Well, here is another chapter! I guess that I actually love you guys this time because I got it out by the time that I told you I would! Lol, you guys were so close to the 35 reviews! I love you all! (In a non-creepy way Lol :P) Anyway, I don't want this thing to be too long, so here comes the story!
P.S. Before I start the story, I want to say sorry to all the people that were confused in the last chapter! I had already typed 8 pages, and didn't want to take time to explain it any further. Lol. I hope that this chapter helps. And NO! To all you reviewers that thought that Jake imprinted on Max, you are wrong. Just wanted to tell you before the story started. It'll all clear up. I think. Maybe. Lol :P
Max POV
I was starting to loose my patience. "No lies. The truth. Now. I'll know if you are lying. Please. Just tell me what's going on."
"Well…"
He paused, as if he was trying to make a dramatic pause in the middle of our conversation. "Just please get on with it." I stated bluntly.
"You see Max, I don't know if I can tell you completely what is going on without someone's consent." He twiddled his thumbs, and he looked like a five year old being scolded. It was quite funny, actually.
The look on his face was priceless as I started to get angry and annoyed at him. "Look, no one is supposed to run someone's life, and I don't think that you are a dog. No one owns you. You can say whatever the heck you want!" My hands were coiled up at my sides, as I tried to show Jacob what I meant.
"You know," he stated awkwardly, "You're pretty adorable when you are angry." He started to laugh, and I wondered if it was something that I had said. I grumbled in angered silence.
"What the heck is that supposed to mean?" I burst out, my tone holding all the stored up anger that I could manage to use. "You can't just say those kinds of things. I mean 'You're pretty adorable when you are angry?' What the heck!" I didn't know if he was flirting with me or not. All I knew was that I had an urge to knee him hard where a guy should never be kneed.
"Sorry!" He said. He seemed to be surprised with how angry I was getting over such a little thing. I didn't even know what I was so upset about. Fang had said those kinds of things to me all the time!
My eyebrows furrowed together, and another tear fell on my cheek. Why wouldn't those tear ducts just run dry?
Fang. The dark, mysterious, amazing, brother-like person to me. I had been too afraid to tell him what I really wanted to before I was kidnapped. I never wanted to see him taking over my role as leader. No, that was my job. I was supposed to take care of everyone. I was the leader.
I shuddered as I remembered Fang. He was dark. I could remember the feeling of his lips on mine those couple of times. I could distinctly remember the shudder that would erupt from me every time he would rub between my wings. His deep, dark eyes piercing through me, reading my every move, knowing my every thought before even I did.
I had been so afraid of ruining our bond. Of ruining our connection by telling him that I-
"Are you okay Max?" Jake interrupted my thoughts with a soft, comforting tone. "What's the matter?"
I wanted to tell Jake. I wanted to tell him everything. But, I couldn't. I just couldn't bring myself to say what I should have.
"Nothing." I didn't mean for my tone to be so icy, it just came out like that.
Jacob took a step back from me, and looked into my eyes. He must have seen how confused and sad I was. He was one of the most patient people in the world if he had lived through me having that many breakdowns in one night.
"Um…" He shifted his weight back and forth between legs nervously. "I need to go talk to Sam. I promise that I will tell you what is happening, just as soon as I get the go ahead." He smiled sympathetically at me.
"You better, or as I said, you will be facing a severely pissed off bird kid if you don't tell me what is happening." I almost punched myself after I said what I did. What was he going to think of that? I'm so stupid! Stupid Stupid Stupid!
"Excuse me? What did you say?" He asked, tilting to his head in a way that told me that he hadn't been paying attention to what I had said. "I wasn't paying attention. Sorry." He started to run his hand through his hair.
"I said, 'You better, or as I said, you will be facing a severely pissed off Max if you don't tell me what is happening.'" I repeated, only changing a few words in the process.
I
sighed; thanking the gods that Jacob had not heard my little slip up
back there. If he would have heard it, then I don't know how I
would have convinced him to overlook it. All I
knew was that I
would have had to do a lot of explaining.
Jake left soon after, and I trudged back to where everyone was sitting. Ella looked at me questioningly, but then a boy said something to her, and she focused all of her attention on him. She started to giggle at something that he had said, and I assumed that it was the kid that had looked at her with adoration earlier.
The boy looked up at me, and his eyes widened in recognition for what seemed like 2 seconds. Then he was reminded of Ella's presence, and turned back to her, although I could still sense that he was taking glimpses at me from time to time. There was something seriously wrong with Quilete boys. But, I didn't want to think about what was behind the mask.
"But Sam! I know what I felt!" Jacob's frustrated voice wandered over to me.
"Jacob, you need to calm down. The way that you describe it isn't how I felt, or the way that Quil or Jared felt when they imprinted. Maybe there is some weird explanation for all of this. What about Jared? Didn't you say that he felt something for the same girl? He already has Kim! There's something going on." Sam was trying to reason with Jake, but he was also trying to figure out what was happening for himself.
"But…" Jake started.
"No Buts, where is Max? I haven't seen her yet." When Sam questioned where I was, I was more confused than ever, but I was mostly irritated that everyone kept talking about me behind my back! I mean, be polite, jeez.
"She's over by the bonfire two people away from Charlie." Jake answered, not wanting to point at me. At least he knew that that was rude.
I used my enhanced sight to analyze Sam's facial features as he turned towards me. He gasped when he met my eyes, and his face was covered in a mask of confusion. He cocked his head to the side, as if he was trying to figure out something.
"Jake. I can feel something. I want to protect her with all of my being. But, I don't want to be with her like I do for Emily." Sam said, obviously still bewildered.
"Told you." Jake almost sneered at him.
"So, what the heck do you think is going on?" Sam finally caught himself and turned towards Jacob.
"Well, seeing as you just so happen to be the pack leader, I came to you to ask what was happening before. Remember?" Jake started to chuckle, and it was my turn to cock my head to the side.
I really wished that I hadn't come tonight. There were so many confusing things that had happened, and I really didn't want to know what was happening between the Quiletes and me. It sounded like I had a connection with almost every one of the guys here.
But, the thing that scared me was that the guys would probably never tell me what was happening and I would be stuck in a questioning state.
"Well, I think that we need to have a quick meeting. Tell your father to send Charlie home. Then get all of the pack rounded up and tell them to drive their imprints- if they have one- home, or to just get ready. We'll meet back here at 12:00." Sam had that undisguised tone of leadership laced into his words, and Jacob nodded, and turned to come back.
I was in a state of shock. I had been through so many things in the two days that I had been in Forks. I was actually ready for school to start the next day. Maybe it would take all of the stress off of my shoulders.
When Jacob got back to the campfire, I had already regained my courageousness, and I walked up to him, still wanting answers, but being careful not to say anything stupid like I had before. "Jake, tell me what is going on. Now." I tried to be forceful, but my voice ended up being whiny and pleading. Darn.
"Max. I can't I'm sorry about this. I need to talk it over with someone else first. But don't worry, no one owns me, as you had suggested." Jake was looking at me with bambi eyes to make me feel bad and give in.
It worked. Dang those bambi eyes.
"Whatever, just… I don't want you to lie when you actually do talk to me though." He shrugged off what I had said and mumbled something that sounded like a promise.
"I mean it." I said, my voice including mock authority, although I was serious.
"I promise Max. But, when do you think that you would be able to come back up? We're having a bonfire this Thursday, I was going to invite your family anyway, and do you think that you would be able to come? I heard that the sun was actually supposed to be out." His voice was so hopeful, that I couldn't say no. And maybe I would get my answers that I so dearly needed.
"Yeah, as long as I'm not swamped with homework. Maybe I can bring Bella too? Tonight she had some homework. From what I've heard you guys are good friends. I can influence her to come if you would like?" I offered, wanting to see his reaction. I distinctly remember him saying something about Bella earlier when he was talking about me.
"Oh, she won't be allowed to come." Jacob's expression went horribly dark, and I didn't want to know what had caused him to think like that. But, before I could stop myself from saying something stupid, I mumbled to myself.
"Well, maybe it's because of Edward?" Although I would have thought that I said the comment to low for a human ear to hear it, Jacob tensed up and his eyes got even darker, and had an icy feeling when I looked up at him.
His teeth gritted together, and I definitely put Edward number one in the list of things not to discuss with Jacob about.
"Um… I think that your mom is calling you." He spit out from between his teeth.
My eyebrows crinkled together, and a look of hurt flashed across my face. I guess that Jacob must have seen it because he automatically smiled at me, although I could tell that it was being forced onto his face.
"Uh… bye Jacob." I waved to him one last time as I headed towards my mother.
"So," she greeted me, her face alight, "How was your evening? Did you think any boys were cute?" She inquired. For a second her sudden interest in my life made me think of her as one of my soon to be classmates, and we were discussing the latest gossip.
"Ha, hardly mom." I laughed, blowing off her question entirely.
She looked hurt and was sticking out her bottom lip. "But you and Billy's boy seemed to be getting along really well." Again she implied that she wanted me to talk to her about boys.
I just rolled my eyes and smirked. "Yup, Jacob was a real charmer." I looked back at him, and I could swear that his cheekbone was lifted, as if he had just heard what I had told my mother.
"Hm…" My mom mulled this over for a little while until I interrupted her thoughts.
"Mom, Jacob invited our family up here for another bonfire on Thursday, he said that the weather was going to be good. Do you think that if Ella and I weren't too swamped with homework that we could come back up here?" I was afraid that she would say no when Ella bounded in, making me forget them.
"Aww, please mom? I want to see Seth again! He was such a gentleman, and he's so cute!" My sister and boys. I rolled my eyes and sighed in the direction of my mother.
"Sure! As long as it's okay with Charlie. I guess that we can." She smiled.
I saw a pair of arms wrap around my mother's waist, and I saw Charlie's chin resting on her shoulder. "As long as what's okay with Charlie?" He inquired, and my mother giggled rather girly.
"Oh, Billy's son asked Max to invite us back down for another bonfire on Thursday. I just needed to check with you to make sure that it didn't mess with your schedule." She smiled, and kissed him on the cheek quickly, earning an "Eww, gross" from Ella.
"Yeah, I guess that's alright. I'm the chief police, and I make my own schedule. It wouldn't be too hard to fix it so that I had off on Thursday night. Maybe Bella could even be convinced to come down." Charlie pondered on this thought as we headed back to the car.
Ella squealed when she found out that she would see Seth again. Right when she was about to go into an Ella rant, her cell phone went off, with the incessant ring tone "Big Girls Don't Cry". Oh how I wished I could break her phone every time that it went off. (Lol. That's what I'm listening to on the radio atm.)
It turned out that Seth was texting her already. She squealed loudly with joy and her fingers started to type really fast, eager to get her reply back. She was on the other side of the car, so I didn't really make out what was being said. But, Ella told me! So, there was nothing to worry about. The whole entire car ride back was filled with clicking and that horrible horrible song.
Here's the jist of the conversation between the two little lovebirds. (Just so you know, I don't text so don't make fun of how I make them text to each other!)
Seth: hey beutifl, I mis u alredy!
Ella: hey handsom, I mis u 2!
Seth: so… r u comin down 4 the bonfir on thurs?
Ella: yah, I cant wait 2 see u ther!
And on and on with the pointless texting they went, until I was on the brink of insanity.
But, within just a couple seconds of my breaking point, Charlie pulled into the yard of our new home. I immediately got out, and started to fan my surroundings, thanking whatever god was out there that I had gotten to the house without mauling my sister.
Ella walked out, giggling the whole time, until she got to the front door, where she was so busy texting that she forgot to open it, and ran into it head first. I had to admit that I would have pointed and laughed if she had not knocked herself out, and was falling backwards, about to crack her head on the pavement.
Before anyone had time to gasp, I ran faster than any human should have been able to, and with more strength than someone my size should have had, caught my sister before falling, and carried her into the living room, and set her on the couch.
Again, I thanked whatever gods existed that Charlie was too preoccupied trying to calm my mother down to take into consideration what had just happened.
"Max, why am I on the couch?" Ella woke up, rubbing her forehead.
"Because, you dork, you were so busy texting Seth that you ran into the door. Now you have a big bump on your forehead, and we are starting school tomorrow." I wasn't lying to her either. She was going to have a red mark the following morning.
"Oh! No! No no no no no! This is going to be so embarrassing!" She started to go into Ella chat mode, and I all but tuned her out.
Bella ran down the stairs in a hurry, tripping over the last stair, and I ran to her and caught her. I knew that if she had landed on her wrist like she was going to, then we would be headed towards the hospital for her at the moment.
She looked up at me in bewilderment, and a look of recognition flashed in her eyes before I put her upright on her feet so that she wouldn't fall over. She quickly thanked me as her face turned beet red.
"No problem, you really need to be more careful though." She seemed like a natural klutz now that I looked at her more. She was witty and confident, but she was naturally clumsy.
"Ella are you okay?" You shouldn't worry us like that! You should have been paying attention! Do I have to take your cell phone away from you?" My mother scolded her sternly, but there was sheer panic in her voice. "If Max wouldn't have been there to catch you, we would be on our way to the hospital right now!" My mom's voice went down an octave even though she was exited.
"Just be more careful. But for now," she yawned loudly, "You three need to get some sleep! Tomorrows the first day of school for you two, and the first day at my new job!" My mom seemed exited to get back to the prospect of work. Don't ask me why.
"What Rachel is saying is that tomorrow it's down to business. I want you all to be ready. So, upstairs with you!" He scooted us up, and right as I was going up the stairs, I saw the two of them embrace in a sweet way, with her arms curled up on his chest, and his arms around her, pulling her closer to him. He kissed the top of her head.
It was all sweet and adorable, but no child wants to see her mom in that kind of embrace, especially with a person that I had only known for two days.
Ella and I went into our bedrooms after cleaning up, and I put my hair in a ponytail, and was eating my fourth energy bar while Ella was trying to figure out what we were going to wear for the first day of school.
"Oh! You should totally wear the same type of pants that you were wearing today, and then there's that shirt that we bought you, ya know, the ripped one? You could wear a wife beater underneath it, and then I have the most adorable shoes for you!" She spit out. I swear, she could talk all day if she was given something interesting to talk about.
"Whatever you pick out, I'm sure that it is going to look awesome. Just please don't make me stand out? I really don't want that. I'm assuming that because we are the new girls that we will already be know, and be wanted like a shiny new toy." I chuckled as I remembered Mike's phone call that I had heard earlier. He was talking about Ella, or maybe even me, so we were going to be the new toys anyway.
"What's so funny?" She questioned, pulling a comb through her hair.
"Oh nothing." I smirked. Ella jut her lower lip out into a pout, and I continued. "You know how I have raptor like hearing?" I inquired.
"Of course, duh." She made it sound like I was questioning her intelligence.
"Well anyways, when we went to that kid's store earlier, I heard him talking in the backroom on his cell phone." I paused, wanting to know how interested Ella was in what was happening.
Her eyes were wide in anticipation, and she looked like a four year old. "Go on…"
"Well, he was on the phone with one of his friends most likely, and he said that Forks had a 'hottie on our hands'" I chuckled.
Ella's eyes were wide and she started to laugh as well, and soon we were having a laughing fit, but Bella knocked on our door. "Come… In…" Ella managed to get out through her fits of giggles.
"I'm sorry to interrupt, I just wanted to say that I'm sorry that I have been pretty distant for the short time that you have been here. I've just been sour because of the whole, Charlie hating my boyfriend thing." She chuckled lightly, although I could tell from her expression that she was dead serious.
"That's okay, can you come over here and help me choose which color would look better on Max for school tomorrow?" That's the Ella that everyone loves, changing the subject, and focusing it on something that would make you think. I guess.
While my two sisters decided what to dress me in for tomorrow, I kept looking longingly at the clock, wanting them to go to bed so that I could swing by La Push to see what they were talking about. Or I could just fly around aimlessly. Forks had such clear air here that it was heavenly compared to almost all of the air that I had ever encountered before.
I lay in my bed, hoping that they would get the fact that it was time to bed, but they just wouldn't! They were talking about girly stuff, but I could tell that Ella was about ten times more into it than Bella was, but Bella was being horribly polite and living through it.
Finally, Charlie came up the stairs slowly, and pounded on our door, telling us to go to sleep. Bella seemed horribly relieved, and Ella seemed a little disappointed, but also exited for school the next day.
"Night Bella!" Ella whispered as loud as she dared.
"Night Ella." Bella whispered, but without as much enthusiasm. She rolled her eyes and added, "Night Max."
I was taken back. "Night Bella." I whispered, making it sound like I was already half asleep.
It was 11:15. Ella wouldn't fall asleep for at least 20 minutes.
"Ella, I'm going for another run." I whispered in her ear.
She was too tired for a coherent response, so she muttered something, and waved me away with her arm. I smiled at her, and brought another blanket over to her so that she wouldn't feel the slight breeze that would come through when I opened up the window.
I lifted the window until it was all the way up, and even though I had taken precautions, I still saw Ella shiver a little bit under her covers. I jumped onto the window ledge, spread out my wings, and shut the window while I jumped off.
Of course I should have checked to see if there was anyone there, but I guessed that everyone would be to tired or even drunk to think that they actually saw what they did.
Pounding my wings, I headed towards La Push, hoping that I wasn't too late. When I saw a campfire, I knew that I was going to be early enough to listen to what they were saying. The hard part wasn't the flying over there; it was planning on where to land. I could land on the rock that was about 50 yards from the campfire, but I would probably be seen. I could stay up in the air hoping that I could hear from there.
Before I knew what I was doing, I angled myself to the woods right by where the campfire was, and I ran to the rock that was placed perfectly so that I wasn't seen.
What good luck! For once in my life, something went right for a change!
I hadn't missed a thing and once I got successfully hidden in the rock, everyone started to arrive. I didn't know over half of their names, but Sam was the one that was standing, facing everyone with leadership pouring off of him.
"Listen up!" He spoke loudly, though I could tell that everyone was resting on every word coming through his mouth. "We are here to discuss something that has happened tonight that might affect the pack indefinitely."
"But, what could do that? We already know about the leeches." The word was said in utter disgust, and I pondered over the meaning that lay behind it. Looking at the boy who spoke, I didn't know his name, but he was clearly new to whatever was conspiring here.
"Yes, but, please, don't interrupt me Colin. What we are about to talk about will more than likely not affect our lives as negatively as the Cullen's presence has." Sam stopped, and I caught my breath. I was trying to put the two words spoke with disgust together. But, Sam continued, and I had to leave figuring it out until later. "As you know, there were some visitors here earlier with Charlie Swan. It was his new wife and his new step-daughters, Max, and… Ella." He confirmed Ella's name with Seth, who was clearly thinking about her.
"Yes, Sam. Charlie brought some new people, but what does that matter? I didn't even see the eldest daughter, she was moving around the whole night. I did see how much food she took though." Someone brought to a point. I smirked, knowing that everyone saw that. Even though I probably surprised them, I had made a statement.
"Quil, that's the whole point. You didn't see her, as most of us did." Sam nodded towards the guy that had been ignoring Ella, even though she had tried to get her attention. "Jared, can you explain what you felt when you saw her? Even though you already have your imprint." Sam implied these last four words as much as he could, and I heard a couple people gasp.
Jared stood up, and began to talk, "Well, when I first saw Max, I felt like there was nothing that I wouldn't do to protect her from any harm. It wasn't like when I imprinted on Kim, and I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her, and protect her as well. Max was more like an instant connection."
He sat back down, and Seth stood up, and after receiving an approving look from Sam, he continued. "Tonight was very interesting for me. I suddenly felt my whole world revolving around this one beautiful girl, Ella, and then when I saw Max, I felt an instant kind of pull towards her, to protect her. It was as if we had a bond. A friend type bond, unlike her sister." He then sat back down, and Jacob was about to stand back up when Sam waved him back down.
"As you know, I love Emily with all my heart, but, when I saw Max, I wanted to protect her from all evil. We immediately shared a strong friendly bond the moment that I looked into her eyes." Sam fought the urge to smack Jacob, who was trying to get back up.
"So, I didn't see her. And I don't have an imprint yet, what the heck is gonna happen to me?" An angry face was directed towards Sam, and I figured that this guy was always like that.
"Paul, calm down. I don't know what will happen. But, all I know is that I have talked to the elders, and they have told me what is going on." Sam paused, probably wanting all of the boys around him to pay attention.
"Just say it already Sam!" Paul shouted.
"Well, the elders said that we feel that immediate connection to her, because she is destined to save the world, and if we wouldn't protect her, and she would die, then the world would be in jeopardy. We are the protectors, and we need to protect her." Sam said calmly, waiting for it to all sink in.
I didn't want any more information. The voice had told me that I was supposed to save the world many times, but this was coming from someone else. I punched my fist into the rock, and fought the urge to cry out. I just wanted to be normal! Why couldn't I be granted that one wish?
"Now, most of you guys have school tomorrow, and I need you to be well rested, as I don't want to hear complaints from your parents." Sam ordered them to all go home.
Once they were all gone. I jumped into the air, and used my super speed to get home. On the way, my eyes brimmed up with tears, but I forced them away. But, one tear managed to slide down my cheek, and fall to the ground below me.
I landed on the window ledge, and collapsed on my bed, only faintly realizing that I could hear some humming from Bella's room, that wasn't coming from her.
That was the first night that I had dreamt about anything in a long time.
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