Racing Hearts

Chapter 4 'It's time to...Shop!'

Annabelle POV, Next Day

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I groaned as I heard my alarm going off. I hit the 'snooze' button and I opened my eyes. Then it all came back to me from last night.

**Flashback

The Cullens and Bella were vampires, Seth, Jacob and Leah were werewolves. The Cullens didn't feed on humans though, they were 'vegetarians' as they called it and fed on animals.

I had been surprised but not scared. It was exciting. But now I really needed my horse. I had laughed at myself.

Alice had explained that Clover was going to stay here and I could come over whenever I wanted to see her or ride...or just to come over. Alice had smiled when she said the last part. She also told me she bought a horse, a mustang gelding broke to ride both English and Western, he shows too.

She seemed so excited that she had bought a horse. I had smiled at her.

Then there was a knock at the door, it was Charlie, Sue and Billy.

"Annabelle!" Charlie had nearly shouted and I ran up to him and gave him a hug. "How are you? How was your flight and how was your day with the Cullens?" Charlie kept asking questions.

I laughed. "Uncle Charlie I missed you too! I'm fine, my flight was boring and my day with Bella and the Cullens was awesome." I smiled up at him, no need to tell him about earlier in the day.

He had put his arm around me and Bella lead all of us out to the kitchen. Esme had made a very good dinner for everyone else. Since vampires didn't eat human food. I wonder if Charlie knows.

Charlie right now had a wary look on his face. "Hey Bella..." Charlie said quietly.

"She knows Charlie." Edward said. Charlie looked at me, maybe waiting for a scared breakdown or something?

"I'm fine." I said. And after that we all ate dinner.

Then Alice spoke up for the first time during dinner. "The horses have a delay. They'll be here tomorrow." Alice told me sadly.

"Clover's not going to give birth is she?" I asked worriedly.

"No she'll be fine!" Alice chirped.

"Wait...your horse is pregnant?" Charlie asked.

I blushed. "Yes she is. We bred her last year to a horse called Silver Moonlight. Amazing horse, and bloodlines. Has Man O' War bloodlines. And Clover has Secretariat in her. Should be an amazing baby." I smiled.

Charlie and Seth let out a low whistle. "Are you going to train the baby for racing?" Seth asked curiously.

"I think so. But I'm not sure. I'm scared of the baby getting hurt." I said thinking of Moon. I closed my eyes, trying to keep the tears back.

"I like horse racing and I keep up with it sometimes and I definitely know the four horses you said the baby will have in him/her and wow. Hey, there's a racetrack in Port Angeles and there's a racing stable that my friend's brother owns and I could get you a job there or something if you wanted. I could take you to see it." Seth said.

I smiled at him. "That'd be great! The bad thing about moving to Forks is, it's just rainy." I said laughing and everyone joined in. Everyone agreed the rain sucked.

We talked for a while after that and then Charlie said we better be going home now. I said goodbye to all the Cullens and Bella. I saved Jeremiah for last.

"I'll see you tomorrow right?" I asked blushing.

"Of course." He said giving me a hug.

"I'll see you then. I guess. Bye!" I waved and ran to Charlie's car where Sue, Charlie and Seth were waiting.

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I got up and grabbed my bag that had my toiletries in it. I headed towards the bathroom. Charlie left a note on the bathroom door.

Hey Annabelle,

Went Fishing. Be back late. Bella will call later.

Uncle Charlie

I smiled. Yes! I could go over the Cullens without feeling bad now. I quickly jumped in the shower.

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I got out, drying off quickly and brushed my hair before going to my room to dress.

I opened the door and gasped. There sitting on my bed were Bella and Alice.

"Bella, Alice!" I said excitedly. "What are you doing here?" I asked.

"You said you would go shopping remember?" Alice said jumping up and down. Aw man. I did didn't I?

"Yes. Let me just find my money and get dressed..."I said. Before I knew it Alice had a pair of jeans and white t shirt. "Thanks Alice." They left the room so I could get dressed.

Once I was dressed, I grabbed my wallet. Since I started working for Jack back home, I had gotten a bank account to keep my money in. I had about four thousand dollars saved up from working. The other three thousand I had made from working went to breeding Clover, vet bills, and buy exercise saddles and riding saddles.

I walked down the stairs seeing thatBella, Alice and now Rosalie were standing in the living room.

"Are you ready to go Annabelle?" Bella asked.

"Yeah. I got my money." I said.

Alice snorted. "You won't need money Annabelle. I'll buy everything for you!" Alice said.

"Alice I can't-"I started to say but Bella cut me off.

"Never try to argue with Alice. You will not win. I know this from experience. The Cullen's have lots of money anyways." She said smiling.

I rolled my eyes and followed them out the door. But I quickly stopped in my tracks. I may not be a great car person but I knew what this car was.

"Whose car is that?" I asked in awe. It was a beautiful yellow Porsche.

"Mine." Alice said happily skipping to the car.

"Wow." Was my reply. They all three chuckled and Bella grabbed my arm and led me to the car.

Bella got in the back with me and Rosalie got into the passenger seat.

It took us about twenty minutes to get to Port Angeles. It should of taken us forty. I tried not to think about how fast we would of have to gone to get here this fast.

Bella climbed out and held the door open for me. "Thanks." I said. Alice grabbed my hand and squealed.

"Alice! Jeez my ears." I said putting my hands on my ears and laughing.

"I had a vision about what to do with you!" She said smiling.

"About what to do with me?" I asked warily, probably not wanting to know the answer.

"Hair, clothes everything!" Alice grabbed my hand again and dragged me towards the mall.

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8 long hours later...We were finally home. Well at the Cullen's house. I was starving and tired. And Alice still wanted to play makeover. Great. I thought sarcastically.

I walked into the house with Bella and I was engulfed in a hug by Esme. "Hi Esme." I greeted her.

"Hi Annabelle. How was shopping?" She asked, already understanding that Alice had tired me out.

"Fun." I said trying to fake cheerfulness. She chuckled.

"I bet it was." She said, still chuckling and walking away.

I saw Jeremiah out of the corner of my eye and felt my heart speed up. I looked down. Dang it. Why did my heart have to do that?

"Hi Annabelle." I heard him say in his amazing voice and he walked over to me, holding his arms out. I guess wanting me to hug him?

I put my arms around his shoulders and grinned. "Hi Jeremiah." I said, blushing. A Bella trait I had gotten.

"So tired from shopping?" He asked grinning as he knew the answer.

"Yes. And hungry." The last part just came out of my mouth without me wanting too.

"How about I fix you a cheeseburger?" Jeremiah suggested.

"If that's not a problem." I said...not wanting to be any trouble. Did they really have food here?

"Yes, we have food Annabelle." Edward said, laughing at my thoughts. "With Jacob, Seth and Leah here, we keep food for them and for Charlie."

I blushed at his words. "Sorry...It's just that…I thought you wouldn't have any food." I apologized.

"It's really okay Annabelle. Don't worry about it. You're just assuming what would usually be right." Edward smiled at me.

I looked around and saw Jeremiah was gone, my face kind of fell. And then he put his head around the corner.

"Annabelle, what do you like on your cheeseburger?" He asked.

"Um. Mayonnaise?" I said, but it was more like a question.

"Okay." He said going back to the kitchen. About 30 seconds later he walked back. "You ready for lunch?"

I nodded and he lead me into the kitchen and I sat down. It smelled delicious. "Mmm. Smells good." I complemented him.

He just smiled his amazing smile at me. I took a bite and sighed. It was so good.

I quickly finished and then I noticed who was at the table. Jeremiah, Emmett, Rosalie, Alice and Jasper.

I felt embarrassed. "Sorry. I was really hungry and it was really good." I said looking away.

"It's fine." Rosalie smiled at me.

"Now it's makeover time!" Alice half-shouted and I put my head down a little too hard, it slamming into the table, which really hurt.

"Ow." I rubbed my head. I felt a cold hand touch my head. It was Rosalie.

"You might not want to slam your head into the table. Don't worry, it won't be that bad." She tried to reassure me.

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I stood in front of the mirror and thanked Alice. I had some blue skinny jeans on and a white lace spaghetti strap top on under a green shirt(that had half sleeves on it). I had light pink eyeshadow on and eyeliner. And I had pink lip gloss on.

I wore high top sneakers that were sea blue. My hair was curled at the ends. This girl in the mirror was beautiful, I just couldn't believe it was me.

"Thank you Alice!" I said for the thousandth time.

"No problem Annabelle." Alice smiled smugly. She already knew my reaction. Then her face went blank for a few minutes.

"Alice?" I said. I think she was having a vision.

"The horses are coming down the driveway!" She said excitedly. I opened the door but Alice stopped me. "Hold on. Let everyone see you first."

We walked slowly down the stairs and Alice made an announcement. "Here comes the new Annabelle!"

I blushed a lot as everyone's eyes turned to me. Bella, Rosalie, Esme, Carlisle, and Edward smiled. Emmett just grinned and Jeremiah looked a bit amazed. Seth's jaw was open.

"What?" I asked.

"You...You look beautiful!" Seth stammered out. Jeremiah gave him a dirty look. I just smiled at him.

"Thank you Seth. Alice can do wonders." I said giving her another grateful smile.

"You were beautiful even without the makeup." Jeremiah told me.

"Thanks. I don't think so." I said smiling.

"They're here!" Alice shrieked and ran out the door.

"Uh oh. I better go get her before she scares the horses." I said laughing and running out the door.

I saw a big truck and trailer pull up. I heard banging around in the back and squeals. I ran to the back.

One on the guys came back. "Are you Alice Cullen?" He asked looking me up and down.

"No but I'm Annabelle Foster, my mare is on there."

He shrugged and smiled. "You have one feisty mare."

"She can show her Throughbred-ness sometimes." I said agreeing.

He opened the back doors and I walked in the trailer.

Clover whinnied to me and I walked up to her. "Oh my pretty girl. How are you? Did you have a nice ride?" I murmured to my mare while rubbing her face.

I quickly lead her towards the door. She bolted off the trailer, pushing me into the door and then on the ground in the process. She took off running towards the woods.

"Oh crap." I muttered trying to get up. I saw Jeremiah run towards her(at human speed) and catch her without a problem.

"Are you okay miss?" The guy who told me Clover was 'feisty' was standing over me.

"Yeah I'm fine. I think the ride scared her." I said, giving excuses for my mare's behavior. He helped me up.

"Might want to give her some calmer before she hurts her baby or you. Or worse, herself." He said chuckling.

Alice brought her gelding out. His name was Flash. He had a blaze running down his face.

He was a bay, a pretty one too. He snorted and looked around at his surroundings. "Annabelle can you take Flash around to the barn?" Alice asked.

"Okay." I said surprised they had a barn. I walked towards the back of the house. I gasped at what I saw. A probably 16 stall barn was there and a big paddock for the horses and two arena(an outdoor and an indoor-attached to barn). "Wow."

Jeremiah came up beside me with Clover. "Like it? It was hard work building it." He said smiling.

"You built this?!" I asked in disbelief. His smile just grew bigger.

"Yeah. It took us about 2 days." He said like it was nothing.

"Awesome." I rolled my eyes. Stupid Vampires.

"Hey! We're not stupid!" Edward shouted at me.

"Sorry." I mumbled. I had to remember not to think bad things about them with Edward around.

I walked into the barn and took a deep breath of air. It smelled of fresh wood, shavings for the stalls and leather.

I put Flash in the stall with his name plate on it. I found a small bale of hay and filled up his hay net and I got water for him. I saw Jeremiah doing the same thing for Clover.

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Later that night, I saw in Clover's stall, so exhausted. I could barely keep my eyelids open.

Charlie had called and said that if I wanted to I could spend the night here.

"Annabelle?" I heard a voice say. I opened my eyes and there was Emmett standing there looking at me.

"Oops- I think I fell asleep." I said, embarrassed.

"It's nothing, it's just you better come in here in a bed. It might be a little bit more comfortable for the new human girl." Emmett winked at me. I stood up and brushed off the shavings from the stall and patted Clover's neck before leaving the stall. I felt really drained. Ugh.

Emmett picked me up off my feet and I half-squealed. "Emmett what are you doing?" I asked nearly shouting.

"You look tired. I'm going to take you up to bed." He said laughing.

"You didn't have to pick me up you know." I was blushing by now.

"Aw I still get to see someone blush around here!" Emmett was full out laughing by now, as he walked into the doors of the house.

Everyone was in the kitchen and they looked up as we walked in. "Emmett why are you carrying Annabelle?" Bella asked with her eyebrows raised.

"Your cousin was asleep in the barn and then I told her she better come in and sleep in a bed and we were walking towards the house and she looked drained. So I picked her up. I made her blush too." He said chuckling and I thought I heard him mumble "so related to Bella". I sent him a glare.

"I'll show her to her room." Jeremiah offered. I saw Alice giving him a look. She didn't look too happy. But he grabbed my hand and led me to the staircase. Then once at the top he led me four doors down and pulled me to the left.

The room was a pretty light yellow color with a queen size bed with blue sheets and blankets. I saw a bag of clothes Alice had bought for me. They had a note on them.

Annabelle,

Wear the blue pjs—they'll look great on you! I already "saw" it! So do it please for me!

Alice

I laughed out loud at the note. Jeremiah looked at me. "Alice already picked out my pjs" I said laughing.

He smiled. "I'll give you a moment to get dressed the bathroom is right there" he pointed it out. "I'll be right outside if you want me to come back in just call my name." He touched my cheek quickly and left.

It took me a moment to get my thoughts back. I grabbed the pjs and walked in the bathroom. I quickly jumped in the shower, then brushed my teeth and hair. It was a lace blue tank top, and short(and I mean short!) blue shorts with lace at the bottom. Damn Alice.

I walked out of the bathroom. "Jeremiah?" I said, hoping he didn't leave. The door opened and in he walked in.

He took a look of me up and down and looked back at my face. "You look very beautiful." He complemented.

"Thanks." I replied..

"Annabelle. I want to do something to you." He said and my heart took off.. His hands gently touched my skin and I shivered, but not because of the coldness. He pushed me on the bed softly and then he was on top of me. He leaned down and I stopped breathing.

His lips touched mine and I reacted like any girl would. I put my arms around his neck and I kissed him back. This was my first kiss.

His hands slid around my waist. And then he pulled away, I groaned. "Why'd you pull away?" I asked, I hoped I didn't sound breathless.

"You need to breathe." He chuckled. "And there's other great hearing vampires here."

I laughed. "Yeah I guess we should keep it rated G."

"How about you get under the covers and I'll lay here with you." He suggested and I did exactly that.

We laid there in comfortable silence for about fifteen minutes I was trying to keep my eyes open. He was playing with my hair, pushing it back behind my ear and stroking my face. It felt really good.

"You tired?" He asked.

"No." I mumbled trying really hard to stay awake.

"Go to bed, I'll be here in the morning." He whispered softly.

I closed my eyes and I fell asleep instantly.

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A/N: Hi Everyone who's reading! Sorry for taking so long to post this! I hope you like it...Did you? If you like it review and tell me! I could use the reviews to let me know people are out there reading! If you read this story when I post it check out my characters section, changed Annabelle, sorry but I just found a better fit for her! Jeremiah, I'm still looking...suggestions for him? Well hope you like it! Chapter 5 up soon!

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