Mephis85: Thanks! You made an excellent point about Layla and I've been thinking that to so I thought I would explain Layla's character purpose in the story. The one thing though is that she is stronger than Bella with her powers but Bella has way more self-control than she does and you'll see that in later chapters. But no, she isn't the main character.
Layla's purpose in the story is that I made her personality the way I think Bella's would be if she were a little more outgoing and sarcastic because I wanted Bella's personality to stay mostly the same. She also speaks a lot for Bella because Bella is supposed to not like being the center of attention and it's hard for her to speak her mind. Also Layla will say everything Bella wants to say. Like the scene with Edward and Layla I was imagining a more….outgoing (that's not exactly the right word but it'll do) Bella talking to Edward. Also Layla is Bella's source of dependency throughout the story because after Edward left Bella fell apart and Layla was her comfort zone. NOT in the way Jacob was but in a sisterly way. Layla Is also much more guarded than Bella is and yes, she is stronger that Bella but she has more problems. Bella's also going to get a bit more independent now that Edward's back however there are going to be more key scenes with Layla because her character is important. She isn't the main character but she is a main character. Sorry if this confused some people but that's the best way to describe it. Ask any questions and I'll answer them.
EPOV
We had moved from the living room and Layla and Bella took us on a tour through the house. Aro, Marcus, Caius, Carlisle, Alec, Esme and Gianna had stopped in the library; the men to look through Bella's impressive collection of books and the women to discuss the furniture in the rather large room.
We then went down the hall and Emmett, Jasper and Felix had stopped dead when they saw the game room and insisted on staying. Layla had stayed with them to challenge Emmett to a video game war and Kyle stayed with Layla. After he accepted, Bella lead the rest of us to the rest of the house. We were now back in the living room where Alice, Jane, Heidi and Rosalie were arguing about the best designer of all time and Bella was standing in my arms watching them silently and smiling.
"What are you thinking?" I asked her. It still annoyed me that I couldn't hear her thoughts. She smiled a bit more "It's so good to be back with you all and that we needed to talk."
"Whenever you wish, love." I told her. I could tell she was about to respond when we heard a cheerful scream from upstairs.
"I WIN! YOU JUST GOT PWN'D!" came a rather loud scream from Layla who had apparently just beaten Emmett in what ever game they were playing.
"Oh no." I heard Bella sigh and shake her head in exasperation. Before I could ask I heard Emmett growl in response. "You probably just cheated! There is no way a girl could have beaten me!"
Silence
"What. Did. You. Say?" I heard Layla say trying to control her temper. "You heard me!" came Emmett's idiotic response. Being sore losers was a common trait among Cullen men.
I could have sworn I heard Layla mutter "Your choice." before there was a loud bang and a painful "Shit! OW! OW! OW! OW! OW!"
We all ran up the stairs to meat one of the most amusing sights in the world; there was Emmett being held to the ground by Layla: Emmett on his stomach and Layla sitting on top of his back and holding his arms and his neck in a choke hold with her legs and ankles and was bending his legs in a painful looking position over his back twisting it.(A/N if any of you were thinking that this was in ANY way a perverted position I will tell you that IT'S NOT!) The other boys where in the corner looking very afraid for their lives.
"TAKE THAT BACK!" She screamed turning his leg more to the side. She wanted him to say it with his own choice; that explains the muttering "OW!! FINE OK! OK! I TAKE IT BACK! I TAKE IT BACK! YOU WON! FAIR AND SQUARE!!"
Layla released Emmett from her death grip and got off of him while smirking and going back over to the controller and entering her name on the list of high scores smirking. After a few seconds of stunned silence laughter erupted again. Before long we were all on the ground gasping for air we didn't need and Rosalie managed to get over to Emmett who was still lying on the floor looking confused.
"Emmett." She managed to choke out "You just got pwn'd!" She said before erupting into laughter again. "Damn Straight!" Layla added before falling on the ground again laughing.
After another minute we all composed our selves enough to stand up and start chatting again with occasional smirks in Emmett's direction. Alice suddenly looked like she just remembered something and bounced over to Bella and Layla who were talking to me and Kyle.
"Hey Bella?" She asked. "What is it Alice?" Bella asked. "Can I get my power back please! It makes me not being able to see what's coming. Please!" She begged. Bella and Layla exchanged a few glances and then they nodded.
All at once I hear everyone's thoughts again, with the exception of Bella and Layla. I saw Alice get a glazed look in her eyes then come back and laugh. She easily blocked her thoughts from me but Bella joined in her laughter and Layla looked pissed. "You better hope for his sake that that doesn't happen!" She grumbled and stalked away.
Kyle looked at Bella confused and she just shook her head and laughed again. "Shut up Bella!" Layla yelled from somewhere in the house and a second later she came back with a soda and threw one at Bella who caught it.
We were all still in the rather cramped game room so Layla suggested we move to the theater room where there were more seats. We all did and when we got to the room all of the guy's, including mine, jaws drop at the sight of the wall sized TV.
Emmett and Jasper's thought was somewhere along the line of "This it the best say of our lives!" couldn't wait for Rose and Alice to hear that.
Layla let out a short growl "Touch Kenny and you go through A LOT of pain!" All of the guys got scared looked on there faces before Felix asked with a smirk "Kenny?" "Yes, Kenny. I got bored while Bella was fantasizing about Edward and named the TV. You got a problem with it?" I nearly choked and I could tell Bella would be blushing if she could. Felix didn't say anything but sat down in a recliner and the rest of us sat with our respected others in the massive chairs around to room.
"Can we turn it on?" Emmett asked, bouncing like a three year old. Unfortunately Jasper was also because he could feel all the bubbly-ness coming off of Emmett.
"No." Layla said simple and started up a conversation with Jasper about some author. Emmett looked hurt but didn't push the subject further. All of a sudden Alice squealed in delight.
Alice got an excited look in her eyes "Bella! Now that your back we all have to go shopping together! Me, You, Rose, Heidi, Jane, Gianna and…."
"Hell. No." Layla said simply and in a monotone. Alice's face fell but she sat up and stared with her little kitten like stare at Layla. No one, not even Bella, had ever been able to say no to Alice when she looked like that. We all looked at Layla who still had a blank expression but she raised an eyebrow.
"Alice, I will not, I repeat will not go shopping. I will help you go through with Grand Theft Auto when we get to Europe. But I will not, under NO conditions go shopping with you or let you make me your Barbie! If I ever do it will only be once and that is it! But for now I repeat Hell No!" she said in a stern look and Alice looked shocked for a second. She then proceeded to pout and say "Fine!"
"What time is it?" Rosalie asked. "11:30 in the morning." Felix answered.
"Crap! Kyle don't you have to get back!" Layla said panicked. Kyle kissed her on the forehead "No. I told you that."
"Sorry. I haven't been able to…" She trailed off and Kyle nodded. It was clear that he knew what she was talking about and I didn't pry. Kyle's stomach growled and Layla laughed "Come on Pup, someone needs to eat." They walked out of the room.
After a few more minutes of random chatter Jane looked at Bella "Is there any part of the house we haven't seen?" Jane asked. "You haven't scene mine and Layla's rooms yet. Let's go find Layla and then we'll go up to our rooms. Going into Layla's room without permission always makes me feel…like I'm doing something totally wrong. It's weird. Even I can't tell you everything about her." She sighed and stood up. She turned towards me and held out her hand which I took and she pulled me up and led me down the stairs.
We found Layla in the kitchen making some of the biggest chocolate-chip pancakes I've ever scene. Layla sat a stack in front of Kyle who looked like he was in heaven. "Eat." Layla instructed and he didn't wait to down all the pancakes in under a minute. He looked up at us with apologizing eyes for his eating habits after he was done with the second batch.
"Sorry! Werewolves tend to have a bit of an appetite!" I then realized we had all been staring at him. I laughed "Have you ever scene one of us eat?" I asked and he grimaced while the rest of us laughed. I was surprised that we were comfortable talking about our eating habits around a werewolf.
"So, why'd you guys come down here?" Layla asked us when she finished cleaning up.
Before we got a chance to answer the "adults" came down stairs. "I have to head off to work and Esme is going to show them our house." Carlisle said indicating to Aro and his brothers.
We nodded and they headed out the door. Alec approached us "We need to go hunt." He said to the remaining members of the Volturi. They nodded and turned to us. "Alice, we'll all go shopping once we return." Heidi told her, then they left and Alice immediately got excited and started jumping up and down and turned to Layla.
"I know you won't go shopping with us but will you at least let me bring you something back?" She begged. "Why not, however I can't promise you I'll wear them." Alice looked back at Layla.
"Can I go look in your closet to make sure that I don't get you anything you already have?" Layla looked at Alice in suspiciously, "You can't see me in your visions can you?" Alice looked away and nodded sadly. "Don't be sad. That's understandable. Come with me to my room and I'll make it so you can see my silhouette but it's not safe for me to allow you to see more. You should still be able to see Bella though." Alice nodded and Layla led the way up the stair. (A/N Right now the people there are the Cullen kids (which includes Bella) plus Layla and Kyle)
When we got to the top floor I noticed something strange. There were only two doors leading off from the narrow hall. Layla led us to the one on the right and opened the door. We all gasped as we felt like we were stepping out into the night sky. The walls and floor in the circular room were a dark, almost black, blue with specks of sliver that looked like they were glowing. The ceiling was dome shaped and painted with a sky-scape of the Milky Way in detail. These stars seemed different from the ones on the walls; they seemed to let the little light from out side seep into the room.
It was Alice who broke us out of our awe. "Why aren't there any windows?" "The entire ceiling is made of glass. It's just covered at the moment." Layla answered and walked over to one of the shelves and looked through it for something.
"These stars look so real." Rosalie commented referring to the painted stars on the walls. "Who painted them?"
"I did. I'm actually a very good painter, I should be at least. I went to art school eight times. I'll have to show you some time." Layla answered pulling out a box. "Alice, come here." Layla said. Alice came up to her slowly as Layla opened the box and the room began to glow as a blinding light emitted from the box. I squinted to see Layla reach her hand inside the box and her hand was covered in a glowing substance. She sat the box down and closed it with her normal hand then clapped her hands together and both of them started to glow.
She placed her hands on both sides of Alice's head and the light swirled around her head then disappeared. Alice blinked her eyes a few times then got a dreamy look in her eyes; she was having a vision. She came back and smile and pulled Layla into one of her bone-crushing hugs. Her thoughts were racing in fifty different directions so I blocked it.
She let Layla go and stared at her in disbelieve for some reason and Layla smile back at her and nodded. I was surprised when Bella spoke "Do you really think that would be possible Layla?" Layla turned to her and nodded.
"I was going to wait until I could tell all the girls at once so don't say anything ok? And you should be asking Bella. It's her power not mine." Alice nodded before beaming at Bella and walked to Jasper and gave him a hug. Jasper was confused at the feeling coming off his wife; love and pure happiness as well as disbelieve.
"So Alice you wanted to look through my wardrobe?" Layla asked. Alice squealed returning to her normal self and all the guys, including myself, excused our self at the expense of clothes. Even though it pained me to leave Bella for any amount of time, it pained me more to listen to Alice squeal about clothes.
When we all were back out side the room Emmett and Jasper went to go play video games and maybe sneak into the theater room and watch some action movie on "Kenny." Kyle and I walked down the hall in silence. Thought I like to give people their privacy I couldn't help but read Kyle's mind; he was thinking about Layla, though that fact didn't interest me much, he was thinking about her and himself like I think about myself and Bella.
When we got to the living room I decided to ask him about it "You think of yourself as a monster too." Thought it was meant to be a question it didn't sound like one.
He chuckled darkly "Yes, but I've been trying to stop. I never wanted to be a werewolf; to have to live up to my dad's expectations and I was always so mad. I hated myself because of what I was and I hurt everyone around me and I didn't even realize it." I tried to suppress the look of shock as he told me this. We were so, so similar! "But then…Layla…she saved me. I really don't think I deserve her. She's an angel who doesn't see herself clearly. She never ceases to amaze or surprise me."
I was…shocked. All I could do was manage a simple sentence "Why are you telling me this?"
"We're the same aren't we?" He asked looking back at me. I just nodded and laughed "I guess we are." "It's ironic isn't it?" "What?" "We're supposed to be opposites and enemies but we're exactly the same. Maybe I'm a bit younger than you but the way we think about ourselves and our lives before and after our angels are the same."
"Friends?" I asked and held out my hand towards him. He laughed and shook it "Friends." I laughed to and we sat down on two chairs facing each other.
"I've actually got a few questions for you." He told me. I raised and eyebrow and he continued "About your family. The things I've learned from my father are the farthest thing from the truth. Please tell me that they are." I growled at the thought of Jacob. "Please don't be to mad at my dad. He may be a self righteous jerk but he's still my dad; even if he does deserve a got punch to the face." I laughed at this and I told him about my family. I didn't tell him everything just the basics about Carlisle and our way of life and how we all became a family.
"You all sound like our pack; always there for each other. That's amazing." He said thinking about the stories I just told him.
"Tell me about your pack." I asked him. He nodded and sighed,
"I haven't been the best friend in the last few years but I'm working on that. I'll tell you about what I remember from when we were all still...relatively human. In the current pack there are Collin, Drew, Sarah, Sampson, Oliver and myself." He told me and I nodded "That's smaller than the last pack." I commented. In the last pack there were at least two more of them.
"I know." He said. "There were two more in the last pack; Jared and Paul. They got mad at my dad for something back in the 30's. (A/N He's talking about 2030's) They left but no one knows where they went." I nodded.
"In the current pack we're all there for each other. I'm the Alpha then Oliver's my second in comand. He's Sam Uley's son. Then there's Collin and Drew; they were my best friends when we were all kids. Sarah's the only girl and she's really sweet and kind. Then there's Sampson. He's basically an arrogant ass but that's just how he was raised. If you dig deep, and by that I mean really, really, really deep, he's just trying his hardest and he can actually be nice when he wants to." When he told me about his friends he was calm and smiled. I could tell he really wanted to stop this never-ending feud and protect his pack.
"You're a good leader. I can tell you really trust them." I told him calmly "That's what Layla tells me." He responded.
"Speaking of the girls I think we should go check on them. I can't hear their thoughts, I think Layla put a barrier around her room, but they should be done by now." He laughed along with me.
"You go check on them and I'll go make sure the other guys are ok then come up and save Layla from you demon pixie of a sister." We both laughed and got up and I ran up to the third floor.
I walked towards Layla's room but I stopped and eyed the door across the hall; Bella's room. I hesitated but turned to the left and stepped into her room.
The second I did I held my breath for I thought I was under water but I soon breathed in and took in her rooms. It was marvelous with blue everywhere and the room gave the illusion we were underwater.
I continued to look around the room and gawked when I saw her stereo system and I nearly fell on by butt when I saw the wall across from her bed; her CD collection. It was organized the same was as mine but it was about twice the size. As I thought this I fingered the CDs and looked at artist I hadn't even heard of before. I looked for about 10 minutes, completely forgetting about the fact that I was in Bella's room without her permission. I felt so comfortable and I felt so much love. The room was full of Bella's intoxicating scent; freesia and lavender with a hint of strawberry from her shampoo.
Was that a crash? I decided to just ignore it.
After I couldn't decide what to listen to I walked over to Bella CD player and opened the top to see the CD but it was blank. "It's my Lullaby." I heard the voice of an angel behind me and spun around to see Bella smiling at me. "I think it's time we talked."
BPOV
After I watched Layla huddle in a corner to try and get away from Alice's commentary on her wardrobe I decided that we needed to go back downstairs. "Alice I think your thoughts and memories are going to kill her." I said motioning to Layla who was staring in fear at Alice's memories I thought I could hear her mumbling about "So much shopping!" but I couldn't be sure. She still hadn't let me back in her mind.
"Ok, ok!" Alice said as the three of us walked down the room. That's when I heard whispering coming from downstairs "Dude, how the hell do you work this thing?" "I don't know but we shouldn't be touching this thing they could be down here any minute." "Where's your sense of adventure? What the F- this thing is whack! HOW DARE IT! This thing is frustrating! JASPER STOP MAKING ME MADDER THAN I ALREAD AM!" "No, this is to amusing!" "I'll kick your ass!" "I'd like to see you try."
All of a sudden there was a loud crash and we all ran into the TV room where Emmett was sprawled on the top of Layla's TV trying to rip it to shreds and Japer was staring in horror.
"OH MY GOD! YOU KILLED KENNY! YOU BASTARD!!" If Layla could turn purple she probably would be now. I wasn't about to mention the fact that technically you couldn't "kill" a TV and she could just buy another one.
To understand why Layla is so upset, you have to understand about the TV. Layla loved that TV. It was like cars for Rose, Shopping for Alice, and Edward's piano to him. That TV was one of the reasons we had maxed out multiple credit cards.
Just then Kyle walked into the room and immediately pulled me, Rose and Alice in the corner. I didn't object as and I looked to Layla who was starting at Emmett with enough rage to kill him for her eyes were a piercing gray.
She started twitching as Emmett got up "Sorry…um…hehe." Just then Bella's lips curled up into a wry smile "Rosalie, I'm sorry to say but your husbands about to be mentally traumatized."
With that Layla was gone along with Emmett. "Bella?" I turned and stared at Rose "What is she going to do to my husband?" Her face held amusement but some fear for her husband's safety. I laughed "You don't want to know. But he won't hurt him too badly; she'll probably scare him half to death with some creepy memories."
"And that's exactly what I did." We all turned to see Layla sauntering in the room with a smug on her face. "Rose you might want to track down your husband. He's in the middle of the forest and he thinks he's a sheep. Poor things lost in the woods."
"A sheep?" I asked. She shrugged and sent me a mental picture of Emmett "bahing" and trying to eat grass and I laughed. "Don't worry Jasper I got it on tape. We'll use it for blackmail later." She said throwing him a video camera and he beamed.
Kyle walked over to Layla and wrapped his arm around her waist in a hug. He whispered something in her ear but I couldn't hear it or read his mind, courtesy of Layla, but I could tell by the expression on his face that it was serious. Layla nodded and looked at me and smiled "We'll be in my room if you need us."
They started to walk out "Oh and Bella" I heard Kyle's voice "I sent Edward up to check on you guys. He never came down." I looked at him for a minute and decided where he must have gone; my room.
I looked around the room and noticed that I was the only one left for Rosalie had gone to search for Emmett and Jasper and Alice had gone to help, or to get more video image for blackmail. I couldn't hold it off anymore, I had to go talk to him.
I was still sad about what he had said tonight but not because he had thought it; it was because I was so weak that he had to force himself to doubt me to save me. I couldn't think like that anymore, though, and I knew when we got this out of the way it would be so much easier.
I heard his thoughts through my head; he was looking through my CDs and by his thoughts I could tell he was impressed with my vast collection.
I silently walked up the stair and into my room and closed the door behind me. I saw Edward looking curiously at the blank CD in my stereo in confusion as to what music was on it. I smiled as his brows pressed together in confusion but also because Edward in my room, one of the places where I was most comfortable and at ease, felt so right.
He was contemplating weather or not to turn on the player to find out what was on the CD so I decided to tell him "It's my Lullaby." He turned around to face me with shock evident on his face and I couldn't hold back a smile. "I think it's time we talked"
He nodded and I took his hand and we sat down on the bed together. We just stared at each other for who knows how long; memorizing the others faces it was so hard to believe he was back. I needed to touch him so I interlocked his hand with mine. I looked in his topaz eyes and almost forgot what I needed to do.
"Bella, how come I can't hear anything outside of this room?" Edward asked; I knew he was avoiding the matter at hand but he was also curious so I answered him. "The room is sound-proof but it's ok because I can hear out of it. My senses are more acute that the normal vampires but I can easily block out the sounds to."
He nodded and the silence returned. I took a deep breath and decided to just get it over with.
Edward spoke before I could though "Bella, I'm sorry." His face crumpled up in agony and his head was downcast; if he could I knew he would be crying. I reached out to cup his face with my hands and forcing him to look at me.
I looked into his eyes and smiled lovingly at him. I had already read his thoughts from that day and didn't need any explanation to why he left. "There's nothing to forgive. I kept you waiting this long so I think we're even." He opened his mouth to protest but I stopped him "I don't need an explanation and I don't need apologies. Even if you want to apologize there is no need; one because you are already forgiven and two because it won't change anything. All that matters is that we're here now and we have our entire existence ahead of us. All I need to hear from you is that you still love me."
The last words were barley out of my mouth before he enveloped it in a kiss. If I was a human I would have probably fainted; this kiss had so much stored up love and passion that I thought I was about to burst. On impulse my hands moved from his face to be tangled in his hair and his hands moved to my hips to move me on his lap and pull me closer to him
When Edward finally pulled away too quickly for my liking and smiled one of his breathtaking crooked smiles "I love you Bella, my angel. I've missed you so much."
I returned the smile "I love you to Edward." With that he kissed me again. Acting on impulse and all the bottled up emotions I was feeling from the last fifty years, I pulled Edward closer to me in attempts to deepen the kiss.
In a flash Edward was on the other side of the room looking at me with fear in his eyes. At first I was hurt and didn't know what to think, however being able to read his mind came in handy "Can't hurt her. Can't loose control." He was repeating to him self like a chorus.
I smiled comforting at him and walked over to where he was sitting curled up in a ball a kneeled down in front of him. "Edward, what are you doing?" I asked reaching out and stroking the side of his perfect face with the back of my hands.
"Bella please get back on the other side of the room. I no longer have the control I used to and I don't want to hurt you." He said with fear in his now black eyes.
"Silly Edward" I said and he looked at me in confusion and I laughed "Edward you can't hurt me anymore. I may not look like it but I'm no longer that breakable. You don't have to put up boundaries anymore or try to control yourself around me. You can't hurt me."
He stared at me for a moment. "No." He said. He was in denial and being really stubborn about this. I rolled my eyes and decided to show him. I picked him up and carried him back to the bed were I sat him down and forced him to face me.
"What do you mean "no"? I asked even though I already knew it was good for him to address it verbally.
"I left you so you wouldn't have to have this life." He said. Wow…he really was in denial.
I decided to just get it all out there now. Why try and convince him bit by bit when I knew unless he had the entire thing straight in his mind. I loved him but he needs to get it in that perfect head of his that we're together now and that's all that matters.
Well….I was going to have to snap him out of his little denial fit so I did that one thing I thought to do; I materialized water and let it fall, freezing cold on his head.
"Edward what you did was the right thing. I know it doesn't sound like it but in the end if you had stayed with me we would all be dead right now. You would've eventually turned me and we both know that. I would have received this great power and the Volturi would be chasing after me trying to get it. Actually they wouldn't have been. They would have been destroyed by Layla if it wasn't for me, or at least that's what she tells me. We would've all died. But look now! We're here together and I'm no longer breakable. Sure I look a bit different and lost a few of my human traits but I'm still Bella."
He looked at me for a moment and stared. If I couldn't read his mind I would say he was still in shock from being doused by cold water but his mind told me otherwise. He wanted to believe me but he needed some proof that he could no longer hurt me. I sighed. "I know that you know I'm stronger now, so the only thing left is the venom." I turned around so that my back was leaning against his chest, which was still wet, and I pulled my hair back, exposing the side of my neck.
"Bite me." I said calmly. This seemed to confuse Edward who responded with a
"W-what?" "You heard me. I want you to bite me and break the skin when you do. It's not going to hurt me. I'm immune to vampire venom, remember?"
Even thought I knew I wouldn't be hurt by it, a bite to a vampire couple was almost sacred. It was the ultimate sign of trust between our kind because most could still be affected by the others venom. Either was I wanted him to know I still trusted him.
"Bella, please be reasonable..." Edward started but I wasn't going to let him finish.
"You be reasonable! You can't hurt me and since you won't accept it you're going to bite me. It won't hurt me!" I heard him sigh in defeat and gently place a kiss on the side of my exposed next before hesitantly sinking his teeth into my jugular.
I felt something warm and flowing rush through my veins; not the affect other venom had on me; usually I didn't even feel anything. Edward seemed lost in his own little world and it took me a minute to realize that he was drinking from me as if I was still human. But…this felt right. It wasn't hurting me nor did I felt like I was being drained in any way. The sensation made me want to jump him. It felt so good! I felt as if I was letting him have a part of me and that made my dead heart soar.
I felt like I was in a trance; the heat pooled in my next before staying there and I felt some separate from the initial heat and pool in between my shoulder blades. I was vaguely aware of a glowing blue light as I experienced the sensation of the warmth.
All too soon I felt Edward pull his lips from my neck and the glowing subsided. I hear Edward gasp in horror at what he had just done. We sat in silence for a moment before I realized the warmth hadn't disappeared completely.
"Edward?" I asked and I felt two arms wrap around me.
"Thank God you ok! I'm so sorry Bella, I don't know what happened. It tasted like your blood except sweeter and….."
"Edward I'm fine. I just have no idea what the hell just happened. But I was right, you didn't hurt me." I felt his grip tighten and he placed the side of his face against where he had just bitten my neck. It seemed to get warmer under the coolness of Edwards skin. "Do I have something on the side of my neck?"
I felt him lift his head from my shoulder and gasp. I looked in his mind and saw what had made him gasp; I had a mark on my skin. It was a circular mark but it was a few shades lighter than my skin so it looked white. The center was a spiral but the outer ring was an intricate design of loops. (Picture on profile)
I turned to face Edward and if I could I would have cried. He looked at me for a moment confused. "Your eyes….I never knew your eyes were so green." I said. It was true his eyes had turned a beautiful shade of emerald green with a ring of gold around the outside.
He looked shocked and for a minute I got lost in his eyes before I felt his hands between my shoulder blades and the warmth there became more prominent. "Edward I need you to look at my back."
I got up from the bed and moved to take off my shirt when I herd Edward gasp and I rolled my eyes "Relax. I have a tank top on underneath." I removed my shirt and it was silent.
Edward was behind me suddenly and I felt the sensation grow stronger as Edward traced his hand over my back. I looked through his mind again and saw the markings on my back. This one was bigger than the first and went from one of my shoulder blades to the other and was shaped like a miniature pair of wings.
It was official; Edward and I were shocked to the point where we couldn't speak. I replayed the events of the past twenty minutes in my mind: I came up here, Edward and I talked, he was afraid he was going to hurt me so I made him bite me and he ended up drinking from me and I now have two strange marks on my neck and back and his eyes are green and gold. Adding to all of that I had no idea that this was even possible or what the heck was going on.
But I know someone who would. "Layla!" I screamed while grabbing Edward's hand and leading him out of my room.
KPOV
I walked Layla back into her room and shut the door behind me. I looked at her and she had a far off look in her eye and her fingers were playing with a stray strand of her silvery hair; she was thinking. The others may have already have forgotten what she had to do not 12 hours ago but I didn't, and her playfulness didn't fool me.
I kissed her lightly to pull her out of her reverie and she looked at me and smiled but it didn't reach her eyes "You don't have to act for me." I said and she broke. She flew into my arms and dry sobbed into my chest. I picked her up and carried her to the bed in the center of the round room and laid her on my chest as she cried.
It tore me up to see my angel like this; this was the only time, when we were alone, when she actually looked like something could hurt her. She had changed me so much in just a few days! I owed her everything and even more so I loved her.
She sobbed for a little while before speaking again "Thank you."
"You don't have to thank me. It hurts me to see you upset, I would do anything for you." This only seemed to make her sob harder.
"Why? How can you love me? What am I that can make someone like you love me? You saw what I was and, after you literally saved me from myself, you did nothing but comfort me." She sobbed to me.
I told her the truth for I could say no less, I would tell her anything she wanted to know and I would never lie to her, she trusted me and she was mine "It doesn't matter to me what you are. If you were human I would love you just the same. You changed me and you are the most interesting, loving person I have ever met."
"Thank you." I knew she wanted to say more but she couldn't and that was fine with me.
After a few minutes I felt her calm down and I watched as she sat up slowly with a troubled look on her face. She turned and looked down at me "I'll be back in a minute, ok?" I nodded and she was gone, not in a physical since; her body was still here but her mind was somewhere else…literally.
After a minute she regained full consciousness with a gasp and pulled me closer to her. She was uneasy and tense. "What did you see?" She hesitated a moment before answering me "You're father. He has decided not to accept me as you mate. He is planned to put you on trial for treason. So far he hasn't actually done anything but he's considering it and I don't know when he'll actually do something about it." (Sorry if I'm making Jacob seem like the bad guy in the story. He's not! He just has anger/acceptance problems for now)
"So what do we do?" I asked. This was going to be a problem if I was exiled. Not that I minded going with Layla wherever she wanted to go, it was the thought of my father being in control of my pack.
"Mark me as yours." Layla said simply. I gaped at her for a minute. I knew that, in werewolf tradition, you usually bit your mate or something like that.
"Can I even break your skin and will it make a mark if I bite you?" I knew she was right, my father would deny it until she was marked as mine. After that there was nothing he could do about it, except kill me and I knew he wouldn't do that…right?
"If he ever tries that he dies." I heard Layla growl from beside me. I hugged her closer to me and kissed her lightly. I kissed down to her next and I looked up at her to see her nod at me before I bit down onto her skin.
I felt energy swell through me as I left a mark on her. I sunk my teeth into her pale skin and left them there for a few seconds, relishing the abnormally sweet taste of her skin before I pulled away. I looked up into Layla face and she seemed to be in a trance. I looked away from her eyes when I noticed a white light dance around on Layla's shoulder before going and moving in similar motions between her shoulder blades and swirling around me and leaving a cool sensation on my shoulder.
As quickly as it was there the light was gone and I looked at her shoulder and there was and intricate design on it in a ribbon like pattern which was a shade tanner from her pale skin. (On my profile) I peered over her shoulder to see a mark shaped like a pair of wings placed in between her shoulder blades. (She is wearing a tank top)
I looked back to her face and she was staring at me with a smile on her face; and this one reached her eyes "Not the normal thing that happens when a werewolf marks their mate I presume, eh Pup?" She playfully kissed my nose before standing me up on walking towards the door. "Come on. Bella and Edward want an explanation as well."
I nodded as I followed her out the door. This was probably the most event fill twenty-four hours of my life and there was still more to get done.
Note to self: whilst dating one of the most powerful vampires in the world, who happens to have access to infinite knowledge from her inner demon that only I seem able to restrain when she loses control, I need to make sure nothing surprises me and must be totally ok with being confused and out of the loop more than half of the time.
Yay! Another chapter! The next one will be a bit more…time consuming than this one because I need to have more time pass. The next chapter is going to take a bit (not as long as last time) because I'm just finishing up with exams but then I have my birthday parties because my mom insists. (ew, social interaction!) Also it's a major chapter and you just have to remember that I'm not a Jacob hater.
I'm have a contest! If you can guess how old I will be turning on Friday and you get a story request. I will put anything you want into the story! I will probably find a way to work it in because I'm just flexible like that. I'll give you a hint: people tell me my writing style makes them think I'm a lot older than I am. So think young.
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