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Sam wasn't very good at grounding me, both weekends that I was supposed to be grounded I went out, both times with Paul which went against two conditions of my punishment, I wasn't supposed to be out nor was I supposed to be going out with Paul. Both weekends I did, both weekends Sam watched me go and both weekends when I got home later than I was supposed to he got annoyed with Paul for it. The guys teased him at his lack of punishment skills but he seemed split as to actually stick to the punishment and then not to get annoyed when I was late both times. It was almost like he wanted me to go out; although reluctant both times Paul turned up for me he smiled and let me go. I wasn't sure what was happening but he seemed conflicted over it. I had been given my phone back after a week, not that I used it. I text Kyle a few times but nothing else, I really wasn't being punished for my disappearing act. Paul came over the nights before my exams, helped me if I needed it and I really needed it. I was so confused and jumbled about my subjects, my life, everything, that I forgot anything I had been taught and it wasn't until Paul sat me down to go through it that I remembered.

He didn't kiss me again, nor did he mention it, or get any closer than a kitchen table chair away. Even when we went to visit his dad he stayed on the other side of the room to me. Paul's dad was a man of so many stories. He couldn't tell me himself but Paul did, I spent my weekends at the home with him and his father, his father would nod and smile as Paul told different stories and showed pictures of their family. He was, or at least he sounded like the dad I had always dreamed of having. The one who is strict but loving, who treats you like a princess or in Paul's case a prince but if you do something wrong he is the first to tell you. He has a kind face, I decided it when I first met him but now I knew it, he had a kind face to go with his kind heart. The stories Paul told me of his military days ensured me that his father was kind, he put other people before himself. It made me sad that the only time he put himself first he ended up like this, he retired early against the wishes of his work colleagues so he could see his family more and this happened. It wasn't fair but like Paul said when I had got upset over it last weekend, at least he is still here and he got to spend time with his family. It wasn't the time he wanted but after he got ill he spent every day with Paul's mom and now he got every day with Paul.

I was confused about Paul, on so many levels. I knew something was up with him and Sam and I knew that to a certain extent Sam didn't want me near Paul but then he never out rightly stopped me going out or seeing Paul. Then there was the kiss, I had felt so many different emotions that night, I had never felt as on fire with any other person I had ever kissed. Granted I had kissed teenagers from my high school in Chicago at parties when I was drunk, or there was my ex boyfriend Grant who I dated for about six weeks and dumped when he got a bit grabby with me. But kissing Paul was so different, maybe it was because he was older, he was an adult who knew what he was doing and there was the fact he was my brothers friend, I had been pumping with adrenaline from the fact I knew I shouldn't be kissing him but I was. It just felt so confusing. Sometimes he was this nice, easy going guy who talked to me like there was no problem and then sometimes, mostly when he was at the house with the other guys or my brother, sometimes he was stiff and cold toward me. Those times reminded me about how he saw me; I was a kid in his eyes, his friend's kid sister who he was helping out. Sometimes I felt like his friend, sometimes I felt like more than that and sometimes I felt like nothing to him. How one person could make me so confused I had no idea? He was giving me whiplash, each time I saw him landed me with a new emotion and worry. It was ridiculous. My current feeling was that he didn't like me again, he had come over last night to speak to Sam and had barely spoke a word to me or look at me, then he got into some coded argument with Sam which ended with Sam telling him he would never be ok with the 'situation' and that Paul was always going to be the same old Paul no matter what he did. I had no idea what it meant but Emily got so irate both males were ushered out of the house by Jared and Sam only returned this morning with a bruise on his face that looked like he had been punched.

"How does it feel to be free of school and officially an adult?" Embry's voice boomed over at me as I made my way toward the blanket set up on the sand by Emily, Claire was sat on it with an again older Renesmee while a few of the guys played football.

"It feels the same as yesterday when I was free from school and seventeen, how do you feel being free from school and an adult?" I questioned, he had turned eighteen a month ago. From what I gathered I was the youngest of us seniors.

"I feel hella cool" He whistled and turned to wink at me, I tried not to laugh but I couldn't help it.

"You feel what?" I giggled some more and he lifted a hand to push me lightly; Embry was the easiest to get on with in the group. He and Kim were probably my favourites, Kim because we were really close now and Embry because he was so easy going you could talk to him about anything and he just rolled with it. I had to fight to get conversations from Jacob, Quil was always so annoying I couldn't handle being around him and the younger wolves were simply annoying.

"Whatever shit brain, anyway, happy birthday and all that but I'm off to play some good old American football with my home boys"

"Your home boys?" I questioned raising my eyebrows at the kid as he went to run off and he flipped me off, he often tried talking like 'one of the guys' from the bar or something but it didn't suit him. He was a sweet guy, he didn't pull off being all cool and moody like the others did, he was caring and friendly.

"Whatever Savannah, go play with some Barbie dolls or do your hair all pretty" He tried sniping back at me but again it failed on so many levels, his cheeks blushed as he tried giving off a bad boy attitude with his words. His momma brought him up too nicely for him to talk down to a girl, at least that's what Jacob told me the last time Embry tried pulling off an obnoxious girl joke.

"Give it up Em" I winked at him and he poked his tongue out before finally running off to where his 'guys' were all running around throwing a football. I gave a little laugh as I turned back to where the girls were all sat, Kim and Emily were chatting as they laid out the food and the two kids, although Nessie looked like a young teen now, were sat playing with Claires dolls. "Hey" I called out as I reached them and all four looked up, smiling widely.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY" It was Claire who spoke first and her little body came flying up from the blanket and she bounded toward me, she seemed to have taken to me quite nicely despite me making it quite clear that I did not do children. Quil told me it was because I was a 'ballerina' not that she actually liked me.

" umm I get to go to ballet" She started chirping at me as she jumped around and I simply nodded at her, she had been telling me this for weeks every time she came over for her usual weekend visit to see Emily and Quil. Her mom was signing her up for ballet lessons at the school in Forks, they were moving. They currently lived on the Makah res which I had never visited but Claire's dad was taking a job just outside of Forks and so they were moving.

"Claire calm down honey" Emily offered as she noticed how uncomfortable the three year old was making me, she was literally swinging from my legs. Claire gave another grin at me before wondering back to her place beside Nessie who look bored of playing with dollies, she was getting to old which was strange to say because only a few months ago she had been much younger and ran around clutching her own dolly. I tried not to think about it too much, it confused me even more than I currently was.

"Hey birthday girl"

"Happy Birthday Savannah!"

The two girls by the food baskets looked up at me and sang out, both smiling at me as I knelt down in the sand beside them. Today was my 18th, not that these lot made it obvious or anything. Today was supposed to be a graduation celebration for all of the seniors from the pack however they had managed to turn it into a graduation/birthday party for me and Emily had been awake until 3am this morning decorating my birthday cake which she had somehow managed to ice ballerina shoes onto. It was a lovely cake, but they didn't need to go to this much trouble. I honestly was not into gifts and parties, some candy, a DVD and a duvet would suffice.

"Thanks, and thanks for this, you didn't need to" I pointed to the banner that the guys had obviously made, it read Happy Birthday Savana, which is how Seth insisted on spelling my name even though I had told him easily about ten times it wasn't spelt like that.

"Oh it's nothing, everyone gets a birthday party and it's the perfect opportunity to celebrate the graduation as well. We honestly didn't think Quil would graduate so it needs to be celebrated that he did" Emily spoke out smiling before she looked at the boys, I had to agree, he got a lot of stick from the guys and no one thought he would actually pass. Most of the time he handed in unfinished essays and more than once he used the excuse 'my dog ate my textbook' when he failed a test, he even used it after the teacher rang his parents to check and his parents told them they didn't even have a dog.

"Have you seen Jared around? I haven't seen him all morning" Kim changed the subject and I looked across at her as she unloaded a plate of sandwiches from the picnic basket and scanned the group playing football. I followed her stare and took in the guys playing football; Sam, Brady, Collin, Seth, Jake, Quil and Embry who had just brought me here. No Jared and no Paul. Leah wasn't here either but then she rarely was, I had probably seen her about three times since moving here in December and that was over five months ago.

"No sorry, I haven't seen anybody except Embry since Sam barged in my room this morning screaming happy birthday at me"

"Jared is with Paul" Emily let up, her voice stiff and I turned to look at her. She was looking at Kim with a stern sort of look that I took as they knew something I didn't. Kim made a squeak as if about to ask what she meant but Emily cut her off with a frown before going back to placing cupcakes on a tray.

"What are they doing? Are they coming today?" I looked up the beach and toward the parking lot, neither of their trucks were there. I had hoped Paul would come so I could at least thank him for helping me pass my senior year. I hadn't seen him in a few days.

"Uh probably later, I'm not sure I don't know their daily plans" Emily snapped and stood up carrying her tray of cakes toward the guys who were tackling and wrestling one another. I just looked back at Kim whose eyebrows were raised in surprise at Emily's outburst.

"Well then, that tells us"

"I was only asking where my boyfriend has run off to, pregnancy hormones are kicking in obviously" Kim looked back at me as she spoke and I nodded, they really had. I had found Emily crying over a newspaper story about a banking scandal in Europe, some top bank manager had been found stealing money from peoples accounts and was fired over it, she was crying not because of the people he had stolen money from but because he had lost his one million a year job and had a wife and two kids to support. She was losing her mind thanks to the little thing inside her. Poor Sam was getting shouted at left, right and centre. I think that was why he had eased up on what I did and who I saw, every time he even mentioned Paul or me staying in or going to work with him on a weekend Emily scowled at him and he immediately changed his mind.

I began helping Kim with the food while I listened to Nessie attempting to shut Claire up, I guess she didn't grow physically but mentally as well. She was acting older in her mannerisms, it was so weird. She had been born like two years ago but she was fast approaching puberty, in another year she would be 'old' enough to date Jacob. She would be three and have a serious relationship, it was strange and awkward to think about, there was no way he would wait another sixteen years until she is actually eighteen when she will look and act eighteen within a year. Eurgh, makes me cringe if I think it through too much.

"So yeah, that's pretty much how I passed History" Quil's voice found us first and I peered up to see Emily leading the group back toward the set up area, Quil was being looked at in astonishment by Jake and Embry while Sam was rolling his eyes and Emily just looked pissed off.

"How did you pass history?" I questioned and Emily gave a tut.

"You don't want to know" She huffed and sat herself down beside Kim, I glanced back at Quil and he shrugged grinning guiltily.

"Why? What did you do?"

"I could sort of see your answers for the test and so I sort of just copied you as best I could" Quil shrugged sheepishly and both Jake and Embry started shaking their heads at him. They had studied so hard for that test and barely scraped a pass, Quil had done nothing had he got the same grade as I had. Now I know why.

"You are unbelievable Quil, what if they realise and I get in trouble for it?"

"Oh don't worry I changed some words around" He shrugged again and sat behind Claire, she immediately jumped in his lap and started eyeing me up like I was a threat. She had serious attachment issues when it came to Quil.

"That makes it so much better, you boys can be so brainless" Emily began going off and every one of the guys including Sam gave their own groan before sulking to a spot so they could at least be comfortable as she launched into one of her 'the pack boys are all stupid' rants that she had enjoyed so much during this pregnancy. She was four months now and she was beginning to show, she had a little bump protruding through her shirt and her buttons were almost popping open. It suited her though; she would be a great mom once the hormones settled.

"Ahh there he is" Kim cut through the ranting I was trying not to listen to and she dropped her apple and began standing up. I followed her as she ran and jumped into her wolfs arms; he took her easily and span her around making her giggle as he did so. They were cute together, Jared was sweet, he could be an ass sometimes with the things he said but he was sweet to her, he always was.

My eyes fell behind him, the guy following him down the beach with a scowl on his face. He always had a scowl on his face, he was still beautiful though. I watched him get closer, his eyes were trained on the sand but as he reached Jared and Kim he glanced up. The frown easing while he greeted different guys and finally fully disappearing as he walked toward the cool box that lay behind me and bent down to grab a beer, he always drank beer, I had no idea why because he couldn't get drunk. I followed him with my eyes as he went, my heart beat picked up and the breath in my throat seemed to catch as I waited to see what mood he would be in with me.

"Uhh happy birthday" His gruff voice spoke to me before he looked and I jumped realising he could probably tell I was watching him. My cheeks grew hotter and I glanced into my lap as he looked up from his beer bottle to me. My fingers began fiddling and I nodded not quite sure that my voice would work. "And well done of passing school, I told you it would be fine" He sounded like he was smiling and I managed to look up, his smiling voice didn't scare me.

He was smiling, he was still knelt as he slowly shut the cool box and tidied up items that he didn't need to tidy up.

"Thank you, it was probably because of all the help you gave me than me actually knowing anything"

"No, you would have done fine by yourself" He shook his head at me and my thundering heart gave an ecstatic lurch. He was in a good mood, this was good. "So, have you had a good day?"

"Uhh that depends if being woken up at eight by your brother singing very loudly and very badly in your ear counts as good?" I raised an eyebrow and glanced at Sam, he had been so proud of himself this morning whereas I hadn't been. I wanted a lie in. "Then I got stuck with Embry for lifts here and I had to endure his attempts at being a 'home boy'" I air quoted Embry and Paul's blank expression turned to amusement and he gave a short chuckle. "It's been ok I guess, but like I said I don't really like I fuss"

"Ahh right, DVD and your friends" He whispered and I nodded back at him.

"Yeah, I haven't even heard from those friends of mine yet. I guess they forgot or are busy at dance or on vacation" I tried not sounding as disappointed as I felt but I had been checking my phone like a mad man all day hoping they would ring or text but neither of my 'best friends' did. I guess they forgot, I mean could we still be classed as best friends if I hadn't seen them for six months? I still classed them as my best friends.

I watched as Paul's smile turned stiff and he gave a swift head nod that meant he either wasn't interested or he didn't know what to say.

"Did you see your dad today?" I asked quickly wanting to change the subject and bring back the Paul that seemed interested. He shook his head though, no smile playing his handsome face.

"Saw him last night for a bit, he said to tell you happy birthday"

"He said that?" I raised my eyebrows and Paul finally grinned realising what he had said.

"Oh yeah, I couldn't get him to shut up about it, it was all Savannah's birthday this and Savannah's birthday that. He says he expects some cake but it has to be chocolate flavour, no tiny little piece either he wants a man sized slice" He played along and I nodded.

"That man is such a chatter box" Shaking my head as I spoke I heard Paul chuckle again. "Well he is in luck, Emily made me chocolate cake. He can have my slice"

"I'm sure he can't wait" Paul was still smiling, his smile that made my belly go to goo. He had the best smile I think I had ever seen on a guy.

My fingers started playing with the sand in front of me as my stomach knotted tightly, today was Saturday meaning if it weren't my birthday I would be going with Paul to see his dad, we had been going on Sunday's too recently meaning that tomorrow I was supposed to go but Paul hadn't mentioned it to me. I wanted to see his dad and him, I liked the weekends. They were my two favourite days.

"So umm you can take the cake to him tomorrow" I managed to mumble out after a few minutes of failing to kick the courage up to mention it. Paul looked back at me and frowned, his head giving a little jerk to the side.

"Did you not want to give it to him yourself?"

My insides did a flutter and the heat rose to my cheeks again as I nodded all too excitedly. "Yes, I just umm I didn't know if" Trailing off I realised how stupid I probably sounded.

He didn't respond straight away, he looked at me with his mouth opening and shutting before he frowned hard and looked away completely. I don't think he knew where to take the conversation but then he looked back at me and his lips parted to speak my name.

"Savannah, I was wondering if after we see my dad if you wanted to maybe go for"

"Who is that?" Kim's voice spoke louder than expected making Paul pause for a minute and he glanced behind me, his determined expression faltering as he watched something happen behind me. I wasn't going to look, I wanted to know what he was about to say but then I heard someone say my name and I turned, my heart gave a startled drop while my ears completely blocked out whatever Paul had been saying as my eyes landed on them. My two best friends walking down the beach, the beach in La Push, toward us.

"Holy shit" I mumbled as they got closer, their faces smiling at me as they approached and anything anybody around me was saying to me went through one ear and right out the other and I launched myself up and away from where I had been sat with Paul and into their embrace.

I grabbed for Kerry first, her body was taller than me but her frame smaller and my sudden jump at her made her lose her footing and she let up a squeal of surprise. She let me go quickly though and I grabbed for Kyle, he did his usual hug where he gripped me far too tightly and swung me around before dropping me.

"What the hell are you doing here?" I practically screeched as he set me back down and my hands came up to feel his arms and face making sure it was actually him. They shouldn't be here, they should be at dance or on vacation, they always went on vacation as soon as school finished and they finished last week.

"It's your birthday" Kerry answered as Kyle swatted at me attempting to stop my prodding. "We wouldn't miss our best friend's birthday" I turned to her as she watched me in amusement, her hazel eyes sparkled from her pale skin.

She was pretty, she always made me feel short, fat and ugly compared to her. She was 5'8, skinny as hell with long blonde hair and the perfect milky pale complexion. She was totally opposite to me, short, curvy and dark. I stared at her for a minute just taking her in and then I launched for another hug. The smell of her expensive perfume hitting me as my face buried in her Hollister jacket, she was wearing her usual immaculate clothing. A dark blue zip up Hollister jacket, a short white dress that I knew to be from Superdry and her converse, she was all about labels.

"Have you got shorter?" Kyle started prodding me back and I rolled my eyes at him, he could be such a teasing ass. "Definitely got shorter, what have I told you about eating those carrots miss Uley?" He scorned me like my mom used to, he always found it hilarious when she did it and he quickly began doing it to taunt me.

I looked over him like I had Kerry, he was taller than me which wasn't hard to achieve, he was only about 5'8 so nothing like the guys currently stood gawping behind me. He had a defined body from dance and his gym membership but again, he was nothing like the ones stood behind me. He was fair skinned with light brown hair that was cut short and he had green eyes, he was good looking but he wasn't my type. I always found him a little plain, a little too obviously good looking.

"Stop checking me out, you make me so uncomfortable" Kyle hit out at me and I realised I had been staring.

"I am not checking you out, I just, you're here. Why are you here?"

"Your birthday, I already told you" Kerry started but stopped, her eyes finally moved from me to the group behind me and her pale cheeks flushed pink and her eyes went wide. She had spotted the group of oversized boys. Kyle followed her gaze but he didn't seem as in shock as her, he just darted his eyes over everyone before resting back on me with a slightly confused frown.

"Oh that's um, that's the guys" I offered and turned to look, all of them were watching in equal confusion except for Sam and Jared who were both smiling as if this wasn't a complete shock. Sam must have organised this, he wasn't always the most easiest person to be around but sometimes he was amazing, like right now.

"That's everyone" I pointed to everyone else, I couldn't be bothered to go through individual names.

"Are you a ballerina too?" The little voice of Claire spoke up and I looked down to see her staring at Kerry. Kerry hated children.

"Uhh yes" She replied shortly and gave a false smile whereas Kyle gave a real smile at the little girl and took over.

"She's a rubbish ballerina though, I bet you could dance better than her" He was always good with kids, it helped that he had three younger sisters but he was still a natural.

"I've been learning" Claire jumped in excitement; she hadn't been learning she had been watching a dancing mouse on TV. "I can dance on my tippy toes" She added proudly and Kyle faked shock, his mouth popped open and his eyes went wide.

"You can dance on Pointe? What, Savannah can't even do that" He hit out at my arm and I hit back. I could to.

"Yes I can"

"What's Pointe?" Claire looked mesmerized as she watched us.

"It's when they dance on their tip toes without needing to hold onto someone for support, you can't do that yet" It was Nessie who spoke up and I looked at her where she sat beside Jake on the blanket. I was also aware of Kerry looking and her own mouth popping open at how beautiful this pre-teen was.

"Can you teach me?" Claire ignored Nessie and everyone else and instead focused on Kyle who gave a little laugh.

"Uh uh no, sorry I can't do it. Savannah is the girl for that or Kerry, but Kerry eats children for breakfast so I would steer clear of her" He nodded to our friend beside us and she went to flip him off but stopped as she became aware of the people around us. Claire gave a gasp of surprise and her eyes darted to Kerry, she was wary as she took her in and without saying another word she went diving back to Quil who was looking at Kyle as though ready to hit him for simply talking to the three year old. He was so possessive.

"Why don't you three catch up, I'll make sure these guys are fed and they can go play football. Claire you can come with me" Emily stepped forward before anyone else could interfere and I led my two friends to one of the blankets while the guys were offered more food to stop them staring.

"So why are you actually here? As in at this beach, right now"

"We got a call from a seriously low voice saying you were having a get together for your birthday but what you would really want was your friends here, we couldn't say no, well we could have but Kerry thought the voice was too sexy to say no to" Kyle started laughing as he spoke and my eyes darted to my brother, it was obviously him. He had a low voice but it was nothing near being sexy. That was gross. Sam wasn't sexy he was a big lug.

"I thought you guys had forgotten or were away, you hadn't texted me" I know I sounded like a child because I felt myself pout and because Kerry reached to give me another short hug.

"We didn't forget, it was all part of the surprise. I'm not going away until after graduation which is next week"

"Where are you going?" This would be fun to hear, her vacations were always somewhat on the extravagant side. Kyle rolled his eyes as he readied himself for the words he had probably heard a thousand times by now.

"Europe, daddy is taking us to Europe. We fly out to Monaco and then we are going on daddies boat to loads of little islands for a month and then we fly out to the Caribbean to meet my mom and Ian, I could honestly get used to this split family stuff. For my birthday daddy bought me a tiffany bracelet and matching necklace and so my mom went out and bought me a customised rolex watch with all these pretty diamonds, you so should have been there for the party, daddy lent us his penthouse"

"Shut up Kerry" Kyle groaned and I realised why, he was looking behind me at the guys and as I looked I saw all of their faces in states of shock at what she was saying. She sounded like a total rich bitch which she was, her dad was loaded and her parents divorced last year meaning her mom got half and then her mom started dating Ian who is pretty well off too. They were ridiculously rich. I had grown up with her though and so it never bothered me. The guys, Emily and Kim all looked pretty put out though, they weren't used to someone like Kerry. She chucked the word Daddy into a conversation wherever she could.

"Sounds fun, what about you?" I looked at Kyle and he shrugged, his family were well off too but they weren't as show off as Kerry.

"The usual, dads taking Mom and the girls to Mexico while I get to go to the vacation house with my grandma" He rolled his eyes and my heart sunk for him, he acted like he didn't care but he did. His dad was convinced he was gay because he danced and his dad was a total asswipe and unless Kyle stopped dancing he wasn't involved in family activities. Of course, Kyle being Kyle loved winding him up and so he never stopped dancing.

"But still it will be fun; you'll be in wherever it is"

"The Hamptons, I don't find the Hamptons fun. I'm planning on ditching granny and going to the city for a while, mom is working on getting the keys to dads apartment and I can stay there"

"By yourself in New York? That probably isn't the safest idea" I cut over him, his dad worked in New York mostly, they had an apartment there, a house in the Hamptons for his grandma and their house in Chicago.

"You can come with me" He looked hopeful for a minute and my eyes flashed to my brother, he had gone very stiff as had the body beside him. Paul, I had forgotten Paul, he was in the middle of speaking to me and I had just ran off. I was such a dick. I noticed as his shoulders began shaking, he wasn't looking at me but at Jared who seemed to be whispering something back to him.

"No thank you, Chicago scared me at night time so I think New York would give me nervous break downs" I tried smiling but my eyes were still trained on my brother and Paul. Sam's stiffness died out and he walked away toward Emily whereas Paul seemed to go even stiffer and had a beer shoved in his hands by Jared who was still chanting something to him in a hushed voice. I didn't know what was wrong but I wanted to go over there. I couldn't, it wasn't my place.

"So how is it here? It seems nice, different" Kerry spoke up, I had expected her to say something more snobby but she seemed genuine as her eyes glanced over the beach.

"It is different but it's nice, how are things back home?"

I looked between them both and they shot each other looks, they were hiding something. It was so obvious.

"What?" I pushed and Kerry let out a long sigh before giving Kyle the look telling him he could say it.

"Well, it sucks. Your old house has been sold, some stoner has moved in and is selling weed to the neighbourhood kids"

"What?" I spluttered a laugh thinking they were joking but they weren't. That was actually happening. "Really?"

"Really, the shit head kid from down the road who took your bike, well he is out of his head on marijuana all the time. Bet the neighbours wish they hadn't complained so much about you now. And school sucked, Grant expressed his undying love for you the minute you left but then a week later was with that Carmen girl from our English class and dance is just as bad, guess who I have to partner with now?" Kyle looked seriously unhappy and I smirked, please be Shae Evans.

"Shae Evans, it's been hell" Kerry offered up and I started laughing.

"It's not funny, I've gone from you who weighs next to nothing to a heffalump"

"That's mean, she is not a heffa she is just bigger than me"

"She has two left feet, the girl sucks and she is bringing me down with her. I would have rather be stuck with Kerry than her, I've always hated her. Remember the time she stole my lunch"

"That was Savannah" Kerry offered and Kyle gave a shocked look as if she had just said the most disgusting thing.

"Savannah wouldn't steal my lunch, would you?"

"It was me" I piped up nodding and he gave me the disgusted look. It had been me, last year he kept going on about his lunch being amazing and so I decided to be a bitch and hid it. I forgot where I hid it though. "Sorry" I added in. "Hey we have cupcakes, that would cheer you up right?" I tried but he just scowled at me again.

"Grow a pair Kyle, it was a sandwich"

"Come on lets get food" I stood up and they both followed but Kerry didn't look impressed. "What?"

"I can't eat cupcakes, Cruella de Veneta put me on a diet"

"She what? You don't need to diet!" I turned on her as we reached the food area which was currently overcrowded by the guys who were all watching us like we were some sort of movie.

"That's what I said" Kyle added in but Kerry shook her head.

"Whatever, but Cruella said in the order to be my best I have to look it and currently I look like I ate one too many turkey rolls at Christmas. She's a total cow"

"She said that to me last year and what did I do?" I looked at my friend whilst holding out a cupcake for her and she smirked a little while Kyle grinned in amusement.

"You came in the next day with a cheese baguette minus the salad and ate it in front of her" Kerry groaned out and took the cupcake from me while a few guys started chuckling behind me.

"Exactly, that woman is honestly the devil" She was a guest dance instructor at our dance school, she came from New York every now and then to teach new classes to us and she was a total bitch, she insisted everyone was fat when they weren't but I was the only one who rebelled against her. Her name was Veneta but I called her Cruella. "Don't let her get to you; you don't have to see her again after this summer do you? Didn't you get into college?"

Kerry's smile dropped and she glanced nervously at Kyle. My stomach gave a twist knowing this wasn't good. She had applied for college in Texas, she really wanted to go there.

"Umm not exactly, I got in to umm" She paused, her lips clamping shut like she didn't want to say anything else.

"She got into Julliard" Kyle blurted out and my insides literally dropped. All heat running through me drained and my heart began thudding uncomfortably. Julliard. "What? She was going to find out at some point" He hissed as Kerry hit him for speaking. Julliard.

"Oh" I squeaked out and turned quickly grabbing a handful of chips that I didn't feel like eating; I needed to do something though. Julliard. My dream school, the school Kerry always said she would hate to go to. She wanted to quit dance, she wanted to go and be a nurse not a dancer. "And where are you going?" I turned on Kyle; he was nibbling his lip as he watched me. He knew I was upset.

"I'm not; dad wouldn't pay for it so I've got to work for him for a year. He's making me be an assistant until he can trust me enough to go to college. Apparently getting his coffee and lunch every day for a year will mature me enough for college"

"Asshole" I mumbled out in support of my best friend and he nodded. His dad could be an ass. I looked back at Kerry, she was nibbling the insides of her cheek. She had taken my place. Cruella de Veneta was offering a place at Julliard to one person from our dance school, she had been watching me. She asked me to apply and I did, she was coming to watch me at the performance I never did because my mom died. The place had gone to Kerry. My insides felt like they were melting away, my knees were going wobbly and I felt sick but I smiled anyway. I would be fine, I could stay here in La Push and I don't know what I could do here, work at the grocery store maybe? I would be fine.