Chapter 5- Longing
How
can you see into my eyes like open doors
leading you down into my
core
where I've become so numb without a soul my spirit sleeping
somewhere cold
until you find it there and lead it back home
Evanescence- Bring Me To Life
Edward's POV
I sat on my bed and stared out the window. Cut him some slack, she'll be okay. She can kick my ass in arm wrestling still, too!, Emmett thought happily. I disregarded this comment and walked to my stack of CDs. I picked a random one and popped it into the disc player. The mellow tunes of a saxophone started playing.
I walked over to the bed and laid down. I heard someone moaning quietly in Alice's bedroom. I got up again and walked over to her room. At first, I thought the room was empty. But then I saw a figure rolled up in the corner. I listened intently for some sign of thought. There was none. I walked closer to see that it was Angela.
"Angela?" I asked cautiously. Angela rolled over and I saw pale marks under her eyes and her skin an unhealthy pale white. The side of her head was bandaged. She sat up a little then put her head back down.
"I don't think the medication Carlisle gave me agrees with me," she said quietly. I got up immediately trying to remember the course I took all those years ago in college. I placed my hand on her wrist, but she flexed away.
"Sorry," I mumbled, and tried again. After a minute passed, her pulse counted to fifty-five. Not good. Not good at all. "Carlisle!" I yelled.
In a second, Carlisle was standing next to me. "What's wrong?" he asked Angela. She just shook her head. "Edward, tell Alice to get me the emergency kit. You're going to have to help me," Carlisle said in a relaxed voice. Years of practice.
I flew down the stairs and saw Emmett watching some reality show. "Emmett," I said quietly. He looked at me. "Get the emergency kit with the transfusions. We're going to operate," I said. His eyes grew big for a moment, but he got up and went. I went back up the stairs and joined Carlisle in the room where Bella once sat several months ago. But instead of Bella's pale face and large body, lay pale and frigid Angela.
"Ready?" Carlisle asked when Emmett brought the kit. In the distance, I heard a flurry of footsteps and the grinding of a car's gears. "Oh no," Carlisle whispered. Ben was definitely coming in this time. "Someone get Alice to take care of him!" yelled Carlisle as he put his protective gloves on. Angela just stared at us, wondering what we were talking about.
I heard the door bang open and Bella shout, "Guys! We have a slight problem!" Carlisle and I looked up at the same time. He nodded for me to go. I ran down the stairs.
As always, Bella looked beautiful. But she looked hysterical. I pulled her close to me and hugged her.
"What's wrong?" I asked. We were soon joined by Alice, Esme, and Emmett. Alice looked over Bella approvingly. Jasper was nowhere to be found. Bella held up a letter that she pulled from her pocket. When we all say the return address, we huddled closer. "Volturi?" I asked, confused. She merely nodded.
I grabbed it from her grasp and briskly opened it. It read:
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cullen,
I am sorry to report that your sister Rosalie, your daughter Renesmee, and you wolf ally our currently joined with us in Volterra for a visit. We didn't want to alarm you in any way. They will be promptly returned to you in a fashionable manner unharmed. If you wish, come visit us as well. We've been meaning to talk to you.
Sincerely,
Aro
The paper crumpled under my grasp in my rage as I threw it against the wall. Emmett swore loudly and punched the wall next to him which caused the foundation to quake. Bella fell to the floor and put her face in her hands. "My baby," she merely whispered.
I sat next to her and wrapped my arms around her while she tearlessly wept. "What are we going to do?" asked Alice as she went to the other side of Bella. I merely shrugged and shook my head.
"We should go after them!" yelled Emmett. I got up from Bella's side and patted him on the shoulder.
"We can't, they have us outnumbered," I whispered. He swore and stormed out of the room.
Jacob's POV
It was dark and quiet in the small confines of the room. It reeked of vampire and Renesmme was beginning to cry. Rosalie and I sat protectively huddled around her. Renesmee put her small fingers to my forehead. I'm cold, said a voice. Then a picture of Edward and Bella and me popped into my mind. We were all laughing. I shook my head to wipe the image out and numbly transformed it the monster that I was.
Jacob? Asked Leah and Seth at the same time. I was so overwhelmed by hearing voices other than my thoughts that I actually jumped up in surprise. Where are you?
The friggin' Volturi got to us. We think they're going to attack us soon. Go over to the Cullen's' house so I could talk to them! Go! I yelled as my vision became swirled with theirs and I was suddenly running through the trees.
Be right back, I said and moved to a dark corner and returned to my human form. I slipped on my sweats and went next to Rosalie and whispered, "My pack's going to your crypt so I can communicate with them. When I nod, just whisper to me so Edward can pick it up."
Her eyes grew big for a moment, but she agreed. I phased into a wolf again. We're here, said Leah. I could see Bella's anguished face in Edward's arms. I cringed. "Start talking," Edward's voice echoed. I filled him in on how the Volturi captured Rosalie and Renesmee right after they left and how I mindlessly followed them. I let my eyes wander to Renesmme's crying face and Rosalie's still form to assure him that they were all right.
Suddenly, both Rosalie and my head's snapped towards the back of the room. The door? "Jacob, don't let Aro touch you! Don't let him touch you!" Edward screamed. Suddenly, instead of Edward's worried face, it was replaced by Bella's.
"Be careful," she whispered, and I shut my eyes. Then, a bright flash replaced the complete darkness. I pushed myself in front of Renesmee and snarled. A light laugh rang throughout the room.
"So, Jane. I absolutely dread your company," said Rosalie numbly. Then, she fell to the floor.
Bella's POV
Silence was the only sound to be heard while we grieved and waited. I sat in the corner, my face never out of my hands. I let nobody come near me, talk to me, or touch me. I wanted complete solitude. I even didn't let Edward come near. I hadn't hunted in three weeks. My eyes were turning black, but I didn't care. I wasn't thirsty.
On the fourth day of waiting, I picked my head out of my hand s for the first time. Nobody was in the room, but I could hear whispers from the dining room. I didn't feel like company just yet, so I got up, stretching my aching limbs, then walked slowly up the staircase to Edward's room.
Soft jazz was blasting from the speakers. I grimaced. Not my kind of music. I found a fairly new CD and popped it in. A soft melody started, then a women's voice started wailing.
Each verse strung a cord of my heart. I sat down on the couch and looked at the bed. My human scent still briefly lingered there. I sniffed instinctively. I could not understand how Edward controlled himself.
I shut my eyes and tilted my head back. I now understood why Edward had such a vast music collection. This was pretty much the only thing that didn't bore you to death. Figuratively speaking, of course.
After a while, I felt the soft lurch of springs and I opened my eyes. Edward sat on the bed, staring at me intently with his head tilted to the side, like a child waiting to see if something was going to blow up. I looked away, ashamed at my behavior.
He got up silently and sat next to me, pulling me into a warm embrace that I did not deserve. He tightened his hold as I became graver. He put his hand under my chin and turned it so that I was facing him. I felt a shiver run through my spine as he caressed my cheek.
He moved his face closer to mine, and our lips met. I still grew dizzy very fast, so I broke away with my breath going rapidly. He was the same. "Wait," he mumbled against my lips and jumped out the window. I felt a little hurt until I realized that I should follow him.
I followed his scent to our cottage. I quietly went up the stairs into our little space of forever.
Alice's POV
"I need to keep myself preoccupied," I said as I stretched my fingers and walked around the room. I glanced at Emmett who was laughing to himself. "What?" I asked questioningly.
"You could do what Edward and Bella do to keep their selves preoccupied. Although, you'd have to find something to do very soon," he said in between bursts of laughs. Rosalie smacked him on the head mumbling something that sounded like "you pig".
I shook my head and walked over to Esme. She was rearranging the flower bouquet on the coffee table. "I was thinking about making the cottage bigger," I said as I leaned against the wall. She looked up at me with questioning eyes.
"I saw Renesmee getting restless for Jacob in a few years because he lives in La Push. We can either move to a new location, or make the cottage bigger," I said as I picked off a rotting petal on one of the roses. She nodded and walked over to the staircase to dust.
"So they'll be okay," Esme said to herself. "I know you already told me, but I get restless. I think we should just start a new. Make it a good project for a while," she said as she flashed a smile at me. I nodded and went to get paper to start making the plans. I smiled to myself as my pencil made delicate lines along the paper. After a few strokes, I snapped my head up. Renesmee and Rosalie were coming.
But why could I see them? Was Jacob not there? I had no need to warn the others. Their heads were snapped up in the same direction as mine. I had no need to bring Edward and Bella, because they were standing in the entryway. I had no need to worry, but I did anyway.
A/N: THANK YOU FOR REVIEWING, GUYS!! You can not…fathom how much this meant to me. And yes, I said fathom. I'm sorry if I worried you, I just have had a lot of tests and assignments, but the next chapter is coming soon! Love you! Oh yeah, please rate and review!
-Daisy