I am going to stop asking for people to write reviews because I know how annoying it is for readers to be begged for a review so I will stop asking. However, if you do feel the need to take pity on me I can't say no. :] Anyways, here is chapter 4 *SPOILER*[I was trying to get Seth and Kareese started in a relationship but I just can't seem to get into it.]So we'll see how this chapter turns out, I usually just go with the flow. If I get an idea I use it but; I'm not the type who re writes and changes stuff every time they write a chapter. I think it gives the story more character if it's not perfect. Without further ado here is chapter 4!
KAREESE'S POV
Emily, Allie, and I decided to go to the street fair in Port Angles after a trail ride. We spent the hot summer afternoon ooohing and awing at the displays of the boutiques. I dropped Allie and Emily off at their houses and decided to go down to La Push beach to pick up some stones and shells. Nessie needed them for an art project but she was busy today so I volunteered. Nessie and I usually help each other out as a sisterly thing to do besides all the other girlie things we do together; but I have my music and Nessie adores art almost as much as Jacob so we often spend mornings in each other's studios. I'll play my guitar or whatever and Nessie will paint me or however my music makes her feel. As I was walking along the cliffs I noticed Dan's speed boat had just been docked so I bounded off the ledge to look for him. It was like a treasure hunt but I finally spotted him. He was pressing something against the cliff side, he usually does that with his ropes to ring them out so they're not soaking wet; so I figured that's what he must be doing. First I take a photo of him, he has a look of sheer pleasure on his face, and then I call out to him. Then in a flicker, that look of absolute pleasure turned to utter panic. I raced up to him, to wrap him in my embrace only to find he is with another girl. A wave of dizziness came over me and I thought I was about to pass out, but I turned that feeling in rage. "What? Why? Why would you do this to me?" I stuttered. "You promised together forever. I keep promises and I thought you did too?" I recognized the girl then, Caroline, Dan's sailing partner. "Caroline? I thought we were friends? But I guess I was wrong your no better that a mendacious vile slut!" I screamed.
"Kareese wait! It's not what it looks like she came on to me!" Dan protested.
"Tell it to someone who cares bastard!" How could I have been so stupid? All the resentment I had balled up within altered into misery.
"Have a nice life Daniel! You're despicable!" I left it with that and ran desolately up the beach. I think it was hours before I put the key in the ignition or at least it felt that way, I was in so much agony. I drove lethargically to the barn but not even my horses could withdraw me from my regret. I just sat on the frigid stones on the barn flooring and sobbed. I don't know how I kept crying because you would have figured I'd run out of tears but they kept flowing like a never ending stream. It wasn't until I heard my name being called out in distress did I look up. Seth was standing anxiously over me with a pained look in his eyes. He slid down next to me scooted over to face me. "Hey hey hey," he said soothingly as he used his thumb to swab the tears out of my eyes. "Why so sad?" he questioned.
"I went to La Push to take pictures and I saw Dan cheating on me with another girl," I said between sobs so it probably sounded like incoherent gibberish.
"Bastard," Dan said under his breathe, but I still heard it. He collected himself and said, "Well, Reese there are two solutions to this problem, I could go find that jerk and deck him right in the face, or we stand up and say that jerk weed isn't worth my time." This made me laugh pretty hard, so I think Seth accomplished what he was going for.
"I don't know" I said "the first choice sounds pretty good."
Seth laughed, "I don't think you'll be saying that when you're prosecuted for assault."
"No, I guess not." I giggled. Seth picked me up off the ground and walked with me back to the house, well my old residence anyways. I flung myself on the couch while Seth grabbed a spoon and a quart sized container of pumpkin gingersnap ice cream. He grinned and handed it to me. He then slumped down on the couch also; propped his feet on the coffee table and put his hands behind his head and shut his eyes. I studied him as I sat there my legs criss-crossed consuming the frozen treat. I went to take another bite but instead smeared it on Seth's nose. First he looked furious but then grinned wickedly and wiped it off with his finger and tasted it. That then caused me to laugh uncontrollably which gave Seth the opportune moment to steal the spoon out of my hand and wipe ice cream across the side of my face. I set the carton on the coffee table and went to the kitchen to remove sticky dairy product from my face. At the moment I got up, Kim and Jared; and Paul and Rachel; and Jacob and Nessie sauntered in. "I see ice cream" Jacob commented. Nessie cut him off, "Kareese I called your phone but you didn't pick up. I wanted to invite you and Dan out to dinner with all of us, like a couples night out." I started getting really agitated and the depression hit again. "Um…excuse me" I swallowed and rushed outside. I hid in the hay loft of the barn and I heard people searching for me. Nessie and Seth paced into the barn; it startled me so much that I slipped under the railing of the loft. Seth luckily caught me from falling to my death. "Jeez Reese you're a mess today."
"I know!" I sputtered and the water works started again. I guess everyone heard the commotion and rushed in.
"No. Kareese I didn't mean it like that."
"Nice job!" Paul and Jared said in unison and punched him in the arm. Nessie, Kim, and Rachel shook their heads. Of course Nessie as lovely as she is discretely took me back to the house and sat me on the couch. Rachel and Kim waited in the doorway so I beckoned them in with my hand. "Alright, what's up with you today?' Nessie antagonized.
"Nothing I'm fine."
"Really Kareese? I have known you long enough to know you're not fine when you say your fine."
"Put out your hand, I can't say or I'll start crying again." So she did and I showed everything today that happened including up to until they got there.
"Oh my god! That asshole!" she said and then explained to Rachel and Kim what happened. They didn't even respond, just wrapped me in a hug, which today honestly meant more than words. "You and Seth should go together?" Rachel offered.
"That'd be weird." I answered.
"I am sure Seth would like it." Kim chimed in which made everyone giggle with the exception of me.
"Why?" I asked clearly wanting to know, I felt like I missing something big.
"Because likes you!" Nessie said which made everyone laugh more.
"Thanks Ness!" Seth said slightly irritated.
"Oh My God! Seth I'm so sorry!" Nessie apologized. I just stared at Seth and right when he was about to walk out the door I ran up to him and grabbed his arm and dragged him in for a hug. I never realized how much I liked him until now; I think Dan was just getting in the way of things. We walked hand in hand outside and sat on the porch, then Seth tried to kiss me, but I buried my face in his shirt. "I'm sorry Seth, I can't do it." he pulled my chin up with his thumb and index finger. "That's ok" he said. "So…" Paul said after coming out from behind the side of the house. "You guys coming with us?" I turned to Seth, he smiled so I guess that meant yes. "Sure, we'd love to." I answered.
"Perfect!" Nessie said while walking up to Jake.
"So wait? Does this mean you guys are like together now?" Jared asked "because that'd be so cool."
"I guess we are" I answered and smiled up at Seth. He beamed.
"Ha-ha YES!" Paul yelled out. "Well I mean it's good for you but also for me because now Embry is the only one left, he was like well I still got my home bro Seth, and I was like he imprinted, but he was like, Kareese is with someone else, it doesn't count!" Everyone laughed hysterically at Paul's dramatic reenactment.
We took two cars, Seth drove my Mustang convertible and Jacob drove the Rabbit, he refuses to give it up. Jared and Kim came with us because Rachel and Nessie were all buddy-buddy which slightly annoyed me just a little, but Kim and I were great friends so it didn't bother me too much. I loved the way Seth drives; he keeps one hand on the steering wheeling but makes an effort to hold my hand while he is driving. He will take his eyes from the road for just a second to look at me, sometimes for too long, in which case Jared flicks him in the head and tells him the he won't be able to look at me anymore if I'm dead. After the second time that happened I tried not to tempt him and I looked behind me to talk to Kim. I think this annoyed Jared because I think he had been kissing her before, I had first noticed when I glanced behind me and they quickly pulled away; like it mattered I didn't care but maybe Seth did. It was decided by the guys that we go to a pizzeria, but girls got to choose where. We went to BAR, which was classy but casual. Since the guys eat each eat ¾ of a large pizza themselves, we order 4; me eating the remaining quarter of Seth's pizza and so on. The poor waitress looked like she was how to faint with the combination of four extremely attractive people staring at her or the overwhelmingly large order she had to fill, taking into consideration four large pizzas at BAR take up a third of a large table. I hadn't been hunting in while so my appetite was very weak and I barely ate. half of the table knew why the remaining didn't, including Seth who insisted I was getting sick and I should be taken home. I convinced him otherwise and barely managed to swallow another piece of pizza, Nessie gave me the pitying look and then the nod. "Kareese, will you come to the bathroom with me?" Nessie asked. I nodded and knew exactly what she was doing. I followed her weakly, I had plenty of strength before but now it was fading fast. She propped me against the sink and then snuck through the window. She came back with in seconds with a dead squirrel, poor little guy I thought to myself, I hated eating this way. Bella-well my mom that's what she would like me to call but she said it's ok if I don't, anyways Mom always brought me blood in a cup, because I hated dead animals. I stared at it for a while before I picked it up and sunk my teeth in. I had to admit I felt ten times better but I still needed more. Nessie then threw the corpse out the window next to a telephone wire to look like it was electrocuted. Immediately, the colored drained back into my face. Nessie and I washed our hands and left the bathroom. Seth smiled when I came back, "you look better," he noted before taking a bite of pizza. "wait he accused what did you do to her?"
"My sister was merely dehydrated," Nessie answered nonchalantly. This made Jacob laugh and Seth look at him like he was insane. Poor Seth, he had no idea what was going on, he knew I was a half vampire but he didn't know I still needed to kill. "Maybe we should get you more water then," Seth panicked. "Seth, I am fine," I promoted. Seth didn't seem too convinced but he let me be. I left walking out with Rachel and Kim when I turned around I only saw Paul and Jared standing and talking. "Where are Seth, Jacob, and Nessie?" I asked frantically.
"They're explaining to Seth why you looked bad earlier and how Nessie had to go be the rescuer of the day."
"Oh." I said feeling stupid for getting worried over nothing.
"Alright ladies, I have specific orders to get you home" Paul said. "we're talking Jake's car because we're leaving your Kareese for your sister to bring back.
"Right, right" I answered as I stared at Seth who I had just spotted by the telephone line. He nodded as he listened to the guidance given to him. Everyone got into the car but me, still staring Seth. Just as Rachel was about to grab my arm and pull me into the car because we all weren't aware of how late it had gotten drinking, talking, eating, and laughing, a shadow came behind me a tugged on my arm. Completely startled I whipped around and hit the person in the chest. "Damn it Reese!"
"Oh Seth honey I'm so sorry you scared me."
"Are you ok?"
"I just clubbed you in the chest and you're asking if I'm ok?"
"Yeah I shouldn't have come up behind you in the dark." Seth winced again; I am exceedingly strong for only a half vampire, Nessie was more human and I was a bit more vampire, it's a little kinky whatever; what mattered right now is that we get home to look at Seth. After, the whole car change thing and dropping Kim and Jared at their house, we drove back to the Cullen's, insisted he come back with me. We walked up to my seemingly large bedroom and then into my bathroom. I pulled some medical equipment from the bottom draw, not sure how Seth was until I checked the damage, it made me feel good that I was a doctor; even though I specialize in children. "Seth take your shirt off please."
"Why Dr. Cullen are you trying to seduce me?"
"Seth come on I want to make sure your ok." I said rather irritated. Seth obeyed and threw his shirt on the floor to show his bare, muscular, russet skinned chest. It would have been very appealing with the exception of the huge bruise starting at the left side of his abs going at a diagonal towards his right pectoral muscle. "Oh my gosh" I said with my mouth gaping open. "I can't believe I did that to you!" I felt so bad I could be sick I had to hold onto the granite counter top for support. Some knocked on the door just then, "Who is it?" I called out.
"Carlisle and Edward" the two men answered. I opened the door for them to come into cavernous room. "I heard you guys discussing someone being injured before you walked in the door" Carlisle explained. "I thought I could help"
"Good lord what happened to you?" Edward exclaimed. I silently raised my hand. My dad's eyes almost bugged out of his head. Using my gift I showed him what happened, he nodded before asking, "Where is Dan? Weren't you guys going out tonight?" Again using my gift I showed what happened. He stayed silent for a moment, "I'm sorry sweetie" he said. "Eh it's ok I'm over it." I told him. then of course all the women in the family wanted to know what happened. I shut them up before saying that I was more concerned about Seth, but when I turned to him the bruise was gone, and he smiled in content and put his shirt back on which disappointed me a little. Of course my dad was reading my thoughts as were walking down the stairs and we had a silent conversation about me dating him downstairs. He finally said, "I don't have a problem with it he helped save your mother from Victoria." Nessie came in at that moment which caused a riot with her. " WAIT WHAT? I HAD TO WAIT FOREVER BEFORE I HAD PERMISSION TO DATE JAKE AND YOU'RE LETTING KAREESE DATE SETH JUST LIKE THAT!" she exasperated. "Jake helped my mom too!" she whispered. Rosalie sprang into action "Wait there is going to be another mutt in the house, no way!" Emmett took my side though, which pissed Rose of more. Before I could tell what was happening everyone started taking sides here's how it played out…
Me
Seth
Esme-which I found un-expected
Emmett
(Edward)-secretly though he was pretending to be neutral
Leah Clearwater-who called Seth while this was going on and took his side
Nessie
Jake-only because it was Nessie
Jasper
Carlisle-I was totally not expecting this from the passive one
Rosalie
Rachel
Paul
Neutral
Bella
(Edward)
Alice
Kim & Jared
So I had no idea how things were going to go but Jasper was trying to calm everyone because I couldn't feel anger anymore. In comparison Nessie had way more people siding with her. I brought up the fact that I had been going out with Dan and no one cared. Then Rosalie had to go and point out that was before I lived in this house. It was war now.