Chapter 2: New Adventures
[Damon's POV]
In the morning Bella drives me to Port Angeles in her reddish pickup truck. I follow her back to the cabin. I spend the rest of the weekend in the hunting cabin with Charlie and Bella. Charlie was pulled out a few times for official duty.
"Damon, I have to go to school tomorrow." I pout at her.
She laughs at me. "That won't work. I need to return to the 'real' world. I appreciate you staying here with me. It makes it easier to go back to school. I have a work shift at Newton's Outfitters after school. Can you meet me there after I get off work?"
"Reality is overrated and often bites."
She crosses the room and hugs me. "Are you going to turn your phone back on? I'm sure your family and friends miss you."
"Do I have to?" She smiles at me and picks up my phone. "I will pay you $200 if you toss the damn thing into the stream out back." I try to bribe her.
Laughing she presses the on button. "Wow you have over a hundred calls." She hands the damn thing to me. It starts playing my brother's theme song. I groan.
"What?"
"Damon, where are you?"
"Doesn't matter."
"We need you here."
"Why?"
"Katherine changed Caroline into a vampire yesterday evening."
"Why are you calling me? Just get Bonnie to make her a daylight ring, teach her how to compel, snack and give a drop of blood. You should be fine. Just don't put her on the Bunny diet or let her near a blood bank: TTFN." He hangs up.
Bella looks at me, "Problems?"
I glance up from my phone. "Nothing they can't handle. I'll drive you to school tomorrow and pick you up for your shift at Newton's. Then I want to take you out to dinner after you get off work."
She looks into my eyes and sees that I'm sincere. "Ok, I would like that."
I drive her back into town to Charlies. I wait for her to open the door. She waves at me and goes into the house.
I have some things to do. I am not planning on returning anytime soon to Mystic Falls. They can bite me.
I return to the cabin and park the car near the house. I am going hunting. I fly to Port Angeles. I find one of the all night diners and hide outside in the trees. I find a healthy college student to compel, feed, give a drop of blood and head back to the cabin. I detour by the blood bank and get a few quarts of blood, stuff them into a backpack and alter their records. I don't want to bring attention to myself. Bella is too important. I am surprised by the thought. I enjoy a good run back to the cabin. I stuff the blood bags in the crisper of the fridge. That should last a week. I'll go back to Port Angeles tomorrow and hit up the liquor store while Bella is in school.
[Bella's POV]
Damon was a pleasant distraction all weekend. He was full of stories about different places he had visited over the years. Promising me that he would take me to the ones I want to visit with him. I go to my room. I notice my photo album sitting on my desk. I open it the pictures of Edward and I are missing. I look at my CD player; the disk of music that Edward composed and recorded for me is also missing. That rat, he had no right. The tickets they gave me to go see my mother are also missing. Fine if he wants me to forget him like he never existed. I will go along with the plan that they never existed. I'll make an exception for Jasper since he indirectly sent Damon to me.
[Alice's POV]
I give Bella a month to six weeks. She will welcome us back to Forks gratefully, enough to finally agree to marry Edward and have his baby. Jasper will return when Bella does. I just have to get Rose to keep calling until Edward answers his phone. He has taken off for Brazil of all places. I look for Bella to see if she changed her mind yet. I can't see her! I grab my phone and make a reservation to fly into Port Angeles.
[Damon's POV]
Bella let me pick her up for school this morning. I am waiting for her to finish for the day. I hear the chatter of her fellow students. I wonder if Bella will let me eat Jessica and Mike. I'm not sure how tasty their blood would be, but I don't like the things they are saying about her. The last bell rings letting them out for the day. I am leaning up against the Ferrari. I have my favorite leather jacket on. Bella is talking to a tall dark haired girl. She looks up and sees me. She smiles and tells her friend, "Hey, I have someone I would like for you to meet." She brings her friend over to the car. "Damon, I would like for you to meet my best friend Angela. Angela this is Damon Salvatore. He is a good friend of Jasper's."
"I am Pleased to meet you Angela." I pick up her hand and gently kiss the back of it. She blushes sweetly.
"Hello Damon. I can see why Bella is praising your Southern manners. The guys around here can learn a thing or two."
"Thank you Miss Angela. Bella are you ready to leave?"
"Yes, thanks. Angela I'll see you tomorrow."
I hear Jessica complaining to Tyler, "How does she do it? Get all the good looking rich guys to notice her."
Tyler looks at her. "Well she isn't green with envy; that helps." Jessica punches him on the arm and stalks off. Tyler is rubbing his arm looking a little puzzled.
I open the car door for Bella. She slides into the seat allowing me to close the door. My phone starts playing "The Yellow Rose of Texas."
"Peter, what the hell do you want?"
"You need to get on the road to Texas with Bella. Charlie will be fine. You guys need to leave now. Go by the station and talk to Charlie."
"Can you tell me what's going on?"
"Bella is in danger if you stay." He hangs up.
I drive to the police station with Bella. Charlie meets us at the door. He hands Bella a suitcase. "You need to get on the road after Damon clears his things from the Cabin. The Quileute's have figured out you are a vampire Damon and they are out for blood. Plus Alice Cullen is on a plane to Port Angeles. It will take her a few more hours to get here."
I hug my Dad. "Will you be in danger?"
He hugs me back. "I will be safe. Just we can avoid a lot of problems and pain if you guys leave now."
Damon opens the door for me letting me slide into the seat, closes the door and puts my suitcase in the trunk. "Well I guess you will get to meet Peter the cryptic ass, this trip."
My phone rings, I answer it after the first note. "Get your ass moving, you can stop in Portland."
"Peter I'm going to shoot your ass." I realize I'm talking to air he hung up.
Bella is laughing, I quirk a brow.
"Won't the bullet just bounce off his ass? It's marble you know."
"Well I can hope to chip a piece off it."