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The rest of the week was kinda boring. Seth and I met up again to practice on Thursday and we had a band jam on the Friday. And Quil and I became closer joking around in science. I also spent any time I wasn't with the boys with Alice, Jasper, Rose and Emmet. I had even taken to calling them all by my own nicknames, not always to their face but I had my own names for them nonetheless. Alice was Pixie, Jasper was of course Jaz…or cowboy. Rose I called Rose, it seemed to work best as not only was it a shortened version of her name but also implied beauty, which the girl had in abundance. And Emmet I had started calling either Big E or Uncle Emmet. I wasn't sure how the second one had come about but he seemed happy with it and it felt right. When I'd started calling him that, it had originally been an accident, a fraudulent slip. He had the biggest grin on his face when he heard it. Laughing at me and saying it was a funny coincidence as he'd been telling Rose the night before that I reminded him of an old friend. This had confused me a bit. Emmet was like a year older than me, and had been adopted fairly young from what I had heard. Maybe it was from when they lived away from Forks. That was the only logical answer I could come up with. I would also hang out with Bells and Edward. Who I had yet to give a nickname to, everything I tried didn't seem right. I'd call him Eddie to annoy him occasionally but he just laughed at me for it. Hanging out with them generally happened either with the others or when they were at our house. I had found that Jasper was an awesome friend and it made sense why he was with Alice. they looked so cute together. I had also noticed that he was fine with me around but as soon as Bella walked into a room he had a pained expression on his face. Even if he hadn't seen her, like a sixth sense or something. It had intrigued me as to why this happened and being me I had to find out why it happened.
So as the weekend rolled around I was pumped. I had planned to go shopping with Alice and Rose Saturday morning, they had insisted that the best sales were found in the morning. And then that night I would head down to the Rez to chill with the boys. All I hoped was Mr. Grumpy wasn't there. I really didn't feel like fighting with him. And then Sunday was going to be spent with the Cullen's again, I had finally worked out who they were. Still didn't understand why Quil didn't like them that much. It's not Alice's fault she loves Jaz and not him. I had noticed that he was becoming more comfortable around them as we had to sit together once or twice this week during lunch to discuss class work.
I had decided to try to find out what I could from the girls on Saturday and then subtly grill Jasper and everyone else on Sunday. There always seemed to be a secret that I wasn't in on. Even Bella knew! And I was determined to find out what was up with all my new friends. I had also found that most other students semi avoided me. I knew the guys did as I was always with either Quil, Seth or Emmet, all of who had taken to having an arm around my shoulders. It was funny when Emmet did it as he would have an arm around my shoulders and one either around Rose's waist or her shoulders. I had originally been worried that Rose may start to show hostility towards me due to this until late Thursday as I was walking through the halls to class, late as I had had to go to the bathroom, when one of the boys I'd seen around had cornered me against some lockers. He had insinuated that as I wasn't being protected that he could have me. Carrying on about how I used the guys as a way to show I was better then everyone. It was at that point I had heard Rose laugh to my right. She grabbed the guy off me like he was nothing, slamming him into the lockers on the other side. It was at that point that I realised what was happening, Rose was not only protecting me because I had frozen in the face of danger but she was doing it out of her own choice. I had to smile at that. Rose had then proceeded to tell the guy, who I found out was named Billy, that the boys chose to "protect me" as he had put it. And that any of them would do the same thing. She also added that if she saw him even look at me again she'd end him. This made me laugh so hard. I had never thought that Rose was very scary, she was a bit cold to Bella and most other people but never scary. But Billy was almost at the point of either pissing himself from sheer fright or breaking into tears. I wasn't really sure which one it was but they both amused me. To be honest I wouldn't have believed Rose could if she hadn't thrown him into the lockers leaving a dent in them. She had then linked arms with me and walked with me to class both of us laughing. I had later felt kind of bad about the situation but it was none other than Edward who told me not to worry, saying that if Rose hadn't stepped in he probably would have tried to do much more than just cornering me, also adding that that would have hurt Bella a lot more than finding out that I had been "attacked" as she had called it. She had wanted me to go to the headmaster, I'd pointed out that I doubted anyone was going to try anything now because of Rose. That situation had kind of cemented my friendship with Rose, to the point I had actually almost yelled at Quil over him calling her a cold heartless bitch. Quil had apologised the next day, I even made him apologise to Rose.
Saturday morning came around, my alarm waking me at six. Bella thought it was weird that I'd get up this early on weekdays but even weirder that I was okay with it on a weekend. I had pointed out that as Rose and Alice had said, the best sales can be found in the morning. Bella had rolled her eyes shaking her head at me. I just laughed at her running to the bathroom to have a shower and get ready. It was an oddly warm day for Forks, meaning that it was a shorts and singlet kinda day. I wore a pair of high waisted denim short shorts, a purple tank top and a pair of wedge heels on my feet. I decided on wearing my hair in a ponytail with two strands hanging wither side of my face and my fringe left loose. I also applied a little eyeliner, mascara and a purple tinted lipgloss and ran back into my room grabbing my bag with my wallet, keys, water and a notepad and pen before racing down the stairs. As I rounded the corner I saw my Uncle Charlie sitting at the kitchen table in his work uniform. He slightly shook his head at me.
"I don't know how you can walk in those things, let alone run" he said indicating my shoes. They may have been wedges but they were still five inches. I shrugged, it was times like this I was glad I hadn't inherited my mother's clumsiness… or for that matter Bella's. I didn't have to wait long for Alice and Rose to show up. Right on the dot of seven thirty I heard their car pull up. We had decided to take Alice's Porsche 911 turbo. I had kind of begged to take it as I was yet to go in it. I quickly said my goodbyes to Bella and Charlie. Giving Uncle Charlie a hug and kiss on the cheek as I ran out the door. Rose was standing next to the car, her seat pulled forward so I could climb in the back. I had said I would sit in the back as I was the smallest the night before when I had spoken to Alice on the phone to organise the last minute details. They still hadn't told me where we were going as we passed the "Thank you for visiting Forks" sign. I raised an eyebrow leaning forward slightly tapping Rose on the shoulder.
"So where exactly are we going?" I asked hoping this time I'd get an answer, Rose just turned slightly in her seat smiling at me slightly and turning back to the front. Two and a half hours later we were pulling into a familiar shopping centre. We had driven all the way to Seattle to go shopping in one of the most expensive malls around. I looked at the girls as they climbed out Rose pulling her seat forward again. I knew I would be limited on what I could buy, not only because of self control but also because of the prices of some of the stores. As we entered I was tackled from the side.
"I thought it was you! What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be in the middle of nowhere?" came a masculine voice I knew all too well. I smiled up at my mechanic and one of my best friends.
"Hi to you too Sparky." I said giving him a quick hug back laughing slightly at him. He'd always been full of energy, that combined with his profession was the reason for his nickname. I turned slightly to the girls smiling slightly as I noticed Sparky slightly gapping at them.
"Rose, Alice, this is my old friend and mechanic Austin, or as his better known Sparky! Sparky, these two amazing ladies are Rose and Alice" I said throwing an arm around Sparky's shoulders as I introduced him to the two, a very awkward pose as the boy was 6'3" compared to my 5'0" stature. It was at this point I got a message. I quickly removed my arm from Sparky's shoulders digging thru my bag to find my phone. I quickly unlocked the touchscreen to see the name 'Seth' flashing next to a little envelope as I flipped through to the messages. I laughed as I read it, he was worried I'd forgotten about tonight, a hard task when I was being reminded every day by both he and Quil. Alice raised a perfectly maintained eyebrow at me as I showed her and Rose the text.
"How cute, the pup thinks you've forgotten him" Rose said a little bit of malice in her voice. She was less of a fan of them then any of the other Cullens.
"Wait, pup? Him? you have a boyfriend or something?" Sparky asked in disbelief. This caused me to laugh harder.
"His not my boyfriend just a friend. His name is Seth. Rose just has nicknames for some of my other friends. That is one of the nicer ones" I said in-between giggles. Sparky raised an eyebrow at me.
"I dunno if I trust this guy, you remember what happened last time." Sparky said a little on edge. I sobered at that point.
"Of course I remember what happened last time." I hissed at him my eyes narrowing. Alice and Rose were quickly either side of me glaring at Sparky. I took a couple of deep breaths before replying to Seth's text.
"Seeing as you don't trust him, you're coming!" I said looking at Sparky, daring him to challenge me. He held up his hands. Seth's reply was quick and a confirmation of my request to bring Sparky. This resulted in a quick exchange of details such as time, location, and where he'd crash if it got too late before he took off. Apparently the idea of shopping with three girls didn't appeal to him. The rest of the day was fairly easy going. I had bought a couple of things, mindful of price, and Rose and Alice had bags upon bags of everything from Clothes to accessories and even some electronic merchandise after I'd dragged them into the store to buy some more games for my laptop as well as putting a down payment on a T.V. I had intended to move out after I finished school, though I felt my original plan of moving back to Seattle may have gone out the window.
Four thirty rolled around to quickly for my liking and we all piled back in the Porsche, we'd put what we could in the boot and the rest was in the back with me or under Rose's feet. As we drove back to Forks we fell into easy conversation about random things before it quickly got serious.
"What did Austin mean 'last time'?" Alice asked looking at me through the rear vision mirror. I stopped smiling instantly.
"I'm sorry Alice, I'm not ready for this" I mumbled looking at my hands. Alice looked apologetically at me. I could feel the pity radiating of the two. It wasn't long before I was dropped off home, the girls had attempted to lighten the mood by talking about other things before they had dropped me off. It had slightly improved my mood, but I knew that wasn't the last I'd hear of that. Hopefully though it wouldn't be for a while.
I quickly walked into the house dumping my bags in my room as I ran around like a headless chicken to make sure I was ready for the bonfire. Quil was coming to pick me up in twenty minutes and I wasn't sure what you were meant to bring to a bonfire. I made sure I had some bathers under my clothes and a clean pair of undergarments as well as a jumper and a towel in case I decided to go swimming, this thing was of course on the beach, apparently according to Seth and Quil that was the normal spot for them. I also made sure I had some of the fresh banana muffins and mini apple pies I had made the night before. I'd seen how much both Quil and Seth ate and figured that the rest of the boys ate as much. I mean I had seen them all devour at least five of Emily's muffins in seconds. It wasn't long before I heard Quil pull up, at least that's who I was expecting it to be. As I picked up my bag and the container with all my baking in it there was a knock on the door, Uncle Charlie having been walking past it at that moment answered.
"Jacob, what can I do for you" He said. I straightened, that wasn't Quil.
"We're just here to get Rory." Came Quils' familiar voice. I let out a breath I hadn't realised I was holding.
"Rory! You're rides here!" Came Charlie's call, I shook my head walking out of the living room.
"I'm right here Uncle Charlie, no need to yell." I playfully scolded him shaking my finger at him. He just chuckled as he moved out of the way so I could get past.
"Jacob, have her back by 11 alright?" He said to Mr. Grumpy. I just shook my head as Quil tucked me under his arm. We all climbed into the little rabbit that was parked outside the front. I must admit it ran pretty well for an older car, needed some new speakers and a paint job but otherwise it was pretty good. It wasn't long before we were piling out of the car and walking down to the others gathered on the beach, I was once again tucked under Quil's arm and Mr. Grumpy had stormed off ahead.
"I know you're not his biggest fan but it was the only way to get you. Mum had our car so I needed a lift and Jake's the only one that wouldn't have killed us on the way back." Quil muttered in my ear. I just nodded as we got close to everyone.
"Whatcha got there?" Came Paul's voice. He had stopped being such a wise ass after Mr. Grumpy had stormed off the other day. No idea why but the events seemed to correlate. I looked down at the containers I was clutching to myself as if my life depended on it.
"Oh um… Banana muffins and mini apple pies." I said nervously blushing slightly as I handed them over to Emily.
"Where'd you get mini apple pies?" came an unfamiliar female voice. I quickly looked over at a girl about my age cuddled up to Jared. He had yet to take his eyes off her.
"Oh um, I made them last night after band practice" I mumbled. It was at this point that I swear I heard Paul mumble to Jared about how Jacob not only got a hottie but one that could cook. I raised my eyebrow slightly, it must have been a mistake cause I had absolutely nothing to do with the crouch and refused to if I could.
It took maybe five more minutes before I decided it was too nice of a day not to go swimming while there was still a bit of light, I quickly started to strip revealing my black two piece with a cherry print all over it. Seth quickly dropped his arm over my shoulders glaring at Paul, who looked ready to whistle. I shrugged Seth's arm off running into the water. Five minutes later I saw a familiar figure heading down the beach. I squealed slightly, running out of the water dripping wet and jumping on Sparky making sure to lick the side of his face. Seth and Quil were the first to respond to my squeal rushing to me looking ready to kill who ever had produced that response. Sparky was holding me up as I poked his face.
"Seth, Quil. Meet my other bestie Sparky!" I said hoping down and throwing my arms either side of Sparky. Sparky held out his hand to both boys as they shook it, looking slightly sheepish.
"So which ones the pup?" Sparky mumbled in my ear I pointed at Seth. Sparky gave him the once over, assessing him. I knew what he was doing, Sparky was always good at reading people. He nodded slightly as we all headed to the rest of the group. This time however I was cuddled up to Sparky, talking animatedly about everything. Mr Grumpy had been watching for a while now, fists clenched slightly.
It wasn't long before Sparky was acting as one of the guys. They had even started a game of football. It was at this point I noticed Seth's older sister, Leah. We had developed an odd mutual respect for each other. I nodded in her direction in greeting as she passed me, returning the gesture. At this point one of the nitwits threw the ball in the direction Leah and I were currently located, thankfully it missed us. I'm sure whoever threw it was tanking every deity he could think of that it hadn't hit Leah. Sparky jogged over, shirt off, silly boys and their shirts vs. skins games. Sparky poked my side as he walked past, earning him a squeak. I hoped to god none of the others, especially Quil and Seth, had heard my squeak. I knew they'd just do it to tick me off. Sparky stopped for two seconds to bend over and pick the ball up when Leah turned to him, looking like she was about to disembowel him, when her face suddenly softened. Her eyes never leaving Sparky, and Sparky slack jawed staring at Leah. The match maker in me couldn't resist the urge.
"Leah, this is my friend Sparky from Seattle. Sparky this is Leah, Seth's older sister." Leah blushed slightly looking at me. That was something I had never expected to see. Sparky slightly shook his head his scruffy brown hair falling in his eyes.
"Uh hi." He said smiling slightly at her. She smiled back before Embry the knucklehead called out to Sparky asking what was taking him so long.
"Ladies" Sparky said excusing himself. Leah's eyes barely left him until he was back playing the game and even then they didn't leave too often. She quickly spun on me. Grabbing my arm and pulling me towards the logs set up for seating later. It was at this point she started to attempt to grill me subtly for details about Sparky. I laughed slightly at her attempt to get information from me.
"Leah, if you want info on the boy you can just ask." I said. She instantly turned scarlet, shushing me whilst looking around. Nodding in approval when she realised that obviously no one had heard. This caused me to giggle again. She turned even redder under the gorgeous russet of her skin.
"Let's see what I can tell you." I said tapping my chin, she had hinted at things but nothing to clear.
"Right, well Sparky's actual name is Austin Chance King. His from Seattle. Is a mechanic by trade and has always said that he has 'motor oil in place of blood'. He's the guy that's defended me like no one else and taught me everything I know about cars. His also the only one I trust with my baby…which reminds me I need to ask him about that!" I said getting sidetracked by the end of it. Leah looked as if she had taken all this in as if it was the most important thing in the world.
"Oh and he is eternally single" I mumbled rubbing the back of my neck. The couple of girls he had gone out with never stuck around long when they realised he was more likely to come get me if I needed it then dote on them. I always felt really guilty because I knew anyone of them could be his one and only true love and I was stuffing it up. He'd always laughed that off saying anyone who wasn't happy with me being in his life didn't belong there. Leah almost looked ecstatic at this. I shrugged it off, I had kind of figured she'd liked him when she started playing twenty questions. It wasn't long before we had actually fallen into an easy conversation about art and tattoos. We found that we both had a similar taste in both. She however wasn't much of a drawer and preferred to paint.
Not too long after that the sun started to set did the boys came to join us. Leah was still sitting next to me as we talked easily when Sparky came and sat at my feet, talking to Seth and Quil about cars. I noticed that Mr. Grumpy had sat with them, listening to Sparky, it was then that I realised their conversation included him. I had started playing with Sparky's hair like I always did when he sat in front of me.
"Baby girl, mind working on my neck?" He asked looking up at me. I nodded moving to massage his neck when I noticed Leah had stiffened next to me. I quickly mouthed a 'don't worry I'll explain' to her she just nodded. Not too long after I had started massaging his neck did a man in a wheel chair join the circle, everyone hushed as he started to tell what I guessed were the Quileute legends. I became engrossed in them like I had always done with a good story. The way this man told the stories made me believe them as he finished all the boys got up to go get some food. I quickly turned to Leah.
"Dude, that was amazing!" I said to her in a hushed voice still slightly mesmerised by the story he had told. Leah just raised her eyebrow. I noticed then that Sparky was still lining up for food, and quickly turned back to Leah.
"Baby girl is just a nickname. Sparky started calling me it when he was still at school with me, he had kind of worked out that some guys were picking on me. At that point Sparky wasn't only on the football team but being the motor head he is he was kind of intimidating. So him calling me baby girl and having an arm around me made the guys back off cause they kind of assumed we were dating and they didn't want their arses kicked. And it kind of just stuck." I said quickly. Leah kind of just nodded before we both headed over to the food as well quickly grabbing our own food before the boys got any. Emily had decided that girls got first dibs. We quickly resumed our seats after that and started talking again.
"No way!" came Sparky's voice. "Are these you're mini apple pies baby girl?" he called out to us I just nodded as he grabbed a bunch. The boys all raised their eyebrows from what I could see I just laughed turning to Leah quickly.
"He also loves apple pie" I muttered quickly she nodded smiling sheepishly. As Sparky sat back in front of me I nudged his side with me knee.
"Where's my car?" I asked glaring at him playfully. He held up a pair of keys jingling them, a mouthful of apple pie. I smiled like a fool. I loved my baby. He quickly swallowed.
"It's at the shop baby girl. I'm almost done." He said smiling at me. I pouted dejectedly, making him, Leah and Quil all burst into laughter. I glared at them all.
"Not cool Sparky. You do not tease a girl with her baby" I said still acting like a child. Quil rubbed my head lightly.
"looks like you're getting a lift with us again" he said. I grumbled incoherently as I sank back on the log. I noticed quickly that Sparky kept shooting Leah glances out of the corner of his eye. I smiled knowingly and bent forward so I was behind his ear.
"I believe she likes that Italian place in Port Angelis" I whispered. He turned completely scarlet, smacking my leg as I fell off the log laughing. Leah raised her eyebrow at me like I was crazy, and I noticed Grumpy was glaring daggers at Sparky.
It wasn't long before everyone was running around slightly still close to the fire though. I noticed that Sparky had pulled Leah off to the side and was rubbing the back of his neck. Sam, happened to appear next to me at this point.
"What's up with them?" He asked me, as I guessed Leah said yes to the date I was sure Sparky had just asked her on.
"Not my place to tell" I said smiling up at him as I darted back to Quil attempting to tackle him to the ground. All that wound up happening was me getting a sore shoulder from running into him full pelt whilst he just stood there. I had then proceeded to make a small pathetic sound as I fell back on my arse. Quil was quick to look at Mr Grumpy shaking his head as he checked on me. Mr Grumpy had his hands once again fisted looking at me. God what had I done to piss this guy off I thought before realising the first time I met him I had kind of threatened him. Opps.
An hour or so passed with everyone goofing around before people started to head off. Mr Grumpy started to head to his car after speaking to Quil who just nodded before running over to me to tell me we needed to go if I was going to get back on time. The walk back to the car was fairly quiet before I turned to Quil.
"What's Mr Grumpy's problem tonight? I know he's just a general butt, but seriously tonight he seems worse than normal" I said exasperated. Quil just shook his head.
"Jake isn't an arse. His actually a really good guy, he just has shit his trying to deal with right now." He said trying to defend him.
"Everyone has shit they have to deal with doesn't give him an excuse to be so mean!" I said more annoyed now at Quil's attempt to defend him. The rest of the way home was fairly quiet, until I got a text from Sparky telling me what I already knew and wishing me a goodnight.
"Who was that?" Quil asked turning to me in the back seat. I smiled slightly.
"Just Sparky saying goodnight" I said. At this point Grumpy gripped the wheel tighter his knuckles going white. I glared at him, what the hell is this guys problem!
Fifteen minutes later we were pulling up to my place…well Uncle Charlies place. Quil got out of the car with me walking me to the door. I turned to him quickly giving him a hug.
"Thanks for inviting me Quil. I loved the legends." I said pulling away. I once again noticed grumpy staring at us. This guy had some serious issues!
"Rory, give Jake a chance. I know he can act like a twat but he's one of my best friends. I would love if two of my best friends could actually stand to be in the same room with each other." He said following my eyes. I sighed defeated before nodding.
I walked into the house silently heading up to my room where I quickly changed out of my clothes into a clean tank top and knickers as it was still warm. I struggled to sleep that night. My stomach had this weird pull like feeling just behind my navel. Eventually when I did fall asleep it was into a nightmare which horrified me more then I would admit out loud. Jacob was being attacked, blood covering him as a gang tore at him. I stood there screaming at him to fight back to do anything, but he just looked at me his eyes hollow and face tear stained. I woke screaming. I quickly grabbed my phone off the bedside table ringing Quil. It rang three times before there was an answer.
"Rory? Do you know what time it is?" he asked obviously having been woken by my call.
"Is he okay? Is Jacob okay?" I asked frantically, ignoring his question. Almost on the verge of tears.
"What? Yeah course he is" he mumbled in reply. I breathed a sigh of relief before I heard the snore on the other end. I quickly hung up my phone and went back to sleep. It was slightly more peaceful this time but every now and then images from the nightmare would flash before my eyes. I woke early the next day. Still exhausted. It didn't take me long to get ready to go. Bella met me out by her truck. I was wearing my aviators in an attempt to hide my lack of sleep. When we eventually did get to the Cullen's place Jasper was quickly at my side.
"What's up?" he asked hugging me slightly. I just half smiled at him as Bella looked at me.
"Don't worry Bellasaurs. It's nothing" I said pushing her lightly towards Edward who had a raised eyebrow.
Jasper ended up pulling me into the living room with the others whilst Bella and Edward went upstairs. I ended up plonking down next to Alice Jasper on my other side.
"Now what has you so agitated?" He asked. I removed my glasses, raising an eyebrow at him, man he was good at reading people.
"Just a nightmare." I said trying to side step the question. Alice wasn't having any of that as she started to question further. I sighed slightly before explaining it to them saying it was stupid because he was nothing more than an insensitive prick who obviously had issues. Alice was slightly amazed before she started to ramble about the chance of me dating Jacob. I laughed whole heartedly at that telling her it would never happen and that 's when my phone rang and so did the house one. I raised my eyebrow that wasn't a common occurrence I quickly answered. (anything in italics is the other person on the end of the line)
"Yellow?" I said my customary greeting as I answered my phone without checking who it was.
"Rory? Where are you?" came a very frantic Quil.
"um..at the Cullen's place. I did say I was hanging out with them today" I replied confused.
"Good we're on our way there now. See you in five" he said hanging up the phone. I looked at it confused. That's when I saw Dr. Cullen rush into the room.
"Alice go get Edward, we're gonna need him. Jasper in the surgery now. Emmet go help the pack. Rose keep an eye on our guest." He said, everyone rushed to do as they were told. I looked at Rose confused and she just shrugged her shoulders. Literally five minutes after Quil had hung up on me all the boys from the Rez were rushing into the house, someone in the middle. Quil was quickly at my side trying to hide who was in the middle. I started to panic, the pull that hadn't left my stomach all day started to subside slightly but in its place came anxiety.
"Quil what's happening?" I demanded as he tried to usher me out of the room. I Turned standing my ground, as he tried to tell me nothing was happening.
"Bull!" I cried shoving past him and rushing towards the doctors' offices. Only to feel two strong arms wrap around my waist, lifting me off the ground. I screamed flailing any and all limbs currently not restricted. As I flailed my hand meet something hard, and when I say hard I mean like marble hard. I screamed out in pain as I realised my fingers had just dislocated.
"Shit" came Emmet's voice. Before Jasper opened the door to the surgery indicating for me to come in, my hand throbbed as Emmet placed me back on my feet. I walked quickly into the room nursing my hand, looking at the floor. It wasn't until I was fully in the room and the door was closed behind me that I looked up. Finally seeing who was in the bed. I stopped everything, forgetting my pain as I saw him lying there covered in blood.
"Jacob" I mumbled. Rushing to his side muttering 'god no' over and over. Dr. Cullen stopped me just before I got to him.
"Let's look at your hand shall we" he said trying to lead me to the chair next to the desk. I shook my head still trying to get to the boy I thought I hated lying on the hospital bed. I could hear the others outside talking and I knew Sam was still in here.
"Come now." Dr. Cullen tried again. I tore my arm from him turning on him, rage filling me I knew if I didn't calm down something would happen but I didn't care at this point.
"Fuck my hand!" I screamed at the Doctor looking him dead in the eye before rushing past to Jacob, who had slightly opened his eyes at my outburst.
"Jake, Jacob, oh god please be alright" I said looking over him. He groaned slightly. "Dr. Cullen, please do something!" I said frantically looking back at the doctor. Who just smiled at me slightly.
"He'll be okay Rory. The morphine's just got to set in" he said ushering me away from the bed. I finally allowed the doctor to look at my hand, never tearing my eyes from Jacob, barely registering my fingers being popped back in place and my hand bandaged.
It was twenty minutes later before I saw him open his eyes. He looked over at us his eyes as hollow as I remembered them in my dream and I shuddered. I may not like this guy but something about this situation just made me feel the need to curl up next to him and whisper sweet nothings in his ear in an attempt to comfort him. The realization that I wanted to be anywhere near him let alone in the same bed as him made me want to smack myself over the head. I know I had promised Quil I'd give him a chance but that was a little over the top, right? Maybe it was because I was still shaken by my nightmare, especially as it was almost as if it had been real. I mean here lay Mr. Grumpy in a hospital bed, covered in blood and cu… wait he was covered in cuts and grazes two seconds ago. And the bruises looked weeks old now.
"What's happening Doc? Jacobs….healing?" I asked confusion all over my face as I glanced between the man in the bed and the man checking his vitals.
"She doesn't know?" Edward asked Sam, raising an eyebrow at him.
"It's Jacob's choice when and how he tells her" came Sam's reply looking at me. Edward chuckled slightly.
"Tell me what exactly. That you're all freaks of nature or that your legends aren't legends! Well?" came my heated reply as I spun on Sam, fire in my eyes as my hands and nose started to tingle again. I was so mad by this point. Once again I was out of the loop, whilst everyone danced around me telling me half truths. And what the hell did Sam mean it was Jacobs choice when I found out. To hell with him! I turned on Edward quickly stalking towards him. I quickly grabbed his collar and pulled him down to my height.
"You're gonna tell me everything now or so help me god you're gonna wish you were never born!" I said between clenched teeth. I could see the unmistakable fear in Edwards eyes as he looked at me. I noticed then that his eyes were actually a topaz colour, almost like liquid honey or something. This made me even more pissed. I knew that wasn't a natural eye colour for anyone. Edwards eyes darted to Dr. Cullen then to Sam.
"Miss Swan, this is better spoken about in the other room. Jacob needs to rest and all this ruckus won't be helping him." Came Dr. Cullen's voice. I spun on him my glare still in place as I stormed from the room into the living room. Everyone looked up at me as I entered and Bella gasped.
"Rory?" came her timid voice. I spun on her, ready to yell at anyone that tried to deny me the truth again, but as my eyes landed on the scared form of my cousin I softened. My anger subsiding slightly. That wasn't to say I wouldn't live up to my threat on Edward if he didn't explain everything but I couldn't take it out on Bella. Edward coughed slightly behind me.
"I've just spoken to Sam and Carlisle and they have agreed to telling you" he said. Quil and Seth both stood ready to protest when my anger flared again, this time worse than when I'd been in the room with the other three. How could they? They were supposed to be my friends, and for that point two of my best friends and they were ready to hide secrets from me like it was nothing! As soon as they actually looked at me they both shrunk back, sitting back on the couch they had previously occupied.
"Well?" I asked impatiently looking at all the faces before me. Alice spoke up first.
"Rory, please don't feel like we didn't want to tell you. It's just for every ones safety that we didn't." she said quietly. I looked at her. For every ones safety? Ha! Alice looked at Jasper quizzically. All of a sudden I felt a wave of calmness overcome me. I took three deep breaths like I was starved for oxygen, before raising an eyebrow at everyone. That's when Dr. Cullen's smooth voice washed over me.
"you see Rory, the members of this household are vampires. Vegetarian, of course, but none the less we are vampires." I burst out into laughter. This was either a brilliant practical joke or they were being very mean.
"He's being serious." Came Quil's voice. I quickly sobered.
"Bullshit. If they were vampires they'd have fangs and wouldn't be able to go out during the day without bursting into flames and turning to dust." I said crossing my arms. The humor of the situation having worn off.
"Rory, they're telling the truth." Came Bella's voice. I was starting to get annoyed again. How could Bella take their side like this.
"Prove it." Was my reply turning on Dr. Cullen. He sighed slightly but nodded. Emmet picked me up bridal style, one minute we were in the living room the next second up a tree looking back at it…half a mile away and up a very tall tree. I quickly clang to him. My slight fear of heights kicking in. a tree this small shouldn't hold my weight…let alone Emmet's. then we were back in the living room.
"So you're uber fast. Still doesn't make you a vamp. I mean you could just be a very distant relative of the Flash or something." I said crossing my arms, trying to think of a reason that this might make more sense….apparently the Flash made more sense to me. Edward sighed coming down to my height again and smiling….a set of fangs where his canines should have been. I unfortunately made a little 'eep' sound at that which of course made the butt smile.
"Believe it now?" He asked. I nodded quickly. Looking at Bella.
"he hasn't hurt you has he? Still got a heartbeat?" I asked patting her down before resting my head on her chest to see if I could hear a heartbeat. This made the others laugh and Bella blush. I quickly turned on Edward.
"My previous threat still stands" I said poking his chest as hard as I could with my bandaged hand. I then looked at my other best friends with a raised eye brow.
"So Jacobs a vampire too?" I asked cocking my head to the side. All the boys from La Push looked slightly horrified. Whilst Rose burst out laughing.
"They wish." She said. Earning a glare from the boys.
"No he's one of us. A shape shifter." Came Sam's explanation. I nodded slightly.
"So what are you guys? Like bears…or puppies?" I asked thinking of what Rose always referred to them as. Sam looked at Quil and Seth and they both nodded, motioning for me to follow them out the back. I quickly did so standing on the porch as they disappeared into the woods surrounding the Cullen's home. A moment later two large…like giant wolf's reappeared. Both carrying the clothes that Seth and Quil had been wearing. I raised my head looking between the two. One a sandy colour cayyring Seth's stuff the other a chocolate with Quils. They both sat about a foot away from me. I looked between the pair as everyone joined me on the porch. I took a breath before smiling.
"wicked" I mumbled walking towards the pair. Both of them laying down and whining slightly as I got closer. I looked at the two circling them both slightly inspecting them before I came to face them again. I pointed at the smaller sandy one first.
"I'm assuming this is Seth which means that this is Quil" I said pointing between the two. The sandy one yipped slightly as I laughed reaching a hand towards the pair and scratching just behind their ears. Both of them leant their heads into my hands.
"You're kinda calm aren't you?" Came Embry's voice. I looked back at him grining like a maniac.
"I just found out that half my friends are awesome vampires and the other half are giant puppies that are soooo fluffy!" I yelled wrapping an arm around both the wolves next to me and squeezing tightly. Everyone laughed, Seth and Quil making an odd barking/laughing noise. Bella just stood there shaking her head slightly.
"So does anyone have awesome powers? You know besides the normal ones" I asked as we all sat in the living room. The atmosphere a lot more relaxed now.
"I can see the future, Jaz has empathic abilities and Edward can read thoughts" came Alice's voice as she placed a plate in front of me. I looked at her.
"No way. Does that mean you can see mine?" I asked looking at her. She shook her head slightly.
"Kinda….which is weird cause you're tied in with the wolves and I can't see anything to do with them normally." I raised an eyebrow slightly confused. When Jared spoke.
"Vampires and shape shifters are natural enemies. Only reason we don't kill the Cullen's is because we have a peace treaty with them. As long as they stay off our land and don't hurt any humans we won't attack" was his explanation. I nodded slightly.
"Wait…so Eddie can hear my thoughts?" I asked grinning widely deciding I would no longer address him and rather just think our conversations. Edward shook his head slightly.
"Sort of, unlike everyone else's, yours I can only hear if you're either super emotional about something or if you're concentrating really hard" He said, a crease between his brows. I shrugged, it made sense I suppose.
Four hours later, Dr. Cullen bought Jacob out. He was still bandaged and looking a little sorry for himself but I guessed he wasn't as bad as when he first showed up.
"So what happened Jake?" Edward asked as Jacob was lowered onto the couch next to me. Jacob glared at him in response, a low growl escaping his throat as his eyes flicked to me.
"Jake, she knows." Came Embry's voice. Jacob looked furious. Turning to his…well I guess they were his pack.
"How?" he asked staring each of them down. I sighed, I hadn't thought this threw very well when I demanded answers.
"How about I threatened their lives numbskull" I said throwing my hands in the air in exasperation. This guy was still as thick as ever…maybe even more so now.
"And you told her! What's she gonna do?" he demanded even more pissed then I was. I turned on him quickly. Ready to tear him a new one.
"Listen here mister. I dunno who you think you are but you have no right to yell at them. I was the one that made them tell me. And for that matter, what the hell did Sam mean when he said it was your choice? Last time I checked you didn't control me and you never will!" I screamed in his face. He looked dumbfounded for a second before beginning to shake.
"who the hell am I? Who the hell are you? You've ruined everything. I love Bella not you!" he yelled back. Quil and Seth quickly grabbed me. Pulling me away from Jacob, moments before he burst into a russet coloured wolf. I stood frozen for a second. Something was wrong, my anger subsided instantly, pain flooding my chest, I ripped at my chest. All that was there was a white hot burning and an excruciating pain as if I had been shot. I felt my knees buckle as the screams tore from my throat, tears pouring down my cheeks. The last thing I saw was Jacob, rushing to me as I fell into the darkness.
A/N: obviously reviews are awesome. Would love to get feedback on whether or not you'd like to see a chapter from Jacob/Alice's point of view. I'd probably do half it in Jacob's and the other half in Alice's or all in one. Let me know if it's something you'd find interesting.
xoxo AJ