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I holed out in Sam's room for another half hour just talking to him, about the pack and random stuff.

"Well I'm going to head downstairs before Jacob really does kill Quil. He's a pain in the ass but I do still love him," I said smiling.

Sam laughed. "Yeah. So we never really got around to the whole meeting my mom thing…"

"You don't forget do you?" I asked putting my head in my hands.

"No. And I already told her we'd be over for dinner after you get out of school next Thursday."

"Sam, seriously? Next Thursday? I can't do that," I scrambled for any excuse I could grab.

His eyes narrowed at me from his head on the pillow. "And why not?"

"I…I…I have to paint my toenails," I muttered.

"Oh. My. God. You can drive to my house and I'll drive us there. Be at my house by four. Now go check on Quil."

"But Sam…"

The look he gave me made me shut up. If I hadn't known he was a wolf, I seriously would have thought he was one.

"Fine!" I huffed and I stood up from the bed and made sure he heard me stomping my feet out of his room and down the stairs.

"Seth!" I yelled running over and hugging him. "I'm sorry for being a bitch." I muttered just low enough so he could hear.

"It's fine, I'm pretty sure I wasn't being the nicest anyways," He laughed.

"You were being nicer than Sam or Jake," I said with big eyes.

"I did hear that Jaelyn," Jacob called across the room and I flashed him a big smile still holding on to Seth.

"Where's my hug?" Quil pouted and I smirked and let go of Seth to walk over and give him a hug.

"I am watching you," Jacob threatened Quil and everyone cracked up. I gave Quil a quick hug.

"We need to talk later," I said lightly, it was nothing serious. I just really haven't had the chance to talk to him like I normally do.

I saw Leah sitting at one of the chairs on the opposite end of the table sulking. I stood away from Quil and sat in the chair next to her, very visibly annoying her.

"Hey Leah," I said casually and I swear you could cut the air.

I really hate that saying.

"Hey?" She grumbled out, raising an eyebrow daring me to continue.

"What's up?"

"Oh nothing. You know, just being annoyed the shit out of someone I could really care less about."

Silence. I heard Jacob growl and I looked over and shook my head. I was going to make Leah like me, or at least be civilized to me. I had to literally bite my tongue so I didn't hit her back with some smart ass comment. "You killed a vamp for me; you must like me a little bit."

She stared at me and snarled. "Hate to bust your perfect little bubble but the only reason I killed one was because I hate them more than I do you."

Okay, no more biting my tongue. "It's okay; I liked Edward better than you."

"Oh ho ho! Didn't anyone ever tell you not to poke the animals?" Quil laughed nervously as he edged closer to us.

"Shut up," Leah hissed and she glared at me one more time before she let out a quick smile, so quick that I second guessed if I had even crossed her face at all.

Judging by the look on everyone's faces, I'm pretty sure I saw it.

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The next morning I was actually awake before my alarm clock made itself known. Truth was, I was pretty excited to be going back to school and after that I had work.

Smelling like coffee all the time helped me focus.

I was still in pain from my wrist and ribs so I decided to rock the comfy look for another day. I wore a pair of grey leggings and a black, oversized Bob Marley shirt that hung of one shoulder.

I let my hair go curly and swiped on some mascara.

I wasn't expecting the knock on the front door as I was walking through the living room and nearly had a heart attack.

"Ummm…who is it?" I called out, ready to grab the closest thing to me and use it as a weapon.

"Your prince in shining armor," Jacob called back sarcastically.

"I don't know about shining armor but rumor has it you're a really hairy guy," I snarked opening the door and letting him in.

"Jay, that one was lame. Not your best."

"Shut up Jacob. It's early," I said poking him in the chest with a finger. He laughed and wrapped his arms around me and gently rocked me. "Why are you here so early anyways? I thought I was going to be picking you up?"

I looked into his eyes and saw them shift so he was staring over my head. "I just wanted to talk about a few things."

I groaned and pushed away from him, feeling cold without his arms around me.

"It's nothing bad," He covered his tracks quickly. "I just don't know if it's something you want to talk about."

I stared at him with one eyebrow, waiting. He didn't say anything and that's how we remained for a couple minutes. I sighed impatiently, "Are you going to say it?" I probably sounded like a brat, a cranky one but I was scared shitless. He said it wasn't bad so that meant it had to be an emotional talk.

I don't do emotional.

"Uh. I was just wondering, like where do we stand? Like are we boyfriend and girlfriend, or just, whatever?"

If it was possible for Jake's face to be redder than what it was, I didn't think I would live to see the day.

I could feel my expression instantly soften and fidgeted from one foot to the other "What do you think we are?"

"I think we're beyond 'boyfriend and girlfriend' but saying soul mates sounds corny," Jacob rambled out rubbing his neck rather fiercely.

Uh, soul mates? Did he just say soul mates? We were definetly not soul mates, were we? No, we weren't.

I nodded my head and tried to put a smile on. This whole conversation was too much for me to digest before I had a morning coffee. "So for now we just say boyfriend and girlfriend."

He grinned hugely and put his arms back around me. "Does this mean I can hold your hand at school?"

I laughed, despite the nerves that seemed to be jumping around in my stomach. "Yes." I stretched up on my tip toes and pressed my lips against him, "As long as I can do that."

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"Jay!" Adria shouted before she ran over and jumped on me. I wasn't prepared and stepped back a couple feet, wincing. Sam had told everyone I had a severe case of chicken pox and got really sick when my immune system was in shock hence why I was out for two weeks.

The chicken pox? That fucker.

I felt Jacob's hand in the middle of my back to help steady me. Adria climbed off me and looked at me. "Well I believe you were sick. You look like you were still recovering."

"Ahaha, very funny." I said sarcastically handing her all her work and notes back that I copied.

In first period it was like I was the new girl all over again. Everyone stared at me, a lot of them not being shy about it in the slightest bit.

It wasn't until I got into art and was sitting down next to Quil that I figured out why. I could hear some of the other kids and my ears picked up when they started whispering.

"You know why that Jay girl was out for two weeks right?"

"Just like Sam was and her boyfriend guy last year?"

"He's probably got her hooked on drugs too, some weird two week initiation thing or something."

"I told you she looked like an addict."

I looked at Quil and he gave me a look that said just to ignore it. I rolled my eyes. "Really you guys?" I called out leaning over the table to look at them. "If you guys want to make up stupid rumors that none of you have any substance to back up, do it so I can't fucking hear you."

The whole room was silent. I sat back down in my seat and turned to Quil and looked at him and watched the small smile climb on his face.

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The rest of the week passed by in a blur, that is until it was Thursday of course. School passed by excruciatingly slow and I actually had Jacob drive everyone home because I was so nervous. After he dropped of Seth he took one hand off the wheel and took mine in it.

"You're going to be fine Jay," He said lightly.

"No. She's going to hate me and chase me out of her house." I said sourly and Jacob laughed lightly.

"Alyson wouldn't do that."

"Oh great! So she's secretly going to hate me and wishing she could chase me out of her house because she's too nice to really do it."

"Jaelyn, I swear…"

This past week I've been so busy catching up with school and helping Jake catch up, we haven't had any real alone time. Which I was secretly thankful for, I loved the kid but I did not need to be discussing 'where we stood'.

"Do you promise she won't hate me?" I asked in a soft voice as he pulled into my driveway. I felt his warm hand take my chin and gently turn my face towards him.

"I promise Jay. Alyson will love you, don't worry." His finger trailed over my cheek bone. "Just be yourself and don't close yourself off to her. It's okay to let people in sometimes."

"I should probably wear dress pants, huh? Or a skirt? I don't want to wear jeans for the first time." I loved Jacob and he made me feel so much better but I just couldn't talk about emotions of any sort.

He laughed, "Jeans are fine."

I rolled my eyes jokingly and smiled, "Men." I leaned over the front seat and pecked him on the lips. "I'll see you tomorrow morning. Thanks for driving me."

"You don't need me to stay? I can drive you to Sam's after you get ready if you want." He said cautiously.

"No, I'm fine. If you're there it might freak me out more. I'm going to be quick anyways, I don't have too much time." I was aware of how fast I was talking and I'm pretty sure it wasn't helping my case any.

Jacob just nodded and leaned over and kissed me again. "Have fun."

"Mm, thanks," I said sarcastically.

A/N: Next chapter she's meeting Sam's mom. :0 I think I may be just as nervous as she is. Haha. And in the next one she's going to have to do some of that talking with Jake. O.o

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