Chapter 8 - Animosity

𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐀𝐃 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐖𝐀𝐍 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄, Catherine couldn't fight the blush and smile that stayed permanent on her face as she continuously thought back to Jacob and their future date.

And because she couldn't hide it even if she wanted to, Bella was quick to glance over at the younger girl with a teasing smile on her face.

"So what was all that?" Bella asked teasingly as she continuously glanced from Catherine to the road, trying to be road safe whilst also being nosy.

"What do you mean?" Catherine asked as she looked over at her cousin, her cheeks getting hotter as she tried to hide under her hair.

"I'm not blind Cathy," Bella scoffed which was followed by a chuckle, before deciding to continue to tease the young girl. "and certainly not deaf with how loud you scream."

Hearing this Catherine let out a chuckle, the teasing from her cousin making a larger smile form on her face, so large her cheeks were beginning to hurt.

"He asked me out on a date." Catherine said quickly and lowly, she was so ecstatic that the boy asked her out, especially after what they did in the kitchen earlier.

Although the reaction from Bella was the opposite of what Catherine had expected as Bella swiftly turned her head almost breaking her neck.

"A date," Bella asked with wide eyes her head turned towards Catherine, not even paying attention to the road anymore. "Jacob?"

"Bella the road," Catherine chastised motioning for her to turn her head back, to which Bella did but she was still waiting on Catherine's answer. "he asked me on a date, says he likes me and I like him so why not?"

With Catherine's words, the car went quiet for a moment neither wanting to say anything or rather neither having anything to say.

"That's..." Bella tried to speak but paused, she saw the way the two acted around was other, but she thought Jacob wanted her first. "that's great Cathy, I'm happy for you."

Hearing Bella's happiness for Catherine and Jacob's date, Catherine gave her cousin a small smile because deep down she could feel that her cousin wasn't as happy for her as she seemed.

Catherine being what she was, had a small ability to clue in on people's emotions, although it wasn't an ability per se, she was just naturally more empathetic without it being a magical thing.

"Thanks, Bell," Catherine said lowly with that small smile, the girl sinking back in her seat before she remembered something. "oh and Jacob said he can't work on the motorcycles tomorrow."

Once again at Catherine's words, Bella's head snapped over to her with a look of both anger and shock on her face.

"What?" Bella asked with a crazed look in her eyes, though at least this time she turned back towards the road now and then.

"That's when our date is," Catherine tried to explain as she sunk back in her seat even more, the girl's instinct to cower coming over her as usual. "sorry, I know you want them done, I didn't know-"

"It's fine, it-it's," Bella cut the girl off as she grew even angrier, quick to bang her hands against the steering wheel once to let out her anger. "fuck, it's just fine."

𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐆𝐎𝐃 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐒 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄, Catherine tried her best to not trip or fall, Jacob's hands covering her eyes as he leads her somewhere.

After the boy had picked her up from the Swan house, he had somehow convinced her to let him blindfold her before driving her somewhere.

"Come on," Jacob said with a large smile on his face, leading the girl in front of him by her shoulders. "we're almost there okay?"

Giggling with her arms stretched out, Catherine couldn't help how sluggish her movements were as she tried her best not to be scared of what was in front of her, or what wasn't.

"Jake, can't you just tell me where we're going?" Catherine pleaded as she felt the ground below her go from gravel to concrete sidewalk.

"That would ruin the surprise, Bunny." Jacob spoke as he continued to lead the girl to the building he knew she would love, he had gotten everything planned immediately after he asked her on the date.

"So would me falling flat on my face." Catherine joked then squealed as she tripped up a bit, causing her to quickly grab a hold of Jacob's waist behind her.

"You won't I have you," Jacob said with a chuckle as he used her hands to pull her closer to him to make sure she wouldn't fall. "we're almost there."

Second, after Jacob spoke, the sound of a bell came into Catherine's ears before she felt a warmth coming over her.

Jacob had just led her into a building of some kind and Catherine being the curious little bunny she is was quick to use her enhanced senses to check her surroundings.

Almost immediately the smell of coffee came into her nose, before a faint hint of vanilla followed along with the smell of bibliosmia or book smell.

"Is everything set up?" Jacob asked in a hushed voice, although Catherine could still hear him as she was trying to hone in on her surroundings.

The older woman Jacob was talking to nodded her head, giving the boy a thumbs up and a soft smile as she could see how excited the boy was.

Aiyana Eubank had known the black family for a long time although she didn't know the Quilette secret, the woman and her family had owned the cafe/bookstore the three of them were standing in.

"Alright, just a few more steps," Jacob told Catherine as he lead her further into the cafe-bookstore, closer to the back of the building. "okay, we're here."

With that Jacob was quick to untie the blindfold around Catherine's eyes, as he tried to gauge Catherine's reaction.

"Oh my..." Catherine trailed off as she gasped looking around the room, her face showed nothing but complete excitement and happiness on her face.

It was a small room with an even smaller nook in the corner filled with soft padded blankets, large fluffy pillows, and comfortable cushions under for them to lay on.

"I figured we could do something small and be comfy instead of going out somewhere," Jacob explained to Catherine slightly nervously, twiddling with the blindfold in his hands. "we could just sit here for the day and read, and eat snacks."

Quickly turning back towards Jacob with a curious, shocked, and confused look along with having her eyebrows furrowed.

"You made snacks?" Catherine asked as she moved closer to Jake, she never knew him to be much of a cook in all honesty.

"I tried...." Jacob said lowly as he remembered what it was like trying to cook, even trying to make the most simple things.

At best he was able to make a simple ham and cheese sandwich, but he felt that wouldn't be enough for their date so he begged Aiyana to make them some snacks.

And when she playfully denied it, Jake was quick to tell her he would clean the cafe after it closed and before it opened every day for the next month and a half.

"But the only thing I know how to make is a cold sandwich," Jacob said as he rubbed the back of his neck out of embarrassment, the boy realizing how much he lacked in the kitchen. "but I didn't think that would be enough for our first date."

"Anything you could've made would've been amazing, Jake." Catherine commented immediately as she wrapped her arms round around his neck with a large smile on her face.

"I want our first date to be more special than that," Jacob said softly whilst gently placing his hands on the girl's hips, gazing down at Catherine lovingly. "so I got the owner of this place, Aiyana, to hook me up a bit."

And yet almost perfectly timed, a knock was heard at the door before it was softly pushed opened with the one and only Aiyana Eubank, poking her head into the room.

The woman quick to put a smile on her face as she peered in and met both of the teens eyes, a large tray in her hands.