Lunar Love Chapter 19
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Previously:
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Apparently Hermione had just learned two new things tonight.
"Oi! Do you know exactly how hard it was to find you guys? Had me looking all over the bloody place for you lot."
Make that three.
Ron had better leave before her Uncle Charlie came home or else they'd have more to worry about than nomad vampires and rogue wizards.
As their lips met, Hermione found that the pull she felt towards Jacob lighten significantly almost as if this is what it wanted all this time. She found that if that was all there was to it she and Jacob should have kissed a lot sooner than what they allowed. It was so much more than fireworks it was more like a fire working its way from her soul to spread throughout her entire body which only heated her being more being pressed against Jacob's body. It only strengthened her resolve of what she was about to do even more. So upon thinking of that, despite the fact the pull wanted her to remain within Jacob's arms, she slowly withdrew from his warmth, placing one last peck on his lips she removed herself from the now ecstatic boy.
"Jacob." she spoke sweetly, a lone tear falling from her eyes, "I'm really sorry. I … I think I could fall in love with you." she said even more softly,
"Hermione." Jacob asked confused though he couldn't say anymore as Hermione's own voice cut him off,
"Obliviate."
A dazed look appeared on the shifter's face as every memory of Hermione erased itself from his mind, he later wondered why he smelt fresh tears and lilies at the beach and even what he was doing there in the first place, and why his wolf seemed so sad like he knew some big sad secret he wasn't sharing.
"Let's just go and make sure Draco and Bella haven't killed each other yet."
"You mean you really did leave them alone together?" asked Harry incredulously, "I thought you were just joking."
Charlie really didn't know where to put himself at the current moment.
Edward and the other Cullens were vampires, who left his daughter and probably didn't even know she was pregnant. He was going to be a grandfather of a half-human, half-vampire crossbreed and he didn't exactly know how to deal with that. Unfortunately that was the simple part of his new life.
His little niece, his daughter's best friend since they were two and three years old, is a witch. A witch who didn't lie when she said that a homicidal maniac wasn't trying to kill her, it was more like fifteen to twenty homicidal maniacs who used to follow the first one that were now after her and her friends. And because he and Bella were related to Hermione that put them in danger as well.
And he at least knew for sure he didn't like it.
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Now:
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Hermione didn't even see Ron as Harry and Draco maneuvered themselves in front of her to block both his view from her and vice versa.
"Who's the chit?" asked Ron quite loudly, Hermione couldn't help but let out the unladylike snort fall from her mouth drawing the red head's attention to her though Harry and Draco refused to move themselves out of her way.
And that was completely fine by her.
If they wanted to be childish she was going to be childish.
Petty, maybe. Juvenile, pretty much. But after the emotional drain of erasing the boy she might have actually been in love with's memory, she wasn't really in the mood for formalities right now. So with all her might she jumped on top of both ex- Quidditch players' shoulders and made them steady both her and themselves so she can answer her ex boyfriend's question.
"This, Ronald, you insensitive git, is my cousin Bella." she almost growled out the warning, even Ron could detect the hidden undertones of a threat behind her clenched words. He let out a very audible gulp of unnecessary air and turned towards the now shocked girl and stuttered out a very weak, "Pleased t-to meet you."
"You too Ron. I've heard a lot of things about you. So has my dad. You might want to leave before he comes back. He's a cop so … he's kind of allowed to shoot you." she said taking in her cousin's ex. She had to admit he was cute, lean like Harry though he had more muscular shoulders like Jacob and Draco. His red hair was a dead give away to who he was though, it was pretty obvious that he and Ginny were related.
The quiet chuckles of Harry and Draco brought them all back to reality though, and Bella found herself blushing quietly as she noticed the look Ginny sent herself, Draco, Ron and Hermione. She wasn't exactly being subtle with it either so when Ron cleared his throat nervously as if he wasn't quite sure how to begin this obviously very serious conversation, she looked pointedly at her cousin and Ginny and asked them if they would mind helping her in the kitchen.
She noticed Ron glare menacingly towards Draco and Harry as he tried to diffuse an obvious incoming fight between the two before she could no longer see them and Ginny and Hermione led her to the table as Hermione began cooking and moving about the kitchen.
It wasn't really the fact of what Hermione was cooking because she was pretty sure it would have happened no matter what she made, but as soon as Hermione put the simple grilled cheese in front of her she was already out of her chair and running towards the waste bin to empty the few items already in her stomach.
Once she was finished she found herself being led to the kitchen sink by Ginny as Hermione handed her a glass of water to rinse her mouth out. She might've been sick but she didn't fail to notice the two witches send knowing glances at each other as though having a mental conversation about her.
"All right, what does the muggle not know that you two do?" she asked, she meant for it to come out jovially but much like her cousin, after her little vomiting episode, she wasn't really in the mood and she found her voice coming out gruffer than she intended. She saw the two share secret glances with each other again until Ginny finally sighed and told her what was going on.
"Well when Hermione first told me you were pregnant and the father was a vampire, Harry and I scoured the entire library at the manor to see if any cases there were similar to yours." Bella found herself inching closer to the young woman waiting to hear an answer.
"Well?" she asked perhaps a bit too impatiently, though she didn't have to think of it for too long before Ginny sighed again and answered her.
"We didn't find anything." she said sadly, "Besides the normal immortal child where an adult vampire bites a human child and they start the change from that. There was nothing about a half-breed born of a human and vampire that we could find. So instead we did some brainstorming of our own." she stopped to look at Hermione's shocked face, "Yes been spending too much time with the resident bookworm, I suppose. Anyway we came up with quite a few theories but I think there's one coming into play now. You're hungry all the time right?" asked Ginny gently seeing Bella's eyes light up and at the girl's quick nod continued, "But regular human food is something you can't hold down anymore." again Bella nodded, followed by Ginny's own nod, "Then maybe it's time we fed you something other than human food." she hinted as Hermione's eyes go wide with realization then her face green with nausea,
"Oh bloody hell, that's nasty." she muttered quietly shaking her head as if it would get the realization out of her head,
"What? What is it?" asked Bella nervously
"Blood. You need to drink blood for the baby." Ginny answered as Harry walked into the room a contemplative look on his face.
"Ron said he saw something in the forest. Oh and something to help with the thought of Bella drinking blood, how about we try some of those pops from Honeydukes."
"That would be wonderful. Would you mind going?" asked Hermione hopefully not wanting to leave her cousin alone.
"Sure," Harry answered then shrugged, "I'll just make a portkey and flash over real quick." he said then continued, "Oh Hermione, Draco punched Ron in the mouth, that's why I was coming in here." he announced as the three girls ran in the living room Ginny returning three seconds later but before she could say anything Harry answered,
"I know. Ice Mice." he said nodding at his wife who smiled happily before leaving the room. He grabbed a napkin and pulled out his wand and waited to cast the familiar spell until he heard the swish of the door once more and answered for his wife again.
"Fizzing Whizbees too." he mentally wrote down as his wife smiled and walked up to him pecking him on the lips, before stating,
"Chocoballs too. Ha! Take that Potter!" she shouted before skipping out the kitchen, before returning once more a few seconds later, though Harry once again spoke for her, "Jelly Slugs and Peppermint Toads."
"Damn it!" she yelled already having swung the door shut on her way out causing Harry to laugh gleefully at his wife's antics finally saying the spell and leaving with a tug on his navel.
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"Really Ron, what were you thinking?" asked Hermione irritably as she held a towel to her friend's bloody nose.
"The dumbass wasn't, that's his problem." grumbled Draco irritably as he held an ice pack to his cheek while Bella dabbed at his busted lip.
"Draco." Hermione warned, pressing a little to hardly to Ron's nose, earning a 'Bloody hell, woman!' from him.
"Death Eaters are in the area and you two are going to go and act childish by getting into a fist fight!" yelled Ginny annoyed, "You're both dumbasses!" she shrieked
"So says the 'Ice Mice Princess.'" Draco sneered good naturally though after her loss against Harry it was her turn not to be in a good mood. Having to deal with this sort of thing was just the icing to her ice mice.
"You really don't want to fucking go there, Ferret Boy." Ginny threatened earning snorts from Ron and Hermione along with a very intrigued Bella.
"Ferret Boy?" she questioned lightly grabbing hold of his ice-pack when he moved it too roughly against his face and moving it more gently back into place. Draco stared at her for a while before muttering an almost unheard, "Thanks." Bella just smiled in return, looking back towards Hermione and Ron.
Bella, upon looking at the two realized, they were much like herself and Jacob. Everyone expected them to get together. Looking at how her cousin and best friend corresponded though, even though Ron and her together would be safe, easy even, it seemed wrong that she dated anyone before Jacob. Actually the way Jacob and Hermione moved was as if gravity coordinated the two towards each other. Though despite the fact of obvious attraction between the Quileute and witch, Bella definitely noticed that Ron and Hermione moved in a certain way together almost as if they knew what the other would say and do before even they did. 'It was weird.' she decided at last before shaking her head as her thoughts continued, 'Who the hell am I trying to kid on that one though, here I am, a simple human pregnant with a vampire hybrid baby, icing some pureblooded wizard's face. Nothing about this situation is normal.'
"So you guys all went to Hogwarts?" asked Bella drawing attention to herself rather than bask in the tense silence. What she wasn't expecting was the glare Ron and Draco sent her cousin's way or even more shocking was the blush that dusted Hermione's tan cheeks following their looks.
"You told her about Hogwarts?" demanded Ron while Draco nodded his head in agreement.
'Great the first time they agree and it's to argue about me.' Bella thought despondently.
"Does need to know basis mean anything to anyone anymore!" the blond almost yelled as their family's infamous temper came out to play in Hermione.
"Don't you raise your voice at me Draco Malfoy. And Ron get that smug look off of your face. If there is anyone you two should yell at for this it's Harry! He's the one who said they should probably know everything now that the Death Eaters have followed me here." Hermione realized her mistake as soon as the last word left her mouth, and it would be just her their luck that Harry return, arms full of candy, as soon as she sold him out to their two friends.
'Thank Merlin for Ginny.' her mind quickly thought as Ginny stepped protectively in front of her very confused husband, her wand and very pregnant stomach pointing at the two older wizards, her voice coming out threateningly; in a way you just knew the bat bogey hex was on the tip of her tongue.
"If I were you two … I'd tread very carefully concerning my husband, especially considering he's holding mine and Bella's food." the threat would have been humorous, Hermione and Bella noted, if Ginny wasn't looking ready to draw blood.
"I don't know what's going on," began Harry attempting to rotate the candy around in his arms to fix his now askew glasses, "but I agree with my wife. As far as I'm concerned there shall be no threatening or maiming of the food holding bespectacled wizard." Harry said confidently motioning for Ginny to take a seat by Bella as he handed them each their own candy.
Bella took the offered candy and noticed the clear wrapper sealed encircling around what appeared to be a shimmering cherry lollipop, but she knew better.
By the time she looked up Ginny's teeth were already chattering from her Ice Mice and it was Harry's turn to lecture the older girl.
"We won't know if they help until you try." he coaxed gently, "They aren't made from human or wizards' blood. Just dragons'. It's not poisonous promise." he comforted at her dubious look, laughing quietly at the determined look she gained upon opening the wrapper and literally stuffing the thing in her mouth and deciphering whether or not she liked the taste or not.
It might have been minutes as the five magics looked expectantly at Bella to hear her opinion of the sweet.
She took the candy out with a loud pop and licked her lips slightly before stating quite clearly, "I think I'm going to hell but damn if this isn't good." she finished putting the blood candy back into her mouth as Hermione pressed a little too harshly against Ron's nose before standing and moving over to her cousin checking her over with the few medical diagnostics spells she learned on their little camping trip two years earlier.
"Well your blood pressure is going back up, your iron levels are returning to normal, and your cheeks are even beginning to gain color and are looking less sallow." Hermione said quite happily, "After you eat a couple more, you might be able to handle regular food again." she said quite hopefully
"Hopefully." Bella agreed, happily opening the second candy, "This is so disgusting but it tastes so good." she moaned around the treat.
"Well have to agree with you on the disgusting part." muttered Ron loudly, wincing quite painfully as Ginny's hand connected to the back of his head.
"You should just ignore him, Bella. The rest of us do." said Ginny happily the chattering of her teeth coming to a stop just as she placed a red Jelly Slug on her tongue.
"Gee thanks, Gin. I can just feel the love in the air." Ron muttered sarcastically as a tense silence settled in the room before Bella broke it with a pop, removing the sweet from her mouth, "Well this is going to be fun waiting for Charlie to get back home."
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Billy Black was confused. And personally, being an elder and advisor to a bunch of hormonal teenaged wolves, someone had to try and act severely strange and unusual for that to have happened. Jacob Black, rightful Alpha to the entire pack and future chief of their tribe, an imprinted wolf and his own son was indeed acting severely strange and unusual for him to feel this way. Jacob had gone exactly three hours forty-two minutes and roughly around twenty-three seconds since his little date with Hermione and has spoken of everything under the sun except for the young woman he imprinted on. And quite frankly, despite being a little relieved of the sudden withdrawal of fun minutely surprising facts of Hermione Granger, it just wasn't right for him to go so long without mentioning her name. The other imprinted wolves could attest to that.
"We're out of milk." Jacob sighed tiredly before continuing to pour Frosted Flakes into the giant salad bowl before eating the cereal dry.
"Have to run into town to go get some more then. We'll go to Forks to do it. Emma and James are still at the Makah reservation." mumbled Billy quietly discerning Jacob's expression. It was depressed, never changing since Jacob's supposedly failed date with his imprint.
"Jake … is there something you wanna talk about? Hermione, maybe?" asked the elder man willingly
"Hermione?" asked Jake confused, "The name kind of sounds familiar." he conceded, "Aha! That's Bella's younger cousin that's coming from England to visit right?"
"Yes but Jake …" Billy stopped seeing Jacob's look on his face, he hid his own shock and confusion from his son and muttered quietly he was sure if his son wasn't a shifter he'd have missed his next words, "Never mind. I think I need to call Harry and Old Quil."
"Sure, sure." Jake muttered.
He opened his mouth at the thought of letting his dad know he was going to see Bella but his wolf took over his senses and the urge he was normally used to when thinking of the older girl from Arizona was no longer there.
"Have you seen Bella lately Dad?" asked the taller boy to his father. A sigh of disappointment left Jake's lips as his father nodded his head in a negative gesture.
"She's been busy getting things ready for her cousin I'm sure. If you want I could call Charlie invite them over for a bon fire. There's another one coming up this weekend if you'd like?" asked Billy taking in Jake's face carefully.
Before Jacob could retort an answer though a wolf's howl could be heard through the forest and Jacob once more sighed before shaking his head at his father, "Never mind. I'm sure I'll see her when I see her."
"You better get going then." said Billy sagely though he need not have told Jacob anything for the shifter was already leaving through the back door, cut offs already off before he left the inside of the house.
"What the hell?" Billy muttered to himself five minutes later, still in the same position his son last saw him. He barely remembered wheeling himself around and dialing Harry's number until he heard his friend's gruff voice on the other side of the line and his own words shocked him out of his stupor.
"We need to get to Old Quil. Have you ever heard of a wolf getting amnesia and forgetting he's imprinted?"
It took him five seconds to repeat himself after Harry asked him to. Five minutes to stop his friends raucous laughter. And another fifteen to finally get to Old Quil's.
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Summary: Hermione could not believe how she got conned into going to visit her relatives in the states after the war. There were only three things she knew for sure. First she was a very tired and exhausted warrior from war not yet ready to move on like her parents were forcing her to do. Second she was not allowed to use any of her magic. And third Hermione knew irrevocably and without a doubt that if nothing interesting would happen in Forks, Washington something or someone is going to get blown up.
Pairings: Hermione Granger x Jacob Black
Rated: M+
Edited: 07/09/12
Dark Wolf Love