BLUE MOON
CHAPTER FOUR –Tales
A.N.: I only own Mandy, Chelle, Ruff, Sarah and Larry. All the rest belong to the amazing Stephenie Meyer.
Enjoy!
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Bella?
Yes, Mandy?
Do you mind telling – or better, writing – me the story now? Chelle will read it with me.
Oh… Sure!
By the way, I like your writing. It's cute.
So, anyway… My dad, Charlie, is the police chief of a little city in the Olympic peninsula, called Forks. Forks is this tiny, humid and kind of depressing place. Very green. A bit too green, really. So, once my mom married again – she got married to Phil. Phil is a football player, so he has to move a lot from one place to another –, I moved over to live with my dad.
My dad had these old friends, nearly family, really. The Blacks. The Blacks are from a native tribe of that area. They live down in La Push. I got to meet Jacob, Billy Black's son – Billy is Charlie's friend.
When Edward left me, - long story, another day I'll explain - Jacob kind of became my personal sun, he made me happier, made me kind of forget the whole that was where Edward had been beforehand. He helped me through my darkest time of life. Only, friendship doesn't seem to always be enough for Jake… so Edward came back, and, just before he came back, I found out Jake was a werewolf.
Of course, I knew vampires and werewolves didn't get along at all well. But still, I tried to keep both my friend and my love. (One guess to if it worked…)
Jake started getting a bit too overboard. He managed to make me see I loved him – by kissing my forcefully, which was very stupid of him, because all he managed with that, was to gain even more animosity from Edward, and make me get extremely pissed off at him for being so damn tactless.
Whatever.
Not that that changed anything. I couldn't – and still can't – live without Edward in my life. So, in the end, I had to break both his and my heart and leave Forks so Edward could change me.
But Jake doesn't give up that easily. I should've known he'd appear sometime soon… I just didn't want him to come. It only makes things worse. For both of us. Again.
He just doesn't learn with his mistakes… shame, really. I used to like being his friend. But he became so damn stubborn and stupid. What with all that kissing and etc, I kind of… well, I'm not exactly very thrilled by seeing him again. Sure, it's good to know he's okay and all that, but… he's not that same Jacob I knew. The Jacob that was my own personal little sun. He changed way too much. For the worse.
Sometimes, I'd look at him and I could barely recognize my friend under the hard mask and muscular man he became… I really wish he hadn't come at all.
Well, that's my story. What do you two think of it? A bit too soap opera, huh?
Wow. That's one story…!
Your writing is neater, though. Prettier, too.
Aw, thanks!
My writing didn't use to be this neat. I actually like it now. It used to be horrific before… being a vampire has many pros!
Hahaha, I'm glad you think so. Now I guess we should stop. The teacher is wandering what we're doing. I guess I'm smiling too much. Dammit!
Stupid school…
I laughed.
Even though that was the end of the conversation, I could feel we were somehow closer now. I passed Chelle the paper, so she could read, too.
Her writing is gorgeous! I wish mine were like that!
And that story is very interesting… I wonder if it's true. Edward doesn't seem capable of leaving her…
Yeah. I also wish mine were like that, Chelle. Who doesn't, really?
And yes. The story is true. I can see it in her eyes.
Wow.
Someone's perceptive today.
Oh, shut up, Chelle!
Okay, okay… calm down, hun! I was just joking!
Yeah, yeah… whatever, Chelle, whatever…
At that moment, the bell rang. I jumped. I had been so concentrated on the paper passing around. I got my things together and walked with Chelle to my next class.
The rest of the day passed with no special happenings. When the nine of us – the six Cullens, me, Chelle and Sarah – left from our different last classes, though, an unpleasant surprise awaited us. The sun. Sarah walked right out of her class – which she had been in with Alice – and crossed the sun-lit area towards where me, Chelle, Bella, Edward and the rest of the Cullens were, standing frozen in the shadow of the corridor, constricting the entire passage. Alice was stuck on the other side of the school. She was looking sadly at us, nearly apologetically. I winced and turned to Edward
"Had she seen this?"
"No," he answered through gritted teeth
"How come?" I asked, desperately
"Because we have some little guests," he growled
Bella scowled at that
"I told you, Edward."
"Yes, you did, love. I'm sorry. I'm really sorry."
"No problem, Edward…" she replied, sighing "Alice can't see the future if the werewolves step in," she told us
Sarah's eyes bulged at that. I could feel the surprise on my own face
"We don't know why that is like that," she continued "but it can be extremely annoying," she muttered under her breath.
At that moment, he appeared. It was hard not see him, he was so tall. Jacob walked toward us, not taking his eyes off of Bella. Then, when he was closer, he looked at us. His eyes swept over the Cullens with disgust, then moved over to me and Chelle with interest. When he got to Sarah, he seemed to sway a bit. His eyes widened a fraction, and then he looked away.
Bella was looking intently from him to Sarah and back again. A small smile forming on her lips.
Jacob looked back at her and scowled.
Edward chuckled lightly next to Bella.
She looked up to him, as if wanting confirmation to something. He met her gaze and nodded slightly. Her smile widened.
She turned swiftly to Sarah, who looked at her warily.
I was completely lost and, judging by Chelle's face, so was she.
"Sarah, come here a moment, please." Bella motioned the girl forward, never taking her eyes off Jacob.
He stared at her angrily.
Sarah stepped forward and stood next to Bella.
"Sarah, this is Jacob, an old friend of mine." She smiled ruefully at that "Jacob, this is Sarah." her smile became more pronounced. I noticed it was nearly an evil smile.
There was definitely an edge in her voice. Sarah seemed to notice that too.
"We'll leave the two of you to talk a bit." Edward smirked.
Jacob looked at him with hatred in his face, not saying a word.
Then, with no more, Bella turned, grabbed my wrist in one hand and Chelle's in the other and towed us to the bathroom. There, she took out three cloaks from her bag. She handed each of us one and put one on herself. After that was done, we went out again and walked straight to the car, ignoring the strange looks we were receiving. I was shocked to see Jacob and Sarah talking happily and seemingly unworried. I straightened my eyes. Bella knew something that I didn't.
"Sarah, do you want a lift?" Alice asked, suddenly next to us, also wearing a cloak. Bella shot her a dirty look. Alice pretended she hadn't seen it.
"No, thanks, Alice." Sarah smiled "Jake will take me home."
Alice turned to Jacob. Bella turned to look at him too, and I was surprised to see the expression on her face. It was as if she were in pain. Jacob noticed that, too and his lips twitched, remembering something, I was sure. Edward rolled his eyes at Jacob's thoughts and murmured something. Jacob laughed and then his face was serious. He looked at Bella with wary eyes. He then looked at Edward. The lattest shrugged.
"Bella, would you mind…?"
She shot one glance to Sarah then turned and walked toward the forest. Jacob followed her. Sarah stayed behind, looking confused but somewhat, pleased. I looked at Edward questioning him silently
"Jacob has just imprinted." Edward said, a huge smile on his lips
"Imprinted?"
"A dog… sorry. A wolf thing," he smirked "similar, but much, much more powerful, than love at first sight," he explained, still smiling
I looked at Sarah. Edward noticed and nodded. I felt my mouth fall open in amazement.
"Do you want narration?" Edward asked smugly
"Yes!" Alice breathed
He rolled his eyes and said, in a voice that was clearly Bella's
"I'm happy for you, Jake."
"Don't be. I saw your expression, Bella."
"Jacob Black. You've just imprinted. Go and be happy!"
"Without you" he sounded doubtful through Edward's voice
"Of course so, silly. I'm not the one you imprinted on, in case you haven't noticed yet."
"Are you sure of what you're saying, Bella?"
"Jake," she said softly "I chose my path five years ago. It's time you followed your own path. And in that path, there's no me. Had I chosen differently back then, things would have been different. But this is how things are now. You'll have to put up with it. Besides… I thought this imprinting thing was supposed to be powerful. So, even if you wanted, you have no choice, really, Jake."
"It is powerful, Bella. But…" he hesitated "but it's not as strong to me… at least, not as strong as it was to Sam and to Embry and Quil…"
"How do you mean 'not so strong'?" She demanded "Are there levels in power too?"
"No, Bella. It's just…"
"Don't go on, Jake. I don't want to hear it. Go be happy with Sarah. She's a nice girl. I'm glad for her…"
"I wish you would listen to me, Bella."
"Why, Jacob? I already know what you're gonna tell me and, honestly, I don't wanna hear it."
There was silence then, and Bella reappeared from the forest fringe, tugging at the hood of her cloak as she walked in to the sun, making sure it covered her entire face. She walked right up to us and climbed into the car, without saying a single word.
Sarah was looking at her with a strange expression on her face. Bella seemed not to notice that, or if she did, she pretended not to. Then, Jacob stalked over to us with a grumpy expression on his face. He took Sarah by her hand and towed her to his red car. In a few minutes, they were gone.
I glanced warily at Bella and climbed into the back seat of the Volvo, with Chelle right behind me.
"Did you really have to tell them everything, Edward? Sarah is probably scared stiff now," she sighed
"She'll get over it," he said confidently "she thought you and Jacob… well, I had to change that thought of hers," he said, chuckling.
Bella rolled her eyes and sighed as smiled spread across her features.
"At least he'll stop bugging me," she commented happy
"Thank God." Was all he answered "where do I turn, Mandy?"
"Right here," I said, indicating.
I was gonna present them to Ruff, my boyfriend. Tomorrow was Larry's turn.
He turned in on the drive and the red car followed swiftly behind. Beyond the red car, far behind, I thought I caught a glimpse of another car… red too… no, I had imagined it. We got out of the car and I walked up to the front door. The others followed behind me.
"Ruff?" I called "I brought some people here for you to meet, Ruff."
He was beside me in a second. He was really getting better at this. His control was almost perfect. Almost.
"Hey, sweetie."
"Hi, Ruff," I said, kissing him gently. I felt the others' look around, giving us some privacy. Ruff looked warily at the people behind me. I laughed lightly at his worried expression.
"C'mon in, guys. I know it's not as big as your house, but it's livable." I smiled and walked into the kitchen "would you guys like something to drink?"
I heard some giggling in response and took that as an obvious no. I wondered back to the living-room. They were still standing.
"Have a seat." I offered "this will take some time to get through with"
Ruff was looking amused at the Cullens as they all sat down on the couches.
"Ruff, these are my newest friends at school. Alice, Bella, Rosalie, Jasper, Edward and Emmett. And of course, you already know Chelle." I smiled "Guys, this is Ruff, my boyfriend."
As I had said their names, each one of them had given some indication to show him who was who. I continued.
"You know, Ruff… Bella is also five?"
"Really?" He asked, looking at Bella curiously
"Yup," she said proudly
"And… you're going to school too?"
She nodded. His eyes grew wide in shock. I laughed
"I have an extra facility control wise," she explained to him "I really could be like any normal person, like any human… I don't mind proximity."
This made his mouth open even wider and he managed to choke out
"How… how do you do that?"
She shrugged nonchalantly
"I just do. No idea how. The smell doesn't bother me much. At the beginning, I was wilder than average. Once my one year was over, though, it got much easier."
And so the conversation ran effortlessly. Ruff was truly elated to be able to talk to other people again. I knew he had missed that a lot. I smiled happily as I thought of when I had found Ruff. Chelle, of course, had been with me. She had also found Larry then.
I was wondering aimlessly through a dark alley. Of all the retched places, why did Chelle have to choose this place in particular for us to meet?, I thought, grumbling to myself. I rounded a corner and found her there. I walked calmly toward her. My possibility to do many things, and not only one, like Chelle, was so good. Although I could only do things related to the others' heads. Like know the others' vampires powers, make someone forget something, make them 'remember' something they never saw… read someone's thoughts… although I hardly ever used the last one. I didn't feel comfortable…
I walked up to where Chelle was kneeling down, a frown on my face. Chelle was crouched over another vampire. She gestured toward her left. I looked over and saw yet another vampire. I crouched down and examined him. None of them had any special powers. I whispered that to Chelle. She looked at me and nodded briefly. I turned back to the vampire in front of me. It was obviously new. I'd say just passed those three critical days. His eyes opened and focused on me. His irises were bright red, confirming my theory. Brand new. I sighed heavily.
"What are we gonna do with them, Mandy?" Chelle asked, sounding pleading. I knew what she wanted to do.
"If we leave them here, we'll have to respond to the Volturi later… I don't think we have much of a choice, Chelle…"
She nodded grimly. No one wanted a visit from the Volturi.
"True."
"C'mon." I looked back to the one in front of me "What's your name?"
"Ruff."
"Very well, Ruff. We'll look after you now, okay?"
He nodded slowly.
"What happened to Larry, though?"
I looked over to Chelle. She nodded.
"Larry is coming too." I smiled at Ruff. He was really kind of cute…
"Is he okay?"
"Yes. He's just unconscious. He'll be fine, though." Chelle assured him
Then, I got Ruff and Chelle got Larry in our arms, looked at each other and smiled. A strong, unnatural wind blew through the alley. A second later, a woman rounded the corner to find a deserted alley.
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A.N.: Okies… Sooo… now you know a bit more of Chelle's and Mandy's background. Liked it? ;)
chocoholic4eva: Yeah, I miss it too :P. My imagination failed me, though =/ *hits imagination*. Anywhoo… I thought getting Sarah (noticed how horrible my imagination is? I truly, utterly suck for names…*sighs*) in on it would make things a bit more… interesting ;). And, since I still had Jake on my hands… the fact of Sarah knowing came in very handy, so… voillá! ;)
Till the next chapter guys and girls, and thanks to all who take some time read ;). Leave me a review and let me know your thoughts, 'kay?
Peace,
Mandy