Chapter 11
"My God Blake…that hair…" the blood was beginning to dry to it and my face. "Yeah, I'm sure Alice will get the job done." I felt like I was getting a little better. "Sorry to tell you, but none of the leeches are home, they all went hunting. I guess you were too mouth watering for them." Leah teased. I smiled at her. There were random times when Leah's sarcasm was a sheer bliss of genius. "Want me to wash your hair?" Leah? Being nice? This was trippy. "Yeah, sure!" she lead me to the bathroom, being patient with my slow limp.
Lightly she ran the water through my hair. If you've had someone wash your hair when you feel like you might collapse at any second, then you know the sheer calming bliss it is. The water was warm and I could see the blood turn pink then swirl down the drain. I closed my eyes. "He'd do anything for you. That's why he left." Leah said suddenly. "What?" I felt pretty stupid for not picking up. Did she have a blue tooth I didn't know about? Leah and I rarely spoke anyway. "Seth is devoted to you." The color rushed to my face, aside the embarrassment; it felt nice to know there was still blood in my body to make me flushed. "He's…I love him, and I realized that the night before I broke up with Jack, or at least tried to." I felt like I was talking through sound. The ringing grew in my ears.
"Who do you love?!" my mother demanded, sticking her head in the door just in time to see the last of the trickling pink. "You heard that?" Guess hunting was a quick trip, or dad had told them Seth had run off. I was beginning to wonder if he phased. I suppose Leah would know, but now that mom was here, I couldn't ask. "Yes I heard that! Now who do you love?! Is it that Jack boy?" I shook my head as fiercely as I could. "I…I love Seth." Leah dropped her towel and while walking out the door pointed. "I'm just going to, uh, leave you two to talk." She scurried down the stairs before I could protest. "You love Seth? What about Jack?" she seemed soothing as she approached and placed a hand on my cheek. I expected to be flooded with overwhelming images but I wasn't. "Yes mom, I love him. I love Seth Clearwater and he's the only person I'll ever love." The reality seared through my body. Seth was all that mattered. I felt weak, but I had to get down those steps and wait for Seth. I dashed past my mom and slipped down the stairs. I felt like my body was moving too slow for my mind. "Didn't I tell you to rest?" Carlisle raised an eyebrow. "Well…yeah…but I want to be down here!" he heaved a sigh then told Jasper to fetch a pillow, some socks, and some blankets. He turned to Edward "And I want you to grab the Advil. Something tells me that Blake would like to be awake and still get rid of pain." I nodded enthusiastically even though he knew.
I was all buried and warm in my nest of blankets. Where is he? My dad tore in through the door holding a limp Seth. Quickly I slipped out of my blankets and helped my dad lay him there. "What happened to him?" my hand stroked his arm. "Something with Jack." Seth had a cut on his cheek and a few bruises. I touched the edge of the cut. It should've healed the millisecond after it happened. "You reckless fool." I muttered under my breath. Suddenly it hit me like a speeding train. "Dad, I don't think Jack is human."