So, I'm going to Queensland tomorrow. But, do not fret because I'm taking my computer with me! I've been wondering if I should or not all week but I decided I didn't want to go five days without being able to write. Plus the next chapter should be the fight scene! No way am I gonna put off writing that!
"Come on Jake. They said to meet us in an hour" Cat called. She was standing at the door of Emily's house, waiting for Jacob to hurry up. "It's been 45 minutes. Do you want to be late?"
"Better go Jakey, before your mother gets really angry" Jared laughed. Cat glared down the hallway and the sound of Jared's cries could be heard
"What the…" Paul jumped up
"Cat! You don't need to electrocute him!" Sophie yelled, scolding her twin as Jared lay twitching on the floor.
"I do not like being called an old women. He needed to be punished" Cat shrugged.
"Jeez" Sophie muttered. Jacob walked down the hall towards his girlfriend
"Come on. Before you electrocute someone else" he sighed
"You know if has some good points too" Cat smirked
"Like what?" Jacob wondered, she smiled
"You'll see" she shrugged before turning to leave the house. Jacob sighed, smiled and followed her. He phased into a wolf and followed Cat as she ran in front of him. He watched her, she was so graceful, she never stumbled, never missed a step, no hair was ever out of place. She was perfect. Jacob couldn't even believe that this beautiful creature was his.
It wasn't long before they reached the meadow, Edward and Bella were, obviously, already there.
"Where are we meeting Jacob?" Bella's voice sounded as she asked Edward.
"Right here." Jacob phased, dressed and appeared behind Cat. Edward gestured to the trees in front of him and Bella, Cat raced out and flung her arms around Bella's neck. Bella would have fallen over if Edward hadn't steadied them, she hadn't even seen a leaf move from Cat's movement, her eyes weren't strong enough to pick up her speed.
"C-Cat?" Bella asked. After a few minutes she wrapped her head around where she'd come from. Cat released her and grinned
"Hey Bells" she said, just as Jacob stepped out of the shadows behind her.
"What are you doing here?" Bella wondered
"I'm here to help" Cat grinned, Bella looked confused, Cat looked at Edward and raised an eyebrow "I am able to… remove your scent, Jake's too. I told Edward and he said I should come as a precaution" Cat explained, Bella looked at Edward surprised "You didn't tell her I was coming?" Cat wondered
"I meant to. Sorry," he said turning to Bella "Guess with —" he glanced at Jacob "— all that's been going on, it just slipped my mind" Cat looked at them confused, figuring she had missed something important.
"How are you going to remove my scent?" Bella wondered getting back onto the topic at hand
"It's complicated, just rest assured it's not gonna be difficult… well, as long as you don't touch anything" Cat grinned. Bella nodded and turned to Jacob
"Hey, Jake," Bella greeted
"Hi, Bella."
"Hello, Jacob," Edward said. Jacob ignored the pleasantry, Cat rolled her eyes "Thanks for helping out Cat" Edward said to her
"No problem" Cat grinned "Plus, Soph said you might need me" she sighed heavily, causing Edward and Bella to look at her confused.
"Where are we taking her?" Jacob wondered, breaking the silence. Edward pulled a map from a side pocket on the camping pack he was carrying and offered it to him. Jacob unfolded it.
"We're here now," Edward said, reaching over to touch the right spot. Jacob recoiled from his hand automatically, and then steadied himself. Edward pretended not to notice. Cat looked over Jacob's arm at the map. "And you're taking her up here," Edward continued, tracing a serpentine pattern around the elevation lines on the paper. "Roughly nine miles." Jacob nodded once. "When you're about a mile away, you should cross my path. That will lead you in. Do you need the map?" Edward explained
"No, thanks. I know this area pretty well. I think I know where I'm going." Jacob said, Cat took another scan of the map
"Well, if you don't, than I do" she said confidently. Edward nodded to her and she smiled
"I'll take a longer route," Edward said. "And I'll see you in a few hours." Edward stared at Bella unhappily. He didn't want to leave her, he wasn't comfortable leaving her when she was in such danger, whether she was protected or not.
"See you," Bella murmured. Edward faded into the trees, heading in the opposite direction. As soon as he was gone, Jacob turned cheerful.
"What's up, Bella?" he asked with a big grin. Bella and Cat rolled my eyes.
"Same old, same old." Bella muttered
"Yeah," he agreed. "Bunch of vampires trying to kill you. The usual."
"The usual."
"Well," he said as he shrugged into the jacket he had been holding in order to free his arms. "Let's get going." Cat grinned excitedly
"Are you sure you'll be alright?" Bella asked her, Cat gave her an annoyed look and nodded once. Bella sighed and took a small step closer to Jacob. He bent down and swept his arm behind her knees, and picked her up bridal style.
"After you" Cat gestured. Jacob grinned and ran past her, they were quickly engulfed by the trees and surrounding woodland. Cat was walking behind Jacob and keeping a concentrated look on her face. It didn't look like she was doing very much, but she was turning all the soil, anything with Bella, Jacob or her own scent on it was sinking into the ground and being replaced with something fresh. Any plant that was touched, crumbled away and regrew back after they had passed. No trace of them being there existed. They kept a steady pace, a brisk jog that a fit human could keep up with … across a level plane … if they weren't burdened with a hundred-plus pounds as Jacob was.
"You don't have to run. You'll get tired." Bella said after a while of silence
"Running doesn't make me tired," Jacob answered. His breathing was even — like the fixed tempo of a marathoner. "Besides, it will be colder soon. I hope he gets the camp set up before we get there."
"I thought you didn't get cold now." Bella remembered poking the parka he was currently wearing
"I don't. I brought this for you, just in case you weren't prepared." Jacob eyed her jacket but didn't say anymore. "I don't like the way the weather feels. It's making me edgy."
"You should be, didn't you notice how excited Sophie was, that's never a good sign" Cat admitted
"Why?" Bella wondered
"Because, Sophie's kind of storms aren't good for normal people like you" she grinned, Bella looked at her confused
"Notice how we haven't seen any animals?" Jacob continued to explain
"Um, not really." Bella admitted
"I guess you wouldn't. Your senses are too dull." Bella made a face but let that pass.
"Alice was worried about the storm, too."
"It takes a lot to silence the forest this way. You picked a hell of a night for a camping trip."
"It wasn't entirely my idea."
"I just hope you'll be warm enough" Cat muttered
"She should be, you're coming" Jacob grinned, Cat smirked. The pathless way they took began to climb more and more steeply, but it didn't slow either of them down. They both leapt easily from rock to rock gracefully.
"Cat, are you actually doing anything?" Bella wondered, Cat grinned
"I have been the whole trip."
"What are you doing?"
"Turning the soil, I guess is a good why to put it" Cat explained
"Turning the soil?" Bella questioned
"Yes. Anything you touch is falling through the earth where it can't be found, the fresh, non-contaminated stuff is on top. If you had a nose like us, you'd realise that there's no scent to follow" Cat grinned
"You can actually do that?" Bella questioned
"I control the earth, course I can" Cat nodded.
"You're really lucky. I wish I could help out like that" Bella muttered
"You did one heck of a job leaving a trail. I'm pretty sure you helped out" Cat reminded her, Bella sighed
"But this is all my fault" she blamed
"It's not" Jacob and Cat both disagreed
"It's not your fault the army is targeting you. It's not your fault Victoria is obsessed. It's not your fault she wants revenge" Cat convinced
"It's not his either" Bella defended, Cat rolled her eyes
"I never said it was" she promised "It's just, you blame yourself for the danger we're going through, but Bella, it's not like you went out of your way and purposely caused all this trouble. It's not like you forced us to fight, it's not like you pushed us into the line of fire. This is all happening because someone else decided to do it, because we decided to help out and join in. It's not your fault" Cat repeated
"But you're fighting for me…" Bella began
"Because we can. We can protect you, you're important to us, you're our friend. We want to make sure you're ok" Jacob smiled
"You could get hurt" Bella said yet again
"So what. We all heal fast and we have everyone else looking out for us. Alice will see if someone else is going to get into a pinch. The wolves minds are connected. Sophie and my mind are connected. If we're in trouble, there will be someone else to help us out. There's going to be so many of us out there remember" Cat explained comforting her
"We love you Bella, and we will protect you… at least until you can protect yourself" Cat winked at her, Bella let out a small smile at that
"Thanks" she muttered. Cat smiled back at her. Silence fell again "By the way, how are you two getting back? If you're not leaving a trail?" Bella suddenly wondered
"I'm not going home." Jacob confessed, Cat watched Jacob's back as he processed which words to use. Bella glared at him, exasperated.
"You're not camping with us."
"Not technically — as in, sharing your tent or anything. I prefer the storm to the smell. But I'm sure your bloodsucker will want to keep in touch with the pack for coordination purposes, and so I will graciously provide that service."
"I thought that was Seth's job."
"He'll take over tomorrow, during the fight." Jacob assured her. Silence fell before Bella's eyes landed on Cat
"What about you, Cat?" she wondered, Cat was silent for a while
"Well… Sophie thought I should come, and than I remembered how I could hide you and I told Edward and than he thought I should come. And then I learned Jake was staying…"
"Why did Sophie think you should come?" Bella asked
"Because of that" Cat pointed at the sky. They all looked up. A solid wall of purple-black cloud was racing in from the west, blackening the forest beneath it as it came.
"Wow," Bella muttered. Cat sighed
"As much as I totally do not want to be in the middle of a blizzard. I think you might need me" she confessed "So I'm staying too" Bella looked at her and Cat shrugged
"But…" Bella began
"I wont freeze Bella, I'll be as fine as Jacob and Edward will, promise" Cat grinned. They were silent for a few seconds
"We're not far now, I can smell him." Jacob said, wrinkling his nose. Bella let out a sigh of relief.
"Good, I need a break" Cat admitted
"Are you tired?" Bella wondered, Cat looked completely normal
"Well, not really, I've just been working for the last nine miles. This weather makes me feel drowsy, the sun's hidden, and is beginning to set…" she sighed "You'd think with school over you'd work less, apparently that's not the case" she complained, Jacob rolled his eyes.
"What about Sophie?" Bella suddenly realised
"The entire pack, including Sophie and, I'm not sure if she managed to get Sam to allow Emily and Kim to go also, are having a pre-battle bonfire" Cat grinned
"Wouldn't you rather get a goods night sleep?" Bella asked
"I would" Cat agreed nodding "But Sophie made up this lie, she told mum that she and I was staying with Alice tonight. Cause that wasn't the actual case. We couldn't stay at Jake's cause my dad's there now, and is going to be there tomorrow, so too risky. The same with my mum and Sue's house. We couldn't stay at Embry's house cause his mother is one hundred percent clueless. And we'd already created the lie so we couldn't stay home. We decided to have a bonfire with everyone and just chill out and sleep outside before hand instead. Course then I decided to come help you instead." Cat sighed "I'd very much like to swap. Sophie would love the blizzard and I'd definitely enjoy the bonfire" she confessed
"You could leave" Bella suggested
"Narr. Plus I thought you'd want me to stay. At least then you could try and stop me from going" Cat grinned
"I don't think I would accomplish much" Bella confessed
"True" Cat nodded. Just then, the wind shook more fiercely through the trees around them, and it felt like it was blowing straight off a glacier. The sharp sound of wood cracking echoed off the mountain. Though the light was vanishing as the grisly cloud covered the sky, little white specks began to fall from above and flatter around us. Cat groaned and Jacob stepped up the pace, keeping his eyes on the ground now as he flat out sprinted, Cat right on his tail. Bella curled more willingly against his chest, recoiling from the unwelcome snow. It was only minutes later that they dashed around to the lee side of the stony peak and they could see the little tent nestled up against the sheltering face. More flurries were falling around them, but the wind was too fierce to let them settle anywhere.
"Bella!" Edward called out in acute relief. They'd caught him in the middle of pacing back and forth across the little open space.
"Jeez, no trust" Cat mumbled. Edward flashed to Bella's side. Jacob set Bella on her feet and Edward caught her in a tight hug. Cat had her arms around Jacob's waist and sighed
"Stupid snow" she complained, Jacob chuckled and kissed the top of her head
"Thank you," Edward said over Bella's head to Jacob and Cat. His tone was unmistakably sincere. "That was quicker than I expected, and I truly appreciate it."
"Right, cause we wanted to get caught in the snow as much as she did" Cat grumbled. Jacob grinned at her before turning to Edward
"Get her inside. This is going to be bad — my hair's standing up on my scalp. Is that tent secure?"
"I all but welded it to the rock."
"Good."
"Might not be enough" Cat sighed "It's not insulated". Jacob looked up at the sky — now black with the storm, sprinkled with the swirling bits of snow. His nostrils flared.
"I'm going to change," he said. "I want to know what's going on back home." Cat realised him and he hung his jacket on a low, stubby branch, and walked into the murky forest. Cat took a deep breath
"I'm already over this." she complained. Edward did as Jacob sighed and the two disappeared within the tent. Cat sat on the ground on the outside, she didn't care about being inside or out, but she did care about the snow that was trying to settle on her. It all melted within the second of touching her and dried off, only to have another flake melt on her again. Jacob came back some time later and sat next to her, she leaned against him
"Maybe this wasn't smart" she muttered annoyed, he sighed and she knew he agreed with her.
Sophie's POV.
I sighed. There were wolves all around me, all the different coloured fur was being lit up by the dying fire. We hadn't done much, we ate, Paul joked and teased - he ended up drenched because of it - and we talked for a bit. Sam, at one point, had ordered everyone that it was late and they needed their rest. The wolves had all phased and lied down, Seth had been in his wolf form all afternoon in order to keep Jacob up to speed on Sam's plans for the battle, which were also discussed.
I was leaning against Embry, Emily had decided that she and Kim had better not come, so I was the only one here who couldn't be ordered by Sam to sleep. Everyone else was snoring, including Leah, but it was more like a growl or a grumble because they were wolves. I had watched a few of their dreams. It was strange, but intriguing. They were all dreaming separately, but because they were in their wolf forms and their minds were connected, they were also dreaming together. I wondered how someone who was awake would feel. No one was patrolling at the moment, the wolves all needed their strength for tomorrow and Collin and Brady needed to stay awake the whole day while the rest of the pack was gone, Seth needed to be awake to keep Edward up to speed and connected to everyone else. Everyone needed this nights sleep, plus with tomorrows events, no one expected any unwanted visitors.
I stared at the flames, I guess being outside wasn't a smart thing, I couldn't sleep. Thinking about Cat and Jacob being in a snow storm was on my mind. I wish I could be there. I hadn't seen 'natural' snow in a while, but with Bella and Edward, and Cat and Jacob, I didn't really want to be a third wheel. I also didn't want to drag Embry along. It was just meant to be Bella and Edward, less scents lead up there that way, Cat could only cover up so many. Embry sighed heavily beneath me and I smiled, he was so peaceful. In fact the enter pack was so much more peaceful when they slept, though most people were… unless you're having a nightmare that is.
A gentle wind blew, it was cold, blowing down from the blizzard covered mountains. I had began to worry a little, looking at all these peaceful wolves, to think they were all about to wade into a war. What if someone did get hurt? They said it would be an easy fight, and I believed them, but that meant that they were being over confident. Sure there were heaps of them. Sure Cat and I could destroy several in a second, but what if something went wrong? Alice couldn't see, the wolves, Cat and I blocked her view, I couldn't be positive. I stroked Embry's side, what if he got hurt? Bella had discussed about how she believed Victoria was involved, what if she ended up pulling some dangerous stunt?
I took a deep breath. I was being stupid. Why couldn't I be over confident too? I was acting like Bella. It was ridiculous to worry. I knew that, but with less than 12 hours till the drama all went down, I guess I was beginning to panic, not for myself, but for everyone else. I sighed and shook my head to try and remove those thoughts from my mind. It would be fine. It had to be.
Embry sighed happily beneath me, he was dreaming about tomorrow, in fact they all were, and they were enjoying themselves. I grinned, I was so lucky. Jared and Sam had to worry about their fragile girlfriends. Edward had to worry double time because Bella attracted so much trouble. I didn't have to worry like that about Embry, and him to me, cause we weren't fragile. We could protect ourselves, each other, and others. I was truly thankful for what I was capable of, now more than ever. My phone vibrated and I pulled it out of my pocket
"I'm guessing you can't sleep" it was from Cat
"No" I replied "I began worrying"
"Bella's freezing. She can't sleep either"
"Why don't you warm her up?" I wondered
"I will, I was just wondering if you were alright."
"I'll be fine, as soon as I get some sleep. Sleeping outside wasn't smart" I admitted
"Sleeping in the snow wasn't smart." she agreed, I smiled "Edward's freaking out, blaming himself for the weather, I'm gonna have to put a stop to this."
"Make sure you get some sleep, you don't wanna be tired tomorrow" I advised
"Promise" she answered with a smiley face. I smiled and closed my eyes, sinking deeper into Embry's fur. Seth suddenly jumped up and I was taken out of the unconsciousness I had begun to sink into. He looked at me and I smiled before shutting my eyes, I heard him trot off and disappear, I was surprised he could even think with all these other dreams going on.
"Why did they sleep in their wolf forms anyway?" I wondered. I don't know when, but it seemed after speaking to my sister, I was alright and I ended up falling into a deep sound sleep.
Cat POV.
Bella's teeth almost sounded above the howling of the wind. It was ridiculous. The entire tent behind me shook dangerously. I was actually afraid it would blow away. I knew this storm was going to be bad, I'd been feeling bad the entire hiking trip, though I didn't tell Jacob or Bella that. They'd only have start worrying. Now the storm was here and I was in the middle of it, I was just annoyed. I wanted it to stop already. I'd gotten sick of being drenched, dried and then drenched again so there was now a small heat barrier around me, like a personal bubble. The snow melted and evaporated before it even touched me. That was one less thing to worry about. The other was Edward worrying his ass off. He was blaming himself. He had suggested several times that they should make a run for it but Bella kept refusing, scared to leave the safety of the tent. I hadn't been able to sleep, my eyes were drowsy but with the talk from within the tent, Bella's teeth chattering and the shaking of the tent, I didn't get much of a chance. Jacob was the same, sitting beside me in his wolf form, I couldn't touch him after placing the heat barrier around me and I knew that annoyed him too, but anything to keep the wet flakes off me.
"What can I do?" Edward almost begged. The worry in his voice leaked out through the tent wall. Jacob whimpered, he was just as unhappy about Bella freezing as I was.
"G-g-g-get out of h-h-h-ere," Bella ordered Jacob, yet again.
"He's just worried about you," Edward translated. "He's fine. His body is equipped to deal with this."
"W-w-w-w-hat about C-c-c-c-c-cat?" Bella shivered
"I'm perfectly fine. Just annoyed at all this snow" I answered. I sighed as the shivering went on, I wondered how Sophie was. Down the mountain, next to a bonfire surrounded by sleeping wolves. I pulled my phone out and texted her, she texted back immediately, but I'd kind of been expecting her too. She told me I should go and warm Bella up, I did agree. I glanced at Jacob next to me
"Better me than him" I thought, knowing Edward and I would be uncomfortable about that. Jacob whimpered, a high-pitched, grating sound of complaint. I looked at him pitifully, his best friend was freezing and he couldn't do much.
"What do you want me to do?" Edward growled at Jacob, too anxious to bother with politeness anymore. "Carry her through that? I don't see you making yourself useful. Why don't you go fetch a space heater or something?" Jacob thought and suddenly stood up, I sighed, I knew what he was thinking. He looked down at me but I ignored him, I didn't like the thought of him snuggled up next to Bella, sure he was mine, but I guess I could only stand so much.
"I'm ok-k-k-k-k-k-kay," Bella protested, Edward groaned and Jacob growled, telling her she hadn't convinced anyone. I sighed, and got up, turning around and opened the tent
"Go fetch a space heater," I repeated. "That's the best you could come up with?" I stepped into the tent but almost tumbled into it. I looked up, I saw Edward in the furthest corner away from Bella, she was covered in so many layers and yet she was frozen, her lips were blue and her face so pale. Jacob came in behind me, the tent was big enough and wasn't crowded with all four of us in here.
"Oh Bells" I said with sympathy looking at her "How can you say you're fine?" I questioned, she tried to answer but she was too cold to speak
"A-a-a-a-a-re you al-l-l-l-l-right?" she eventually managed to asked me
"I'm perfectly fine" I assured her, she looked at me and seemed to accept that before going back to her shivering "I told you you needed an insulated tent" I said to Edward
"How would you know she was going to freeze?" he snapped
"Well, the fact that any type of weather that Sophie enjoys, I do not. I've been feeling groggy all day and Sophie was excited, obviously it was going to be an awful storm. Seeing as Sophie and I can control the weather, you'd think we'd know these things but you don't listen to us" I snapped, I then yawned "Stupid snow" I muttered. I crawled over to Bella, tired
"What are you doing?" Edward questioned confused
"Gotta warm her up somehow" I reminded him, he looked at me "What? You asked for a space heater" he just looked at Bella "You want her to freeze?" he was silent I crossed my arms sitting next to Bella "It's either I cuddle up to her, or he does" I pointed to Jacob. Edward nodded immediately, I rolled my eyes and yawned, now that the snow was outside and the wind no longer hitting me, I finally had time to register how tired I was.
"You'll f-f-f-freez-z-z-ze" Bella thought realising what we were talking about
"Huh, good luck with that" I disagreed, I unzipped her sleeping bag "Move over" she couldn't move so I gently pushed her and kicked off my shoes, I took my jacket off too, leaving my singlet and jeans on. I crawled into the sleeping bag with Bella. I shivered
"Holy shit, you're freezing!" I complained as I zipped up the sleeping bag around us.
"S-s-s-s-sorry," she stuttered. I wrapped my arms around her waist and yawned
"Not your problem" I said quietly as I began to drift off. I hugged Bella like a teddy bear, a freezing one but with all the layers she had on she really was like a toy. Bella's shivering slowly stopped, her teeth stopped chattering as I raised my temperature, it radiated out of me and warmed up the entire tent. Bella ended up kicking off her hiking boots, they stayed in the bottom of the sleeping bag. I ended drifting off easily. I heard movement before a warm hand brushed over my cheek. I smiled as Jake kissed my forehead.
"Seth is here," Edward muttered to Jacob. I sighed, poor Seth, the little short haired wolf out in the snow.
"Make sure he doesn't freeze" I whispered. It was quiet then, inside at least. Outside, the wind shrieked insanely through the trees. Bella was back to normal now, after she body warmed up and her lips returned to their normal colour, I released her, my body temperature returning to its normal, high point. I sighed and smiled, lying on my stomach, it was so great to lie down and get the chance to sleep in peace, the only thing missing was Jacob. It was like he read my thoughts because Jake was suddenly lifting up my head and placing it in his lap, I smiled. I couldn't leave the sleeping bag, Bella would end up freezing again, but I no longer had to actually try to keep her warm. Her head moved and was lying on my back, it made me feel the same way it did when I fell asleep with Sophie.
"Thanks Cat" Edward said softly
"Mmmm" I hummed a reply
"I'm not just talking about now" he continued
"I know" I said groggily as Jacob played with my hair
"I really can't tell you…" he continued
"You lot aren't the only ones looking forward to tomorrow. Unlike you lot, Soph and I don't get to let go as often. We have to keep everything bottled up. Tomorrow's a chance to let it all out" I cut him off sleepily, not wanting to hear what ever sappy thing he was about to dish out.
"That doesn't mean you had to go out of your way to help" Edward reminded me
"Who said we went out of our way? She's our friend Edward" I sighed "We want to help her too. Stop thinking everything we do is to help you, it's annoying that you thinking people have that much care for you when they really don't" I confessed. Jacob chuckled, what surprised me was that Edward did too.
"Thank you. For helping her so much" Edward confessed
"You're not welcome" I breathed.
"I'm glad you came Cat. Thank you" Edward said sincerely
"Wasn't my idea. Sophie's the one who told me I should help. But, I'm not all comfortable about Jake cuddling up to her either. No matter if he's mine or not, plus, Bella's not the only one who needs her sleep you know." I hinted. I didn't want to reply anymore, I was so out of it that I was having to think of a proper response. I would have lowered my shield to let him hear my answers that way but that meant he'd hear everything I was thinking and I didn't like the thought of that. There was silence after that and I ended up finally drifting off to sleep.
Jacob's POV.
I played with Cat's hair, she breathed softly as she slept. She had been so tired outside, the annoyed look in her face and the thoughts whirling through her mind had kept her awake. I knew now that it was because of the weather, the snow and wind was Sophie's setting not her's, she didn't like it any more than she liked rain. I guess she volunteered to help Bella for both their sakes. Seeing Cat and Bella both curled up together like that was…
"Peaceful" Edward finished my thoughts, I looked at him annoyed
"I was going to say something more like cute or adorable" I grumbled. No matter whether I was fighting with him for Bella anymore or not, I still didn't like him.
"No complaints here" Edward said again. This was going to annoy me if it continued.
"They're such a mystery" Edward said after a while, I looked at him, he was watching the two girls.
"To everyone" I added realising he was talking about what Cat and Sophie really were, but also about how he couldn't hear Bella's thoughts.
"So they haven't found anything knew than?" he asked,talking only about the twins now. I shook my head
"The conversation of their parents comes up often though. It's always the same, all theories and no facts" I explained. He sighed.
"You're really lucky you know. To have found someone who can take care of herself. Someone you don't need to worry about hurting" he rambled
"I still worry about her" I said looking down at Cat "It can't be helped" I was surprised we were having such a calm conversation. It didn't happen, whether we were fighting or not. "Like tomorrow. I really don't want her there"
"But you can't help it?" he half asked "Sophie told Bella and I that the only reason you said yes to Cat coming was because you couldn't say no to her"
"Like you can talk." I reminded him "Otherwise you'd be fighting tomorrow too"
"She had a point, every time we're apart, she only ends up getting hurt. I couldn't put her through that again" Edward said, a solum look on his face "I wasn't going to risk it"
"I wish I could do something like that, to keep her out of trouble" I admitted
"But at least you know she'll be alright" Edward muttered. I rolled my eyes
"Stop being such a sad sap" I scolded. He chuckled but didn't say anything. Good. These heart to heart chats were awkward. He chuckled again and I rolled my eyes.
"How does you family put up with you?" I wondered. He shrugged but was grinning, I took that as a 'not very well'. He must annoy the shit out of them all.
"Sometimes" he nodded
"You're as bad as Cat" I growled. She was unpredictable also, sometimes reading my mind, running around at that annoying speed of her's. I sighed, none of that really mattered, I wouldn't change anything about her. I brushed my fingers down the side of her face, she smiled and sighed in her sleep.
"It's amazing. She can keep her shield up even while she's sleeping" Edward murmured
"Probably because it was already up. Plus she has it up almost all the time cause of you now" I admitted. He sighed and shook his head, this obviously annoyed him.
"Very much, not being able to tell what the twins are thinking is almost as irritating as not being able to read Bella's" he confessed, I raised an eyebrow, was he that desperate? He shook his head
"Sometimes the expressions on her face cause me to wonder what she's thinking. Times like that when she doesn't tell me, those times are the most unbearable" he explained, I grinned thinking about that.
"At least you can't annoy everyone then. Cat might have burned you if you did to her what you do to me; finish my thoughts" I smirked. He thought about it
"Probably a good thing I can't then" he agreed. We knew we couldn't do anything if she set one of them on fire.
"I'm surprised you haven't tried to keep Bella way from them" I confessed "You kept her away from me cause you thought I was going to hurt her —" I scoffed "— the twins are more dangerous than I am"
"I owe them" he said "If it wasn't for them, Bella wouldn't have smiled. They, and you, tried to fix my mistakes. I owe them for that" he admitted. I nodded, he did. She was much less depressed when she first came to see me because of them. Charlie had been very thankful also.
"Seems ever since they arrived, things have just lightened up" I muttered. I got better. Embry got better. Bella got better. My entire pack got happier, even Leah wasn't as depressed and snotty.
"The sun and moon do made people smile" Edward said, I scoffed at his cheesy words, but he was right, they brightened up people's day just by being there… I didn't even want to think about how things might have turned out if they hadn't arrived.