Chapter 4

I could feel the tears begin to sting at my eyes. I shook my head, setting the phone onto the receiver. Thoughts were processing through my head, but none of it made sense. Jacob wanted to hang out with me? Did he hit his head while he was on his mysterious disappearing act?

"Leah!" Seth called from downstairs, and I quickly wiped the few tears that had managed to slip past.

"Yeah?" I asked, lifting myself up from off the bed. Seth didn't need to say anything else. There was another voice that I heard, and I automatically knew whose body it belonged to. I ran down the steps and pushed Seth out of the doorway, causing him to stumble back. "Jacob."

"Leah," he said, his eyes piercing through my soul. He was gorgeous. Every curve; every muscle, was chiseled to perfection. The soft scent of AXE body spray lingered on his body. I took a deep breath in and held it. He continued speaking, "I'm sorry about yesterday, I really am. I don't know what came over me."

Exhale. "Shut up," I muttered, glancing down at the ground.

"What?"

"Shut up."

"Why?"

"So I can do this." My eyes met his own and the inches that had once separated us were soon invisible. Our lips touched, and I pulled away slightly. His lips found mine again almost immediately, and I kissed him back. Butterflies were forming in my stomach, until I opened my eyes to see a too familiar character staring at us. I pulled away, wiping my lips clean of Jacob's taste. Sam's shadow disappeared into the forest and I closed my eyes, my breathing growing heavy. "You should go, Jake."

"But, Le-"

I cut him off. "You should really go, Jake." And with that said, I stepped inside the house and closed the door behind me.