Hey guys, sorry about this but I ended up posting chapter 3 in place of chapter two! This is the actual chapter two! Thank you so much to etfonhome for pointing this out, otherwise I wouldn't have noticed for awhile lol..
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It had been four days since I've come back to Forks. Bella was doing good until and had seemed normal until yesterday she had another nightmare. Her panicked screams filled the house, making me bolt upright in my bed in my own panic.
Once I realized what was happening I ran to her room. She was clutching her sheets and thrashing around as she screamed. I ran over to her trying to shake her awake.
"Bella it's okay, wake up. You're having a nightmare, wake up" I finally yelled.
Bella quickly sat up, grabbing my forearms roughly while she gasped and cried.
"It's okay, it's okay." I kept reassuring her.
She finally let go of my arms and I sat on her bed to hug her while she cried.
Our dad finally groggily came to the room to check on Bella. I looked over at him. "It's okay dad you can go back to bed, I'll stay with her."
He looked at us for a moment, unsure if he should actually leave before he nodded his and and went back to bed.
After a few moments Bella had calmed down. Still sniffing but no longer crying.
"Do you want to talk about it?" I asked quietly. Bella shook her head, making me sigh. "Bella if you don't eventually talk about it it's not going to get any better." I insisted.
Bella pushed away from me. "I don't want to talk about it Marnie." She snapped, making me jump back a bit from her loud tone. She sighed. "I can't talk about it." She almost corrected.
I just stared at her. Obviously there was something she didn't want to tell me but I couldn't even imagine what it could be, before it dawned on me.
"Bella did Edward hurt you physically? Like did he ever hit you?" I asked her.
Her head practically snapped to look at me, a bewildered look on her face. "How…. How dare you insinuate that!" She yelled at me.
My mouth fell open. Bella had never in our lives yelled at me. My mouth snapped shut quickly though and I glared at her. "And what do you think I should think Bella. So what you have terrifying nightmares for absolutely no reason other than him and his family moving and him having to break up with you? Make it make sense!" I demanded.
"You don't know anything, so don't you dare even assume!" She yelled again.
I felt livid. I had to remind myself that she was still vulnerable and upset but it didn't give her the right and talk to me the way she was. I said nothing and just shook my head and got up to go back to my room. Bella must of realized that she may have went to far though. She bit her lip.
"Marnie wait." She said desperately, making me stop by her door and turn back around. She looked really conflicted. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell I just…" she trailed off.
I sighed and went back to her bed to sit down. "Bella I want to help you, but I can't if you don't let me in." I pleaded.
Bella hung her head and began picking at her fingers, before looking back up at me. "I can't tell you." She finally said, making me sigh again. "He's never hurt me though I swear. It's something else but I just can't tell you Marnie." Bella said, her eyes pleading with me to drop it. I just stared at her for a moment until I decided to just nod my head.
"Are you going to be okay now?" I asked her. She nodded her head. "So… can I go back to bed now or are you going to start screaming again once you fall back to sleep?" I asked her, trying to be serious but smiling.
"Yes you can go back to bed. I'll be alright." She said, laughing a bit.
I gave her head a quick pat before I got up to go back to my room. "Nighty night." I said in a sing song voice.
Once I got back to my room it took me forever to go back to sleep. Bella's secret was literally eating me alive and I couldn't lie, it actually made me really mad that she didn't trust me enough to tell me when she was the only one on this planet who knew about my secret so it definitely frustrated me to no end. After almost two hours of tossing and turning I finally was able to get back to sleep.
The next morning when I woke up I was all alone in the house. Bella was at school and dad was at work. So once I went downstairs I made myself some eggs and toast with the rest of the orange juice. Looking into the fridge it really looked like it needed stocked, making me sigh. I should probably go to the grocery store. I quickly made my food and ate, afterwards doing my dishes. Once I was done I went to go back up to my room to get dressed when I felt like someone was watching me. I had the strongest uneasy feeling that I began looking around. Was I being paranoid or was someone in the house? I could feel my heartbeat pick up and goosebumps form on my arm. Someone was actually in the house. I just couldn't see them.
"I know you're in here." I said shakily as I looked around. I grabbed one of the kitchen knives. "I'm not afraid." I said, clearly lying. I began moving towards the living room when I thought I saw something flash in the corner on my eye. Once I looked though nothing was there. At this point I could feel my heart in my throat. Something caught my attention again, making me look into the mirror in the hallway in front of me. I gasped loudly. A woman with piercing red eyes and fire red hair was behind me smirking at me. As soon as I turned around though no one was there. I felt like I was going to be sick. I stood there for several minutes, frozen in fear waiting for something else to happen. When nothing did and I could no longer feel anyone watching me I relaxed. It had to be in my head. It had to be…. Once I was able to move again I quickly made my way to my room to get dressed. I couldn't stay in the house anymore I had to leave.
Once dressed I ran back downstairs to the kitchen to grab my keys but they were not where I left them. I felt fear prickle at my body. I looked around again, expecting to see that woman again but I didn't. I finally shook my head not able to take it anymore and I bolted out of the house, not even bothering to lock up in my haste. I dared not look back, but if I had I would have seen the red haired woman watching me from the kitchen window, smirking at me.
I don't know how long I walked in the March air but it was so cold. In my haste to leave the house I only donned a thin jacket. I wanted to go to the store but I didn't want to go back home while Bella and dad were gone. I didn't want to be there alone. I was truly afraid.
I looked around. There really wasn't anything to do in Forks. Without my car I had nowhere to go. I finally shook my head and sighed. I was being ridiculous. Clearly what I saw was in my head. I was probably still tired from waking up during Bella's nightmare. Yeah that had to be it. I finally decided to just get the groceries now, so I went into the small grocery store, getting the things I know we needed. Now truthfully I did take my time shopping but I was no longer afraid to go home. Once I paid for everything I began the walk back. It was about a 20 minute walk which wasn't too bad. Once I got back to the house I took my now wet and somewhat muddy shoes off at the door and went inside. I quickly put the bags onto the table and began putting everything away, when suddenly something shiny caught my eyes. I focused on it. It was my keys?
"They weren't there earlier…" I said, aloud to hopefully no one but myself. I shook my head again. I must have just overlooked them while I was overreacting earlier.
I finished putting everything away and went up to my room to put on something comfy, once dressed I heard the front door open downstairs, followed by Bella's voice. I looked at the clock. It was nearly 4:00
"Marnie, you home?" She yelled up.
I ran down the stairs. "Hey." I greeted her.
"Hey." She said back, as she flung her backpack onto the table.
"How was school?" I asked curiously. She just shrugged her shoulders in response.
I leaned against the counter as she began moving around the kitchen, looking for something to eat. I thought about what had happened earlier and I wanted to tell her about it but something kept me from actually speaking, so I just looked down and chewed on my bottom lip.
I finally had enough. "I'm uh gonna go upstairs and lay down." I said, quickly running upstairs before she could ask what was wrong. I knew she watched me go upstairs with confusion.
Once I was in my room I shut and locked my door. I just walked over to my bed and sat down. What was going on with me? I've never been so paranoid before. Why now? Was what I saw real? She definitely looked real… I shook my head. Again, being ridiculous Marnie. I had kept trying to tell myself that but deep down I knew something wasn't right and I knew I should have opened up to Bella but still being upset with her keeping her own secrets from me I stopped myself. So for the next few hours I decided to just read and browse on my laptop. Not paying attention to the time I finally looked at my clock while I was reading to see it was nearly 11:30. I sighed and closed my book. I should probably sleep. I got up and shut my light off before crawling into bed. It didn't take me long to sleep but unfortunately in my dreams I kept seeing that same woman. I could see her stalking Bella and I. Always so close but just out of reach.
That night thankfully Bella didn't have any bad dreams. It seemed like I was the one being plagued by them now. So the next morning I woke up feeling awful from waking up so many times from my nightmare. And again I was alone.
Once I had eaten breakfast I decided I would go out this time since I now had my car keys. I made the decision to go to Port Angeles. I didn't know what I'd find there but I'm sure there's more things to do there, than there is in Forks.
I drove aimlessly for awhile before I decided to go into a small cafe. Once I had gotten my stuff and sat down I began thinking about the woman again. Something didn't feel right about her, and for some reason I knew she hadn't been my imagination. What was she then? For it definitely wasn't human and I really didn't believe in ghosts. Her red eyes is what really confused me. And my new nightmares of her. I knew something was warning me but of what? Who exactly was she and what did she want? For some reason I couldn't help but to think this was one of the secrets Bella was keeping from me.
I went to take another drink of my coffee, when I realized it was gone. Sighing, I reluctantly got up and threw my trash away so I could leave the cafe.
Now sitting in my car I just stared out into the parking lot. I still didn't want to go home, so where else could I go?
La Push. I would go to La Push. I hadn't been there in years. I smiled to myself before I started my car to go to the familiar reservation. Upon arriving to the beach cause I didn't know where else to go other than Billy's and I didn't feel like that was appropriate right now, I pulled my car into a parking spot and quickly got out. There weren't too many people here. It was somewhat warm today so you'd think more people would be here. I looked at my watch. It was almost 2:00. Made sense, most people were at work or school. I decided to walk along the beach line aimlessly. I used to love coming here as a kid. It was always so hard for dad to get me to leave. I smiled at the memories of Bella and I playing in the water, finding pretty rocks that I just had to keep. Eventually playing with Jacob and his sisters, along with Leah and little Seth.
"Hey Marnie, is that you?" A voice called out suddenly, making me turn around. It was a young boy. 15, maybe 16. He looked a bit familiar. He could clearly see my confusion. "Uh it's Jacob, Jacob Black." He said, smiling.
It dawned on me why he seemed so familiar. I grinned. "Oh my gosh Jacob hi. I'm so sorry I didn't recognize you. You're so tall now." I noted, making him laugh. Ironic I was just thinking about him and he's now suddenly shown up.
He nodded his head. "Yeah and you're still really short." He teased.
I put a hand up to my heart and gasped. "The audacity of you." I said, shaking my head. Though I knew I was a bit short, standing at only 5'3. Jacob however was already really tall. I believed to already be close to 6 feet.
Jacob was still grinning and shook his head. Not my fault you Swan girls are short." He said, teasing. Making me roll my eyes. So what are you doing here in La Push? He asked me curiously. "Also, uh where's Bella?" He asked, his eyes briefly looking around almost as if looking for her. It made me raise my eyebrow.
"She's at school still. Which by the way, shouldn't you be in school and not at the beach?" I asked him, crossing my arms and ignoring his question as to why I was here.
He snorted and rolled his eyes. "Alright mom." He teased, making me roll my own eyes. He then shrugged his shoulders. "I didn't feel like going to school today." He admitted, making me shake my head.
"How's your dad and sisters?" I asked him as we both started walking.
He shrugged his shoulders. "They're fine I guess. Dads in a wheelchair now."
"Oh." Was all I could think of saying. Did I say I was sorry? No. That would be rude. So I said nothing more. Until that is Jacob broke the silence.
"How is uh… Bella doing?" He asked, side looking me.
It was my turn to shrug my shoulders. "She's okay as she can be right now. She's gotten a little better but she still has her days. Actually." I said stopping, making Jacob stop as well. "I think that you should help me start getting her out of the house. She hates listening to me most of the time, but if it were you suggesting it she'll more than likely go with it. She needs to get out of the house other than going to school. I think It's the perfect thing for her right now." I explained to him.
"You think she'd want to hang out with me?" Jacob asked, a bit shyly. It went over my head though.
"I think so yeah. You guys were friends before Edward left right?" I asked him.
"Oh uh yeah we were." He agreed.
Unbeknownst to me though this morning our dad tried to get Bella to go and visit Jacksonville with our mother. Yes Bella had gotten a little better but she still refused to leave the house. Even if I poked and prodded her. Which is why I asked Jacob for help.
Jacob and I continued talking for a little longer before I began to get a bit cold and it was getting late, so I excused myself to go home telling him we would hang out again later, hopefully this time with Bella. It was also the fact I felt like I was being watched again and I was becoming freaked out.
I hurried home. What was going on? I watched the road intensely, my hands gripping the steering wheel. The feeling of being followed weighed on me heavily. I sighed in relief when I got home, seeing dads police cruiser in the driveway but then I noticed Bella's truck was gone. I'm not sure why but it worried me. I got out of my car and rushed inside.
"Dad?" I called, looking around to find him.
"In here Mar." he called from the living room.
I walked in and saw that he was watching tv. "Where's Bella?" I asked him.
"She's with her friend Jessica. They went to see a movie I think." He said, shocking me. She actually went out? I was surprised. Dad finally tore his gaze away from the tv to look at me. "Yeah, I was surprised too. By the way where did you get off to?" He asked in a curious way.
"Oh I went to Port Angeles to a cafe and then I went to La Push where I ran into Jacob Black." Dad nodded his head.
"Jakes a really good kid. Do you remember you used to be friends with him and his sisters." He asked somewhat offhandedly.
I nodded my head. "Yeah, I remember."
So what do you want for dinner." I asked after a moment of silence. Dad seemed to be thinking for a moment.
"Do you feel like something with chicken?" He asked.
I thought about it for a moment before I nodded my head. "Chicken Parmesan?" I asked him.
He nodded his head. "Yeah, sounds good to me." He agreed.
I went back to the kitchen to get started on dinner. I started thinking about my time here in Forks. I was starting to get a bit lonely. I was so focused on helping Bella get better and try to get out of the house I was starting to fall into depression myself due to not talking to anyone outside of the house until I ran into Jacob today. Now I knew I needed to find a friend or something. I wondered what Leah Clearwater was up to now. We used to be very close as kids but grew apart as we got older and I came to Forks less and less. I would have to get her number from dad since him and Harry were best friends.
Bella came back home as I was putting dinner into the oven. I looked over at her when she walked in. Something didn't look right, making me frown. "Hey, are you okay?" I asked her. She said nothing, almost like she didn't hear me. "Bella?" I tried again, stepping closer to her. Her eyes snapped up to me, making me pause. She bit her lip before she grabbed my arm, dragging me upstairs quickly. She soon shoved me into her room and shut the door.
"I want you to use your power on me." She said, only seconds after her door was shut. I stared at her bewildered.
"What?" I asked her, looking at her like she was crazy which I was starting to believe she was.
"I want you to use your power on me. Like lift me into the air or something, like fling me around the room." She insisted.
I felt sick to my stomach. "Why?" Was all I could ask her.
Bella bit her lip. "Please Mar Mar. I just…. I just need to see something. Please." Bella begged.
I looked down to the floor as I thought. Bella had only ever asked me one other time to use my telekinetic power on her but it was for my benefit and not hers. It was to help me be able to move heavier objects. Though back then I had so little control over it than I do now which still honestly wasn't much, which caused me to slam Bella into the wall and almost knock her out. That was when I was 11 and she was 10. She hadn't asked me since then, not that I would do it again. She wasn't scared though, but I was. I was afraid of hurting her.
I shook my head. "Bella.." I started, before she cut me off.
"It'll be fine." She insisted, making me glare at her.
"Tell me what this is about?" I demanded. "You know what happened last time. So tell me why you suddenly want me to do it again." I said, trying not to yell. I didn't want dad to come up here to see what was going on.
"Please Marnie, just trust me." Bella pleaded.
"Trust you?" I asked her, now angry. "How can I trust you when you're keeping things from me?" I accused angrily. Bella went to retort back but I stopped her. "No. I'm not using my power and this conversation is over. I have to finish dinner." I said, stomping out of her room, slamming her door shut. I was literally fuming. How could she? She knew how hard it was for me to control my power, to keep my temper in check so that I didn't let others see it. Even now a few things in the hallway began to shake as I was so angry. I had to just stand there and even out my breathing before I could even go back downstairs. Once my anger had calmed down I opened my eyes and sighed, as I ran a hand through my hair. I shook my head before going downstairs.
Unbeknownst to me Bella had other plans now to get what she wanted and in those plans was Jacob black. My sister was becoming reckless and it was going to end badly.