It's been a couple of days since the Cullens and the pack been working together. It's not too well but hey, at least they haven't killed each other. Wait, no scratch that they have tried. Three days ago Jake and Edward had a little-heated argument over something trifle. Those two can't be put in the same room without causing a world war. It's worse when Emmett and Paul come together, they actually get into physical fights with each other. The first time it happened, Edward nor Jake did anything but watched. They only stopped it when I went to stop it and knowing I would get killed, they had to stop it.
Dean hasn't been back from wherever he's at. I tried and tried calling him I even tried praying to him but no answer. I'm getting worried and scared. What if something happened to him and I didn't even know. Or worse, what if they punished him for letting me stay here knowing that I'm not supposed to be here. Jasper has been keeping my emotions in check lately, everything isn't looking so well for us.
Today, the Cullens were going to hunt leaving Bella and me with the pack. Edward, Jasper, Bella and I are going to meet Jake at the Treaty line. Jake was standing next to Billy's truck without a shirt... again. He knows that it bothers Edward so he continues to do it.
"Doesn't he own a shirt?" Edward says.
"Jealous much?" I teased Edward and he rolls his eyes. Jasper pulls me close to him and he laughs at my comment.
"We're good here. You should go" Bella tells Edward.
"I'm not going to be long," Edward tells Bella.
"Don't rush. You need to hunt" Bella tells Edward. He leans down and giver her a passionate kiss.
"Ok, maybe rush a little," Bella says dazedly. Bella looks at me, asking if I'm ready and I nod. I turn to Jasper and smiled, knowing he doesn't like it whenever we go over there. I place my hand on his chest.
"Hey, it'll be alright. You guys do what you gotta do. We'll be safe" I said before kissing Jasper. I was going to pull away but he pulled me closer. And just like Edward, Jasper gives me a passionate kiss making me not pull away... ever. He pulls from me with a smirk. Realizing what he just did I glare at him an hit his chest.
"I hate it when you do that," I say making him laugh. I rolled my eyes and turned around. But Jasper pulls me back for another kiss. Jasper pulls away, stared into my eyes and smiles. "I love you," he says melting my poor heart. I smile at him and gave him another kiss.
"I love you too,"I say smiling at him. We continue to stare at each other lovingly until jealous Jake called out.
"Hurry up," Jake yells at us. Jasper rolls his eyes and I smile, shaking my head.
"Bye, see you later" I kissed Jasper one more time before pulling Bella with me.
We walked to Jake and he pulls Bella and me for a hug. Going inside the truck, he asked what us what we wanted to today. He also said that we were going to a party. I got excited because I knew what 'party' he meant and I couldn't wait. During the day, Jake, Bella, and I went hiking. Night time falls and we headed to the Rez. I see the pack and the council around a campfire, laughing. Billy sits in the middle of the circle, Quil's grandfather sits on his right side and Sue Clearwater sits on the other side. The whole pack is there: Jared, Paul, Quil, Embry, Sam, with Emily by his side, and a grumpy Leah. Jake, Bella, and I walk towards them.
"You sure this is okay? I really hate being party crashed" Bella says, making me nod.
"Technically, you two are council meeting crashing. See, the council leaders dad, Quil's grandpa, and Sue Clearwater. She took over when Harry died." Jake inform us.
"Oh, maybe we shouldn't be here," I tell Jake.
"You two are okay. I thought... I mean they thought it was a good idea for you two to hear some tribe history." Jake tells us.
"The histories? The Tribe's Histories? Aren't they a secret?" Bella tells Jake.
"We all got a role to play and you two are apart of this. And plus this is the first time Seth, Leah, and Quil will hear them too. But you two are the first outsiders, Ever" Jake says to us.
"If I had known, I would have dressed better," Bella says making me laugh.
"ANNIE! JAKE!" Seth comes up to us.
"It's about time you guys showed up. Paul's been hovering the grub, but don't worry I saved you some." Seth says to us.
"Good looking out, bro. Bella this is Seth Clearwater, Leah's brother. The newest pack member." Jake introduce him to Bella.
"The newest, bestest, the brightest" Seth says making me laugh.
"And the slowest" Jake says, bring Seth to a play fight. A whistle comes from the circle, it's Sam. Jake and Seth stops and turns around.
"Come on, your dad's about to start," Seth says making us walk with him.
"Hello, hope you don't mind us being here," I say looking at Billy. He shakes his head and smile. I smiled back and greeted the other. I sat down next to Bella who sat next to Jake. On my left sat Embry, he shared some chips and I gladly took some. I felt like someone was staring at me so I turned and what a surprise Leah was glaring at me. I rolled my eyes at her, she just gotta get over the whole 'I'm going to kill you for punching me' thing. Billy then starts to tell the history of the tribe.
" The Quileutes have been a small tribe from the beginning. But we've always had magic in our blood. We were great spirit warriors, shapeshifters who transformed into powerful wolfs. This enables us to scare off our enemies and protect our tribe. One day, our warriors came across a creature. It looks like a man but was hard like stone and cold as ice. Our warrior's sharp teeth finally tore it apart, but only fire could completely destroy it. They lived in fear that the cold man was not alone. And they were right, she took vengeance out on the village. Our elder chief, Taha Aki, was the only spirit warrior left to save our tribe after his son was killed. Taha Aki's spirit wife could see he would lose. The third wife was no magical being, no special power but one. Courage. The third wife's sacrifice distracted the cold women long enough for Taha Aki to destroy her. She saved our village. Over time, our enemies have disappeared. But one remain, The Cold Ones. Our magic awakens when they're near and we sense it now. We feel the threat in our blood. Something terrible is coming. And we must be ready. All of us" Billy finished looking at me. His eyes held worried and concerned. I know he's worried for all of us, he's knows that Bella and I will become vampires in the future but he doesn't have to worry because we'll be alright. I held his stare for a couple of seconds but I moved away.
After that, we all went to eat and had some fun. Bella stayed with Jake while I went to hang out with the Embry and Seth. Everything was going extremely well, we were all having fun like we weren't in the middle of a battle, talking with each other as though we weren't two different species, and laughing like there's no tomorrow. However, all of that stopped when Leah made a comment that this could have been prevented if Bella and I weren't here. At that moment it got quiet, standing up I went towards Leah glaring at her. I didn't want to start a fight... but damn she's asking for it.
"Why would you say that?" I asked Leah angrily. Leah stands up and since she's taller than me she was looking down at me.
"Annie. Leah" Sam warns but we ignored him
"It's true, everything would have been prevented if you and your damn sister weren't here," Leah said.
"Leah," Sue warns her daughter, but being a rebellious daughter Leah ignores her mother. Leah continues to glare at me and I glared back. Once again Sam called out our names and I decided that it would be better if we leave now before something happens.
"You know what? I'm not going to start now. I already have enough problems with one bitter bitch and I don't need to add another one" I said. Leah glares at me and I turned around. I walked towards Jake and Bella. We were about to leave but then Leah said another comment that made the others growl. Turning around Leah had a smirk on her face, I looked around and the others were glaring at Leah. I began to walk but Jake grabs my arms, silently telling me to drop it.
"What did she say?" I said angrily. Jake looked around and so did the others.
"I said I hope the redhead gets to kill you," she said. I stared at her shocked. It's one thing to be made at someone, it's another to ask for death on someone.
"You bitter, heartless, cruel son of a bitch. How dare you" I pulled my arm away from Jake and started to walk towards Leah. "How dare you turn your hatred and bitterness towards me when you should turn it toward those who are actually causing harm to you and your family. I am not your enemy, I am not the one who wants to kill you, and I am not the one who killed your father" when I mention her father she got even angrier.
"You want to be angry at someone, be angry at that damn vampire who caused your father's death. Yes, she was after my sorry ass but I didn't kill your father. I didn't want any of this. You want someone to blame then blame it on me. Hate me for it all, hate me for causing you pain, hate me with a burning passion. You want to punch someone then punch me" I said and the boys stepped forward.
"But at the end, you'll be hating the wrong person. Stop being angry, Leah. Stop being angry at me for something I didn't do. Stop being angry and start doing something about it. Turn that anger into something worth fighting for. You say that I am the cause of all this? Then why not kill me? No one will stop you. Do it now," I said opening my arms, welcoming her to end it all. However, Leah just stood there and watched me. I closed my arms and stared at her.
"You don't know me, Leah. You don't know anything about me or my life. You don't know the suffering, the pain, and loss I have encountered. I have seen things no living souls should. I know things that no one should know. I have experienced things that could even make you go mad. You're lucky, Leah. You have a gift that can help yourself and those you love. And get you to treat that gift as a curse" Leah stared at me and didn't say anything. After a while, I turned around grabbed my sweater and walked to Billy's truck. I opened the truck as Bella and Jake caught up to me.
The drive back home was silent. None of us said anything. Bella and Jake would casually glance at me but I ignored them as I stared ahead. When Jake pulled to my house, I waited until Bella opened the door.
"Thanks, see you later, Jake," I said before going inside the house.
I walked in seeing dad in the living room watching t.v. I told him goodnight before heading into my room. Jasper was already laying there. I slightly smiled at him, he was frowning. He opened his arms to me and I went to hug him. I laid next to him, my head on his chest and his arms around me. I fell asleep with nothing but Leah, Victoria Jasper, Dean, and Aro in my mind.
