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Return of Jacob
By: Sabrina F. White
Character Sheet
The list of the Main Characters for this story so there won’t be
any confusion. Note: they won’t be the only characters in the
story!! This is subject to change.
• Renesmee ‘Nessie’ Carlie Cullen- The daughter of Edward
and Bella Cullen. She is half vampire and half human. Aside
from that she has also became an unknown and a Guardian of
the Past. Previously, trying to help her new friend Mackenzie
stop her mad scientist uncle, she lost the love of her life Jacob.
She’s in for the shock of her life when a year later she returns
to Forks and finds that he is very much alive! Her special gifts
and powers consist of sharing memories through the contact of
another person’s skin, super strength, blinking (teleportation),
moving objects with her mind and stopping time.
• Jacob ‘Jake’ Black- The love of Nessie’s life. He imprinted on
her the very day she was born. In his attempt to rescue
someone who was still trapped in the burning building, Jake
was trapped as the Institute exploded. He’s able to shape shift
into a werewolf and he’s the leader of his own pack.
• Alexandria ‘Alex’ Kathleen Cullen- She’s the newest member
of the beloved vampire clan. During the fight at the Institute,
she was stabbed by Langston. That was the end of her human
life when Renesmee pleaded with her mother to save her
friend by turning her into a vampire. Her powers are blinking,
seeing the future (though she not very good at it) and moving
objects with her mind. Whether or not she has a special gift as
a vampire is yet to be known.
• Mackenzie ‘Mac’ Macintyre- She’s one of the best and closest
friends of Renesmee. Mackenzie is an original descendent of
the unknowns. She enlists Nessie’s help to prevent her uncle
from being able to harm any one else by trying to change them
into an unknown as well. Seth imprinted on her shortly after
her arrival in town. Her powers are blinking, moving objects
with her mind and seeing the future.
• Seth Clearwater- One of the most trusted members of Jacob’s
pack. He imprinted on Mackenzie and was crushed by Jake’s
apparent death. He’s able to shape shift into a werewolf as
well.
• Langston Stacey Sullivan- Good witch gone bad, Langston
joined forces with Mackenzie’s uncle Xavier in order to
remain alive. She killed Alex’s sister Margaret so she could
use her blood to change Nessie into an unknown. If that wasn’t
enough she nearly killed Alex and then disappeared. She plays
and important part in Jacob’s reappearance. She’s the twin
sister of Vincent. Other than being able to cast spells and mix
potions, she’s able to become invisible.
• Vincent ‘Vince’ Sullivan- He’s the twin brother of Langston.
Instead of joining her, he decided to stay with his friends and
stop his sister and Xavier. He’s very gifted when it comes to
mixing potions, but his sister’s better at writing spells. He has
a force field that is able to block physical attacks.
• Dylan Sullivan- The older estranged brother of Langston and
Vince who moves to Forks and develops a soft spot for
Renesmee. He too is a witch though his powers are not yet
known.
1. Séance
* * *
Christmas was quickly approaching. I just wasn’t in the Christmas
spirit. But that didn’t stop anyone else, above all Alice! She loves
any excuse to decorate and when she gets started… there is no
stopping her. The place was covered in lights; she nearly decorated
us in them. I spent the majority of my time locked in my room, but
mom pleaded with me to come down and join the family at least
for the holidays. I reluctantly obeyed. I made my way down stairs.
Dad was playing Christmas tunes on his piano. I lean against the
wall and listened quietly. I loved to hear him play. He glanced over
at me and gestured for me to sit by him. I hopped over to his side
and he continued to play. Strangely, he hesitated and quickly
resumed. Anxiously, I examined his face. I caught him looking at
Alex and then he turned his attention back to the piano. I couldn’t
help but wonder what he had heard. After Vincent’s potion to
block my dad from reading her and Mackenzie’s mind wore off, he
was much relived to be able to hear her thoughts. Mainly because
we wanted to make sure she wasn’t plotting to kill someone. Mom
and Dad had grown quite fond of Alex as she had of them. That
whole day Alex was very depressed more than I seemed to be. Dad
informed us that she missed her family terribly and that she was
still mourning the death of her sister Margaret. I could not help but
feel guilty about it. Her sister died because Langston needed her
blood to turn me into an unknown. I repeatedly told Alex how
sorry I was about it.
“Don’t worry about it Ness. I don’t hold you responsible for what
happened. Let it go!” she ordered in the sweetest way, as if not to
sound mean. More days had passed and she was still down in the
dumps. Dad listened to her thoughts constantly, but she tried very
hard to concentrate on other things. But eventually, she slipped.
One evening about a week before Christmas, Alice pulled out the
family photo albums.
“Again with this Alice.” Emmett grumbled. He was playing chess
with mom, who was winning… thanks to dad’s couching of
course. She stuck her tongue out and proceeded to flip through the
book.
“Alex hasn’t seen them yet.” She pointed out.
Emmett scoffed. “What makes you think she wants to?”
Alice glared at him in response.
“No it’s quite alright I really wouldn’t mind looking at them.” Alex
prompted. She curled up on the sofa between Alice and Esme. I
hovered over them while they examined mom and dads wedding
pictures.
“That’s Bella!” Alex gasped in disbelief.
“Isn’t she breath taking thanks to yours truly!” Alice beamed.
“She has always been.” Dad corrected her. Mom smiled up at him
as if she was going to blush.
“Mom you do look radiant.” I commented.
She shrugged. “If you say so.” I caught my dad rolling his eyes. I
chuckled to myself. She could never take a complement.
“Some things never change.” Dad said to me. Mom eyed us
carefully. Alice then reached for a stack of books filled with
nothing but pictures of me. I sighed and joined Tanya on the
opposite couch. She was watching one of her soap operas. I didn’t
pay any attention. Something slid out of the back of one of the
albums. Alex grabbed it before it touched the floor. “Wow!” She
whispered. I looked up and her lips had formed a sparkling smile. I
called it her Colgate smile.
“Ah, the family portrait.” Esme mused. “This was taken on
Thanksgiving at Charlie’s a few years back.”
Alex examined it thoughtfully. She giggled.
“Look at Charlie! Oh and Seth and Jak-” she caught herself before
she could finish her sentence. Pain instantly shot throughout every
component of my body. I grabbed the closest thing I could find,
which was a pillow, and bit it to keep myself from screaming. I
could feel their eyes on me. I wanted to bolt from the room, but it
was as if I was suddenly paralyzed. I counted to a hundred twice
trying to calm down. It was obvious I wasn’t going to get a grip on
my own. I began to rapidly feel serene. I was capable of breathing
again. I caught his scent in the room and shot a thankful glance
towards Jasper. He gave me one sharp nod in return. I noticed
everyone else was staring at me, their eyes fierce with concern. I
hated it when they did that weren’t they use to the way I acted by
now? Mom had left her game with Emmett and was standing in the
doorway of the living room with dad. I turned my attention to Alex
who I was trying to be mad at. At the moment I was unsuccessful
because of Jaspers presence. She knew better than to say his name,
everyone did. It was like the golden rule! It was a good thing that
Jasper was in the room I knew I didn’t have enough self control
and I was able to think clearly. She didn’t mean it, it was an
accident. I took another deep breath and saw the panic that was
locked in place on her flawless face. Her jaw was clenched and she
seized her breathing, waiting for me to lose it. I felt guilty for her
and everyone else who was feeling this way, feeling scared of me.
I can’t believe I’ve pushed them this far. Far enough for them to
fear me. Immediately, I forced a smile on my face. No one
appeared persuaded by my effort.
“I am- okay.” I forced myself to say. And boy it wasn’t easy. They
relaxed a little, while still on guard. Alex looked as if she was
engrossed in the picture. She sighed heavily. There was something
in her eyes, but it was gone before I could figure out what it was.
Less than a minute later, Alex jumped to her feet with her hands
balled into fists. It seemed like her knuckles where going to rip
through her impenetrable skin. She was looking at my dad and a
low growl escaped through her teeth. This surprised everyone, but
Alice and my dad.
“What ever happened to privacy!” she spit through her teeth. She
must have been thinking about something that she didn’t want him
to hear. A moment later Alex wasn’t as tense as she had been.
“Jasper could you please knock it off.” She whined softly now.
“Can’t I do anything around here without being under the radar?”
“Uh, no.” I said lamely. Mom threw me a frantic glance.
“Alex.” dad muttered.
“Forget it alright, please just forget whatever you heard.” She
begged. With that, she was gone. Esme picked up the family photo
that Alex left behind.
“What was that all about?” She asked.
Dad smiled as he answered her. “She wants to be apart of the
family.”
I stared at him bewildered as did everyone else.
“She is apart of the family.” Mom insisted.
“She knows that, but saying it, for her, is not enough. She wants to
make it official.” He locked eyes with mom. They were having one
of their private talks. I watched as they began to smile widely at
one another.
“Wonderful!” Alice danced over to them. “Even though it will
overshadow my present.”
Dad smiled at her ruefully. “Sorry about that sis.”
“We should call J. if we want the paper work finished by
Christmas.” Mom pressed.
“J. Jenks?” I wondered aloud. From what I knew, he handled all
the legal things for our family. Mom looked at me with unexpected
alarm. “Oh but of course we can’t make such a decision with your
input.”
“Decision about what?”
“Can someone please just spit it out already?” Emmett interrupted
in annoyance. Rosalie entered the room and joined him by the
squared table. Carlisle was now in the room too. He was back from
his walk with Eleazar and Carmen.
“What’s going on, Alex seemed upset?” Carlisle inquired.
“She’s going to be fine.” Dad promised.
“Renesmee,” mom said in an irresistible voice, “how would you
feel if your father and I adopted Alex and made her an official
member of the Cullen family?” my mouth fell open and they
frowned a bit.
“Seriously?” they both nodded. It didn’t take me long to answer
because I thought it was a lovely idea. She was indeed already
family why not make this legal so everyone knew. Most
importantly it would make Alex happy. I reached for my locket.
“Looks like I’m going to need a photo with the four of us!” I
exclaimed.
A fierce breeze blew throughout the room. It even blew the candles
out. There was a bright light and someone appeared in the center of
our circle. It was not Jacob. The strange transparent spirit was a
girl. She looked to be very young. She wore white and gold with a
white cape on her back, and she carried a scroll in her left hand.
My first thought was she was a God.
“Greetings one and all.” She said cheerfully. She observed each of
us and stopped when she spotted Alex.
“Will someone kill me now?” She griped.
“Nothing would give me more pleasure, but I’m afraid I’ll have to
decline.” The girl answered in that very same cheerful tone. I was
confused by there exchange as was Seth. The girl turned back
towards Vince and Mackenzie.
“It’s been a long time my friends.”
“Hey Constance!” Vince and Mackenzie greeted her together.
“What brings you here, we didn’t call for you.” Vince asked her.
“Yeah I know, but the spirit you were trying to summon a… Jacob
Black he isn’t here.”
A wave of panic washed over me.
“He’s not there?” Vince stared at her blankly. “What is he in limbo
or something?”
“No.”
“He has to be. He died a year ago.” Mackenzie protested.
Constance shook her head and waved the scroll around in the air.
“I meet every person who crosses over into the Land of the Dead
and I have never met a Jacob Black! Unless he went to The
Phoenix, your friend is still very much alive.” My body was rock
by this new revelation. Alex nodded her head in agreement.
“Listen to her, she knows what she’s talking about. If Jacob was
there she would’ve been all over him like the slut she is.”
“Jealous Alexandria?” Constance taunted.
“Me jealous of the girl who died in the back of Ray’s pick up
truck?”
She hissed back at Alex. There was disgust all over Mackenzie’s
face.
“Can you two not do this now; I feel my lunch coming back.”
I ignored their spat and found my voice.
“This isn’t real I have to be dreaming.” I told myself.
“Sorry everyone, but time is of the essence! I must return.” She
turned to me with sadness. “Sadly this isn’t a dream, I hope you
find him. If anything changes I’ll let you all know immediately.”
She promised. She faded into the light and vanished.
Vince began to deliberate.
“Where do you suppose he is?” he asked aloud.
“Definitely not The Phoenix! Jacob was- is too good of a person to
end up there!” Mackenzie retorted.
“What is going on, what are we saying here?” I demanded
hysterically. They stalled for a moment. I jumped to my feet, their
eyes followed me.
“Stay calm.” Alex pleaded. “I don’t think any of us know what’s
going on any more than you do, but we’re going to get to the
bottom of this.” I turned to Mac whose heart sounded like drums.
She was biting down on her lip and it was going to bleed if she
didn’t stop.
“Mackenzie you always were capable of being real with me maybe
you can tell me what exactly are we considering here?”
She cleared her throat. “You need to brace yourself.”
I knew what she was thinking; I knew what they were all thinking.
I didn’t need to be able to read minds like my dad to know, I just
refuse to believe that it could be possible.
“For what?” I finally asked. I wanted her to say it out loud so there
would be no confusion that we were all on the same page.
“For the possibility that Jacob may be…” she paused.
“Maybe what Mac!” I yelled. Her body trembled at the sound of
my voice. Mine shook as well, I was surprised by it too.
“Alive.” Tears washed over her cheeks and she buried her face in
Seth’s chest. He barely moved, but his stiff hands were able to hold
her. I fell to my knees. I felt like I was losing Jacob all over again.
You’d think that a revelation like this would be exciting news, but
it brought on a whole horde of new worries. I went over the facts.
Constance said that Jacob might not be dead, that he could still be
alive or in The Phoenix. I shuddered at the name, it sounded scary.
But what is The Phoenix? And if Jake wasn’t there than where on
earth is he? Could he be hurt? But there was one main detail that I
could not disregard. I allowed my memories from the tragic night
to come front and center in my head.
“It’s not possible.” I whispered. I hadn’t realized I was sobbing
until I spoke and my voice was hoarse. Alex wiped the tears away
as quickly as they came. “We watched him, we saw-” my voice
broke. By the looks on there faces, I had gotten my point across.
Mackenzie, Seth and I were there as Jacob got… blown up in that
building. I saw him with my own eyes, I watched until there was
too much smoke for me to see and then it was over.
“Sometimes looks can be deceiving.” Vince warned.
“I know what I saw!” I said defensively. “He was killed right in
from of us. And there is no way he could have made it out of there
alive… no way!” Or did he?
2. The Voice
“Nessie? Nessie wake up!” Alex shook me. I wasn’t ready to get
out of bed. I didn’t get enough sleep, I kept tossing and turning
trying not to think about the intervention Al had put together for
me last week.
“Al let me sleep!” I groaned.
“No we’ve got issues to attend to.” She urged. I opened my eyes
and she looked worried.
“What kind of issues?”
“By any chance have you heard from Mackenzie lately?”
“If you do recall, Mackenzie and I still aren’t on speaking terms.” I
reminded her. Then I remembered something. “Although, she did
call me two days ago.”
Alex’s eyes were wide. “What did she say?”
“She said she dialed the wrong number.” I shrugged.
“Well no one seems to know where she is. Seth said they got into a
fight two nights ago and Mac hasn’t been home since. Sue spotted
her at work the other day but she was gone before Seth got there.”
I climbed out of bed and headed for the bathroom.
“Al it’s just a lover’s quarrel! They’ll work it out.” I examined
myself in the mirror for a long second and proceeded to wash my
face.
“I wouldn’t even give it a second thought, but Vincent is missing
too.” I looked at her through the mirror.
“Explain.” I demanded.
“Well Vince’s brother was to arrive Thursday morning at the Port
Angeles Airport. Mackenzie told Seth that she was going to go by
the cottage and visit with them after she got off work at Newton’s
store. That was two days ago.” My body became stiff.
“Two days ago when Mac took off.” I breathed.
“Apparently, it has also been two days since Vince has been seen
or heard from by anyone. Mrs. Newton was a bit concerned.”
Mackenzie and Vincent wanted a job so mom thought of Newton’s
store. She called in to Mike Newton, whom she new in high
school, and put in a word of recommendation. The job was there’s!
“You talked to her?”
“Yeah I had gone there this morning to see if either one of them
was working. Mrs. Newton said that Vincent call in two days ago
and said that he wouldn’t be able to come in for the rest of the
week and that he was terribly sorry. Mackenzie rushed out the
store the same day. Then she called the store yesterday and said
she wouldn’t be back until Monday because of a family
emergency. Mrs. Newton asked me was everything alright and I
told her I wasn’t entirely sure. And I also went to the airport with
Charlie so we could look at the surveillance tapes, you know just
in case they might’ve hopped on a plane or something, but Vincent
never even made it to the airport.”
“Then what happened to his brother?” I wondered.
“Who cares about Dylan our friends are MIA!”
“MIA?”
“Missing in Action!” she shrieked.
“Oh right, right I told you I needed more sleep.”
“Renesmee focus!” she ordered. Okay I had to concentrate our
friends could really be in some trouble.
“Did Mackenzie ever make it to the cottage?” I asked.
“I don’t know I haven’t been there yet. I wanted to fill you in on
what is going on since you’re so out of the loop these days.”
“Thanks. You should go ahead to the cottage and see if they’re
there or if they have been there recently. I’ll get dressed and I’ll
help look for them. Where are mom and dad?”
“Remember they went hunting. They won’t be back until late
Sunday night; it’s no use trying to get in touch with them.”
“So I guess we’re on our own then. What about the pack?”
“They’re on alert.” Her voice sounded strange.
“What is it Al?”
“I know you don’t want to hear it, but they believe that Jacob is
alive.” I automatically shook my head.
“Just hear me out. I’m worried that maybe they might have tried to
go find him. They might’ve even gone to The Phoenix.” She
shuttered.
“What is The Phoenix?” I inquired. She ran her fingers through her
shoulder length hair in frustration.
“It’s this awful wasteland where some people end up after they die.
They don’t believe that Jake could end up in such a place, I don’t
want to believe it either but what other explanation is there?
Anyway if they did go there we can’t save them.”
“And why not?”
“Because to get to The Phoenix you have to open a portal and since
neither one of us is a witch we can’t say the spell not that I knew it
nonetheless. Besides that major factor, if you’ve been in the
wastelands for more than twenty four hours you will be trapped
there for all of eternity! And they’ve been gone for two days!!”
“Did you tell Seth any of this?”
She shook her head. “No way do I want to be responsible for a
werewolf’s heart attack. And we don’t know if it’s true yet.”
“Right lets be positive here. You go on and be careful.” I stressed.
“I will.” She was out of sight. I grabbed my cell off the charger and
dialed Mackenzie’s number. Please pick up. Please. Yes! It
must’ve been my lucky day because she picked up the phone… or
so I thought.
“Hello?” I froze at the sound of the voice. It wasn’t Mackenzie
who answered, it was a guy. That wasn’t why I was unable to
speak. It sounded so familiar.
“Hello?” the heavenly voice asked anxiously. I cleared my throat
and my head.
“Is Mackenzie around?” I said breathlessly. The voice paused for a
moment and I was afraid it was gone.
“Sorry you just missed her. She said that she had to go pack up the
rest of her things, and I’m afraid she left her phone behind, but she
should be back soon.” Oh my goodness if I didn’t know any better
I would’ve thought that it was Jacob on the other end. I dismissed
the thought. Even if by some miracle he was alive and Mackenzie
knew about it she’d tell me. I’m sure of that.
The voice spoke again but it sounded worried. “Are you still there?
Is everything okay?” I suddenly felt the need to reassure it to let
the voice know that I was okay.
“Yeah just let her know I called. And thanks.”
“Sure, sure. Goodbye Nessie.” I became weak in the knees.
“How did you know my name?” I demanded. Could this really be
him? Whatever hope I had was short to hell with his response.
“It showed up on the phone when you called.” The voice chuckled.
Of course it had, was I paranoid of what! Some one was yelling
something in the background.
“Well good-bye.” Before I could return the gesture the voice was
gone. I stood there wanting to call back and hear the voice again,
but I couldn’t think about that now. It said Mackenzie had to go
and pack up the rest of her things. Where was she planning on
going to The Phoenix? Do you even need to take clothes there? I
had to get to Charlie’s quick before she left again or I wouldn’t
have any hopes of finding her if she did. I decided to shower when
I got back and blinked to Charlie’s living room in my pajamas.
Instantly I noticed her scent in the house. I didn’t need it because
she was stomping around upstairs like a mad woman.
“I know it’s in here somewhere!” she muttered fiercely. I blinked
in the doorway of my mom’s old room.
“Found it!” she said in relief.
“What did you find?” I asked curiously. She jumped at the sound
of my voice and hit the dresser with her arm. The open draw slid
out and hit the floor inches from her foot. She struggled to give me
an answer.
“My uh- favorite pair of uh um- socks!” she laughed nervously. I
raised my eyebrow in suspicion. She frowned. She stuffed more
things into an overloaded duffle bag.
“Where are you going?” I asked casually.
“I don’t think that is any of you concern.” She zipped up the bag.
I obviously wasn’t the right person to be talking to her right now
we aren’t even friends anymore. Seth should be here trying to
reason with her, but I had a feeling that if I even tried to get him
here she’d just vanish.
“You’re not going to go to The Phoenix are you?” my question
appeared to have startled her. She sat down on the edge of the bed.
“What makes you think I would go there?”
“The idea never entered my mind. Alex had pointed out that you
and Vince believed that Jacob might be alive and she thought the
two of you might’ve tried to find out what happened to him.” I was
yanking at the rubber band on my wrist that was right under my
bracelet from Jacob. I took it and put but messy hair in a bun.
“Jacob did not end up in the wastelands.”
“How do you know that?”
Mackenzie looked straight ahead as she answered. “I just know
that someone like Jake could have never ended up in such a
horrible place.”
“If he’s not there than where is he?” I challenged. She shot me an
irritated stare.
“How should I know?”
“Beats me it just seems strange to me that when I called you this
morning some guy answered the phone. He sounded just like
Jacob!” her eyes grew wide and she felt around in her pockets.
“Crap I left it at the house. Dylan must’ve answered the phone; he
must’ve been the one you talk to.” She said monotonously.
“Alright then explain to me why he sounds just like Jake?”
Mackenzie stood to her feet. “The hell if I know, you were
probably having a delusion or something. I mean you have been
pretty far out there lately. And why would you even consider that
fact that I would ever keep Jacob from you?” her voice broke and
she turned away from me. I thought about what she said and it was
ludicrous to even entertain such an idea.
“You’re absolutely right Mac. I can’t believe I attacked you like
that forgive me. I guess I just heard what I wanted to hear it just
sounded so real. I’d swear it was him.”
“Everyone makes mistakes right?” she gathered up her bags.
“Hold on you still haven’t told me where you are going.”
“If you must know it’s not far. Vince’s brother brought this house
and they invited me to come and live with them so I accepted their
invitation.”
“So your just going to leave, what about Seth?” I pondered.
“I’m still going to be here in Forks and I’ll see him as much as I
can. It’s not like we’re breaking up or I want to break up with him,
even if that were possible. Other than that it’s a bit crowded here
and I don’t think Charlie likes that we’re shacking up in his house
anyways.”
“Mackenzie.” I whined walking over to her.
“Nessie.” She mocked in the same tone it made me smile. “Please
know that I loved being her and being apart of your family and I
appreciate everything that they’ve done for me, especially you. I
also know that you feel bad for what happened that one night.”
I knew what she was talking about. “I didn’t mean the things that I
said, I was just filled with so much grief.”
“I get it Ness and I’ve forgiven you so don’t beat yourself up over
it okay.” She hesitated. “I wish we could be friends again.”
My heart fluttered. “I do too!” I said with enthusiasm. Mackenzie
just looked at me miserably.
“Am I missing something?”
She looked down at the floor. “I said I wish we could, but we
can’t.” My body slouched over and I could see her fighting back
the tears.
“Why can’t we be?”
“It’s just too late.” She looked me in the eyes. “Sometime we have
to do things we don’t want to do so that we can protect those that
we love.” I placed my hands on her shoulders. I looked into her
eyes and something clicked. She was trying to tell me something.
“Are you in trouble? Is someone in danger?” I guessed. She pushed
my hands away. “I have to go Seth will be here shortly.”
“Mackenzie don’t you dare leave!” I grabbed her arm as she
blinked from Charlie’s house. We entered another bedroom that I
didn’t recognize. She looked at me and gasped.
“What are you doing?” she yelled under her breath.
“Trying to figure out what is going on! And why are you
whispering?”
“Nessie please you have got to get out of here.” she commanded.
Before I could protest someone walked through the door. I turned
at the sound of the heartbeat and then my heart stopped.
Mackenzie’s did too. He stood there gazing back at me. The box
that he carried shook in his hands as his body tremble. Finally he
got himself under control.
“Sorry I didn’t know you were back and that you had company.”
He stuttered. I was confused by his words because I wasn’t exactly
sure who he was talking to.
“It’s cool.” Mackenzie assured him after catching her own breath.
“You can just set it down on the floor.” My heart was still not
beating but I didn’t worry about that now. I continued to look at
him in disbelief as he bent down to place the box on the floor. His
eyes never left mine.
“I’d like you to meet my friend Nessie.” Mackenzie said. I felt
bewildered by this. Why would she need to introduce us, surely he
knew who I was… how could he ever forget.
“Oh yeah we talked today on the phone.” He held out his hand
“I’m Jacob.” I didn’t move a muscle. He looked at me with so
much concern in his eyes. “Is she okay she looks kind of pale?” he
touched my face and it was like an electric shock had gone straight
through my body and recharged my heart. It was so powerful until
my body couldn’t handle it and everything went black.
Mackenzie’s Pov
3. Blackmail
I knew a séance was a stupid idea! Alex thought that maybe we’d
be able to help Nessie if she could talk to Jacob and find some type
of closure. We got more than what we had bargained for.
Apparently Jake wasn’t in the spirit world at all and it’s possible
that he could still be alive. But just like Renesmee I didn’t believe
it for one second. I watched with her that early morning when it
happened and I know what I saw. There was no way he could’ve
escaped. That incident was almost a week ago and I still wasn’t
able to get the idea out of my mind. Thanks a lot Constance! I was
lying in bed watching the sunlight get brighter and stronger. Seeing
the sun in Forks was a rare pleasure that I enjoyed. Hopefully it
would still be shining after work and I could go down to La Push
beach. I sighed.
“Good morning!” Seth murmured into my ear. I turned over on my
back and looked into his eyes and ran my fingers through his hair.
He kissed me tenderly and then more fiercely. I pulled myself
closer to him, if that was even possible. We were so close that if
you looked at us from a distance you’d think our bodies were
attached to each other. I knew what he had on his mind and if I
didn’t put a stop to it soon he’d get exactly what he wanted, which
was something I didn’t. I managed to detach my lips from his and
he groaned in frustration. I got out of bed and started to get my
things together for work.
“Mackenzie can we please talk about this?” he begged.
“There’s nothing to talk about! What part of I don’t want to don’t
you get?”
“You do want to, but something’s stopping you what is it?” I was
quite embarrassed by the reasons I had but they were good ones.
I’m not ready to share it with him yet.
“When I am ready to be intimate with you, you’ll be the first to
know, until then I have to get to work!” I kissed his forehead. “Oh
before I forget, Vince’s brother is coming into town today and I’m
going to go over there after work to hang out for a bit. I’ll meet
you at the beach.”
“Kay love you.” he called as I strolled out the room.
“Love you more.”
Working at Newton’s store is one of the easiest jobs I’ve ever had.
Well it’s the only job I’ve ever had. Growing up with Xavier he
was pretty wealthy, I didn’t have to do much but school and the
usual house chores. I wanted to do my part and show some way to
thank Charlie and Sue for allowing me to stay with them so I got a
job here, thanks to Bella. Charlie wouldn’t take any money from
me and suggested that I save it. Since settling in Forks with Seth, I
have never been so happy in my entire life. Finally I have family,
friends and a love that will never waver. Things were great
between us until recently. I grimaced as I went over the mornings
events. Seth was right. I do want to make love to him, but I
couldn’t. For one, it would be my first time as well as his and that
made me feel nervous. And if that wasn’t enough he had to be a
werewolf! To me, I feel that what happens between a man and a
woman should stay between them, but that wouldn’t be the case for
us. Once Seth phases the whole pack will not only know, but get a
visual of what we did. They’ll all see what I look like, how would I
ever be able to face them? I talked to Kim and she told me she was
uncomfortable at first when she and Jared had sex, but over time
she didn’t let it bother her. I’d be completely mortified. It’s not
easy to resist Seth and I know I will give into him soon. I wish I
could talk to Nessie or Alex about this, but Ness hates me and Alex
was trying her best to look after her new sister. I was relieved that I
still had Vincent. He was able to snag a job here at the store too
and we worked together everyday. He’s always making me laugh
and he has great advice when it comes to relationships, even
though his relationship with long time boyfriend Chris had just
ended. He’s been down in the dumps lately and I was happy to
hear that his older brother Dylan was coming for a visit. Alex hates
him. They dated three years back. I didn’t approve of it, he was
eighteen and she had just turned fourteen. Age doesn’t matter, but
Dylan wasn’t the type of guy who wanted a committed
relationship. They weren’t together two months until she caught
him cheating on her with the school slut Constance. Constance
claim that she’d been with him before he ever laid eyes on Alex.
At lunch the following day they got into a huge fight. Margaret had
to drag Alex out of the cafeteria by her legs. Dylan broke things off
with Alex and chose Constance. In the end Constance was too
cheating on Dylan with a mechanic named Ray. During a moment
of passion in the back of his pick up truck, she died of a heart
attack. To this day I don’t know how she was able to become one
of the greeters in the spirit world. Vince says she probably seduced
one of the members on the Mystic Council.
I laughed at the thought. I pulled out my phone and looked at the
time. Vincent should have been here already. He was coming late
today because he had to pick Dylan up at the airport. After work I
was going back to the cottage with him.
“Slow day huh?” Mrs. Newton said dryly.
“Yeah with the nice weather I guess just about everyone is taking
full advantage!”
“Mackenzie you can go on home.” She offered. “Mike and I are
planning to close up early.”
“If you’re sure, I’ll call Vincent and let him know.”
“He called in already.” She mentioned with a puzzled expression.
“He did?”
“Yeah he also said he won’t be able to come in for the rest of the
week.”
“Did he happen to mention why?”
“He hung up before I had a chance to ask.”
I decided to call him and see what was going on.
“Hi Mac I had a feeling you’d be calling.” He said in distress.
“What happened, is it Dylan?” I asked.
“I wish it was just that simple. You remember the surprise Dylan
promised me?”
“Yes.”
“Well it’s certainly… not what I expected in a million years!”
“I’m on my way out of here; I’ll meet you at the cottage.”
“No I’m not there.” He informed me. “Get a pen and paper and
write this down.” I ripped a piece of paper off the memo pad on the
counter and grab a pencil from the holder.
“Ready.”
“22 Gateway Drive.” I recognized the name of the street.
“This is ten blocks away from Charlie’s house, what are you doing
there?”
“Mac just hurry and get over here!” he replied in irritation and
hung up.
“I’ll be seeing you.” I said over my shoulder as I headed out the
store. I made a mad dash for my car and started up the engine
before my door was shut. At least Xavier left me with something
that I actually wanted. My Nissan Altima! I love this car and
thanks to the tune up from Rosalie, she purred like a kitten. I raced
through the streets, arriving at a yellow and white two-story house
that match the address Vince had given me. It was pretty place and
I tried to figure out why would he come here? I slid out of the car
and stepped up onto the front porch. Before I could even ring the
door bell, someone opened the door and yanked me inside.
“What in-” I started to say but Vince cut me off.
“Blink me to the cottage!”
“Okay.” We appeared in the cottage and he scrambled around the
place throwing his belongs into a box.
“Your moving?” I guessed.
“Yeah Dylan brought a house.” He wasn’t happy about it.
“So that was the big surprise, that’s why you’re acting bizarre?”
He ignored me. “That’s the last of it, oh can you grab that vase!” I
careful picked it up with both hands; this was Vince’s favorite
possession. I walked to his side and shifted the vase into one hand.
We blinked back into the front room of the house.
“Put that vase on the table over there and be careful!” he pressed as
he headed in another room. I struggled a bit, but I was sure that I
had my grip on it.
“Hello.” someone said while walking by.
“Oh hey Jacob.” I said absentmindedly. The vase slipped out of my
hands and shattered across the wooden floor. I looked back at him
with my mouth wide open as he came over to me and examined the
damage. WHAT IN BLOODY HELL! Jacob is- is… Vince had his
head in his hands as he stared at the broken glass.
“You need me to help you clean this up?” Jacob offered. I was
unable to form a proper answer my words came out like mush.
Vince intervened. “That won’t be necessary I’ll do it besides Dylan
said he needed your help with something out back.” Jake shrugged
and was out the back door in three long strides. My eyes were
locked on Vince, who seemed more interested in the welfare of his
favorite possession.
“Let the object of objection
Become but a dream,
As I cause the seen
To be unseen.”
The vase was put back together right before my eyes.
“There we go like it was never broken.” He glanced up at me then.
I glared back at him furiously.
“I don’t know what to tell you Mac I’m just as shocked as you
are.”
“You don’t seem to be.” I accused. My head was spinning with so
many questions I didn’t know where to start.
“Come with me.” Vince ordered. He ran up the stairs and I chased
after him. We stopped at the second room from the stairs. He
knocked on the door.
“It’s open.” I heard from the other side. I walked in to see a girl
waiting for us. I had no idea who she was. Her hair was a reddish
black and she had green eyes. She skipped over to me with delight.
“Mackenzie it’s nice to see you.” she said with false enthusiasm. I
noticed she had a scar on the left side of her face; I tried not to be
rude and stare at it.
“Do I know you?” I said asked her. She frowned.
“Oh right I sometimes forget that I look different. It’s me
Langston!” I could feel my face go blank as I looked at her.
“Where have you been?”
Vincent pulled me by the arm over to a sofa. “You should sit down
before she explains things.”
“Does she have something to do with Jacob’s reappearance?” I
inquired.
He gave me a grave nod. “She was Dylan’s surprise, while Jake
was hers.”
“Langston what is going on how are the two of you alive?”
“It’s a long story.” She muttered.
“I’ve got time.” I shot back. Her eyes tightened, but she told me.
“After I stabbed Alex,” she smiled in satisfaction, “I don’t know
exactly what happened. I think I was knocked out or something
because when I awoke the building was collapsing. No one was in
sight and I was trying to find my way out, but there was so much
debris in the way and I wasn’t strong enough to move it on my
own. Frantic I began to call for help; I didn’t think anyone would
hear me. Surely I thought it was the end. I heard something coming
towards me; I wasn’t sure what or who it was because there was so
much smoke and I was unable to see. ‘Don’t worry I’ll get you
out.’ he told me.
“He had me in his arms then, his skin was almost as hot as the
flames. I kept going in and out of conciseness, but managed to stay
awake. I knew we were almost out because I felt the fresh air
caress my hot skin.” The expression on her face was one of horror
as she hesitated. “Suddenly a cracking sound came from above us
and I hit the ground hard. I think the door caved in on us. There
was faint screaming in the background and he was yelling at
someone telling them to go back. I felt so horrible that he was
going to die because he came back for me. Something was piecing
my side, it was one of the emergency potions Vince had given me.
I used it and we disappeared just as the place exploded. The only
place I could think of to go where I knew I’d be safe was at home
with Dylan. He was going out of his mind when we showed up at
the apartment out of thin air. I had a few bruises, but the guy who I
realized was Jacob, was in a much worse condition. Both of his
legs were broken and he was unconscious.
“Dylan suggested that we take him to the hospital, but I
remembered that he was a werewolf. Plus I didn’t want to have to
explain how he ended up in such bad shape. So we called a witch
doctor from Mystic Plane to come and examine him. Jacob was
already healing at a fast rate. The Doctor said when he woke up
we’d know more.” I glanced at Vince and back at Langston, her
expression had changed drastically, she was on the verge of tears.
“I never left his side not once; I had to make sure that he would be
alright. He saved my life and I had to save his.”
Her face was so soft and she talked about Jacob with so much
compassion. I was intrigued. “What happened when he woke up?”
“Doc examined him again, asked him how he was feeling etcetera,
etcetera. It worried me that he didn’t say much. I wanted to know
was there anything that he needed so I called his name. He didn’t
answer. So I tried again, this time I nudged him. Jake glanced up at
me as if I startled him. He said “Oh that’s me?”. I laughed and I
said “Do you not know your name?”. “I do now.” Is what he told
me.
I gasped. “He has amnesia?”
“Well… I don’t know if he still has it.” She reported. I’m
confused!
“What do you mean you don’t know if he still has it? Either he
does or he doesn’t.”
“I sort of cast a spell to keep him from remembering.” She
admitted. I came to the conclusion that Langston was truly insane.
“You should have your powers as a witch evoked!” I yelled.
“Shh! Jake doesn’t know I’m a witch. Look I thought that once he
woke up he’d call you guys, let you know that everything was
alright and leave. But he didn’t know who he was so that obviously
did turn out the way that I expected it would. I was going to call
one of you myself, that’s when I figured that making you all think
he was dead would be the best way to spite Renesmee.”
I felt puzzled. “What do you have against her?”
She pointed to the scar that I was still trying not to stare at.
“Do you not see she what she did?” she screeched.
“You’re doing all of this because of that?!”
“I have other reasons. Anyway as time went on I didn’t care about
that anymore. Jacob is really nice to have around, I enjoy his
company and I feel like the person I use to be when I’m with him.
But he’d have nightmares about him turning into a monster and he
would call out for her.” She said in disgust. “Jake was starting to
remember things. I became nervous and scared, but I wasn’t sure
why. I figured it was just because I didn’t want to get caught. One
day we were having so much fun playing around and goofing off,
one thing lead to another and he kissed me!”
Langston was positively glowing.
“Your in love with him aren’t you?” I accused. She didn’t say
anything, but she blushed a deep red and that was enough of a
response for me.
“I realized then how important he is to me and I could not let him
remember and risk losing him. I knew if he got his memory back
that he’d leave and go back to her in a heartbeat. That’s when I
panicked and cast the spell.”
I held up my hands to keep her from saying anymore.
“So you basically kidnapped him. you kept him away from his
family for over a year and you’ve been lying to Jake, but yet you
care for him… is that right because I just want to make sure I’m
not forgetting anything.” She didn’t answer so I went on.
“Langston this is serious! You let everyone believe Jacob was
dead, now you’re back in town and if you think this is going to
remain a secret, you’re even crazier that I could’ve ever imagined!
What are you going to do when the truth comes out? If you were
afraid because you thought Xavier was going to kill you, wait until
Renesmee finds out!” I was out of breath from talking so fast. As I
breathed in and out I cleared my head and thought of what I should
do next. I had to tell Nessie as soon as I possibly could. But how
on earth was I going to be able to break this bit of shocking news?
Without a doubt she’d be in denial, Edward would have to help me
convince her. When she realizes that it’s true, she’ll want to be
with him at once. I’m just not sure what they’re going to do to
Langston… no I knew what was going to happen to her, everyone
had plenty of reasons to kill her. Something that I don’t quite
understand is why she came back here to Forks. Langston is
nobody’s fool; she must’ve known what would happen if she was
to ever show her face around here again with or without Jacob. I
slowly started to realize that Langston knows exactly what she is
doing and she’s not trying to hide it anymore. A chill crept down
my spine as I refocused my attention on Langston. She had a
devilish smile on her face.
“What are you up to?”
“I’ve said too much already, I not going to tell you my reason from
returning. And if you’re thinking about telling Renesmee about
Jake you might want to reconsider that.” she warned.
I could feel my eyebrows pulling together. “Why? Even if I’m not
the one to tell her she’s going to find out.” I pointed out.
“That’s what I’m counting on. She’s going to find out sooner than
you think, but you’re not going to tell her. I am indeed up to
something and I need things to go the way they are supposed to
nothing can go wrong with my plans!”
“Just because you tell me not to doesn’t mean I won’t. As her
friend it’s my duty to tell her.”
She scoffed at my remark. “I knew you say something like that.
You were always so truthful… a blessing and a curse.” Langston
hopped off the bed and strolled to stand by her dresser. She stared
at a picture of her and Jacob together. It was a nice picture, but you
could look at it and tell that it was wrong; that they didn’t belong
with each other. “Mackenzie,” she said in a far way voice, “did
you know that vampire venom to a werewolf, is like kryptonite to
superman; it’s very deadly.” I glared at her bewildered as she came
back from whatever fantasy she was in.
“What are you saying Langston?”
She shrugged. “I know a few vampires myself who own me a favor
and I’d just hate for something to happen to Seth… wouldn’t
you?” That devilish smile had return and I lurched at her. She took
a step back with wide eyes and I saw Vince’s force field explode
around her. I bounced off of it and hit the wall above the sofa,
landing on the floor with a thud.
“I’m glad we made the room sound proof!” she sighed in relief. I
glance at Vincent in shock.
“Why did you do that?” I demanded. He gave me a helpless look.
“I didn’t want to, but it was brought to my attention that Chris has
gone missing.” He scowled at his sister as did I. I couldn’t risk
Seth’s life not until I found a way to make sure that he’d be safe
from this psycho. I felt selfish and wretched because in order to
protect the one I loved, I had to lie to another person that I too
loved at my own expense.
“You’re blackmailing us.” I whispered in defeat. She bent down
next to me and threw her arm over my shoulder like we were the
best of friends.
“Don’t think of it as blackmail Mackenzie, it’s such a hash word.
Let’s just say that we reach a compromise.”
I gave her a disapproving look. “You should learn what the word
compromise means.” She looked over at the clock and jumped to
her feet.
“Jake and I have to register for school.” She exclaimed.
“You guys are going to school… here in Forks?” I choked.
“We all are! Well except for Dylan. Don’t worry Mac it’s all apart
of the plan. I expected you to have some of your things moved in
here by the time I get back; your room is the last on the left.” I
looked at her narrowly.
“Thanks for the offer, but I have a place to stay.”
“I know you do right here with all of us. Mackenzie I can’t have
you there with Seth, you might try and be clever! Besides I want
my best friend here with me.” She winked at me and dragged
Vincent from the room. I just sat there and stared at the door,
hoping someone would walk back in and tell me that this was all a
joke. Or maybe I was dreaming! I pinched myself painfully on my
left arm. I was most definitely awake. How did I manage to get
myself into a mess like this and would I be able to get out of it? I
was powerless to do anything, but what she instructed me to do. I
groaned to myself as I pictured myself moving in with Langston.
I’d have to sleep with my eyes open. I was alarmed by the sound of
knocking coming from the door. Dylan peeked inside.
“Hey Kenny!” this was his nickname for me, it use to bother me
but I warmed up to it.
“Dylan good to see ya.” I felt a twisted smile form on my face.
He frowned. “Doesn’t seem like it.”
“So… you brought Langston with you.” I mentioned sourly.
“What she do? You want me to beat her up?” he tried to be serious,
but I knew he was joking. Unlike Langston and Vincent, Dylan got
along with his sister just fine and since she’s his only little sister
he’d do anything for her. Even when she was wrong, Dylan was
there ready to take up for her.
“Thanks, but I’ll find a way to deal with her. Oh and it looks like
we’re going to be roommates!”
“Is that so?” he said in his flirtatious voice. “If you want you can
sleep in my room.”
I wasn’t swayed at all by his advances. Dylan always wondered
why his powers of seduction never worked on me. We never knew
what to call it; we just know to watch out when Dylan’s around
because he’ll bewitch any girl he lays eyes on. And with his good
looks he was positively hard to resist.
“I’ll have to decline my boyfriend wouldn’t appreciate that.”
“Ah, taken are we.”
“Very much so.” I said proudly and then I grimaced. “Which
reminds me I better go… I have to break someone’s heart!”
* * *
* * *
They worked on me for an hour! It wouldn’t have taken so long if I
didn’t have to keep changing outfits. Alice wanted me to look
perfect. Rose curled my bronze her and did my makeup the way
Alice instructed. Mom stayed clear of the bathroom, she was
sitting in our bedroom watching Mac and Al jumble to get dressed.
Alex wore a black blouse over a pair of grayish looking jeans. The
bottoms were tucked into her black boots. She pulled her short hair
back away from her face and had in hoop earrings. There was no
need for her to put on any makeup because she looking stunning!
Mackenzie rummaged through my closet for an outfit which
consisted of her favorite color: yellow! She wore a yellow dress,
nothing too over the top it was very casual. Alice tried to get her in
stilettos, but it was a lost cause. She opted for her signature flats
instead. She let her wavy hair down and Rose did her makeup as
well. I refused to wear a dress, so Alice let me wear white skinny
jeans and a blue blouse. My mom and I both looked great in blue.
Alice forced a pair of stilettos on my feet. Mom winked at me from
across the room and I noticed her slipping a pair of shoes that
matched my outfit to Alex. I smiled gratefully at her. When we
were all dolled up, mom took pictures of each of us then one of us
altogether. Esme and Carmen watched from the door, talking
quietly to each other. Mom said that Alex and I were to be back no
later than midnight. Seth joined us then after the frenzy was over. I
didn’t really notice him and what he was wearing before.
“You’re coming with us?” I said in surprise. He smiled and walked
over to Mackenzie.
“Yeah and Vince is coming too.”
“Just in case you need back up!” Mac added.
“Plus why should you have all the fun.” Alex griped. I shoved her
playfully. Alice snatched the camera out of mom’s hands.
“Wait!” she pleaded. “We didn’t get one of the four of you!”
“Alice! We’re going to be late.” Alex warned. But things were
going to be done Alice’s way so there was no need to argue.
“I suggest you smile!” she directed Alex. We did as we were told
and smiled. Then without warning we blinked in front of
Langston’s house. The pouch light flew on and Vince bounded out
of the house.
“I didn’t think you guys were coming for a minute there.” He said.
“I thought I was being stood up!”
Mac chuckled. “We better hurry!” we all flocked to her car.
Mackenzie sat in the back with Seth and Vince. I was in the
passenger’s seat and Alex was driving. She picked up dad’s
driving skills and we raced out of town swiftly across the dark
road. I exchanged my high heels for the shoes mom had given to
Alex for me. Thank you mom I said to myself. We made it to Port
Angeles with five minutes to spare. Alex parked and we made our
way inside. While everyone was buying their tickets, my eyes
began to wander. Searching. When my eyes stopped, I wish I
hadn’t found what I had been subconsciously looking for. They
were buying popcorn. She attempted to fire one straight into his
mouth and she made it. They laughed together and then he kissed
her. It was like I was sucker punched in the pit of my stomach.
Mackenzie and Vince held me up just barely. A growled escaped
from Seth’s lips.
“Calm down!” Mac told Seth. Alex joined us then and she handed
me my ticket.
“There’s Dylan.” She pointed to a guy that was posted up against
the wall. He was obviously looking for us. His blonde hair looked
wind blown; he wore a white shirt that showed off his abs and
black jeans. “Remember one important thing, do not I repeat, do
not look him in the eyes!” her voice and eyes were fierce. My
brows pulled together. “Why not?”
“No time to explain.” Mac interrupted. “Here he comes.” He had a
swagger in his walk that let me to know that he was a very
confident person. I took a deep breath, suddenly feeling nervous.
“Hey Kenny!” he said to Mackenzie.
“Dylan I’d like you to meet Nessie, Nessie this is Dylan.” She
introduced. He looked at me and his eyes grew wide.
“Wow.” He breathed abruptly dazed. “I mean… hi.”
“Hi.” I said sheepishly. I was just as dazed. He was breathtakingly
gorgeous. He had those same compelling blue eyes. From a far I
didn’t notice. My heart was pounding and I began to lean in closer.
Alex squeezed my arm. “Don’t look into his eyes.” She said it so
low that I knew that he or none of the other’s could hear. I tore my
eyes away from his face and gain control of myself… how weird!
My face was flushed.
“We’ll leave you two alone!” Mackenzie offered. Vince and Mac
walked off, while Seth yanked Alex away who was glaring at
Dylan. He didn’t pay her any attention; I could feel his eyes on me.
I didn’t want to lose control so I tried very hard not to look him
directly in the eyes instead I focus on his lips.
“Shall we?” he held out his hand and I took it. He intertwined his
fingers with mine, but I instantly pulled away. Nervously I looked
up. He was looking straight ahead with a frown on his face. I
didn’t want to give him the wrong impression; I was strictly here to
spy on his sister and my Jacob. Although I would have to come
clean about my motives later. He asked me did I want any
refreshments, but I declined. Jake and Langston were no longer
there, they must’ve been inside already. We walked into the theater
and the previews were just about over.
“My sister saved us a seat with her and her date I hope you don’t
mind.” He said politely.
“Not at all!” Of course I didn’t mind. We went to the third row
from the back. I noticed Alex, Mac, Seth and Vince in the row
behind us. They all shot me ‘thumbs up’. I fought back a smile.
There was an open seat next to Jacob and I nearly ran to it to make
sure no one tried to take it, but I composed myself. It seemed to
take forever, but I reached our seats. Jake was bent over his seat
tying his shoes and he became stiff. I was about to ask him was he
alright. Again I felt the warmth blistering off his body. I thought
about an expression that suited the way I felt. Like a moth to a
flame. I was drawn to it. I wonder if he felt it too. I heard coughing
and I looked to see Langston who was choking. The container of
popcorn slipped from her hands.
“Die bitch die!” Alex chanted in a whisper behind me. Jake
jumped into action. She put her hands up and he paused.
“I- water…” she choked. He swiftly grabbed the bottle of water
from the cup holder. She gulped it down never taking her eyes off
of me.
“Is she okay?” I asked my voice detached.
“I think so.” Jacob said looking back at me. He gasped and then his
face broke into a smile. I forgot where we were, that we were in a
theater that my friends were there, that Dylan or Langston was
there. It was only him. I couldn’t help but smile back at him. I
knew that Mackenzie had been right; the connection that Jacob and
I shared was still there. It was only a matter of time before he knew
it too. Someone was yanking at my arm it annoyed me.
“The movie is starting.” Dylan informed me. I was still standing. I
blushed again and sat down. Jacob was still smiling at me in the
darkness.
“It’s about to get hot up in here!” Vince whispered to someone. I
heard giggles. I could feel Langston’s sharp glare on me, but I
didn’t care. She tugged on Jacob’s arm, but he didn’t respond to
her. She tugged again, but with more force. He finally turned to
her.
“What are you looking at?” she asked him looking at the both of
us. “The movie is this way.” Jacob turned and faced the screen.
Langston leaned on his arm. He lifted it up and pulled her against
his chest. I started choking on my tears. I tried to turn my attention
back to the movie screen, but was distracted by what was going on
beside me to really see. My phone vibrated in my pocket. I pulled
it out. Mackenzie had texted me to meet her in the bathroom. I
looked back; she and Alex were already gone.
“I’ll be right back, please excuse me.” I told Dylan. Jacob grabbed
my arm. I turned to him without hesitation. His touch sent a frenzy
throughout my body and I nearly fainted again from the contact.
“Where are you going?” there was a longing in his voice and his
eyes were intense.
“The bathroom.” I stuttered.
“Oh.” He said and released his hold on me. I stumbled my way out
of the theater and to the ladies room. Mackenzie and Alex were
leaning against the sink looking less than pleased.
“What are you doing?” Mac asked me carefully.
I looked around bewildered. “Nothing.”
“Exactly!” she scolded. “You have to fight fire with fire.”
Alex joined in. “She’s going to fight dirty, heck she already is!
Langston is getting to you by making you jealous; you need to get
to her by making Jake jealous.”
“Should I try cozying up to Dylan?” I inquired. Alex looked wary.
“As much as it pains me to say this, yes that’s exactly what you’re
going to have to do.” My shoulders drooped. I didn’t like having to
do that.
“Hold his hand and cuddle a bit. Let him put his arms around
you… look into his eyes.” Mackenzie suggested.
“No!” Alex protested.
“What’s up with his eyes?”
“It’s like this woman seducing gift that he has!” she divulge.
“Well she needs to get back in there now!” Mackenzie said quickly
bouncing out of the restroom. I made my way back to my seat.
Jacob watched every move I made. This delighted me. I thought
about what Mac and Al had just said and shifted myself closer to
Dylan. He didn’t shy away from me; in fact he put his arm around
me. I heard Jacob growl beside me. It was working! I couldn’t look
at his face afraid of what I might see. So I did my best to focus on
the movie. Ugh! Horror. I forgot the movie we had agreed to see. I
wonder how people watch these kinds of films. The creepy music
was getting louder and louder. When this happened it was obvious
something gross was coming. I buried my face in Dylan’s chest.
The last thing I need is gruesome pictures embedded in my
memories. He held me close to him and I sort of liked that.
“You can look now.” He assured me. I peeked to make sure and he
was right. He laughed quietly to himself.
“What’s so funny about people being slaughtered?” I dared to look
him in the eyes.
“No it’s not that it’s you.” he looked down at me and locked my
gaze. My breathing became unstable.
“Me?” my voice was shaky.
“If this wasn’t your type of movie we could’ve seen something
else.” I was unable to speak. A wave of unidentified emotions
flowed through me. I felt the urge to lean in closer. But a deafening
cracking sound caught my attention. Langston’s mouth hung open.
Alex, Mac, Seth and Vincent leaned over the seat eyes bulging. I
noticed what they were staring at. Jacob had ripped the armrest
part of the seat straight out the floor. He was crushing it in his right
hand. He didn’t seem to notice what he had done. He was staring
angrily at Dylan. His eyes were black and murderous. His body
was trembling.
“Oh boy we need to get him out of here before he phases!”
Mackenzie muttered urgently. Jacob was already on his feet before
anyone else reacted. He grabbed my arm as he moved hastily out
of the theater. We didn’t stop until we were outside. His was
gasping for air, his back facing me.
“What happened, what’s wrong?” I screeched.
“Do you like him?” he asked. I blinked my eyes a couple of times
before I was able to speak.
“Do I like him?”
“Yes, do you like him?” he asked again.
“No.” I scoffed. He turned to look at me; his hands were balled
into fists, but his body wasn’t trembling as much. His eyes were
still very intense.”
“You don’t” he said in relief.
“Why do you care?” I suddenly asked. “I thought you had a
girlfriend?”
“I… Don’t know.” He muttered in pure confusion. He was starting
to calm down when Dylan ran outside.
“Nessie are you alright?” he said eyeing Jacob furiously. Jake
began to quiver again and it got worst as Dylan got closer.
“I’m fine.” I replied trying to back away from him. Dylan reached
out to me and Jacob snapped at him.
“What’s your problem?” Dylan demanded.
“Don’t touch her!” Jacob growled.
“Oh yeah and what if I do?” he challenged.
“I don’t think you want to find out.” I claimed. Dylan snickered
and touched my arm purposely to provoke Jake. And that did it.
Jake exploded and the sounds of his clothes ripping filled the air.
Dylan pulled me out of the way and covered my mouth to silence
my screams.
“Holy shit!” I heard someone say. I looked up to see Jacob
standing on all fours.
6. Girl Talk
7. Prophecy
The last week and a half has gone by in a blur. When Nessie and
Alex went back home two Mondays ago, Edward was furious with
Alex for hooking up with Dylan and Bella was just relieved they
were okay. For the rest of that week they were basically on house
arrest, except for going hunting. Nessie was still allowed to go to
Forks for the start of school this week, but Edward wasn’t sure if
he trusted Alex enough to go. Bella and I convinced him that it
would be best for her to go to school with us because if anything
were to happen, we’d be able to keep the situation under control. In
the end he reluctantly agreed to let Alex go under my supervision.
I immediately felt the pressure because watching Alex is a full
time job! Sunday they arrived at Charlie’s. He couldn’t be happier
to have his granddaughters staying with him for the school year.
The house is much more crowded than before. Nessie and Alex
shared Bella’s old room with Leah and I stayed at Langston’s with
Vince. Seth was there too whenever his wasn’t running around
with the pack. Jacob and I hung out a lot more since the night at
the movies. He only remembers up until he phased, Langston was
able to convince him it was just a bad dream. It was easy to tell
that that explanation was quickly getting old. He was pleased to
hear that Nessie would be going to school with us as well; he
hoped that they would have classes together. The very night before
school I was roaming aimlessly through my closet trying to find
something suitable to wear when Jacob popped in.
“Hey.” I said without looking up. I was trying to find my yellow
purse.
“Ready for school tomorrow?” he asked stretching out on my
unmade bed.
“Almost.” I paused for a moment and remember that Langston
borrowed it last week. “Where’s Langston?”
He shrugged. My eyebrow shot up in disbelief.
“She’s gone again?” I squeaked. “Where on earth does she be
going off to?” Langston’s presence around the house has been a bit
scarce. I didn’t pay it much attention at first, but now I was a bit
concerned. Not concerned for her, but just wondering what she’s
up to. It’s like she’s abandoned her plans whatever they were. It
was clear that she and Jacob were drifting apart, but it was weird.
She didn’t seem to care at all she doesn’t even fight any more.
“I don’t know.” He mumbled indifferently. I sat down on the edge
of the bed.
“You two fighting or something?”
“Not exactly… it’s just I’ve been wanting to talk to her about…
whatever we are and how my feelings have made a complete three
sixty! But every time I try she makes up some excuse and leaves. I
think she knows it’s over between us; that’s why I think she’s been
avoiding me.” I nodded in understanding. “I don’t mean to hurt
her, but I can’t ignore my feelings. I’ve tried believe me I have, but
I don’t want to anymore and I can’t. I love Nessie.” He said with
so much pride. I nearly broke into a dance number like they do in
those old movies, but I kept a grip on myself though I couldn’t
hide my enthusiasm.
“Jacob that’s wonderful!” I beamed. He was smiling to, but then
his eyebrows pulled together.
“You don’t find it strange that I barely know your friend who I met
about a weak ago and now I professing my love for her to you?”
I shrugged. “There’s nothing wrong with that, haven’t you ever
heard of love at first sight? It happens. That’s how it was for me
and my Seth.”
“Does she- no it’s impossible!” he said now wary.
“What’s impossible?” I asked.
“That she could feel the same way about me.” He muttered
hopelessly.
“Of course she does!” I blurted out. We were both quiet after that
and I wondered if I shouldn’t have made it so obvious, like Nessie
was desperate or something. Then again she was wasn’t she. I
refocused my attention on Jacob was exploding with happiness at
the very thought that she could actually be interested in him. He
was on his feet so fast it took me a second to notice he wasn’t on
the bed any longer. He was grinning to himself and wandered to
the door. More like he was floating then walking.
“Good night Mackenzie.” He said without looking at me.
The next morning we all woke up late. It didn’t take Jacob and
Seth long to get dressed. They were waiting impatiently for Vince
and me to finish getting ready. We stormed out of the house and
raced to Charlie’s. It was until I pulled into the driveway that I
noticed someone was missing.
“Where’s Langston?” I ask the guys. Seth I already knew didn’t
care and Vince was more worried about the way his outfit looked
then if his sister was present or not.
“Who cares!” he muttered in frustration trying to fix his belt. Jacob
didn’t answer and I turned to look at him, but he wasn’t in the car.
I glanced back to the house and saw him walking Nessie to the car.
Alex was trailing behind them.
“How are we going to fit in there with the two giants?” Alex
complained. In the end Nessie opted to sit on Jake’s lap and Alex
sat between him and Seth. When we were all settled I started up
the car and caught a glimpse of Nessie and Jacob in my review
mirror. The stared at each other all lovey dovey. I felt that it was a
private moment between them so I centered my concentration on
my driving. I chuckled when I heard Alex making a gagging noise.
We arrived at Forks High school within minutes and I found a
great spot close to the school. I parked and we all plied out of the
car. I could feel there curious eyes on us. I forgot what a small
town Forks was and how fast news around here travels. I
recognized a few on the faces that stared back at me because they
would come up to Newton’s store once and a while. Vince waved
to a few people as we walked up to the school. Alex was stiff at
Seth side. I worried that maybe this was a bit too much for her.
This would be the first time that she was in a controlled
environment with people other than family. She was holding her
breath. Seth had his other hand wrapped around my waist and he
suddenly pulled me closer. I looked up to see his face was hard
glaring at some of the boys. That’s when I saw the girls checking
Seth out and I clutched him tighter as if to stake my claim on him.
Nessie and Jacob were doing the same. They was no space
between them. No one could separate them if they tried. We went
to the cafeteria to retrieve our class schedules. I was glad to see
that at least one of use had a class with Alex every period. She
relaxed too. Jacob and Nessie had every class together but two.
After I found that Seth and I had three classes together we had to
split up and go to homeroom. Nessie was in there with me and we
chose seats in the back of the room. The teacher was droning on
and on about classroom and school rules. Why do they repeat the
things that we’ve known about since kindergarten? Ness giggled
under her breath.
“What’s funny?”
“There talking about us. Well mainly about me and my family.”
She whispered to me. “The legendary Cullen’s.”
“You can hear them?” I’m not sure why I was surprised vampires
had super hearing. She gave me a funny look and didn’t answer my
ridiculous question.
“Let me see you schedule.” She demanded. There were seven
periods other than homeroom. We had second, third, lunch and
seventh period gym together. We both groaned. The teacher,
whose name was Ms. Nylund, interrupted our chat by having
everyone stand up and introduce themselves to the class. She was
taking attendance as we said our names. When it was my turn I
stood up without hesitation and said my name. “Mackenzie
Macintyre.” When I sat back down everyone’s eyes quickly shifted
to my best friend. She took a deep breath and rose gracefully to her
feet. Ness tossed her hair around, I’m not sure if she was doing it
purposely or without giving it much though. The guys stared at her
in awe and the girls glared at her with some having admiration or
envy in their eyes.
“Nessie Cullen.” He voice was like bells. I was gazing at her now
too. The teacher was choking on something she wanted to say.
“Any relation to Dr. Carlisle Cullen?” she managed. Nessie just
nodded and flopped back down in her seat. Her hair became a wall
between her and her gawking classmates and that included me.
“You better brace yourself.” I suggested. “This is just homeroom.
You’ve got seven periods to go!” I chuckled when she moaned.
After homeroom, I had first period Algebra II. I dread any math
class, it’s my worse subject. None of my friends were in this class
and I nearly fell asleep from the teacher’s boring lecture… as did
half the class. I bolted from the room when the bell finally rang.
Second period English was much livelier. For one I loved English,
two the teacher, Mr. Cruz, was really cool and three Nessie, Jacob
and Alex where in this class with me. We couldn’t sit in the back
because the seats were already taken so we sat on the far left side
of the room by the windows. I was in the last row with Alex who
was sitting behind me. Jacob was sitting across from and Nessie
was behind him playing with his hair. He reached back and
grabbed her hand. Their figures were intertwined throughout the
entire day. She scooted up in her chair to kiss him in the hollow of
his neck. He shivered from the gesture. Alex teased them.
“Nessie and Jacob sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G!” we hollowed in
laugher.
“Ladies!” I was startled by how close the teacher was to us now.
“Is there something you’d like to share with the rest of us?”
“No sir.” We murmured. He half smiled and continued on talking
about a summer reading list. Nessie and Jake stuck their tongues
out at us. I watched them closely, not paying any interest in what
the teacher was talking about. I took in the body language, the
closeness, and the smiles. Where they together now or what? I
didn’t want to get in trouble again for talking so I decided to wait
until next period to ask her.
Biology was our third class of the day. Alex wasn’t in it she had
Spanish with Vince. Seth was in there though, but I was sad that
we weren’t lab partners. He was pair up with Jacob. The two had
mixed feelings about the arrangement. Jake wanted to be with Ness
and Seth wanted to be with me, but it was clear they were glad to
be partners. They sat on the other side of the room. Nessie sat at
the table in front of me. My lab partner was a girl name Claire
Heart. She remembered me from Newton’s store and asked how
school was so far. I talked with her for a while until Mr. Banner
called the class to order. Nessie whirled around.
“Where’s Langston?” Claire’s eyes became wide as she stared at
Ness.
“Why do you ask?” I wondered.
“Because she’s my partner!” she growled. When she said that, the
classroom door flew open. Langston rushed into the room. She
looked tired. Wearing a shirt and pants in her signature color black,
her hair was pulled back into a ponytail. Her back pack was slung
over her shoulder. Her eyes were puff and red like she’d been
crying.
“I’m so sorry I’m late.” Shame colored her voice.
“Well it’s not the best way to make a first impression.” Mr. Banner
said assessing her now. “Ms.-” he said looking at the roster.
“Sullivan.” She said filling in the blank. “Langston Sullivan.”
“Yes well, I’ll be keeping an eye on you. Take a seat by Ms.
Cullen she’ll be your lab partner.” Langston rolled her eyes and
made her way to the table where Nessie was sitting. Nessie put as
much distance between her and Langston as she possibly could. I
leaned forward and whispered, “Where have you been?”
She didn’t look at me. “Nowhere of importance to you.” I pulled
myself back down into my seat. The period was coming to a close.
Claire was doodling on her notebook and I was daydreaming about
Seth when I noticed that Langston and Ness were sitting closer to
each other. By the expressions on their faces I could tell whatever
they were discussing, it wasn’t pleasant. I leaned forward again to
try and hear what they were talking about.
“Jacob was not the reason why I returned, he was just a minor part.
I already knew I wouldn’t win in the end.” Langston confessed.
Nessie face was horror struck. “Then why even waste your time?”
Langston flashed a wicked smile. “It wasn’t a total waste. I get
satisfaction out of your misery.” Nessie clamped her fists together
and shoved Langston out of her seat. Everyone jumped and gasped
at what happened. Jacob was already across the room in two long
strides and he helped Langston to her feet.
“Don’t help her!” Ness yelled at him in anger. Jacob stood there
between the two girls completely torn. Langston snickered. Nessie
went at her again, but Jacob intervened and was hit instead.
Nessie’s mouth popped open in shock. She tried to speak, but her
words came out in a whisper. I was too absorbed in their exchange,
that I didn’t even realize that the bell had rung and Mr. Banner was
still trying to gain control over the class. Nessie ran out of the
room in tears. I went after her. She didn’t get too far before I
caught up to her.
“Are you okay?” worry filled my voice.
“How could he?” she wailed. “He’s protecting her!”
“Nessie you have to clam down.” We where causing a scene in the
hallway. I observed our homeroom teacher debating over whether
or not she wanted to come over to us. Langston stalked towards
Nessie. Ness spotted her immediately.
“I have an idea why don’t you just give him his memory back and
leave town while you can.” She offered, her voice was low but
strong. I had to strain just to hear. Langston, who was clearly
intimidated, debated it quietly.
“I might just take you up on that.” I was surprised at the small
sound her voice made. Before the confrontation could go any
further, Mr. Banner squeezed his way through the crowd of
students.
“There’s nothing to see here. Each of you get to class!” another
man was behind him. I was guessing this was the principal he had
a certain authority in his walk.
“Why don’t the three of you come with me.” He said.
“But I…” I began to protest. He held his hand up.
“This isn’t up for discussion.” The few students who were still
lingering around started up a chorus of ‘ooo’s’, when Mr. Banner
threatened everyone with detention if they didn’t get to class
before the bell rang.
“Thanks you two!” I growled. “What a way to start the school
year!”
I ended up missing fourth period and half of lunch in the office
continuing to explain that I was not involved in what happened
between Nessie and Langston. They were able to pass off their
altercation as a misunderstanding. When we were finally able to
leave I stormed off before either of them could say anything. I
didn’t go to lunch because I didn’t have much of an appetite and
all anyone was talking about was the ‘almost’ fight between the
two foes. I arrived at my fifth period class early and got settled
before the others got there. I was happy to see that Seth was in this
class as well. He sat in the desk across from me.
“Everything okay?” he asked with concern. I nodded and then
jumped when Vince popped up in the seat in front of me, out of
breath.
“You’re in this class too!” I said cheerfully. He ignored my
question.
“Girl do you know what I heard?” He was speaking in his sassy
gay voice.
“I can pretty much guess.”
“So it’s true?” he said in disbelief. Confusion crossed my face.
“Wait what are we talking about here?”
“The fight between my sister and Nessie.”
“What exactly did you hear?” Seth wondered.
“That Nessie punched Langston out of nowhere and then that
Langston hit Nessie with a chair, but Nessie started to choke her
and Jacob broke it up. And then Nessie turned on him and knocked
him out.” I stared at him in astonishment.
“Where did you hear that?”
“Alex was telling everyone at lunch.” He reported. Of course she
did, leave it to Alex the vampire gossip girl to tell such a ridiculous
story. Seth seemed to be laughing at the expression on my face.
“She is a good story teller isn’t she?”
“Don’t let her hear you say that.” I warned.
“That’s not how it happened.” I turned to see who had joined in
our conversation and it was Claire from Biology. I hadn’t realized
that everyone was listening to Vince’s re-telling of the events from
earlier in the day.
“Whatever!” A girl objected from the front of the room. She was
also in our Biology class too; I knew who she was right away.
Kylie Hunter the head cheerleader and popular girl in school; she
reminded me of Rachel McAdams character in Mean Girls. I
disliked that character so I immediately disliked Kylie who thinks
she’s so superior. Popular girls… I’m trying to work through my
issues.
“I saw the whole thing! That one Cullen girl is crazy if you ask
me.” I didn’t take to kindly to the way she talked about her,
especially since she doesn’t know the whole situation.
“You want to know whose crazy? You are for thinking that nose
job would make any improvements to that dreadful face of yours.”
I snapped. Gasps broke through the room, the loudest came from
Seth.
“This is my real nose!” she protested, but you could tell she was so
lying.
“Oh yeah like those are your real boob’s.” I shot back.
“Samantha!” she yelled at the girl behind her. The girl held her
hands up in innocence.
“I swear I didn’t say anything!”
“Oh please it was so obvious.” Vince whispered to the rest of us.
The teacher cleared her throat and that was the first time I was
aware that she was even in the room.
“As interesting as this is, I think we should get class started don’t
you!”
My next class was World History. Jacob and Langston are in that
class. We had assigned seats so he was near the front of the room
while I was in the middle and Langston was near the back. She was
sneaking phone calls all during class and I wanted to know what
she’s up to. I have to say that even though I don’t like gym, it has
to be my favorite class even if Langston’s in it. It just made things
more interesting. We all had gym together. I walked in the gym
with Jacob and Langston, they walked off together once inside and
picked a private spot on the bleachers to talk. Warm hands
wrapped themselves around my waist. I looked up and Seth
reached down to kiss me softly. He stopped too soon for me and I
pulled him back to me. I dated a few guys before I met Seth, but
none of them could compare to him. His touch was like an electric
shock going through each part of my body and it made we feel a
bit weak in the knees. I’m glad he’s strong enough to hold me up. I
know at this rate not being intimate with Seth isn’t going to be
possible for that much longer. I’m just going to have to come to
terms with the fact that since he’s a werewolf, sharing his
thought’s with the other’s is something I’m going to have to deal
with… possibly for the rest of my life and I most defiantly couldn’t
wait that long. Our little make out session was becoming too
intense and I began to tug on his shirt as if to pull it off. Then we
were drenched in water. I opened my eyes to see Nessie, Vince and
Claire too laughing with empty water bottles in their hands. The
water dried quickly against Seth’s hot skin. He was upset by the
interruption.
“You guys do realize that you’re in a public place right?” Nessie
mentioned sarcastically. Still giggling the trio headed for the
bleachers as well. I composed myself and started to follow. Seth
caught my arm and whispered into my ear. “We’ll finish this
later.” Goose bumps went up my arm and I shivered a bit.
“Later.” I agreed and I began to feel nervous again. We hopped up
the bleachers where Alex was already sitting with a few kids. We
caught the end of her conversation.
“And that’s exactly how it happened!” she told a brown haired girl.
“Alex!” Nessie scolded. She paused and noticed that Jacob was
sitting a few rows down with Langston.
”What is he doing with her?” she asked.
“Uh I think he’s breaking up with her.” I informed her.
She relaxed. “That’s the best news I’ve gotten all day!” the gym
teacher was droning on about something when a game of dodge
ball broke out. Alex started it. Nessie, Alex and I were staring
intently at Jacob and Langston. Claire was asking so many
questions about the love triangle between the three of them. I tired
to explain what was going on as much as I could without saying
too much. Langston was starting to get closer to Jacob and Ness
didn’t like it one bit. Alex sighed.
“Watch this!” She ordered me. A dodge ball from the pile on the
floor appeared in her hands. No one, but me seemed to notice. She
threw it with exact precision directly at the back of Langston’s
head. It was the smack heard around the school. A few students
giggled. Nessie was laughing uncontrollably, while Alex and I held
a straight face. Langston grabbed the ball before it could roll down
to the gym floor; she then turned and glared at Nessie who was
laughing the loudest. It was a safe bet that she was probably
replaying that moment over and over again in her head. Before
anyone could react, Langston hurtled the ball right into Nessie’s
face. Alex burst into giggles at her sister’s expense. More people
began to laugh. For the fun of it I picked up the ball and aimed for
Kylie’s nose. Direct hit! Kylie became angry not at me, but her
friend Samantha for laughing. She threw the ball at her and then
dodge balls were flying everywhere. Even the couch was in on it.
Ness and Alex were purposely aiming for Langston, who had to
make a break for it. It was a good end to the first day!
* * *
“Before the end of this week, I’m going to tell Jacob the truth. And
I want all of you there just incase he gets too upset and he phases.
He needs you all there.” She pleaded on the verge of tears. Sam
reached out to her and placed his hand on her shoulder to comfort
her.
“You don’t even have to ask. We will always be there for Jacob no
matter what he is our brother.” He vowed.
* * *
Friday after school we rushed home to Charlie’s. He and Sue had
already left early that morning and wouldn’t be back until Sunday.
Seth and Jacob were going to arrive later. Dylan lent them his car
since he too would be gone for the weekend. Claire and Mackenzie
put together some snacks and straighten up the house, while I
helped Alex look her best. We checked in with mom and dad
telling them that we’d visit tomorrow; making sure not to give
anything away. There are something’s that I will never forget
about that crazy evening and neither will the town of Forks.
However, there are also things that I try desperately to remember.
It all started at seven-thirty when the boys arrived. Seth and Jacob
had pulled up at the same time as Morgan. Morgan’s car was hot; a
tricked out black Ferrari. Everyone was dressed casually so no one
felt uncomfortable.
“You look amazing!” Jacob insisted when he walked in the house.
I wore my favorite blue sun dress with my sliver flats.
“Thanks you do too.”
He glanced around the room and shivered slightly.
“Something wrong?” I pondered.
He shook his head. “Not really, it’s just this place seems familiar to
me somehow.” I felt my eyes bug out a little. Underneath it all,
Jacob knows.
“Would you like to go for a stroll?” I asked him, wanting privacy
away from the others. He was grinning again.
“Lead the way.” He said holding the front door open for me. I
walked out into the cool air and bounded down the steps.
“So… how have you been lately?” he asked coyly.
“Honestly, better than I have been in a long time!” we halted at the
edge of the trees.
“That’s great.” I could tell he was stalling.
“Is there something on your mind Jacob?” I probed his face with
my eyes. He was looking down at the ground.
“Now that you mention it, there is something that I want to ask
you.”
My heart began to dance. “You know you can ask me anything.”
Before he could go any further, a car pulled into the driveway. I
recognized it from school it must’ve been Clair’s date. But the first
car was followed by another and another and then two and three
truck loads of kids.
“Oh no.” I whispered to myself. I knew something like this would
happen; stuff like this never stays quite in such a small town like
Forks. Something had to be done before things got out of control. I
looked back at Jacob and then once again to the arriving people. I
was torn.
“Jake do you think we could pick this up later?”
“Sure, sure.” He mumbled.
“Jacob!” someone yelled. God, this girl always shows up at the
right time for her, but the worse possible time for me.
“Langston.” Jacob said coldly, seeming just as annoyed by her
presence as me.
She looked smug. “Good you’re both here.”
I could feel my brows pulling together. She glared at me.
“You win.”
“Excuse me.”
“I surrender Renesmee! I don’t know what I was thinking trying to
keep the two of you apart.” She didn’t seem sorry at all.
Jake looked at her confused. “What are you talking about?”
Langston turned to him and chanted:
“Powers and emotions tied
A witch’s heart is where it lies
Help him through his agony
Bless him with his memory.”
I stared curiously at him while his face became blank.
“What did you do?”
“I gave him back his memory; it’s hitting him pretty fast right now
he’ll be back to normal in a matter of seconds. Wish I could stay,
but I’ve got business to attend to.”
My eyes where focused on Jacob never leaving his face. It was
taking longer that a few seconds for him to snap out of it. Langston
was already gone. Then, he blinked his eyes a couple time.
“Jacob are you okay? Do you remember?”
He stood there saying nothing.
“Jake please say something!” I pleaded. He blinked his eyes again,
this time looking around.
“Where is she?” he wondered.
Confusion crossed my face. “She ran in that direction.” I told him
pointing down the street. With that, Jacob took off in a dead sprint
in her pursuit. I could only stand there looking after him. He went
after her… he really went after her. My world fell apart all over
again. Why would he want her after all she did to him, to us? Noise
interrupted my train of thought. Music was blasting from
everywhere, kids running in and out of the house; this was a pure
and utter mess that I did not want to deal with. I was about to blink
into my room to cry my eyes out when I spotted something in the
middle of the yard. It was a keg. I don’t know what came over me,
but I ran over to it, grabbed the spout and gulped down every last
bit of beer. Some onlookers just watched me in amazement, while
a few others groaned because there was none left. I stormed off
towards the house feeling strange. I’d never done anything like that
before; the only thing that I drink is blood. Is it even possible for
me to get drunk? Apparently so, because everything began to spin
or maybe I was spinning? I stretched my arms out attempting to
keep myself balanced.
“I got to get to the house.” I instructed myself. I caught sight of it,
but I didn’t know which one to go to because there were three
houses now. I thought my best bet was the middle one, but I ran
into a bush. My body tilted to the right and I landed on the steps!
My vision wasn’t as off as before and I stumbled up the stairs to
the door. I staggered inside.
“Oh thank goodness I found you!” Mackenzie shouted with relief.
“What are we going to do everything is out of control!” She
examined me and wiped the wet tears from my face. “What’s
wrong?”
“Langston that’s what!” I said. My words were slurred and I tried
very hard to enunciate properly, but I wasn’t very successful. “She
showed up calming she gives up and gave Jacob his memory
back.”
Mac backed away from me. “And that’s a bad thing?”
“He went after her!”
“Maybe it was out of anger!”
I shook her head mechanically causing myself to get dizzy again.
“Nope I don’t think so.”
Her face was scrunched up and then she gasped. “Renesmee have
you been drinking!! Is that beer I smell?” She stood there shell
shock.
“Yup!” I snorted. “There’s this keg out there in the middle of the
yard.”
“Since when do you drink?”
“Since now!” I laughed darkly, not caring about anything at this
point.
“Anybody wants a shot!” A boy yelled from the living room.
“I do!” I volunteered. Mackenzie reached for me, but I was too
quick for her. Already across the room, I took the glass from out
the boys hand and drank it in one gulp. For some odd reason, it did
not satisfy me.
“That’s not enough!” I complained aloud. I seized the entire bottle
of Vodka from the boy and proceeded to drink every last drop.
“Chug! Chug! Chug!” People chanted. I caught Mac trying to take
the bottle from me, but it was useless to even try. When the bottle
was empty I smashed it on the floor and the crowd cheered. I
wobbled and leaned into Mackenzie, who in turn, shook herself.
She grunted and I forgot how heavy I must be to her. We were
struggling to support ourselves when someone helped us.
“Hey Kenny!” Dylan greeted her.
“Dylan!” Mac shouted with glee. “I thought you were going out of
town.”
“Yeah, but I came back when I heard that this was the hottest party
in town!”
She looked horrified. “It’s all over town.”
“Kenny it’s all over this town, the next town and the town after
that. News travels fast.” I heard a big crash come from the kitchen.
“Can you watch her for me? I have to get out of here!” She asked
him.
“I can do that.” but he didn’t seem so sure. She slid me into his
arms and disappeared out the door. Dylan was more than capable
to hold me up. Music began to blare out of the speakers louder than
before. I covered my ears trying to block the sounds from entering
in.
“Would you like to go some place quite?” he asked politely. I
nodded. My eyes felt like weights and they slammed shut. Weird, I
feel even dizzier than before. It had gotten quiet very quickly.
Dylan laid me down… on a bed? I forced my eyes open. I do not
know this room I’ve never seen it before. It was very dark making
me feel unsettled.
“Dylan.” I choked out. I shut my mouth as fast as I could. A
twisted pain came from my stomach, something was making an
effort to escape my lips. Oh I hate this feeling. I most certainly
won’t ever drink again! I was beginning to fall asleep, when I
caught the fresh scent of his cologne. He hovered over me. I
became alarmed when I noticed that he wasn’t fully dressed
anymore.
“Take me home.” I whimpered pushing myself up sluggishly. He
thrust me back down. He reached under my dress and something
ripped. I knew what it was. I began to squirming under his body
and trying to push him away ineffectively.
“Wait… stop… it.” I demanded weakly, but he had me pined down
good. I struggled with Dylan until I no longer could. I was unable
to think straight anymore, my head was spinning once more. Why
would he do this to me? I wanted to open my eyes and my mouth
to plead with him. Beg him not to do this, to tell him that it wasn’t
too late to change his mind. My body was wasn’t able to respond
to what I told it to do. I couldn’t feel anything. Dylan’s lips were in
my ear.
“I promise to be gentle.” Those were supposed to be Jake’s words.
It wasn’t supposed to happen this way. One thing I did feel were
hot tears leaking out of my tightly shut eyes. Dylan wiped them
away with his lips and more spilled out. That’s when I slowly fell
into unconsciousness.
9. An Unexpected Proposal