~Chapter Two~
Self Control
~Alice~
"We're going to have to make a pit stop" I point out to Jasper when I notice that the gas indicator on the dashboard is near it's final line.
We had been spending some time in Canada, hunting for a week while the rest of the family hunted with the Denali's and were currently waiting our arrival. My family often came to Alaska whenever we had over stayed our visit in one city or town. It was our personal retreat, we'd visit with the Denali's for some time and then when either me or Emmett would get bored we would convince Carlisle that we change scenery.
"Okay." Jasper answers dryly.
Jasper and I, well we called off our marriage a couple months ago and by 'we' I mean me. I loved my husband with all of my being, truly. But when the visions proved to be so persistent, I had no choice but to break up our marriage. I couldn't tell Jasper why I wanted to separate because that would have changed his future, our future. Obviously he didn't take it well and he ran off for some time. I worried that he would go back to his old ways but I knew he would come back to us after he realized I had a vision that made me make such a difficult decision.
I won't begin to talk about how our family reacted to the news, they were just as confused by my decision just as Jasper was. I was relieved when none of them tried to question us further than 'what happened or why'. They didn't try attempt to convince us that we were meant to be together, forever. I knew that wasn't possible and I was honestly just happy that I got to spend so many wonderful years with my husband, that we truly loved one another up up until our separation. I still love him of course, I always will but deep down I couldn't deny that he belonged with another. Someone who I would come to love like a sister, that we all would come to love.
Carlisle and Edward had found Jazz hunting in Oregon after some time passed. He was still angry and bitter with me but he knew everything happened for a reason and came to terms with it. I let him distance himself from me for a while until about a month ago when I had another vision. I started suggesting that we hunt like we used to, we would challenge each other, or play chess together and slowly Jasper started opening up a little more. He forgave me, he must have felt how guilty I felt for hurting him the way I did and understood I did it out of my love for him.
Normally whenever I would have a vision concerning Jasper and her, it would be good and pure. He would be smiling, a smilie that was almost blinding, at this young pale girl with dark brown wavy hair that curled at the ends reaching the small of her back and she was facing him- well she was beautiful. Her smile was hear warming. Her big chocolate brown eyes were innocent and filled with love, love for him. They were both unbelievably happy and that made me stick to my guns even more. I didn't know how long we would have to wait until we would get to meet this mysterious natural beauty but after the vision I had a month ago, I knew we wouldn't have to wait very long.
We were at one of our residences in New York when I had my vision of this mystery girl. The girl was moving into a small snow infested town with- who I assume were her parents. She looked younger compared to my earlier visions of her with Jasper and our family. They looked happy, well the girl and her father did. The older woman seemed uninterested in their new home and maybe even bored?
Next it changed to show the girl walking all alone into the woods, taking a shortcut. Then she was greeted outside of a police station by her Father and they proceeded to get dinner together. Her father seemed to insist that she let her mother just pick her up from school to save her the trouble of walking all the way to the station, to which the girl said that she'd be waiting hours before her mother would remember to pick her up.
'Bells, I feel bad for making you take that walk through town to come and meet me after work. Why don't we just have your mom and I take turns picking you up?'
'Dad, please. You know how hard it is for mom to commit or remember things when she has her work in the kindergarten and you've got your hands full with being promoted. I'm fine, really. Besides I don't mind walking, I find it relaxing.'
'Okay, Bella. But I just want you to know that you have the option whenever you don't want to walk all the way over here.'
'Thanks dad.' She was being considerate, that much I knew. This girl- Bella didn't want to be a burden on her parents.
This didn't sit well with me, how could her mother forget about her? Why was she so hell bent on not relying on the two people who she's supposed to rely on? The next vision however, disturbed me greatly. The next one was of a snow storm that blocked the roads and many people in their homes but the girl had been waiting outside for who I presume was her mother to come pick her up. I heard her mumble something along the lines of 'another no show mom?'. Then she started walking making her way to her father. The usual path that she took was blocked by mountains of snow so she had no choice but to wander further into the woods where it was easier to step.
The last thing I saw went by in flashes, she made it through the woods and was staring at the station from across the snow covered clearing. Then she was running frantically until she slipped and fell right in front of the steps of the station. And finally, the worst one that made my skin crawl. She was covered in blood and wounds, not just any wounds, bites- wolf bites and was left on some frozen lake to bleed to death.
I knew without a doubt what had happened. Bella had been attacked by those dirty wolves. But why would they attack her, she was just a human. After that vision I couldn't just stand around knowing what I did, everything I had done and sacrificed up until now was so that Jasper and the whole family could be happy. Now I had to find out that Bella was going to die a cruel death? No way in hell was I going to let that happen! So while I convinced Jasper that we go on a hunting trip to Canada, I had plans of my own. We were going to save Bella. She was not going to die, not if I had anything to say about it.
I knew from the police cruisers parked outside of the station that they were in a small town in Alaska and that was exactly where I was going to lead us. I knew Bella was still alive, if she wasn't I would have had another vision. So here we are in this tiny frozen town in the middle of nowhere in a run down gas station.
"I'll go pay" said Jasper after filling up the Porsche. I tried to distract myself from feeling anxious by focusing on some magazines I had in the backseat, I didn't need him feeling what I was feeling and making him suspicious. Until I had another vision, the one with Bella walking to the station and I knew this was it. I got out of the car just as Jasper was coming back from the store, at this point I knew I couldn't control my emotions.
"Alice? What's wrong? Why are you scared, what happened?"
"Jazz..we have to help her before it's too late." I say after coming out of my vision and grasping my senses.
"Help who Alice? Is it Esme or Rosalie, who's in trouble?" He asks. I didn't need to be an empath to know that he was getting scared for what I was about to say.
'Bella. We have to save Bella before she's killed." I say so quickly that only Jasper would be able to understand me. And took off running into the woods with a confused Jasper following behind.
~Jasper~
"Bella. We have to save Bella before she's killed." Alice says with all her anxiety I can feel which makes me just as anxious. Who was she talking about? Who's Bella? I was going to ask her but she took off into the woods behind the gas station before I could utter another word. I sighed and complied to another one of Alice's mood swings.
My wife- I mean ex wife. Has always been this way, always knowing everything before any one of us even knew what was happening. We grew used to her sudden visions and mood changes, knowing just how much her gift affected not just her, but all of us.
I knew she had a vision before telling me she wanted to break up. I knew she had a perfectly good explanation as to why she didn't want me anymore but I was so angry at her and at myself for thinking forever could be for the two of us. I ran off to Oregon and hunted like a bloodthirsty hound until I felt numb and rid myself of my rage and heartbreak. I don't know how long I stayed there for but Carlisle and Edward had decided it was time for me to come back home, I didn't fight back. I needed answers as to why Alice decided to end things between us, what she saw to make her do this to us.
Our family was just as confused by the change in our relationship as I was if not more so. Even Edward said that she was blocking him out of her mind for quite some time prior to our break up. This upset me even more however, not as much when I could feel the guilt radiating off of my now ex wife. I was vexed to say the least with her and I tried to keep my distance from everyone as much as I could. I didn't want to lose control and let our family feel what Alice and I were feeling. It took a couple months before I could stand to have a conversation with her again or for us to hunt together. I loved her, I still do but I had to accept that we were over just as she had.
About a month ago, Alice suggested that we go on a hunting trip before going to the Denali's in Alaska for the holidays. I didn't think anything of it since I knew she wanted to be the best friends we once were since the beginning so I agreed. I payed no attention to her whenever she had visions in the middle of our hunt or felt her sudden guilty or excited emotions. But I knew whatever the most recent vision she had seen was making her nervous. That was a rare emotion coming from Alice and I was sure it was what made her decide abruptly that we leave the next day for Alaska.
But now I see why. This girl- Bella. She had something to do with my ex wife's vision and the reason why she chose to go to Alaska so suddenly. If my guess were correct, I'd say that she's also the reason why we separated but I'd have to question her about that at a later time. Now we were racing through the snow infested forest making our way to 'save' this girl. Alice didn't say she was a vampire like us, was she human? God help her if she was because I wasnt sure how I'd control myself if she was severely injured. If there was blood involved- I shudder at the thought.
When I started debating on not going Alice made a halt when she reached the edge of the forest and if not for my fast reflexes I would have sent us flying to the other side of the road. The pixie turned to face me and had a warm smile on face.
"You won't hurt her Jasper. I've seen it now." Were it not for my gift I wouldn't have believed her sincerity.
"You don't know that, your visions are subjective Alice. Who is this girl anyways and why is she so important to you?" I try interrogating her to see if she'll crack under pressure.
"She's important to all of us, Jazz. To you especially but that's all I can say on the matter right now."
"To all of us? Does Carlisle know about this? Why do we have to save her Alice? And what are we saving her from?" I insist.
"No, Carlisle doesn't know and I have no idea what we're saving her from. I have my suspicions but I wont know for sure until we get to her. I cant see what's attacking her but by the looks of it, I think an animal is."
That's when it hit me. "It's not just any animal is it, its a wolf." Now I'm feeling anger rising from within me. Those foul mutts were attacking this girl but why? They should not be this far into Alaska let alone assaulting a human. I'm brought out of my train of thought when a strong floral scent reaches my nose and I know Alice smells it too. It smelled intoxicating and overwhelmed my senses, it even made my throat burn.
"What is that?"
"Oh god, they already attacked her." She says and I feel the panic radiating off of her. I stop her before she takes off this time by grabbing her by the arms and make her look at me. Her eyes were a dark topaz now, I knew mine were black now thanks to that enticing scent. If it was Bella who smelled like that there would be no way I would be able to control myself. Then we wouldn't have to worry about the wolves. We'd be a lost cause and I would be the one to kill the girl instead of the real enemies.
"Jasper you have to trust me. More importantly you have to trust that you can control your thirst."
"I don't know if I can Alice. God aren't you smelling the same thing I am? I'm going to lose it and drink her dry before those dogs get a chance to." I cant help it. Out of all the Cullen's I have always been the weakest when it came to restraint around humans. Obviously my upbringing had been different and I was no different than a hungry dog after Maria had her way. It's not a past I relish in but I can admit that I did horrible things to satisfy my thirst. Alice knew this more than anyone, what could possibly make her think I wouldn't harm a human?
"Then trust that I will kick your ass before you even have a chance to get near her." Alice says as she takes my hands off of her arms and holds them in her hands before smiling once again. God i hate that smile but this is Alice and it was hard to say no to her. I let her go and nod before we take off towards the scent that belonged to Bella.
When we finally came to a stop we were just outside of a police station and I hold my breath as I get a stronger whiff of freesia and...wet dog. I can feel the venom start to pool in my mouth and I clench my jaw so hard I'm sure would be physically impossible to recuperate from were I human. Alice had been holding her breath far longer than I had been and was approaching the smear of blood and looked to her right. I followed her gaze and saw that the blood left a trail, Bella had been dragged away and into the woods. She had been attacked in front of a damn police station and there was no cop outside investigating, no one had even noticed there had been an accident right outside. This fueled by rage ever further and before I knew it I took off into the woods and followed the blood trails. I would find her and kill those bastards.
God there was so much blood. What started out as a couple red drops of blood turned into long streaks to thick smears in the snow as I got further away from the station. How far had they taken her, will I be too late? I could had a feeling I hadnt felt in a long time eminating from myself- terror. Please let me make it in time. How I wish I had Edward's speed.
I ran until I heard the most gut wrenching scream. She was screaming, my Bella was being tortured. Your Bella? Where the hell did that come from? I had no idea why I had a sudden possessive thought regarding this human girl. I ignored my thoughts and ran as fast as I could, I noticed Alice was gaining up on me before I found myself on a frozen lake. I had to stop at the horrendous sight before us. They were in the middle of this snow covered lake and the only color present was the red coat on the girl, the blood leaving her body, and the monster that was before her. This immense black wolf was standing on top of Bella looking into her eyes as saliva started running down his fangs. The rest of the pack was either biting into her little body or barking in anticipation. That's when I lost it, I didn't even think before I ran and launched myself for that damn dog that was about to sink his teeth into the girl's neck.
I collided with him so harshly I heard something crack inside of him. Good. We both landed on the slick ice, hard. I didn't give him the chance to stand up before I punched him hard in the jaw, the jaw that had surely sunk his teeth into my Bella before. That was the only hit I managed to get in before the rest of his pack decided to join us. They tried to jump on top of me probably hoping to knock me down so that they could rip me apart. Cute, I'll make sure to have some fun this time.
There were five of them who tried desperately to get to me but my rage and speed were enough to ensure I wouldn't give them the satisfaction. I would make them feel the pain Bella was feeling. Bella. Is she still alive? I had to stop and look for a second to see. I manage to jump over one of the scrawnier wolves and turned to look over my shoulder to see if I could still feel her pain or anything to indicate she was alive. Sure enough her heart was still beating, slowly but beating none the less.
The one thing that stunned me the most however was that she turned her head to look right at me. As if she was studying every inch of me before closing her eyes. She was beautiful, her eyes were these big pools of chocolate brown and her skin was just as pale as ours. From the blood loss I'm sure. Her dark brown hair was surrounding her shoulders, I could clearly see the curls at the ends covered in some of her blood. Then that moment of awe was over when that mangy black dog started making his way over to her body that laid on the freezing lake. Once again my rage resurfaced when I saw the look of fear spread across that innocent face of hers. I didn't give him the chance to take another step as I ran and grabbed his hind legs and flung him over head and slammed him hard into the frozen ice. I dodged a couple more attacks from his pack and kicked a couple in the head making them whimper. I decided to chastise the filthy pack leader for his actions as he looked ready to attack again. Good luck with that.
"What the hell do you think you're doing attacking a human, dog? Isn't this against the rules of your kind? Why are you risking your secret being revealed for a human girl?"
I could feel this pathetic wolf's outrage at my questioning. He must have said something to his beta because she and the rest charged towards me and managed to distract me. I knew I had to focus on defending myself but I had to look over one more time to make sure I could still feel Bella's presence. I look over and am intruiged to see another wolf, almost about the same size as the pack leader. And he's just staring at Bella like he's searching for something through her eyes. How dare he get so close to her but to my surprise I sensed no malice or fear from either human or wolf.
I'd be damned if I let him stay close to her though so I said in a low voice for only Alice to hear, "Alice go get Bella out of here now."
~Alice~
I was just as stunned by the events that were taking place before us on this lake as Jasper was. Even with us holding our breaths, Bella's smell was too intoxicating, like some sort of new drug. Okay, focus Alice. As I'm trying to control my vampire urges I see Jasper has already got the pack leader by the neck and across the lake. The rest of the pack are making their way over to attack Jasper.
I was about to go help defend him when I saw one lone wolf just standing there, scared shitless as he witnessed his alpha being beaten down so easily by Jazz. He didn't move from where he was standing, instead he looked down at Bella's small body and waits for her to notice him as well. Why wasnt he defending his leader and what the hell was he thinking? Oh how I wish I was a mind reader like Edward.
I started making my way over to them when another bloody vision interrupted. Bella was alive and in a very familiar city my family and I had been to before, Forks. She walking on the beach called La Push but she's not alone, she's with a young boy with pitch black hair held in a pony tail and oddly tall for his age. They joke around and there's no doubt that he loves her, not as strongly as Jasper will come to love her but it seemed close. He teases her about something insignificant and she sighs and pushes him gently before saying his name in a mocking tone.
My vision ends and I know right away why now of all times I'm having it. This wolf, who now laid next to Bella in an attempt to warm her shivering body, was that boy. I couldn't understand why he and his pack had done such a thing to an innocent girl but I didn't care at this point, I didn't like him either way and I probably never would. He was competition for Jasper and thus competition for me. He would be her best friend and try to change her ways of thinking, change her opinion on us. Yeah, no way pal.
As if he read my mind Jasper tells me to get Bella away from these stinking dogs. I run and am shortly in front of the wolf however, he doesn't notice me until a few seconds later, he was too focused on Bella's wounded body. He stands up suddenly and brings Bella's attention to me too by growling at me. I say in a challenging tone, too quickly for her to understand.
"You better run back to your dog house before I decided to rip that head off of you, Jacob." At hearing his name escape my lips he lunges for me just as I had intended. I jump over him swiftly making him slide over the icy floor, giving me a chance to check on Bella. She looks exhausted and in pain and I try to reassure her that I would help her. I see her eyes flash behind me and I know what she's looking at. I take the chance, when's she closes her eyes, to run quickly and collide with the wolf who attempted to get the better of me. He went for my legs but I jumped up and landed right on his spine, he'll feel that for a while.
In the attempt to disable his movements I fail to notice the pack leader slithered his way over to Bella. This time I was distracted and Jacob knocks me down and I'm under him, struggling to keep his fangs away from my face. Damn it Jasper.
I see from the corner of my eyes that Bella tries to crawl away from him and Jasper was right on his tail after shaking off those damn dogs. I punched Jacob hard across the jaw and he fell to the side allowing me to slip away. But it was too late by the time I turned around. Bella screamed so loudly it made my heart break into pieces and I knew Jasper felt like he was the one dying instead of her.
~Jasper~
That damn black mutt decided to try to ambush me when he lunged at me and at the same time the rest of the pack went after me from behind. I was a fool, I let myself get distracted by them as well as their emotions. Anger, disappointment, fear, and disgust. Emotions I feel towards them as well. They got a few scratches in but that was as far as I let them get with me. It didn't take long before I realized the alpha wasn't among the frenzy of wolves currently attacking me and I try to look around when I found him. The bastard was hell bent on going for Bella again and she noticed it too, it pained me to see her try to move away even when she clearly couldn't.
I felt her excruciating pain when she stifled a scream and curled into a ball on the snow. That dog thought he could distract me long enough for him to finish what he started, well he can think again. I take off running at full speed, knocking down any wolf that tried to stop me and dodging any attacks coming my way effortlessly. Alice had been preoccupied with another wolf that she managed to punch out of the way. I needed to get to Bella before that monster killed her, I wont let that happen!
When he sunk his fangs into her ankle her heartbreaking scream was so loud I even saw that bastard shudder. I felt like dying when I felt how much pain she was in. At the same time an uncontrollable rage strengthened me. I look to Alice and she nods already knowing what to do. We're both on one side of the alpha and Alice goes to dislodge his jaw from Bella's ankle while I prepared to rip his fucking head off from his spine but not wanting to traumatized Bella anymore than she already was, I settled for a punch so strong the impact made the side of his head smack against the frozen lake harshly.
I made such a huge mistake when I did though. The ice on the surface of the lake started to crack in several places and when I looked up we had been separated from Bella. She was floating away with that smaller wolf by her side. He was scared out of his mind but I didn't care, all i cared about was getting to Bella.
When our eyes met I swear it felt like I completely forgot where I was, she looked so pure and innocent. Not an ounce of fear stemmed from her little body, only curiousity. What a strange girl but i liked it. You liked it? Or you liked her? Ah shut up. I try to focus again right in the nick of time when Alice blocks the beta from attacking me, the others were too aware that their alpha would need to be treated if he was to survive the head trauma my punch inflicted.
My worry for this girl's safety only increased when the wolf next to her tried to stand up causing the ice to break even more under them. Bella tried to calm him down by placing a hand on his back but that only made him jump and then he slipped into the water. That stupid dog thought he could keep himself up by biting onto her shoulder. I felt guilt and pain when as she tried to get him off her, she felt guilty for pushing him away from her further into the water. She was too weak however because a second later she is dragged under the water and disappeared.
I was in what you would call shock until Alice yelled at me and snapped me out of it. "Jasper!!"
I didn't even look at her before diving into the water. I looked around in the black water, trying to smell or feel anything that belonged to Bella. I thought I smelled the disgusting trail of wet dog and followed it knowing she was with him. She had to be. I swam quickly and effortlessly until I saw them, that dog was still holding onto her shoulder and she was unconcious and her skin was blue. I reached them before he even realized I was breaking the ice overhead and picked them up. His teeth were trapped shut around her shoulder, I had no choice but to save him too but I had a feeling he was going to annoy the hell out of me if he survived.
Alice was there already getting him off Bella's frozen body and dealt with him, I didn't care what she did with him to be perfectly honest. Her heart was barley beating and I panicked. Alice and I took our jackets off and wrapped her in them, careful not to apply too much pressure on her wounds. I didn't even care that the rest of the pack had run away as I picked Bella up in my arms gently and started running towards the road.
"Which way Alice?" I asked not slowing my pace.
"Get back to the car and we'll take her to the hospital. We have no choice if we want to appear normal." She added that last part in before I could protest that I'd arrive to the hospital much faster by running. But she was right, we couldn't risk exposing ourselves and dragging our family down with us. We ran back to the gas station and Alice took Bella in her arms and they sat in the backseat. She laid Bella's head on her lap and turned the heater on full blast. I stepped on the accelerator and drove so fast we were near the hospital in less than five minutes. While I parked the car Alice had already called the hospital to inform them that there was a young girl attacked by an animal and we were bringing her to the emergency room.
For some odd reason Alice made me park far away from the hospital's ER and told me to walk quickly to the enterance but to leave her on the bench at the entrance. I had no idea why she would have me just leave Bella in the freezing cold on her own but she reassured me that she had seen that the staff describe me to the police and that would complicate things, her father was a cop and he was sure to search for the mysterious stranger who save his daughter, if I stayed with Bella.
I started getting close to the ER's entrance when Bella stirred in my arms. I looked down to see if she was awake but her eyes were barely open, she was shivering in my arms and the blood had started to seep through her jacket again. I had no choice but to hold my breath and clench my jaw to keep from the venom from pooling in my mouth again. Bella was shivereing uncontrollably and when I looked down again she started sobbing, all the fear and pain that she had been trying to control had erupted. It was painful to hear and see her like this so I sent a wave to calm her down and held her closer in my arms hoping to provide some comfort for her. As we made it to the enterance Bella had fallen unconcious again, I would have stayed longer with her but I could hear the doctors and nurses were already on their way.
I placed her down gently in the bench and could not resist the urge to kiss the top of her head before running at a human pace around the corner of the hospital. Once I made sure they put her on a gurney and brought her inside, I left with a pain I couldn't describe in my chest.
~Present Day~
My family and I are now back in our favorite home in Forks, Washington. Everyone has been keeping busy and trying to put on the facade that we are a 'normal' family. We had told Carlisle and Esme what had happened in Alaska and what the wolves had done to a human girl but neither me nor Alice mentioned that this girl was meant to be back in our lives again. When that would be however, I sure as hell didn't know and I felt like I was going out of my mind.
Ever since that day three years ago, I had been replaying the events. The pack that attacked Bella for no reason, Bella's addicting smell, her blood on my clothes as I carried her to safety, that brown wolf that wouldn't leave her side- everything was just strange. But nothing plagued me as much as her beautiful chocolate brown eyes that had burned themselves into my mind.
I thought about her everyday since then. I tried getting Alice to tell me more about her or if she had any more visions concerning Bella but she always told me that it wasn't time yet. The only thing she said after we arrived at the Denali's was that Bella was back in her home and was recovering from her injuries. I knew she said it to put my mind at ease but that didn't work at all. If only, it made me want to speed back down the mountain and run to get Bella and take her away with me.
God what is wrong with me? I've never in all my existence felt such a possessive need to be with someone, not even with Alice. I thought about what those wolves did to her- more what the alpha did to her and it drove me crazy. I knew I wasnt the only one however when Edward had caught be thinking about Bella. "Okay you have got to stop obsessing over this girl. You're making me think I'm falling in love with her." he said in an amused voice from his piano room down stairs.
"Shut up Edward. Stay out of my head." I tell him as I start thinking about facts based on the world war to block him out. Did he just say I was making him think he was in love with Bella because I've been implying that I'm in love with her? Bullshit! I hardly knew the girl and she looked so young. I'm not interested in a human girl. And with that I ran out of the house under the pretense that I was going to hunt. I needed to stop thinking about this girl before I really do go mad.
Tomorrow we started our second semester in Forks High School and I would have to do a lot of holding my breath and trying to ignore the horny teenage boys and annoying cruel teenage girls who always seemed to have an agenda. I dreaded tomorrow with a passion but it had to be done. Besides it wouldn't be the first time I had to finished yet another year of high school. It was better this way, I would have to preoccupy myself with other things. I would force myself to stop thinking about the girl with the red jacket in the white snow named Bella if it was the last thing I did.
A/N:
Poor Jasper doesn't even know what's coming in the next chapter haha. I must admit that just thinking about what Jasper thought at seeing the torture that Bella had gone through really pissed me off haha. I know that Alice shouldn't be technically able to see the wolves in her visions but I decided to change a couple things to make the story evolve the way I think is best. Sorry to anyone who didn't like it I'm just trying to write a good story :)
I just wanted to say thank you so much for such a positive reaction to Into My Arms!! I'm so thrilled to be continuing this story and I cant wait till we get Bella and Jasper in the same room together haha. Like always please feel free to give me any advice or your thoughts on this chapter! I'm always nervous whenever I post a new chapter but I'm excited to hear what you thought about it!
See you guys in the next chapter! Bella's point of view will be coming up next!