AUTHORS NOTE
Hi all my fantastic readers! I know there was a little confusion about the content of the first two chapters, there was a little mix up on my computer concerning the updates but I have Reposted the new Chapter One so hopefully it clears any confusion! But please enjoy Chapter Three and review or favourite if you so wish to bless me!
Chapter Three - Unpack or takeoff?
I watched the two friends, one of whom was my cousin, whisper in hushed tones about who knows what. I didn't know what the need was for secrecy or even nice behaviour after all, Alice's brother did ditch my cousin for no reason.
"Greetings person who's brother abandoned my sister and nearly caused a whole family break up!" I said sassily, with a giant smile on my face. Now just for clarification... I don't normally just let everything out but when a random person shows up who has caused a lot of problems for my family, that is when I get emotionally involved. At my comment, Alice's eyes widened in shock. Obviously no one ever talked to her in that manner but while Alice was speechless, Bella was quick to rebut.
"Allie!" Bella yelled at me and I just shrugged, I had a good excuse and I was rather shocked that Bella did not even hesitate to defend Alice. Bella kept yelling as I checked the change for my pizza order. "She came here to tell me how Edward is doing! I wanted her to come back! She's like my sister Allie! Just because you've never had family doesn't mean you should stop other people from enjoying theirs!" As soon as the words left her mouth, everyone froze. My heart stopped... Bella knew my past and out of everyone I know and trusted... She was the one to betray my trust. Alice stood just as shocked as Bella did, eyes wide and mouth open.
"Allie...I'm so sorry... I-I-I didn't think..." Bella whispered. I shut my eyes and shook my head, starting to walk up to my room.
"Don't worry about it Bella, in your words I've never had any family... Why should I start now?" I whispered in sadness. "I'll grab my food when it comes but in the meantime, I hope you enjoy your family reunion Bella." I said, a tear finally running down my cheek. I quickly wiped it off before running up the remaining stairs to my room. Just as I shut the door I heard Alice finally speak.
"Bella, what have you done?" She said as I shut the door. Turning to the now quiet room, I shuffled to my suitcase and ruffled through my stuff searching. Grabbing the now treasured item, my trusty old HP laptop, I got as comfortable as I could in the small bed. Tucking myself into the covers and laying my laptop on the bedside table.
Now, here is a good piece of advice I learnt from one of my old roommates back in New York. If you're ever feeling down, a good movie, pizza and a lot of sugar or alcohol goes a long way to make you feel better. Thankfully, I had two and an extra one on the way. Sitting peacefully watching a movie on Disney Plus with my headphones on, I didn't even notice the pizza being delivered. The thing I did notice was the knock on my bedroom door. Reluctantly, I opened it to see my pizza on the floor and a sticky note on the top.
'I'm sorry for what I said, you are the first sister I had and I am sorry that I forgot that. It is good to see you again.
From Bella,
PS good to see that you still always get meatlovers with no onion'
I slightly smirked at the note, maybe tomorrow would go better. Maybe I would finally be able to start getting my sister back. I went to sleep that night once again dreaming of my three faceless men...with maybe the presence of meatlovers pizza making an appearance.
THE NEXT DAY
From what I knew of the Rez people, is that once you were welcome in their community you were considered family and you were treated as family. The marriage, death or birth of a member was always considered big news and almost always everyone turned up in one form or another. I remember one year I had the flu the same time as Jacob Black, his sisters fed me soup alongside their brother when Uncle Charlie asked Billy to watch over me. It felt like a home away from home with everyone who was welcome in any house at any time. This time also came the next day. When the funeral for Harry Clearwater was due to begin in a couple of hours, both Bella and I stood outside helping Charlie with his suit. I stood fixing his tie while Uncle Charlie thanked Bella.
"Thank you for understanding, Bells. They wanted to keep the service small." He said with a smile on his face. I just wondered why Bella didn't want to go, she was offered an invitation but I wasn't around Forks then. Bella just shook her head with a slight smile on her face.
"Don't worry about me. Are you gonna be okay?" She asked in concern, Charlie wasn't the one for emotional support. He never asked for help with anything.
"Yeah...but Sue, and those kids...Leah's only a year older than you. While Seth's, what, fourteen." Charlie said with grief, his eyes starting to well up with tears. I quickly grabbed him into a hug. "Thank you Allie, for keeping an eye on her for me." He whispered, tightening his arms around my waist.
"It's not a problem Uncle Charlie, you just make sure Sue's okay...as well as Seth and Leah." I whispered into his ear with a smile. He nodded, holding me a little tighter. After letting me go, Bella and him quickly went into a hug holding each other tightly. Charlie let go after a small emotional moment. Charlie quickly sniffed and wiped his tears only to shuffle into his cruiser and buckling up. He quickly turned back to us speaking quickly.
"There'll be a reception after. I might stay late, see if I can help at all.." Both Bella and I nod at Charlie, hopefully he helps Sue and her kids feel better. As Charlie drives off, Bella and I wave goodbye to the vanishing car. I turn to head back inside without a word to Bella, kind of expecting her to follow me. At the door, I turn back to see Bella and...Alice?! 'How did see get there so quick?' I thought. I stared at the two, who still hadn't noticed my eyes on them. I shook my head, weird thoughts coursing through my head. 'What's so different about Alice? Her eyes are different, she seems very cold to the touch, randomly appears out of nowhere and has strange episodes', I thought. She was not normal I determined. Sitting on the couch, turning on the TV seemed to be my only thought of peace. I waited a few moments for Bella, but she still didn't come in.
"Where are you Bella?" I whispered, getting up from my comfy spot. Standing up and peering out the front door, I see Bella and..an extremely muscly Jacob? Jesus, he got ripped. I stood aside as Bella and Jacob enter into the living room. I watched as the two argued, seemingly about Alice.
"Look, Jake, I'm sorry.." Bella whispered gently before Jacob cuts her off, with quite an angry tone.
"This place stinks to hell," Jacob says coldly, his eyes harden and face serious. I watch the two, my eyes switching between the two in the living room.
"You're welcome to leave. In fact - " Bella says, only to be interrupted by Jacob again. Man, he turned rude.
"How many Cullens are here and how long are they staying?" He demanded to know. 'Okay, starting to like him again,' I thought. It seems that Jacob doesn't like the Cullens as much as I do. But Bella didn't hesitate to defend her Cullens though.
"Just Alice. And she'll stay as long as she wants." She snaps back, crossing her arms. Jacob just looks affronted and frowns more.
"Are the rest coming back?" He asked the question I wanted to know. I turned my eyes to Bella, curious of her answer. She reluctantly said her answer.
"Not that I'm aware of...Anything else you want to know?" She says in a quick breath.
"That's it." Jacob ends, with a quite angry tone.. I sat quietly, anything said would probably make it worse.
"Better go report to Sam," Bella said with a curt tone. I sat still... 'Sam? Reservation Sam?' I thought. 'What in the world have I missed?' My mind was racing. As the room went into silence, I quickly wanted to escape.
"Well, it was good to see you Jacob but I'm just gonna unpack... Can you say hi to Billy for me?" I said with a small smile on my face, hoping that it didn't escalate anything. At my words, Jacob seemed to calm down a little with a smile and he nodded gently.
"Yeah, I can do that. It's been good to see you again Allie, you need to come back down to the Rez soon." He said with the most gentle tone I've heard from him all day. I nodded with a smile, before walking up the stairs but not before I saw the look on Bella's face. Pure hatred and anger was in her eyes, I had never seen the amount of hate in her eyes before. I shook my head and headed upstairs to unpack. If only I would be able to unpack but it seems Alice had something else in mind.