Chapter 25: Yay for camping! Fuck you Frosty!
The next day Bella and I walked through the woods, Edward, Jasper and Emmett waiting for us at the clearing while we left a trail that would leave the newborns straight into the clearing and away from the town like we wanted. Bella of course tripped and cut her hand. So she then started rubbing it on rocks and trees. "You're going to get an infection" I told her. "If it helps" she responded back. "Yeah because infections help everything" I rolled my eyes. "So what's with the whole Edward sitting out tomorrow?" I questioned her. She sighed, "I don't want to lose him" she told me. "You won't Bella. They're going to be fine tomorrow" I told her. "How can you let Emmett go?" She questioned me. I sighed, letting my fingers run over plants and trees, occasionally putting a strand of hair on a tree branch from my hair brush. We were being thorough.
"Because, it's in Emmett's personality. He's not the type of guy to just sit around and let a battle pass by him and I'm not going to force him too" I told her. She shook her head. "What?" I questioned her. "Nothing I just wish I was more like you" Bella told me and I raised an eyebrow. "Please Bella yeah right" I told her. She stopped, "no I'm serious Jenna! Your beautiful, your amazing at everything you do! You don't let anyone boss you around! You're so strong all the time and I don't know how you do it!" Bella told me. I sighed wrapping my arms around her into a hug. "It's because I have to Bella. I'm your older sister! I'm going to look out for you. Besides your strong too you just don't show it!" I told her keeping my arm around her shoulders as we headed towards the clearing. Jasper had marked the trees for us so we wouldn't get lost in the woods.
"Yeah right Jenna your just saying that. If I was strong then I would be able to let Edward fight with his family" Bella muttered. I flicked her ear. "Ow!" Bella whined. I laughed, "then stop talking like that! So what if you want to keep Edward with you just to make sure he was okay! Get over it! At least you'll know he's safe! I'll have to wait till after the battle to see if Emmett's safe." I told her. She nodded her head as we walked into the clearing. Edward sighed at smelling Bella's fresh blood. He quickly covered it up. Surprisingly Jasper held his composure.
"All right what am I doing here?" Jacob questioned, "hey Jake" I greeted. He looked at me then looked away. I sighed, Emmett pulled me closer into him rubbing my side ."Hey Jenna" Quill greeted, "Hey Quill!" I greeted back hugging him. "God you stink" Quill teased, "Hey I showered this morning mister! Can you say the same?" I questioned smacking his chest. He laughed, "ouch! You wound me with your words vampire girl" Quill teased. I rolled my eyes as Jacob picked up Bella then took off into the woods as a test run. Five minutes later he came back on a different part of the clearing. Jasper then took off after the train only to come back on a different spot. "Picked up nothing but wolf stench. No Bella" Jasper approved of the plan.
"Good meet us here" Edward said pointing out a small spot on the map. Quill and Jacob both studied it before Jacob picked up Bella. "See you soon" I told Emmett, he nodded kissing me hard before picking up a camping bag. "Ready?" Quill questioned ,I opened my mouth to answer only to scream as he swept his legs out from under me, his other arm catching my back before I hit the ground. Quill laughed at my scream. "Show off!" I complained smacking his chest.
Quill chuckled, "So Jared wanted to apologize and pass along that he's happy to see you happy with Emmett" Quill told me. "You mean hates the fact that it's Emmett I'm with but glad that I'm happy?" I questioned him and he nodded. "Pretty much" Quill laughed and I rolled my eyes. Jacob and Quill easily supported our weights as they jogged up a steep mountain. "So are you staying the night up here with us?" I questioned Quill. "Nope, Jacob is though. He'll be your contact into the pack. Seth will relieve him in the morning" Quill told me. I nodded. It was about half an hour before Quill and Jacob carried us into the clearing. Quill set me down. "Have fun, it's going to be a cold one" Quill told me and I nodded. "No problem, see you later" Quill told me kissing my cheek before he took off into the woods. Emmett wrapped me up in a hug rubbing himself all over me. "Emmett what are you doing?" I laughed, "You smell like him" he growled, I rolled my eyes. "Territorial now huh?" I questioned and he chuckled. "Well you smell like a dog right now" he told me. I rolled my eyes. "Whatever Emmett" I shivered as a cold wind blew against the mountain. "Come on, we already have the tent set up" he told me ushering me inside. Edward already had Bella inside. "Definitely, it's freezing out here" I agreed getting inside. Emmett wrapped me up in a sleeping bag. Within an hour snow was hitting the side of the tent harder, Bella and I were clinging onto each other, our teeth chattering horribly. Edward and Emmett in the corner of the tent, both of them wanted to cuddle with us to help warm us up but they would only make us colder.
Jacob whined again outside. "You want to be helpful go fetch a space heater!" Edward snarled in Jacob's direction. We could plainly hear Jacob snort, before the zipper of the tent opened. Emmett looked over at him while Edward kept his eyes fixed on Bella. "Don't even think about it" Edward growled, Emmett raised an eyebrow only to tense at seeing Jacob move closer to me and Bella. Edward caught his arm. "Don't you touch her" Edward growled. "Let go of me leech" Jacob growled back. Emmett also let out a slight warning growl. He knew things were on thin ice already between me and Jacob and he didn't want it getting worse before this battle.
"Stop fighting" Bella stuttered out. I laughed but it turned into a teeth chattering mess I officially hate cold weather. Snow, frosty all of it! "They're going to need their toes in the morning" Jacob growled, "get out" Edward growled back at him. "Edward, I don't know about you but I'd prefer my girlfriend not turning into a popsicle. Though I just might have to lick you till you melt" Emmett whispered the last part in my ear. I giggled, "Ew" Bella complained, I rolled my eyes. "Fine" Edward growled. Jacob unzipped the sleeping bag and Bella and I groaned in complaint as cold air hit us. Jacob quickly slipped into the sleeping bags. "Move over, sleeping bag hogs" Jacob chuckled. We tried to move but weren't having much luck at it. Jacob slipped in between us and zipped the sleeping bag up again. How it zipped up I'll never know! But all three of us were smoohsed together. "Holy crap you two are freezing!" Jacob complained as Bella and I clung to his half naked form. He only wore sweat pants that stopped at his knees.
"You know you would warm up faster if you two were naked" Jacob put in. Edward and Emmett let out angry growls at that idea. "Jake" Bella groaned, while I rolled my eyes. Jacob was far too warm to care about his sexual jokes. "What? Survial one oh one you can look it up" Jacob said, I kicked off my boots and pushed my toes against Jacob's ankles. He jumped a foot in the air. "Holy shit those are cold toes. Are they actually froze?" Jacob questioned, "probably" I groaned. Bella kicked off hers and did the same thing. Jacob was soon covered in goose bumps as he shivered holding us two popsicles against him. It wasn't long before Bella and I were warm. I was sweating in my jacket. Having slight muscle movement I shed off my jacket. Rubbing my cheek against Jacob's chest as I fell asleep. "Emmett" I whispered cuddling closer to Jacob. Jacob glared while Emmett smiled and brushed his fingers against my cheek. "Go to sleep now baby" Emmett cooed leaning forwards and kissing my cheek gently. A small smile on my lips as I fell into a deep sleep.
Emmett's POV
I hated seeing Jenna shivering, her lips blue as she tried to use Bella for body heat. The plan would have worked better if Bella had some body heat to share. She was also starting to turn blue. The both shivering every time a gust of wind blew against the tent. "I should have picked a spot further down the mountain" Edward groaned from his corner of the tent. He was by the entrance and I was by the head of the tent. I hated not being able to curl up with her. I hated that I was cold and I would have made her colder. Damn it for being a vampire! Why did vampires have to be cold anyway?
Jacob howled his complaint from outside. "Then go get a space heater!" Edward growled at him. Jacob huffed at that making Jenna laugh. I looked over at hearing Jacob unzipping the tent, slipping inside and closing it again. But the cold air that rushed in sent the girls into convulsions. "Don't even think about it" Edward growled, I raised an eyebrow at Jacob when he moved closer to the girls. Edward catching his arm. "Don't even think about it" Edward growled, "Let go of me" Jacob growled back. I let out a warning growl, my body curving over Jenna ready to throw Jacob out of this tent if he attacked Edward. "They're going to need their toes in the morning" Jacob growled. I looked down at Jenna, she wouldn't make it through the night going on like this.
"Get out" Edward growled. I groaned, I didn't want to see Jacob curl up against Jenna, but thankfully he was into Bella and not Jenna. "Edward I don't know about you but I don't want my girlfriend to be a popsicle in the morning. Though I might just have to lick you till you melt" I whispered the last part in Jenna's ear. She giggled, "ew!" Bella complained a look of disgust but slight longing on her face. Edward didn't act like that around her no matter how much she wanted him too. Edward debated in his head, but a sudden convulsion from Bella made up his mind. "Fine" Edward growled letting Jacob go. Jacob quickly unzipped the sleeping back. "Come on ladies make room for me" Jacob chuckled slipping into the sleeping bag zipping it closed behind him. The sleeping bag looked like it was about to pop with Jacob's added body weight inside. The two girls immediately grabbed him. Jacob's eyes widened as he shivered.
"Holy crap you guys" he complained, only to jump in the air when the girls kicked off their boots and pressed their cold toes around his calves and ankles. I chuckled from my spot. About ten minutes later Jenna slipped out of her jacket. Wrapping her arms around Jacob's waist. Her head resting on his chest. Her cheek rubbing into the tan skin. "Emmett" she whispered half asleep. I smiled while Jacob looked disgusted at being called a vampire. I ran my fingers over her cheek and she turned her face into the attention. I smiled and leaned down kissing her cheek gently. "Go to sleep now baby" I whispered to her. She nodded laying her head back down. A smile on her face as she fell into a deep sleep.
I smiled affectionately at her tucking the sleeping bag tighter around her. Jacob looked up at me. "You really love her don't you?" He questioned and I nodded. "Then why don't you give her up to a better life?" Jacob questioned, "What so another one of your mutt mates can break her heart?" Emmett questioned, "So she told you about Jared?" Jacob questioned and Emmett nodded. "She's too good for you, you know" Jacob told me. "So is Bella for you but that never stops you from trying" I pointed out. Edward chuckled from his spot. Jacob glared, "If you had stayed away. If I had more time I could have made her happy" Jacob informed Edward. "To bad she doesn't see that way" Edward told him.
Jacob rolled his eyes. "I forced us apart once and it nearly killed the both of us. I'm not stupid enough to try that a second time." Edward told him. "But what if it was what she wanted, if she chose me?" Jacob questioned, Edward smiled at that idea. Yeah right, like that would happen! "Would you kill me?" Jacob questioned, "now that is an entertaining idea" Edward chuckled. "But I couldn't hurt her like that. If she chose you, then I would respect that and walk away" Edward told him. "What about you?" Jacob questioned me. "Oh your after my girl now too?" Emmett questioned, he rolled his eyes. "If Jared hadn't imprinted, would you let Jenna go?" He questioned. I tapped my chin thinking about it.
"No I wouldn't." I told him. He glared, "Because she never would. Jared could never get her to do this" I told him confidently running my finger down her cheek. She smiled, letting a sigh out as she rolled over turning towards me. Jacob kept her back pressed into him so she'd stay warm. "He could never love her, like I love her. She's my everything and I know Jenna would never walk away from that" I told him studied the love of my life's face as she slept. Her dark hair falling into her face. I tucked the hair behind her ear. "Emmett" she sighed.
"I'm here baby, sleep" I whispered to her softly. My voice music to ears sending her back into a deep sleep. "So you'll turn her into a blood sucking murderer just to keep her?" Jacob questioned, he chuckled. "If I don't do it she'll pull some life threatening scheme to get Carlisle to do it and I'm not going to risk it. She's chosen me for a reason I doubt I'll never know" I sighed. "She's already made the agreement with Carlisle anyway" Jacob groaned at that. Hate in his eyes at the thought of Jenna being a vampire. "At least you know she'll be well taken care of" I told him. Jacob glared at me. "That's not good enough for her" Jacob growled. I rolled my eyes. No matter what I said Jacob was going to hate me. Oh well. Might as well stop trying, besides it's not like Jenna was awake to keep us from arguing.
"Whatever mutt, at least I don't have to wear a flea collar" I growled, Edward chuckled at the insult. "Go eat a rabbit" Jacob growled back. "Go lift your leg somewhere" I chuckled. Jacob rolled his eyes. "Go light yourself on fire" Jacob growled back. And that's how we passed the night, Jacob finally fell asleep around three in the morning. "Have you decided about proposing to her?" Edward questioned me. I looked up at him. "Yeah, I think I will on vacation" I told him. He smiled at my nervousness as I rubbed the back of my neck. "Don't worry she'll say yes. You know she will" Edward pointed out. "But do I have to blackmail her into it?" I questioned him. Edward chuckled. "Well you can always use the vacation to do that" Edward snickered.
I had one fist balled up as I smacked it over and over again into my other hand. I had to do something. I hated just sitting around waiting for the night to pass without being able to cuddle with Jenna. "Don't worry Emmett, Alice has already seen it" Edward chuckled. "Well good maybe she can tell me how I propose?" I chuckled, Edward rolled his eyes. "Don't worry, the surprise one's are the best." Edward chuckled and I rolled my eyes watching the rise and fall of Jenna's stomach as she breathed. Idea's of her belly being swelled and rounded. That glow emitting from her, the kind of glow only a pregnant woman gets. "Emmett" Edward warned, I huffed. "Spoil sport" I muttered. Edward chuckled rolling his eyes watching over Bella as she slept.