Storming Sky

LUCKIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD

We were fighting. I remember the yelling and screaming – soon followed by the painful cries coming from my mouth. They were coming for us, and he had to go. I wanted him to come with us, but he couldn't leave them behind. My heart was breaking.

A door slammed, without so much as a goodbye, and I saw a wolf run out into the distance. It was still raining.

I went up to get my daughter, tears were still flowing down my face. She had her eyes closed, she must be sleeping.

"You are so loved, my angel," I told her. My mom used to call me her angel, before they had to leave. She would have known what to do right now. I wished I could call her.

"It is safe now, you can go to sleep, my love," I promised my daughter. She would always be safe. From vampires, from werewolves, from everything. I owed her that much for bringing her into this cruel world.

The storm was getting worse. If we were going to leave, we would have to go soon. The thunder was loud and I jumped every time it crashed. It reminded me of him. I packed the car.

I kept looking over my shoulder to make sure he wouldn't come back. To see if he would come back.

Finally, the car was packed and I looked and there she was standing. My beautiful child. My child who didn't deserve this life.

"We need to go away for a while, my love," I told her. "I packed your bag while you were sleeping. Why don't you grab something to eat and go wait in the car. I know it's scary outside, but it's a good thing, I promise. We need the rain," I told her. The rain would hide our scent. Not by much, but by enough.

I was not afraid for myself. I was afraid for my family who was somewhere I couldn't know. I was afraid for my husband who was going to fight my enemies in a battle he didn't ask for. I was afraid for my daughter, who knew nothing about this world, but would be killed anyways if they found us.

I was crying again. I heard a crash of thunder and my daughter started screaming again. I raced out to see her. She was okay. I looked to see if I could see any of them. I couldn't.

We drove down the long highway. She asked where he was. I had to lie to her. Again. The highway was barely visible behind the sea of water flowing from the sky. I kept checking the rearview mirror. No one was following us. Not yet.

Finally, she fell asleep. That was when I turned and drove the car off the cliff.

They would not take us.

"Your super sexy boyfriend is calling you! Answer the phone! Your super sexy boyfriend is calling you! Answer the phone!"

"What the fuck?" I groggily rolled over and saw my phone light up. It was Jacob. It was also 3:00 in the morning.

"Hello?" I grunted. I sounded like an old man.

"Hey, I'm so sorry, I didn't want to wake you, but I just got your voicemail and I needed to make sure you were okay."

"I'm fine, Jake," I sat up. "Are you okay? They wouldn't tell me why you ran off, only that it wasn't my fault."

"You thought it was your fault? Babe, it had quite literally nothing to do with you for once," Jake promised.

"Then what was it about?" I asked him.

"Bella," he sighed. "I got in a fight with Bella."

"When?" I didn't even know he talked to Bella.

"I came back to apologize to you, and to try and be a good sport, but Bella spotted me first. You were dancing with Edward. Things got heated and I almost phased and I had to get out of there," Jake confessed.

"That's why they didn't want me to go see what was going on," I realized. "They know I would have protected you."

"And you would have gotten hurt in the process," Jake said. "For once I agree with them. I've got to learn how to calm down, I'm sorry."

"It's not me you need to apologize to," I told him. "You're still new to this, you'll get better."

"Sure, I guess. I just don't want to scare you off," He moped.

"I grew up with vampires," I told him. "You couldn't scare me if you tried."

"Is that a challenge?" I heard his grin. I giggled.

"I think it is," I teased. I sighed.

"I'll let you go back to sleep now, I guess," Jake said. "Now that I know everything is okay."

"I'll see you tomorrow, Jake," I told him. "I love you."

"I love you too," he said, and hung up the phone.

I tossed and turned, remembering my dream. I was glad Edward wasn't home, because if he was, he would have told the others what it was about. By now, he was probably already on the island.

"Are you okay, angel?" My mom knocked on the door.

"Yeah mom, I'm fine," I told her.

"Don't you think I know you better than that?" She said, entering the room. She came and sat on the edge of my bed.

"Bella's going to be a vampire," I told her. She nodded.

"When she's ready, yes."

"I don't want to be a vampire," I told my mom. She sighed.

"That's your choice, and we will defend that."

"I'm going to hurt you all, aren't I?" A tear escaped. She brushed it away.

"Your decision to stay human could never hurt us, sweetheart," Dad said from the doorway.

"I won't be able to see you anymore, right?" They looked at each other before looking back at me.

"That is not something you have to worry about right now," Dad promised, tucking a piece of hair behind my ear.

"They're going to try to kill me, and I'll have to hide. I'll be running for the rest of my life," I panicked. Dad rubbed my back.

"We will do everything in our power to give you the most normal life you can live, it's what we've always done and what we are prepared to do."

"I don't want you to die for me," I cried. Mom pulled me close.

"Hopefully we never have to get to that point," she whispered.

"Is that what your dream was about, angel?" Dad asked. I looked up at him. Of course he knew I was having my weird dreams again.

"Instead of my mom leaving, it was me. I had a daughter, and Jacob was running away. I wanted to call you guys, but I couldn't. They were hunting us," I confessed. It was the first time I had told them about one of my dreams since I was a little kid.

"There is no way we can know what will happen," Dad said after a long time. "What we do know is that you two loving parents, six incredibly over-protective siblings, a boyfriend who loves you more than anything else, and a mother in heaven who is watching over you each and every day."

"I miss her so much," I confessed, and it felt good to say it out loud. My mom smiled.

"I know you do, and it's okay," she said. I needed to hear her say that. I nodded into her and she continued to rub my back.

"Just go to sleep, love," Dad whispered. I felt exhaustion seep over me, and I knew Jasper was nearby. For once, however, I let it happen. Dad was right. I didn't need to worry about the future. I didn't need to worry about anything.

For right now, I was the luckiest girl in the world.