Incomplete

Chapter 4

Zoe’s P.O.V.

“Alrighty, Quil, Leah, Embry and Zo, you’ll be in the back. Seth and Ari, up front with me. Cool?”

We all nod at Jake as he runs round to the drivers seat of the old pickup. Quil and Embry both leap off the ground into the tray of the rusty car, and I’m left dumbstruck. How is it physically possible to leap that high?! Embry lets down the tailgate and offers out his hand to me.

“My lady,” He says, in the worst British accent I’ve ever heard. Leah jumps into the back from behind me with a snort. I give Embry my hand and he helps me up. Quil gives the top of the cab a thump and we pull away.

“So,” I say, “Where exactly are we going?”

“To the Cullen’s place,” Leah replies.

“Yeah, that’s where we left your car when we find you in the forest.” Quil fills me in.

“Oh, really? But, why didn’t they, like, take it to a garage or something?” I ask.

“Well, Emmett, one of Carlisle’s sons, is pretty handy with the whole mechanics thing.” Leah replies casually.

“Oh. So, how many kids does Carlisle have?”

“Five. Plus a daughter in law and a granddaughter.”

“What!? How old is he!? He looked like he was in his early thirties, maybe even late twenties!” Everyone glances at each other.

“Well, that’s the thing about Carlisle, he’s a lot older than he looks,” Quil says quickly.

“Plus,” Embry continues, “Technically, they’re not his kids. They’re foster kids. Him and his wife, Esme look after them,”

“Huh,” Is all I can say. I look out into the forest rushing past and have a flashback to my dream. As if by reflex, I turn around to make sure Ari’s okay. She’s huddled under Seth’s arm, smiling and laughing, unaware that we are in the forest from our dreams. I shudder and cuddle into Embry.

“You right, babe?” He asks curiously, looking down at me. I look up at his worried eyes and put on a smile to reassure him.

“Yeah, I’m fine,” I say cheerily, despite the chills washing down my spine. He nods slowly, unconvinced, but doesn’t push the subject, he just holds me tighter. Suddenly, Quil jumps up and yells, “We’re here!”

“Quil! What are you doing?! Sit down, you could hurt yourself!” I exclaim. He looks at me with a cheeky smile on his face as we pull off into a long driveway and says simply,

“I think I’ll risk it,”

I’m a bit taken aback by his comment, but that’s quickly replaced by awe, as the huge house comes into view. Quil, Embry and Seth, who has stuck his head out of the window, let out a big ‘Coo-ee’. I look over to Leah, confused and she just smiles and rolls her eyes, making me grin.

Jake pulls up outside the huge house and hops out. Just as he does so, the door of the house opens and a girl, about twelve or thirteen, comes bounding down the front steps. Jake jogs over to her and envelopes her in a huge hug, spinning her around. Embry jumps out of the tray, beckons me over to the side of the tray, reaches up and before I know it has lifted me out of the truck onto the ground. I blush, and Embry takes my hand and gives me a peck on the nose before assuring me with “Light as a feather,” as if reading my mind. I hear a whistle and look over to see everyone smirking at us, including the young girl. She smiles at me and says, “Come on in and meet everyone,”

She’s beautiful, and at such a young age. You can tell that when she is a little bit older, she’ll be a real beauty. She can tell I’m feeling a bit shy and she takes my other hand leading me up the stairs, closely followed by Embry, Jake and Ari. I look around the huge room, gobsmacked by the light and the openness and entranced by this young girl. She leads us up some stairs chatting happily, saying things like, “It’s so lovely to meet you,” and “I’m so glad you’re alright, we were all quite worried,”. We follow her into a big sitting room where I see a number of people stop what they are doing and turn to look at us. I freeze in the doorway, and she gently tugs me through. I’ve always been freaked out by meeting new, large groups of people. Except when I met the boys but that was different. Ari, on the other hand, was exceptionally good at meeting new large groups of people. She hooked her elbow through mine and dragged me into the room, Seth in tow. Seth greets everyone with a big, cheery ‘Hey!’ and turns to us.