Heres Chapter 2! Please read and review, good and bad :)
Nope, I do not own Twilight.
It seemed like it took me forever to finally reach Forks, Washington. So much was running through my mind as I tried desperately to look for Bella's future but I came up blank. It was terrifying and annoying all the same. I ran straight to our old house knowing that we still had a car there from our hasty leave.
I opened the garage door and slid into the unlocked Mercedes. Right in the visor were the keys. Within seconds I was on my way to the Swan house not sure what I would find. A shocked and grieving Charlie? A badly wounded Bella? I groaned wishing I could at least SEE what I was going to find to prepare myself. If it were Charlie at home I wasn't sure how I would explain myself being there, I hadn't gotten that far.
Within minutes I was pulling into the empty driveway. I sighed, no one was home. I couldn't hear any heartbeats or smell anyone inside. There was an awful stench that surrounded the house though that I wrinkled my nose up at but the scent was a day or two old. I was surprised the front door was unlocked but I let myself in to wait. I just had an awful feeling in my stomach.
While I stood down the small hallway from the front door to the living room still as a statue I couldn't help but think of my previous visions about myself and about Jasper. I tried not to let the despair get to me at the thought of him leaving. He was all I saw when I woke up into this new life. How could he dare possibly even remotely think of leaving me? I knew things were tough after we left Forks, I knew all too well about the guilt he was feeling since he just projected it onto all of us, but dammit. And then there was the other vision I had. What significance did the treaty line hold to my future, and the blank void with a deep warming laugh? I just shook it off. In due time, I thought. I had all of the time in the world to figure things out.
The sound of Bella's truck struck my senses. Was she alive? I couldn't tell yet. I could hear the truck park on the road in front of the house and some yelling. It was definitely her voice. She was alive! I let out a sigh of releif, a breath I didn't even know I was holding. But who in the world was she with? That awful smell was there again. My nose wrinkled up in disgust yet again.
I heard the door slam shut and knew she was coming inside. I braced myself. The front door open and the light flipped on. Then all too fast Bella was throwing herself into my steel arms.
"Oh, Alice!" She cried.
I took in a hesitant breath then realized that was an awful idea. It took a few seconds to clear my head, I had forgotten how appetizing she smelled, but was easily able to control myself. She smelled purely of wet dog. "Bella?" I whispered and carefully put my arms around her for a brief moment then stepped back to make sure I was seeing right. "How are you still alive? I saw you JUMP, off of a cliff into the water."
I narrowed my eyes as she stood back and hesitated. "I was uhhh...jumping, for fun. Big rush." She gave a lame movement of her arms to try and show excitement. My eyes narrowed further. "Kids from the reservation do it, I thought it looked like fun so I wanted to try it." She explained while looking down.
"Uh huh. I saw you jump but I didn't see you get out of the water." My head was spinning. Was there something wrong with my visions?
"Ummm...Jacob Black, my friend, pulled me out." She made a small face then looked pained for a second.
"How?" I pressed, still not fully grasping. Who was this Jacob? The water looked too rough for any normal human to survive swimming in it, let alone someone running into it to pull out another being.
She looked down with a hesitant expression on her face. "Jacobs sort of a...werewolf." She scrunched up her face as she said it.
I gasped. "Bella! They are NOT safe. Leave it to you to find the next dangerous creature after the vampires leave town." I rubbed my hand over my temples, still trying to make sense. "But that still doesn't explain why I didn't see him pull you out." Something was wrong.
Then the wet dog smell got more potent. The hair on the back of my neck shot up as I looked into the doorway. There stood a seven foot tall man...boy? I didn't know nor care. I knew what he was from the smell. I hissed and stood in front of Bella.
He rolled his eyes at me looking behind me to see Bella. "I had to make sure you were alright." He didn't sound too happy about that fact from the resentment that was dripping from his words.
It was my turn to roll my eyes. "I'm surely not going to hurt her." I defended.
"Of course not. You're just a harmless-" He sounded like he got choked on his words as he finally made eye contact with me. I raised my eyebrows. Something strange was passing between us, I could feel it but just couldn't grasp what it was. For a few seconds all I could concentrate on was how pretty his dark brown eyes were. It was as if I could see through him, straight inside.
I snapped my head out of it and looked away. "Cullen." He finished, finally, in a whisper. He didn't sound so harsh, now it was more like he was in awe. I narrowed my eyes trying to figure it out. I tried looking for my future, seeing if I could figure out what had happend, but it was all blank. Nothing. I gasped and stood back. It was all gone, like I didn't even exist anymore.
"You, outside now with me." I walked straight passed him and outside the front door, leaving Bella with her curiosity. I was surprised that the wet dog smell that just a minute ago smelled so repulsing now smelled sort of...calm. Almost like what home would smell like. When he was outside with me I turned around and looked up at him. "What happened? Whatever happened caused my future to go blank. If you plan on killing me Jacob Black you have another thing coming." I tried my best at a glare but his features looked shocked, even a little worried. I softened my own and sighed.
"I...I don't really know. It can't be what I think it is." He sighed and ran his hand through his hair, obviously stressed. "I think I imprinted, but on you? A vampire? It's impossible." He groaned.
I narrowed my eyes. "Imprinting. I heard my father, for all intents and purposes anyway, speak of it. It's how you find your soul mate?" I asked, more afraid of the answer.
He only nodded once. Well, hell. The werewolves on the reservation only existed to end their kind. They were mutual enemites. "I mean..thats a theory anyway, one of the best the elders have. The other theory is for breeding, to make the best werewolves." He snorted. "I think this just threw that theory out the window."
I had to let out a small laugh. My mind was running a million miles a minute, not uncommon for our kind, but his was different. "I need to call Carlisle. I have a mate." One who eventually plans on leaving me, I silently added on.
He nodded, a brief look of pain crossed his face. Suddenly it was like my dead heart and mind was attuned to him. That look of pain caused me pain. I sighed. "Look, why don't you talk to whoever you can talk to about this, try to get some answers and we'll meet up later, okay?"
"Alright. I'll talk to Sam...and the Elders. My dads not going to be too thrilled." He made a face. "I'll just follow your scent midnight." He said simply before he was running off, away from me or the situation - I wasn't too sure. All I knew was as soon as he left I felt an almost crippling emptiness inside of me. It was like when Jacob Black left he took half of me with him. This was going to get annoying quick.
I tuned around and Bella was at the door with a shocked expression. "You heard?"
She nodded and smiled. "You do realize that you will never get rid of him now? He explained this to me once. With an imprint he becomes whatever you need him to be. Best friends, annoying protective brother, more overprotective boyfriend." She grinned obviously enjoying this.
"Oh shut up. I need to call Carlisle, figure out this mess, before I deal with Jasper." The gasp from Bella proved that she had forgotten about him. "Yeah." I sighed and pulled out my phone.