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Chapter 5 His Weakness
Did a part of me know that James was waiting for me outside? Yes and no. I guess in a way I thought I was protecting them. The Cullen's. The fact of the matter is that I did it and I was now standing in front of James with a huge smile on his face. I must have a stupid look on my face because he gives a small laugh. I hope death comes fast, but I do not see James being that kind.
"Hello, beautiful," James says as he takes a step closer towards me.
I stay extremely still as James runs his hands through my hair. I do not want to give him the satisfaction of me shivering, and I am thankful that I do not.
"Just do it. Kill me," I tell him, closing my eyes so I do not have to see it happen.
"Now what fun would that be?" James asks me, stilling smiling
He grabs me and begins running at vampire speed. Maybe the Cullen's are already following us. When I finally open my eyes again, I am in a room that just contains a bed and a toilet. I turn around and find James leaning casually at the entrance to my prison.
"What are you going to do to me?" I ask.
He crosses his arms and begins to laugh.
"Don't worry your pretty little head about that," James says.
Then I think of something worse that he can do to me than killing me. I finally start to shake some.
"Oh God, you're going to change me," I blurt out.
I fall to the bed and cover my mouth to keep me from screaming.
"Hardly," James says with another laugh.
I begin to cry as he leaves me. When I wake up a couple of hours later, I find a plate of food waiting for me, which I do not eat. I begin to think of what his plans are for me if he is not going to kill or change me.
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Back with the Cullen's, Alice and Edward were fighting. Emmett had tried to stop them, but it just continued. Rosalie was acting like she was ignoring them by watching the television. Jasper was behind Alice, as well as Carlisle and Esme.
"You love her," Alice said at the top of her lungs at Edward.
There was no denying it. She did not need a vision to see that. The problem was that Edward refused to admit it. How could a vampire be in love with a human?
"I do not!" Edward yelled.
If his face could get red, it would be now. He crossed his arms around his chest and turned away.
"Do to," Alice said, and before she could say any more, Jasper put a hand on her shoulder.
It frustrated her that Edward refused to admit his feelings when it was so obvious.
"Stop this childish bickering right now!" Esme snapped at them
This made everyone in the room quiet. Esme hardly ever got mad. Then again, the family had never fought like this before either.
"Sorry, Esme," Alice apologized, letting her head down.
"Now then, how are we going to save Bella?" Carlisle asked.
Edward quickly turned with wide eyes at Alice after hearing her idea.
"Absolutely not!" he protested.
Surly there was another way.
"It's perfect. James doesn't know about your special ability. You can hear his thoughts," Alice explained.
"And you can see what his plans are," Edward added.
And then he began to realize that it was a good plan. He was going to do whatever it took to save Bella. Edward then cursed at himself. Alice was right. As always.
"Exactly," Alice said with a wide smile on her face. Edward's angry look on his face fell. "I'll have a better idea of what's going on once I…"
"Alice?" Jasper asked.
Alice had the same expression on her face as Edward did. Something was happening that the others did not know about.
"Someone's at the door," Edward said.
Carlisle walked over to the door and opened it. Standing on the other side of it was Jacob.
"Jacob…" Carlisle said as Jacob passed him and entered the home.
"What's wrong with Bella?" he demanded. Edward was fighting the urge to rip this kid's head off. "Charlie said she was spending the night with Alice."
He knew Bella hated sleepovers. When he found out about the Cullen's being vampire, it made him even more protected of her.
"He knows about us," Edward said without a care in his voice.
Jacob turned to Edward angrily.
"And what if I do, vampire?" he asked.
Edward laughed calmly.
"I know who you are as well, werewolf," he said.
Their eyes filled with realization.
"I thought I smelled something," Rosalie said.
Emmett placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Easy, Rose," he said.
Jacob then turned back to Carlisle for an answer. He still had not been told about Bella.
"Bella has been taken," Carlisle replied.
Jacob's eyes grew with anger. His body started shaking. He could feel his body wanting to change into his wolf form. He knew he could kill them all right now for letting this happen. None of them, maybe even Edward, would how what hot them.
"Easy Jacob," Edward said, knowing what could happen. Esme went to put a hand on Jacob's shoulder, but Jasper stopped her. Emmett pulled Rosalie behind him. "Just breathe."
Jacob started to take deep breaths in and out.
"We have to save her," he said after finally calming down.
"We got it covered, dog," Rosalie said.
"My pack can help," Jacob replied.
Carlisle thought about this for a moment.
"I'm sorry Jacob, but we can't accept," he said.
"Why the hell not?" he asked.
"They won't want to help vampires," Carlisle said.
"We'll get her back," Edward replied.
With that, Jacob stormed out the door.