Hello Beautiful
Summary: (Set during New Moon) Laurent lingered at my neck and before the black heaps that I saw behind him could move, he had carefully bit down on my neck, leaving the venom inside my body. I closed my eyes and fell into hell.
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Chapter 2
"I said, "I've got to be honest, I've been waiting for you all of my life." For so long I thought I was asylum bound, but just seeing you makes me think twice. And being with you here makes me sane. I fear I'll go crazy if you leave my side." – As Lovers Go by Dashboard Confessional
Esme's POV
Thursday – 4:00pm
"Are we all ready?" I asked anxiously and I saw a flicker of anger pass across Edward's features. He had arrived here on Wednesday, tell us that he had to get to Bella, he had to see her. We had told him calmly, that we would all go together since Bella was with a pack of werewolves. They would not like that we have returned. "I take that as a yes." I told them firmly after the silence.
"We should start," Carlisle told me and I nodded.
"We should have started hours ago." Edward muttered, but he knew the real reason. Emmett and Rosalie hadn't been able to make it back from their trip until this morning. "I could have been there by now."
Alice spoke up. "You can't do this alone."
"I sure can Alice. I—"
"Enough," I said sternly. "We're going and that's what you should be glad about." I told them and Edward glared at something beyond me. I knew that he would never think of glaring at me. "Bella is going to be fine."
"You don't know that." Edward muttered coldly.
I knew that was the end of the discussion. I piled into Carlisle's car with Alice and Jasper sitting in the backseat. Carlisle started the car and started first. The other car consisted of Emmett and Rosalie with Edward in the back, still sulking. I turned to Carlisle who reached out and took my hand. He rubbed small circles on the back of my hand and smiled weakly at me. He was trying to reassure me that Bella was okay, but I was definitely worrying about her. I thought of Bella like my child as I did for the rest of my children. I glanced over to Alice who was muttering lowly to Jasper.
"Alice?" I questioned and she looked up.
Alice smiled at me. "Need something Esme?"
"Have you seen anything else happening in Forks?" I asked her and she shook her head slightly before closing her eyes. Her face twisted with disgust. "Did you see something Alice?" I questioned lightly.
"I can't see anything. There's something wrong. We should have gone there sooner Carlisle." She told him.
Carlisle shook his head, but kept his eyes on the road. "You know that need Emmett and Rosalie for this. I don't know what the dogs are planning to do when we get there, you'll see it, won't you Alice?"
I stared at Alice's solid face and she shook her head slowly. Panic was in her eyes. She turned to glance out the window then turned back to me. "I don't think that I will be able too."
Bella's POV
Thursday – 3:30pm
Hot.
Very hot. Very very hot and very painful.
I screamed out in pain, but I heard calming voices around me. They sounded familiar, but I was just fighting to stay sane. I had no idea what was going on, just that everything was burning. It hurt so bad. It hurt as badly as it did when Edward left me. It probably hurt more although nothing could hurt anymore then Edward walking away from me. Suddenly, I wasn't in the darkness anymore, but I was running around searching for something that wasn't going to be found. I saw something close to me and I grabbed it with all my strength. I heard it crack and fall to the ground as I let it slip through my fingers. I had no idea what I was doing, but I knew that something was happening around me. It was the last thought that passed through my semi-normal mind before I went back to screaming. I could not contain this pain anymore; it was not worth it at all. I was screaming at the top of my lungs and whimpering at the same time. I didn't know if there was anybody around me, but I sure wished that there was somebody who knew what pain I was going through. I was submerged in water from that point, but it did not put out the fire.
Sam's POV
Thursday – 3:31pm
It was the second day of Bella's transformation and nothing had changed. Jacob was still angry as hell while Emily was still taking care of Bella. Embry, Jared, Paul, and I had no idea what to do. Emily bent over Bella and placed the cloth of her forehead just as Bella clutched her arm tightly with all her strength and snapped it. It happened all so fast that nobody was expecting it. Emily fell to her knees in horror as I ran over to her. "I'm taking you to the hospital Em."
"No, I'm quite alright." Emily muttered as she squeezed her eyes shut in pain. "I understand what Bella's going through…don't blame her for this." She mumbled and clenched her teeth together.
"We're going to the hospital." I told the rest of the pack. "Jacob, watch over Bella."
Jacob nodded as Emily protested. "Sam, I'm fine. You know that I'll be fine. I just need some ice and an ace bandage…I know I had one around here somewhere."
"Emily." I told her sternly. "We're going to the hospital."
Emily bit her lip and nodded. I grabbed her hand and led her outside to the car. I touched her arm gently and she winced in pain. I turned back to the house as a new batch of screams surfaced from the house. I could tell that the screams and whimpers of pain were tumbling from Bella's lips. Emily winced again at Bella's pain knowing that her pain wasn't the same as Bella's. Bella's was much much worse. Emily scooted herself into the passenger seat, wincing a couple times. I could tell she was probably cursing in her head, although she was too polite to curse out-loud.
"I'm sorry; I didn't mean to get so close to Bella. I didn't expect her to do that." Emily said as we descended on the road towards the hospital. I shuddered at the thought that the 'oldest' Cullen used to work there. "Sam?"
"It's okay Emily." I told her and I grabbed the hand of her good arm. "I just don't want you anywhere near Bella anymore."
"Sam, that's not fair." She protested like I knew she would. "She needs me."
I shook my head and clamped tightly onto her hand. "She doesn't need you. Jacob will help her out. I'm not going to let you get hurt like this again Emily." She tried pulling her hand away in out-rage, but she knew that I was much stronger then she was.
She sighed, "I will not stay completely away from her."
"You will," I told her. "I'll make sure of it."
Embry's POV
Thursday – 3:31pm
I watched as Jacob dabbed a wet cloth across Bella's forehead. "I don't think that that's going to work Jake." I told him and he growled lowly at me. I backed towards the table; I was not looking for a fight from Jacob.
"I know that it'll work. I can tell she's getting better." Jacob chided and bit his lip as Bella's scream pierced the air once more. Sam had taken Emily to the hospital after Bella had mauled her in her transformation.
"This is stupid," Paul groaned. "She's going to just be 'dead' anyways. It's not like you can be near her once she wakes up from this transformation. You're just going to have to leave her out in the woods alone like the Cullen."
Jacob shot up from his place next to Bella as Jared squeezed into between the two. "Now you two, there is no need for fighting right now."
"Yeah," I agreed. "We can just all get along for Bella's sake, right?"
Jacob shook his head and glared at Paul while Paul glared right back. Jared sighed and pulled Paul outside so that he wouldn't do anything to Jacob. Emily would freak if something else happened to her house. "She's going to be alright Jacob." I told him soothingly. "I mean, you don't totally have to stay clear of Bella once she's doing—um—transforming, you know that right? I don't think we have anything against Bella, just the…Cullen's."
"I know," Jacob said finally. "But her being a vampire makes everything harder."
"You really love her, don't you?" I asked softly and Jacob nodded. "You should tell her Jacob when she wakes up. She'll understand."
Jacob shook his head and sighed as he dropped his head down to look at Bella, "it's too late for that now."
Charlie's POV
Thursday – 6:00pm
"Are you sure that's okay?" I asked Billy into the phone. "I mean, Bella spending the night. She's been staying over there so much that I would hate to have her as a burden."
Billy laughed, "Bella as a burden? No that isn't possible. She's the sweetest thing."
"That is definitely the nicest thing for a father to hear." I laughed into the phone along with Billy. "I just don't want her to be away for long. Do you think I can talk to her? I'm worried about her lately."
"No!" Billy said calmly. "Jacob and Bella actually just left."
I cocked my head to the side and took a deep breath. Bella had been gone for more then two days. She had left without telling me and now she wasn't coming home. I had a weird feeling that something was up and they weren't telling me. I looked blankly at the TV screen and then I heard rustling on the other end of the conversation. "Are they back?" I asked excitedly.
"No, no." Billy answered quickly. "Sam's here with Emily actually. They just got back from some grocery shopping. Sam, do you know where Bella and Jacob are?"
There was a pause of silence. "No sorry Billy, I think that they went to walk along the shore or something like that."
"Alright well Billy?"
"Yes Charlie?"
"Will you tell Bells to call me whenever you see her?" I asked patiently. "I just want to talk to her, it seems like it's been forever since I last saw her."
"Of course." Billy answered.
"Thanks, I'll talk to you later," I sighed into the phone.
I could tell Billy was frowning, "good-night Charlie."
Alice's POV
Friday – 12:00am
There was something wrong with my visions.
I had just realized it when we got to Forks, but I wasn't supposed to see the werewolves yet just the other day, I had seen Jacob and Bella. They should have been engulfed in darkness, but that wasn't the case. I had no idea what was going on, but Edward was definitely glad of my new-found power. I had just found that reason out since I had been too caught up yesterday in planning on what to do. It only lasted for one day, like somebody wanted me to see Bella getting transformed and finding where she was, but today, I couldn't see the werewolves anymore, as far as I knew. I had decided that I would go with Edward and look at the Swan's house while Carlisle, Jasper, Rosalie, Emmett, and Esme went back to our house. Edward had searched Charlie's mind, but he had no idea where she was either. I knew that it was late, but the sooner that we found Bella; the sooner Edward would stop beating himself up for this. Anyways, we had all night to find her. I knocked on the front door of the Swan residence after Edward had checked Bella's bedroom. She had kept the blinds shut and the window locked; there was no way to get in. Charlie Swan—who was simply infatuated with me—opened the door, rubbing his eyes with sleep. "I'm so sorry that it's so late Mr. Swan. I was just wondering if you knew where Bella might be."
"A—Alice?" Charlie stuttered in disbelief. "I thought that your family moved away."
"We did." I told him quickly, not really wanting the small-talk, but I had to be polite otherwise he wouldn't tell me anything. "I was just coming back to visit. I'm so sorry that it's late; I just wanted to see if you could tell Bella that we would like to see her tomorrow."
Charlie looked a bit stunned. "I don't think I can do that. Bella left for La Push two days ago. I haven't talked to her since."
La Push. I hissed mentally, knowing that it would probably scare Charlie. I knew that the werewolves were up to no good. I hadn't seen them taking Bella to Jacob's place, they had taken her somewhere else… I turned to Charlie and smiled. "Well, I'll just go down there to see her."
"I—I don't know if that would be wise Alice," Charlie muttered.
"I'll go tomorrow don't worry." I told him simply, "thanks for everything Charlie. I'll see you later!" I waved slightly and walked off towards the car. I jumped into passenger seat where Edward was drumming his fingers against the steering wheel. "You're impatient you know." I stated.
Edward growled, "she means everything to me. I don't understand how this could happen."
"I can't either, but right now we're going to do our best in helping Bella through this difficult transformation. We can deal with the past later." I said as I saw Edward's phone buzzing. "Carlisle." I stated firmly.
Edward sighed and flipping open the phone, "we're going to La Push. I don't think that the werewolves would object to us taking Bella. It's not like they know anything about the transformation." He choked out the last word.
"Let's go Edward," I said quickly. "We don't have much time anymore."
"Okay, we'll meet you there," Edward said ignoring me. He had already pulled the car out and was driving towards the dividing line. I closed my eyes and a vision suddenly came to me. It was happening again, could it be possible that somebody out there had the power to do this? I shook my head and waited for the vision to start. It was no longer in the darkness where Bella was. She was in a cabin along the mountains… Emily and Sam's house. Edward, reading my mind, slammed on the brakes and started in the other direction. "We'll have to run from here, the wolves will hear the car and panic."
"Okay," Edward breathed and stopped the car on the shoulder of the road.
I got out and breathed in the fresh air, there was still a trace of Bella's scent mixed with werewolf scent. I scrunched my nose up at the disgustingness of the scent, but noticed that Edward was already running towards the house. I sighed and ran after him, knowing that he had told Carlisle and Esme. "Edward!" I called out.
"What is it?" He asked.
"This is over the dividing line… the treaty." I warned him and he shook his head.
"Bella is more important then any dividing line or treaty. I don't care if this breaks the treaty." He muttered as he kept running. I knew that the discussion was then over. It wasn't long until we got to the little cabin. I looked through the window to see Jared and Paul—members of the pack—sitting at the kitchen table. "What should we do?" I asked Edward softly.
"You should ask for her and you should do the talking. J—Jacob is not very happy with me at all." Edward told me and I nodded mutely. I walked towards the door and knocked once. Edward stood casually a step behind me. The door swung open and Jacob growled lowly.
"Please, we come in… peace. We just want Bella." I told him softly.
"No, no! You cannot have Bella; we're doing just fine with her you filthy bloodsuckers." Jacob growled and Embry groaned from behind him. He gently pushed the shaking werewolf out of the way. "Embry!" Jacob shouted.
"You should go," Embry told us.
Edward stepped up, "not without Bella."
"No!" Jacob shouted from behind Embry. I could tell that there was a pathway inside the house that I could quickly go to—to get to Bella, of course. I didn't know if that would be a good idea.
"You can't do anything for her," I told them both as I saw the other two werewolves by the names of Jared and Paul walk up behind Jacob. "She would be in better hands if we could take her."
"You left her once," Jacob said lowly as I watched from the corner of my eye Edward winced. "You can leave her again."
"This is not the same circumstance," I said crisply. 'Should I go for it?' I questioned Edward in my mind. He had for sure seen my planning a way to get around all four werewolves. Edward looked towards the couch as Bella screamed out in pain. He winced again. "It would be for the best," I tried again.
"She's safe with us." Embry said firmly.
"I know that, but we can help her better then you can," I was suddenly getting angry as Bella moaned with pain. "She does not belong with you."
"Well she doesn't belong with you either! You're the ones who deserted her!" Jacob screamed and Edward winced again, he slowly gained his composure. "When she wakes up, she would probably appreciate it more if she found us around her, not you."
"You don't know that," Edward said—still being polite although his words were cold. "She's been in pain for a long period of time and she would like to see me and Alice again; I can see that in your mind Jacob. She told you once."
Jacob snarled. "Get out of my mind then!"
Everybody went silent as Bella's scream pierced the air and I prepared to move.
Jasper's POV
Friday – 12:15am
I sent a cooling feeling around the forest as we all rushed to where Edward told Carlisle they were. They were mostly aware of what was probably at the cabin and were anxious for Edward and Alice and mostly Bella. We finally emerged from the trees and I saw that Edward was standing a couple steps away from the house as Alice was closer to the house, talking to all four of the werewolves. I moved towards Alice's side and she looked surprised to see me there. Edward had been so caught up in keeping track of what the werewolves were thinking that he had forgotten to check our family's thoughts. Alice leaned over to me.
"I was just planning to break in, you don't think that you can give me any help, can you?" Alice murmured in my ear and I laughed softly.
"Of course I can." I told her and I looked at the werewolves, sending a cooling, soothing feeling around them. They all looked stunned from the sudden warmness and forgot about they're angry feelings as Alice silently slipped into the house. She pushed the werewolves around slightly and appeared outside the house with Bella wailing in her arms.
"Thanks," she muttered.
I kissed her temple gently, "no problem."
"No!" Jacob lunged forward; clearly all his warm feelings were gone. He transformed quickly into a wolf. Alice backed away as Edward stepped in front of both of them. I joined him as the rest of the pack stepped out of the house and stood behind Jacob. I didn't know if they were going to transform or not. We backed up slightly just as a car appeared in the driveway. I turned around to see the leader of the pack and his mate getting out of the car.
"Bella…" Emily breathed. "You can't take her!"
"Emily," Sam said firmly, putting a hand on her shoulder. "It's for the best." He held his breath while he walked past us, glaring at all of us. He stepped in front of the pack, his back towards us. "Back down."
Jacob snarled.
"That was an order Black." Sam shouted and Jacob looked up at us then turned and bolted towards the woods. "Go after him." Sam told Embry and he nodded before going into the woods to transform. Emily walked quickly to Sam's side, probably frightened by the large coven of vampires. I flinched as she passed me, her scent slightly alluring. Esme stepped beside me and placed a hand on my shoulder.
"Don't." She muttered lowly.
I turned towards her. "I won't."
"You should take her," Sam said to Edward. "We can't take care of her. Today, she broke Emily's arm." He didn't look happy that he was talking to us. "It would be for the best if you did take her while she was in the transformation form."
"And—Jacob won't come looking for her, will he?" Edward asked simply.
Sam shook his head, "I will tell him not too."
"Sam," Emily protested and Sam shook his head again, telling her softly not to say anything. "She means a lot to me," she said ignoring Sam's protest. "Take good care of her." She choked back some of the sobs and I felt the wave of sadness brush over her. I slowly sent her the cooling wave that I had sent the pack before. Her frown lightened slightly.
"Don't worry," Alice said. "We will take excellent care of her."
Bella's POV
Friday – 1:00am
It feels like all of a sudden, I'm safe.
It was a weird thing to think, but suddenly I felt like I wasn't alone anymore. I didn't know where I was, I could be in the forest for all I cared and a squirrel came along and then I wasn't alone anymore. That was probably it, but I preferred chipmunks actually. I hoped that it was a chipmunk. My musings inside of my head usually made me distract the pain along I couldn't help from grimacing a couple of times. I could feel all my limbs twitching, but I was safe in my mind. Nothing could touch me there although everything burned horribly. My throat was dry, all my limbs heart and my heart was broken. Being transformed into something that reminded me of him was something that I could not bear. It hurt more then anything knowing that I was alone with this.
"Is she alright?" a cool voice questioned curiously. "She seems to be squirming more then usual." It seemed weird that all of a sudden I was hearing voices. This transformation must have been tapping into my memories.
Something gripped my hand. I could feel the coolness of it filling through my senses. "I don't know," the velvet voice said. An angel, an angel had come to save me! "She's been screaming more, but it must just be because she is in the last stages of the transformation."
My heart soared as I realized that I was not in the woods alone with a squirrel or a chipmunk. I was with actual people; I was with people who I recognized. "Edwa—" It was all I managed to squeeze out before screaming; the pain was more intense this time.
Edward's POV
Friday – 1:00am
We had set Bella down on a bed and I sat down loyally next to her. I was not going to leave her again. I was not going to shy away from her. She was back in my life and this time, she was going to be in my life for good. I held her hand tightly just as Alice entered the room. "Sam contacted us; Jacob is still in the woods. He doesn't think that Jacob will not come. He thinks that he wants Bella and he won't stop. He'll get her sometime."
"Why does he want her so bad?" I bit off angrily.
Alice sighed and sat down next to me. "Because he loves her and he thinks that it would be better if Bella lived with him although they are now mortal enemies."
"He can't have her Alice," I told her simply. "Bella is going to stay with us from now on." She leaned forward, ignoring my sentence, and brushed a piece of chocolate brown hair from Bella's paling cheeks. She had become more beautiful over the two days of transformation. She looked skinnier then usual, but her features were more striking now.
Alice smiled sadly. "Bella will decide that when she wakes up. No need to rush to conclusion."
"Are you saying that she won't choose us over those… dogs?" I asked her fiercely and she held her hands up defensively. "Because knowing Bella, she will be glad that we found her in time." I muttered and Alice shook her head.
"I don't know what she'll do. She'll decide when she wakes up." Alice moved her hand to push Bella's chocolate hair to one side and off of her neck. "Is she alright? She seems to be squirming more then usual."
"I don't know," I said, letting the anger wring out of my body for awhile. "She's been screaming more, but it must just be because she is in the last stages of the transformation."
"Edwar—" Bella moaned before screaming.
I looked quickly at Alice who looked back at me shocked. We hadn't been expecting Bella to recognize who we were, we didn't even expect for her to hear whatever we were saying. I grasped Bella's pale hand tighter and bent my head towards her, focusing my attention on her and only her.
Unknown POV
Friday – 3:00am
"When will it be time?" The woman asked simply, pushing her hair over her shoulder. "The sooner we destroy the Swan girl, the better."
"Now, now," her male companion answered. "Just because those dogs killed Laurent, doesn't mean that we won't go to the Swan girl. We are still on for our plan, Laurent just complicated it. Even if he did come back we would have ended up killing him. The girl is strong now."
The second woman spoke up, "this is stupid, we should have just acted when she was alone all these months."
"Be quiet," the first woman snapped.
"Touchy, touchy." The second woman muttered under her breath as she twirled a piece of hair around her fingers. "You're just mad ever since he died."
"I told you to be quiet!" The first woman raged and ran over to the second woman, but the male stopped her. "She started it," the first woman bit. "She is always the one to start it, I don't see why you keep her around."
The second woman sneered. "It's the Swan girl's fault that Laurent is dead. This is why I joined you. I can freely say that we are all here for the same reason."
"And what is that?" The male asked, amused.
"To get revenge on Bella Swan." The second woman said simply.
End of Chapter 2
Author's Note: So it seems that everything is going wrong for Bella and the Cullen family since they're competing against the werewolf pack. Don't worry; Jacob will definitely be back along with the last group of people at the end of this chapter. You'll find out who they are, but if you like you can guess! I'll tell you if you're right if you would like to take a guess.
Sorry about this terrible chapter, my creative ability is running low these days, probably to the fact that summer is almost over and I have to go suffer at school once more. It is a drag, but I guess I have writing to save me from the horrid school-work. Anyways I hope that you enjoyed this chapter, if it was confusing tell me.
Oh! I almost forget, the thing about Alice's visions I got messed up in the first chapter and then I was like, why don't I make it so that somebody has the power to control her visions? I was like: that is a great idea! So then I decided to do that, you'll find out more about that later. Bella is finally going to be awake in the next chapter! I can't believe the time for her to awake has finally come. Okay, I'll stop now because this is a really long author's note and I know that nobody likes that.
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