Disclaimer: I do not own the amazing characters or marvelous places from Stephanie Meyer's the Twilight Saga however I do own my characters and plot line of this story such as Zoe, Liam, their mom, and what other character you peoples don't recognize.

Chapter 3

A little less than one year later…

"Order up!" Rick called from the kitchen.

"Coming!" I called back, fixing my apron. God, I really hate this job. Working part-time at a local diner as a waitress is not the way I wanted to be spending my evenings. I should be out, partying and having fun like every other seventeen year-old but no, I have to work to help Catherine, Xena and Raven pay the bills and buy gas for my ozone layer decaying piece of a crap car.

I reluctantly maneuvered my way to the back to pick up the order. Eggs with two hash browns and a side of bacon…Charlie's back.

"Hey Charlie." I said to the man sitting at the bar.

"Hey Zoe." His brown eyes were droopy and his short curly grey streaked brown hair was messed up along with his uniform.

"Rough day at work?" I asked.

"Don't get me started. First my daughter tells me she's getting married to her boyfriend at the tender age of eighteen. Then, I get called down to the station because some of the Rez boys are acting up again." He shook his head and rubbed his eyes. God I miss the Rez, especially the boys. Well, mainly one in particular…

I just smiled, grabbed a mug and poured him some coffee.

"You are a good child." He said when I handed him the cup.

"Yo Zoe! Stop yer chatting and go get the back door! A kid is coming by to fix the stove." Rick called out to me.

"That's my queue. I'll see you later Charlie."

"Zoe!"

"I'm coming!" I sighed and made my way to the back door. I forcefully pushed the door open and was surprised when something caused some resistance and 'clunked' on the other side. I saw two large legs now on the ground and I mentally slapped myself. I ran out and saw a boy who looked as if he was my age holding his head.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" He yelled at me.

"I'm so sorry! I didn't know you where there. What idiot stands directly behind a door?" I said kneeling down next to him and positioning myself over him.

"Maybe the idiot who is supposed to be fixing the stove another idiot broke! Ow!"

"Let me see, you big baby." I placed my hand on his. He's so…hot, like, fever-wise.

"I'm…f-fine." He said finally looking at me. Wow…he's pretty…cute. His shaggy inky black skater boy hair was in all direction. I felt my heart skip a beat when I looked into his stunning…brown…eyes.

Hell no…

"Jacob?" I said also stuttering.

"Zoe?" His eyes widened.

"Oh great." I mumbled to myself.

"I'm sorry for scaring you like that and you're right, I shouldn't have been just standing there." A light blush graced his gorgeous russet skin. We just sat like that for a little until someone yelling for me.

"Zoe! Is that boy here yet?" Rick bellowed from the kitchen.

"H-He's here. I was just…helping him get his tools," I yelled back, then looking at Jacob. "We probably should get up now." I got up and held my hand out to him.

"I guess so." He said as if he was sad. He took my hand and I pulled him up with as much strength as I had. He pulled a little too hard and he pulled me into his chest so our faces were only inches apart as I looked up to him, he down. He was freakishly tall. He was also very muscular. I swear his abs pressed up against me through his tight black tee.

"Sorry." He said. I rolled my eyes and looked up at him again. He started to lean in, as did I and our lips parted slightly.

"Liar." I breathed. He smiled and a shiver ran down my spine. He leaned in and I pushed myself up on my tippy-toes to reach him. He wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me up off the ground closer to him.

"ZO-E! NOW!" Rick roared breaking us apart. Reluctantly, I pulled away and realized what was about to happen. I almost just kissed Jacob Black. He noticed my embarrassment and released his grip on me down and picked up his tool box.

"I-I'm going to go fix that now before you lose your job." He walked past me but turned around and shoved something in my pocket.

"Bye." He breathed before jogging inside. I stared blankly at the door for a minute to fully process what happened. Even though he broke my heart and then showed up out of nowhere, I couldn't stop a huge grin from spreading across my face while I walked inside to finish my shift.

After taking a customer's order, I saw Jacob staring at me. We 'gazed into each other's eyes' for what seemed like forever. He's just so, I can't believe I'm saying this, dreamy. The way he looks at me make my legs feel like jell-o. I swear, if my heart beats any harder it will jump out of my chest and say hello. I looked away from him and quickly escaped to the back for a quick minute to calm down.

I put my back to the wall away from the view of the customers and slid down to the floor. I then put my head in my hands and took deep breaths. How and why was he making me feel this way? Just looking at him still makes me dizzy. There was an instant connection, better yet, a gravitational pull on me the very second I looked at him. I thought I was over him! I closed my eyes and took one last deep breath before I stood up and resumed work.

"Oh my gosh! Did you see the guy in the back? He's so yummy!" Jamie whispered to me as if she wasn't from the Paleozoic era. (Okay, she's really only thirty) I felt a light blush slowly creep onto my cheeks.

"Yeah. He's…okay." I lied through my teeth. He was more than okay. He is like, godly one-of-a-kind-take-me-I'm-yours kind of gorgeous. Jamie looked over my shoulder and straightened her apron.

"Why hello…" She said what I presume was 'seductively'. I turned around to see Jacob with a smug look on his face.

"Hi." He said to me completely ignoring her grinning.

"I-I should really be getting back to work." I grabbed a tray and scurried off to the kitchen. I was relieved when I got there because that was the one place Jake couldn't come.

"Hey." A husky voice said from behind me, causing me to jump.

"What the hell are you doing here?" I asked.

"Well, this is the kitchen and I've been hired to fix the stove. I couldn't go to the bathroom to do so, now could I?" He said sarcastically. I rolled my eyes and pushed past him.

"What's your problem?" He said stopping me. I started to laugh uncontrollably.

"Did I say something funny?" He added madder.

"No…it's just…the answer to that question is too obvious!" I continued to laugh a little and wipe my eye as if I was tearing.

"I don't get it." He stood there confused.

"Okay, well, I'll make it easier for you to understand. YOU are my problem, Jake! You don't say a word to me in almost a year after you made me bleed nearly half to death and you show up out of nowhere expecting a warm welcoming? Wow, you should really chill with the toxic fumes because I swear it's killing your brain cells."

"I didn't expect a warm welcoming. Hell, I didn't even know you were going to be here. And by the way, I tried calling you two weeks later and you didn't pick up. Why was that? Oh, because you just fucking up and left! I didn't know if you hated me or if you were dead. I went insane."

"Yeah, after TWO WEEKS you went insane Jake! You obviously didn't care enough to call the next day!"

"I did care Zo, I just wasn't able to call you back. Some things were going on in my life that I couldn't ignore…" He trailed off.

"But you could ignore me right?" He didn't answer.

"It doesn't matter. You ignored me through whatever was going on in your life anyway. Actually no, you started ignoring me when Bella showed up."

"Number one, that's a lie, number 2, why do you always bring her up?"

"Because she's the one who ruined it!" I sobbed looking him in the eye.

"Ruined what?" He asked clueless. I dropped my gaze to the floor.

"Us." I said quietly before turning away and running into the back room reserved for employees. Once I was there, I broke down completely and didn't come back out for at least another half hour. Ricky came in to yell at me but when he saw the look on my face; he made me my favorite chocolate pancakes and said I could take as much time as I needed.

After I finally pulled myself together and knew that Jacob was gone, I went back to work.

"Finally! Time to close up!" Jamie exclaimed. I grabbed the broom from the back and looked around.

"Guys gone?" She asked grabbing the cleaning supplies.

"Yeah."

"Ready?"

"Let's do this." She turned the speakers on to full blast and we danced like idiots to as we cleaned.

I came to dance, dance, dance, dance
I hit the floor
'Cause that's my, plans, plans, plans, plans
I'm wearing all my favorite
Brands, brands, brands, brands
Give me space for both my hands, hands, hands, hands
You, you
Cause it goes on and on and on
And it goes on and on and on

I throw my hands up in the air sometimes
Saying AYO
Gotta let go
I wanna celebrate and live my life
Saying AYO
Baby, let's go

'Cause we gon' rock this club
We gon' go all night
We gon' light it up
Like it's dynamite
Cause I told you once
Now I told you twice
We gon' light it up
Like it's dynamite

I came to move, move, move, move
Get out the way me and my crew, crew, crew, crew
I'm in the club so I'm gonna do, do, do, do
Just drop the phone, came here to do, do, do, do

Yeah, yeah

Cause it goes on and on and on
And it goes on and on and on

I throw my hands up in the air sometimes
Saying AYO
Gotta let go

I wanna celebrate and live my life
Saying AYO
Baby, let's go

'Cause we gon' rock this club
We gon' go all night
We gon' light it up
Like it's dynamite
Cause I told you once
Now I told you twice
We gon' light it up
Like it's dynamite

I'm gonna take it all out
I'm gonna be the last one standing
I'm alone and all I
I'm gonna be the last one landing
'Cause I, I, Believe it
And I, I, I
I just want it all
I'm gonna put my hands in the air
Hands in the air
Put your hands in the air

I throw my hands up in the air sometimes
Saying AYO
Gotta let go
I wanna celebrate and live my life
Saying AYO
Baby, let's go

'Cause we gon' rock this club
We gon' go all night
We gon' light it up
Like it's dynamite
Cause I told you once
Now I told you twice
We gon' light it up
Like it's dynamite

The song ended and the place was silent again. Suddenly a loud banging on the window scared the living day lights out of Jamie and me. Two men where outside, drunk as can be, making kissy faces at us.

"Don't worry about them." Jamie said glaring them down. They humped the window and flipped her off before disappearing back into the darkness.

It was normal for the rest of the night until it was time to go home.

I walked out into the rain to the parking lot on the other side of the restaurant to find my car.

"It would be raining." I mumbled to myself. On my way to my car, I heard laughter.

"Who's there?" No response. I hurried my pace to my car and the laughter was now accompanied by footsteps. I finally got to my car and realized that my keys were no longer in my pocket. Shit.

"Where you going sweetheart?" A dark voice slurred. I dug around in my purse for my pepper spray but of course it was sitting uselessly in my glove box.

"Home." I answered.

"Aw, I was hoping to have a little fun."

"I have to go." I said not turning around.

"Wrong." Something forcibly pushed me up against my car and ran their hands all over my body. My body froze and my throat closed up when my brain registered what was going to happen next as a cool blade found its way to my cheek.

"Don't scream. We wouldn't want to damage that pretty little face of yours now would we?" His hand cupped my mouth while the other cupped my left breast and gripped it tightly.

"That's a good girl. Kaleb, hold her down." He threw me to the wet pavement and forced me to look at him. I closed my eyes and tried to forget that this was happening, but I couldn't. I felt my rip my pants down, stroking me with my underwear still on my body as if he was trying to please me. I couldn't stop myself from letting out a small moan which just caused him to rub harder. It wasn't pleasurable, more like painful.

"I think she likes it. Maybe it's time for the the real thing." They laughed harder and I felt his cool hands reach for my underwear. I squirmed but was unable to get them off of me. I screamed for help in my head and knew that no one could hear me but I still tried.

What really must have been seconds later but felt like hours, the man and his friend were thrown off of me.

"What the fuck man? We were only trying to have a little fun with the…" He was cut off randomly. I heard a loud banging noise followed by a whimper. The other guy screamed like a girl but that was quickly cut off by another loud banging noise.

When I opened my eyes, yet another muscular silhouette was standing over me.

"Zoe?" A deep voice asked.

"Y-Yeah." I said shakily. Suddenly my pants were back up to where they should be. Two blazing hot arms swept under me and carried me away from my car.

"Who are you?" I sniffed.

"That hurts Zo. I can't believe you forgot about me." I tried to see through the blur cause by my tears but I just couldn't.

"A-Are you going to h-hurt me?"

"I would never do anything to hurt you. It's me, Quil." My extremely tense body barely relaxed when Quil clarified that it was him.

"What are y-you doing here?" He didn't respond but he did pull me closer.

"Geez Zo, You're freezing." He stopped walking and turned around.

"You didn't kill them…did you?" I was extremely confused until I noticed two other silhouettes.

"Jake almost did but I held him back. Now they reside in the dumpster out back until Charlie comes with the rest of the 'squad'."

"Give her to me." I heard Jacob's husky voice demand. I was shifted over into his shaky arms without my say.

He hugged me tightly and kissed the top of my head.

"I'm so sorry Zo. I really am. I should have gotten here faster. I should have been here…" He buried his head in my wet hair.

"It's okay Jake. I'll be okay." I said instantly forgiving him. He held me tightly until cops cars followed by an ambulance sped into the parking lot.

"Jake, you need to hand her over. She needs to medical help right now." I heard a familiar voice say.

"I'm going with her Charlie."

"Of course." Charlie said. Jake placed me on a hard gurney and they rolled me away until I was lifted up and into the bright ambulance. The paramedics placed a blanket of me body then dabbed the bloody cut on the top of my head.

"Jake." I breathed.

"Yes?" He asked eagerly as he held my hand.

"Her stats are dropping." One of them said.

"Don't…leave…me…" I trailed off. I slowly drifted off into a dark daze to the sound of beeping monitors and frantic people.