Racing Hearts
Chapter 5 'Everything is great!'
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to Stephenie Meyer. Only the characters I make up are mine.
Sunday, March 15th
Annabelle POV
I woke up in Jeremiah's arms. He smiled. "Good morning." He said.
"Morning." I said sitting up and stretching.
"Is it not a good morning because you're waking up in my arms?" He asked faking disappointment.
"No." I rolled my eyes. "I just said morning...doesn't mean it's bad."
I closed my eyes and fell back on the pillow. I sighed. "Can't we just lay in bed?" I asked groaning.
"Yes but Esme might be a little sad that you won't come down and eat her breakfast." Jeremiah said.
I opened my eyes and looked at him. "Thanks a lot." I mumbled throwing back the covers. I stood up and headed towards the bathroom.
I brushed my teeth and brushed my tangly hair. I looked pale, I thought. I wonder why. I walked out of the bathroom and was just about to find something to wear when I heard a knock on the door, I realized Jeremiah was gone and I wondered who was knocking.
I opened the door and it was Alice. "I came to pick out your clothes! I saw an awesome outfit for you!" She said, I could tell she was hyper.
"Alice...can you pick something...that I can go into the barn with?" I asked her hesitantly. I sure hoped so. Clover needed my attention.
"Of course! I already saw that you would ask that...and I was thinking.. would you like to ride Flash today? Before I do?" She asked me.
"Are you scared Alice?" I was shocked.
"Maybe just a little..." She smiled at me. Wow. A vampire was scared.
"Have you ever ridden a horse?" I asked...This might be why she was scared.
"No." She said. Then she had a blank look on her face. "So you will ride him!"
"Yes...You know I want to ride and Clover is too far along to ride!" I laughed. She just smiled and grabbed our shopping bags. She handed me a pair of jeans and a blue long sleeved t-shirt.
I walked into the bathroom and changed into the clothes. Once I was out of the bathroom, I grabbed my boots and walked out of the room. I gasped as I felt my feet leave the ground. I looked up and Jeremiah was carrying me.
"What...What are you doing?" I sputtered. I felt embarrassed.
"I'm carrying you to the kitchen." He said as if this was normal.
"Um, I can walk." I said looking at him. He shrugged and then let me go, I fell onto the floor. Hard. "Ow!" I shouted and eight vampires came running. I also saw Renesmee, Jacob, Seth and Leah.
"Are you okay Annabelle?" Bella asked concerned.
"Yeah maybe if this stupid-let's-drop-the-human-girl-we're-carrying-vampire over here hadn't dropped me!" I shouted. Edward, Jasper, and Emmett all started laughing at me. I glared at them. Rosalie helped me up and she smacked Emmett's head.
"Ow." He mumbled. I saw Bella reach over and slap Edward's head, Alice smacked Jasper too.
"Are you okay? Does it hurt anywhere?" Carlisle asked concerned. He put his hand on my arm.
"I'm fine." I said stretching to show him I was fine. I gasped as I felt a pain through my back.
"What is it?" Carlisle asked concerned again.
"Nothing. Just a little pain." I whispered trying to sound okay.
"You feel a pretty big pain Annabelle. You can't deny it to me." Jasper said crossing his arms.
I sighed. "Okay it hurts a bit." I said biting my lip.
"Where does it hurt?" Carlisle asked, everyone looked at me.
"My lower back." I mumbled, embarrassed.
"Here, come into my office." Carlisle said leading me into his office. He put me on a portable hospital bed and told me to lay on my stomach. Jeremiah walked in and came over and grabbed my hand.
"I'm sorry." He whispered.
"It's not your fault." I whispered back. He smiled at me. Then he gently stroked my face, I leaned into his hand. Carlisle cleared his throat. I blushed.
"I'm just going to gently touch your back and if you feel any pain tell me." Carlisle said and I nodded. I shivered when his cold hands touched my back and started moving. I gasped when I felt a bit of pain when he touched my lower back. "Is that where it hurts?"
"Yeah...I mean seriously it's not that bad, I probably just pulled a muscle. But I can still ride and do everything. I've pulled a muscle before. I'll be fine." I said truthfully.
Carlisle nodded. "Probably, but I'm going to give you some painkillers for you to take at night. They'll help you sleep too." Carlisle said.
I nodded. "Well you can just give them to me later." I said looking at Carlisle. He smiled at me and nodded. "Can I leave now?" I asked. And he nodded again.
I jumped off the bed and Jeremiah grabbed my arm to help me walk. "Now we can have breakfast?" I asked laughing. Jeremiah smiled at me.
"Yes. But this time will you let me carry you?" He asked looking at me.
I hesitated then sighed. "Sure." I said. Jeremiah gently picked me up and I held on to him. He carried me down the stairs and through the kitchen and into the dining room. He sat me gently down on a chair, everyone was already sitting there.
"It took a fall, and a visit to Carlisle for her to let you carry her." Edward said chuckling. "Bella wasn't that bad."
Bella smacked Edward's arm softly. "Hey now." She said smiling. "Let's not bring me into this."
"Of course not Love." Edward said chuckling.
I heard a fork hitting a glass. I looked away from them, Esme held her fork near her glass. "Now Edward, Jeremiah don't you think the poor girl has had a rough few days and she just needs a normal morning?" Esme said, she sounded like a real mom.
Jeremiah smiled and looked down at his lap. "Thank you Esme." I said brightly. I took a deep breath. "Mm, breakfast smells great!"
Esme beamed at me, I could see my comment made her happy. "Thank you dear. I didn't know what you would want so I made waffles, pancakes, bacon, sausage, eggs, French toast, hash browns, regular toast, cinnamon rolls.." Esme said.
"Wow. It all looks great." I said while reaching for a waffle with my fork, I also grabbed some bacon and scrambled eggs. I took a bite of my eggs. "Oh Esme this food is great!"
Esme smiled again. "I'm glad, since we don't eat the only time I cook is for Jacob, Seth and Leah—which I love doing—so I'm glad to have another mouth to feed."
"That's the first time I've ever heard those words." I said. Seth laughed.
"Me too. My mom usually complains about how much I eat, but Esme loves it." Seth agreed.
"Tell me about you, Jacob please. About being a shape shifter?" I asked, I saw his face kind of take on a sad look. "You don't have to if you don't want to." I added.
"No-it's fine." Jacob said. "It's weird at first, when you change. Because you're just this huge wolf ya know? And you can run fast, and of course you're huge, you can hear the other wolves minds and they can hear yours—they can hear everything even things you don't want them to know."
"And then, there's imprinting." Jacob sighed, looking at Renesmee. "Where it's like you find your true other half, your true love and you don't have any say in it. They're yours and you're theirs—that's the end of it."
"Wow." I whispered. "And to think...the most exciting thing I did back in North Carolina is exercise racehorses." I shook my head.
"Hey, that would scare me. You're a lot more brave than I am." Bella spoke up.
"At first it's scary. You think about falling off and getting trampled but after a few months I just kind of forgot about it." I shrugged, Moon popped up in my head and I winced. "Before I left, we actually had a bad accident where the horse and I fell." I said quietly.
"Oh my gosh. What happened?" I heard Esme speak.
"I was riding Moon, this filly in her morning workout. We were heading her towards the filly triple crown and I was just supposed to canter her around once. A light workout." I laughed sadly. "Then this stupid guy who really didn't like me slammed his horse into Moon. I flew off of her and I hit the ground, it just knocked the breath out of me. But Moon..." I rubbed my forehead, desperately trying not to cry.
"Moon hurt her leg. My boss ended up having to put her down." I whispered.
"Oh Annabelle." Esme gasped.
"It's fine. I mean I was really upset but you can't live in the past." I shrugged still feeling sad. I quickly finished my breakfast, listening silently while everyone talked.
"She's done!" Alice squealed. I looked up surprised but Alice was already pulling me out of my seat. Alice stopped by the door and let me get my boots on while she grabbed two carrots.
Then Alice pulled me out the door towards the stables. I laughed as I ran with her, I already loved Alice and her personality.
As soon as we got to the barn Clover nickered at me. "Hey Clover girl, still holding out on me huh?" I asked going in the stall and rubbing her belly. I stopped rubbing when I felt the baby kick. I gasped. "Oh Clover! I felt the baby kick!" I smiled. I saw Alice at the stall door. "Wanna feel Alice?"
"Sure!" Alice said excitedly, coming into the stall and I put her hand where mine was. Alice kept her hand there for a minute and then smiled at me. "The baby kicked! It's so cool." Alice squealed and Clover looked at Alice.
"Alice...Clover is trying to decide whether or not to trust this squealing small person." I laughed. "Let's go tack up Flash and get riding." I said walking out of the stall.
I haltered Flash and put him in cross ties. The Cullens had thought of everything for a barn. I turned to Alice. "Do you..."I trailed off as Alice handed me a grooming box. I was about to ask her if she had grooming supplies...oh yeah, she could see the future. Duh Annabelle. "Thanks."
Flash wasn't that dirty since he was in a stall last night. "Do you have Flash's old owners number?" I asked Alice.
"Yes why?" Alice asked.
"Because I was just wondering was he kept outside or in a stall...You might want to figure that out." I suggested as I put down the brushes and grabbed Flash's tack off the wall. Thank goodness today was a non-rainy day.
Alice had a blank look on her face and then Alice looked at me. "The owner is going to tell you they stabled Flash during the day but brought him in at night." Alice replied.
"Okay." I said, as I finished tightening the girth on the saddle(English). I went up to Flash's head and put the bridle on him and he didn't put up a fight. "Good boy." I said as I hooked his throat latch.
I slowly led him to an indoor arena that Alice led me too. It was huge. It had a course of jumps set up already at 2'6.
My father had taught me how to jump, I had jumped to 4ft before so I should be fine jumping with Flash. "Wait, is Flash a jumper?" I asked turning around.
"Yep. He's jumped up to about four feet." Alice said. "Flash has competed in many, been trail ridden for years. He's a beginner's horse. "
"Okay. So what do you want me to do with him Alice?" I asked while mounting Flash.
"Um...warm him up...I guess...will you take him over a few jumps for me?" Alice asked and I saw everyone else come in.
Alice handed me a helmet. "Don't forget your helmet!" Alice said. I put it on and then pushed Flash into trot. Flash had a beautiful trot, I smiled as I could just relax on a horse. I pushed Flash into a canter and headed him towards the first jump, a regular pole jump.
1...2...3..jump! I felt Flash fly over the jump and we landed with a soft thump. I smiled and patted Flash's neck, going towards the next jump. 1...2...jump! Again he did great, jumped it with room to spare.
I cantered him over the next set of jumps and then pulled him up next to Alice. "Alice you've got a good horse here. You ready to learn to ride?" I asked, half breathless. I got off Flash and looked at Alice.
For the first time ever since I met Alice...she looked scared. "It'll be fine Alice!" I said handing her the helmet. Alice put on the helmet and looked at me uncertainly. "Come on Alice. Flash has been worked for like 20 minutes...you said he was ridden a lot at his old home and that he's a beginner's horse."
I held Flash's head while Alice got on. "Okay, now hold the reins like this...Yeah. Good Alice. Heels down, good. Sit straight." I said smiling confidently up at Alice.
"Will you lead me around one time?" Alice asked...well squeaked really.
"Sure." I said trying not to laugh.
Alice gave me a glare. "Don't laugh at me." Alice said.
"I'm not." I said looking serious. I pulled Flash into a walk and Flash followed me slowly. After going around the arena once I looked up at Alice. She was beaming.
"It's awesome!" Alice exclaimed.
"I agree." I said. "You ready to go one on your own?"
Alice nodded slowly and I let go of Flash, but he didn't even seem to notice, he just walked along still. Well except for he perked up a bit.
I walked over to everyone and Jeremiah grabbed my arm. Jeremiah pulled me over to him. "You did amazing." Jeremiah said.
"Not really. It was all Flash." I murmured while he grabbed my hand.
"You've made Alice happy." Jasper leaned over and told me.
"I'm glad. Once Clover has her baby and her baby is weaned off her, I'm going to want a riding buddy." I said back to Jasper.
"When do you think she will have her baby?" Jeremiah asked.
"I don't know...we bred her about 11 months ago, so she could any day. Actually she's past her due date by 1 week." I said watching Alice. Alice made Flash start to trot, I smiled.
"Well I'm sure Alice will see and tell you when she's going to give birth." Jasper said...as he said that I saw Alice fall off Flash. Instinctively I ran towards her fallen figure, when I got to her she had a blank look on her face.
"Alice!" I said shaking her shoulder. Then Alice looked up at me terrified and I heard Edward hiss. "What's wrong?"
Alice stood up and grabbed my hand and led me towards everyone. "We are going to have visitors!" Alice exclaimed to everyone.
Everyone including Renesmee turned to look at me. "What's wrong?" I asked again, confused.
"They're vampires..." Alice said. "And they're not vegetarians." As Alice said that Jeremiah put his arms around my waist.
"Do I have enough time to take her home?" Bella asked looking at me worriedly.
"No." Alice whispered. "They're here." I heard banging around in one of the stalls and took off running towards down the barn aisle.
Then I stopped, slipping on the floor. Standing by Clover's stall were 3 vampires. How could I tell? Pale, beautiful and red eyes.
I felt someone helping me up and it wasn't a vampire. I looked up and it was Seth. Seth gently pulled me back and Carlisle walked forward.
"Ken, Rusty, Patrick—what a great surprise to see you!" Carlisle greeted the 3 vampires warmly. I stood in shocked surprise with Seth. There was a black haired vampire, a vampire with red hair and one with dark blondish brown hair.
"Carlisle I see you have a couple of new additions to your family...why don't you introduce us?" The black haired vampire asked.
"Of course Rusty." Carlisle said. Okay so the black haired vampire was Rusty. "This is my newest son Jeremiah, my granddaughter Renesmee and our family friend, Annabelle." Carlisle pointed us out. "Oh and this is Jacob Black, Bella's friend, Leah Clearwater also a family friend, and Seth Leah's brother and our friend."
"Oh we thought they were dinner." The red haired vampire said chuckling.
"Oh not the wolves, they smell terrible." The blondish/brown hair vampire chuckled. I heard everyone chuckle but me. I turned around looking at Seth and took a deep breath. Seth didn't smell bad to me. Huh.
I heard everyone chuckle more. "Although the one with Seth is it? She smells pretty good." The blondish brown hair vampire said smiling at me. I took a step back closer to Seth, I felt Seth's hand on my waist. It was good, I felt more safe with him holding on to me.
"Well you can't have Annabelle, Patrick." Edward said. So the blonde/brown haired vampire was Patrick, which meant the red head was Ken. I still heard Clover banging in her stall. I wanted to go to her but I was too afraid. The next thing I knew Edward was next to me. "I'll walk you to her stall."
I nodded and followed him. Edward put his arm around me and I leaned closer to him. Once we got to the stall I opened the door and ran in the stall.
You could see the whites of Clover's eyes and she was trying to rear a bit. "Oh no, no girl. You can't be rearing with your baby. It's alright...Everything is fine." I said soothingly grabbing Clover's halter. She stopped rearing. "That's right, we don't want to hurt your baby."
"How about we go inside and talk? Alice and Annabelle have to put away Flash and settle Clover." Carlisle suggested.
"Okay, we'll have to catch up inside." Rusty said and I heard them walking away. Clover almost instantly calmed down, and I sighed in relief. I walked back out of the stall and saw only Alice, Jasper and Seth were still in the barn.
"Is Flash sweating?" I asked them. Alice felt under his saddle and shook her head. "Alright I think he'll be okay to stick in the stall. I'll grab him some feed...wait we do have feed right?"
"Yes, It's in the barrels in that room by the door." Alice said. I nodded walking away. Seth ran up to me.
"Did that Patrick guy scare you?" Seth asked as we walked in the feed room. I picked up 2 buckets.
"Kind of. I mean I don't want to be told I smell good by a vampire!" I laughed. I gave Flash half a scoop of grain and oats, and gave Clover 1 full scoop of each plus some pellets that helped with milk development during a mare's pregnancy. I handed Seth Flash's bucket. "Can you feed Flash?" I asked
"Sure." Seth answered as I walked out and went into Clover's stall, I dumped her feed in her feeder and she started eating. I then checked her milk bag, it seemed pretty full. She should foal within a few days.
"She looks ready to foal.." I heard Jasper say and I saw he was standing beside me.
"Yeah. Alice do you see anything?" I asked and Alice shook her head. I got up and left the stall with Jasper.
"Have you thought of any names?" Alice asked excitedly as we walked towards the house.
"I have a few in mind...like Moonleaf, Moonlight Leaf, Secret Moon, Perfect Twilight, War Belle. It depends." I said.
"Cute names!" Alice said as she opened the back door. We all walked in and I heard everyone in the living room.
I walked beside Seth into the living room, I saw Jeremiah look at me. I looked at Edward and thought 'ask Jeremiah to come up stairs with me please.'. Edward nodded and looked at Jeremiah whispering something to him and Jeremiah got up and ran up the stairs. I sighed and ran up the stairs after him. I opened the door to my room and Jeremiah was looking out the window.
I went over and put my hand on his shoulder. He shook it off. "What is wrong with you!" I exploded. Jeremiah turned around and he actually scared me.
"What's wrong with me?! What's wrong with you?! Cuddling up with Seth!" Jeremiah shouted. "Why don't you fall in love with him? Huh! I can see why your parents didn't want you anymore!" Jeremiah froze as he said that. I gasped for breath backing up.
"Annabelle-wait..." Jeremiah whispered, I ran into the bathroom and slammed the door, locking it. I sat down hyperventilating. I heard the bedroom door being opened and voices.
"Annabelle! It's me Alice, let me in please?" Alice said. I stood up and walked over to the mirror and opened the medicine cabinet and I saw a sharp piece of metal. Stupidly I grabbed it. Oh my god...
All I could hear was 'I can see why your parents didn't want you anymore' over and over again. I felt more tears running down my face and I pressed the metal to my arm.
"Annabelle!" I heard Alice scream and Edward shout my name. I pulled it across my arm and I gasped at the pain. I looked down and saw tons of blood on my arm. I cried more tears, it hurt so much. "Annabelle let me in!" Alice screamed again and I pulled the metal down again.
I dropped to the floor, the blood and pain getting too much for me now. I let out a loud scream I laid on my side and put my head on the floor.
As I laid on my side and had my ear pressed to the floor, I thought I heard snarling and growling…what the heck?
Then I heard the door breaking. But now my eyes were starting to close...and I knew I was losing too much blood.
"Jeremiah help me!" I all of a sudden screamed...I wanted him so bad...I needed him...
Then it all went black.
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