AN: This story is rated M for a reason. Trigger warnings to many things are present in this story.
I don't own Twilight.
I just like to play around in different worlds with them :)
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Laurent couldn't leave, he knew she had to be here. He swam further out than in tended but something was pulling him in this direction. He went deeper and as his eyes adjusted slightly to the darkness, he found her. Bella was unconscious as he gripped her around the waist and swam straight up with a burst of speed. His head split the surface and he frowned. They were nowhere near the cliff that he had jumped from and he couldn't see it at all. He pulled the girl to land as he pleaded slightly with her to not be dead.
He laid her on her back in the sand and began to do compressions, trying to force the water from her lungs. He heard a snap as one of her ribs broke under his hand as panic flooded his body. Bella jerked to her side as she coughed and spit the salt water out of her mouth. She sucked the air into her lungs as he sat back with relief.
"Fucking danger magnet Swan." He said as he shook his head angry and relieved at the same time.
She rubbed her aching head, "If you remember correctly it all started because you wanted to play a baseball game."
He thought back to the first time he had seen Bella and smiled, "Who doesn't love baseball?"
She glared at him, "Me, now."
He chuckled as she shook her head and slowed her breathing, "Where are we?"
He shrugged, "I don't know. How did you get so far away from the cliff?"
She frowned, "The last thing I remember was the truck falling and then I hit my head on the dash when we hit the water."
He glanced at the gash on her forehead and the blood that was slowly running down the right side of her head, "When we get back, don't leave me for a while okay."
She glanced over at him and saw the worry and fear in his eyes. She grinned as she shoulder bumped him, "Told you. You can't live without me now."
Laurent was one of the most confusing people she knew. He didn't want to kill her to begin with and then he did and then he didn't and then he was saving her life. It was giving her whiplash and she couldn't help but smile.
He grimaced at her as he stood, "Let's find our way back."
He pulled her to her feet and helped her into the woods behind them. He stopped her and sniffed the air frowning, "I should know that scent."
Bella eyed him carefully, "What scent?"
He shrugged, "Vampire. At least we know we are near something."
Bella sighed, "Please let it be food."
He smirked at her, showing his teeth, "You are the food."
She narrowed her eyes at him, "Watch it Old Man."
He growled at her as they continued their journey.
After a few minutes she said, "I have to wonder about you sometimes."
He caught her as she tripped and rolled his eyes, struggling to stop his smile, "Why?"
"Well," she climbed over a log, "You don't act like a vampire sometimes."
"Sorry to disappoint?" he asked quizzically.
She shook her head, "No I mean, look at James. He was sadistic and evil. The Cullen's and Denali's are peaceful, but you… You are just you."
He laughed, "Good to know short stuff."
She growled in the back of throat which made him laughed harder. They were silent for a while, enjoying each other's company more than anything. He didn't get mad at her slow human pace or how many times he had to catch her before she fell flat on her face.
After an hour he spoke, "We haven't talked about what happened in your room."
"What about it?" She asked with a shrug.
"Bella you threw me across the room." He said as if that was the most shocking thing in the world.
Which she knew in a way it was. She was human and she threw a vampire across the room and fell on her ass because of it, "I don't know what happened. You pissed me off and deserved it."
"I did not."
"Did too."
The woods became an echo of yelling as the two continued their walk arguing about who was to blame for the fight that night. Animals scurried in fear, not because of the vampire but because of the loud voices that were bouncing around the trees. Each of them was adamant that they were right and neither one was going to budge on that.
Finally, they stepped out of the trees and onto a deserted dirt road. Laurent frowned, "Where are we?"
She frowned as she caught sight of paper, hurrying to catch it before the wind could take it. Her eyes widened, "Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park? That's in Canada, isn't it?"
Laurent nodded, "How the hell did we get over here? We were near La Push."
She frowned, "Current?"
He shook his head, "Not possible. Come on."
She nodded as he pulled her closer to him. She had the weird feeling they were being watched. They stood back to back and searched the area. Her right eye scanned the treetops slowly working her way down to the base of the trees. Her skin felt like it was crawling, a feeling that she run engulfing her body. She frowned not understanding since she hadn't felt like that a few moments ago.
He turned to her and grabbed her arm, "Let's go."
She nodded and allowed him to keep her close as they hurried down the dirt road. He jerked her up onto his back and took off in a blur and she locked her ankles around his waist, her arms tight around his neck. She didn't feel the normal nausea as her right eye was able to keep up with everything, as long as she kept her left eye closed. She wanted Tanya, needed her. The comfort and safety that she felt was a distant memory as Laurent ran towards the highway that she could see in the distance.
Once at the road she slid off his back, her legs shaking uncontrollably. "I thought I hated this feeling, turns out I was just running with the wrong person. Or it could be the eye." She shrugged.
He shook his head, "We need to find a way back."
She raised her eyebrow, "How about stealing a car?"
He grinned at her, "I didn't know you were a thief."
She rolled her eyes, "I'm not but if it gets us back to our mates safely then I'm all for it. Except we don't have passports."
He chuckled, "I don't do passports."
She sighed as she sat in the dirt, watching the cars pass on the road below them, "I don't get why Jacob is doing this. He says vampires are dangerous but he's working with one. It doesn't make any sense."
He frowned as he sat next to her, "What really happened between you two? Why did they leave?"
She picked up a stick and began twirling it in her fingers, "I knew he wasn't my mate. After James I remember looking at him and thinking it felt wrong." She shook her head, "He said since I'm human I couldn't feel the mate bond, but when I look at Tanya, when I think about her, I can feel it."
She rubbed her chest, "My heart hurts being away from her. I was so afraid that she was going to disappear like he did. That she would see whatever he saw and convince me of the same thing."
He frowned, "Convince you of what?" He clenched his fists so tight cracks appeared in his palms.
She shook her head as she looked away from him, "I believed him, that I didn't belong in this world. That day when he led me into the woods, I remember feeling like something wasn't right. He said that I was weak and how could he ever love something so weak. He manipulated me at every turn, and I fell for it. He said I was his mate and that if I cared about him then…" she trailed off.
Laurent swallowed a growl as the possibilities crossed his mind, each worse than the last.
She sighed as she threw the stick, "I believed that he was, and I agreed but it still felt wrong. He said that the next time I would know what to expect so I would be more relaxed, but all I did was feel wrong. I made a mistake that I can never take back but in the end a week later at my birthday party Jasper attacked and I felt relief when he said he was leaving. What hurt the most was the family. They left without a word and I never understood why Alice would leave."
Laurent clenched his teeth so tight that cracks raced along his jawline.
She glanced at him, "If Alice had seen it, she never said anything. I don't know how she wouldn't see it but," she shrugged again, "I never got the chance to ask because he was always around and then they were gone."
His body shook with anger before he stood and stared down at her, "You belong with us Bella. You are family and believe me, I have never said that about anyone. Not even James and Victoria. I've killed thousands of people in my time Bella and you are special, whether you want to see it or not."
She smiled up at him, "Awe I love you too Laurent."
He sighed, "Look don't tell anyone I have a soft side okay. Irina will try to get me to do things I really don't want to do."
She grinned, "Like what?"
He held his hand out to her, "Like interact with people more." He grimaced.
She laughed as he pulled her to her feet, "We definitely wouldn't want that. Your secret is safe with me." She climbed onto his back and he took off running again.
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Paul sat in the sand on the edge of the beach as he stared at the blonde vampire, still on her knees on the beach staring out at the water, his face streaked with tears. She hadn't moved since she had fallen there, and he was beginning to think she never would. He hadn't moved from his spot either.
Her sister, Irina, was sitting beside her talking softly to her, "They have to be okay Tanya. I would know if Laurent was gone."
There was a strain in her voice when she spoke, and he had to wonder if she really meant that or if she was trying to convince both of them. Bella was as much a part of him as she was Tanya. Sam had tried to tell that he would know if his imprint was gone but knowing that Bella had been underwater too long…
He couldn't think about it. He wanted to kill Jacob and Sam was trying to fix the situation. Killing the imprint of a brother wolf was a death sentence. It was their most absolute law. It would be a fight to the death and that's what he wanted. He wanted to rip Jacob apart, regardless if he was the true Alpha or not. Bella was his and Tanya's and Jacob had taken her from both of them.
His chest felt heavy as the sunset and still he didn't move. He could hear voices around him, but he kept sitting there, watching Tanya. She was the only thing connecting him to his Bella and he couldn't leave her. He had promised Bella to not hurt the vampire and that protecting her was a way to protect Bella. If Bella really was gone then he would spend eternity protecting his imprints mate. He would keep that promise.
A hand on his shoulder pulled him from his thoughts as Sam knelt beside him, "You need some sleep Paul."
He shook his head. It hurt too much to speak, to think about anything but her.
Sam nodded, "Tanya and her family are allowed on the Rez. The Cullen's are still not welcome here."
"What about him?" He growled angrily, although it was more of a whisper.
Sam frowned, "It's complicated. They want to proceed carefully in case she isn't dead since Laurent hadn't returned but the law is clear even if it is the Chiefs great grandson." He sighed, "Emily and Kim want to start a search party with some of the boats, like Billy's."
Paul frowned, "What about Charlie?"
"The short Cullen, Alice called him and said Bella was staying at their place for the weekend. He has to work anyway so we have time to find her or at least her body."
He growled angrily as he shook Sam's hand off his shoulder. He refused to think about it like that. Laurent would not stay away from his mate unless he had Bella and until the leech returned, he was going to hold onto that hope.
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Bella shook her head as she stood next to a small campfire in the middle of the wilderness, "Do I even want to know?"
Laurent glared at her as he dropped the deer carcass, "Would you like to go hungry?"
She couldn't help but laugh, "So instead of finding a rest stop you brought me an entire deer?"
He rolled his eyes, "Women."
She glared at him as she took the hunting knife from him, "You're lucky I can't cut anything off in your sleep."
He swallowed as he watched the girl skin the deer expertly, "Where did you learn that?"
"My father hunts and fishes. You really think I haven't gone with him." She shook her head, "Men."
She ate enough to fill her before leaned against Laurent as they sat on the ground with their backs against a tree, "I miss Tanya."
He smiled, "I miss Irina."
They slowly drifted off to sleep as the fire crackled in front of them. The following morning, they made sure the fire was out and covered with dirt before she climbed onto his back.
Bella frowned as Laurent finally stopped running. They had been running all day and well into the night by the time they crossed the Washington state line. She was getting tired but the closer they got to home the more awake she became. She could feel the mate bond, that had been constricting her chest slowly loosening.