Chapter 2- Back to Emily's
I made my way back through the forest, towards Emily's house. She was nice, very simple but caring. I imagined her face, beautiful but so sad. On one half of her face were four long white scars running from top to bottom. Werewolves were dangerous, I knew that. If I was around them when any of them lost control, I could be scarred too. I was use to danger by now. Jacob promised me he would never loose control. That's a hard promise to make. In my world only mythical creatures existed, werewolves, vampires, or so it seemed at the moment. I wondered if Jacob was back from today's hunt yet.
I walked through the trees towards Emily's house. It was just like her, a beautiful, small, simple cottage, with nice smelling flowers all around it. The trees all looked the same. Green leaves at the top and green moss covering the trunk and branches. Green, green and more green. I was pretty sick of it, but I could still cope of course. I loved Forks.
I passed through the last set of trees, and I could now see her house. I breathed in, smelling her wonderful cooking.
"Bella! What have you been up to lately?" said Embry, running out of the house towards me.
"Oh you know, walking up the beach; again." I replied, not really wanting them to know about the whole cliff diving experience.
"Again! Don't you ever get bored of that place?" Jared came down as well to greet me.
"Bella..." Jake came into view. He looked at me with relief and fear. He came over. Embry and Jared had gone back inside. Thankfully, I could talk to him alone. He came over and held my hand. We both started walking back through the forest. His face still looked like he was in pain.
"So, did you find her?" I started the conversation, now I was a bit worried. Victoria, my arch enemy and deadly vampire. I didn't want Jacob near her, but he was a werewolf and that is what werewolves do, protect people, from creatures like vampires.
"Not exactly. We found her and nearly got her, but she dove off into the water. We came straight back... we were afraid she would double back swimming. You weren't on the beach were you? I came looking." Jacob seemed and looked better now he had told me about their latest hunting trip.
"No I wasn't. I'm sorry. I... er... I went to look at the cliff face. I didn't jump off. I just went to see how high it was." I hoped my face didn't give my lie away.
"Bell, don't lie to me. You're a hopeless liar. You can trust me." Nope, he didn't fall for anything, so I told him the truth. The whole story.
