Never Say Goodbye (Sequel To NSN. Twilight Fanfic)

Chap Seven

Picture of Robin at the top. BigDreams91 inspired me for this so I decided to include her in my storyline. Miss you Robin!

Chapter Seven

All the shifters here were nice and welcomed me with open arms. I gained a few acquaintances that were quickly becoming friends. After eating with Rashed he showed me to a spare room, telling me I could stay here for as long as I wanted or unless I found someone I wanted to stay with.

I had worked up the nerve to ask him if he had a mate to which he responded that, no he hasn't found a connection with anyone yet. He didn't look away from my eyes as he said this, making me blush.

This pregnancy was making me horny.

The appeal of being with my own kind hasn't worn off yet. Robin, a new friend, has shown me around and introduced me to others. We seemed to acquire a female named Sara Mae. The first time I met her she hugged me for an obscenely long time and I had started to grow uncomfortable when she finally let go. Robin smirked. Something just happened but I wasn't sure what exactly.

Later I asked Robin and she seemed somewhat embarrassed. "Well. . .when females become pregnant they give off signals to other females, causing them to have a hormone spike. It's why you'll see males pull their females away from you." For some reason this made me laugh.

"They want to become pregnant?" I questioned.

Robin just nodded.

I laughed again then asked, "Why is it that males aren't able to touch me?"

"Because their afraid of you!" She giggled.

"What?!" I had stopped walking and pulled on her arm.

"You know how your not suppose to touch a bear cub? Momma bear will come charging out to kill you. Well you, my dear Bella, are a momma bear." She explained to me.

I thought about this for a while as we resumed walking slowly. Then I thought about my experience since learning I was pregnant. I don't want to be around anyone except Robin and Rashed. Why this attraction to him? Every female probably wanted him as their mate and would turn on me if I suddenly showed an interest.

Timidly I asked Robin about this. She stopped walking and looked at me curiously.

"Are you hungry? Let's go get something to eat." She steered me away from our meandering path. Why was she deflecting the question?

A group of dog interrupted our new course. They really weren't dogs but children shifted into dog forms, playing tug a war and rough housing with each other. This somewhat startled me. I was so used to being hidden from humans that it was hard to let go and be who I really was.

"Robin? Can I shift?" I asked, my eyes still on the children. Would my child be able to shift? What would Edwards DNA bring to the table?

"Sure, but I thought we were talking? Unless you want to hunt but Rashed usually doesn't allow that except in big groups."

"No I was just wondering if I could shift even though I'm pregnant." I clarified.

"You don't know a lot, do you?" She asked quietly. We were past the children now and I hesitated. What did I truly know about being a shifter?

"No, I guess I really don't."

"Tell me the things you do know." She suggested. So I told her.

"My hair changes color with strong emotions, I can shift into anything real, if we kill someone we can become that person, were fast, have great hearing and eyesight, and we like to live in packs." I probably knew more but that was the gist of it right now.

"Do you know why we change color?"

This threw me for a loop because I honestly didn't. There had to be a reason for everything but I never thought about the why. I've just always been able to do it.

"It's a camouflage mechanism. If you concentrate you can control it and it won't happen, unless your scared or hurt, then you can't control it. We're designed to survive-to blend into anything. Now I have a question for you. Have you ever killed someone?"

"No!" My voice rang out and a few heads turned out way. I could feel my cheeks flush in embarrassment. I lowered my voice before continuing. "A shifter tried to kill me once. He managed to kill my parents though." We were both quite for a moment while I pulled myself together.

"I'm sorry. It's good that you haven't. Once you start it's like this switch is thrown inside of you and you just want to continue to kill everything. To become more."

"It sounds like you know this first hand." I commented.

She looked startled to find me still standing beside her.

"My brother went on a killing rampage. My mate, Randy, saved me from him and we moved here shortly afterwards." Now it was my turn to say sorry which she excepted with a nod.

She gestured to a house that had a big wrap around porch filled with picnic tables. A few people were sitting there eating food that made my stomach growl. I knew that a shifters metabolism runs faster than a humans so we have to eat all the time.

"Wow. I just want to eat everything." This made Robin laugh.

"Don't forget to try the chicken soup. " she was looking around at the tables. "I see Randy. How about you get whatever and sit with us? Then you'll get to meet my mate." I agreed and eagerly approached the food. I sat down with them and nodded to Randy who didn't extend his hand. He had a strong build, tanned from outside work, and was a little on the quiet side which reminded me of Charlie. Brown short hair with matching eyes that looked at Robin adoringly made me like him a lot. She complemented his looks.

I took a moment to really look at Robin. She had short black hair and an expressive open smile.

"Randy, Bella. Bella, Randy." Robin introduced us quickly. This brought back my earlier question. Why was I only attracted to Rashed? Randy was a very handsome male but he didn't hold any interest to me. Plus I would never think about taking him from Robin.

If I brought it back up would she deflect again?

I thought about this all through lunch but decided to save it for another time.

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I know it's been a while since my last update and that's because of college but the semester is done until February so hopefully I'll have more time to write.
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Yours S.A