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Sakura02: Well, of course werewolves are hypocritical…just don't tell them that
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"Which pumpkin do you want, Matthew?" Juliet asked. The two were sitting in No Man's Land. It was early October and not much progress had been made on finding a way to save Matthew. Matthew was able to keep his food down, but he now had to sleep for a few hours everyday.
Matthew looked thoughtfully between the two pumpkins. After a minute, he pointed to the taller of the two. "That one." He pulled the pumpkin to him and began drawing a scary face on it with a black marker. "When do you think Edward and Bella will get married?"
Juliet shrugged, already decorating her pumpkin as well. "Bella said they won't until they cure you. Has she said anything about Edward turning her?"
"I'm not changing until we help Matthew. That's what's important right now." Bella said, coming from the direction of La Push to join the two children. She smiled and sat down next to them, dropping the large bag she'd been carrying down. She hugged both of the children. "Do you want me to help you make a real Jack-O-Lantern?"
"Yes please!" Juliet cheered. She and Matthew watched closely while Bella carefully cut open the tops of their pumpkins. "What were you doing in La Push?"
"I was just updating them on what Carlisle had found so far." Bella answered slowly. She winced when she saw the hopeful looks in both Juliet and Matthew's eyes. "He didn't find anything new. We're not giving up, though! We'll find a way to save Matthew."
Juliet and Matthew's hopeful faces deflated. Juliet snuggled against Matthew's side and hugged him tightly. She couldn't lose Matthew. She'd die if he died. She knew that was the only reason Jacob and the others were helping the Cullens was for her sake. She sighed and kissed Matthew's cheeks. "Everything will be okay."
Matthew nodded and smiled at Juliet. "If anyone can save me, it'll be Carlisle. Don't worry, Juliet. I'm not scared, so you don't be scared either."
"Okay." Juliet said reluctantly. She plastered a smile on her face and turned to her pumpkin. She peered inside her pumpkin and crinkled her nose. "That's a lot of pumpkin guts."
Bella pulled out some old newspapers and put them on the ground. "Put them here. We can take the seeds and cook them."
Juliet's eyes lit up. "I love pumpkin seeds!" She began to enthusiastically scooping out the pumpkins insides.
Matthew grinned and began cleaning out his pumpkin as well. The two children worked silently. Bella sat between the two of them, helping whenever either of them asked her. Once they had finished cleaning their pumpkins out, Bella took the sharp carving knife and cut out the designs that the two had already drawn on their pumpkins. Much to all of their surprise, Bella managed to not cut herself during the whole ordeal.
The sound of a twig snapping startled the three. Juliet immediately phased, tearing her clothes. She snarled, her hackles raised as someone approached them.
Paul and the other werewolves stepped into No Man's Land. Paul raised an eyebrow at the snarling kid. "Seriously? I know you could smell us. What's with the hackles?"
"Juliet says she doesn't want you guys ruining our day." Matthew answered. He smiled as Juliet trotted over to him and licked his cheek. "She doesn't want you to be mean to me."
Paul rolled his eyes. "You're such a brat, Juliet."
"Where's Katherine?" Bella asked, noticing for the first time that not only was the Hunter nowhere in sight, but Jacob as well.
"Her and Jacob are talking with Billy about Matthew." Sam answered. He glared warningly over at Paul. "Don't even think about it."
Paul looked up from Juliet's pumpkin that he picked up. "I'm not going to break the thing. The last thing I need is her going off and crying to Jacob." He sneered wickedly down at Juliet. Before anyone could say anything, he'd plopped the pumpkin right over Juliet's head.
Juliet let out a yelp of terror and began running around in circles. She couldn't see anything.
"Juliet, watch out!" Seth shouted, but it was too late. He winced as Juliet ran straight into a tree. "Are you okay, Juliet?" He asked, running over to her side with Matthew close on his heels. Gently, he pulled the pumpkin off her head and picked her up just as she phased back. "You okay?"
Juliet glared furiously over at Paul. "You're such a jerk, Paul." Juliet hissed, sticking her tongue out at the smug werewolf. She smirked when Quil gave Paul a harsh smack on the back of his head.
Matthew glared up at Seth. He tugged on Seth's jeans until the werewolf looked down. "I can take care of her. You don't need to help."
Seth bit back a grin. "Yeah, sure." He put Juliet down and watched the little girl latch onto Matthew.
"We're not cute…well, Juliet's cute, but I'm not." Matthew said, reading Seth's mind.
Seth was about to say something, but he suddenly stiffened. The other werewolves did as well. Juliet pulled away from Matthew and sniffed the air. Her eyes widened in alarm when she caught the scent that had upset her pack so.
"What is it?" Matthew asked, sniffing the air. His senses had become duller the past month, but he was still able to pick up most scents. After a moment, he caught the scent as well.
"What's wrong?" Bella asked nervously, feeling very left out.
"It's Jane." Matthew answered. "She's here."
