New Chapter! YAY! So, I got a laptop, bought and paid for it myself, so I may be slower at writing, but faster at updating. Oh well, we can do this! Warning: Talk of abortion, cheating, and Lilith punching a bitch. Enjoy!
Burning, boiling, it hurts, god it hurts so bad! Why does it hurt so much? Aching, loneliness, echoing hollowly, absolute nothing. Where am I? Where is everyone? Have they abandoned me? Why? Why? WHY?! I burst up in the bed, gasping for air as sweat slickens my neck, my arms come up to rest my elbows on my knees, hands falling on my neck as I take deep breathes, tears pricking my eyes when the bedroom door flies open, and I look up in time for Jasper to land on the foot of the bed, reaching out a gentle hand to me, offering my to take it, or calm myself down. Foregoing his hand, I crawl across the bed, standing on my knees, I wrap my arms around his neck, hugging him as he rests a hand on the small of my back, holding me close as he cards the other hand through my long black hair. "What's wrong, darlin?" He asks, Jinx walks into the room, hopping up on her cat castle to watch us.
"I don't-" I start to shake in fear, as I take a deep breath. "I don't know yet. I'll find out before we leave for the ranch tomorrow." I look up at him, fear in my eyes as he nods, pressing his forehead to my own, causing comfort to flow into me.
"I love you." He states, as if to attempt to comfort me from whatever is bothering me, the sincerity and honest echos inside of me, and I nod to him.
"I love you too." I murmur, he presses a kiss to my lips before he pulls away.
"Why don't you get some more sleep? We've got an early day tomorrow." I lay back down, before glancing up at him.
"Will you lay with me?" I ask, causing him to nod softly.
"Just until you fall asleep." He states, rounding to the side of the bed, where he lays behind me, wrapping his arms around my waist, he sweeps my hair from a my neck, pressing a kiss to the clammy skin there, he starts to hum as I look down at the scar on my hand, the feeling of loneliness slowly starts to swallow me, before my exhaustion hits me, full force, causing me to fall fast asleep. The next morning is a bit of a blur, I vaguely remember Esme making me breakfast, scrambled eggs and bacon I think, I remember Rosalie and Alice arguing about my outfit, and the boys leaving for a bit to hunt, but by noon, things have calmed down enough that I've managed to escape to Jasper and I's bedroom, which is now upstairs (Rosalie and Emmett were very excited about me moving in, they gave us their old room, not that vampires even need bedrooms honestly).
"Protege, locus iste!" I wave my hand, causing a gold shield flutter around the room, before fading as I kneel beside the bed, pulling out a large black chest, covered in blue and purple and green nail polish, which the designs are different protection runes against different creatures. Flipping the latches, I lift the lid as Jinx pokes her head over the bed, watching me as I pull out a few candles, a purple, a green, and an orange, before pulling out about two dozen vials out, and a few bronze and copper dishes, before I cross to the center of the room, laying my supplies out, and grabbing my grimoire, I place it beside the purple candle as I light all three candles, placing them in an upside down triangle, before start to mix herbs in the bronze dish, after murmuring a spell over the dish, I drop in a flaxseed, jumping back as the dish sparks, and goes up in a puff of smoke, before I look into it, finding the dark liquid shifting, changing into Jennifer, gasping as she runs down the a road, before some figure blurs out of nowhere, launching themselves at her, knocking her from the view, causing me to scream out, hands flying to my mouth.
"Lilith?" I look up to find Pandora standing before the bedroom door, her gentle green eyes tracing over my face, before she crosses the protection spell, walking over to kneel beside me, hand on my shoulder. "What is it, Lily?"
"J-Jennifer."I breath out, her eyes brighten with recognition.
"She's in danger?" She asks, causing me to nod.
"I think so." Alice is suddenly in the room, kneeling beside Pandora.
"Can you find her?" She asks.
"Yeah, with a tracking spell. There's something else though." They look at me. "It was another vampire, who attacked her." I warn, rage fills Alice's eyes as she nods, stalking out as I start to prepare a tracking spell, placing it over a crystal attached to an athame, I start to scry for Jennifer. It takes about twenty minutes, summoning one of her t-shirts, and an enhancement spell, before I can pinpoint she's in Orlando, Florida, in Tampa at that, causing me to jump up, cleaning my mess up, banishing the protection spell, before I move to the dresser in the corner of the room, that is holding my belongings, and I start to pull out clothes, tossing them on the bed.
"Darlin?" I look up, to find Jasper standing in the doorway. "You're bag's already packed for the trip, what's going on?" He asks.
"I'm not going. I can't go. I-I have to help Jennifer." I answer, crossing over to the closet, to grab a large backpack.
"What's going on with Jennifer?" He asks, crossing to me, hands around my forearms as he looks me in the eye. "Why do you have to help her?"
"I saw… something's after her. A vampire, I think… I just- I have to go to her, I have to help. I swore to her, that I would." I answer, pulling away to set to backpack on the bed beside my clothes, then cross over to the safe on the wall, which I open, pulling out my wallet, and six different vials of six different potions. Placing them on the bed, Jasper suddenly grabs my arm as I move towards the bathroom, spinning my towards him, where he grasps my face between his hands, gently.
"Darlin, breathe." He looks into my eyes, everything start to blur, before I start to suck in a breath, greedily, my eyes swimming with unshed tears as I look up at him.
"Please." I beg him. "Please, don't stop me." He frowns as he pulls me tightly against him, arms around my waist as he tucks his face into my neck.
"I wouldn't dream of it." He states, carding his fingers through my hair, before he pulls back. "I just want you to breath, calm down for a minute, and think. You need to call her, tell her what you saw, and let's get a head start on this vampire after her." I nod, pulling back to grab my cellphone from the bedside table, flipping it open as I dial Jennifer's number, pressing the phone to my ear as it rings.
"Hello?" Jennifer answers, causing me to let out a soft sigh of relief.
"Jenni?" I ask.
"Oh! Lily, what's wrong? Something the matter?" She asks, causing me to smile, shaking my head.
"I had a dream." She goes silent. "Are you okay?" I ask.
"Lily… I-I'm in trouble." She breathes out.
"What happened? What's going on?!" I ask.
"I'm so scared. H-He… He won't let me leave, he won't let me out!" She screams, causing me to look over at Jasper, worry building in the pit of my stomach.
"I did a tracking spell, I'm on my way." I state, grabbing my things, shoving them in my bag.
"Don't drive. Don't fly. I won't think I'll be alive by the time you get here. Please, please use the spell." I freeze, glancing at my grimoire sitting on the bed, beside my bag.
"Are you… Are you sure that's a good idea, you know I'm not very good at transportation spells." I warn.
"Please! He's coming!" My heart jolts.
"I'll be there in two minutes, if even." I hang up, slinging the backpack on my back, and turn to Jasper. "We're using a transportation spell, the bastard's got her locked up." I tell him, he nods as I snatch up my grimoire, grabbing his hand, and bolting out of the room, down the stairs, and outside to the backyard, Jasper doesn't let go of my hand, at all as I flip open my grimoire. "Lanuae!" The world around us lurches, filling with bright colors, bolts of lightning crack around us, before we land outside a hotel room, where a scream is heard. Without thinking, I kick in the door just in time to see Jennifer casting a shield, making a red eyed attacker bounce off of it, the attacker turns to me, glaring.
"LILY!" Jennifer cries, the side of her face is covered in blood, from the cut on her temple, and her arm is hanging limply by her side, presumably it's popped out of the socket, I bit back a growl as I reach into my pocket as the vampire slowly moves towards me, crouching as if to determine whether I am a threat or not, Jasper is wait outside for my signal. Just as the male vampire gets within a foot of me, I smash the paralysis potion vial at his feet, and glare at him.
"Ossa disrumpam." I hiss out, his bright red eyes widen as one by one, with the sound of a sickening snap, his bones break, causing the vampire to crumple to the ground, his screams out in agony. "Mortuus Caelum." I growl out, suddenly his eyes become glassy as death burns through his crumpled figure. "Aeris ictu!" The wind kicks up, shattering the dead vampire into dust, before it blows the pieces away, and I look up at Jennifer, crossing over to her as she drops the shield she raised. I reach for her, when my world tilts, heat invades every crevice of my body, and my eyes darken for a moment.
"LILY!" I hear Jennifer cry out, I vaguely feel the icy arms around me as I for myself back onto my feet, pressing a hand to my forehead.
"I'm fine." I hiss out.
"You are not! You used too much magic!" Jennifer states, causing me to shake my head.
"I'm fine." I repeat as the black fades from my eyes, I look up at the hand around my waist, finding Jasper standing there, before I look at Jennifer as I pull out a vial. "Here." I shove it into her hands, she looks at it, before uncorking it, and downing it, a sudden ripple of green surrounds her, before the cut on her temple heals over, leaving just a scar, and her arms shifts back into place without any pain, and her green eyes brighten considerably, a sign that her magic has been replenished. "Let's go, before someone comes to investigate." I murmur, shakily making my way towards the door, Jasper hooks his arm under my legs, and wraps one around my shoulders, lifting me princess-style, carrying me outside, where Jennifer casts another teleportation spell.
Landing in the backyard, once more, Alice is beside us at once, Pandora following momentarily behind her as Jasper sets me down, my world only slightly tilts as he keeps his arm around my waist, I grip his shirt as I close my eyes, opening them a moment later. "She needs to rest, she over used her magic, and she's really sick now." Jennifer warns, I look up to see Jasper nod, before I am in his arms, and he's running upstairs as I bury my head in his chest, nausea building as he sets me on the bed. Kicking off my boots, I turn on my side, curling up around my pillow as I close my eyes, registering that Jasper is laying beside me, his fingers carding through my hair, and his fingers caressing my clammy forehead.
"You know you can't use you magic for everything, so why are you so dependent on it?" He asks.
"If I have it, I should at least use it." I murmur, rolling over to bury my head in his chest, exhaustion washing over me in waves, whether from my use of magic, or Jasper's abilities, I don't know, but I just let it wash over me, and before I can open my eyes once more, I'm fast asleep.
~Rainn POV~
Standing outside of Seth's house, I chew on my pinky nail, debating on ringing the buzzer or not, my stomach clenches with nerves, when the door opens, Seth hopping down the front stairs, pausing when he spots me, his eyes on my face as I look down, glancing up at him through my eyelashes, feeling immensely shy. "We should talk." I state.
"Oh, should we?" I flinch at his angry voice, before he rakes a hand through his short hair, sighing as he cross over to me, wrapping his arms around my waist. "I don't think there's much to talk about, do you? Except maybe for you to tell me, why you've been avoiding me for months, now." He tucks a hand into my hair, thumb stroking my cheek.
"You'll get mad." I state.
"I promise, I won't." He answers.
"I...I am afraid." I murmur, looking up at him, his warm chocolate eyes are searching my pure white ones. "I am terrified, that you only love me, because of this connection. That, if I were to leave… maybe we'd lose this connection, and you'd hate me." I explain.
"That's ridiculous! You could've talked to me about this." Seth presses a kiss to my lips, causing me to stiffen, before I close my eyes, wrapping my arms around his neck, kissing him back softly, before we pull away. "I liked you, before I imprinted! The imprintation isn't something that is forced upon people, you know." He smiles at me, my face is flushed with heat.
"I-uh...I do-" I stammer.
"Nice going, Seth. You broke your girlfriend." Leah's voice causes Seth and I to jump apart, looking up at her in surprise, she smiles at me as Seth glares at her.
"Go away, Leah. She's not my girlfriend, yet." Seth growls at her, the word "yet" makes me flush, before I can say something though, Leah beats me to the punch.
"You need to move faster, then, because kissing someone before asking them out? That's a little ridiculous." Leah points out, my eyes widen, before I blink at her rapidly, Seth opens and closes his mouth, before looking over at me, then back at his sister, before turning to me once more.
"I-I-I didn't think about it!" Seth bursts out, I slowly step back, lifting my hands as they both look at me, I can feel my heart hammering, and confusion in my chest, everything sways as I turn, racing into the treeline, getting further into a certain point, where I transform, I can hear Seth screaming out my name as I take off running, my head spinning and thoughts bombarding me as I keep going, keep running, unable to stop.
~Lilith POV~
Climbing out of the Jaguar, my bag slung over my shoulder, Jennifer climbs out of the backseat, Jasper walks over to my side, wrapping arm around my waist, and one around Jennifer's shoulder, the three of us starting towards Bella and Edward, who are with Tyler, Eric, Jessica, Angela, and Mike, Mike and Jessica, Eric and Tyler all look displeased as we stop beside Bella and Edward. "Morning, guys." I greet Bella and Edward.
"Hey, it's… Jennifer, right?" Jessica asks.
"Yeah." Jennifer nods.
"Is it true you were gone, because you got knocked up by your sister's boyfriend, and went to get an abortion?" My jaw drops at Jessica's nasty question, everyone stares at her.
"No, is it true you've slept with the entire football team?" Jennifer counters, eyes narrowed as Jessica stares.
"No. Is it true the reason why Lilith was in a coma, because Jasper beat her half to death." Jessica inquires.
"We're right here!" I snarl.
"No. She was mauled by a wolf." Jennifer answers.
"Come on, let's go." Jasper steers us away, when I hear Jessica giggle.
"What a slut!" She whispers loudly, causing me to clench my fist, ducking under Jasper's grasp, crossing over to Jessica, I pat her on the shoulder, causing her to turn, causing me to reel my fist back, sucker punching her straight in the face, causing her to go sprawling backwards across the ground.
"Bitch." I spit at her, everyone stares as I start towards the car. "Jasper, take me home." I demand, climbing into the front seat, even he and Jennifer are staring, before they both react, racing towards the car, climbing in, we all take off down the street. Glaring out the window as the rain starts to barrel down around the car, my hand is clenching the armrest, when I feel someone grab my hand, squeezing it gently, causing me to look over to find Jasper looking over at me.
"Breath, just calm down darlin. It's gonna be alright." He smiles at me, softly as I nod, forcing out a soft smile.
"Sorry, but I've put up with her for two and a half years, the bitch deserves it." I state, causing him to smile as he nods, thumb sweeping across my fist as my eyes slip closed, resting my head against the back of my seat.
"We need a break." Jennifer suddenly states. "Something tells me, we should take one soon, all of us." I look at her in surprise, before I glance at Jasper.
"We were supposed to go to the farm for the weekend, why not go to Alaska instead?" Jasper asks, causing me to grin.
"Can I meet the Denali clan?" I ask curiously, causing him to tilts his head, eyes on the road.
"Hmm, yes, that sounds about right." He says, smiling over at me, causing me to beam.
"Great! I've been dying to meet another group of vampires, that don't want to kill me." I state, causing him to grimace, before we pull up to the house. "Can we cuddle?" I ask him as we walk inside, he lets out a laugh.
"Yes, we can cuddle. Why don't we turn on Beauty and the Beast?" He offers, causing me to hoot.
"I'll be… down in my room." Jennifer states, she had moved in with the Cullen's as well, once I had told her what happened with Sheryl and the spell, she's just as mad as I am. Alice and Pandora repurposed the garage,and moved out there, Edward moved into their old room, and Rosalie and Emmett moved into Edward's old room. Jasper lifts me into his arms, carrying me up to our room, causing me to laugh as he deposits me on the couch, popping Beauty and the Beast into the DVD player, and drops onto the couch behind me, wrapping an arm around my waist, resting a hand on my stomach, while I lay on his other arm, watching the movie start across the screen. Jinxaboo hops up onto the couch, curling into a ball against my stomach as well, purring as she falls fast asleep.
Okay, so first, I want to say- I have always wanted someone to punch Jessica, she's a bitch! Second, I really think I know where I want this book to go now. Anyway, next chapter needs 2 reviews to be posted! Read, Review, and enjoy!