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As of now, the rest of the story has been planned out. The story will be 12/13 chapters long. Hopefully, it doesn't seem rushed. It might since, for the most part, it's straight to the point with nothing that's not important in between. I just don't want to bore you all with things that aren't actually important to the plot. But, it will all come together in the end and no story line will be left unsolved. I promise you!
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Chapter 9
A few nights later, after I spent the whole day in La Push with the pack and the imprints, I drove home exhausted. All I wanted was a shower and to go to sleep. And, that's exactly what I did. The moment my head hit the pillow, I was out like a light.
But, my sleep was all but pleasant.
It was dead silent. Not even the chirping of a single cricket could be heard.
I was turning in slow circles trying to get a good view of where I was. I quickly came to the realization that I was in a wooded area. Well, a clearing surrounded by wood's, to be exact. Strangely enough the clearing that I was standing in looked a lot like Edward and I's old meadow. Weird. Why would I be in our meadow? It made no sense. But, I couldn't really wonder about that right now.
I was more concerned about the totally dead, creepy silence that was currently surrounding me. I felt like I was in a horror movie scene. The horror movie scene where a girl is in the wrong place at the wrong time and was about to be killed. Therefore, I was just waiting for someone or something to jump out of the trees. 'Cause I just knew that I wasn't alone. That would be too good to be true. Well, that, and plus, I wasn't that lucky.
As if on cue, I heard a noise behind me.
Ever so slowly, I walked forward and turned at the same time. That way I'd be farther away, but at the same time I could see whatever it was behind me.
I gasped when I saw that there were two sets of eyes staring at me through the pitch black of night.
One set of eyes was a dark, evil looking red. They were almost like a reddish orange...like lava.
The other set of eyes were a familiar set of black-brown eyes. They looked a lot like...
Before I could even blink, the owner of the red eyes launched itself at me. I barely had time to scream before the other one launched itself at the red eyed thing, or whatever it was.
The two things fought each other and all I could do is watch, frozen in place.
Then, it happened the red eyed thing, whatever it was, got the upper hand somehow and bit into the other figure, which let out a deafening cry.
I suddenly felt the need to do something. I didn't know what or why, but I did.
However, before I could I felt myself drifting away.
The next thing I knew, I was sitting up in bed, panting.
What the hell? Why did I wake up? I was almost positive that the nightmare wasn't over yet, and that I wasn't suppose to have woken up yet. But, then why did I?
I looked around my room to see what could have woken me up. It didn't take me long to find the reason I woke up so soon.
"What the hell are you doing here, Edward?" I asked quietly, as to not wake up Charlie, already very much annoyed at him for waking me up from the nightmare that could have possibly revealed a lot to me.
"You sounded like you were having a nightmare," he answered calmly, standing up from the rocking chair and making his way over to me. "I just wanted to come check on you."
I narrowed my eyes at him as I kicked the covers off of me and got out of bed. I stood up and crossed my arms over my chest.
He walked closer to me, and stopped once he was standing in front of me.
"Or you came in to wake me up because you know something that you're not telling me," I accused him. "I mean, why else would you be sticking around and always showing up when I'm in the middle of a nightmare?"
He gave me an innocent smile. "I'm just concerned for you, love," he said, ignoring my accusation all together.
It made me wonder when I realized that he didn't even try to deny it. Instead, he just jumped at changing the subject in his favor.
"You're my wife," he smiled. "That's what husband's do. They comfort their wives in their time of need."
I scoffed and rolled my eyes. "Are you serious?" I asked outraged, trying to keep my voice down. "You are seriously starting to piss me off."
"Love, please," he sighed, unnecessarily. "Don't turn this into something that it isn't."
"Oh, here we go!" I exclaimed, shaking my head. "Let's hear it," I told him. "I'm crazy. I'm making everything into something more than what it really is. I'm over-thinking it all."
He just stood there watching me with a look that said, "Yes, you are truly crazy."
"Anything else that you'd like to add?" I asked him, now full blown angry.
Oh, the creative ways I was thinking of setting him on fire right now. Asshole!
He shook his head at me and said my name in an exasperated tone of voice. "It's times like these when I wish more than anything that I could read your mind," he said. "It'd make it so much easier to understand you when you're like this."
Oh, is that so. Yeah, sure, let's see about that.
Concentrating as hard as I could, I tried to see if I could lift my shield.
Apparently, I could.
Edward gasped, and looked at me wide-eyed. "How? Why?"
"Because I let you," I told him, putting my shield back up.
"Bella..."
With a smirk, I said, "I told you, you wouldn't like what I was thinking."
"Why would you think such horrible things?!" he asked, shocked.
"Because you're annoying me to that point," I deadpanned. "Now get out!" I hissed at him. "Oh, yeah, and also..." I trailed off, trying to figure out how to put what I wanted to say next. "Do respect my wishes from now on and Do. Not. Come. Back. In. Without. An. Invitation," I told him, sternly, placing emphasis on each of the words.
Edward opened his mouth to say something else, but didn't get the chance to.
Before, even I could cut Edward off, someone else beat me to it.
"She said get out, leech!" a very familiar voice growled.
Edward and I both quickly turned towards my window to see Jacob standing there.
"Jake!" I practically exclaimed, running over to him without hesitation.
I wrapped my arms around him and rested my head on his chest.
The second, he wrapped one of his arms around my waist, I heard Edward growl.
But, I couldn't have cared less.
I pretty much tuned out the next minute or so as I basked in the heat that radiated off of Jacob.
When I finally came back to reality, it was just me and Jacob there. I don't know when Edward left. But, again, I couldn't have cared less. I was just happy he was gone, and that I didn't have to fuss with him any longer. It was truly the most annoying thing that I had to do in a very long time.
"What are you doing here?" I asked pulling away and taking a step back away from him.
"I overheard Charlie telling my dad earlier that you were having nightmares recently," he answered. "I came to check on you."
I smiled at him. "Aw, you are so sweet."
The difference between Edward and Jacob saying the same words...I could actually hear the sincerity in Jacob's voice. Something that I didn't hear in Edward's.
Jacob smiled back for a moment before turning the subject to Edward.
"Why was he here?" he asked looking at me with the most serious expression I think I had ever seen on his face.
I sighed. "He's been here before," I admitted, deciding that now was probably a good time to tell Jacob about Edward's recent stalker tendencies.
Jacob's eyes went wide and I could see him start to shake as his hands clenched into fists at his side. "What?"
"He's been sort of..." I trailed off as I turned and walked back over to my bed, sitting down. "...stalking me ever since I got back.
"Since you got back?"
I nodded my head.
"The day you got back."
"Yeah."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"Because..." I trailed off again.
Before either Jacob or I could say anything else, I heard Leah snicker from outside my window.
"Told you to tell him sooner!"
I quickly stood up and marched over to the window. "So not helping," I glared at her.
Leah shrugged her shoulders nonchalantly.
Jacob walked over to the window and frowned down at her. "You knew?!"
"Haha!" I just couldn't refrain.
"Hey! This is between you two," she said raising her hands up in surrender.
"You knew?!" Jacob repeated.
"Yeah, but..." Leah started, but didn't get the chance to finish.
Jacob quickly cut her off. "Why didn't you say something?"
"It wasn't my place to tell," she answered quickly before turning and disappearing into the woods.
"Plus, I asked her not to say anything to you," I said, once again retreating back to bed.
Jacob turned back to me. "Why not?"
"Because..."
He cut me off. "You know we would've made him leave town!"
"See!" I exclaimed. "That right there, Jake," I told him. "That is why I was hesitant about telling you."
"What is?"
"You want him gone," I answered. "And, I don't!"
The second those three words left my mouth, Jacob glared at me. "Why not?" he asked, angrily, and I knew why.
"It's not what you think," I quickly assured him.
"Then, what is it?"
"He knows something, okay!" I told him. "He's hiding something from me and lying to my face about it! And, when I find out exactly what it is that he's keeping from me, I want him around so that I can confront him about it!"
There. All of it is out in the open now.
"He owes me the truth," I finished off with.
A short silence fell between us.
Jacob sighed and walked over to sit down next to me. "You could have just told me this from the get go," he said, looking at me. "I would have listened."
I raised an eyebrow and looked at him.
"Okay, well, it would've taken some convincing," he chuckled. "But, I would have sooner or later."
"I know," I whispered. "But, I didn't."
"And, why didn't you?"
I shrugged my shoulders. "I honestly don't know." And, really I didn't. "Can we just talk about this more later?" I asked. "I'm really tired and just want to sleep."
Jacob nodded his head in understanding. "Okay."
"Can you stay for the rest of the night?" I asked him as I situated myself under the covers.
Jacob smiled at me and laid down next to me. "Of course."
"Thank you for staying, Jake," I smiled, snuggling into his side.
Jacob kissed me on the top of my head. "Anytime, Bells."
I fell back to sleep easily and I'm not sure if I was more happy or let down by the fact that the nightmare didn't return.
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Next chapter; A few weeks time jump...Bella's nightmare's come to an end as a final nightmare reveals the truth.