I was so pumped to write the next chapter because this chapter really has a bang at the end. I hope you guys enjoy this chapter.
June 19th
Bella had woke up early again and got dressed in a pair of riding breeches and a royal blue tank top, along with her brown paddock riding boots, before heading downstairs. Her mother was standing in the kitchen while reading something.
"Mom what are you reading?" Bella asked while coming stand beside her mother.
"Nothing hun." She said smiling and hiding the piece of paper she had been reading behind her back.
"Mom what is it?" Bella asked while trying to grab the piece of paper out of her mother's hands.
"Bella quit." Renée said while pushing Bella away. "Its nothing." She did not want to show her daughter the note she had been reading.
"Mom…is it something do with you know what?" Bella asked. Renée sighed and showed her daughter the note she had been hiding. It was nothing serious, it was just a note Renée had found; Elena had written it years ago. The note talked about a prophecy dealing with Bella and how if the High King found out about it, he would want her dead more. Bella read the note and her eyes got big.
"What does this mean mom?" She asked. The note frightened her.
"It's a note Elena had written me…it must have been before she died...I never read the note until now...I found it this morning...it had fallen behind my dresser…its like she says in the note...I don't know how much clearer it can get."Renée wanted to cry, she had done everything to protect her little girl.
The note read:
My dearest Renée
Please forgive me for writing you. Yesterday I went to a friend of mine in New Orleans. She is a witch, a very powerful witch. I only visit her when I am having trouble sleeping. For the past couple of weeks, I keep having a dream, I am in a room from my old house and your beautiful little girl is standing beside me all grown up. She keeps asking me questions and begging me to protect her. I do not know what I am protecting her from. In my dream she is a vampire and she carrying the next High King or Queen, but I am not sure. I tell her to hide in the closet that is in the room we are standing in. My siblings and I would hide there when we were hiding from our parents. She hides and my husband and Aro, the man who attacked you, along with a man who I have never saw before, walk into the room. My Nate is screaming at me and telling me to tell them where Isabella is. I do not give up her hiding place and the man who I have never met before comes at me. Saying that child she carries will be the end the vampires and that she must be killed. This dream freaked me out so badly, that I went to see my friend who told me that Nate's grandmother had been told about a girl who would unite the supernatural world with the human world. There is a lot of people who do not want that to happen, they believe supernaturals, should not mix with the humans. I fear for Isabella, I do believe she is that child that was mentioned to Nate's grandmother. My friend also believes this. If this true, she will be hunted down, until they kill her. Her child will help finish uniting the humans and supernatural beings. Her child is very important, he or she is the final key...the prophecy talks about the father of child being of a different species. I do not know what this means. It could mean anything. Please protect her. She must unite both worlds, you must help her and the young child that will be created out of love. The prophecy states that the child will only be created with if both parents are in love and that the person who is meant to father the child will be Isabella's one true love. Its the only way it will work. I will not be able to write you anymore or be able to come visit. I do not need my husband finding out that Isabella is still alive. Just protect her and make sure that unites both worlds. When the time comes, I will try my best to help also.
Love
Elena
Bella dropped the letter she was reading. She could not believe what she was reading. It was like the paper had been burning her.
"Mom." Bella cried.
"Isabella I do not know what this means." Renée was just has confused has her daughter.
"It means that I will always be hunted down and whatever children I have will be hunted down." This thought made Bella cringe, she did not want her children to suffer for something that would not be their fault. "I need to leave because if I am being hunted down." Bella paused and then she gasped because she had image run through her head of her family being killed. "If I don't...they will find me here...and in the process of killing me…they will kill you...I knew there was reason for Edward leaving...he went back to tell them where I was at." Bella cried more. She knew it was silly, they already knew where she lived, but at that point she was scared. She wanted everything to be normal, she wanted to be treated like that little princess again that was made to act like an adult while she had only been a child. She wanted to go back to those carefree summers that she spent with Emmett in Tennessee and then spending time getting in trouble with her cousin. She wanted to go back to then, she kept thinking maybe that she could change something. "Everything was so easy then," she thought.
"Bella…listen to me…nothing bad will happen to you...I will make sure of that." Renée said while trying to console her daughter.
"How do you know that...how can you protect me mom." Bella asked while whipping her eyes.
"Because I am your mother...and I have protected you this long."Renée said while hugging her daughter. "Bella…there is only one thing to do…if you want to make sure you are protected…then you need to find Charlie." Renée said while watching her daughter get a confused look on her face.
"What…no…that will lead me closer to getting killed mom." Bella sounded scared, which broke Renée's heart.
"Bella…if Charlie is still the guy that I fell in love with…then he will protect you…find him and tell him everything…he is the only one that can protect you now." She said while trying to make Bella understand.
"But mom." Bella thought her mom had lost it.
"No Bella…you need to find him."
"You really think he could protect me?" Bella asked.
"He is the High Prince...the next in line…which means that he has enough power to protect you from everything...he will be the only one to be able to match his father…just find him Bella." Renée told her.
"Okay…but that means I have to leave mom." Bella said with tears running down her face. She truly did not want to leave, she was having fun spending time with her family members.
"I know...just let me know where your going…when you find him and what happens okay."
"Okay mom…and I already know where he is at…he's in London." Bella said crying
"He's in London, England?" Renée asked.
"Yeah…he took over the London law firm…I suppose I need to buy plane tickets." Bella said while shaking her head.
"It will be fine…I know he will do everything in his power to protect you." Renée said while hugging her daughter. There was something she had not told Bella and she did not know how to tell her. It was a secret that she had kept and it dealt with Bella's real father. Bella whipped her eyes and tried to smile at her mom before walking down to the riding barn. She needed to go for a ride, she just needed to forget, if only for a bit. Yesterday she had a nice talk with Jacob and he was not the ass he was back in high school, he was actually nice. She still did not know if she trusted him. Today everything is coming back that she had tried to run away from. It was coming back full force. It felt like she had been ran over by a large truck. She whistled when she came to the barn opening. She could hear Reese pawing at the ground, trying to get her attention. It made her smile a little bit.
"Hey boy!" She said while petting his nose and kissing him. She had missed him so much. She got Reese out of his stall and threw her leg over his back. She loved riding bareback. Holding onto his mane, she directed him out of the barn. She gave him a small kick, directing him towards the woods that surrounded her house. She got Reese into a canter and just let her head fall back. She sighed, she always loved riding, and it always made her feel so alive. She got him down to a walk and directed him over to the path that ran along side the fencing that marked the property line behind the Dwyer's and Black's properties. She could hear someone running down the path on the Black's side. She turned to see Jacob running with out a care in the world. She wished that she could be like him, having to not care about anything. He was only wearing a pair of shorts and had headphones in his ears. She noticed him smiling when he noticed her sitting atop her horse, watching him. She tried to smile back.
"Hey Bells." He said while coming to a walk and making his way over to the fencing. He propped his arms up on the fence and smiled at her.
"Hi." She said blushing. She could not stop staring at him. He was all sweaty and good-looking. She still had not gotten over her crush. "Someone really needs to check my head, I liked…well still like the person who used to be mean to me...there is something seriously wrong with me," Bella thought.
"How's your ankle?" He asked. He sounded so worried that it surprised Bella. It made Bella wonder if he had really changed, if he was that little boy that she grew up with.
"Good." She really had not even thought about her ankle. A few days ago, she found her and Edward's bags in the back of the Camaro. She would not tell anyone but she had been sleeping in Edward's shirts. They still smelled like him and it helped her sleep. Inside Edward's bag, she found a cup of blood. She wanted to faint when she found it. She could not believe that he had actually left a bag of his blood in his bag. It made her wonder why, "like did he know something," She wondered. With her ankle hurting yesterday, she took a sip of it. There was something about his blood that made her all tingly inside; it freaked her out. She did not want to feel that for someone who had abandoned her and that fact that it was dealing with blood, did not help.
"That's good…but do you think you should be riding?" He grinned at her.
"Well I am riding bare back…so it should be fine." She tried to smile. She coud not believe she had forgotten that she had to buy plane tickets to London or what was going on for a second. She wanted to forget everything and just live here peacefully.
"What's wrong?" Jacob asked. He could see that he was worried about something.
"Nothing." Bella replied. She did not want to talk about it.
"Your lying Bells...what's wrong?" He chuckled.
"I am leaving…I have to buy plane tickets to London, England." She sighed.
"What…why…I was so sure you were going to be in the Miss Wescott pageant...I was hoping that I could escort you." He sounded worried. She had not even thought about the Miss Wescott Pageant. She knew if she had stayed, her mother would have made her sign up for it. She remembered watching all the older girls getting ready for the pageant in their nice gowns. She use to dream about being in the pageant but since the last pageant she had been did not go over so well, she was not planning on doing a repeat.
"I don't think I will…I really have to leave." Bella said while looking down at the ground. "I have important business to take over there." Bella rambled.
"What kind of important business?" He asked. He could tell that she was lying about something.
"It's actually something for work…I actually need to head back now…so I can buy the plane tickets." Bella said while moving Reese around. She just wanted to leave, she did not want to think about everything she was leaving behind.
"Bella wait…I know your lying again about something…you always couldn't lie." He laughed. "Just tell me…is it something bad?"
"You could say that." Bella wanted to cry. She should have known that he would be able to tell that she was lying. He was right, she could not lie.
"Let me go with you?" She could tell that he was not asking, he was telling her, which made her want to yell at him. She hated to be told what to do.
"What?" Bella said confused.
"I said let me go with you." He repeated himself.
"Why?" Bella was confused. She knew that she could not let him go with her, it would cause problems.
"Because I think you need a friend." He smiled at her, she tried not smiling but it was hard. He was right, she needed a friend and she needed a friend badly.
"Okay…I will get the plane tickets." She sighed, she knew she was probably making the wrong decision.
"How about this…I am closer to my house." He smiled at her. "I will head home and get the tickets…do you know how long your staying for?" He asked her.
"Not a clue…sorry…see it might not be a good idea for you to go." She was trying to get him to change his mind but nothing seemed to work.
"It will be fine…I am free until school starts." He laughed.
"You work at the school?" She asked.
"Yeah…I am the gym teacher believe it or not...along with assistant football coach with your uncle Ethan." He said laughing. "I will get the tickets and text you when I am coming to pick you up…sound good?" He asked. She just nodded her at him. "Here is my phone…put your number in it." He told her while handing her his iphone.
"Okay." She said while taking his phone and dialing her number in it. She could not believe she was doing this. She was also putting his life in danger, but for some reason she felt safe around him and she just wanted to feel safe. "Here you go." She said while handing her his phone back to him.
"Okay good…I will send you with those times." He said smiling before leaving her. She finally got Reese back into a canter and made it back to the barn. She handed him off to one of the groomers and headed inside, sneaking up the secret staircase. When she made it to her room, she locked her door and went for a shower. By the time she got out of the shower, she had a message on her phone from a strange number. Hey, got us those plane tickets…our plane is leaving at 1:32pm. So I will be at your house by 9am. That should give us enough time to get to Columbus. Our plane will land tomorrow morning. Since I did not know when you wanted to leave, I got us tickets leaving out on Saturday afternoon. It should give you enough time, if not I can always change the tickets around. Benefits of having a father that is always flying around the world, lol. Jacob.
Bella smiled at the text and began to pack her bags because it was already 8:30. She just began to throw things into her bag, not caring what she was throwing into it. She finally got done packing with time to spare. Bella quickly changed into a pair of crop jeans with holes in them and nice clean white polo with a deep v-neck. She tied her hair up into a high ponytail and grabbed her purse and passport.
"Bella…Jacob is waiting in the foyer for you…would you like to tell me why he is here?" Alice asked while knocking on Bella bedroom door. "Why do you have your door locked." She asked while rattling Bella door knob. Bella could tell that Alice was getting annoyed, which annoyed Alice was never a good Alice to be around.
"Thanks Alice." Bella said while opening her door. She could see Alice standing there with her hands on her hip. She knew Alice wanted questions, but she really did not know how to answer them or if she wanted to give them.
"So you going to tell me?" Alice asked.
"Sorry Allie…running late…I am actually going to London for work and Jacob is coming with me." Bella quickly said while she headed down the stairs and into the foyer. Jacob was standing beside the door. He had changed into a black t-shirt that stretched against his chest area and pair of black jeans that hung low on his hips. Bella could not stop blushing while looking at him. She did not know what was going on with her. Her crush for him was rearing its ugly head again.
"Bella wait a minute…your doing what?" Alice screeched.
"Alice please…we have to leave…I will see ya soon…if I can get back before you leave." Bella said while hugging Alice, who was glaring at her. "Tell mom I left."
"Bella." Alice screamed, has both Jacob and Bella left the house and loaded into his Dodge Challenger. "You keep your hands to yourself…do you hear me Jacob Black." Alice shouted at him. "I will make you pay if anything happens to her." Those were the last words Bella heard Alice say has they drove out of the driveway.
At the Columbus Airport
Both Jacob and Bella made it through the checkpoint in airport and was now sitting on the plane, waiting for the plane to finally take off. Bella sighed when the plane finally took off. She was nervous and did not know what she was going to really do. She had no plans what so ever.
"What are you thinking about?" Jacob asked her. He could tell that she was deep in thought, by the way her face was scrunched up.
"Of everything I have to do once we land in London." Bella replied.
"You will get it all done…what do you have to do anyway?" He asked.
"I have to meet with someone who is very important…I have to meet with him has soon has we land." She said while leaning back in her seat and looking out the window.
"We should be landing in New York in almost two hours." Just the mention of New York made Bella shiver. She did not want to go back to New York, bad things happened in New York.
"New York?" Bella asked.
"Yeah…it was the best flight." He explained.
"Oh…you know I lived in New york." Bella said while in deep thought.
"No I did not." Jacob replied.
"I did for a short period…before that…I lived in New Heaven...because I was going to Yale...I lived their with my fiancé." Bella blurted out.
"So you were engaged?" It saddened him to think that she had been engaged to someone.
"Yeah…until he cheated on me…my mom doesn't even know I was engaged…so please do not tell her." She begged. She could not believe she had told him. She still did not know why she let him come, yes she felt protected by him, but he had been mean to her during their high school years and now he was being nice. It made her head spin and she did not know what to believe, with everything else and that letter; she really did not care what Jacob was up.
"I am sorry…I know how it feels…it sucks." He said while wrapping an arm around her. "And I won't tell anyone."
London, England. Heathrow Airport, June 20th
They finally landed at 6:35 in the morning, both of them were really tried. Jacob led them to a townhouse that his family owned. His father was a banker that worked with different banks around the world, so they had houses around the world. When they made it to the townhouse, Jacob left their luggage by the door and showed Bella to her room. Bella could not stop looking at the house. The townhouse was decorated with a homey feeling in tans crème colors. The living room that they were standing in was decorated in a tan color, but with a red through out it. The room had an openness to it; the living room was very clean-looking. The room Bella was staying in was nicely decorated, it was small but it was still nice. The room was elegantly designed with grey-blue walls and the bed was grand looking. It looked fit for a princess.
"Thank you for everything you have done." Bella said while sitting on the bed in the room and looking at the floor. She still could not believe that she was here. The last time she had visited England, she had been with James, living the high life. Everything had been great back then, if someone had told her then that this is how her life would turn out, she would have laughed in their face.
"It's what friends do." He said smiling at her.
"I don't know if we are friends." She said while shaking her head. "But still…thank you." She said while bitting her lip.
"I know you don't trust me yet and I understand why…but you can." He said smiling at her.
"I think I am going to take a two-hour nap and then maybe I should head out for my job."
"Sounds good…I am tried to…also I am right down the hall if you need anything." He said before leaving. Bella cuddled underneath the covers and soon fell asleep. She did not even change her clothes, she was that tried.
Outside of Stock, England
Bella could not figure out what to wear when she woke up, so she was now wearing a white cotton knit dress, with an empire waist and a low scoop neckline and also long sleeves. The dress hit her lower than mid thigh and made her look very cute. She let her hair out of the high ponytail she had it in and let it hang around her shoulders. She was also wearing a pair of black 2'' peep toe pumps that had a little white bow over the toe area. Bella pulled up a house, she found the address on the computer. The house could not even be called a house; it was one of those English Country estates. It was huge; it reminded Bella of something that you see in the old movies about England, when they show you the huge estates. The driveway was a long driveway with trees lining the drive. She pulled up to a huge stately home. It was bigger than the home that she grew up in and she thought that could not be possible. Everything about it screamed England. She pulled up outside the estate. Before she could open her car door, a little old man opened her door. She stepped out and smiled at that man, while pulling her white Prada clutch out of the car and tucking in under her arm..
"Welcome to Swan House…do you have an appointment?" The old man asked in a British accent. Bella sighed knowing that she had came to right place, but also she was panicking because she did not know that she would need an appointment.
"No…I am actually here because I need to talk to someone." Bella explained.
"Miss if you do not have appointment…I am afraid you will have to leave." The old man said while turning around to leave.
"Please you do not understand…I came all this way from the United States." She begged. Jacob had gotten out of the car and was standing behind her. Jacob refused to let her go by herself, so she was stuck with taking him with her. She just hoped that he did not figure out anything or asked too many questions. The old man turned back around to face her.
"Miss…please…just get back in your car and make an appointment and then you can come back." He seemed to be begging her to leave or maybe he was annoyed with her, she could not figure it out.
"Just tell them a Miss Lockhart is here…they will know me." Bella was hoping that this old man would just go tell the head of the house and then everything could be settled. She figured she would use her mother's last name, seeing has that is what Charlie would remember.
"I am sorry Miss Lockhart…your going to have leave." The old man replied. He definitely seemed to be annoyed with her.
"Bella what are you doing?" Jacob asked in whisper so only she could hear. He placed his hands on her shoulder, which she shook off.
"Shh." She told him. "Please…how would I make an appointment?" She asked the old man.
"Just call the estate number and Miss Ryan will set something up." Old man explained.
"Okay…and how long does that normally take?" She asked.
"It can take a few days to a month to a year for some appointments…depending on what they are…Master Charles is a busy man." The old man explained.
"See I can't wait that long…it's very important." Bella wanted to cry; she could feel Jacob place a hand on her shoulder. Which this time, she let it stay there. She wanted to cry.
"I am sorry Miss…but if you do not leave…I will have to call the guards." Bella bit her lip and held in the tears in.
"What is going on George?" Bella froze at the sound of the voice that was talking. It sounded like velvet and made Bella weak at the knees. Bella bit her lip more and looked up to the front entrance of the house. The sight before her, made her not be able to breathe. Standing in the entrance was Edward. He looked like everything she remembered him to look like. He was standing there in a pair of dark washed jeans and grey sweater. She still had not breathed until she heard him speak again. "Princess.""He sounded so surprised," she thought. She let out the air she had been holding and gasped. She could feel Jacob tense up behind her, he had placed both of his hands on her shoulders and kept asking if she was okay. She ignored him and just kept staring at Edward. She still could not believe that he was standing there. So many emotions ran through her at that point and she did not know which one to chose. He was surprised to see her standing there. She was still has beautiful has he remembered. The beast in him wanted to claim her and that part of him wanted tear into the hulk of a man standing behind her. He did not like how the man had his hands on her shoulder. The beast in him kept telling him that the man was just a young boy and that he could probably take the boy. This had to be the best birthday present that he had ever gotten. Bella could not stop staring at him, she began to bite her lip. She could not believe that he was standing in front of her.
