I am very sorry for not updating sooner. I will explain why at the end of this chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or any of the familiar characters. I own The Donovan's, Eric, Ryan, Chase, Emile and Toby.
Here is the chapter.
Enjoy!!
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Chapter 9
Leaving and Heartache
Selena's POV
The day before we were going to leave was spent in panic. Bella was rushing around the house and trying to get everything packed before nightfall so that she and Edward could spend time together before we left. Eric and I, however, were relatively calm. I was playing the piano in the living room when I heard screams from upstairs. I rushed away from the piano and up the stairs to see what was wrong.
"What is going on?" I heard Victor yell from the doorway of his study.
"I don't know!" I said walking towards the squealing.
I opened the door to the room where Edward and Bella were staying.
"Hello, Selena." Edward said very calmly as I watched Bella bounce around the room looking very much like Alice.
"What is wrong with her?" I asked walking toward the bed where Edward sat watching his wife run around the room like a crazy person.
"Apparently she likes horses." he replied.
"Have you seen Eric?" I asked.
"Last time I saw him he was headed for your room." he said.
"Isn't it times like these that you wish that you had Jasper's power?" I asked.
"You have no idea." he muttered under his breath, closing his eyes and pinching the bridge of his nose.
"Bella, Calm down!" I shouted across room.
She stopped and looked from Edward to me and back again.
"What?" she said running a hand through her hair.
"I think that Jasper can feel your emotions all the way back in Forks." I said.
"Was it that bad?" she asked wrinkling her marble brow.
I just nodded.
"Was I like Alice?" she asked.
"Worse." Edward said finally opening his eyes and releasing the bridge of his nose.
I got up off the edge of the bed and walked out of the room. I took the stairs up to the third floor to my room. Fortunately, I had the whole third floor to myself. I found Eric asleep on my bed wrapped up in my sheets. I loved watching him sleep. I stripped out of my clothes and climbed onto the bed beside him. As I got lost in thought I heard a loud crash and Grace and Elvi were screaming. I ran to my closet and pulled out a dress, because I didn't have time to put pants on.
"I hate you Talon Donovan!" I heard Elvi scream.
"What in the hell did I ever do to you!" he yelled back.
"Everything, Talon" she yelled back.
"Well, Elvi, if you are so angry and hate it here so much. Then leave!" he yelled pointing to the door.
"I am leaving!" she screeched.
"Goodbye!" he yelled before watching Elvi walk up the stairs as Ronan and Grace came down having a similar conversation.
"Ronan Donovan, you are the most infuriating person alive!" Grace said through gritted teeth.
"News flash, Grace, I am not alive." Ronan said with a smirk.
"Goodbye forever, Ronan Donovan." she said and stormed upstairs to see Elvi and pack her bags.
I looked at the devastated looks on my brothers faces. I felt really sorry for them. I walked over to the couch where they were sitting. I looked at them and wrapped my arms as far as they would go around each of their shoulders.
"It will be alright guys." I said quietly.
"How do you know?" Talon asked.
"I just do." I replied in a bare whisper.
"So what do we do now?" Ronan asked.
I thought for a minute and a slow smile spread across my face.
"We paint." I said simply.
"What?" they asked at the same time.
"I said, 'We paint.'" I replied.
"Why?" Talon asked.
"It's a stress reliever. Plus, it is a hell of a lot of fun." I said getting up to grab the keys to Ronan's truck.
"Where are you going?" Talon asked.
"And why do you have my keys?" Ronan asked.
"We are going to the paint store and we need your truck." I said walking to the garage, "Are you coming."
"Hell yea!" They shouted.
I walked calmly out the garage door and pulled myself up into Ronan's massive truck. I flicked on the engine and drove out of the driveway. I was heading towards Boiling Springs when my phone rang. The caller ID flashed Eric Cell.
Flipping the phone open I answered.
"Hello?"
"Where are you!?" he roared into the phone causing Ronan, Talon and I to grimace.
"I am heading into town." I replied.
"Why?" he asked calming down.
"Because Talon and Ronan had squabbles with their wives and I am taking them to get paint and stuff to redo their rooms." I said calmly.
"Ok. You just had me scared." he said with relief.
"Silly, Boy. I'm a full grown vampire!" I said laughing.
"Don't you mock me, Selena Donovan. I will come and get you!" he said laughing with me.
"No you won't, Mr. Cullen." I replied as I pulled into the paint store parking lot.
"And why not?" he asked slightly miffed.\
"I'll run." I said hanging up and opening the door.
"What was that all about?" Ronan asked as he got out of the back seat.
"I scared Eric." I said snickering.
I walked into Sherwin-Williams and walked down the isles with Ronan and Talon tagging along behind picking up paint trays, rollers and brushes. I walked through the store and finally stopped at the paint chips. I looked through and picked out some very bachelor-esque colors for each room. When I was proud with the chips, I walked up to the counter and handed then to the guy behind the counter.
"How many gallons of each?" he asked.
"Two, please." I replied.
"It will be about thirty minutes for this many gallons." he said.
"That is alright. I have some calls to make anyways." I replied pulling out my cell.
"Lee, can we put this stuff down?" Ronan asked.
"Yea, you big lunk-head." I said shaking my head.
I dialed the number for the furniture warehouse.
"Hello Furniture Warehouse, this is Romilda speaking. How may I help you?" she said.
"Hello, Romilda, Is Tony working today?" I asked.
"Yes he is. May I ask who is calling?" she asked politely.
"This is Selena Donovan." I replied.
"Oh, Miss Donovan. I will connect you right away." she said.
After a few seconds I heard the phone start ringing and Tony picked up.
"Selena, my girl. How are you?" he asked as cheerful as ever.
"I am great Tony." I replied.
"What can I do for you today?" he asked.
"I need to deck out two bachelor pads for my vampire brothers." I replied. I loved it that Tony was in good graces with vampires.
"Really? What happened?" he asked.
"Family squabble." I stated simply.
"Ahhh, I see." he said and I could tell he was stroking his fu-man-chu.
"Don't you start stroking that fu-man-chu, Tony Emmelman." I said laughing.
"How in the hell did you know what I was doing." he asked.
"Tony, It is my job to know." I replied.
"Just like in school." he laughed.
"Yea, Just like in school." I said.
"So when will you be here?" he asked.
"As soon as I pay for the paint and supplies." I replied.
"Ok, see you soon." he said.
"Yea, Bye, Tony." I said and shut the phone before turning to Ronan and Talon.
I had been friends with Tony for the upside of twenty years. We had gone to school in Colorado together and he knew what I was right away. Let me tell you , It was scary as hell to find out that he knew our secret. At that time I had been driving a black Trans-Am. Tony and I had laughed for hours over Ronan and his childish antics. It was hilarious. He was way to much like Edward's brother Emmett for my comfort.
"Ok, that will be two hundred thirty-seven dollars and seventy-six cents." the guy behind the counter said.
"Alright." I said pulling out my wallet and getting my Discover Platinum card out.
I slid it, signed my name and started to carry paint out to my car. After all the paint was loaded I stepped back into the store and thanked the man behind the counter and went back to the car. I hopped up and into the car, turned the ignition and pulled out of the parking lot. It was half and hour later that I pulled into the parking lot of the Furniture Warehouse.
"Ok, guys lets go get some new furniture." I said laughing.
I walked into the store and went straight to beds. I picked out two king size beds and full bedroom furniture sets. I went to find Ronan so I could get him to check out the one I picked for him and he loved it. I did the same with Talon and he liked his too. I walked over to Tony and showed him over to the furniture sets I wanted and asked him if he could have them delivered.
"Yea, I can have them delivered by the end of the week." he said.
"That will work perfectly." I replied.
"Alright. I will make them and have them sent out." he said.
"Thank you, Tony." I said.
"It's isn't a problem." he replied with a smile.
I was about to say something but my phone decided to ring. Looking at the called I flipped it open with a smile.
"Hey, Eric." I said.
"Hey, Baby." he replied.
"What do you need?" I asked.
"I need to know when you will be home." he said.
"Not for a few hours yet." I replied.
"Ok, Well then I suppose we aren't leaving until this evening." he said.
"We will be leaving at about seven or eight." I said glancing at my watch.
"Ok, well, I am going to go and fix dinner. Is there anything you want me to do to help you pack, besides putting the saddles and stuff beside the front door." he asked.
"Let me do this. I will call you back when we get into the truck. I am in the middle of furniture shopping." I said.
"Alright. I will talk to you soon. I love you. Bye." he said and the line went dead.
"Ok, Tony, I hate to shop and run, but I have a few more places to go." I said with an apologetic look.
"It's alright." he said.
"Thanks." I replied giving him a hug.
Tony already knew all my shipping information so it wouldn't be hard to get it. I found Talon and Ronan waiting for me in the truck. I whipped out my phone and called Eric back.
"Hey." he answered,
"Hey, Babe. Is that offer still open?" I asked.
"It sure is. What do you want me to throw in your suitcase." he asked.
"Go into the top drawer of my dresser and there will be a note pinned to a package. Do not open that package but put it into the blue suitcase." I said.
"Alright. Anything else?" he asked.
"Yup, go into the closet and find the clothes bags in the back left hand corner along with the boot bags. Grab the green and blue bags along with the matching boot bags. Those are my barrel racing and reining outfits." I said.
"Ok, blue and green bags and boot bags." he said.
"Thanks, Babe." I said with a snicker.
"No problem." he replied.
"Ok, I have to go. I will talk to you later. Love you." I said.
"Love you too, Lena." he said and the line went dead.
I snapped the phone shut and cranked the truck up and backed out of the parking space. It was time to get food. I laughed at that thought. I drove down to the Chili's and found a decent parking spot that wasn't in the South 40. I switched off the car and got out. It had a very quiet car ride from Spartanburg to Greenville. I was surprised by my brothers. I was glad that we could be out during the day and eat human food. It the a perk of being a nano vampire. Unlike the Cullen's who were regular vampires.
"So guys, What will we be having for lunch?" I asked as we walked in the doors.
They looked at each other and grinned. "An Awesome Blossom." they said snickering.
"Alright, Whatever." I said as I turned to the Hostess.
"Table for three?" I asked.
"Yes, Right this way." she said winking at Ronan and Talon.
As we approached out table, I spotted a familiar face.
"Ryan? Ryan Burge?" I asked.
"Oh my God, Selena Donovan?" he asked.
"Yea, that's me." I said with a laugh.
"How are you?" he asked.
"I'm fine. Been dating and stuff." I said.
"You haven't aged a day." he said.
"Neither have you." I replied.
"I haven't see you in, what?, thirteen years?" he asked.
"Almost fourteen." I replied.
"So have you seen anyone else from school." he asked.
"Yea, You remember Tony March, right?" I asked.
"Oh yea, Tony Baloney. How is he?"
"He's alright. He is the manager at the Furniture Warehouse."
"Wow. So what are you doing now?"
"I am a computer programmer and Graphic Designer." I replied.
"Wow. I'm actually a third year resident at Spartanburg Memorial Hospital." he said with a smile.
"Wow. I always knew you were destined for big things." I said smiling.
"Yea." he said looking down at the floor.
"Listen. I'll give you my number and Tony, you and I can all go out and catch up." I said handing my card.
"Alright, I see you're here with Ronan and Talon. Tell them I said hello." he said.
"I will. See you later, Ryan." I said giving him a hug.
"Bye, Lee." he said.
I walked over to where Ronan and Talon sat and smiled. It had been a long time since I'd seen Ryan. It was always good to see old friends.
"So, Ryan, the High School Football Capitan." Talon said nodding his head and smiling.
"Yea, what about him?" I asked.
"OH, nothing." he said.
"Talon Acheron Donovan!" I hissed.
"What?"
"I know exactly what you're thinking." I said glaring at them.
"Shut up, Lee. You know as well as I do that you were head over heels for Burge back in High School." Ronan said.
"Don't even get me started on you, Ronan Kyrian Donovan." I growled.
"Geez, Lee. Calm down." Talon said.
"Can I take your order?" a girl asked.
"Umm, Yes. We would like three stakes. One rare, one medium rare, and one that is just barely pink inside. Three coked and 2 Awesome Blossoms." I said.
"Ok. I will take this back and be back with your drinks." she said.
"Thank you." I replied with a smile.
I was about to say something to my brothers when my phone rang. I knew that ringtone, it was Eric.
"Hello?" I answered.
"Lee, honey, something is wrong with Victor." he said.
"What?" I asked.
"I don't know. He said that he wasn't feeling well and he went to bed and now he won't wake up." he said panicking.
"Ok, I am on my way." I said. I closed my phone and told my brothers what was going on.
"You guys stay here. Get the food to go and I will send Eric back to get you." I said. As soon as the words were out of my mouth I got up and left.
I ran out of the restaurant and to the truck. The second I was In the seat I was moving at vampric speed. I put the key in the ignition and turned the engine over. I backed out and left. I hit the interstate and was soon doing eighty. I called Eric as soon as I hit the exit and told him to take the mustang back to the restaurant and get Talon and Ronan. I pulled into the driveway very soon after I got of the exit. It may have been thirty minutes for a normally fifty minute drive. I pulled into the yard and parked haphazardly across the grass, I turned the car off and got out. I ran at vampire speed into the house I ran into Victor's bedroom. I noticed that Marguerite, Elvi and Grace were gone along with their cars and all of their belongings. They had left their mates for good. As I entered Victor's room I was almost in tears by what I saw.
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A/N: Sorry I haven't updated in forever. I have had slight writers block, but it is all gone now and should be putting out at least two chapters a week. I will be putting a poll up on my page. Tell me weather you think Eric and Selena should get married. What should happen in Texas? If they still go. I will leave you to ponder this.
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