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Please give thanks to my wonderful beta cullennbella. This chapter was a little difficult to write, I had to pull out my guide in order to it as close as possible to the facts. There will be some facts from the story that change along the way.
Warning: A little lemonade in this chapter, just a little.
In this chapter, Victoria and her newborns will make an appearance, but not to attach the Cullens. See what happens, we find out about Jake turning into a wolf, we see Edward and Bella advance their relationship some. A little lemonade here for those interested.
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Chapter 37
"Shadows of the Sun"
BPOV
Jake completed all the work on the motorcycles, and I would go over every chance I have to help him work on them. Better yet, I would go to provide money, to feed Jake, and be company to him apparently. When he got them done, he tried to teach me how to ride and after falling off and hurting my head, Edward forbid me to ride while I was a human. After cutting my head wide open, I kind of agreed with him.
A couple of days after Ashton's appearance, a couple of vampires showed up on the Cullen's doorstep. I wasn't there, but was told about it. Some vampire named Victoria was interested in helping the Cullen's overthrow the Volturi, and offered her services. She was making a newborn army in Seattle and was planning on heading to Italy to get rid of the Italian Scum as she had put it. I wasn't sure that was a good idea, but as long as they stayed away from Charlie, me, and the Cullen's I really didn't care what she did.
School was going great and once again the time came for the Prom. The boys would ask me out, even though they knew I was openly seeing Edward, it didn't stop them from asking. Edward looked on at them asking, chuckling every time one of them approached me. When Edward of finally asked and I accepted. I planned to ride his feet the entire night, but he didn't mind. Alice picked out my dress, and planned on fixing me up. I didn't argue it wouldn't have done any good anyways.
I became concerned when I called Jake to come and change the oil in my car, and Billy informed me that he was sick. When I asked what he had? He was vague for a few minutes, but told me to come and see him. I answered him saying I would be there in an hour or so.
I told Edward that I was going to see him, and he told me to be careful. I was always careful, and I figured he was talking about not getting into more trouble with the motorcycles.
When I made it to La Push I headed straight to Jake's house Billy meet me on the porch.
"He's not feeling well, but I wanted you to talk to him."
"Where is he?" I ask following Billy into the house.
"His room," I headed straight to Jake's room and found him sleeping. I tried not to wake him thinking that he needed his rest. But when I make it to the doorframe, he clears his throat and I spun around to see him looking at me.
"Hey" I reply walking toward him.
"What are you doing here?" he asks looking around.
"I heard you where sick, when I called about servicing my car. Billy said I could stop by." I shrug
"Yeah, you could say that I'm sick." I wondered what he meant by his statement, but didn't ask.
"What are your symptoms? I will bring you some soup or something."
"Soup won't help what I have, Bella," he states, sounding so sad about things.
"You are going to have to be more specific so I know what to bring for you."
"You don't have to bring me anything, just leave me be." He rolls over facing the wall and cutting off our conversation. I head out the door crying, going straight towards my car.
I make it to Edward and he comforts me, telling me to give Jacob time. That his sickness is something that will take time and that anger is one of the side effects of it. I cry into his chest, once I have calmed down I head home to rest.
Over the next, couple of days Jake got better. I called Billy everyday to check on him. Billy told me he was with Sam, and he was helping Jake overcome some of the side effects of the illness, Sam had been through it before. He knew just what to do for Jake. I planned to go tomorrow on my day off in order to talk to Jacob more, and see what is truly going on.
I walk into the little house on La Push hollering for Billy or Jacob. When no one replies, I head out into the backyard. Once I get there, I stop in my tracks, and saw the biggest wolves known to man. I can't believe what I am looking at. I scream and run back through the house, out to my car before I can get the door open Jacob stops me. I stop, but when I look down, I turn red, because Jake is standing in front of me completely nude.
"Um...Jake" I stammer, this is the first time I have ever seen a man naked before, and I never dreamed it would be Jake.
"Yeah," I don't think he even realizes what he has done, but I see in his face when he realizes it for himself. He reaches down to cup his parts in his hand, and I can faintly see a blush rising on his olive cheeks.
"I'll be right back," Jake scurries off into the house, and I try to turn away and avoid watching him run into the house.
I lean against the car, and patiently wait. When he returns he is wearing an old pair of cutoff jeans, and no shirt. I roll my eyes thinking this is ridiculous. He shrugs his shoulders after seeing my eyebrow raised.
"We need to talk," he states and grabs me by the hand leading me down the beach.
"What is going on Jake? I saw the huge wolves in your backyard."
"Do you remember the legends I told you about?"
"Yeah," I remember the legends; I also had the book about them.
"They are true with some exceptions, and you are the exception."
"What?"
"You see you are the exception to all of this."
"I don't understand Jake; you are going to have to be clearer." I state to him.
"Your Cullens are the good guys in this scenario."
"Okay, but what does that have to do with me?"
"The Cullen…" he stops midsentence, "Do you know what the Cullen's are?"
"What are you talking about?" I don't say anything not wanting to let him in on the secret.
"You do know, but I understand why you're not saying anything. You boy, Edward, is a bloodsucker." I gasp, "Stop acting like you don't know." He rolls his eyes at me, "You know just as well as I do, and you will be his wife one day, and you will sire a child together. The child you produce will bridge the bond between the vampires and the wolves."
"How will our child do that?"
"Your child will be my mate," he states and I see red. I totally lose all thoughts, and punch him in the face. When I do though it hurts like a bitch, the last time I punched him it didn't hurt like this. I start crying and Jake laughs.
"You can't hurt me, Bella. I'm a wolf and a whole lot stronger than you."
"Take me to Carlisle." I scream at him because it hurts so bad, it's starting to swell, and turns different colors. Jacob rushes over to the passenger side of the car opening the door for me. Once I get into the car, he buckles me up and hops in the driver's seat. Heading straight for the Cullen's, I call Carlisle and let him know that I am on my way.
Once we arrive, Edward runs out of the house and straight over to me. Giving Jacob the stink eye, and I giggle because he so deserves that. Edward leads me up to Carlisle's study where he looks me over. Only telling me that it is sprained, he places an ace bandage around it, and gives me a couple of pain pills for the pain.
Edward leads me back down to the living room where Jacob is talking to the others. He looks up as we enter the room. Edward growls at him and I wonder what is going on in his mind that Edward can read.
"What did he think?" I asked Edward, and Edward shook his head not wanting to tell me, but this won't do.
"I will not repeat myself," I look Edward straight in the eye, and watch as he lowers his head.
"He said that you saw him naked, and how at one time in his life he had wanted you to see him naked. He thought something about our daughter wondering how she would look." I know why he didn't tell me now. It wasn't the whole naked thing that Edward was growling at it was the situation of him thinking about our daughter in an unsavory way. I jumped up readying to punch him again forgetting about my hand again. Edward held me back, as I launched myself after Jacob.
"You will not think ill things about my daughter, do you hear me Jacob Ephraim Black. I will not hesitate to scalp you." I state and the whole house giggles. It was apparent that the pain pills had started to kick in at this point. I can feel Edward laughing behind me, and I swirl around in his arms.
"You," I point in his chest. "Will not laugh when I scald your son in law," now it's my turn to giggle when the whole house erupts in laughter. Edward stood there still as a tree, looking at me.
Prom was upon us, and Alice dressed me to the nines. High heels, a little clutch to put my cell phone in, and gloves it was the most ridiculous over the top thing I had ever seen. The dress was beautiful though Alice had designed it for me, and tailored it to fit perfectly. I was never much on shopping and clothes before, but Alice had done a wonderful job. She saved me a trip to Port Angeles with Jessica.
When I came out of the room, and onto the landing at the top of the stairs, I saw Edward waiting there with my corsage. He looked so debonair in his tuxedo, and his tie and cumber bum matched perfectly to my dress. I giggled and flushed with my usual blush. He looked so sexy standing there, and even though we had never taken anything past the point of kissing. I was determined to remedy that tonight.
"You look stunning tonight, Bella," Edward said as he brushed his lips along my jaw line.
"You look amazing too," I stated while lightly rubbing his sleeve.
He wrapped his arms around me pulling me into his body, and held me close as the others filed into the room to take pictures and video tape the whole thing. He placed the corsage on my wrist and I fastened the carnation to his lapel. Once all the tradition stuff was done, we headed to see Charlie at the station. He wanted to see me before I went, and he had to work so we stopped by.
"No, we haven't found out where your son is Mrs. Biers." He paused looking up at us. Raising his finger to let us know he would be a few more minutes on the phone.
"Yes, we are still looking here in Forks. We have checked the Olympic Mountain Range and still have found nothing." Charlie states. "And Mount Rainer." There is another pause, "Yes Ma'am"
Charlie got off the phone, and looked over to both of us standing there.
"Is everything okay Charlie?" I asked wondering what was going on.
"Yeah, just be careful out there."
"Is someone missing?" Edward asked
"Yeah, but it happened some time ago actually. He was a student at UDub and went missing, and I have been scouring the area looking for him." He sighs, and then he looks back at me.
"You look beautiful sweetheart. Did Alice take pictures for me?"
I giggled, "Yes dad, she took pictures."
"Good, Edward. Son, take care of my daughter tonight." Charlie reaches out his hand offering it to Edward. Edward takes his outstretched hand, and shakes it. I was thankful Edward had his hands wrapped around my body making them warmer.
We head to the Lodge were they are having the prom this year. We sit and talk with my other friends, and eat dinner. Dance, cut up and just act like teenagers. When the time comes to go home, I talk Edward into heading to the meadow. Placing me on his back, we run into the meadow where Edward places a blanket on the ground.
We lay there for a while watching the stars dance in the sky, Edward tells me about the constellations, pointing at the big dipper, and different ones. I giggle when he makes jokes, and laugh when he is being crazy. It's great, and I love it. I lean up and kiss him, when he pulls back; I kiss down his jaw line and neck.
I slowly start working the buttons of his tuxedo open, and rub my hands down his cold chest. Listening to him whimper as I run my hands up and down his body, he stops my hand and sighs. This is the part where he always stops me, but not tonight.
I reach behind my back and pull the zipper down, exposing the top half of my body to him. It looks like his eyes roll back into his head, and he growls. It's a low rumble, but god I find it so sexy and it turns me on. That's when I hear the sound of him roaring in my ears, making my eyes roll back into my head. Something about his primal urges gets my body hot. I haven't ever told him, but I think he knows now.
"God, Bella…I can smell you," he states.
"What do you smell, Edward" I ask while placing his hands on my breasts.
"I can..." he stopped talking and I know that it's the time in which he was born that is stopping him from expressing what I want to hear from him.
"What is it?" I moan out while his ice-cold hands roam over my chest and down my exposed stomach.
"You're…your…arousal," he whimpers out, I smile because he has just said something that would be considered out of character for him.
"You like it?" he nods like a good little boy. Oh, I feel so in control at the moment. This is further than we had ever gone, and I want to go a little further. I push his hand under the gown heading start to my crotch where I urge for him to touch. I can feel his cool hands on the outside of my panties, and god how I want him; I want anything to make me feel good.
"Feel it, Edward. Feel how wet you make me, feel how much I want you." He flips me over onto my back, and I spread my legs allowing his body to rest between them.
"We have to stop," he says as he kisses down my neck and chest.
"I don't want to stop," I pant back to him.
"Isabella, I want you more than anything in this world, but I won't be taking you tonight." He states like I knew he would, but that is not what I wanted for tonight anyways. I know that we have a child together, and I had heard the stories about the hybrids and how they were made and came to life. I wasn't planning on getting pregnant on the first time, during high school. I did have morals; I just wanted a sample of things to come.
"I don't want to stop, and I know we won't go all the way. I just want a little something."
"Fine, but you have to tell me if I hurt you and if I pull away don't be worried, I just have to get out of here for a minute. Okay," I nod this is the first time he has ever been willing to take things a little further.
He slowly drags his cold fingers over my nipples making them hard and erect form his touch and coolness. I feel his tongue and mouth close over my left nipple making my body rise up and arch into his mouth. Moaning around me and hearing him growl, make it better, so much better. Then, I hear his roar, causing the ground below me to rumble, making me quiver with need and want.
"Oh, God," I moan out feeling his hands travelling down my body and finding their way into my panties. When he slips his fingers into the dampness, I moan again and hiss at the coolness of his hand on me. I wither around him as he probes my body, pushing my buttons and pulling me towards completion.
I can barely feel his weight against me and the constant probing, and stroking he does winds a coil inside my belly pulling it tighter, and tighter with every move of his hand. I can't help it when the spring inside me snaps and every part of my body contracts in the pleasure he has given to me.
I automatically feel the coldness of the spring night, when Edward leaves my body to run far into the forest. I lay there panting and trying to come down. This was more than I could hope for, and I will give Edward the time he needs to come to terms with what has happened. I pull my dress back up and reach behind my back trying to zip the zipper when I feel his cold hands on my back plugging the zipper into place. He kisses my shoulder, hoisting me up onto his back and we head back to the car.
When we pull into the driveway Edward pauses for a few minutes.
"Bella" he states and I look into his eyes.
"Will you marry me?" he asks presenting me with a beautiful ring.
"Yes" I say, I knew this would happen and I knew we would be married from all the information I had. It was just a given, Alice could have just informed me of the day and I would have showed up.
He places the ring on my finger, kissing it. We kiss and part ways for a little while. I know he will be back to watch over me as I sleep.
Once I get into the house, and remove my dress. I lay in my bed thinking about the night with a smile. Falling asleep peacefully, and sleep well into the morning.
A/N: Alright, guys…they don't have sex, but they do get a little more involved here. I had to give her something. The next chapter will be my take on Breaking Dawn. Please, if you like review.