As we walked in, dad was sitting on the couch waiting for us. "Have you seen the news lately?"
"No, why?" Dad never watched TV. It must be something fairly important for him to bother.
"Watch." He never looked away from the screen.
"...The body was found on the edge of the road. It seems undamaged other than a curved mark, which looked like it was created by teeth. The girl seems to have bled to death from this 'bite' wound in her neck..." The screen showed the girl we'd found in the forest, her name was Lucy. She'd gone missing after school and her parents had reported it to Charlie. Luke must have moved the body to where someone would find it. The image changed to a mark, just like the one on mum's hand, arms, legs and neck. She'd been bitten by James, an evil vampire who wanted to kill her, and dad, when he was trying to save her. A vampire killing, with proof, had been shown to people all over the state. This was going to have consequences.
Alice was sitting next to dad on the sofa, and she looked pretty worried. Then, suddenly she gasped and must have had a vision. "Aro's coming."
"Alice, do know why?" Dad was not letting that lot near me. I knew that much.
"He knows about the girl. But he doesn't think it was one of us. That news report can't be linked to our kind. He can't risk it happening again." He was going to kill whoever did it. It could be a set up, but that was unlikely. They would never let that much proof get publicised, let alone command it.
"When." Jacob now. He needed to worry about his pack. They would kill Luke themselves for who he was, but the volturi would never let them kill a vampire. Even one they were going to deal with themselves.
"They'll be here tomorrow. Aro, Caias and Demetri, Jane and Alec." Alice was confused. She didn't know who they were coming for, but she did know it wasn't us.
"Luke." I was still in shock.
"Who?" Asked Alice. Oh yeah. She wasn't there when Luke came. She, Jasper, Emmett and Rosalie had gone hunting.
"Luke, I need to warn him." I snapped out of my dazeand at value speed, I sprinted out of the door and into the woods. Somehow I knew he would be there, somewhere. He's been listening to mum's life story, hadn't he? He might have gone to investigate her favourite places.
I'd just jumped over the river when Jacob cought up with me. He got in my way and put his string hand on my shoulders. "You know there's nothing you can do. What's done is done, and the volturi won't let it go. Please, just stay." He pleaded. He was right, there was nothing I could do to help. If I warned him, he'd just try and fight them, which was not a good idea.
Jacob didn't take me back. Instead, he walked with my hand in his, into the woods.
"Where are we going?" I asked as we walked deeper in.
"You'll see." Unlike mum, I love surprises. The best ones were from Jacob. He did awesome surprises. He walked me into an open clearing, small and circular. The ground was lush green grass and beautiful, tiny flowers. The sun was seeping through the leaves overhead, and the whole area was just bright in every way. "Like it?"
"It's beautiful, why did you bring me here?" I was pretty confused. I knew it wasn't just for the view.
In answer, he leaned forward and pressed his lips to mine. Because it skin was going, I could send him a vision.
Jacob was kissing me, strong and fierce. We are in my room. We went to the bed, I lay down and it got more intense. Jacob reached for the buttons of my top.
Jacob pulled away so suddenly, it took a second for me to adjust back to real life. "Nessie, it's only day 2. Not yet, we have forever." He looked at me, trying to figure me out.
Whenever I touch someone, they can see what I'm thinking. I can try and hide it, but with Jacob I didn't bother. He put his hand to my face, and stroked his fingers down my jaw, to my lips. They stayed there for a second, but I moved them and kissed him again. I wanted him, I know we'd only been officially together for two days, but that didn't stop me wanting to go faster. He, though, wanted to take it slowly. A team goes only as far as its slowest runner.
This time the kids held want and passion, desire and heat. His hand held my head, while the other moved around my back, pressing me to him. I held his hair in one hand and the other caressed his neck. This was a kiss. This beat Luke's random behaviour, and Jacob's proof. And to be fair, Jacob had had three practices to get to this. Boy was he good. This was how I wanted it to happen, but Jacob would say no. But this time, it didn't matter to much, this was to good to stop. Which is why I will kill the intruder.
"Are you sure this should be seen publicly?" Said a voice from right behind me.
"Luke, just to say, your gonna die tomorrow." Jacob put his arms around me protectively. I spin round to look like in the eye.
"Luke, what the hell are you doing here?!" I demanded.
"I'm checking if you're single yet." He said casually.
"Well I'm taken, very much taken." I shot at him.
"I guess I'll have to sort that out for you then." He said and lined straight for Jacob. In the split second he was in the air, Jacob phased.
It was like who went down. Jacob had his huge front paws pinning Luke's shoulders to the floor. He was snarling and if Luke tried to move, snapping.
"Luke, did you just try to kill Jacob?" I asked quietly.
"It's the only way you'll love me more. He said just as quietly.
"I will NEVER love you now." I growled at him. I put my hand on Jacob's neck and sent him a flash image of the courage where I live. With that, I ran straight home.