Carlisle POV:
"Do you really think it is wise for them to be left alone?" Sam asked as we approached the waterfall. "Certainly, how else will they learn to trust one another?"
He didn't seem satisfied with my answer, so I explained my reason. "I picked this spot for us for more than just scenery, from here, we can see Emmett's group, he being our temperamental trouble maker and supervise in case anything should happen."
"I can also Paul here aswell." He noted and smiled, "I positioned his group nearby so I could see him, he is temperamental, well, both mental and has a temper."
I laughed at his joke, it was clever. "Great minds think alike." He nodded, it seemed we were "bonding" already. Behind me Esme and Emily were talking of the woes of mothering. Emily seemed like Esme in many ways, caring for the wolves like Esme cared for our "children", being only one great quality of her many thousands.
"I must say Sam, I am fascinated by your pack, I've read stories about werewolves during my years but to actually be able to meet with and talk with a few, it's astounding!" my scientific ways ruled my statement.
He laughed once more, even that came out like a dog's bark. Interesting how some qualities of the wolf carried into their human forms.
He began telling me of his prospects with hunting James and Victoria, I was sad to hear they seem to favour hunting in LaPush. It also made him more determined to catch them and I too rather they be gone, stopping this madness.
Throughout our talk, I learned of Sam's great leadership qualities, he strategizes perfectly. He is a great leader, most likely why he was chosen as the Alpha.
Alice POV:
We walked in silence, leaving a tree or two in between us at all times. I doubt this is what Bella attended to happen so I tried to find a solution.
"Say something."
"Like what?" his tone disgusted me, it rang of rudeness and disrespect.
"Like what it is like living with fleas!" I spat back.
"You should know bloodsucker, how's the house of parasites?!"
"Quite an intelligent remark from someone with more muscles than brain cells!"
He remained quiet.
I sighed boredly, we kept walking along a dirt path, watching birds fly over head. Bella better pay up on the shopping trip, this was torture, at least the gentle breeze sweeping through the trees blew away the odour of mutt.
We arrived at the top of a cliff, looking out over the sea. Carlisle was right, the sun remained behind the clouds even here. Jacob sat down, looking out at the horizon, I followed, crossing my legs as I sat. He quickly slid away.
"I'm not going to bite you Black, I have standards." He shot a sour look at me and remained 2 feet away, ignoring me. "Do not treat me as a thing Jacob Black." His attitude was severely irritating me.
"What are you then? Human!" he spat the word out sarcastically, I raised an eyebrow, he wasn't one to talk about humanity. He saw my expression and continued his futile statement.
"You all dress human, talk human, act human, but you'll never be human!" I was wounded by his words, un-human am I? "Neither are you mongrel!" I pointed out. This upset him, he jumped to his feet.
"I didn't choose this!" his attacking words caused me to rise to my feet as well. "You think this was a life choice! I didn't choose this, none of us did!" How dare he assume he knew our reasons, our dilemmas!
"Oh please, tell me what sob story made Dr Carlisle"-he sneered the name-" have to change you?!" I reached onto tip toes to stare him dead in the eye.
"As a matter of fact he wasn't the one to change me, none of the Cullens were....I don't know who did it!" for some reason, I felt the need to tell him this, I did not know why.
"What?" his confused tone snapped me from my thoughts. I sighed and sat back down. I looked up, waiting for him to sit too, he did.
Taking a deep breath I began to tell the tale of the black abyss of my past, the past I might as not have been there for.
Jacob POV:
I was left thoughtless.
Her story, her past. It was a horror movie gone wrong. Instead of Dr. Hero saving her, he changed her without her even knowing.
And James!
James hunted her, like he hunts Bella now; it was unnatural, even for vampires. But the worst, not even the supernatural part of her human life, but the fact her human family were even bigger monsters than any mythical creature.
She watched me as I processed this new information. Her voice had pained at some points during her tale but her face stayed stone, either vampires truly were emotionless or she could hide them well, I leaned more to the latter.
"I'm sorry." Was all I could manage to say, she smiled," Thank you." I smiled despite the awkwardness of the moment. In a cliché moment, my watch beeped, saved by the bell.
"We better go back before they think a fight broke out." I jumped to my feet; she was up in a flash. She had a friendly smile on her face, which confused me, how should I respond?
I half returned the smile, half barred my teeth. She didn't seem to notice. We began strolling back, less tensed than last time, more easily going. Although we didn't talk, we didn't ignore each other. She caught each glance I took and returned it with a smile.
I smiled back, just out of courtesy.
We reached the clearing and were last back, everyone were seated at the benches on either side of a long, wooden table Bella must have pushed together. I had to give her credit; she really wanted this stupid thing to work.
And...It seemed like it was.
As we approached, the table was buzzing with conversation. Carlisle was lecturing Sam about how many chromosomes a wolf had? Sam stared back with a confused expression; he didn't finish school, due to changing half way through junior year.
Esme and Emily were swapping tales about how their "children" caused mischief. Paul and Jared were talking to Edward, or at least mentally. I guessed they were messing with the mind reader.
The scarred one, Jasper, kept his eyes on me the entire time we walked towards the table, I noticed that Alice was walking at my side, watching him too but with a calm expression. I felt an alien calmness wash over me, he thought I would shift with his girlfriend too close.
I wasn't that out of control.
As soon as she was near the bench, Alice skipped to his side and slid into her seat next to him. I looked around and took the only available space next to Paul at the end of the bench, across from the mind reader and Bella. They were looking into each other's eyes in a love movie style.
It sickened me.
I looked next to Edward at Alice, she and Jasper, I thought the name with a snarl, were also like two love sick puppies staring at each other. God, were there any normal Cullens.
Normal vampires, I laughed at my own stupidity.
Maybe not normal, but at least the next two wern't as flaunting about their love life. Next to blondie number one, was blondie number two. The tall, scary, should be model one and her macho man. He wasn't even remotely human; he was a series of boulders mashed together.
But at least they weren't gaga eyed about each other. She stared at her nails, obviously wanting to be anywhere but here, I felt the same. Her big headed mate was laughing at almost everything, I was afraid his booming echoes would cause an avalanche.
Next to him, Emily was the only one brave enough to sit there with Sam next to her as always. Across from them, Dr. Vamp and Mrs. Vamp were the chatting parents.
Quil and Embry were munching on cookies, pigs. Then it was Jared, Paul and me. I finally turned my attention to the table; there was four plates of mountainous muffins and a tray of mouth-watering cookies. All of my pack were eating them, I decided to try a cookie, I never knew Emily cooked them like this.
They were the greatest cookies ever!
My mouth was watering before I could even swallow, I needed another. Everyone at the table watched us pig out, some amused, some disgusted. Well Jasper and Rosalie were the only ones with disgusted faces, I caught Alice out of the corner of my eye, giggling at our antics.
Quil was the only one without a stuffed mouth, so he spoke for us all. "Em." He called, after stuffed another muffin into his mouth. Before Emily could respond, the rock with legs responded.
"Yeah?" Why did he answer?
"I think he means me." Emily popped her head over Emmett's large shoulder. The large leech began laughing again, his teeth gleaming in the overcast sunlight. Emily backed away, her instincts probably.
Quil continued as thought there was no interruption. "Emily, I gotta say, your new cookie recipe is awesome!" Emily blushed before speaking, "I didn't make them."
We all looked to each other, confused. If she didn't bake them then who did? Quil chewed loudly, clicking his jaw. "Esme is the master chef." I almost choked on my third muffin. Blood sucker snacks!
As everyone's choking coughs died down, Esme spoke up. "Don't worry, the only article I added was chocolate chips." She laughed lightly, though at least it helped calm our worries.
It was a perfect moment, until Embry opened his big mouth. " I love choc chips!" he sounded like a five year old. "Me too!" Quil followed suit as usual. "Same!" I couldn't believe Jared had joined in this idiotic outburst...actually I could.
Suddenly, Quil jumped up with a raised cookie, "All hail mama vamp's cooking!" I slapped a hand to my forehead; the food was good, but not good enough to act that stupid. She must have added something to them.
"Ha-za!" oh god they were all did it, even Sam shifted his arm which held his drink. How could this get any worse?!
I had to think that.
Only half an hour later, everyone was back to their conversations, everyone except me, I was left once again watching everyone else, including the mind reader with his hands all over Bella.
I watched as he stroked his thumb down her cheek, kissed her forehead, her hair, all of this made me sick. I couldn't watch anymore so quickly shifted my gaze to something, anything else.
I found myself once again looking at the smaller Cullen. Watching her rest her head on the curly wurly's shoulder while he rested his head onto of hers. Both were looking at each other, never noticing I was watching too.
I also found myself listening to her tale in my head. I had to admit, the fact she never tried human blood was impressive, I'd never heard of anything like that. I had grown a new respect for the mini Cullen but also...protectiveness over her too.
It was only cause of that James character, of course I'd feel protective over any of his victims or attempted victims, they were, in a way connect to Bella. That's the only reason; she was a Cullen after all.
Yes, that was the only reason I felt that way.
Okay, I'm not sure if Stephine Myer would have the wolves act that way but after all, they are teenage boys, of course food over rules the mind.
But...OoOoOoOoOoOo, is Jakey starting to get attached???
Find out next time on....Jacob vs Jasper!
Mel out ;D
