Storming Sky

CLEARWATERS

I walked back inside and sat down on one of the seats.

"How is he? Really?" Bella asked. "He barely touched his breakfast."

"He's fine," I told her. And he was, or rather, he would be. He just wasn't used to all of this added responsibility. There was a reason he didn't fight for Alpha prior to this.

"I wish he'd relax, he's always so tense when he's here," Bella added. I nodded.

"Welcome to my life, Bells," I sighed. What was I going to do with him? "How are you feeling?"

"Much better," she smiled. "I am sorry about yesterday," she apologized again.

"Bella, please," I scoffed. "I am the last person you should be worrying about."

"You know, there's a solution to all this," Seth brought up once our side conversation had died down.

"That's not a bad idea, Seth," Edward mused. "Except it is illogical, given the circumstances."

"Can we at least hear the idea before you go crushing his hopes and dreams?" I snorted, not at all surprised by Edward's behavior.

"My apologies," he nodded towards me. "Seth, please continue."

"You could take off," Seth started again, much more weary this time. "Go to Tanya's place up in Alaska. Sam would never send the pack that far north." I groaned internally at the thought of having to leave again. Never mind the fact that winters in Alaska were brutal.

"Don't worry, Dani, it won't happen," Edward consoled. "As I was saying, while it's not a bad idea, it wouldn't work. Yes, Bella's better, but she still needs substantial access to medical equipment, access that Carlisle has here and wouldn't have in Alaska. We would be significantly more limited."

"I guess that makes sense," Seth sighed. I patted his shoulder.

"It was a good idea, Seth," I smiled at him. He smiled back. Nothing could knock him down for long.

"I guess it is a good idea not to move her. The baby is kicking the crap out of you, Bella," Seth joked. While it was true, it wasn't all that funny. Bella chuckled a little, though.

"He's my little nudger, that's for sure," She smiled, rubbing her belly. "Actually, Seth, would you mind grabbing me the phone? I should give Charlie a call."

"You're calling Charlie?" I asked, astonished. I thought Edward was going to take care of that.

"I'm on the mend, there really isn't a reason to make him worry so much," Bella defended. I looked wide eyed at Edward. How can you let this happen? There was an extraordinarily minuscule chance she was going to make it out of this as a human. She shouldn't be talking to Charlie right now. Edward gave me another look begging me to let it go. I shook my head and went upstairs.

Come to the attic, Alice texted me.

"You know, this is getting pretty creepy," I huffed, finally making my way to the attic. Alice had more than made herself at home up here.

"Are you going to turn into a bat, too?" I joked. She glared. "Okay, not funny. Got it."

"We need to finish clothes shopping. You're going back to school tomorrow," She reminded me. I groaned.

"Ugh, I completely forgot about school," I complained. "Is Dad really going to make me go?" Alice nodded.

"It's important, especially with Bella being so sick. We need to keep up our appearances."

"School is stupid," I complained. She laughed.

"I wish you'd make a decision on schools," Alice complained. "Have you even come close to decided what you want to do?"