Unexpected Surprise
Jacob had decided to stay longer when we all got back from a hunt later that day. Edward could read that he didn't want to leave that early, because that would shorten his time with Bella. And so, in the past two days, Bella and Jacob had been hanging out while I would sulk around waiting for my beloved to come back. Sad I know, and not entirely me, and I know that we have forever together, but forever wasn't long enough. I was getting a bit obsessed over Bella, Edward and Emmett had noted that. Well, it was either waiting for Bella to return or doing nothing. Basically, waiting for Bella to return was doing nothing. So, I had two tasks that could roll into one. Not a very bad idea after all.
"And you're giving me a headache." Came a familiar voice that I knew it was my brother. I turned to look at him, from where I was perched up on the window edge, just blankly staring out at the woods where I could hear Jacob's and Bella's laughter.
"I didn't know we vampires get headaches." I responded with amusement in my tone. If we did get headaches, then there wasn't any single medicine that would help to get rid of the pain, not that I've experienced headaches before, but I know that as soon as we would swallow those tablets, they would come out the way that we had put them in.
"Exactly, I didn't know that I would get one until today." He responded, snorting slightly but it was playful.
"Need some painkillers?" I suggested, although I didn't know if it would be wise for him to even take one step closer to having those nasty small things down his throat. I imagined him shoving it down his throat, then barfing it back up at his mouth. I shuddered at the image, and he too shuddered and winced from it.
"Must you think of that?" He asked, a little annoyed that I did actually thought of that.
I shrugged. "At least I'm not thinking of Bella, right?" I said, and as soon as those words left my mouth, I thought of Bella once more. How I wanted to hold her right now. How I wanted to take her shopping but couldn't because we were going to leave as soon as Jacob would return to his pack. How I wanted to – and the thought got cut off by Edward's grunting. "Or maybe not…"
"You're as bad as Jacob." He commented, and I frowned, swinging my legs over from the edge and dangled them to the floor, but not really touching the floor since I was that short.
"Hey! At least he's spending time with her right now!" I replied rather stubbornly, and crossed my arms across my chest with a pout as if I was a kid that had her precious doll taken away from her. Edward looked at me, as if he couldn't believe that I was acting this way. We stayed like this for a while, until he decided to let his laughter be heard. And no, not only by me, but everyone else in the house as well. Emmett had to appear right at this second, so I had to roll my eyes at his presence.
"Go hang out with them, you know you want to." Emmett said lowly, his arms crossed over his chest as he bent down close to me, and yes his face was just a few inches away from mine. His eyebrows were wriggling suggestively, and somehow I had the sudden urge to shave them off.
"They're probably catching up, I don't want to intrude." I said, my eyes still stared at his face, and his eyebrows ceased their wriggling and he threw his head back with a sigh, out of disappointment. Then I frowned, oh if he was going to say what he is going to….
"Come on! It'd be a hot threesome!"
There it was. I sighed as Rosalie suddenly appeared behind him and smacked him at the back of his head. Sometimes I wondered if Rosalie was more of a mother to Emmett, or she was even his wife. Because, most of the time, Emmett would act so much like a child and Rosalie his mother. In a way, their relationship was a bit funny to watch. And without Emmett being the entertainer and the clown in any tensed situations, then I'd doubt this family would come to understand each other and love each other as one.
"Emmett McCarty Cullen, there will be no dog humping my sisters in this house. Furthermore, there will be no threesome or foursome or any kind of number that you would want to see, or do, in this house. Am I making myself clear?" Rosalie spoke, stern, firm, icy cold, with a glare of disapproval to match her posture at this moment. Edward and I had to both hold in our laughter as we watched Rosalie lectured her big of a teddy bear husband.
Emmett turned to look at her, readying to say something smart back, but his mouth only dropped a little when he saw the look on her face. Anyone would make a run for it if that look was being directed to them. He closed his mouth, his head hang down as his eyes were glued on the floor. It looked like he was a little child being scolded by his mother. A small giggle escaped from my lips, and my hand quickly flew over my mouth to muffle it.
"Yes, I understand." He mumbled quietly. No humans would be able to hear that, but we could, and Rosalie didn't want to have any of that.
"Excuse me?" Her voice was more softer, but it still held an edge to it.
"Yes, I understand ma'am!" He quickly said a bit louder before looking up at Rosalie with glittering eyes. She rolled her eyes, sighed, patted his head for being a good boy, and another giggle escaped my lips but was being muffled by my hand.
"Let's go, and leave Edward and Alice alone while they talk about….their Bella." Rosalie looked over to us and smirked, before grabbing Emmett's arm and pulling him away. He let her pulled him away, like a puppy that he was, and when we heard them going upstairs, we let our laughter rang throughout the house. It was always hilarious to see Rosalie lecturing Emmett. It wasn't really fun watching Esme lecturing him, since she was our 'mother' in a way. But with Rosalie, there was always entertainment in it.
"Care to share the story behind your laughter?" A soft, angelic voice asked and I knew who it belonged to. I quickly stopped laughing, looked up and there she was, standing there with an amused smile gracing on her lips. I hopped off of the window edge and jumped on her with my arms wrapped around her in a fierce hug, as if I hadn't seen her for so long.
"Bella!" I squealed, and grinned like a maniac. I heard her chuckle and hugged me back.
"You miss me that much huh?" She asked, her tone was full with amusement.
"Of course! Every single second!" I answered back, still squealing in her ears and I somehow know that if she could bleed, her ears would be bleeding right now.
"That's why I came back." She chuckled once more before loosening her arms around me. Then her voice became serious. "But that's not the only reason why."
I loosened my grip around her, and pulled back only a little so I could see up her face. It looked like she was holding back a growl, since her chest was vibrating with it at the moment. I turned to Edward, and see that he was pretty much doing the same thing. Then Jacob came, the look on his face was of disappointment. Edward called everyone to us, and I wondered what was going on. Boy, how I hated to not know what the future would bring, when there was someone blocking me without my consent.
"Bella, what's happening?" I asked curiously, and by the look of everyone that didn't know, they were immensely curious to what was going on.
"The pack is going to be here soon." Bella muttered, her teeth gritted together to keep the growl from coming out. I quickly turned to Jacob, confused, and a little taken aback. Why would they come when Jacob was here, and doing fine?
As if to answer my unasked question, Jacob let out a small growl while his hands clenched into fists. "Sam figured out that I was just staying over because of Bella, and he told the elders about it. I heard every single word that he spoke to my dad and the elders when I was in my wolf form. They're going to attack, and since I'm all back and healthy, they're expecting me to join them."
Everyone gasped, and was quiet for only a second before I decided to break it. "They went back on their words, does this mean we have to hold you hostage?"
Jacob looked at me as if I was insane, then he let out a bellow laugh. I didn't get it, there wasn't anything funny in this situation. I looked up at Bella, and there was no restraining growl on her face. In fact, her face was one of amusement. I looked back to Jacob, and saw that he was calming down a bit. He looked at me and smirked, as if what I just said then amused him greatly.
"Now that is a very fine idea." His smirk widened as he looked over to Bella, whom was now smirking also.
"So, would you like to sit back on a chair, while we tie you up?" She asked playfully. "Or would you rather have us tie you up on a log while we carry you around?"
"And roast me?" He asked, raising his eyebrow and trying to sound terrify at what Bella was suggesting, but failing miserably.
"Now that is a dandy fine idea." Bella responded, and soon the whole house erupted with laughter, but I didn't join them. I didn't see this situation funny, at all.
"Is this our last laugh…with each other?" I didn't realize that my voice was a bit shaky when I actually managed the words to come out myself. I felt Bella's arms tightened around me, so I took this as an advantage to bury my face in her chest. "I don't want this to be our last laugh." I murmured against her chest, my body started to shake uncontrollably.
The laughter was gone, and the atmosphere changed. This couldn't really be the end. It just couldn't. "Shh, Alice, we will make it out alive." Bella's words were soft and reassured in my ears, but instead of believing those words, I went against it because I knew that the pack would attack, and who knew if anyone of us would be able to stay alive long enough to reunite with each other again?
"Alice, please, doesn't think like that. We will fight as a family, and we will die as a family. We will always have each other's back." Edward was the second to speak up, his words – once again – sounded so reassuring and I didn't know what to think anymore. I could only nod against Bella's chest, while trying to stop my body from shaking in vain.
"When are they going to come?" I heard Emmett asked, and he sounded like he was all in for this battle. That was just like him.
"Soon, very soon." Jacob answered, and that was then that we all heard a loud howl in the woods, and several heavy steps running towards us. Everyone was preparing for this when the pack had decided to attack us in surprise. That was one of the reasons why we didn't go anywhere, much less go out to hunt. Bella and Jacob had always stayed close to the house whenever they were together, just in case Bella would come running in if there was some oppose danger. And there it was, six individual wolves were running to us.
Wait…six? This wasn't right, last time I saw the pack, there was only four excluding Jacob. So, how the hell did they gain two new young pups in just two freaking days? My body had stopped shaking, so I shifted my face to look over at Jacob. He didn't seem to be surprised by the increasing number, as if he was expecting the pack to get a little bigger. I could see that he was shaking though, and I could see that he was trying to keep his 'wolf' inside of him under control, but what for? I sighed, being with wolves didn't help me relax at all, and now we were under attack, and I have to watch as Bella go berserker again. This should be….fun.
A/N: Yay, another action coming up. So, are you guys Team Werewolves or Team Vampire? Then again, I'm not even sure if Jacob is going to side with the Cullens or not. Well, he might, since it's Bella that we're talking about here, and they did spend a lot of time together catching up and all. And the two new members of the wolves? You know who they are. ;]
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