Jewel's P.O.V.
I tried to sneak into the house without alerting the others. I forgot that they had stupid vampire senses. All of my siblings came swiftly down the stairs before I could even make it up two. Trying to push past Matt, Emmett, Edward, Jasper, Alice, and Rosalie, they pushed back. There was no way through. Alice took a step forward. I gave them all a steely glare. I knew exactly what was going to happen. They were going to start asking me all these questions about where I've been and who I was with and why I smell so gosh darn awful. I shuddered when I thought that Alice saw me and Jake in a vision.
"Jewel. Jewel. Jewel!" I snapped back to attention. "Now that we've got your attention," Alice said drily. "What, Alice. What do you want from me?" Her topaz eyes bore into mine. "Don't you what me. Where were you last night? I thought you went to clear your head, not spend a whole night sleeping with a mutt." "So y'all did know," I said silently, forgetting that Edward could read my mind. "Jewel," Rosalie said my name in a no-nonsense tone. "Are you going to tell us why you left in such a hurry last night?" "Nope." "Is there something wrong?" Jasper asked as he was tasting my mood. My heart hammered in my chest as guilt pooled in my heart for having to lie to my family. "Nothing. Nothing at all." All six of them started chiming in at once. "Oh, really. So you're not going to tell us where you've been all night when everyone has been worried sick about you?" "Can you guys just listen to me?" I pleaded. They all turned to look at each other before looking at me. "NO." I was afraid of that. "It's none of y'all's business. I'm almost 18, so you can't keep telling me what I can and cannot do. So please, just let me get upstairs and cleaned up before Carlisle and Esme come home." Rosalie shook her head and I've never seen her eyes so cold before. "It is our business if you put us all in danger by breaking the Treaty and vampire laws." "I'M NOT A WHOLE VAMPIRE! I'M PART WITCH TOO! WHAT PART OF THAT DON'T YOU GET?!" I snarled. "You are a part vampire. So you still have to obey the same rules and laws everyone else does, Jewel." A soft voice startled me out of my rampage. I whirled around to see Carlisle and Esme at the bottom of the stairs. "D-d-Dad!"
"Jewel, you and I need to have a talk." I bobbed my head. "First, could I at least go take a shower and change clothes?" He nodded his consent. My siblings parted like the Red Sea. I walked through them and up the stairs feeling their glares boring holes into my head. As I walked through my routine of showering and cleaning up, I could hear them talking about me. "What could she have been doing?" "Do you think, they might be together?" "She's breaking the Treaty!" I threw on a pair of sweats and a shirt after my shower and ran a brush through my curly hair. Running at top speed of Carlisle's study, I paused. How will I tell him that I love Jacob?
"Jewel, Come in. I can hear you lurking outside." I gritted my teeth and walked in the room. "Jewel, sit down." I sat down in the chair across from my father. "Where the heck did you go last night? You had us completely worried." I swallowed uncomfortably as I realized just how worried everyone must have been. "Carlisle, there is something you should know…" I trailed off as he raised a hand silencing me. "I already know." "How?" "Jewel, honey, you may have showered, but you still smell like a wolf. That and I saw you and Jacob." "Why did you watch us?" I crossed my arms in a rebellious teen fashion. "I had to make sure he wasn't going to harm you. When I saw that you were safe, I left. I approve of you two by the way. Just don't let it get too overboard okay?" "And why do you approve already? I mean, everyone seems to want to kill me." He looked at me exasperatedly. "I saw the way he looked at you. With so much love and passion. It's the same way I look at Esme every time I see her." I blushed at the way he described the way Jacob and I love each other. "Promise me that you'll be extra careful with him?" I nodded and promised. "Then you can go." I dipped my head and left his study. "Jewel, sit down." I sat down in the chair across from my father. "Where the heck did you go last night? You had us completely worried." I swallowed uncomfortably as I realized just how worried everyone must have been. "Carlisle, there is something you should know…" I trailed off as he raised a hand silencing me. "I already know." "How?" "Jewel, honey, you may have showered, but you still smell like a wolf. That and I saw you and Jacob." "Why did you watch us?" I crossed my arms in a rebellious teen fashion. "I had to make sure he wasn't going to harm you. When I saw that you were safe, I left. I approve of you two by the way. Just don't let it get too overboard okay? I don't want you or anyone else getting hurt." "How do you know that Jake won't hurt me?" He looked at me affectionately with some exasperation. "He looks at you the same way I look at Esme every time I see her. Now I want you to promise me that you will be careful with him, Okay?" I promised him that and he nodded. "Okay then, you may go." Nodding, I turned and left his study to go get ready for my date.
