"No, it'll be fine," he said. It sounded like he was convincing himself as much as he was convincing me.

"Okay," I said reluctantly. I moved swiftly to the front door. I opened it and saw Jacob's face twisted into a mask of hate.

"This isn't your usual bloodsucker friend," he growled, sniffing the air.

"No, it's not," I sighed. "Now I would really appreciate it if you got to why you're here."

"Ohh… uhmm… hmm…" he said. He was being slow on purpose and we both knew it.

"Spit it out, Jacob!" I exclaimed.

"No need to get pushy! I just wanted to know if you wanna to go to the movies with me today. Nobody on the rez wants to and I really, really want to see a movie," he said, putting on his best pair of puppy dog eyes.

Fortunately, I was immune to his petty attempts. "I can't go today. I've already got plans."

"Does your normal leech know about your plans?" asked Jacob.

"No, and at this point I could care less," I said, my voice shaking a little by the end.

Jake's face fell immediately. "Did he hurt you? Cause if he did I'll tear him to shreds! I'll fry him up and eat him for dinner!" He started shuddering.

Jasper was at my side in an instant, spreading a feeling of calm through the atmosphere. One thing we didn't need right now was a giant wolf in my entryway.

"He didn't hurt me, Jake. I'm fine," I told him, gently patting him on the arm.

He nodded. "I have to go," he whispered.

"Don't go anywhere near the Cullens, Jacob Black," I told him sternly. He nodded and then turned and ran.

I spun around to face Jasper. "Thanks for doing that. I don't know how I would have explained a big wolf shaped hole in the wall to Charlie."

"My pleasure." His slight southern accent made the short sentence that much better. I didn't know what it was, but when I was with Jasper I was always smiling.

It took me a second to regain my train of thought. "Weren't we on our way… somewhere?"

He nodded and led me out the door. In the driveway was a black Mercedes convertible. It looked at least five times better than Carlisle's. My jaw dropped.