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Chapter 17
(Lilly's POV)
We were all lounging in the living room waiting for Edward to come home from dropping Bella off after school. Jasper and I were sitting in the loveseat with my body curled into his as he kept his arms protectively wrapped around me. Rosalie was pacing back and forth in front of the sliding glass door and Emmett said in the chair watching her with a worried expression. Carlisle and Esme were sitting on the couch with a medical book in his hand with the other arm draped affectionately around his mate. Alice sat on the other end of the couch flipping through a fashion magazine as if she didn't have a care in the world, much to Rose's dismay.
I couldn't help but be worried about what will happen when my best friend walks through the door. Even though what he did was wrong without discussing it with the family first, I don't want to see him get his ass handed to him.
I could tell by his demeanor that Jasper was just as pissed off as Rose, even though he wasn't as vocal about it. I understood his reasoning, completely, but at the same time, it was a load off my chest that I didn't have to keep any more secrets from my best girl friend.
Everyone tensed as we heard Edward's Volvo pull down the driveway and park it in front of the garage. I held my breath as I heard him shut his car door and stroll into the house. He entered the living room with a guilty expression marring his features. He immediately made eye contact with me and gave me an apologetic smile.
It's okay, Edward. I thought to him. I forgive you. I just wish you would have discussed it with us first before you told her. Regardless, she knows now and we can't change that. Like I said before, I'll support you with whatever you want to do and I'll be on your side. Just please don't do something this serious again without talking to us about it.
He nodded and then sat down on the couch in between Carlisle and Alice.
"She knows." Edward clarified.
"Yes." Carlisle agreed and looked back down at Edward.
"You Idiot! You selfish, arrogant prick!" Rosalie exclaimed, drawing all of our attention off of Edward and on to her. "What the hell were you thinking, telling her? How could you jeopardize our lives over some…human?"
"She has a name!" Edward snarled. "Bella."
Esme stood from her seat on the couch and put her arm around Rosalie, trying to comfort her. She shrugged her arm off of her and resumed her pacing.
"What exactly did you tell her, Edward?" Jasper asked, trying to be the peace maker.
"I didn't tell her." Edward admitted truthfully. "You can blame Jacob Black for that."
"Jacob Black as in Ephraim Black? His descendant?" Carlisle asked surprised.
"Oh, that's rich." Emmett snorted.
"One in the same." Edward nodded. "When she went down the La Push last weekend, he told her of their legends featuring the cold ones, and she made the connection after doing some research on the internet and from an old Quileute book that explained all of their legends."
"They broke the treaty!" Rose snarled as she stopped pacing and faced us once again.
"This means war!" Emmett said rubbing his hands together in excitement. "We get to put a few dogs down."
"Let's not get hasty." Carlisle interrupted. "I'm sure the boy didn't know. He is young, after all."
"Still!" Rose argued.
"No, Carlisle's right." Alice chimed in. "Jacob didn't know that the legends were real, or that he was breaking the treaty."
"So we're just going to let this go?" Rose asked incredulously.
"Yes." Carlisle nodded. "There is no reason to start a war and cause violence over a young boy's mistakes."
Rose just glared at Carlisle and Edward in response before stomping out of the room.
"She won't tell anyone if that's what everyone's worried about." Alice added.
"I'm sure she won't, Alice." Esme said taking her seat on the couch again next to Carlisle.
The next day after Edward dropped Bella off after school, she called me and wanted me to come over to talk. Apparently she had a lot of questions to ask me. To say I was nervous was an understatement. I knew that she was okay with it and all, but I was still nervous.
I pulled up in front of my parent's house, parking in the driveway. I took a deep unneeded breath and opened the car door and got out. I put my hands in my jean pockets and walked across the street and knocked on Bella's front door.
I heard her run to the front door and yank it open in haste. She must have been as nervous and anxious as I was. Knowing that made me feel better for some reason.
"Hey." She greeted me.
"Hi." I replied, shuffling my feet in place. It was unusual for me to fidget and I couldn't help but laugh at myself.
"You want to come in?" She asked opening the door wider for me to get through.
I looked at their driveway, making sure that the chief was not home to overhear our conversation and nodded, making my way into her house.
We got comfortable on the couch in her living room, facing each other as we continued to fidget and make small talk, not knowing where to start.
"So," Bella began, finally working her way into the topic that had us both so frazzled. "You're a vampire?"
"Well, technically I am what is known as a 'Dhampir,' but yes, I am a vampire/human hybrid. More vampire than human though, because I am ¾ vampire and only a ¼ human, but I don't think statistics matter. It all results in the same thing." I rambled on needlessly.
She looked at me surprised for a second, and then shook her head, breaking herself out of her stupor.
"Edward didn't mention that. How are you part human, still?" She asked.
"Um…it's a long story." I mumbled.
"Well, maybe that is best left for another time, then." She concluded. "I'm not sure what time Charlie will be home, so why don't we move on from that and if we have time after we talk about everything else, then maybe I can hear it?"
"Yeah, that's probably the best idea. My story only leads to more questions than answers anyway. Maybe after you know everything else, it will make more sense to you and you won't have as many questions." I agreed. "Anyway, what do you want to know?"
A moment of silence passed between us before she hesitantly looked up at me.
"Why didn't you tell me?" She mumbled.
"What was I supposed to say, Bella?" I asked. "I'm sure I would have told you at some point, but at the same time, I was afraid that you would hate me; that you would be afraid of me. I mean, there is this law in my world where it is illegal to expose ourselves to mortals, but I would have broken that law if I knew for sure that it wouldn't change anything between us. Not to mention, it wasn't only my secret to tell. The whole family would have had to agree to it being okay for you to know, because it would have been their lives on the line as well."
"Vampires have laws?" She asked as both of her eyebrows shot up to her hairline in surprise.
"Yeah," I answered. "We are ruled by a royal family called 'the Volturi'. They make and enforce the laws."
"Oh," she nodded absentmindedly. "I guess I can understand that. I just feel kind of silly. I mean, you were the one I talked to about the Cullen's and things I noticed about them, when you were one of them all along."
"No, it's okay. You needed someone to talk to about it and if that person didn't witness what we did when Tyler's van almost crushed us, they would have sent you to the padded room for sure!" I chuckled and she began to laugh as well.
"Yeah, I guess you're right." She shook her head at our antics and took a deep breath. "So, can all of you read minds like Edward can?"
"No, that's just Edward's gift." I clarified. "But Alice can see the future and Jasper can feel and manipulate emotions."
"What about you?" She asked. "Edward mentioned that you had a very strong gift and that is why you need human blood on occasion."
"Umm…" I began to fidget. If what she knows about me so far didn't scare her away, then I was sure that this would. "I can control things and people with my mind."
I didn't hear a reply from her so I looked up to see what her reaction to my admission was and saw that her eyes were wide and her jaw was slack.
"Are you serious? How does that work?" She asked leaning closer with interest.
"Well, I can levitate object and move them around. I can make people do things against their will, like if I wanted to, I could make you jump around the room and act like a chicken." I chuckled. She laughed with me, but was clearly amazed. "And Carlisle said that if we work on my gift, I can expand it to do even more, such as teleport a person or object, control the elements as long as they are already there. Like I won't be able to make fire or water appear out of nowhere, but if it is already in front of me, I can manipulate or control it. I already go the fire and water part down, but he was saying that I could learn to do more with it. I actually always keep a lighter in my possession so I can practice."
"That is so amazing!" She gaped.
"I guess, but having so much power can have a down side as well as be dangerous." I said solemnly.
"I can imagine." She agreed. "So tell me more about vampires?" She asked changing the subject. She could tell that my gift was a hard subject to get in to, even if she didn't know how dangerous it could be. And now learning that I can expand it? I mean, it would be useful at times to know all of the ins and outs of my power, but it doesn't change the way I feel about it.
We spent the next half hour talking about vampires and all of the things that vampires could do, what with our extra senses, speed, and strength. She was enthralled with everything I said and didn't even notice when Charlie walked in the front door and greeted us. She just about jumped out of her skin when he put a hand on her shoulder and said hello.
I helped Bella prepare dinner for her and her father, but left just before they sat down to eat. I had already eaten my human meal two days prior and really wasn't in the mood for lasagna anyways. My diet fell along the line of different kinds of meats rather than noodles or pasta.
When I got home, I settled in for a movie with the family as Edward was getting ready to disappear out the door to go and watch over Bella while she slept.
"Don't you think that it's just a little strange watching some chick while they sleep?" Emmett asked as Edward came down the stairs.
"Emmett, leave your brother alone." Esme chided.
"No, he's right! What are you, some kind of vampire stalker?" Rose commented from across the room as she filed her sharp nails.
"It's none of your business what I do during my nights." Edward retorted.
"But it's my business what you are doing to our family!" Rose argued, slamming her file down on the coffee table and standing up as she challenged Edward.
"Haven't we been over this?" He asked angrily as they continued to banter back and forth.
Tempers were getting high and I felt so helpless and I didn't know what to do. I didn't like to see my sister and best friend fighting. Jasper could sense all of this and I looked at him gratefully as I felt him send calm into the room.
"Thank you, sweetheart." Esme said graciously then turned back to the other two. "Both of you knock it off! Rosalie, what Edward does during his free time is up to him as long as he isn't out to hurt the girl."
"I would never." Edward grumbled, rolling his eyes.
She glared at him with narrowed eyes and her arms crossed over her chest. "We'll see if you still think so after your date on Saturday. Being alone with your blood singer isn't the smartest thing, especially for our family when she turns up missing or dead. Even Alice doesn't know if she will survive Saturday or not."
"Rosalie!" Esme snapped.
Rose huffed and sat back down, picking her file back up and continued to file her nails in haste, obviously irritated.
"Well, I'm out of here. See you all later." Edward said before dropping a kiss on my head and heading out the door.
Carlisle was working a double tonight, so it was just Alice, Jasper, Emmett, Rose, and Esme watching the movie with me. We decided to put on 'The Count of Monte Crisco', one of the best revenge stories of all time.
About ¾ of the way through the movie, my cell phone began ringing. I heard Alice gasp as I was fishing my phone out of my bag as I looked to her, waiting for her to come back to the present. I saw who it was on the caller I.D. and smiled, happy to hear from one of my friends from Vancouver.
"Don't answer it!" She rushed out, but by the time she said something, it was too late.
"Hello?" I greeted my friend Trent.
"Hey Babe," I could hear him smile through the phone. "How's…Spoons?"
"It's Forks." I giggled correcting him.
"Whatever, it's still named after an eating utensil." He chuckled in response.
(Jasper's POV)
I could feel my temper begin to rise as her conversation continued with the male voice on the other end of the phone. Who was this guy? Why are they so friendly with each other?
"I miss you, babe! Vancouver isn't the same without you here." He complained. "I'm tempted to drive down there myself and kidnap you and bring your ass back here."
I growled at that and got up and immediately began pacing the room. The hell he was going to take my Lil away from me. I'd tear him apart before he even entered the town.
Their conversation went on along with her giggles and his chuckles and they talked. He went on the say how that now that the prettiest girl in the city was gone, Vancouver lost its most beautiful attraction. I would continue to growl or snarl at parts of their conversation and she would continue to look at me with a perplexed look on her beautiful face. I couldn't decide who to be mad at. Her, for not mentioning that she was with me and letting him continue to flirt with her and talk to her that manner, or him for hitting on my girl. The final straw was at the very end of their conversation.
"Listen, Trent, I gotta go. Give me a call sometime soon, though. I miss you."
"I miss you, too, babe and I will call you soon. I love you."
I roared at hearing another man tell my girl that he loved her. What was she cheating on me? Was it more than just a one sided attraction? Did they have a relationship still in progress? She didn't reply to him, just looked up at me in alarm and confusion. I was seething and I watched out of the corner of my eye as everyone began to slowly back out of the room. Pretty soon, the only ones left were me, Lil, and Alice who was standing in the doorway to the living room.
"It's not what you think, Jasper. Let her explain before you jump to conclusions." She murmured before disappearing out of the room.
She snapped out of her shock and put the phone back to her ear.
"Lilly? What was that? Are you there? Are you okay? Lilly, talk to me babe!"
"Uh, I'm sorry Trent. Everything is fine, but I got to go. I'll talk to you soon, okay?"
"Alright, as long as you're okay. Have a good night, babe."
She hung up the phone and looked at me as if she was trying to find what was wrong just by looking at me. Her emotions reflected alarm, confusion, worry, love and concern. I could feel the Major worming his way to the forefront of my mind and I couldn't help it when he suddenly took over. I had no control over him right now. I was too pissed off and worried about that phone call to try and keep him at bay. He was a pissed as well, maybe more so than I was and needed to stake his own claim on our mate to remind her who she belongs to.
A/N: Cliffhanger! I had a request for a fight between Lilly and Jasper and many of you wanted to meet Lilith. *TEASER* - She will be introducing herself during the next chapter! I hope everyone enjoyed the chapter!
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