Coping with grief is hard enough without having heightened emotions. Still, life can't be even that simple. There's an army coming, and the threat of Jay losing more than she already has is very real.
She can't run away to a new town now; she's goin...
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"Are you sure you're gonna be alright?"
"Shut up, Stefan." Jay grinds her teeth, and he glances at her as he turns onto the dirt road that leads to Emily's house. She can hear the boys teasing Jake as they get closer.
"I'm glad you're here, Bella." Embry's saying, sounding rather amused. "Maybe now we can finally get a break from Jake's obsessive inner monologue."
"I wish Bella would call." Paul reaches out as he leans toward his friend, smacking Jake's shoulder, and a small smile tugs at Jay's lips when Stefan turns into the backyard and she sees him.
"I wish Bella wouldn't call." Jared inputs.
"Maybe I should call Bella." Embry adds.
"Maybe I should call Bella and hang up." Quil says, and they all laugh.
"Alright, you can all shut up now." Jake tells his pack brothers as Jay climbs out of Stefan's bright red 1963 Porsche.
"Hey, it's the biter." Quil's the first to acknowledge her presence, making the rest turn, but Paul and Embry are both already looking at Jay.
"Hey, it's the food thief." The little brunette muses as she walks over, and he chuckles. "I didn't know you were a part of the pack."
"You've missed a lot." He tells her, and she just nods. "How are you doing?"
"She has raging anger issues that she generally directs at her best friend's boyfriend." Stefan says from inside his car, still sitting behind the wheel as he keeps an eye on her.
"Shut up, Stefan." Jay turns around to look at him, confusing the rest of them.
"Or at me. That's fine." He shrugs. "Do any of them own shirts?"
"Will you go home?"
"Can't. I have to go back to school and get your work for the day. Damon's gonna love that you're ditching." He tells her, and she rolls her eyes. "Call me if you need anything."
"Yes, Mom." She mutters as he backs the car away from the house.
"It's cute how they hover." Bella muses, and she shakes her head.
"It's annoying." She argues, intentionally not looking toward Paul and Embry, who are standing right next to each other. "I'm an orphan with a zillion questionable father-figures."
"And those two are both in love with your sister." She says, and Jay scrunches her nose as she looks down. "Didn't Damon also sleep with your mother?"
"Oh, for the love of..." She shudders. "I'm never telling you anything ever again."
