Chapter 8 - Wolfie
Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight, New Moon, or Eclipse. I just like having fun with the characters and world the wonderful Stephenie Meyer created.
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Bella POV:
If I had a diary, today's entry would take pages and pages and pages. First, I wake up from what felt like a nightmare of pain, heat, and cold. When I wake up, I'm (finally!) a vampire. My body has become curvy - I look HOT all of a sudden! I can finally kiss my boyfriend properly! Of course, we're interrupted because I have to learn how to hunt.
My "brother" teases me about being a freak, and when we go out to hunt for my first time, I find out I am a freak! I am repulsed by the smell of humans, have no interest in the blood of hunting animals - especially the wolves, but salivate when around prey animals (I ate 2 deer and 1 sheep! ick!). I just can't think about that. I don't want to think about the idea that my family must think I'm dead, too. Nope, not thinking about either of those things.
Now I find out that we're off to meet my best friend - the one who has had a crush on me for years. My boyfriend is suddenly friendly with him, rather than antagonistic. And my friend is friendly with my boyfriend, too. This is all far too confusing for words.
There are already some things I like about being a vampire. Punching Emmett and making him hurt for a second is fun. heh. Having sexy curves is fun. Kissing my boyfriend is fun. Being able to snuggle with my nice warm dog is fun, too. I bet I'll enjoy not needing to sleep as well.
I'm worried about meeting up with Jacob. I know that werewolves usually smell bad to vampires - what will he smell like to me? I wasn't interested in the blood of humans, nor in the blood of wolves, but will I be attracted to the blood of a werewolf? Would Emmett and Edward be strong enough to keep me off of Jacob? Would they even want to try to keep me off of him? Too many thoughts. Too many worries. How many worries can I lock away in my head?
Emmett ran off away from us in another direction, and Edward just smiled at me, as we kept running to the meadow. When we arrived, we were alone. Edward took the opportunity to kiss me thoroughly, our tongues intertwining. When we parted, I was panting - some of my human "habits" hadn't faded yet. Edward just grinned happily at me. I could swear it was almost a smirk
"I want to see where I fell," I said, looking down at the creek. From the shock in Edward's eyes, this was not what he was expecting me to see.
"Are you sure?" Edward asked me, worried.
"Yes." I said, trying to sound definite. I needed to see it, even if I didn't really want to see it. We walked carefully down to the creek, and I realized how much more comfortable I was in my skin - I had a gracefulness and sense of balance I don't remember having before. The rocks still looked sharp, but the creek looked peaceful and gentle. I wasn't nervous around the area where I had "died", instead it filled me with peace - the rocks had only helped me become that which I had desperately wanted.
"Hey, come back here!" Emmett's voice rang across the meadow as Mystic wrenched herself free of the leash and over to me.
"Mystic! Thank you for getting her, Emmett!" I ran up and away from the creek and towards my beautiful, fuzzy, warm dog. Mystic's tail was wagging enthusiastically, and she whacked me in the head a few times when I knelt down to pet her. I ran my cool fingers through her warm blue-tinged fur, cuddling her close to me. I relished her warmth, and suddenly understood why Edward had loved laying next to me when I was human - the warmth pulled me to her.
I looked up at Edward suddenly, "Do you still want to be with me, now that I'm not warm?" I asked, afraid of the answer.
He looked stunned. "Of course, Bella, of course. I loved your warmth, I love you, and I love you just how you are." He paused, grinning at me, "It is handy you're less breakable now - that's a great trade-off for the warmth!" With that, he swept me off my knees and up to him, kissing me deeply.
I kissed him back soundly, then remembered that Jake was meeting us here, and I didn't want him to feel uncomfortable. I broke off the kiss, then kissed his nose, "Tag, you're it!" I ran away, Edward chasing me, with Mystic weaving between our legs trying to herd us. The first time she tried to nip Edward her expression was one of confusion - he didn't feel like others did!
Edward caught Emmett, and then he was it. I managed to out-maneuver Emmett for a little while, but I was caught up watching Mystic and Edward running together - the grace and beauty of both of them, so I ran straight into Emmett, which was like hitting a brick wall. We both fell over, my momentum knocking us to the ground. We both started laughing hard. Emmett was always so much fun!
"Hey, Edward! I caught Bella! Didn't she tag you with a kiss? Should I do that, too?" Emmett's hands held on to me, keeping my body against his. I could almost see the anger coming off Edward in waves.
"Get your hands off her, Emmett! I know where those hands have been, and you don't need to be messing with Bella!" Edward growled across the meadow, coming closer every second.
Emmett whispered quietly, "I think I've tortured him enough. But you're still it!" and with that, he kissed my forehead in a brotherly manner, then ran off quickly, before Edward could reach us and before I could get up again.
I got to my feet just as Edward came to me. "He didn't hurt you, did he?" Edward looked at me, worried.
"He was teasing you, goofball!" I crowed. "And it sure worked. Hey, c'mere ..."
"What, love?" Edward leaned closer to me.
I kissed his forehead, just as Emmett had kissed mine. "Now you're it!" I laughed, and ran off.
As we were running around the meadow with Mystic, Jacob arrived in human form. We were all laughing, with Mystic barking, and Jacob couldn't help but laugh at us. "What are you all doing?" he asked.
"Playing tag!" I called to him, running over to say hi. "Watch out, Edward's it, and he's fast."
"I don't think I can compete in this shape! You were all running far too fast." Jacob's eyes were round in wonder.
"I'm so happy! I can run and not trip now!" I smiled at him. "And your smell isn't troublesome to me. I was worried about that. Right now humans smell nasty, and I have no interest in the blood of predators, just the prey animals."
"Hunh. That's weird. I'm glad, though. Sam wanted me to make sure you hadn't had any accidents. He and the pack have accepted that the treaty was broken with my consent, and they aren't upset. But if you had trouble controlling yourself, I was going to have to ask you to leave."
"Nope, no accidents! Emmett and Edward are my big strong bodyguards to make sure I don't slip up. But really, the smell is nasty. I'm not that worried about it." I wrinkled my nose.
"For a vampire, you don't smell bad." Jacob replied, wrinkling his nose. "Your scent is more like a bouquet of flowers than sickly sweet."
"So do I get a hug, then?" I smiled at him, opening my arms. I felt a strong need to have his hot body against my cold one.
"Of course!" Jacob hugged me tightly, and we both relished in this reminder of our friendship.
"Owwwww!" I groaned, and Jacob let me out of the hug, worried. I bent down onto my hands and knees, moaning.
"What happened?" i could faintly hear Edward asking Jacob in an accusatory voice.
"We hugged, that was all, then she pulled away, groaning and moaning! Does this happen to most new vamps?" Jacob's voice seemed to float through the fog of pain towards me.
"No. I've never even heard of this." Edward replied, worry carrying through his voice to me beyond the fog.
Then it happened - I could feel a growl growing deep inside me, and I opened my mouth to growl, only to find that my mouth had changed! My mouth was a muzzle, my arms were forefeet, and my legs my hind feet. My eyes caught sight of them, covered in a chocolate brown fur.
I looked around me and saw my inner shock mirrored on the faces around me. Clearly, me turning into a wolf upon touching Jake wasn't what anyone was expecting! What the heck would happen next?
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A/N: So, what do you think will happen next?
I need to actually do some dishes & cleaning, but I'll update as soon as I can.