Bites, Fights, and Lovely Ladies
Ch. 02
Why do I have to do this again?
Because it's your turn to patrol.
Shut up, Leah, you KNOW what I mean. I don't want Bella to know that I'm still here, and running patrols is too much of a risk. She might see me!
Honestly, Jake, why the HELL do you want to make her suffer?
After all the suffering she's put ME through, it makes me feel just a LITTLE bit better knowing that she's feeling guilty right know because she thinks I've run off to… where was I supposed to go again?
Seth said that he was going to tell her you went up to Canada or something…
Why the hell would I go to Canada? And why the hell do I have to do the morning patrols?
Leah inwardly sighed and tried to tune out Jacob's ranting.
When Jacob had received his invitation to Bella's wedding, he HAD decided to go off and run for a while. However, he had only run a day when he realized that he just wanted to avoid Bella, not run all over the country.
So he had managed to convince the pack and his dad to make everything think that he was missing. They had argued strongly against it, but when Jacob said to lie or he WOULD run wild, they reluctantly complied.
It had been a week since then and Charlie had been quick to post the town with "have you seen this boy?" posters, and although Jake felt bad for making him work so hard, when Seth tells him that Bella had been calling consistently and had been sounding more guilty every time, he realized that one casualty didn't really matter.
The only thing he didn't like was that Sam had only agreed to his plan if Jacob agreed to patrol twice as often, giving the rest of the pack a bit of a break. To make it worse, most of his extra shifts were early in the morning, or they involved Leah.
Seriously Jacob, STOP WHINING!
I'll whine if I want to!
Don't you ever shut up?
Shut up Leah! I'm taking a break…
Tired already, wimp?
I said shut up!
Reaching a small pond, Jacob started to tune Leah's thoughts out and took a sip of the cool water.
He was about to lay out in the sun for a quick nap when he heard noises coming from an especially dense patch of the forest about a half a mile from where he was.
It sounded like heavy breathing, and there was also a faint, but rapid tapping noise along with it.
What is it?
I'm checking it out now.
He started running towards it, but at about 50 feet or so away he saw a hand sticking out and halted.
Hey, it's a person, so I'm gonna phase back.
Phase back into a wolf once you're done.
Obviously…
Before Leah could reply he pushed off of his front paws and shifted back into his human form, pulling on his shorts as he did so.
He carefully began walking towards the bushes, noticing that the person must be alive and was causing the breathing sounds. When he had reached the bushes he crouched down and pulled the branches away to see who was lying underneath.
As soon as he saw a girl there he knew something was wrong, people usually don't come out this deep into the forest, and girl especially don't. She wasn't even from the reservation, her light skin and light brown hair gave that much away.
She was sprawled on her right side, her right hand stretched out beyond the cover of the bushes. Her eyes were open, but only about a centimeter open and not looking at him. She was breathing heavily and he noticed that the quick tapping noise was her heart hammering against her ribs.
"Hey… Hey, are you okay?" He knew it was a stupid question, but what was he supposed to ask?
She didn't respond, but turned her head the slightest bit towards his direction and slowly turned her fog-filled eyes towards him, before turning them back towards the ground.
"I'm going to be right back"
Getting up, he went about 50 feet away before he shifted back into his wolf-form.
Leah, I found this girl here, she looks really sick, run to Sam's and tell him that I'll be bringing her there.
If she's sick, shouldn't we take her to a hospital?
Hospitals mean questions, questions mean explanations as to why any of use were out here in the first place. I'm taking her to Sam's; if things get really bad then we'll call the Cullen doctor.
Carlisle?
Yeah, him. I need to start moving; we're not that far from Sam's, so go tell him what's going on before I get there.
On it.
After he phased back he went and carefully picked up the girl bridal-style. Weakly, she placed her head on his shoulder and looked up at him through half-lidded eyes.
"Don't worry" Jacob murmered, "You're gonna be all right."