Oblivion - Bastille

Chapter 4: Oblivion

'What are you doing?' I blurted out to the boy before I even had the time process what was coming out of my mouth.

The wolf snapped and I growled back.

'LEAVE' the boy on the floor commanded the wolf, getting up quickly to his feet. The wolf whimpered, obviously hurt and taken aback and with one last lingering look towards me he took off into the forest.

I watched until he was out of sight and turned back to the boy.

He stared at me for a few moments, saying nothing and I stayed rooted to the ground not sure whether to act cool and normal or bolt. His eyes raked up and down my body appreciatively and then back to my face as he took a few steps towards me.

I flinched back automatically, accidently bumping into the tree behind me.

'Don't, don't be scared' he whispered, his voice velvet and gentle but also deep, husky and intriguing.

'I'm not scared' I snapped, annoyed and irritated.

'You're not?' he mused, raising his eyebrows and smirking slightly.

'No' I answered coldly.

'Giant wolves don't scare you?' he teased

I shook my head

'I guess I have a lot of explaining to do' he said quietly, breathing deeply

'You don't have to explain anything, I'm leaving' I said with determination as I turned around and stalked away.

I felt him behind me instantly as I swung around facing him full on.

'What are you doing, seriously?' I asked

'For somebody so awfully small, you sure have quite the temper' he said, pressing his lips together to stop himself from laughing.

'I'm not small' I retorted

'You are' he insisted

'Well anybody would be small compared to you, you're a giant' I observed, actually taking all of him in this time. He towered over me; anybody would be small in comparison with him.

He had no shirt on, the planes of his hardened muscles rippled over his tan chest proudly, creating an air of masculinity and power from him.

He laughed lightly before crossing over to me and extending his hand out.

'I'm Jacob' he grinned

I eyed his hand warily, but I wasn't one for lack manners. I took his hand and shook it, 'Renesmee' I said. His hand was warm, hard but gentle, the warmth radiated through me. I withdrew quickly and he smiled down at me.

'Renesmee? That's a mouthful' he teased

I shrugged.

'So do you hang around with wolves often?' I asked after a moment, breaking the deafening and awkward silence that was between us. The only noises that were to be heard were the gentle rustling of the leaves and the light breeze.

'I guess, yes' he laughed

I just looked at him blanky and he sighed as he continued.

'Did…did you see my friend…erm' he stuttered, obviously at a loss for words and then he inhaled deeply taking a slight pause.

'Did you see my friend er…' he trailed off again and I just shook my head at him.

'Yes, I saw your friend turn into a giant wolf, and I'm guessing you do it too?' I finally said, putting him out of his discomfort by stating the obvious.

His eyes widened in surprise, 'and that doesn't bother you?' he asked stunned, looking at me inquisitively.

'I've heard, erm…stories' I truthfully admitted, trying to find exactly the right words.

'Who told you these stories?' he pressed, evidently intrigued

'Oh just some old friends' I replied automatically, not really wanting to divulge that I had heard the werewolf stories from my very vampire father.

He didn't say anything, but he didn't press any further for which I was grateful for, I was walking on dangerous territory right now.

I mentally thanked the heavens at that moment that I could pass as human, because if I didn't I would be dead by now.

'You're very beautiful' he blurted suddenly and then a faint blush crept upon his cheeks.

I smiled awkwardly, blushing horribly, was he trying to flirt with me? I laughed inside, if only he knew what I was…

His eyes were a warm liquid brown as he smiled down at me, his short shaggy hair was a little crazy and I couldn't help but notice how incredibly good looking he was.

'So are you new here Renesmee?' he asked snapping me out of my reverie, breaking the silence.

'I'm just visiting' I confessed

A frown flickered across his face, 'how long?' he asked

'I don't know…' I trailed off looking up at him again, 'why?' I asked expectantly

He didn't say anything; he looked like he was having an inner debate with himself in his head, the way his breathing laboured and his eyes contorted like he was in deep thought and concentration.

'Renesmee, you can't tell anybody what you saw today, your family or friends or anything' he said softly but there was a serious undertone beneath his words.

'I wasn't going to' I said honestly, and that was the truth. No way, whatsoever was I going to breathe a word to anybody in my family that I had somehow accidently wondered over to La Push and bumped into two shape shifters. They'd definitely never let me have any freedom again and I wouldn't even be able to argue against it.

He smiled tenderly at me, just before my phone started vibrating loudly in my pocket.

I pulled it out and Rose's frantic voice greeted me on the end immediately.

'Renesmee, where are you? Me and Emmett have been looking for you everywhere, you've been gone over two hours now' she shouted panic stricken 'I left you a hundred messages'

'I er, I just got a bit lost, I wandered further than I should have'

'Renesmee, we told you to stay where we would be able to see you, where are you? We'll come get you'

'No, no' I said hurriedly 'there's no point I'm almost there I'm on my way' and I shut the phone of quickly placing it back inside my pocket. I hadn't realised I'd been gone so long, I knew Rose would be disappointed with me when I got back.

'I've got to go' I said to Jacob, but he just stood there, his eyes tightening.

'Rose and Emmett?' he said to me suddenly

'Erm, yeah they're my aunt and uncle... look I've really got to go' I said urgently turning round and starting to walk back.

'When will I see you again?' he called out after me.

Was this guy crazy? I turned back around and breathed in deeply.

'Look Jacob, you're a really nice guy and all and everything and I promise I won't tell anybody your secret but I don't know you, I don't understand where you're trying to go with this'

He huffed impatiently, 'I know believe me I know, this may seem crazy, and I probably seem like a right lunatic, but if you could just, if you could just…' he raked his hands through his hair and closed his eyes before settling his gaze on me again.

'If you could just meet me tomorrow or something, I'll explain everything to you. You don't understand, I have to see you again.'

I didn't know if it was the pleading look in his eyes, or the warmth that seemed to radiate from him. I didn't know if it was his good looks or his smooth voice or the fact he was a shape shifter. I don't know if it was the way he looked at me, his warm eyes melting before me, or if it was this strange pull I felt towards him, but I hesitantly agreed to meet him here tomorrow morning.

I didn't know what he wanted to tell me, and truth be told I thought he was a little crazy, but I was in Forks and I was supposed to be having fun, living a little, enjoying my freedom so I thought why not?

It might be good to talk to somebody besides my family.

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When I finally drew in further towards the house, I slowed my steps, ready to await the storm. Surely they wouldn't let me out again.

I smoothed my wild curls out that had gone crazy in the wind and patted my clothes down. I had hunted messily today, definitely not one of my best.

I braced myself as I slowly opened the door to the house and wasn't the least surprised to find Rosalie perched, upright on the end of the couch with Emmett sitting next to her.

They didn't say anything so I slowly tried to walk past them upstairs but obviously that epically failed.

'Renesmee' Rosalie said her voice hard.

I winced as I turned round and walked into the living room.

'Hey' I said brightly but she glanced up at me, her amber eyes firm and I knew it wasn't the time to act silly so I just sat down opposite them quietly.

She was silent for a few moments but before she opened her mouth to speak but as soon as she did she closed it again and stared at me expectantly. Breathing in deeply she stared wide eyed at Emmett, who then also did the same.

'What are you doing?' I asked, annoyed.

'Renesmee, why do you smell like a dog?' she asked slowly

I looked at her confused

'She smells like…' Emmett continued but Rose silenced him with her hand.

'I know' she emphasised to him as he frowned looking across at me.

'Where have you been Ren?' she asked

'I told you, I got lost hunting' snapping, at the horrid nickname sometimes people used for me

'Where?' she pressed

'I don't know okay! What's the big deal, I mean come on seriously? I'm sitting here like a child whilst you both interrogate me' I snapped, annoyed and flustered at this whole ordeal. I was sick and tired of been treated like this, like a child.

'Have you been talking to anybody?' She asked, the full intensity of her golden amber eyes blazing into mine.

'No' I said, but my voice cracked just a little. I was a horrid liar, another horrible trait I'd inherited from my mother. She raised her eyebrows at me, obviously expecting an answer.

'Look, it's been a long day, I'm kind of tired' I admitted standing up slowly.

'No, you can't yet, you have to eat something'

'I'm not hungry' I insisted

'Either way, I promised Bella I'd look after you and you're going to eat something, how about we take a drive into Port Angeles, get some Italian or something, then I can do your nails later? Come on Renesmee this is supposed to be fun' she said getting up and smiling, the strict parental Rose fading away.

'Okay' I agreed after a few moments of contemplating, 'let me just go and get changed.'

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The drive into Port Angeles was nice, Emmett got to have a turn in my new car whilst Rose sat in the back with me, chatting to me about life in general and plans of what I wanted to do when I was older and of course Emmett couldn't pass up the opportunity to quiz me about me about my non-existent love life.

'So there's absolutely no one you're even remotely interested in Renesmee?' He said, grinning from the front seat.

I rolled my eyes at him, 'no, apart from Nahuel who else do I know?' I replied lazily, and the moment I spoke those words an image of Jacob popped into my mind. I quickly shook it out of my head, be serious Renesmee I reprimanded myself you met him once, you don't even know him.

'I guess you do have a point, but who else are you gonna end up with except Nahuel?'

'Is this what we're getting at again?' I asked bored, honestly I was so bored with the whole Nahuel situation

He just laughed, 'well yeah I mean for obvious reasons you can't end up with a human and daddy would go mad if you were with a real vampire'

I just shook my head at him.

They all wanted me to get with Nahuel so badly, even Emmett; it was seriously wearing me out.

When he saw I was no longer willing to entertain him on the subject of Nahuel he went back to talking about the possibilities of moving back to Forks soon because he and everybody else really did miss it.

When we arrived we went to a really nice Italian restaurant and they sat and chatted to me whilst I ate. After that Rose insisted on carting me around a few shops before they closed, insisting she was buying me 'belated birthday presents' which included several new designer outfits.

All in all I did end up having a good night with my Aunt and Uncle.

When we got back, Rose did insist on the manicure and pedicure and whilst we were all watching a movie I was thinking best of how to approach the topic that I needed to go out in the morning. I honestly had no idea how to make them not be suspicious. As far as they were concerned I knew nobody in Forks, I'd never been here before. Wouldn't it be a little weird if I suddenly announced I needed to go out in the morning by myself? I couldn't even use the excuse of a hunt because I'd hunted today. I fantasised about possibly trying to sneak out but I knew that was futile because they'd hear the first step I'd take. Pesky vampire hearing.

And then there was the other option; tell the truth. I laughed mentally at that one, just picturing how that conversation would go.

Hey guys, is it okay if I go out in the morning to meet this dangerous wolf shape shifter I met earlier today? Don't worry; I'll be okay because he thinks I'm human.'

I shuddered as I imagined their reply, I was sure I'd be sent right back to Seattle straight away.

As I contemplated, I decided to just go with the safest yet silliest idea.

Sneak out.

Sorry for the slight delay but I had MASSIVE writers bloc. I wrote about 10 different versions of this chapter and NOTHING seemed right. But eventually, hopefully… I got it to be okay. I'm also nearly finished re doing 'the birthday' chapter, making it a little longer and a little more detailed.

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