Chapter 25 "It was hair-raising... "
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There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.
~George Carlin (1937-2008)
Jake had fallen asleep after the third time of our love making, and I thought I would be falling asleep shortly after him but I couldn't shake the nausea that was inevitably there. So I quietly made my way to the bathroom, so I didn't wake Jake and have him worried.
Once I got to the bathroom I quickly laid down on the floor and once the side of my face felt the cold surface, I instantly felt relief but I also winced at the pressure against my now tender breast. I was praying that I would start feeling better before I had to go to work tonight, which gave me 5 hours to work with.
After laying on the floor for ten minutes I decided that I could manage to get up and walk down to the kitchen to eat some saltines, which was something that I have found, in the past two days, that could ease my stomach. I couldn't believe how worn out I felt. I guessed that it was another symptom of pregnancy. I really wished that I knew exactly what was normal and what wasn't. I still had another month to see the doctor again, so I suppose I will just have to buy a book.
I laid my head against the table so my cheek could feel the cold surface, while I nibbled on a cracker. I began to get lost into my thoughts but was soon interrupted with a knock at the door. It startled me and so I quickly jumped up, which was a bad idea, because I instantly felt light headed and swayed against the table. After gaining my control back I slowly walked towards the door.
"Who is it?" I asked through the door.
"Its your Momma!!" I heard and I couldn't believe it. I quickly unlocked my door and flung it open and standing before me was my mom.
I immediately hugged her and I didn't realise till now of how much I did miss her. I didn't want to let her go and instead I held onto her tighter, breathing in her familiar scent of cocoa butter and caramel and without my acknowledgement I began to cry. It wasn't until I finally let her go and seen the wet spot on her shoulder when I realised.
"Awwh honey..Now you said you didn't need me to come." she said while wiping the tears from my face.
"I just didn't want you to have to come all the way up here..but I have missed you." I admitted.
"Well it is not a problem coming up here to see my daughter...I wanted to see you and I have missed you sooo much Bella." she said while grabbing her suit case and beginning to walk inside with me.
"Now why are you not in school..young lady?" she added and before I could answer Jake appeared at the bottom of the stairs, which made my mother jump.
"Oh so this must be the Jake?" she said while looking between the both of us. Jake walked further into the kitchen and stretched out his hand to take hers.
"Mom this is Jake. Jake this is my mom." I said while nervously watching them take each others hands.
I didn't know why I was so nervous, because I knew Jake and my mom would hit it off well.
"Its nice to meet you ma'am. I have heard alot about you." Jake said ever-so-politely.
"Oh please don't call me ma'am. You can call me Renee and I have also heard alot about you. Your all Bella talks about anymore." she said but then looked to me.
"Bella when you told me he was good looking, you could have told me just how good looking." she added and I could already feel the heat building up into my cheeks. I looked to Jake who seemed amused by this and in a way I couldn't blame my mother for saying it because Jake was standing there in only his cut off shorts and he did indeed look good.
She must have noticed how uncomfortable that made me though because she quickly changed the subject.
"So Jake how is the old man doing? I haven't seen him in years." she asked while we all got seated at the kitchen table.
"He is doing good. He would love to see you again. You will have to come down and see him while your here." he said.
"I would love to see him again."
"So mom why did you decide to come?" I interrupted, but I couldn't help but ask.
"Well I have missed you so much and when you told me that your pregnant I couldn't not come." she said.
"Well what are we going to tell dad?" I asked.
"Well I am defiantly not telling him that I found you and Jake here playing hooky together and I don't have to explain of why I came to visit you, but I am going to tell him that I came to your school today and got you out because we are going shopping." she said with a huge grin at the end.
"You can come too Jake." she added.
"We are?" I asked, while feeling another wave of nausea.
"Yes Bella, your going to need maternity clothes and books and baby clothes......and I am only here for a few days...and" she began to ramble before I interrupted her.
"Wohh..wohh..Mom your getting ahead of yourself." I interrupted. She then stuck out her bottom lip and I couldn't help but giggle. My mother seemed more like a child at times than me.
"Okay maybe I am, but you do need some books and a few maternity outfits." she reasoned and she was right. I did need some books.
"and then we can get some lunch." she added. I then looked to Jake to see what he thought.
"I would love to come with you guys but I am going to have to run home first and get some clothes." he said and I couldn't help but smile. I seriously didn't deserve Jake.
"Run home?..Oh no. Your house is a few miles away. We will stop by your house for you." she said.
Jake and I giggled at this. If she only knew how fast he could get there but we didn't argue.
"Well I am going to get dressed real quick before we go." I said and then I swiftly but carefully headed to my bedroom.
I grabbed the first nice looking clothes I seen out of my closet. It was a v-cut yellow t-shirt and a pair of light blue jeans and as I began to get dressed, I couldn't help but imagine how it will feel when my little jelly bean begins to grow bigger in my stomach or how I would look. I even stuck a pillow under my shirt and held down the noticeable corners, to try and get an idea of what I would look like. My charade was ended quickly though when I began to feel light headed, just by standing there and it was then that I wondered how I was going to pull off a day in Port Angela's like this.
After sitting down for a few minutes, I gave myself a glance in the mirror to see if I looked as bad as I felt. I was a little pale but other than that I looked fine but I was surprised to see that my breast looked bigger. I haven't wore anything but baggy shirts for the past few days to even notice them. I knew they were sore but I didn't realise the size change. I instinctively grabbed both of them and winced at the touch. Although they looked nice, which made me happy, I could defiantly go without the pain.
After I was done emphasizing over my breast, I grabbed my hoodie and then pulled my hair into a semi-neat knot. I gave myself another glance in the mirror and then walked slowly down the stairs to try and listen in on what Jake and my mom were talking about and to my surprise they were talking about his mother. I never really talked to Jake about his mother dieing because I didn't know what to say, but here my mom is, only meeting Jake for the first time since he was in diapers, and talking about her with him.
I appeared into the kitchen after they were done but Jake probably knew that I was there the whole time. We all then walked outside and climbed into my mom's rented Honda Civic and headed to La Push. My mom was disappointed that Billy wasn't home. He had left a note for Jake before he left, telling him that he had gone out to lunch with Sue.
After Jake put on the baby blue button up shirt I bought him and kackies, we headed to Port Angela's. The car ride there I listened to my mom's stories of what she has been doing in Florida. She had told us that she swam with dolphins, ran a marathon, went scuba diving and was even on two cruises in this past month. I was happy to hear that she was enjoying herself there and even happier to see her and Jake getting along so well. I already knew that they would but I didn't expect for them to already be joking around with each other.
It didn't take us long to get to Port Angela's and the first place we stopped was Barnes and Nobles. We all headed straight for the baby books but before I could even begin to look at them my mother already had a pile in my hand.
"Well you defiantly need 'What to Expect, When your Expecting' and 'The Pregnancy Journal' and 'The Ultimate Week-by-Week Pregnancy Guide'. Oh and Jake here is a book for you 'The Expectant Father'."she rambled while adding to the pile. Jake and I began to scan through the pages of 'What to Expect, When your Expecting' but I quickly closed the book after seeing to much vulva's and breast because all the worries and disbelief that I could do this began to swirl around in my head again. Jake must have noticed my discomfort because he gave me a kiss on my forehead and then whispered into my ear that "Everything will be okay."
We weren't in the book store for no longer than a half hour later when I began to feel extremely sick. I felt worst than what I did this morning and I knew there was no way that I could hide it, but before I could say anything to Jake or my mother, I threw up in the health section of the book store. How ironic? Jake and my mom were quickly by my side along with the cashier. They all led me to a bench for me to sit down and kept asking if I was okay but all I could keep saying was that I was sorry. Other than being extremely embarrassed, I also felt really bad, especially when I seen that a tiny teenage girl had to clean it up.
We ended up skipping lunch and heading straight back home. I was more than happy with this decision. I couldn't wait to curl up in my bed and go to sleep. Jake was just as worried as I thought he would be and he even insisted on me not going to work tonight. He planned on calling Sue when we got home. I didn't even argue with him, because in truth, I didn't really know if I could do it anyway.
On our way home my mother stopped and bought me another pack of crackers and ginger ale. I told her it wasn't nesacary but knowing my mother I knew she would stop anyway.
My dad wasn't home from work yet when we arrived home. My mother decided to give him a call when we got in the house to let him know she was visiting. Jake and I sat on my porch before going inside, because the fresh air made me feel better, but before we could get settled onto the porch swing together, we heard it. It was the most chilling sound I ever heard before. It was a howl and not any normal one. Jake's body stiffened next to me as my heart sunk.
"Whats going on?" I quickly asked.
"I don't know but its not good." he said as he turned to me and then it hit us again. The howl was eerie and the message my body was sending me when I heard it made it even more chilling. It made the hairs raise on the back of my neck and goosebumps run down my arms. I knew it wasn't good which made me not want him to go even more than usual. I even thought about trying to hold him against his will but I knew that wouldn't be possible.
"I have to go. I will come back here as soon as I figure out whats all going on. Stay here! Don't go anywhere." He said while stealing my lips before I could even protest. Even the kiss sent a chill down my spine and it was then that I began to panic. I stood there frozen at the edge of my porch as I watched him run into the woods and then a flicker of a tail was the last thing I seen and there was then nothing but the light breeze that came from his departure. My heart began to race and I could feel it pounding out of my chest and as if all of the signs weren't enough to make my worries go into overdrive, I heard the hair-raising howl again.
And then there was nothing.......
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