Hearts of fire and ice

book 2: colder weather

Chapter 2 going home

Bella came back to the room with wet hair dressed in a warm pair of jeans and an american eagle sweatshirt. She found her girlfriend on the floor in the fetal position clutched in her hands was the sketch of what looked to be a wolf name Bella. After a couple of minutes of denial and not actually connecting the dots.

"Ali, baby talk to me what did you see?" Bella pleaded with her lover to come back to reality. Eventually the other womans words penetrated through to Alice's brain and she sat up. "I had a vision of blood, a howling painful transformation and you. We have to go home the Quiluete tribe may be your only hope of being normal again."

Alice began crying tears of blood since her eyes didn't produce saline tears anymore. Bella saw the first one drop and quickly grabbed a paper towel and a handful of kleenex. "Here baby you're crying alright we'll go home I promise I'll find out what's going on before anything bad happens okay?" Alice nodded in agreement.

After three hours of packing which was mostly Alice because Bella only had a a bag for her laptop and a duffle bag of clothes. It was her way of saying either way I'm not staying long. They loaded everything into the land rover a present from the Cullen family something to navigate the rough terrain of Alaska.

"Alright next stop Washington State did you get everything Alice or was there no way to take the kitchen sink with you?" Bella asked sarcasm lacing her tone.

"For your information I could have ripped it out of the wall but I have a kitchen sink in Forkes. " Alice said cutely closing her door and starting the large yellow SUV.

"Ahuh, okay question are we going to go one ten the whole way?" Bella inquired with internal dread. Almost two years with vampires in her life and she still hadn't developed the stomach for that rate of speed yet.

Fast was one thing but the Cullens drove faster than fast. Which after the initial impressiveness wore off made her stomach a little sick.

"No I'm keeping it to a nice normal ninety for my girl." Alice replied cutely.

All Bella could think was thank God. "Do Carlisle and Esme know we're coming home?" She asked as they drove.

"Yes I called them while you were looking for your powercord. Does Charlie know?" Alice inquired.

"No...I'm kinda not in the space to deal with Charlie right now. I don't want to stay there if I change I wouldn't be responsible for my actions. I don't wanna hurt him or in the least case freak him out." Bella replied biting her words and her nails at the same time something she typically did when she was nervous.

"I don't know about that your dating a vampire and being best friends with a werewolf didn't seem to tear too much of a hole in his reality. Speaking of which please tell me you've at least called Jake?" Alice finished.

Bella's face took on an uncomfortable constipated look. "No, I've been...avvoiding the whole hey pal guess what the pack has a new member...potentially and speaking of which do you have a cure for your genetic condition. Because my girlfriend doesn't even own enough perfume to get rid of my wet dog smell or the scent of my flea control gel." Bella smarted.

"Now honey you know that I would sooner walk around you with a close pin on my nose than leave you. Plus we don't even know that you are going to turn into a...One of them for sure let's not count our chickens.."

"Yeah or our wolves before they're hairy." Bella finished cutely reluctantly she pulled out her droid XPS and pushed Jake's photo. "Only five he shouldn't be gone yet."

A couple of rings later and a deep manly voice picked. "Hello." The voice on the other end grumbled.

"Jake?" Bella asked with a disconcerting frown.

"Bella? What the hell girl it's five in the morning." He stated setting up on the end of his bed running a hand over his buzzed hair.

"I know it's early but this can't really wait and I didn't know who else to call. Jake I think I'm...I'm turning I wasn't sure until Alice had a vision that I pretty ate someone." Bella said hesitant waiting for her friends response to her current predicament.

"Okay you've got my attention normally I don't trust vampires but Alice's visions are usually spot on." Jacob grabbed a note book and pen. "Okay tell me everything you're experiencing.''

"Well I keep getting like these spells where my temper flairs, I have more endurance during certain physical activities..."

"That was an overshare Isabella Swan." Jake added tactfully.

"I feel stronger than I ever have and sometimes I have wicked hot flashes." Bella finished her list of symptoms.

"Sure we can't just chalk that up to pms?" He inquired sarcastically.

"Jacob Black if I were there right now I would punch you in the face." Bella shot back. "If I am changing is there anyway to stop the changes?"

"I don't know Bella let me sleep on it for a couple of hours I'll ask my dad when he gets up. No one is in any danger right now the symptoms you're experiencing started well before my first change. Just stay as calm and relaxed as possible and if necissary use the air conditioning. See you when you get here." Jacob replied then hung up and stretched back out on his bed.

"So is there anything he can do?" Alice inquired.

"He doesn't know he gonna ask the elders when they're actually out of bed. He said for me to stay as calm as possible and if I get a hot flash to use the air. But the things I'm experiancing happened to him well before first change. So atleast you don't have to worry about killing me yet." Bella explained tapering off at the end with a well disguised gulp in her throat.

"Well then it's a good thing you are riding with a vampire because you can just recline back and leave the driving to me." Alice replied cutely.

They began their several hours journey back to Forkes.