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Okay guys, thanks for all those awesome reviews again and I know a lot of people were confused but it will all pretty much be explained in the next few chapters. Now I don't know how often I'm going to be able to update anymore because I have more exams and such and I just got a new job for the summer so I'll be working a lot. And then between friends and family and stuff it leaves almost no room for writing! But I promise I'll squeeze it in as often as I can, just because I love you guys so much. So this story is almost over and I know the ending already, most won't like it. I try my best, and if people think they like my story enough I may produce a sequel. Ha-ha now on to the story...
Real Love
Tears silently fell down my face as I clutched my cheek, staring into his coal black eyes in disbelief. I wanted, with every inch of my being, to fight him back. But as I stood in front of him and noticed how he towered over me and seemed to have a body of wrought iron, I decided against it.
I felt defeated as realization spilled over my soul. He caught me in my act to make him stop from sucking my blood, knowing it would work. My plan had backfired. The look in his eyes and the stinging of my cheek told me that I was now, literally, dead meat. My mind struggled against my fear, not wanting Tiernan to see I was weak.
My mind went in circles as the strangest thing happened. Rather then having Tiernan fling to my neck again as he had done moments earlier, his strong arms came around me and swept me up to him. My eyes were too fogged over with tears and my mind was too clouded to think properly. My hand was still clutched to my face as I limply lay in Tiernan's arms. I knew we were going back in the direction of the house so there was no point in arguing. I felt his body shift as he slowed down, as I'd felt Edward so often before. When he opened the door to the house and had entered he still ceased to put me down on the floor. It wasn't until I was into the dull room I had woken up in that he placed me gently on the bed and proceeded to make his way out the door.
I was absolutely confused and dazed about what was going on. I hadn't the slightest idea as to why Tiernan had brought me here or why he was so persistent on calling me Lena. All of these things had no explanation and I felt helpless and lonely as I longed to know what was going through the vampires mind. He'd had no right to just come and pick me up, thinking that I was going to be happy about it. He also had no right to help me live the dream I'd been having. I'd tried my best to play the dream out as it happened, but I realized that wasn't what he wanted. I was scared as his mouth came in contact with my skin and I had to say something. Then his creepy eyes staring at me...there was something weird about them, him in general.
As I was sitting on the bed, contemplating the many things that were going through my head a loud noise suddenly filled the whole house. It sounded like something cracked, then the pieces were falling to the ground. The sudden noise frightened me and I jumped up from the bed looking frantically around the room to see if anything around me had caused the noise. When I realized it hadn't I made my way to the door and pulled it open.
The hallway looked as it had earlier and I had no reason to suspect that anything was out of the ordinary, but I knew I heard something. My hands shook as I slowly walked down the hallway towards the living room. When I reached the end of the hall I peered around the corner with just my eye to see what was there. What I saw surprised me. Sitting down on one of the couches with his head in his hands was Tiernan, the T.V lay broken; shattered to pieces in the corner. I frowned at him slightly. What had I caused him to be so upset over?
"Tiernan?"
My mouth acted before my brain. Why was I even talking to him? He had, after all, just hit me in the face and tried to drink my blood. He looked up at me as his name fell from my lips, his lips pressed together in a hard line.
"Go back to your room," his eyes were red and pleading, "Please?"
"No," I whispered, looking at his face, "Can't we just talk?"
"why?" he questioned. His eyes darkened as he spoke and he kept them plastered to mine.
I convinced myself to keep persevering him to talk, as I needed answers. "Please..."
I suddenly looked down, his eyes always looked like they could see through my soul, my every secret. I didn't know what to expect but I couldn't look at him yet. I needed to have as much affect over him as possible. As I heard a small sigh, he knew himself defeated to my persuading pleads.
"You mustn't be frightened of me if you want to talk," his eyes shifted, hints of frustration pouring through.
I finally lifted my head, darking him to look at me. "I'm not frightened."
"You are unsure," he cited, with certainty.
My eyebrows puckered in confusion, but I nonetheless flew next to him on the couch, testing my bravado. I sat facing him, staying perfectly still. He bend his head to the side, eyes intent.
"You are much braver then I gave you credit for," he said approvingly, "And you are quite warm."
The last comment made me feel uneasy and I shifted my position on the couch farther away from him, willing my body to become cooler. Tiernan's look was patient as he saw my uneasiness.
"What are your questions you feel you need to ask me so badly?"
The question came out blandly. I stared at him for an immeasurable amount of time, formulating the right questions in my head. Several minutes of deciding whether or not I could ask him a certain severity of questions finally plotted a list in my mind. I mentally scanned through it and blurted out the one on my mind most.
"Why do you keep calling me Lena?" The question was simple, to me anyways.
His eyebrows screwed up in confusion and he gave me a ridiculous look, "Because it's your name, of course."
Now it was my turn to make a twisted face. "That's not my name."
"Yes, it is."
"Is not." I felt like a kindergartener arguing whether or not the crayon was blue or green.
"Enlighten me then, please." He held his hands out motioning the space before him, then placed his hands gently in his lap. I could tell this would be one long night...
"My name's Isabella Swan." I felt as if I was introducing myself for the first time, and quite literally, I was.
"Isabella...?" He seemed to be testing the name to his tongue, "Yes of course that's your name."
He seemed as if he was mentally hitting himself in the forehead, being stupid to think my name was otherwise. I looked at him weirdly as he squinted his eyes, trying to remember something. "Yes, I remember when I met you in Anchorage, Rosalie had shouted your name."
I nodded at his memory but also kept in mind that he knew Rosalie. That was another question to add to my list. After he assured me he would most definitely from now on call me Bella I decided to continue with my questions. He looked at me expectantly as I tried to figure which to ask next.
"Why..." I fumbled with my words, "Why did you bring me here?"
He rested his arm against the side of the couch and allowed his chin to fall into his hand. He seemed to be thinking deeply about this question I longed for him to answer. As I grew even more impatient, he sighed, dreamily.
"Your scent."
"Excuse me?" What about my scent.
"Your scent," he repeated, "It confused me."
I tried to understand what he was saying, but clearly I didn't, and from his tone I could tell he wasn't going to elaborate. I nodded my head once, allowing him to know I wouldn't press him about it but I was still confused. The next question surfaced my mind.
"Do you know anything about the dreams I've been having?"
He seemed to contemplate whether or not he was going to answer this one, but with a quick lick of his lips and a glance in my eyes I knew he was going to.
"I set those images in your mind. The day I saw you at the mall I shifted the memories from my mind into yours, allowing them to come out in your dreams."
I hadn't the slightest idea as to why he would do that, but I asked my other question quickly.
"Why did I see those things out in the woods a few minutes ago?"
He looked at me attentively. "When we touched, I shifted them into your mind, to remind you."
"To remind me of what?" My brain seemed to give up on thinking as he just kept telling me a bunch of things that made no sense anyways.
"Of nothing, I realized I've made a mistake Isabella." He looked down into his hands held in his lap. I pitied him as I heard the hurt in his voice, and I wanted to reach out to him; comfort him. I decided the better of it and kept my distance, spacing the time between my next question allowing him to slightly get lost in his own thoughts.
When he looked back to me I knew he was ready for my next question. I had to word it carefully so that the one response could answer a million questions it could be molded in to. As I sat contemplating my thoughts into one, I watched Tiernan's sad and frustrated face twist in thought as he sat, obviously thinking his own thoughts. After churning the words in my mind about a hundred times, I figured out the suitable, simple question.
"What were your intentions when you kidnapped me?" I thought I worded it superbly. Although for how long it took him to answer, you'd swear I asked him the most trivial question there was.
"I found the wrong person," he paused and looked out the window, at the now setting sun, "I needed her to love me again."
EPOV
I sat across from Alice, staring steadily into her non-blinking eyes. I could tell she had a bored expression on her face, and I knew she wouldn't budge. After I had my little fit earlier, I felt the sudden calmness fall through my body as Jasper tried to calm me down. It work tremendously and I was able to right myself into the position I now took. I was in a wooden chair, which I'd placed directly in front of Alice and I'd been trying to break into her mind all night.
Jasper had made many enervated attempts to stop us from growling and staring at each other, but when Alice had turned on him the last time he decided it was best to sit at the side and just watch. I grew frustrated as Alice had proved to be a master at keeping me out of her mind. I hadn't planned on backing down at all until I felt a slight vibrating in my pocket. I snarled in defeat, mostly frustration, and snatched the phone out of my pocket and flung it open.
"What?" I said rudely, obviously annoyed that the call had interrupted me.
"I don't appreciate your tone sweetheart," Esme's sweet voice came through the phone to my ear.
"Hello Esme, I'm sorry. Something," I said glaring at Alice, "Has been distracting me."
"I understand dear, you're upset. Could you possibly manage to come and meet Carlisle and I in the lobby? Or shall we just make our way up?"
I was surprised that they were already here. I looked to the clock on the wall and saw exactly how much time had passed and realized it was the early hours of the morning. Bella could be dead by now...
I let thoughts like that slip my mind thankfully as I remembered Esme on the phone.
"I'll be there in a minute."
I snapped the phone shut rigidly and stood facing Jasper and Alice. "Are you guys coming?"
Alice just stood from the bed and walked out of the room, not even answering me. Jasper shook his head slightly and patted my shoulder before walking into what I realized was the bathroom after Alice. I decided to just leave them be and stormed out of their suite, quite annoyed with everyone at the moment.
As I'd made my way down the stairs, now walking towards the front desk of the lobby, the small cellphone, once again, buzzed from the inside of my pocket. I pulled it out hastily as I walked towards where I now saw Esme and Carlisle standing. I flipped it open and saw the I.D as Emmett, immediately I picked it up. I thought he might have a clue as to where Bella might be, although he didn't know she was missing yet.
"Hello?"
A voice I wasn't expecting answered. "Edward? Where's Bella?"
Rosalie's shrill voice ran through the ear piece at me. "I thought maybe you knew."
"Well that's silly, she left with you a long time ago so why would she still be here?"
She really was blond to the core...
"Rosalie, Bella's missing."
The other end was silent for a few seconds, as I reached Esme and Carlisle. I motioned for them to follow me as they saw I was on the phone and they trotted along behind me obediently.
"So you don't know where she is?"
"Yes, Rosalie, that would be the whole meaning of missing." I was clearly annoyed.
"Well you better find her quick because her dad and mom keep calling us looking for her, I think they're on to something."
Just another problem added to my long list. "I'll take care of it Rose."
She was awfully calm for someone who just found out their supposed friend was missing. I couldn't ever picture Bella and Rosalie being friends.
"Please find Bella, Edward," she (almost) sounded sincere, "Take care."
She hung up the phone as did I and I placed the phone back into my pocket. Esme, Carlisle and I were standing at the elevator door, waiting for it to come back down to the bottom floor. It was taking something close to forever and I was tapping my foot impatiently with my arms crossed. I saw Esme give me a motherly look that told me she was quite annoyed, but I continued just to show how chafed I was. When I couldn't take anymore of the awkward silence between us I turned to Carlisle.
"What are we going to do Carlisle we can't just―" He held up a hand to motion me to stop talking, just as the elevator door opened. He ushered us in before talking.
"Good things come to those who wait, Edward."
I could tell he just wanted to annoy me. It seemed irrelevant that nobody seemed exactly too worried that Bella was probably out there in the world, kidnapped and hungry, most likely bleeding. I was extremely irritated by the fact that I was the only one worrying, willing to go out right now to start my search for her. But of course I had to wait for words from Carlisle. He must have noticed my unsettledness because he looked at me and tilted his head slightly.
"Don't worry Edward," he was speaking from his heart, most sincerely, "She'll be fine."
The assurance of Carlisle's parental, calming voice settled me for all of a minute until we reached the fifteenth floor.I was first out of the elevator and guided both Esme and Carlisle to Alice and Jasper's suite, where I'd left them behind. Once we were inside I swiftly guided towards the tan sofa and plopped down, waiting for the others to do the same. Once they were seated, Jasper and Alice then both came out of the bedroom. Alice walked over and sat on the floor in front of an armchair as Jasper jumped in to it, allowing Alice to lean into his legs. Watching them together reminded me so much of Bella, her warm skin, blushing cheeks...her smell. We were all now sitting facing each other, waiting for another person to talk.
Alice was the first to speak up. "I have a feeling Bella's safe."
My eyes shot to her, and I once again tried to see into her mind to no prevail.
"And you know this how?"
Alice shot me an annoyed look, but she reached into the pocket of the sweater she was wearing. As she pulled her hand out I noticed a white-gold chain slip through her fingers and it slid out of her hand, gently onto the glass coffee table. I sat and stared at the shiny sun emblem, Bella's necklace, the tiny pink stone still intact.
My heart raced as I listened to Tiernan's story of his loving of a human. All the little things he explained, the things that made the relationship worth it, related to Edward and I, which got me thinking. I really missed Edward.
Tiernan had told me that three times he had found the girl, well the second two were re-incarnations of her and each time he had been able to make her remember him from her past life. He told me that the reason he had picked me up was because the scent of me, and my blood, resembled hers so much and he'd gotten confused by it. He's been searching for the girl again for nearly a hundred years, as that was the last time she'd been living.
I felt sorry for him as he paused at certain parts of the story, clearly remembering things that brought the smile to his face. Then he'd stop and have expressions of such hurt and distraught that I wouldn't know what to do. I settled for placing a soft hand on his forearm, trying to be reassuring. I felt for him and his sadness as he'd explained that each time he found Lena again he always ended up having an 'accident' only a short time after she had realized who he was and that she loved him.
He finally stopped speaking and the way he finished his story was breathtaking. He'd told it with such emotion that I felt as if I were the one experiencing the happenings. At certain times he'd touch me and send an image through my mind to allow me to see more clearly what he was talking about. That was his gift.
While talking to him, he told me that he had a gift to send pictures and images through others' minds and could usually make them believe what he wanted them to. He could make them believe they had a past that never even existed, but by the way he explained it, it could be dangerous. I also learned that he had a gift to see what emotion people were experiencing if he concentrated on their eyes. He said that a certain color always flashed through the individuals eyes which could determine their emotion, that's how he could tell when he frightened me.
Tiernan sat, talking for nearly three hours. I listened to everything he was telling me about his life as a vampire, and even some before. He had come from France as a young boy into America to escape an epidemic of some disease that his family was deathly afraid of. In America however he found himself getting hurt in an accident at sea and fortunately (so he said) a vampire had bitten him, allowing him to stay on earth for all eternity. After he'd become a vampire he left for France again and stayed there with a coven for some years until he needed to move around to keep searching for the girl he so deeply loved. After many apologies on Tiernan's part (mostly for bringing me here), and the many stories he'd been telling me, he finally stopped talking and turned to me.
"So, what about you Isabella? Here I've been rambling on about myself, why don't you tell me about your life?"
I figured out that he was an old fashioned type of person and he kept refusing to call me Bella. "My life's pretty boring, there's nothing worth telling."
I shrugged my shoulders, seriously convinced that my life was boring and that he definitely would not want to listen to me talk about it.
"Knowing a clan of vampires definitely classifies you as one of the more exciting type."
I sighed deeply as I knew I wasn't getting away with this. "Well, what do you want to know?"
He seemed to think for about a millisecond before he came up with a question. "Have you ever been in love? I mean really, as how I've explained to you this evening."
I didn't even have to think for a minute before answering. I'd yet to tell Tiernan about Edward, but what a better time then when he'd actually asked me.
"Edward Cullen," I said dreamily, thinking about the man behind the name, "I love him with all my heart...he's a vampire."
I watched his face change as he reacted to the last part. I told him I knew the Cullen's and the Denali coven so he knew I was acquainted with vampires, but he probably didn't expect me to be that well acquainted.
"So you fell in love with a monster." I noticed the huge genuine smile on his face, and couldn't help but beam at him despite his words.
"The lion fell for the lamb," I'd said in reference to what me and Edward had said so many months ago, in our meadow.
Tiernan chuckled slightly at my words and turned to me again. "I hope it works well for you two."
I smile, appreciatively at him, "It will."
He smiled back at me and then something stupidly embarrassing happened. My stomach growled. He looked at me shocked, obviously oblivious to the fact that it was my stomach making such a noise.
"Did you just hear that?"
I laughed as the thousand-some odd year old vampire in front of me looked veritably frightened, wiping away all evidence of embarrassment. "That was my stomach."
It was an odd feeling, sitting here laughing with the vampire that had threatened and very nearly killed me just few hours earlier. I stood up from the sofa, making my way into the kitchen freely in the search of food. I felt Tiernan's presence behind me as I knew he lifted up from the couch as well and followed me the short distance to the kitchen. I pulled open the cupboard that I knew had canned foods in it and I looked for something good that I'd be able to down quickly. I pulled out a can of chicken noodle soup and began searching through the other cupboards for a pot. I smiled appreciatively as Tiernan pointed to the drawer under the stove and I pulled out a clearly, never used pot.
I pulled open what I thought to be the cutlery drawer and found a slightly rusted can opener. I put it to the can and tried to turn the handle but it just made my arm tired and reddened my hand. Tiernan pulled both out of my hands and easily twisted the can off without any complications.
"Thanks," I said, as I poured the contents of the can into the pot atop the stove.
He nodded in response and resumed his position in the doorway watching me prepare my food. I suspected he realized how uneasy I grew at his stare because he walked out of the doorway and seated himself at a chair along the side of the kitchen table, staring into nothingness. When I had the soup slightly overflowing a white porcelain bowl I carefully tiptoed into the dining room, seating myself across from Tiernan. I ate slowly as his eyes were on me, studying every move I made. I was backing down to his gaze so I send him pulling back, ready to talk.
"Humans amaze me sometimes," he looked slightly amused as I slurped soup from my spoon, "It's been so long since I've been one."
He looked down to the table hiding his unreadable eyes from me. I didn't know if it was fit for me to ask my next question but we'd seemed to be on a sincere level of talking so I wanted to know.
"Why do you feed from humans?"
The thought of him feeding from a human should have frightened me, or at the very least disgusted me, but it didn't. I remembered what Edward had told me back at the run down hotel some time ago it seemed. Emmett had an accident...
Tiernan looked down to his hands now clasped together on the table in front of him. I could almost feel the embarrassment flow off of him from my question. It was a long minute before he answered me and even then it seemed like he did so almost unwillingly.
"I have never," he struggled for the right words, "I guess I've never really felt the need to feed from an animal. Humans satisfy me."
I knew he felt uncomfortable talking about this with me so I let the subject of his diet drop. I just nodded slightly as I dipped my spoon into the hot soup to take another bite. Another question surfaced as the curiosity build up.
"Do you find it hard to restrain from biting me?"
I asked the question innocently, looking for an honest answer. It seemed that he was searching in his mind for a way to respond respectfully and honestly as he took several minutes to answer. I was almost down to the last bite of my soup when he finally looked up to me and opened his mouth to answer.
"I find it unfortunate that I can't feed off of someone with such sweet blood," I shuddered at that response, "But I also find it quite easy to not feel the urge to drink from you as I'm quite full and feeding off of humans makes it easier."
I contemplated in my mind about whether or not feeding from humans was better for the vampires sake but thought better of it as I wondered would Edward would say if he knew how I was thinking. I drained the last bit of soup by tilting the bowl to my lips then stood to wash my dishes quickly. I rinsed and cleaned them without soap and placed them on a cloth that sat on the counter to dry. I turned and followed Tiernan as he made to sit on the red couches again. We both sat silently for several minutes, both lost in our own thoughts. Thoughts of Edward were slipping past my mind and my heart ached as I missed him and longed to have him by my side. I failed to notice that Tiernan was gazing into my eyes with the sedated look he'd given me many times before.
His voice interrupted my thoughts. "You are thinking of him. You feel love and fear, with a hint of heartache."
It surprised me that he knew exactly what I was feeling. I sighed heavily and looked to him, wanting to feel comfort from his words. "I just want him to be okay."
Tiernan laughed. "You've been dragged away from the man you love by a human-eating vampire and you're worried about his wellbeing? Think of how worried he must be about you."
I smiled at our situation and felt a pang of sadness in my heart as I pictured Edward looking around the whole city frantically for me, worrying as always. Tiernan's gaze stayed fixed on me and I didn't notice as he put his hand in his pocket, pulling out a tiny high-tech cellphone.
"Here," he said as he stood and handed it to me, "You should call him and tell him where you are."
I looked up to Tiernan with wide eyes. What was the point in kidnapping someone if you were just going to let them call out to get away? He let the phone fall into my hand and he walked down the hallway and shut a door quietly behind him. I noticed the looks of embarrassment and anticipation in his eyes before he had walked away. He must feel awfully stupid, realizing how big of a mistake he made by taking me. I anxiously turned the cellphone over and punched Edward's number in quickly. Before it even had the chance to ring twice I heard the sweet voice of my angel come through to me.
"Hello?" He answered it with a sound of hope, and uncertainty.
EPOV (Picks up where Edward's POV left off last time)
I sat staring at the beautiful hand-crafted necklace laying on the table in front of me. I remembered back to all the hard work I'd put into it and how long it had taken me create it. All that hard work seemed to pay off as I stared at the single pink stone in the middle, thankful that it was still shining brightly. The pink stone in the very center of the sun referred to Bella. I'd crafted the necklace so that each stone collaborated with a member of my family. Each ray of the sun had a different stone, marking the different person; mine being topaz. The stone would light up when the person was in danger, marking which person it was by the stone color, and would fall off if the person died.
At first I was making the necklace to keep for myself, well hidden so I could keep a close eye on Bella and the rest of my family. But when I saw it's beauty and how nice it was I had to give it to Bella. I was thankful that she had removed it and left it somewhere for Alice to find and felt my heart ease as I saw her bright pink stone sitting in the center, not lit up nor off. I wanted to cry as I lifted the necklace from the table and felt it between my fingers. It felt warm against my cool hand and instantly reminded me of Bella. As I sat fingering the chain between my fingers Alice began talking again.
"See Edward, she's fine." Her voice was low and she still did not look at me.
My head dropped as I stared at my lap, thinking of Bella. Just because I knew she was safe didn't mean that I knew where she was. At the calmness of the room I allowed the others' thoughts to sweep into my mind.
Poor dear, he looks so sad. Esme was always soft when one of us were upset by something, usually the one to comfort us.
I listened to Carlisle's thoughts as I knew he was directing them at me. We'll find her Edward, don't worry.
I nodded to Carlisle in understanding and knew that we would find her, Carlisle never lied. Jasper was thinking about the look on Alice's face and how he would be able to make her feel better. I was surprised that when I reached out to Alice's mind it was completely clear of any walls and I could see perfectly into her mind, thinking of her and Bella's night together. She felt regret for allowing Bella to go off on her own and now not knowing where she was. She was worried that I was angry with her for allowing me sweet and delicate Bella off on her own in a world so full of things that could harm her. But I was nothing close to angry with Alice. She just gave me the comfort of knowing that Bella was safe and I was thankful for that. The last thought that swept through Alice's mind was mind boggling. There sat Bella, with Tiernan on a simple red couch and she was laughing.
Alice looked up to me after she let that thought slip through her mind with confused eyes. I felt a tinge of jealousy run through me as I saw that Bella was sitting with him and laughing. I felt angry that I was running around trying to find Bella when she was enjoying herself being away from me. Maybe that was what she wanted, to be away from me. I was pulled out of my reverie as the small clock on the mantelpiece announced it was five am. I looked around at my family and wondered if any of them knew what Alice had seen in her vision. I realized that it didn't exactly matter and I stood up, placing the small necklace in my pocket.
"I'm going to look for Bella."
Their thoughts of stopping me bounced off the walls of my head as I threw open the door and made for the stairs. I zoomed down all fifteen flights and when I was down in front of the doors I handed the waiting man the ticket that told him which car was mine. A few minutes later he came back, driving from behind the silver Volvo. I hopped in as he told me good morning and his white gloved hand shut the door behind me. I stepped on the gas, making to drive out of the hotel driveway then just to drive around town, clear my head of all my thoughts.
I'd been driving all day, up and down highways, down side streets; everywhere. I had no destination in mind, I just set off to drive. I was pretty confident that I had driven through most of Georgia, and I only stopped when necessary for gas.
I was now standing next to my shiny car with the gas nozzle inside of it, emptying the gas into my tank. When the pump finished, I screwed back on the lid and went inside to pay. After handing the girl behind the counter two twenties I pushed open the door to make my way back out to the car. I was placing my leather wallet back inside my jeans pocket when I looked up to my car and stopped in my tracks, surprised. Standing outside of the passenger door was my sister; Rosalie.
I was standing about three meters from her, but even from this distance I noticed her distraught look and disheveled hair. I started walking towards her again, more slowly as I watched her wrap a small blanket she had tightly around her shoulders although I knew she was not cold. Her thoughts rushed into my mind as I pulled open the car door and slid into the seat.
It was really bad this time Edward.
I watched as she slid into the seat next to me and slammed her door shut. When we were both seated comfortably in the car I started the engine and began to drive down the long highway again. I waited for Rosalie to begin the conversation as I knew she was contemplating on what to say.
"I've been following you all day you know." I turned my head slightly to see that she was gazing aimlessly out the window at the blurred scenery flying by.
"You must be getting better at blocking me out of your mind, then."
It was bad enough that I couldn't hear what Bella was thinking and now my own family was trying to shun me out of their thoughts. Knowing what people were thinking had become second nature to me, not being able to read minds made me feel like a human that wasn't breathing. Rosalie stayed silent for a few more minutes before she began to speak in a soft, delicate voice again.
"It was worse then usual Edward."
I knew exactly what she was referring to as the pictures of her and Emmett throwing things and yelling came perfectly into my mind. Rosalie usually found herself coming to me when he and Emmett fought and I'd always been there for her, and I guess this time I wasn't so she came to find me. Despite our fights over Bella and the tiny things we always argued about, we found that we could tell each other anything. Her and Alice really were the best sisters anyone could ask for.
"What exactly happened Rosy?" I kept my eyes on the road in front of me as Rosalie told her story.
"Well, everything was fine at first until Bella was brought up...then Tiernan. I'm sure you can guess how the rest played out."
The mental image of Rosalie sitting on the bed with her head in her hands and Emmett pacing around the room storming his bad temper came into my mind. Rosalie then switched her thoughts to Emmett running out of the house and trying to catch up to him, but with no luck. The I saw myself driving around the city through her mind.
Rosalie and Emmett always fought, usually about stupid things, but I knew that Tiernan was one of the things that came up most. Emmett usually never left the house while he was mad at Rosalie either, except for the time in Alaska and what had happened earlier this morning. Rosalie was clearly worried that Emmett was fed up with her and would not come back, but I knew better of it. Emmett was always close to her no matter how distant she felt from him. Most of the times I'd be able to read his mind while Rosalie and I were talking after one of their fights and I'd find him relatively close, usually watching us.
I patted Rosalie's hand gently to reassure her. "You know he'll come back Rose, he loves you too much."
I noticed that she tried to smile while she looked out the window. The smile faded as more bad memories came into her mind. "He said he hated me."
"He didn't mean it."
"You didn't see the look in his eyes." How could she even say that he didn't love her? She knew better then that.
"There's nothing more in the world that Emmett could ask for besides you. Trust me, he'll come back and say he's sorry and you guys will be fine. Just like every other time this happens. Don't worry Rosy."
I knew my words had comforted her as I felt her body shift from stiffness into a sort of relaxed slump. There was no way in hell that Emmett could stay away from his beauty. I turned off on an exit that would lead Rosalie and I back into Atlanta when I felt the slight vibrations of my cell phone―yet again―in my pocket. I pulled it out to look at the caller I.D, the number was nothing I recognized. Rosalie mentally asked me if it was Emmett put pushed the question aside as I looked at the phone in confusion. I pushed the button to answer the call and spoke into the phone, keeping my eyes on the road.
"Hello?" I was hopeful that it might be Bella, but there's no need to get your hopes up for nothing.
I listened to the voice of an angel. After hearing the voice that I had so longed to hear, a lump caught in my throat...I realized I was going to cry. When he'd said hello for the third time I was finally able to choke out his name, then my body shook in a sob.
"Bella! Oh baby, don't cry," he was whispering into the phone at me, and although he was probably hundreds of miles away I felt better at his soothing words, "Where are you?"
I stopped sobbing but allowed the tears to continue falling down my face as I answered him. "I'm with Tiernan."
I heard a slight sigh from him through the phone. "But where are you guys?"
I thought for a minute and realized that I hadn't exactly asked Tiernan where we were. I'd been too busy listening to his stories and answering his questions to even remember to ask.
"I'm not sure." The last of the tears dripped down my face as my hands shook.
"Can you ask him?"
I thought for a minute wondering if Tiernan would even allow Edward to come and get me. "Yeah, I'll ask."
I put the phone down lightly on the couch beside me and yelled Tiernan's name, a little too loud considering his absolute hearing. He walked out of his room, sporting a new outfit and peaked around out from the hallway at me.
"Yes?"
"Can you tell me where we are so Edward can come pick me up?" I sounded hopeful as my eyes moistened, waiting for his answer.
"Tell him we're on the old Smith property, he'll know where we are."
I was confused as to how Edward would know where we are but nodded nonetheless. Tiernan nodded back at me and turned back to his room as I picked up the phone again quickly.
"Did you hear?" I asked knowing he probably had.
"We'll be there within half an hour Bella, sit tight."
I sighed as he hung up the phone without even saying bye. I also wondered who else he was with. Alice perhaps? I lay down on the couch and let my mind slip as I waited for Edward. I looked out into the darkness from my spot, in the dark, on the couch. Everything that had happened today raced through my mind as I thought of how close I had come to death. I remembered the feelings that had swept through my body as I watched the images of Lena's death pour through my mind from Tiernan. I remember how frightened I'd been in the one moment I had tried to allow my dream to play out and had found an angry Tiernan looking back at me. I now knew that he had looked into my soul and saw my emotions to know that I was lying when I had told him I loved him; which I was. I almost let myself fall into a sedated sleep when I heard the crunch of tires on gravel outside the window...
I opened my eyes and jumped nearly a foot in the air as I noticed Tiernan standing next to me on the couch. My heart began racing from anxiousness to see Edward, and partly from Tiernan scaring me half to dear. After I heard two car doors slam I felt Tiernan's rock hard body stiffen in the darkness.
"She's here." He said in a hard voice which made it uneasy to read.
"Who's here?" I asked curiously as I wanted to know who had been coming with Edward.
"Lena..."
A/N: Ha-ha, okay another chapter that's probably confusing. Well I doubt it but it was confusing for me to write. Probably because I don't have any clue what I'm talking about half the time, but hopefully it made sense. I hope you guys can pretty much figure it out. Which makes it really predictable. Which I guess is sort of bad in a way, but trust me you guys will be surprised by my ending. You won't be able to guess it at all. Well maybe, just because you guys are good though. Actually to tell you the truth I haven't thought of an end to this story yet, it's either going to have to be death or happiness, but either way it's going to turn out in the end. Hopefully. I really, really wanted this chapter to be WAY longer but I really wanted to post a new chapter. This is probably the second or third last chapter...most likely third last. But the last chapter will be short, almost like an epilogue. I thank you guys once again for being the most awesome people ever. REVIEW!
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