CH 10: Surprise!

A/N: Konyanyonichua (meant to sound like Kero's greeting after every episode of the first season of CCS during "leave it to Kero") everyone, now we finally are going to stay in the present, with only the occasional flashback.

"Damnit," I groaned, that really was painful, "what the hell happened?"

"Jeff, Jeff can you hear me?"

That was odd, Bella's voice sounded different… hey, come to think of it, my voice had sounded different. It sounded like a deep ringing bell instead of my mildly pitched voice. Now that I was aware of it, I could hear lots of things. A squirrel scampering in the branches of a nearby tree, a deer in a near by clearing, his teeth grinding against the grass sounded like rubbing bricks of cement together. I could also smell, oh the things I could smell, like the soil, and the rain, and the sap from freshly fallen pine tree branch. There was also something else, extremely prevalent in the general vicinity, something ultra sweet, like cotton candy mixed with honey and strangely enough (ironically) charcoal. I absorbed all of this information in the time it took me to open my eyes. And then I saw. Not only did I see, I saw everything! I saw the clouds in the sky, and the birds flying overhead. I saw the individual veins on the leaves, and the texture of the bark on the tree I was laying against. However, the object that dominated my field of vision was…. Was that Bella? It was her ,no doubt about it, but at the same time, it was as if her face ( which I didn't think possible) had become even more beautiful. She turned away.

"Carlisle, he's not responding, come look at him."

A god-like figure strode into my field of vision. He had a kind look on his face, and as he leaned down to examine me, and Bella stood and strode out of my sight.

"Careful Carlisle, remember he's a newborn." Who is that? Damnit how many people are going to pop up on our hike. I sat up before Carlisle reached me, lifting my head and staring at the large group of people before me. I scanned for Bella, needing a familiar sensation before I became completely weirded out.

No dice. Instead of just Bella, I found her standing next to a more handsome version of Edward, a large guy standing next to a blonde beauty, both of whom I believe I had seen sitting with Bella at lunch. What were their names? Em… something and….Rose? I gripped my head, trying to remember, my memories were super fuzzy, like my early childhood memories were, but now my memories even as recent as yesterday were hard to grasp. It took me a while, but I remembered, Emmett and Rosalie. There was a kind looking lady that exuded an aura of motherly caring. There was Alice-guess I should have seen that one coming- and I had no problem remembering her name. How could anyone forget someone so freaking cheerful. I swear she's a morning person. The last person I set my eyes on was really scary. He had… bite marks?!... all over his face and arms ( and more than likely the rest of his body as well). The instant I saw the marks I sprang up, crouching down to lower my center of gravity.

Every fiber of my being screamed that this man was dangerous, despite how relaxed Alice seemed to be with his arm around her shoulder. His eyes narrowed, and instantly I felt calmer, and the, a split second later, that Emmett guy had disappeared and some powerful arms were around me. Acting on the instinct beaten into me through self defense classes and year after year of being bullied, I rolled my shoulders together, crossed my arms, and rolled my hands palms up. I cupped my hands around his elbows, twisted my head to the side and tucked my chin into that little spot next to the shoulder and below the collar bone, and I pushed up with my hands. Having broken his hold, my right hand flashed up, grabbing his right wrist, followed by my left, and I stepped to the left and back, twisting my hands in the way that threw the opponent off balance, making them tumble onto their backs. This strategy made them do all the work, instead of trying to flip them over your shoulder with your own strength, which was ideal for someone as small as me. He landed on his back with an "oof" leaving a small crater, and rolled over onto his stomach so he could push himself up. In an instant I was on top of him, my knee on his back, and my right arm taking its favorite spot, around my opponent's neck, grabbing my right wrist with my left hand. Only then did I realize what I was doing. I moved out of the realm of instinct and into conscious thought. I immediately scrambled off, stuttering apologies, while Emmett picked himself up, gave me a dirty look, and stalked off to stand next to Rosalie. I was too busy apologizing profusely however, to notice the glare he gave me. I did, however, feel something ominous, and a shiver went down my spine.

"Someone must be walking on my grave."

For some reason I can't even fathom, Bella and Edward burst out laughing. (1)

"Ooooook… Anyway, there is no way in hell I could flip someone his," I gestured towards Emmett, "size… ok maybe I could, but I highly doubt I could leave a crater as well." I put my hands on my hips, "Just what the hell did you do to me?"

Bella just stayed on the ground laughing. I glared at her until she stood up and said, "Well, this is how it goes."

(1)- I'm sure you can guess why

A/N: Ok well, the only people reading this will be people who have already read the entire series, so I will not be typing up Bella's explanation, I will leave it up to your imagination.