Unseeing Light
Chapter 2
Jacob's Point Of View
Today was just one of those oh so typical days in La Push. You know the usual, spending time with a pack of insanely awesome werewolf brothers as well as, being with my wonderful, beautiful, amazing girlfriend, Kate, and my best friend who I had, yet no longer, been absolutely in love with for months, Bella. Yep, just the usual.
It's still beyond me how changed everything was in a year and how truly normal it now has become. Last year, I was a normal fifteen year old, working on my Rabbit and hanging with normal guys. Nowadays, I'm sixteen, I am a werewolf, and have the most complicated relationships among the pack.
My relationship with both Kate and Bella had been a rollercoaster ride. At first, Bella had been a simple crush since she came to First Beach. How could anyone not like her? Soon, the cold-hearted bloodsucker abandoned her, leaving Bella broken. That's how a basic crush became more. I saw through the pain she suffered and saw the true her.
I want to become more than just a friend to Bella and as she finally seemed to agree, I imprinted.
Kate came to town to visit my sister. Rebecca and Kate were college friends though Kate is Bella's age. I didn't want to tell Bella quickly, wanting to spill the new the right way. But she figured it out anyway. Bella claim that it was for the best and that I, now, had someone to give me what she couldn't.
But, Bella couldn't fool me, I knew she was hurt.
However, we had a kinship that was unexplainable and ran deep. We remain best friends as Kate became the center of my world. Bella and I loved each other equally and in a more brotherly sort of way. Bella appeared to accept Kate and the two became fast friends.
Most of us were at Sam and Emily's enjoying the goodness of Emily and Kate's cooking. Sam, Jared, Paul and Embry were soon to be returning from patrol. The rest of the guys were stuffing there faces while arguing about who could take on who.
Leah, Emily, and Kate were discussing the best way to make a giant cake to everyone and taste amazing at the same time. Kate's bright blue eyes sparkled as her cherry lips move adamantly and black shinny hair floated down her back. I smiled at the sight. Man, I've got it bad.
Leah, once again, surprised us all by imprinting on a new guy at the supermarket. His name is Nick and he has changed Leah into the caring woman we knew was deep, deep inside of her. It's scary. She is not at all bothered by our jokes. It's like the bitter harpy turned Miss U.S.A. Like I said it's scary but no one's complaining. Leah was humming and smiling and strangely saying things, like thank you. I didn't know it was possible. Actually, Sam practically worships the ground Nick stands on for the complete transformation in Leah.
I stayed quiet, taking in the homey feeling of the room. I looked from my place at the table and watch the girls. Though three girls were involved in discussion, one girl was not. Bella's head was hung low and her eyes were closed, a small smile on her lips. I guess she was appreciating the atmosphere as mush as I was. I moved from my place at the table to sit next to her on the couch in the living room. The guys continued laughing and joking loudly as the girls carried on their conversion.
It was good to see Bella smile as small as it was. Since the incident three weeks ago, I had been worried about her. The impact hit the pack and those involved, really hard. But that was nothing compare to Bella. She felt it the worst. I didn't think she'd go back to the same strong spirit, I knew she had. She was slowly piecing herself back together and that smile was a major improvement.
Bella felt the couch shift and turned her head to me. Her eyes still closed, smile still there.
"What's that?" I gasped dramatically.
"What's what?" She asked back, faking confusion as her smile grew slightly.
"That thing on your face. Why, I think it's a smile!" I said incredulously.
She giggled quietly and said as a-matter-of-factly, "It very well could be. It's all in the eye of the beholder, silly Jake."
"Ooh, a real life Mona Lisa. She giggles too," I said playing along with enthusiasm. I enjoyed the casualness of our joking. It had been too long.
"Seriously, Bells, it's good to see. Is there a reason?" I asked curiously.
Just as she opened her mouth to answer, a howl rang out of the trees in the nearby forest. This was severe and urgent. Everyone froze, they felt it to. The pack and I seemed to snap out of our trance first. As Beta, I began to bark out orders.
"Seth, Brady, and Collin phase and hang back with the girls," I said, pausing to shoot them a look, stopping their protests, "and everyone else let's go!"
We filed out the back and quickly race our way to the trees, the girls hollering their goodbyes as we ran. Phasing, our minds developed into a chaos of thoughts as we were updated by Jared.
"What's going on?"
"Is it bad?"
"I didn't even finish my muffin!"
"Seth?!!" a chorus of thoughts rang out.
"Sorry."
"Okay, here's the deal, Paul and Sam caught the red head's sent near Bella's old house. We're going to break off and surround her as she's heading our direction."
"Sweet."
"Bloodsucker chow time."
We were pumped at the idea of finishing this pesky leech off. Excitement was mounting as we near the clear area. Seth, Collin, and Brady were pacing from all the energy and whining about not being with us. But they knew that they were back up if the leech slipped pass us.
While getting into position, we heard a fierce snarl that only increase our tense vigor. But as we neared we heard something we didn't expect. A deeper, more violent snarl. It made the hairs stand up all the way down my back. There were definitely two enemies. There could be more. I thought angrily.
Quil, Embry and I howl in frustration.
Were we to late to save someone? Who could it be? These thoughts circled everyone's mind.
We enter the clear and immediately froze, even Brady, Seth, and Collin. The red head was in the middle of were Bella's house once stood. She looked as wild and crazy as ever. But that was not what froze us.
Across from the insane leech, leaving her trapped in the middle…….
…were the Cullens.
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