Kiss at Twilight

Chapter Five - Making Friends?

Pulling into a parking spot and shutting off the ignition Jacob hops out. I can tell he's making a beeline for my door.

I hurriedly open the door and jump down. Damn near twisting my ankle.

He makes it around the truck and looks at me confused. "Why did you jump down? I would have helped you"

"It's..uh fine. I can manage exiting a vehicle" I say with a nervous laugh.

"I know you can. I WANTED to help"

Oh God, he's smiling again, with those dimples. If I wasn't leaning against the truck, I might actually fall over. I think I may need to run away. Will it look weird if I take off running?

He's still staring. And smiling. I blurt put the first thing I think of. "Uh I should get to the office. I need to grab my books and class schedule."

"Oh yea. I'll walk you. Let's go."

He grabs my arm and starts pulling me behind him. Heading towards the school entrance. Oh shit, I look around and notice A LOT of people staring. Are they staring because I'm new? Or because I'm with Jacob? Maybe the way I'm dressed?

I gently pull my arm from Jacob's grasp.

"Hey, I can follow. Your legs are like a million times longer and you're practically dragging me at this point" I say with humor in my voice so he knows I'm teasing.

He stops and turns. "Oh shit I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking." Instead of letting me follow he grabs my arm again. This time walking slower so as not to drag me. We almost make it inside when a group of people pulls us up short. Converging on us quickly.

"Well who's this Jake?" A tall blonde with massive boobs and a tiny little waste asks with a small smirk.

"Oh hey guys. This is the Bianca I was telling you about. She just moved back to live with her dad."

I can tell blondie doesn't like the fact that I'm said Bianca Jacob has been talking about.

Another friend steps forward. This guy almost as big as Jacob, hair close cropped to his head, blue eyes and stubble covering his jaw. "Ah, so this is her huh? Damn Jake, should have mentioned how hot she was."

Blondie scoffs.

I feel my eyes go wide with shock. "I..uh. Thanks?" I mumble. Looking to Jacob for some help.

Jacob punches his friend in the arm. "Dude she doesn't even know your name yet, what the fuck?"

"Oh sorry, hi Bianca. My name is Garrett. It's VERY nice to meet you" Garrett says with a wink. "And this is Coren" he says pointing to the blonde next to him. She gives me what I assume is supposed to be a sincere smile. I can already tell it's as fake as the bottle blonde dye in her hair.

Stepping around the duo is another guy. This one even shorter than Garrett. What he lacks in height he clearly makes up for in bulk. He's huge, like linebacker huge. He's got dark brown hair, close cropped as well with waves. Deep brown almost black eyes, with deep brown skin to match.

"Sorry about them Bianca. They don't have manners. I'm Elijah." Elijah says with a smile. "and this is my girlfriend Sierra".

Another girl steps forward and she's itty bitty like me. Almost as curvy. She's gorgeous. Long midnight black hair flows down her back. Vibrant blue eyes that remind me of the ocean. Full lips painted red. She flashes me a smile and she has the cutest dimple on her left cheek. She leans forward her hand out "Hi Bianca" I reach forward to shake her hand.

I suck in a breath when I make contact. Oh fuck. No, not here. Not now. Please.

I jerk my hand back quickly and steady my breathing. Hoping no one caught the small reaction I had.

Nobody seemed to have noticed. Sierra's eyes flash with something I can't pinpoint. But it's gone before I can be sure.

I smile at Sierra "No wonder Elijah snatched you up, you're gorgeous" I say to distract myself.

Sierra blushes "Awh thanks Bi, that's so sweet of you to say, you're gorgeous too. Don't worry, I made Elijah work for it" she responds with a laugh.

Having met all of Jacob's friends he lets them all know I still need to get my class schedule and he ushers me inside.

"I'm sorry about that, I told them last night not to bombarde you like that. I'm guessing they thought fuck it when that saw us together"

I glance over at Jacob and see he's fidgeting a little. "It's totally fine Jacob. They were..nice" I say barely concealing a laugh.

He rolls his eyes and laughs "Yea nice is one way to put it. They aren't so bad once you get to know them though, I promise"

"I'll take your word for it"

We reach the office pretty quickly, grabbing my class schedule and books. Jacob looks over my schedule. "We have a lot of classes together" he says giving me that sly grin from earlier.

"Thank God! At least I'll know someone in most of my classes" giving him a smile in return.

"Come on, we've got home room together, I'll show you the way"

Taking back my class schedule I let him take the lead in the direction of home room.