~Bella's Point of view~
August 6th
Snap, snap, snap.
My eyes quickly opened, taking in the darkness that surrounded me, feeling my heart pounding hard in my chest with slight fear.
What was that?
Slowly I sat up in bed, sliding Paul's arm off me just enough for me to move up into a full sitting position. His soft snores soothed me just slightly, but the thought of someone sneaking their way into Paul's house, had me on edge.
Snap. Snap.
Again the snapping had sounded, making me jump.
"Paul," I whispered, fear poking at me once more.
He didn't move an inch, his breathing staying even, and his eyes staying shut peacefully, sound asleep. I really didn't want to disturb him, so slowly I inched myself out from his arms, and with a big breath, I made my way to the door, peering out into the darkened room.
The snapping continued every couple of minutes, which only made my fear grow, with each step.
What was that noise?
As I walked quietly through the living room, I gasped, my eyes going wide as I heard the fridge door opening, causing a light to brighten up the kitchen.
Someone was in here…
It could be anyone from the pack though; it might not be an intruder.
My heart was racing hard in my chest, making everything around me to slow down to a near crawl, the ticking of the clock behind me being the only sound left. Slowly I moved forward, pulling the courage to see who was in the kitchen.
As I stepped in, I let out a scream at the two unfamiliar people at the fridge.
Both of them froze in place, turning around to stare at me wide eyed, seeming to hold just as much fear in their gaze then mine.
In a flash Paul was at my side, his whole body trembling, anger, and worry clear on his face. Quickly, he had me pushed behind his protective stance.
"What the hell is going on?" He demanded, but as his eyes took in the two strangers, he glared in annoyance, straightening out of his stance, and crossing his arms across his chest.
"What are you two doing here?" He spoke, narrowing his eyes ever so slightly.
The one smirked, his long, spiked black hair blending in well with the darkness of the kitchen, and his well-developed body was easy to notice. On the other hand, the girl had a very natural beauty to her. She had full lips, the body was an athlete, and dimples that made her seem younger, then what she was.
"Where here for the wedding, duh," The girl spoke, rolling her eyes, snickering as she looked between Paul and I. "Let me guess, this is the bride,"
Blinking, I looked up at Paul, calming down as his arm went around my waist, holding me close to his side. Obviously he knew these two, but why they had snuck into the house, and had been eating our food still was a mystery.
"Yeah, Amy, David, this is Bella," Paul spoke rolling his eyes at the both of them, before looking down at me, warmness returning to his eyes.
The boy now stepped forward, moving to look me over, from my head to my toes, a suggestive smirk lighting his face as his eyes took in the bump of my stomach.
"Already banged her I see, huh little brother," He commented, his emerald green eyes sparkling with dark humor.
My face turned red at these words, inching a bit behind Paul, feeling a bit self-conscious of myself for just a second after his intense scrutiny. But then I realized something else in that sentence. 'Little brother'
I hadn't known that Paul had siblings.
A low growl fell off Paul's lips now as he faced David, giving him a warning glare.
"Oh relax, I'm happy for you," He continued, shrugging easily before letting his eyes wander around the room. As if choosing to ignore us for a moment, just to absorb the events that had just taken place.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Bella, although, it would have been a little less scary if we wouldn't have been screamed at upon meeting you," The girl smirked, rolling her ashy brown hair off her shoulder, turning her eyes between Paul and I.
"I'm so sorry about that," I said quietly, the redness in my cheeks not yet leaving my face.
Paul huffed, "Well if you two wouldn't have broken into the house in the middle of the night, maybe things would have went down a bit more smoothly,"
"Hey, I'm only here to watch my baby brother become a real man," David snickered, crossing his arms across his chest.
"I'm just here for the free food," The girl spoke; whose name I guess was Amy, and with that she turned back to digging through the fridge.
Paul again rolled his eyes, and kissed my cheek, before turning his attention between his two siblings.
"Whatever, just keep it down, and if you two embarrass me, for one fraction of a moment, you will be finding a new place to find food," Paul grumbled, and with that he was leading me out of the kitchen.
"Good night lovebirds," Amy called with, a peel of snickering being heard before we had made it back to Paul's room.
I smiled in amusement at Paul's annoyed look.
"I didn't know you had siblings,"
He groaned. "It's not like they are something to brag about, and they are only half siblings, I guess I just wasn't expecting them to show up around here,"
"Well I'm glad they did, I want to meet more of your family,"
"No you don't, my family isn't… the most… normal family in the world, it's pretty messed up to be completely honest with you,"
I laughed silently at his words, resting my head on his shoulder as we both took a seat on the edge of his bed.
"No, I mean, none of us were really 'raised', we were left wild, to learn the hard way, no matter what, there was never someone there to tell us right from wrong, we had to all figure it out on our own," Paul explained, his eyes casted down on the floor.
My eyes widened, listening to him, beginning to get worried.
I guess there was much more about Paul that I didn't know about, I should have none better than just assume everything. I should have realized that his life wasn't all that normal… I mean I never seen or heard about his mother or his father. All I knew was, Billy, Harry, and Sam had looked after him a lot growing up, and put him in the right direction.
I didn't really know the whole story, and I felt ashamed that I didn't. What kind of wife could I be, if I knew nothing about my husband's family? Paul knew about my family, in fact he had been one of the people that helped me try to rescue my family.
I would have to start paying more attention, and learn more about Paul.
Alida's point of view
With a yawn I looked out through the thick mess of forest around me, watching, waiting, and hoping I would see some kind of action tonight. It had been so quiet lately, there were no vampires around to kill, no evil people trying to kill off the members of the back, and most importantly, there was no sign of Jacob to be found.
To be honest, I was getting worried about Jacob and Jinx. They had been missing for who knows how long? And worst yet, I had truly thought that Jacob imposter was the real Jacob. I couldn't make such a careless mistake like this again. I knew Jacob had not been acting right; I should have followed my gut.
It was my fault, and I was prepared to take the consequences, and I most certainly did, I had caused two deaths, and the creation of another major problem.
Slowly my eyes slide down to Kim, who was stiffly standing under the tree I was in, her red eyes glowing like hot lava in the darkness. Jared sat at her side, never leaving her side for a moment, not once through the whole transformation. The imprint between these two was undeniably just as strong as before, if not stronger.
"It's not your fault, I hope you know that," Edward spoke beside me, sitting on the branch that I to was sitting on, his golden eyes analyzing my expression carefully.
I sighed, looking away from him, unable to push away the guilt I felt sinking into the pit of my stomach. I shook my head slowly, looking back down to Kim and Jared.
"How could it not be my fault," I muttered.
Suddenly Edward's arms were around me, bringing me up to his feet, and his hand went to my chin, tilting my head up so I was looking right into his eyes.
"Listen, if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have made it in time, Kim would have been killed,"
"Instead, I guaranteed her an eternity of pain, without ever being able to bear children, or be a normal teenage girl,"
"But all that matters is, she is happy, and she is also given an eternity with the guy she loves, there might be bad things that comes from this happening, but the good things because of it, make it worth it,"
He had a point, and I couldn't help but slowly walk into his arms, hugging him close, feeling much better, but my view on this didn't change. She was still my responsibility, and as far as I'm concerned, I wasn't able to protect her.
His hands gently rubbed circles around my back, and for a second I let my eyes shut, feelings like in any moment I would blast off to my own little cloud 9, never to come back down.
"Alida, Edward, something is going on with Kim," Jared's frantic voice called up to us, fear coating his expression thickly as he watched Kim's still form.
Edward now tightened his hold around me, and took a casual step down from the tree, letting the wind blow past us as we fell down to the ground, landing perfectly smooth on our feet.
Quickly I stepped over to Kim, taking in her frozen form, a blank look on her face, yet her red eyes seemed to darken, her hands twitching at her side.
Edward's eyes widened as he watched her, looking shocked, and for a second, I swallowed back my worry for him, knowing that he was perfectly fine as long as I was here by his side.
"Jacob," Edward muttered, his eyes sliding back to mine, before turning back to Kim.
"What about Jacob?" I asked tensely.
Jared bit his lip, only keeping his eyes on Kim, not seeming to paying any attention to anyone but her, but at the same time, he was reacting to the words, a worried expression staying on his face.
"Kim, there is an image of Jacob in her head… well; it's more like a video being played of him. He is there, sitting on a porch, Jinx is sitting beside him. She is pregnant." Edward spoke, his eyes clouding over. "And… there is something else… I just can't… understand,"
My eyes widened. "She got a vision, do you think we can find Jacob using the visions she gets?"
Edward was silent for a minute, before nodding, wrapping a protective arm around my hip. "Maybe with time, gifts take a while to develop, she will have to practice,"
I nodded seriously. "That can be arranged,"
"I don't think you, Kim isn't going to get hurt," Jared said with a tense scowl falling on his face. This only made me really want to find a shovel, and begin to re-discipline some of my pack members.
"No, Jared, this is our chance to find Jacob, I was given this ability for a reason, if I can help at all in this, I will be more the happy to do whatever it takes," Kim spoke, a confidence in her voice that I had never heard from her.
Jared looked at her reluctantly, but didn't push her anymore on the matter.
"Excellent, if it's alright with you, I'd like to set up some training with you, and the Cullen's as soon as possible," I said looking between her and Edward.
"That shouldn't be a problem, they do virtually nothing during these hours of night," Edward said his hands rubbing circles around my back.
I leaned into his touch, impressed with Kim's eager feedback.
"That sounds great, let's do this,"
I nodded, and with that I was able to breathe a little easier. At least I could get one problem handled, Jacob, and Jinx would be brought back home as soon as possible.
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