Trick-or-Treat
Chapter 4; Part 4
Jacob's Point of View
We were brilliantly successful; we beat the Cullens at Guitar Hero. They claimed it all to be Emmett's fault because he was wearing stilettos. It was all somehow kind of funny. The one that seemed the angriest was Blondie. I wonder what her problem was. I guess I should make an attempt to irritate her even more.
"Hey Rosa-Leech," I said. "What do you call blonde twins doing bubble gum commercials?" I grinned at her.
"Humor me, mutt," she said, uninterested in my humor.
Has she heard this one before? I mentally asked Edward. He shook his head no. "Double-Dumb—No offense Jasper… You know, since you aren't literally related.
Emmett chuckled. So did Bella, Alice, and Jasper. My pack didn't find this funny, only Paul did—what a loser… again.
"One day I'm going to accidentally shove my heel right up your—," Rosalie started saying, but then she luckily got cut off by Alice.
"Carlisle is going to call in a minute," she said. "He and Esme want us to help him give out the goodie-bags to the little kids that are in the hospital. So, let's go."
"Where's Leah?" I asked, now realizing that she wasn't with us. "Did she leave home already?"
"No, you stupid, she's sleeping upstairs. She's tired," Rosalie replied.
"I think we should leave her to rest. Werewolves are grumpy when you wake them up," Bella said.
"Yeah, we should. Armani will keep her company. I'll let her stay. We'll only be gone for an hour," Alice coincided.
The hospital was freaking deserted. No one was here, except the dressed-up personnel and some families. Being here made me shudder. I never liked hospitals and needles. Paul and Jared decided to skip the hospital due to their costumes. We knew it was some lame excuse. They just wanted to spend time with their imprints—but before, they would go grab a bite from an In-N'-Out Burger right across the hospital. I couldn't blame them though. This is what imprinting does to you; it makes you someone you're not. I had no interest in imprinting, yet. Hopefully I would stay single for life… Nah, that's lame, I just hope I have a future with some girl.
"Good timing," Carlisle said, arranging some blue and pink bags into a box when we entered his office. That must be the candy that we're going to deliver to the kids. "Choose a partner and get a box. I will be giving you the floors on which you're going to be delivering."
I looked around, seeing that everyone had gotten paired up: Alice and Jasper, Bella and Edward, Rosalie and Emmett, Embry with Quil, and Seth with Sam. Great, now who was going to be my partner?
"Uh, Dr. Fang, there's a problem. I don't have a partner… What am I supposed to do?" I said, nonchalantly. If I was lucky, he would send me home.
"You could just follow Quil and Embry. There's no problem with that," Carlisle responded.
"Sure, sure."
Embry grabbed the box and Carlisle handed me the slip. We would have to go all over the second floor.
Our way up to the second floor was quiet. I need to start conversation ASAP. "Embry, what's wrong with you? I've been seeing you eye Leah for the past week. Why don't you just ask her out already?" I was only kidding. Embry would never want to date Leah.
"What the hell?! I haven't been checking Leah out. If she saw me doing that, I wouldn't be here," Embry responded, going berserk. "She'd probably rip my eyes out from the socket. Though I got to admit that that night of the bonfire, she did look good."
That was a low blow for me. Leah was just like my sister. The way Embry spoke about her was rude. I punched him in the gut. He almost fell down the stairs, but I decided to be the good guy—again—and pull him up.
"Now what was that for? You were the one that started the speculation about Lee. It's your fault if you didn't want to hear me," Embry said, rubbing his abdomen.
"We shouldn't be fighting here. This is a hospital you morons," Quil whispered.
Paul's Point of View
"What are you and Rachel going to be doing tonight?!" Jared howled, whacking me in the head with the burger bag. "Let's go to a strip club! You'll be the stripper."
"Nah, I'm just going to chill with Rachel tonight," I replied halting, snapping the heels off of my feet. "You're perverted, Jared. More perverted than I am. What's going on with you lately?"
"Okay, I'm going to be blunt with you… Kim wants me to be her first. I'm excited. I don't know what to expect." He had the smile of a kid who had just gotten his first unexpected kiss.
"Shit. That's why you didn't want to go to the hospital? That's kinda messed up. But whatever, it's your life." I scratched my head. How was it possible that he was going to do it? He was like one year younger than me. I should've been the first one…
"It's going on tonight. Should I be careful? Or should she be careful?"
"Are you mentally retarded? Of course you should be careful. You don't want any presents coming. I heard women regret it sometimes. Be careful buddy."
We were reaching the Cullen house now. Jared had forgotten his Scream mask. And we should probably take Leah home. She'll get pissed if she knew that we stopped by only to rescue a mask. It smelled funky in the front yard.
"Did you blow one, Jared? Cuz if you did, you are the second sickest person to ever lay one," I said, feeling disgusted at the smell.
"Yeah, sorry, I couldn't hold it in. It was killing me since we were ordering the burgers… Who's the first?" He replied.
"Silent but deadly," I muttered. "Number one is obviously me. I hold the crown." I opened the unlocked door.
"Leah! Get your ass down stairs. We're leaving!" Jared shouted from the bottom of the grand staircase. "Where'd I leave my mask, Paul?"
"I don't know…on the sofa, maybe?" I replied, trying to flip the lights on. "The lights are shut down."
There was a barking sound coming straight from upstairs. It was Armani. She was howling.
"What's wrong with Alice's dog…? Ew, Paul, did you blow one? It smells like rotten barbeque sauce. Now that one was funky," Quil chuckled.
"That wasn't me," I said, jolting at the unpleasant smell. "Something is burning, dude. It's coming from upstairs. Let's go."
We ran up the staircase heading to the side where there were vacant rooms. The hallway was foggy and it was burning hot in here.
"Jared, call Jacob. Hurry up," I ordered. "Leah! Where are you? Answer me!" I was panicking. Where was Leah? Even though Leah acted like a bitch towards me, I still liked her. She was like my baby sister—the evil harpy.
"He's on his way," Jared said.
"Shit I can't trace her scent under all this haze," I coughed "Oh shit, where's the dog?"
"She's over at the end of the hall. Look, hurry." Jared was coughing too.
We burst through the locked door. There was nobody in here. Crap.
"Jared, Paul, where are you guys?" Someone shouted. It sounded like Jacob.
"Down the hall, Jake! Hurry we can't find Leah," I said.
"Guys get out of here. Sam and I have it under control. Just get out," Jacob said, shoving his way past us.
"Let's go, Quil," I said. Armani howled from the corner of the staircase. I took her and made a run outside.
Jacob's Point of View
Shit! Where was Leah? There was nothing in the room that Paul and Jared opened. Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit. The fire was ravaging through the last bedroom across the hall. I had a feeling Leah's body was stuck in there. If something happened to her, I wouldn't be able to live with myself.
Sam appeared out of nowhere beside me. We both charged towards the door. It came slamming down. The fire was scorching in here; it made my throat ache and burn. I swallowed hard, but it made it worse. I searched all over the room. Where was she?
From the corner of my eye, I saw her body lying on the floor beside the bed. I quickly threw myself in there, with Sam flanking me. I yanked my stupid Wolverine claw off my left hand and threw them. Leah's forehead was bleeding. How the hell did she start this fire? I gently grabbed one of her shoulders and Sam grabbed the other one. We both carried her out of the room. Before leaving, something caught my eye. It was a mask that was stacked on the headboard. Something was up.
I handed Leah over to Sam completely and then dodged myself up to the headboard. The fire was growing now. From a distance, I heard the fire trucks zooming in through the forest. Shit. I needed to get out of here or else they would need to check me for any 'injuries.' I grasped it with my right set of Wolverine claws and ran out, almost choking with the blazing fire. I hid the mask around my belt.
"Jacob are you okay?" Bella asked, in a relieved tone. She was alone. Where were the others? She launched herself at me. "You need to leave now. You running around with an abnormal temperature will shock the meds. Carlisle already left to check on Leah. Get out of here, hurry."
"Where are the rest of the Cullens?" I asked.
"They're still in the hospital. Esme will be here instead of them. She's just going to come up with a tiny lie. Now get out of here Jacob. Hurry."
"Okay. Bye Bells." As soon as I finished, she was gone. I phased into my wolf form—I'd get out of here faster. I carried the shreds and the mask in my mouth.
Oh, you're here. Leah's fine. She just had an accident. Carlisle's taking care of her now, Quil said.
What are you doing out here? Shouldn't you be at the Clearwater's with the rest of the pack? I replied.
Sam has a feeling that Leah was attacked because she has a weird symbol on her forehead. It got marked on her. Whatever attacked her broke her nose too, Embry said, so he said to keep an eye around the forest for anything strange.
What the hell, he isn't even your Alpha. Why should you listen to him? What ever, at least he's just trying to have precautions, I said, grimacing. Well I'm going to stop by my house first to get some clothes and then I'll go to see Leah. See you guys there.
I phased back into my human form behind my old garage, letting the mask fall. I peeked outside the door to see if anyone was there. I didn't want to scare anybody with my birthday suit. The coast was clear. I darted towards the porch and then looked through the door's window. Crap, Leah's mom was here talking to Billy. How was I supposed to get in? My window was locked. I looked around the porch for anything that could cover "Pablo"—when Leah and I were younger, she explained to me that the guys' private part was called Pablo. Ever since then, the name Pablo got stuck to me—I chuckled at the thought. There was a white towel on the handrail. I guess this would be enough. I twisted it around my waist.
"Hey dad, Sue," I said, once I entered the kitchen. My eyes widened when another pair of eyes looked at me. Charlie. "Oh… Hi Charlie."
"Hello Jacob," Charlie replied, with wide eyes still gazing at my naked self.
"You're home early son. How was the party at the Cullen's place?" Billy asked. He didn't even seem a little embarrassed.
"It was disturbingly cool," I lied. The only part that was true was the 'disturbing' part.
I headed off into my room and opened up my closet. I had nothing to wear. I think this was the time that I needed to go shopping with Leah. Every time she came over, she would be criticizing my wardrobe. She'd propose a shopping spree, but I'd always turn her down. I grabbed some shorts and darted out of my window, not caring to tell Billy where I was running off to this late. I ran, putting extra boost to get to Leah's home faster.
Edward, Emmett and Jasper were at the back of yard. They were talking. What where they doing here? I thought that they headed back to the hospital to make everything seem "normal."
"What are you guys doing here?" I asked, jumping up the fence that surrounded the Clearwater's yard.
"We ditched the hospital to see how Leah was doing," Emmett replied. For the first time, he didn't seem comical. "Rosalie, Bella and Alice stayed."
He seemed so serious, I was about to go crazy. I wasn't that scared that something would happen to her; she is a she-wolf after all, so she would be healing quickly. When I saw her body, there were no visible burns on her skin. She only had a huge cut on her forehead. I turned my back on them, deciding to go visit her and make sure she was okay. A cold hand restrained me. It was Edward.
"What?! I gotta go see how she is, okay. Let me go," I said, trying to wriggle myself out from his grasp.
"You can't. Carlisle is still examining her. Your pack left already. They will be coming to visit her tomorrow. You should go, Jacob," Edward said, still holding on to me.
"Let me go, leech. You don't want to see my bad side right now. I have to see her," I contradicted. Out of nowhere I started to feel calm. I hated it when Jasper used his powers on me. "Please, Edward. I have to see her. At least let me go in and see her after Carlisle is finished treating her." This was a plea. I hated begging to anyone, especially leeches. Heck, I never begged anyone to do something for me in my entire life. Maybe once: Bella… But she was the only one.
"Fine, but only when he's finished." Edward surrendered.
I went to go sit by the old apple tree that was right under Leah's window. I heard no voices, only Seth's. Why the hell was he allowed in there?
"Seth is her brother," Edward said, answering me question.
Get out of my head, leech, I thought.
"I wish I could, Jacob. I wish I could." He turned his back to me and started talking to his brothers again.
What the hell was that mask that I found on the headboard at the Cullen's place? It had some weird symbol on the forehead. Its scent reeked like a vampire's, but only worse. I played the symbol in my head. Edward, do you have this kind of mask at your house? I asked.
"No, can you replay it again?"
I replayed it again. "Embry and Quil told me that Leah got attacked by someone. That's Sam's theory, though," I said.
"No one has been able to see Leah yet. I briefly heard Carlisle's thoughts about a symbol, but that was all. He's much too busy examining her. I assure you that when he's finished I'll check the symbol," Edward said.
"I have the mask. I left it in my garage, though. Should I go get it?" I stood up from my position on the apple tree, ready to make a run back home.
"Yes, it would be easy to actually see it." He turned around and grinned. Bella used to talk about that grin all the time. She said that he dazzled her with the crooked smile. Pshhh, mines is way better.
"Sure it is, Jacob. Just keep believing." He chuckled at my thoughts. I cursed at him in my mind, trying to make my rude thoughts burst out of my head. Hope that was noisy enough for ya, I thought, running back to my house.
Jasper's Point of View
Silly Jacob; he's always trying to make Edward angry or just miserable. It works sometimes; partially. I was sensing that Edward was going to go after him and tackle him to the ground. I quickly washed him with my tranquil emotions.
I heard Leah sigh. She was up. Edward looked my way then at Emmett.
"Are you helping her?" Edward asked.
"Yes," I simply answered.
"Can we go see her?" Emmett asked, "Before Jacob gets back?"
Edward considered this for a moment. "I guess. But Jacob won't be that happy if we exclude him."
It was too late. I already sensed him running through the forest. His smell was too familiar now.
"Hey girls," Jacob said, throwing a mask towards Edward. He looked disappointed when Edward suddenly caught the mask. He should know by now that we weren't stupid.
"This isn't possible," Edward murmured.
"What? What isn't possible?" Emmett asked, eyeing Edward and the mask.
"This is a sacred mask that the Volturi wear. What was it doing in the guest room? Carlisle doesn't leave anything in there." Edward was scrutinizing it carefully.
"Armani was in the guest room. She could've grabbed it and used it as a chew toy. She likes to chew on stuff," I volunteered.
"Hey, but if you look at it closer, that is the same symbol that got marked on her forehead. Armani couldn't have possibly wacked her in the head with it. And how on earth did your damn dog start the freakin' fire?" Jacob intervened.
"We aren't sure of what happened. We should wait until Carlisle finishes with her. Jasper and I will go in there and ask her if she remembers anything," Edward said.
"But I'm going too—," Jacob started, but got cut off by Edward.
"Yes, you'll have your opportunity. Don't worry Jacob. I promise." Edward hadn't stopped scrutinizing it.
There were light footsteps coming down the stairs. It was Seth and Carlisle. They both came out from the back door. Seth looked worried. He had his face smudged with the dry tears that were escaping from him when he was with his sister.
"Doc, can I see Leah right now?" Jacob asked. Now that he saw Seth's face, his voice ached. I could feel the worry build up in him. He was feeling scared and hopeless. I always thought that he hated Leah by her way of being. But she has changed over the course of a year. His feelings toward her were varying. He was being bipolar: remorseful for one second, then guilty, then love, then fury. He was so weird.
"Yes, but please try to keep quiet. She's sleeping right now—I gave her some painkillers. She isn't healing fast enough and I find that bizarre. Of course, it may be just the way she is. After all, last year Jacob didn't heal quite as fast from the newborn attack," Carlisle said.
Jacob didn't stay. After Carlisle said the words "Yes, but please try to keep quiet" he flew right out of our sight. Emmett trailed behind him, so did Edward.
"Carlisle, are you going back to the hospital?" I asked.
"No, I have to go back to the house. Esme texted me saying that the firefighters took care of everything and that they wouldn't say anything to the public. That's great, although they still want to talk to me," he responded.
"I'll go with you. I have no business here."
Jacob's Point of View
Leah looked perfectly fine. She didn't have that gash on her forehead anymore or any burn marks. She looked normal. What the heck was Carlisle talking about her not healing fast enough? Dr. Fang must be on crack or something.
"Remarkable theory, Jacob," Edward muttered.
I just rolled my eyes. Him reading my thoughts was just so uncomfortable. That irritated me.
"Details, Seth. What happened?" I whispered.
"She had her neck fractured, but that's good as new. The fire accident also, somehow, broke several of her ribs from her left frame. She isn't allowed to phase at least for a month," Seth replied.
Freak of nature, can I have a minute alone with her? Find something to get rid of Seth and Emmett, I thought.
"Emmett, Seth, can we discuss something out from this room. It's about Sue," Edward volunteered.
They both simply nodded and headed out towards the hall. Seth turned back to look at Leah. I could tell that he was scared even though the danger was long past gone. I silently walked towards her and kneeled on the floor beside her.
"Hey Lee," I said. I know that she was still asleep, but I still felt good talking to her. "I'm sorry for what happened today. Sue is totally going to kill me when she finds out that I left you by yourself at the Cullens. I can already picture her slapping me." I chuckled at the thought.
"It's okay, Jake," Leah replied, comatosely, opening her eyes the slightest bit.
Her answer scared me. I wasn't expecting for Leah to answer me. I thought Carlisle said that she was still asleep with the medication that he gave her. "Shh, Leah, get to sleep. I'm gonna get in trouble if Carlisle finds out that I woke you up," I said.
"It's fine Jake. I am tired, but I need to talk to you about what happened," she continued.
"I'll wait until you're fully recovered. You have to follow Dr. Cullen's orders. Please get to sleep, Lee." I reached for her forehead and kissed her gently. She'd probably stick me in the face for kissing her, but it was a good time. I guess it was okay. After all, she was the one who gave me a kiss on the cheek that other night…
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