Trapped in Twilight, Help!

Chapter 30

Half an hour later, Esme took Edward's spot beside me. I was firmly wrapped up in her embrace and I didn't mind at all. The conversation had shifted to the school day as Edward, Rose, and Alice had taken to talking, once more, about Bella. Jasper spoke a little about his hunch that she would soon become a wolf's imprint. Emmett was strangely quiet as he avoided my eye.

"That's good," Carlisle commented to Jasper's speculations. Carlisle glanced at me, seemingly hesitant to ask but said "Edythe,you wouldn't happen to possibly know who the wolf might be, would you?"

"If I were to guess," I said, "I would have to say Jacob Black; in the books he was uh-pretty obsessive."

"They'd be perfect for each other," Rose scoffed.

"The scent was familiar," Edward chimed. "You remember, don't you, Rose? The smell was faintly like Ephraim Black's. It very well could have be Jacob."

Rose wrinkled her nose in disgust as she nodded. "Could be right; but doesn't Black not turn into an overgrown dog until next year?"

"Technically," I said. "The books kept mentioning that you all being here triggered the gene early in some cases. Jacob supposedly phased for the first time after Bella was alone and when a nomad had come back after her."

"This was all after we had left Bella, correct?" Carlisle confirmed, not a hint of regret in his voice. I suspected that he didn't like the sound of Bella any more that Rose did. I nodded. "Well then, since we are staying, the gene should trigger him soon; he does have a legacy to fulfill now that Sam and Paul have phased."

"I think it happens next month," Alice frowned. "Her future disappeared after she heads to La Push with Charlie to eat dinner at the Black's."

"It's that or she dies," Rose shrugged. "Either way, she's not our problem any more."

"Rosalie!" Esme scolded, giving her a hard, motherly look; the same one she'd given Emmett earlier. "She's important to other people; let's hope that it's because she'd become Jacob Black's imprint."

"Yeah," Edward muttered annoyed. "Then she'll fantasize over him instead."

"Ew, I don't even want to know," my nose wrinkled in disgust.

"She has a very vivid imagination," Edward said, rubbing his face. "It's disgusting."

"As enlightening as it is to hear about how vivid a girl(who we don't even like)'s imagination is," Alice chimed, "We have more pressing matters."

"Oh," Esme raised her eyebrow.

"Mmhmm," Alice hummed, looking to Edward. "Edward?"

"You brought it up," Edward said, looking uncomfortable.

"Alice," Carlisle prompted.

"The nomads; what do we do about them?" Emmett pipped up, speaking for the first time in a while. "Ignore them or take 'em out?"

Carlisle's mouth was set into a thin line. I couldn't tell what he was thinking but I could tell it wasn't a pleasant decision. Everyone seemed to wait for his call and momentarily forgot about whatever Alice was going to bring to the table. "We will carry on just as we would without them. We'll still play baseball that night, perhaps we will be able to escort Laurant to the Denali's and persuade James and Victoria to join him-"

"You're just going to put Edythe in the same position Bella would be in?" Edward growled, his once-gold eyes were dark with rage. "Just because she smells safe to us doesn't mean that James wouldn't go after her just for the game, Carlisle!"

"I am aware of that, Edward," Carlisle said, the air of authority clouding him seemed to have thickened with his words. "It is Edythe's choice if she would like to be there for it or not. Of course, she doesn't have to choose now. What I am saying is that we are not going to change the way we live because of them."

"And what happens if she does choose to come along?" Edward challenged. "What happens if James does decide to go after her? We can't risk it!"

"If it comes to James hunting her," Carlisle's words were hard and absolute; "Edythe-I will personally make sure-will be safe. If it comes to it, Edward, the threat will eliminated."