Chapter 12
BPOV
It was lunch time on Tuesday, almost time for us to leave. I watched as Angela made her to her car to grab a book she had left in there. As she was walking back she ran right into Embry, she looked up to apologize and I watched their facial expressions, it brought back flashbacks of Paul and I and my eyes filled with tears again. "Come on Bella, we need to leave now or we'll miss our chance" Alice whispered and I nodded. I got into Edwards silver Volvo and we sped off to towards Seattle to the airport. "Here is your passport Bella. Your name will be Michelle Landing. You have a reservation at the Hilton in Vancouver under the same name. Here is a credit card under that name and an untraceable cell phone, just please, don't use it to contact the wolves. You must not have any contact with them at all until James is dead, okay?" I nodded my head, not trusting my words.
We made it to the airport with seconds to spare. I got my ticket and headed to security and then onto my plane. One hour into the flight the cellphone Alice gave me rang, I read the caller ID and it said "Alice" so I answered it. "Hi Alice" I said, my voice dull. "Carlisle will meet you in your room, okay Bella. The rest of us will be there a few hours after you land. From there we will make a plan to take this guy down" and she hung up.
The plane landed shortly after that and I went to pick up the car the Cullen's had rented for me under my fake name. I programmed the address to the hotel into the GPS and made my way there. When I got to the hotel I gave the car and they keys to the valet and walked into the overly priced, but gorgeous hotel. "Hi, welcome to The Hilton. Do you have a reservation?" asked the attendant. "Yes, Michelle Landing" I told her and tried my best to smile. "Great, you're in room 1606. Do you need help with your luggage?" she asked politely. "No that's okay. My luggage was lost by the airport." She nodded sympathetically and handed me my key and explained how to get to my room. I got in the elevator and went up to floor sixteen. When I got to the right floor I made my way to the room.
As promised Carlisle was there waiting for me. I sat down in one of the chairs and rubbed my forehead, trying to relieve the awful headache I had. "Are you okay Bella?" I heard Carlisle ask. "No, I'm not okay. I just had to leave my family and friends for who knows how long, in fact, I may never see them again. There is some physic vampire after me, determined to avenge his mate and to top it off I have a massive headache and feel so sick to my stomach". He looked at me thoughtful for a moment, then finally asked "Bella, are you and Paul sexually active?" I looked at him like he was insane "um, yes, but what does that have to do with anything?" "Do you use protection?" he questioned me again. I was starting to get nervous, "yeah, we use condoms. We always use them, well expect for last night" my cheeks were bright red "where are you going with this anyways?" I asked him curiously. "Hmmm. When was your last period?" "I don't know. Maybe last month, I'm not sure to be exact. You don't think I could be pr-pr-pregnant do you?" I started panicking. I couldn't be pregnant, we always used protection. Come to think of it, I hadn't had a period since about 2 weeks before him and I had been together for the first time. "Oh shit" I groaned, "this is just great."
PPOV
"Please don't kill me Paul" I heard Embry beg. I was confused, "why would I kill you?" I asked him. He started showing me flashbacks of him meeting his imprint, Angela. "Congrats man. Bella speaks very highly of you, but I'm confused." His memory flashed back to when school was getting out. He waited around for Bella but she never came out. He asked a few people if they'd seen her and they told him that they seen her leave with the Cullen's at lunch and hadn't seen her since. He tried to track her down, but the leeches house was empty and locked up. "God damnit Embry. I'll fucking kill you. How could you be so fucking stupid? I trusted you to keep her safe. You better fucking hope she's at home and safe". I bolted to her house and seen Charlie's cruiser in the drive. I phased back, pulled on my shorts and knocked on the door. Charlie answered just a few second later "oh hey Paul. Well, this is weird. I thought Bella was with you?" he looked at me questionly. "Uh no, she told me that she was coming straight home after school. Maybe she had to make a stop or something. Do you mind if I go upstairs to her room and wait for her?" "Go ahead. Hopefully she gets home soon".
I got to her room and noticed that her room reeked of leech, one of the Cullen's. What the hell? The smell was mostly at her closet and dresser and near her bed. That's when I noticed the envelopes. I opened the one that had my name on it and read it.
Next thing I knew I was in my wolf form. I heard Charlie running up the stairs and when he took in my giant wolf form, which was snarling and growling he faltered. "Ahh fuck, I'll go call Billy," he said and walked down the stairs. I listened in to what he was saying, I probably shouldn't have but I was curious as to how he knew to call Billy. There were a few moments of silence; he must have been waiting for Billy to answer. Finally, he spoke "hey Billy. You wanna come to Forks and explain why I have a giant snarling wolf in my daughters room?" and he clicked the phone shut. He stomped back up the stairs and looked at me "look Paul, I don't know how you manage to turn into a giant wolf, but could you, uh, stop growling at me?" he asked. I wasn't growling at him though, my eyes moved towards the letter and his head followed. He walked in and grabbed the one addressed to him. "Huh? What the heck is she talking about? Where is she?" Confusion crossed his face.
That's when the voices of the pack came in, Sam was of course first. "Fuck Paul, can't you keep yourself in control? Now we have to explain this fucked up shit to Charlie". I went over my conversation with Embry in my head and the note. There was silence for a few moments and then Embry phased in. "Hey what's up boss?" he asked. I started to snarl and growl again, "keep that fucker away from me unless you want a pack funeral. This is HIS fault. I trusted him with MY imprint and now she is GONE." Thankfully Sam took my advice, "Embry, stay where you are. Do NOT come to Charlie's. Phase out and go home!"
Skip forward a few months
Two months had gone by and still no word from Bella. For the first few days I tried to find her, but I couldn't. After hopeless searching I went back to her house and phased back to my human form. I climbed into her window and just laid in her bed, inhaling her smell and that is where I stayed. I only got up to go to the washroom, I never ate and I didn't shower...I COULDN'T. I had no energy to do anything.
At first Charlie had put up a fight, trying to get me to leave, but it just ended up with me going crazy and phasing in the middle of Belles bedroom again, so he gave up and left me be. Every day the pack would come over and try to get me to eat, shower, talk...anything, but it never worked. I just wanted my Bella. To feel her, smell her, hold her. They were smart to keep Embry away from me.
Charlie worked around the clock to try and find her, but it was useless. The Cullen's had covered their tracks well. All we could find out was that she had gone to Vancouver and checked into the Hilton under a false name, however, by the time we found that out they had checked out. Chances are the future seeing one had seen Charlie's decision and they left. After that we couldn't find out where they were staying or where they went.
I was pulled out of my thoughts by Jake walking into Belles room. "Come on Paul, time to get up and stop sulking". I growled at him, wanting to tell him to fuck off, but I couldn't find my voice. "You know Bella wouldn't want you doing this to yourself. Come on man, you're skin and bones. You're killing yourself". Good, I thought to myself, I'd rather be dead than have to live without Bella. "Look, I'm not going to lie and say I know what you're going through, but I do know this. Bella would not have left if she didn't feel it was necessary. She loves you so much and you know she does. She probably felt like she was protecting you". I laid there, growling. Finally, after a few minutes he sighed and walked out, leaving me alone, once again.
I continued to lay there and stare at her bedroom door, wishing she'd just walk in...and then...she did. She looked at me and said "Paul".
