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What am I supposed to say when I'm all choked up and you're okay.
I'm falling to pieces
I'm falling to pieces
Bella's POV:
I was surrounded by warmness, but it felt wrong. I wasn't used to it, and for a moment I panicked. My heart sped up and my breath caught in my throat. I rolled over to face my wall, knowing Jacob would be there on that side of my bed, but I met nothing but an empty bed, and my eyes popped open. The hairs on the back of my neck stood up, I could feel someone's steady gaze on me and it felt foreign. At first my mind screamed Victoria but I quickly threw that thought aside, it certainly wasn't her. I would be dead already if it was, and Jacob had said that there was always somebody patrolling around my house.
Which brought me to my next thought, Jacob wasn't with me, and that in itself was odd. Every morning, since we admitted our feelings for each other, and I agreed to be his girlfriend, Jacob was there with me, and to find my bed empty, and oddly cold was weird to me. I reached my hand out to, what was normally his pillow, expecting to find a note of some sort, but found myself only grasping his pillow instead.
It was then that I heard a nervous laugh from behind me, jarring me out of my thoughts. I gasped and whipped my head around, fast, too fast. I let out a strangled cry as the ground rushed up to meet my face.
"Oomph" I expected to be met with the cold hard wood of my floor, but instead found myself with my hands grasped tightly around someone's warm neck, an arm under my knees and another around my shoulders, holding me up.
"You really should be more careful Bella"
My eyes snapped open and I looked up. "Embry?" I gasped, what are you doing here?"
He laughed again, and set my down on my feet. I wobbled slightly and grabbed my night stand to steady myself.
"Jacob asked me to stay with you for a little while… He had to go for a little while, and he didn't want you to wake up alone."
"Hmmph" I mumbled under my breath. "He could have left a note. You scared me half to death Embry, why were you just staring at me like that, and why in Gods name did you laugh at me. It was unfair. You made me fall."
Embry shrugged, a slight frown on his face "I didn't mean to scare you Bella, and I certainly didn't mean to make you fall. I forgot that you were so clumsy."
Embry POV:
I was lying out my teeth right now, I knew very well that she was clumsy, I couldn't forget. It was the small things like that, that made her Bella, and I loved it all. Every little thing she did, and every little thing she said was etched into my mind, to remain there until the end of time.
I squeezed my eyes shut and opened them to find Bella looking at me, curiosity etched onto her face.
"Sorry, were you saying something?" I asked her, offering a small smile.
"I asked you if you wanted breakfast you silly wolf." She smiled shyly at me and my heart soared, I loved to see her smile.
I nodded and followed her as she walked down the stairs.
"Charlie already go to work?" She asked me, peeking over her shoulder.
"Yea, he was actually gone before I got here. Jake said he was there when he left to come get me, so he must have gone sometime while we were on our way over here."
She smiled again and said nothing, just making her way over to the kitchen, pulling out various pots and pans, and an assortment of foods from the fridge, and pantry.
"Make your self comfortable Embry, things should be done here in about 30 minutes."
I made my way over to her table, content to just sit and watch her cook.
I quietly observed as she flitted around the kitchen. Moving with ease and grace, I could tell this is something she did often, and something that she liked. From what I could tell she was making Pancakes, eggs and some bacon, all at the same time. It smelt delicious and I couldn't wait to taste it.
"It smells really great Bella."
She nodded and quietly said thank you, and I noticed a small blush creeping up on her cheeks, it was beautiful. I looked up, right as she set a heaping plate full of food in front of me containing six pancakes, seven pieces of bacon, and a giant portion of eggs.
I quickly dug in, shoveling food into my face; I hadn't really noticed just how hungry I was until that moment, which was odd. I guess I was too busy watching Bella to notice the hunger that made my stomach ache.
I looked over at Bella and noticed that she wasn't eating, and I suddenly felt guilty. I put my fork down and coughed slightly, to get her attention.
"Hmm?" She asked quietly
"Are you going to eat?" I asked her, pointing towards the left over food still sitting on the stove.
She laughed then and shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't eat breakfast much anymore." She looked down, fidgeting, her hands nervously in her lap. "I don't really know why either, just a few months ago I stopped eating breakfast. I… I just… I don't know" She finished, blushing fiercely.
I didn't say anything, not wanting to embarrass her further. It was obvious that she as uncomfortable and it made my stomach churn, so much that I didn't want to eat anymore. I pushed my plate away and let my fork drop to the table.
"Well." I started, I don't know when Jacob was going to be back, he didn't really say actually, so, what do you want to do until he comes back?" I was trying to change the subject, to lessen her embarrassment.
"Well, I just have a few things to do around the house, laundry and stuff. Jacob usually goes home when I do that, he finds it kind of boring, so you don't have to stick around if you don't want to. I'll be fine here."
I shook my head no and pushed my chair back, and lopped my way over to the couch, grabbing the remote as I sat down. "I think I will stick around if you don't mind. It's my day off and I feel like relaxing, and here is just as good a place to do that as any." She simply smiled and climbed her way up the stairs, tripping slightly as she got to the top. I chuckled, and began flipping through the channels, stopping again on SPIKE, the UFC marathon still on.
By this time Bella was making her way back down the stairs, sighing every now and then in frustration, and when I looked up I found the source of said frustration. Little Bella, was waddling down the stairs, her arms loaded with a mountain of clothes that she could hardly see over. I jumped up off the couch and hurried over to her. I was just in time, as soon as I got to her, her foot caught on the last step and she went tumbling right into me. I easily caught her and maneuvered myself so I would be the one to break the fall. I landed with a thud, Bella on top of me, and a pile of white clothes all over us.
She laughed and pushed herself up off of me. "Sorry Embry, that's twice today you've caught me." I smiled back and nodded. "Jacob would hurt me if I left anything happen to you. I'm just looking out for my tail" Not to mention I would hurt myself if I let anything happen to you, I added in my head. She started gathering the clothes around us and I got up to help her, carrying it to the laundry room.
"Just set it on top of the dryer, I'll get it." She said with a hint of a laugh still in her voice
I responded "Sure thing Belly bean" She doubled over laughing and I joined in. It was then that we heard it, a loud howl, not too far from her house. We stopped laughing, and I was instantly on alert. Bella's eyes were wide and she was slightly trembling, very much different from how she was just moments ago.
I ran towards her back door and pulled it open, throwing off my shirt in the process, I turned back towards the frightened Bella, her face broke my heart, and I wanted nothing more than to run to her and hold her in my arms and soothe away her fears. I unconsciously took a step forward, my heart pulling me towards her, another howl ripped through the air and I cringed, shaking my head.
"Be careful, please." She whispered, brokenly, another stab of pain running through my heart.
"We will Belly bean" I said with a small smile on my lips "Don't worry about us." With that I ran through the door and into the forest behind her house, steeling my mind on whatever task lie ahead, I stripped my shorts off and quickly tied them to my leg and phased, hit at once with the mind of the pack.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Chapter let me know what you think y'all. Feedback is greatly appreciated. Next chapter we will see the return of a certain vampire. Any guesses?