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Confusion
(Tess POV)
We arrived at our destination: somewhere deep within the woods.
I rubbed my eyes, feeling the tear streaks on my cheeks. I wiped my cheeks with the edge of the shirt I was wearing, clearing my face of streaks.
Jake had already gotten out of the truck and was waiting outside. I exhaled. "Okay, Tessa. You're okay. This is going to be fun." I exhaled again and left the truck.
"Alright, so..." Jake started as soon as I got out, "I have a plan, but it's kinda complicated... okay?"
"Okay... ? Well, simple it down for me, my brain... can't handle much right now..."
"I know; which is why the first thing we're doing requires little to no thought."
"Okay? So, what are we doing?"
"You are going wolf-riding."
My eyes widened, "Really?!" I ran over to him and hugged him. I wasn't quite over the reminder of my sister's death, but I only faked my excitement a little bit.
Wolf-riding? Talk about boyfriend benefits!
I know, right? BBs foe dayz!
Wolf. Riding. Circled, underlined, and in bold.
. . .
It'd been a while since I'd seen the big, russet-colored wolf. He'd given me specific but simple instructions, so I nervously mounted the great wolf.
We started off at a rather slow pace, but soon the wind was whipping through my hair, and I was gripping onto his fur for dear life.
We were running around without really knowing where we were going; or at least I didn't. It was a lot of fun.
After about an hour and a half of aimlessly running around the forest, Jacob slowed to a stop; my signal to get off.
I slid off his furry back and sat down on a big rock. Jake went off to change, so I sat there, waiting, for a minute.
Then, I heard a rustling behind me. I whipped around, but I couldn't see anything.
"Tess!" It was Jacob, but he was behind me, "She's... turned." He was slowly walking up to me, step by step.
"Who?"
"Tessa?"
A familiar voice. A voice I had convinced myself I would never hear again; a voice that's screams were the last thing I heard from her. My sister.
Bella.
She walked out of the shadows, gracefully stepping over several roots and other things that – normally – she would've tripped over.
I was frozen. I had thought that she was dead. I had cried for hours. Almost a day. I was a little mad, actually. But the majority of my being was overjoyed.
I started running towards her, but I stopped, dead, in my tracks.
Her eyes were blood-red.
"Bella?" It was Edward, walking out of the shadows.
"What. Did. You. Do. To her?" I asked angrily. "WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER?!"
"I saved her life, okay?"
"No, you ruined it." My body tensed up, "How is she supposed to take care of that little girl when all she thinks about around her is her blood?"
"She's already expressed incredible control even Jasper occasionally has trouble with.
I noticed traces of blood around her mouth. "Then what's she been eating – sorry, drinking?"
"A mountain lion – trying to get a deer."
"She was going after a deer?"
"No. The mountain lion was going after the deer."
I shook my head, "Then... test her with me."
"What?! No, Tess, I can't let you do that!" Jacob exclaimed, finally reaching me, wrapping his arms around my waist.
"Jacob, you can stand guard, if anything happens, you can intervene..."
"I'm not moving... Edward, if she gets hurt, I will hold the both of you personally responsible."
"Jacob..." I warned.
"I'm not joking."
I shook my head and nodded at Bella, signaling to her to start.
She took a deep breath in. Her nostrils flared, but she only shuddered.
"Y'okay?" Edward asked, rubbing her back.
She gulped, "Yeah... I'm... I'm okay."
I broke free of Jacob's grip and hugged her, tight.
I had missed her so. Much.
. . .
"You're leaving?!"
We were at the Cullen's house, where they had just announced that they would be moving away, once they publicly announced Bella's 'death'.
"We have to; if anyone sees her in town, they'll tell Charlie; we can't have that."
"Why not" I asked.
"Because I'm a vampire!"
"No." It was Jacob. "No; I already watched Tess go through this already... I'm not going to let that happen to Tess – or Charlie – again!" He turned and stormed outside, with me in pursuit.
"Jacob! What're y– "
"I'm going to see your dad."
"What're you gonna – "
"I'm gonna tell him."
"What, that Bella – "
"No."
Then it dawned on me.
"Jacob, I'm com– "
"I know, get in."
. . .
I fell backwards and blacked out.
What... Just happened?
Charlie fell back – out of shock, when Jake phased – onto us; we hit our head and now we're here.
How long do ya think we've been blacked out for?
I don't know!
Should we try to wake up?
Oh, nah, let's let our loving boyfriend and father worry! OF COURSE we're going to friggin wake up!
I slowly tried to open my eyes, and after a minute it worked.
Charlie was right above me, his brow furrowed, a worried look on his face.
"Oh, god. You're awake... Fuckin' hell."
"Yeah..." I sighed, holding my head, "What... What happened?"
"Well, after Jacob... turned into that... thing, I jumped back, and pushed you down, and you hit your head..." He sighed, "I'm sorry honey."
"It's okay, dad... Hey, where is Jacob?"
"He made sure you were okay; left just a few minutes ago when you started to wake up."
"Oh... okay." I shook my head and sat up, "Just... Just give me a minute."
"Take as long as you need. Hey, did you know about that?"
"Huh? Him being a werewolf? Uh... yeah... I did."
"Well... I... I don't... I dunno..." He shook his head, "I don't really like the idea of you being with someone like that."
"What?! A supernatural badass? C'mon, dad. It's Jake. He's been my best friend for sixteen years!"
"Yeah, but sixteen years ago he couldn't turn into a giant dog!"
"... You're right... It did start semi-recently..."
"When?"
"Uh... Almost six months ago?"
"Ah. Okay, welp," He said, slapping his thighs and getting up, "I'm gonna go see Bella." That made him smile.
"Maybe... you should... go talk to Billy first? I'll head over to the Cullen's, give 'em a head's up."
He shook his head but gave in, "Alright, hon." And left.
Once I heard the cruiser pull away, I whipped out my cellphone and texted Alice, warning her that Charlie was coming. Then, I jumped off the couch and out the door.
. . .
My eyes widened as I arrived at the Cullen's house. Jacob was slumped against a tree, Bella towering over him.
"What the hell is going on here?!" I yelled, jumping out of my truck.
"Tessa..." Jacob gasped, "Stay back..."
"Bella! What the hell are you doing!"
"He told Charlie that –" She started.
"No! He didn't! He only told him about hisself!" I ran over to him, "Are you kidding me? And to think, I was depressed over your death! Now you've beaten my boyfriend half to death! Didn't one of you try to stop her?!" I directed this last bit to all the Cullens standing on the porch, "I even bought you time!"
"Time? What ti– for what?"
"Oh, you don't know? Oh, yeah, dad'll be here soon!"
"How much time?"
"Oh, of course; T minus I'm not fucking telling you!" I pulled Jacob off the ground and helped him to the truck and drove away.
"Oh my god." I growled, "How you holdin' up?"
"I don't think it's anything serious... Mainly bruises... big bruises..."
"I can't believe she did that... What happened?"
"I don't know..." He murmured, rubbing his arm, "She – I was holding Ren, and Bella came in and got all defensive, something about how I smell bad, so I handed Renesmee over and Bella almost dropped her! And then she starts going off at me about how stupid it was for me to tell Charlie about them – I tried to explain, but she wouldn't listen!"
"What the hell is wrong with her?" I whispered, shaking my head. Jacob reached over and clasped my hand in his. "Don't worry," I said, squeezing his hand, "I'm taking you home... I'll make sure someone's there until you're fully healed."
"No."
"What d'you mean, 'no'?"
"Take me to your place."
"What? Why?"
"I dunno... I just have a bad feeling about tonight... I don't know why."
"Um... okay, I guess..." I murmured as we passed the road that would eventually lead to his house. "Hey, since Bella moved out, I'm gonna be getting my room back sometime soon. Wanna help me move and paint?"
"Sure. When were you planning to do it?"
"I don't know... Sometime next week?"
"Alright... How about Wednesday?"
"Sure. I can take a day off school."
"And how do you think that'll happen?"
"Well, I'm technically moving, plus, I have about a billion sick day passes to use."
He laughed. "H'Alright." He let go of my hand and looked at his arms, "I'm fully healed."
"What?!"
"Yeah. Imprint's touch. New discovery." I looked at him, super confused. "Yeah, Jared got pretty banged up the other day – a nomad came through and fought pretty well with him – got a broken arm, fractured and broken ribs, ankles – you name it, he hurt it. Anyway, his imprint – Kim, you know her, nice girl – she wouldn't leave. Had his hand in hers for a good two hours until he was fully healed. Usually it'd take a few days for even us to heal from something like that..."
"I know..."
"We're not sure if it works vice versa though."
"Well, why don't I go challenge Emmett to a brawl?" I joked. We pulled up to my house and went inside. We lounged around for a bit until Charlie came home.
"Tessa. I need to speak with you." He said, dropping his keys on the counter and heading upstairs.
I looked at Jacob, confused. He shrugged, so I stood up, kissed him on the cheek, and told him, "I'll... Be back..."
A/N: Alright! Another chapter, another week, another thing done. I spit this out (wrote it all down in OpenOffice) at the last minute, so I hope you enjoyed it! Ah, the first chapter of a final schedule I finally figured out.
I am not sure which way to spell Renesmee, whether it's Renesme or Renesmee, so, whichever one you think it is, leave it in a review below.
Thank you to all of my faithful readers who've been there since Chapter one. The next chapter is a little confusing, so look out!
Lastly, I love you guys, (leave a review) see ya!