Hey so I know its been a while... oops... sorry...
Anyways, I'll keep this short!
Enjoy!
Surprising, Chris took the news pretty well. He actually didn't phase, and it only took Embry and Quil to hold him back.
Then again, he was cursing Jacob out something fierce.
I didn't know anyone could cuss like that. Honestly, it was the angriest I had ever seen Chris get. It looked like he was going to tare away from Quil and Embry when Brooklynn pushed past the two of us. Jacob reached for her, but I grabbed his hand to stop him. If Brooklynn was going to face a couple vampires with us, she had to at least be able to stand up to her boyfriend.
Brooklynn walked right up to Chris, placed both her hands on his cheeks, and rested her forehead against his. He took a few more ragged, deep breaths, and then calmed down. Brooklynn kissed his lips gently, smiling as she backed up again.
Shocked, Embry and Quil released Chris, who looked slightly upset, but not angry at all. His eyes went from Brooklynn, to Jacob, and then rested on me.
Why me, I'm not sure.
"Watch out for her?" He asked, his voice full of concern and still a little rough. All I could do was nod, and when I did, he nodded back and then pulled Brooklynn into his lap as he sat down at the table.
After Chris's minor meltdown, the rest of us went back to discussing what the plan was.
We really never came up with much more than we had before; we spent most of the next hour arguing with Sam over schematics.
In the end, we decided Jacob, Brooklynn and I would head over to our old house; Chris, Embry, Quil, and Sam would come with us, but stay in the forest; and the rest of the pack would stay in La Push just in case something happened.
So an hour later, the three of us were walking out of the forest into my old backyard. The other four were standing, haunches ready to pounce, just beyond the tree line.
It wasn't long before we saw the vampires. They came out of no where, literally just appearing on the back porch. Brooklynn nearly jumped out of her skin, not being used to how true vampires moved. My family acted human, most of the time; but these two were not trying to hide who they really were. Jacob looked down at Brooklynn, raising an eyebrow at her slightly.
And being Brooklynn, she just smiled up at him, totally non pulsed.
And being Brooklynn, she also didn't move. At all.
"We are sorry, Renesmee. We did not mean to scare your friend." Charlotte said softly, breathing deeply and appearing slightly more human. She took a few steps forward, a soft smile on her face, but stopped when Jacob began growling.
"Jacob I swear to God I will kick your ass back to the reservation if you don't at least try to act civil. They are here to help, so you don't need to bite their heads off." I growled under my breath. This was no time for Jacob to go all macho protective here. Brooklynn was just smiling happily again, though I'm not sure she heard me.
I'm positive the two vampires heard me, because Peter laughed right out loud.
I guess I could have left off the whole 'bite their heads off' part. It might have been a little too literal.
"Sorry." I apologized softly.
"There is no need to apologize, Renesmee. We are here uninvited, we expected no less." Charlotte continued, though this time she did not try to come closer.
"You could have called." Jacob spoke softly, trying to keep the growl from his voice. He half succeeded.
"And how would we have done that?" Peter spoke up, his voice much more light and friendly than it had been last night. This was the Peter I remembered from when I was younger. Kind and funny, a mix between Uncle Jasper and Uncle Emmett. "The Cullen's moved out of state, and are living under different names. Our decision to come here was the fastest way to contact anyone, but it meant that we had to actually come here."
"Aunt Alice." I said, understanding.
Peter nodded, "I take it she saw us coming."
"A little late." Jacob grumbled.
"Better than not at all." Brooklynn said, speaking up for the first time.
Both vampires' eyes locked onto Brooklynn then, almost as if they had decided she wasn't there until she spoke. You could almost see the reddish gold of their eyes darken, but neither moved. In fact, both began taking deep, steadying breaths. This seemed to make Jacob more agitated, and scared me a little too. Jacob and I both tensed, but Brooklynn stood there as if nothing was wrong. Maybe she didn't realize how much danger she was in.
"Edward was right; though I'm not sure I'd ever admit that to him." Peter said a moment later to Charlotte, once his eyes had returned to a softer golden red color. That color in and of itself was a little strange, though I figured it was due to the blood that Grandpa kept in the fridge here.
I chuckled softly, "What's that?" Dad had an annoying habit of being right, and I just hated it.
"That you can become accustomed to the scent of a human, and choose to ignore it. He claimed that was how he became so comfortable with your mother." Charlotte explained.
"Ya, not sure I'd like to go there. I'd like to not be reminded of my parents' scandalous affair." I muttered, Jacob wrapping his arm around me only to remind me that he was once involved in their love triangle.
Gross.
Jacob had enough sense to blush as I accidentally sent him my thoughts though his skin touching my bare shoulder.
"So we're all good here?" Brooklynn asked, looking between all of us present. "Good, 'cause it's cold out here and I'd love to go inside and warm up. I'm not my own personal heater, ya know."
And with that, Brooklynn walked past both Charlotte and Peter, opened the back door, and headed inside. Not once did she look back at either of the vampires.
The vampires, however, watched her the entire way; Peter smiling at her gall and courage.
"I believe I now understand why you brought this one. She's a tough one." Peter said, grinning.
Hope you enjoyed it... more to come :)
