Kira slipped her shoes off and smiled, feeling the wet sand between her toes, as the water splashed against her ankles, she glanced over at the cliff, laughing as Seth cheered before he hit the water, she felt a hand on her shoulder and turned to smile at Paul.

" So, what do you think?" he asked

" I like it, isn't that dangerous? " she said, pointing to where embry and quil had front flipped off the cliff, and Sam followed.

" Yeah, but only for other people, it's easy for us. Doesn't even hurt when we hit the water. " Paul said, stretching his arms back, and resting his hands behind his head, fingers curling together. He had a smug smirk on it, like he was waiting for her praise.

" Have any of you been hurt, jumping down? " She asked, cocking her head back to look at him.

" Nah, well. The first time that Colin did it, he was trying to impress a girl, dude ended up belly flopping right into the water! " Paul said, bending at the waist as his body shook with laughter. Kira smiled at Paul as he slowly recovered, flicking a tear from the edge of his eye, he was still grinning but it seemed a bit forced now, as he stared at the cliff.

" There was this girl who jumped off the cliff, she thought it would be fun, at least that's what she said, almost died. " Paul said, scratching the back of his neck as Kira gasped in shock.

" Why do you guys still do it, she almost died. " Kira asked quietly, as she slipped her shoes back on, so they could walk on the sand.

" Well, she was stupid. " Paul said and Kira looked up at him, narrowing her eyes in confusion and in irritation.

" Paul. " She scolded and he shrugged with a smirk.

" I'm serious, she should have payed attention to the waves, they were way too strong, besides, she went way to high, for it being her first time. " Paul said

" So, she wasn't stupid, just inexperienced. " Kira defended, crossing her arms over her chest and coming to a stop, making him groan and turn to look at her.

" She was always doing reckless crap, she crashed on a dirt bike, hell she even hit me in the face! " Paul said and Kira stared up at him in shock.

" What!? She hit you, why? " Kira asked, and he smirked.

" Why, are you worried? Going to defend my honor? " Paul said, she rolled her eyes, swatting his arm, gently. Though she doubted she would hurt him if she hadn't.

" Fine don't tell me, I don't want to hear anyways. " Kira said. " Maybe i'll go ask Seth if he want's to cliff dive with me. " she teased.

" What! No way, it's way too dangerous for you! " Paul protested.

" Why, cause i'm stupid? Or because i'm a girl? Am I just like that other girl? Huh Paul. " she asked, staring up at him, with pursed lips and staring angrily at him.

" Oh come on Kira, that's so not fair! I didn't mean it like that and you know it. " Paul sighed, running a hand through his hair, gripping it for a moment before letting them flop down at his sides. " I'm sorry, okay? I just, really don't want you to get hurt. " he said and Kira sighed.

" No, i'm sorry, that was uncalled for. Besides, I don't think i'll ever go cliff diving. " she said, glancing over as Brady jumped down cheering loudly.

Paul sighed in relief and then looked over to the other side of the beach, next to the parking lot, with a scowl.

" Great, he brought her. " Paul muttered under her breath, Kira followed his line of sight in confusion to see Jacob, but beside him was a very beautiful girl, she had long curly brown hair and a perfect figure, Kira blinked in shock and then looked at Paul in confusion.

" You sound like you don't like her, " She said, glancing back at the couple that was headed their way. " Is that Jacob's girlfriend? Nessie, wasn't it? " she asked.

" Yeah, her full name is Renesmee but that's a mouth full, so Jake gave her a nickname. " Paul said bitterly.

" Hey guys! "

Kira looked over with a small nervous smile, as Jacob and Nes-Renesmee stopping in front of her and Paul.

" Hey Jacob. " Kira said,

" Kira, this is my im-girlfriend Renesmee. Renesmee, this is Kira. Sam's little sister. " Jake said, grinning as he looked at Renesmee.

" Its nice to meet you. " Kira said, and Renesmee smiled shaking her head, Kira could feel Paul's entire body shaking from beside her and she glanced over at him in confusion, she saw he was glaring daggers at both Jake and Renesmee, a look of pure fury on his face.

" Paul, whats wr-"

" Paul! "

They all looked over to see Sam standing tensely by the tree line and Kira continued to stare in confusion as Paul let out a growl of frustration and stomped away, following Sam into the woods.

" Um, what just happened? " Kira asked, turning around but she blinked in shock to see that Jake had also run off into the woods, leaving her alone with Renesmee.

" Paul's got a bit of a temper, Sam makes sure he takes a walk to cool off. Didn't they tell you? " Renesmee asked, smiling. Kira couldn't help but feel that, that wasn't the whole story, if part of it at all.

But, what was really going on?

Kira now sat on a large towel, that had been laid down in the sand by one of the boys, Emily and Sam sat on it as well, chatting amongst themselves while Kira stayed silent. She didn't hear much of their discussion because she was too busy watching the boys dive off the cliff into the cold water. She hadn't been in the water and she didn't know if she would today, she had considered it when Paul offered to swim with her but she had seen how eager he looked when he saw the other boys, so she made him go up.

He seemed much calmer, he had come back only fifteen minutes after he had ran off and he seemed a bit happier when he saw that Jake and Renesmee had left. Kira still felt a bit nervous though, and confused as she thought about what had happened, why had Paul been so angry? And did he really have a temper, like Renesmee said?