Apparently, the party wasn't even in Forks, but in some place called La Push. Is there a La Kick and a La Punch? I seriously need to come up with better material.

The drive there wasn't that long, thank God! It only took about ten minutes, so I didn't have to come up with some lame story or conversation to tell. I was also grateful that Edward only went outside with us to walk Bella out. He then went back into Charlie's to sit in Bella's room while she was dropping me off. He's a freak.

"So, you'll get along great with Jacob. He's so nice, but huge. Not fat, but muscular huge. All of his friends are," Bella was telling me. "You'll look anorexic compared to all of them."

I look anorexic compared to you and Charlie too. "Interesting."

We finally came up to a beach where I could see a bunch of people sitting around a bonfire. What a lame party! Where was all the beer? The dope? The drunken girls that want to have sex with everyone? The DJ?

"Here you go," Bella said.

"Thanks," I said. I started to open my door when something slammed into Bella's side of the truck.

I jumped, but Bella looked relaxed.

"Hey Jake," she said.

I looked over to see a large, tan, muscular guy standing outside of Bella's window.

"You made it!" he said.

"Yeah, but I can't stay. I'm just dropping Myren off," Bella said.

Jacob glanced at me and his hopeful expression turned to sad. Whatever, I was used to it.

"I'll act like Bella if you want," I said, trying to break the ice.

Jacob laughed. "Then you're going to have to fall down every five steps," he roared. I'm glad that worked.

I got out of the truck. "I'll call you when I want you to get me," I told Bella.

She nodded and drove off to be with that tanless freak. Couldn't he at least consider spray-tan?

Once Bella's truck was out of sight, I remembered that I didn't have my cell phone with me. Oh well, I'm sure Jacob has her number.

"Come on," Jacob said, "I'll show you around."

I followed the giant teenager. A buff guy and a skinny guy walking along-side one another. That was an odd sight to see. I always considered myself to be tall, but as I looked around at all the other guys here, I appeared to be the shortest one.

I was shown Leah (Hot!), Seth (Weird!), Sam (Creepy!), Quil (Pedo!), and Embry (Weird name!). Most of Jacob's friends were really weird. Why did he hang out with them? And why was a three-year-old hanging out with Quil?

I was about to ask Jacob to call Bella for me, but then someone tapped me on the shoulder.

I turned around and faced… a neck. I looked up to see a guy there. He didn't have as dark a tan as Jacob; he was actually rather pale, but not Edward-pale. His dirty-blond hair was cut short and flat, but he had the bangs sticking up into spikes. He almost had the same muscular-build as the rest of the guys, but his muscles didn't appear to be too developed, just toned. He just stared down at me smiling, his ice blue eyes staring down onto my face.

"Can I help you?" I asked.

"I'm Derek," he said, holding out his large hand.

"Myren," I said, taking his with my small-looking hand.

"I haven't seen you around here," he said. "Did you just move here?"

"Yes, from Boston," I replied.

Jacob gave Derek a weird smile and walked away.

Don't leave me with him! I just stood there with Derek for a while, in awkward silence.

"…uh. I'll see you around," I said and walked off to sit at the bonfire. I took a seat right next to Leah, and I hoped that she found the tall and skinny very appealing.

"Hey," she said warmly to me as I sat down.

"Hey," I said back. "Did you make this bonfire by yourself?" I suppose that it couldn't hurt to give her the impression that I think that she seems to be independent. I think girls like that.

"No," she said. "Jacob helped. That's why it looks so crappy."

We both laughed at her, kind of lame but funny, joke. It was awesome to have finally met someone worthy of my appearance! Everyone else was either a whack-job or a fatty. For about ten minutes we sat there talking about how great BoA's first English CD was, or how we can't wait to get our hands on Utada's new CD. I thought that I was the only one who listened to them!

"Head's up!" came a shout.

A popping sound was heard and I was shot with a soft mist. I turned and looked over at Leah who had a wet mark on the front of her jacket and a small piece of green rubber on her lap.

A water-balloon? They were having a water-balloon fight in the dark? That actually sounds like fun I have to admit.

Leah and I jumped out of our seats and took cover in the sand as a dozen of balloons came our way. I was grateful that Jacob got in our way. His big body acted as a gigantic shield.

"Here," Derek appeared out of nowhere and handed me a balloon.

Sweet! I got out of my hiding place and spotted Seth, not really paying that much attention to the direction I was in. I firmly planted my feet and brought my right hand back. It was going to be the perfect launch, hitting him right in the back of the head. I just have to-

I felt something hit my left side and realized that Jacob had planned some kind of sneak attack on me and Derek. Wow, for a weirdo, he's actually not that dumb. Derek launched a balloon and got him in the neck. "I got revenge for you," he said, giving me… a wink? Why did he wink at me? I shrugged it off and just guessed that he had something in his eye.

The water-balloon fight lasted for thirty minutes. I was completely soaked, especially after Embry shouted "Get the new guy!" I have to plan my revenge for him.

Soon people began to leave and it was just me, Derek, Jacob, Seth, and Sam. I wished that Leah had stayed, but then I heard that she had a boyfriend. Oh well, maybe there's someone at my new school that I can hang with.

"Let's have a dare contest," Seth suggested. We were all sitting by a miniature version of the bonfire.

"That's just the masculine version of 'Truth or Dare'," Jacob teased.

I didn't think that there was a masculine version. I never did like playing the game: I hated telling my secrets.

"Ok," Sam said. "Seth, I dare you to come back to the beach at four in the morning and pick up all the trash left over from the water-balloon fight."

"That sucks," Seth whined, already regretting having suggested this game. Just let the seagulls eat it, what's the worst that can happen? "Fine then, Sam, I dare you to…" Seth took some time to think, "…prank call Emily."

I chuckled. There's nothing better than a good prank call. "Who's Emily?" I asked.

"Sam's fiancé," Derek said.

Sam looked pissed for a minute. He gave Seth a stare that had him shrinking into the sand, trying to disappear. "Or not," he said.

How lame is that? You can't back out of a dare! That's not how you play in a dare contest! You have to do whatever the person tells you to do, even if it's illegal! "I'll do it," I said, holding my hand out for a phone.

All four of the guys looked at me with a surprised expression. Sam had anger mixed in his though. "I need a phone," I said. I wasn't going to let someone like Sam intimidate me.

"No," Sam said. "Do something else."

I rolled my eyes and looked at Seth.

"Myren," he said. "I dare you to… swim out in the ocean and stay out there for five minutes."

Crap… I take back what I said earlier about the whole don't-back-out-of-a-dare thing. Sometimes it's okay to simply decline. "Uh…"

"Are you chicken?" Jacob asked.

"Hell no!" I snapped and took off my shoes. I took off my jacket and handed it to Derek to hold for me.

"You don't have to do this," he tried to say, but I cut him off and dashed to the ocean.

It wasn't that cold here. In Forks it was snowing, but here in La Push, it was just… cold. Besides, the sea is the warmest at night, I think.

I stepped into the water and realized that the sea is cold 24/7 around here.

"You're gonna drown!" Jacob taunted.

I continued to run out and actually began to swim once the water reached my waist. I used powerful strokes to pull me out farther into the water. I just hope that some rip-tide doesn't carry me off to Asia. I've always wanted to go, but not this way.

"Right there's good!" Seth shouted. The four of them were now at the edge of the water watching. "Your time begins… now!"

Okay, this wasn't so bad. My body was already adjusting to the water. Before I know it, five minutes would have passed and I'll be out of here. I now have time to think of a dare to make Jacob do. Maybe I'll have him run down in the town naked.

"Shark!" Jacob shouted.

I literally jumped in the water (how that's possible I don't know, considering I can't touch the ground). I screamed and began frantically kicking.

"Just kidding! Just kidding!" Jacob laughed, rolling on the ground.

That bastard. At least I didn't have to go pee anymore. "Good one," I said sarcastically, but remained in the water. I was going to win this dare contest.

Something then brushed against my leg. I decided to ignore it, guessing that it was just seaweed… with hair? I reached down and grabbed it, pulling up a boy's head.