Chapter Ten: Bonfire
"Let's go," I whispered. I got off of the floor and walked out of the room with Hayley following me. I went out to the waiting room and straight to the La Push pack. "I will never forgive you. You pieces of shit. You make actual werewolves hang their heads in shame for even being in the same kind of breed as you pieces of shit," I seethed out. "If you even come to the funeral home or the cemetery, I will rip your heart out of your chest." I looked at all of them in disgust besides Sue, Seth, and Leah. I turned to the three of them. "Hi, guys. How are you?"
"Charlie died?" Seth asked with a sad tone of voice.
I nodded my head. "You can blame Billy and Jacob for that. I do," I said and walked away. Hayley and I walked out of the hospital to the Volvo. Once we were in and buckled, I drove out of the parking lot and towards the Cullen house. "I'm going to see if we can stay at the Cullens' because I don't think that I'm ready to go to Dad's house quite yet."
"It's up to you," Hayley said. She sighed. "Bella, do you want to know why I said whoa in the hospital?"
I nodded my head. "I heard you say it, but I didn't really care to question it at that moment. Why did you say that?"
"Did you drink Niklaus' blood?" I shook my head no. "You looked like a vampire. You had blood veins around your eyes. You had fangs. Did you not feel that?" She looked at me confused.
"No, I didn't feel anything. I just felt numb," I said. "I heard you call Nik. What did he say?"
"I told him that he, Elisa, and Elijah need to come to Forks. I miss my daughter, so they better bring her." She gave a small smile to no one in particular. "He asked why. I told him the Charlie didn't make it. Niklaus said my poor Bella, and he said that they will be here as soon as they can."
I nodded my head. "I really need the both of you right now. I've never dealt with a death in my family before. Mama and Papa passed away when I was a baby, and I didn't even know about them, so I didn't really mourn their death." I wiped away a tear that fell from my eyes. "How does someone cope with losing their Dad?"
Tears filled the brims of Hayley's eyes. "I don't know, Bella. I was young when my biological parents died, and my adoptive parents kicked me out. I never told you about Jackson." I looked at the road confused. "Jackson Kenner was my husband."
"When? I know before Elijah, but when?"
"I was 18 years old when I married him; he was twenty-two years old. I married him before I even met Elijah. You see our family and the Kenner family are respected pack families. We thought that it was right to marry each other to strengthen the pack. I loved him. I really did." She sighed. When I was 19 years old, Jackson pissed off one of Klaus' followers, his name is Deacon. Deacon decided to get his revenge on Jackson, so he came after me. He kidnapped me, and he brought me back to the compound to show me off to the other vampires."
"What did Jackson do?" I was intrigued with this story.
"Deacon's mate, Laura, was a werewolf, but it wasn't really acceptable for a werewolf and vampire to be together." I opened my mouth to say something, but she stopped me. "I was happy for Laura because Deacon made her happy, and he made her smile. She rarely smiled because her aunt was sick and rude. Jackson caught Deacon and Laura together in the French Quarter. She and her Aunt were banished from the court because of him. Laura killed her aunt, and then she killed herself." She wiped her eyes. "Anyways, Deacon kidnapped me and brought me to the compound. He was showing me off to his vampire buddies. I remember that Deacon suddenly got a petrified look, so I followed his eyes to see the Mikaelsons and Marcel standing there pissed off. Rebekah and Freya came down to help me while Elijah, Niklaus, Marcel, and Kol killed every vampire that was cheering Deacon on. Elijah and I have been together ever since."
"What happened to Jackson?" I asked her curiously.
"The pack blamed him for the war that was bound to happen because of him. That night he killed himself."
"You okay?" I asked her.
"Yeah. The only feelings that I have towards him are anger and embarrassment." She gave me a small smile as I turned into the wood covered road. "Do they live in the woods?"
"Yup," I said. "Now, that I think about it. I would be better if we stayed at Dad's house. I'm not ready to tell the Cullens about us." She nodded her head. We finished the drive, and I saw that Emmett and Jasper were sitting around a bonfire. I got out of the car with Hayley behind me. "Isn't it a little late for a bonfire?"
"BELLY!" Emmett stood up and ran over to me. He picked me up and held me. "How is Charlie doing? Dad wouldn't tell us anything."
"Where is everyone?" I asked him avoiding his question. Emmett put me down, and the three of us walked over to the chairs. I sat on the bench with Hayley.
"The woman are changing into their comfortable pajamas. Edward, Lucas, and Garrett are getting more wood. Carlisle and Eleazar are in the study talking about the pack," Jasper said. He nodded his head to Hayley. "I'm Jasper. This big jackass is Emmett."
"Hi, I'm Hayley," she said with a friendly smile.
"Your Bella's cousin?" Emmett asked.
"Yeah. Our fathers were brothers," she said. I nodded my head to confirm. "Iso told me that you two are with Rosalie and Alice?" She asked.
"Alice is my girlfriend," Jasper said.
The girls walked out with blankets wrapped around them. Emmett pointed to Rosalie. "The blonde bombshell with the red blanket is my Rosie," Emmett said loudly. Everyone walked out of the house, and they all made their way over here. Alice walked over and gave me a big hug. "Where is everyone? Bella isn't telling us what is going on with Charlie," Emmett said and pouted his lips like a five-year-old.
Hayley grabbed my hand and held onto it. I turned my head to her. "Thank you," I mouthed.
Alice moved over to sit on Jasper's lap. Rosalie sat on Emmett's lap. The rest of the girls, Carlisle, and Eleazar sat down. Edward, Lucas, and Garrett walked out of the woods. They put wood down next Carlisle and Esme's chair. Then, they sat down with their mates.
Well, Edward stopped by me first. "You okay?" He quietly asked me.
"Sit down, please," I whispered. He looked at me confused, but he walked over to Tanya. She stood up, and he sat down. She sat back down on his lap. I felt happy for him. I sighed and squeezed Hayley's hand. "Charlie didn't just have a heart attack. He was mauled by Jacob." I wiped my tears from the eyes. "As Jacob's claws touched my Dad, it scared him into a heart attack." Hayley squeezed my hand. "He passed away when I got there."
"Oh, Bella," Alice said with a broken voice.
I shook my head. "I'm going to go after the Blacks. I'm going to get revenge for my father," I seethed out.
"Bella, we can handle it for you," Edward said with a concerned look.
"I'm sure that she can handle it," Hayley said. "My husband and brother-in-law are coming in to help us."
My phone dinged. I grabbed it out of my purse and saw that it was a video text from Niklaus. I motioned the video to Hayley, and we watched it.
"Elisa, can you tell Mama and Aunt Bee that we will see them soon?" Elijah said.
"Mama," Elisa said and looked around for Hayley. "Mama," she said again with tears in her eyes.
"We will see Mama and Aunt Bee soon. They will be excited to see you," Niklaus said.
"Mama," she said with a big smile. "Bee," she said with the same big smile.
Niklaus' face popped up on the screen. "We are boarding the plane now. We will see you soon, Little Wolf," he said.
The video ended. "My baby love," Hayley said with a small smile. "I was loving the video until Niklaus' face popped up."
"Now, his wonderful face didn't ruin the video. My favorite part was when she said, Bee." Hayley smiled and laughed.
"How are you feeling, Bella?" Jasper asked me.
"I'm doing fine. I'll feel better once Jacob gets what he deserves," I said as I stared blankly at the fire.
"We heard him call you a little wolf. How are you okay with him calling you the thing that killed your father?" Tanya said.
"There is a difference," Hayley said.
"How is there a difference? There are no other disgusting four-legged shape-shifters?" Garrett said.
I felt really pissed at the moment, and I know that Hayley felt pissed too. I let go of Hayley's hand and rubbed my temples. I could feel the pain come in through my gums. Hayley rubbed my back. "Are you okay?"
"Gums hurt like a bitch," I said.
"Turn around the face the trees without showing your face," Hayley softly said. I turned around with my face covered. She stood in front of me. "So that happens when you are angry. This has never happened to anyone else before."
I nodded my head. "I think that I need to lay down," I said. I started to think about the date that I had Niklaus. As I was thinking about the dancing, I could feel the pain in my gums get a little better.
"There you go, Bella," she said. I started to think about the make-out session that was between Niklaus and I, and my gums started to hurt more. "What are you thinking about now?"
"My talk with Niklaus about some different topics last night." I rubbed my cheeks to help soothe. Hayley got out her phone and started typing. She handed her phone out to me.
Did you two talk about the whole mating thing?
I nodded my head as a response.
What did you talk about if you don't mind me asking?
I grabbed her phone and replied to her message.
We talked about the mating process, and we had a steamy make-out session.
"Nothing else?" She asked. I erased my message and typed a new one.
I was thinking about the make-out.
"Oh," she said with a tone that was an octave higher. "We will be having a discussion later, though," she said with a wink. "You are good now."
We both turned to face the fire again. "What was that about?" Alice asked. I could see a jealous look in her eyes.
"Nothing," I said. I kind of felt bad for lying to her, but things are happening at one time. I need to process this information because the only things that I know that is constant are that Niklaus and that New Orleans is my home.
My stomach started to rumble loudly. "Hungry, Bella?" Carlisle asked.
I nodded my head and blushed. "Yeah. In the last 24 hours, I've eaten three pieces of bacon, french toast, and a couple pieces of pizza."
Esme stood up. "Do you want anything to eat Hayley?"
"No, thank you," Hayley said very politely.
"I'll be right back with something to eat for you, love bug," Esme said to me. She walked inside the house.
"I have to call Mom," I said. I stood up, grabbed my phone out of my purse, and walked to the Volvo. I opened up the doors and got in. I hit my Mom's contact and put the phone to my ear.
"Hey, Bella. How are you?" She asked on the second ring. My heart broke even more, and I started crying. "Baby, what's wrong?"
"Mom..." I paused to take a breath. "Dad passed away an hour ago."
"No," she said in disbelief. "He's not dead," she said with her voice breaking.
It only made me cry more.
"He was attacked by an animal, and he had a heart attack because he was so scared. He lost too much blood that he wasn't going to make it. I'm going to start planning his funeral tomorrow," I said and wiped my tears.
Mom started to say something, but then she stopped to take a deep breath. "What kind of animal killed him?"
"I don't know," I lied straight through my teeth.
"Well, I hope they find the animal that did this," she bawled out. "I'm going to get a flight out there, so I will be in the next day or so."
"Okay," I said and wiped my eyes.
"Thank you for calling me, Bella. I would rather hear about it from you than anyone else. I love you, Bella."
"I love you too, Mom," I said and hung up the phone. I put my phone in my lap and wiped my tears. Once I had my composure, I grabbed my phone and got out of the car. I walked over to the bench that I shared with Hayley and sat down. "Edward," I said as I turned to look at him.
"Yes, Bella?" He asked me.
"You are letting me drive the Volvo," I stated.
He chuckled. "Yes, I am. It took a long internal debate about that too," he said with a wink.
"You're not joking," Rosalie said with a smirk. She turned to me. "He had a serious conversation with me. He kept asking me what I could do in case you wrecked it."
"It's my baby. What do expect?" He asked with his hands up.
"A little bit of faith," Alice, Rosalie, and I said at the same time. We looked at each other and laughed.
"Here you go, Bella," Esme said as she walked over to me. She handed me a big thing of Caesar salad.
She knows me so well.
The Caesar salad looked so inviting. I licked my lips and dove right in. "Where are you guys sleeping tonight?" Carmen asked.
I bit my lip before answering because I was scared too. "We are going to sleep at her house," Hayley answered for me.
"Where is everyone going to sleep?" Emmett asked. "Your house has two bedrooms."
"Elisa, Hayley, and Elijah in my bedroom. Niklaus on the couch. I could have Dad's bedroom," I said. My eyes filled up with another round of tears when I said that I was going to sleep in my Dad's room.
"Why don't you guys stay here? We have three spare rooms," Carlisle said.
I looked at Hayley. She turned to face the Cullens and Denalis. "I have an 18-month-old daughter."
"That's fine, dear," Esme said.
Hayley and I looked at each other. We were just having this conversation without talking. "We will stay here. I don't think that I am ready to stay at Dad's house quite yet. Thank you," I said.
"You are always welcome here," Carlisle said.
I turned to face Hayley. "Are they getting a rental car?"
She made a face. "Yeah. They are getting renting a Range Rover. You know that Niklaus and Elijah are not going to drive around in another car that is not a Range Rover... well besides your Volvo."
I suddenly let out a loud yawn. "Jesus, sorry guys."
"Don't yawn. You will make me yawn. Elisa kept me up all night because she was refusing to sleep," Hayley said to make herself seem human.
My phone started to ring. I looked at the caller ID to see that it was Freya. "Freya is calling me," I told Hayley. I hit accept. "Hey, Freya."
"Hey, Iso. How are you doing? We are all sorry to hear about your father," she said. "The rest of us are wondering what are your plans."
"I'm going to start planning the..." I had to take a pause because I was about to break down again," funeral tomorrow."
"All right, Iso. Let us know when it is," Rebekah said.
"I will," I said and wiped some tears from my eyes.
I heard one of the guys clear their throats. "Isobelle, I have a question," Marcel said.
"Sure, Marcel. Ask away," I said.
"Would you be against the rest of us coming to the funeral? Then, we all could handle this threat together," Kol asked.
"As a family," Davina said.
I looked at Hayley and smirked. "I mean if you guys want to come up here and have a little fun, I wouldn't care at all."
"Let's pack," Rebekah said.
The boys whooped and hollered. "We are going to drive," Freya said. "We will see you soon, little sisters." They hung up the phone.
Hayley was smirking at me. "Forks get ready for the Mikaelsons," she said forgetting about the Cullens.
"Mikaelson? As in Elijah Mikaelson?" Carlisle asked.
Hayley and I looked at each other. "Shit," we said in unison.