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Cause every time I see your bubbly face
I get the tinglies in a silly place
It starts in my toes
And I crinkle my nose
Where ever it goes I always know
That you make me smile
Please stay for a while now
Just take your time
Where ever you go
Colbie Caillat- Bubbly
I sighed contently after eating the second blue berry muffin. They were so addictive, yet so filling. I thought I was about to pop!
"Emily, you're one great cook," I smiled at her. She laughed and smiled back rubbing her pregnant stomach gently and Sam next to her grinned. This side of her face was covered in a deep scratch mark, but I ignored it. I didn't want to make Emily uncomfortable
"Thank you, Ellie!" she said, "I'm glad you liked it."
Jake who was beside me was grinning widely it must have hurted.
I loved the whole atmosphere of the place. It was happy and bright. And to make things lovelier, Jacob was holding my hand
My. Hand.
I had no idea how it happened, but it did and I didn't want it to change. This contact was making my body tingle and my mind blank. It was perfect. It felt right.
"So what's it like in Australia?" Kim asked sitting next to me and pulling Jared down with her. They were getting married in a few months. Quil who was tickling Claire- a 6 year old who everyone adores, especially Quil who was one of Jake's closest friends- stopped playing around and sat on the other side of Jake along with Embry- who was another friend of Jake's and soon took the big brother roll with me instantly- and Paul- who was Jared best friend and had an anger problem but was pretty friendly- and his fiancé Rachel- who was Jacob's brother.
And there's more…
Seth, Brady, Collin- Seth is 16 while Brady and Collin are both 14- were grabbing armfuls of food and joining the rest of the food and Leah- who was a bit of a bitch and Seth's older sister- was as far away from the group as possible. Don't ask me how I remember all of their names, because I don't know myself. Lisa, Jack, Sam, Emily and the other workers were on the other side of the fire talking. Lisa usually gave me smiles and winks at me because I was holding Jake's hand while Jack gave Jacob glares.
They all stared at me, waiting for an answer. "Um…" I started, "Really warm, but the winters are freezing. The people are…" I hesitated
Well, I wouldn't classify the monster as a person…
"Nice, I guess. So what about Forks? Same old, rainy-cold each day?" I quickly changed the subject. I didn't want to talk about the place with so many bad memories. Australia is a great place, no doubt, but just one…thing, made the country my hell.
"With the once-a-year sun which only lasts 5 seconds," Brady sighed, "Sure,"
"It's not that bad," Brady said with his mouth full.
"Yeah, but I bet, Australia is better," Seth sighed, "Right, Elanora?" Oh great, back on the Aussie subject.
" I heard that they had theme parks there! We have carnivals and fetes in Forks and sometimes festivals in La Push," Rachel explained, "they're so incredible! There's music and dancing and the food in to die for!"
"Tell me about it! And Emily has a store there to. Where she sells food and stuff," Embry added
"And the fireworks ceremony is insane! Boom! Boom!" Quil put it, throwing a giggling Claire up and down as if she weighed nothing at all.
"Cool, that sounds awesome," I said, taking another opportunity to change the conversation, "when's the next one?"
"Next weekend," Jake smiled, looking at me dead in the eyes with…was that…love? "You should definitely come! You'll love it."
I nodded enthusiastically. Just listening to them excited me.
Jake's friends were really great. They made me smile, laugh and forget about my past. They didn't judge that my skin was lighter and that I totally stuck out in the group.
"Billy, Sue, Quil senior and Charlie are here," announced Sam from the other side of the fire. Who and who now?
Jake, sensing my confusion explained, "Billy's my dad. He tells the legends to us each bon fire. He's one of the elders along with Sue-who is Leah's and Seth's mom- and Quil's dad. Charlie is…my dad's friend," Jake hesitated. Some of the boys looked at him strangely but he ignored them.
"Right…" I pulled out. I had a un-easy feeling that Jake was hiding something.
In the distance 4 figures approached us, but one of them was in a wheel chair. That's Billy, I thought to myself, remembering Jake talk about his dad the other day.
"Hey kids," Billy greeted everyone as he was pushed by a pale skinned man, "and who might these three be?" he said motioning between Jack, Lisa and myself.
"I'm Lisa and this is my husband Jack," Lisa smiled.
"And I'm Elanora," I smiled at Billy. Billy looked close to tears and motioned me towards him and pulled me into a hug.
Unexpected much?
But it was nice. It was like a "You are my new daughter" type hug. Once he pulled away the group went back to do their separate things.
"So you're the girl who Jacob can't stop talking about," Billy said out of the blue.
"Dad!" Jake said, surprised at his father bluntness and blushing. Naw! Cute!
"Hey, I'm just saying," Billy lifted his arms to surrender, chuckling.
"Sure, you're 'just saying'" Jake huffed, "you never 'just say' anything, old man"
"I have no idea what you are talking about Jacob and don't call me old," Billy said, looking away, acting younger than he is. I couldn't contain my giggles so I burst out laughing. Billy smiled and Jacob's eyes shined.
"I need to go talk to your parents, Ellie," Billy said cautiously.
"Um, sure…They're over there," I said pointing in the direction of them. He nodded and smiled
"It was great meeting you," and with that, he left.
Billy began to tell the stories later. They were so amazing and hooked you in. Everyone was listening silently. It was amazing. Lisa and Jack left after that. Lisa said to get a ride with Jacob much to Jack's displeasure.
After the stories finished everyone began to talk again. Billy introduced me to the rest of the elders. They were all happy to see me, as if they were welcoming back a long lost child. The he moved to his friend.
"Ellie, this is my best friend, Charlie Swan," he introduced us.
"Nice to meet you, Elanora," Charlie asked
"You too, Charlie," I nodded at him.
Someone tapped me on the shoulder making me jump and saw that it was Jake.
"Missed me?" he asked wiggling his eyebrows.
"Hm…nope, don't think so," I stuck my tongue out at him- but I did. Every second away from him it felt like I was going insane. Why the hell was I like this?
"Sure you didn't," he said tickling me.
"Stop! Stop!" I giggled like a little girl, "Okay, I may have missed you,"
"That's what I like to hear," he said patting my head. There was an awkward cough from Charlie and a grinning Billy.
"Hey Jacob, you've bounced back pretty quickly," Charlie exclaimed.
Wait…what? Bounced back? From what, a break up? Jacob had someone before? What if he still loved her? And why was I worrying? I don't even love Jacob…don't i? Oh great now I think I like Jacob when I only just met him yesterday. What the heck was up with me? Jacob probably wouldn't like me, I mean he just got out of a break up!
"Uh, yeah, Charlie. I completely over her," Jake said suddenly avoiding my eyes.
"Well…that's good I guess. She's been asking for you a lot though. Heaven knows why. She had Edward and Nessie now," Charlie sighed, "Maybe you should call her or something," I was so surprised. Maybe this girl wanted to get back with Jacob or something.
"Yeah, maybe later…" Jake said awkwardly, pulling me away from them, "We got to go now, nice talking to you, Charlie,"
"You too kid. It was nice meeting you Ellie," Charlie called out. Billy looked sadden and looked like he was explaining something to Charlie.
Jake pulled me towards the younger group and sat down. I didn't know what to say to him or anything so he broke the silence.
"I'm sorry if that confused you a bit," he sighed, "I used to be in love with Charlie's daughter, Bella. But she loved someone else, Edward. He left her and then she was a living shell. I fixed her back up and she ran off to get Edward back. I was pretty down for a while and she came back to me. We kissed and then she became the fiancé of Edward and got married. I completely broke down after that."
I couldn't speak.
No offence or anything but, that bitch! Who would do that? She played Jacob! The guy that helped her through everything!
"You didn't deserve that, Jake. You deserved better, you deserve to be happy," I said hugging him, "I'm sorry you got hurt like that."
"It's ok, El," he said hugging me tighter, "If it wasn't for you popping up, I don't know what would have happened."
What did that mean? When he said that, I felt lighter, happier- as if the heavy weight on my back was lifted off.
He let go and smiled happily at me, "Now I better take you home. You look exhausted."
We said bye to everyone and I made promises I'd come by their houses later. Jake led me to his car and drove me home. It was dark now and for once the sky was clear and the stars shone clearly. The trip was quiet, but it defiantly wasn't awkward. The car slowed down to a stop and Jacob looked at me.
"I was thinking…maybe, if you want, would like to…I don't know, hang out at, La Push beach or something…with me, tomorrow?" Jake said nervously.
"Of courses! I'd love to!" I said kissing him on the cheek, again out of impulse. But this time it wasn't as quick.
I got inside quickly and ran upstairs before Jack could get me. Jake made billions of butterflies pop up in my stomach and tingles everywhere. He made everything feel like nothing and him feel like my everything, do things I would never do around someone I knew for just a day. He made me feel amazing, beautiful and like I'm flying and I just couldn't wait until I saw that bubbly face again.
I'm sorry if Charlie seemed a little mean in this chapter...He didn't know about the imprint between Jake and Ellie
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