Disclaimer : Forgot to put one on the first chapter, but, I do not own the characters of Twilight or New Moon or the story. I have merely created a plot over an existing story, I own the characters Aphrodite, Artemis, Ares, and Poseidon.
Chapter 4
"You know, you scared Charlie tonight." Edward was laid across my bed, his body looked like a marble statue of a Greek god reclining, but this god wore regular clothing; I thought about how unfortunate that was. I was sitting at the computer, waiting for the ancient thing to start up; Renee had sent an excessive amount of emails in the past couple of days, ranting about how Phil was now sick, almost completely bed ridden. I turned to Edward slowly, after telling Renee about my week; mentioning almost nothing about graduation.
"What do you mean, I scared him?" I turned my body around in the seat; Edward hadn't moved an inch, not even to breathe. I marveled at his perfect face, I had a feeling that even human, he was just as beautiful. I stood up and made my way to where he was on my bed. I wanted nothing more than to finish what we had started in the car, but I felt like I would be pushing it if I were to mention it. So I just placed my self in the crevices of his body.
"He's now wondering why you were so eager to bond with him at dinner; he wasn't sure what to make of it." Edward laughed to himself; I assumed he was still listening in on Charlie's thoughts. I shrugged my shoulders. "He thinks maybe you're up to something and want him to forgive you with a little less convincing." I watched Edward's eyes twinkle as I imagined what he was thinking; his marriage proposal.
"Well, he'll understand when I 'leave for college'," I made quotations with my fingers as I said the phrase to emphasize that I had no real intention of leaving for school. Maybe I would consider it after I had become a vampire but until then I had made no plans for college. Everything that involved school was all but a show for Charlie, every mention of it to Renee was just as much as it was for Charlie. Edward nodded his head then gently kissed the top of my head.
"You have another option. You could wait a little longer; go to college first." Edward was so stubborn about my upcoming immortality, not that he had much of a choice; someone was being sent to change that. I rolled my eyes as I pulled myself from Edward's body to look into his liquid gold eyes. I hoped that my expression was stern enough to deter anymore attempts at swaying my decision.
"Edward, I really don't. We've already decided that Carlisle is going to change me after graduation; that's assuming the Theon don't get here first." Edward's face hardened. I knew this wasn't something he wanted to talk about; at the first mention of the Theon he seemed annoyed or afraid, despite the fact that they would not kill me. "I don't get it. What is it that you're afraid of?" Edward's body became rigid next to mine; his breathing became sharp. "Would they actually kill me and everyone is lying or something?"
"It's not that." Edward shifted his body closer to mine. His sweet breath was in my mouth as he spoke; my head began to spin and I felt drunk. "They don't play by our kinds rules. They go out in the sun if they wish and expose themselves without regard for anyone else." Edward placed a hand on my cheek and brushed my hair from my face. "The Volturi, when they had started their coven, attempted to control the Theon by giving them the same rules that we all follow. The Theon didn't like that, so they did all they could to expose our kind and destroyed several villages."
"I thought they didn't feed off of humans?" I could feel my heart racing in my chest. The thought that these four vampires coming for me could change their diet at a moments notice scared me. Edward shook his head and kissed my forehead gently. I felt warm.
"They don't. They allowed the humans to live and only killed the vampires that lived there." I saw a small smirk creep into the corner of Edward's mouth at the thought. He shook his head as he tried to suppress a laugh. "Several humans stayed to watch what was going on, the Volturi were not too pleased with that." Edward couldn't hold the laugh in any longer. "The Theon had killed several of their favorite servants. It taught the Volturi that they don't own everyone." Edward must have seen the pain in my face at his amusement in what the four vampires had done.
I went to roll off the bed and head over to the computer, maybe pretend to do something, but Edward's arm was planted at my exit. His speed was still impressive; I hadn't seen him move his body almost on top of mine. I bit my bottom lip with a sharp inhale; my body temperature heated up as he lowered his face down to mine and kissed along my jaw. At first I didn't move until Edward's hand grabbed my face and pulled my lips to his. There was no reason to fight; he wanted this as much as I did. I kissed him with as much power as I had in me, my hands reached through his hair and pulled him closer to me. Edward placed himself on top of me gently, but in one swift movement, he rolled my body on top of his. We held this amount of passion for awhile, until the inevitable happened. Edward pulled away from me.
"Oh, my Bella. Look what you do to me" Edward's hands were on either side of my face as he pushed me off him gently. If it weren't for his strength, I would have toppled back on top of him. I slowly opened my eyes and looked to see that the gold in his eyes was turning black. This weekend he would be gone. I pushed myself off of his hips and reminded myself to breathe.
"You don't have to stop, you know." I kept my eyes to the ceiling; for fear that I would see revulsion in his eyes at the idea. I heard Edward scoff at my answer and my eyes had to see the expression that went with the noise. Edward was looking at the ceiling too, he was panting like I was, but his eyes showed me what the words meant to him. He looked as though what I had said was insane, almost an insult to him.
"Bella, you know as well as I that I do have to stop it. It would be too easy for me to lose control and accidentally hurt you. I can't allow myself to do that." Edward took my hand in his and kissed my fingertips gently. "You are far too fragile for me to take any risks with you." I felt his fingertips brush against my cheek; the touch was cool and sent a shiver down my spine, but not from the cold.
"Are you going hunting tomorrow?" I looked into his eyes as my fingers traced along the purple shading under his eyes. He nodded, the topaz would be gone by tomorrow, which would be the usual time for Edward to hunt. I could feel the sad expression cross my face at the thought that I would be without him for the next couple of days.
"I'm going with Emmet and Jasper to the national park; they are having a mountain lion problem." Edward's eyes twinkled slightly. I smiled back and began to fall back into my bed; feeling tired. Edward placed a kissed upon my forehead and wrapped his arms around me. I was under the blankets before he placed his arms around me, to keep me from the cold feeling of his stone body. I wasn't tired; I just didn't want to think of what this weekend was going to be like for me with him gone. Then had an idea; I hadn't been down to La Push in awhile, I missed Jacob, so now I could go there without making Edward angry.
The next morning Edward left before I woke up, but I felt his cold lips pressed against my forehead moments before I heard the window close. I kept my eyes closed for a couple more hours, I wasn't ready to get up and face the day, knowing Edward wasn't around. The only comfort was that I was going to see Jacob for the first time in months. I climbed out of bed and felt a strange chill as the blankets came off my legs; goose bumps appeared all over my skin as I made my way down to the kitchen. Charlie was sitting at the table, slowly sipping a coffee with a box of fishing tackle beside his leg.
"Morning, Dad." My voice gave away the fact that I had just woken up; I was extremely groggy and my hair was all over the place. Charlie looked up at me and then turned his attention back to his cup and took a sip. There was a small nod in between the motion from me to his cup which I took as an acknowledgment of my presence. "Going fishing today?" He nodded without moving his eyes from the cup.
"Yeah; I'm leaving here soon to pick up Billy, then we're heading out." My ears perked slightly at the mention of Billy's name; Jacob would be alone today, easier for me to talk to him. As if Charlie was reading my mind, he looked over at me and spoke. "I was thinking maybe you could spend some time with Jacob. I know he misses you." I nodded my head in agreement; though I doubted this very much. I had tried calling Jacob several times since our last meeting when he caused the permanent punishment, but he had never answered any of my calls. Charlie got up from his seat, put his mug in the sink and headed out the door with only a quick good bye.
It was common knowledge that Charlie had hated Edward, he had blamed him for what had happened to me last year; my little meltdown. That was what he didn't understand though, it was my fault, I was the one who died inside; Edward didn't know that would happen. How could he have? I thought about this for a long time as I got myself ready for the morning.
The idea of what Jacob would say when he saw me ran through my mind even through my shower. I had accidently rub my face wash through my hair, because I had though it was my shampoo. That was my hint that I should probably pull myself together, so I did and concentrated on not thinking about Jacob. But that just made me feel guilty. Jacob meant so much to me, if it wasn't for him, I would probably be dead. He was the only person in the world that made the hole in my chest feel like it wasn't going to rip me apart. I sighed heavily as I combed through my dresser to find clothes. My mind was now fully concentrated on Jacob; I could remember everything about him, my only fear now was that he wouldn't be my Jacob.
I had instinctively made my way down to La Push, it had become almost like second nature to be here after Edward had left. It had been a symbol of a safe haven through all the torment I had gone through over the past year, a place where I could be safe and away from the memory of the pain I had. I drove past the woods until I hit the clearing of the reservation and I let out a relieved sigh. I still felt safe coming here, even though I knew Jacob and his pack could never forgive me for choosing the vampires, but there was nothing else I could do. Jacob had to know it was coming, he saw the pain I was in while Edward was gone and what I was without him; instead he had expected me to turn my back on the Cullens for leaving. I heaved a long and heavy sigh as I pulled up to the old familiar house and turned off the monster that was my truck with a huge roar. There was no way Jacob had not idea I was there, he had worked on the car himself and knew the sound almost as well as I did. As I contemplated throwing the truck back on, I looked up to see Jacob standing on his small front porch, glaring out at my car.
Neither of us spoke as we stood in no man's land between the small house and my orange truck. I could see the emotions flickering across his face, there was hate, pain, sorrow, and joy. I knew exactly why each emotion passed across his face; and they were all caused by me. I wanted nothing more than to throw my arms around him and make him feel better, but it would probably only cause him more pain. I had taken a small step back, but Jacob must have seen this as a retreat that he wasn't ready for. His huge, warm arms were thrown around my body and he pulled me tightly into his arms. His body was just as it was the last time he embraced me like this; so warm as if he had a fever.
"I'm so glad you're here."
