Bella's POV:
I just came back from being with Jake, I walked inside the house and it's empty and quiet. I wonder where's Annie and dad. I was about to walk upstairs when- "You know, Edward could at least respect meals times. At least Jasper brought Annie home from school and stayed here" dad says.
I turned to him startled, "I was, umm, with Jake," dad looks taken back.
"Oh... Good" he said with a small, self-satisfied smile. There's a knock on the door. Dad and I looked at the door.
"I'll just give you two some privacy then," dad said walking to the living room. I went to open the door and Edward was there with a frown.
"Hey," I said.
"Do you not understand, how worried I've been?" Edward asked me.
"I'm perfect-"I was cut off by Edward when he inhales and his face alarmed.
"Something's wrong," Edward says. Suddenly he darts up the stairs and I hurry behind him. I entered my room and see Edward holding the dreamcatcher Jake made for me.
"Edward, what's wrong?" I asked.
"Someone's been in here," Edward said when he looks up and one again darts upstairs. I followed him into Annie's room, she's peacefully sleeping and I'm glad. She hasn't been sleeping enough since she's always doing her late assignments. Edward goes and wakes up Annie.
"Edw-"
"Annie wake up," Edward shakes Annie and she gets up, alarmed. She looks at us and sighs in relief.
"Dude what the fu-"
"Someone's been in here, Annie," Edward said making Annie turn at him wide eyes. She gets off her bed and looks around.
"Let's go," Edward said grabbing Annie's arm but stopped and turn to her. He grabbed her head, turning her and sniffing her neck. I was surprised that he was bold enough to do that. Annie pushed him off of her and she was shocked.
"Ed-"
"Damn it," he said in an angry tone. I never hear him talk that way.
"He marked you with his scent," he said and immediately Annie touched her neck and tries to wipe off the smell. Judging by her expression she was shocked, angry, and scared.
~~~~~~~~~~~at the Cullens~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Annie's POV:
Edward was pacing, frustrated. Alice, Esme, Carlisle, and Rosie looked stressed, worried and slightly scared.
"Who is it? Someone, we know?" Alice said looking at Edward.
"A stranger, I didn't recognize the scent." Edward says.
"A nomad passing through?" Esme says hugging a scared looking Bella.
"A passer wouldn't have let Bella's dad alive. And he wouldn't have marked Annie," Rose said and I touched my neck, feeling violated. Just then Jasper and Emmett enter the house. Jasper looked pissed as hell. When we told them what happened Jasper grabbed me, pulled me close and smelled my neck. His eyes turned black and he quickly left the house. Emmett followed after Jasper.
"The scent disappeared about five miles south of the house," Emmett informs us. Jasper comes next to me and hugs me. I lean in his chest, welcoming his warmth. He's the only one I want right now.
"Someone's orchestrating this" Carlisle says looking at me with worry.
"Guys we already know who's behind all of this," I said making them turn to me.
"It's Victoria," I said and Alice sighs.
"Annie-"
"No, think about it. Who wants us dead more than her? We're the reason why her mate is dead. Our mates killed hers and she wants revenge. Who's crazy enough to make another vampire go to our house, while there's a human who doesn't know about the supernatural. This has her name written all over it. Like Rosie said, a nomad wouldn't leave my father and me alive. And that motherfucker marked me with his nasty ass scent, " I said making them think about it.
It was quiet, they would casually glance at each other. Thinking about all of the possibilities of me being right and I know I am right!
"We'll take shifts protecting Bella and Annie," Carlisle says to them.
"Another protection detail?" Rosie asked.
"Rosalie" Esme says
"No, she's right. You can't protect us, watch our dad and search for the intruder." Bella says and I nod, agreeing with her.
"And for Victoria" Rosie adds.
"And feed yourself," I say looking at Jasper. He shakes his head
"I'm not leaving you here defenseless," Jasper tells me.
"I'm not going to let you starve yourself. And besides, we won't be unprotected. We have..." I start to trail off looking at Edward. We continue to stare at each other while the others stared at us, wondering what's going on. A few minutes passed and Edward finally realizes what I wanted to say.
"No," he says making me sigh.
"Dude, it's our only choice. It's either we ask for help or we'll all toast" I said and he groans.
"And besides I'll be with her," I smirk at him fulling knowing he doesn't like the idea.
"Fine but you'll have to be with her all the time," he tells me and I nod. The others are looking at us with confused faces. I turn to Jasper and smile and from my smile he knows he won't like it.
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The next day, Jake and Sam came to our house so they can get a sniff at the scent. Bella, Edward, Jasper and I were outside waiting for them. Jake and Sam came out of the house.
"Whoever it was, he left his stink behind," Jake says.
"It'll won't be hard to miss the scent when we come to cross it. Will handle it from here," Jake says looking at Edward and he rolls his eyes.
"We don't need you to handle anything. Or anyone," Edwards says glaring at Jake.
"I could care less of what you need," Jake says back at Edward. For a moment, Jake and Edward continue to glare at each other while the rest of us looked at them.
"Alright we're done here," Edward says grabbing Bella's hand.
"No, you're done here," Jake says walking up to Edward. Both Jake and Edward had one of Bella's hand and from the looks of it, Bella finally had enough of it.
"Stop! I'm tired of this. I'm team Switzerland" Bell tells them, making me roll my eyes. I turn to Sam who was watching me closely.
"Hey there, Alpha" I smiled at him and Sam nods, turning to Jasper who was standing behind me.
"Couldn't stay away, huh?" he said shaking his head and I frown. I knew he was talking about the supernatural world, but it wasn't my fault that it came to me first.
"Come here," he said. I was about to walk to him but Jasper stopped me from going any closer. Sighing, I turn to Jasper and held his hand, letting him know that Sam won't hurt me. Jasper looks down at me, his expression clearly says that he doesn't want me near Sam. Gently squeezing Jasper's arm he finally lets me go. Walking to Sam, he had a strange expression but I didn't say anything. Standing in front of Sam, I moved my hair to the side so Sam and sniff it. Once he does Sam growls and quickly looks at Jasper.
"We'll get this son of a bitch," Sam said making Jasper nod. Sam turned to me, "Annie, don't be alone always have someone with you at all times, okay" Sam said making me confused. Why shouldn't I be alone? Why is everyone getting angry? However, instead of asking questions I know I wouldn't get answers from I just nod.
"Do you guys prefer day or night?" I asked Sam.
"Nights," Sam said and I turn to Jasper and Edward.
"Will day work for you guys?" I asked. Jasper and Edward both nods making me smile.
"See it wasn't so hard, huh"I smirked at them. Jake and Edward rolled their eyes. Jasper and Bella smiled at me. And Sam just started. With our business finished with the boys, Sam and Jake decide to leave. Before Sam and Jake could leave I stopped Sam.
"Have you heard anything from Dean?" I asked him. Sam looks over my shoulder before he turns to me.
"No the last time I talked with him, he said he was going to meet his family up North," he said.
"He hasn't contacted you?" Sam asked making me shake my head.
"No," I said frowning. What the hell is Dean doing? Why hasn't he contacted either Sam or me? Did something bad happen?
"I'm sure he'll show up, sooner or later," Sam said and I nodded. Sam turned around and met with Jake but once again I stopped Sam.
"Hey Alpha" I called out and Sam turned around.
"How long have you know Dean?" I asked Sam looks at me with a weird expression.
"Not long, we meet a week before he arrived here. I helped him fix up his car" Sam said shocking me. That's not right, Dean said he's an old friend with him. Staring at Sam I realized what Dean meant, of course, I should have noticed that he was referring to Sam and Dean from the t.v show. I let out a small laugh, stupid Dean.
"Why? Whats up?" he asked making me shake my head.
"Nothing," I said with a small smile. Sam nods before he and Jake ran into the woods. Then this means that Sam doesn't know about Dean or about me, which is a good thing. I don't know who if I'm ready to tell Jasper about that side of me yet. But then again I don't have enough time. Is Dean dealing with something about my case, did his family know about him bringing me into this world? And if so, then are they going to make me go back by force? I felt Jasper come next to me, he put his arm around my waist bringing me closer to him.
"What's wrong?" Jasper said.
"Nothing, I'm just worried about Dean. He hasn't answered any of my calls" I said. Technically I didn't lie, I am worried about Dean. He hasn't answered any of my calls. But what I'm more worried is that he hasn't shown up since last Friday. I pray he's alright.
"Like Sam said he'll show up," Jasper said and I nod.
We both turned around and walked towards Edward and Bella. For the rest of the day, we spend it at the house. It was just Edward, Bella, Jasper and I since dad was working. Bella and Edward were in Bella's room while Jasper and I were in mine. Jasper and I were laying on my bed, I was playing around with his hand when suddenly he sits up and stares down at me. I looked at him confused,
"I cannot do this," he says making me frown. I sat up and turned to him.
"Do what?" I asked a little worried and he sighs,
"Annie, I cannot be your friend," he says making me feel the pain all over again.
"I cannot be your friend when every day I'm falling for you over and over again. I cannot be your friend while I'm in love with you. I know I said I'll be your friend but it's killing me knowing you're at arm's length and I cannot hold you whenever I want. It's killing me not being able to kiss you whenever I see you smile. It's killing me not being able to-" I stopped him by kissing him. And it was better than any kiss ever. I pulled away from Jasper.
"You talk too much," I said smiling.
"Annie wi-" I cut Jasper off, "be my boyfriend?" He stared at me shocked before recovering. He smiles and kissed me again. This time he poured all his feeling into this kiss. Dean was right, I can't spend the rest of my days being bitter. Within the few days I have I'll have to spend it with Jasper and show him that I love him. I'll talk with Dean and tell him that I'm staying, no matter what I'm staying with Jasper.
Jasper and I both pulled away smiling at each other. Jasper pulls us back and lays me on his chest. He had his left arm playing around with my hair while the other hand he had on my back. It was peaceful and I loved every second of it. Suddenly my phone started to ring and I knew who it was. Smiling I answered the phone.
"He-" I pulled away from the phone when I heard Alice screaming and Jasper starts to laugh.
"AHHHHHHH! YOU AND JASPER ARE BACK TOGETHER! CONGRATULATIONS! OMG! FINALLY, YOU GUYS GOT TOGETHER! MAN, I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO WAIT ANOTHER WEEK!" Alice kept on talking and talking and eventually I had to stop her,
"Alice," I said making her stop talking.
"Calm down" Alice takes a deep breath.
"Calm?" I asked and I hear her laugh.
"Yes, sorry it's just I got so excited knowing you and Jasper are back together, I'm just so happy-" there was a small pause. I was getting worried, Alice only stops when she's having a vision, perhaps it had to do with us with the newborns.
"Alice?" I asked.
"Ohh, yeah. Sorry gotta go, the dogs are here" she said making me smile.
Hanging up the phone I turn to Jasper, he's staring at me lovingly. He leans down and plants another kiss on my lips. This one was soft, gentle, filled with so much love and I was happy. I got my love back. Pulling away from our kiss, I laid on his chest, falling asleep to his humming and they way he played with my hair.
