Chapter 19

I woke up in the middle of the night. Laurent, James, Victoria, and Edward Sr. were still out. The cabin was cold. Rain pounded on the roof. I didn't want to go back to sleep. Not for a while.

With great effort and pain I sat up, my broken legs crunching loudly. The pain didn't hit me for a while but when it did I found myself covered in my own vomit. Shit. I forgot my legs were broken.

I wiped my mouth and dragged myself to the windows to peek through the cracks and see if it was dark or daytime. Daytime. They must have made a messy kill and had to take their time to clear the mess. Town is almost two hours away I think. To vampires that's about 30 to 40 minutes, if that. Maybe I could sneak outside and grab an apple. With that hopeful thought in mind I dragged my sorry ass to the front door, knowing I would have to stretch to reach the lock. And stretch I did. I had to lift myself up with one arm and use the very tip of my middle finger to undo the lock. The wooden door creaked open and I inhaled the fresh air. It was nice not having to sleep in my own dried blood and vomit for once.

The apple tree was only a few feet away from the house, but for me that's like miles. Hundreds and hundreds of miles. Fuck my life. But I'll be damned if I'm gonna pass up this opportunity, that's for sure. So with determination, I dragged myself to the apple tree within ten gruesome painful minutes, pulled myself up, and picked the lowest hanging apple. I plopped down on my ass and leaned back against the tree, taking a big bite of the apple and finishing it in three more.

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I had four more apples until I was finally full. No doubt I was gonna puke them back up later but whatever. At that moment I felt better than I had in a while. I felt like I was at home again, having my after school snack with Carlisle and Esmé, Emmett teasing me and Jasper chuckling fondly as I argued with my bear of a brother to leave me alone but not really meaning it.

I sniffed sadly. Home. Were they looking for me? Did they have any leads? Did they think I was dead? I feel like the last one is more plausible. 'Don't you talk like that. You're going to be OK. You just have to keep a hopeful mind son.' I could almost hear Carlisle saying. I could almost see Esmé flashing me her motherly and loving smile and feel Emmett and Jasper ruffling my hair even though they knew it annoyed me. Well, kind of. I liked the attention though.

Seth. One of my best friends who clearly understands what I'm going through even though he's technically never experienced it himself. The kid who'd stood up for me more than enough times in school and made me feel like I was worth something.

And Jacob... I wanted him to wrap his arms around me and keep me safe. I wanted him to turn into his wolf form so I could lay my head in his soft fur and just fall asleep. I wanted him to tell me one of his corny ass jokes to keep my spirits up. I wanted him.

My good mood went downhill very quickly despite my full stomach. I missed my family. So much.

(Jacob POV)

It'd been almost two weeks now. Two fucking weeks and still no trace of Edward. Esmé was dry sobbing. Emmett had almost wiped out the grizzly bear population. Jasper was more quiet than usual, and sulked a lot more. Carlisle hadn't stopped calling people, namely other vampires around the world that he'd befriended. The Barbie bitch snapped at anyone who took a second to rest rather than continue the so far hopeless hunt for Edward. Alice was looking into the future for any kind of help. Me? I haven't slept or eaten since the day he disappeared. I've been in my wolf form longer than my human so far, but it was hardly noticeable. To me at least.

My dad was worried sick about me but knew better than to try and make me stop. Besides, I wasn't the only wolf on the hunt. Seth is just as crazed as me. And Sam. Which was odd because Sam normally avoided Edward whenever he came over and we all thought maybe he didn't like the guy who'd 'tricked us' into getting all buddy-buddy with the local leeches.

I don't know why, but it bugged me how hard Seth and Sam were trying. I know its good because we can cover more ground in a smaller amount of time but still. Edward was special to me and they damn well fucking knew it! Seth wasn't too bad I guess, he and Edward have been friends since middle school and he made Edward safe when I couldn't.

I huffed through my snout and jumped over a log as I ran through the woods, my paws pounding against the Earth. I was able to sniff out a few blood suckers but they didn't have Edward. Of course not. That would make Edward's life easy, and he clearly isn't allowed to have that.

I ran to the Cullen house and phased back to my human form. Carlisle said that a friend of his from Massachusetts bumped into three other vampires that claimed to have moved into a cabin in the woods. He said all three of them smelled like blood but insisted that they hadn't hunted yet. So me and the Cullen's are heading there tonight to check it out, all of us praying this wouldn't turn out to be a wild goose chase.

Everyone was already putting their crap in the car, including two additions I wasn't very pleased to see.

"Seth? Sam? What the fuck, you're supposed to stay behind in case something happens." I glared.

"I left Embry in charge. He'll watch over things here." Sam said.

"And Edward's my best friend, so I'm going." Seth said.

I looked to Carlisle with almost pleading eyes and he simply shrugged, "It's their choice, and we may need the backup."

I scowled angrily and got in the car, "Whatever. Lets go get Edward."

TWILIGHT -TWILIGHT

Sooooooooooo sososo sorry! I have not been able to get to a laptop for the past few months, at least not long enough to type a whole chapter, so I downloaded an app on my phone where I could write it :) but this also means that to me, the chapters look longer than they really are. so I don't know if this is a long or short chapter. again, sorry!