Chapter 13: Major Pain
As we pulled onto the dirt road we were met with a black Mercedes, Carlisle.
"Crap!" I mumbled as Jake growled.
"Why is he here?" Jake asked, trying to hold himself together.
"I don't know; but I'll go find out." I said reaching for the door handle.
"Not alone you're not."
"Yes I am, he's not going to hurt me. I promise."
"No Bella I'm not letting you go out there on your own."
"Yes. You are. You stay here; I'll be back in a couple minutes, alive and human." I leaned over and peck him on the lips quickly; then climbed out of the car.
"Bella!" Jake yelled out the window.
I turned around but out of the corner of my eye I saw a flash of bronze by the Mercedes.
"What?"
"It's not Carlisle. It's…" I cut him off, registering what I had seen.
"Edward…"
"Very good Bella, can I talk to you?" Edward asked.
"No."
"Please. It's important."
"Ye… No. You can't." I said shaking my head.
"Fine, but Alice isn't going to be very happy."
I sighed, "What."
"Not with him here." He said motioning to Jake, who had gotten out of the car and was now standing behind me.
"Yes with him here; if you won't talk with him listening, it's obviously not very important."
He let out a low growl, "Fine" he said through gritted teeth.
I smiled, "Let's hear it."
"Umm, never mind."
"No really, what is it?"
"Never mind." He repeated.
"You sure?" I pressed.
"Yes, Goodbye Bella." He said as he walked back over to the Mercedes, "forever"
That hurt; he meant it, I could tell. As he drove away I let one tear make its way down my face.
"Bella? Are you ok?"
"No, not really" I whispered.
"It'll be ok, I promise." He said wrapping his arms around me.
"How do you know?"
"I don't, I just said that to make you feel better." He said; trying to lighten the
mood.
"Thanks… again."
"You know, Bella, this can wait. You don't have to do this now. You can wait a week
or two, if you're doing this just to protect the pack; please don't."
I pulled back so I could look him in the eyes.
"I'm not; I want to do this. And I can't wait a week or two. By then the Volturi will be on their way here and we won't have time for the transformation to be completed. I'm doing this today, rain or shine; fire or ice. It's happening." I finished in almost a snarl.
"That's my girl." Jake said with a smile.
HALF HOUR LATER (Squirrel Sitting in a Tree's POV, just pretend he can understand them)
"Ok so you guys sure you want to do this?" Sam asked for the final time.
"Yes. Now can we just get this over with." Gabby said impatiently.
"That doesn't sound very convincing." Quil teased.
Gabby stuck her tongue out at him, and Quil stuck his tongue out back at her.
"Quil knock it off" Sam said.
"Knock what off?" Quil asked
"You know what."
"No really; what do you what me to knock off and where is it?" Quil answered.
"Quil, I wouldn't mess with him right now." Jake said.
"Fine" Quil said, sighing.
"Ok everybody, say goodbye to humanity, well partially anyways." Shadow joked.
"Ha-ha, you're so funny." Sonny said.
"Thank you." Shadow replied.
"Mmhmm."
"Guys would you quit it, you're giving me a headache." Aiden groaned.
"NOPE!" they yelled in unison. He just glared at them.
"Aiden, if you're complaining about a headache now; I don't know what you're going to be doing during the transformation." Embry said in a serious manner.
"Ok let's get back on track shall we, everybody spread out along the road, leave about sixty feet between each of you." Sam instructed.
Bella walked down the street and around the corner out of view, Jake at her heels.
Bella's POV
I walked down the road and around the corner, away from everybody else. Once I got about a hundred feet or so past the curve I stopped and turned around. As Jake walked into the woods, I sat down on the ground and waited. When he came back out his eyes went a little cloudy but cleared up a couple seconds later.
I spread the blanket Jake had brought with us out on the ground and laid down on it; preparing myself for the ice storm my body was about to endure. I saw Jake bite down on his tongue just as Sam had instructed them to, and coat his teeth with his blood as he walked over to my side. He looked me in the eye, silently asking me if I was sure I wanted to do this.
"I already told I was doing this, and nothing's going to stop me." He nodded.
He eyes clouded over again, when they cleared back up he looked at me with the saddest look I had ever seen on his face. But without hesitation he leaned down and bit my wrists, leaving four puncture wounds, two on each side.
The "snow age" stared immediately, spreading from my wrists up my arms to my head and torso, then down to my legs and feet, I would guess it took it about five minutes to spread down into my toes, but I couldn't think properly so I'm not sure. As I lay there with werewolf genes changing my DNA make up I realized that no matter what happened in my future I would forever be a werewolf; that if I did change my mind again I couldn't go back, he wouldn't let me. Edward would never take me back, I was his enemy now; and that realization combined with the pain from the change made me scream out in pain, emotional and physical pain. The pain grew and grew till I was no longer able to think about anything, not even my breathing.
TIME LAPSE!! (6 hours and 23 mins to be exact)
As the pain died back down I started thinking again, I wondered how much time had passed since the transformation started, what color my fur would be, if I still looked the same as a human, what Jake would think, what Charlie would do when he found out, and a thousand other things.
After the pain had completely stopped I laid there for a few minutes, relieved that the pain had finally stopped. When I opened my eyes I had to immediately close them, it was so bright! I kept them closed for a few more seconds, letting the spots disappear. When I opened my again I did it slowly, opening them a fraction at a time. Once I had them all the way open I looked around, trying to find Jake. Where did he go? I stood up and was about to go looking for him when he walked around the corner looking at the ground.
"Jake?"
His head snapped up to look at me, "Bella!" He said running to me.
"Wow, that was fast. I'm so glad you're awake." I looked up at him, noticing differences in the colors around me.
"Wow, who knew there were so many different shades of green in one leaf!?"
He laughed.
"How do you feel? Dizzy, nauseas, tired?"
"Nope; I feel fine."
"Good" He pulled me in what would have been a bone crushing hug, had I still been human. I rested my head against his chest, and breathed in the air around me. It smelled like cedar, cinnamon, and rain.
"Come on let's go wait for everybody else to finish up." He said grabbing my hand and leading me back up the road.