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Jacob Black? Chapter Six

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Chapter Six
The bell hadn’t rung yet, but there were already many people milling about, joking, laughing, getting ready for school. It was November and already I had proven myself to be a part of their daily lives. I wasn’t popular exactly, not that I was in my old school, but I could live with my status. People would greet me politely, chatter around me. I was finally accepted. Not only by Jacob and his friends, but by the whole school.

I turned around, smiling happily to myself, to see Embry and Quil right in front of me, crowding around me. They looked even more dangerous up-close but their nervous shifting eyes gave away their nervousness. “What’s up?” I asked them cheerfully. Quil looked at Embry meaningfully, probably urging his friend to speak first. Embry took a deep breath. I waited, waiting for a rant or reason behind all this fuss. There was nothing. I looked at them quizzically. “What’s the matter?” I repeated.

“We want to talk about Jacob,” Quil blurted out.

I looked at him while processing the information. “Jacob,” I mused.

“Yes, him, the tall long haired dude?”

I smiled. “Oh, I know him.” I frowned then. “What about him?”

This time it was Embry who replied. “W-we want to talk about your…relationship with him.”

I stared at him and then twisted my head to stare at Quil. “What?”

“We want to tell you something.” Embry’s voice was almost pleading. They were afraid of something I realized.

“Sure,” I answered lightly, watching them closely. At the same moment, the first bell rang disrupting our sudden serious conversation. “Look, how about we talk about it sometime else? Like after school today? At the beach?”

They looked relieved. Embry nodded. “That’d be great.”

“Okay,” I slammed my ratty locker shut and walked stiffly to the classroom aware of their gazes on my back. I had a feeling what they wanted to talk about.

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“First of all,” I said as Embry and Quil stopped before me, “we don’t have a relationship.” It was after school and we were standing on the warm tan of sand at the beach. “Jacob and I,” Oh, god, why do I enjoy how the words Jacob and I sound together…, “We are friends. Nothing more, nothing less.”

Quil rolled his eyes. “Oh come on, we both know how you look at him. And that day, at your place, it was just obvious.” Embry just shifted anxiously behind him.

I sighed. “Fine, I do like like him, but Jacob doesn’t know anything about it,” I gave them a warning look. “Besides, what’s it to you?”

Quil waved his hands in front of him. “Oh, don’t get us wrong, there’s nothing bad about it… In fact, we think that you’ve been a great help. He’s happier these days, more like his old self. It’s just, well-” He broke off, the uncertainty returning.

“Well?”

They looked at each other, insisting with their eyes on the other to speak. Embry cleared his throat. “We-we have something we want to tell you, that we think you ought to know.”

“Go ahead,” I was getting impatient.

Embry took a deep breath. “There was a girl.”

“A girl,” I raised my eyebrows.

“Her name was-is Bella.”

Quil turned to look at the crashing waves and added, “Jacob loved her.”

“Very much,” the other boy informed me.

“I suppose,” I said slowly, trying to comprehend the sudden confrontation, “that something happened. Something that hurt Jacob. And, you’re warning me to not ever hurt him.”

“It’s kinda hard to explain.”

“You’re worried,” I continued. “You guys are good enough friends to worry about me hurting him.” My eyes softened. “And, I’m sure if I ever did, if I…would…you two would never forgive me.”

Quil spoke up. “Bella was-”

“I don’t have to know what happened,” I interrupted. “It’s in the past, it happened. I care, but even if you said anything, it wouldn’t matter, since I won’t hurt him.” I looked at the two werewolves seriously, holding their gazes for a moment before adding, “I won’t hurt Jacob.”

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So, Bella was finally introduced to me that day at the beach. I was waiting for the moment she would turn up, come up in conversations. I guess I waited long enough for her to show up. I honestly don’t know what to say. It gives more evidence that Embry, Quil and Jacob are in fact from the Twilight series. But, somehow I have this aching feeling. When I heard Bella’s name, it reminded me of my position in the relationship with Jacob. The past few days I had been pretending that nothing happened. That, I hadn’t realized my sudden erupting feelings towards the werewolf. But, who am I kidding? Of course it’s there. Everything always catches up to you.

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“Hey.”

I looked up to be greeted with a small smile from Jacob. It was last period English and our teacher Ms Henderson was usually late. “Hey yourself.”

“Man, that essay took all night,” he said dropping his books onto the desk next to me.

“Well, if you’d only done it sooner,” I reminded him.

He looked at me, scowling. “I didn’t have time, unlike Miss Perfect here.”

“Right, Mr. Busy,” I rolled my eyes. “You were probably just doing some guy thing.”

“I was working on a project.”

“Heh, a project? Really…” I shook my head and couldn’t help but make soft tsking sounds at the same time.

Jacob shot me a look. “I was fixing a car that I built myself,” he said proudly.

Oh right, he was building a car in the series. “What car?” I asked, still playing my role in the conversation.

“A Volkswagen Rabbit.”

“No way. What year?” My dad had gotten me interested in cars a few years ago, back when I still believed in quality time with parents.

“1986.”

“You built it?” I asked trying to sound incredulous.

“Yeah,” he replied lightly, “it was more like fixing it from the scraps I found of the original thing. But, yeah, I built it.”

“Can I see it?”

“Sure, it’s at home. I usually ride my bike to school.”

“I’m sure it’s so much more convenient. And, it also helps your student status in the school,” I said, with a touch sarcasm.

“Hey, hey…knock it off!”

“But its true though, isn’t it?” I smiled mischievously at him.

“A bit,” he admitted. He quickly changed the subject, causing me to smirk, “When will you be coming over?”

“How ‘bout today? There hasn’t been that much homework given and I’ve finished most of the projects and assignments assigned.” I grinned. “Unlike you.”

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I’ve read the books from cover to cover more than twice, except for Eclipse, which I haven’t dared to touch since I came here, to La Push; since I met Jacob. Perhaps I’ve been afraid of finding those details, of reading about someone I know, seeing his life’s story written out in plain black ink against the white paper in a five hundred paged book.

Although, I’ve always wondered how everything would look like. I’ve been to the beach; I’ve seen a couple of cliffs. I could picture where everything took place in the books and even picture how the characters would stand and talk to each other. This always brings about a smile to my face. It’s funny, because I don’t think about Jacob Black, or even his friends to be mere characters anymore. They’ve been a big enough part of my life; I’ve known them enough to think of them as real people. Oh, pardon me, werewolves I mean.

They’re real creatures with feelings and not just some description on a page in a book anymore. They’re real. I sometimes wonder if I’m just wandering around in a too long dream. Maybe I’m unconscious somewhere or even still at home, in New York, dreaming about all this. I’ve been tempted to pinch myself, to really see if it is real. But, I could never bring myself to do it. It seems ridiculous why on earth I wouldn’t even try it. However, to me, it’s just been too great a vision. So, what if it is just a dream? What if it is just a scene, picture, movie that my mind has created? I don’t care. I don’t want to pinch myself awake; I’m having to great a dream, too great a time in this reverie to wake myself right now.
Ooh, I love that last paragraph! It's so...squeal-y! *Squeals* Okay, maybe not. :D Merry Christmas everyone! A gift from me to you! I love you all! :hug:

Disclaimer: I do NOT, I repeat, DO NOT own Twilight, New Moon and/or Eclipse. If there is any similarity between my story and yours, I apologize wholeheartedly. I am in NO way of copying you. This idea is purely from my mind, and if any of it is like yours, it has been done accidentally (I don’t have much time to read these days, I only read stories I have on alert on fanfiction dot net, or authors I have on alert).

Reviews/Comments are, deeply valued. Just though I'd change it up a bit!

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The Chapters:
Prologue/Chapter One [link]
Chapter Two/Chapter Three [link]
Chapter Four [link]
Chapter Five [link]
Chapter Six [link]
Chapter Seven [link]
Chapter Eight [link]
Chapter Nine [link]
Chapter Ten [link]
Chapter Eleven [link]
Chapter Twelve [link]
Chapter Thirteen [link]
Chapter Fourteen [link]
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