Sweet Hostage - Chapter Five
Chapter Five
“Do you think that blonde vamp said anything to Edward?”
They were walking along the creek bed not far from where they’d parked the car. Bella had her dress hiked up, her shoes in her hand as she cooled her feet in the frigid water. Jacob was stalling his ‘chat’ with Sam. This was the first time in months that he had Bella all to himself and he wanted to savor it before he had to discuss him this afternoon.
“Tanya?” She crinkled her nose. “I don’t know.”
“Although Mr. Annoying doesn’t need to have a conversation with anyone. He just busts right inside your thoughts and pulls them out of your head.” He kicked a large rock, hard, with his foot.
“True.”
“Or there’s always the psychic leech. She probably saw it all.”
“No,” Bella shook her head resolutely. “I didn’t plan it. I didn’t even think you would be there, so there’s no way Alice saw it. You were there when I made the decision, so you blocked the whole thing.”
“Well if the blonde leech keeps her mouth shu -“
“Tanya,” Bella interjected, irritated.
“Tanya,” Jake reiterated, rolling his eyes. “If Tanya doesn’t say anything to Edward, for all he knows, I could have thrown you over my shoulder and run off with you. Kidnapped you!” Jacob shook his head and whistled low. “This could get very ugly.”
Bella picked up a rock from the water and studied it as she muttered to herself. “I should have just went through with the whole thing. I’d probably be dead now anyway after our wedding night.”
“Don’t say that! You did the right thing. Wait - what? What do you mean you’d probably be dead now? Was he going to change you on your wedding night?”
“No. Not till after the honeymoon.”
She saw his hands clench and his breath tightened. “Well then, what were you… You weren’t going to.. ? He can’t - you can’t, I mean, you’re not saying what I think you’re saying, are you? Please tell me you weren’t going to sleep with him!”
She studied the rock and avoided his eyes, before throwing it into the water. “We were going to try,” she said softly.
“Oh, fuck that! He’d kill you Bella! Are you crazy?”
She raised her hand. “Certifiable, remember?”
He shook his head and turned away. She saw his body shaking slightly and placed her hand on his shoulder. “Hey, I didn’t, did I?”
“I can’t believe you were even thinking it.”
She took a deep breath. “What if he had killed me? I mean,” her cheeks reddened. “What if he lost control?”
“Death by fucking,” Jacob choked. She surprised him when she let out a shocked giggle. He relaxed and chuckled himself. “I guess there are worse ways to go.”
Her head swiveled toward him quickly. “No there aren’t. How embarrassing would that be? What would they tell Charlie?”
Jacob intoned in a nerdy voice. “We’re sorry to inform you Mr. Swan, that there was a little accident on Bella’s wedding night.”
Bella’s hand flew to her mouth as she tried to stifle their shared laughter.
“It’s not funny, Jacob!” She smacked his arm.
He placed his thumb by his ear and his pinky near his mouth, as if he were speaking on the phone. “We’ll send you what’s left of your daughter’s vagina as soon as possible’.”
“Ja-cob!” She tossed a small rock at him and tried to hold a glare, but her mouth kept spreading into a grin.
“I’m sorry, Bells!” He smiled as he caught the rock in his hand.
“Mmm-hmmm.”
The smile disappeared from his face in a flash and he threw the rock down.
“What’s the matter?” she frowned.
He shook his head. “I just can’t believe… I mean, you know what they’re capable of Bella. You saw what they did to me. One tight squeeze, and half my body, broken like a rag doll. How could you even think of… ?”
She reached out and took his arm, trying to reassure him with her eyes. “Maybe I wouldn’t have gone through with it. Maybe I would have chickened out.”
“No, you wouldn’t have.” He pulled his arm away. “I’ve seen the way you are with him. ‘Yes Edward, okay Edward, anything you want Edward’. It’s pathetic!”
He turned his back to her, walking away in frustration. He got a few yards away when she called after him.
“Jacob Black! Come back here!”
He stopped, but kept his back to her.
“Please don’t be mad at me. I don’t think I could stand it.”
“Sure, sure,” he replied tersely as he continued walking in the opposite direction without so much as a glance back. “I’m gonna go talk to Sam now.”
She watched him pull his shirt off after unbuttoning it as he headed for the trees. He tossed it into the dry grass and then he disappeared behind a cedar.
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She scrambled from her seat on the hood of the Rabbit as he came back. He was wearing just his slacks as he scooped down to retrieve his shirt from the ground. He didn’t look happy.
She held her breath as he joined her standing next to the car.
“What did he say?” she asked tightly.
He looked her in the eye. “Shit hit the fan after we left.”
“What! What happened?”
“I guess the blonde leech - Terri? Tracy?”
“Tanya!”
“Yeah, Tanya. I guess she didn’t say anything to Edward right away. She must have kept her distance so he couldn’t read her thoughts. About 10 minutes after we took off, Sam said Edward came outside to see what was taking us so long. He said he could tell Edward was starting to panic, cos he started whipping around the lawn area faster than a whirling dervish, and if anyone had seen him... “
He took a deep breath. “Anyway. Edward smelled Sam and Paul in the trees there and rushed over to ask them if they knew where we were. But before he got close enough to speak - he saw Sam’s thoughts. He saw the Rabbit careening out of the parking lot with you and me in it.”
“Oh no.”
“Yeah, ‘oh no’. He went for Sam so fast, him and Paul almost had to take him down. They didn’t know what he was going to do, coming at them like that.”
“They didn’t fight?” Bella grabbed Jake’s arm in anguish.
“No. But when Edward started spouting 20 questions at them, all they knew was that we had left together.” Jacob made a wry face. “Of course your leech’s first words were ‘the dog abducted her!’. And while Sam and Paul didn’t know much, they were able to tell him you left of your own free will. But I’m sure he thinks I coerced you somehow.”
“What exactly did you tell Sam and Paul yesterday?”
“Just that we were getting out of there.”
“And? What else?”
“That’s it. You kinda took me by surprise there, Bella. You didn’t exactly tell me anything. I didn’t know where we were going, or even why. No questions asked. Remember?”
She looked down, unable to meet his eyes. “Then what?” she whispered.
“Edward got all up in Sam’s face and said he and the rest of his family were going to La Push and hunt us down - treaty be damned. Stupid Paul - you know he can’t control his temper - he started to go for Edward, but Sam phased to calm things down a little, and told Edward the pack would go to La Push and look for us and promised to report back to Edward if we were there.”
“And Edward agreed to that?”
“No. Not at first. Not till Sam promised to meet with Edward face to face so he could rifle through Sam’s head to see if he was lying. Then he agreed to it. Sam met with him this morning.”
“How is he? How did he handle it?”
“Not good, Bella. He’s upset. Do you blame him?”
Bella swallowed. “What about Charlie?”
Jacob shook his head and chuckled. “Sam said my dad told him Charlie went back to the house with him and practically danced a jig.” He smiled dryly. “My dad will give him the message that you’re alright this afternoon. Charlie knows you’re with me though; so he’s not too worried, so relax.”
Bella nodded absently, trying to take it all in.
Jacob hopped up on the hood of the Rabbit. “So what’s on the agenda tonight? You want me to commit a little more breaking and entering?” He pulled his shirt back on, not bothering to button it. “You’ll come and visit me in prison when they lock me up, right? Make me some muffins with a skeleton key baked inside?”
Bella couldn’t quite match his easy manner. She knew Edward must be going crazy with hurt and jealousy.
“It’s alright. They won’t lock you up for too long,” she managed to quip. “I’ve got connections.”
“Sure, sure,” he told her, unable to contain his happiness at being with her.
Even if her husband did want to rip his head off.
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“Do you think that blonde vamp said anything to Edward?”
They were walking along the creek bed not far from where they’d parked the car. Bella had her dress hiked up, her shoes in her hand as she cooled her feet in the frigid water. Jacob was stalling his ‘chat’ with Sam. This was the first time in months that he had Bella all to himself and he wanted to savor it before he had to discuss him this afternoon.
“Tanya?” She crinkled her nose. “I don’t know.”
“Although Mr. Annoying doesn’t need to have a conversation with anyone. He just busts right inside your thoughts and pulls them out of your head.” He kicked a large rock, hard, with his foot.
“True.”
“Or there’s always the psychic leech. She probably saw it all.”
“No,” Bella shook her head resolutely. “I didn’t plan it. I didn’t even think you would be there, so there’s no way Alice saw it. You were there when I made the decision, so you blocked the whole thing.”
“Well if the blonde leech keeps her mouth shu -“
“Tanya,” Bella interjected, irritated.
“Tanya,” Jake reiterated, rolling his eyes. “If Tanya doesn’t say anything to Edward, for all he knows, I could have thrown you over my shoulder and run off with you. Kidnapped you!” Jacob shook his head and whistled low. “This could get very ugly.”
Bella picked up a rock from the water and studied it as she muttered to herself. “I should have just went through with the whole thing. I’d probably be dead now anyway after our wedding night.”
“Don’t say that! You did the right thing. Wait - what? What do you mean you’d probably be dead now? Was he going to change you on your wedding night?”
“No. Not till after the honeymoon.”
She saw his hands clench and his breath tightened. “Well then, what were you… You weren’t going to.. ? He can’t - you can’t, I mean, you’re not saying what I think you’re saying, are you? Please tell me you weren’t going to sleep with him!”
She studied the rock and avoided his eyes, before throwing it into the water. “We were going to try,” she said softly.
“Oh, fuck that! He’d kill you Bella! Are you crazy?”
She raised her hand. “Certifiable, remember?”
He shook his head and turned away. She saw his body shaking slightly and placed her hand on his shoulder. “Hey, I didn’t, did I?”
“I can’t believe you were even thinking it.”
She took a deep breath. “What if he had killed me? I mean,” her cheeks reddened. “What if he lost control?”
“Death by fucking,” Jacob choked. She surprised him when she let out a shocked giggle. He relaxed and chuckled himself. “I guess there are worse ways to go.”
Her head swiveled toward him quickly. “No there aren’t. How embarrassing would that be? What would they tell Charlie?”
Jacob intoned in a nerdy voice. “We’re sorry to inform you Mr. Swan, that there was a little accident on Bella’s wedding night.”
Bella’s hand flew to her mouth as she tried to stifle their shared laughter.
“It’s not funny, Jacob!” She smacked his arm.
He placed his thumb by his ear and his pinky near his mouth, as if he were speaking on the phone. “We’ll send you what’s left of your daughter’s vagina as soon as possible’.”
“Ja-cob!” She tossed a small rock at him and tried to hold a glare, but her mouth kept spreading into a grin.
“I’m sorry, Bells!” He smiled as he caught the rock in his hand.
“Mmm-hmmm.”
The smile disappeared from his face in a flash and he threw the rock down.
“What’s the matter?” she frowned.
He shook his head. “I just can’t believe… I mean, you know what they’re capable of Bella. You saw what they did to me. One tight squeeze, and half my body, broken like a rag doll. How could you even think of… ?”
She reached out and took his arm, trying to reassure him with her eyes. “Maybe I wouldn’t have gone through with it. Maybe I would have chickened out.”
“No, you wouldn’t have.” He pulled his arm away. “I’ve seen the way you are with him. ‘Yes Edward, okay Edward, anything you want Edward’. It’s pathetic!”
He turned his back to her, walking away in frustration. He got a few yards away when she called after him.
“Jacob Black! Come back here!”
He stopped, but kept his back to her.
“Please don’t be mad at me. I don’t think I could stand it.”
“Sure, sure,” he replied tersely as he continued walking in the opposite direction without so much as a glance back. “I’m gonna go talk to Sam now.”
She watched him pull his shirt off after unbuttoning it as he headed for the trees. He tossed it into the dry grass and then he disappeared behind a cedar.
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She scrambled from her seat on the hood of the Rabbit as he came back. He was wearing just his slacks as he scooped down to retrieve his shirt from the ground. He didn’t look happy.
She held her breath as he joined her standing next to the car.
“What did he say?” she asked tightly.
He looked her in the eye. “Shit hit the fan after we left.”
“What! What happened?”
“I guess the blonde leech - Terri? Tracy?”
“Tanya!”
“Yeah, Tanya. I guess she didn’t say anything to Edward right away. She must have kept her distance so he couldn’t read her thoughts. About 10 minutes after we took off, Sam said Edward came outside to see what was taking us so long. He said he could tell Edward was starting to panic, cos he started whipping around the lawn area faster than a whirling dervish, and if anyone had seen him... “
He took a deep breath. “Anyway. Edward smelled Sam and Paul in the trees there and rushed over to ask them if they knew where we were. But before he got close enough to speak - he saw Sam’s thoughts. He saw the Rabbit careening out of the parking lot with you and me in it.”
“Oh no.”
“Yeah, ‘oh no’. He went for Sam so fast, him and Paul almost had to take him down. They didn’t know what he was going to do, coming at them like that.”
“They didn’t fight?” Bella grabbed Jake’s arm in anguish.
“No. But when Edward started spouting 20 questions at them, all they knew was that we had left together.” Jacob made a wry face. “Of course your leech’s first words were ‘the dog abducted her!’. And while Sam and Paul didn’t know much, they were able to tell him you left of your own free will. But I’m sure he thinks I coerced you somehow.”
“What exactly did you tell Sam and Paul yesterday?”
“Just that we were getting out of there.”
“And? What else?”
“That’s it. You kinda took me by surprise there, Bella. You didn’t exactly tell me anything. I didn’t know where we were going, or even why. No questions asked. Remember?”
She looked down, unable to meet his eyes. “Then what?” she whispered.
“Edward got all up in Sam’s face and said he and the rest of his family were going to La Push and hunt us down - treaty be damned. Stupid Paul - you know he can’t control his temper - he started to go for Edward, but Sam phased to calm things down a little, and told Edward the pack would go to La Push and look for us and promised to report back to Edward if we were there.”
“And Edward agreed to that?”
“No. Not at first. Not till Sam promised to meet with Edward face to face so he could rifle through Sam’s head to see if he was lying. Then he agreed to it. Sam met with him this morning.”
“How is he? How did he handle it?”
“Not good, Bella. He’s upset. Do you blame him?”
Bella swallowed. “What about Charlie?”
Jacob shook his head and chuckled. “Sam said my dad told him Charlie went back to the house with him and practically danced a jig.” He smiled dryly. “My dad will give him the message that you’re alright this afternoon. Charlie knows you’re with me though; so he’s not too worried, so relax.”
Bella nodded absently, trying to take it all in.
Jacob hopped up on the hood of the Rabbit. “So what’s on the agenda tonight? You want me to commit a little more breaking and entering?” He pulled his shirt back on, not bothering to button it. “You’ll come and visit me in prison when they lock me up, right? Make me some muffins with a skeleton key baked inside?”
Bella couldn’t quite match his easy manner. She knew Edward must be going crazy with hurt and jealousy.
“It’s alright. They won’t lock you up for too long,” she managed to quip. “I’ve got connections.”
“Sure, sure,” he told her, unable to contain his happiness at being with her.
Even if her husband did want to rip his head off.
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