Disclaimer: I do not own the amazing characters or marvelous places from Stephanie Meyer's the Twilight Saga however I do own my characters and plot line of this story such as Zoe, Liam, their mom, and what other character you peoples don't recognize.
Chapter 11
*Jake P.O.V*
I was running through the forest when I got a bad feeling in my stomach. I should go back to Zoe and make sure she's okay. Something just doesn't seem right. Honestly, leaving her with that piece of trash was probably a bad idea.
You can't Jake. Sam needs us right now. Paul said running beside me.
Besides, Zoe's a tough girl. I'm sure she can manage. Quil said joining us. Ugh, can't they just stay the hell out of my head?
Nope. Sorry Jake. Embry said.
I'm going back. Tell Sam that I had to go check on her.
No, let's go. The redhead has been spotted again and we need move. Paul, Quil, you go on the left. Jake and I will guard the rez. Sam ordered. I guess I'll see her later...if I can.
*Zoe P.O.V.*
I continued to walk past Ethan's oblivious friends and towards where Jake's car was parked. As I got closer and closer, my adrenaline rush had started to faded and the pain was coming back. It radiated all the way from my toes, up to my head and then back down again. I was also probably bleeding from an assortment of places and had bruises all over my face.
I was only about ten feet away from the car when I had to sort of wobble there. When I got to the car, I put my hands up to the windows and looked in but there was nobody there. How am I going to get home now? How am I going to get anywhere? I can't walk more than five feet without wanting to scream out in pure agony. But it's not like I had hoped he was there. I would never want him to see me like this, so weak, so fragile.
I glanced back at the car and realized that the doors were open and the key was on the floor by the driver's seat. I carefully got in and put the key in the ignition.
"Sorry Jake." I said to myself in my head as I started the car and pulled away from the beach. I searched for my phone which I later found on the passenger's seat next to me and dialed Billy's number.
"Hello?" Billy said happily into the phone. I tried to respond but my throat was dry with blood.
"Zo? Are you there?" He asked. I coughed agonizingly and swallowed back the tears.
"Yeah Billy, it's me. Just tell Jake that I have his car. I needed to get home and he was nowhere to be found."
"Sure…You don't sound too good. Is everything alright?" He asked worryingly.
"I'm fine. Don't worry about me. I have to go but please tell him that I'm sorry. I love you. Bye." I hung up and attempted to focus back on the road. I really hate lying to Billy. I glanced over at the clock and saw that it was only 10:29 so if I hurry, no one will be home. No one home means no confrontation which is a good thing because I don't think I can take it. I just want to take a shower, crawl into my bed and never get up again. With all the pain I'm in, I don't think I'll even be able to.
It was so difficult driving home because I was still a little dizzy and disoriented and all of the lights from the oncoming cars but I managed. When I pulled into the drive, I was relieved when I noticed that I was the only one home. It took me about ten minutes to get enough motivation to open the door and wobble to my house. With each move there was a shot of pain but I pushed through it until I found my bathroom.
I locked the door behind me and stripped myself of my clothing. I then turned on the hot water and stepped into the shower. I slowly scrubbed away the dried blood and cleaned the rest of my body before I stepped out and examined the damage in the mirror. There were gashes all over but they were small and would probably heal within a matter of days or weeks. The most prominent injuries were the bruises but I could hide those with long sleeve shirts and long pants. I went back into my room and dried off before putting on a pair of sweat pants and a zip up hoodie. I threw back my covers and buried myself in them. Hopefully I'll fall asleep and never wake up again.
Three days later…
I didn't go to school. I didn't eat very much. I didn't really move at all unless I had to go to the bathroom or grab a bite to eat when no one was home. Sure Xena and Catherine grew suspicious towards the middle of the second day that I was locked up in my room but I told them that I wasn't feeling well and didn't want to get them sick so they backed off hesitantly. Billy called a few times and so did Jake but I didn't pick up for them. I didn't pick up the phone for anybody. I just lied there and cried and cried until I eventually fell asleep. I would then shower, eat something small, and by small, I mean small like crackers and then repeat the process.
"Zo! We're going to class now and then we're going out afterwards. Someone should be home around twelve-ish. Just call if you need us, kay?" Xena said from the other side of my door.
"Sure." I said coarsely. As soon as I heard the door shut, I sat up and choose to take another shower. After I was done, I dried off my body and put on a pair of shorts. I kind of lost momentum and laid on my stomach before I could even attempt to put a top on but I had plenty of time before anyone would be home. I soon fell back asleep for a little while before a knocking on my door woke me up.
"Go away. I'm sick." I yelled at the person at the other side of the door in a fake congested voice. Someone responded but I didn't really hear them.
"Sure, sure whatever." I said without a clue as to what they said. I heard my door creak open and was blinded when my lights turned on followed by what sounded like a liquid hitting the floor. I turned my head ever so slightly to see that it was indeed a liquid.
"Eww. What's with the puke?" I said narrowing my eyes at the chunky yellow stuff staining my carpet.
"What the hell happened?" A man's voice said. I scanned the body from the feet all the way up to his face.
"I ain't cleaning that crap up." I said to Jake before turning back to my pillow.
"Zoe, who did this to you?"
"I meant what I said. You'd better clean it up before it stains my carpet." I said ignoring him once more.
"Zoe! Stop with the damn carpet. Ethan did this to you, didn't he? I should have never left you with that scumbag. I'm going to tear him to pieces. I swear on my life I will…" Jacob growled stepping over the puddle of nastiness and over to my side.
"It doesn't matter. It's over and done with. Is that all?" I spat.
"Why didn't you tell anyone or call for help?"
"Because it's no one's fucking business including you so go the hell away Jake. I really don't need this right now." I wished that he would just get up and leave but we're talking about Jake here. Instead, a warm sensation moved up and down my bare back as his fingers glided over the marks.
"I'm not going anywhere, not until you're better." He said lying down next to me and continuing to rub my back soothingly. We laid like this for awhile before he ran his fingers over the hand marks on my arms, then my neck, lastly, he caressed my cheek, causing me to flinch against his touch.
"You can trust me." He said as I looked into his chocolate brown orbs. I took a shaky breath and moved my sore body and laid on his chest.
"I trust you." I breathed gripping onto his forest green tee. He pulled the blanket from under us and covered our bodies. Sooner than I wished, we fell asleep and he started to snore…loudly but I didn't mind. It's like…my lullaby. I woke up about five hours later, still in his arms. I kinda like the feeling I have when I'm with him.
"You're so cute." I smiled up at him. He groaned and smiled back. I think he can hear me in his sleep. I wrapped the blanket around me tighter when I realized that I was still shirtless. I quietly squealed to myself as I jumped out of my bed and ran over to my drawers and grabbed a bra and a shirt. I quickly put them on and soon regretted it. Why the hell do I have to be so sore and why the hell do I have to be so hungry? Crap, I have to go potty now too. I think the potty is a little more important right now. I waddled to the bathroom and did my business. When I got out, I noticed that my room was suddenly silent again. I turned on the light and my bed was vacant once more. Damnit. I had a mini-heart attack when I thought I had stepped onto the stain of dried soup but that too was gone.
"Jake?" I questioned turning the corner into the kitchen and there he was, cooking some food and it smells pretty damn good too.
"You hungry?" He asked sleepily stirring whatever's in the pan. Okay, I could not have taken that long.
"Yepperdoodles." I said wiping my eyes.
"Yepperdoodles?" Jake asked.
"Oui. Yepper…doodles..."
"O…kay. The omelets are almost done and the bacon's ready to eat. Is there anything else you want with it?"
"Nope. I'm good for now. Thanks, for everything."
"You're welcome." He served the eggs onto our plates and carried them to the table. I shoveled the omelet into my mouth before Jake could even take two bites.
"Wha?" I said with my mouth full noticing that Jake was starting at me.
"Nothing, never mind. Just eat…or breathe…breathing's good too. You eat like a…a…"
"Yesh, I'm a tweenashe gurwl and eat wike a man. Got a pwoblem wif it?" I said shoving more of the delicious eggy-goodness into my mouth. He chuckled and continued to eat.
"Don't…judge." I swallowed.
"I'm not judging…you just look like a chipmunk."
"A cute one, I know." I mused.
"Mhm, whatever helps you sleep at night." I gasped and flung the last piece of my omelet at his head.
"Jerk!"
"You did not just fling egg at this gorgeousness?" He said motioning to his face.
"I think I just did. Oh wait, I did, didn't I?" I said sarcastically. He narrowed his eyes and tried to look mad but failed as he laughed.
"Thought so." The front door opened and my roommates walked in laughing loudly.
"Hey baby…cakes…what's he doing here and oh my Grilled Cheesus, what happened to you?" Xena said wide-eyed.
"I fell down the stairs at school. It's no big deal but I just didn't want you to worry so I locked myself in my room when Jake came to check up on me and he kinda stayed longer than I had originally thought. He made breakfast, called me a chipmunk because of my ravenous eating habits, and here we are." I explained without skipping a beat.
"Oh, okay. You should tell us next time. We were really worried about you." Raven said kissing my forehead and retreating to her room.
"Dude, you know you can tell us anything. By the way, what happened the other night at the carnival? You never told us." Catherine said taking a seat next to me. I swallowed hard and struggled to figure out the right thing to say.
"Zo was working at one of the booths and I heard about it so the guys and I went to go see her but it got lame pretty quick so we ditched the carnival and went to the beach for awhile." Jake said. I gave him a thankful look and he nodded slightly.
"The carnivals around here always sucked major donkey butt. Any who, I'm going to bed and you should too. You have to go to school in three hours. Just because it's your last day doesn't mean you can slack off."
"Yes Mother." I rolled my eyes.
"I should be heading home too. I have school tomorrow too." Jake said.
"Sure, leave us with the dishes." Xena said narrowing her eyes.
"I'll go after I do the dishes." He corrected himself.
"Good boy."
"He's not a dog, Z." I said getting up to help him with the dishes. He chuckled to himself.
"He's Jacob Black and he's got male parts I presume…no offense."
"Woof." Jake said sarcastically.
"Whatever. After we're done with the dishes, I'll drive him home since I'm kinda hijacking his car until the weekend."
"Are you now?" He said quirking an eyebrow.
"Why yes, yes I am." I smiled at him.
"Okay, whatever. Night Zoe. See ya later Jake." Xena said leaving the room with Cat.
"Love you!" I yelled after her. I turned back to the dishes when someone wrapped their arms around my waist.
"Oh yeah! I forgot. You, me, babies. All over the walls, right now?" She said.
"Maybe later when the children have gone dear. We wouldn't want to scar Jake's pretty little brain, would we?"
"I guess you're right. I'll go to bed…alone…again." She pouted.
"Just go to bed you horndog!" I said bumping her with my butt. She stuck her tongue out at me as she left the room again.
"Do I even want to know?" Jake asked scrubbing the pan.
"Nope, not really. I'll finish the dishes when I get home. Let's just go." I said wiping of my hands with a dish towel but he continued to clean the rest of the dishes.
"Ugh. Why do you have to be so…you?" I whined grabbing the dish towel to help once more.
"Because I'm awesome like that. That was the last one and when you're done drying it, then we can go." He said drying off his hands. I dried the last dish and took a step outside.
"Holy shiznit! It's freaking cold!" I squealed going back inside for a jacket. I grabbed whatever was closest and didn't even realize that it was the one Jake gave me until I was getting into the driver's seat.
"Much better." I said hugging myself.
"Move." He said getting out of the car.
"No. I want to drive."
"Zoe, you could have a concussion for all we know and I kinda don't want to die so let me drive. Plus, it's my damn car."
"So? I look cuter driving it so there."
"Zoe."
"Fine." I pouted switching seats with him.
About half way there, one of my favorite obnoxious songs played softly in the background and to break this sad little silence, I decided to turn it up and make a fool of myself to make him smile.
"No. Turn this crap off." I smiled and sang along completely ignoring his demand. (We R Who We R- Ke$ha)
Hot and dangerous
If you're one of us, then roll with us
'Cause we make the hipsters fall in love
And we've got hot-pants on enough
And yes of course because we're running this town just like a club
And no, you don't wanna mess with us
Got Jesus on my necklace
I've got that glitter on my eyes
Stockings ripped all up the side
Looking sick and sexy-fied
So let's go-o-o (Let's go!)
[chorus]
Tonight we're going hard
Just like the world is ours
We're tearin' it apart
You know we're superstars
We are who we are!
We're dancing like we're dumb
Our bodies go numb
We'll be forever young
You know we're superstars
We are who we are!
DJ turn it up
It's about damn time to live it up
I'm so sick of being so serious
It's making my brain delirious!
I'm just talkin' truth
I'm telling you 'bout the s— we do
We're sellin' our clothes, sleepin' in cars
Dressin' it down, hittin' on dudes (HARD!)
I've got that glitter on my eyes
Stockings ripped all up the side
Looking sick and sexy-fied
So let's go-o-o (Let's go!)
[chorus]
Tonight we're going hard
Just like the world is ours
We're tearin' it apart
You know we're superstars
We are who we are!
We're dancing like we're dumb
Our bodies go numb
We'll be forever young
You know we're superstars
We are who we are!
DJ turn it up
DJ turn it up
DJ turn it up
DJ turn it up
Tonight we're going hard
Just like the world is ours
We're tearin' it apart
You know we're superstars
We are who we are!
We're dancing like we're dumb
Our bodies go numb
We'll be forever young
You know we're superstars
We are who we are!
OW!
"You're adorable." He chuckled as the song ended. When he realized that he actually said that out loud, his face grew stern and he started to cough awkwardly.
"I mean, that little th…never mind. You're just adorable." He added. My ears burned as they got redder.
"Uh…thanks…" I said sheepishly sinking back into my seat.
"Sure, sure." He laughed.
"How are ya feeling?"
"I'm better now but I'm a little sore and my face is still f'd up."
"No it's not. You're beautiful like always."
"You've obviously never seen me at five am."
"Don't you remember our all-nighters?"
"Yeah…but those don't count. We were like, twelve."
"Sure, sure."
Soon it got even colder and I wrapped Jake's jacket around my body. I breathed in the wonderful smell of diesel and the woods and pulled it tighter. We made small talk and laughed about the stupidest things until the car slowed down due to a traffic jam.
"Come on!" I whined childishly.
"What?" He questioned.
"It's going to be at least another thirty minutes or maybe even more until we get you home."
"What's so wrong with spending a little more time with me?"
"N-Nothing it's just that I'm extremely tired." I said yawning at the end.
"Go to sleep then." He said relaxing.
"But your car is not comfy." I pouted. He patted the middle seat next to him and wiggled his eyebrows at me. It took me a couple of seconds to think about it but I unbuckled my seat belt, slid next to him, buckled up again and snuggled close to his lukewarm body. He wrapped his free arm around my shoulders, hugging me close to him.
"You're hot Jake." I mumbled as I started to doze.
"I know." He said conceited. I looked up at him and sleepily glared.
"Not what I meant buttmunchie. I mean, you're body is so freaking…warm." I snuggled back into his chest and closed my eyes. The last thing I think I heard was 'You'll get used to it.'
"Hey. One last thing. Guess what?"
"What?" I said drowsily.
"It's five on the dot and you're still gorgeous." He said to me. I felt myself smile as I drifted off to sleep.