Chapter 11
Jacob's POV
(Jacob's thoughts
Amy's thoughts
Stephan's thoughts
Paul's thoughts)
It's a boy, it's a boy, it's a boy boy boy. I can't believe! I am so happy! Boy! Hahahahaha, it's a boy! I can't wait until I get to see him in person. Maybe I should stop talking to myself, that would probably be a good idea. Yeah, Bella doesn't want me to tell anyone yet, so I should shut up. But I want to tell the Pack! But I love Bella, so I will respect her and not tell anyone about us. Yeah, I'll do that…uh oh.
I see three wolves emerge from the woods that I was just patrolling. The first wolf is a black, with a white tip tail and yellow dots on it. The second one, a black and white wolf, is bounding after her. A grey wolf emerges last, and is walking caustiously, but keeping his eyes on the other two wolves. I glance back at the two. Recognizing Paul as the grey wolf and Stephan as the black and white one, I am completely puzzled by who the black with the white, yellow spotted tip tailed one is.
Wow, that's hurtful. You don't remember the Alpha's daughter in wolf form? Amy thinks, pretending to be hurt.
Amy?!
Duh!
Oh shit…
What? Afraid that we'll tell Bella that you were just thinking about a boy? Let me guess, you guys will be expecting a baby boy! Stephan thinks.
Um, nope. Not at all. Uh, it's the end of my shift, so I'll just be going now. I say, turning and running towards home.
Oh no you don't! I want to hear about this! Amy practically think screams. She chases after me and I can see through her eyes that she's just a few feet behind me. I pick up speed and then jump over the fence that goes into our backyard. I lay down and take deep breathes, and then I look up towards the back door. I see a mad looking Bella and a smirking Amy. Shit, I'm in for now. I think.
Dude, yeah, you are. I remember when Rachel didn't want me to tell until the bonfire but Sam found out and he kinda told Amy. Amy told Rachel and then my own wife kicked me out of the house. She let me in about three hours later, but those hours were the longest hours of my life.
Not helping man. I think I have to kill Amy now.
Well, don't do it now. She's on patrol and I'm taking her back right now. So, phase back and smirk at her. You know how Amy gets, she doesn't like to stare at anyone unless it's her own imprint.
I heard that! And we haven't even done it!
Liar! I saw you guys in your head!
Paul, that was a dream!
No it wasn't.
Yes, it was! And don't you dare tell Amy any of this…blah…blah…blah…
I stopped listening to Stephan's ranting and phased back. Amy immediately covered her eyes and ran out the gate. I smirked after her until I heard a throat clearing. I immediately put on some shorts and turn towards my Bella. She has her hands on those lovely hips and her sexy legs shoulders width a part. She's wearing a pissed off expression, and that scares the hell out of me. But man, is she sexy. I really, truly am in love with Isabella Swan, excuse me, Isabella Black. I loved her even before she was my imprint. I think of what my sister did to Paul. I remember that. Oh god, please not have Bella do that to me!
"Jacob Billy Black, you get to pick up Rosie from school today. I don't feel that well, so you get to go get her. Then you can get dinner ready and clean up. And maybe I'll consider letting you sleep in the house tonight," Bella says before turning back into the house.
I follow her and grab my keys. I hear her lay down on the bed and the turning of pages of a book. She's probably reading Withering Heights again. She sure does love that book. I grab a bottle of water and my keys while walking to the door. I hop in the car and drive to La Push Elementary. When I get there, I see Rosie playing with her friends from her kindergarten class. I smile and hop out of the car, and Rosie runs into my waiting arms. She looks exactly like Bella, but her skin tone is more like mine. I smile down at those big brown eyes before I tell her teacher, Mrs. Greene, that I am picking her up. I carry her to the car and strap her into her car seat. While we are driving home, Rosie tells me all about her school day and how some of the boys were teasing her. I tighten my hands on the steering wheel when I hear that, but then relax when I hear that when she three a football at one the guys, uh, you know, they stopped and stared at her, completely shocked. Right when we pulled into the driveway, Rosie fell asleep. I carry her into the house and placed her under the covers of her princess bed after I put her in some pajamas. Then, I walk into the kitchen and begin to cook dinner. Hhmm, spaghetti with meat sauce sounds really good today…
Amy's POV
Come on, Paul. Did you really have to give Jacob that idea? You know I hate that!
Amy, I had to get your mind back to the patrol. We have three more hours left. You still need to work on identifying the new scent. We have passed it three times already and you haven't done anything about it. Come on, let's head back to the trail.
I follow Paul back into the woods with Stephan right beside me. He nuzzles my neck, and I purr in response. He's been doing that for awhile, and I have no idea why. It could be a wolf thing, I've seen them do it before. I've even seen my father do it to my mom a couple of times when I was younger.
Stephan! Amy! Concentrate, or so help me god, I will tell the Alpha. Stephan won't be allowed on the next patrol and the one after that and the one after that and so. Paul threatens, turning around and glaring at us. Okay, his glare is scary enough in human form, but it is just darn right terrifying when he's a wolf. I gulp and take a step back. I hear Stephan growl beside me.
Don't even think about it Stephan. I won't hurt her, but she needs to learn from her mistakes. Let's continue on the patrol.
We continue to walk around the woods when I pick up a sweet scent. It burns my nose and lungs as I inhale it again, trying to figure out what it is. It smells so familiar, but I have no idea why. I can feel Paul's eyes on me, and I look towards him. He nods. I put my nose to the ground and follow the scent. Realizing that I have caught the scent of a vampire, I start to run. I can see Paul running right beside me, but I have no idea where Stephan is. I look around for him, and then I run into a fricken' tree. That's going to hurt in the morning.
You alright? Paul asks me.
Yeah, I think to him. Getting up and shaking my fur out, I start to run again. I can hear the sucking of blood and the cries of a girl in the distance. I slow down and hide behind some bushes. I growl lowly by what I see in the clearing before me. There's a vampire drinking the blood from a little girl. Her eyes are closed as her blood is getting drained, as her life is ending. When the vampire is finished, she drops the girl's lifeless body to the ground. I look at the girl and feel a surge of anger run through me. I knew her; her name was Cindy Cintrada. Her mom hired me to babysit her when she had to go work during the summer. Cindy's dad had passed away last year from cancer, and her mom was struggling to make ends meet. I babysat Cindy for free and even gave her some art lessons. She was so talented. I am about to step into the clearing when I hear Stephan's thoughts.
Victoria. He says, and I can hear the pain in his voice. I look deeper into his thoughts and I almost clasp by what I see. Right after I had run away, when Stephan was still depressed, Victoria found him. She had feelings for him, and she helped him get through all the pain. I saw how they went on dates, laughed together, and even kissed. And then the last image, I don't even want to think about it. I feel sadness wash away the anger until I see Stephan on the other side of the clearing. His eyes are full of regret, sadness, panic, and fear. I don't care though, because once I see him, all I want to do is rip him to shreds. He lied to me, the son of a b***h.
I stalk out of the bushes and towards Victoria. Her wild red hair resembles the fire that I will burn her with once I am finished tearing her to shreds. I see her turn around, and I growl when I see the trail of blood still trickling out of the corner of her mouth. I attack her when her lips lick it up. I catch her arm in my mouth and wince when I feel the cold skin. I tear her arm off and throw it across the clearing. I hear Victoria scream in pain and clutch the remaining part of her shoulder.. She sneers at me and we begin to circle each other. I hear Stephan give a high pitched whine and I silence it with a deadly growl. My eyes flicker to his, and that's when Victoria makes her move. She flies at me, but I turn my head and grab her head in my mouth. I bite down, successfully crunching her head to pieces with my powerful jaw. I spit out the pieces and then tear the rest of her apart. Once I am calm enough, I gather the pieces into a pile. I phase, not caring if Paul and Stephan see me naked. I don't feel anything accept the pain and anger from Stephan's betrayal. I take the lighter out of the pouch I keep tied around my waist, and I grab one of the leech's hands and light it on fire. Once I have done that, I throw the arms back into the pile and watch it burn. When the leech is nothing my ashes, I kick it around the clearing, sometimes even stomping on it. When I think that I have done enough, I change quickly and turn towards Cindy. I fight a sob when I take a cloth a wipe the bite mark clean on the right side of her neck. I carry her out of the forest and then walk slowly to town.
I can see Paul next to me out of my peripheral vision, and hear him growl once in a while. Stephan is behind me, whining until, finally, Paul sends him to continue patrol. Right before we walk up to Mrs. Cintrada's house, Paul phases and calls 911. I know that Mrs. Cintrada is home because her car is in the driveway. When she opens her front door with a smile and says, "Oh, Amy, how good to see you! How…AAHHHHHH!" She screams when she sees Cindy in my arms. Mrs. Cintrada takes her five year old into her arms and starts to sob. Paul leads her into her home and starts to comfort her. I hear him make up a lie about how we were hiking in the woods and found her in the meadow. He says he thinks that an animal might have attacked her. I stay on the porch, just sitting down on the steps waiting for the police to get here. When I see Charlie Swan pull up to the house, I stand up. I wrap my arms around my torso, trying to hold myself together. I will not start to cry, not now.
Once I give my false statement to the police, and then the real one to Charlie while we are alone, I ask him to tell Paul that I am going to walk home. He says he will and that he will call me if there is anything else that the station would need from me. I nod to him and wish him a good day.
It's a long walk home, but I don't mind. About five minutes after I leave the Cintrada's home, I can't hold back the tears. I let them fall down my cheeks silently, not bothering to wipe them away. I see cars whiz past me, but I take no notice. I see runners run past me, but I just keep walking when the ask what's wrong. I don't notice anything. I feel broken inside, like I don't have purpose in life anymore. I can literally feel my heart breaking and crumbling into pieces. So this is how Bella felt when Edward Cullen left her, I think to myself. When I was little, Bella would tell me all of these stories about her experience with the vampires whenever she babysat me. Of course, I just thought they were make-believe.
I relax a tiny bit when I cross the treaty line onto La Push. Sure, the Cullens haven't returned to Forks since they left, but I have always felt safer in La Push than I ever have when I am in Forks.I cross Billy Black's small red house and then the Clearwater's blue one. I walk past Jacob and Bella's house and then the Lahote's house. I walk past my childhood friend's house, but I don't notice when Cassie yells my name. I walk past most of the Packs houses in a daze. When I reach my house, I open the door. I stare blankly at my father, mother, and brother. My dad's on the phone and my mom is serving Alex a pile of pancakes. Walking past them, I trudge up the stairs. I hear my parents talking worriedly, but I don't care. In a daze, I open the medicine cabinet and grab the bottle of pills my brother had to take after his accident. I take a glass and fill it up with water in the bathroom sink. I start to sob as I lift the first pill to my lips. I hear the bathroom door slam open and scream. I fall to the floor and land in the broken glass that I had dropped. I wince when I cut my arm, sobbing and curling myself into a ball. Blood is running down my arm and out of my wrist. A piece of glass had cut my wrist, digging into the major artery there. My father picks me up and drives me to the hospital in Forks. I faint right before the car door opens.
Sam's POV
I rub the back of my neck anxiously as I keep my eyes on my daughter. I can't go into the room that they are keeping her in, so I have to do with looking at her through the window. I turn around when I hear a throat clearing. I relax a little when I see Paul, Jared, and Jacob standing in the doorway. But by the look of the pissed off and scared expressions, I know immediately that something is wrong.
"How is she?" Jared asks, walking up to the window.
"She's stable. The doctor's have to keep sedating her in order to keep her calm. I just wish I knew what caused this. When I saw here walk through that door, she looked broken. The usual spark in her eyes were gone. She look empty," I say, placing my forehead on the glass and taking a deep breath.
"I'm pretty sure I know why she tried to commit suicide," Paul whispers, pain obvious in his voice.
"What?"
"I said I know why Amy tried to commit suicide."
"Why," I whisper, turning to him.
"You might want to sit down, Sam," Paul says, gesturing to the chair beside me.
I sit down and rub my hands against my face. Paul takes a big breathe.
"We were on patrol when Amy caught the scent of the leech that attacked Alex. We saw her ina clearing feeding on Cindy Cintrada. Right before Amy was going to attack, she saw something in Stephan's thoughts. I don't know what she saw, all I know is that she was feeling a ton of pain and anger. She looked at him with pure hatred and betrayal. I don't think I ever seen her more angry in her entire life. She wasn't the same after she killed the vampire. But I think you should go talk to Stephan," Paul says, looking at me in the eyes.
I nod my head and stand up. I ask Jared to watch Amy while I'm gone. Jacob, Paul, and I drive over to the Boulder's house after we leave the hospital. When we close the car doors, I hear growling and I know immediately that something is wrong. We run around the house to the backyard where I see three wolves. Two wolves are backing up the other wolf into the forest. Jacob, Paul, and I look at each other and nod. I whistle and three giant heads swivel my way.
"Phase back. Now," I command, crossing my arms over my chest. My son and the two brothers phase back, and Jacob has to grab the back of Alex's and Kioni's shirts in order to keep them away from Stephan. He's crying as he sits down on the damp ground. I see Stephan bury his head into his knees, rocking back and forth. Uh oh, last time he was like this was when he found out Amy had run away, I think to myself. "Alex, Kioni, calm down or walk away."
"Dad, this son of a…" Alex begins to say but Jacob puts his hand over his mouth to muffle his words.
"Alexander Hunter Uley! Don't you ever let your mother or myself hear you talk like that again. Now, both of you go with Jacob and cool off."
"Yes, sir."
I turn to Stephan, who is still crying on the ground. I crouch down in front of him and pull his arms away from his legs. He lifts up his tear stand face.
"Stephan, what did you do to my daughter?" I ask softly.
"Sam, I am so sorry. I honestly did not mean for it to happen, I swear. I was wreck and she was there for me and I just don't know how it happened…" Stephan kept on talking while a fresh trail of tears were making their way down his cheeks. I saw red and I began to shake, though, when he mentioned the word 'she.' Before I know it, I have Stephan against a tree with my hand around his neck. I lean in closely and say deadly, "Stephan, are you telling me that you cheated on my daughter? You imprint?!"