Okay so I´m finally back with a new chapter. I know it has been three weeks since I updated this story but school has been crazy. Last week I had one essay in English, one test in PE, German homework and a big essay in geography. Hopefully it will all slow down after we have done our National tests/ finals. My first final is in English (writing) now on Wednesday so wish me luck!
Anyway here is the chapter that you have waited for, so I will just let you read it. BUT I want to warn you all that I have been sitting with this chapter a couple of hours and that my brain now is a little slow after writing so much in English since it isn´t my first language. But hopefully there won´t be too many faults.
Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight. It belongs to Stephenie Meyer
Chapter 5
Bella´s POV
As Angela led me to Biology neither of us said much, but it was a comfortable silence. You didn´t need to fill it out and the more time I spent with Angela, the more I started to like her. She had told me that she had two little brothers at home. They were twins and they would soon turn 10 years old. She also said that she wanted to buy them something special, something that they wouldn´t just put in a box and forget about. No other person that I had met in our age had talked with such a warm and loving tone when he, or she, talked about a sibling. Yes, Angela really grew on me for each second.
"Angela!" A voice suddenly called from behind us and Angela stopped. I felt how her heartbeat picked up and her body showed all the signs of that a slight blush was covering her cheeks. The voice had been deep and had to belong to a guy, and she had to like him.
"Hi Ben. Uhm… This is Bella, Chief Swan´s daughter." Angela said with a low, nervous voice. Yep she liked this guy.
"Hi Bella." I could hear Ben saying to me so I nodded my head a little, listening to his heartbeat as well. It was slightly faster than normal and his voice told me the rest. He liked Angela as well. "So… Angela, I was just wondering if you were free on Saturday and if we could, like, go to the movies or something? But only if you want to of course." He added the last part very quickly. Poor guy, he was a nervous wreck. He really wanted Angela to say yes, but what surprised me was that I felt how Angela´s face fell.
"Oh, I´m sorry Ben, but my brothers are turning 10 this Saturday. It´s their birthday so I can´t come." She really did sound sorry and I felt the disappointment rolling of her.
"It´s okay… Maybe another time then." Ben said and he sounded like his kitten just had been run over. To my big annoyance Angela just nodded her head and didn´t say anything! I could feel that she really liked this guy, but she was just too shy to tell him that she wanted to go out with him another day. If she really wanted him she had to make a move. He was walking away right now and she just stood here, silent, watching him walk away.
"Aren't you free on Sunday?" I asked her quietly.
"Yes, why?" She said, sounding confused.
"Ask him if you can´t go to the movies on Sunday then." I told her.
"No I can´t do that, I don´t think he would like that." I felt how her eyes widened as she stared at me and how her heartbeat picked up even more. This girl really needed to believe more in herself and I couldn´t help but to feel really sorry for her. I had no idea what Angela looked like, but from what I had "seen" she seemed to be pretty. AND she had a great personality, which without a doubt was worth so much more than looks. No matter how good you looked, you could still be a total jackass, and in my point of view it was much more important to have a good heart. Angela had a good heart, I could tell that, and if someone deserved to be happy it was her. It had also been painfully obvious that Ben was crazy about her! So all she had to do was to take the first step. Well if she´s not going to do it… I thought.
"Hey Ben wait up! Angela wants to ask you something!" I screamed after him and I felt Angela stiffen next to me before she slowly started to lead me closer to where Ben had stopped.
"I… I just wanted to say that… that I´m free on Sunday if you still want to go?" I didn't need sight to know that Ben had a huge smile on his face. I mean, not even a blind person could miss a smile like that.
"Yes, I would love to! I´ll pick you up at six. If that´s okay with you of course?" he said and if I could, I would have rolled my eyes. These two had to be made for each other; I mean I had never met two humans who were so self conscious.
"That´ll be great! I´ll see you later." Angela already sounded much happier and before she led me away I said goodbye to Ben and I knew one thing. Angela and Ben would be a great couple.
"So Miss Swan…" Mr. Banner began but I cut him off.
"Bella, call me Bella." I said with a tired voice. Would everyone keep on calling me Isabella or Miss Swan? I hated to be called Isabella, and Miss Swan was too formal.
"Okay then, Bella, since you are blind you won´t be able to take notes during Biology, so I have spoken to your old school and they said that your old teacher used to record what he said and then give you the tape after class. Is that correct?" Wow this guy was formal, and he could say a lot in one breath.
"That is correct sir." I told him with a very formal tone and I felt how the atmosphere changed and became lighter.
"We have also ordered special books for you so it shouldn't be a problem for you to follow this course and finish it with a good grade. Is there anything you would like to add, any questions?" Mr. Banners tone was less formal and friendlier now and I knew he was going to be one of the few teachers, along with Mr. Mason; I would get along with at this school. When I thought about it I now had two teachers at that list. At least it was more than it was in Phoenix where the only teacher I could get along with was the history teacher.
"No, no questions Mr. Banner." I told him.
"Very well then, Miss Weber I believe the only available seat is next to Mr. Cullen in the back. You can lead Miss Swan to her seat and keep her company until the others arrive so I can prepare the lesson."
With those final words Angela started to lead me to the back of the classroom. I heard a small giggle escape her, but the thought of sitting next to one of the Cullen boys had taken over my mind. For some reason I really hoped that it would be Edward, which was weird since I had never really met him. Of course I had noticed his presence yesterday and I had heard his beautiful voice, but he hadn´t said a word when he thought I could hear him and he hadn´t introduced himself. Still I wanted him close and get to know him? Why?
"Here is your seat." Angela said and I felt how she let go of my arm to draw the stool out for me. After she had done that she once again took my hand and showed me to my seat. I didn´t need her help, but for once it didn´t bother me that someone help me. Angela had no false intentions; she just was a very caring person by heart.
"Thank you" Angela suddenly said from behind me. Her voice was low and wary; as if she was afraid of my reaction. Myself, I was just confused. Why would she thank me?
"For what?" I asked.
"I never would have dared to say anything to Ben if you hadn´t called his name and caused him to stop. I have wanted to go out with him for a while, but I haven't had the guts to ask him, so thank you." She spoke quietly. I didn´t know how to response to that. I was fighting an inner battle; should I or should I not offer Angela my friendship? On the one hand it was obvious that this girl didn´t have a real friend. Sure, she spent time with Lauren and Jessica but she didn´t belong with them. She had made herself very vulnerable right now because she had given me the choice to choose if I wanted to be her friend. The problem was that I no longer wanted contact with others in fear that they would figure out my secret.
On the other hand, something told me that as soon Bens and Angela's relationship had begun, they would only need each other and I could once again disappear into the background. The exact same thing I had done in Phoenix. Right when I heard someone enter the door I had made my decision. I rose carefully from my chair and turned around. Carefully I embraced Angela in a hug. She seemed shocked for a moment before she hugged me back. "You have nothing to thank for, friends help each other right?" I told her as I let her go and carefully sat down in my chair again.
"Right" Angela said and I felt how she glowed with happiness as she left my table to get to her seat. I had made a policy to never make friends anyone nine years ago. Now I had broken that one rule for the first time and it felt more right than anything I had done before in my life.
I had been sitting in my chair and listened to everyone that entered the classroom when I suddenly heard a pair of footsteps which seemed to barley touch the ground. I sat up straighter in my chair and focused my whole hearing towards those footsteps and…
I couldn´t hear a heartbeat. This had to be one of the Cullens and once again I cursed in head that I had to wear shoes. Still I could figure out that the Cullen coming towards me had to be either Jasper or Edward. Emmett was too big. For some reason my heartbeat picked up when the thought of Edward´s velvet voice run through my head. Why was I acting like this?
I heard how, either Jasper or Edward, got closer to my table. I heard how the person draw out his chair and sat down before he finally placed his hands on the table. A huge wave of need and happiness rushed through me. Happiness for that it was Edward who had sat down at my table and need for that I needed to hear his voice. Ever since I heard his voice yesterday it had been on my mind constantly and now I needed to hear it. Just so I knew that I hadn´t imagined his beautiful voice.
But how was I going to make him talk. He had already scooted as far away from me as possible and he wasn´t breathing, just like yesterday. I felt a little hurt that he wanted to get away from me and I paid no attention to what Mr. Banner was saying. Then a thought hit me. What if I could make him talk and at the same time find out if he really had super hearing? That was a good idea.
"Thank you" I whispered, I kept my voice far too low for a human to hear but I felt how Edward tensed. No one else in the classroom reacted in any way so I knew that they hadn´t heard. The idea of just thanking him had I actually gotten from what had happened just a while ago, when Angela thanked me and I asked why. Now I hoped that he would become so confused that he asked me why. I had nearly given up hope when I heard something that caused my breath to hitch in my throat.
"For what?" His velvet voice was even more beautiful than I remembered. My memory hadn't done it justice. My memory had been a disgrace to his real voice. It completely took over me and it took some time for me to compose myself.
"For helping me out yesterday when Charlie came looking for me. You and your family spared me a lot of trouble." I told him with a weak voice. He seemed to be in thought for a moment.
"What do you mean with trouble?" His voice sounded a little frustrated.
"Charlie is very overprotective and had probably given me house arrest for the rest of my life if you hadn´t helped me out." My voice sounded amused since I knew Renee would have given Charlie a living hell if she had found out any of the things that happened yesterday.
"Well then I´m glad we could help you out." He said not sounding convinced. After that both of us were quite for some time and I tried to focus on what Mr. Banner were saying, but all I could focus on was the boy sitting next to me. He pulled me in like magnet.
"So why did you move to Forks if you knew you would get in trouble with your father?" His voice sounded slightly desperate, but also interested. Maybe I had imagined the first part.
"My mother married a guy named Phil a few years ago and I thought it was about time they got some privacy. Both Renee and Phil deserve that." I told him being completely honest. I felt how he was going to ask another question, but right then Mr. Banner asked him a question, ending our conversation. Never before had a teacher had such bad timing. I already missed his velvet voice and it had only been a few seconds since I heard it. Irritated I let out a small sigh and I felt how Edward´s eyes flashed to my face. Of course that caused my blood to rush to my cheeks. Edward tensed and turned forward the same moment this happened. Strange. After that I tried to focus on the lesson… and failed miserably.
Everything about him seemed to draw me in. His voice which wasn´t alike anything I had ever heard before and his own special sent. It was a mix of honey, lilacs and well… sun. I knew that no perfume or cologne could even come near a smell like that. No, this was Edward´s own sent which were unique for him and he didn´t try to cover it up like other humans did. Still his sent was more intoxicating than any other humans. During the lesson I could I felt how others in my class stared at me, and probably at Edward as well, and it kept on bugging me.
When the lesson was nearly over I gave up a small cough, causing Edward to look at me again.
"If your sister wants her shoes back, tell her to be in the parking lot in ten minutes." I told him and before he had a chance to reply the bell rang. Carefully I rose from my chair and stared to walk away when I felt an ice cold hand carefully grab my wrist. A huge rush of electricity rushed through my body and I felt how Edward immediately let go of my wrist. He had felt it too. I waited a few seconds before I turned around and walked to the front of the classroom to fetch my tape. When I reached Mr. Banner I heard how Edward left the classroom and how his sent washed over me one last time before it disappeared. I became a slightly light headed, but I quickly composed myself while I waited for Mr. Banner to sign my slip.
Right before I left the classroom Angela came up to me.
"Do you want me to follow you to gym?" She asked, still a little wary.
"I have been freed from gym since I can´t see, so my school day has ended now. But do you want to meet me tomorrow before school starts so can we go to our first lesson together?" I asked her and I felt how she lit up.
"That sounds great. I´ll see you tomorrow Bella." I said goodbye as well and heard how her footsteps disappeared in the opposite direction that I was going. It was weird how Angela seemed to know that she didn´t have to lead me to Mrs. Cope's office. Maybe she was one of those people who just knew what to ask and when to do it. If that was the case, it was a great gift.
Carefully I made my way to outside and walked to Mrs. Cope´s office. When I opened the door I heard that she was on the phone so I decided to wait. Once she was done I walked towards her and handed her my slip.
"Did you have good day dear?" She asked with a shaking voice. For the first time I smelt this woman's sent. She smelled of cigarettes and wore a lot of perfume in an attempt to cover it up. The smell itself nearly caused me to throw up.
"Uhm… Yes thank you." Was all I told her and I heard that my voice was strangled in an attempt not to breath in this woman's sent. None of us said anything else and when I was out in the open I draw a deep breath. Even the smell of gas was better than the smell of that woman. Then I felt it. Five pair of eyes was staring at me. I knew immediately that it was the Cullens. How all of them had gotten out of class was a mystery to me, but I didn´t care. Instead I draw one last deep breath and picked up Alice´s Converse before I started walking towards them. I had to walk a little slower than usual since I had trouble seeing, but I moved faster and more confident then I had done earlier today.
I could feel that they were all standing around a car so I stopped a bit away from them. I was not going to walk in on their family´s space. Everyone had some kind of personal space and it could increase or decrease when others joined. In this case I was as close as I could get.
I could tell that Alice stood in the front of her family. She was the shortest of them. I could feel that her eyes watched me excitedly and I felt how a small smile spread on my lips. Always a lot of energy it seemed.
"I wanted to return your shoes and thank you Alice for letting me borrowing them and thank the rest of you for helping me yesterday." I told them.
"No reason to thank us Bella." Alice said with a friendly and happy voice. I felt how she walked towards me. She carefully took her shoes, which I think was an attempt not to startle me. What she did next though shocked me a little. She took my hand and I now I really could feel how her eyes searched for my own. For the first time I realized I wasn´t looking at Alice and turned my head so I was facing her. I felt how she opened her mouth to say something, but in that exact moment I heard the roar of a motorcycle that turned in to the parking lot. I felt how Alice´s eyes followed the motorcycle and that the rest of the Cullens had to be watching it as well. They weren´t at least looking at me any longer, I could tell that.
The motorcycle slowed down and stopped right next to me. I turned around to face the person who now stood before me and a small part of my mind told me that Alice still hadn´t let go of my hand.
The young man in front of me was nearly as big as Emmett and he smelt like smoke, forest and wet dog. I recognized his smell but I couldn´t place it.
"When Charlie told me that you had changed Bella, he was far from lying. Is that really you?"
With a small squeal I freed myself from Alice and jumped into the arms of the person in front of me. I knew his voice. He had been my best friend when I was little. Jacob Black caught me in his arms and spun me around while we both laughed. When he finally sat me down at the ground I lifted my hand to his face and traced my fingers over it, just like I had done nine years ago. He stood silent while I followed every single line in his face and when I was done I threw my arms around him and noticed that my head only reached to his chest.
"I´ve missed you Jake." I told him and he laughed a little before he answered.
"Missed you too Bells and the guys as well. When Quill and Embry heard that Charlie had asked me to pick you up they literally jumped up and down on the spot. I had to threaten them with murder before they allowed me to leave without them." I laughed a little while Jake shock his head a little. That was Embry and Quill.
"Wait, is Charlie in La Push?" I asked.
"Yeah he and my dad are planning some kind of welcoming party for you so we have to go now if there´s going to be any cake left, but remember that I never said that." Jake added quickly.
"There is no risk of there being any cake left if I know you right." I mumbled under my breath but Jake heard me and someone else as well. Emmett´s laugh made me realize that the Cullens were still standing on the parking lot.
"You go get the helmet Jake, I have to say goodbye." I said to him and I felt how he let go of me and turned towards the bike. I turned to Alice who still was rooted in the same spot as before, staring at me.
"Thank you once again. I´ll see you tomorrow Alice." I told her.
"See you tomorrow Bella." She said in a small and uncertain voice. I gave her a small smile before I felt how my helmet came down over my head. Jacob then lifted me into the air by my waist and sat me down at the bike. I felt how he sat down in front of me and I looked my arms around his waist. Jake kicked the bike into life and before he drove of I waved a little in the direction where I now thought Alice and her family was standing. Then we flew over the parking lot. I felt how five pair of eyes was burning holes into my back and the knowledge of that one of those pair of eyes belonged to Edward sent waves of electricity and excitement through my body.
Edward´s POV
It was kind of amusing to watch how Lauren kept on defending our honor as she screamed at Tyler, Eric and Mike. When Eric a few minutes later slipped and said that "You have to lie if you want to date the new girl who was the hottest chick in school." Lauren snapped and emptied her soda on his head before she and Jessica left the cafeteria together. I don´t think any of us ever had tried so hard not to laugh, but in the end it became too much for poor Jasper who cracked. As he started laughing he also lost control of his power so everyone in the cafeteria started to laugh as well. It wasn´t until the bell rang for the first time that we realized lunch was over.
When I started to walk towards Biology I heard how Alice started to translate the national song into Swedish and that could only mean one thing, she was hiding something. Deep in thought trying to figure out what she was hiding from me I entered Biology and as soon I stepped over the doorstep her sent hit me like a wall. It had filled up the whole room and was extremely intoxicating. It took all my will power not to stop and just breath in her wonderful sent. I saw in the corner of my eye how Bella sat up straighter in her chair and how she seemed to concentrate on something. She had an excited look on her face. Why would she be exited to sit next a monster?
Wait! Sit next to a monster? That was when my mind told me that Bella indeed was sitting on the chair next to mine, the chair that had been free for the whole school year. Shit! I thought. Did the universe really want to punish me for something I had done? I carefully made my way over to my seat as I stopped breathing. Then I took my chair and sat down as far away from Bella Swan as I could, but I couldn´t help to stare at her.
This was as close as I had ever gotten to her and I felt a strange urge to touch her. Her snow white skin almost seemed to glow in the dim light and her hair that flowed down her back did glow in the light. She didn´t wear any makeup and she didn´t need to. I heard Bella´s name in nearly every single thought in the room but Angela´s mind draw me in.
I can´t believe that Bella helped me like that. No one has ever told me that they wanted to be my friend before and no one has ever noticed that I like Ben.
Then I saw a scene play in Angela´s head where Bella helped her to get a date with Ben Crowley and didn´t even expect a simple thank you for her help. If it had been Lauren and Jessica who had helped Angela put they had, without doubt, asked her to give them something in return.
"Thank you" I heard Bella saying with a low voice at my right. I could hear in the minds of the humans that no one had heard her, but it was her voice that captured me. How could I ever mange to stay away from this creature when two short and simple words made me even more bound to her. It was as if every time I heard her voice or saw her, a new part of me became hers. It was such a strong feeling and I had never felt it before. For each breath she took I became hers more and more, and it was nothing I could do to stop it. To even leave her out of sight for a few seconds now seemed to rip up a hole in my deed heart.
That was when I realized she was still waiting for an answer. Thank you she had said. Thank you for what? I hadn´t done anything that was worth thanking for, had I?
"For what?" I asked in the same low tone that she used. I heard how her breath caught in her throat and a sudden panic cursed through me and I had to look at her before I could calm down. She had just been surprised that I talked to her.
"For helping me out yesterday when Charlie came looking for me. You and your family spared me a lot of trouble." She told me in a weak voice. Had we spared her lot of trouble? Sure her father seemed to be very overprotective and he seemed not to know what his daughter was capable of but what kind of trouble did she mean?
"What do you mean with trouble?" I said and I heard that my voice was a little frustrated. If I just had been able to read her mind then I wouldn´t have to ask her. I wasn´t used to asking others neither what they were thinking or what they meant. Usually I just picked the information I needed from their minds. End of story.
"Charlie is very overprotective and had probably given me house arrest for the rest of my life if you hadn´t helped me out." She sounded slightly amused when she said his. Why would she think it was funny? Last night she had seemed pretty panicked about that Chief Swan would find her at our house and she must have known he could give her house arrest back then as well. She also had said that we had spared her a lot of trouble, so why would she find it amusing now?
"Well then I´m glad we could help you out." I told her not completely sure if she was just trying to mess with my mind. After that she didn´t say anything and seemed to be focusing on what Mr. Banner were saying. Myself, I couldn´t concentrate for even a second. Bella´s sent and her personality had become like a drug. I needed to figure her out, I needed to be close to her and I needed to hear her voice again. For some reason it had a calming effect on me.
"So why did you move to Forks if you knew you would get in trouble with your father?" It irritated me that my voice sounded so desperate but I desired to hear her voice one more time.
"My mother married a guy named Phil a few years ago and I thought it was about time they got some privacy. Both Renee and Phil deserve that." She had moved because she wanted to give her mother and her husband some space? What kind of teenager did that? One that is very unselfish of course. I thought. She hadn´t cared about her own happiness when she moved from Phoenix to Forks, she had been thinking of her mother's. I was about to ask her how she had made a decision like that when Mr. Banner asked me a question. I picked out the answer from his mind and also saw that he hadn´t noticed or conversation.
Then I heard how Bella sighed a little and I couldn´t stop my eyes to flash to her face. Right as I did this a blush crept up her cheeks. The monster inside of me once again screamed for her blood and in an attempt not to take her right now my whole body tensed as I quickly turned away. I didn´t care if anyone saw my fast movement, I would gladly expose our secret to keep Bella safe, but no one noticed except Bella. I didn´t understand how she could be able to notice everything. It was impossible for her to see anything with her white eyes, so how did she know everything that happened around her?
The rest of lesson I was deep in thought and the hour went by pretty quick. It wasn´t until I heard a small cough that I looked up. The cough had come from Bella and I turned my head so I was looking at her. Her white eyes started into my own and seemed to bore into the depths of me. I could see the life shining in her eyes that at the same time looked like they were dead. I felt a small shiver down my spine, something that had never happen since I became a vampire, and once again I started to question if Bella Swan really was human.
"If your sister wants her shoes back, tell her to be in the parking lot in ten minutes." She told me just as the bell rang. She rose from her chair and started to walk towards Mr. Banner. Suddenly my urge to touch her rose in me again and this time I didn´t have the time to stop it. Before I had time to take control of my feelings I had risen from my chair, moved towards Bella and grasped her wrist. Just as my fingers encircled it I felt how a huge rush of electricity ran from my hand and into my body. Shocked I let go of her wrist, but the tingling sensation in my hand reminded. Bella stood still for a few seconds before she kept on walking. She had to have felt the rush of electricity as well.
Still shocked I quickly left the classroom. I could still feel Bella´s warm, soft skin against my own and the sensation nearly draw me mad. That was when I heard Alice screaming silently for my attention.
Edward! You thick skull listen to me!!! Thank you! We´re already at the parking lot we are waiting for you. I saw Bella's request in a vision. Alice thought. Then something dawned to me. Alice had known what would happen in Biology that was what she had been hiding.
Sorry for not telling you Edward but I knew you hadn´t walked to Biology if I had told you. You need to realize that you and Bella are meant to be. Alice thought and I just mumbled some swears under my breath. But Alice was right. There was no way I could stay away from Bella Swan now.
We all stood waiting around my Volvo as Bella was inside Mrs. Cope's office. Rose was still very irritated that we spent our time on the human. Emmett and Alice in the other hand were very excited and Jasper, well he was Jasper. I was focusing on Mrs. Cope´s thoughts.
… such scary white eyes. How can a human look like she does! There isn´t a single fault in her face, everything is perfect. Not even Rosalie Cullen is as beautiful as this girl. She can´t be human. She has to be something else. White eyes like hers doesn't belong in a humans face. But still she doesn't look dangerous. She looks innocent. Maybe she is a guardian of some sort…
Could Mrs. Cope be right, was Bella a guardian? No that didn´t make any sense and if I was going to guess what kind of creature she could be I would still say she is an angel. Then we saw Bella exiting Mrs. Cope´s office, she was taking deep breaths of air like she tried to get rid some kind of stench. Had she been able to feel Mrs. Cope´s repulsing smell? Not that it would surprise me. Bella seemed to have all of our heightened senses and it would only be weird if she didn´t have our smell as well. We all could see the exact moment when Bella noticed us because she tensed a little and draw one last breath before she started to make her way towards us.
It was just as Alice´s vision but now I could see that Bella moved more confident then she had done earlier this day. The wind played a little with her hair and she stopped 1, 3 meters away from Alice who stood in front the rest of us. It was a little weird that Bella stopped before she reached us, but Rosalie seemed to be pleased. She didn´t want Bella to come any nearer than she had already done.
"I wanted to return your shoes and thank you Alice for letting me borrowing them and thank the rest of you for helping me yesterday." Bella told us and everything still followed the vision perfectly. To my big surprise Jasper didn´t seem bothered by Bella´s scent, he was actually breathing. Very carefully I decided to draw in a small breath and to my big surprise I nearly felt anything. The wind seemed to have taken Bella´s concentrated sent away and now it was only half as bad as it had been in Biology which made it easy to breath.
"No reason to thank us Bella." Alice said with a friendly and happy voice. Before she walked forward to grab her shoes from Bella´s hand and she took them carefully. After that she took Bella´s hand and it was here the vision had ended. To my surprise Bella immediately looked Alice in the eyes the moment she grabbed her hand. Alice was going to ask Bella if she wanted to go home with us after school when a black motorcycle turned into the parking lot with a roar. Everyone in my family now followed the black bike which was coming towards us.
The guy driving was nearly as big as Emmett, with black hair that reached his chin and his skin was red-brown. It was obvious that he was one of the Quileutes and we all tensed. We could all smell the dog stench around him. We knew that he had turned into a werewolf and that he wasn´t allowed on our side of the border. The dog slowed down and stopped his bike right next to Bella. He didn´t seem to notice our death glares. To my big surprise I heard that Jasper could read from Bella´s emotions that she recognized the dog.
"When Charlie told me that you had changed Bella, he was far from lying. Is that really you?" The dog said in a husky voice. When Bella heard his voice she gave up a squeal, ripped her hand from Alice and threw herself into the arms of the dog in front of her. To say that we were shocked was an understatement. How did Bella know his guy? The jealousy was so strong that I nearly saw red. The feeing didn´t become better when he stared to spin around with my Bella in his arms and both of them laughed. I could feel that Jasper tried to close himself from me but right now I didn´t care. When the dog finally put my Bella down she started to trace his face with her fingers and I felt how my own body ached for her to do that on me.
"I´ve missed you Jake." She suddenly said and hugged the Jake-dog as he laughed a little before he answered.
"Missed you too Bells and the guys as well. When Quill and Embry heard that Charlie had asked me to pick you up they literally jumped up and down on the spot. I had to threaten them with murder before they allowed me to leave without them." Bella laughed a little and I heard in Jake´s thoughts how happy he was that he had managed to get her to laugh.
"Wait, is Charlie in La Push?" Bella asked and sounded a little confused.
"Yeah he and my dad are planning some kind of welcoming party for you so we have to go now if there´s going to be any cake left but remember that I never said that." The dog said but Jasper could feel that he didn´t feel sorry at all and I saw how he remembered a birthday party they had tried to keep a secret from Bella. The memory was a little blurry but I saw how a young Bella got some kind of explosion before she, with the help of a wall, walked out of the room.
"There is no risk of there being any cake left if I know you right." Bella mumbled under her breath which caused Jake to chuckle and Emmett to start laughing. His laugh seemed to remind Bella that we were still here and she turned her head a little in our direction.
"You go get the helmet Jake, I have to say goodbye." She told the dog and he let go of her as he turned his back to us. Jasper could feel how hard it was for him to be this near us and how much he had to fight the urge to attack us.
"Thank you once again. I´ll see you tomorrow Alice." Bella told Alice who now stared at her.
"See you tomorrow Bella." My sister said in a small and uncertain voice. All of us, except Rose, were worried about Bella. She seemed to know this guy in front of us, but he was a young werewolf and we all knew how dangerous they could be. Bella smiled a little at Alice before the dog pushed a helmet down over her head and locked his arms around her tiny waist, lifting her up on the bike. If I had had a heart it had been beating a hundred mils a minute. I was extremely worried about my angel and for every second the moment when she would leave came closer.
The dog sat down in front of Bella and she warped her arms around him and gave us a small wave. Then she started to disappear, on her way to La Push where I couldn´t follow her. All of us stared after my angel and for the first time in my existence I knew how it felt to be left behind by someone that you cared about and maybe even loved.
So I hope that you all liked this chapter! I really liked to finally throw Jake into the mix as well. Poor Edward doesn't know how to handle his feelings. For the next chapter I don´t know if there will be an Edward´s POV. It can be a little hard to fit into the chapter, but I will let you decide. If you want to have Edward's POV just tell me. ;)
I also want to thank all of you who have reviewed. You have no idea how much it warms my heart when I read you wonderful reviews so THANK YOU!
Hopefully there will be a new chapter next Sunday, but you never know. Now don´t forget to tell me what you think :)
/Love Lysistrate
