Possibility

“I can't believe it's been like, three months already,” I sighed, walking into school, the chilly late November air biting at me, through my blazer.

“I know, me either, but it's nearly Christmas right? Your dad said you'd come back around then...” Jack replied with a yawn.

“Yeah well, that was before he has complications at work and stuff, I don't know if we'll be able too,” I replied, spotting Abbie and Ashley, making a beeline for them.

“Oh.” Jake said, yawning again.

“Jake, we'll talk about this later 'kay? You're tired, Sam's over working you,” Biting my lip I heard a door open, some mumbling and the door closing again.

“I have to go anyway, Sam wants me back out there, the vampires are getting out of control now, they just won't get the message.”

Whispering a hi to my friends I pointed to my phone and leaned against a wall, “It's out of order, Jake, just tell Sam you can't do it, get someone to uhm, cover for you, or something.”

There was a laugh, “Friends there?”

“Yup, sorry,”

“It's okay, look,there's no one who can cover for me until your brother gets properly trained up, right now he tends to go in all guns blazing, he needs to learn that you need to be stealthy,”

“Jake,” I sighed, leaning my head back. “Just be careful okay? With you that tired who knows what's going to happen,”

“I could get my ass kicked, yeah, but I won't, remember, it's not just me out there on my own, most nights I'm training your brother up while we're on guard, he's there too,”

“Tell him I said hi,”

Another yawn, “I will, he can read my thoughts anyway, he'll know you rang,”

“Uhm, he can hear everything yeah?” I asked, being careful of what Abbie and Ashley could hear.

“Yeah, everything,”

“Well make sure you remember that I said he should be careful!” I practically shouted, causing few people around me to turn around.

“I will, I promise,” I could hear a smile in his voice, “I'll talk to you later okay?”

“Wait, how much sleep did you get last night?”

“A couple of hours, I was on the phone too you, you fell asleep, I fell asleep even though it was like, 7, then about two hours after Sam came through my window, telling me it was my turn on duty.”

I groaned, “Don't ring me, get some actual sleep tonight!” I laughed humourlessly.

“No, no, I'm ringing you if you like it or not,”

“Oh--” I started.

“That was Sam, howling, he wants a meeting so I really gotta go, love you,”

“Love you too,” I mumbled, closing the phone and looking at Abbie and Ashley who had obviously been listening into my conversation. “What?” I laughed

“What's up with Jake?” Ash asked, frowning a little.

“Nothing he's just tired, his, uhh, boss has been over working him,”

“I thought he worked in a shop.”

“He, uhhh, does, just, there's not much staff and stuff so...” I knew this probably wasn't adding up but I could hardly tell them the truth, even though it was hard not too.

Strange how at the start of the year I really wasn't looking forward too school, Abbie and Ashley were the closest things I had to friends and I didn't even like them, but now we'd grown quite close, they had discovered make up and, thankfully, tweezers. They looked a whole lot less geeky, Ashley had a steady boyfriend she'd had since a few weeks into term, Matt and Abbie had had a few on and off boyfriends. Strange really.

Just then the bell went, saving me from their suspicious eyes as we walked together to English.

–

“I'm home,” I called out to the house as I got in, expecting to just find my mum, probably sorting washing or watching the t.v but instead found both of my parents sat at the kitchen table. Something was wrong.

“Bianca, come sit down,” My eyes widened, scared at what they might sat as I threw myself into a chair opposite them.

“It's about your school work, now I know you've had a bit more to deal with this year, with exams and things, but we also think they're something else disrupting it,” Mum said, looking at dad to continue but I knew where it was going.

“This is all about Jake isn't it?”

“No, Bianca, now we just think you're a little bit too young to be having such a serious, long distance relationship,” Dad said, his eyes on the table awkwardly

“We just want you to act your age and have fun!”

“Oh, so you'd prefer it if I went around, dating every guy I saw?” I asked, staring at them both.

“No, we just think that Jacob maybe be,” Mum paused, “A little old for you,”

“A year older?” I said, reminding them that I'd celebrated my 15th birthday only a few months ago.

“Yes, but, Jacob will be 17 early next year, that's just too much.” Dad replied sternly.

“So you're asking me to break up with him?” I asked incredulously “This is why we're not going this Christmas!” I realised, shaking my head.

Mum squirmed, “No, we're just trying help you understand how much easier, this all would be if...”

“Well you'd have to try a little harder,” I stood up feeling vibrations in the pocket of my blazer, quickly taking it out I saw Jake's name flash up on the caller ID, I left the room without a backwards glance. “Hello?”

“Uhm, you okay?” Jake asked in a panicked voice.

“Yeah,” I sighed, “What's up? You never call me at this time,”

“I know and I wouldn't be if it wasn't an emergency, I'd be bloody sleeping, but there's been, an...accident,”

“What?! Are you okay? What's happened?!” I asked in the space of about three seconds.

“It's not me! It's,” He took a breath, “James, your brother,”

I gasped, “Is he okay?!”

“He's fine, we're taking him to the Cullen's now, a couple of broken bones but he'll survive, a vampire came up behind him while he was on a trail of another one, I should have been there, I'm sorry,”

“It's not your fault, Jake,”

“I wouldn't have rung if he wasn't asking for you guys, I think he just wants you here,”

“But,”

“I know, I've told him you can't and that there's no way,”

Mum came into the room, looking concerned, “Is everything okay?”

“It's James, he's been in an accident, vampire attacked him.” I explained quickly

“Is he okay?” Mum asked, panic stricken

“He's going to be yeah, a few breaks, but they're getting it sorted out,”

“We have to get over there!”

Dad came into the room now, “We can't, you know how the money is,” He sighed, only hearing the tail end of the conversation.

“But James is hurt!” Mum shouted.

“Woah,” Jake laughed on the other side of the phone, making me have to bite my lip to stop myself from joining him, “Can I have my ear back?”

“You're not in the same room as it!” I hissed into the phone so my arguing parents couldn't hear, “Go get some sleep, babe, I'll give you a ring if any new developments happen,”

“Okay,” Jacob yawned, “Quil, Embry, I'm going now okay? Be careful!” I heard him shout, then a few growls in response, “Stop being scared,” He laughed, “I chased them away,” A whine or two then I could hear that he was walking away, “I'll talk to you later, okay?”

“You will!” I smiled.

“I know this sounds like I'm glad your brother's hurt but, hey, at least you might actually be coming this Christmas right?” He mumbled, apprehensively.

“Yeah, I know what you mean, I hope I do,” I reassured him, “Get some sleep, love you!”

“Bye bye, love you too,” I slid the phone down and turned round to see mum's suitcase dragged up from the cellar and half of her wardrobe already in it. “Uhm,” I smiled.

“Oh my god, we can't!” Dad moaned, walking back in from the kitchen, cup of tea in hand, “Especially not now!”

Mum huffed, “Well I don't see why not! We had plans too before!”

“Before my company nearly got made redundant!”

“Oh, come on, it's your son too!”

Biting my bottom lip I made my way upstairs, quietly, leaving them two downstairs to fight it out, hoping that we'd get to go back to La Push in the next month at least.