Chapter Seven
The rumbling of trucks down the street woke the girls and I up. On exiting the Tee-pee I found the boys and Billy looking toward the sounds. Coming into my street were two massive semi trailers, I could tell they were laden down with supplies and materials and I thanked Taka Ahki for them. When both trucks stopped and the doors opened the whole pack started to growl.
"What is it that has you so upset?" I asked Paul
He grabbed me and shoved me none to gently behind him, the rest of the mated pack doing the same.
"Vampires" was the only thing he said in between growls
"Bella" I heard a voice that I had missed in the last couple of weeks, I started to run towards her but Paul pulled me back.
I knew and understood his and the packs reasoning and I also knew that they hadn't realised my best friend and her mate were behind the wheels of those two trucks.
"Paul" I said gently rubbing his shoulders "That's Alice and Jasper"
He let me go unwillingly but followed me as I ran towards my friends, the pack following behind followed by Billy and the girls.
"Alice, Jasper what are you doing here?" not that I didn't want to see them.
"Oh Bella I saw what happened and knew you and the Quillutes would need some help" She stated whilst jumping up and down. After all these years she looked the same and I had missed them both greatly. Jasper hadn't said anything at this stage just started to open the trailer on his truck. I could hear him suffling about and then out he popped of the back of the truck pushing a state of the art wheel chair. He slowly approached not me but Billy pushing the chair in his direction. Billy was eyeing the chair and then Jasper, it was only after he had gone back towards the back of the truck that he spoke.
"Chief Black this is for you, yours looks like it is on it's last legs" He spoke in that calm yet authoritive voice that only a war hardened soldier could speak, calming but with absolute power. Billy looked dumbfounded and yet hopeful at the same time. Before he had a chance to respond Jake came barreling out of the forrest and took a protective stance in front of his father.
"We dont need or want your help leech" and then to the disgust of all of us spat on Alice. Jasper let rip with a ferousious growl that would have made lesser men wet thier pants. It wasn't Jasper nor Alice that reacted though it was Sam and Jarrad. Both leaped towards Jake and pinned him to the ground, and Alice showing herself to be a true lady Ignored him, wiping the spit off her face and walking toward Billy.
"Hello Chief Black I am Alice Whitlock and this is my husband Jasper", she stopped directly in front of him and held out her hand. Slowly Billy reached out and claped his hand around her daintly little one. You could tell that standing Billy would have towered over her, his hand dwarfed Alice's as she slowly pulled him up onto his feet. I could see what she was doing and before he had a chance to move he was placed into the new chair and she crushed what was left of his old. There was now no way he couldn't accept this gift as his old chair was nothing but a pile of twisted metal. Jasper made no moves toward his mate that was now closer to a pack of wolves than he was comportable with, he just checked on her safety and with a nod from Paul and Sam knew they wouldn't attack her. Japer once again went into the back of the truck but this time he rolled out six four wheelers one i could see was moderfied for a disabled person and I couldn't help but smile and squeal with appriciation.
"What is it Bella?" asked Billy. I didn't respond just oushed him toward Jasper and the bikes. I knew the moment Billy spotted what I did as i heard him gasp.
"Is that?" he didn't get any more words out as I could see he was choked up.
"Yes sir" Jasper responded. I left them too it as I went to embrace my friend pulling her towards Paul and the rest of the pack. Sam and Jarred still had Jake pinned to the ground and I accidently on purpose may have kicked him in the head as I raced to my family.
"Alice I would like to introduce you to the pack" I said excitedly. She surprised me then and flew at Paul squealing his name.
"Paul it is so nice to meet you at last" she said whilst dancing around him as I was about to question them both the sound of two engines starting up distracted me from my questions. Billy and Jasper peeled out of the driveway on the back of two of the four wheelers. Quill under sams orders following behind them. I wasn't upset that Sam had sent a guard with them, it would be a while before the pack get over thier natural adversion toward thier scents.
So there you go a small taste of what is to come.