Lavender's POV:
I was scared. I was falling for Jacob. I couldn't tell if he kissed me because he was too or he felt bad. And then I smelled it. It was very faint, but it was too rank of a smell to disregard. It smelled like rotting flesh. Like the battle, like death. I sprinted. I ran away. Just like I did at the battle. When I got back to Jacob's house I put my dress back on. He was close behind in wolf form. He nudged my hand and licked my palm. I nodded to him and he shifted back to human form.
" What the hell happened Lav? You sprinted like a scared bunny."
"Jake, I smelled something. It smelled like rotting flesh."
"Ah" he chuckled "Now you know what our enemy smells like."
I wasn't surprised.
"I got scared it reminded me of the battle of Hogwarts."
Jake just stood there and nodded, moonlight glowing off of his chiseled, tan abs. He stepped towards me, slowly.
" I have scars Jake. I'm wounded, I'm damaged goods. I'm not as perfect as your Bella. You don't want me, or at least you shouldn't. I'm jaded and fragile."
He traced my scar down my collarbone and past my shoulders as I spoke. Suddenly he grabbed my hand.
"Your scars are beautiful, they make you who you are. They brought you to me."
He pulled my arm and took me to the house.
"Billy has company tonight, so the couch is in use, but my bed is free."
I took a deep breath to stop from shifting again. Damn extreme emotions. I slowly followed him into his house. I would follow him to hell and back, I may as well follow him to his bed.
"Ok." I whispered not to wake up the other guest as Jake closed his bedroom door.
The next morning Jake was sound asleep. I sat up in bed, using the covers to shield my naked body in case he woke up.
Oh, who am I kidding? He already saw a lot more than that last night. I nudged him, trying to wake him but he was dead to the world. I decided to throw on a robe in case Billy or his company were awake and up. I closed Jacob's bedroom door silently, and tiptoed down the hallway. When I walked past the living room there was a tall scruffy man with dark brown hair wearing a police uniform and holding a can of Rainier beer passed out on the couch. I ran down the hall so he didn't see me. I dropped my robe on Jacob's front porch and shifted. I ran into the woods as fast as I could. I loved feeling the soil under my paws. I stopped at the highway, but crossed it when I didn't see cars coming.
Even shape shifters look both ways before they cross.
I came across a fallen tree over a deep pond. I walked across it and dove into the pond. It was refreshing, it felt amazing, and I felt more alive now than I ever had. I jumped out of the pond and ran for about two miles when I caught a scent.
It was so strong it knocked me off of my feet.
It was their scent.
I stumbled into the forest further until I ran into the leg of the source of the scent.
"Ooof" the vampire laughed. He was gorgeous, about six feet tall, with blonde hair and beautiful honey eyes. But he smelled like death.
"Easy tiger" the other vampire chided at me.
He was a little shorter than the blonde one, but very bulky like he was a body builder when he was a human. He had curly brown hair, and a baby face. He also had the same golden eyes.
I wanted to kill them. I wanted to throw up. I wanted to jump on top of them both and rip their heads off. I wanted to jump on top of them both and rip their clothes off. They were perfect, like they were made out of marble. Their skin shone in the light, sparkled like a million diamonds. Their only flaw was that they smelled like rotting burning flesh. It was overwhelming.
" This isn't one of Sam's pack." The blonde stated.
"What is your name?" The brunette asked.
I wasn't about to shift back into my human form. Unless they both got naked suddenly. What was wrong with me? These things are my enemy.
Did they have mates?
Who cared, they were dead. That would be necrophilia. I didn't care, I shifted back into my human form. I placed my right hand over my pubic bone and I used my left arm to shield my breasts.
"A female shifter. Interesting. Does Jacob know about you?" The blonde one asked me.
"Yes, I have been living with him for the last week."
"I am surprised Alice hasn't picked her up." The brunette said.
"What is your name?" The blonde asked. He seemed to have authority over the brunette.
"I'm Lavender."
"You are from England?" The blonde asked.
"Yes, near Banffshire. How do you know?" I wondered if he was the mind reader that Jacob warned me about.
"I grew up in London, in the 1600s of course." He smiled.
His smile was stunning.
" My name is Carlisle, this is my 'son' Emmett."
I reached my right hand out to shake theirs.
Realizing what I did, I shifted back into my wolf form out of utter embarrassment. I ran back to Jacob's house. Carlisle said that Emmett was his son. I didn't know vampires could have children. I pondered this question, and how it could be possible all the way back to Jacob's house.
"They can't. Come back to the yard."
I heard Jacob's thoughts loud and clear when I got back to the Black house.