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CHAPTER SIX
❝ the problem ❞

HAYDEN WASN'T SURE what the boy was doing at her door, let alone how he had known her name. She furrowed her eyebrows, tilting her head to the side as Bella made her way down the stairs. Jacob's eyes fell on Bella, immediately lighting up at the sight of her. Hayden could have asked him about his obvious crush on her, but she wasn't about to get too personal.

"I'm not so sure why you're here," Hayden chuckles, leaning on the door frame. "Or how you got my address, or know my name."

"My father knows your parents," he replies steadily, expecting her questions. "He suggested that I come down to meet you."

"Well, I'm Hayden," she says, holding out her hand. "But you already knew that."

"Yeah," Jacob seems amused, taking her hand in his.

Jacob's black hair was cropped, his body well-built. He looked younger than Hayden, but was taller by nearly a foot. But one thing that Hayden noticed, and couldn't seem to get out of her mind, was the utter hotness of his skin. As they shook hands, his felt like she was touching a heater.

"Hey Jake," Bella says from behind Hayden. "I figured you'd be with Quil and Embry. Or Sam, at the least."

"They're cliff diving at the moment." Jacob states, relaxed as Bella began to talk. "Paul and Jared tagged along, too. It's not my favorite pastime . . . although I didn't expect you do be here."

"Paul, as in Paul Lahote?" Hayden asks, breaking their conversation.

"You know Paul?" Jacob asked, seemingly surprised.

"I met him as La Push the other day," Hayden nods. "I wouldn't mind going to see him right now."

"I could show you," he suggests, looking between the two girls. "It's not too far from here."

There was a silent agreement between them as Hayden grabbed her car keys and her jacket. "I'll drive."

"But what about the Chinese food?"

"Well," Hayden pauses, thinking for a short moment before she shrugs. "My parents will wake up if they knock enough."

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"It's beautiful up here," Hayden says in awe, looking to the forest around her. "I've never been around so many trees before."

The sun was beginning to fade around them, prepared to duck behind the mountains at any given time. The sky had turned to pink, the wind picking up around them. Hayden tucked her car keys in her jacket pocket, pulling the material closer to her chest to block out the cold.