Chapter Eighteen

Peter

After I rang off I thought I'd feel better, after all The Major had finally found his mate, what could be so bad about that? Sure she was a human but that could be altered, well it would be altered. She'd become a vampire and marry him or marry him first who knew, then they would live happily ever after, all sorted. So why didn't I feel any better? I couldn't honestly say I felt trouble as such, it was far more nebulous than that which only fucked me right off.

Why couldn't it be either full on shit there's something pretty fucking bad going down now or everything is like a flower garden with little lambs frolicking and bees buzzing from flower to flower doing whatever the fuck bees did inside flowers. That was easy enough, like a switch, on or off, not this maybe, there could be, its possible kind of feeling. All that did was to put me in a really bad fucking mood and of course that started Charlotte nagging me which only made matters worse.

"So The Major's found the girl of his dreams, what's she like?"

I looked at her,

"How the fuck am I supposed to know? I only exchanged a few words with her. She could have two heads and be covered in huge hairy fucking warts."

"You know what I mean, what did she sound like?"

"Female, which of course is a relief."

"Peter be sensible."

"OK, she sounded fine, he sounded happy, that's it. I don't have anything else to tell you Char so for fuck sake back off."

"You're still not happy are you?"

I didn't even bother replying to that observant little question but went outside to check on the horses but that nagging little itch just wouldn't stop.

I cleaned them out, fed and watered them then decided to go for a ride but I couldn't be bothered to saddle one up so I went bareback across the meadow and through the woods to the creek where I stopped so my mount could rest while I stripped off for a swim. It was peaceful, just me and the birds and Sultan chewing on the hay I put down for him but of course it didn't last. Idyllic little moments like this never did for me. She came running through the trees and sat down by the side of the creek watching as I swam up and down ignoring her, or trying to.

"Peter, you don't think its got anything to do with Maria do you?"

Now that one stopped me mid paddle!

"Maria? What?"

"This bad feeling you've got. You don't think its got anything to do with Maria do you?"

"No, its not bad enough for that, besides we'd know if she had anything up her cunning little Mexican sleeve, Darius keeps an eye on her for us. What made you think of her?"

She shrugged,

"Just wondered that's all. Then how about the Volturi, you know what they'd do if they found out The Major had a mate who was human."

"Yeah they'd give him an ultimatum, change her or lose her. Nah, it doesn't feel bad enough for them either. Besides why are you so worried? When I get these strange half feelings you usually tell me to ignore them, you tell me "Peter they're probably just gas" remember?"

She laughed but I could see she wasn't ready to give up yet so with a sigh I heaved myself out to sit on the bank beside her.

"Charlotte why the twenty questions this time?"

She turned to look at me troubled,

"Because for the first time The Major is happy and now you've got a touch of the shivers, it frightens me."

"It's more a single shiver, maybe they have a rocky patch to get through, maybe its nothing to do with her at all. It could be the Cullens doing it."

She sighed now looking exasperated,

"The Cullens? Why would they make you uneasy?"

"Char just the thought of them makes me feel uneasy. There is something quite sinister about a group of vampires..."

She cut in,

"Coven."

"What? For fuck sake Char OK, there's something sinister about a COVEN of vampires that munches on bunnies and squirrels not to mention the odd Bambi. Its just fucking unnatural. You've only got to look at them, those freaky golden eyes and I know it affects the brain. For instance look, you got a doctor working in a human hospital up to his bollocks in human blood, Assward who goes around like a wet week peering into everyone's thoughts, and if he thinks he's ever getting in my head I'll soon show him different, Mother Theresa in the guise of Esme who thinks all humans are wonderful but especially the little bald ones that scream their fucking lungs out...need I go on?"

"I'd really rather you didn't Peter. Last time it took two hours to shut you up."

"Oh I see, timing me now are you?"

"Only your rants my love. Now back to the subject in hand, your feeling."

"You know I'm beginning to think I should have kept it to myself, its nothing, he's OK he's found his mate, They're going off separately for a few weeks that's all. Maybe that's what's making me nervous, you know what humans can be like, eat something that poisons them, crash their cars, get mugged...the list goes on. She might just trip over a curb and bang her knee, that's how nebulous the feeling is."

"But what if its not? What if it really means something?"

Oh God I was never going to stop her if I didn't do something,

"Tell you what. I'll ring The Major again and make sure Bella got off OK, I'll even ask him to come stay with us but he's already got plans with the bunny munchers so he's not going to accept and before you say anything no fucking way. I am not suggesting joining him for his little adventure in the Amazon. I might just be tempted to feed the alligators pieces of Cullen. Actually though that tempts me to do just that. I might enjoy a few weeks in the Amazon, wrestle a few alligators, show the natives how to hunt."

"No Peter, its a holiday not a killing field for you and I know you'd end up either killing one of the Cullens or getting killed yourself God knows I want to strangle you myself sometimes."

"Oh great, my own wife wants to kill me... great! Maybe this feeling is for me, personal protection, watch out Peter the wife is coming up behind you with the barbecue gel and a box of matches.

She sighed,

"We don't have a barbecue Peter."

"Well that's a fucking relief."

Eventually she did give up but only because I pulled her in the creek with me and of course she couldn't walk around in wet clothes so being the gallant gentleman that I am I helped her off with them. Then I didn't want her getting cold so I used my own body to cover her. By the time we got home she had forgotten all about my feeling, unfortunately I on the other hand had not but as I'd said it wasn't strong enough to act on, I'd warned The Major by ringing, he'd take care of the rest and I had a naked mate waiting upstairs in the shower fore me to wash her back...and her sides...and her front...so if I still had the feeling in a few days I'd try contacting him again but if he was on Isle Esme, silly fucking name for an island if you ask me, I doubted I'd get through. So I'd just have to fly out myself and see he was OK, now that would put the cat among the pigeons good and proper!