has been a little hectic right now!

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19

The woman came from the man's rib. Not from his feet to be walked on. Not from his head to be superior, but from the side to be equal. Under the arm to be protected, and next to the heart to be loved.