Agh! Sorry to have such a long wait for an update! I'm busy busy busy! I think I can work on it during the day more, I just have to get more on schedule. I love you all though! Thank you for being so patient!
I awoke to see forest flying by me. I blinked, unsure if I was dreaming or not. I looked up and saw Edward carrying me, his eyes straight forward.
"Hello there." He said gently. "Sorry to have woken you, but we needed to get you out of there."
"Huh?" I asked, thoroughly confused. What on earth was going on?
"We smelled vampires." He said flatly. "They're in town now."
"Well duh." I said. "Since there are vampires in the town already, of course there'll be more."
"There are vampires here? And you knew?" Edward asked, in shock.
"Um Count Chocoula." I said. "Hate to break it to you, but you're not exactly Buffy here." He blinked.
"Oh." He said quietly. Silly vampire.
"So…where are we going again?" I asked, just beginning to wake up fully.
"My house. It's the safest." He said and he increased the speed of his running. The forest went faster, if possible. In mere moments we were at his house. Esme was already out to greet us.
"Bella dear!" she said cheerfully. "It's wonderful to see you again! I'm sorry that its under circumstances such as these though." I smiled
"Its fine" I shrugged. "I'm fine now." She nodded.
"Let's get you inside dear. Edward, what's our plan?" Esme asked. Edward swept me inside, with me still in his arms. I rolled my eyes. I really did not need to be carried everywhere like a little child. I was not a porcelain doll, no matter what everyone else thought.
"I was thinking that we'd call the Quileutes." He said, "And alert them about the problem. Bella would Jacob be awake this late?" For some reason, he said Jake's name a little tightly.
"Um…I think so…I don't think he'd mind though. He takes this kind of thing really seriously." Edward nodded.
"Here's a phone. If you wouldn't mind calling him?" he offered a phone out to me and I dialed Jake's number.
"Hello..?" a sleepy Jake answered the phone. I smiled. He sounded so cute on the phone when he was sleepy.
"Hey babe." I said. "I hate to wake you this late, but something's happened." Immediately, his voice sounded more alert.
"What's wrong?" He demanded. "Are you okay?" I quickly tried to calm him down.
"Nothing too major, the Cullens just say that the other vampires are apparently in town. So, I'm at their house right now." His response was instantaneous.
"I'll be there in ten minutes." He said flatly. "Love you baby, see you soon." He hung up and I just shook my head. He was a tad ridiculous, and I knew he'd go as fast as possible, and he'd probably be here in five minutes.
"He'll be here soon." I announced. Edward nodded and Esme just smiled.
"Okay sweetheart." Esme said with a smile. Suddenly Alice appeared. She looked me up and down.
"What. Are. You. Wearing?" She asked. I looked down at my blue flannel pajama bottoms and my black tank top.
"Um…pajamas?" I asked hesitantly. She shook her head.
"Absolutely not." She said, "You are changing now." I rolled my eyes.
"I swear Alice, I don't know how you are able to take a dangerous situation like vampires possibly attacking and use it as a chance for a makeover." She giggled.
"Come on! You gotta look cute for Jake!" She grabbed my hand and we bounded up the stairs. She finally fitted me in a red peasant blouse and some blue jeans and ballet flats. I had no clue how she had clothes that fit me in her own house. She probably saved them for occasions like this, knowing her.
I went downstairs, barely awake, and I saw Jake talking to Edward. Jake was nodding his head very tightly, and I barely saw Edward speak. I could sense the tension in the air.
"Jake!" I said, rushing down the remainder of the steps. He turned towards me, and swept me into his arms.
"Hey babe." He said, his arm around my waist. "You okay?" I nodded. I was fine, but then again I didn't really know the extent of whatever danger I was in. I looked to Edward, and I saw a flash of pain in his eyes. He quickly turned though.
"We've got to make a game plan." Edward said quickly. "Bella needs to be safe, since they're getting closer; whoever they are." Jake nodded.
"So what? Should we up security around the house?" Jake was still waking up, I could see how tired he was. Edward just looked on, and I could tell it took some effort for him not to roll his eyes.
"If that was the problem, we would have already fixed it." He said sarcastically. "Obviously, that's not enough if they're sniffing around. We need her to be in a place completely different from there, even if it's just a mile or two away. We need to confuse them."
"What about Charlie?" I interjected, worriedly. I couldn't let Charlie get hurt.
"There's a state conference for town leaders in the state of Washington this week." Jake said smoothly. "As sheriff of the town, Charlie always goes, as does my dad. He should be out of town for a week." I just glanced at Edward for confirmation. He smiled.
"That actually will work really well…" Edward said, thinking it over. "She could stay here while we investigate what's going on." If Jake was threatened by it at all, he hid his feelings about it really well.
"That sounds good. Now, do we tell Charlie or not?" Jake finished. They turned to me.
"Hm…well I suppose it would make things easier…I could tell him that me and Alice were bonding. And she wanted to make over her life sized Barbie doll." I heard a voice from the kitchen say 'Yes!' I just shook my head. "I'll tell him tomorrow then." They nodded.
"So she'll be staying here for the rest of the night?" Jake asked warily. "I've got to tell the others that the vampires are IN Forks officially now. So, I'd better get going, so we can have a meeting before school."
"Sounds good," Edward said. "We'll meet up tonight. Here sound okay?"
"Sounds fine." Jake said coolly. For some reason, the tension seemed to have increased. "Bells," Jake said, pulling me closer to him. "I'm going to have to go, but I'll see you later today, okay babe?" I smiled.
"Of course sweetie." I said, resting my head against his shoulder. "Until then." I reached on my tiptoes and kissed him gently. He kissed back and then kissed me on the forehead.
"I better go." He said to Edward, who was currently staring at the floor. "Thanks for letting me know about the vampires." Edward just nodded and Jake turned to me. "Love you baby." He said, giving my waist a final squeeze before going outside and transforming into wolf form. I watched him, and then suddenly I began to sway. I think I was more tired than I had thought. Edward caught me, and began to carry me up the stairs.
"You don't have to do this." I sleepily protested. "I'm fine." He just rolled his eyes.
"Right." We finally reached a room that I assumed was his, and he set me down on a long black leather chaise lounge. "Sorry that its not more." He apologized. "As you can guess, we don't really need beds." I nodded, my eyes already shut. I was already going off into my dreamland.
"Thanks." I murmured, and I had a vague sense of being in his room before I fell back into a sweet dreamland.