Ok, this chapter is a bit of a space filler, I don't like it very much but, it's leading up to my next idea :D
I apologise for making some of you wait, but I've been back in Melbourne for three days and then I had a slumber party, I have a bit of homework to do and next monday and Tuesday I'm helping a friend with a media project for school and wont be able to do much writing. On the 17th I go back to school so, that's why it's taken me a while; I've been busy, plus this chapter was really difficult to write.
Also, this chapter represents the END of Eclipse! We are onto Breaking Dawn… after I put a spin in the middle :P
Sophie's POV.
We walked, a few meters behind Jacob and the pack. Even so, we could still hear Jacob's whines, cries and painful howls sounding through the forest. A sob or cry left Cat's mouth every time we heard one. I had managed to free myself from Embry's protective grasp, I guess he thought I was going to have a bit of a melt down after being in that fight. Either that or he was worried I'd break down from seeing Cat like this. Anyway, I had my arms around Cat's shoulders, comforting her. She needed it more than anyone, I couldn't imagine how I'd be if I'd seen Embry get hurt like that. Quil hadn't left her side, not even for a second either, he was like a big brother to her at the moment, and I was grateful for that. I'd convinced Quil to put her down and that she'd be able to walk, he stayed close anyway. Embry and Quil suddenly stopped, causing me too look at them both confused, Cat stopped but her eyes stayed looking ahead.
"What's wrong?" I asked, my voice barely a whisper, but I knew they heard me fine.
"Sam's trying to convince Jacob to try and phase back" Embry answered me, Cat cried some more and a hurtful breath left her mouth. I rubbed her shoulders, if Jacob phased back he would be in terrible pain, especially with those broken bones, they had begin to set wrong also. I couldn't even imagine the pain he would be going through, and the pain Cat was feeling just by thinking about it.
"Is this because Carlisle doesn't know animals like he does humans?" I asked
"That, and Charlie and your dad are still at Billy's. Can't really carry him in as a wolf with them there" Quil explained, I nodded, completely understanding. Another howl ribbed through the silence and Cat gasped, releasing more tears. I hugged her tightly and she soaked my top, trying to hide from the pain, her grip was hard and tight, almost painful. Her hot skin burned mine but it was colder than normal, reflecting on her emotions. I'd noticed that the sun had stopped shinning too… well not technically, the sun rays weren't as bright but several dark thunder clouds had settled in front of it, blocking the suns rays and warmth. I almost expected lightning to start flashing across the sky, though that seemed like anger, it was the only way the weather reflected her emotions. I felt so bad for her, and I couldn't really comfort her either. There was howl and than after a few seconds it became a cry of pain as Jacob's voice cried out. Cat shivered and released a whine.
"Why?" she said under her breath "Why did this have to happen?" I stroked her hair "He doesn't deserve it"
"He'll be alright" I assured her
"He's in so much pain" she answered
"It wont last" I said. She didn't answer, I knew she knew all this already, but that didn't stop her from worrying. I understood that much.
"Come on" Quil guided and we began walking again. It wasn't long before we left the trees, Jacob's house standing in front of us, we managed to catch a glimpse of the boys carrying Jacob on their shoulders and Cat collapsed at seeing them. I was by her side the same instant
"He's home, he's going to lie down and not move till he's better. Plus Carlisle will be here soon to fix him, he's going to be alright now" I assured her, trying to comfort her. Her eyes never left the door
"Your dad's worrying about you" Quil told me, but he looked at Cat, I guess dad understood how important he was to her, at least enough to realise she'd be in pain.
"Come on" I said to her "He needs you, needs to know you're ok" I convinced, she managed to nod before I helped her to her feet. Quil steadied her as she wobbled while he walked. We finally reached the front door and walked through it, Jacob had been placed on the couch — though it was way to small for him — you could hear him cussing from down the road he was that loud.
"What happened?" Charlie asked while dad walked over to him
"Motorcycle accident" Embry answered immediately before anyone else had the chance to speak. Charlie's face was understanding and disappointing, he never like those motorbikes.
"Dad, Carlisle's going to take a look at him, he's on his way" I said, he looked at me, I could tell he was about to argue but after seeing the expression on mine and Cat's face he only nodded and walked back over to me, his arms automatically around Cat, now that Jacob was near her she was trying to keep all her sadness from him, knowing it wouldn't only make him worse. Dad held her close and looked at me, I nodded, knowing what he was thinking. Jacob had stopped talking, he hadn't been using very good language but seemed to stop the second Cat and I entered the room. Cat was trying to make herself look normal, like she hadn't been crying for the last half an hour or something.
"C-Cat" I looked at Jacob and Cat pulled away from dad, immediately walking over to him
"A-A-Are you alright?" she managed to say
"I'll be fine, you know me" he said, managing to smile, he raised his good arm and caressed her cheek. "Why are you so sad?" he asked
"You're bloody broken" she reminded him "Of course I'm sad, you're in so much pain" her voice was stronger now.
"This is nothing" he joked
"Nothing?!" she asked, looking at him "Can you even move?" he didn't even bother to try. She shook her head and a few more tears escaped.
"How did you two get here?" Dad asked me
"We were with them when it happened" I said, lying through my teeth. Cat may be the better lier, but I had been doing it for what? Five years now? "We walked back with them"
"You weren't riding them too were you?" Charlie asked, I shook my head
"We know better" I smirked, Embry rolled his eyes while Charlie nodded
"How's Bella?" he asked, I think I saw a confused look on my dad's face. I almost hit myself in the forehead, remembering that we were supposed to be shopping with Alice and Bella, not with the boys.
"Worried" I nodded my head to Jacob, covering up my mistake. Luckily I didn't show my realisation to everyone around me. "Otherwise she's fine. Alice is keeping her busy" I smirked. He nodded again before returning his attention to Jacob. It was actually rather crowded in the small front room, all of the pack members, plus Cat, me, dad, Charlie and Billy? Those boys took up most of the space themselves. It didn't get any better when Carlisle finally showed up. I gave him a look and he nodded to me, letting me know that everything with the Volturi had gone alright. Carlisle tapped Cat's shoulder and gave her an assuring look, she looked up through her watery eyes for a second before nodding and standing up. I wrapped my arms around her waist while Carlisle got to work, Jacob gasped, yelped and cried while Carlisle worked on him. I glanced at dad, expecting him to try and help Carlisle, but he didn't move, his eyes stayed glued on Carlisle and Jacob.
"His right leg, right arm, right hip bone, right shoulder and most of his right rib bones are all shattered" Carlisle said, drawing my attention back to him. Cat whimpered, hearing how much pain he was really in.
"Maybe he should be in a hospital?" Charlie suggested, Billy shook his head
"I'd like him to stay close" he decided, Carlisle nodded in agreement, Charlie didn't argue after that. He did look a little uncomfortable about all the people in the room, he sighed
"Did, uh, Bella tell you when she was planning on getting home?" he asked me, I nodded and looked at my watch
"In the next hour sometime, Alice is a fast driver and she'll want to make use of every second she has" I said before looking back at him "She'll probably have dinner ready if she gets back before you" I grinned. He nodded and cleared his throat
"I think I'd better be off than Billy. Thank you for the fishing trip" he decided
"I'll drive you back shall I, seeing as I picked you up" Dad offered, he turned to Cat and I "I'll see you back home later shall I?" we both nodded as he kissed our foreheads and held Cat for a few seconds longer, comforting her.
"Thanks John" Charlie said and the two left the room, we listened to my dad's car engine start up and than drive off into the distance. The second we knew they were out of ear shot we turned to Carlisle
"I'm going to have to reset the bones, some haven't set right, his accelerated healing is already trying to fix itself" Carlisle began
"But…" Cat whimpered, Carlisle nodded and Cat released a heavy breath. Jacob looked at her worried before looking back at Carlisle.
"I'm going to have to give you some morphine" Carlisle told him
"But, his body temperature will burn it off?" I thought confused
"Just means I'm gonna have to give him more than normal people" he nodded, I sighed
"We could always just knock him out" Paul shrugged, Cat glared at him and a plant that was sitting on a table near him bursted into flames. Paul jumped away from it in surprise before looking at Cat, the look on her face was actually scary. I released her and Embry's arms were around me in the same second. No one made anymore jokes after that, Cat wasn't in the mood to play along. Carlisle gave Jacob a lot of morphine and some sleeping pills, a lot, he was completely dropped up on drugs before he finally passed out. Quil took Cat's hand and lead her out of the room, though Jacob was asleep, you could still hear the cracks of his bones as Carlisle broke them all. I flinched, every time I heard a crack and I was glad Cat wasn't here, Quil was smart to make her leave, she wouldn't have been able to handle this. When Carlisle was done, he checked Jacob over, gave him another few shots of morphine and bandaged him up. There was no need for casts or anything more extravagant than bandages for he'd be healed soon enough.
"He should be better in a few days at least. He shouldn't be moved. The morphine will wear off quickly, so I'll come back again tomorrow if he needs it." everyone nodded
"Thank you, Carlisle" Billy said gratefully, they shook hands and it seemed like the feud was over. Sam also shook Carlisle's hand, I didn't blame him, Carlisle was hard not to trust, vampire or not. After everything calmed down Sam got everyone back on their usual patrols, Cat re-entered the room, sat next to Jacob on the floor and didn't move, she didn't even take her eyes off him. Embry didn't move from my side either. Bella eventually came, she had had to wait for Charlie to leave and for it to be a reasonable time for her to go back home afterwards. She knocked on the door and Billy called to let her in, she saw Jacob asleep on the couch and Cat sitting next to her. She came up and hugged me
"How's she doing?" she asked
"Better now he's not in pain, but she wont stop worrying, not at least till he's healed and alright." I explained, she sighed and went to sit next to Cat, giving her a hug also, Cat gladly accepted.
"He's gonna be alright" she said
"I know" Cat answered softly "Still difficult seeing him so vulnerable and fragile" Bella nodded in agreement
"I know what you mean" she muttered. After that Bella left, Jacob stayed asleep and Cat ended up falling asleep next to him, her head on the couch. Embry was given the night off patrol to look after me as long as he did double shifts the next day, of course he'd agreed. Quil wasn't so lucky, but he knew I'd look after Cat all night without sleep if I had to so he was ok with patrolling. He really was like a big brother now, all that time he spent with Cat made him as close as family.
I opened my eyes. I didn't remember falling asleep? Wonder how that happened…? I noticed than that I was sitting on someone, I looked up to see Embry, I was sitting in his lap as he sat in Billy's love seat. His eyes were closed and his mouth was open, he was snoring as he slept.
"Than again they all snore" I remembered. I rubbed my eyes, yawned and looked around, I saw Cat, still fast asleep with her head on the couch next to Jacob. When I looked at him I realised he was awake, he was playing with Cat's hair and stroking her.
"You know just cause her name's Cat doesn't mean she is one" I muttered quietly
"Morning to you too" he mumbled, not taking his eyes off her. I sighed "Do you think you could get me some water?" he wondered. I wound my arms around Embry's waist
"But I'm so comfortable" I sighed happily
"You control water, I don't think you need to even move. Plus, I can't exactly get it myself" he reminded me, I looked at him, he was still crippled and broken, I sighed and waved my hand. There was a bunch of clinking from the kitchen before a glass came out, Jacob managed to take it in his good hand. He downed it all in one gulp
"I didn't really expect any less though" I admitted to myself.
"Has she been here all night?" Jacob wondered
"She's asleep course she has. We both were. She was worried about you… a lot" I said truthfully
"Sorry" he muttered, I shook my head
"It's not your fault, you didn't break your own bones" I reminded him, he shrugged
"I still hurt her"
"It wasn't your fault Jacob, you can't blame yourself for this. It's as bad as Bella blaming herself for being mortal, she can't help it. And neither can you help protecting people, it's in your blood, so don't you dare blame yourself, or she'll ash you in frustration" I pointed to her, he grinned and nodded before returning to watching her sleep.
"She didn't get hurt did she?" he asked after a while
"Except for the broken arm that's already healed, no" I confessed "You should really only worry about yourself, you're the broken one" I grinned, he rolled his eyes.
"This is nothing" he murmured
"You're confined to the couch, I think that makes it more than nothing" I reminded him
"Another day and I'll be fine"
"I don't doubt that" I agreed. I yawned and stood up, of course my sudden 'disappearance' caused Embry to jump awake. He looked around before smiling up at me
"Morning" I smiled, he stood up
"Morning beautiful" he kissed me, importunately we pulled apart because of Jacob groaning
"Get a room"
"Right, cause you can talk" I said nodding my head to Cat, he just grinned, unable to deny it.
"Morning kids, how about some breakfast?" Billy said rolling into the room
"Oh, I'll make it" I decided, I had the sudden desire to make something
"That's alright" Billy began
"To bad, I insist" I said racing into the kitchen, I had begun before he could even turn the corner. He sighed "How about pancakes?" I offered
"Who's making pancakes?" I turned around to see my sisters head appear just above the couch, a sleepy look in her eyes as she rubbed the sleep from them.
"I am, would you like some?" I offered, she nodded before lying back down on the couch
"Morning gorgeous" Jacob kissed the top of her head
"How you feeling?" she asked him
"Painless" he shrugged, she nodded, a sleepy smile on her face.
"Good" she yawned again "Billy, can I use your shower?" she questioned
"Sure" he smiled, Billy loved Cat, I'd noticed that it was actually very obvious, he never said no to her for one thing. Cat got up and walked slowly out of the room
"How you doing this morning Jacob?" Billy wondered
"Still sore" Jacob sighed
"Guess all the morphine's gone then" Embry grinned, Jacob shrugged but winced. We heard the distant sound of the water running as Cat got in the shower but it was soon drowned out by the sound of sizzling pancakes.
"Smells good" Embry sniffed as he sat down at the table.
"Thought I'd experiment and add a little extra" I grinned handing him a heap, he began to dig in
"These are amazing, what did you add?" he asked
"It's a secret" I grinned as I topped up another plate. I gave a few to Billy before Cat reemerged
"Having a shower without another change of clothes wasn't smart" she sighed, she had changed into her original clothes. She was running her fingers through her hair, drying it in her funny way.
"We're gonna have to go home and get changed" I said handing her some pancakes. She hummed in response. After finishing her pancakes Cat took the stack I was making for Jacob and went over to begin feeding him.
"I can feed myself"
"Yes, but I feel like doing it myself, so get over it" Cat said stubbornly. Jacob didn't argue under her hard stare. I grinned, Cat always had a way of getting what she wanted.
About an hour later Cat and I left to go and get a change of clothes.
"What are we gonna tell mum and dad" Cat asked on our way back through the trees
"Well, dad knows we were at Jacob's and that Jake is seriously hurt so… we can't lie" I sighed
"So…" she asked
"So, we tell them the truth, we were super worried about Jacob and ended up staying the night" I shrugged
"Think they'll go for that?" Cat wondered
"No idea" I admitted.
"So, did you hear?" she asked, I looked at her confused
"Hear what?"
"About Bella?"
"What about her?"
"Guess you don't know then" she muttered
"Know what?" I asked annoyed
"About a certain title she recently earned" Cat shrugged, I ground my teeth in frustration
"What title?"
"Well…" Cat began "She's … engaged" I stopped in my tracks and gapped. Cat stopped to look at me "I over heard her and Edward talking about it before the fight yesterday, not sure if I was allowed / supposed to even know but, I do"
"They're engaged?!" I raged, she had her hand over my mouth and was looking around
"She wouldn't even tell me, I don't think she wants anyone else to hear" she said, I knew what she meant by anyone else, we were still on Quileute grounds, there was probably a wolf nearby somewhere, within hearing range.
"When?" I asked removing her hand
"Probably the night she spent at Edward's house"
"That was two whole days ago? Why am I only just finding out?" I questioned annoyed
"Because I only found out yesterday, and I was busy yesterday and I only just remembered" she explained
"Right, sorry" I muttered "I need to congratulate her!" I decided
"She probably will be mad at me for telling you…" Cat began
"She should have seen it coming, you tell me everything" I reminded her, my sister sighed and didn't bother arguing "We'll stop by their house on the way back" I ordered, she rolled her eyes and we continued on our way home.
"Where have you two been?" mum asked. I sighed, we'd only just walked in through the door
"Bloody Sundays" I thought annoyed, it was the one day both parents were sure to be home.
"We spent the night at Jacob's house. I'm sure Dad told you how bad he was" I said truthfully
"What's that got to do with anything?" she questioned, I gapped at her
"Maybe the fact that your daughter is dating him!" I reminded her "Do you have any idea how worried Cat's been. She was in tears as soon as she found out!" I scolded
"It's alright" Cat rolled her eyes "I'm sorry mum, but were really worried and just ended up staying the night, we never intended too" she shrugged
"You could have called" she said
"Dad knew where we were?" Cat said confused. Mum sighed but didn't say anything
"I need a shower" I muttered and ran up the stairs
"I need a new set of clothes" Cat agreed and followed me up. I jumped into my shower, it felt great having the water run over me, I was all better from the fight yesterday, but sleeping on Embry's lap, on a chair that was much to small for him wasn't very comfortable. My muscles all loosened up as the water ran over them though, the dirt from yesterday all washed off and down the drain. I really should go for a swim later… know that I thought about it, I hadn't been for a swim here, guess there were reasons for that, like the water being black and gloomy instead of blue and clear. I turned off the water and grabbed my towel, drying off before pulling on my bath robe and wrapping the towel around my hair. I cleaned the steamed up mirror with a bit of cloud manipulation and put my make up back on again, before leaving the bathroom to get dressed.
After we were done getting changed and ready, Cat and I piled into her car and drove down to the Cullens house. I wasn't going to be left out of all of this wedding business. Carlisle greeted us at the door with a smile as usually
"Girls, what do we owe the pleasure?" he asked
"I'm here to see Bells, I'm guessing she's here" I grinned
"I'm being dragged along, but nice to see you Carlisle" Cat smiled
"And you too" Carlisle nodded, he then turned to me "Yes, she's upstairs with Alice" he told me. I nodded
"Thanks" and Cat followed me up the stairs.
"Bella" Cat sung
"Oh great" we heard a grumble
"That wasn't very nice" Cat commented as we followed Bella's complaints and grumbles into Alice's closest. Bella was standing there, in a beautiful white wedding dress
"You look gorgeous Bella!" Cat beamed
"Which reminds me…" I began, I walked towards her my arms spread wide "Congratulations Bella!" I beamed, Bella looked at me surprised before she turned and glared at Cat
"What? I tell her everything" Cat shrugged
"Why didn't you tell me you were getting married! This is wonderful" I smiled
"I, just didn't get around to it" she sighed
"That dress is gorgeous. Nice pick Alice" Cat high fived her
"I'd really like to see her dress" Bella said eying Alice, Alice looked at her confused "What? I can't have my maid of honour looking shabby." Alice beamed and her arms were wrapped around Bella's waist
"Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you!" Alice bounced up and down happily
"And…" Bella turned to Cat and I "Will you two be my brides maids?" she asked, we gapped
"Really?" Cat asked, Bella nodded
"Absolutely!" I beamed
"Thanks Bells" Cat gave her a hug
"I don't know where I'd be without you two, remember" Bella said
"You would have been fine. You're a strong person Bella" I told her, she smiled.
"Now, get me out of this" she ordered, we all laughed and with our quick speeds, the three of us managed to get Bella swiftly out of the dress.
"You must show me the ring now!" Cat demanded, Bella held out her hand and both Cat and I looked at it, but there was no ring, we frowned
"I haven't put it back on yet. And it's not official until I tell my dad" Bella sighed, obviously dreading that
"When should we tell our dad? Cause the second we do he'll go an congratulate Charlie so, he might want to find out after Charlie does" I realised
"Good idea" Cat mumbled
"I'll let you know when it's safe" Bella laughed.
"Oh this is going to be great" Alice hung up the dress and bounced out of the room calling Esme's name as she did.
"How's Jake?" Bella wondered
"He's well enough to be cracking jokes" Cat sighed, I grinned
"He's pissed at being stuck on the couch" Bella grinned and nodded
"Sounds like him" she muttered
"He should be all better by tomorrow" Cat said relieved
"That's good" Bella smiled "I'm glad you two are alright though" both of us rolled our eyes
"We told you we would be" I smiled, Bella shrugged
"I can't help it, worrying is what I've learnt to do. I have to sit on the side lines, and someone needs to worry"
"You worry too much" Cat giggled
"Sorry" Bella sighed.
"It's alright, guess you're only human" I grinned, Bella rolled her eyes. Edward was waiting outside the room for them as they exited Alice's huge room.
"Nice job, Eddie" Cat winked, Edward rolled his eyes
"Thanks, Rouge" Cat grinned, the nickname hadn't caught on with the Cullens yet but Emmett was all for the nickname.
"Come on then, better go back" I sighed, Cat nodded
"We'll see you later" she said hugging Bella
"Congrats you two" I said winking before we left house and drove back down to Jacob's house.
"We're back" Cat sang as we walked through the door. We walked into the lounge room to see Jacob sitting up
"See, told you'd I'd be ready in no time" he grinned. We both rolled our eyes
"I would have been up before you" Cat boasted, he shook his head
"Just can't beat you can I" he smirked
"No." she shrugged before going to sit next to him
"Did Embry leave for his double shift?" I asked, Jacob nodded "Awesome" I muttered giving a thumbs up
"Yo, Jake" the door opened and in walked Quil and Seth
"How you doing man?" Quil asked, Jacob raised his arms, wincing a little
"He can move" Cat answered
"Great" Seth grinned
"How's Leah?" Cat wondered
"Leah" Seth answered with a sigh. Cat and I sighed too, the boys just rolled their eyes. She was beating herself up a little after what happened to Jacob, course she wasn't happy he'd butted in instead of letting her 'handle' it, which would have only ended in her death.
"She'll come round" Cat sighed
"Not sure about that" Seth disagreed
"I'll cheer her up" Cat smirked
"Just don't make it worse" Quil joked, Cat poked her tongue out at him.
"Bad news Jake" Billy said rolling into the lounge room, we looked at him worried
"Charlie's trying to make an example out of you. He's told quite a few people about your accident" Billy sighed
"What?" we all groaned
"But that means, he's gonna have to play broken for ages" I sighed
"We're gonna have to get you some crutches and bandage you up or people are going to start noticing something's up" Billy informed him, Jacob groaned.
"Aren't you lucky" Cat said sarcastically
"You'll have to do the same when you come to our house too" I reminded him "Dad saw you too" Jacob's day was just getting worse
"Aren't you lucky" Cat said, rubbing his back gently. Jacob groaned in response. I felt kind of bad for him, now it didn't matter if he healed he had to keep up the charade for months.
"We'll get you some crutches shall we" I offered
"Where are you gonna get crutches from?" Quil asked
"Our dad's a doctor. We're loaded and can get our hands on anything. We know Carlisle who'll give them to you" I listed
"There are ways" Cat nodded in agreement
"You're gonna buy crutches?" Seth asked, we nodded
"Actually, we might have a pair somewhere" Cat thought
"Where?" I asked
"Can't I broken a leg before?" she asked, I thought and shrugged
"Dunno, I don't keep track of all your injuries" I admitted, she rolled her eyes
"I haven't had that many" she grumbled, I raised my eyebrows at her
"How manny tree's have you fallen out of?" I asked, she shrugged "My point"
"What ever" she grumbled. Seth high fived me and Cat rolled her eyes.
"Come on" she stood up "Let's get some crutches for the injured one" she changed the topic
"Hey!" Jacob whined
"Well you are" Cat grinned, she leaned down and kissed him before dragging me back out of the house and into her car.
"Today's just gonna be one of those run around days isn't it"
"Probably" Cat sighed as we drove back home.
"Dad" Cat called when we entered the house
"In here" he called from his study. We walked around the house and through his study door
"Dad, we ned some crutches for Jacob" Cat said getting straight to the point
"Crutches?" Dad asked, I rolled my eyes
"He's injured remember, he needs crutches to get around on" I explained
"Hasn't Carlisle assigned him some?" he wondered
"No" we answered
"Well not yet" I added
"Well, I'm sure I can arrange that. But I'll need to ask Carlisle first, make sure he hasn't arranged anything first" dad told us
"Thanks dad" Cat smiled
"That's alright sweetie." Dad said "How is he?"
"Annoyed. He doesn't like being stuck inside" Cat confessed
"He's annoyed that Charlie told everyone what had happened too" I added
"Why did Charlie…" dad began
"To make an example as to how dangerous motorbikes are" I answered with a sigh
"Well. I'm sure he'll be back on his feet in know time." he smiled, standing up and placing an arm around Cat
"Thanks dad" she muttered with a smile.