There are a few characters not in the novels that I will be introducing: Ainsley, Thomas,Nora, and a few more probably as we go. These people are strictly of my own thoughts, however sadly cannot make any money off of.
I am also looking for a Beta for this story, I have the first few chapters already written and would appreciate someone looking over them for me.
Also I do not own now, in the past or future, anything from the Twilight series.
'Also in POV scenes when there is a direct thought from the character their direct thoughts will look like this'.
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Previously
I don't know how long we sat on the floor, my dad with his back against the counter with me wrapped up in his arms. Finally I sat up I could feel my face was swollen and hot from crying, "I am sorry." I looked down embarrassed about my behavior.
He just tucked a stand of hair behind my ear, "You have nothing to be sorry for. I am guessing you and Edward broke up?"
I hissed and froze hearing him saying his name, but then nodded not trusting my voice to work.
He sighed nodding, "I'll order a pizza Bells, you go relax alright?" I glanced up at the meat and cringed seeing I had not only tenderized it, but it looked like meat mush now. Sighing as I got up to clean my mess, but Charlie ushered me out of the kitchen; probably afraid of the next thing I would grab.
Chapter 2
Bella POV
It had been 3 months since the Cullen's left Forks behind, at first I didn't want to talk with anyone. However Angela keep sitting with me at lunch and Charlie had Jake coming over to help with different 'things' around the house. I knew he was really just coming over to keep me going through the motions.
At times I felt like if it weren't for them I would just cease to exist. After speaking with Angela I realized how different I had become while with Edward. I would arrive with him, leave with him, eat with him, and when I was in a class without him I wouldn't function until I saw him again.
It felt as if I was coming off a drug after he left; not like I had much experience with drugs, but how did he put it? I was his own brand of heroine? It felt as if I had been addicted to him.
The more time that past the more I started to wonder if we ever had anything in common to begin with. Before I moved to Forks I rode horses and hung out with people, I drew from time to time as well. Since I met him though, none of that mattered anymore.
Sure I still missed the Cullen's, Alice and her never ending conversations, Emmett was like a big brother, Rosalie….. Well she and I might have found something in common eventually. Jasper and I were never too close due to him not having as much control. Edward preferred we stayed apart, but I could tell he was a good person. Jasper…. I knew he never meant to hurt me. I just felt bad I could never tell him, I just hoped Edward had let him know when they all met up.
I was currently in my truck heading to the reservation, there was a big bon fire tonight and Charlie and I had been invited. I hoped Jake was doing better, when I talked to him last night he had a fever. However the stubborn boy was still planning on going.
Looking ahead in the road I had to blink seeing a flash of red in the trees off to the right of my truck. When I looked a little harder it was gone. Shrugging it off I continued heading to the beach, it was probably a trick with the light coming through the trees.
Pulling in I pushed a smile on my face and took a deep breath, "Get it together Bella, just have fun." My mantra since they left me here.
I looked around seeing everyone either putting food out or talking with friends. Pulling the large potato salad that Charlie and I brought out of the side seat and heading to the main food table. "Excuse me, where would you like this?"
The young woman turned and smiled at me, I couldn't help but notice the pink puckered scars running down the length of her face. I quickly averted my eyes to meet her as she smiled at me, "You can place it over here with the other side dishes. Thank you."
I nodded, "I hope everyone likes it, Charlie…. My dad insisted I bring it. I think I made enough for an army though." A small laugh escaped my lips.
She just laughed, "Oh that is perfect, some of the boys here have a pretty large appetite, I don't think it will go to waste."
I nodded at her, "I am Bella, I am friends with Jacob Black."
The look of realization came over her, "Oh I have heard of you, I am Emily. Sam's Fiancé."
I bit my lower lip when she mentioned Sam, he was the guy making Jake uncomfortable lately. I remembered seeing him at the cliffs a few weeks ago when I was out here.
She must have sensed my nerves when she spoke again, "Sam isn't a bad guy. He is just misunderstood with good intentions."
I nodded, "I better go and find Jake, if he hasn't ditched me with the flu."
She tilted her head slightly, "Flu? Is he sick?"
I just nodded, "He had a bad fever last night, and he has been… well… easily irritated lately. I am sure he will be fine though. He never gets sick, he just isn't used to it."
She nodded before stepping out from behind the table, "I need to find Sam, you have a good time alright? Oh and steer clear of Jake. I don't want you getting… sick." She gave me a small smile before taking off.
I shrugged my shoulders and looked around the beach. Charlie was talking to a few people already so I walked down to the edge of the water and sat on a large piece of drift wood staring out at the water. I hadn't noticed someone coming up behind me until the driftwood I was sitting on groaned from the weight of him.
Looking up at the tall man with short cropped hair. I knew immediately who he was, "Can I help you Sam?"
He had a very stern look on his face when he spoke, "You don't have to be afraid of me Bella. Emily told me you were concerned about Jacob."
Swallowing I looked around seeing two other large guys standing not too far away from us, looking back to Sam, "Who said I was afraid of you? I said you were making Jake uncomfortable. Why are you constantly watching him?"
He sighed and I could see the tiredness seeping into his features, "That is a private tribal matter. I am not going to hurt him."
Furrowing my eyebrows at him, "Then stop, you and your buddies over there are bugging him."
He stood up causing the driftwood to jerk back in my direction cause me to slip off and onto the sand, he reached out taking my hand to help me up. "Sorry about that."
I just nodded my face flush from embarrassment, as I pulled my hand from his hot embrace "balancing really isn't my strong suit." Glancing at his hand 'he better not be sick too'.
He nodded and glared at his friends who were trying unsuccessfully to hold back their laughs, "Look, I just wanted to let you know you should stay away from Jacob. He is going through some changes and I don't want you getting hurt in the long run."
I glared at him shoving his chest, not that it did anything. "You cannot tell me what to do Sam, I will not abandon my friend."
He started to walk away, "He won't want you around. I am just warning you Bella."
Before I could respond he and his friends were heading into the woods.
I glared after him willing him to disappear of the face of the earth, 'he couldn't just say that and leave, who did, he think he was?' Dusting off my butt getting rid of the remaining sand as I stalked after them into the tree line.
Looking around through the dark wishing I had brought a flash light with me, I could see them jumping over rocks ahead of me whooping and laughing as if Sam just hadn't told me to stay away from my childhood friend and one of the only people to help me through my break up.
"SAM!" I yelled out once the forest quieted down, they had the luxury of longer legs and managed to outpace me, "Sam, I wasn't done speaking with you!"
Suddenly there was a strong wind directly behind me as if someone ran past me, turning quickly but there was no one there. My stomach started filling with unease for the first time since Edward had left, feeling the brush of wind again behind me I turned back around and kept following the path behind the three boys.
I shook my hands tying to lose the slight shake that they were starting to get from my nerves. "Sam this isn't funny, if that is you I am really going to be mad!"
Then from behind me I heard a female laugh, the sound was a deadly musical melody. Turning my head slowly as my heart started beating wildly in my chest, 'no no no she couldn't be here, not now. This is it I am going to die.'
Her head tilted to the side as her long fiery red hair whipped around her in the wind, "Well, well, Imagine my luck in finding you out here all alone little girl. Tell me, Where is your mate? There is something I wish him to see." The smile on her face disguising the pure evil beneath.
Walking backwards slowly brushing my hands against a tree for support in case I tripped. It would be pointless though, what chance did I have against a vampire, "He left. They all left. I don't know where they went."
Her long fingers tapped against the tree she was leaning on as if she were in deep thought, "Well that will take away some of the enjoyment I was hoping to get. However killing you will suffice." She grinned at me, her blood red eye glaring into mine. "A mate, for a mate."
Shaking my head, "We aren't together, I am not his mate anymore." I continued to walk backwards away from her.
Suddenly Victoria crouched down and started growling ferociously, but her eyes were trained behind me. Turning my head slowly I had to fight off the wave of unconscious that threatened to overwhelm me when I saw three giant wolves stalking towards us. 'I am seriously going to die today.'
The wolves walked straight past me towards Victoria, and while I hated knowing they would most likely be killed. I couldn't help but be glad for the distraction as I took off running away from them. I kept glancing over my shoulder worried that she would be there.
Suddenly I broke out of the dense trees as the strong winds of the ocean hit my face like a concrete wall. "Oh shit!" I tried skidding to a sto,p but basically ran off the side of the cliff. I felt the wind rush around me for a few seconds before hitting the freezing ocean water below.
The water was so cold I could barely make my arms work right, pulling at the water seemed to have no effect on the water until I broke through the water gasping for air. I barely took a desperate breath when a wave dropped down over my head pushing me back under the black waves.
My lungs burning from need to breathe when something strong and solid broke through the tempestuous water grabbing my arm and pulling me to the surface.
Gasping for air as an arm wrapped around my chest pulling me against a hard surface as we made our way to the beach.
I was still coughing and expelling water from my lungs when I felt the sand beneath my back, looking up seeing one of Sam's friends hovering over me. "Are you alright?"
Putting my hand over my chest trying to still my heart beat as I looked towards the tree line, where was she? Were the wolves dead? She would probably be looking for me again now. "Th…there was a woman…..shhh..she was following me….." I managed to stutter out, my entire body was shaking from being cold and afraid.
The guy above my shook his head and wrapped his arms around me, warmth flooding through me as I instinctively curled up in his arms "She is gone don't worry."
Nodding my head against his chest trying to get as warm as I could before he stood up carrying me in his arms. I couldn't be more thankful for the heat, and I was pretty sure there was no way I could walk right now.
We walked through the woods before he sat me in the passenger seat of a car, I couldn't help but miss the warmth he provided.
As he got in the car turning up the heat he smiled at me as if we were friends, "I am going to take you home Bella. Okay? You need to get warm and probably sleep for a while."
I just nodded as he continued talking, "You know you kind of looked like a cartoon character when you ran off the Cliffside. It was pretty funny, well until you almost drowned yourself."
I growled trying to get warm, "I…was. Bbbbb being chased. Byyy a bb..itch and some wolves."
He just smiled, "Well I think the red head is gone and you don't have to worry about the wolves. They are…. Friends of the tribe. They would never hurt a friend."
I couldn't help but look at him like he had gone off the deep end. "What?"
He looked at me and smiled holding his hand out to me, "I am Jared."
I smiled back at him shaking his offered hand, as I allowed him to change the subject "Thank you for coming to my rescue Jared. Just so you know, I didn't meant to go off the cliff. I lost track of where I was at."
Jared smiled at me and then his concentration went back to paying attention to the road.
After that we fell into a comfortable silence as he drove me to my house. As I opened the door I swear I hear him growl as he looked around pulling me back into the car. I looked around too praying I wouldn't see Victoria, I didn't know what was going on with Sam, Jared, and their friend but she was my main concern right now.
My eyes stopped on a black BMW sitting in front of my house, 'Is this real?' I pushed the door open again sliding out of the seat heading for my house. I could hear Jared calling for me to stop, but I didn't even have it in me to stop at that moment.
Pushing the door open, I ran into the living room stopping in my tracks, "Alice?"
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