Mercy – Duffy
As it turned out Bella had a broken leg and spent a few days in the hospital unconscious. Scarlett had thought that after everything that had happened Bella would end up going to Florida with there mother, that things would go back to the way they had been before all of this started. But as it turned out Bella had come back to Forks and was back with Edward.
With all that had happened Scarlett and Embry had quietly begun a relationship. But at times she couldn't help but feel guilty. Deep down she knew that she still had feelings for Jake that she couldn't get away from no matter how much she denied it to herself and everyone else around her. At first it felt like she was feeling less and less about Jake but she realized after seeing Jake again that wasn't the case at all.
In September when school started back up again Bella's birthday came around. She had gotten her sister a sterling silver bracelet with sapphires since that was Bella's birthstone. Charlie and Scarlett gave Bella the presents in the morning during breakfast including a present from there mom. Later once they got to school Scarlett noticed Jacob there.
"Jake hey!" Scarlett said one day arriving at school and seeing him in the parking lot.
"Hey scar, I was just bringing your sister her birthday present." Jake explained pulling the dream catcher out of his pocket.
"Well hopefully she'll let you give it to her, she's completely against her birthday for some reason she won't tell anyone." Scarlett told him.
"Well I'm still gonna give it a shot , hopefully she likes it." Jake said
"Ok, well I guess I'll see you around then." Scarlett told him not sure what else to say.
"Yea probably around the res with Embry." Jacob replied oddly.
"Yea, anyway I should head inside. You know class and all." She said pointing towards the school.
"Yea I just stoped by to see Bella anyway." Jake said"
"Oh great, I uh think shes with Edward somewhere." Scarlett told him hiding her disapointment.
"Ok thanks great. See ya later." Jacob said before walking off to find Bella leaving Scarlett standing there alone.
"Ok, maybe not as over him as I thought." Scarlett said to herself before walking into the school to find her locker.
That evening she spent most of her time split between working on homework and talking to Embry ether by phone or computer. Later when Bella came home it turned out that the Cullens had had a small party to celebrate Bella's birthday. Which made Scarlett made since she and Charlie had not been included and they were Bella's family.
"It really pisses me off that they would actually do that you know?" Scarlett spoke into the phone
"I know what you mean babe, I mean she's your sister. Even thought you aren't the closest siblings in the world they should still include you in her birthday." Embry told her.
"Thank you. But anyway on a different subject its friday tomorrow, are we gonna do something?" Scarlett asked in a flirty tone.
"Well I was hoping to, I was thinking we could go down to the beach, go somewhere for dinner." Embry suggested.
"Sounds good, what time did you want to meet up?" Scarlett asked.
"I was thinking around 6, so that way we both have some time to get home for a while after school and get ready to go out." Embry suggested.
"All right sounds good to me, so I guess I'll see you tomorrow then." Scarlett said as she started cleaning up so she could go to bed.
"Yea for sure babe see you then." Embry said before they exchanged a quick goodbye and hung up the phone.
The next day at school Scarlett noticed that none of the Cullen's were anywhere to be seen which was weird since they usually only disappeared when it was nice out where as today it had been raining all morning but stopped around noon.
After school when she got home she noticed that Bella was no where to be found but her car was parked outside so Scarlett assumed that she was with Edward. Scarlett went along with her plans to go out with Embry picking out a outfit that would be good in the cooler weather but still good for the beach.
She was dressed in a pair of dark wash jeans with a silky deep v neck empire waist plum purple top and a black pea coat that was unbuttoned with a purple scarf. She took the bus out to La Push and Embry was waiting at the bus stop for her when she got off the bus.
"Hey you look freat." Embry said kissing her on the cheek.
"I know right," Scarlett said in a joking tone making Embry chuckle, " You look great to by the way."
"Thanks, you know I actually bothered to wear a clean shirt and everything he said sarcastically making her laugh.
"Good to know. So dinner first then the beach?" Scarlett asked as they started to walk down the street away from the bus stop.
"Yea sounds good to me." Embry said taking her hand as they walked to the diner down the street that was a favourite of both of theirs.
They were half way though dinner when Scarlett got a worried call from her dad wondering where Bella was. It turned out that in the past hour and a half she still had not come home and it was now almost 7:30 and starting to get dark.
"I'm sorry about this but I really should be home. My dad is really worried about Bella." Scarlett said standing from the table and putting her jacket on.
"Its fine I get it, I bet you could get a ride back from Billy. I'm sure your dad would appreciate having his best friend there and we all know how much Jake cares about Bella." Embry said as they began to walk towards the Black house which was not to far away from the diner.
Scarlett rode back to the house with the Blacks and when they got there her ether was outside with a bunch of Henry Clearwater and other officers looking over a map. Apparently no one had been able to get a hold or Bella or the Cullen's and no one had seen Bella since she got home from school.
"Daddy," Scarlett said hugging him, " Have you heard anything yet?"
"No nothing I keep trying her cell and the Cullen's but I haven't heard anything back yet from ether." Charlie explained.
"The Cullen's left town Charlie." Billy told him.
"Are you sure?" Charlie asked.
"Yea saw them myself when I was heading into town earlier today." Billy told him.
"Yea and none of them were in school today, but I didn't think much of it at the time." Scarlett added.
"Alright well I think it might be time to start thinking about canvasing the woods." Charlie said looking back to the map.
"Charlie!" Jacob exclaimed out of no where looking back towards the side of the house by the woods.
They all looked in the direction he was looking in to see a tall man with dark hair walking towards them carrying Bella. Charlie ran over to get Bella from who she could now tell was Sam Uley another guy fro the res, and she couldn't help but notice the way he stared at Jacob.
Everyone left the house since Bella was safe at home again, Scarlett ended up helping get Bella into some pj's since the clothes she was wearing were cold and wet from being out the in the woods and Bella seemed to be a catatonic like state.
Scarlett was worried about her sister. They may not have been close but she never wanted to see her get hurt especially by Edward. It made her mad to think that they would do that to Bella, she clearly loved Edward and they the whole family just up and leaves town right after Bella's birthday with no warning at all.
She called Embry before going to bed to give him a update on what had happened and try and set up a next date since there evening hadn't worked out as they planed. After she got off the phone she got into bed to get some sleep since it had been a long day. Once again the large tawny wolf with big brown eyes filled her dreams.
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