Chapter 7: To be or not to be.
(POV of Seth)
It's been a few months since Ellie and my vacation in the woods. We were living in Italy –not my first choice of places to go, but it was still pretty good. I had been thinking about it, so much lately. I wanted to. I played with the box in my right pocket, looking out the window. I proposed to her a month ago, and I had created a surprise wedding. I had her fitted for a dress –using the excuse that we were going to go to a formal party in a week- but that was crock. I wanted it to be 100% a surprised…which also I took the initiative into looking through her diary for what she was looking for in a wedding. It was all paid for, now all I needed was to get her to write her vows and get her down there in three days.
Turning I went back to the table and sat down to finish my vows. The front door opened and in came Ellie, holding a million and four bags of groceries –alright, maybe not that much.
"Wow, did you leave any money in the account?" I teased, standing to go help her.
"Ha ha, very funny Seth." She mocked. I kissed her lips, taking a couple bags from her.
"I know, I'm a comic genius." I replied. She laughed and shook her head. I practically skipped to the table and put the bags down. She came up next to me and kissed my neck, wrapping her arms around my waist. "Oo, what's with the affection?" I moaned, looking back at her over my shoulder. I turned around and pulled her to me.
"I haven't had my period for a month." She smiled, kissing me. I looked at her shocked, then smiled.
"You mean?" She nodded. Reaching into a bag or maxi pads and stuff, she pulled out an open birth control box and pulled out the main test. She held it up in front of me. I took it and looked at it. A little pink plus sign! "Oh my god!" I screamed and threw it behind me. I grabbed her and spun her around in a circle, kissing her. "I'm going to be a dad! Holy crap!" I let her go and bent over the sink, hyperventilating. She laughed and rubbed my back.
"Calm down Seth, we do it every single night; it's only to be expected." She giggled. I quickly turned on her and kissed her. Joy was running through me like a stream gushing down hill. I couldn't believe it. Over a hundred years…and I was going to be a daddy! I could feel the tears running down my cheeks, like the joy that was rushing through my veins. She pulled away and hugged me. "You're too sensitive." She whispered. I hugged her tightly. I loved her so much.
My back pocket started to vibrate. She pulled away and slid her hand into my back pocket. She flipped it open and smiled.
"Sam U-oo-ew-lay?" I looked at her confused. I walked around behind her and looked at the phone over her shoulder, my eyebrow cocked.
"Sam Uluey." I replied. She laughed.
"Wow, odd name." She put the phone to her ear. "Hello?" The volume was up loud, so I could hear him.
"Hi, who is this?" He asked.
"That's what I'd like to know sweetie." She smiled.
"This is Sam Uluey, I'm the Chief officer of LA Push Washington." He replied. She looked back at me shocked, her hand over her mouth.
"He's a friend of mine." I whispered. She giggled lightly.
"Hello?" he asked.
"Well daddy, you gonna put me in handcuffs?" She questioned seductively. I started laughing, reaching out for the phone.
"What the hell!" he screamed.
"Sam," I laughed into the phone.
"Seth?" He whimpered.
"Yeah," I replied, glaring at her. She smiled and turned around, bending over. I slapped her ass. She squeaked and wrapped her arms around me, kissing my jaw bone. I moaned.
"Hey bud, can I ask a favor from you?" I kissed Ellie's lips.
"Sure dude, what's up?" I replied. Ellie sank her teeth into my collar bone. I fought back a moan as I gritted my teeth.
"Can you, you know, come back for at least a week?" He sounded desperate.
"What for?" I asked. Ellie pulled away and looked at me curiously.
"There's uh…A couple people, looking to sell the house and all of your sisters stuff with it." He explained. I felt my forehead crinkle.
"Tell them to buzz off and build their own house!" I snarled.
"I tried but they said that seeing how I wasn't the rightful owner of it they wanted to talk to you." I grabbed a piece of paper and a pen.
"What's their number?" I barked into the phone.
"They won't talk to you over the phone; they want to see you face to face." He grunted. My arms tensioned. I broke the pen in my hand. Ellie yelped.
"Fine, when are they going to be there?" I asked darkly. I couldn't believe that they were just going to auction off the house while Sam was still living there. My house! When I got there, there was no way in hell someone was going to live through this!
"They'll be here tomorrow." He replied. I nodded.
"Fine, I'll pack up and head out tonight, bastards have a lot of nerve. I'll see you at the airport in the morning." I clicked the phone off and turned to Ellie. "Get your stuff." I replied, a smile on my face, although it felt out of place.
"Where are we going?" She asked, following me into bedroom. I pulled out a few pairs of jeans an a couple t-shirts. That's all I'd really need, seeing how when I headed home I'd have all my old shirts there.
"To LA Push, where I grew up." I replied. She nodded and started to pull out a few shirts and a couple pairs of jeans and two packs of underwear.
"How long are we going to be there?" She asked again. I shrugged my shoulders.
"Probably a week, at the most." I replied, not wanting to sound like a real dick, but I wasn't in the mood to sugar coat things.
"What's going on?" She asked, halting all of her packing. I looked at her. I sighed.
"The house that I grew up in my entire life is being auctioned off seeing how my parents are dead and my sister died. Her boyfriend is living there by himself now and he's being harassed by these jerk offs, so I have to go down in person and sign off some stupid deal where the house will be switched over into our names so we don't lose it and all of my sisters stuff." I explained. She nodded. I finished packing and went out into the kitchen to put away all of the food. She pulled out a suitcase and put it by the door.
"I'm sorry that this is happening Seth." She replied. I looked back at her. She was putting her hair up into a ponytail I shook my head.
"Don't worry about it; I can go check up on all of my friends now at least." I smiled at her, shutting the fridge. Grabbing my bags I walked out and grabbed the keys to the house. I followed her out onto the front porch and shut and locked the door behind me. Carrying my stuff out to the car, I climbed in on the passenger side –she loved driving so I figured I'd leave that bliss to her- and buckled up. Wedging her suitcase in the back seat she climbed in and started the car. I laid my hand on hers and smiled at her when she looked at me. "Don't worry, they're nice people." I replied. She smiled and nodded. Pulling out of the driveway she headed down the road to the airport. I looked out the window. "That is if Ella isn't there." I whispered.
NFS
Our plane landed in Forks a few hours after boarding –at 4 in the morning. Sam was waiting in the lobby with Jasper and Eng. What an odd combination to have. Jasper I understand it, but Eng? I held Ellie's hand in mine tightly as I met them.
"Hey bud." Sam gave me a hug. I let go of Ellie's hand long enough to return it, then turned and gave Eng a hug.
"So why you bring Jas and Eng?" I asked. Sam looked past me and at Ellie, his eyes dropping to the ring on her left hand.
"In case there are some...complications." He replied. I nodded. I backed up and put my hand on Ellie's shoulder. Surely they knew she was human.
"This is my fiancée Ellie, Ellie this is Sam," I pointed to Sam. "Jasper Hale," Jasper bowed his head slightly, his eyes glued to her face. "And Eng." Eng smiled at her.
"It's nice to meet you Ellie." He jumped, holding out his hand. She giggled and took his hand, shaking it, then turned and shook Sam's hand, but Jasper wouldn't let her shake his hand. I wouldn't blame him. I'm pretty sure Ellie had some suicidal emotions running around in her, plus she'd be slightly suspicious at how cold his hand was. She let it fall to her side.
"Well, shall we go?" Sam questioned. I nodded and wrapped my arm around Ellie's waist. They all turned and headed towards the door.
"Why does the blonde look like he's in pain?" Ellie whispered in my ear.
"He's had a rough life." I replied in return. I couldn't go into details. She just nodded. Walking out into the parking lot Sam told us to wait by the entrance and dashed off to pull the car around. We were all quiet until Eng broke the silence.
"So you're engaged?" He looked at me. I nodded.
"Yeah, never thought it'd happen huh?" I chuckled. He shrugged.
"I knew it'd happen someday, at least you didn't handle it like a big baby and run away from you're emotions." He replied with a smile. I glared at him. I knew he was hinting. He caught my expression and his smile deepened. "So, what's her full name? Isabella? Or Mayella?" He carried on. I felt my lip curl up.
"Neither, it's Eleanor." I growled. He nodded, his smile never fading.
"I see, that's pretty. I had a grandma named Eleanor." I lashed out at him, punching him in the face.
"Seth!" Ellie dashed forward and grabbed me. Jasper went to work. I pulled away from him, only a little steamy, but Eng was laughing. Ellie pushed me back and glared at me. "What is your problem! How could you hit a child!" She snarled. I looked at her shadowed eyes with a fleeting look.
"Did you hear him insult you?" I whimpered. She shook her head, her hair fluttering into her face.
"It wasn't an insult Seth! My grandma's name was Eleanor!" She howled. I looked past her at Eng. He was smiling at me smugly. I shook my head.
"You don't understand all of it." I muttered as Sam pulled up. I went to push by her but she grabbed my arm.
"Then make me understand it." She told me, most of the harshness out of her voice.
"Are you coming Seth?" Sam called as Eng climbed into the front seat. I nodded.
"I'll tell you later." I promised her. A promise that was going to be broken. I stepped forward and opened the back door for her. She climbed in, then I climbed in next to her. I sat behind Sam, and Jasper sat behind Eng. Which was a good thing because if I had something loose on me I'd strangle his ass with it. Sam started the car and started for the road. We were all fairly quiet, except for Eng and Ellie talking, until we drove past my house. "Hey, why are we going past the house?" I asked, looking back at it.
"We have to stop by Carlisle's first." He replied. I looked at him confused; starting to feel like something else was up. Time to casually talk myself into the truth.
"So," I started as if I didn't care. "Is Ella and Jake home from their honeymoon yet?" I questioned.
"Nope." Sam replied a straight face on.
"They uh…must be having fun then huh?" I asked. He shrugged his shoulders.
"They don't call." He replied. I snorted.
"Sounds like her."
"Oh stop being jealous." Eng boomed, a smile on his face. I glared at him.
"There's no reason to be jealous over a narcissistic wench like her." I spat. Ellie looked at me shocked. I normally wouldn't talk like this about anyone, let alone a woman. Eng laughed as we pulled into Carlisle's driveway.
"Sounds jealous to me!" He hooted. Grabbing the handle he pushed himself out of the car before it even came to a full stop. Sam sighed.
"When you go inside, just make sure to stay fairly quiet, ok?" He looked back at me. I nodded. I didn't know why, but I wasn't going to question it with Ellie in the car. Jasper climbed out and held his door open for Ellie to climb out. I climbed out of my door and shut it, following Sam to the front door. I was expecting Carlisle to open it, but it was Edward. His face was long and thin looking, like he had been worried.
"Wow Edward, you look like crap." I teased quietly. He flashed me a small smile then nodded. He looked at Ellie.
"Who's that?" He asked. I looked back at her and smiled.
"This is Ellie, my Fiancée." I replied, she smiled and held her hand out. He shook it and turned around heading into the house.
"Come on in, just…be careful and please stay quiet." She nodded. I let her walk in first. The smell was awful. It was the smell of blood, and death. I looked around and saw that all of the furniture was put up and in the middle of the room was a hospital bed. Jake was standing by it. He looked up at me, his eyes drooping. He looked so tired. I grabbed Sam.
"You told me there were guys who wanted to sell off my house!" I snarled quietly. He forced a smile.
"Would you have come if I told you the truth?" I ripped my hand away and stomped over to the bed. I gasped once I saw who it was in it. Ella was laying there, stitches on her stomach, her stomach the size of a beach ball, a blood soaked towel underneath her. She had a large tube shoved down her throat. Her arms were thin, boney. Her eyes were shut. Her flesh was purple.
"What the hell?" I whimpered. Jake stood and came over to wipe some sweat from her forehead. She whimpered. I watched as her stomach twitched. I heard a pop as a tear trickled down Ella's cheek. Ella? I whimpered, my heart crumbling under seeing her like this.
"She's not going to live." Jake sobbed his hand on her cheek. "Neither are her babies." Babies? Plural? Two monsters were in there sucking the life from her?
"Kill them." I whispered. He looked at me questioningly. "Kill them off! Save Ella!" I howled. Rosalie snapped her hand over my mouth. Ella jumped a little, her flesh tightening. I could see them moving around in her stomach. There were or four tubes in her hips, leading up to her womb, pumping human blood into the babies. Her eyes fluttered open, her tired looking eyes, glazed over. She smiled at me, her fingers twitching. Ellie gasped. Ella's eyes dashed over to her, her head falling over lazily. She gagged. Carlisle walked forward and took the tube out of her throat, a little blood on the outside of the plastic. She looked worse than Bella when she was giving birth to Renesmee, which was bad seeing how Ella wasn't a mortal anymore.
"Seth?" she squeaked lightly, her voice barely audible. I pulled away from Rosalie and went to her side.
"Yeah, I'm here." I whispered. She turned her boney hand around, her fingers twitching. I hesitated, then grabbed it. "Why are you letting them kill you like this?" I whispered. She smiled, her head starting to fall.
"I…want them…to be born." She whispered her other hand brushing the side of her belly. She looked back at Ellie. "Who…is that?" She asked. I smiled.
"That's my fiancée Ellie." Her eyebrows furrowed, a tear trickling down her cheek.
"Oh," She went quiet as she stared at Ellie. I couldn't stand being so quiet, not watching her like this.
"Yeah, she's so cool, I never thought I could love anyone this much but alas I found someone." I replied, looking back at Ellie. Ella squeaked.
"Seth, stop." Jake whispered.
"Why? Why can't I talk about how obsessed with Ellie I am? Oh! I'm going to be a dad!" Ella's heart monitor flat-lined. Carlisle dashed forward. Edward grabbed me and pulled me away and rushed to her side.
"Another artery clogging." Carlisle barked. Jake howled in agony. "Alice get me the scalpel." He ordered. Alice dashed off and returned a couple seconds later with a tray of utensils. The smell of pure, spoiled blood drenched the air. "I don't understand, none of her arteries are clogged right now." Carlisle mused.
"It's called shock." Jake snarled, looking at me. I glared at him and snorted.
"What ever! I don't need to take this!" I grabbed Ellie's hand and started to head for the door, but she didn't budge. "Ellie?" I looked back at her. She was stunned.
"Get Xio!" Carlisle hollered. Alice dashed downstairs, seconds later the white haired vampire was hovering over Ella, his hands dashing around the operating area.
"Ellie!" I hollered. She still didn't budge. I stepped in front of her. "What's your problem! Come on!" I barked. She shook her head, her eyes looking horrified.
"How could you just walk away!" She cried. "You used to love her and now you're just going to walk away like nothing's wrong?" She whimpered.
"Key word, used!" I snorted. Before I knew it I was hit with a hot body, teeth pulling at my arms. I gasped and rolled around. Jake was in his wolf form…in front of Ellie.
On the other side of the room Ellie was screaming, her hands over her face. Esme moved forward and covered her eyes. I let the heat shutter through me and started to fight back, wolf against wolf. I went for his throat, the strong satisfying thought of ripping his throat out making me feel wonderful.
You're such a child! Jake snarled at me, his teeth bear.
Look who's calling the kettle black! I snarled back, lashing out at him.
You gave her the option and she chose me! He bit my leg. I yelped.
She chose the more emotionally abusive one! What an idiot! I smashed my forehead against his. He rolled back, hitting the wall. Pushing himself to his feet he shook it off and charged at me.
Why can't you just be happy for us! He bit at my throat.
Why can't you just let me be happy! Why can't you leave me alone! I heard a whimper. I stopped same as Jake. I looked over at Ella and saw that she was looking at me, tears in her eyes.
"Con…gratul…ations." She whispered. "For…getting married." She gasped. A scream ripped from her lungs, sending a shiver through my limbs. Jake turned into a human and dashed to her side, wrapping his arms around her. I turned back, my hands over my ears. I couldn't stand it. I couldn't listen to it.
"She's going into labor!" Carlisle gasped. Bella rushed forward, doing all she could to comfort her. Ella screamed again, her voice breaking in the middle of her pall of screams. I couldn't take it. I turned and headed for the door. Once on the porch everything was silent. Ellie ran after me, her body shaking. I held her tightly in my arms and escorted her down the steps. Tj was waiting by the driveway, his eyes glistening in the moonlight. He held out his hand, a pair of car keys hanging from his fingers. I strolled forward, leaving Ellie where she was standing for a second. I grabbed the keys from him hesitantly, then looked at him. He smiled. Reaching forward he grabbed my arm and pressed his lips against my cheek. I looked at him shocked, then saw that it was his way of telling me that he was sorry. Turning he dashed away towards the house.
"Ellie, come on let's go." I whispered. She didn't hesitate. Walking forward she sat in the passenger side. I looked back at the house, the haunting image of Ella burning at mind. I shuttered and ran to the drivers side of the car and climbed in. I slammed the key into the ignition and put it in reverse. I looked behind me and stomped down on the gas. A voice echoing in my head.
You're such a child.
