Okay I KNOW its short, but I'm building up momentum and I love the dramatic ending to this chapter ;D yay for fictional drama!
We finally arrived back to the bonfire, and I was still a little shaken up. Jacob tried to comfort me the entire way, but I blocked him out. Embry and Quil drove my car back.
I sat down next to Moorland, I could tell by her body language she hadn't moved nor said one word. "Sorry for ditching you. I had to make sure the dimwits didn't get into any trouble."
She smiled up at me and took a swig of her drink, "Its fine, Riles and Lane seem to be having a good time." She nodded towards the girls. Riley was talking animatedly at Paul who sat there staring blankly and Laney was conversing with Emily and Leah.
"Are you?"
She shrugged, "No offense or anything." she quickly added.
I laughed, "It's cool, it wasn't any fun to me either until I actually got to know them." she nodded and took another sip of her drink. I hadn't notice the sudden shift in mood until I heard Lane clear her throat in awkwardness. I looked up to see Jacob and Sam head to head. There was tension between them, and neither one seemed to be backing down. Didn't the Alpha have control, no matter what?
Sam's eyes shifted to me, "I think it's time for you to take your friends home."
I gave him a questioning look, "It's getting late anyway." I agreed, but the look never changed.
"Hurry back." he nodded. I quickly helped the girls gather their things and ushered them to the car.
"What was that all about?" Rylie asked once we were on the road.
I shrugged, "Private stuff I guess."
"Like?" she pushed.
"It's well… private." I shook my head at her from the mirror. She huffed, but dropped it nonetheless. The rest of the car ride was silent as I dropped each one of them off. By the time I had returned it was nearly 11 and the bonfire had nearly died down.
They told me their plan and I nearly died, "Your going to what?" I exclaimed, "Do you know dangerous that is? Its suicide!"
"Mack-"
"They're the enemy damn it! There has to be some kind of rule against it!"
"We protect our tribe no matter what the stakes are." Jacob said, looking up at me from his sitting position on the ground. I was the only one standing.
"Then let them take care of their territory and we will take care of our own!"
He shook his head and was about to add something but Sam interjected, "If its for the sake of the tribe, we have to. I'm not to pleased with it either Mackenzie-" I narrowed my eyes him, "-Mackie, but we're just going to have to bear through it."
"Your wolves though. Not bears." I huffed and crossed my arms. I didn't like this idea one bit. Risking all of their lives for her. If it was my choice, she'd be dead already.
"If it was you, we'd risk it all the same and hoped they would help." Jacob commented, his eyes boring into mine. It was like he was reading my mind.
"I wouldn't be that stupid." my voice dripped with acid and I could tell by the way his eyes flickered, he felt it. "I wouldn't put the people I love in danger."
"She feels bad." he said looking down.
"Oh boohoo, if she really did she wouldn't have done any of the shit she has."
"Like what?" Jacob snapped at me. I could feel everyone's flicker between me and him, but I was to caught up in the moment to process it.
"Like I dunno… Jump off a fucking cliff, wreck a motorcycle, meet up with a vampire that was trying to kill her, use you for her punching bag while her leech was out of town. And last but not least: DATE A MOTHER FUCKING BLOOD SUCKER!" If I was a cartoon, there would be smoke coming out of my ears. I could feel my pulse in my head as my face burned and I dug my nails into my palms at the sides of my body. He looked up at me surprised. "A girl can only handle so much before she explodes." I commented more calmly while rubbing my temples. "Go ahead Jacob, risk you life for a girl who will ever love you back. But don't come crying to me when you really do realize where you belong." I grabbed my jacket and my bag, putting them both on. No one said a word, "It was great getting to know you guys. But I think it's time I get back to reality."
That night my mom helped me fill out my transfer papers to a school that was almost out of our city limits for next year. My father didn't say one word, he could tell by my eyes that Jacob had took it a step too far.
I talked to Embry almost every day, and my brother wasn't mad at my decision. I begged both him and Embry not to fight, but they couldn't go against Sam's orders. Physically nor mentally. I kept in touch with Moorland, Rylie, and Delaney. We were actually going to go see a movie this weekend in Port Angeles. I never ran into the pack, either by sheer luck, or Sam's orders to never approach me. I'd call Emily to check up on things every other week, even if I wanted no part in it anymore; I still loved them and cared about them deeply.
She had warned me the last time I spoke to her that it was getting near and for me to stay inside. I pretended to ignore her, but I couldn't stop the fear tumbling around in my stomach. I honestly didn't know if I could control myself if she was the cause of one of them getting hurt.
I laid around the house for the most part of June. Matt had double patrol as well as training with the leeches. My father worked and my mother was off running errands and other motherly things. I however stared at a computer screen and watched movies until my body was sore from not moving.
I groaned as my back started to hurt from my odd seating position on the couch. I quickly made up my mind and a slipped on my converse. My oversized football Jersey from my old school wrapped with a pony tail tightly around my waist, my black jean shorts hitting above mid thigh.
I got in my car in search of a park, I finally found one near highway 101. I pulled over and walked to a swing set, plugging in my iPod and losing myself in the rhythm. I've realized now, my entire iPod playlist is basically…the Soundtrack To My Life. It holds my ups and my downs, and the in-betweens. Most of those moments being because of Jacob. And to be honest, no matter how much it hurt at the time, I wouldn't change a thing.
I began losing myself in a song again, when my chest suddenly felt like it was on fire. I doubled over in pain, my iPod falling to the ground. It felt as if someone was sucking part of my life away from my chest. I slipped off the swing and into the sand, my arms wrapped around me. What was going on?
And that's when I heard it, no felt it. I felt Jacob's agonizing scream reverberate through my body, I could picture his face contorted in pain as he fell to the ground. I felt hot tears start to flow, I didn't know what to do. His scream kept echoing in my ears, louder and louder until I could barely think. And that's when I realized I was running. I was running through unfamiliar woods, but I knew exactly where I was going. His screams started to die down when I seen a break in the thick brush.
"Jacob!" I yelled, I could hear fighting going on. "Jacob!" I yelled, pushing my burning legs faster, trying to get to wherever they were taking me quicker. I finally busted through the trees and the sight in front of me bewildered me for a moment.
There was various, snow white body parts scattered through out the open meadow. Vampires and werewolves were flashing across the scene in a fight for survival. But that only distracted me for minute, my eyes landed on a russet wolf as it charged at a vampire that had its arms wrapped around a small grey wolf. My eyes widened in horror as I noticed the trap.
"NO!" I yelled running towards it, but I was to late. The vampire had wrapped its arms around Jacob crushing him and mauling at him. He fell to the ground limp, still in his wolf form. The other two leeches where taking down quickly. I looked at Jacob, his eyes meeting mine. I suddenly felt all the pain he felt, both physically and emotionally. I fell to knees a few feet away from him.
He slowly closed his eyes.
I slowly closed mine.
He blacked out.
I blacked out, feeling that last shred of my life being ripped away.
