The Pull

Liam

The Pull

Chapter 18: Liam

Bella's P.O.V.

I woke up early. I could feel the sun pouring in through the window. When I opened my eyes, I saw Jasper and it took my breath away. I had never seen him sparkle in the sunlight before. It was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen.

"Jasper, I don't know how much longer I can stay in this house. Every where I look, I see Charlie. I am surrounded by memories of him and it makes this so much harder to deal with. I don't want to be here." I said with new tears forming in my eyes.

Jasper whipped them away and said " I know darlin, we can go spend the day at the Cullen house. After the funeral tomorrow, I will take you away from this place. You don't ever have to come back, if you don't want to. We can go back to Texas if you want. Or we could go to my house in Wyoming or the one in Georgia. If you wanted we could start somewhere completely new. I don't care where we go as long as I am with you." He said kissing my forehead. My heart soared at his words. Maybe he felt the same way that I did. The friendship I had once felt for Jasper was changing into something completely different, I could feel it.

I stayed there in Jasper's cold embrace thinking about how much my life had changed since her came back. I was no longer broken-hearted over Edward leaving me. I wasn't plagued by nightmares anymore. Although I had lost my father, I found a strong friendship with Charlotte and Peter. I had my family back.

At nine in the morning, I finally got out of bed. I took a shower and decided to just throw on some sweat pants and a t-shirt. I knew Alice would get me ready for the viewing when we got to the Cullen house.

When I got downstairs, Charlotte was placing my plate on the table. She had made me pancakes, bacon, eggs, sausage, and toast. I ate it greedily and washed it down with a big glass of orange juice. We decided that we should run to the Cullen's place since the sun was still out.

A few moments later we were walking across the Cullen's lawn. Carlisle, Esmé, Alice and a male vampire I had never seen before were waiting for us on the porch. The man was tall, muscular, and very handsome. His eyes were a dark orange color and he had straight red hair. He was wearing black designer jeans, a white v-neck t-shirt, and a black leather jacket. He must be Liam, Alice's mate.

"Charlotte and Peter it is so nice to see you again. Jasper and Isabella, welcome home. Please won't you all come in." Carlisle said as we reached the house. Jasper pulled me to his side and wrapped his arm around my waist. Well that was weird but it felt nice and I felt like I belonged there. We all went into the house.

"Hey guys I would like to introduce you to Liam. Liam this is my brother Jasper Whitlock and my best friend and sister Isabella Swan but she prefers Bella. And this is Peter Whitlock and his mate Charlotte, they are part of Jasper's coven. Guys this is my mate Liam O'Tool." Alice said happily. Jasper and Liam shared a long look. Then Jasper reached out and shook Liam's hand. "Welcome to the family, Liam. I trust that you will take good care of my... sister." Jasper said.