Imprinted
Chapter 7
Bella... Erm... Destiny? Bella? Destiny? Um...
I picked up a box from the U-Haul truck and carried it into the garage. I was about to drop another on my head when a large, russet arm caught it.
"Whoa, careful," Jacob said. "Lucky I happened to visit this place. My girlfriend used to live here."
"Jacob?" I asked, pretending to be startled.
"What? You know me?"
"I'm only fowe, Daddy," I hinted.
"Destiny?! You live here, now?!"
"Yep. I'm from a rich family at the Cherokee rez. My dad was a Quileute, so I guess that explains the dog problem..."
Jacob mouthed the word rich. He shook his head and smiled again.
"Nice to officially meet you," he said.
He would've said more when a blast of wind hit us from the east. An icy sweet scent burned my nose.
"You smell that?" I asked.
"Yeah."
"Let's go," I yelled, running across the street for the woods. I followed it like my life depended on it. Jacob was beside me, running with me, trying to keep up.
"We need to phase," he yelled to me. I nodded. In my perepheral vision I saw him undress without breaking stride. I pulled my tanktop off and then my shorts. I felt a shudder, and I was on all fours, sprinting towards the vampire.
That was good, Jacob thought to me, impressed.
Thanks.
Seriously, you did that like you've been a wolf for years.
Um, is that a good thing?
Yeah, I guess.
Jacob seemed a little lonely. My resolve wavered. I wanted to tell him, I really do. But I'm sure that the moment I tell him, he'll issue an Alpha command that won't let me join the pack and save my own behind. Plus, he probably will yell at me.
I froze. Jacob had access to my mind. He could hear every thought I was saying!
I checked. There wasn't the glowing sun in my head anymore, but Jacob was still running next to me. I reached out for him in my mind, embracing him with invisible arms. Sure enough, the small sun was back.
Jacob?
Yeah?
What happened? To your girlfriend, I mean.
I thought I imprinted on her. She meant the world to me. When I actually imprinted on you, I had to leave her. It hurt me. A lot. I actually considered the fact that I'd imprinted on two people. But then Charlie called and said she moved to Texas three days ago. It's a little ironic you're living in the same house.
I pulled away. I definately had to tell him. I was hurting him! Jacob should know. I couldn't hurt him like that. I was going to reach out to him when we passed Charlie's house. Victoria was there. She was talking to him.
"I'm sorry, Charlie, I know you're suffering," she said soothingly. Her voice shocked me. With that voice, she should be blonde. And stupid. Reeeaaaaaalllly stupid.
"I know. It's just, Billy's son was so good to Bella, and he threw her away for another girl. I hope she looks good, or I'll go after him with my gun."
Jacob made the mistake of whining, which alerted Charlie and Victoria. Charlie's eyes grew wide at the sight of us. Victoria sniffed the air, and her eyes widened at me.
"This should make things interesting," she hissed. Charlie picked up his gun. He pulled the trigger.
Before I could even flinch, Victoria was suddenly in front of me, deflecting the bullet.
"She's my kill!" Victoria snarled. "Sorry, Charlie, but I can't have you interfere!"
She was suddenly in front of him, her hands at his throat.
NO-
It was too late. Before Jacob and I had a chance to react, we heard a sickening snap, and Charlie fell, his head and neck twisted in an odd angle.
NOOOOOOO! I shrieked. No... My father... Charlie... I growled and lunged at Victoria.
Destiny!
She! Killed! Charlie!!!
Destiny, it can't be helped. Baby, it can't be helped.
I ignored him and sprinted after her, not letting her out of my sight. I tripped over a tree root and twisted my ankle. The sudden pain made me gasp and fall. I only looked up in time to see her disappearing in the trees.
Destiny, are you okay?
HOW CAN YOU THINK I'M OKAY?! I JUST SAW CHARIE DIE!!! I COULD'VE DONE SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!!
Jacob nuzzled my side, helping me up. I couldn't fight the sobs. I phased and broke down crying. Jacob had my clothes, and he helped me into them, not looking at my body but at my face.
Once I was dressed, Jacob put on his shorts and embraced me.
"Shh, Destiny, shh..."
"J-Jacob..."
"I'm here, Des, I'm here."
"I can't believe..."
"I know. I know."
"Charlie... he... he helped me when I came here. He helped me adjust."
He was my father!!! I loved him, he was fun to be with! He laughed with me! He complemented my cooking!
But I couldn't tell Jacob that. Victoria killed one of the most important people of my life. Jacob can survive not knowing about me. Victoria made this personal. I wanted to finish her myself.
AN: Sorry to all the Charlie fans out there! I just neede to make the plot a straight path to the end. Well, actually, a straight path isn't much fun. Can I add some death traps, poisoned arrows, spike walls closing in on Bella, and a shopping trip from Alice? The answer is yes. BTW, I was JK about the deadly stuff. That includes the shopping trip. I'll just make the road bumpy. There. That's more humane.
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