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Chapter Twenty-Two
They stayed at Edward's house for thirty more minutes before Edward took Teddy and Hermione back to Charlie's. The time was spent explaining to Hermione that they loved to play baseball during thunderstorms. Hermione thought it made since, they were stronger than normal so when they hit the ball with their strength it could make a pretty loud sound.
Hermione was invited to tag along and watch them play. So she was going to have Charlie watch Teddy for tonight so she could go.
When they pulled up in front of Charlie's house Hermione noticed that Billy's car was out front. She sighed and quickly got out of the car and then got Teddy out. "You better not come in right now, Billy is here and he doesn't seem to like you very much. I'll just see you in a few hours."
"Okay, I'll be back in two hours or so."
Teddy waved goodbye to Edward and then began to whimper a bit. "You'll see him later Teddy."
They walked inside and found Charlie, Billy, and Jacob sitting in the front room watching the TV. "Bella!" Jacob yelled with a smile as he jumped up. "And hello to you as well Teddy."
"Hello Jacob, hello Billy. Charlie, would you mind watching Teddy for a few hours for me tonight? Edward and his family invited me to play a game of baseball with them."
Charlie nodded, "Sure! I'd love to spend some time with the little guy."
"Thanks you so much!" Hermione sat Teddy down on the floor and pulled out his wolf and a few other toys. "I'll go make some dinner for everyone."
"Thanks Bella!" Charlie said as Hermione began to walk away. She didn't see Billy excuse himself and Jacob roll his eyes.
"Bella," Billy said when we entered the kitchen.
"Yes Billy?" Hermione asked as she squeezed her eyes shut.
"You shouldn't go out with the Cullens tonight."
She spun around and faced him, "Billy I appreciate the worry, I really do, but I can take care of myself. I was taught not to disrespect my elders, but sir; you need to mind your own business. I know all I need to know about the Cullens and they are truly wonderful people. I am going to go play baseball with them tonight. Seeing as Edward is now my boyfriend."
Billy looked like he had swallowed something sour, "You're dating one of them?"
Hermione stood up straight, "Yes I am, and he is an amazing person. Now if you'll excuse me I need to make dinner and then get ready for my evening out." Hermione then turned towards the fridge and starting putting stuff together to cook. She listened as Billy left the kitchen and when he was gone she sighed in relief and began to cook spaghetti. When she was halfway done Jacob came into the kitchen.
"So my dad says you're dating one of the Cullens?"
"Yeah, his name is Edward and I accepted him just this morning."
"Is he good to you and Teddy?"
Hermione laughed, "Jacob it's not like he asked me to marry him or anything. But yes, he is, and Teddy loves both him and Rosalie."
Jacob smiled, "Good, because I don't want to have to bring out my dad's gun."
Hermione began to laugh and Jacob kept talking about killing Edward if he ever hurt her. He kept it up until Hermione was done with dinner then he and Billy left, saying they didn't want to intrude. But Hermione was sure that Billy was just upset that Hermione refused to break up with Edward.
"So, Billy came into the front room ranting about you dating a certain Cullen." Charlie said with a smirk.
Hermione rolled her eyes and smiled at him and she gave Teddy his food. "Yes, you were right, I like Edward and now he is my boyfriend. Happy?"
"Very much." He said as he began to eat, the smirk never leaving his face.
They ate the rest of their dinner in silence, mostly because every time Hermione looked at Charlie he was smirking straight at her.
"Edward should be here soon, are you sure that you will be fine with Teddy?" Hermione asked while putting her shoes on.
"Teddy will be fine, now since you will be out with seven vampires tonight, if something ends up happening…"
"I'm sure nothing will happen Charlie, but if it does I'll tell you that my homework is in my closet. I'll work it into a sentence somehow, okay?"
Charlie sighed and then looked at Teddy who seemed upset again, "It's just every time he's been upset like this something has happened."
Hermione looked at Teddy and then scooped him up and gave him a big hug. "I'll be as careful as I possibly can." She couldn't say anymore because there was a knock on the door. "Edward is here, Teddy will let you know when he is getting tired. I'll be back in a few hours."
Charlie in a random show of affection pulled her into a hug, "Have fun."
She hugged him back tightly, "Don't worry and I will."
Hermione broke the hug and walked to the door, opening it she saw that Edward and Emmett had both come to pick her up. "Hey guys, I'm ready to go."
She walked out of the house with one last wave to Charlie and Teddy. She took a deep breath and looked to see that instead of Edward's Volvo there was a jeep instead. "We are going off-roading for a bit." Emmett said with a large smile.
They all climbed into the jeep and the entire way to the clearing, Emmett was practically bouncing in his seat and more than once Edward had to tell him to calm down.
When they reached their destination Edward and Emmett both jumped out and while Emmett ran to Rosalie, Edward came to help Hermione out of the jeep. "Thank you Edward."
"You're welcome are you ready to watch this?"
Hermione nodded, "I am excited to watch all of you play!"
"Thank you for coming tonight Bella. It means a lot to my family for you to be so accepting." Edward said as he looked into Hermione's eyes.
She blushed when she saw him staring at her, "I don't understand why they thought I wouldn't be, they truly are amazing. Now are you going to play some baseball?"
He smiled and then grabbed her hand and began to lead her to the rest of the family.
"Bella!" Alice shouted, which made everyone else look at her.
"Hello everyone, I'm happy you guys invited me to watch."
Esme came up to Hermione and gave her a hug, "No, thank you."
"It's time." Alice squealed as the sound of thunder echoed around the clearing.
And once they started, Hermione knew that she would never forget this experience. They sound of the ball hitting the bat was even louder than the thunder, but you wouldn't know it wasn't thunder if you had no idea the baseball game was happening. Every single one of them were so fast that Hermione was having trouble keeping track of where they were, but Edward was the fastest out of the family.
Everything seemed to being great when mid-throw Alice froze. Time slowed down as Edward's face went from black, to shock, to frightened, and then he carefully covered it up. Alice came out of the vision and looked straight at Hermione then to Carlisle. "I didn't see!"
Edward blurred to Hermione and grabbed her hand, "Whatever happens next, just don't speak and don't look them in the eyes."
Hermione's heart was racing, what was happening? Carlisle seemed to be thinking the same thing because in the next moment he asked.
"There are three nomads heading this way, they seem to have heard us playing and are now curious. We don't have enough time to leave." Edward said with a strain in his voice.
Nomads, human drinking vampires, Hermione thought, they followed the Volturi's ruled but other than that they didn't care.
Just as everyone stood by Hermione they all looked to a small opening in the woods where three figures now stood. In the blink of an eye they were standing in front of the Cullens.
The first male had an olive-toned skin and his hair was a glossy black, he stood at the front of the three, making it seem as if he was the leader. But Hermione knew he wasn't. The second man exuded the air of superiority that the first male didn't seem to have. The second male had light bright hair and a face that could be easily forgotten, but the way his eyes canned each of the Cullens and Hermione, and it showed her that he was more than he seemed.
The woman with them was very pale and had bright orange hair and she seemed to be wilder than the other two, she seemed to fit the description of a feline. And she was shifting restlessly around, not being able to keep herself still.
And all three had bright red eyes.
"Hello, my name is Laurent, we weren't aware that there were others in the area." The first male said as he stepped forward.
"My name is Carlisle and this is my family, we live nearby the town."
"How interesting," The man, Laurent said as he seemed to be looking at the Cullens eyes. "You do not feed on humans?"
"No we feed from animals." Carlisle said.
This seemed to intrigue Laurent, but the orange-haired woman seemed to be getting bored.
"If you would like to come to our home we could discuss this more." Carlisle tried to suggest.
"That sounds magnificent, this is James and Victoria." He said while pointing to the two beside him.
"You can run with us if you would like, our house isn't that far away."
Hermione thought she was in the clear, but as soon as the three nomads began to back away the wind blew through her hair and straight into to the nomads.
"You brought a snack." James growled as he crouched down.
Instinctively Hermione reached for her wand, but did not pull it as she was pushed behind all the Cullens, who were now crouching and growling at James.
"You have a human with you?" Laurent asked shocked.
"She is a part of the family," Carlisle calmly growled out.
"Well as I can see, this may not be the best moment for us to all sit down and talk, maybe another time. James, let us go."
James stared at Hermione for a moment longer before he stood up and started walking away with Victoria on his arm.
A shiver ran up Hermione's back and she knew that this wasn't over.