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Hello again! Thank you all so much for your reviews, really, you guys make tears come to my eyes. This is an extra long chapter, eight pages on word, of course I have made longer, but compared to the last few chapters, and it is pretty long.
Okay, enough babbling, hope you enjoy this chapter. I promise it will be getting more interesting in the future, give me two chapters…
Last on Gray Skies Forever:
"I know that, it's just… well… I had a vision that might upset you or make you sad, I'm not sure which."
"Aren't you supposed to know which, Alice?" I questioned with sarcasm.
"I would if your future, and mine, well… everyone's didn't suddenly disappear." She admitted the last part quietly.
"Oh," was all that could be formed from my lips. The realization hit me hard and knocked out what ever air was in my dead lungs. Werewolves.
"See, that was why I didn't want to discuss it in front of her. Even though you may not realize it, it still is an unpleasant and heartbreaking subject," I vaguely heard Alice hiss, but my mind seemed to glaze over at the mention of the other mythical creature that hunted us vampires.
My vision blurred as if tears were forming in my eyes and I desperately tried to blink them back. Vampires, normal ones, at least aren't supposed to cry. The room seemed to spin slightly and Edward's chest became unsteady as I laid my head against it.
Even though his world and mine had been intertwined many years ago, he was still the one person that plagued most of my thoughts of my human life I once had. Forgetting his warm hands or his bright smile, that was like a disease, a disease that was impossible for my freakish vampire mind to even begin to comprehend.
I highly doubted that he remembered me. The few images I had of him still consisted of the young, burly boy I once knew, with his slick ponytail tied back with a rubber band, under a car in his untidy shed that barely held itself together. But in another sense, they were of a grown of up adult, with his hair cropped short and sitting on a old swing, watching two black hair boys play in the yard. Despite the knowing of the fact he probably hadn't changed from that grown up body that he claimed was only sixteen. He probably still ran around as that brown werewolf protecting the reservation; just like he always did.
"Bella, Bella, please talk to me. Bella, Bella, come back," a desperate pleading brought back an odd tugging sensation and the room broke into my view. I hadn't noticed the solid blackness of my current condition.
"What?" I mumbled still lost in the dizziness. Alice came into sight, slightly blurry at first but then evened out. She sat crossed legged directly in front of me, her concerned face easily giving away her emotions.
Edward was still a steady rock behind me, both of his hands locked around my wrists like handcuffs, as if I would run away.
"Bella, are you okay. It was like you blacked out or something. That is… unusual for a vampire. Please say something that tells me you are still with me," the panic was clear in his voice as his head leaned down, becoming level with mine.
"Yes, I am fine, just a little… dizzy, muffled I guess. I think I will be okay, no need for such a harsh grip on the wrists, love." I chuckled softly, still trying to figure out what happened myself, but attempting to show him that I was capable of talking or so it seemed.
"Thank goodness, Bella. I thought…" he didn't finish his sentence, but instead leaned in to kiss my neck, leaving a spark of warmth on my forever cold skin.
"I'm fine, Edward, I promise. My mind just took a bit of shock from the fact that they are once again, or could possibly be interfering with my life, that's all. Sorry to worry you." I grinned shyly as I stroked his cheek, trying to caress out the lines of worry that looked like they were permanently etched into his skin.
"Worry, Bella? I almost had a heart attack, and you know that is quite difficult task to complete on a vampire." even though sarcasm was deep in his voice, the wrinkles in his brow and his forehead wouldn't relax.
"It was nothing," I tried to reassure him of my well being, but his muscles didn't seem to unclench.
Realizing that I couldn't completely help him, I turned the subject back to what had started all of the commotion. "What else is there to tell? About the vision I mean," I questioned, distraughtly trying to keep a straight face, assuring both of them that, as I said, was over it and that I let it slip my mind.
"Um… there wasn't much else. I just thought that you would be furious with me later if you realized I had known all along. Do you have any idea why they would be blocking out our future?"
"No. I had no future plans anywhere in my eternity to meet with a pack of filthy, smelling dogs." Edward's nose wrinkled in distaste as he spoke of the wolves.
"Well, then I don't know why the future is blank for us," she mumbled, ducking her head in shame. I couldn't imagine what it would be like for her, not knowing and all.
"What if they are coming for us? What if they are coming for me?" it wouldn't be a first. If Jacob couldn't hold off the pack and they wanted me gone, they would do anything to get their way. That includes hurting my current families.
"Bella, why would they be coming for you? It wasn't as if you killed anyone," Edward joked, kissing the hollow beneath my ear in a comforting way. His strong chest was pushed against my back while his legs were on either side of mine, his arms locked strongly around my waist.
"But…" I began before Edward's index finger swept forward, placing on my lips, silencing any words that were about to escape.
"No buts. They are not coming for you, Bella. Most likely they are just stopping by to make sure that the new vampire that they heard has joined is going to abide by the contract to. I'm sure it's nothing serious," he soothed.
"And what will they do when they see me back again? The pack didn't especially like me back then, what makes you think they will allow me to stay all of a sudden?" I breathed deep and evenly, keeping myself calm.
"Well, we aren't going to find out, because we will be hiding you the entire time. They have no right to see the new member anyway. You and I will stay locked up in the basement or we will run off to Alaska for a week or so. It will work out just fine, Bella. I promise, don't you trust me?" he turned me around so I straddled his waist and had no where else to look but his solid gold eyes, that to this day, still dazzled me.
"Of course I trust you, Edward. There is not a day in this life that I won't, it's just I don't want them to hurt the rest of the family just to get to me," I whispered, my hands slightly shaking his shoulders, pathetically.
"Bella that is what I am trying to say. They have no right to see you, which means they won't have a reason to hurt our family, so just relax. I promise you, love; you have no such reason to worry that pretty little, vampire mind of yours. Just enjoy right now and when the time comes for them to investigate or what ever they plan for this little check in, we will run off together, where ever you want to go. Alaska, Hawaii, Rome, Vegas, where ever you desire, we will be there in a heart beat. Alright? No more worries?" his head bent to mine, brushing his lips across mine, making me forget all coherent thought.
"Hmm," I muttered, leaning in for a real kiss. My arms wrapped around his neck, toying with the hair on the back of his neck, knowing fully well it drove him nuts. While, one of his hands knotted in my hair, the other rubbed circles on my back, bringing me closer to him, the earth colliding with all space in-between.
I was breathless by the time he released me and we loosened our grip on one another. I unwrapped my legs from Edward's waist and turned around, leaning against his chest once again, and closing my eyes in relaxation. Wait, wasn't someone else… Alice?!
My eyes flew open in shock as it occurred to me that Alice had just witnessed Edward and me and I had completely forgotten that she was here, not to mention, was the one who started our discussion. But she was no where to be found. The spot in the bed where she has sat moments ago had soothed back out from her weight and was now completely straight as if she had never sat there.
"Where did she go?" I questioned, completely astonished that she would just walk out in the middle of an important discussion.
"She got fed up with the lovebirds, or that's what she thought right before she ran out the door. She said she would discuss the subject later when we were finished being enthralled with one another and could possibly be focused on the matter." He chuckled, his breath blowing on my neck where he left a trail of kisses.
"Well, I feel bad. That was rude that you just let her go, without saying anything. I feel guilty now," I grumbled, crossing my arms across my chest like a small child.
"I think I can fix that. I'm told that I am quite good at cheering up people's moods," I felt him smile against my neck as he planted a few more kisses, following the path of my collarbone.
"Oh and who happened to tell you that?" I teased. And his only answer was to turn me back his way and kiss my lips in earnest. His hands found the hem of my blouse softly rubbed the skin under it.
"Edward, Bella, get out of the room. We have to go to school, now!" Alice pounded on the door, disturbing our plans.
"Go away," I groaned, leaning my head against Edward's chest.
"Come on, love. We really do have to go. We will finish that later, promise," he smiled at me, showing me his perfectly white teeth as they gleamed from the sun entering the huge glass window.
"Yeah, yeah, I know." I grumbled, throwing myself from his lap and to get my shoes before I decided to go attack Alice for interrupting us, again.
Heather's POV
The drive to the school was stressful. I had too much on my mind and as Jacob as always told me, I worried too much. And I knew that, but still I had a reason.
When my car had finally pulled up into the facility parking area, and I roughly pulled the key out from the ignition of my old Cabrio Volkswagen. Jacob had made it from scratch for me the first year we met and I loved it, no matter how much he wanted to replace it.
I swiftly grabbed my briefcase and my purse and made my way to the back entrance that they had told me I needed to enter through last week.
The deadbolt was unlocked and I walked right in to the darkened hall, remembering my classroom was at the other end.
A few lights were on in the rooms I passed and I noticed teachers scurry around, preparing for the day inside, while sipping their fresh coffee. My door had remained locked and was brutally dark with the lights off and curtains closed. It seemed eerie as enter.
Immediately flicking on all the switching, lights illuminating the room, and placing my bags down by my desk, I examined my room. It was dull and a bit dusty. The walls were blank and my desk was bare except for an ancient looking computer and a black desk lamp. The desks were in tidy rows, lined up to the board.
I did some immediate note taking on what to do to spruce up the room and give it some… liveliness.
Sitting down at my desk, turning on my computer- it groaned in protest and I was afraid that it might just shut back down- I took care of my morning procedures that I had been told to do every morning before my students arrived.
While staring blankly at my computer, paying not attention to what I was doing, Mr. Madison had slipped in and approached my desk, leaning against it slightly, waiting for me to acknowledge him. When I was too engrossed in my thoughts of Jacob to notice him, he made it his agenda for me to.
"They will give you a better computer once you have been here for a year or so. I had that same one when I first came here," he chuckled.
Me, not knowing of his presence, screamed quite loudly and fledging away from in my rolling chair, it hit the bookshelf behind me.
"Oh, I'm sorry I didn't mean to frighten you. You were just so entertained with your work there, sorry," he apologized again, although he didn't look sorry at all. Why did he have to be the first one to greet me?
Mr. Madison and I have first met when I came for my interview, him ogling over me and me, trying fruitlessly to ignore him.
He was in his thirties and most women would probably swoon over him, but I had Jacob, so no other man was worth falling for. His jet black hair was greased back and cropped relatively short. Ice blue eyes always looked for mine and his face had the unkempt look to it, as if he hadn't shaved in some time, but no mustache or beard was growing.
His eyes trailed down my body, appraising mine as he looked back up. I scooted forward, pushing my stomach against the desk, hiding at least half of my body, while I placed my left hand in plain sight, twiddling purposelessly with my wedding ring, letting the light sparkle off the enormous stone.
I say his eyes flicker to it once, but apparently made nothing of it as he just leaned forward even more, perching himself on my desk. His thigh was about an inch of my hand. I cleared my throat and tried to pretend he wasn't so dangerously close, while occupying myself with typing a message to the administrator in the office, thanking her for the earlier tips, including to watch out for Mr. Madison.
"So a few of the teachers do this thing every Friday, usually a trip to the coffee shop or the movies, something un-stressful. Would you like to come?" somehow, I figured that the other said "teachers" would probably be not attending this Friday, not that they ever did. Did he seriously not notice the ring? Or just not think anything of it?
"No thank you, Mr. Madison…"
"Please call me Pete," he interrupted, flashing me his pearl whites.
"Well, Pete, I just don't think that…" and once again I was interrupted, but this one I didn't mind too much.
"Her husband would enjoy that very much, but thank you for offering," Jacob stood leaning against the door way in all his glory. A coffee cup in one hand, a single rose in the other. I grinned widely and pushed Mr. Madison legs out of my way to run to Jake.
"What are you doing here? I thought you had… business to attend to this morning." I jumped into his arms as he kissed my head, setting the coffee down on the small file cabinet placed inconveniently by the door.
"Just wanted to surprise my girl at her new job." He gave me a final squeeze before releasing me, kissing my forehead lovingly.
"Aw, well you must be the lucky guy," Pete approached us, sticking out his perfectly tanned hand towards Jacob.
"Yes, I suppose so." Jake forced a smile, one I had seen him do too many times to count as he shook hands, roughfully, might I add, with Mr. Madison.
"I teach History across from Mrs. Black. It's wonderful to meet the famous husband," he grinned uneasily as he stuck his hand that he just shook with, in his pocket, right after flexing his fingers.
"I'm famous, well… that's just great," he muttered. On the outside, he was trying to be nice, but I knew that he was just ready to rip off this guy's head. The last time someone tried to pick me up was when I was at the grocery store a few years ago and well let's just say that it ended badly. Thank goodness, Sam was there to stop the brawl that almost happened.
"Well, I will leave you two alone. The bell will be ringing here in about twenty minutes, just a fair warning. It was nice to meet you, Mr. Black." he waved happily at us before escaping across the hall, shutting his door.
"What the hell was that? He was hitting on you, big time. I thought I should be worried about the other creatures lurking around the school, but no, now I have to also worry about the perverted Pete trying to pick up my wife." The vein, that so often popped up when he was stressed or mad, was bulging in his forehead.
"Relax, sweetie. There is no need to beat up the history teacher. You know that I am all yours," I kissed his nose, pulling him towards my desk.
"Yeah, I know that, but still," he followed me, bringing the coffee and rose along with him.
"It will be fine, love. I promise that if he tried anything, you will be the first to know. Now, what did you get me?" I teased, trying to change the subject.
"I thought you might need some of my famous, perfect coffee that I supposedly make so well," he set the thermos on my desk, a red wolf painted on the front (my favorite cup). "And a rose for my lovely, beautiful, extraordinary wife." He kissed me full on the mouth, pushing my knees back onto the desk.
"I love you. I didn't get to tell you that this morning," I muttered when he finally released my lips, letting me take in large amounts of oxygen.
"I love you too, sorry I wasn't there this morning, Sam wanted to sort out the plans for today. Which brings me to remind you that I will be cautiously watching for any problems, including Mr. what's his name across the hall that better keep his hands off my wife," he smiled down at me, letting me know that even though humor coated his voice, he was dead serious.
"Yes, I will let you know if he tried anything or any vampires decide to have me for a snack," I recited.
"Promise?" he eyes visibly tightened at my last comment.
"I promise," I leaned in to give him one more kiss. "You better go; the students will be arriving any minute. I love you."
"And I you. You will do wonderful. I will be right outside, listening and watching," he warned before skipping out the door.
My lips curved into a smile at his love. I eventually found a plastic cup and filled it with water, sticking my rose inside, and placing it on my desk.
While sipping at the coffee, I went over my lesson plan once more before the students began flowing into the halls as the first bell rang.
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