DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING STEPHENIE MEYER DOES!
We had been up at the cabin for nearly two weeks. We were going to head home tomorrow afternoon. As we were packing up, my phone rang.
"Hello?" I answered without looking at the caller id.
"Hey, it's me." Alice said. I had called to check in and I'm sure Alice saw that everything was fine.
"What's up?" I asked. I knew they didn't want to interrupt my time with Jack.
"Well, tonight is going to be the perfect time for a baseball game. The family thought that you might want to join us. Also, we thought that Jack might want to play too. So are you game?" She said. I could practically hear her smile. She knew I was in. I couldn't resist a good game of baseball. Also, Jack would have a lot of fun.
"Let me ask Jack." I said and put the phone down. I ran to the living room, where Jack was.
"Hey, I have a question." I said and smiled.
"What?" he asked.
"It's going to be perfect conditions for a baseball game tonight. Alice called and wanted to know if we would like to join them tonight. We don't have to, only if you want to?" I told him.
"Perfect conditions?" he asked with a smile?
"Yes. So do you want to play?" I asked. I really wanted to play but if he didn't I was ok with not going.
"I'd love to." He said as he came over to me and kissed me.
"Great! I have to go tell Alice." I ran back to the back to the bedroom and picked up the phone.
"Yay!" Alice said.
""I take it that means you know we're both coming tonight?" I laughed.
"Yes and we can't wait. Start running now and you'll reach the clearing at the same time we will." Alice said and then hung up. I laughed again. It didn't last long though because right after I heard glass shattering.
"Jack?" I asked and ran out to see what happened.
"Tanya? What happened?" He asked. Then it happened again.
"I don't know." I said and went to kitchen window. The windows by it had been broken. Someone had thrown rocks at them. I looked out and saw him. It was Nate. Then I noticed another vampire with him. I didn't recognize her. She smiled at me and then ran off. This wasn't a kind smile. Nate followed after her.
"Should we follow them?" Jack asked.
"Yes." I said and started to run after them. Jack was right beside me. If it looked like it was going to come down to a fight, we would run. I wasn't going to risk losing Jack in a fight. These vampires were older than he was. He didn't know how to fight. He was going to go on pure instinct and with an older vampire, that would probably get him killed. The only advantage he had was his strength. Right now he was stronger than they were. That might help him last longer but there was a good chance that wouldn't win the fight. "Listen, if it comes to a fight we are running to the clearing where the Cullens will be. We will not take these two on." I told him in a hushed voice. I didn't want the other two to hear this.
"Why? It would be two on two?" He asked.
"It would be very...risky." I said.
"Ok, but I will need an explanation later." He replied. I gave him a small smile.
We were following the scent of the other two and I was trying to figure out how far ahead of us they were. I looked around, thinking about where they were leading us. That's when it clicked.
"They're leading us to the clearing." I said.
"What clearing?" Jack asked.
"The one where we were going to play baseball." I said. She wanted the Cullens and that's where they would be. She didn't know that we were planning on going there anyway. That's why she wanted us to chase her. She was leading us to them.
"What about the rest of them?" Jack asked.
"They'll be there. We have no way to warn them. I'm hoping Alice has seen this by now. If not, once we get closer Edward might here them or us. That will at least give them some warning." I told him.
"Ok." He responded. He was nervous and he was trying to hide it.
"This wasn't good thinking on her part." I told him. "Once we get there, they will be out numbered. The Cullens are skilled fighters. There's only two that we will have to worry about. You and Bella are the newest. Later I will explain why that is a disadvantage." I told him.
"I'll be fine. It's you I'm worried about." He said.
"Don't. I know how to fight. I'm hoping it doesn't come down to that but I think it might." I said.
We followed them the rest of the way in silence. I was right, we were now a few minutes away from the clearing. Alice said that we would meet up at the clearing. I was counting on that. I started to yell for Edward in my thoughts. I hoped I caught his attention and he got the warning.
"I love you." I said and smiled at him.
"No. We will not die. This is not the time where we say our goodbyes. We will have eternity to tell each other that after tonight." He told me.
"Regardless, I do love you." I said again.
"I love you too." He said and smiled back at me.
We were now in the clearing. Nate and the other vampire were just standing on the other side. She still had a wicked smile on her face. Nate looked sad. As I noticed this, the Cullens ran into the clearing and came over to where Jack and I were standing.
"Thanks for the warning." Edward said to me. "Alice didn't see this."
"Welcome back Cullens." The female vampire said as she started to head towards the middle of the clearing. "I'm guessing you don't remember me. That means I have to start the story at the beginning." She sighed.
OK so it has been quite a while but after this, only two chapters are left. That is working under the assumption that anyone is still reading this. If so please REVIEW(kind or constructive ones only!) Also I am working on the next two chapters right now. So they should be up sometime tonight or tomorrow. I am trying to finish this story this weekend.
