"Charlie?" She asked as she answered the phone, sitting in a small motel, sitting up straight, worried something had happened to either her uncle or her cousin. "What's wrong?" She asked, her voice raising an octave. She heard a sigh on the other end.
"Penny, I need your help. Its Bella, I think shes doing something wrong." Penelope Bane bit her lip and her red hair bristled slightly. "Shes dating this guy that isnt good to her. His name is Edward and a few months ago, he just left without so much as a goodbye. She was heart broken, she even jumped off a cliff during a storm. But now he and his family are back, but Im afraid she is just going to be hurt again. She got better when she was around Jacob Black, but they are fighting now that she and Edward are back together. Please, I need you to come talk to her. She isnt listening." Penelope instantly relaxed and leaned back against the hard pillows propped up against the wooden headboard. She was staring at the wall across from her, her free hand playing with her wine-red hair. The room was small, painted a light beige and had stains across the bed and floor that she didnt even want to know about. It smelt like eggs and stale smoke, but it was cheap. She needed cheap.
"Charlie, shes a teenage girl. This is her first boyfriend, Im sure that she is just being hormonal and thinks she loves him. She'll come around. I promise." Charlie let out an aggravated sigh.
"Please, Penny, shes starting to scare me. She listens to you, and I know she misses you." She bit her lip. She didnt want to bring them into her own little version of Hell. But he sounded desperate, and she hated desperate. She let out a sigh and brushed her hair from her face.
"Fine, but I cant stay long." Charlie sounded relieved and thanked her profusly. She quickly said her goodbye's and hung up the phone, chucking it across the bed and slammed her head back against the wall. "Damnit."
She stood on the front steps of the small, off white house, her fingers an inch from the wooden door, ready to knock. She was debating whether or not she should turn on her heel and bolt out of there before she was found again. She didnt want either Charlie or Bella to get hurt- her boyfriend however, yeah, she wouldnt mind him getting hurt. With a deep breath, she wrapped her knuckles on the door and waited, her ears perking slightly as she heard someone get up and head towards the door. The footsteps were heavy and slower than a womans and expected to see her uncle at the door. Charlie opened the door and gave his neice a small smile, which she returned. She silently stepped into the house and glanced around, seeing nothing had changed and turned back to her uncle. Charlie was still about six inches taller than her, with speckled grey and brown hair and a brown moustach that she believed he desperatly needed to shave. He had his uniform still on, but his belt was hanging off the hook behind him.
"Thank you for coming, Penny." Penelope merely smiled and nodded, and shifted her small bag on her shoulder. "You're going to have to stay with Bella in her room. I havent told her you were coming, so there is a mattress under her bed that you can pull out. It already has sheets and everything on it, okay? Um, she is up in her room now if you want to go get reaquainted." Charlie was always slightly awkard, especially with teenage girls. Penelope nodded and turned, heading off towards the stairs. Charlie headed back into the livingroom and collapsed into the recliner. She turned away again and headed up the stiars. As she got closer and closer to Bella's room, she noticed a faint smell that kept growing stronger. It was familiar and for a second she couldnt place it. It was cold, sweet, and reminded her of something important. Her ears twitched as she noticed she heard a male voice coming from her room and she paused. Apparently the boyfriend was over and Charlie didnt know. Ah, windows, they made for great escape routes.
She came to the door and didnt bother knocking and quickly heard the voice cut off as her hand touched the handle and she twisted it, and stepped in. Bella was staring at her in shock and happiness and Penelope smirked as she leaned against the door jamb. "Out the window, huh? Thats what I did a lot when I was home and mom would come and check on me." She smirked, nodding her head towards the window, "Tell him next time to take the extra half second to close the window. It's winter, damnit, and Charlie isnt that ignorant." Bella blinked and her voice came back to her.
"Penn, what are you doing here?" She ignored her question and took another sniff. Her eyes widened dramatically as she looked around the room, before she quickly calmed down.
"Damn, it smell in here. Nevermind, keep the window open." She stepped into the room, her body tense. She's dating a bloody vampire. Is she insane? She looked around the room, at pictures and other knickknacks.
"Dont get me wrong, I am so glad to see you...but why didnt Charlie tell me that you were coming? Oh, and maybe it's the laundry. Sorry, I need to do some." She came up quickly. Penelope took two fingers and picked up a shirt that smelt quite a bit of vamp. She made a face.
"Oh trust me, it isnt that." She turned her gaze towards her cousin and smirked. "Charlie wanted my help. He's worried about you." Bella made a face and crossed her arms.
"Why? Im better now." She quirked an eyebrow at the brown haired girl on the bed, her smirk still in place.
"Just because Mr. My-Name-Is-From-The-19th-Century is back, doesnt mean you are better, love." Bella looked at her, confused, and Penelope sighed, leaping onto the bed and crossing her legs under her. Bella shifted to look at her. Bella was just as pale and slightly awkward as usual, despite the fact that she was a very pretty girl. She had Italian features, dark brown hair, brown, almond shaped eyes and a slim figure. She looked nothing like her cousin. She didnt act like her either. "Alright, start the story. I only got a half-ass explanation that somehow brought my ass up here. Who the fuck is Edward. Start from the beginning." Bella paused, took a breath and started the lengthy story of the redhaired mystery man. She told her cousin about how they met in school, how he ran away from her, how they started to talk again, started to date, about his family, how he up and left. Penelope had to cut in and remind her to tell her about Jake and everything that happened when the dick was gone. She told him about he came back, begged for her forgiveness, and how they are happily together again. She completely left out the part about him and his family being vampires. Penelope sat there, listening to the whole thing with a look she was giving the love-struck girl that read "Wow, and I thought brunettes were supposed to be smart".
"See, everything is fine. You guys dont have to worry." Penelope practically face-palmed and dropped her head with a sigh.
"No, Bells, this is exactly why we should worry...a lot." Bella made a face at her again and Penelope gave her a look to shut her up. "I get it, you love the guy. Brilliant. But he is probably the biggest prick I have ever met. He just up and leaves you, with no explanation, comes back after he leaves you're broken heart in peices on the floor, and just says "Oh, everything is okay now. Lets get back together" and you just accept it? Love, I know that you want to be with him, but I would kick his happy ass to the curb and find a new man. You deserve so much better, and he is just damn lucky I didnt hunt his ass down and beat it before I came over here." Bella sighed and fell back onto the bed with a groan.
"Penn, you just dont understand. Can you just leave it, please?" Penelope groaned and decided to drop the subject for the time being. She laid down her back and groaned again as the strong scent of death hit her hard. Bloody vampire was all over the fucking place.
"Fine. But just know, Im not staying long. And I just want to know that you know what you are doing." Bella merely nodded and remained silent. The two sat there for a few moments before Penelope stood up again, grabbed her bag and pulled the mattress out from under her cousins bed.
"How long are you staying?" Bella asked a few minutes later, as Penelope sat there, throwing her few clothes into the bottom drawers of the dresser. She glanced up at Bella and sighed.
"Im not sure. A couple weeks maybe?" Bella nodded and went silent agian. Damn, this is going to be difficult.
Penelope stayed up most of the night, knowing that the Vampire would be back to talk to Bella. She was out cold on her bed, the window now closed and locked. No doubt, his family already knew about her, and she was in for Hell if they ever got the chance to get close to her. How Bella could still be alive and seeing one of them, she wasnt sure. By six in the morning, Penelope was knocked out on the mattress on the floor, sprawled in odd angles and drooling on to her pillow. Her red hair covered half her face and her shirt was riding up to the bottom of her bust, showing off her flat abs. Edward sat crouched in the trees, staring at the girl, wondering who she was, why she was there and how she was what she was. She smelt different than the wolves he knew, and he wasnt the only one curious about her. Carlisle already knew about her, as well as the rest of his family, and they were all extremely curious about her. Bella had gone downstairs, and he debated whether or not to go talk to the girl that seemed so close to the love of his life.
Penelope slowly woke up and pulled herself up, running her hand through her tangled messy red hair and shook it out. Her hair was thick and tangled at the slightest movement. She had stopped attempting to tame it a long time ago. She glanced around, noting that her cousin wasnt in the room and made a face as she remembered the awful smell of vampires coating the room. The smell wasnt nearly as bad as she was used to, it was different, it didnt smell so much like copper. She rolled her eyes and stood up, glancing out the window, catching a flash of red, and turned away again. She knew exactly who it was, and she was going to deal with that asshole later. She grabbed her small bag and pulled out an extra shirt, pulling off her old one and tossing it towards the hamper. She didnt have a lot of clothes, but she washed them when she could. The less she dragged around, the quicker she could move. She kept her sweat pants on- the werent too dirty- and pulled a baggy black t-shirt on, that she had cut and tied in the front, making it come slightly above her naval. She tousled her hair again and headed down the stairs. She had heard Bella start breakfast a few minutes earlier and her mouth started to salivate.
Bella stood at the counter, bacon frying in a skillet. Charlie sat in a chair with the newspaper in hand. He glanced up at her before he turned back to his paper. Penelope merely nodded towards him and grabbed a peice of bacon before sitting down at the table and kicking her feet up on to the free seat. The room was awkward and silent and Bella was tense. Penny sat still for a few minutes until Bella placed a plate of bacon on the table. She let both her cousin and her uncle take their share, before she grabbed the rest and started to munch. Bella gave her an odd look, but Charlie ignored it and she continued with her breakfast.
"Like meat much?" Bella asked her. Penny glanced up at her, shrugged and continued on.
A few minutes passed before Charlie looked up at Bella. "Bells, are you going down to the Rez today?" Bella looked up.
"Um, yeah, I think so." He nodded.
"Why dont you take Penny. Im sure the boys would like to see her again." The girls glanced at each other. Penelope sighed and nodded, getting up and placing the plate in the sink.
"Why not?" Bella merely nodded. Charlie stood up and left the table, saying his farewells and headed off to work. Penelope leaned against the counter and looked at her cousin, arms crossed and tilted her head slightly. "Are you upset that Im here?" Bella looked up at her, confused.
"What do you mean? Penny, Im happy that you are here." Penny quirked an eyebrow and smirked.
"Really? Thats not what you are giving off." Bella looked down at her plate and moved food around. "Bells, Ive been through some crazy ass stuff. Charlie and I are just looking out for your well-being." Bella nodded and looked up.
"I just dont like that people are trying to control my life." She stood up and dumped her plate in the sink and left the room. Penelope sighed and rubbed her hand over her face, before she followed her cousin. Bella slipped on a pair of ratty sneakers, while Penelope slipped on a pair of very old TOMs. She followed Bella out towards the beat up red truck and got in the passanger side. The car was silent except for a little background noise from the radio, which seemed extremely new compared to the rest of the car. Bella drove south towards the Rez and Penelope watched the trees fly by. Her wolf was itching to get out and run again. She needed to run at least once a day or she would be antzy as hell. She shifted in her seat and glanced at her cousin. Bella had her eyes on the road, her face twisted in to a tense position and she had her thinking face on. She sighed.
"We arent trying to control your life, you know." She whispered, making Bella glance over at her. "I dont want you getting fucked over like I did."
The car stopped and Penelope jumped out of the car and glanced around. A small smile crept on to her face. She had spent many summers with Bella down on the Rez with Jacob Black and his father. Many fun nights on the beach at the bonfires, where she didnt listen to the legends and got hit on by most of the other guy. A tall, tan man with a tattoo on his upper arm, wearing no shirt but cut off jeans, strutted from the house. He smiled at Bella and paused when he saw Penelope. The wind blew towards her and her eyes widened as she got a large wiff of his scent. Shifter.
Penelope was behind the cab, and Bella couldnt see her. She crouched, pulled her lips back over her teeth and let out a low growl that Jake most definetly heard. Jake's eyes slowly widened and he too crouched and growled. His eyes flashed for a second and he began to shake, while Penelope felt a small pin prick of pain bubble in her stomach. His scent was woodsy, musky and male. Definetly male. She noticed the entire property smelt like him and his pack, and she was trespassing. Big time. Aw damn. Aw damn, damn, damn. Penelope immediatly straightened up and calmed herself as Bella turned the corner around the car and she leaned back against the side of the bed. Jake straightened up too and pulled her into a hug, looking over her head and glaring at the redhead.
"We will talk later." Penelope mouthed silently, glancing towards her cousin and back again. Jake merely nodded before he let the girl go, and led them into the garage.
Penelope sat near the door to the garage, sitting on the hood of an old truck that wasnt running. Jake and Bella were working on their bikes, or rather, Jake was working on them and Bella handed him the tools, and kept him company. Penny watched them, judging him, trying to see if he would be any better for Bella than the vampire. Jake seemed to be really in to her, and looked at her with such love, it was kind of disgusting. She made a face when Jake made a certain comment about her being beautiful, and silently gagged, glancing out the doorway and towards the woods. She immediatly relaxed. Her wolf leapt forward and her body jerked towards the door. She glanced back, hoping that neither of the other two had seen her. They were too engrossed in each other to notice she was even still there.
Penny slipped off the hood of the car and slipped out the doorway, and silently made her way to the edge of the forest. She glanced back. Bella and Jake were still unaware. She sighed and headed into the darkness, immediatly feeling at home. Feeling like it probably wasnt a good idea to shift then and there and go on a run, she slipped off her shoes and let out an audible sigh of contentness as her toes dug into the moist dirt. Ever since she was changed, she had been a lot closer to the forest, feeling like it was her true home. There were times she spent months just in the forests of America and Canada, sleeping under bushes and in small caves, just to let her wolf have the fix she needed. She walked silently through the forest, heading deep into the darkness, not really sure where she was going. Her fingers brushed the shrubs, the bark of the trees, the tops of rocks. She felt so much more relaxed, as if nothing in the world could bring her down. She froze when she came to a very small opening and her red hair started to bristle.
"Well, you've certainly changed." She said, her voice bouncing off the trees. A husky chuckle was heard a few feet behind her. She looked over her shoulder at the tall man.
"Looks like Im not the only one." Jake said, standing there, arms crossed and his head tilted towards her. She turned completely. "You werent like this before, where you?" Penny crossed her arms.
"There are other types of wolves in the world than just shifters, Jake. I just happen to be one of them now." Jake took a step towards her and a growl rippled in her chest.
"Bella doesnt know, does she?" She silently shook her head.
"But she knows about you?" He nodded, "And she knows about the vampires?" Again, a nod. "Thats why she's still alive then..." She rolled her eyes and looked up towards the sky. It was clouded over, as usual, a light grey with a few drops of rain falling down every now and then. Jake chuckled.
"Unfortunetly, the bloodsuckers like her. She's part of their family now. They protect her." She glanced at him but didnt say anything. "She's marrying him, you know. He's going to change her." Penny snapped back towards the wolf boy, her eyes wide.
"You're fucking joking, right?" Jake looked sad and shook his head. She groaned, rubbing a hand over her face and let it drop again. "Damn."
"That's what I said."
Hola, amigos. So...yeah, this is basically the first chapter. Im working on it, I know. If you have any questions, comments, concerns go ahead and press that little button below and comment on this, rate it, you know...the whole shebang. Um yeah, that'd be awesome and Id love you all forever. And I really dont know what else to say...so Ill try to get chapter 2 up quickly. Viola. Buh-bye.