This is a week or so after Brandon gave away their secret (only Lee knows.).
BELLA POV
Esme has informed me that I have gymnastics practice in forty-five minutes. I don't know how she knew I liked gymnastics; I just know she found out somehow. I suppose one of my siblings could have told her but it doesn't matter to me.
I was pulling on my leotard don't make fun. And those things are uncomfortable! I wore them 4 5 years!! when Lee called me downstairs.
I quickly grabbed some pants and a shirt to toss on over my current attire. After that I ran down the stairs to where I heard her melodic voice. She called me once more and I followed her voice to the front door. I stood there looking at it and I heard her whisper to me.
"Open it" I turned and her head was stationed right beside mine, over my shoulder. I did as I was told and I looked out the door.
Nothing. There was nothing there.
"Look Down." She whispered. I complied.
Looking down I saw two chocolate lab pups! They were in a pretty basket with pink, blue and black, for my sake I'm sure, blankets underneath them. My jaw dropped to the floor and memories of my old dog came ripping straight through my floodgate. I closed my mouth and clenched my teeth, to keep from bawling. My efforts worked a little but a tear had slipped down my cheek making its way to the corner of my mouth. I lifted a hand to wipe away the tear.
I turned around, so that I may nod my head in thanks. But Lee wasn't there. She was gone. She couldn't have left that silently, and I was only drowned my memories for a few seconds and few seconds to look at them. Oh well, I shrugged it off.
I turned my head back to the pups and bent down to pick the precious things up. I looked at them and figured out that there was one boy and a girl. The girl would be Mocha and the boy would be Latte. Mocha and Latte. I like it. I turned around to see Alice, Esme, and Lee looking at me with giant smiles on their heavenly faces. I nodded my head in gratitude and made my way to the kitchen.
Once arriving there I pulled off a piece of paper from the fridge and a pen off the table and sat down. With the pups squirming around on my lap it was hard to write, but I pulled it off. I set my precious puppies on the floor and put there name by each of them. Next to there name was a color for there collars. Mocha was stumbling around on her feet with the paper that stated "Mocha Hale, purple" and Latte was curled up on his that you could barley read his name and the color "olive green".
I guess Alice took enjoyment out of this and zipped around the room finding her keys and jacket. She grabbed Rosalie, or Rose, as I was told to call her, at the forarm and manhandled her out the door and into her yellow car. I could tell from here that it was a Porsche 911 Turbo S60. I heard some tires screech as she pulled out of her long driveway and sped onto the highway.
I gave Esme a questioning look and she simply stated, "Shop-aholic." I was not surprised. Sometime last week she took me on a eight hour shopping trip to find me knew clothes. I swear she bought me the whole Hot Topic store. I vowed to never go shopping with her again after that, unless it was online.
After a little while I went to my gymnastics practice. I had a private tutor.
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After a few hours Alice came back and had the bug guy, Emmett, and Jasper, the emo-ish one, get all the stuff. She must have had every dog toy known to man and more also she had beds, food bowls, food, potty pads, and various other items. So I just walked away.
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I was in my room with my dogs curled up into each other in the center of my bed. I was sitting at my charcoal desk when Mocha yipped. I turned, worried and looked at her. He little paws moved away from Latte and were moving as if she was running, but not as fast. I had a gut feeling she was having a nightmare. I quickly went to her and picked her up petting her gently to soothe her. She awaken and eventually went limp again as she fell into a deep slumber.
The rest of that night went by without incident.
The next day however… Is a whole other ball game.
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I woke up with my dogs curled up next to my stomach. I looked at them and I felt something in my chest warm up at the thought of what I was going to do today. I had a plan for today.
I would take my dogs out with me to explore the surrounding woods and I would take what little money I have and shop online for some training utensils. My dogs would be exactly what they are, labs. And in my book labs retrieve birds. So I would have to teach the internet Before they start training I will need to teach them basic skills of obedience. After that I want to go to you know how people do flips and such? That is called tumbling for those of you who don't know tumbling at Washington Gymnastics and Cheerleading Academy.
So I went downstairs leaving the warmth of my bed and my dogs. Esme had gotten breakfast ready and was talking to me. She knew by now I wouldn't talk but she knows I am a good listener. So her pretty voice prattles on talking about nothing and asks what I plan to do today. I will write to Esme and Alice, but that is about it.
I wrote her a note on a pad of paper. It read what I had plans for, and after she read it over she nodded.
"How about you go and bring someone with you, dear? It is dangerous out in these woods. I know Alice is shopping with Rosalie in a hour and Jasper is doing some research at the library. Lee, Brandon, Andy, and Bex Becca are working in tow hours I believe. Carlisle is already at work and I plan to go and help. That is unless you wish of me to stay?"
I shook my head that signaled her to do what she pleases.
"Okay if you are positive. But I forbid you to go in those woods with someone with you, and no your dogs don't count. Edward and Emmett will be here if you like, I am sure they have nothing to do."
Emmett is too talkative and he is a man, and HUGE. So he is out. Edward rarely talks to me but he still is a male and that frightens me. I am sure I would be able to subdue if need be though. I mean God gave me powers, right? Why not use them?
So I wrote down Edward's name and Esme called him down. She talked to him in the living room so that I wouldn't hear, but I did.
"Edward, would you please escort Bella today?" Esme.
"Why me?" Edward.
"Because Bella chose you rather than your brother so would you?" Esme.
"I guess. What does she plan to do today?"
I guess Esme showed Edward my schedule, seeing how she came in here to get it and then left.
"Okay. I'll keep an eye out for her."
"No. I forbid her to go in the woods alone, so you with go with her."
"Yes, ma'am."
She walked in then a picked up my now empty plate. After outing it in the dishwasher she told me she was going to freshen up then meet her husband at the hospital.
I believe I heard Edward walk up the stairs then and some back down moments later. He walked into the kitchen wearing a H.IM. t-shirt and black pants. Over his shirt was a black cotton shirt that had a skeleton cage printed on it with a heart behind the ribcage. Then off beside the heart it said H.I.M.; overall I liked his outfit.
My shirt had Hawthorne Heights on it and my pants were a grayish color. I had yet to get myself a light coat. It was supposed to be cool today with an overcast sky. Big surprise.
After looking at the bronze-headed boy's attire I looked up to his face. I hadn't done that since we first met. I did but never did I really look at his features.
His hair was disheveled in a good-looking way and his light gold eyes were scrutinizing me. He had a full set of lips that were slightly more colored than his very fair skin color. He had flawless features overall.
After I realized he was smiling I wondered why so I peeped into his head for info.
Ha. She is looking at me. Although she still has a blank look on her face with no expression, it still is a step up. She is pretty… well, pretty. Or maybe gorgeous. Wait…
After that I left his thoughts and my face flushed for the first time in years. My face was stained with pink. He thought I was pretty? Then after that he said gorgeous. He must be delusional. With that I made up my mind and decided he was coo-coo crazy.
I ran up the stairs at top speed just to prove that I didn't need a babysitter. At the top of the stairs I looked back to see his body rotated to see me, and his jaw had gone slack. In my mind I thought HA! Serves you right. After that I swear his jaw touched the floor before he picked it up to speak.
"Y…you just talked," he said. My expression turned fearful before I turned it back into its usual icy, expressionless state. I just looked at him like he was a nut and turned and ran. I grabbed a black hoodie that Alice got me, and pulled it up and over my head. I pulled my hair up in a messy half bun half ponytail.
I picked up my bathroom necessities and rushed to the bathroom. no shower. She had one before she got out of bed. I forgot to type it lol. I brushed my teeth and put on some chap stick. I jogged back to my room put my bathroom bag on my black dresser. My dogs were up now and were play fighting around on the bed.
I picked them up and fed them in my room with the dog food that was located in the corner. They ate together peacefully. After that they went straight to the water bowl between their bowls. They struggled to get to the water. I guess they don't like sharing.
After their meals I took them outside before they could have an accident on my carpet. I let the two sniff around and do their business.
Edward met me outside after they finished. In his left hand was Mocha's purple leash and Latte's olive green one. He handed me one and I looked at it and turned him down.
My dogs would not be raised as pets they do not need a leash unless they are bring naughty. Then and only then would they be held against their will.
Edward shrugged his shoulders and stuffed the leashes in his back pocket. The dogs started to make their way to the wooded area that is off to the side of the mansion/ "house".
They stumbled a few times on the protruding roots. They sniffed around a lot. And they seem to be following something but I wasn't paying attention. I was in la-la land with my recently acquired iPod. I was listening to Fallen by Evanescence. We must have walked for a while because my feet were getting sore.
Edward suddenly said we had to go back. I was confused but kept walking as if I didn't hear him. He suddenly stopped and called me back.
"Bella, please come back. I uh, forgot something." I stopped and turned around. I gave the male a skeptical face but after remembering that we had only a few steps between us, I quickly walked back to him. My dogs seemed to sense I wasn't following them so they turned around and walked behind me.
Edward let out a sigh and turned and walked back towards the house. I noticed the close proximity between us and I took a few steps away from him. He seemed to have not noticed.
EDWARD POVOnce I smelt a mutt I called out to Bella and persuaded her to turn around. She came after something that seemed to be a short battle in her head. After she got closer to me I let out the breath I didn't know I was holding.
We continued to walk and the soft pitter- patters told me her dogs were following us. I searched for her mind to see if I could read it yet.
So far I have only been able to read her mind when she had nightmares. She had them almost every night but only once did I go in her room for that problem. We usually let her try to get through them. Alice said if we woke her up then she would feel bad because she would have 'woken' us up. So we didn't.
After a little bit of walking she took a few steps away form me. I was used to this. It is a natural instinct for any living thing to shy away from vampires. But I have this gut feeling it wasn't because of my 'species'.
BELLA POVWe walked another ten minutes or so and then we arrived in a clearing. I am guessing it was somewhere near the house. An idea came to me and I went to the middle of the clearing and my dogs followed after me like the loyal friends they are. I sat down in the middle and stretched. My dogs sat and eventually lay across from me and watched me with wonder. Edward was sitting on a nearby tree stump also watching me.
After I was fully stretched I brought my dogs over to the side of the clearing near Edward, but not to close, because the last male near my previous dog killed it. I lifted my hand, palm up, asking with my eyes for the leashes. He stood up and grabbed the leashes from the back pocket of his black skinny jeans and put them in my hand. His ice-cold hand grazed my fingers and an electric shock went through us. I jerked my hand back and walked over to my friends, err, dogs.
I clipped the leashes to their collars and loosely wrapped them around a tree trunk. After that I walked to the center of the clearing and prepared to tumble.
Step, step, step, hurdle, round off, back handspring, layout, back handspring, back handspring, back tuck.
It just flowed out. I landed with a gymnast's grace and continued.
Tumbling, I love it. It makes me forget my troubles in the real world. I get worked up and run forward taking three more steps before I do a front handspring- round off- back handspring- back tuck on the bare ground. To make the landing process more comfortable I take off my annoying shoes.
My feet met the cold ground once I threw the shoes and socks of to the sides.
I did several tumbling skills before I started my routine that I was taught the other night. I was in the middle of the routine when I heard Edward shouting at my dogs. I turned and saw him run off after them a speed that wasn't fully human. I will remember that.
I took off after him without my shoes. I was going at a speed I never attempted to get at before.
WARNING: LANGUAGE
That bastard! He frikken jacked my pups! Mine! They are like my kids! I will rip him limb from limb! I WILL KILL HIM. HE WONT GET TO MY DOGS! NO! LAST ONE KILLED 'EM!
she hasn't noticed her now bloody feet.
EDWARD POV
I heard a snarl rip from Bella after I started running after her dogs. Ugh, now she hates me. Wait. Snarl? Bella snarled! I kept running after the dogs that I presume were running after the mutts in La Push.
I heard nothing behind me except the growls and snarls ripping out of Bella's small frame. God! It's not like I'm killing them!
I breathed in as I took another step. Just I breathed in a gust of wind blew my way sending Bella's luscious scent up to me. because she is bleeding she smells even more appetizing now. So Ed smelt her and now if is just as alluring as it was the first day in biology. But when she isn't bleeding its tolerable. I stopped dead in my tracks. My demon vampire came out and was telling me to go after her.
bold is normal ed. Italic is demon.
Kill her. No. Never! Do it. NOW!! No! She is a mother fucking angel who deserves the best life in the universe! I will not kill her! Do it now or so help me! I will do it myself!
THIRD PERSONWith that Edward's demon lashed out and his eyes turned pitch black and he flew after Bella. Bella, who totally ignored Edward was still cursing Edward with profanities in her head and flew right by him.
Bella picked up her puppies and put them behind her securely and turned at Edward.
She barred her teeth at him and let a deep snarl rip out of her chest and she crouched down in a fighting stance.
She let a cry in pain.
She circled to get Edward and he circled the opposite way.
Edward lunged and reached for her. She dodged.
She kicked; he flew.
He picked himself up and Bella charged and then suddenly dropped her knees screaming blood-curling screams.
Her voice was high and scary. She ducked her head between her knees and head her head in agony.
EDWARD POV.
I heard an angel's high soprano scream. It made my stomach twist in knots and my finger clench. I felt like puking. I awoke out of my horrid trance and saw Bella's fragile form on the floor. She was holding herself, like she was trying to keep herself together.
Her horrid screams hurt my sensitive ears. But I still walked toward her and her screams went down by a small notch so I pulled her closer and felt her burning skin. It was literally burning!
I yipped in surprised and ran off after picking up the pups. I went straight to my house. I laid her on my bed, since I knew nothing that was going on. I called Carlisle and quickly told him of the possible lethal situation.
Moments later I heard Carlisle's Mercedes pull up the driveway and screech to a stop .All the while Bella's screams had increased so I crawled in bed and hoped my icy skin would somehow cool her off. It worked to some degree.
By then Carlisle had leaped up the stairs skipping two or three at times. Her ran through my door and checked out her vitals. He felt her rising temperature and concluded al of this in one sentence.
"She's going through the transformation."
AN GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I COULNT STOP WRITING!! LOL so I hope you liked it. Told you the dogs would be a major thing in the story. Review!! This is 8 pages so I think I deserve it!!