The next morning was a drag. Classes were boring and normal and then only thing I got to look forward to was the student teaching.
The kids were great and the teacher was nice, but it didn't seem like anyone was having fun. I studied the teacher for a while, noticing how serious she was. Slowly, I began joining the class; helping whoever needed it.
By the end of the day, a thin layer of sweat lay on my head and my lungs gasped for air.
Classes were over and I finally got to go home and change; the day was interesting. I noticed how dedicated the kids were, but they took it all too serious for my liking.
I quickly took a shower and then put on a light blue jean skirt that was sort of worn out and frayed; then I wore a light yellow flowy shirt that was spaghetti strapped with a ribbony line running down the middle.
I took my hair out of the ponytail, and let the curls hang free. My hair was now about down to the middle of my back and as wavy as could be.
I quickly ran a brush through it and then swiftly put on a little bit of makeup.
When I was just about ready, I slid on a pair of bright yellow flip flops and was on my way.
I teleported to Sam's house and found it surprisingly quite.
Hmmm…what is going on?
"Sam?" I called walking down the stairs to the front door.
"Bella, get back and stay in the house." Leah commanded, slamming the back door shut and grabbing my wrist to steer me away from the front door.
She brought me into the kitchen and sat me down on a chair while looking all around precautiously.
"What's going on Le-le?" I asked nervously. My eyes followed her as she walked around the room like a nut case.
Something was wrong. The guys were gone and Sam wasn't here.
"Bloodsucker." She gritted and looked out the window.
"A vampire? Is everyone ok?" I asked, feeling my heart pounded hard against my chest.
She didn't meet my eyes and walked away from the window.
"I don't know. When I left the guys were chasing one of them, not including the guy with the dreads."
"Lau-Laurent is here?" I asked incredulously as I stumbled on his name.
She looked at me briefly before nodding.
"We suddenly picked up his smell about an hour ago, and then some other bloodsucker came into the picture. Sam and the guys are all out chasing them now."
I stood up from my chair and looked at her alarmed.
"We have to go help them!"
"NO! We are not going to do that. Sam gave me strict orders to keep you safe in here. You are not leaving this house Bella. Let the guys take care of it. They will be fine."
I shook my head furiously. "No they won't. If Laurent is here, that means James is close by, and you guys can't fight him off. Remember last time Jake tried to do that?" I asked her, panic evident in my voice.
Fear flickered in her eyes for a brief moment before shaking her head. "I can't let you go Bella, they will be fine. I'm supposed to protect you, and that's what I'm going to do. Now sit down and let me do what I was told." She scolded.
I looked at her in shock. She was just going to keep walking back and forth, waiting for the guys to come back.
"No, Leah. We have to go. If you wont come with me then I will go alone." I stated firmly.
This was my family. No one was going to get hurt. Not while I'm here.
"Bella." She growled, looking away from the windows.
Suddenly, we heard a high pitched whine and boom come from the back.
"Stay here." She commanded while running out to the back of the house.
For a second, I listened to Leah. I stood there frozen in terror and shock.
Could this be it? Could this be the day I loose everybody I love?
I shook my head, clearing my thoughts, and ran to catch up with Leah.
I ran down the familiar hallway which lead to the door of the backyard.
What I saw made my heartbreak.
There was a Sandy wolf, whining in pain in the middle of the yard with a vampire sanding in front of his body about to finish him off.
Seth! I screamed in my head.
I quickly flung my arm across the air, telepathically flinging him to the other side of the huge yard.
The vampire went flying into the forest and I ran over to Seth.
"Seth, oh my god. Are you ok? Seth?" I asked panicky.
His high pitched whines were sending me into tears and all I could do was run my hair through his fur.
Suddenly, he let out a bark and I looked up to see the vampire standing in front of us.
"Stupid little girl." He sneered and went for me.
I watched in slow motion as his hands came for me, trying to grab my throat.
I quickly put on my game face and took his wrists tightly together in my hand and threw him into the forest.
Seth put his head back down on the grass and whined.
"Bella!" Leah shouted, coming out of the forest.
"What are you doing out here? I thought I told you to stay inside damn it!" she yelled.
My eyes grew big as the vampire was about to attack her from behind.
"Leah! Watch out!" I yelled. I heard her suck in a deep breath so I panicked and telepathically flung him into a tree again.
Leah looked behind her and then back at me. She let out a breath and then ran over to Seth.
"Oh gosh." She whispered, petting his fur with tears in her eyes.
A bustle came through the forest and Leah and I quickly stood up.
She brought herself in front of me to shield me and we stood there frozen, watching and listening to our surroundings.
Suddenly the vampire came flying out of the woods and straight towards us.
Before I could bring myself to warn her, she was flung across the yard and hit her head against a tree.
Panic hit me as I watched Leah laying there by the tree. I wanted to yell and run to her, but before I could get anywhere the vampire picked me up by the throat.
I couldn't get a read on who he was or what he was doing since he was wearing gloves and long clothing.
I began choking and gasping for air as he held me above ground, letting my feet dangle in the air.
He brought his face close to mine and inhaled deeply.
"Ah, you smell so delicious. No wonder why Laurent wants you." He purred.
I wiggled and struggled against his grip, but I could feel my body start to shut down.
"It's too bad that he will miss out on feeding from you. He told me there would be consequences if I didn't give him to you, but I am a vampire with my own wants and needs. And right now, I need your blood." He whispered to me and brought his nose close to my hand covered neck.
I flinched away and fought for consciousness.
If his hand was going to close on my neck any further, I was going to suffocate or pass out.
Think Bella, think!
I heard Seth give out a whine and the vampire growled.
He lifted his leg and stepped on Seth's ribs.
He let out a painful yelp and I closed my eyes in sadness.
As I let my thoughts wander, I thought about everyone.
Paul and his stupid comments; Emily, with her parties; Kim with her bubbly personality; Jared and his ways of being a protective brother; Jake, my best friend and brother figure; Leah, my sister and twin; Seth, my little brother and close friend; Embry and Quil with their jokes and ways to protect me; and lastly Sam. Sam, the love of my life. The man who is always patient and loving with me. The one I can't spend a day without thinking about.
Sam. I cried, trying my hardest to connect with his mind.
Bella?- He cried.
I listened to the pack and their yelling but I blocked it out. I needed to focus on Sam.
Sam, you need to get back to your house now. Its Seth and Leah. –Bella
Bella, where are you? The guys are coming for Seth. Leah was supposed to protect you! I'm coming, just hold on. - Sam
I'm here too…and she was…It was my fault, I disobeyed her command- I said; my head was starting to feel a little fuzzy and I felt like I was losing the connection.
The yelling from the pack came back and I winced.
Bella, don't you dare loose the connection. The boys are almost there ok? Come on baby. Are you ok? What happened to Leah? –Sam said panicked.
I heard Seth yelp again and I knew I needed to do something.
I have to go. Just hurry up and get here guys. Love you- I told them all and then opened my eyes, breaking the connection.
The vampire was now holding me with one hand and hurting Seth in the other.
I could tell Seth was trying to be strong and hold on, but the whines and cries of pains he was letting out established something different.
A sudden rush of energy hit me and I looked at the vamp with angry eyes.
I wrapped my hands around the one he had around my neck and let heat surge through my body.
He let go in pain and yelled. I smiled briefly.
I should have thought of burning his hands a while ago. I grumbled to myself as I brushed myself off from the ground.
He stopped beating up Seth and growled at me.
His blood red eyes not only showed thirst but rage.
"Fuck you." I spat, as we stood across from each other.
Within a few milliseconds, he came charging at me.
I dodged his attacks to my upper body and hit him square in the chest with as much force as I could muster.
He flew back by where Leah was laying against a tree and scrambled back on his feet.
His glance flew from me to her. A smirk began to spread across his face and I quickly panicked. I put a shield around her body before he could touch her.
He went to attack her, but was stopped by the force-field. He growled and hit it again. A blue ripple went around her and disappeared.
The brown haired vampires head snapped back to me and ran at me with full speed.
Unfortunately, as we fought, he kicked my legs from underneath me and it knocked the wind out of me.
In that second of being unfocused, he brought his elbow down at full speed and broke some of my ribs.
I let out a cry of pain and grabbed the man's hair.
As the pain pulsed my body, I brought my knee up to his face and pushed his head down.
There was a loud crack and I flew him backwards.
Slowly, I got up, wincing in pain.
"Bella." Leah muttered, coming into consciousness.
My head snapped to her and I made sure I kept a force field around her.
She grabbed her head with a hand and leaned against the tree trying to get up.
I heard her groan as the force-field stopped her from getting up all the way.
"Bella, take this thing down." She moaned.
The vampire seemed to have gotten back up and came after me again.
"Cant right now Leah. Can you hold on for a second?" I asked as I began kicking this vampire's ass.
Leah looked over to me and then blinked a couple of times.
"Shit. Vampire. Bella, get me out of this thing right now." She commanded.
I rolled my eyes as I kept fighting the vampire. There was no way I was going to risk her getting in the way.
I could already tell he was in a lot of pain as I kept burning him though his clothes with my heat covered hands.
Within a matter of minutes, he was practically dead.
I stood over him with an arm over my stomach huffing in pain.
My foot was pressed lightly over his throat, just like that vampire Victoria did to me in the woods a while back.
"Who are you?" I asked.
He let out his last few breaths in a chuckle.
"You will never get anything out of me."
I rolled my eyes feeling in pain and pissed off.
I held him up in the air telepathically and pulled off his glove.
When I touched his hand, flashbacks filled my head.
They were in a dark, wet alley way, all lined up like military soldiers.
"I want you to find me Bella Swan." Laurent growled, walking up and down the line of vampires.
They all shook their head in agreement and he smiled.
"When you get close to her, what will you do?" he asked them.
"Call for you." They all responded at the exact same time.
"And when you get her, what will you do?" he asked them all again.
"Bring her to you." They said together, not even flinching.
"And what must you never do to Bella Swan unless I say so?" he questioned.
"Kill her."
"Or?" he asked grinning.
"Feed off of her." They all spoke
He smiled at them one last time, before dismissing them.
I then appeared in the forest. The vampire that I was touching was hiding in a tree while James and Laurent spoke.
"I want Bella Swan." James growled.
"And we will get her." Laurent said back.
"Did you send them?" James asked.
Laurent smiled slyly. "Oh yes, I did."
"And you are sure they will not go against your commands?" James growled, moving so close to Laurent that their noses were almost touching.
Laurent gulped and backed away slightly. "Not in the least. They are newborns. Vampires may think they are reckless, but if you handle them correctly, they make nice pets." He said, chuckling at his joke.
As James stared at Laurent, in a not so friendly matter, Laurent cleared his throat and became serious again.
"They will listen."
"Good, then our plan will be set into action." James said, walking back to his original spot- standing across from Laurent.
"But sir, if I may ask; why can't we just kill the dogs and take her?" Laurent said.
I gulped and my heart beat hard against my chest. The throbbing of my broken ribs burned.
"Because it will only make her stronger and realize her true power. And I cant have that. She is already stronger than I thought."
Laurent sighed but James let out an evil chuckle. "But that doesn't mean we can't rough them up a little bit." He laughed.
As they laughed together, I thought I was going to be sick. James soon calmed down and looked back at Laurent.
"I wasn't kidding when we chatted with her in the woods. I would like to see her take out her own friends. Put them out of their own misery." He grinned evily.
Laurent's eyebrow cocked up and James began walking away.
"We will work it into the plan somehow." He muttered; and that was the end of it.
I let out a gasp and then landed on the grass with a thud. The vampire's body lay silently on the ground.
"Bella?" I heard Sam shout from the forest. My eyes quickly went to his voice and I found him running out of the dark forest with Embry, Brady, and Paul in tow.
I looked over to Leah and found Jake running to her. I let down the force-field around her and let out a sigh.
Jared and Quil came running over to me and the vamp.
"Are you ok Bella?" They asked as they began dragging the body away to burn.
I nodded, not trusting my voice and kept a hand over my aching ribs.
I watched as Collin lit a match over by the edge of the forest to burn the pieces of the body.
When I looked back at Sam, Embry, Brady and Paul; they were all rushing out of the edge of the forest. My eyes gazed the front of the forest and found Laurent sitting on a branch, waiting to jump and attack one of them.
"Look out!" I yelled, pointing above to the tree. Laurent's head quickly popped up and he took off into the woods.
Paul was the first to look up and he growled.
He phased without a second thought and took off to catch the dread locked man.
I heard Sam command Embry to go with him; which he quickly did- taking off into the forest phasing.
Sam ran up to me with Brady swiftly behind him.
"Bella? Are you ok?" he asked, checking my body for injuries. His thumbs ran over my face and down my arms. There were bruises all over, but that's not what hurt.
I let out a yelp of pain when his hands grazed over my ribs.
"Nothing I can't fix later. But you need to help Seth. He's hurt badly." I winced, not being able to get myself off the ground.
Sam looked panicked and torn.
"Go to Seth." I told him, nodding to the wolf body.
Sam looked at me with soft eyes and nodded.
I watched as he ran over to the injured wolf and tried to help him.
"Come on, I will help you up." Brady said, taking my arm and wrapping it around his shoulder.
After wincing a few times, Brady and I finally got up and walked over to Seth.
"How is he doing?" I asked concerned.
Before Sam could answer, Leah and Jake appeared.
"Oh my god." Leah cried.
Jake was holding her by the waist, practically carrying her weight, from what I could tell.
"It's not good. He won't phase back. I don't know why. He just won't listen." Sam said sadly.
Tears filled my eyes and Leah bent down to her brother's body.
"Seth." She cried.
"You need to phase. Please. You need to phase back so you can heal." She sobbed.
Seth's eyes slowly rolled towards where Leah lay and he let out a high pitched moan.
Leah sucked in a breath and let out another sob. I put a hand on Jakes arm and silently told him to pull Leah away.
He nodded to me with teary eyes and started to pull Leah away.
"No. Stop it Jake. We need him to phase back. He will listen to me. Jake no!" she yelled as he pulled her away more forcefully. She began thrashing and tears ran down her cheeks.
My heart broke as she was crying and shaking with sadness against Jake's chest.
"Leah? Leah?" I shouted to her, limping away from Brady a tad.
"I need you to take in a breath for me ok? I'm going to try and fix Seth." I said calmly, holding back a wince as I edged closer to her.
She sucked in a breath and tried to calm herself down.
"Oh please Bella please. I can't loose him. Please you have to fix him. Please Bella." She cried.
I swallowed hard and felt the pressure of Seth's life in my hands.
So this is what it feels like? This is what James wants me to endure.
I gave Leah a small nod and painfully walked back to Seth's body.
"Sam, you need to move." I told him. He was standing right near Seth's head and body.
"Bella…" he looked at me doubtfully.
I closed my eyes for a second trying to pull myself together.
"It's ok. I will be fine. I can handle it." I lied with tears in my eyes.
He sucked in a breath and was about to protest but I bit my lip and looked at Leah.
Sam followed my gaze and his eyes melted into heartbreak.
He looked from me to her and didn't know what to do.
I put a hand on his shoulder and he looked up at me.
I gave him a small smile and tried putting on a brave face.
Sam slowly moved away but never took his gaze off of me.
My teeth bit my lip hard as I kneeled down to Seth. The pain was throbbing, almost unbearable to breath.
"Seth?" I whispered rubbing his fur on his face.
His eyes slowly opened and looked at me.
"I'm going to help you. But you need to bear with me ok? It's going to hurt, but you need to hang on. Got it?"
He let out a whine and then licked my wrist.
I let out a small laugh and nodded. "Alright. Here we go."
I put my hands over his chest area and began conjuring up my power to heal.
His high pitched whines and cries filled my ears, but I had to keep going.
Within a few minutes his abdomen and lower body was healed.
I stopped with a painful grunt and tried to breathe.
My eyes shut with pain as sharp pains cut through me.
"Ok, enough." He said in a deep voice. Paul and Embry came up behind us and whispered to Sam that they lost him.
He sighed but patted them on the back.
"Thanks guys." He grumbled and turned back to Seth and me. I waited for a second to see if the healing was helping Seth and thankfully it was.
"Seth, can you phase back?" Sam asked.
The wolf slowly nodded and then a human and naked Seth appeared in front of us.
We all smiled and cheered until I became light headed.
Blood began to drip down and Sam quickly knelt down to me.
"Bella?" he asked.
"I'm ok. Just give me a second." I told him, keeping my eyes shut. I waited for everything to stop spinning and then I looked back at Sam again.
"Guys, go get some food for Bella." Sam commanded.
Paul and Embry nodded and ran into the house.
"You didn't have to do that." I groaned as he helped me up.
"Yes I did. Now, are you ok?" he asked.
I was about to nod and say 'yes' but he growled. "And don't even think about saying 'yes' or nodding or telling me your fine."
I rolled my eyes as I put my weight against him. "I thought it was my week to boss you around?"
Everyone laughed a little, including Seth.
The guys ran out with some food, which Sam made me eat and show him where it hurt.
"I think you broke some ribs. Maybe we should call the Cullen's." Sam said paranoid.
I raised my eyebrow at him and smiled. Did he just refer to them as Cullen's and ask them for help?
Just as I was about to ask him, Seth interrupted us.
"Guys, not that I don't like being in your company or anything, but I'm kind of naked and want to lay down on something that won't tickle me." He told us, referring to the grass.
We all let out a laugh knowing our Seth was back. Quil, Embry, Paul, and Jared helped Seth while Jake walked Leah back into the house. Sam slowly helped me walk to the house and upstairs and into his room.
He set me on the bed and kneeled down at my legs.
"You ok?" he asked, concern evident in his eyes
I gave him a small smile and ran a hand through his hair.
"Yea, I will heal myself in a minute. Then I will be as good as new." He nodded and then heard commotion downstairs.
I pulled him up by the arm and pulled him in for a kiss.
The commotion got louder and I knew my time was up with him.
"Go see what that's all about." I said referring to downstairs.
He was about to protest but I began to stand up.
"Go. I am going to steal some of your clothes anyways for after I heal."
He let out a deep chuckle and then kissed my head.
"Love you." He murmured, turning back before shutting the door.
I flashed him one of my brightest smiles and answered. "Love you too."
When he finally disappeared, I walked over to his full length mirror and pulled up my shirt. I found some of my ribs sticking out at weird angles and deep purple and red bruises all over.
Without letting my thoughts wander to how painful this was going to be, I put my hand over the broken bones and began to heal them.
I bit my lip in order not to scream out in pain.
The feeling of my bones coming back into place was excruciating.
When I was finished healing the major parts, I took a look at the rest of my body.
There were a few scrapes, scratches and bruises, but nothing too major.
I looked at myself one more time, before going to change, and found a bruise of a handprint starting to appear.
I healed it quickly, not feeling pain whatsoever.
When I was done, I walked away from the mirror and went through Sam's drawers of clothes.
I settled for my usual favorite outfit from his wardrobe; a white cotton tee and a pair of his boxers. His shirt was huge on me. It went right to the end part of the boxers, barely even seeing them.
~A/N: Add a lemon for next chap? Yes or no. The rating of the story will have to go up though, so let me know your thoughts!