Chapter 19
Thanks to everyone who reviewed for the last chapter. Sorry about how kind of slow and pretty boring these past few chapters have been, but it's almost time for the climax, I promise. And sorry I haven't been updating too often either. I'm on 3 basketball teams and I've had basketball every day this week. The other day, I made a three pointer with .05 second left to win the game, 29-30!!!! Yay! Anyway, what happens to Bella? You'll have to read to find out, so I won't be keeping you reading this stupid authors note any longer. Also, in case some of you forgot, Jeremy is the nice guard person back from like 3 chapters ago or something.
Don't own any recognized characters, Stephenie Meyer owns all.
Previously;
"Fine," Vicki retorted, her polite tone finally gone. "But you just wait, Edward Cullen, and the rest of you Cullen's too. I will get my revenge. And when I do, you had better watch out." And with that, she ran into her car, finally gone. Good riddance. Edward slunk back to his room.
I, however, sat and thought. Vicki was working with Victoria. If Vicki wanted revenge, this could not end up good for the Cullen family.
BPOV
Jeremy was perched outside of my door, watching me. He had no idea that I could see him. I raised my eyebrows at him, and he jumped, startled. I resisted the urge to laugh at the look on his face.
"What are you doing?" He asked, walking over to where I sat on the edge of the old, moth eating bed. Why did they even give me a bed, anyway? It's not as if I could sleep, right? A nice couch would have done just fine.
I glanced at him. "Oh, I'm watching my new flat screen 46' T.V. Oh, and feasting on every type of animal out there. You want to play a computer game? I have millions!" I replied sarcastically.
He took a step back. "Whoa, you're in a bad mood, aren't you? There's no need to bite my head off!"
I sighed. He was right. "Sorry. But what does it look like I was doing? It's not like I have a lot of options here. I was thinking if you must know."
Over the last couple of days, Jeremy and I had been pretty close. He wasn't at all like I would have imagined one of Victoria's guards to be like. He was nice, and friendly. He had been changed into a vampire against his will by Victoria, to join her army. He had explained to me that there were about twenty vampires at her command, ready to do whatever she commanded. He said that many of them had been nice at first, but slowly began to turn into real, honest to goodness vampires. The whole evil thing going on. But not Jeremy.
I looked into his eyes and saw not an ounce of betrayal, or a sign that he would tell anyone what I was thinking about. But all I could see was his concern for me.
I took a deep breath. "I was thinking about my family," I confessed, looking away from his inquiring eyes.
He nodded for me to go on. I took a deep breath, wondering if I should go on or not. I honestly didn't think he would tell anyone. He was decent, even though he was part of the enemy. And I really needed a friend here…
"Well, when I was still human, I moved to my father's house in Forks. There I met someone named Edward Cullen…" And I told him. Everything. All that had happened in the last 90 years. I finally told someone everything that I was feeling. And I could feel the tears start to leak out but I held them in. Well, until I finished. "And then, he proposed to me. And I had to say no. I told him that I didn't love him anymore. And he believed me." I saw his face in my mind's eye again. And that's when I started sobbing.
"Oh, Bella," Was all he could say. He sat next to me on the old bed and let me cry, holding me in a comforting way. Well, cry without tears. Same difference. Slowly, I got my sobs under control. Surprisingly, Victoria hadn't heard them. Vicki was out somewhere, I didn't know where.
"And so I am supposed to meet up with Alice and Mary later today to talk about stuff. We meet behind the school," I told him. Then I stiffened. Had I given away too much information? He didn't seem to notice or be paying attention, though, so I relaxed.
"Shh, Bella, I know exactly what you're talking about. When I was still human, I had just proposed to my girlfriend. She had been my life and I was in love with her, and she was in love with me. She said yes, and we were all set to get married. Then we had a big fight." He took a deep breath to steady himself. I couldn't believe what he was saying. "I thought that she was cheating on me. Of course she wasn't, and she told me that. But I wasn't listening to what she way saying. I went back to my house."
"Then, she tried to chase after me, to get me to listen to the truth. But that night," He paused again to compose himself. "The roads were icy that night and she had never been a good driver and I was supposed to drive her places and then she crashed into a tree. I heard the sirens and rushed out to find out what had happened. And she was lying there. Dead." His voice cracked on dead.
"And it was all my fault. My angel, Liz, lying on the floor. All because of me. Because I was too stupid to listen to the one person who was left to love me. My parents had died long ago. And Liz was the only one I had left. And I killed her." His face was consorted into a mixture of anger at himself and sadness as he remembered his fiancée. I wanted so much to reach out and touch him, to remind him that he wasn't in this alone. But I wasn't sure how he would react.
"I ran. I couldn't stand there, looking at Liz, never again to laugh or to smile or to blush or to…move. So I ran. I ran till my feet had blisters on them. But I couldn't run fast enough. I couldn't escape the image of Liz's face, blank and unknowing. Then I tripped. I heard a laugh, then, well, that's when Victoria changed me."
He stood up and turned on the spot. "I've got to go." Then he nearly ran out the door. I stared after him, unseeing, my thoughts echoing around my head. I felt so horrible about telling him about my problems, which seemed so miniscule compared to his. At least Edward was still alive. At least it wouldn't be my fault that he died. I would make sure of that. On the other hand, maybe Jeremy and I were more alike then I'd once thought.
A door slammed downstairs. Vicki started screaming. I tried to tune her out, without much luck. "Stupid...ignorant….how could he not want….we need to act now…" I wonder what they were talking about.
Suddenly I heard Victoria's voice coming from behind me. "Bella, the time has come for you to take your punishment. You have caused me so much suffering and now I will be repaying that in full." I spun around.
Then suddenly, I was overcome with a strange sensation and I passed out again.
Kind of rushed this one, but this is it! The climax! Woo-hoo! Btw, in the earlier chapter they made Bella pass out to make sure that it would work. And I am officially in love with Jeremy. He's awesome! So he is mine!!!! And when Vicki got home then, that was right after Edward rejected her last chapter. Review, por favor.
Jamie