First Meeting

I looked out at the white puffy clouds again and closed my eyes. I remembered when I had last seen something like this. In our meadow, well his meadow. I winced at the memory and clutched my chest when the pain hit me. It was warm and sunny today, something very unnatural for Forks. I had come out today, something very unnatural for me. I had driven all the way down to La Push to watch the beach. I opened my eyes and sighed then kept walking. The beach was crowded with teens wanting to soak up the sun; I just wanted to be alone. I looked back and saw that I had made it to the far end of the beach where most people were to lazy to come to. It was a lot prettier here but, everyone stayed by the parking lot.

I saw a tree and went to it and sat down not even looking around to see if it was taken. The roots were warm and comfortable so I leaned back and let my mind wander, something I didn't normally allow myself to do. I winced every few seconds when his face would drown my mind.

When I opened my eyes I saw that the sun had moved directly over head, I had been sitting here for about three hours. I looked down and saw three towels with three changes of clothes on top of them. I looked up and saw a few figures out on the waves surfing gracefully. I smiled when I heard one laugh. I frowned when I recognized the voice. It was deep but I knew who it was. I looked closer and sure enough I saw Jacob laughing on his surf board while watching his friend try to get back on his. I smiled and settled in to watch them.

After a while I saw them start swimming back towards shore. I stood up and gathered my stuff. I took one glance up and saw three figures coming my way. I crammed my Romeo and Juliet book into my bag and got up off the sand.

"Bella?" I heard someone say when I turned away from the guys. I slowly turned to look at the voice and saw Jacob. He wasn't wearing a shirt only cut offs. I looked over his shoulder and saw two other boys drying themselves off.

"Hey Jacob." I said looking back at him. I kept my eyes low not allowing myself to look at his eyes. I glanced at his arm and saw a tattoo I looked up at his hair and saw that the long locks I remembered were gone and in their place was now neatly cropped black hair. His hair had droplets of water that glistened it the sunlight. I looked straight ahead and saw his chest. He had really grown. Instead of the sweet looking boy I remembered I saw a very cute, well developed young man.

"Nothing much, just hanging out. What about you? Are you here with the Forks' kids?" he asked smiling when he saw I was admiring him. I blushed and shook my head.

"Um, no. I'm here on my own." I said finally. He nodded and looked back at the two who were already in different clothes.

"Well we're heading over to the dinner back in Forks. You want to come?" he asked when he received two smiles from his friends.

"Um, sure why not." I said not having the courage to say no. lunch with two teen guys. It can't be that bad right?