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Chapter 4: Premonitions
Jake woke up sweating. Standing up he stretched his arms over his head and yawned softly. A soft light threatened to spill out from beneath the closed curtains,pulling it back he stared out at the scene before him. He was going to have to go home today and get some stuff and definitely take a shower. The doctors were talking about possibly keeping her for one more day to assure they had prevented her from going into full blown labor.
The doctor on call kept checking Bella and the baby through out the early morning hours. Jake was starting to fear there was something more to her situation and they weren't confident enough to discuss it with him and Bella.
"Jake." Bella yawned loudly.
"Hey beautiful." Jake turned and strolled over to her side. Leaning over the metal rails that kept them apart, he pressed his lips tenderly against her forehead. Feeling his lips he noticed that she felt warmer than usual.
"I feel awful." Bella moaned.
"Are you sick Bella? Do I need to go get help?"
"No. I just...I feel...hot."
"Here let's get these blankets off of you." Jake pulled back the layers of blankets that she had requested when they first arrived.
"Much better." Bella sighed with relief.
Jake picked up the plastic pitcher of water and poured a small cup full.
"Here drink this. It should help lower your body temperature."
"Mmm...thanks." Bella drank vigorously.
"Are you sure you don't need a nurse?" Jake asked with sincere concern.
"No. I just need some food. I think once I eat and sit up I will feel better. The drugs made me feel so groggy and strange." Bella answered.
"You were crying out in your sleep. I had to get up a few times and try to wake you up."
"Really? Uh? Strange." Bella tried to recall what she had dreamed of that would have caused her to be so upset in her sleep. Her mind was empty. She had no memory of dreaming at all.
A nurse stepped into the room wearing a sweet smile on her face.
"Hi, I'm Nurse Lucy. I will be your nurse this morning. Let's get your vitals checked out and then I can order you some breakfast." She informed them.
Bella was eager to do whatever was necessary to get a meal. Her stomach was growling furiously.
"I take it these babies are starving." She commented casually as she wrote on the chart.
"Excuse me? Babies?" Bella stammered. Jake just stood cocking an eyebrow and frowning at the nurse as if she had just told them they were having a puppy.
"Yes, babies. It shows you're having twins." Lucy showed them the chart that had the box marked for twins.
"No one told me about this!" Bella squeaked.
"Honey, calm down. It could be a mistake." Jake suggested. Their family doctor had been a well known doctor in his field and not once had Jake picked up any deception from him. Why would he have not told Bella they were having twins, unless of course, it was a mistake by these doctors.
"I"m sorry. I just assumed you would know. Maybe it's a mistake. A clerical error. I will have it checked out while I order you some breakfast." The nurse looked frighten.
"Thank you. Please make sure you find out the truth." Jake pleaded.
The nurse rushed out of the room and Jake could tell Bella was frantic at the thought of having two children.
"Honey, no matter what they say we can handle this. Your going to be the world's best mother and I will be the best father any kid or kids could ask for." Jake took her hand and stroked it soothingly hoping to calm her fears.
"Jake this is crazy. I mean it would explain why I am possibly going into labor early. Twins tend to do that. I read it." Bella's voice shook nervously.
"Honey I think after last time, this will be far less complicated or scary." Jake continued to assure her this wasn't bad news but good news.
"I hope you're right." Bella sighed while laying back on the bed.
A few minutes later a different nurse entered the room bringing a tray of food for Bella.
"Here you go. One healthy breakfast for you." She sat the covered tray down on the small sliding table and placed it in front of Bella.
Jake wondered where the other nurse was?
"I'm so hungry. You should go get something to eat. I hate eating alone." Bella requested.
Jake wasn't going to argue with her. He knew she was already in a state of frustration.
"Okay, but don't freak out if you learn anything before I get back."
Jake left her room and headed to the cafeteria.
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Bella had ravished the eggs and bacon first before Jake had returned with a meal equal to her own. Together they sat and ate quietly.
"Hello. Sorry to interrupt your breakfast." A man in a white coat strolled into the room. Jake suspected he was a doctor from the looks of him.
"It's okay." Bella put her fork down and grabbed a napkin to wipe off the orange juice that had begun to stream out of the corner of her mouth.
"My nurse tells me that you weren't made aware of the multiple babies you carry." The doctor held her chart against his chest as he stared curiously at the both of them.
"No. We were only told of one baby when we got our sonogram two months ago." Bella answered.
"I see. It's possible that the second baby was hidden far back and not seen. From what we saw, the one is much smaller and perhaps that was the case."
"Are they okay?" Jake spoke up.
"Oh definitely. They both seem in great health. I believe that since she is carrying twins she is at risk of going into birth a bit earlier than she might normally have."
"So what does this all mean?" Jake had a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach.
"She needs to have complete bed rest and as little stress as possible." The doctor answered with a polite smile.
"Okay. We can handle that." Jake reached out and gave Bella a comforting squeeze of her hand.
"Good. I want you to understand that you shouldn't be doing much of anything besides a shower. I will have you released in a few hours."
Jake and Bella gave each other a relieved look.
"Thank you doctor." They said in unison.
"No problem." The doctor left them staring at one another in amazement.
Neither had expected to learn of two babies when they arrived.
"This is absolutely crazy." Bella stared down at her stomach, then rubbed it as her eyes filled with tears.
"I know. First we thought you couldn't get pregnant and now we are not only having one baby but two. There are twins on my side of the family but I never considered it for a moment." Jake kissed Bella tenderly on the lips.
"We are so lucky." Bella smiled while tears streamed down her face.
"Yes, we are." Jake agreed.
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Jake decided to run home to get her some clean clothes for when they released her. Her nightgown had been ruined with the blood and the hospital gown she was wearing was uglier than sin.
Bella had been hesitant about letting him leave her side. It had taken numerous reassurances that he wouldn't waste a minute to return to her.
He came around the long curve which let him know he was only about ten minutes from their home when he was suddenly forced to stop. Cars and trucks were lined up and down the road. It appeared the police had the road shut off. Putting the truck in park ,he got out of the vehicle to try and take a better look at the accident and hopefully he would be able to hear the voices a few feet ahead and learn what the cause was.
He managed to hear a few choice words among the motorists and the large number of complaints from the other cars that were in a hurry to get through.
"It's a massacre sir."
"No one is alive."
"It's unbelievable. Never seen anything like it …"
Jake's skin crawled. Something had occurred here and it seemed to be scaring the shit out of the police officials.
Jake decided to take a chance and walk up to one of them and see if he could learn anything or explain that he lived only a block away and needed to get home due to his dire situation with Bella.
"Excuse me sir. I hate to bother you but I"m in the middle of an emergency of sorts." Jake flashed the middle age guy a sincere smile.
Jake read the tag on his shirt and knew his name was Officer Reynolds.
"Sir you need to get back in your car. We will be allowing traffic to go through in about five more minutes. The ambulances need to get through first." Officer Reynolds replied in a nervous monotone.
"I'm sorry ambulances? I don't see a wreck." Jake scanned the area blocked off and didn't see one car crash. In fact, he just saw a bunch of vehicles lined up on the side of the road.
"It's not a wreck. It's a ….homicide." Officer Reynolds gulped hard.
"Well, my girlfriend is in the hospital about to deliver our babies and I need to get to our house to get her stuff. I just lived down there. Off that dirt road." Jake pointed to where the cars were lined up and down.
"YOU live on Rosewood Road."The Officer's eyes widen and he gave Jake a look that warned him he was being suspected of something horrible.
"Yeah. My girlfriend and I have lived there for a few years now."
"Were you here last night?"
"No. Well, we were for awhile until my girlfriend had complications with her pregnancy. I had to rush her to the hospital. What do you mean there was an homicide? I know most of the people who live on this road." Jake frowned as it occurred to him that one of the victims might be a close friend of his and Bella's.
"Sir, no one is ….alive. We found every house filled with dead bodies. A call came in about three o'clock this morning of screams and gun shots. By the time we got here thirty minutes later we began to search the neighborhood and found every house filled with blood and bodies." Officer Reynold's skin turn a pasty shade of white. Jake hoped he didn't get sick.
"Are you serious? How could that happen?" Jake took a step back as he thought of all the residents who lived on this road. There was children, parents, grandparents, all kinds of people who lived here. Some had lived on this road all their lives. What could have come in here and killed them like that? What was the purpose of such a brutal killing spree?
"How were they killed?" Jake knew he was asking a morbid question but it seemed odd that one or more people were able to break into all the houses and kill that many people in such a short time.
"That's the weird part. They were drained of blood and some of them looked as if their limbs were ripped right off their bodies. I shouldn't be telling you this." Sargent Reynolds looked around to make sure he wasn't being watched. He knew they were trying to keep this incident on a low key until they had a reasonable explanation to tell the public without causing a panic.
"I need to get to my house now! I need to get my girlfriend's stuff. She is supposed to come home today from the hospital and is required bed rest. I can't bring her back here. She would...no. Please can you help me get in there to just get some clothes and personal stuff and then I will leave. I swear." Jake pleaded.
"Let me talk to the head investigator. I'm sure he will want to talk to you since your the only alive resident on this road now." He marched off in search of the investigator while Jake stood there trying to comprehend what he had just learned. He didn't want to believe that vampires had found their way here, this damn close to them. They didn't kill like this. Too public. Too much of a risk for exposure. So why did they do it? What would have happened if they had found him and Bella?
Then like thunder it occurred to him loud and hard they might have been here for the sole purpose of finding them. But why kill all the innocent people? Was this some sort of warning they were going to find them and kill them? Who would have sent them?
Before he could ponder further on the topic, another gentleman dressed in a similar outfit as Officer Reynold appeared and he didn't look too pleased to have to talk to Jake. He had to act like he knew nothing about what could have done this damage or why. He just needed to get their things and leave quickly. If they were still around they might be reckless enough to try and attack him despite all the people now surrounding the area.
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After twenty minutes of questioning, the lead investigator agreed to let him go get his belongings. The minute he entered the road he could smell the stench of vampires everywhere. There was more than one. He could confirm that much. He entered the house and the smell was ten times worse. They had come in the house despite it's vacancy. Did they go on a killing spree once they couldn't find them? Was that why they acted so irrationally? He started packing as much as he could into his pickup truck when his cell phone rang. He was on his last bar. Running up to the room, he plug it into the charger before he answer it.
"Hello." His voice shook with fear.
"Jake! Oh my! I've been trying to call your house a hundred times. Finally I figured out your cell phone number." Alice's voice screeched with panic.
"What's going on Alice?" Jake's eyes darted around the room nervously. He was having to keep his guard up. He wasn't sure if the danger was gone just yet. The wolf in him had been dormant all these years. Now it was slowly starting to become alert once again. He could feel it. It felt like it was stretching and yawning from it's peaceful sleep. Jake felt a moment of relief knowing that he hadn't lost it entirely.
"I got a strange vision that you two were in some sort of danger. I saw Bella lying in blood and then I saw vampires surrounding what I guess is your house." Alice tried to explain what she saw as slowly as possible. She could practically hear Jake's heart beat through the phone line.
"Who sent them Alice? Why are they after us now? I thought you guys made it pretty clear to your world that Bella died!" Jake shouted furiously while grabbing stuff and throwing it randomly into luggage or anything else he could find to pack up with.
"I honestly don't know. I've never seen these vampires before." Alice answered.
"How many? Are they coming for us specifically?"
"I don't know. I just ….you're in danger. You need to go back to Forks. You will be safer there."
"How can we go to Forks when everyone believes Bella is dead there too!"
"Look, I've been thinking about that for sometime now especially since Bella is pregnant. I know how important family is to her and you. Here is your cover story. Now listen closely because if you don't do this right it will only make Charlie more suspicious than he already was before we left." Alice began telling him what she had concocted.
Jake was impressed with her lying skills and itmade him wonder if she knew more than she was offering to tell. Bella always told him that Alice was a good guy. She trusted her with her life and he had to go along with what she was telling him for Bella. After all, if they were attacked, Bella would die this time, along with their unborn children.
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Bella was feeling better after the nurse helped her take a quick shower . It had been awkward at first but once she got past her shyness she enjoyed being clean once again.
When Jake arrived she knew at once despite the big goofy smile he was wearing that something was bothering him. His big brown eyes exposed his fears.
"What happened? You were gone for nearly three hours." Bella sipped on her water.
"There was an accident close to our house. They had the road blocked for awhile." Jake replied as he helped her out of the bed.
"I got everything signed off. We can go home." Jake was heading for the wheel chair the nurse had offered her earlier.
"Wow. You move fast." Bella smiled nervously.
"I do my best." Jake laughed.
"Shouldn't we wait on the nurse to escort us downstairs first? Liability and stuff like that?" Bella wondered why he was in such a rush to get her out of there. Earlier in the day he had been insistent that she remain here if necessary to keep her so they could monitor her and the babies closely.
"She will be here in just a minute." Jake took her hand and led her into the chair.
The nurse entered the room with a half smile.
"Okay. I guess Daddy here is ready to take you guys home. Remember what the doctor said about bed rest and no STRESS!" She glared at Jake with the last word emphasized.
"Will do. I swear." Jake made a cross over his heart.
"Good. Let's go." The nurse nudge Jake aside and took a hold of the chair while nodding at the door.
"You need to pull the vehicle around." She pointed out.
"Oh yeah." Jake followed them out and then raced to bring the truck around.
Bella's eyes widen as big as a plate when she spotted all the stuff piled up in the back of the truck.
"What is going on?" Bella demanded when Jake jump out to help her get in the passenger side.
"Shh..trust me." Jake didn't want the nurse to know they were in danger. He didn't trust anyone at the moment.
"You guys be careful and Jake, she shouldn't help you unload this truck." The nurse looked curiously at the stuff piled up in scattered pile in the truck.
'She won't." He nodded at her and then waved semi politely at her before pulling out of the parking lot.
"Jake I"m scared. Your acting crazy." Bella whispered, reaching out to squeeze his hand.
"Am I? I don't think so. I have a surprise for you. Close your eyes and get some sleep. Later when you wake up I might give you a hint." Jake attempted to laugh like everything was perfectly safe and sane in their lives even though his heart was pounding frantically against his ribs and his head was spinning with all the possibilities of how Alice's plan could back fire on all of them.
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Jake waited until he knew she was in a deep sleep before he grabbed his phone and texted as carefully as he could while driving. He had to inform his dad they were all their way back.. Later, once they were settled in, he would explain everything to his dad and the pack. Hopefully together as a pack they would manage to keep Bella and the babies safe from harm and face the evil that once again threaten those he loved most.
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