Summary: In the first chapter.
poorasdirt: Thank you all for reviewing! Um, my sis found out that I finished this chapter and bugged me to put it up, so you may just have to thank her for this. I know for a fact that the next chapter has a lot of mistakes so it won't be up until I'm satisfied. Otherwise can you people review a bit more, I know it's difficult but really.
Disclaimer: I still only own the OCs and the plotline. Really if I owned the Twilight books I would have had Bella act a bit more like a normal teenage girl that got dumped by her boyfriend, sheesh. Still have no clue why I'm even writing this.
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The next few weeks were filled with spending time with her dad, catching up with Jacob, and talking with Madison. She even went to Hot Topic a few more times for new clothes and to see the hyper and happy Madison bounce around the store suggesting merchandise. Bella was surprised by how much she liked Madison, in fact Bella was sure if she got Alice and Madison in the same room it would be a hyper free for all. But in the weeks of getting to know the girl Bella was equally stunned by the wise input and the "now" attitude Madison had. Bella was slowly getting used to the attitude that what was in the past was in the past and there was nothing in the present that could change that. Even Charlie liked Madison, despite the initial impressions of punk meeting police.
"So, you're bike is almost finished?" Madison asked from her spot sprawled out on Bella's bed. The two were hanging out that Sunday since Jacob had to help Billy and Bella still didn't want to stay at the house alone.
"Yea, Dad is already looking into classes for me so we can go riding soon." Bella said with a smile seeing Madison lying on her bed, her head hanging over the edge so her long braid was coiled on the floor. Bella was surprised to note a few weeks back that despite working at Hot Topic, Madison didn't like wearing black. In fact the girl seemed more incline to white, silver, and pale blue in her wardrobe than any dark colors. Even now Madison wore some white wash form fitting jeans and a white baby doll shirt with the word Angel in glittery silver ink on the front. Apparently Hot Topic was the only place willing to hire a girl with so many piercings without asking questions.
"Well that's cool, then you can go riding whenever you like. Preferably not when it's raining cats and dogs out though, you don't need to end up water logged." Madison said getting a giggle from Bella.
"Yea, we wouldn't want me to have a sixty mile an hour bath." Bella said getting a grin from Madison.
"Hey Bell; I noticed when I was coming up that there seemed to be a large bear in the woods, all black and stuff. Do you know anything about it?" Madison asked with a frown.
"You too? There have been a lot of sightings of a large black bear in the woods, well they say it's a black bear but I don't know what it is. I don't think we get bears in the area often." Bella said with a frown.
"Huh, well if it was a danger there would be a party out to relocate it. I'm hungry; want to go raid the fridge and then crash in front of the TV? We have officially finished our homework at any rate; it's time to put our brains in idle." Madison said jumping up making Bella smile with a sigh and stand up as well. Both girls stretched happy to have finished all they had to do school wise, Bella was surprised how much about Science Madison knew. So after digging out some cold pizza they sat down in front of the TV and tried to find something interesting on.
"In other news there was an altercation between the local police and a mutant of unknown origin in Seattle today." The news anchor said as the two paused in their fight over the remote to look at the news channel they had inadvertently turned to in their tug of war with the said appliance.
"Mutant?" Bella asked getting a frown from Madison.
"Yea, there's been a lot of talk about mutants these days. I'm surprised it's finally reaching here of all places actually. I mean it's not that big of deal, so what if some people have just a bit extra in their genes that give them cool powers?" Madison said as the two turned to the story. On the screen there were images of the cops shooting at a boy who was probably in his early teens, the boy simply picked up a nearby car and chucked it at the police cruisers. "There's a lot of anti-mutant talk these days too. I'm getting sick of it really."
"Get a lot of that in Port Angeles?" Bella asked intrigued by the talk about mutants.
"Yea, my boss in particular is adamant that Mutants are a threat to everyday people's way of life. I think he's delusional." Madison said with a shrug. "People most of the time can't help what they are so that doesn't mean you can judge them on it. I mean it's like those movies with werewolves and vampires right? Most of the time, the people that are turned into them can't help what they are once their turned, you don't see people picking up pitchforks and torches to kill them most of the time, in fact people tend to idolize that stuff. I think they're just in love with the thought of immortality really."
"Why do you say that?" Bella asked surprised by the turn of conversation.
"Well think of it, do you want to die?" Madison asked and Bella thought before shaking her head. "So if you had the chance to live forever would you take it? If it meant you only had to suffer some form of pain for a small time, monster or not, would you want to insure you lived forever if you had the chance?" Bella thought about it before shrugging. It was the best response she could give since she did know vampires were real. That living forever unchanged could happen. Madison on the other hand seemed amused by the response. "I don't think I'd like to live an immortal life really."
"Why's that?" Bella asked surprised by that answer. She knew her friend was strange at times but not suicidal.
"Because I'd get bored after a few years, sure things would change around me but I wouldn't change really. I'd still be the same half insane Madison only I got new equipment and a new diet. Come on the reason life is worth living is because it's short; the monotony doesn't affect normal people because they know they only have one life to live and it usually is up after ninety years. It leads the human race to be spontaneous and curious about everything. That's at least how I see anyway." Madison said with a shrug and Bella nodded in agreement seeing where Madison was coming from. She even had a good example to turn to and that example was Rosalie Cullen. The vampire hadn't gotten over her human past even after all these years, always stuck in the fear that things would destroy her family and such. "Anyway let me step off my soap box and ask you how you're handling that bad break up of yours? Still a walking talking zombie of unknown origin?"
"I'm not a zombie of unknown origin!" Bella said tossing one of the pillows on the couch at her friend who laughed. "And for your information I'm better, it still hurts a lot but I'm slowly getting over it. But I'm angry too, very angry in fact."
"That's understandable. The guy callously left you after your failed birthday with not so much as a goodbye or I'll call you. Add insult to injury he tried to erase himself from your life by taking back all the presents he ever gave you like that would help. It only made it worse because you didn't have anything to throw when you realized how much of a jerk he was being." Madison said getting an agreeing nod from Bella. She wouldn't take back the wonderful months she had with Edward but at the same time she was beginning to get a better perspective of her situation thanks to Madison. "So what are you doing next weekend? Can we hang out again?"
"I was thinking about going fishing with my dad and his two friends, Jacob is starting to avoid me for some reason." Bella said with a frown looking down at that. Jacob who had happily spent time with her for the past few weeks was starting to find excuses to avoid her. Everything from him being busy with school to wanting to hang out with Embry and Quil was an excuse for him. "In fact he's been spending time with Sam recently too, a lot of time."
"What they an item or something?" Madison asked making Bella laugh suddenly at the absurdity of that comment.
"No, from what I can tell Jacob absolutely was annoyed with him for some time. I don't think there is anything romantic about the whole thing, besides Sam has a fiancé." Bella said shaking her head noticing Madison's amused grin, knowing the blonde only said it to get a reaction out of Bella.
"And yet you dream about him? What's up with that? Crushing on someone you can't have?" Madison asked having heard about Bella's nightmare were she was searching for something in the woods but not knowing what or where it was. In more recent time Sam Uley appeared in the dream standing there watching her but not offering help.
"No, but he is pretty good looking. I don't think he's a good part of the dream either; he's just stands there and doesn't offer any help or anything. Sometimes when I look away from him I see his image shift slightly but I don't know what it's about because I look back and he's still there." Bella answered with a frown.
"Maybe your subconscious is telling you something. Ever thought of pausing in your search to ask him something?" Madison asked and Bella shook her head.
"I don't think that's possible." Bella said with a shrug.
"Why not? It's your dream you should be able to control it to a point." Madison said in a slight whine as if not controlling your dreams was an offence to her. "Like the dream where you end up at that crossroad all the time, one day you'll have to choose a path to take. Personally I like the one with the field, even if you like the one with the cliff or the wolf. Despite how scary it seems now you get to walk in the light and be among the living, lots of living. Sure it'll have its ups and downs but no path is without some potholes along the way."
"What are you a walking fortune cookie?" Bella asked with a smile mentally agreeing with her friend though. None of the paths were perfect and none seemed to end with certainty except if you call jumping off a cliff into the ocean was an ending you would prefer. The paths were changing the more she dreamt of them. The one in the night now had storm clouds and harsh winds, the one with the wolf actually seemed like a pack of wolves would jump out since she could see flashes of fur, and the one with the field just seemed so untamed and wild it was hard to fully grasp what it really was.
"If I said yes would you enjoy eating me?" Madison asked playfully snapping Bella out of her thoughts.
"Cad!" Bella yelled in mock outrage before the two soon descended into a fun free-for-all pillow fight with laughter filling the living room. A few minutes later the two were lying on the couch and loveseat out of breath.
"In other news someone broke into the armory of the Military base a few minutes outside of Port Angeles." The news anchor said making the two girls look at the TV again. "Reports say that early last Tuesday a man in army fatigues and a ski mask entered the base from a break in the fence. He then made his way to the armory where he managed to take two rifles, a few handguns, and several rounds of ammunition. The Military Police responded but the man managed to escape custody. The hunt for the man is ongoing, the Military and local authorities assure residents that the man will be caught soon. Until then they advise people to be careful and report any leads they may come across."
"Man, talk about a messed up world." Madison said getting a nod from Bella.
"Normally nothing like this happens around here." Bella said with a sigh. "It's pretty quiet."
"Well a few days ago the cops on Port Angeles found a body in the docks. It was my classmate's father, had his throat torn open like some animal went at him. Aside from the slash across the neck that she swears were teeth marks there wasn't anything wrong with the body." Madison said with a frown.
"How'd he die then?" Bella asked not wanting to know the answer.
"Bleed out, they couldn't find even a single milliliter of blood in him. No one could say for sure what killed him but I think they labeled it accidental at least since there wasn't enough for criminal charges anywhere. My classmate is reveling in the attention though, she's an attention whore and all around popular girl that doesn't care about anyone but herself." Madison said blowing some of her bangs away from her face. "Kind of makes you want to strangle her sometimes."
"I know the feeling; we have two girls like that at my school too." Bella said but a little queasy since it sounded like a vampire attack. She knew for a fact that none of the Cullens would have attacked a human but that didn't mean all vampires were like the Cullens. Her run in with James and his coven drove home that fact a few months ago.
"Well enough of this morbid crap, let's bake a cake!" Madison said jumping off of the couch. Unfortunately she didn't have a good footing and ended up falling face first over the coffee table and onto the floor. Bella couldn't help but laugh at her friend's expense since it was something Bella would probably do, but not the surprisingly graceful Madison. The rest of the day was fun filled since Madison always found the excitement in anything, even if she was only armed with a rubber band, some pennies, and an old cup.
YAY!! Not much goes on in this chapter I know, but my English teacher once told me that everything builds up to the climax, so I'm building. Although, I build better with Legos and not words, I'm sure.
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