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9. Meeting
BellaPOV
Jasper drove us home in silence. It was a comfortable silence, even with the undercurrent waves of lust between the two of us.
When we arrived, Jasper opened my door and offered me his hand like the true gentleman he was. I took it with a smile and jumped out of the truck. He kissed my cheek and left saying that he'd be here tomorrow to pick me up and take me over to the Cullen's house. I stood there for a few minutes while Jasper was a blur running down the street. What a day. I mentally sighed while entering Charlie's house. Charlie had left a note on the fridge, stating that he'd gone over to Billy's.
Time Skip
Packing Gabrielle's suitcase was taking a lot more time then I thought it would. I was standing at the foot of her bed, folding a few t-shirts while Nick was somewhere on the other side of the apartment packing his bags when Gabrielle squealed.
"OH!" Gabrielle suddenly exclaimed in surprise from her walk-in closet behind me. Nick came running in, looking alarmed, obviously wondering what made her cry out.
"What's wrong?" He almost shouted as he came to a stop in front of me.
Gabrielle came back out of the stupidly big closet carrying a paper bag. On the paper bag was the immortal symbol on it; a Trefoil Knot, three loops connected together.
"Our parents got them made when we were born, they're for protection. They asked my to give them to you when we arrived but I must have forgotten." Gabrielle said while handing us a ring each. Each one was unique.
A few supernatural creatures had taken it upon themselves to create a symbol. The vampires and shape-shifters had decided to make symbols but only for their coven or packs. Demons also decided to make specific symbols for their covens but they also decided to use the traditional demon symbol worldwide.
There are a lot of different immortals like witches, shape-shifters, were-wolves, were-cats and so on. Some don't even realize they're apart of a supernatural world until certain ages. Witches get to choose whether they want to be witches. Once, if they learn about their heritage, they get to choose whether they want to embrace it or ignore it completely. All other immortals have no other choice than to accept what they are.
There are so many different things to consider, to know about the supernatural world. There are a lot of different names for the supernatural world, some like to call it the Night World, some like to call it the government, some even call it the second world.
It isn't a place. It's everywhere. It's a lot like the FBI and the CIA. It's a secret society between all things supernatural. People in the second world are beautiful, deadly and irresistible to humans. Anyone could be from the night world. Most members of the second world have the same power. It's Glamour. It basically helps you blend in with humans. Usually when the Glamour isn't On, it's incredibly easy to spot the Immortals. When it is On, it gets a little harder. The only bad thing about Glamour is that it doesn't completely work. It leaves things like eyes and certain qualities of the immortal in plain view.
I looked at the ring closer. It was made of white gold, shaped like an Iris with the stem twining around the finger and back on it's self in an intricate knot. The blossom was inset with tiny stones – black transparent stones. It was beautiful. The craftsmen ship was exquisite. Every delicate leaf and tiny thorn was perfect. I noticed that all three of the rings had slightly different designs on them. In mine there is a small Amber jewel embedded in the Iris. In Nick's there was a tigers-eye jewel. Gabrielle's was an emerald.
"He's got a laugh like a crackling wire
and he wants to put the bite marks on you,
he wants to put the bite marks on you" (Bite Mark in a Terror Pocket by Arctic Monkeys)
Arctic Monkeys broke me from my trance. I pressed the green button to answer.
"Hey Bells!" Emmett greeted me.
"Hey, Em." I replied.
"So…What 'ya doing?"
"Uh…Nothing much, just helping Gabby pack her things." I answered, sitting down on the edge of the bed, feeling the edge of Gabby's suitcase digging into my back.
"Mmhmm." He hummed. Then there was silence.
"Emm….is there a reason why you called?" I asked him, feeling just slightly awkward. I watched as Nick went back to his room and Gabby back into the closet.
"Oh, right! I rang you, didn't I? Well, Carlisle's calling a family meeting; there are a few things we want to tell you." He stated. I immediately started to panic. My heart started to beat in overdrive. They were going to leave me again. I knew it.
"Oh…Okay, I'll run over after I see Gabbs and Nick off."
"Okay. Bye Bells!" Emmett said cheerfully, not noticing the change in my voice.
"Bye." I said my voice monotone as I hung up. I puffed out my cheeks. I was dreading the family meeting.
"Right. Almost finished." I said to myself, looking down at the almost full suitcase.
Time Skip
We had finally finished packing and put the luggage into their car.
"Are you sure you're going to be okay?" Gabby asked for the seventh time.
"Yes, Gabbs. I promise." I reassured her, "I'll miss you." I said pulling her into a hug.
"I'll miss you too." Gabrielle replied, still clutching me tightly.
After we had said our goodbyes, they drove off leaving me to stand on my own on the sidewalk looking after them, like in some cheesy Rom-Com movie.
I turned the corner and broke into a run after checking if there was anyone around. Pretty soon, I was at the Cullen's mansion. While walking up the drive way I noted that Rose was tinkering with the cars in the garage.
"Hey Bella!" She greeted me, smiling.
After a few sentences were exchanged, I carried on, up to the door and she went back to her car and hummed along to a song. As I raised my fist to the door, Emmett had engulfed me in a bear hug.
JasperPOV
"I told you. I was better than you at this game!" Emmett shouted in triumph while grinning, causing me to roll my eyes.
After talking to Rose, Bella had finally reached the door. Emmett smile widened and he threw the controller on the ground, almost breaking the thing. I swear to god, he really didn't know his own strength sometimes. He ran to the door. At human pace. he was such a strange being. He opened the door and pulled her into his signature bear hug before she had a chance to knock.
When she was finally let go and was able to catch her breath, I had to restrain myself from walking over there and hugging her in a-more-than brotherly fashion.
I swallowed. Calm down Whitlock. She was wearing short black denim shorts- which showed of her very, very long and silky legs- with a belt that had fake bullet shells going around the black leather. The black tank top highlighted the white jacket that had colourful anime characters scattered on it.
Don't stare at the legs!
Then I'll stare at her-
No! That's even worse.
Apparently, the devil and the angel on my shoulders were at war.
I blinked a few times and tried to keep my eyes on her face. She bit her lip and blushed slightly while looking at me through her eye lashes. I guess I wasn't as stealthy as I thought.
Looking around, I couldn't see Emmett anywhere. By the large amounts of lust being thrown around in the garage, I'm guessing that's where he went. I shuddered.
I threw bucket loads of calm at them and their emotions quickly turned to frustration and anger.
Carlisle then came in with Esme and called the house meeting. I got up form my place from the couch and walked over to Bella, taking her hand to lead her into the dinning room. We sat near the end, me sitting the nearest to the end of the table and Bella beside me. Carlisle was sitting at the top of the table with Esme at his side. Rose and Emmett finally came in and Emmett sat next to Bella and Rose next to Carlisle.
I could feel Bella's nervousness. I couldn't stand her feeling like this so I didn't resist the urge to rub circles on her hand with my thumb, trying to get her to relax. Thankfully, Bella relaxed back into the chair. A small smile graced my face as I felt the warmth of Bella's arm and shoulder brush up against mine.
BellaPOV
"There is a reason why we called a family meeting. It's Monday tomorrow which means that school. We need a new story, since Edward and Alice are no longer here. We were wondering, Bella, if you want to go to collage with us or if you still want to go to the one that you and Edward applied for." Carlisle said. I immediately began to feel relief. Jasper looked at me oddly, not understanding my emotions. I shrugged in response.
Then I remembered that they were waiting for my answer.
"Uh…I'd like to go with you guys. I mean if that's oka-" I was cut off by Jasper.
"Of course it's okay." He said while, leaning over to hug me briefly.
