Hey Everyone, I'm hoping you guys are enjoying the story so far. Thanks to everyone who reviewed. Here's Chapter 9.
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Chapter 9: Getting over fears…not
Blood
I was drowning in a sea of blood, the pure blue colour slowly giving way to that awful colour they call red.
Pain
My lungs burned with every second I held my breath, and the pounding in my head served as a constant reminder that I would die in this sea of blood.
Fear
I feared that nobody would find me and my death would go un solved, I feared for my loved ones, and most of all I feared for myself. With no sense of which way's up or down, I closed my eyes and gave into all the pain.
Death
The final scene was played. My scene, and the grand finale, there I was, floating in that sea of blood, I had scratches all over me, but in my hand was a single black rose. It was a gruesome sight, there I was floating in that forsaken sea of blood, with torn limbs floating all around me.
Then blackness covered everything and I felt this stabbing pain in my chest, like I was suffocating, no, drowning. I saw the face of that blonde vampire and I reached out to her, willing her to help me. She smiled.
"You've been warned, this is what awaits you in the end"
I woke up gasping for breath, I was drenched in sweat and my heart was beating wildly out of control.
That dream, what the hell was that
I opened the window and let the cold nights air seep into me. That dream was so vivid, so real, I gasped.
Like the one from last night except instead of showing me other peoples death it showed me my own.
God I must be going insane, there's no way in hell I'm dreaming about these things, its like scenes right from a horror movie, not that I've watched any.
I need fresh air, it might help me think better.
I grabbed my black sweater from the closet and quietly made my way to the backyard. Its funny actually, I never really understood why people needed to go outside for air but I guess it some how calms you down enough to be able to think properly. At least, that's what it did to me.
I sat on the edge of the deck looking up into the night sky. It was the second night in a row that I had these such vivid nightmares, I could be because of all the stress but I have a feeling there's more to it then that. There's got to be some reason why my mind is suddenly dreaming of stuff that should belong in a horror movie.
I heard the bushes outside the gate move and froze, out came this huge sandy coloured wolf, except he didn't look scary, actually, it looked liked he was smiling at me. Then it clicked, it must be Seth in his wolf form.
I jogged up to the fence, luckily it only came up to around my chest so it didn't bother me much. I reached out my hand to pet his head, his fur was so soft and shinny.
"Your beautiful" I whispered, he did a goofy smile and motioned to the woods, I nodded and watched him go. A couple of seconds later he came out in his cut off's. His chest was shinning in the moonlight.
"Hey beautiful" he said hopping the fence and giving me a hug. He held me in his arms and I felt all the stress of those nightmares slowly begin to fade away.
"What's wrong, shouldn't you be in bed, fast asleep, dreaming of me" He asked, smirking down at me.
"You sound confident, why do you assume I'm dreaming of you" I said saucily.
"Because your all I dream about" He said, looking deep into my eyes. I blushed and looked away into the tree's.
"You didn't answer my question, why are you here in the middle of the night" He asked. I sighed and looked back at him.
"I'm just out here to get some air, I've been having these weird nightmares lately" I felt a cold breeze and cuddled into Seth. He just held me tightly and stroked my hair.
"Do you want to talk about it"
"No, that's alright, I'm probably just stressed out or something" I lied, I couldn't tell him about the vampire, I didn't want to worry him.
"Alright" He said kissing my head.
"How's about this, why don't I come pick you up and you can come cliff diving with me and some of the guys" Cliff Diving! Was he nuts.
"Cliff diving, as in jumping off a ledge and crashing into the cold water where rocks and other pointy things are waiting, I think ill pass on that one thank you very much" He laughed, just then we heard a wolf howl and I knew it must have been one o the guys, Seth hopped back over the fence I stood resting my arms over it.
"Your on patrol aren't you" He nodded sheepishly.
"Ya, I am" I rolled my eyes and smiled.
"Then go" I said.
"Alright, but were still on for tomorrow, you don't have to go cliff diving but you are spending the day with me"
"Sure Seth, I would love that" I said smiling up at him. We kissed and then another howl came from the woods, we laughed and I pushed Seth away from the fence.
"Go" I said with determination in my eyes, he only laughed and went behind the tree's to phase. He looked at me one last time before he ran off into the woods. I was smiling as I headed back into the house, remembering to lock the door behind me.
The next morning went by fast, I did my usual morning routine, grabbed some breakfast and explained to grandmother that I would be spending the day with Seth. She smiled and told me to make sure I was home by ten. I nodded and hugged her before I made my way out the door. I didn't see Aida or Luke so I just yelled out a bye from the door and made my way over to Seth's truck. I got in beside him and he smiled.
"Good morning Beautiful" He said while pulling out of the drive way and smiling at me.
"Good morning Handsome" I said leaning in and giving him a kiss on the cheek. He smirked and put his arm around me.
"Did you sleep alright?" He asked.
"Ya I was fine, I only seem to get those nightmares once a night" I said sighing into his chest. He frowned.
"What kind of nightmares are you having, like weird ones that don't make sense or past experiences turned bad kind of nightmares?" We were at Emily's house now, so he parked the car and held my chin up.
"You can tell me anything, you know that right, I will always be here to for you" He said in a soft voice, I smiled and kissed him. He was shocked at first then kissed me back. We pulled apart and I looked up into his eyes.
"Yes, I know, thank you" I said reaching my hand up to ruffle his hair. He smiled and we both got out of the car.
Sure enough there was Sam, Jake, Quil, Embry, Paul, Collin, Brady, and Leah sitting on the steps waiting for us. Seth held my hand in his as we walked up to them.
"Hey guys" I said.
"Finally, we thought you guys would never get here" Said Jake as he got up and pulled Seth into a headlock. I laughed, watching them was always so amusing.
"Have fun you guys" I heard Emily say as she came out side. Everyone bid there goodbyes and we off to the beach. I was walking with Seth, Brady and Collin when I saw Quil turn around and smirk at me.
"What" I asked raising my eyebrows, he just shook his head.
"Perfect clothes to go Cliff Diving Lay" He joked. I wasn't planning on going cliff diving, so I was just wearing jean shorts and a black and blue shirt with the sleeves stopping before my elbow.
"I don't plan on jumping off a cliff and plummeting into some freezing cold lake just get a thrill" I smirked.
"Clearly you have no sense of fun" retorted Paul, I glared at him.
"Oh I know how to have fun alright, I just don't consider jumping off a freakin cliff fun" I muttered. Seth put his arm around me and whispered.
"Don't worry about them, you don't have to do anything you don't want to do" I smiled up at him.
"Thanks Seth"
We finally reached the top of the cliff, I took one look down and realized something.
"Your all officially insane, to go jumping off a cliff this far from the water, you'd have to be insane" Everyone just laughed.
"Nobody gets hurt Lay" Said Jake as reassured me with a smile.
"Ya, because your freakin wolfs, there's no way in hell I would jump off that thing for fun" I said as I made my way back to Seth.
"Whatever, she's obviously to stupid for her own good, and they call you a slayer, you're a pathetic scardy cat that can stake a thousand bloodsuckers yet cant even jump off a small cliff, what a fake" Sneered Paul,
Ouch that stings
I heard Seth growl at Paul, everyone was dead quite. I stepped away from Seth and walked up to Paul who was standing the closest to the ledge.
"Your calling me stupid, reality check Paul, have you taken any kind of I.Q test lately?" He muttered a no and I continued.
"That's right, because nobody can measure your intelligence, there's not a scale in the world that goes that low. But I guess your brains are exactly what your name means. Small" Everyone broke out laughing, Jake, Seth and Sam both yelled Burned and that let everyone else into more laughter. I grinned up and Paul, he was staring daggers at me.
"Whatever you say" He said, and with one quick motion he grabbed me and pulled me over my shoulder walking towards the ledge.
"PAUL PUT ME DOWN! I MEAN IT! PAUL PUT ME DOWN!" I was screaming my head off, there was no way I was getting thrown into that lake.
"I'm just helping you get over your fears, isn't that what friends are for" He smirked. I screamed for Seth, I saw Sam yelling at Paul to put me down and I saw Seth running towards me, but he was to slow. With one quick motion Paul held me out over the cliff and dropped me.
My mind was racing and I was so scared. I took one glance down at the water, and closed my eyes. It felt like I was falling forever, and then I hit it. The coldness of the water hit me with a bang and I was soon dragged under, I opened my eyes and forced myself to swim upwards, the coldness of the water seeping into me and making my muscles feel weak. I broke through the surface and gasped for air, a tried to keep floating but a huge wave crashed into me and I was pulled under again, I surfaced again and I saw someone jump from the top of the cliff. It was Sam I tried to yell his name, let him know I was here, but I was dragged under again, my throat was burning and my eyes were getting itchy. I was scared beyond belief. I was getting colder and colder and I felt my muscles stiffen. I frantically looked around for Sam I hadn't seen him pop up yet, was he dragged under too. Just then I felt arms wrap around my waist and drag me towards shore. My vision was blurry, and it didn't feel like Seth, at first I thought it was Paul coming to throw me in again, I tried to get away but he held me tighter.
"Layla, it me, Sam, I've got you"
Sam!
I felt relieved and let him carry me to shore, I closed my eyes for a bit hoping that when I opened them my eye sight would be better. It was. But I was still freezing and my muscles ached. I saw Seth running up to me, my throat was still soar so when I called his name it sounded dry and raspy. Seth looked at Sam and he nodded, placing me in his arm.
"She will be fine Seth, just give her some time to rest" He nodded and sat down holding me in his lap.
"Seth" I tried again, this time my voice sounded a little more normal.
"Layla I'm so sorry, I should of noticed he was getting angry, god I swear I'm going to kill him"
"No, its alright, I'm fine, just shaken up, that's all" I said trying to reassure him and myself, I still couldn't believe what happened. I shivered. He sighed.
"You must be freezing, here let me dry off your hair, it might help" He took off his t-shirt and turned me around so I was facing him, he started drying my hair and all I could focus on was his chest, how strong and comforting it looked, I blushed and it was a good thing he was to busy drying my hair to notice. That's when I heard everyone running towards us. That is, everyone but Paul and Sam.
"Lay are you okay" I heard Jake say as knelt down beside us. I nodded. Seth was done trying my hair, I smiled at him as he padded down my hair. I sneezed which made most of the guys laugh, even Seth chuckled.
"Looks like some one caught a cold" said Quil laughing hysterically, was it really that funny. Leah smacked him upside the head and knelt down beside Jake.
"You look a little blue, you should take her back to our house Seth"
"I will, we'll meet you guys back at Emily's. They all nodded and left with a chorus of see you laters and get better Layla. I smiled at them and then Seth helped me up.
"The fastest way to my house is by running" He said.
"Seth I don't have the energy to run…" He only smiled.
"Don't worry you wont have to, ill be the one running, have you ever heard of wolf express" I laughed. Was he serious.
"Are you serious?" I asked, recovering from my laugh attack. He only smirked and went behind a tree. A couple seconds later he came out in wolf form, I just shock my head and smiled.
"All right if you say so" I struggled to get on, and I swear Seth was laughing at me, but once I was safely on he started off into the tree's. I held on tightly to his fur and buried my face in it, the wind wiping past us just made me feel colder, but soon enough we arrived at his house. He went to change and came back out laughing.
"Clearly you've never ridden on a horse before" He smiled at me and took my hand leading me into his house.
"I've had my fair share with horses, and at least there not a huge ball of fur" I said teasing him as he led to his room.
"Hey beneath all that fur is muscle, you know"
"Whatever" I said sticking my tongue out and laughing. He just smiled and threw me an ACDC shirt.
"Its a bit big on me so it should come up to at least your knees" I looked at the shirt and held it up to my body.
"I can always go into Leah's room if you want, I'm sure she has some of her old clothes still" I shook my head.
"No its okay, this is fine" I said. He showed me where the bathroom was and said I was free to take a shower, I nodded and watched him go back into his room before I closed the bathroom door.
I slid out of my wet clothes and got in the shower, letting the hot water take away the coldness on my skin. I got out ten minutes later and noticed Sue must of come home because all that was left of my wet pile of clothes was my undergarments. I put those on then I changed into Seth's shirt. It felt to a couple inches above my knee and the sleeves reached my elbows. I ran my fingers through my hair and took a look in the mirror. Sure I still looked pale, but at least the blueness in my lips went away. I opened the door to the bathroom and knocked on Seth's door, before I walked in.
"The shirt looks great on you, completely matches your hair" I laughed.
"That's a lot to say for someone who isn't wearing a shirt" I teased.
He was sitting on his bed in his usual cut off shorts with no top, he laughed and motioned for me to come sit beside him. I sat down beside him and cuddled into his chest as he placed an arm around me holding me tight.
"I'm used to not wearing a shirt" He said. "Mostly because of the whole body heat and wolf shifting thing" I laughed.
"Ya, mostly" I let his warmth engulf me, and even though it was only 3 in the afternoon, I suddenly felt really tired, and soon drifted off to sleep.
I hope you guys like that chapter, I plan on letting the Cullen's make an appearance in the next chapter so that's something to be looking forward to. I'm leaving to go to the cottage tomorrow and I wont be back until Sunday so I probably wont have the next chapter up until Wednesday, depending on how long it takes me to write it. Thanks to everyone who reviewed, especially midnightmoon321, please review and let me know your thoughts on this story.
