Disclaimer: XHaileeX wrote this chapter and 17 others and thought of the plot for the story. I had nothing to do with that. I'm just continuing this story. Stephenie Meyer owns Twilight. And the characters.
"You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams."
― Dr. Seuss
Chapter Seven
Bella's Point of View (When is this not Bella's POV?)
I SUPPOSE that I should be thankful that Tyler had almost crashed into Edward. After all, if he had not barreled his car into Edward's direction, most likely I would have been much to chicken to actually tell them about my own secrets. Though, on the other hand, I still felt defensive that Tyler, or anyone for that matter, could have hurt Edward if he was a human. Vampire or not, I would always be worried for him.
Driving home, wallowing in the misery of my problems, my thoughts centered on imprinting. The pack laws were very straight forward, and the very minimal. But the most enforced was that another wolf couldn't hurt the other one's imprint. If Sam had any respect for our elders, with luck, he would follow the laws of our kind. I might be able to earn the wolves' ,who already imprinted, trust. That was my best chance of keeping peace within the pack. Unfortunately, another law was that what the alpha says, goes, and if Sam was still alpha, my chances of him accepting Edward were trifling.
As I got home, I glanced at the house phone, making sure I didn't miss any calls. I hadn't, but when I was checking the past calls, the phone started ringing. I answered it immediately, and was welcomed by Sam's gruff voice. I didn't want to talk to Sam at the moment, but still I greeted him with a hi, and him interrupting me. I huffed in annoyance, but listened to him talking to me.
"Did you tell the Cullens about the meeting?" He asked coldly. I snorted. This was what he called for? I could understand why he would want to know, but was this really deemed necessary?
"You really need to work on your communication skills. You just sounded like yours trying to get ransom from someone." I told him. "But yes. I did." I said shorty, and hung up on him. I walked away from the phone placing it on the kitchen table. I groaned when the phone vibrated again with the same caller ID. "What?" I grumbled.
"We're meeting at noon. Make sure when they're off their land they meet us at the clearing." Sam said.
"Okay." I hung up again. I was horrible at keeping things from other people, and whenever I talked to people, anywhere, I always seemed to sound guilty. Fortunately, Sam didn't bother trying to call me again, and I was left with peace and quiet, subtracting the down-pouring rain now falling out of the sky. I sighed, and started cooking dinner for Charlie and I.
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THE NEXT DAY was torturous. Being without Edward was unbearable, and knowing that he could get hurt was even worse. I was pacing for a significant part of the day, worrying Charlie almost as much as I was. I was unfortunately wrong yesterday. I did not see Edward at all, and my silent hopes that he would be out with his family were quickly diminished. Being without your imprint was like being without your food or water. It took everything I had not to break the treaty and to go onto the Cullen's lands.
With nothing to do, and Charlie going to work, I had gone for a run, read two of my favorite books, and basically did nothing of purpose. I really needed a job. And I certainly don't want to end up like Sam, and not go to school ever. I had finished all my homework for school rapidly, and boringly. At this pace I would have done all my projects weeks in advanced. Most teenagers would be partying, hanging out with friend, shopping, or going on a date, but lets face it, I was the opposite of an average teenager.
At one point in the day I just sat on the line that separated the Cullen's land and Forks. Depressing as it was, it made me feel calmer considering I could hear if Edward got hurt. The forest along the border line was fresh with newer trees, all less than twenty years old. The birds called repetitively, and for once, Forks wasn't raining. I glanced around hopelessly, rolling my neck around and stretching my legs. I was aching from the run still.
It was an hour in the same position that I hear a loud alarming growl. My head shot up, and my ear straining to hear more. I would do anything to protect Edward, but I wanted to be sure it was him before I jeopardized myself and the pack. A male was growling, possibly two from my hearing. I stood up cautiously and took a couple steps over the border line to hear better through the green forest. Breathing in the sweet smell of the Cullen's, I angled my ear to the newest scent, Edward's.
Another low growl, and the ripping apart of roots was what convinced me to run towards the fighting. I wasn't one hundred percent sure that it was Edward, but it was a good guess, especially judging his scent on the trees, and it was male. I ran the forest towards the aggressive sound of pre- fighting. On my way I phased, and I recognized my wolf form when my white paws the size of a CD disk raced faster than even a vampire could run. I made it to a small clearing and saw Edward, and another vampire circling each other. Ignoring the few voices from the pack that were ringing in my head to stop what I was doing, I leapt onto the large, blonde haired one that started to crouch down, ready to leap on him.
Edward's and the other vampires' eyes turned in shock in my direction, with the exception from the one underneath me. There were two males, one female. The female had fiery orange hair, and her eye almost matched the hue it. The one underneath me had blonde hair. I didn't see the last one, but I could sense his presence and smell his odd scent to know that the last was male. For the moment when I looked into Edward's eyes, the blond haired vampire got away from my grasp, and ran vampire fast to the other's in his coven. I now could observe the third vampire. He was dark toned, but even so, his flawless skin mocked my furry pelt.
The three seemed to have a silent conversation, and at the same time, the ran away from us.
"Bella?" Edward asked me. Any other time I would have phased but I smelt danger still, and wasn't certain it was the best idea to be that vulnerable. I simply nodded, and gave him my best wolfy smile, which probably looked like a toothy grin from his point of view.
"That's really you?" He asked. I nodded. The members of the pack were now all screaming at me to get away from him, but I could not. I avoided thinking of him as my imprint as best as I could. One voice stood out in my head- Sam's. Lets go get her. I froze. Certainly they would kill him now that I just destroyed the treaty that was laid down so perfectly.
No. I thought. I can do this. My convincing was weak and they didn't bother stopping for a moment to think I could do this alone. I felt like a failure. I would have to fight against my brothers in order to keep Edward alive.
"Thank you.' Edward said softly. "You saved my life. I owe you." He said quietly. I nuzzled close up to his legs and barked. Suddenly, the perfection in this moment shattered. Six vampires, all aggressive walked towards me. All were from Edward's coven, were circling around me. I saw Rosalie the most eager to finish me off, and both of Edward's parents crouched awkwardly, obviously not happy about the circumstances, and didn't want a fight as much as their adopted children.
"I told you she was dangerous!" Rosalie screeched. I growled, and so did Edward. I felt warm when he some- what defended me against his aggressive sister. "Why are you defending her? I can smell cuts on her, so she attacked you on your own land! Why would you protect her?" I finally realized that it was not because I was on their territory, but because of the scars on my back. For some reason I felt relieved that I was not being attacked for the pure reason of being on their land. The Cullens were far more compassionate than the pack.
As if on cue, my family burst into the clearing aggressively, snarling at the Cullen's. I glared at the, cursing at them for coming. They would only cause trouble, and that was the last thing we needed. The Cullens, who were no longer circling me, had crouched more defensively in the direction of the pack. I glanced both ways, unsure of what to do, and who I should side with. The Cullen's were with Edward, and I wouldn't be able to fight him, but the Cullen's were against the pack, who has been kind to me for the entire time I was living in Forks. I must have looked like a wolf bobble head considering how many times my face changed its direction.
It wasn't until Edward stood along with his family against the wolves when I realized what I had to do. I watched as Edward protected his family against mine, his perfect body poised in a low crouch. I knew what I had to do. But when you have to choose between two things you love equally, what can you do?
Nothing, so it's a good thing that wolves don't have a choice.
I leapt in front of the Cullens, letting the pack read my thoughts, despite the shock that was coursing through everyone else's mind.
Imprint. I imprinted on the enemy.
A/N First of all, I'd like to admit that I'm a complete failure. I know. I have been updating fast and then, I lose all inspiration. It's depressing. I'd love to say that the reason that I haven't been updating is that school is coming up on Tuesday, or that cross country makes me tired all the time (Though it does...running sux!), but honestly, I'm just downright lazy. After realizing I've been a major hypocrite when telling other people to update, I have found the love of writing once more, and will now be updating faster. I have to admit though, that starting today (I'm going on vacation for the weekend) I won't be updating as fast as usual. (Around 2-3x a week). This is because of school, and x country I will be busy, and tired. (I'll start the school day at 7:45 and come home at 5:00) I will be stressed and frankly annoyed for hormonal reasons that I have no control of. Thanks for bearing with me, and forgoing my boring rant. I am happy for all your support, and value everything that you do for me and my self esteem.
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