Chapter 7
"Why didn't you take care of it?" I heard Embry yell.
"I thought I did! I had his hand pulled off for Christs sake!" Seth screamed, and instantly, I knew what was about to happen. I ran outside as fast as I could, hoping the entire time I would get there soon enough and be able to stop it, but I wasn't fast enough. With seeing three piles of shredded clothes laying on the ground, and hearing snarls and whimpers from the three wolves in front of me, I wasn't sure what to do. All I could do was stand there and scream, begging for them to stop. And the second I saw a paw fly across a face and draw blood, I fell to my knees, screaming for forgivness, for everything to be okay, for him to be okay.
I ran to Seth's side, trying to wipe away the blood to see how deep the cuts were. Embry and Jacob were pulling Paul away, trying there hardest not to hurt him, knowing he didn't mean to lose control the way he did. Carlisle came running with his medical bag, and quickly took care of Seth. Jacob pulled me back to the house where he told me what they had learned today before I woke up.
"Seth was so sure Riley had died, that he left him and went to find Sam and the others. He was worried someone had already gotten hurt. He didn't know any better. It isn't his fault, but you know how Paul is, and he's going to try and start shit over it just because he can. But we don't have to worry about it anymore. While all of this was happening, your uncles caught Riley and found out he was only here because he wanted to apologize for what he did. We don't have to worry about it anymore. All we need to focus on is getting you to work on time, and then going to the wedding in two days." Jacob said just before we left the house and he took me to my last day of work for the next two weeks.
When I got there, it was beyond crazy. Three babies puked in the aisles, people had decided they didn't want the canned food they got, and put it in the freezers with pizza. When I finally got to work at the cash register, I ended up buying someone's grocerry's because they didn't have enough money or food stamps for everything they bought, and I felt so bad for them that I gave them the extra $20. Then when I got off work, Jacob wasn't there to pick me up, so I started walking home when Grandpa Charlie saw me and gave me a ride home.
"Are you excited for the wedding?" He asked. Grandpa sucked at making small talk, and hated trying because he knew it would eventually get to the "need to know" bases he was on when it came to knowing anything about why our family was so strange.
"Yeah. I really like Voltera. I'm really looking foward to showing Jacob around. The place is beautiful. You would really like it. You'd probably go insane though if you saw the way they drive over the speed limit and don't even stop at the lights or stop signs." I laughed, trying to ease the tention.
"What does your dress look like?" He asked.
"It's a strapless, short dress that is purple and black and it has roses on the pattern above my waist and then it flows out and has a bow that ties in the back." I said, not completely describing the dress to the full extent.
Grandpa turned onto the drive way, and I just told him to drop me off there just in case there was anything going on that would break his "need to know" only base, when really, I just wanted a little bit longer to myself before having to go home.
When I got home, I called Jacob to see where he was and when I heard his phone ring in my room, I hung up and walked upstairs to find him passed out on my bed. I smiled, thinking it was cute how he fell asleep on his back and didn't wake up to hear his phone. I figured he had a long day, so I grabbed some pj's from my closet and went to take a shower in my parent's bathroom so I wouldn't wake him. When I got back to my room, I climbed into my bed and accidently woke him.
"Shit! I fell asleep? Ugh. I'm so sorry, Ness. How did you get home?" He asked.
"Grandpa Charlie gave me a ride. It's fine. Don't worry about it. You looked like you needed some sleep, so I didn't wake you when I came in." I said as I snuggled up to him.
He kissed the top of my head as he wrapped an arm around me. "Are you excited for tomorrow?" He asked.
"A little. I can't wait to show you around Voltera. It's beautiful. We rarely ever get to see the place itself since we normally only go there to deal with another problem with the Volturi, but this time we will have time to go look at the country itself. I'll get to take you to this little restuarant that they have outside of the palace that has some of the best food ever, and then to the place that my father almost showed he was a vampire. You'll love it there." I said, telling him about the place.
"What does your dress look like?"
"You'll have to wait to see, but I know you'll like it."
We stayed up for an hour talking about some of the most random things before eventually falling asleep. When I woke up the next morning, I was surpised to find Jacob still asleep on the other side of me, snoring away deeper into his sleep. I didn't want to be late for the flight, so I genlty woke him up and told him to get dressed.
After we packed up our suit cases, we carried them to the main house and were suprised to see Savannah had come to visit and was going to Voltera with us. We greeted her and helped her get her bags into the car before we all left to Seatle. When we made it the air port, we found Claire, Seth, Leah, Sam and Emily before boarding our flight.
When we finally made it to Voltera, there was an escort at the air port waiting for us to take us to the palace. On the way, we rolled down the windows in the limo so we could see outside. I showed Claire and Jacob the western side of the palace, and how beautiful it was. When we came to a stop, Alec and Jane were waiting for us.
"Welcome, friends. It is nice to see you came to support me. It is very much appreciated. I hope you enjoy your stay, and please, remember the laws we have installed to keep our safety as well as the citizens. When you get inside, one of our guards will show you to your rooms, and explain to you where you may hunt your animals." Alec said as he greeted us.
"Nessie! It's so great to see you again. I hope you'll show your Jacob around, and please find time for me before you leave?" Jane asked as she pulled me into a hug.
"Of course I will, Jane. I'd like you to meet some of the wolves and their imprints. This is Claire, Seth, his sister Leah and her imprint Brandon, Savannah, and the leader, Sam, and his imprint Emily." I said, introducing them all.
"It's very nice to meet you all. I hope you all enjoy your stay. Nessie, Alec and I have much to do today. We will catch up later though. I'll leave you to your first day of fun." She said just before leaving with her brother.
When we all made it to our rooms, I was a bit worried to see they had put Brandon and Jacob into the same room. It worried me, but I knew they wouldn't start anything. Claire and I were happy we got to share a room, and that we both needed sleep so that neither of us would have to worry about keeping the other awake.
The first thing we did when we woke up the next morning was found Jacob and me, him, and Claire went out to eat for breakfast at my favorite little cafe down the road from the palace. After we ate, we walked around the city, and I showed them the best places around. Later that day Jacob asked me to go to dinner with him, and to wear something fancy.
I met him by the front door, and then we made our way to the resturant that was across the street. He told me to order whatever I wanted, no matter how expensive it was. I was shocked with how much he ordered, and even more shocked when he ate it all plus some of mine when I couldn't finish the rest of my pasta.
When we were walking through the streets, I showed him where it was that my father almost revealed himself to the town nearly a decade ago.
"If he had, I really don't know what I would have done. It hurt me to see your mother choose him, but not as much as I had thought it would. It hurt to see her turn from my best friend, to my natural enemy more than it did to see her choose to spend forever with someone else. To see the outcome of her choosing him, I don't want to imagine it any other way. To imagine a life without you, I physically can't. When I look into my life, your truly all I see." he said, explaining how his feelings for me have progressed lately.
"Jacob." was all I could choke out at first, but I soon found my voice to continue. "I've put you through a lot, I know. But to hear those words from you, to know you still love me just the same, it really means a lot to me." I finished.
"That's the thing, Ness. I don't love you just the same. The way this imprint works, I be anything you want me to be. When you need me to be a babysitter, I'm a babysitter. When you need a brother to look up to and play with, I'm your brother. When you need a best friend, no one will be a better friend than me. And when you need a lover, someone you can always count on, someone who you never want to leave your side, I become your lover. Lately, the more time we spend together, the more I fall for you. The more I love you, and the more I can't wait until it's you wearing the wedding dress." he said as he stopped walking to look me in the face and confessed everything for the first time since he told me about the imprint. I had known that some day he would tell me this, and that I'd have to tell him that I just didn't feel the same for him, but now that the time had came, I couldn't do that.
All I could do was think about how lately, I had hoped he would say this, so I could tell him how I now felt the same. The only words I could manage to choke out through my tight throat where, "Some day it will be me." As the tears rolled down my face, he wiped them away.
As the days in Voltera went on, Jacob and I had explored as much of the city as we could and were sad to leave after the wedding, but more than glad to return home. As I layed in my bed for the first time in nearly three weeks, I went to sleep with ease that night. I had fallen asleep thinking about the date Jacob would be taking me on tomorrow, and happier than I had been in a long time.
A/N: Since I haven't updated in awhile, I made this chapter longer. I have also included links to all of the dresses the girls wore to the wedding. Please, review!(:
.com/shop/dresses/viewitem-FA549074 renesmee's dress.
.com/shop/dresses/viewitem-PD498614 erica's dress
.com/shop/dresses/viewitem-PD680101 rosalies's dress
.com/shop/dresses/viewitem-PD474003 alice
.com/shop/dresses/viewitem-PD531547 esme
.com/shop/dresses/viewitem-PD639001 claire
.com/shop/dresses/viewitem-FA619108 emily
.com/shop/dresses/viewitem-PD533838 savannah
.com/shop/dresses/viewitem-PD408044 leah
.com/shop/dresses/viewitem-PD546599 jane
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