Chapter 2: Feelings
"Thanks for the help old man, but Clara and I can take it from here" Christian rudely stated as he made his way over to me, I filched away as he came over; I didn't what him on the same planet as me right now let alone touching me.
Right now I was sitting in a big comfy seat in front of the blazing hot fire shivering my ass off in what Billy had said was his sons old t-shirt and sweats, I have no idea who his son was but he had to be huge to wear clothing this big, I could have made half of my wardrobe with all this fabric.
I wanted to slap Christian's stupid look right off his face when; luckily for him, a man walked in with Jasper. This man was also blonde but his hair, unlike Jaspers had been slicked back, the man smiled politely as he made his way into the small cramped room.
"I would leave the poor girl where she is for now…" The newcomer said as he greeted Billy with great respect; which was a 'manly' handshake "…from what Jasper has said this young lady has been thought a lot, both physically and emotionally, we don't what to put any more stress on her body for now"
"Don't worry about that old friend…" Billy spoke wheeling his way over to the small huddled group around me "…I can get Jake to put up some camp beds for our guests as soon as he gets back"
"Like I said…" Chris interrupted with a hard glare at the friendly, welcoming man "…Clara and I can take it from here and besides we would like a real bed"
"I will be the judge of where this young lady will be going" The man interupted as he set a big medical bag on the floor beside me, effectively breaking up the dissagrement. With sure hands the man opened the bag and pulled out a pair of white latex gloves, he must have seen my body quivering with fear as his polite smile changed into a kind, fatherly smile "Do not worry young lady, you have nothing to fear from me"
"I'm sorry…" I stuttered trying to get the words out of my very gritty mouth "…I have a slight fear of doctors as they carry needles and I can't stand them" A shiver ran down my back and it was not because of the cold, the man smiled as he snapped his gloves into palce.
"My name is Dr. Cullen but please call me Carlisle, I'm off duty after all…" With gentle hands and a small smile he moved my blood matted hair away from my face so he could see the damage, Billy had helped to clear as much blood away as he could so now the cuts didn't look so bad "...well this gash looks to be the worst but sadly you will need a local antistatic so I can stitch it up" I just rolled my eyes, which hurt a lot.
"Just my luck" I muttered. Carlisle's smile grew wider as if he heard me and even Jasper who was on the other side of the room let out a chuckle or two, but oddly no one else showed any sign of hearing me.
"Billy?" A voice called as the front door creaked open.
"In here Emily" Billy replied looking over to the front door as he wheeled back a meter or so.
"I got a phone call from Jasper saying you needed me for something" The soft female voice said as she walked into view, I had to catch my breath at what I saw. A slender women stood before me; dressed for the bad weather I might add. With slow movements the women dropped the hood of her damp coat, rich dark brown hair fell from the hood to naturally frame her smiling face. I quickly glanced back at Christian to see just what I expected, he was staring. Emily had a beautiful face; she could have passed as a model, but three long scars ran down the right side of her face, they started at the top of her forehead to just pass her eye to finish mid way down her cheek.
Emily looked like warrior princess to me and I couldn't help my quiet laugh at the image of Emily running though the lush green woods towards her prey with a spear in her hand.
"This poor lady had a near death experience and Jasper saved her, I was hoping you could help her with some…" You could see the words on the tip of Billy's tongue but he seamed almost unsure "…to help with girly things…" Billy nodded proud he had found the right words and had got them all the right order "…and maybe make some of your lovely hot chocolate" The kind man smiled at Emily with an almost puppy dog eyed look.
"Fine, fine..." Emily stated with a wave of her hand "...I will go and whip up a batch now. I'm guessing the lads will be here soon" Emily asked with a hand on her hip, Billy just nodded with a huge smile on his face "Right…" Emily noted "…extra big batch then" Emily left the room to head for the kitchen.
"Now I need you to sit as still as you can please" Carlisle informed me as he held the needle at the ready, seeing the deadly weapon in his hand I moved back into the chair and curled up into a ball. I had been though a lot today and this would be the straw that broke the camels back. Clara slowly took a step forward at my retreat but I couldn't stand the sight of her right now, I held my hand up to stop her and she did; I know she just wanted to help but right now the best thing was for her to stay away, I could see the tears build up in her crystal blue eyes but I didn't care.
"There is no need to be rude Ru, she is only trying to help" As soon as the last word fell out of his mouth the dam broke, I sharply stood up to glare at Christian.
"You mean like you were 'helping' her earlier" I snapped staring down the one guy I thought loved me, the man that had declared his undying love for me only this morning "And my name is Ruby not Ru, get it right" I hissed. Clara couldn't take it and ran out the house with her sobs calling into the night, without hesitation Christian ran after her; good riddance.
After a few calming breaths I looked towards Billy who looked back at me rather shocked. "I'm sorry for the out burst Mr Black" I looked shamefully down at the floor before sitting myself back down in the warm chair.
"Don't worry about it Ruby and please call me Billy, everyone else does" I smiled gratefully at the man before looking back at Carlisle, that in it's self was a bad idea as once again I saw the needle in his hand.
"Ruby…" Carlisle said softly "…I know you don't like this part but I promise it will all be over quickly" My fearful eyes watched the implement in Carlisle's hand as he talked, injection needles were the biggest fear I have; it took them twenty minutes to get blood from me once. It was at that moment that Emily walked into the room closely followed by Jasper; when did he leave the room?
"What are you doing to the poor girl?" Emily asked as she rushed over to me, with a motherly kind of love Emily sat down next to me and wrapped her arms around me "She is as white as a sheet and looks like your going to bite her head off"
"Ruby has a fear of injection needles…" Carlisle informed Emily looking at me concerned "…I need to give her a quick jab so I can stitch her up, but as you can tell she is rather hesitant"
"Don't worry Ruby" Emily comforted as she brushed a few strands of hair out of my face "Carlisle is very good, he wouldn't hurt a fly"
"I'm sure he wouldn't…" I agreed already seeing the kindness Emily was talking about "…It's just the deadly weapon in his hand that I'm worried about" My voice stuttered from my shivers as the whole room gave a chuckle.
"In all my years of medical practice I have never heard anyone call this…" Carlisle glanced down to the needle in his hand "…a deadly weapon"
"Don't worry..." Emily said catching my attention, she took my hand in hers and gave it a small squeeze "...I will be rig..."
"DAD I'M HOME…" A deep voice shouted interupted Emily as a group of foot falls thundered into the house "…AND THE GUYS ARE HERE"
"No need to shout, I'm right here" Billy grumbled covering his ears and rolling his eyes towards Emily "How many times have I told you Jacob Black to use a quiet voice in the house"
"OOOOOOO Jakes in trouble, Jakes in trouble" Someone said in a sing song voice, Jacob must have been peeved with that as a thwack sounded into the room.
"That includes you Quil, and besides we have a visitor" A group of boys or should I say men came into the room, five tall and big built men came into the room, each one had cropped black hair with deep chocolate eyes, their skin was a light coffee colour with abs male models would die for, all of them wearing only a pair of hacked jean shorts.
"Billy I knew you always had it in you" a female voice teased as she walked into view, just like the men she was tallish however she had a slender but powerful figure, her eyes were a rich brown with tanned skin. Out of nowhere a growl rumbled around the room, everyone looked to one guy in particular but they looked away just as quickly.
"Billy what happened?" The smallest man asked taking the attention off this one guy in particular, but it didn't work. I looked to this one guy and I swaer my jaw must have dropped to the floor because he was…well gorgeous; the man that chased me in the woods couldn't hold a candle to this guy.
The man before me had hair that would have made the blackest of nights jealous, it looked soft and glossy even if it looked a little wind blown as it hung by his ears, his dark skin looked so soft and smooth that I just wanted to touch it, to feel the tug and pull of his muscles that lay just beneath the surface, and his abs, oh god his abs made me want to do sinful things with this man. His body was in perfect physical condition and I loved the way his shorts hung on his hips, but the most striking thing about this man was his eyes, his deep chocolate brown almost black eyes; I had seen them before.
It took a few seconds to work it out but finally I found the answer, the wolf, they were the same eyes the wolf in the woods had. I was so drawn to his eyes, they held feelings in them that I hadn't felt in a long time, hope, love, trust and happiness, feelings I hadn't truly felt for over two years now.
"Ruby…" A voice trailed off behind me, it was then that the world around me came back into focus, without looking away I realised my body had reacted to what this mans eyes had shown me, I had got up out of my warm spot in front of the fire, walked across the room and was standing right before him, the man I had been immersed in only moments ago. How could the eyes of a wolf also be the eyes of this man, a man whose name I didn't, but distantly wanted to know, there was only one possible answer and it had to be impossible, didn't it?
"Ruby you ok?" The voice said again, I only nodded, not wanting to break the eye contact.
"Ruby…" A deep and mysterious voice rumbled "…Ruby..." It said again as if it was trying to see if my name sounded right, tasted right on his tounge "...I like it" The voice had come from the man before me, I was so busy thinking through all of the possibilities that I missed the movement of his mouth.
"You're the wolf I saw in the forest aren't you"
"What?" Billy asked looking worried and scared as he wheeled himself over to me "Ruby what did you just say?" I looked down at Billy with a confused but embarrassed.
"I just said that out loud didn't I?" I whispered, my cheeks flushing red as I struggled to look Billy in the eye, please let the ground swallow me whole.
"Ruby asked if I was the wolf she saw in the forest" The man informed Billy with a smile on his face, I just caught the tail end of his smile and it was a good job; my knees nearly gave way.
"You saw a wolf in the woods?" Carlisle asked with the needle still clutched in his hand.
"I think they were…"
"They?" Emily asked looking just as shocked as me.
"Yer, there was a whole pack of them and they were huge…"
"What?" Jasper asked his body stiffening as he stood in the corner, his arms were crossed over his chest but now they lay limply by his side.
"As big as horses I would say, but that was all after that sparkle psycho man…
"What sparkle psycho man?" The man with the deep black brown eyes asked trying to make eye contact; he seamed worried and I could see it in his eyes but I didn't understand.
"There was a man in the forest; that was why I was running, he stepped into the sunlight and his skin sparkled like there were diamonds in it. I have no idea who he was but he kept saying he liked the smell of my blood or something like that…" The man that stood before me shocked me as he tucked me into his hot chest and wrapped his arms around me like a warm protective blanket.
"I told you Jake..." I felt the words rumble in his chest more then I heard them, he sounded so angry and afraid "...I told you that Ruby was in trouble, but no you knew better, the high and mighty Jacob Black knew better then the rest of us"
"Em calm down" The woman said placing a hand on his shoulder trying to calm down the maddened man.
"Get off" Em shouted as his shoulder shrugged from the woman's grip "You don't know how I feel Leah so get lost" The man glared at her, I felt a knot of fear build in my chest. This man was so angry and pissed that his whole body was starting to shiver.
"Don't you dare shout at my sister Embry" The littlest guy threatened "Leah was only helping"
"Yer and I'm sure Leah wants help from her LITTLE brother Seth" The anger was oozing out of Embry as his arms trembled around me, now I was more then a little scared.
"Embry your scaring Ruby" Emily said softly as she slowly crept forward, Embry opened his mouth to retort back when the oldest looking man of the group butted in.
"Don't you dare" The man warned as he took a menacing step forward. Embry took a step back and dragged me with him as he looked up at the man.
"You want to fight then Sam" Embry half asked, his eyes glistening with fear, anger and most likely the most dangerous emotion to mix with them, power.
"I know I do" One of the last men said flexing his muscles, he was a little shorter then most but he was built much bigger. Embry just growled, his body was now vibrating and it was scaring me shitless
"For gods sake man let Ruby go before you hurt her" The last unidentified man said looking at Embry, he had the air of a leader about him. This must be Jacob; or Jake as everyone else calls him.
"How dare you think I would hurt my imprint JAKE" Embry spat with distaste and was shaking with anger so much that his body was a blur.
I have no idea what was happening with Embry but I knew that he had to calm down, but how? Embry was so strong I couldn't wiggle my arms free; I was still to weak from earlier, the plan was to force Embry to look at me and then I could try and talk him into calming down but how could I with trapped arms; that was when I had a light bulb moment, there was something I could do. I focused all my energy to my feet and legs, ready to push up when I could.
Quil tried to intervene by taking a step closer, Embry crouched closer towards me before giving out a tremendous roar as one clawed hand swag at his mate, this gave me the distraction that I needed, I wigged a little in his now loosened grip and pressed my lips against his.
The reaction was instantaneous, Embry's body relaxed from its tense pose, he turned from a pissed angry pit-bull into a harmless little puppy, a grumble of approval rumbled in Embry's chest as his arms wrapped lovingly around me and his lips pressed harder into mine. With this one kiss I felt complete, like I had just found a half of me I never knew was lost, and for some strange reason I knew Embry felt the same.
"Embry and Ruby sitting in a tree…" Someone sang, properly Quil; he seamed like a fun loving guy "K.I.S.S.I.N.G, first comes love…" The song stopped as a voice thundered though not only the room but the whole house.
"GET YOURS HANDS OFF MY GIRL PRETTY BOY" Here were go.