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Chapter 6
Girl talk
Bella's Point of View
Jacob was extremely patient with me. It seemed as though he would take his time getting to know me. But… why would he want to get to know me? I'm no one. And I'm definitely not someone interesting. It's hard to believe that he's wanted to spend so much time with me. Almost every day, he would come by Emily's house and ask to see me. We would do anything: go to La Push beach, go to his house and sit in his garage, all that kind of stuff.
But a set of unease started creeping up on me.
I disturbed an innocent family's life with my horrible problem and now, guilt made its way in my conscious. Their lives have stopped ever since I arrived and now, I wanted nothing more than to let them have a normal life without me in it. It only seemed right.
I was staring at the wall when suddenly, a knock comes on my door. "Bella?" Emily asked from the doorway as she opened the door and peeped her head through the room. Looking at her, she seemed slightly worried. Probably worried about me, no doubt. "May I come in?"
"Of course. It's your house after all." Somehow, Emily made me feel safe. She was the kind of woman that would make a great mother and protect their young ones without second thought. When she entered, her face lit up with a smile. "What's up?" I asked casually, lifting my head up slightly from my knees.
"I need to go to the grocery store since the boys ate almost everything in the fridge and I was wondering if you wanted to come with me?" She asked, walking closer and closer to the bed. Was there any way that I could refuse her after she's giving me a place to stay for now?
"Wouldn't I just slow you down since I'm on crutches?"
"Of course not! And besides, it'll do you some good to get some fresh air. I know that Jake took you out these days but you need a girl's outing, even if it is to the grocery store," She said with a smile, but her statement made me laugh. Whenever I was with Jacob, he made me feel happy and like my old self, before everything happened. But with Emily, it was as if I was with my best friend.
"Um... sure. Why not?" was my response while getting my crutches, standing up and limping out of the room with her. We got to the truck and started driving towards the small grocery store when Emily decided to make a little small talk.
"So, how do you like it here?"
"Well, it's small and quiet. I like it," I responded, looking out the window and watching the citizens walk by and smiling at one another. It was nice to see the smiles around this place. It was comfortable and made me want to smile nowadays. It changed my mind slightly. "Everyone's so happy."
"And carefree. Everyone in this town doesn't have to worry about getting killed every day or big responsibilities like the boys do," She responded, never letting her eyes drift from the road.
"I take it that you've had to deal with this for a while?"
She chuckled and said: "Well, when your fiancé is the leader of a pack of werewolves, you tend to get sucked into all of this." She started laughing at the situation for no apparent reason. But Emily was like everyone in this town. Happy. Was this contagious or something? If so, I might contract it soon...
"Yeah, I guess you're right..." And that was the end of our conversation for now. There didn't seem to be anything else that we could talk about for now. And frankly, this was the first time that I got out in public, let alone get out without Jacob there with me. A realization hit me at that last thought. Was I... falling for Jacob? No, no. Of course not. He was helping me. That's all. And I was becoming dependent over Jacob. It wasn't fair for him.
"You alright?" Emily asked, snapping me out of my self-babble. Looking back at her, she had this big grin on her face. What was...? Did she have an idea of what I was thinking? No... it couldn't be.
I glared at her and said: "Perfectly… Why do you ask?"
"We're here," Emily said, completely ignoring my question. Somehow, that got me a little irritated but I couldn't get mad at her. She was, after all, lending me a room for a few days. When I will be better again, they won't have to worry about me. It's best if Anthony finds me again, even though that is my worst nightmare…But it's better for everyone, even Jacob. We got out of the truck and walked inside, starting to get the groceries needed. "So, how are you and Jake doing? He's been coming over every single day."
The question took me off guard. "Why do you want to know?" I asked, trying not to be defensive.
"I see the way he looks at you. It's the way Sam looks at me. I'm guessing he imprinted on you." A look of confusion passed over my face. What in the world was she talking about? "That or he's in love with you." This time, my mouth hung open.
"I… I doubt that Jacob looks at me that way… I mean, why would he?" I asked, looking down as I limped beside Emily to keep up with her. But she did slow down to keep up with me when she noticed that her rhythm was much faster than mine at times. "And what do you mean, he 'imprinted' on me?"
Emily stopped walking with her cart and looked at me. "No one told you about it?" She asked curiously. We both looked into each other's eyes and tried to get what she meant but it was like reading a hieroglyphic stone. For someone who didn't know how to read those kinds of stones, it was impossible and a waste of time. "I guess you're going to need a little... filling in now that you're going to be living with werewolves," Emily said with a large smile plastered on her scarred face once again. What was up with her and smiling?
"Well, is there really a point to giving me all of this... information if I'm only going to be staying here a few days?"
"You think we're just going to let you get back out there with a bunch of vampires after you?" She was very careful not to let the word 'vampire' slip out too loud for others to hear. The one thing I knew from staying with Anthony was that they needed to be kept a secret from the humans. Emily eyed me carefully and, when I didn't respond, her eyes widened and she shook her head. "Oh no! Don't even think about it! You are not going back out there until those villains are killed. And you're going to stay with me and Sam until this is all over," Emily explained as she started walking again and grabbed a few boxes of cereal and a few pouches of muffins. We had only been at this for twenty minutes and she had almost filled her cart.
"Ok, these boys are going to make you lose your income, Emily," I responded with a chuckle and she laughed with me. It was nice to have this girl-to-girl talk. It felt... normal.
"Yeah, I guess you're right. But hey, someone has to feed them. And besides, at the next tribe meeting, they're going to pay me back. After all, I am feeding their boys." Emily sounded so serious but it was hilarious to hear this from her.
"You sound like a real mother to all of these guys."
"In some way, yes, I am. But since Sam is the pack leader, it sort of makes me a woman of strong importance in this pack. But, you know what? We completely drifted from the point here!" Emily exclaimed, realizing something was wrong in this conversation. I, on the other hand, looked very confused at the moment.
"What point?" I asked, both of us stopping simultaneously.
"When we started talking about you and Jacob!" Sighing, I pinched the bridge of my nose while trying to hold my crutches as best as possible. "Oh come on! We're having a girl-to-girl talk! We're supposed to be talking about boys.
"And Jacob just happens to get involved in this? I mean, is there really a point to talk about this? Jacob is only putting up with me because Sam probably gave him some order to take care of me," I explained and unfortunately, Emily sighed at my comment.
"Bella, Sam didn't say anything to Jacob. In fact, of what I've been told, Jacob has been complaining this entire time to Sam. Jacob wants to spend time with you. That's what happens when you've imprinted on someone," Emily explained as she continued to shop around.
"Ok, you keep mentioning the word imprint so you need to explain to me this whole imprinting thing to me before I go mad. And trust me, I almost went there." She eyed me worriedly but I pushed it away. "Long story. Anyways, explain."
A sigh escaped her lips before she started explaining. "Sam explained this to me the moment we started dating. He told me that an imprint can be compared to love at first sight. When a werewolf sees a girl or a boy, there's a certain... pull that brings the werewolf closer to that person. Apparently, you want to be beside that person, protecting them constantly from any sign of danger, even if it means getting killed in the process," She explained, her face remembering something from the past.
"And you think... that Jacob is acting like this because... he imprinted on me?" I asked, trying to sink all of this information in. Would it be possible that Jacob actually... wanted to protect me? I'm no one to risk their lives over.
"I see the way Jacob looks at you. He's very much attracted to you. And he wants nothing more than to see you safe, which means that he won't rest until those vampires are killed."
"Yes but I'm not going to let anyone risk their lives just so they can protect some stranger like me! I mean, you've known me for less than a week and you're already getting these boys to protect me from vam... from my kidnappers. Do you expect Anthony to just... let this slide? He's going to come after me and it's going to involve a lot of people, which is exactly what I don't want. I don't want anyone getting hurt," I said. She looked at me with the saddest look ever. In her eyes, I could see her that she knew my pain. She felt it every day with Sam, not knowing if Emily would see Sam after a day's work. And my words were hurting her. "I'm sorry. Maybe it's in everyone's best interest if I left now instead of after I'm healed. It would—"
"No," Emily said, her tone final. "We're not going to let you be an easy target for this Anthony. If we have to, we're going to make it a living hell to get to you." Looking at her, I could see that her eyes were filled with pain, pain for my pain it seemed. "I'm not letting him take you." I could see the affection in her eyes. Emily would rather see someone safe than in the hands of evil. And she was an instinctive mother at heart.
Looking away from her for the moment, I smiled and said: "Alright," before she wound her arm around my shoulders and squeezed hard, giving me a good hug, one that I haven't had in months.
"Ok, so back to our little conversation. How do you feel about Jacob?" She pestered.
"Ugh! You're insufferable!" I exclaimed happily as we continued shopping. Emily was a good friend, one that I would love to keep, if possible.
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