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Tidbit O' Info Related To This Chapter: The Hebrew name "Chaya" means "life" in Hebrew, and she's Ethan's wife. You'll see.
Edward POV
Bella blinked. Once. Twice. Then she started to laugh hysterically. Ethan, having even less experience than I did with humans and didn't know that they were extremely breakable, suggested in a voice barely above a whisper, "I think she's having hysterics. Maybe you should slap her?"
I gave him an odd look, and he shrugged. "I'm not going to do that. With her broken arm, do you think a broken jaw would make anything better?"
I gave me a look that clearly said, sorry, sorry. I nodded, and then looked over at Jasper.
"Please...calm her down," I glanced at Bella again, and I was getting worried. She was crying tears of mirth now, and pounding her non splintered arm on the tent floor, thankfully. It looked like she wasn't breathing. I finished, "Quickly."
Jasper closed his eyes and concentrated. He even shook a few times with laughter himself, when his concentration broke. Finally, Bella calmed down enough to sit upright, and blush a deep red.
"Sorry." She mumbled.
Emmett grinned at her and said in an encouraging voice, "Don't worry. I found it pretty entertaining too."
Bella took in his large size with large eyes before managing a weak smile.
She slowly backed away from Emmett, closer to me until she ended up halfway in my lap. Emmett grinned, again. Jasper hit him over the head, and Ethan rolled his eyes. I pulled Bella all the way into my lap. She stiffened. Maybe this wasn't okay? Maybe she didn't want any physical contact really with vampires.
She relaxed when she realized I wasn't going to harm her.
Ethan held out his hand and warmly greeted her, "Hi, Bella. I'm Ethan Matthews Cullen."
Bella smiled at him, a small one, and cautiously touched her hand to his and then pulled back.
Bella slumped a bit against me, all traces of nervousness gone, and I nodded thankfully to Jasper. Jasper introduced himself next.
"Jasper Whitlock Cullen, Bella." He held out his hand to Bella, and she shook it more surely now. I smiled to myself.
Emmett grinned, and boomed, "Emmett McCarthy Cullen, at your service, ma'am!"
Bella cringed, and then grinned along with Emmett.
A young soldier named Laurent (A/N: Yeah...) rushed into the tent, and growled at Emmett, "Major Cullen, please. Do not yell. It's traumatizing most of the survivors."
Emmett whispered, "I need to tell you something, Laurent." He motioned for Laurent to come down, and put his ear near Emmett's mouth. The poor man didn't know what Emmett was going to do to him. He did as Emmett asked him, and Emmett boomed, "Yes sir!"
Poor Laurent staggered out of the tent, holding his ear. Bella was giggling, and looked like Emmett and her were going to become fast friends, and I was glad about that. I had been wondering how she would adjust to living with vampires.
It seemed that she was taking it all rather well, now that she knew that we wouldn't harm her. Bella suddenly looked as though she was thinking hard about something, and then she voiced it.
"How large is your coven?" She once again reminded me that she knew about vampires. It shocked me a bit. She had still recognized us so easily.
"There's Carlisle and Esme, the parent figures. There's Emmett and his wife Rosalie, and then Jasper and his wife Mary Alice although we call her Alice, and there's me and my wife Chaya, and there's Edward. He's not married." Ethan answered for me. I made a face at Ethan, and he smiled widely back.
"Oh...where do you live?" Bella asked.
"Forks, Washington State. But, Carlisle sometimes works in Chicago, Illinois. He left the army before Edward rescued you from the camp." Jasper answered before I had even opened my mouth. I scowled at him.
I finally got something in. "Esme will be meeting us on Ellis Island, New York when we leave the ship that brings us to America. From New York, we'll go onto Chicago to pick up Carlisle, and then we'll continue onto Forks, Washington to meet the family and begin a new life."
Mmkay then. Short chapter, yes, but Julia wants to go to sleep, it being 12:02 midnight. That's right...she's over MY house (it's Tirzah typing.)
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