Chapter 24
Serena's point of view
"The newborn army is coming after Serena too," Bella says.
"WHAT!" Jake and I yell shocked. Why would they come after me?
"The red head, Victoria, thinks we killed Daniel and wants revenge on us wolves," Sam says.
"So why choose me?" I ask.
"She has your scent and likes it," Bella says and I glare at her.
"How do we know you're not lying?" I ask.
"Ask Alice or Edward if you don't believe me," she says.
"Serena we have to take what she says seriously, even if she is lying, we can't take a chance and end up wrong," Sam says.
"If you're lying..." Jake warns stepping closer to her glaring daggers at her.
"Jake you of all people should trust me," Bella says. Jake walks away from her and back to me keeping his arms wrapped around me.
"So what are we going to do about this?" Jake asks.
"Someone from the pack will be with her at all times, we'll patrol around our house and my mother's," Sam says and everyone nods.
"What about when the newborns arrive?" I ask.
"You'll be staying up in the mountains with Edward, and Bella with Jacob," Sam says and I nod.
"She's not going near a leech!" Jake yells.
"Jacob she'll be safest there and you'll be there to protect her," Sam says and Jake groans but nods.
"Everyone be on high alert," Sam warns and we all nod.
"Paul and Jared lets get to patrol," Sam orders and they leave.
"Bella I think you should leave now," Emily says.
"Oh alright, bye Jake," she says smiling at him. I glare at her and it takes all I have to go over to her and punch her in the nose again. She leaves and I sigh.
"She's not going to change anything," Jake whispers in my ear and I nod.
After all the talking I went upstairs to get ready for bed. When I come out of the bathroom Jake's in my bed waiting for me. I walk over to my bed and get in next to him. He wraps his arms around me and I lay my head on his chest.
"Are you scared?" Jake asks.
"Yes," I whisper.
"Don't be, we'll protect you, I'll protect you," he says and I nod.
"I love you," I say.
"I love you too," he says and kisses my forehead.
"Go to sleep," he whispers and I nod closing my eyes and slowly falling asleep to the rhythm of his heart.
When I wake up Jake's gone, he has patrol in the mornings. I get up and go downstairs to find Emily, and Sam.
"Where's everyone else?" I ask.
"Quil, Embry and Jake are patrolling, Paul's asleep on the couch, Jared's at Kim's, and Seth and Leah are at their house," Emily says and I nod.
"Hungry?" Emily asks and I nod. She goes into the kitchen and gets me some muffins and orange juice.
"Thanks," I say and eat.
Paul wakes up soon and joins us for breakfast. Quil, and Embry come back after patrolling and eat with us too.
"Where's Jake?" I ask.
"He's going to continue to patrol with Seth and Leah," Embry says.
"Why?" I ask confused.
"He wants to make sure you're safe," Quil says.
"Oh," I say. I wish he was here with me right now, I really miss him.
"Don't worry Serena I'm sure he'll be back by lunch," Emily says and I nod.
Emily was wrong Jake never came back for lunch. He wants to patrol all day and night to make sure I'm safe and unharmed. It's sweet of him to do that but I miss him and just want to feel his arms around me. I walk outside with Embry, because I can't be outside alone, and to the beginning of the forest.
"JAKE!" I yell out into the forest. My russet red wolf appears and I smile.
"Phase back please," I say and he shakes his big head no.
"Jake please," I whine with puppy dog eyes. He growls but turns around and heads back into the forest. He comes back a minute later in shorts. I smile and run into his arms. He snakes his arms around me and I feel at peace.
"I missed you," I say.
"I missed you too," he whispers kissing my head.
"I'm heading back inside," Embry says and leaves us.
"Why'd you call me?" Jake asks.
"I missed you and wanted you to stop patrolling," I say.
"Serena I need to keep you safe," he says.
"Jake you're going to over work yourself, you must be starving too," I defend.
"Serena all I care about right now is your safety," he says cupping my cheeks.
"I know, but Jake what I need right now is you by my side," I say and he sighs.
"Alright," he says and I smile.
"Good," I say.
"Lets go to the beach," I say and grab his hand and start to walk to the path down to the beach.
"Wait," he says and stops me.
"What?" I ask.
"You need to stay here," he says and I roll my eyes.
"Jake if there's a problem the pack will signal us and you'll get me home in seconds," I say.
"Can we please just go to the beach for like ten minutes?" I beg.
"Alright, but the second I sense we're in danger we're leaving," he says and I nod my head.
When we get to the beach I notice no one's here, well it is cold. As if Jake read my mind he wrapped his arm around my shoulder and pulled me into his side, spreading the warmth through my body. We walk down the beach in silence just enjoying each others presence. Hearing the ocean made me relax and feel at peace, forgetting about the leeches coming after me. I'm scared but I know Jake, Sam and the pack will protect me, even if it means loosing their lives which I hope it doesn't happen. Bella better not be lying, because if she is I'll go over to Forks myself and beat her until she begs for mercy. I know I know I'm being a little mean but hey if she was trying to steal your boyfriend how would you feel?
"Whatcha thinking about?" Jake asks.
"Oh nothing," I say with a smirk.
"Oh really?" he asks raising an eyebrow.
"Yep," I say.
"Are you sure you're not thinking up something devious?" he asks.
"How'd you know?" I ask.
"You had a devious look on your face," he says.
"What were you thinking about?" he asks.
"Nothing," I say. "Liar," he says and I chuckle.
"You'll never get it out of me," I say and me looks me in the eyes.
"Oh really?" he asks and I nod. He leans down and kisses me. I wrap my arms around his neck and he places his hands on my hips giving me a little squeeze making me moan. He breaks away and I frown.
"That was mean," I pout and he chuckles.
"If you tell me what you were thinking then we can continue the kiss," he says.
"Never," I say and he chuckles.
"Oh yes you will," he says and throws me over his shoulder. I start to giggle as he runs down the beach.
"Put me down," I giggle. He stops running and places me on the sand. I smile up at him but he smirks so I know he's up to something. Before I can ask his hands attack my sides and tickle me.
"Jake...please...stop!" I beg.
"Tell me what you were thinking," he says.
"Okay!" I yell out and he stops tickling me.
"Go on," he says.
"I was thinking about how nice it would be to beat up Bella," I say.
"It does sound nice," he says and I chuckle.
"We are such bad people to think that," I say.
"No we're not, she's the reason there are leeches after you," he says.
"True true," I say.
"So what about that kiss?" I ask and hr grins before attacking my lips with his.