A/N: in this chapter, thoughts are in italic, where as letters and written messages are in bold italic. There's a lot of thoughts and a letter or two in the next few chapters so I figured I'd tell you now. Ok so the plan's revealed and Bracken bonds with the family some more.......
Chapter six: Some wolves are better off dead....... and some are not
"Good work Sandy" Callum McCanse said as he paced the room "now, are you sure that Bracken is dead?" Sandy nodded and smiled "yes father, there was no way she'd survive. She was too weak to go anywhere and the human won't have got far, not like she'd have got help for Bracken anyway". Callum let out a deep laugh; he paced back to his desk and sat down on the large mahogany chair. Romulus and Sandy laughed along with their father while Remus looked at the portraits on the walls; he noticed that there were plenty of him and his brothers, but not one single portrait of Bracken. It was no family secret that Callum McCanse hated his only daughter, but Remus would have thought that he would have had at least one portrait of her. You're better off wherever you are Bracken...... even if you are indeed dead Remus thought to him as he joined in with a laugh of his own; no one even noticed that Remus' laugh was a false laugh. He had become an expert in laughing when he did not find the subject at all funny, it just prevented him meeting the same fate as his poor sister.
Anastasia McCanse held her youngest son as he cried loudly into her chest; she felt a few tears of her own trickle down her cheeks and held the child even tighter. "Why mama? Why?" Cubby wailed, "I wish I knew my little one, I truly do" Anastasia replied softly "but at least we can be sure that whatever has happened to Bracken we know she is no longer suffering". Cubby nodded and sniffed "I hate him mama, I will always hate him. He took my sister away from me and I'll never forgive him" Cubby whispered, Anastasia nodded "me too, but we must never let on how we feel. We must pretend that we don't hate him, or we will suffer like Bracken did". Anastasia's accent was even stronger now and Cubby knew it was down to her grief, he knew that his mother's heart was broken into as many pieces as his were. Anastasia laid her son back on his bed and pulled the blanket over him "you should sleep now my son, rest and dream of all the good times you had with your sister", Cubby yawned and nodded as his mother kissed his head. Anastasia watched as her son closed his eyes and quickly fell into a deep sleep, she then left the room to tend to her murderous husband and sons.
2 months later.....
Bracken moaned in pain and Alice gasped "are you ok Bracken? We can stop if you want", Bracken shook her head "no" Bracken said in a strangled voice "it has to be hard if I'm gonna get better, just not used to using my legs is all". Alice nodded, tightened her grip on Bracken's arms and carried on guiding her forward. They made it from Alice's bed to the far wall and back again, the second they made it back to the bed again, Bracken collapsed on it panting and moaning. Alice helped her back to a laying position and then stood up straight "you rest for a while, I'm going to see what's happened to your dinner. You really need the protein for your strength". Bracken laughed at Alice's authorative tone and watched as she left the room, Bracken rested her head back on the pillow and waited. Alice rushed downstairs and into the kitchen where Esme was preparing Bracken's meal, Alice looked over her shoulder "is it done yet? Bracken really needs feeding". Esme nodded and handed the bowl to Alice "here you go, fourth meal all prepared", Carlisle walked into the room and smiled at his daughter "you're spending a lot of time with Bracken Alice". Alice nodded "physio takes a long time Carlisle", Carlisle nodded "you'll have her up and walking around in no time". Alice nodded and looked down "Bracken's not getting better though, should she have healed a few days after the attack?", Carlisle realised what his daughter was getting at and put a hand on her shoulder "I'm using the lab at the hospital to do blood tests in my break, I'll figure out what's wrong with her". Alice nodded and went off to give Bracken her meal, Carlisle looked to Esme and sighed "you think she's falling for Bracken as well don't you?" Esme nodded and Carlisle sighed once more as he walked out of the house to his car.
Alice folded clothes that Emmett had donated to Bracken and put them in two draws she cleared for Bracken, Bracken slowly ate her meat stew as she watched the vamp move quickly around the room. Once Bracken finished she placed the bowl on the bedside table and smiled as Alice picked it up and rushed it downstairs before returning to the room, "you should have a white hat with a red cross on it" Bracken said with a slight laugh. Alice looked in confusion for a second then her mouth broke out into a huge grin "and a nurses uniform, yeah ok Bracken", Bracken laughed and started coughing just as Bella walked into the room followed by Jasper. Jasper kissed Alice and smiled at Bracken "would you like to go for a meal and stay at a hotel Alice?" Alice shook her head "I can't, I need to look after Bracken". "I can look after Bracks, I'll stay here over night and miss a day off school" Bella said with a smile at Jasper, Bracken sensed there was a plan and smiled "of course Bells" Bracken nodded.
For the rest of the night Bella was Bracken's nurse maid and Emmett became Bracken's crutches, Emmett had helped Bracken downstairs so she could play Tekken with him. Bella sat with Esme and watched the two of them sat in front of the sofa, Emmett was shouting swears at the screen while Bracken was taunting him with a smug expression. Bella laughed and Esme smiled "Bracken has fitted in nicely hasn't she" Bella said, Esme smiled "another child for Carlisle and myself, she's fitted in perfectly". "It's good to get Alice out of the house for one night, she was getting to close to Bracken" Bella pushed, Esme nodded "Carlisle sees it as well; Alice might be falling for Bracken". Bella nodded "it'd kill Jasper", Esme looked thoughtful for a second "I think he'd be able to deal with it, he is a very resilient young man. And he loves Alice dearly, he would adjust for her". Bella nodded and decided to focus on looking after Bracken like she promised Alice, although Bracken looked like she was fine without her.
The next day the two returned home and Alice couldn't get to Bracken quick enough, she rushed to the bedroom to find Bella sat in a chair in the corner of the room doing homework and Bracken was fast asleep. Alice smiled at Bracken and Bella looked up, "Bracken's been asleep for hours now, we did a bit of physio but Bracken was in so much pain we stopped and she passed out" Bella whispered. Alice moved over to the bed and sat down gently on the edge, she brushed a strand out of Bracken's eyes and smiled warmly "rest well sleepy head" she whispered and went to stand next to Bella. Bella put her book down and looked up at Alice "your really close to Bracken Alice", Alice looked at Bella in confusion "do you have a point Bella?". Bella shrugged and wondered how she could say it without angering the vampire "well, you don't spend time with anyone else. We had to persuade you to go out with Jasper last night". "no one else pays Bracken much attention Bella, she gets so crazy cooped up here on her own and no one visits her or spends time with her" Alice argued, Bella shook her head "you don't give anyone the chance, Esme would love to look after Bracken and Emmett would spend time with her. But you're always around".
Alice sighed and looked out of the large window at the woods behind the house "promise not to tell anyone?", Bella nodded and Alice carried on "I think I'm starting to feel something for Bracken, I don't know why but I find that I go nuts if I'm not around her. That I can only think of Bracken and I don't want to be around anyone else. Even Jasper and I'm supposed to love him". Bella sighed and went to stand behind Alice "I think you need to let other's look after Bracken more, you're getting too close and I think you need a break", Alice shook her head "not something I could do, I have to keep helping Bracken get back on her feet". Bella sighed and went out of the room in search of Edward; Alice went to sit on the bed and watched Bracken sleep for a while. She pushed some hair out of Bracken's eyes again and sighed, she was definitely feeling something for Bracken. She just wasn't sure what. Later that day as they were going though more physio, Bracken struggled in Alice's arms. The pair fell backwards as Bracken collapsed on the bed, as they fell they're lips crashed together and they stayed like that for a minute, kissing. They pulled apart quickly and Bracken blushed, "I'm sorry" Bracken said. Alice smiled "I'm not, I liked it" Bracken managed to sit up and looked at Alice in surprise; she saw that Alice was smiling and smiled back.
"What about Jasper? He'll be crushed" Bracken said, Alice shrugged "I have to be happy, this is the only way to do it". Bracken nodded and laid back on the bed "are you going to tell him?" Alice looked at Bracken "what exactly is there to tell?". Bracken stated into Alice's eye's and smiled "that your my girlfriend and I love you very much", Alice smiled back "and I love you too. I better go and tell him". Alice gave Bracken a kiss and left to go find Jasper.
A/N2: ok, I wasn't planning on revealing their attraction so soon and in this way, but I realised I'm on chapter six already and decided to speed things up a bit. It's only Bracken in bed, and who wants to see that anyway? So I did a bit of editing and this chapter is kind of a director's cut. Next chapter is Alice telling Jasper mainly, stories from Bracken's home land and a few other things that I can't decide whether to put them in now or later. And as usual......... LEAVE A REVIEW!!!!!! I only have like one, even if it's to say you like it, or you don't like it. Well laterz peeps!
