Once the food was delivered I sat on the couch to eat. Peter went to ask Hazel and Jake if they needed anything and I was left alone with my thoughts. How am I going to navigate life with an empath, a psychic, and whatever Peter is without telling them what happened to me?
"Are you okay Bella? Peter came and told us that you had been zoning out a lot recently and asked if we knew what was wrong." I heard Jake say as I zoned back into reality. Why is Peter asking about my past so much? Is he one of them?
"Hey Jake. Yea I'm okay, Ive just been getting lost in thought a lot now that we have three vampires around again." Did Jake tell Peter anything? Did Hazel? Hazel wasn't there for it, but Jake saved me, so he knows everything that happened. "What did y'all tell him?"
"Just that you tend to zone out when you're stressed and that double majoring in college is probably stressful. Don't worry, I haven't told anyone what happened, not even Hazel, it's still between us and them." Jake said with a hiss in his voice more than usual. "Peter took Hazel to go hunting for some fresh hazelnuts nearby, saying something about his gift telling him to go."
"He took Hazel without asking me? When did they leave?" Why would he take Hazel? What does he have planned with her?
"Bella!" I heard Hazel yell outside, causing me to immediately jump to my feet and run outside, putting my food to the side before I did so. "Look Bella, look! We found hazelnuts!" I put a hand to my chest while staring at Hazel and Peter. Peter was walking with a large burlap sack over his shoulder while Hazel walked next to him. "Peter said his gift told him that there was a good patch of hazelnuts nearby and asked if I wanted to go with him, I hope that's okay".
"Sorry if we scared you, Kitten." Peter said while putting the sack down in front of him. "You appeared to be pretty lost in thought and I wanted to help out how I can since I'm sure balancing school and gaining a new household member while also having vampires in your life isn't the least stressful experience you can have."
"It's whatever Pete, but please run it by me next time. Luckily Jake told me what was up so I wasn't too worried." I said, hoping to hell and back that Jasper wasn't nearby to sense my lie. "Let's get these hazelnuts inside and put them somewhere to help them last longer for you Hazel." I turned to walk inside, giving Jake a look as he slithered next to me. When we got inside I searched my apartment for a way to store the hazelnuts.
"You didn't finish your food?" I heard Peter say from the living room. Why does he seem to always appear in and out of rooms? How did he learn to be so quiet? "It looks like you barely touched it. Is there something wrong with it? Do you want me to ask Jasper to come over and cook for you?" He appeared in the doorway with my food in his hands, looking at me concerned.
"I just wasn't that hungry, I'll save the rest for breakfast tomorrow." I said as I put the food in the fridge. "It seems like I don't have enough room in my freezer for the hazelnuts. Do you have a
freezer at the place you're staying?" I asked before I realized that I wasn't even sure where Peter, Jasper, and Alice lived. "Where are you guys staying?"
"Jasper and Alice are renting what they called an R Bee or something like that. I've spent most of my time looking into building that house we talked about in the clearing, so I'm not really staying anywhere." He looked down while saying this, was he telling the truth? He brought up the house again, was he actually building that or is he lying?
"Do you mean an Air BnB? Are they renting someone else's house?"
"Yea, that's the term! Thank you, I'm not good with the new technology terms." Peter said, looking sheepish. "We can definitely ask them to store the hazelnuts in the freezer until you need them. I'm sure they'll be there until the house is built."
"Awesome, are you going by their R Bee today at some point or should I call them?" I asked. I was time to talk with Hazel about her adventure and to Jake more about how we are going to navigate Peter looking into my background.
"I can swing by their house for sure. Can I come back tomorrow to hang out? I want to try to find that horse again." I nodded at him in response and he left, tipping his hat as he put it on before closing the door.
"Hazel, how was your trip with Peter?" Jake asked, slithering up onto the arm chair. Its like he read my mind.
"It was cool, he told me about his power more, something about getting a feeling that he needs to do something or be somewhere. When I asked why he told me about it he said something about his gift telling him to tell me first." Hazel said. Why would Peter need to tell Hazel before telling me or Jake about the logistics of his power? He's so mysterious and I don't know if that scares me or intrigues me.
A/N: Hello! I'm back at it again. Sorry it's been so long and hopefully this chapter lives up to expectations.
