hearts of fire and ice book 2 : colder weather
Chapter 3: the news about bella
"Bella, Bella honey wakey..wakey... we're at my house." I heard Alice's sweet soft voice tell me but I swear I could've slept longer. I was tired lately my muscles ached too 'I wonder if that's part of the transition to wolf-hood too' I pondered before faking a smile that I was anything less than happy to be back in Forkes.
"Alright I'll move but I don't have to like it." I grumbled unfastening my seatbelt and before I could hop out of the large SUV. I was in anothers grasp large burly biceps and bigger boobs than mine. "Emmet! Put me down you big oaf." I squealed.
"As you wish but first I want a hug." He requested with a grin he was such a pushover. "Alright." I hugged him as tightly as was possible when I did this he usually laughed at the wimpy mortal strength of my body. Which was why I was shocked when he actually said ouch. "You been eatin' your wheaties up there in Alaska or what tiny?"
"Uhm...Yeah it must be that...excuse me." Emmet moved out of my way and I walked into the house and flew straight up the lengthly staircase. Which usually winded me and this time I was taking stairs two at a time while running. Not only was my endurance getting better but my in abiility to walk and chew gum without falling was all but gone.
I reached Carlisle's office door and went to knock..."Come in Bella." One thing about being in a house full of light footed undead they always knew when a mortal was amongst them. I entered with a small smirk. "How was your trip Bella I trust Alice didn't drive too fast for your liking?" He said with his warm eyes and gentle tone.
"Not at all I'm getting used to going at the speed of light when I travel." I answered flatly which caused Carlisle to snicker. " Alice said she called did she give you the four one one on why we took christmas vacation a week early?" I asked him anxiously awaiting his answer. He looked at me seriously now all emotion cleared from his frozen features. He walked over to me from his desk.
"Yes she thinks your gifts are from your less than mortal marrow transplant and that you're experiancing the early stages of lycanthropy. I'm not exactly sure how to ask this question though I am a doctor. It is a different situation when dealing with family but when you and Alice are intemate does she drink at all from you?"
I think my face was redder than the bottom part of a Mcdonalds sign. I took a deep breath to compose myself I was an adult now if I was doing it I should be able to talk about it. "Not usually and if she does it's only a bite and not a you know sucking bite. I guess the best terminology would be a vampire hicky." I explained trying very hard not to stumble on my words as I tended to do so when I was talking about embarressing subjects.
"Okay, well a 'hicky' as you call it wouldn't cause such a reaction. Unless you received more than one gift from your wolf friend and it is just now developing in your system. Or you could be having a reaction to the venom in our bites. I'll have to run some tests can I draw some blood from you now?" He asked kindly getting his medical bag and walking back over to where I sat in the chair in front of his desk.
"If it helps but as you know I still hate needles." I replied with a shrug.
"I don't think that'll be a problem give me your arm Bella." He ordered his cobalt blue eyes penetrating into mine holding me captive my mind wouldn't work. Before I knew it he was saying. "All done." I shook my head as I contemplated what had happened. "Carlisle you...you vampire you compelled me that wasn't fair is that why none of your patients ever have high blood pressure when you take it? You compell them right out of their fright."
"That secret never leaves this office if Esme knew I did that as often as I do she'd have my hide in the fireplace. Speaking of which you're back now we have a reason to use that thing. And we can cook."
"Yes you can I'm starving. I don't care what the movies say but you guys make better cooks than the ones who can actually eat." I complemented him. He smiled warmly. "Well thank you Bella now you better get downstairs everybodies going to want to know what's going on." I went to open the door and who should I come face to face with but Emmet.
"Listening in I swear man if I transform you're my first meal and you'll be very tasty too having aged for about a hundred years in fresh juices." I teased halfway anyway.
Emmet put his hands over his non beating heart and clutched. "Ouch Bella first the hug of death and now the tude. If I didn't know any better I'd swear you had it in for me. I know you can't help it I'm so hot an' all. Of course if you want to experiment I'll have to ask Rose first." He joked as cocky as ever.
Speak of the devil I thought to myself as the curly blonde haired woman made her way over to me. "I don't think so Emmet hey I saw a squirrel scaling a tree outside if you want something to chase try that." Rose snarked to her husband I guess after being married for ninety years or so you could say just about anything to your spouse.
"Hey, Bella good to have you back." She said hugging me.
"Don't listen to her Bella she just overheard your meeting with Carlisle and wants permanent supply of fur for coats and scarves." Edward joked hugging me next. Then Jasper came over and shook my hand ever the southern gentlemen. He'd grown out his hair since the last time I saw him and the peroxide had finally grown out of his hair showing his natural brown color. "It's nice to see you again Bella I hope you do not turn into a werewolf and become our enemy."
"Oh, Jasper not everything has to be a battle come here Bella." Esme said grasping me into a what could only be sarcastically called a warm hug. "I love you whether you have hair growth problems or not. Now come downstairs and meet me in the kitchen we could smell you coming so we knew you were close enough for us to start cooking without it all going bad. I know after twelve hours of driving you need to refuel your body."
"She really has been cooking like a mad woman her and Rose all day." Edward warned me now that I focused my senses I could smell it too. "Don't worry there's no arsnic in it." Rose told me. I guess that was her idea of a joke she and Jasper needed to watch more comedy. I heard my stomach groan and decided to answer its call.
Making my way back downstairs and into the kitchen I saw just exactly what Eddie was speaking about. "There's fried chicken we even had that back in my day believe it or not I got the recipe from my uncle when I was young. Mashed potatoes, gravy, salad greens with tomatoes and blue cheese. Of course for dessert there's pumpkin cheesecake." My eyes went wide by the time I got out of this kitchen I would be in need of weight watchers, Jenny Craig or P90X.
"You really did make alot of food. Let me see if I can eat some of everything." I said setting down at the table I used to try and serve myself. However Esme was from a time the lady of the house served everyone so I just learned to kick back.
"I bet you a hundred bucks you can't eat all this food tiny." Emmet smarted setting down across from me I grinned. "Oh, yeah Emmet I bet you, your hundred bucks you can't eat three bites of anything on the menu." The whole room was now filled with Cullens going "Ooh." Thinking Emmet wouldn't take the bet. "You're on Swan." He got out his leather wallet and put a hundred dollar bill on the table.
Esme gave me a platefull of everything but dessert and she gave Emmet a plate consisting of a piece of chicken, mashed potatoes with a small amount of gravy and maybe two bites worth of salad. "Eat up kids." She said with a big smirk on her face directed I'm sure at Emmet. The big oaf had literally bit of more than he could chew this time.
"I started on my mashed potatoes and gravy then I took a bite of my chicken which surprised me since I normally didn't eat meat. Oh, my God your uncle was Colonel Sanders?" I shook my head in awe Esme smiled. "Not exactly different time period my uncle was General Sanders." She replied. I sank my teeth into every juicy bite until I had eaten all three pieces of chicken on my plate. I then felt my arteries needed a fighting chance so I ate the salad there must have been two cups worth of greens in the salad bowl I gobbled it up and finished of my potatoes. Emmet had yet to touch his food.
"Would you like some of the dessert Bella?" Rose asked. I nodded eagerly. "Rose cooked it herself this morning. " Jasper leaned in to tell me. "It's one of the only things I remember from my old life so I'm thinking I made it alot and it should taste pretty good." Rose replied having heard Jasper whisper to me. She served me up a heaping piece of the cold dessert with a glass of milk to wash it down with. "Thank you Rosalie." I took one bite out of the cheesecake and it melted in my mouth. "I'm glad you remembered it because it's delicious." Rose took a 'breath' of relief.
"Hey Emmet are you gonna eat that?" I asked sarcastically he just shoved the hundred toward me. Then he grinned and I knew that wasn't good. He picked up the chicken leg quarter and ate it to the bone then he ate his potatoes and salad. " I'll take that back thank you." He said taking a bow.
"Actually Emm honey bear I don't think you won since you had no dessert and Bella ate a piece big enough for two." Rose stated. Emmet narrowed his eyes and glared at me then he handed me the hundred. "I'll get you next time tiny."
Alice rubbed my shoulders and whispered in my ear. "He really must like you he's not usually that good of a sport about losing." I whispered back to my love. "I know he must really think I'm going to eat him." I teased.
After the kitchen had cleared and everything got quiet once more Alice and I headed up to the bedroom. I checked my phone and saw that Jacob had texted me must have been while I was asleep in the car.
It read : "come to the rez tomorrow got important news Elders want to see you Jake."
"Hey babe I have to go to the reservation tomorrow Jake says there's some Elders who want to talk to me. " I told my love as she and I nestled into bed it seemed that after a time of being with the same person I excreted pharamones without sexual stimulation first. It must have something like imprinting. I was not excited about tomorrow normally I'd be ecstatice to see my best bud. But not under these pardom the expression hairy circumstances.