Edwards POV
I ran from my house as fast as my legs would carry me, I really didn't want to talk anymore about my relationship with Jacob until I had made a decision. I retraced my steps through the woods and back to Jacobs's window, I wasn't going to go in only stand guard. I didn't like the sound of some unruly vamps coming to town and I'll be damned if they are going to come near my Jake.
A subtle snoring broke through the open window where I stood my guard, he must be in deep sleep now. Maybe a quick peek wouldn't hurt anyone. I slowly slipped through the window and sat at the foot of his small bed. Watching Jacob sleep was like nothing I'd even seen before, he tossed and turned as if he were awake and doing summersaults, but best of all he talked. About his dad or his mom who passed away a few years back, his sisters and at one point his cat.
'Run, gotta run.' He murmured incoherently.
I shifted at the end of the bed, ready to jump out the window at the first sign of him waking.
'Run, gotta run. They're coming.' He said more urgently.
Leaves rustled outside the window, I got up and looked into the darkness and instantly felt someone standing among the trees. I jumped out the window and toward the woods.
"Who's there?" I yelled, praying Jacob was still asleep.
I took a deep breath and smelled the crisp dew-laden air, vampire. Whoever was out here was a vampire, and they were now running. Instinct took over, these had to be the vampires Alice saw, I began to run following whatever scent I could trace.
"What's the matter, too fast for ya?" A male vampire yelled out.
"Poor baby can't keep up with the big kids." A female this time.
I caught glimpses of them weaving in and out of the trees then just a few feet in front of me one vampire stopped and put his hand out, issuing me to stop.
"Please, ignore my friends. They are just anxious." He said in a heavy accent.
"Who are you?" I hissed.
"I am Laurent, my friends are James and Victoria."
"Where did they go?"
"Back into the woods I am sure…"
I cut him off, "Tell them to stay off this land and away from that house or I will rip them from limb to limb."
Laurent cocked his head, "Away from the humans?"
"My family and I live nearby and have a treaty with this reservation, if you cause problems for us it will end badly." I warned, leaving out the fact that my boyfriend was sleeping in that house.
His eyes narrowed, "You live here? We had no idea. I'm sorry if we've caused any problems, we will leave immediately."
I nodded once, "Immediately."
He nodded back and ran into the darkness. One thing was for sure, until they were gone Jacob was not leaving my side.
Jacob's POV
I woke up the next morning with a pounding headache.
Ugh, I moaned.
"Do you need some Tylenol?" A voice asked from the corner.
I quickly jumped up and hit my head on the back of my bed.
"Edward? What are you doing here?" I whispered.
He smiled, "You're just really cute when you sleep, couldn't resist."
I scowled, "Wow, what an enormous violation of my privacy."
He laughed, "Sorry."
"Just don't let it happen again." I said as I searched for my clothes on the floor.
He pressed his lips into a straight line, "Well I can't promise that. You talk in your sleep and I would hate to miss the show."
My jaw dropped, my dad often made fun of me for talking in my sleep but for Edward to hear me was beyond embarrassing. I found a pair of dirty jeans on the floor and went to slip into them when Edward got up and sat next to me in the bed.
"Listen, something's come up and I would rather we not go to school today." He said quietly.
"What?" I asked.
"Some…people… have come into town and they aren't exactly friends. They are leaving but I think a solid 24 hours out of the public eye is safest."
"What about school?"
"I took care of that." He said with a smile.
I tilted my head and looked at him wide eyed, "What does that mean exactly?"
He laughed, "If I told you that would make you an accessory to a crime."
I took a deep breath, "What did you do?"
"I didn't do anything. Alice may have broken into the school last night and broke a few pipes causing the school to flood, just a little bit."
I couldn't do anything but laugh, "She may have." It wasn't a question.
"I'll be right outside your window." He said jumping out hastily. My dad knocked on my door and I realized why Edward left so quickly.
"Come in." I yelled as I pulled on my favorite hoodie.
The door swung open, "Hey kiddo, no school today some pipe burst or something."
A laugh escaped from my lips but I quickly reeled myself in.
"Anyway," he said suspiciously, "I was going to go into town and have lunch with Charlie. Did you want to come?"
"No that's okay, I have an essay on Macbeth to finish so I'll work on that."
"Bella will be there." He said in a song like voice.
I hit my hand against my forehead, "That's awesome for Bella."
"Okay, just no girls over okay? You know the rules." He said. Another laugh escaped from my lips.
"No girls."
Just then a crack of lightness brightened the grayed sky followed by a deafening rumble of thunder.
As soon as my dad was gone Edward jumped back in my room as if called.
"Guess what, it's storming! You know that that means." He said with a huge grin.
I shrugged, "A cold front meets a warm from and they decided to ruin my sunny afternoon?" I mocked.
He tucked a piece of unruly hair behind my ear and smiled, "Wow your lack of weather knowledge is frightening. Youth today, they just don't…."
"Okay grandpa, what does a storm mean?" I said, punching him in the arm, which turned out to be a mistake as my knuckled instantly began to bruise.
Edward took my hand in his and lightly kissed the swollen knuckles, "Storms mean baseball."
I opened my mouth to protest but before I could say a word he threw me over his back jumped out the window and began to run. I closed my eyes tightly and fought the urge to dry heave as he ran underneath me.
"Where they hell are you taking me?" I shouted with my eyes still firmly shut.
"To the diamond!" He said with excitement.
Five very nauseating minutes later I was able to open my eyes but never would have imagined the sight in front of me. Seven "vegetarian" vampires donned in turn of the century baseball attire staring straight at me. I froze in place but Edward pulled me by the arm and very stiffly I followed.
A tiny pixie girl jumped up to us and wrapped her arms around me. "Hi Jacob, I'm Alice. Wow you do smell good!" She added.
I froze again, Edward glared at her as if she just sunk her teeth into my neck.
A man came up next, "I'm Carlisle, Edward's father and this is my wife Esme." He said, both smiled warmly and quickly made me feel at ease.
"And that's Emmett and Rosalie." Carlisle introduced pointing to the perfect couple across the field, Emmett waved but Rosalie just tossed her annoyingly perfect blonde hair and turned from me. Taking the small measure of comfort I was gaining with her.
"Ignore her, she's just in a bad mood." Esme added with a smile.
"She's always in a bad mood." Edward whispered in my ear.
The final family member walked up to Alice and wrapped his arm around her waist, but didn't get too close to me.
"And this is Jasper." Alice said with her butterscotch eyes locked on his perfect face.
He nodded, "Hello."
I waved, "Hey."
Esme wrapped her petite arms around my shoulders as everyone else dispersed, "You can stay up here with me. Make sure these guys don't cheat, too much anyway." It amazed me how quickly she took me in, as if I were her son.
Esme knelt down behind home plate as Edward and Emmett took their spots in the outfield followed by Alice on the pitching mound. A bolt of lightning darted across the sky.
"Let's play!" Alice yelled and with that she threw the ball toward Rosalie who was at home plate waiting to swing.
My eyes couldn't keep up with them, their bodies moved faster than my brain could comprehend. Rosalie swung and hit the ball with so much force my hair flew back as if I were in a wind tunnel. Edward ran after the ball as Rosalie cleared first, he didn't return no way she wasn't going to score. She cleared second and third as Edward emerged from the forest. He hurled the ball toward Esme who caught it just as Rosalie touched the base.
"Out or safe?" Carlisle yelled at me, an eager look upon his face.
I honestly wasn't sure, it all happened so fast but Rose's attitude toward me left me with one response, "Out."
They continued playing; Rosalie's angered eyes burned into the back of my head as she watched Jasper and Carlisle score points. Everyone seemed so peaceful with each other, they were a family and although Rosalie was making me feel like an ant about to be squished by her giant foot, I felt oddly at peace with them. Then everything stopped.
Alice yelled, "Oh God, STOP!"
Instantly everyone surrounded me, Edward wrapped his arms around me before I had time to respond.
"What is it Alice?" Carlisle asked urgently.
"They were leaving but heard us playing." She sounded as if it were all her fault.
Edward pulled my head onto his shoulder, "I'm so sorry I shouldn't have brought you here."
I started to feel dizzy, "It's okay."
He kissed my forehead, "You're burning up, are you okay?"
I lied, "I'm fine."
"Come on we're going." Edward pulled on me, I stumbled.
"There's no time, they're here." Carlisle said.
"Put your hair in the hat and stand behind me." Edward demanded, handing me his baseball cap. I quickly pulled as much of my long hair as I could into the cap and took my spot behind Edward.
Then we saw them.
They emerged one by one from the forest, first an olive skinned one whose red eyes I could see from across the field. Then a girl with crazy red hair who seemed to be wild. They were quickly followed by a male who quickly wrapped his arm around the shoulder of the female. The olive skinned vampire walked up first quickly flanked but the other two.
"Hello again Edward." He smiled.
"Hello Laurent." Edward hissed.
Suddenly my body felt like it was on fire, but I didn't more. I could feel rage filling my veins, I'd never felt anything like it before. I wanted to kill these vampires, rip them apart.
"We were just leaving when we heard your game. Care for some more players?" He said kindly.
"We were just finishing up actually." Carlisle informed them.
Laurent pressed his lips together, "Too bad, we rarely meet others of our kind. Are you sure, just one game?"
"The storm is passing, we can't play anymore." Alice chimed in quickly.
"Oh well." The female said.
Everything else happened so quickly. The quiet male locked eyes with me as if he could read my mind. Edward hissed at him and protectively wrapped his arms around me causing the hat too fall off my head. My hair quickly blew in the wind and the vampire lunged after me. Edward jumped in front of me but my body filled with unbearable rage, my mind told me to let go, just let go of everything and kill them. I felt my skin rip apart and then all eyes were on me. My body morphed from a seventeen year old human to a wolf. I barely noticed the fur, only the vampires I wanted to kill. Everyone started yelling but I locked eyes with the quiet male again and jumped after him.
"James, move!" Laurent yelled.
But it was too late. My fangs tore into his neck.
A/N First again thank you guys for the wonderful comments! They always make me smile! You're just awesome and I really appreciate every single one. Second I hope you like this, we're started to get away from the Twilight storyline and into my own world here. But Twilight and New Moon will be laced though the whole story! So hope you enjoy it and expect the next chapter in a week or so! Also I wrote a one-shot called Silk Roses, it's and Edward/Jacob but has nothing to do with this story. Just cheesy slashy fun if you want.