Okay, here's another chapter. Not terribly exciting one, but necessary. Also, on the last chapter title: I couldn't think of a name, so I named it after the song I was listening to at the time (Sandstorm, by Darude). And right now I have Lord of the Rings on my mind(it's on the TV right now). I didn't think titling the chapter "Concerning Hobbits" would make much sense, though.
Oh, and I don't own any of the Cullens, most of the wolves, or most of the Volturi. They belong to Mrs. Meyer.
Enjoy the chapter!
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Chapter: Concerning Humans
Celia's POV:
I knocked briskly on Alec's door.
"Come in," he called.
Opening the door, I found him sitting in the only chair in the room, and his sister Jane standing by the window.
"Jane," I greeted her, inclining my head. She gave me her usual cold nod in return.
"Why have you called?" Alec asked politely, sounding the tiniest bit bored. I gave a secretive smile. He wouldn't be for long.
"Aro has a mission for us." Their reactions were nearly identical; both straightened up and looked at me intently.
"What kind of mission?" Alec asked, keeping his tone void of emotion, though I knew he was excited to finally be doing something. "Are we being sent to China again? It was so boring last time."
"No, we're going to America. To take care of the problem in Washington." Jane's eyes flickered with excitement. She still felt sore about the so-called fight with the Cullens seventy years ago.
"When do we leave?" She asked, not bothering to hide her emotions like her twin.
"You don't," I said flatly. "It is to be a low-lying mission. Only Demetri, Alec and I are going."
Jane's face would have turned a bright purple if it could have. As it was, her eyes flickered dangerously and I could tell she was just itching to use her ability on me.
"And why do I not go with my twin?" she asked tightly.
"You aren't need," I said, enjoying making her flinch. Feeling important was essential to Jane, as I'd found out the one time I'd reflected Aro's mind reading from myself to Jane. And since there was no love lost between us, I saw no reason to be kind to her ego.
I turned to Alec. "We leave in half an hour." With that, I went to find Demetri to tell him the news.
Bella's POV:
I raced upstairs, stopping only when Rosalie and Emmett's door stood in front of me. I knocked softly.
"Rosalie?" I called softly, listening as I heard her shift on the bed.
"What?" she sniffled.
"May I come in?"
"Yes," she said after a pause.
I opened the door and slipped inside, motioning to Edward to stay outside.
Closing the door softly, I approached the bed at human speed.
"Why are you crying?" I asked her as I sat down.
"I... Emmett… We were… kissing… and he was hurting me… and… he looked so horrified… jumped out the window." Her words were punctuated by sobs.
I moved to hug her, being careful not to hurt her myself. "He was just upset. He's not used to you being human. It will just take a while. Give him some time."
She sobbed harder; we sat like that for several minutes before her crying slowed to sniffling. I held my breath for most of it; I hadn't hunted in a couple days, and being inside a closed space was stifling.
"Would you like to go to the bathroom and wash your face?" I asked. She nodded, getting up and quietly going into her restroom and rinsing her face thoroughly.
"Bella?" she turned to me.
"Yes?" I asked, smiling at her softly.
"If he's not back by tomorrow morning, will you go out and look for him?"
"Sure. But I'll bet he'll be back by then."
She didn't look very encouraged.
"Are you going to be alright? Because I need to go." Her look of confusion was overrun by one of understanding.
"I smell, don't I?" she smiled.
"A little too good."
She waved a hand at me. "That's fine. I'm okay now. Go have fun with Edward, as I'm guessing you were going to do when you heard me crying." I would've blushed if I could have. Apparently my expression was enough, because she laughed. "Go on, get out." I let her push me to the door and into Edward, who was standing and the landing, waiting somewhat impatiently.
We started down, and as we ran into the yard, I heard her say, "Have fun."
Rebecca's POV:
I was pacing the living room. Ariella had gone for a run, and Zaneta and Don had headed in the other direction to hunt. The only person home with me was Jeremy, who was laying on the couch alternately reading Macbeth and watching me pace.
Ari was mad at me, and I didn't know what to say to her. Not that she really gave me a chance. Maybe I just needed to let her be for now…
A knock on the door brought me out of my head and into the real world again.
I opened the door to see Emmett.
"Emmett," I said brilliantly, caught off guard.
"I need you to turn me human," he said in one breath.
"Okay… Why don't you come in?" I held the door open for him.
I sat by Jeremy on the couch, and Emmett stood by the front window.
"What brought on this urge to visit?" Jeremy asked, flipping his book closed and throwing his book through the open doorway behind us that lead to our room. I gave him a disapproving look even as I heard it make a soft thump as it hit the desk.
"I need to be changed into a human," Emmett repeated.
"May I ask why?" I inquired, even though I knew the answer.
"I can't be a vampire while Rose is human. It's too dangerous for her."
I shrugged. "Sit down." I motioned to the only chair in the room.
After he was seated, I concentrated on him and turned him human slowly, automatically holding my breath so I wouldn't breath in his scent.
As was usual, he went unconscious for a few minutes. While he was out, I went to get him a glass of water. We didn't keep human food around, but we had to have water for showers.
When he revived, I handed him the glass of water. "Here." He drank it slowly, but all in one gulp.
"Now what?" I asked him. He shrugged.
"Got a car I could borrow?" I did, but I barely let anyone else use it, let alone a human that didn't have as good of reflexes as me. Jeremy spoke up.
"You can use mine; I'll get it next time I get over there." he ran into our room and back, dropping the keys into Emmett's hand.
Emmett gave a small jump; Jeremy had been too fast. "Okay. Where's the car?"
I led him out to the building we used as the garage, pointing to Jeremy's car. It was some kind of Mustang, but I didn't care enough to keep up with which one; Jeremy was always getting new cars.
Emmett gave a low whistle. "You guys have more cars than we do."
I shrugged. "We have a few avid car collectors in the family. Me, I only have one, but Jeremy has six or seven, and Don has at least four. Not all of them are in this building; some are out in the back."
"Yeah, I saw those when I ran in. Well, thank you, Rebecca. I really do appreciate this. And tell Jeremy thanks for the car."
He got in Jeremy's car and expertly––for a human––backed out of the driveway and sped off. After a moment, I returned to the house and my worrying.
Emmett's POV:
After a couple of hours of being lost, I found my way home. By the time I got there, it was dusk.
Pulling into the driveway, I saw Renesmee and the wolves sitting around on the porch, laughing at something. All the vampires were off doing their own thing.
I parked and left the keys on the driver's seat. It's not like anyone would be stealing anything way out here.
Getting out, I felt several sets of eyes on me.
"Emmett, you turned human too?" Nessie asked when I reached the porch.
"Hell yeah! I couldn't let Rose get stuck doing it on her own." I grinned. "Speaking of which, where is she?"
Jacob pointed inside. "In your room. I haven't seen Blondie all day since you two went up there. Didn't even know you left."
I thanked him and made my way upstairs, knocking on our door when I got there. No answer.
Opening it, I found Rose asleep on the bed, looking as much like an angel as ever. I quietly changed out of the clothes I was wearing, since they were dirty from my destruction spree. After I was done changing, I crawled in bed by her. For a long while, I just watched her sleep, until I fell asleep too.
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Okay, so I'm gonna be skipping ahead a little bit in the next chapter by a month. Maybe a little less. Just FYI.
Hope you enjoyed the chapter, even though it was kinda short.
-Constance
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