Chapter 4
Vampire, on your left Sam shouted in our heads and I banked left to see the red-headed leech heading towards Forks. No way in hell was she getting within a hundred miles of my Bella. I growled, snapping at her arm, missing it by mere centimetres.
After the night at the bonfire, I was determined to get the little bitch. It had hurt a lot when she'd gone home with Jacob rather than me, but I tried to keep my mind off it. And this was one of the ways that I was dealing with it.
Damn it I growled.
The little bitch obviously knew that she was out number and began running at full speed towards the beach. And believe me when I say that bloodsucker is fast!
Suddenly, an ear splitting scream filled the air that literally tore my heart out of my chest. As the pain built up in my chest making it hard to breath I realized who it was.
BELLA! I shouted and ran as fast as I could to the place where I distinctly knew where she was. I'd just heard Embry telling Sam that Harry Clearwater had a heart attack before I phased and jumped off the cliff towards Bella.
I grabbed her petty little body with one arm and used the other to propel both of us up to the surface.
"Breathe" I cried out, beating her back, trying to get her breathing again. If she died...
I pushed that thought roughly aside and smacked her back again.
"Breath, Bella! C'mon!" I begged, staring at her lifeless face. I stuck her again as I carried her up the beach. Please, please, please don't let her die. I don't Know what I could do if she died!
"Bella?" I begged her to answer me. "Bells, honey, can you hear me?" I was too busy trying to keep her alive to notice my slip up.
Just then Sam came running up to me, his eyes frantic but trying to keep his calm face. Even though he hadn't known her for long, Bella was already like a little sister to him.
"How long has she been unconscious?" he demanded.
"I don't know" I reported frantically, looking back at her face and brushing her soaking wet hair from her too-pale-cheeks. "A few minutes? It didn't take long to tow her onto the beach."
At least she was breathing now. That gave me some relief at least, but the rain didn't help much.
"She's breathing" Sam noted, crouching down silently. "She will come around. We shoulder get her out of the cold, though. I don't like the colour she's turning." Neither do I.
"You think its okay to move her?" I asked, carefully assessing her body to look for any damage.
"She didn't hurt her back or anything when she fell?"
"I don't know."
We hesitated.
Suddenly life was brought back into my body when I heard my little angel croak "Paul?"
"Oh!" I gasped in relief, tears of joy springing into my eyes. "Oh, Bella! Are you okay? Can you hear me? So you hurt anywhere?"
"J-Just my throat" she stuttered, her lips quivering from the cold.
"Let's get you out of here, then" I said. I slid my arms under her and lifted her. I hunched my shoulders, trying to keep the rain off of her as her head lolled over my arm.
"You got her?" Sam asked, relief crossing his features and I shot him a smirk. He merely rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, I'll take it from here" I reassured him. "Get back to the hospital and I'll join you later. Thanks, Sam."
Sam nodded and jogged back to the forest where he phased and ran back to the hospital. Now my Bella was alright, I hope Harry was going to be okay.
"I was searching for you" I told her as I half jogged through the rain, up the beach to the road. "I followed the tire tracks to your truck" that's a lie but who cares "and then i heard you scream..." I shuddered. Does this girl know what effect she has on me? "Why did you jump, Bella? Didn't you notice that it's turning into a hurricane out here?" Now that the relief was fading, anger was returning and she flinched at the edge in my voice.
"I didn't jump" she muttered, avoiding my gaze.
"What do you mean? Did someone push you?" I asked, anger coursing through me.
"Victoria" she murmured and my blood turned to ice. "She found me. She kinda gave me a fright and I forgot I was standing on a cliff and feel off."
I shook my head in disbelief. Only Bella...
"Sam came back with you...is everyone else home, too?" Only Bella would be worried about us big, bad wolves getting hurt by bloodsucking leeches.
"Yeah. Sort of" I answered shortly, avoiding her gaze. That girl could read me like a book if I looked into her eyes, even if it was for less than a second.
Bella's eyes widened.
"You said...hospital. Before, to Sam. Is someone hurt? Did she fight you?" Her voice jumped up an octave, sounding strange with the hoarseness.
"No, no. When we got back, Em was waiting with the news" I explained sadly. "It's Harry Clearwater. Harry had a heart attack this morning."
"Harry?" She shook her head, tears swelling up in her eyes but she blinked them back. "Oh, no! Does Charlie know?"
"Yeah. He's over there now, too, with Billy as well."
"Is Harry going to be okay?"
I winced. Harry had always been very close to me, almost like a father. "It doesn't look so great right now."
"Where are we going?" Bella managed to asked, closing her eyes.
"My house" I answered and opened the door before stepping inside.
"I'll get you some dry clothes" I muttered, placing her on a chair and racing up to my room.
I was back in a couple of minutes, throwing a black shirt and some shorts to her. "They'll be huge on you, but it's the best I've got. You can grab a shower if you want to."
"Thank you" she whispered, and, with that, she disappeared up the stairs, leaving me to my thoughts and fantasies.
AN: Okay, this is getting a little creepy. First I can't get emails from and now my PM disabled. If anyone knows what's going on please let me know. Until I figure this out, I can only do the reviewers. Sorry ;(
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