Chapter 30
This headache is killing me to the core. I think I made a mistake sleeping outside. I couldn't even remember what happened. All I remembered was that I walked Mr. Howard out of the house then I fell asleep on the couch. My head is banging so hard. My throat feels like it's on fire. My chest hurts and my nose is burning. I guess this is the definition of a cold.
I haven't had one in years. I really am human to get this sick but I never got sick before be it I slept outside or not. I been around people who was sick from the cafe to the school but I never once caught anything till I slept outside on the bench. This is too much. Being sick sucks so much. I sigh going back to typing this biology paper on the computer.
I might as well seeing how I got nothing else to do. Jacob is not answering my texts even though I sent him a couple of them. I am crazy and no matter how much I fight with Jacob, I'll always want him back in my house and in my arms. That sounds so corny but I don't know. "It's too much going on." I say turning a page in the biology book. I think I said the wrong words to him about him trapping women with chains.
Either way, he's okay. I know he is. I sigh resting my head on my hands when I'm hit with another headache wave. They been coming left and right for the last couple of hours and I'm starting to think that it's something more supernatural going on. I hope it's not dealing with Victoria and those vampires. I haven't heard nothing about it from Jacob.
I'm done with Bella because she doesn't bring it up. So, I guess it's time to move on. I type a couple of more sentences in the paper bringing the total to four pages. It's only eight o' clock at night and it's dark as crap. Right, about now I can be at the cafe enjoying a nice cup of tea and watching the cars drive by. My stomach growl. That soup ain't fill me up.
I look at the empty bowl that's sitting next to my book. "I'm hungry." I say rubbing on my stomach and grabbing my bowl. I nearly knock over the chair while standing up and I walk out of my bedroom and into the kitchen. I walk to the stove to see that it's still a whole lot left over. I poured that bowl of soup that I did for Mr. Howard back into the pot. Can't let soup go to waste.
As I'm pouring more soup for myself, someone knock on the front door. It's nearly nine o' clock at night and someone is knocking on my front door. If it was Jacob or his friends, they'll use the back door or call before they come over. I look at the front door and put the bowl on the stove. Who can that be? It can be Bella or I don't know. I walk to the front door and hit the living room light on.
"Who is it?" I ask but no one answers. Now, that's a big no-no. I'm not answering the door if the person cannot open his mouth or say anything. I hear a big thump coming from upstairs. It sounded like it came from my room. I hit the living room light off incase someone wanna try a sneak attack. I walk towards the staircase and look upstairs. Let me think. I'm pregnant and I can't take nobody down without risk of causing harm to my baby.
Only one thing to do. "Jacob." I yell still looking upstairs while inching towards the kitchen where the house phone is at. He doesn't answer. No window is open upstairs. They're all locked and Jacob checked them. It might be someone from the council. I look out of the kitchen and back up stairs. I can't take that chance and not while I'm pregnant. No one has a reason to knock on my door at this town of night.
I walk to the house phone to dial 911. I pick up the receiver when I feel someone standing behind me. I turn around to see someone who I haven't seen in a long time. Quil. "Quil, what you doing in my house?" I ask hanging up the phone. "Sorry, Lacie." He say. I turn around to see my back door doorknob jiggling and I move the curtain to see Embry standing outside waving with a sorry expression.
I sigh unlocking the door and inviting Embry in. "What's going on?" I seriously ask looking at both of them wanting answers. "Seeing how it's a killer going around town." Jacob say from behind me. "That's nice and cute. What happened?" I ask turning to face him as he closes the door. "Nothing happened. Just want you to be prepared in case something happened." He say making me sigh.
"I am tired. I'm battling a cold and probably a fever. My chest hurts. My nose is burning and I am very hungry. I don't have time for this." I tiredly say while walking back to the stove as both Embry and Quil looks at Jacob. So something did happen. "What happened?" I ask grabbing the bowl and sitting at the kitchen table. "It was another murder in town." Jacob say sitting at the table.
"Victoria or Seattle." I say. "It was in town, Lacie." He say making me chuckle a little bit. "Oh, I'm sorry. I don't know what's going on with that situation or anything. I just know that I need to stay safe for the next couple of seven to six months." "All you need to do." He say back making me shake my head. "Okay, when did it happen?" I ask looking at both Embry and Quil.
"A couple of hours ago." Quil say. "So, I was probably napping and someone was going around killing a person. Boy or girl?" I say trying to eat my soup but the irritation of my throat is gets in my way when I swallow it. "It was another female student." Jacob say. Wow. "I don't know what to say." I say feeling another wave hitting me. "Are you okay?" Embry asks me.
"I'm just sick with a cold and it's now hitting me. So, no. I'm not okay. It hurts to be sick." "Do you want to go to the hospital?" He asks looking at Jacob. He looks at me. "I don't need to go because it's nothing but a simple cold but if it's gets worse then I'll head to the hospital. So, where did it happen?" I ask looking at them. "We don't know. We heard from Bella and she heard from Chief Swan about it being another murder." He say.
"You think it's Mr. Howard." I say grinning on the inside. "Not your crush to go around killing people." He seriously say making me grin. "I don't know. It can be him. It's so many suspects and now you think that maybe it wasn't so personal with Casey's murder. A high school killer going around and right around for Halloween. What's the Cullens saying?" I ask looking at Quil and Embry.
They both looks at Jacob. "That's none of their business." Jacob growels out. "But Bella is protected always and I'm always protected." "Not from that window that was open in the bathroom." He say. "I blew the bathroom up and I didn't want it funking up the house." I say laughing. Quil laugh but Embry doesn't. "It's not funny, Lacie." He seriously say.
"No, it is not. It's a lot of suspects. A high school killer going around?" I ask him. He nods his head. "I can't do nothing. I'm out of commission for no telling how long." "Not asking you to do anything. Just want you to stay safe and always lock the doors." Jacob say. Quil nods. "And, I will. You don't have to tell me twice." I say looking at my soup.
"Who was it?" I ask when it get silent. "We don't know who it was. Bella just told us that another girl was murdered." Embry say. "Maybe that's why I'm sick because of this happening?" I ask looking at Jacob. "I doubt it." He say making my mood drop from 100 to 0. "Right, I was just asking. Is this all? I have to go upstairs and finish this paper then head to bed." I say. "It's all, Lacie." He say as Quil nods again.
I nod too getting up from the table and walking upstairs leaving the bowl on the table. He's still mad. I walk into the bedroom and close the door behind me. I check my bedroom window again and it's locked tightly. I sigh sitting at my computer and shutting it down. I'll work on the paper tomorrow. I hit the desk lamp off and close my biology book. Wow, Another Murder.
I couldn't make it to school today because I'm feeling terrible. This keeps up then I'm heading to the ER to get treated or something. I rub on Jacob's leg but he grabs my hand and swing it off him. Right, he's still mad. I shake my head going back to watching the news. I go to sleep and wake up to another murder in town. You know the school is going wild.
I don't even know the girl nor recognize her picture when they showed her picture on the news. They showed her friends next and they was crying and speaking nothing but goodness about her. They even spoke of Casey. Chief Swan was on the news talking about how they'll catch the killer and how the curfew is still in effect. I breathe out frustrated.
This is ridiculous. Jacob said it's not because of Victoria or anything. So, we're working with a human killer going around killing innocent girls for no reason and thinking he can get away with it. You should never take a life unless it's necessary and I'm starting to wonder if it was Mr. Howard I mean he came back from Hell and maybe he brought something with him or he never went and it was nothing but a lie.
"My throat hurt so much, Jacob." I say sounding hoarse. "No one told you to sneak to the hospital then sleep on a bench. You could've cost us our baby." He growls out. "And, I'm very sorry. I'm paying for it now." "And, so is our baby. The baby is in you, Lacie. You get sick then the baby get sick." He say looking me in the face. He is so right. I didn't even think about that.
"I'll buy a bigger coat." I say rubbing on his arm. "Don't touch me." He say snatching his arm away. I think twice before speaking his name but I know he smelt Mr. Howard when he was in the house. "Mr. Howard brought some soup over and it was a big can." I say describing it with my hands. "Why you telling me?" "Because we can eat that for dinner tonight and maybe I can ask him if he wants to have dinner." I say shrugging my shoulders. It is his can of soup.
"You think he'll want to come have dinner with you and risk getting sick plus the school just lost another student, Lacie." He has a good point. Plus, I'm sure he can't risk bringing anything back to his wife especially since everything has happened between them. "How is patrolling?" I ask wanting to know. "It's going good, Lacie." He answers still in his mood.
"You haven't seen Victoria yet." "No, we have not. Pack business." "You don't think she has anything to do with this?" "No, we do not." I sit up and put my legs into the couch. "It can be her or doing something. It's call manipulation of the mind and she can be targeting Bella or me I mean do Bella know any of the girls?" I ask him. "I didn't ask her, Lacie." He say not wanting to answer.
"Okay, Jacob. You save that attitude because this is a serious discussion and it's too many people going around killing people. Have you heard about the missing people in Seattle?" I ask him. "We heard." "I'm just saying. I have to be alert of my surroundings and have to question if this man or woman is the killer. Maybe the person is after me or something. I have to deal with that." I say reaching for my water and drinking some. My voice is getting a little hoarse.
"All you have to do is stay in the house and lock the doors." He say. "Well, Halloween is coming up and I'm going to pass out candy or just stay in and watch some movies. What are you doing?" I ask him. "Working." "Well, when you're done with work why don't you, Embry, and Quil come over for movies and popcorn? You have to bring your own food but I would love for you to hang out with me. I really miss hanging with you and mostly Leah. What is she doing?" I ask him.
I haven't heard from Leah in a long time. I call her here and there but I guess I'm not allowed to see her because of everything and probably because of the Cullens being back in the Forks. That can be one of the reason. "She's doing good, Lacie." He answers. I nod my head. "Are you going to take me to go visit them or am I banned from La Push?" I ask him. "I don't know." He say. I nod my head laying back on the couch.
Oh, I'm feeling tired. I look at the side of Jacob's face. He's so handsome but childish with his attitude. "You did not know the girl who was just murdered?" He asks me. "No, I did not. Those killings has nothing to do with me. It was a pure coincidence when seeing Casey at the clinic. She was always in the clinic. She was there two times plus it was other students in the clinic. I thought it was someone close to her." I say shaking my head.
Can't believe he would ask me that. "You sure it's not Bella?" I ask him in return. "I'm pretty sure." He say quickly. I just leave it alone and drink more water. "This does not ease up then I wanna go to the hospital to be treated or something. It might be a cold or pneumonia, Jacob." He just sigh turning the TV from the news to a baseball game. I shake my head turning with my back towards the TV.
I'm sleeping on the couch when I'm woken up by someone knocking on the front door. I turn over to look at the clock that's hanging over the TV. 5:42 p.m. I groan stretching my body out and getting off the couch to open up the front door. I don't even look out of the window. That's how tired I am. "Who is it?" I ask up against the door.
"Mr. Howard." Mr. Howard say from on the other side of the door. I unlock it and open it up to see he's wearing a face mask. Ohh, cool. "Oh." I laugh out looking at it then try to touch it but he moves back. "I'm not trying to get sick." He say. "Right." I say seeing he has another grocery bag. "What is it this time?" I ask peeking into the bag. "It's different type of teas." He say holding up the bag and showing me the different types of teas.
"Wow, Thank you." I say taking the bag from him. I dig in myself and hear a car door slamming shut. I look up and turn my head to the noise along with Mr. Howard. "Oh, it's my next door neighbors." I say waving to the couple. They wave back suspiciously looking at Mr. Howard. He waves too. I shake my head wanting to laugh and put the tea back into the bag.
We look at them going into the house. "So, Mr. Howard." I say. He turns his attention back to me. "Did you hear about the student?" I asks him. "I did, Ms. Thorne." "Where were you?" I seriously asks him. "I was home hanging with my friends. Where was you?" He asks me. "I was at home sleeping on the couch." "Alone?" "Alone till it came out that another student was murdered." I say.
"How did you find out?" "Jacob told me and Bella told him. So, I found out. He went to my favorite cafe to get me some of that green tea that I love very much." I say. He nods his head. "What about Casey?" He asks me. "I met her two times and the last time I seen her was at the clinic that's near the shopping center." "When was that?" "Either it was two or three days before she was murdered." I say taking the grocery bag.
"You and Bella was talking in class and you thought something was funny." He seriously say. "I just grinned because I just seen her the other day and I think she was ready to have a baby or she was there for something else." "How did you know she was going to have a baby?" "Because one time in clinic. She was sick and I joked about her being pregnant and she said hope not but that was way way before the clinic." I say.
"Okay, Ms. Thorne." He say walking down the steps. "You seriously suspect me, Mr. Howard?" I ask him. He stops walking and turn around to face me. "You suspect me, Ms. Thorne?" He asks. "Yeah, it's just kind of weird and it's sometimes the teachers." I say shrugging my shoulders. "Not always." He say. I nod my head wiping the snot from my nose from the cold air.
"Sorry, Mr. Howard. Have a good day." I say holding up the grocery bag. "You too, Ms. Thorne. Hope you feel better." He say turning around. "You too." I yell watching him going to his car and getting in. He waves at me. I wave back closing the door and looking into the grocery bag at the boxes of teas. I sigh walking into the kitchen. I wonder what childish Jacob gonna to say.
I take the boxes out and place them next to the dishes so I won't have to reach up in the cabinet to get them. I look at big can of soup that Mr. Howard brought for me. Maybe Jacob can cook that with something else. Maybe garlic bread or something. I hope my thoart and stomach is up for it. I been having morning sickness up a storm lately since I got sick.
I sigh opening up the curtain to look outside at the forest. Jacob should be on his way home. I hear the front doorknob turning and turn around as Jacob opens the door up. "You didn't lock the door." He seriously say taking his keys out of the doorknob. I sense him having an attitude. "Sorry, I totally forgot." I say looking at the plastic cup in his hand. My green tea.
"The baby say thank you." I say as he closes the door not saying anything to me and just sit down on the couch. "I really wish you would stop, Jacob." I say getting tired of his attitude. He put the cup on the coffee table. "I understand that you're jealous but he's a grown man who is not going to stop doing nothing. It's nothing going on between me and him." I say hearing my hoarse voice.
"Okay, Lacie." He say dismissing it. "What about you? When you're not here are you with your real imprint or are you feeling someone else?" I ask walking to him and sitting on the couch next to him. "No." He say. "You hurt my feelings way worse than I'll hurt yours and I meant what I said, Jacob. I'm not begging you no more and you hurt my feelings when you pulled that act at the clinic. So, yeah." I say grabbing the cup off the table.
I take the top off to sniff the green tea. Oh, it looks fresh. He sits in silent. "I'm sorry." He say as I blow on it. "You're sorry. That's a first and you mean it this time because you turned me down when I asked you for a ride from the hospital. Do you mean it?" I ask putting the top back on. "I mean it." "I maybe blind because I love you so much but I don't know." I say unsure.
He just sit watching TV. "Just let me know now. I know you're sixteen years old and never seen yourself having a child now and I'm wondering if you're doing all of this because you don't want in this relationship. We don't have to be in a relationship. I'm not pressuring you or anything. I'm starting to change to as the pregnancy goes on. I don't have time for games, Jacob. All I ask if you be there whenever I need help or a ride somewhere." I say shaking my head.
He shake his head no. Silence fill the room."I don't know what I want." He finally say looking at me. "Your actions from the last couple of weeks tell me that you don't want me and from that clinic stunt that you did. You blew it and I don't know what you do in your free time after you deal with Bella or who you do it with. I'm in Forks and you're on the tribe. I am not around like I use to be and you don't show me no love. So, yeah. It's a big ass no." I say sipping out of my cup.
He shake his head shrugging his shoulders. "You're real childish, Jacob." I say putting the cup on the table and watching the game. He just shake his head. Oh, I so hate him. "Mr. Howard is not damaging our relationship. You are. Whatever, Jacob." I say resting on the couch while shaking my head. Childish Boy.