Racing Hearts
Chapter 6 'More Visitors?'
Disclaimer: Stephenie Meyer owns Twilight! I don't own Flicka either.
A/N: I need to dress Annabelle more sensibly don't I? I keep forgetting Forks is a cold, rainy place and not North Carolina, where it is warm a lot and I have some dates wrong! I really probably do need a Beta to catch these things! Lol Oh and I said Renesmee was still young, but if Jeremiah is a year old...then Bella must be around a year and a couple months which means Renesmee is older, and more mature. And Alice's horse was named Magic Dust but I renamed him Flash! Haha...Blah! I really need to read over my work before posting...haha. I am going to go back over my story and fix my mistakes! lol. So I guess I should say her age is 16, birthday is in October.
Annabelle Pov, Same day, 6 pm.
I woke up when I felt something cold touch my face. I opened my eyes slowly and saw Carlisle and Edward standing above me. "Hi." I mumbled. Carlisle and Edward smiled at me.
"How are you feeling?" Carlisle asked sitting down in a chair next to me. I was so embarrassed, how could I of done that?
"Embarrassed." I admitted. "Ashamed."
Carlisle's smile turned sad. "That is a common feeling for people who cut themselves. But Annabelle can you tell me why you did it?"
"Me and Jeremiah were arguing and then he said 'I can see why you're parents didn't want you anymore'." I told him, looking away.
"Oh." Carlisle and Edward seemed to not know what to say.
"I don't think he meant it. But he'll never know how much those words hurt." I whispered gently touching the white bandage on my left arm.
"He was terribly upset after it happened. He still is, he's worried about you. But I think I can help a bit." Edward said. "Jeremiah is still considered a young vampire, and when you're a young vampire like that...well you're pretty much emotional unstable. You could be happy one minute then so angry then next, I think that's what happened and a bit of jealously mixed in with it...well, that was bad."
"I don't blame him." I told them. "It's just been a weird week and I was upset. Can I see him? Please?"
"Sure. But I think you have two visitors who need to see you first." I heard a knock at the door and then I saw Charlie and Bella walk in. Oh Dear God, I'm not going to be able to explain this Charlie. I thought, panicked.
"Hey Annabelle." Charlie said with a sad smile, coming over next to the bed.
"Hey Uncle Charlie." I tried to smile back, but everything in the room was blurring. How could I of done this to Charlie?
"Hey kiddo, don't cry." Charlie said rubbing my shoulder.
"I'm so sorry Uncle Charlie!" I said throwing my arms around him.
"It's fine. As long as you're alright it's fine." Charlie said, his voice full of emotion and his arms around me.
"I'm fine, really it was so stupid." I looked up at Bella who looked sad. "And Bella I'm so sorry to put this on you and the Cullens."
"Oh Annabelle! We want to be here for you, for you to be alright. I'm your family and I'll always be here for you. I just wish if it was that bad you had to come to me to talk." Bella sat down on the left side of my bed.
"I'm really sorry, I didn't realize it was that bad...until it happened." I knew I couldn't tell Charlie why I did it. He would be upset with Jeremiah and that couldn't happen.
"Well Charlie if you want to sign her out right now, you can. I think this was a one time deal and she won't do it again." Carlisle said, handing Charlie a clipboard with my release papers on it. Charlie signed it then handed it to Carlisle.
"I took off the rest of the evening to make sure you're okay Annabelle." Charlie smiled at me. "We can go home and I'll get us some food and we could watch a movie together."
I smiled back. "That would be great Uncle Charlie." Charlie was really trying to be a good uncle, so I would try to and be on my best behavior from now on for Charlie.
"I'm going to go get us some...Hmm how does some pepperoni and mushroom pizza sound?" Charlie looked at me, that is one of the things we shared, is pizza toppings.
"Sounds good." I agreed.
"And how about I rent that movie...what is it called? With Tim McGraw in it,uh...Flicka!" Charlie snapped his fingers as he said it.
"Sure." I almost laughed at him. "Thanks Uncle Charlie." I softly added.
"No problem. We're going to have fun tonight, I've already talked to Alice and she said she'd take care of Clover for you." Charlie told me. "And no she's not going to give birth tonight." Charlie added as I opened my mouth to ask. "Now, the other Cullens want to see you so I'm going to leave so they can. Bella's going to bring you home."
I waved as he left. "Charlie is trying so hard." I sighed to Bella, Edward and Carlisle.
"Well I think he finds it nice to have another kid around because he missed so much of my childhood and he wants you to be happy out here with us." Bella said grabbing my hand and squeezing it gently.
"Bella I can't believe I did this to him. He's trying so hard and I messed up." I said lifting my left arm.
"Well it's over and you better never do it again." Bella said sternly.
"I promise, I won't." I vowed.
"Now, let me prepare you, Alice and them are coming...you're about to be-" Bella was cut off by the door opening and a loud squeal.
I saw a blur of white and then Alice was standing next to my bed with a bag. "These are some clothes! I figured you probably didn't have any here with you." Alice handed me the bag.
"Thanks Alice." I traced the designs on the bag, not wanting to look up at everyone.
"Annabelle!" I heard Emmett call as he walked down the hallway to my room. I looked up and saw he was carrying a HUGE teddy bear, it had to be like 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide! It was caramel brown and looked fuzzy all over. "I brought you a cheer up gift! Jasper helped me pick it out."
I giggled a bit as he sat the bear on top of me. "Thanks Emmett and Jasper." I smiled at them. It was so cute.
"Now you have to name him." Jasper smiled and winked at me.
"I'll name him..Moose!" I giggled at the name.
"Good name Ellie!" Emmett said.
"Ellie?" I inquired.
"That's my little short nickname for you. Ellie, like your name is Annabelle, well I just took away the Anna and the 'B' and added a 'I'." Emmett chuckled. I laughed at Emmett's name.
I heard Edward clear his throat and look at Emmett and Jasper. "Someone wants to speak to her alone." Edward told everyone with a look.
Rosalie squeezed my hand gently she had been standing there silently, Bella kissed my forehead and Alice smiled at me as they left the room. I saw Jeremiah standing in the corner and my heart literally skipped a beat at seeing him.
"Hey." I mumbled, playing with the blanket on the hospital bed.
"How are you?" Jeremiah asked, gently touching my left hand with his. I grabbed it and held it, never wanting to let go.
"I'm fine, how are you?" I looked up at his face, which looked pained, but a little bit amused.
"You're the one in the hospital and you're asking me how I am?" Jeremiah smiled at me.
"Yes..because I want to make sure you're okay." I moved over a bit so he could sit on the bed beside me.
"I feel horrible about what I said. I let my jealousy get the better of me and I didn't mean what I said." Jeremiah apologized.
"Edward explained, you're emotions are over the place still. It's probably confusing for you and there's nothing to forgive because there's nothing to be sorry for, it wasn't your fault." I told him firmly. "But I still wish you understood why I was glued to Seth like that, you had to.."
"Why?" Jeremiah asked looking confused...wow sometimes vampires aren't smart at all!
"Because I was terrified of those three vampires, they told me I smelled good to them! So of course I was going to hang on to Seth, someone who wasn't going to let anything happen to me." I said, a shiver going up my spine from thinking of the vampires and their red eyes.
"I wasn't going to let them touch you." Jeremiah replied fiercely and I saw a bit of hurt in his eyes.
"I...I know, but still it would have been nice if you were right by me." I said softly, trying to make him see.
Jeremiah sighed. "I know and I'm sorry, I just knew you were safe with all of us around you. I sometimes forget how frightening it can truly be when you're human." Then he smiled sadly. "Then again I saw something scary than human blood drinking vampires tonight.."
"What?" I asked..
"I saw you, on the floor. Passed out with blood all over you, when you screamed for me, well if my heart had been beating it would've stopped then. I truly thought you might die and I couldn't stand the thought of that, I held your hand the whole way to the hospital and then Carlisle made me leave, I wanted to shout at him that I couldn't but I knew I had too...and to be truthful, your blood was starting to get to me." Jeremiah looked down, seeming to feel ashamed.
"I'm sorry I made you think that and I will never do anything like it again. Don't be ashamed about the blood thing, it's part of what you are and that's okay." I rubbed his lower arm with my right hand. Jeremiah looked at me and leaned down..
I met his lips happily, until I heard my heart machine start going kind of crazy. Jeremiah pulled away, alarmed and then looked at me chuckling.. "Amazing...my kiss can really make your heart do that?"
I blushed deeply and heard the door open. I saw a nurse and Carlisle standing there looking alarmed too. "Is everything okay in here?" Carlisle asked checking everything. The nurse was kind of giving Jeremiah a 'are you doing something to her' look, I had to pretend to cough to cover up my small laugh.
I saw Carlisle lean over to Jeremiah's ear and ask him something we couldn't hear. Jeremiah whispered something back to him and I saw Carlisle smile slightly. Then he said something to the nurse and she left, Carlisle then looked at me and Jeremiah. "No more of that while you're hooked up to this machine." Carlisle said sternly but a smile broke through.
"Sorry." I giggled putting my hand over my mouth. Carlisle gave us a nod then left again.
"Can you come back over tonight?" Jeremiah asked rubbing my hand gently.
"No...Charlie is getting pizza and a movie, he's trying really hard to make me happy and there's no way I'm bailing on him." I replied, kind of sad but happy at the same time I would be spending time with Charlie.
"Alright, well then I'll just have to steal you tomorrow." Jeremiah grinned at me and I was kind of speechless.
"Yeah." I said when I got my voice back.
"I got you something." Jeremiah pulled a small box out of his back pocket, handing it to me. I opened the box slowly.
It held a medium sized cell phone. "A cell phone?" I asked, shocked.
"Yes, I didn't think you had one and I wanted a way to be able to talk to you when I'm not around you. Bella, Alice and Rosalie thought it was a great idea and we'll pay for it, so no worries for you." Jeremiah told me.
"Wow..um thanks." I didn't know what to say, I really shouldn't accept it...I was about to protest it when Jeremiah held his hand up.
"No protests. It's a gift, that I wanted to give you. Now, let me tell you about it. It's from Sprint, it's a Palm Pixi..The screen is totally touch but you have a little keyboard down here too." Jeremiah showed me how to work it. "That way you can text me all the time when you can't talk." He winked.
I kissed his cheek quickly. "Thank you Jeremiah. It's a sweet gift."
"I'm glad you like it. I already programmed all of our numbers in it, Charlie's too. You can find your phone number in phone information. You have unlimited everything..texting, minutes, web." Jeremiah said.
I heard a knock at the door and Bella was standing there with her keys in her hand. "Ready to go, Annabelle?"
Jeremiah got up and helped me stand up. "Sure Bella, as soon I change." I said going into bathroom, changing then coming back out and following her out of my room and down to the parking lot with Jeremiah.
"Can I ride with you and Annabelle, Bella?" Jeremiah asked Bella, holding the backseat car door open for me, since Edward was in the front.
"That'd be fine Jeremiah." Bella said getting into the car. I got into the car too, then Jeremiah got in.
Bella started the car and quickly pulled out of the parking lot, heading towards Charlie's house. Jeremiah handed me another box and I was about to ask what it was when he spoke.
"It's your phone box with your charger, memory card, headphones and everything in it." Jeremiah said.
"Thanks." I simply replied. I realized we were already driving through Charlie's neighborhood, I looked out the window taking in all the houses and the woods behind them. A few minutes later Bella parked in front of Charlie's house, it was just like I remembered it(I hadn't paid much attention to it the other night).
I felt kind of bad for taking Bella's room..I mean don't lots of parents keep their kids room the same after they leave home..at least for awhile?
Edward chuckled. "Annabelle don't worry about taking Bella's room, while it does hold precious memories for Bella, Charlie and myself, we all wanted to make you feel better about being here so we all agreed to redecorate it for you and Alice decorated it while you were over at our house and in the hospital."
I looked at Bella and Edward in disbelief. "Really?"
Bella opened the door—giving me a key to keep. "Drum roll please" Bella said jokingly as we stood outside the bedroom door. Edward and Jeremiah patted the railing by the stairs with their hands and Bella opened the door.
I gasped as I stepped inside the room. It was amazing. The west wall was painted a beach scene with a clear blue Ocean and white sand...the north wall with the window was a green pasture with horses in it, the east wall(with the door) was a painted picture of Clover, proudly holding her head high and last the south wall filled with photographs, posters of mine. "Oh Bella it's amazing!" I told her, putting my hand on my chest. It was so beautiful, so me.
"Alice and Esme knew you would love it, the beach is to remind you of Beaufort, the pastures because you love horses and we thought you would love the picture of Clover. The poster and photos Edward thought of." Bella smiled. "Alice bought you all new furniture too."
I looked at the double(full size) bed with a horse themed comforter set, the new white dresser, the wooden computer desk holding—wait a second a new Acer laptop?-and a entertainment center with a TV and a DVD player.
"Bella is that a new laptop, TV and DVD player? And you said all new furniture?" I asked worriedly but kind of secretly happy.
"Yep. Don't worry about it. Think of it as a welcoming gift." Bella told me.
"Oh thank you guys!" I hugged both Edward and Bella. "It's great! I love it! Tell Alice and Esme thank you so much! I can't believe I have a laptop!"
"You can tell them when you see them again—they'll appreciate it more. But Charlie's going to be here in a few minutes so I'll leave you guys to have your night together." Bella said giving me a quick hug, Edward kissed me on the cheek and gave me a hug then they both left Jeremiah and I alone, to have privacy.
"I'll text you when I get home." Jeremiah said pulling me into his arms.
"Oh you will, will you?" I asked grinning. Jeremiah grinned back.
"That's if you want me to."
"I do."
"Well then Miss Annabelle I will talk to you soon." Jeremiah said then leaned in close to me and kissed me. I wrapped my arms around him tightly and kissed him back as best as I could. Too soon, he pulled away.
I was completely light headed by then and I could see the kiss had taken a toll on him too. Inside I silently celebrated at that fact. "Miss you."
"I'll miss you too. See you later." After a light kiss on my forehead, he was gone. I sighed kind of sad but then walked into my new room. It was really beautiful, it was so amazing and I can't believe they did this for me! And on such short notice, so fast!
I sat on the new bed and layed back, it was soooooo comfortable. Thank you Alice! I really have to thank her. I felt my phone buzz at that moment.
From: Alice
No problem Annabelle. I'm glad you like everything! See, shopping can be fun! ; )
I smiled and hit reply.
To:Alice
You're the greatest Alice. I totally love the bed and the laptop!
A second later, I got her text.
From: Alice
I knew you would! Enjoy your room and your evening with Charlie! Ttyl!
I put my phone away as I heard Charlie walk in the door. "Annabelle?"
"I'm here Uncle Charlie!" I called to him as I walked down the stairs to meet him. We walked to the kitchen and Charlie handed me a plate, then told me to help myself to some pizza.
After we had both grabbed some pizza we headed to the living room to watch Flicka. I sat down beside Charlie, feeling like the luckiest girl in the world.
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Next Morning...9:45am
I really did not want to get up when my alarm went off. After Charlie went to bed, I had stayed up to at least 2 am texting Jeremiah and I was so tired! But I still had to get up, Jeremiah had asked me if I could babysit(well entertain really) Renesmee today because Bella had asked him to ask me.
I, of course, had said yes. So I got up, took a shower and got dressed by the time I was done doing all that Bella was here to drop Renesmee off.
"Okay I have a cooler of drinks for her...while it may be unsettling for you to watch her drink blood, I think it's better than the alternative which is going hunting for animals with her." Bella smiled apologetically.
"It's fine. It's her nature." I shrugged grabbing the cooler and setting it in the kitchen.
"Edward Alice and I have a couple of things to do..I mean we could of just got Jake or someone else to watch her but I figured you guys could use this time to kind of bond ya know? I mean get to know each other." Bella held her arms out to Renesmee. "I'll be back soon Renesmee."
Renesmee hugged Bella, then Bella, Alice and Edward left. "So what do you wanna do?" I asked Renesmee.
"Can we go outside?" Renesmee asked. I guess it would be okay.
"Sure." I said, opening the front door. It was amazing, it was just cloudy, not raining! "What do you wanna do out here?"
"Do you ever play baseball?" Renesmee asked with a playful sparkle in her eyes.
"Once or twice...is that what you want to do?" Renesmee nodded after I asked. I shrugged. "Alright, let's play."
"You pitch." Renesmee told me, handing me a ball, then went run a little bit away from me. "Ready!"
I threw the ball as fast as I could towards Renesmee, she hit the ball with a smile and it went flying back into the woods beside Charlie's house. "Wow, Renesmee, you can hit really good!"
Renesmee smiled but then made a face. "Thanks, but while we're away from my mom, please call me Nessie, Renesmee is just too much sometimes."
I laughed. "Alright, Nessie. Maybe I should go get the ball-"
Nessie's face had a worried look on it. "No, I'll get it." Then she was running into the woods, as I waited for her to come back I got a bad feeling. Something was up.
"Nessie!" I shouted at the woods. She didn't respond, so I started running towards the woods. "Nessie!"
I stopped in my tracks when I saw Nessie walking out with 5 people—no wait vampires. And they weren't the Cullens.
Nessie had a little bit of fear on her face. "Annabelle, I think you need to call my parents."
I grabbed my phone out of my pocket but then I saw a patch of sandy fur at the edge of the woods(which I had learned Seth was sandy colored when he was in wolf form.) "I think the message is already getting to them." I motioned to the woods where Seth, now human, walked out towards us. Everyone turned to look and I swear I heard them hiss!
"Hi Aro, Caius, Marcus." Seth said nodding to three vampires who I assumed were leaders of the group. "Jane, Alec." Seth nodded to the rest of them, then lead Nessie next to me. "What brings you here?"
"We were just checking on the Cullens." One of the black haired leaders spoke.
"It's only been awhile since you last checked on them, Aro." Seth replied, a bit coldly.
"We come in peace my dear friend, Seth. But it seems there's someone new to the Swan family." Aro looked towards me and I felt myself go kind of cold. "Who are you?"
"I'm—I'm Annabelle Foster." I told Aro, trying to keep my voice from shaking. Seth gave my hand a gentle squeeze.
"How do you know Seth Clearwater and Renesmee Cullen?" Caius—the blonde one—asked almost angrily.
"Bella Swan, now Cullen, is my cousin. Charlie, her dad, is my uncle. Nessie is Edward and Bella's child." Out of the corner of my eye I saw the Cullens, Jacob and Leah show up. Bella, Alice and Edward were with them too.
"Ah, my dear friend Carlisle, you and your human obsession." Aro smiled at Carlisle, with humor.
"Aro, I think we should take this to the woods, remember we all live here like normal people. We don't want to share any secrets." Carlisle calmly suggested. Aro and the vampires with him walked back to the forest, all of us following. Jeremiah put his arm protectively around me, holding me close while we walked.
"She knows." Caius snarled at Aro and the other black haired vampire. Aro put his hand up to silence him, then turned to Carlisle.
"Does she?"
Carlisle gave me and Bella an apologetic look. "She does, but only by accident...and she won't tell."
Aro sighed. "Dear Carlisle, no humans are supposed to know. You know the rule."
"I know Aro, and let me tell you, she wouldn't of known but it was weird circumstances." Carlisle tried to explain and I felt a temporary feeling of fear.
"She must die." Caius snapped. I felt fear run through my whole body and I turned to Jeremiah with tears in my eyes.
"No." I heard a voice, and it turned out to be Alec. "Bella Swan, was changed, so Annabelle can be changed too, right Aro?"
I felt stunned and relieved. He was standing up for me? But once I saw Jeremiah's face, that relief went away.
Aro nodded. "Yes, now Bella, we either have to change her or kill her which is it?"
Bella looked at me, looking like she wanted to cry. "We have to change her." Bella said, sounding apologetic.
Aro snapped his fingers and all of a sudden Alec was beside me with his lips coming to my neck.
"WAIT!" Rosalie shouted, Alec stopped and looked up at her. "Shouldn't we wait? At least until her graduation where she could legally move out and no one would be suspicious about what she is? I mean if you change her now, it could expose us all."
Aro looked thoughtful. "You're right Rosalie. Okay, the date for her is graduation, no later date. Agreed?" Aro looked at all of us, then me.
I nodded, very fast. "Of course."
Alec looked disappointed and Edward let out a small growl. I looked over to Edward in confusion. "Alec, she is not yours."
Alec glared at Edward then looked at me with a smile. "We'll see about that when she changes. You'll make a lovely vampire." Alec told me, I just stood there, silently, with fear. "I'll be back for you."
I felt Jeremiah tense up and I put my hand gently on his. It's okay..It's okay... I kept thinking, wish he could read my mind.
Then, so fast I almost missed it, they left. I sighed in relief. Bella's arms were around me in an instant and it sounded like she was sobbing..but there were no tears.
"Bella?" I asked, terrified at the sight of her crying.
"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry I dragged you into this."
"What do you mean Bella? You didn't drag me into anything." I told her, hugging her.
"Now you have no choice, you're going to have to be turned once you graduate!" Bella kept crying. I looked at Edward. Help. I thought to him, near tears myself.
"Bella, sweetheart, things could change in a few years." Edward said soothingly.
"No!" Bella wailed. "They're going to make her change without giving her a choice and it's my fault!"
"Bella!" I half-shouted to get her attention. Everyone looked shocked. "It is not your fault, okay? I was probably going to ask one of you anyways, I mean how could would it be to be a vampire?"
"Annabelle, you'd be giving up a lot." Rosalie told me, looking pained.
"Like what?" I asked.
"Children." Rosalie said, close to tears too. "A life, your family, racing. A lot."
I felt a sad pang in my chest. "But I'd have you guys."
"You don't know what you're giving up right now. You'll understand once you're changed, but by then it will be too late." Rosalie gave my hand a squeeze.
I looked around at all the Cullen's faces, they all looked a bit upset, and Seth, Leah, Jacob and Renesmee faces were blank.
I blocked my thoughts for a moment and looked at Renesmee. Didn't Bella and Edward have a child? Could Jeremiah and I-My thoughts were cut off by Carlisle saying my name.
"I think you should come over to our house for the rest of the day, we'll all feel better with you being there where we can protect you." Carlisle said to me.
"I'd like that." I said nodding.
"I'll bring her back." Jeremiah spoke up. Carlisle nodded then left with everyone, leaving Jeremiah and I just standing there. Jeremiah immediately took me in his arms. "I was so scared for you."
"I'm safe now." I whispered to him.
"No you're not." Jeremiah shook his head. "Did you not see Alec? He wants you for his own. And they're making you change, after you graduate."
"I'm yours. Not his."
"Not technically." Jeremiah had a grin on his face. Then he got down on one knee..oh no..he wouldn't... "Annabelle Foster, will you be my girlfriend?" Jeremiah winked at me.
I laughed and put my hand to my heart. "I'll give you an answer once my heart starts beating again." Then I nodded and kissed him.
"Now you're mine." Jeremiah said after we kissed.
"Yep, I'm yours." I giggled and Jeremiah picked me up.
"Let's go to my house. Do you have your cell phone?" Once I nodded, Jeremiah took off running. I thought when we got there everything would be calm...I was wrong.
Alice and Jasper came running out of the barn as we reached the house. "Annabelle! Annabelle!" Alice shouted at me.
I got myself out of Jeremiah's arms. "What's wrong Alice?" I asked as Alice and Jasper stopped in front of me.
"I think Clover's gone into labor!" Jasper told me. I couldn't speak for a moment. "She's having her baby Annabelle!"
Then I took off running for the barn with Jasper, Alice and Jeremiah to help my mare have her baby.
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A/N: Hi readers! Sorry it's been a long time since I updated. I had the ideas for my story but I couldn't figure how to put them down. I finally did..lol and I hope you like it. I'll try to update very soon since I left a bit of a cliffy about Clover having her baby :) …
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From: QuinnandSeth'sgirl15