Chapter 5

Edward Jacob Cullen-Black's POV

Pain. All I felt was a deep searing pain in my right arm. I knew it was stupid to stand so close to all those werewolves but one of the girls, whose name I still didn't know, compelled me. I had to protect her.

It didn't matter that I was protecting her from something that I'd caused, all I knew was that I couldn't let her get hurt by the other wolf. It didn't even matter that the girl phased so close to me, nearly cutting off my entire arm.

The wolf that I was in love with is currently carrying me…somewhere. I was in and out of consciousness during my sisters' instructions.

We came up on the Cullen mansion and I spotted most of my family in the huge glass house. Even though we had moved in there by ourselves, we were hardly ever alone as just the Black family. Our aunts, uncles, and even grandparents were constantly at the house. Not that I minded of course, I just wasn't expecting my entirefamily to be there.

Grandpa Carlisle, who was actually my great-grandfather despite only looking thirty-ish, was standing over one of the medical beds. Beside him were Rosie, Carlie, both my parents, and my real grandparents who we just call Edward and Bella because they look our age.

I could see Grandma Esme, Aunt Rosalie, and Aunt Alice in the kitchen making lunch. They were hacking away at a piece of deer. Dad and Carlie always loved deer meat while Mama and I preferred the blood. Rosie would take either so we never wasted our prey either way.

The second my wolf stopped in front of the house, Uncle Emmett and Uncle Jasper grabbed me and, as gently as vampires as strong as them can, took me into the living room which now looked more like a medical bay than a lounge.

The girl wolf followed me into the house even though she kept rubbing her nose because of the strong vampire smell. I whimpered when I saw her in pain. Which some might say is ridicules considering my arm had the possibility of not ever being able to work again. I guess imprints feel the same thing towards their imprinters as they do towards us. I would never tease Rosie about "her Jesse" again.

We didn't know that much about hybrids other than what my mother went through (and she never got hurt by a werewolf because Dad was always super careful around her) so no one knew what to expect.

With one last glance at the girl of my dreams, I fell into unconsciousness again, this time because of a sharp needle (the only one strong enough to pierce through my half-vampire skin) injecting a drug into my blood stream.

When I came to again, I was sitting up on the couch and the sun had set. My arm felt perfectly fine and I looked down at the now barely visible tan scar against my pale skin. There were two long lines across my arm but they didn't look nearly as bad as Emily Uley's, or from what I've heard about hers.

I glanced around at my immediate family, the only relatives I could hear considering they were the only ones with heartbeats. Rosie and Mama looked like they wanted to punch someone and Carlie looked like she might cry. Dad was the only one who kept a straight face.

"Carlisle." He said in his normal talking voice and the rest of the family, minus Aunt Rose and Uncle Emmett, appeared in the living room.

"I told you he'd make it." Aunt Alice said smugly.

"But does anyone listen to the psychic? No. Just because I can't see EJ, Nessie, and Rosie as well as I can see the rest of you doesn't mean that I can't see them. At least it wasn't Carlie or Jacob that got hurt. I can barely see them at all." She rambled while looking me over. Then she glanced at the door, her eyes glazing over.

"He'll ask about her in…three, two, one." Alice whispered under her breath to where I could barely hear her. Stupid half-vampire hearing.

"Where is…" I asked, not even sure what the girl who I planned to marry's name was. I craned my neck around my family and felt my heart skip a few beats when I saw her entering the house hesitantly. She must have gone out there to avoid the vampire stench.

Her short wavy black hair now had twigs in it and she was wearing a shirt that I assumed she borrowed from Carlie, being too pink for Rosie to want to ever be caught dead in, and cut off jeans that fit her in all the right places. My teenage heart was beating uncontrollably as she took a seat next to me, her warm brown eyes never once leaving mine.

I heard one of my uncles growl and before I could stop him, Uncle Emmett was tearing through the house and had his teeth blazing at the girl. Aunt Rose entered the room after him as Edward and Jacob tried to restrain Emmett.

"I tried to hold him off for as long as I could." Rose apologized sincerely.

She had always liked our family; once she figured out that we could produce children that is-even I could. It had something to do with the .001% of werewolf DNA in my system that canceled out the vampire male DNA that would have normally not allowed me to be fertile.

"I know you did, Rosalie." Edward commented, reading her mind. He couldn't see into mine or Bella's unless we wanted him or Rosie to. "But I can not allow him to hurt Sara."

Sara. That was her name. Instantly, I knew that her name suited her. She definitely was a Sara. Ah! What a beautiful name for such a beautiful girl!

I was pulled from my thoughts as Emmett let out another growl. Instinctively, I stood up and crouched in front of Sara, my eyes daring my uncle to try and attack her.

"I don't understand!" Emmett yelled. "How could he still protect her? She almost killed him! How can you all stand there and let this happen?"

"Em, sweetie, can't you see that he loves her?" Aunt Rose said calmly, placing her hand on his chin and forcing him to look at her. "If I suddenly decided to dismantle your body parts, are you honestly telling me that you still wouldn't love me once you were righted again?"

That stopped Emmett's snarls. He and Rosalie left the house, followed soon after by Uncle Jasper and Aunt Alice.

"They only came to Forks to check on EJ. They're all going back to their homes for a while." Edward explained and nodded towards Bella.

"We're actually on our way out too. Take care of EJ, Sara." He said with a wink and she blushed. The two were out the door before I could blink.

Grandpa did one last checkup on me and then he and Grandma Esme left too.

"There's a bottle of deer's blood in the fridge for you, sweetie." She kissed my cheek and I smiled up at her. Even though she technically had no blood relation to me, she had always been the best 'grandmother' figure. Bella tries, but she's too much of a teenager herself even after twenty-five years as a vampire.

"So Sara, why don't you make yourself comfortable. Your brothers called and said that they're covering for you with your parents. Tommy, I think, said that you were staying over with the Uley girls and he told Tia to cover if Leah or Embry calls to check up on you." Jacob informed my imprinter who smiled gratefully.

"Hey, Daddy. Come help me in the kitchen." Carlie called and I could tell that the two of them were going to eat all the raw meat. Jacob laughed barkily and followed after her.

I let my mind shield down for a minute and thought to Rosie. Please distract Mom for a bit. I really want to talk to Sara by myself. Please Rose?

"Mama, I was thinking about trying to hunt again. Do you think you could help me?" Rosie asked, trying to sound vulnerable.

You sooo owe me. She thought to me and I nodded ever so slightly.

Everyone besides Mama knew how much Rosie hated to hunt like a vampire, being slower than the rest of us and not nearly as strong. At least Dad knew how much she hated to hunt wolf (it didn't stop him from trying to encourage her though). Jesse was usually the only one that she would hunt with and only because her imprint made her feel completely comfortable with herself as a 'special' hybrid.

Renesme smiled, grateful that her youngest daughter was coming to her for help.

When the two of them had exited the house, I turned to Sara. Her eyes were welling up with tears and I instinctively wrapped my arms around her even though I had only met her mere hours ago.

"Shh…its okay." I murmured into her hair, kissing the top of her head reassuringly.

"How…how ca-can yo-you still look at meeee? I could ha-have killllled you." Sara whimpered into my chest. I could tell that she was hurting emotionally more than I had been hurt physically.

"Shh…I'm fine aren't I?" I asked, pulling her face up with my cool hand to make her see the sincerity in my eyes.

"I'd rather die than see you this upset, okay? So no more tears, Sara." I tried to smile but when she didn't return the smile, my face dropped.

"Don't…don't ever s-say that." Sara demanded, her tears having stopped but her voice still not back to normal. "You can't d-die, Eddie. I won't be able to li-live without you; no matter what the r-reason."

I nodded, wiping her tear streaked cheeks with the back of my hand. "I promise. I won't ever leave you, Sara."

I smiled, accidentally showing my razor sharp teeth. She didn't seem to notice though, only smiling back at me. It was enough to make my heart beat frantically in my chest though. God, what a smile!

"I'm immortal, baby." I joked even though it was true.

Dad and Carlie came back into the living room with a plate of cooked meat for Sara.

"We weren't sure how you liked your meat considering you're a new wolf." Carlie explained as she set the plate in front of my girlfriend…if that's what she was anyway.

"I think the two of you should set some ground rules." Jacob said in his Alpha voice. "Sara, EJ is venomous so don't allow him to bite you because you'll die. And EJ, we've just proven that you can get hurt by Sara so please take a few steps back when you see that she's shaking or really upset."

I tried not to look at him like those were obvious things, but he didn't seem to mind.

"Really, these rules are for your own benefit guys." Dad explained with a knowing look. It's hard to remember that he had to go through the same thing as Sara did with Mama.