Imprinting on You
Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight.
I looked around at the campfire as mom swept forward to hug a man in a wheel chair.
"Billy! Oh it's so good to see you again!" She gushed happily, and I shifted her weight uneasily. I felt kind of out of place here.
"This must be James! I haven't seen you since you were a baby! She's so grown up." The man beamed, and my mom smiled. I waved shyly.
"Hey." I said quietly, and a boy with dark hair and eyes bounded up, a few others on his trail. My skin was just a tad lighter than his.
"Dad, me and the boys are going cliff diving, alright?" He said, barely noticing mom and not seeing me…until…
"Can you take James with you?" Billy asked, and I blushed.
"Sure. Where is…he..?" The boy trailed off, noticing me standing there.
"Jacob, this is James. James, this is Jacob." Billy introduced us, and Jacob was speechless for a moment.
"What's up? You coming cliff diving?" He asked friendly, but I saw the caution. He didn't want a girl ruining his fun.
"Oh? Honey isn't that what you and Ariel use to do?" Mom fluttered, and I bit my lip, nodding.
"Come on, then!" Jacob slung an arm around my shoulders and steered me towards a truck, and I followed the boys into the back of it. I stayed silent the entire time going there, and no one talked to me. Which was fine by me, by all chances. It gave me enough time to find out their names. 'Sam' was driving, and there was a 'Quil', 'Embry', 'Jared' and 'Paul'. Including Jacob, there were six of them.
Sam parked the truck, and the boys jumped out. I stumbled, and just caught myself before I fell flat on my face.
"You ok?" Jacob asked, and I nodded, looking away.
We had parked underneath a HUGE cliff…it was at least twice the size of the cliff back in Ontario. I took a deep breath and followed the boys.
They laughed and shouted, climbing the mound of rock.
I followed, glad I wore running shoes instead of sandals. Jacob stopped around the middle, where there was a ledge.
"What's the matter Jake?" Embry asked, and Jacob glanced at me.
"Oh come on, if she can't handle it, she doesn't have to jump!" Paul said, and this caught my attention.
"If I can't handle what?" I asked, and Paul tried to shrug me off.
"Nothing." He looked back to Jacob, but I hated being shrugged off.
"I think I'd know what I'd be able to handle." I pointed out coolly, and he glared at me.
"You wouldn't be able to jump form the top, and you've got Jacob all worried about it." He snapped, and I felt my face contort into a glare itself.
"So you think that just because I'm a girl I can't jump from the top?" I asked, and my arms unfolded, and placed themselves on my hips.
"No, I know you wouldn't be able too. No girl has ever jumped from the top." He glared, and I scoffed, pushing past him and continuing the trail.
"Where are you going?" Jacob called after me, and I felt six pairs of eyes boring into my back. I didn't answer, but Sam ran forward, stepping in front of me.
"You can't jump from the top. It's too high for you!" He said, and I glared at him, pushing his hands off my shoulders forcefully.
"Watch me." I growled, and they followed me up.
I stood on the edge, looking at the dark water hundred of feet below me. Embry, Sam and Quil watched, curious.
"Scared?" Paul jeered, and that rekindled my dead anger. I turned around, and took a few steps towards him, glaring.
"You are? Pity, Paul, and you were giving me a hard time about being scared." I snapped, and peeled off my outer shirt. My muscle shirt was extra white in the dark.
"You don't have to do this, James. You don't have to prove anything." Jacob said, but Paul and Jared's face told me otherwise. They were daring me, I knew it. And I never
turned down a dare. I turned and made a running jump over the edge.