Just a quick heads up, I'm bringing a new person into the story this chapter. I just want you all to know that I'm not bringing her in for nothing...there is a reason for her, I promise!
There's no Jacob in this chapter, but he'll be back soon.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to Twilight. I only own the plot...sort of.
Chapter 8
For the first time in weeks, I woke up the next day feeling surprisingly, for lack of a better term, satisfied. I looked over at the clock on my night stand, it read 12:30pm. I smiled once I realized that I had slept without having a single dream or nightmare starring the one and only Jacob Black.
I got out of bed and made my way into my bathroom to take a shower. After everything that had transpired the night before, I had fallen asleep the first chance I got. So I didn't get a chance to shower before going to bed. I could only think of one person to blame for that...but I wasn't going to think of his name and ruin my so far good day.
That didn't stop my anger from making an appearance though. All he had to do was let me go when I asked him to. But no, he just had to go and make matters worse than they had to be. Sometimes I couldn't help but notice that for a guy who is supposed to be one of the most feared gang leaders in Miami he sure did act like a kid at times. He may not be able to notice that fact, but I surely do.
After a long, relaxing shower I shimmied into a pair of blue jean shorts, threw on a red and white striped tank top, and slipped into my favorite pair of sneakers. I sprayed my Twisted Peppermint body spray in the doorway of my bedroom after opening the door and walked through it doing a little spin so that it'd get all over me.
I made my way out into the kitchen with a big smile on my face.
"Well, someone seems rather cheerful today," Alice laughed watching me intently as I did a little dance while making myself a cup of coffee.
I shrugged my shoulders. "What can I say? I guess I caught the happy go lucky vibe for the day."
To be honest, I had no idea why I was so happy today. A normal person would still be shaken up about what had happened to them the night before, but the events weren't affecting me in that way for some reason.
Alice raised an eyebrow out of curiosity as I turned around and walked over to the kitchen table, sitting down across from her.
"I would've thought you'd be freaked out or something today," Alice said.
It was my turn to raise an eyebrow. "What do you mean?" I asked curiously.
"When Edward brought you in last night he told me that when he picked you up you were anxious to get out of there and shaken up about something," Alice answered honestly. "What happened last night?"
I bit my lower lip and then took a sip of my coffee.
"Should I tell her the truth?" I asked myself. "Why not? I can trust Alice."
We'd been friends ever since we were kids growing up in places such as Bulgaria, France, Brazil, and Panama. Dad was and still is in the army. Hell, we technically had been like sisters ever since my parents adopted Alice after her parents passed away in a car accident when she was six years old.
I sighed and decided that I could tell Alice the truth. I really did trust her to keep what I was about to tell her a secret from Emmett and anyone associated with Emmett. Alice rarely had anything to do with any of them, anyways.
I sat up straight and looked across the table. "You can not tell a single soul what I'm about to tell you right now," I told Alice looking her dead in her eyes. "This stays in this apartment."
"My lips are sealed," Alice assured me, dragging a fake key across her lips and throwing it away.
I couldn't help but laugh for a moment.
But that lasted for only a few seconds until I went into serious mode.
I started off by telling Alice about how I had witnessed Jacob kill Dylan, and how he had told me not to tell anyone at all, but I trusted Alice enough to not let anyone know that I had told her what had happened. Alice knew just as much as I did what would happen if she blabbed this to anyone.
"I'm glad you trust me! I swear I won't tell anyone because if I do I'm on the line now, too," Alice informed me causing my eyes to go wide.
"Oh shit!" I exclaimed. "I didn't even think about that! I'm so sorry," I apologized suddenly feeling bad.
"No, no, Bella! I'm glad you told me. You no longer have to carry the weight of being the only one who knows the truth on your shoulders," Alice said with a brief smile. "Go on," she urged me to continue.
I nodded before I continued telling the tale. I told her about my panic attack and how I woke up at Jacob's mansion only to have to kiss him in order to steal the key to get out of the gated yard.
Alice couldn't keep herself from laughing once I was finished telling her that part of the events.
"You seriously one upped, Jacob freaking Black?" Alice asked in disbelief as she laughed uncontrollably, leaning over the kitchen table holding her stomach because it hurt from all the laughing she was doing.
I smirked and shook my head. "I did! I, Isabella Marie McCarty, one upped Jacob freaking Black!" I boasted throwing my hands up in the air triumphantly.
"That is epic!" Alice exclaimed coming down from her laughing high. "Alright, you can continue," she said once she was again in full control of herself.
"Might as well," I said before telling Alice about what happened after I escaped up until the point where I fell asleep as soon as I got into Edward's truck due to exhaustion.
Once I was finished telling Alice the entire tale of what happened last night, her jaw was practically on the floor.
I had to admit that I did feel like a bit of the weight on my shoulders was lifted off after I told Alice about last night's events. Apparently, telling someone everything was exactly what I needed. Maybe, I was so happy today because deep down inside I knew that if I told Alice the truth that this is what it would result in?
"It's plausible," I thought to myself.
~Alice's POV~
After Bella finished telling me everything that happened, I was speechless. I couldn't help but wonder how Bella stayed as calm as she did for so long. If it had been me who was in Bella's place, I would've been royally screwed to put it bluntly. I had to give it to Bella...she handled it way better than I ever would have and could have imagined.
"You had a really eventful night last night," I said after I got my voice back still trying to process everything in her mind.
Bella nodded and replied, "I sure did."
"You're not worried that Jacob's planning some sort of revenge on you?" I wondered not being able to stop myself from asking the question.
Bella shrugged her shoulders. "If he is, he is," she said simply. "There's nothing I can do about it other than be careful. I'm not going to stop living my life just because there is a possibility that he's after me for revenge now," Bella told me honestly as she stood up from the table. "Well, I'm going to go shop at Biscayne Bay," Bella said with a smile pushing her chair in.
There was no doubt that Bella was in a very good mood today. For as long as I'd known her, shopping was always last on her list of things to do...unless she was in a very good mood.
"Wanna come with?" she asked.
I rolled my eyes and smiled standing and pushing my chair in as well.
"Do you even have to ask?" I answered with my own question, turning and going to my bedroom. "Just let me go put something on other than my pajamas and get my purse. I'll be right out," I said disappearing into my room.
"Okay," Bella replied.
I quickly changed my clothes, grabbed my purse, and went back out into the living room.
"Alright, I'm ready to go, Bella!" I called out.
Bella walked out of her room and smiled, "Let's go then."
~Rosalie's POV~
I walked down the semi crowded streets of Miami South, as I called it, glad to finally be on land and breathing fresh air again. After two hours and fifty five minutes stuck on a plane, fresh air was exactly what I needed. It didn't help either that I wasn't big on flying. If it hadn't been for my anxiety medication, I would have no doubt freaked out on the plane.
I was in town to pay a surprise visit to my cousin and her best friend. Before they had moved to Miami the two of them and I had been inseparable. Together the three of us had been known as the clique of girls that no one wanted to mess with.
I smiled to herself at the memories of the three of them ruling the streets and schools of Panama City. I was looking forward to being able to relive the good old times with them.
After all, Miami and Panama City were practically sister cities. Some people say Panama City is the second Miami while others say that Miami is the second Panama City. Either way they both meant the same thing and they were both right.
I heard someone suddenly clear their throat, successfully breaking me out of my thoughts. I came back to reality and stopped mid step when I saw three guys standing in front of me, blocking me from going any further.
I sighed and crossed my arms over my chest. I didn't feel like being bothered right now. To be honest, I wasn't too much of a people person.
"Can I help you?" I asked in an annoyed tone.
"How come we've never seen you around here before?" one of them asked.
I rolled my eyes and answered simply, "I'm only visiting."
"From where?" another one questioned.
"None of your business," I answered, not in the mood for twenty personal questions.
"Harsh," the third one snickered.
"What's your name?" the first boy that spoke asked.
I couldn't help but feel like I was being interrogated, so I answered with a smartass question of my own, "What's it to you?"
All three boys smirked.
"Feisty, just the way we like them," they all said in unison.
I rolled my eyes again and scoffed.
"I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours first," I compromised.
I always refused to ever give anything unless I knew that I would get something back.
"Fair enough, I guess," the third one said before introducing the three of them. "I'm Embry, that's Quil, and that's Seth."
All of a sudden, I perked up and was more invested in the three guys in front of me.
"Wait a second...you three wouldn't by any chance be the three right hand guys of Jacob Black, would you?" I asked, wanting to make sure I wasn't just hearing things.
"So, you've heard of us then?" Quil asked with a smirk.
I chuckled darkly and answered, "I have...not that that's a good thing."
They all gave me a look that I had no trouble ignoring.
"My cousin has mentioned Jacob and the three of you a few times before," I informed them. "Nothing good, though," I added a few seconds later as an afterthought.
"We wouldn't want it any other way," Seth said honestly with a grin on his face.
"Do you and your cousin have names?" Embry asked curiously.
I scrunched up my eyebrows. "Maybe."
"Why don't tell us them?" Quil said getting impatient.
I rolled my eyes for what had to be the third or fourth time.
There was really no point in denying the inevitable any longer. I was going to have to tell them my name sooner or later, and judging by the way my cousin talked about them surely they would already know who I was.
"Rosalie, and my cousin's name is Bella," I said with my arms still crossed securely across my chest.
The smirks on all three of their faces grew at the sound of Bella's name. They all exchanged looks with each other and then focused back on me.
I raised an eyebrow curiously and asked already knowing the answer, "I take it that you know my cousin?"
"Somewhat," Seth answered speaking first.
"Our boss is a lot more acquainted with her than we are," Quil informed me.
"Speaking of which, give your cousin a message from Jacob will you..." Embry trailed off waiting for me to give him the go ahead to continue on.
I dropped my hands to my side, shrugging my shoulders. "Sure, whatever," I said clearly disinterested.
"Let her know that Jacob is extremely pissed off at her right now, and that it'd be wise for her to watch her back," Embry finished what he had started moments ago.
"Also, when Jacob decides to come after her she won't see him coming," Quil added onto what Embry had said.
"Be sure to tell her all of that," Seth said. "You wouldn't want to be the reason your cousin gets hurt or something...would you, Rosalie?" he asked, my name rolling off of his tongue in an eery way.
"Sounds like a threat to me." I glared at them. "But yeah I'll make sure that she gets the message," I said looking from one of them to another before stepping forward. "So, is that all?" I asked anxious to get as far away from them as possible.
Embry, Quil, and Seth all moved out of the way to let me by.
"Thanks," I muttered before walking past them.
I laughed to myself when I sensed all three of them watching me and looking me up and down as if I was the prize for winning some big contest. I shook my head as I turned the corner and disappeared down the sidewalk out of view of the guys.
~Bella's POV~
Alice and I hadn't been shopping for more than half an hour when my phone rang. I stopped walking for a moment to pull my cell phone out of my purse and looked at the Caller ID. A smile lit up my face at the sight of Roaslie's name on the screen.
"Why was she calling me now though?" I asked myself. "She never calls this early in the day."
I curiously pushed the green talk button. "Hey, Rosalie!"
"Bella, how are you?" Rosalie asked from the other end of the phone.
"I'm good, just shopping with Alice at Biscayne Bay Marketplace. You?" I answered with my own question at the end.
"I'm good, too," she replied. "I'm enjoying the sun and shopping a little bit myself today," Rosalie said, a smile could practically be seen on her face over the phone.
By the way she was talking, I knew right away that she was up to something.
Bella shrugged her shoulders at Alice when she looked at her and raised an eyebrow mouthing, "What's going on?"
"Why are you calling me at this time of day?" I wondered as I slowly started walking down the sidewalk with Alice next to me.
"Can't I call my favorite cousin and see how she's doing every once in a while?" Rosalie questioned answering me with a smartass remark.
I laughed and told her honestly, "No, not at this time of day."
Rosalie sighed and then said, "Well, I guess that you don't want to know what your surprise is."
I was immediately confused. What the hell was Rosalie talking about?
"What surprise? You know I hate surprises!" I reminded her in a scolding tone.
"Surprise?" Alice asked just as confused as I was.
I looked at Alice and gave her a look that basically said, "It beats me."
"What is she talking about?" Alice asked curiously.
I shrugged my shoulders and admitted, "I honestly have no idea what she's even talking about."
"I'm sure you'll love this one," Rosalie said hearing everything that Alice and I were saying.
"You think I'll love it? Wh.." I started to ask, but was quickly cut off by Rosalie.
"Just turn around, Bella," Rosalie demanded.
"Why?" I asked even more confused than before,
"Just do it!" Rosalie exclaimed.
I rolled my eyes before giving in and turning around. I gasped when I saw Rosalie standing only a few feet away.
"You bitch!" I exclaimed, not being able to stop the curse word from coming out.
I ended the call and threw my phone back into my purse before running over to Rosalie and pulling her into a hug with Alice following close behind.
"What are you doing here?" I asked when we pulled away from each other.
"I'm taking a break from school and decided to pay you two a visit," she answered looking past me at Alice. "Hey, Alice," Rosalie smiled brightly.
"Rosalie," Alice smiled back at her.
Ever since Alice had been adopted into the family she had become close to all of us. She was like a little sister to Jasper, Emmett, and I, a cousin to Rosalie, and even a second daughter to my parents.
"So, how long are you going to be staying here for?" I asked out of curiosity.
"I'm not quite sure, I haven't decided yet," she answered truthfully. "So, are you willing to put up with me and lend me your guest room for a while?"
"Of course!" Alice answered before I could.
"Emmett will just have to sleep on the couch whenever he decides to stay over," I said answering her in her own way.
Rosalie was suddenly serious when I mentioned Emmett.
"Speaking of which I ran into umm..." she trailed off for a moment. "Embry, Quil, and Seth on my way here," Rosalie finished informing Alice and me.
My eyes grew wide and the smile I had on my face just seconds ago was no longer there.
It was no secret to anyone in Miami that running into any gang member from either the north or south side was not a good thing. If anything running into a gang member from either gang was a curse that was only then beginning.
"Do they know that you're Bella's cousin?" Alice asked with slight worry in her voice as she stepped forward so that she was standing right next to me.
Rosalie nodded her head.
"What did they say?" I asked, crossing my arms across my chest. "Did they mention Jacob by any chance?" I asked, not sure why I even cared.
"Yeah, they told me to give you a message from Jacob," Rosalie answered biting her lower lip.
I drew in a deep breath.
I had a feeling that something similar to this would happen one of these days. I couldn't help but think that if Rosalie hadn't run into Embry, Quil, and Seth when she did...then most likely they would have come and told me themselves. Jacob probably told them to tell me themselves anyways, so why would they tell Rosalie instead of following their orders? Maybe they were just trying to mess with my head...it wouldn't surprise me at all.
"What was the message?" I asked when I came back to reality.
Rosalie took in a breath and let it out slowly before she answered, "They said that Jacob wanted you to know that he's extremely pissed at you right now and that you better watch your back."
I shook my head in disbelief and muttered, "Un-freaking-believable!"
Without another word, I stalked off leaving Rosalie and Alice behind.
~Rosalie's POV~
Alice and I watched as Bella stormed off without a word. We watched her go in confusion, wondering where exactly she was going. She wasn't far enough out of her mind to actually go and confront Jacob. Or was she? Damn, yes she was.
I looked at Alice and she looked back at me.
Both of us had eyes as wide as saucers.
We both knew Bella well enough to know that that's exactly what she was going to do.
Neither of us wanted Bella to make a mistake and maybe walk right into a trap set by Jacob on accident so we ran to catch up with her. We had to try to stop her no matter how much she might hate us for it afterwards. She'd come to thank us one of these days...hopefully.
There you have it!
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