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Chapter 18:
EPOV:
We followed Bella's scent for miles. I wondered when we would be catching up to them, anytime now.
That was when I stood at the edge of the black water. I wouldn't be able to smell my way to her now. How else could I find her? I thought of what I could do. I couldn't see her, and I certainly couldn't smell her, I couldn't hear her, and she was still immune to m power. But nobody else was. Had anyone seen her? Where did this river go? I decided to follow and I would stop when the shore line had her scent.
"What are you doing? You can't follow her scent in the water," asked Alice.
"I'm going to follow and when the shore line has her scent is my stop. I'm going to follow this river."
"We'll be right behind you."
I began to run and let the wind trail behind.
BPOV:
I think I must be dreaming. I couldn't be here, not with Jacob. Not with is friends here, in a old warehouse, away from Edward. I pinched myself, nope, I was here.
"Uhn," moaned Jacob over on the bed. I remembered very clearly.
"Bella, don' t be like that," he said walking over to the bed where I sat, eyes pinned shut.
"Get away," I warned.
He sat anyway and put his arm around me. I grabbed his arm and threw it back to him like it was the arm of a rag doll. He inched closer, and yawned.
I leaped up off the bed and landed gingerly on the ground. Purposefully, emphasizing my new found vampire-grace.
"You got some balance, Bella."
"Humpf." I turned and slumped down in the corner of this awful place.
I was glad that he wasn't unable to sleep, like I was. But, at least, sleeping would be a way to pass the time until Edward came.
Oh, how I wanted Edward to find me. Quil and Embry had stolen the blankets off the bed and slept anywhere that wasn't that damp. I wished I could sleep. In my sleep I could dream, and be with Edward. I wished that my throat didn't burn, and ache for…" My train of thought was put to a stop by the waking of Quil. He stretched and looked around.
"Uh." I knew he must've just figured out where he was and why.
"Not very nice place to be at all," I mentioned. He looked at me and glared. "I don't want to be here as much as you do." I laughed lightly, "Silly thing to do," I taunted a little, "is your friendship that deep with Jacob that you would die here so he could be with me? I, who doesn't want to be with him anyway,"
"Sam has ordered it too," he reminded.
"And? I'm sure a smart person like you could persuade him to stop this all together."
"I don't have a phone."
"You do, however, can change into a werewolf with mind-reading powers."
"Um."
"This can't go on forever; there is only so much food in those little refrigerators."
"I won't do it. Jacob warned us about how you could be-manipulative."
I laughed a little. "Did he say that was a common trait among vampires? Surely you must now I don't want to be here."
"Yes, but-."
"Yes, and surely you must know that you don't want to be here."
This conversation was ended when Jacob, rolled over and opened his eyes.
"Think about it." I added, using the last of Jacob's stupor.
"Hello there," he said smiling sickening.
"Uh," I groaned and looked away.
"Oh, come on."
"I want to get OUT!" I yelled. I punched the metal door, and my hand went through. I was shocked and so was Jacob. I grabbed the sides and pulled as hard as I could possibly pull.
"BELLA!" Jacob roared. "COME BACK HERE!" He made himself tumble out of the bed groggily running to where I was crawling through my opening. He grabbed my foot where I was almost out.
"LET GO!" I yelled matching his volume. I pulled on my foot and it ripped out of his hand and I shot it back. It hit his nose, and with a sickening snap he fell back, clutching his bleeding nose.
"Good-bye," I managed laughing so hard it was almost difficult to run.
I ran quickly to town so I might find a phone. I wondered if Edward had been here. If he had smelled me. And that was when something I had not expected happened. People. Human people. They smelled like so many good things. It swirled in my head making me unfocused. There was a buzz. I recognized voices. She must be lying, there is no way Brian could…It was the voice of a woman sitting with her friend in a coffee shop. That store is too expensive…Thought a woman walking by stores. She is a hot-tie thought one man as he walked passed, I was a little embarrassed as I realized he was looking me up and down. I fluffed my hair sheepishly as I looked away. What a woman, I wonder if she is single. Thought the man walking beside him.
"Hey!" he called after me, "Are you single?"
"No, sorry."
"It's okay it's not a first," he said turning around and walking with his friend.
I followed the sidewalk. Smelling the blood was hurting my throat but I told myself that these were innocent people, and they had done nothing to me. I distracted myself by thinking about Jacob's face after my foot snapped his nose bone.
What beautiful eyes. I was afraid it was another man that thought I was attractive, but then I recognized it as a woman's voice. I looked around to see who she was talking about. They're almost liquid gold. That caught my attention; that was what I always described Edward's eyes as. My eyes snapped quickly to where her gaze was.
There he was, listening intent on voices to find me. I called his name.
"Edward!" His eyes snapped up even faster, and when they saw me the fire inside his eyes flared to a brightness I had not seen in a long time.
He ran to me. Too fast for any human. He pulled me close, and kissed every piece of skin on my face he could get to.
"Bella, oh, Bella! I was so worried, I-, I was so afraid. I thought- I lost you." He managed between kisses. I snaked my arms around his neck lifting myself up. I hugged him and he hugged me burying his face in my hair.
"Edward, I thought you couldn't find me. He went into the water, all of them were holding me, I couldn't get out. I was so afraid."
"It will be okay; I've got you."
"Hold me."
"I will."
Edward carried me at vampire speed to the place where the rest of the Cullen family was. I looked at all of them and they looked at me with stunned faces. I ran and hugged all of them.
"Oh, Bella! We've been so worried!" cried Esme.
"Let's go home," I suggested.
"Yes, I agree entirely," said Edward smiling down at me.