Naturally

Naturally ( A Jacob Black Fanfic) -7-

I realized I missed the snow.

During our short flight, I was trying to prep myself with happy thoughts and succeeded in three positive ones. One, in six years, I can finally have a snow ball fight with Tony. He and I have been itching to blast each other with snow for no reason at all. We're just that playful... or flirty. Two, maybe I could retrieve some lost items I forgot at Mom's since I was in such a hurry to escape my personal hell. And three, I was so absorbed in how I was going to avoid Jacob that I forgot Seth would be there, too! His face brought a smile on my face, oh how I missed that boy.

So during my three hour flight, my head filled with possible memories I could make from a snowball fight with the team and hugging Seth to surprising dancing over my mother's grave if she was even dead. I wouldn't be surprised at that, she drank so much she might as well pass out and never wake up. Though I didn't think her grave would be in that little town, maybe with her relatives back in California.

I also drowned myself with the new Taylor Swift on Anna's iPod. She was getting sleepy and I asked her if I could use it to help me sleep, too, and mumbled sure and handed me her Nano. I replayed my favorites like "Long Live" or "Story of Us," sometimes I would stop the upbeat songs and change to a more thoughtful song like "Enchanted." During this time, I took long looks at everyone.

Anna was out. Her head rested on the window and her hair covered her face but I'm sure she had her mouth wide open, letting out quiet but still noticeable snores. Her jacket covered her body as a blanket she clung to and her legs were spread out over the seat next to her. She'll wake up with the sorest back, I thought. Ahead of her was Tony silently typing away on his Mac, maybe writing in his journal? It was a private project of his that I was extremely curious about but could never ask to read. Across from Tony was Andrea, reading one of her many romance novels. I sat behind her, listening to music, probably blowing out my ear drums, too, doing so. Charlotte was behind me, staring at all of us once in a while and would look back down at her laptop where she too was typing.

After a while, I got bored and shut off the almost dead MP3 and turned my seat around towards Charlotte who noticed me immediately. Tony also looked at us but I didn't want him to watch what was about to go down so from both a glare from Charlotte and I he stopped looking at us and back to his computer.

"I want to do the scene analysis, not re-bonding time with the wolves." I growled out in a whisper. Charlotte took off her glasses and her eyes, an icy green, looked tired and irritated at me.

"Who's the boss here?" She questioned, her lips pressed in a thin line. She wasn't happy with me but I couldn't care less, I was not at all happy with her and wouldn't let her push me around.

"Doesn't matter is in charge, if anything the question is: who will the team side with?" Her nosed flared but she quickly caught her control and a strict expression took over her face once again.

"Are you testing my authority?" She questioned again, her hands in firm fists on her lap. Oh I'd like to see her try it...

"You're testing my patience," I countered, my eyes glaring at her stiffened figure.

"You're testing mine."

"I'm not working with the wolves."

"Yes you are."

"Don't make this difficult Charlotte."

"You don't have to be difficult, either."

"Does that mean I can switch duties with Anna?"

"No." I couldn't be angrier and it showed on my face. A grim smile appeared on her face. "I thought you were stronger. You're going to have to overcome your fear someday, why not now and get it over with?" My hands tightened and I let a feral snarl, making Tony jump in his seat and looked back at us with fearful eyes.