N/A: This is the next chapter (obviously). It may appear to stop a little short, but never fear, for all will be explained. Oh, and Bella's car is on my page.
Chapter 9: Territories
I was driving up to La Push. The rain beat down on the hood of my Audi. It had been a gift from Edward- a wedding present. At first, I had refused it, but slowly, I had started to see the advantages of having a fast car. For one, it meant I could keep up with Edward. And fro another, it was just plain cool. I had called Jacob in advance, and asked him if I could meet him at the boundary line of the two territories. He had agreed, though reluctantly. I just wanted a chance to explain Carlisle's actions. The rest of the Cullen's, and the whole of La Push may not have cared, but I for one did. And I didn't want my father-in-law giving out the wrong impression.
I could see the markings of the boundary line. When I was human, I could never see the line. Now I was a vampire, and had heightened senses, I could find the boundary line without any difficulty. I slowed the car, and put it in neutral. I could see Jacob's rabbit a few metres on. Twenty years and the kid still hadn't bought himself a new car. I shook my head slightly, laughing at him.
I climbed out of the car, and made my way hesitantly towards him. He was scowling at me, his shaggy hair hiding his eyes from plain view.
"Jacob!" I managed a friendly smile as I approached my erstwhile best friend.
"Bella." He nodded coldly in reply.
The coldness of his greeting knocked me for a second. I recovered quickly.
"Um…well I just wanted to explain Carlisle's actions. You know, why he didn't treat Jared a few years back." I was desperate for him to understand, to redeem Carlisle in some way. But Jacob was already turning to go.
"We understand Bella. The treaty is unbreakable. Carlisle…did the right thing." He had slipped into the plural again, and his grimace on the last sentence was unmistakable. I sighed in agitation.
"Am I the only one who cares about actual people anymore? I don't give a shit who's a werewolf and who's a vampire! All I want is for my friends and my family to get along. Is that so hard?" I yelled after him.
"Yes Bella! How are you so fucking naïve? How can you not understand these things? We. Can. Never. Be. Friends. Get it?" He stormed angrily back to me, so his body was just inches form mine. The heat radiating off him was tangible. God, he really does stink, I thought. "You CANNOT break thousands of years of enmity for one leech's whim!" His words were like a slap in the face, and I recoiled in reflex.
"Well, I'm sorry if I just want everybody to get along, and stop being so fucking moronic! This whole 'your territory, my territory' is absolute bullshit! Doesn't our friendship mean anything to you? Well?" I was screaming in his face now, my anger overwhelming me. His fists were in balls at his side, and he was shaking.
"No. It doesn't. How many ways do I have to prove that to you Bella?" Suddenly, he grabbed my face in his hands, and forced his lips against mine. His hot lips against my cold ones seared me. He broke the kiss, glaring at me. I stood still for a moment, then, with all my strength, slapped him as hard as could. I heard a loud snap then:
"OW! SHIT!" Both of us yelled out. With my vampire strength, I had slapped Jake, broken his jaw, and my hand. Jake stared at me in horror. Then, he grabbed my hands and forced them behind my back.
"That is IT Bella! I am going to prove to you once and for all that werewolves and vampire will NEVER be friends!"
Everything went black.
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"Bella? Bella? Is she OK?" A face appeared out of the gloom, coming in and out of focus.
A heard a low growl, somewhere near my head.
"Why didn't he just break her up? It's better than what he did to her. It's better than this. Anything is better than this. Oh Bella, I'm so sorry." I want to comfort the voice, tell it that what happened wasn't its fault, but I'm just so tired. I think I'm going to…
Everything went black.
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"Damn it Carlisle! Can't you do anything?" It's the lovely voice again, but it sounded so sad. So sad. And so far away. I wondered why it's so far away.
"Just calm down Edward. Your shouting won't do anything. It's lucky we found her at all." Edward. I recognised that name. Edward.
Everything went black.
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"OW!" The pain pulled me out of my reverie, like a pinch to the upper arm. Everything hurt. And everything was so clear. So focused. It hurt my head. Then the beautiful face appeared again, pulling me toward him, crying. And then I remember. The beautiful face is a vampire, and vampires can't cry. I began to laugh, hysterically. The laugh sounded odd to my ears. Wrong somehow. But it was just so funny! But the laughing hurt and I winced in pain.
"What the hell is wrong with her? Carlisle! God damn it!" Edward cradled my head against his chest. I closed my eyes and inhaled him. If I was dead, I was most definitely in heaven.
"She's had a very traumatic experience Edward. She's bound to have moments of hysteria. It's best just to let her rest." Another voice said something, but I couldn't hear it. I was cuddled up to my stone Adonis. I was put on to something soft, but that meant Edward would leave me.
"No!" I cried out. "No, don't leave me! Edward! No!" I began to cry, but no tears would fall. I wondered why.
"Shh. I'm not going to leave you. Sleep now Bella." He began to hum my lullaby, and slowly, everything faded.
N/A: What did you think? I will be going into more detail about the rape in the next chapter, and I'm afraid this one had a lot of swears, but never-the-less, what did you think? Don't forget- REVIEW!!