Chapter 19
Previously…
"He's changing Ness, there's nothing we can do until Jake comes. Is he on his way?" She nodded and tried to look around me but I wouldn't let her. We were interrupted by the sound of clothes ripping and various things crashing to the floor. I pulled Nessie's hand to lead her down the hallway. There was growling and whimpering at the same time. He was scared and trying to follow his instincts at the same time.
Caitlin met us by the door, a sad look on her face; I pulled her with us outside to wait for Jacob to arrive.
"Why didn't you let me help him?" Renesmee asked looking up to the window which was Jordan's room.
"He needs Jacob right now Ness, when he comes then you can help." She nodded, I'm sure she didn't want to agree with me but she knew it would be best to wait for Jacob.
We all looked up to the window as a howl echoed through the air.
We couldn't define Jordan's wolf figure as we looked up to the window. He continued to howl, each one desperate and scared. Of course he expected it to happen, but still for it to actually occur unexpected would scare you. He didn't know how to fully control his transformation, so until Jacob returned he would remain a wolf. An oversized wolf which was currently trapped inside a bedroom, where the space provided was allowing only the smallest of movements. If he got too scared I wouldn't be surprised if he started knocking the walls down.
"Do you reckon he can hear us?" Caitlin whispered from besides me. All traces of the power controlling alter-ego side of her fully gone.
"Yes, he is just like your dad with all the wolf aspects…I think, so yes he can hear us." Nessie answered, her eyes not looking away from the window, where you could see the slightest amount of movement happening from within.
"I feel horrible for doing this to him." She whispered again, her eyes representing the sadness she felt towards Jordan, "it is my fault for setting him off prematurely."
Nessie moved from were she was standing to wrap an arm around Caitlin. "Don't take the blame for this hun, it was inevitable, just a matter of time before he would have transformed." Another howl echoed through the air and she turned to me, her eyes brimming with unshed tears, "please let me go see him mum, he's so scared." Her eyes were pleading with me to let her to comfort her son.
I was tempted to just let her go to him, he would obviously recognise Ness, and the chances if him actually harming her were slim. However he was still a young wolf, he might not know how to not follow his instincts. Like I said the chances were slim, but I couldn't take the chance with Nessie right now, even if it was with my own family. As much as I didn't like to watch my daughter suffer with the pain of watching her own son scared with what was happening to him, I knew it was best to just wait for Jacob to arrive. It couldn't be long now and even if he wasn't actually here, he would still be able to reach him via his mind as he got closer.
"I'm sorry I can't Ness, not yet. I can't let you go up to him, but if you want just talk to him out here. I'm sure he can hear you. It won't be long before Jake arrives."
She nodded her head, slightly disappointed that she couldn't go upstairs to comfort her son, but resided to what I said and made her way closer to the house, stopping beneath the window that was Jordan's bedroom. "Jordan I don't know if you can hear me, can you do something that shows you are listening?" We waited for an answer of some sorts to come from the room. A small yelp responded and Renesmee took that as a response to her question.
"Don't worry baby, dad will be here soon. Just try and stay calm, mummy's here." She spoke calmly but I could see she just wanted to comfort her baby; even if he was a 15 year old boy.
"Tell him I'm sorry." Caitlin said to her, "Tell him I'm sorry for setting him off and that I'll somehow buy another guitar for him."
"Caitlin says she's sorry Jordan, and also use her offer to your advantage." She joked. They continued with a conversation when my pocket started to vibrate telling me I had a call. I checked the name quickly before answering the call.
"Hi love, do you know were Jacob is?" Edward's voice responded on the other end, his breathing slightly quicker than usual so I assumed he was running.
"Jacob's close, I'm with him right now. Is everything okay? How is Jordan?"
"Everything's fine. We're all outside waiting for you; Ness is speaking to him now. He was scared but I think she's calming him down a little. Can you hear him through Jacob's mind yet?"
"Yes, we heard him a few kilometres back. Jacob is talking to him as well. I can see the house now we won't be long, I'll see you in a few seconds. Love you."
I ended the call and a few seconds later the two of them stepped out from the trees. Jacob bounded over to Nessie and Caitlin who were still underneath the window talking to Jordan, until they saw him and both hugged him.
"Are you all okay?" Edward asked after giving me a hug, and then moving to Renesmee and Caitlin.
"We're fine dad, just a little shaken up that's all." Edward nodded and turned to Jacob who must have said something in his mind.
"If you can fit." He answered simply, and I was confused until I saw him walk up to the front door and compare his size to the width of the door frame. Jacob's huge body was too big to fit inside the door, but he ignored that and broke through part of the wall to fit inside. We listened to his paws walk through the house until they stopped.
"He's outside the room now." Edward said, taking my hand in his as we waited.
"Can you tell us what's going on?" Nessie asked, her eyes never leaving the window above us.
"Basically Jacob's trying to get him into some sort of control so he can phase back. He isn't as scared anymore about the whole transformation, but just that he is scared about what would happen if he harmed anyone accidently. And Caitlin," Caitlin looked up from the ground to meet Edward's eyes. "he has told me to tell you that he has forgiven you about the whole wolf thing…" he paused as he listened to Jordan and then smiled, "…not so much for the guitar." Caitlin smiled slightly to herself, as she must have known that Jordan wasn't completely mad.
After a few minutes of us all waiting patiently for Jacob to finish helping Jordan, Edward let out a sigh of relief and ran his hands through his hair. "He's done it; he's coming back done now. But he wants to keep a distance. He feels that as he is still young his instincts might take over whilst being close to us."
I stepped back and tugged on Edward's hand for him to follow me. "We might as well make it easier for him. He should be ok with Nessie and Caitlin." He nodded and we walked a couple of meters further away from where we were originally standing.
Jacob appeared at the door first in human form and walked quickly to Renesmee to give her a proper hug. He moved away from her and we all looked towards the door as we heard footsteps coming from the hallway. He peered around the broken doorway stepped out nervously. On the step he breathed in taking in the new scents. His nose scrunched up immediately and he looked over to Edward and I.
"Man, you two stink. I feel sorry for you dad, you've lasted this long with this smell. How did you do it?" He said lifting up the mood, any traces of being nervous weren't shown in his voice. He must have been confident that he would be ok.
I took a breath in and was repulsed at the new wolf smell that I breathed in. Jordan's own personal scent was mixed with the horrible odour the wolves had. "We could say the same about you Jordan. Now we have to get used to another stench." I joked.
"Well get used to it Grandma 'cos I'm not leaving." He teased and I scowled at him playfully and he started to laugh. He knew how much I hated being called that.
Renesmee ran up to him then and engulfed him in a hug, even when Jordan towered over her by a foot or so. A smile was spread across her face, partly because she knew he was ok, and partly because of what Jordan just stated just then; even if it was in the middle of a sentence teasing me.
He pulled away from Nessie and looked over to Caitlin who was looking down at her feet to avoid looking at Jordan. She looked up slowly and the two if them stood awkwardly opposite each other.
After a few seconds he opened his arms out and Caitlin walked up to him and they gave each other a hug. "I'm sorry." Caitlin whispered.
"S'okay, besides," he pulled away from the hug to look at her, "I can fight with you properly now." He said with a grin and Caitlin pushed him lightly on his chest.
"So you don't mind?" Caitlin asked.
"No, it's awesome. I mean it is a bit irritating to have people in your head and see anything you see and then comment on it. Dad's already shouted at me for fighting with you." Jacob just shrugged and Jordan continued talking, "I can't wait to have a proper go at it though, without being trapped in my bedroom. Also I can sort of take part in some of the activities you lot do without being a possible injury threat."
"Don't let your Uncle Emmett hear that otherwise you won't have any time to rest after the wrestling matches he'll do." I mentioned.
"That will be so fun; I've been dying to fight with him! Once I have this phasing thing sorted I'm going to ask for a match."
"Oh don't worry Jord," Edward spoke from beside me, "Everyone was there when Nessie called. I wouldn't be surprised if he is outlining an area behind the house as we speak."
"We better head to the new house now." Nessie said realising the time. Jordan smiled but looked at the car and back to me and tensed slightly.
Edward, understanding his reason for tensing, spoke to him, "Jordan, if you're worried about being too close to us right now it's fine and we understand, just remember you'll be filled in a house full of us when we get home."
"Don't worry Jordan, you won't hurt us. We all know you can do it, if something happens I'll pull over." I said. Jordan looked slightly nervous but nodded and made his way to the cars. He walked passed me and I fully took in his height. "That's if you can fit." I stated and he laughed. Over the week he had locked himself away he must have grown so much, his sudden phasing aiding to the growth spurt.
Jordan and Renesmee climbed into the back seat and Caitlin sat in the passenger seat. Edward and Jacob were going to run back, but stay relatively close to the edge of the woods that follow the road. I climbed in the car and started the ignition, "You're stinking up my car." I joked, and he smiled and adapted to my scent in the small confines of the car. "Well let's go." I said, and pulled out of our old driveway, and headed towards our new home.
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