A/N: Sorry it took so long to get this out!! So this chapter is going to be very graphic so be warned. Make sure you let me know what you thought!!
P.S. Nothing is mine besides the plot.
"Where'd Alice go?" I was pulled out of my thoughts. We had gotten back to the apartment a few hours ago and were bumming it in sweats and drinking beer on my living room floor. Jasper had been playing around on his guitar and singing to Alice and me for the past hour.
"Uh, she was just here a second ago?" I sat up and walked into my bedroom. Alice was curled on my bed with Piper in her arms.
"Did you find..." Jasper trailed off looking at Alice lovingly. I put my hand on his shoulder and walked into the kitchen wanting coffee.
"Here," I handed Jasper the hot mug and sat down on the couch next to him.
He looked at me and smiled. "How have you been anyways?" He was watching me with concern in his eyes.
"How do you mean?" I asked looking in my coffee. I knew what he was talking about. I hated talking about it but Jasper was one of the two who really knew what had happened. I hadn't even told Alice the whole story.
"You know what I mean Bells..." I couldn't look at him.
"Fine."
"Talk to me Bells. You don't seem fine about it." He put down his mug and looked me in the eyes. "I can see through your mask you put on."
"Jasper I just, I'll never be fine. You know that. It's always going to haunt me. I mean I see his eyes in my dreams..." I trailed off and curled further into myself
1 year ago
"Hey dad. Yes I made it just fine. I promise I will call you when I get there. Dad. DAD!" I laughed, "Love you too." I closed my phone and started toward the baggage caracal. The flight was only 4 hours. Not that bad. I had been on worse. Like the 14 hours to Italy when Alice's uncle took us for two weeks the summer before college. I laughed at the memories.
"Bella!!" I turned to see my mother running towards me. I smiled at her until she wrapped her arms around my shoulders.
"Hey mom." I looked over to see Phil standing a little ways back. He finally made his way over to me and took me into a one armed hug.
"Hey honey"
"Hi." I knew that my mom really loved him. For goodness sake she was obsessed with him. He makes me nervous. He's never really in the conversations but he is always over seeing them. Whatever.
My mother held my hand as we walked toward the parking lot, Phil trailing behind with my bag.
Nothing had changed at the house since the last time I had visited. The walls were brightly colored and the furniture didn't match. It was perfect for Renee's crazy personality. Mine on the other hand, not so much. I walked over to the guest room and started to unpack my bag for the week long stay. Renee was letting me relax from the flight and was attempting to make dinner in the kitchen.
I looked down at my cell phone and noticed I had a few missed calls. No doubt they would all be from my father thinking I died on the way to the house. I sighed as I clicked through them. Two were from dad and one was from an unknown number. I called dad real quick letting him know I was safe then checked my voice mail.
"Bells! It's Jacob! I got a new cell phone so don't freak out. Your mom told me that you were coming into town for a little while. You better get your ass over to my place as soon as you can. Call me back!!" I couldn't help the smile that spread across my lips. Jacob was one of mine Alice and Jasper's best friends in high school. He moved down here to Florida with his dad a few years back. I missed having him around.
I walked out into the kitchen and plopped down at the small table. Renee turned around looking disheveled. "Mom?" I asked trying not to laugh.
"How do you feel about take out?" She asked plopping down next to me.
"Well, since you aren't making dinner, would you care if I went and hung out with Jacob for a little while?"
"Of course not!" When it came to boys my mom didn't care who it was as long as they were nice on the eyes.
"Thanks mom. I will call you later and let you know what's going on." I stood up and reached for my purse. "Oh, can I borrow the car?" I gave my best smile. She just waved her hands and put her head on the table mumbling something about cooking classes.
"Where are you going?" Phil asked from his chair as I was walking towards the door.
"Uh, to see Jacob. Mom failed at making dinner so I thought it would be okay." I fiddled with the keys lightly.
"Okay. Don't be out too late." He gave a creepy smile and I bolted out of the house.
I called Jake on my way over to his house and was now turning the corner. I could already see him on his porch. He was taller since the last time I saw him. I parked the SUV before getting out. Before I could close the door two huge strong arms lifted me up and squeezed me to a hot chest.
"God Bells I missed you!!" Jacob mumbled into my hair.
"I missed you too." I squeezed his neck and laughed out loud.
"How the hell have you been?" He finally released me and put me on the ground.
"Fine. Fork's isn't the same without you. Alice and Jasper say hi. Did you get taller or something? I feel like I am talking to a giant." I looked him up and down. He looked older too.
"Yeah I'm 6'4" now." He looked shy.
"Well are you going to invite me in or what?" I asked him punching him in the arm and walking towards his door.
"Hey now!" he laughed and busted through the front door before I could reach it.
"Bella." I looked over to see Billy coming through the living room on his wheel chair.
"Hey Billy." I leaned over and hugged him tightly. Billy and my dad had been best friends while they still lived in Fork's. I'm pretty sure they still are, minus the fishing trips.
Jacob grabbed my hand and pulled me through a door and covered my eyes. I tried to shake him off but he was too much for me to handle. "What are you doing?!" I finally asked him.
"Just shut up and sit down." He pushed me down onto a wooden chair. I tried figuring out what room I was currently sitting in but without luck.
"Okay now, promise that you will not laugh at me okay?" It sounded like Jacob was far away. I could hear Billy in the next room laughing lightly.
"How come he can I can't?" I said smiling.
"Just promise." I could hear the frustration in his voice.
"Fine," I finally managed.
"Then open your eyes." I slowly opened one eye slightly, scared of what I might find. I noticed that I was in the kitchen so I finally opened my eyes fully and looked around. On the stove were a few pots cooking something inside them and the light was turned on inside of the oven. There was a few little bird looking things baking inside. I looked over at Jacob feeling very impressed. I snorted at the sight of him. He was standing in front of me with a little apron on and a pink oven mitt on his hand.
"Jacob you never fail to amaze me." I stood up to inspect the dinner closer.
"Well when you called and let me know you were coming, I knew I had 20 minutes to start making you dinner. So. Here it is," He opened his arms wide. I walked over to him and hugged him tightly.
"Thank you Jake."
"No thank you Bella." I turned to look at Billy questioningly. "If you hadn't said you were coming, I would be starving begging for food on the streets somewhere. Jacob never cooks around here." He winked at me before going back to the game.
Jacob waved his hands after Billy and went to stir something in one of the pots on the stove.
"Do you need any help?" I asked while walking over to him.
"Just sit down. It's almost done anyways." He bumped his hip into mine pushing me away.
Jacob continued to cook and hum to himself. I had never seen him cook before. The only other time that he cooked was outside on a camping trip and that was only because no one else knew what they were doing. I laughed at the memory and sat back in the chair.
"If I get poisoned I know who to blame." I laughed watching him grab some plates.
"Shut up. Here." He put a plate down in front of me. My senses were instantly over whelmed by the smells of a variety of spices. I lifted an eye brow at Jacob who was watching me.
"I'm not going to eat any until you sit down and eat with me." I put down the fork I was about to push into the small bird and folded my arms over my chest. Jacob rolled his eyes and put his own plate on the table and sat down. He grabbed his own fork and took a bite motioning to my fork with his hands. I slowly picked the fork up and dug into the small chicken.
"Jacob." I chewed a little more and swallowed. "Jacob, this is really good! Did you come up with this on your own? Why haven't you cooked for me before?" I kept eating while he answered me.
"Thank you. Yeah I did come up with it on my own. It really isn't that hard. And I never cooked for you before because you never asked me too." He laughed. The rest of dinner went by quickly. Billy came in a while later to make his own plate of food and took it back into the living room. After about an hour of eating and catching up, I helped Jake clean up the kitchen and followed him into the living room.
"Hey kids I'm going to bed. It was nice to see you again Bella. Try to bring Charlie with you next time."
"I'll try." I laughed and flopped down on the couch. Jacob followed suit and put his arm around my shoulders pulling me closer to him. Jacob and I had a sibling like relationship. I loved him with all of my heart but I wasn't in love with him. Even though we live a country apart now, he always knows when something's wrong and calls me up. I missed him being around all the time. I sighed into his shoulder taking in his immense heat and closed my eyes listening to the low draw of the people talking on the T.V.
"Bells," the deep rumbling of the chest underneath me startled me. "It's midnight. You better head home before Renee starts to worry." Jacob helped me up off the couch and grabbed my purse and keys before walking me out to the SUV. "Call me when you get settled in and before you go to bed. That way I know you're okay." I smiled up at him and hugged around his middle tightly.
"Love you Jake." He kissed the top of my head before I jumped into the driver seat.
The drive home seemed to take forever. It must have been because I was so tired. I hadn't even realized I had fallen asleep. I probably wouldn't have woken up if Jacob didn't make me. I pulled onto my street and rolled onto the drive way. All the lights were off in the house besides the entryway. I figured that Phil took mom out since she failed at making dinner. I climbed out of the car dragging my purse out behind me. My nice warm bed was screaming my name loudly and I was more than happy to answer.
I opened up the door and put my purse on the bench and the keys in the bowel. I noticed that mom's purse was still sitting there in the same spot it had been in when I left. I looked at it strangely and walked into the living room. The lights were turned off and the remote was resting on Phil's chair. I shrugged again and walked into my room to change into some sweatpants and a comfy shirt. A loud crash coming from the side of the house made me jump.
"Mom?!" I called out standing in my place my body jittery. I didn't hear anything else for another minute and walked towards my mom's room.
"Must have been the house settling." I said out loud to myself. "Mom?" I cracked the door open and let the hall light fill the room. The bed was still made and the lights were off. "That's strange." I took another look around the room and closed the door before heading into the kitchen. I needed a glass of water. I was getting the feeling in the pit of my stomach like I was going to be sick. 'Jacob...' I thought to myself. I filled a glass and leaned against the counter. Something didn't feel right. The place where my hand was resting felt sticky. I put the glass down and slowly lifted my hand to my face to have a look. The room was dark so all I could see was the outline of my own hand. I sighed and turned around back toward the sink to turn on the light.
"Oh my God." I thrust my hand out of my face and plunged my head into the sink. Blood. It was on the counter. And now it was on my hand. I turned toward the kitchen, my insides shaking around and tears already filling my eyes. There was a massive pool of blood of the table top that was dripping onto the floor making another pool. I couldn't breath. That's when I noticed the lines of blood leading out of the kitchen into the hall; like something had been dragged. I sank back into the counter before realizing that there was too much blood on the table and floor. Whatever or whoever it came from, surely wasn't alive anymore.
'Move Bella!!' my mind began to scream at me. My legs started to carry me back towards my room again where I heard the loud crash on the side of the house again. I grabbed my cell phone and ran out into the living room and crouched down in the corner behind Phil's chair.
"Bella?" The back door opened and closed and I could hear foot steps walking through the dinning room into the hall. I slammed my hands over my mouth to keep my self from revealing where I was hiding. "Bella are you home? The cars outside. How was Jacobs?" The footsteps were moving slowly but were moving into the living room. I held my breath. The tears were streaming down my face, hot on my cold skin. I could see Phil's outline from my hiding spot. He was turning around the room slowly with a long object in his hands. I closed my eyes begging that this was all a bad dream.
"You're mother left a while ago to go to a friend's house so it's just going to be you and me tonight. Where are you Bells?" He turned and walked quickly out of the living room and towards my room. I shot up from my spot and ran towards the back door. I could hear banging around in my room as I ran out to the tool shed in the back yard. I ran towards the back and hid behind the boat that Phil had been working on.
My shacking hands reached for the cell phone that had been resting in my pocket. I pressed 4 and the green talk button and prayed that they would answer on the first ring.
"Hey Bells you make..."
"Shh," I whispered shaking as I interrupted Jacob.
"What's going on? What's wrong?" I began to sob uncontrollably. "Bella!!" I pinched the bridge my nose trying to get a hold of myself.
"Jacob. Call the Police. There is blood everywhere. I think Phil did something. Hurry he's coming." I slammed the phone shut before I heard anything else. That's when I noticed that the house was quite. I couldn't hear Phil banging around looking for me anymore. I eased myself farther back towards the wall trying to get as far back from the door as possible. I could feel my foot brush against something on the floor so I eased to the side while still backing up. I sat down on my ass and put my head in my hands. "Fuck," I whispered as something brushed against my arm. I turned and threw both hands over my mouth.
My mothers wide glazed over eyes were staring back at me. Blood was trickling from her nose and mouth. I looked up and saw that she was hanging upside down by one leg. I turned and threw up all over the floor as I saw where the blood in the kitchen had come from. My mom's stomach was slashed open from her collar bone all the way to her pelvic area. Blood was still dripping out of her hallowed body. In a messy pile next to her were her organs. I closed my eyes tightly and crawled over to the other side of the shed curling into a ball and rocking back and forth trying to erase the image of my mother's body from my mind.
"You're in here aren't you?" My head shot up when I heard his voice. He was looking around the room with a grin on his face. His eyes were what made me want to scream. They were not Phil's eyes. They were something all together. Evil. I followed him with my eyes as he made his way over to his boat to look at my mother's dead body. "I see you found you're mother. You know, if you wouldn't have left, she would still be here. But since she pissed me off and no one was here to protect her I thought it was as good of an opportunity as ever." I couldn't take it anymore. I pulled my legs underneath my body and pulled myself into a crouch.
It was like moving in slow motion. I shot up and knocked over a piece of wood that was propped up against the wall and ran out the door. I could hear him following after me. I ran as fast as my legs would carry me. There was a gun shot. I knew then that Phil had a gun and that he was going to shoot me. I kept running; I had to. I closed my eyes and ran harder. Another gun shot. My legs and feet were starting to ach when a pair of strong arms grabbed me around the middle and flung me to the ground, landing on top of the person.
"NO!!" I screamed and started flailing around.
"Bella calm down it's me Jacob. I've got you." My eyes were still shut tightly as the arms pulled me to the warm body harder. "Bella, look at me. Please look at me. I've got you now. Nothing is going to happen to you now. They shot him in the legs and are taking him away. You're safe." I slowly opened my eyes and looked into Jacobs's worried face. I let out a hard sob and collapsed into his chest.
"Jacob... She's... Mom's dead... She's in the t-tool shed. She's been gutted like an animal. Oh God. There's blood everywhere." I was shaking hard like I was freezing to death. Jacob just held me to him as he sat up to cradle me in his lap.
"Miss Swan, we need to ask you some questions." I looked up at a large police officer looking down at me with sorrow in his eyes.
"No." I followed the voice to see Billy wheeling himself up to us. "You will talk to her tomorrow when she has time to calm down and control her emotions. She is in no state to deal with your questions now." The officer nodded respectfully at Billy before walking away. "Jacob take her to the car and stay with her. I'm going to call Charlie."
I could feel my body being lifted off the ground and slowly being carried away. "T-tha-n-n-k you." Was all I could manage while my teeth chattered together. I could hear Billy on his cell phone a few feet away.
"Something horrible has happened. No she is fine. Jacob has her in the car, we are taking her back with us tonight. Charlie, he killed her. Yes, he was taken away. I'll see you in a few hours."
"Bella?" The sound of my name pulled me out of my memory.
"Huh?" I could feel wetness on my cheeks and quickly cleared them away.
"We'll talk about it later. I'm sorry that I brought it up. Good night Bella." Jasper kissed my cheeks and went to wash out his coffee mug while I made my way to the bedroom. I needed to call Jacob. I could tell Jasper anything but Jacob was there when it happened. He just always has a way of calming me down. I need him. I made a mental note to call him first thing in the morning.
A/N: Told you it was going to be graphic. Let me know what you think Please!
Kisses!