Hi, I was in Sacramento visiting my family and I don't own…now, go read.
~ Bella's POV ~I walked around the town for a few hours, going nowhere in particular with my thoughts. But after a while I found myself back at the meadow Edward brought me to today.
I laid down and began to think. Did what I do was right? Is associating with the enemy wise? Did I turn the oven off? Eh, I probably didn't.
A rustling came from the right of me and I was on my feet in a second. The vampire walked out, hands in the air.
"I didn't come for a fight, Isabella."
"James, what the fuck are you doing here?" I growled.
"Can't a vampire just visit his ex once in a while?
"My ass." I growled. "You broke up with me, why do you keep stalking me?"
He shrugged. "If I didn't watch my back, you could've killed me. I decided it would be better to stay on your good side." After a moment of thought he chuckled. "Actually, you don't have a good side. When we first met, you beat the crap out of me."
"Would you like me to do it again?" I asked. "Because the way you're acting, it seems like you do." I spat in his face and walked away.
"This isn't the last you've seen of me, Bella dear," he grinned. "I will be back and you will be dead."
What the fuck… Did he just threaten me? I stood frozen as he turned around and walked away.
"James." I called. "I am so much better than that skank of a mate you keep at hand. I am not self-entered. I don't flirt with other men. I don't' show unacceptable amounts of skin. I…I sound like I'm talking about Rosalie…and I now sound self-centered." I stopped for a moment and took a deep breath. "Where the fuck is Victoria anyway?"
He opened his mouth to say something but a shrill voice behind me wasn't his.
"So, Bella, we meet again."
"Good afternoon, Skank…Er, I mean Victoria. How are you?"
"I was fine before you started flirting my mate." She added extra emphasis on the last of her sentences.
I turned back to James and mouthed "really, her?"
Just seconds later my phone began ringing.
A few years had gone and come around
We were sitting at our favorite spot in town
And you looked at me, got down on one knee
Take me back to the time when we walked down the aisle
Our whole town came and our mamas cried
You said I do and I did too
Take me home where we met so many years before
We'll rock our babies on that very front porch
After all this time, you and I
"Hello?"
"BELLA! Where are you?! Dad's worried…And between you and me, I think Edward is too."
"…Who's phone are you using? Your ringtone did go off."
"You should know. I programmed Edward's number into your phone. And I even add his new ring."
I sighed. "I am in the middle of a mini conflict."
"Ooo, with whom, may I ask?"
"Mmm, James and his skank…"
"Excuse me!" Victoria exclaimed.
I turned to look at her, "Oh, you're excused."
"Victoria." James said sternly. "I can handle this. Go find Laurent."
"OH HOLY SHIT! WHERE ARE YOU?!"
I turned my attention back to my conversation as James kissed Victoria goodbye. Disgusting little maggots.
"Give a guess."
"The meadow." Edward's voice came on.
I blushed. "Yea, I was walking and just got here."
"We're on our way…Be careful." He said right before hanging up.
I put my phone back in my pocket. Only moments later James was standing behind me. He leaned his head down and placed his lips against my neck. Oh, fuck. I thought.
"Why do you want me dead so much?" I whispered.
"It's not that I want you dead, it's just that…" He chuckled suddenly. "I want to suck your blood."
I laughed dryly. "Fucker." I knew if I moved that he could out run me. I might be a Hunter, but I still had a close connection with him. But then again, I had a heart, he didn't, and he never did.
Fire, think of fire. The fire in my throat of not feeding in weeks. No wrong kind of fire. Then it happened. His sharp teeth pierced the skin on my neck. I heard a noise to the right of me but I couldn't think. The blood loss was soon getting to my head.
I chuckled once but fell to my knees. James grabbed a fist full of my hair and yanked my head upward. A vampire bite was either supposed to be a painful or sexual experience to Hunters, depending on their true feelings to each other.
So after all the suffering but also delightful joy James and I shared it was somewhere in between the two emotions. I could feel sharp pains in my neck and spine but the sensuality flew throughout my chest and…lower body parts.
He pulled back, blood dripping from his lips and grinned. "Say goodbye Bella."
"Goodbye Bella." I closed my eyes, probably for the last time.
I was either going to die by blood loss or I could save myself. The latter sounded almost impossible considering every time I think of one of the elements, I get a heard rush and almost lose conciseness. Think, Bella, think.
Okay, whose faces are running through my mind? Rosalie…Haha, no…Dr. Cullen, Jasper, Mike, Jessica, Erik, Angela…Lauren, Ben, Ice… I felt movement in my arms as I began thinking about my family. Ice, Ember, Charlie, Renée…Edward.
Just as James leaned back down, I wrapped my hands around his legs. Air wouldn't work, water? No, think Bella, you're almost there. FIRE! AH, screw this.
Edward! Help…Can't breathe. I thought hard.
I heard noise a few miles away but I didn't think about that. A flash of a local fire finally came to mind. Hey, it was the one Ember caused. Or was it me? Both? Oh well.
A curtain of fire escaped from my pals and spread over his pants. He grunted and pushed me forward. He jumped back a few feet and growled.
Damn it, someone hurry up! I'm literately dying here!
But the person who came out from behind the trees wasn't Edward, Ice, or even Ember. It was Alice.
"Ali, what are you-…" I closed my eyes, losing where I was going with my state of mind. "Uh..."
Jasper and Dr. Cullen followed up behind her. On the other side of the clearing, Edward, Ice and Ember walked out. Why is everyone just standing there? I thought. Edward looked up at me then over to James.
I coughed up a bunch of blood and grimaced. "Cock-sucker," I whispered at James. "If you value your undead life…I suggest you leave now and run…to you stupid skank-assed mate."
Ember opened her mouth to talk but I sent her a glare. James narrowed his eyes at everyone but ran away like the coward he is. Edward! I growled mentally.
He looked over at me again.
Send Ice and Ember a text; tell them to follow him.
He nodded slightly.
And can someone help me up"
When he started his way over to me, Ember and Ice decided to make a tasteful and quick exit.
"Oh God."
"Yes?" Edward mumbled.
I looked up and slapped his arm. "I nearly burned his leg off, imagine what could do when I'm not bleeding to death. Now I need a bandage." I placed my palm to the bite mark and added pressure. "Ice and Ember are following them. She'll catch their scents and an idea of where they're heading."
Everyone stared at me in confusement.
"Well, none of you know exactly what I am…But I not human. And what I am, vampire venom does…other things to my type of immortal…" Am I not a virgin now? I asked myself. I tried taking a step forward but tripped. Edward caught me before I fell.
I took a deep breath. "I do not think I can walk." Edward placed his hands on my waist and flung me over his shoulder. "What are you doing?"
"You said you wouldn't be able to walk, so I'm going to carry you."
I nodded and applied more pressure against my neck. "It tingles." I muttered. "Wonder what my dad's gonna say… You guys wanna come back to my place? It would be easier if we explained everything tonight. The sooner, the better. And then you might not worry for your life…of the undead."
Dr. C. nodded. "I'll call Esme and have her and Rose come by."
"'Kay…Edward, you know the way. Start walking."
Ten minutes later, Edward nearly burst through the door.
"Charles! Charlie! Yo, Dad, get your butt down here!" I called. "Ugh, Edward, can you set me down. I now feel the blood rushing to my head."
He laughed but set me on the couch. I pointed to a cabinet by the stairs. He walked over and seized the first aid kit hidden there. When he returned, Charlie came down the stairs.
"What in the world happened?!" He gasped.
"James…Remind me to not go after the bad boy vampire types that might accidentally think about killing me."
"I tried. Remember what happened before James?"
I sat thinking. "But he wasn't a vampire. Just a stalker-ish human who had an addiction to me so bad he wanted me dead. If he couldn't have me, no one would." I shuttered. "Ugh."
"What happened?" Edward asked.
I didn't speak for a while. "He was the first one to ever break my heart. And then almost literally. So Ice and Ember killed him…"
His eyes grew wide. "Seriously?"
"No, he was sent to an insane asylum." I nodded happily.
Edward finally found what he was looking for. It seemed to be a thick 3 ½ x 3-½ bandage. He took the antiseptic spray and quickly sprayed my neck. I jerked back on impact.
He smiled. "This'll sting."
"Oh, now you warn me."
Charlie had gone back upstairs for a moment. I wondered why. I stared at Edward, somewhere deep I knew he wasn't a normal vampire. There was something special about him.
He stared back. I blushed and looked down at his lips. He slowly leaned down and cautiously captured my lips in a kiss. My eyes grew wide; his teeth took my bottom lip as he grasped my arms.
"Wait, Emmett!" Alice's voice called outside.
Edward pulled back and took a few steps backward just as Emmett slammed the door open.
"Let me get that bandage." Edward mumbled.
"Uh…yeah."
Emmett growled. "I'm going to kill that-…"
"Language, Emmett." Esme interrupted.
He continued to growl at nothing in particular. Edward finally applied the bandage to the scar on my neck.
"So…" I started.
"We found them!" Ice yelled, running in. Ice and Phantom walked in behind her.
"Phan, what are you doing here? Again?" I questioned.
He shrugged. Something was different with him. He was standing noticeably closer to Ember. I looked at them back and forth. Jasper started laughing quietly to himself and soon Edward joined in.
"Okay, what are we normal people missing?" Alice questioned.
"Alice, sweetie." I called, looking at her. "You, of most of these people here, are not normal. Two; shouldn't you know? You are the loveable physic."
"Ah…hmmm, you would think I would… But I actually have no idea."
I shuttered. "Now I feel jittery… Anyway, what were you saying Ice?"
"We found him. I placed a tracking device camera on them. Now we can find them no pro-blamo."
"Dude, we are vampires." Emmett interrupted. "We could find them using their scent."
"But that's not as fun!" She whined. "However, I would like the privilege of killing him."
"Why?" Ember asked.
"Awe come on! Ember finally steals my brothers heart but you won't let me kill the vampire who tried to kill Bella."
I heard a crash upstairs. "Who tried to kill Bella!"
"See what you did?" I scolded. "You frightened-…What, now?! I can't feel my legs so come here Ember."
She looked confused but sat next to me anyways. I slapped her across her head.
"Why am I just hearing of this now?" Maybe now he'll stop following me. I snickered. Edward chuckled right along side of me.
"One could only hope." He muttered.
Charlie stomped his way downstairs. "What did you say about James?"
Everyone began to speak at once. I was beginning to get a headache.
"Yo! Will everyone just shut up!" Every stopped and stared at me. "Okay, sorry about that. But what does everyone want to know? We have three stories… The whole 'James Almost Kills Me,' 'Ember and Phantom –Love Story Edition,' or 'Ice, Ember, and Bella –Life Story.'"
After they finally choose I frowned. "Awe, I really wanted to listen to the 'Ember and Phantom –Love Story Edition."
"Who wants to start first?"
Which of the two stories do you think was picked? Ooo, who liked the twists I put in this chapter? The main plot is about Edward and Bella getting together with stuff stopping them from falling in love the right way.
How many things have gotten in their way so far? Put your thoughts and questions in a review! I loveth you!
