Thanks To The Keeper of the Stars
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I must have dozed off at some point because the next thing I know I'm being woke up by Leah jerking my shoulder. "What are you doing out here?" She asks while sitting next to me. "I couldn't sleep so I decided to go for a walk" I explained with a shrug. "So this has nothing to do with Jake right? I mean he wasn't rude to you or anything?" She asks. "No, actually Jake and I had a nice little talk last night and we both decided to just be friends and that we weren't going to allow this imprinting thing make our decisions for us" I say confidently. "That's good, but dang I was hoping that he did something that way I'd have an excuse to rough him up a bit" she says smirking.
I start to laugh and say "Nope, sorry to disappoint you. So shouldn't we be meeting up with the rest of the pack soon?" I ask as I stand and stretch my now stiff limbs. "Sam wants everyone to meet at him and Emily's place" Leah says with a pained look on her face. "Well, how about we pop in there for a minute and then go for a run until everyone else is ready" I suggest to her. "Are you sure that you don't want to stay there for breakfast? Cause knowing Emily I'm sure that she has made a giant meal for everyone" she tells me. "No that's ok I haven't really been all that hungry lately and I'm not really feeling up to talking with everyone just yet" I explain as we head towards Sam's. Leah doesn't say anything but just shrugs her shoulders and continues walking with me in silence.
As we approach the house I can already hear the sounds of people talking loudly and the TV playing the morning news. Before we enter Leah turns to me and whispers "oh, by the way try not to stare at Emily it bothers Sam" then she turns and goes in. I wonder briefly why she would say such a strange thing. But I just shrug it off and follow Leah to join the others inside. "Well good morning sweet thang" says Quil wagging his eyebrows suggestively. "Calm down Casanova, at least let the poor girl get some breakfast before you try one of your corny lines on her" says Embry rolling his eyes. "Yeah Quil the last thing she needs is for you to go ruining her appetite" says Jake punching Quil's arm playfully. "Ouch, hey I was just trying to be friendly" Quil says rubbing his arm.
I bite my bottom lip to trying not to laugh at them. They definitely act like brothers I think to myself. Just then a lady comes out from the kitchen and I immediately notice how pretty she is and the large scars that are on her face. "Hi, you must be Ann. I'm Emily" she says smiling. "Uh, yea I am it's nice to meet you" I say realizing why Leah said what she did earlier it was hard not to stare at first. "Well, it's nice to meet you too and help yourself to some eggs and bacon before the guys eat it all" she says before taking her spot by Sam. "Well, that's really nice of you but I'm not really hungry so I just going to go for a walk until you guys are finished." I reply giving her my best apologetic smile. "A wolf that's not hungry? Well, that's a first" laughs Jared as he stuffs a big pile of pancakes into his mouth.
"Well, not everyone is a bottomless pit like you guys" says Leah rolling her eyes. "Whatever Leah" snorts Jared. "Well, I guess if you're not hungry then Leah can start showing you the boundary lines and we can catch up with you" says Sam. "That sounds good to me. What'd you say Leah?" I asked. "Yeah, I guess I can show you the ropes" she says indifferently.
After Leah and I leave the house we phase and run into the woods. It feels good to feel the wind on my back as we run and in a way its comforting to my wolf.
I know how you feel. When I first phased it was the only thing that calmed me down enough to phase back. Leah
Yeah, it's the one thing that has given me any piece since my family died. Ann
The only time the silence is broken after that is when Leah points out the treaty lines. After a while the guys joined us in the pack mind and I could feel Leah's mind close.
"How does she do that" I wonder out loud forgetting for a second that everyone else could hear me.
I'll show you later. Leah
Hey, that's not right! How come you'll show her and not any of us? Quil
Because, unlike you guys I can actually stand her. Leah
Now that hurts LeeLee says Paul with mock sincerity
Yea, Le and here we thought that you cared. Embry
Nope, I just put up your asses. Oh and don't ever call me LeeLee or Lee again. Says Leah smirking
Alright you guys we're getting close so I want everyone to clear your thoughts. I don't want anyone thinking about anything but what's going on right now. I know that we're working with these blood suckers right now but that doesn't mean that they aren't still our enemy. I don't want them learning anything that they could use against us later is that clear?" Sam
YES Everyone
A few minutes pass and I begin to smell the sweet sickening stench of vampire. Of course the rest of the pack smell it too and begin to growl their disapproval. As we make our way to the clearing I see eight people waiting for us. The man with the short blond hair is the first to speak "I am glad to see that you have agreed to meet with us. I want us to be able to get down to business I noticed that you have another member join your pack."
I've heard that one of you can read minds. If this is case then you can translate what I'm saying because we will be staying in wolf form. The new wolf that is with us is a new member of our pack from Seattle. Sam
"He says that they want me to translate for them. They still don't trust us enough to be in their human forms and reveal themselves." Says the bloodsucker with the golden hair. "Also he says that the new wolf is from Seattle." "That's good, any information and help that we can get is welcomed. Although it is disheartening that you don't trust us. I'm Carlisle this is my wife Esme and our children Alice, Emmett, Rosalie, Jasper, and Edward" he says gesturing to the rest of his coven.
We watched as the Cullen's fought each other and tried to gain good strategies from what the other blond hair male vamp was telling us. Afterwards we left and as we headed toward the woods I could see Jake going towards the brown hair girl that had been standing in silence the whole time. "So that must be Bella" I thought before following the rest of the others.
Yep, that's the famous leech lover herself. Paul
Come on Paul she's not that bad. Seth
Oh that figures, what's the matter little Sethy has a crush on her too Paul says menacingly.
Shut up Paul! Or I swear I rip off your tail! Leah
I can defend myself Leah! Seth
That's right Leah let little Sethy here take a beating on his own. Paul growled
Shut up all of you! Now Paul, Jared and I will take the first shift the rest of you go home and get some rest we are going to be training hard starting first thing tomorrow morning so you all better get some rest tonight cause your going to need it Sam
With that we all went our separate ways back to our homes. As I reached the little red cabin I noticed that there was no noise coming from the inside. Once I reached the kitchen my suspicions were confirmed by a note the Billy left us saying that he had gone over to the Clearwater's for dinner and wouldn't be back until later tonight. Of course it was at that precise moment that my stomach decided to make its self known. I figured that I'd make some spaghetti for lunch/dinner and I figured that Jake would probably be hungry too so I made sure to make plenty to satisfy both our appetites.
As I put the water on to boil I started to wonder when I was going to get a chance to actually meet Bella face to face. I didn't want anyone to think that I was obsessed or anything but I just had this need to see what she was like. I guess you could say that I also had this need to satisfy my own curiosity about the girl who had all of these supernatural people fighting for her.
I knew that I needed to get my mind on something else so I turned on the small radio that was situated on the counter. I loved music and before I began to phase I use always sing and dance to the radio while I was cooking. It was my way of relaxing and expressing myself. I guess that I had really gotten into Katy Perry's California Girls cause I didn't ever notice anyone come in the door until I heard a cough and spun around to find a very amused looking Jake followed by the brown haired girl that I saw in the clearing earlier. "Uh…. Ann this is Bella, Bella this is Ann the one I was telling you about."
