How To Live With Werewolves
Rule Number Fifteen;
Do not give the wild animal a reason to bite. If you do, make a run for it.
Consequences may be lethal.
Last Time;
She smiled—and she was gorgeous.
"R-Rosalie," I stuttered in recognition.
~!~
I don't recognise him at first—maybe because he's actually wearing clothes; a button up shirt and jacket, a pair of jeans and work boots, a bag of groceries in his arms—and then the name clicks on my tongue.
"Sam."
~!~
"I won't let him have you, your mine... mine..." he whispers into the flesh below my ear and I shiver.
"Yours," I agree.
So one or two things are established that same day—one, Charlie's gun is still functioning, by all means, two, Jake can take a bullet to the chest and not die and three I'm pretty sure this isn't how I pictured my relationship ending. That wouldn't be funny, come to think of it... Charlie did not, thank heavens, shoot Jacob and our 'relationship' is still going... in whichever direction it was headed.
Only I'm grounded. And by that I mean I can't drive to La Push—not that the new cast would allow it anyway—and see Jacob and my man-eating family; or for that matter vampire-eating family.
On this note of vampires and werewolves, another thing has come to my attention.
Rosalie was here, however brief, and intended to see me again.
Meanwhile Jacob was in La Push running laps around the globe for all I knew as punishment—Quil's words, not mine.
"Yeah, Sam got pretty pissed Jake was all up in your grill and whatnot. And Charlie's got enough dirt on our hides to put us in for the night as it is, so getting shot by Charlie seemed like the idea of all ideas to the Alpha-kins. Anyway, in other words, Bella-dear, Jake isn't allowed to see you until the patrols are all taken care of."
"By himself?"
"... Would you be mad if I said yes?"
I did the very unladylike thing and threw the phone only to have it rebound on the cord and smack into the wall.
To say I woke up in a good mood the next morning was not true at all.
I woke up tangled in the sheets, too cold to even think straight and wondering where in the hell time had gone.
School was coming back, albeit too fast for my liking. In a week or less I'd be sitting in a classroom full of students and friends pretending my life was normal instead of the hectic mythical mess it was. I had come this far, I thought with a small smile.
With Victoria gone my paranoia had thinned to about the length of a hair strand.
But with Rosalie back the chance of Edward being there had me on my toes.
With absolutely nothing to do while being grounded I was shoved face-first into the always entertaining world of TV. I watched soap operas, dance shows, hilarious comedy junk, the occasional episode of True Blood—Sookie was a what now? But I had to admit, her werewolves couldn't hold a candle to the one I called my own—when she showed up.
I stared at her face lingering near the window, eyebrows raised. Obviously too engrossed in my mission to lower my IQ from watching Ed, Edd and Eddy I had missed her knocking.
I opened the door, allowing her in and thinking oddly of Eric. That vampire in particular had me in fits and giggles.
Which was in itself unnatural for me.
We sat on the sofa, speaking of nothing at all; her going back to Africa, Emmett falling in love with Australian football and something along the like when she looked at me strangely.
"What?"
I looked back, not sure what she was thinking.
"Bella... have you..." she bit her frozen lip, eyebrows knitting together.
"Something is... different about you. Have you done the deed?"
I continued to stare at her, not sure what the 'deed' was, though Jacobs voice in my mind chuckled darkly.
Then I caught on.
"What! No! I mean..." I felt my face go aflame and fiddled with the string that tickled against my wrist from my shirt.
"We... um..."
She didn't say anything, gave me a Mona Lisa smile before tutting under her breath.
"Well, just remember that if he gets you pregnant, I may just have to kill him... you have so much ahead of you that it'd be quite... sad to see your future marred by—
She paused, and her face fell.
I knew she was thinking of the children she would never conceive.
"Anyway. Just know I will—as you humans say—kick his ass."
I visibly relaxed, glad the mood had changed.
We watched an episode of the Simpsons before I felt she wanted to speak again. I knew something was up from her expression. I muted the TV and the utter silence was startling.
"I'm afraid that... I won't be coming back to visit Bella. Not for a while at least."
Part of me—the Jacob part—threw confetti in the air and did a dance while the other began to mourn.
I felt my eyes water.
"Oh, don't cry, Bella," she soothed, cold hand brushing over my wrist.
"It's just... I've never felt so alive with these children. They make me want to be a better vampire? I guess."
Her face gave nothing away but in her eyes I could see the happiness. She was in her own way, living again.
"But with this news, comes more."
I waited patiently, biting my lower lip.
"Edward is returning to Forks. He says that he wants to see how things are going or in his words 'if she is adequately safe'."
I knew the she. I was her. I could feel it.
She waited, gauging my reaction. I felt nothing. Sure, there was the echo of a stab in my chest but the worst was over, Victoria was gone, Jacob and I loved each other with every breath and nothing could come between us... except...
"How long will he be?"
"I already checked with Alice an hour ago, she said he'll be here in a week or less, depending when he makes up his mind."
So he was undecided about me. Huh.
"Do take care Bella. And for the love of all wardrobes, wear something bright with that cast. That colour," she gestured at my forest green tank "makes your eyes look bleak. In fact, forget it, I'm sending you an outfit."
Before I could protest she gave me one of those awkward one-person-sitting-one-person-standing hugs. She was so cold.
Then she was gone. Again.
I cried—with relief or pain, I wasn't sure.
Dear Renee,
I know it's been a while since I've wrote to you—'summer' has been busy here—but I want you to know I'm happy.
I have to say I agree with Phil—the game plan for the Foxes are terrible this year and I'm sorry that his knee was 'buggered'? from a game with the kids.
I miss you, a lot, actually.
Dads been good, he's been working, fishing, watching the games. The usual.
Ever since the loss of Harry he's stopped eating fast food, at least and is getting his just desserts with vegetables and vitamins. I make sure every day.
Jacob? Well, he's Jacob; working on bikes and cars... we're not very serious at the moment but I think something is bound to happen—and before you ask, no we haven't done anything.
Anyway, I just wanted to let you know I miss you and will write more.
Love, Bella.
P.S, tell Phil he should rest up and make sure those kids go easy on him.
I had so much spare time on my hands that I was bored.
I'd cleaned until I couldn't clean anymore, I stared at the cast on my leg, drawing doodles with a permanent marker and waited for Jacob to show up.
He never did.
I guess Sam was really doing a number on him.
Charlie let me add more vegetables to his (secretly) no-meat lasagne but refused to let me do the dishes and by the end of the night I was tired. I crawled upstairs, into bed and slept for a solid ten hours before I woke up.
My window was open. I stared at it.
Something was different, my mind told me. Sure enough, there on the edge and stuck with a bit of what appeared to be tape was a note. The paper felt different, harder than normal paper, and I realised with sleepy eyes that it smelled like vanilla and... I began reading.
Bella,
I wish to speak to you, if you don't mind.
If you do, leave your window open—if not, close it and I will understand.
Always, Edward.
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"Excuse me, miss, are you alright?"
*lifts head up from desk, L key stuck to forehead and zombie-like noises coming from throat*
"..."
Well hello once again, reviewers. Been a while, hasn't it? Ohdear, look at the mess I've made again! Keeping you all on the edge of your seats I hope! Well no, because that would be bad in case one of you fell off and hit your head. Hm.
Anyway.
Really glad I was able to write this, have missed writing dearly. I've had writers block for so long that it gave me the shits and fits and I was tempted to give up altogether (not really, like I would do that *shifty eyes*) but no, here I am.
I'm really really glad to say that I've packed everything BUT my furniture and we're moving on the 18th so things might get messy-er still after this. I've got somewhat of a plot down—Ithinkahahaha-and I'll keep you posted when I can.
Oh! Another thing. I have a fanfic sitting here gathering dust and thought you should take a look while I figure out how the hell my bed is supposed to fit through my tiny doorway... It's called It Was Hers and it's a (drum roll, please?) JakeBellsDrunkFunnyOneShot. Not in that order though...
And here comes the [REVIEW Rant]!
Noini – What'd you think? Aha. I thought it was a win-win. Or fail-fail? Not sure.
Rhianna14 – I do too! A possessive/protective Jake is a lovable Jake.
Notashamedtobe – Groovy review!
BrookeBelikov – Oh! The winky face, gets me every time.
Leah1398 – Hope this makes your day.
AngelOfDeath07 – I am tricky, aren't I? Aha. I wanted to use her because Alice was a little too cliché for me.
Nutz for Kellan Lutz – Tadah!
LynnLautner – Thank you so much, it means a lot.
Raven Potter Weasley – Sweet. That's what I was aiming for.
an angel's whisper – Thankyouthankyouthankyou!
SorchaKitty – That it does. I guess I got caught up in the writing. Anyway, am I still evil for this one?
BeccieT – I think that should be HTLWW's theme... You have a point. But I think I might put a little sumpin sumpin in there about Rosalies 'love-child'? or something. Ohdear, spoiler already...
YouHaveGOT2BeKiddingMe – That makes it worth writing, then!
Jharv241 – I hope you enjoy this one, too.
InToTheFire1395 – Your wish is my command.
Kim-imprinted-on-a-wolf – Awwwwh, shucks...
LoveIsBlind – Hope this keeps you hooked. And yes, Edward is a bit of a * covers mouth * ahem...
To those who weren't mentioned in this R R or I've missed, I apologise but give you thanks.
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Lovelovelovelove you guys!
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