Jasmine POV
The of graduation came. And the whole pack showed up to the ceremony. I have to say that we had the biggest cheering section out of everyone in our class. After the ceremony all of us went to the dinner to eat. It was then that I got that feeling that the shit was going to hit the fan and soon. So I acted fast. I told Angela, Ben and Bella in our heads so that no one would hear, "Guy's the shit is going to hit the fan soon."
"What's going to happen?" Ben asked.
"Victoria is going to try to attack," I tell them.
"What do we need to do?" Angela asked.
"Let her get close to use. But she won't be able to do anything…."
Before I could finish Bella cut me off and said, "So the wolves stop her."
I just say, "No they won't be of any help to us in this, at least not when she tries to attack. No our help is going to come from four other vampires. I don't know who they are. But I know we can trust them and they're going to take us away from Forks. So we need to come up with a plan on why we won't be in town."
Angela got a huge smile on her face and just said, "Since school is out we can say we are going on a road trip."
"That is a brilliant idea," I tell her.
With all of that said we told everyone our plans. Ben's parents and Charlie were okay with it but Angela's parents took a little persuading. They weren't too happy with Angela going on a road trip with her boyfriend. But after a few minutes of telling them that they wouldn't be left alone and that Ben wouldn't try anything. We all tried not to laugh at that part. Because we all knew sex would be the farthest thing for all of our minds on this little trip. Well at least for a short time. But no one really needed to know.
The wolves weren't happy and Sam let me know it. You can't be fucking serious about this road trip. Not now. What if she fucking comes after you guys. You can't keep all of them safe. She is too fast. I know you have been teaching them how to fight but they wouldn't be able to defend themselves from her. You are not going on this road trip not until we take care of her.
It was a good thing that he was sitting right across from me because I just looked at him and said low enough that the others couldn't hear me, "Yes we are and you can't stop us."
Is this one of your feelings?
"Yes," was all I said. He just nodded his head and didn't say another word about it. The rest of the night was spent talking about places that we were thinking about going to. This was just a pretence so that everyone's parents and the pack would feel at ease in letting all of us go on this little trip. No one could know where we were really going. And also that it wouldn't just be us four going.
Paul POV
I hated seeing that Jacob phased to close to Jasmine and now she has the same scars as Emily. I wanted to kill him for that. But Sam stopped me before I could even move. She knew he was going to do that, she fucking knew and she still let it fucking happen. I couldn't believe this. What was even worse is that I couldn't go and see her. I was told by Seth that she was okay. And he would go by Bella's and make sure that both of them were fine. But it wasn't the same as seeing it with my own eyes.
Seth showed me her teaching Bella, Angela, and Ben how to fight. It pissed me off even more when I saw her and Jacob sparing. I didn't like it when she was sparing with Embry but at least he wasn't the one that lost control in front of her. I didn't want anything else to happen to her.
Everyone in the pack kept trying to tell me to keep my cool. That in time she'll come around. It was killing me. I wanted to go to her but I couldn't. Not just because Sam told me to stay away from Forks, but because I told her I would give her time. But with each passing day it is getting harder and harder to stay away.
To top everything off. A vampire keeps popping in and out trying to get to Forks. We don't even know what the fuck she is trying to get too. It wasn't until Jasmine got Seth and the others talking about what they were trying to block from her, that we even found that out. I can't believe that this vamp would be going after Bella. The story that they told them just pissed me off even more.
I couldn't understand how the two of them could be so fucking calm about it. They were acting like this wasn't that big of a deal. It was a fucking very big deal. Jasmine may be able to take care of herself but she needs to let others help her. I don't care if she thinks she can handle things on her own. But she doesn't have to any more. I also can't see what her deal is with the Cullen's. Why is she so fucking hung up on them. She hardly even knows them.
The only time I am going to get to see her besides through the eyes of others is during her graduation. All of us are going. It is going to be hard enough to be around her and not talk to her. I mean she's had all this time to try to talk to me and she hasn't. I can't stand thinking that she doesn't want to see me.
Fuck I am turning into a fucking love sick pup. This needs to stop. I need to be able to live my life no matter what she decides. I need to keep that in my mind when I see her tonight. If she doesn't talk to me I need to just accept it. She may never want to talk to me. But I will always be there for her weather she wants it or not.
The graduation was simple and I had no chance to even try to talk to her. But after it was over and when we went to the dinner I was going to try. Sitting next to Sam and across from Jasmine was hard. She would talk to everyone. And even though she would talk to me. It wasn't the same as with everyone else. I don't know but it was almost like it wasn't easy for her to talk to me. I just don't fucking understand. Why?
When she talked about the four of them going on a road trip. I wanted to say something, but Sam stopped me. I knew he was talking to her in her head. When she only said, "Yes." I knew then that there was more to their random road trip, then what they were letting on. But why would they decided to not say that? But I figured Sam would let us know later.
And as soon as we all left the dinner Sam called a meeting. We all went back to Billy's house. As soon as we were all there Sam told us what he talked to Jasmine about. That it was a feeling she had and that they needed to have a plan of action so that Angela, Ben, and Bella's parents wouldn't worry if they weren't around.
I can't figure her out. None of us can. "Did she tell you anything that could help us to understand what they are really going to do?" Billy asked.
Sam told us, "No after she told me it was one of her feelings I left it at that. I figured she would tell us."
"Why does she have to be so fucking secretive?" I yelled.
Seth just looked at me then at everyone else and then said, "She's not keeping any secrets you guys. You just don't know how to listen to what she is saying. You guys freaked out when she wanted to teach Ben, Angela, and Bella how to fight. But look at what doing that did for them. Every time any of you guys spar with her you treat her like a porcelain doll. Leah is the only one that has figured out she won't break.
"You guys still haven't listened to what she told us that first night. I know you all have been trying to figure out why she cares so much about the Cullen's but she said it. You just don't want to listen to it."
"What do you mean?" Quil asked confused. We were all just as confused by Seth's little outburst.
"How does she describe us? Not just our relationship with each other, but with her and the others as well?" Seth asked all of us.
I couldn't remember what she had said. And then Leah was the one to break the silence, "She said that we were a family. And she included Angela, Ben, Bella, the Cullen's and herself into our family as well. But Seth I still don't see how we can every consider those leeches family."
Seth started to lose it with that, "Bella is going to be one of them. We wouldn't stop seeing her as family just because she became a vampire. So then the Cullen's will be a part of our family. You know what? I can really see why she would think that everyone in this room would hate her. She is connected to the Cullen's already.
"The only family she has left doesn't even know she exists. It has to be one of the Cullen's. But she isn't ready to say who her relative is right now. She most likely would like to tell that person first. You guys still don't see what your emotions and thoughts do to her. You can see it on her face. She tries to hide it. But she can't."
"What the fuck are you getting at Seth," I asked frustrated now.
He just shook his head and said, "I'm saying that she is too worried about all of us to even think about herself. Remember when she said either she stops aging or she dies. I really believe that she thinks it's going to be the later."
"Why do you say that?" Billy asked.
Seth just answered with, "Because she will do anything to make sure that she doesn't lose another member of her family. She would rather die than see anyone us die. She taught them how to fight so that they would be ready; but she is praying to God that they never have to. Just like when she spars with each of you she doesn't back down. She's praying that you guys can take her down. And every time you can't or won't she gets frustrated. It's all over her face.
"Why do you think she yells all the time? Paul I can tell you the reason she won't get close to you," I just looked at him trying to figure out where he was going with this when he went on to say, "If she doesn't let you in then it wouldn't hurt so much if she were to die. I don't think she wants to hurt any of us if she were to die. So she will try to push us all away and if we try to push her then we might lose her.
"It sucks. But if you think about it, it makes since. We all know that she doesn't hold any hard feelings against Jacob for what he did. But yet we can't figure out why. All of us have asked the question why did she let it happen. We won't find out the answer to it because we already know. It was something that needed to happen. She knew that you could have killed her but she didn't care. She puts her complete trust in what her family has told her. But yet we can't or won't trust her."
"So you think we should just let them go on this road trip without any fucking questions asked?" Jared asked,
"Yes," was all he said.
Billy added, "It would show her that we trust her judgment. We know she won't do anything to hurt them, that she is trying to protect all of them, so now we just wait and see what happens. Keep the patrols like you have them. We still want to keep an eye out for that red headed vampire. We know she isn't friends with the Cullen's."
We all nodded in agreement and then left Billy's house. Sam Jared and I phased to start our patrol. None of us talked about what just happened. We were all focused on making sure the red head didn't get past us.
Jasmine POV
It's been a week since graduation. Nothing has happened yet. Ben and Angela kept coming over to the house like they always did. We would talk about our upcoming trip. We would have a map of the US out so that Charlie wouldn't get suspicious. We would talk about great places to hid from a psychotic vampire. But this last time that they were coming over I asked them to bring their back packs. They didn't ask any questions and I didn't think about why I wanted them to bring them. It would be easier to just show them. So when they walked into the house they just handed me the packs. They didn't say a word. We all went up to Bella's room. Once we made it to the room they all looked at me and Angela finally asked, "Okay why are you blocking us?"
I just told them, "It's not that I am really blocking you. It's just that in this case it is easier to show you what I am going to be doing then tell you. I told you guys not to pack yet and there is a good reason. Even though we are leaving tomorrow. B hand me my back pack will you."
"Okay," Bella says as she hands me my bag.
"Everything that I need is in this one bag. My cloths, my supplies for casting any spell, my weapons. And yeah I have more then what I showed you. My book of shadows. Everything in this one bag. I am going to do the same to all of your bags as well. B you have watched me put everything in this bag," I tell them.
"Okay that is like some Harry Potter shit right there. But wouldn't that spell fall under personal gain?" Ben asked.
With a small laugh I say, "No and the reason why is because it is still helping me save innocent lives. In order for me to help others I need to stay alive. It's not my time to die yet. But if I were to use this spell and then go to say the market and just start putting things in my bag. Then yeah that would be personal gain. Yea it is like the charm Herminie cast. But she only did it on one bag and it was a small clutch. I am doing it on four large back packs."
"Sometimes it is strange to have a witch as friend. And then other times it's really interesting. Like right now. Who would've thought that what happened in a book could have been so close to the truth," Ben said shaking his head.
"Yeah well I don't need a wand to cast my spells now do I?" I asked him.
"No but you can't tell me that you don't read some of those books and think I can do that," he says with a small laugh at the end.
"Okay yes I have read them and thought that. But I also thought 'I wonder if this person really knows the truth?' And if they did then they could be in a lot of trouble. It is always fun to see how they will portray my kind. And when they get it wrong it is funnier to laugh at it. But it's when they get things right that I get worried. Because the more they get right the less others have to hide," I tell them.
"Why would letting others know be such a bad thing?" Angela asked.
"Because let's say Jessica knew I was a witch. What would she most likely do with that information?" I asked her.
"She would ask you to help her get what she wanted," Angela stated.
"Exactly. People would go to witches and ask them for help in solving their problems. And if the spell doesn't work like they want it to. Then it would be the witch hunts all over again. There is a reason why we try to stay hidden. But sometimes you just can't," I tell her.
"So that's why you told us?" Ben asked.
"No I told you guys because I wanted to. My family told me nothing about what would happen once I got to Forks. They were very good at blocking me from their thoughts so even if they knew I never did. I needed to let someone know about me. I knew telling Bella was a must. But telling you two was a choice I made. You are my friends. And friends tell each other everything."
"Alright so what do you need to do in order to cast the spell on their bags?" Bella asked changing the subject.
"Nothing really I just need to sew this lining to the inside of their bags. B yours is already done. So start packing. Don't forget to put your agiles inside the bag. You don't want to have them on tomorrow."
Angela just asked, "Why not?"
My answer was, "Because we don't want to hurt the vamps that are trying to help us."
"Oh, ah yeah good point. But once we get to where we are going we can put them on?" Ben asked.
"Yes, once we get to the car with them you can. Make sure you have on everything we talked about," I tell all of them.
It didn't take me long to sew in the lining. Once I was done we talked a little bit longer. We were going to leave Bella's house as soon as Charlie left for work. So Angela and Ben would be back here at seven o'clock tomorrow morning. Yeah that might sound really early. But when you are trying to outsmart someone and set a trap at the same time the earlier you start the better.
Once Ben and Angela left we fixed dinner for Charlie. We ate and then went back to our room to get ready. We didn't say a word to each other. Both lost in our own thoughts, and getting ready for what was to come.
?POV
"Who was that on the phone?" she asked him.
"An ex-friend calling in a favor," he tells her trying to not look her in the eye.
She then asks him, "What does this ex want you to do?"
"Help in getting revenge for the loss of her mate. But the person she is going after is someone you have heard about. And I don't wish to help her. But if I don't then this girl will die. And I can't let that happen," he tells her.
She looks at him confused at first but then says, "Then you go and while you are with this ex-friend I try to get the girl out of harm's way. Your friend will never even know I am close by."
He looks at her and shakes his head and says, "My love if only it were that easy. I am not able to kill her. Maybe dismember her a little at best. And that would only slow her down but then what? We are talking about her taking revenge on a human child. We get her out of harm's way and what leave her. She would still be unprotected once our little friend," he sneered the word, "puts herself back together."
Before she could say anything there is a knock on her bed room door. "What is it?" she says to the person on the other side.
"Can we please come in? The love birds are driving us crazy. We need to get away from them," a girl's voice pleads on the other side of the door.
"Yes come in," she tells them.
"What are you two talking about that has you both looking worried," the new girl asks as her and her mate walk into the room.
"An ex-friend has called asking me to do her a favor. A favor that will get an innocent girl killed." he tells the new comers.
"You can't be thinking about doing it," the new girl says horrified.
"Sister no he isn't going to do it. We were talking about how we could help the girl stay alive. But once we get her away from this person we don't know where to take her," she tells them truthfully.
"Well what about the two vamps that you meat before I came up here. Didn't the guy tell you that you were going to have a problem that him and his mate were going to help you with?' the new guy asked.
"Yes your right. But I still have a problem in doing this. Say I stop my friend. How am I supposed to get four people out on my own? Or even with the help of my mate?" he asks.
"I thought she was only going after one person?" he's asked by his mate.
"She is. But she is never alone. My ex-friend said there are always three others with her. So knowing her she will kill all of them," he tells them.
"These others most likely don't know anything about our kind," his mates sister says.
"Wait does the girl she is going after know about what we are?" the other guy asks.
He simply tells them, "Yes she does."
"How is it a human knows about us and still lives?" the new guy asks.
"Because she was special to a certain family," he tells them.
His mate gasps as she starts to say, "You're not talking about the girl the Cullen's left are you?"
"That is exactly who I am talking about," he tells them.
"Then we should tell them. They would want to go back and take care of this," his mate says.
"No they wouldn't. They left her alone and unprotected. Yes we know that some of the members are upset about that. But don't you think that Alice has seen what this person is up to?" the other guy asked all of them.
"Do you think she has seen it?" his mate asked.
"I don't know. But the fact that she hasn't said a single word about it makes me wonder how much they all truly cared about that girl. No I think it is up to us four to help her and her friends," he says.
"Honey when does your friend want you to join her?" his mate asks.
"As soon as I can get to Forks. Why? What are you thinking?" he asks
"We leave tonight. We don't have to take anything with us. We can buy what we need later once they are safe. You stay with your friend. When it looks like she is getting ready to attack you attack her ripping off an arm and a leg. We each grab one person and you grab the last one. We run out of the town. When we get to the next town we get a car big enough for all of us and head to your other friends place," she tells him her plan.
"Alright. Sounds like a good plan. We better leave now before Edward hears any of our thoughts." the new guy said.
"I doubt he is paying much attention to what any of us are thinking. He is way too tied up right now with our sister and what they are doing. You know I am really glade this happened now." the sister said shaking her head.
"And why are you glade that an innocent humans life is in danger?" he asked his mates sister.
"I am not happy that her life is in danger. I am only happy that it gives us a reason to stay out of this house and away from them for an extended amount of time. I was going crazy listening to them," she tells him.
His mate says, "Alright. So why don't we stop talking and get going. I have a feeling your friend might move with or without you being there. If she moves before you get there then the girl and her friends are dead. So let's go."
With that said they all left out of the bed room window. As they ran through the forest to Forks one of the sisters called and told another family member that they had decided to take a couples retreat to get away from the love birds. That it was a last minute decision and since the Cullen's were visiting they thought it would be rude if all of them left.
This wasn't an uncommon thing for the sisters to do. And since their other sister had found her mate the house had been louder than usual. The other two members of their family would have been all too happy to leave the house to get away as well. And that is what they did. They left with the Cullen's to see their new home. Leaving the love birds the house all to themselves.
