A/N: Hey guys! I am not all into begging for feedback and stuff... but... please, please, please... tell me what you guys think about this. There were some very special people who added me to their favorite authors list. And that made me happy. But, I really want comments. Your thoughts about this.
Disclaimer: Jacob Black is mine,,, and so are the Cullens. (Yeah, as if...)
After the charity concert, me and Jake had a quick snack with the Jonas'. My mom and dad had to pass up because they were 'needed at home'. My siblings were nowhere in sight which made me frown as we walked to my car which was parked at the diner's lot.
"Carls, we know that this is so all of a sudden… but, we'd like to offer you a contract." Nick said straightforwardly. I grasped Jacob's hand and looked at Nick.
"Guys… as much as I would love to accept your very generous offer… I can't accept it. I can't leave my family. I can't leave Jake. They mean my life to me. I love you guys like I love them, but…. I just… it's hard to be without them. Sorry." I said softly and looked at them apologetically. They grinned and gave me a hug.
"That offer is always open. And, you're our little sister; always has been." Joe said and kissed my forehead. I nodded and and kissed each Jonas' cheek. They gave me one last hug and gave Jacob knuckle touches.
"See you in a few months!" Kevin said and hopped in their car.
"Sure, sure! Bye! Stay safe!" I said and walked up to the driver's side of their SUV. Uncle Paul looked at me and smiled. Aunt Denise was next to him.
"It was nice seeing you again, Aunt Denise, Uncle Paul. You're welcomed here any time." I said and grinned at them. Uncle Paul touched my head and kissed my forehead. I waved good bye to them and stepped away from the car.
"We'll visit again soon. Tell your parents that it was nice meeting them. And, it was nice meeting you, Jacob." Aunt Denise said as the car rolled away.
"Same here Mrs. Jonas." Jacob answered.
"Call me Aunt Denise!" She said aloud as the car gained distance.
We drove to La Push and stopped at the beach near his house. It was already 6 PM which meant that I should have been home half an hour ago. So, I looked up at Jacob who was under me and smiled.
"I have to go, Jake." I said softly. He looked down at me and kissed the top of my head.
"Let me drive you home." He offered.
"I can drive myself home." I said and kissed his clothed chest. He frowned at bit but stood up with me in his arms. I giggled as he set me down.
"Alright. But, stay safe, okay?" He said and looked into my eyes. I nodded and tiptoed to kiss him. He leaned down and pressed his lips to mine. I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him closer to me if possible. He wrapped his arms around my waist and I just wrapped my legs around his waist. He glided his hands to my thighs to support me.
"We have to stop. I don't have much self control." Jake grumbled. I pressed my lips to his again as our heated kiss turned into a full make-out session.
"Carly." He moaned into my mouth when I rubbed myself against his hard-on.
"Jake." I moaned as his lips went down to my neck and stayed there. Sucking, biting and licking the same spot over and over.
"Hey, love birds!" Quil said aloud which caused me to jump off Jake and blush furiously. He laughed aloud as Jake glared at him.
"Quil!" Jake scolded. Quil just laughed and walked off.
"Dick head." Jake grumbled under his breath and wrapped an arm around my shoulders. I placed a hand on his chest and felt that he was burning up. Literally. I didn't point it out because he was a werewolf, after all. Well, a soon-to-be werewolf. Dad told me it was only normal for them to have temperatures that reach 1080c.
"Just walk away, Jake. Walk away." I said softly and towed him back to my car which was parked in front of his house. Billy must've been watching us because, the moment we arrived, he was already outside.
"Hey, Billy." I said and smiled. He smiled back.
"Hello, Carly. Going home so soon? You can have dinner here." He offered.
"As much as I'd love to, I can't. I'm way past my curfew. Thanks for the offer, though." I said and walked up the porch steps and gave Billy a hug and a kiss on his cheek.
"Come back soon, okay? You're always welcomed here." He said and smiled at me. I nodded and hopped off the porch and into Jake's arms. He spun me around and I laughed. The rain poured heavily on us and soaked both of us from head to toe. But, I couldn't care less. Jake put me down and opened my car's door for me.
"Turn the heater on. Drive safely, okay?" He said and kissed my lips. I kissed him back and gunned the engine. He shut the door and walked up the porch. I waved as I drove off. Billy had a huge smile plastered on his face as did Jake as they waved me off.
The ride home was really cold. My Bugatti's heater wasn't working which sucked because I was wet and cold. I had the window rolled half way down because I was scared that I was gonna suffocate to death if I didn't open them. I wasn't scared of having the windows all the way up if I had the air conditioner on, but, if I had them on, I'd freeze to death. It was either get cold or suffocate to death.
Once I got home, I was so cold that I looked so pale and my body was shaking. I opened the door and quickly closed it. I looked at the nearest window and saw myself looking as pale as my family but my nose was all red. And then, I sneezed. Not a good sign.
"Mom, I have a cold." I said and realized that my voice was raspy. I placed my hand over my forehead and felt that I had a fever. Whenever I had a cold, I also had a fever.
"Oh, baby. Come here. Why are you all wet?" My mom asked as she guided me up to my room. I told her everything but left out the part where me and Jake were making out. She would seriously freak out.
"Take a hot shower and change into your pajamas. I'm gonna make you some chicken soup." She said and ushered me to my ensuite.
"Where are the others?" I asked her.
"Edward's at Bella's. Alice is with Jasper. Rosalie is with Emmett and your dad is at the hospital." My mom answered. I nodded and walked into the ensuite and took a quick hot shower. I put on a pair of sky blue flannel shorts that had sheep on it. Then, I pulled on a thin, white Mickey Mouse shirt and snuggled up in my queen-sized bed. I pulled the covers on me and closed my eyes and prayed that Emmett won't come here and bug me to no end. He always bugged me when I was sick because I was always too sick and tired to put him in his place.
"Carly!" I heard Emmett's voice and put a pillow over my head.
"Go away, Emmett." I grumbled.
"I brought you some snacks. Oh, and Bella and Edward are here." He said aloud. I looked up at him and saw that he was carrying a tray of bananas and Kiwis.
"I'm allergic to bananas and kiwis." I said and put the pillow back over my head.
"I know, that's why I brought them here. To bug you." He said and laughed.
"Go AWAY, Emmett!" I said groggily and clutched the pillow closer to my head.
"Not until you eat a kiwi!" He said and held a kiwi in his hand.
"Mom! Emmett's bugging me again!" I said aloud and realized that my voice was muffled.
"C'mon, Carls." He taunted.
"Get the HELL out of my room! I told you that I'm allergic to bananas and kiwis! Goddamnit, Emmett! OUT!" I said and lost all control of my sanity when he threw a kiwi at me. It hit my knee and I threw the blanket off me. I stood up and grabbed the baseball bat that was on the floor. He knew not to mess with me. They all knew not to mess with me when I was sick. Emmett backed out of my room and ran for the hills. I walked down the stairs dragging the bat behind me. It looked like I was hauling an axe. I grumbled things about Emmett being a dick head as I walked towards the garage. Edward and Bella were there with Alice and Jasper in the living room. Bella hopped off the couch and tried to hug me but Alice stopped her.
"Don't. She's not sane right now." Alice said to Bella. I looked at Bella with half lidded eyes and raised the bat. She flinched away but Alice and Jazz laughed quietly.
"W-what happened?" Bella asked Alice.
"She's always like this when Emmett pisses her off when she's sick. She has a fever right now. But, she'll be fine. Last time Emmett pissed her off, his TV never worked again. He plugged it in and 'blam'! The screen just went black as smoke came from the back of the TV." Alice said and giggled quietly.
"I wonder what she'll do now." Jasper spoke with a grin on his face. Edward looked at me with a 'we have to talk when you get better' look. I nodded at him and he nodded back.
"This one is gonna be priceless. You guys want to watch?" Alice said happily. Jasper nodded with the same grin on his face and Bella nodded unsurely. Edward smiled and shook his head as he heaved himself off the couch. I looked in front of me and just dragged the bat behind me as I walked to the garage. I slipped on my fluffy bunny slippers at the door that lead to the garage and stepped in the large space filled with cars. I walked towards Emmett's jeep and smiled like a mad-man.
"Aren't you guys going to stop her? That is an expensive car , right?" Bella asked.
"Bella, how many times do we have to tell you? Money is not an issue." Alice said and grinned.
"Carly might get hurt. What if she bleeds?" Bella asked again.
"Carly has been with us for so long that her blood doesn't tempt us anymore. But, we still want her to take pre-cautions. She never uses her wave board here because she might bleed and one of us loses control. We love her too much to do that to her." Alice answered. Edward and Jasper agreed.
"Bye, bye, jeep." I said and laughed as I swung the bat over my head and hit the jeep with all the strength I had. I lifted the bat again and hit Emmett's Jeep repeatedly until it had dents, scratches and broken windows. I opened the door and laughed manically as I ripped the radio out of the dashboard and threw it to the ground. It broke into a million pieces which made me grin. The main garage door opened and dad's Mercedes pulled in. I squinted my eyes and just stood there. My dad rushed out of his car and placed his hand on my forehead.
"You have a high fever." He said and closed the Jeep's bent door. Then, he picked up the baseball bat and tossed it inside the wreckage that once was a Jeep Wrangler.
"Beat that, Emmett." I grumbled triumphantly as I leaned on my dad's shoulder and closed my eyes.
"Emmett again?" He asked. Probably Edward.
"Yeah. This time he threw a kiwi at her. No wonder she threw a fit and wrecked his Jeep." Edward answered. Dad was chuckling because his shoulders were moving.
"She's allergic to kiwis and bananas." Dad said. He was probably talking to Bella.
"She's also allergic to mud. She doesn't like getting dirty. When she does get dirty, she takes long, hot baths." Alice chimed in.
When I woke up, I was in bed and my body felt so sore.
"Am I dead?" I asked no one in particular. There were 8 laughs.
"You're not dead, Carly. You're just sick." Alice said and sat down beside me.
"My head hurts like hell. What did Emmett look like when he saw his Jeep?" I asked groggily.
"What?" Emmett asked and zoomed out of the room.
"CARLY!" Emmett screamed. I bet that the whole Washington state heard that.
"You killed my Jeep!" Emmett whined as he entered the room. I shrugged.
"You deserved it. You threw a kiwi at me." I said and looked at him.
"But still! You KILLED my Jeep!" He whined.
"Sure, sure." I said and smiled.
"You sound like Jake." Bella stated.
"He's rubbing off on me." I said with a little smile.
"About that.." Edward began. All of us turned to look at him. 7 people's faces were filled with disappointment and irritation, but mine held blankness.
"Can you talk about that when Carly's better?" Rosalie snapped.
"No, Rose. Let him and me talk. In fact.. let's talk right now. Talk." I said and sat up straight.
"I don't like Jacob." He said straightforwardly. I nodded.
"I love Jacob with all my heart and if you can't accept that, you have to live with the fact that if you try to separate me from him ever again… you will blame yourself for the consequence for all eternity." I said coldly. Rosalie smirked.
"Carly," Mom said softly.
"I. Don't. Care." Edward said quietly. I laughed dryly. Eight people glared at him.
"I don't care about you either. You may be my 'brother' but you're a worthless brother. So controlling and overprotective. I wonder why Bella even chose to love you. Speaking of Bella, you two have a relationship, correct? How that that differ in mine and Jake's relationship? You are putting Bella in danger just at the mere thought of her. What if the Volturi find out that you told another human about the existence of the undead? The Volturi might know about me, but they know that I have known ever since I was born. Not to mention that Aro is fascinated too much about me to even think of killing me." I said harshly. All heads snapped at me as I sat there on my bed, cross-legged with a smirk on my face. Before anyone could register what Edward did, I was pinned up against the glass wall. Edward had a choke hold around my neck and was blocking my air ways but I still kept the smug smirk on my face as I looked into his eyes that were slowly turning black.
"Kill me now. I promise it will be worth it." I said coldly and still kept the smirk on my face. My family was fussing around and trying to stop Edward but he wouldn't budge.
"Go on, Edward. Kill me. You know you want to become a monster again." I spat at him which made him tighten his grip around my throat.
"What's the matter, Edward? You can't do it because you're a coward? Are you scared to to spill my blood?" I taunted. He gritted his teeth and I grinned.
"Carly!" My mom scolded as she dry heaved. Emmett was holding Edward's arm but he didn't let go of me.
"Just do it." I murmured and grinned even wider if possible.
"Stop it, Carly!" Alice scolded.
"Do it. Just tighten your grip and break me like a toothpick." I cooed and held his wrist.
"Edward!" Dad said loudly. Edward let go of me and I slid down to my bed. I sat there and laughed dryly.
"You should've killed me when you had the chance." I said coldly and laughed as I touched my bruising neck. Mom, Alice, Rose and Dad rushed over to me as Emmett and Jasper held Edward by his arms.
"I should ground you but you're already sick." Mom said as she hugged me. I hugged her back and was wrapped into another hug by Alice and Rosalie who were glaring at Edward. Bella just stood by my door; unsure of what to do.
"Let me see your neck." Dad said and tilted my head up. He looked at my neck where Edward's hand print was stamped on.
"The bruise will go away in a few weeks." He said and placed his cold hand on my neck.
"Okay, dad." I answered.
"What the hell were you thinking!" Rosalie and Alice snapped at Edward. Before all hell broke loose, Dad stopped it and ushered them out of my room. Bella stayed and unsurely sat down on my bed.
"Edward doesn't want you and Jacob together?" She asked shyly.
"Yeah. You better go with them. I'm insane right now. To tell you the truth, I was scared to death when Edward had me against the wall. I thought I was going to die. I thought I was never going to see Jake ever again." I said softly as I played with my nails.
"You didn't sound or look like you were scared to death. You acted like you were ready to see death head-on." She stated. I chuckled.
"Don't be fooled. I was scared to death. You can ask Jasper." I said and looked up at her.
"Carly, your eyes!" Bella said breathlessly.
"They change color. Light blue when I'm calm, Icy blue when I'm happy, and dark blue when I'm scared. What color are they right now. Dad doesn't know why they change. They just do." I said and smiled.
"Light blue." She stated.
"They were dark blue when I was looking at Edward…" I said softly.
"No, they were still light blue." She said quietly.
"Oh. Hmmm… are you staying over?" I asked.
"No. Can I ask you something?" She asked.
"You're already asking, but, yeah. Go ahead." I answered with a smile.
"What's your story?" She asked unsurely. "You don't have to tell if you don't want to."
"It's alright. I don't really know much about my past life. Mom and dad just told me that my mother died after giving birth to me and asked dad not to give me to my grandma. She said, and I quote 'she's going to control my little angel. I don't want her to suffer. I want her to have a normal childhood like normal people. And, even though you and your family are… vampires… I trust you with her. Please' End quote. My biological father died in Iraq. I don't know much about him but I have pictures of him and my other mother." I said softly and got off the bed and got a box from my walk-in closet.
"These are my mother's and father's pictures. I don't call them mom and dad like I do with my Carlisle and Esme because I don't feel as close to them like I am with mom and dad. They might not be my real parents, and my real family… but we're all each other has. We fight and bicker like a real family but what happened earlier… is a first. It was the first time Edward actually hurt me." I said and removed the lid of the box and showed her the contents of the box. We looked at the pictures and she broke the silence.
"Where's your Cullen crest?" Bella asked.
"It's in my hair. My crest is sometimes around my neck. Sometimes I use another crest. Believe it or not, I have all my hair clips and hair accessories with the Cullen crest as the design. So that I don't have to wear just one thing over and over again." I said and picked up the book I was reading. Something fell out and Bella picked it up.
"Is this you?" She asked and pointed to the baby in the middle of the family picture. Mom was holding me in her arms while dad had an arm around her waist. And, the others were placed at the back.
"Yeah. That was my first year with them." I said and smiled. I held the picture and just looked at it.
'Edward, if you're listening… I'm sorry.' I thought sincerely.