Ch. 8
After Jake and the pack left and Malachi closed the front door he turned to me and said, "So Bella, what do you want to do tonight?"
"I would say sleep, but vamps don's sleep." I said plopping down on the couch. "For the first time, since I was turned, I feel completely drained." I sighed.
Malachi sat behind me, on the back of the couch, and started rubbing my shoulders, "Aw, I'm sorry honey. Things should get better now that you are around your family."
I relaxed into his touch and sighed, "I know." I turned my head up to look in his eyes, "It's just going to take some time for everything to sink in ya know? I mean don't get me wrong I'm in love with you but I've been playing an act for 9 years with Edward and hiding the fact that I'm a vampire from my father. Now I find out that he's figured out what I've become." I said with strain in my voice.
"Bells, everything will be OK. You will see, your dad and step-mom will still love you and nothing will change that." Malachi said wrapping his arms around me.
"Sue already knew about me... after I changed, since I was friends with her children, she knew about what me and everyone else was." I thought for a second. "Wait, that's it. My dad will be fine!" I said excitedly. "Leah and Seth are my dad's step-children."
"Yes Bella which would make then your step-brother and sister." Malachi said, not sure where I was going with realization.
"No you don't get it. They are werewolves! When he asked Sue to marry him, she told him all about the pack and about Seth and Leah. So he knows that supernatural creatures are real... well at least some of them."
"So you're saying that he won't have a heart attack or anything because he already knows about mythical creatures being real?"
"Pretty much." was all I said as I reached up and ruffled my hand threw his hair.
He moved his head out of my reach, "Will you not do that?"
I batted my eyes at him flirtingly, "Why not?"
"Because... like all men it's a turn on for us to have out hair touched." He said.
"Oh really?" I said smirking at him.
"Bella no." he said with a small laugh. Before he even finished his statement I jumped him and started touching all the spots, above the waist, that I knew where either turn on spots or ticklish spot. "Bella... please... stop." Malachi between fits of laughter. I kissed his neck, right where the strongest pulse would have been if he were human and then I let him up. "Bella, I know you wanna take things slow but if you keep doing stuff like that I don't think I'll be able to control myself." He kissed my forehead, which would have made me blush.
I sighed, "I'll behave." I turned to face the TV which I turned on with the remote, and flipped threw the channels, finally deciding on So you think you can dance. Malachi gave a little sigh and settled down next to me, draping his arm around my shoulders.
We stayed like that until we realized there was a small amount of sunlight coming in threw the window. "We should probably start getting up and redressed..." he sighed starting to stand up pulling me up with him. "So, what's the plans for today?"
"Well, I assume Alice will show up later with some clothes for us since we left with out any." I answered stretching even though I didn't need too.
"And then to play with the dog?" He asked.
"Don't call them that, please."
"Sorry, I meant to say 'and then to hang out with the pack'"
"Probably. Might as well go see what they are up too until Alice gets here." I said running my fingers through my hair and walking toward the door.
Malachi breezed past me to open the door for me and almost hit Seth who was sleeping in wolf form on the small porch in front of our door. "Whoa!" Malachi said skidding to a halt.
Seth jumped up and came over to me, "What's wrong Seth?" He whined at me, a small almost non audible sound. "Is my dad OK? Is it your mom?" He shook his head 'no'. My eyes got large with fear, "Is it Jake?" Seth let out a heart wrenching whine. "What happened to him Seth? He at home?" again he nodded. "Come on Seth." I yelled as I took off at full speed toward Billy and Jake's house, busting through the door not bothering to open it, "Jake?"
"Bella, you could have knocked instead of breaking down my door." Billy said trying to be light hearted about it.
"I'm sorry Billy... Malachi will fix it. Where is he? What happened? Who hurt him?"
Billy gestured toward the couch, wanting me to sit. "Last night there was a fight..." I plopped down on the couch. "the pack was running the treaty line and he was attacked."
"How bad is he?"
"He's pretty bad. Carsile is with him in his room now."
"Carsile?" I asked shocked. "He was that bad that he needed Carsile?" I shrieked as Billy nodded. "Who?"
"Bella, can I see you a moment?" I turned around at the sound of Carsile's voice. I nodded and followed him out of the house. "Bella, Jacob will heal in time. He was hurt very badly and it will take him longer to heal... even with his rapid healing."
"Who? Carsile, who hurt him?" I said in as calm a voice as I could manage. Carsile shook his head. He was going to tell me who it was but I had a feeling who it was, "Edward?!"
"Bella, he's full of grief at the moment. He wanted to see you and try and work things out, Jake wouldn't let him threw to see you."
"That's because I told him not too.... I told the pack yesterday to let any of you threw but Edward." I sighed. "Carsile I know I'm probably hurting your family, but I couldn't take it anymore." I felt the urge to start crying but held it back, "Can I go see Jake?"
Carsile nodded and said, "Yes, but this conversation isn't over yet."
I walked back into the house past Malachi, who was talking to Billy, and went to Jake's room. I knocked lightly on the door. "Jake?" I heard a moan, and opened the door. "How you feeling lil brother?"
"Sore, but I'll be OK." Jake said trying to sit up in his bed and keep the grimacing pain from his face.
I fluttered over to his bed and lightly layed my hand on him to keep him from getting up, "Don't be stupid Jake. Stay still." He sighed giving up and laid back down. "I want to know what happened. Your dad and Carsile wouldn't tell me."
"I'll tell you but promise me that you aren't going to do something stupid..." I nodded. "OK, the pack and I were running the treaty line like we always do before we head to bed. Seth and I were running together and I got a wiff of Edward's scent and I went to meet him. I was stupid and went alone, sending Seth back to your new house to make sure you stayed safe. He asked to cross the line so that he could come and see you, said he wanted to work things out, but I wouldn't let him threw. Told him that you didn't want to see him and he lost his temper... he jumped on me too fast for me to phase back into wolf for to protect myself. That's about all... Carsile said I'm healing slower than normal but that I'll be perfect by tomorrow." I let a growl escape and I jumped off his bed. "Bells, look at me." I was too enraged to focus on him. "Bella! Focus love." him calling me love did it, I screamed and ran from the house, not stopping when I heard Jake yell for Seth and Sam to stop me.
I almost made it to treaty line when both Sam and Seth jumped at me in wolf for trying to hold me down. Seth phased out and tried to reason with me saying, "Bella, you can't hurt him. Jake wouldn't want you to fight his fight for him." But I was too enraged that Edward would stoop this low and I tried to get out of their hold on me. "No Bella. We aren't going to let you up until you have calmed down. I turned my head toward Seth and snapped at him, yes I actually tried to bite him. "Whoa! Sam, she's really lost it... she just tried to bite me." Seth turned to me, "No biting us Bella." Seth said calmly as I snarled and hissed at him. "Sam, tell the others to either get Malachi or Jasper here ASAP!" He said.
I was still struggling when I heard Malachi say, "Let her up guys, she'll be OK." I stared at him not really seeing him as I felt Sam and Seth's weight get off of me. "Bella? It's me baby." Malachi said stretching out his hand, "You're OK... I'm not going to hurt you or even take away your kill. If you want to kill him, you can but come back to Billy's with me and think about it first." I was still enraged but I allowed Malachi to lead me away from the line. I would have to wait to kill Edward for all the shit he had put me through over the past 10 years, but nothing would stop me from killing him... not this time.
