Hello my wonderful readers! Again tonight I have a new chapter for you! A little insight on Seth's point of view and a grumpy Emmett! Hope you enjoy it and I plan to start the next chapter ASAP!
Oh by the way I have a BATA! I'm really happy that my good friend Chika has agreed to Bata. She is actually the first person in my real life that I have actually shared my story with. Scared me to death to tell her about it but she likes it too! She's also letting me bounce ideas off of her and even helping with our newest character!
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52. Learning to live again- I'm starving and it's been a bad night!
Seth's POV:
I use to feel bad for Quill after he imprinted on Claire. I mean come on who the hell imprints on a baby? You are stuck waiting; forever. Not really in a creepy pedophile kind of way but in a you will never really look at another girl and be genuinely interested in more than just a friendship because somehow deep inside your DNA, even if you aren't conscious of it, it knows that she will never be what your imprint will be to you kind of way. And then, then it happened to Jake and I felt really bad for him. He's never gonna have kids and the chances of him dying and leaving Nessi alone forever is pretty good because she is immortal and he is not; but then again if he never stops shifting he won't age either. Who knows with those two.
Then there is my dumb luck. I was just visiting for crying out loud. I shouldn't have even been here. I had a girlfriend in Forks. I was just visiting because Carlisle and Esme adopted a human that came along with a kid. They were celebrating the kid getting better; oh yeah and that human was Emmett's mate somehow. I'm glad the big guy found someone to make him happy and all but it just bothered the hell out of me that she was a human. It went against my nature. I was arguing with Jasper and had wolfed out when they got there. I didn't even get a chance to get out of the room before the door opened and then BAM! The earth shifted. And she was a two and a fucking half year old cancer kid. Not a normal kid but a cancer kid! She was so sweet and precious with her bald little head and she was squealing about getting a puppy. No fear just pure joy and in that moment all I wanted to do was make her happy. I stayed in wolf form for three weeks because that's what she wanted and anything to see her smile was what I was all about.
Sure I was worried about what the whole cancer thing meant. She was sick and everyone I have ever known with cancer died! So what does that mean for me? Just being apart from her is miserable because I know she isn't happy and just sucks. If she dies... yeah anyway that first night after she fell asleep I snuck out and talked to Carlisle about my worries. He warned me that she may have a relapse or that she might have other issues; oh yeah and the chance of kids is pretty slim too but he was hopeful that the imprinting meant she was going to really be over this. Then last week happened...
Carlisle really didn't gauge how Violet was going to react very well at all. Man that girl freaked out and the past week has been hell because Lexi's back in the hospital and Violet won't let me stay over nights with her. Lexi's blood count was off and when Carlisle did more tests they found out her blood count was way off and she needed iron infusions. Then she was tired and weak so they kept her to avoid her getting any infections and some other bull shit I don't understand. I spent most of my nights in the Children's hospital parking garage sleeping so I was never far.
Ok whine feast over now.
I was sitting in my parked car freezing my ass off; when my cell phone buzzed. After a quick glance at the Text message from Carlisle and I sprinted out of the car and inside. I was worried to say the least.
He met me outside the ward smiling so that helped a little, "Glad you could come. I need you to do me a favor. Violet is exhausted so I gave her a sleeping pill but now Emmett won't leave to go feed and refuses to take a blood bag either. I have to go to surgery in a few minuets and Emmett doesn't want to leave Lexi alone in case..."
"She wakes up," I finished for him. "What happened with the other kid?"
"Broken leg but I can't talk about the details till after the cops are done with their investigation." He said as he started walking towards the ward doors. "Of course I expect your extreme discretion of course."
"Of course," I told him as he swiped his card and opened the doors.
He led me to the nurses station and smiled at the girl sitting behind the counter. I haven't met this one yet and decided to turn on the charm a little so I gave her a big grin.
"Good evening Dr Cullen," She said with a big smile directed towards me. "Who's your friend?"
Carlisle chuckled softly, "This is my nephew Seth. I gave Violet something to make her sleep and Emmett needs to go home, shower and sleep himself. Seth is going to stay here in case Alexandra wakes up."
"Of course," her smile got even bigger.
"Is there anything I can get for you Seth?" She asked as she whirled a strand of hair around her finger.
I mentally kicked myself cause this poor girl was obviously interested and all I could think of was she had some kid's buggers on her scrubs, "Just a Mountain Dew once in a while would be great but other than that I'm good."
"Of Course," She said again. "Just hit the button when you would like one."
"You got it!" I said slightly sarcastically as I turned and headed into Lexi's room.
Emmett looked up from his laptop with black eyes and closed the lid, "What's up?"
"I'm the night shift." I said taking his laptop out of his hands and setting it on the windowsill.
"Emmett I am more than aware that you are worried about your family but I have asked Seth to come babysit them because if you don't feed soon you're going to eat one of my nurses soon." Carlisle said from behind me.
"I got a couple more days before I start eating people and we should be home by then," Emmett grumbled at him.
"Son I know..." I put my hand on Carlisle's arm and stopped him before he went too far.
"Go take care of that kid. I'll take care of everything ok?"
"Alright Seth but I expect him to be fed the next time I see him or I'll have him banned from the hospital." He said giving Emmett a stern look.
Emmett growled at him and rolled his eyes as Carlisle turned on his heal and left.
"Dude, Carlisle's right you need to feed and if you won't take a blood bag from him you need to leave. He told me Violet won't wake up for a while. She'll never know you were even gone."
"Look Seth, you mean well, I know but I need to stay for my girls," he said coming to his feet mad now.
"Look you ass hole, I know someday you will be my father-in-law but you're my friend right now so I'm going to say this to you. Our girls' feelings are more important to me than what you think right now. If you fuck up and eat someone we'll have to move again and then you'll really disappoint the girls more than if you left for a few hours and came back fresh." I said feeling like a bad kid and mad that he could put other in this much danger at the same time.
"But Violet's sleeping," he tried again.
"How many days has she been awake?" I asked annoyed.
"Um... about three days," he answered.
"And whens the last time you fed?"
"I haven't hunted since just before Lexi was admitted," he said shrugging and grabbing for his laptop again.
"Would you stop being an idiot? Violet would want you to take care of yourself and honestly she's not really going to care right now anyway. She's out cold!" I said looking at her sleeping on the cot they had brought in for her.
Emmett set the laptop back down, paced around for a few seconds, ran his hands though his hair and growled, "What if Lexi wakes up?"
"Duhh, Imprint here. I got this. I'm not going to let anything happen to Lexi or Violet. Go eat some cow or whatever you can find around here.
He growled at me again and grumbled, "Fine," as he walked out.
I took a few seconds to look around the room and then I slipped my shoes off and crawled into the bed gently pulling Lexi into my arms.
She rolled towards me, grabbed onto my shirt and sighed happily in her sleep, "Puppy."
I couldn't help laughing at her as I kissed her head, "Sure kid you sleep now."
Emmett's POV:
Damn fucking kid. Who the hell does he think he is? Only reason I'm out here running at top speed is because Carlisle said he would ban me from the hospital if I didn't hunt.
I was headed towards Troy before I even realized it, there was just something about that land that made me feel at home. Maybe it was because it meant so much to Violet or maybe it was just the fact that it was where I was really alone for the first time in this existence. Either way I couldn't wait to settle down permanently with Violet here. We'll actually get to pretend to grow old together.
I was actually enjoying the drizzle snow mix that was falling down around me, when a strange scent crossed my path so I paused to take a deeper breath. There was another vampire in the area; maybe two, but I know I've never met this one before. I scanned the area quickly and noticed about fifty feet away from me was a five foot and three quarter inch, short, curvy, brunette vampire with a nice rack standing there scanning the area.
I had the element of surprise on my side so I was going to get her while she was distracted. My shoulder connected with her midsection and she flew back about a hundred feet before she landed on her ass, annoyance written all over her face. It just pissed me off even more and I charged again.
She stood up, growled softy and braced for impact this time.
When we connected this time she hit my knees, I flipped backwards to land on my feet facing her as I growled softly at her.
She backed up a little and circled to my left as she growled at me even louder. Her eyes never leaving my face as she circled.
"Who are you and what are you doing on my land?" I growled.
"Your land? This isn't your land. These lands are O'Brien lands." She spat at me.
"You're wrong there miss. This is Cullen land!" I informed her.
She growled at me again, "No! It's O'Brien land! Samuel told me to watch over his granddaughter's land!"
I ran my fingers through my hair and sighed, "Idiot should have warned us. I watch Violet Cullen now."
She growled at me again, "Samuel is not an idiot and why would she take up with a dog?"
I couldn't help it, I even tried not to but failed miserably, I started laughing at her. "I'm not a dog. I just smell like one. It hides what I really am."
Well I guess that was the wrong thing to say to her because she ran towards me and tried to clock me in the chin. I quickly grabbed her wrist and spun her around sharply. She countered me with her left elbow in my ribs.
Of course I found this funny and couldn't help but laugh again, "Seriously lady? Mo ghra does more damage and she's still human."
"If you let me go, I'll show you damage child."
I shoved her away from me and did my best Violet impression with the one eyebrow thing, "Child? Far from it. Now care to tell me who the hell you are?"
"Oh, I'm sure you're still a child. Not raised with manners were you? Any decently raised man would not curse at a woman," she said in a scolding tone.
"Look lady, the way I see it you're the one trespassing here not the other way around." I was getting tired of this crap. Did she really just insult the way I was raised? My mother was a saint, god rest her soul.
She put her hand on her hip and tapped her toe at me, "I'm not trespassing! I'm here as a friend doing a favor for Samuel."
"If you think I have a mouth you should hear the mouth on Sam's grand kid. She looks like an angel and cusses like a sailor," I told her.
"Well I never met her or his wife, Samuel and I had disagreeing of opinions on him returning home," she said still annoyed.
"Pity, She's the best thing in my existence. You should really meet her sometime." I said as I grinned at her.
"He was putting them in danger when he returned to them. Damned Irish having to be so hard headed, but he was so desperately in love with his wife and wanted to be with her. We parted ways even though we didn't agree. He knew he could always turn to me for help when he needed it," she droned on and on.
"Are you his Dame?" I said interrupting her.
"Of course not! I'm his mentor. He and I have no idea who turned him. I found him in the woods after being attacked," she defended.
"Always good to learn something new about the future in-laws." I said holding out my hand. "Name's Emmett McCarthy."
"My name is Lucy Winter," she said giving me a firm handshake. "I cared for Samuel during his turning in my cabin. Then I taught him to feed like I do."
"You mean from humans without killing them?" I asked her wondering why she even brought that up.
"Yes, and without turning them," she said a little smugly.
"Interesting trick, I'm a vegetarian," I replied back.
Her eyes showed her confusion for a second and then she chose to ignore it, "I learned it from my sire. Is Samuel here with you?"
I wanted to laugh at her but wanted to keep things friendly so I just answered the question for her. "No he's in Omaha."
"Fuck," she cussed like some sailor on shore leave.
I couldn't help it, I had to laugh again and in a teasing tone, "who's the lady now?
Man if looks could have killed I would have gone up in flames, "I occasionally use words picked up from the men. That doesn't mean I'm not a lady, but I do need to talk to Samuel."
I still couldn't help giving her one of my lopsided grins the ladies like so much, "Well I can let you use my cell if you want."
"Whatever, I just think he should know about the fledgling hanging around this land." She said frustrated.
Well that got my attention and I started gritting my teeth, "Where?"
"Near the cabin, doesn't do anything. Just sits in a tree. Use to be a local kid from town years ago. A loner and orphan and fairly new to this life but his senses aren't trained to pick up others of our kind. He sits, watches and occasionally makes phone calls on a cell phone," she said as she gestured towards the cabin.
"What does he want?" I was fixing to go nuts. I was really pissed that this might be the douche bag that scared Violet when we were here.
"The calls are always short. He tells the other person that the cabin is still vacant," she said, her face giving her concern away.
"Fuck!" I growled. "Does he ever say a name?"
She jumped a little with my growling, "What were you in your former life? A sailor? What do you want to know, the name of the person he is looking for or the name of the person he is talking to?"
"Who he's calling!" Oh my god was she driving me crazy with the stupid questions. Why couldn't she figure out what I wanted to know!
"How do I know you're not the one he's calling?" She said stepping back and giving me an annoyed look.
"Well how the hell should I know? You're the one who told me about him, but there was someone stalking the house when I brought Violet here last Thanksgiving," I snapped at her.
"Well it wasn't this kid, he showed up about two weeks ago. He keeps calling the other person on the phone, A. V." She snapped back at me.
"Son of a fucking bitch. Has he seen you?" I demanded.
She gave me a very unladylike snort. Which just pushed my buttons wrong, "Well has he?"
"No, I know how to hide when need be. Besides if he isn't on the phone talking to A.V., he has headphones plugged into the phone to listen to something." She said. "So who do you think this A.V. person is?"
"I have a bad feeling I know." I mumbled as I focused on not ripping the nearest tree out of the ground.
"Yes but I don't, so who is it?" she pressed.
"Aro Voltaire," I spat out.
Her face did a few different things in a split second and I wondered about her train of thought. She was angry then sad and then she looked like she might puke just before she spun on her heal and headed towards the cabin.
I quickly followed her just to have her stop at the end of the drive, fix a stray piece of hair, adjust her leather corset, hone in on a large oak tree and start walking towards it.
I could hear the kids phone playing a-ha's Take on me. If he was listening to that stuff he was probably not as new as she thought. Most of Violet's friends had no clue who a-ha was and think music from the 80's is crap. I think it's one of the few areas Violet and her friends disagree. She loves the stuff. I'm definitely getting the right girl.
I mentally patted myself on the back before I quickly grabbed Lucy's arm and puller her back, "What the hell are you doing?"
She growled at me softly, "Finding out what he's doing here. He'll probably respond better to boobs than brawn."
I snorted at her as an idea popped into my head, "I'm pretty sure I know what the fuck he's doing here. Follow my lead and act in love!"
I scooped her up bridal style and ran to the bottom of the oak tree, "See told you Violet, once you get use to the running it's a piece of cake."
She squeaked in surprise, but wrapped her arms around my neck while giggling. "You're right, it is easy."
I stopped under the tree and looked up, "I think we have company dear."
She looked up the tree and squealed, "Oh my god, a peeping tom! Put me down, put me down before he sees down my bosom!"
I rolled my eyes at her but set her on her feet gently and pushed her behind me as I called up to the kid, "Hay you! What are you doing up there?"
I could hear her rolling her eyes behind my back as she grumbled loudly, "Make him leave."
The kid looked up from his phone, pulled out his ear buds and nimbly jumped down from the tree in front of us, "I'm waiting for a friend."
I raised an eyebrow at him, I really had picked that up from Violet, and gave him a stern look, "You're trespassing."
The idiot cocked his head to the side, "Really? My friend wouldn't mind if I was here."
"This is my land and I suggest you leave," I told him trying again.
"Dude chill out, I'm just waiting for my friend Violet," he said stupidly. Yep, defiantly 80's no one says that anymore.
I reached back and grabbed Lucy's hand gently, "Dear do you know this punk?"
She placed her free hand on my arm and peeked around my side, "No, I don't know him."
In the blink of an eye I let go of her hand, grabbed the guy around the throat quickly and shoved him up against the tree as I roared in his face, "You better start talking cause no one lies to me about Mo ghra!"
The kid started flailing and kicked me in the kneecap. While Lucy gently placed a hand on my arm, "He can't talk if you break his neck or windpipe."
I saw her point but man I really wanted to crush this punk so I told her as I gave her a goofy grin, "But sweetheart you know how I love crushing things."
"But darling he won't be able to talk then," she said as she batted her eyes at me. "Please put him down so you can get the answers you want."
God this woman was going to piss me off with her logic so I kissed the end of her nose, "Okay you win."
She flashed me a look of annoyance as she rubbed the kiss off.
I set the kid on his feet and loosened my hold on his throat.
Her annoyance switched to a smile and she turned back to the kid, "now my honey bunny asked you a question. Why are you here?"
The kid looked between us and sighed, "Look I was just told to wait here and watch for a girl named Violet and then call my boss if she showed up."
I wanted to hear him say it. I knew I was right but I wanted to hear the name myself so I growled at him again, "Who's your boss?"
The idiot shook his head at me, "Some Italian guy."
Lucy was starting to get annoyed too and punched the kind in the right side. I could hear ribs breaking as she shouted in his face, "Give us his name!"
Then she turned towards me and sweetly said, "See I can cause damage too."
I couldn't help grinning at her, "That's my girl."
I focused my attention back on the kid and shoved my fist into his gut for the hell of it. "The lady said talk!"
"A.V." he groaned at me. "That's what I'm suppose to call him."
Lucy growled at him again, grabbed his hips and twisted them around sharply causing his spine to break as she shouted again, "Give up his true name!"
The kid screamed in pain and then panted, "Aro! His name is Aro!"
There it was, that fucking bastard wanted Mo Ghra, "What does he want with her?"
The little bitch boy started shaking his head and shaking, "I don't know man, I was just told to watch for her to show up and let him know when she got here. That's all, I swear!"
I was so close to losing it and all I could say to him was, "Want to burn?"
"I swear! He didn't tell me what he wanted with her!" He was crying now and I felt good about that but was at a loss as to what to do about him. Suddenly I thought of Esme. She would figure out something.
"Hay babe, grab my cell and call your mom," I really hoped Lucy would figure this one out too.
She nodded at me and then mumbled, "Um...what pocket was it in again?"
"Front left," I said shortly
"Oh right," she moved to the other side and quickly pulled my cell out of my pocket and turned it on. "What do you have her listed as sweetie?"
It was an innocent enough question, but my sanity was only so-so at the moment so even that was pissing me off, "Esme."
She scrolled thru my contacts and hit send. Esme's soft voice answered, "Hello Emmett, how's your hunting going?"
Lucy gave me a smile as she answered her, "Hi Mom, this is Violet. Hunting led to finding someone staking out the cabin waiting for me to inform some guy named Aro."
"Mom? Who is this?" I could hear Esme's confusion.
"This is Violet, Emmett told me to call my mom. Aro had someone watching the cabin."
Esme caught on to the gig, "Oh, hi Violet I didn't know you went with him this trip. Do you two need help? I can send the wolves or get the family."
"We got it at the moment. The guy didn't get a chance to call Aro. Can you let grandpa know too?" she asked sweetly.
"Your Grandfather is on his way dear. He should be there in about ten minutes." Esme informed her.
"Okay, thanks Mom." Lucy told her.
"Of course dear. Be safe, I love you." Esme said wrapping up the call.
"We will, love you too. Bye." She ended the call and put the phone back in my pocket. " Mom said Grandpa is on his way. She offered the rest of the family or the wolves, but I said we got this, right honey?"
Yeah with Sam coming we really do have this. "Yeah we got this, lets take this idiot inside."
The kid looked like he was going to lose his last meal, "Wolves? Aro didn't mention wolves."
Lucy ignored the kid and smiled at me, "Okay, Mom said give Grandpa ten minutes to get here."
Lucy turned towards the cabin and started walking away from us her hips swaying seductively. Hay I may be mated but I'm still a man and can look. I just know that no one is ever going to get me the same way that Mo Ghra does, but I was going to have to get Lucy to talk to Violet about being a bigger girl and still being able to be sexy. Violet's amazing. Makes me wonder what I ever saw in Rosalie honestly. She is good from the inside out and just makes the outside package even better for me. She just doesn't believe that about herself. Who knows maybe Lucy could help with that if I could ever get the two to meet.
The kid whistled at Lucy and I punched him in the gut for his stupid move, "That's my mate keep your fucking eyes to yourself."
The kid was smart enough to nod his head as I dragged him after her towards the cabin.
With my free hand I dug out my keys and handed them to Lucy, "Baby open the door please. It's the key with the skull on it."
She grinned at me as she put the key in the lock and opened it smoothly. Someone had been in there recently. It stunk of another vampire but not the kid.
"This is bogus. What are you going to do to me dude?" The kid asked as he hung from my arm his feet barely touching the floor.
"Well I'm thinking of letting the wolves chew you up," I told him honestly.
He had enough brains to look scared and hung his head.
Lucy clucked her tongue at me in a scolding manner and picked up a picture from the mantle. It was of Violet and Lexi when she was just born. I had found it in the baby book Violet had been keeping and blew it up so it could sit there. Violet looked so young, scared and desperately in love with the screaming infant in her arms. It was one of my favorites.
"She's really young," She commented.
"Yeah I know but well... she's Mo Ghra," I said trying to not sound like some love sick idiot.
"And the baby?"
"My little Lexi is perfect. Got a personality that would knock you over. She's sunshine and sass wrapped up in the cutest little package. She's going to have a voice to match her momma's too." I told her proudly.
The idiot decided to try standing upright again and I was mad again. I gave him a shake and growled at him, "So where did Aro find your sorry ass."
"Not far from here I use to live in Libby but I moved to Idaho. He called me and told me he had a job for me back home."
Lucy got in his face still holding onto the charade, "Why does he want me?"
The kid shakes his head, "I don't know! He sounded obsessed though, like all he thinks about is you! Maybe he wants to feel your tits! I don't know!"
Before I could think I back handed the bastard and he had the brains to shut up.
Lucy sighed and wrapped her arms around my free arm, "Sweetie you didn't have to hit him for that. You should be please other guys look at me because I'm only coming home to you.
God she really had no idea what my Violet was really like. I get it the kid doesn't know either, but my Violet is sweet and modest and would have been the first person to cover up and get embarrassed over this ass hat's comments. It was a good cover but it still pissed me off so I just growled at the idiot again.
Lucy smiled sweetly at me and the kid gulped in fear again.
"I really hope Grandpa shows up soon," Lucy mumbled.
As if to answer her the sound of wolf paws thundering on the ground and another vampire could be heard heading towards the cabin quickly.
"There he is now and it looks like he brought company," I said nodding toward the door.
Lucy let me go, ran to the door, flung it open and tried to step out of the way. Instead Jacob jumped onto her and pinned her to the floor growling and drooling in her face.
She screamed, the kid screamed and I punched him again.
Sam quickly came in behind him and yelled, "Jacob get off her! She's not the problem!"
Lucy saw him standing there and screamed at him," Grandpa help me!"
Sam gave her a confused look and shoved Jacob towards the kid and I as he helped her to her feet. Jacob got in the kid's face and snarled. I made a mental note to ask Carlisle about his rabies shots. He was frothing at the mouth pretty bad.
Lucy wrapped her arms around Sam's waist and actually did look scared as she whispered, "Please play along."
The kid just dangled there whimpering as Jacob continued to snarl.
Sam nodded at her and wrapped her in his arms protectively, "So tell me what's going on before I let the dog eat our intruder."
"He said he was here to watch to see if I showed up. He said Aro wants him to call if I show up. He also says he doesn't know why," Lucy filled him in loudly.
Then she whispered in his ear, "Seriously? You're hanging out with dogs now? Are you eating okay?"
He nodded at her and chuckled at her, "The dog's on our side."
Lucy looked up at me still kind of nervous, "Babe, I think he's told us everything he knows. So now what?"
I grinned at her, "Eat him."
She wrinkled her nose in disgust, "I don't feed off riff raff."
I sighed and rolled my eyes at her, "Not you, I'm gonna let the dog eat him."
Lucy looked like I handed her a winning lottery ticket as she smiled at me, "Oh, okay!"
Jacob gave the kid a wolfish grin and snapped at his leg. That set the idiot off and he started squealing, "Please! I was just doing what I was told! Maybe Aro wants to fuck her! Who knows? He's got his own agenda!"
Sam got in his face, "Boy the way I see it you got two choices; you can burn your own ass or we let the dog do it for us. Either way your time is up. You got yourself in way more than you can handle."
The kid whimpered again, "Come on, the bitch already snapped my spine and broke my ribs! Just let me go! I won't tell Aro you were here!"
I saw red. She may be mouthy but I'm pretty sure she didn't deserve to be called a bitch, so I twisted his head off his shoulders and growled, "That's no way to speak about a lady."
Lucy raised an eyebrow at me and let go of Sam as I started tossing the head into the air like a basketball.
"If Aro is after your granddaughter Samuel, I'm going back to Omaha with you. You'll need all the help you can get," she firmly stated.
Sam chuckled, "Fair warning she's kind of dangerous even as a human."
Lucy gave him a confused look but kept going, "Ok but if Aro is after her he will stop at nothing to get what he wants. He's wrecked too many lives, human and vampire he needs to go!"
I nodded in agreement as I moved towards the door so Jake could take the body out, "I agree."
I tossed the head into the yard and Jake followed with the rest of it.
Lucy must have been stuck in her own memories because her conviction was evident, "I'm not going to let him take your granddaughter Samuel. Not like he took Richard from me."
"I'm not losing her either," I added.
Sam nodded at Lucy, "Well I'm pretty sure Carlisle and Esme would be happy for the added help."
Lucy nodded, "Well I have my phone and credit cards, I can buy new clothes there so we can go now if you want. How's the hunting in Omaha?"
Sam rubbed the back of his neck and looked guilty, "Downtown has a bunch of homeless no one misses."
Lucy clucked her tongue at him, "Samuel you know I don't feed from homeless. I prefer guys with taste and class."
I growled at them both, "Don't tell Violet that's where you're hunting."
Then I thought of Trevor and couldn't help adding, "But I got a brat you could eat!"
Jacob walked back in wearing a ratty pair of jean shorts and flopped down on the couch, "Problem dealt with."
I fist bumped him, "Thanks man."
Lucy raised her eyebrow and looked at Sam, "Are you sure you're eating okay? No druggies or sick people you're feeding from? And why is Emmett offering me some brat to eat? I don't eat humans, I feed from them."
Jacob gave me a hostile look, "What the fuck Emmett? You can't offer Trevor up to some random red eye vamp!"
I kind of laughed at his anger, "Man the guys a douche bag besides she won't kill him."
Lucy was offended by his words I guess because she interrupted us, "Excuse me, I'm not some random vampire. Not unless you want me to call you some random mongrel."
Jake rolled his eyes and stuck his tongue at her.
I could hear another vampire headed towards the cabin quickly and waited, it sounded like Alice.
She flicked him off and looked at me, "Who the fucking hell is Trevor?"
Sam, Jake and I answered her together, "An idiot!"
She rolled her eyes at us and put her hands on her hips, "Okay and why should I feed from him? I mean is he even worth feeding from?"
I really like it when I'm right because Alice walked into the cabin and smiled at Lucy, "Hi! Trevor's a good looking human boy kind of like Bradly Cooper but he won't leave Violet alone despite the fact that Emmett put a ring on her finger and to answer your next question my name's Alice and we're going to be friends. You do like shopping right?"
Lucy was clearly confused but answered her question, "Yes, I like to shop and I have the funds to do so. So he's a boy? No sex before feeding, I can feed the normal way I do but I don't want to risk breaking him."
Jacob finally caught up on the conversation and looked between the two of them, "Wait what?"
Lucy chose to ignore him again and kept going as she gestured at me, "Honestly only human men his size are lease likely to break during sex."
Alice giggled at her.
Jacob was getting mad, "Look guys this is bordering on breaking the treaty. Someone better talk."
Lucy sighed, "Do you have issues? I have to feed, never kill and he won't remember it. He'll think he got laid and no one sees the bite marks. I keep them discreet. So are we ready to go to Omaha?"
Jacob gave Alice a concerned look, "Is she really safe?"
Alice giggled again, "She's safe and we're going to Milan too!"
Lucy shook her head, "Milan? I've never left the states before and I can't go because I don't have a passport."
I laughed at her, "Minor details."
"Whatever, can we go? I want to size up my new toy before I feed from him and I should probably meet this girl everyone seems so content to protect," Lucy replied.
I nodded at her, "Why don't you, Sam and Alice head back. I want to talk to Jake and then I still need to hunt."
"Sounds good to me," She said heading to the front door as she looked at Sam. "Well I guess I finally will get to meet your family."
Sam grinned at her, "You're gonna love em too bad you never got to meet Helen."
"We agreed a long time ago to disagree about that, but if your family is in danger, I'll help you protect them."
"Yeah I know and thank you," he said to her as they headed down the drive.
I could hear Alice bouncing up and down, "Race you two back!"
Lucy growled, "That's not fair! I don't know where exactly I'm going unless..."
Suddenly the door flew open again and she zipped in front of Jake. She leaned down and took a deep sniff, "I'll just follow your stench back."
Jacob gave her a cocky grin, "You're welcome to sniff all you want."
She smirked at him, "Maybe I'll develop a taste for wolf," then nipped at his ear before running out the door.
He laughed at her as she ran off, "Yeah about the time I'll develop a taste for anything other than my Nessi."
We waited for the group to get out of ear shot before I started talking again, "Ok man did you grab that guys cell?"
"Sure did. So what's with the new vamp?" He asked me.
"Well she doesn't seem like a problem and the only reason I was okay with her heading back is because no one is stupid enough to take her to the hospital. I don't want her anywhere near my girls till I'm there and her eyes are gonna scare the fuck out of Lexi."
"Man you're always thinking about your girls' safety, you do know the rest of us would kill for them too right?" Jake told me.
"Yeah I know but..."
"I get it. You would walk into fire for them." Jake said standing up and straightening the pillows.
We headed out the door and I locked up as I thought about that crazy night,"Yeah, maybe we need to have another family meeting about this but right now I'm starving and it's been a bad night!"
