We walked into Biology to be greeted our teacher, Mr. Banner, who already had a seating arrangement up on the board. Mike was on the opposite side of the room from me. I tried not to look too happy. I was apparently sitting next to some guy named Edward Cullen. I looked to my seat, and right next to mine, was who I presumed to be him. He had dark auburn hair, and almost looked like he hadn't been sleeping well with the dark shadows under his eyes. His eyes were yet another dark feature to him; they were as black as pitch. Overall, he looked somewhat…intimidating, slightly hunched over his notebook. As I sat down, he stiffened, and shot a menacing glare in my direction. I quickly bent my head down and opened my notebook and saw a dog eared page. I ignored the scraping noise of Edward moving his chair as far away from me as possible and quickly turned the page to see who had written what in my notebook. Instantly, a smile broke out on my face, despite my cold neighbor. It was a note from Jake.

'Hey Bells, I have no clue when you'll actually find this (with my luck, it'll be the last period of the day, or worse, the end of the year), but I know you're probably a bit tense being around so many random people. I know they're probably showering you with boatloads of attention, which you hate. But, I also know that if anyone at all does anything to you, then they'll be taken care of. Don't worry though, it'll be okay, and this weekend will come soon enough, and you'll get a big hug to make it better. Then you can talk about school, and we can hang again. I'll see you later Bells.

~Jake"

I instantly hugged my notebook to my chest. That had just made my day a thousand times better. Even if I was sitting next to someone who apparently hated me the moment they laid eyes on me. I frantically kept my focus on our teacher and his lesson, which was kind of light because it was the first day. However, whenever I began getting uncomfortable from my neighbor's fierce stare, I just reread Jake's note. It helped. Finally, the period ended, and Edward dashed from the room. I wasn't exactly upset by that, but then I got the replacement of Mike. I couldn't figure out which was worse. Gym came and went with me falling down constantly, and I got out of the locker room before Mike, and I escaped to my truck and then got home, and immediately flopped on my bed.

After running through the day's events, I turned on my ancient computer, and while waiting for it to start up, I rummaged through my book bag and got out Jake's note and tossed it on my desk. Luckily, the computer had loaded by this point, so I checked my email and quickly ran through my day for my mother, who had sent a frantic email about my first day of school in Forks. Then, I shut my computer window and began making dinner for Charlie and me before he got home. I had just finished cooking it and set the table when Charlie arrived home.

Like my mother, he asked me how my day had gone, and I went through a general run through of it, and then excused myself after washing the dishes. I did what little homework I had, and then looked at the clock. It was only 6, and I had already run out of things to do. I grabbed my keys, and decided to visit Jake. The weekend wouldn't come soon enough.
"Charlie, I'm going to Jake's for a while." Charlie nodded.

"Just make sure you're back by 11, Bells. It is a school night after all." I nodded yes, and quickly started the truck and zoomed over to Jake's. I needed his calming presence. As I arrived in the driveway, I quickly went to the door and knocked. Jake appeared at the door, with a look of mild surprise on his face, and two boys mildly shorter than him stood behind him. He immediately enveloped me in a hug,

"Bells! What are you doing here?" I blushed. The two guys behind him smirked up at him. He showed no embarrassment though. "Oh. This is Quil," he jerked a thumb at the boy with hair down to his shoulders, just like Jake "and this is Embry." He jerked another thumb at the other boy, who had hair barely down to his chin. They both waved at me.

"Uh hi. I'm Bella…obviously. And I wanted to visit, I got your note." Now he blushed, at the mention of the note. Quil and Embry's eyebrows raised simultaneously. They crossed their arms and smirked. I immediately regretted mentioning it in front of them, because I had a feeling they'd probably give poor Jake a hard time about it.

"A note, bro?" Quil asked, giving Jake's shoulder a light punch.

"What'd you say?" Embry asked, his smirk getting wider by the second. Jake shot both of them a look of menace and turned back to me.

"Can you hold on a sec, Bells?" Jake said, with a pleasant smile. "It'll just take a second."

"Sure" I was a bit confused, but I stood by the door as Jake gently closed it. I heard a few muffled yelps, and laughter, and then Jake opened the door after a few minutes. He smiled. I looked curiously at him. "Do I want to know?"

"Probably not." He said with a wink. "Just had to deal with some kids." I looked inside to see Quil and Embry sitting on the couch. They scoffed at his words.

"Kids? We're your age, Jake." Embry said. I suppressed a smile. I was the smallest here, but I was apparently the oldest. Jake slung an arm around my shoulders, but instead of it being uncomfortable, like with Mike, it actually felt…right. I smiled up at him. Jake ignored them, and looked down at me.

"So how was your first day, Bells? Anyone obnoxious or annoying?" he said gently. "Or, anyone I should take care of?" he said with a grin identical to his friends' but somehow all his own. I shook my head.

"Nope. A few annoying guys, one a bit menacing, but that's about it." He looked confused.

"Annoying how? And menacing? Tell me Bells." I shook my head.

"It's not important, besides why should we talk about me, when your friends are here? If you want me to go, I can…" Quil and Embry looked at Jake as I said this. I couldn't decide if their expressions were amused or smug. It seemed to be a mixture. I started to walk away, as I mentioned leaving, and Jake sighed. He picked me up in his arms, so I was unable to get away, and smiled.

"You, are not going anywhere. These two clowns can deal with a girl being here. It's probably the best one they'll ever see anyways." He smiled down at me. I shook my head with a smile. Jake was so silly at times.

"All right, I'll stay, but only if you put me down." He frowned, but agreed, and put me down gingerly. I took a seat, on the loveseat that was in the living room, while Quil and Embry stayed seated on the larger couch across from the loveseat. Jake took a seat beside me. Quil clicked the TV off, and he and Embry looked at me.

"So. Bella, how do you know our Jake here? He's been talking about you non-stop, but we never thought we'd actually meet you." Jake's face immediately flushed a bit, as did mine.

"Quil, don't question her the second she gets in here-" Jake tried to interrupt, unsuccessfully.

"Jake, if you talk about the girl every day, we have the right to ask how she knows you." Jake blushed a bit more. I was a bit at a loss of words, but apparently Quil wasn't. He kept speaking smoothly. "So. Bella. How do you know Jake?"