The Unusual Events In The Life Of Chance Lively (Jasper Hale - 1)

Chapter twenty - Negotiating

"I've been waiting for you
To come around and tell me the truth
'Bout everything that you're going through
My girl you've got nothing to lose

Cold nights and the Sunday mornings
On your way and out of the grey

I've got time, I've got love
Got confidence you'll rise above
Give me a minute to hold my girl
Give me a minute to hold my girl"

~ George Ezra "Hold My Girl"

Her feet were dug deep into the wet soil and her fur was speckled in dirt that Edward and Carlisle were able to pick up easily. Her molten amber eyes were narrowed as she stared defensively on her lands, like they were going to break the treaty.

"Hello, I am Carlisle Cullen, I run the Olympic Coven.. I was hoping if it would be possible to get In contact with your pack?" Carlisle introduced, "I hope we haven't distracted you.."

Edward gave the wolf a calculating looked before she turned her head slightly towards the trees behind her before looking forwards again and tilting her head to the side, as if she was thinking.

"Sam! Carlisle and Edward are at the treaty line! They want to talk to you." Chance announced through the link before turning her head behind her to check if any of the others were closing in on her patrol point before facing them again and tilting her head to the side, wondering what could have been on that letter that Emily had told her to pass on. "They've come to.. talk."

Sam growled in the link, "did Emily tell you what they were invited to when she gave you the letter?" He questioned her as Jared reached the treaty line, getting Quil to take over his post. Ever since the Cullen's returned, she had been allowed to be out back onto patrol, and much to her demise, she was the one that mostly patrolled the Cullen treaty line.

"No." Jared explained, "she won't tell any of us." He explained, his voice husky from the lack of sleep.

A sigh was heard, "do not get mad, firecracker.. Emily had decided to get an official invite for them to join the celebrations and watch you graduate.. she decided that it would be a great way of earning back their trust. I'm assuming that they've come to discuss the crossing. At the graduation, the whole pack will be there and we're all ready to shift if anything goes wrong." He promised, closing in on the treaty grounds.

Chance and Jared let out enraged growls, snapping their teeth at the vampires. It was their job to keep them out of their lands, but now they're being invited into them? It would be harder for herself, Jared and Paul to shift too, considering they would be receiving diplomas and the main attention.

"What's going on?" Carlisle asked his adoptive son, who turned and gave him a sad look.

"They're enraged because we've been invited to Chance's graduation.." Edward explained in a hushed tone, seeing the Alpha stalk towards them, "there's a chance that we will not be able to go."

Their eyes snapped to the alpha as he growled menacingly down at the two wolves. The Male simply obeyed, but the female was slightly more resilient, snapping her teeth at him. They stared at each other for a few seconds before she also obeyed, pressing her head onto the male's back with sad eyes.

"I suspect that Chance gave you your invite?" Sam thought, glaring at the mind reader who hastily translated for his adoptive father.

Carlisle nodded, "we were hoping to get your blessing for crossing into your lands for this one day. We will stay out of your way as much as possible and do little to anger you or your pack." Carlisle negotiated with a small smile.

"Chance is important to us." Sam pointed out, making sure that they didn't get suspicious of them. "You broke her to pieces." At this, Jared snapped his teeth at them, causing Carlisle to frown as Edward translated.

"That was never our intent. An.. incident happened." Carlisle explained softly, "we had to get out of town for a while."

"Get your Coven." Sam ordered, watching as Edward turned to his adoptive father with a frown. "Get your coven." He repeated with a rumbling growl.

After translating to the blonde vampire,  Edward stalked off to collect his family, whereas Sam called the pack. By the time Edward returned with the rest of the Cullen's, the pack had shown up and stood with slitted eyes at the Cullen's. Within their reach stood Bella, who glanced over the pack with cautious eyes.

"What is it that you wish?" Esme asked politely, her hands knitted together in front of her stomach. It hurt Chance and took all of her self control not to jump on her out of wolf instinct and cautiously turned around to stand at the back of the pack with Paul who was also ready to attack one.

Jared caught Jasper's eye as he concentrated on Chance and let out a low earning growl, causing the honey blonde vampire to let his eyes snap away and for Chance growl at them both.

"I want their word." Sam ordered, "or you're not going." After a couple protests from Rosalie and Edward, they  all gave the wolves their word before they were allowed to disperse again, Chance trotting off to shift and spend the rest of her day with Bobby.

She and Bobby tread over the thicket of branches, only to reach the treaty line and watch as Bella and Edward walked hand in hand above her on the rocks.

Suddenly, Bobby let out a loud bark, informing them that he and Chance were there, however, Chance ignored this and continued on, keeping her head face forwards and a small smile on her lips as she successfully managed to escape them.

Unfortunately, Bobby wasn't nice enough to let her get away with it so easily, easily tugging her backwards and causing her to stumble slightly before she caught sight of Jared who was on patrol. Upon seeing Bobby, Jared let out a small tip, causing Bobby to shoot his head up and spot Jared.

Bobby always played with them all in their wolf forms, he loved it more than he should have. So when he saw Jared, the golden retriever practically jumped onto Chance, begging her to visit Jared. Reluctantly, Chance did, but only for a few minutes so Jared could return to his patrol.

In the back of her mind, Chance was negotiating the effects of why the Cullen's should go to her graduation, but also the reasons why they shouldn't.

"They could attack everyone." Chance warned in the link, though none of the others bothered her, knowing she was having an internal battle with herself. They didn't want to interfere becuase in reality, they knew they stunk the Rez to pieces to mask the tribe's scent and also because they knew that Jasper wouldn't let them do anything to harm his mate - however, they still had some doubt.

"But then again, I need to build trust with them once more.." she sighed, glancing down at Bobby who trotted beside her, enjoying the now peaceful walk that Chance was taking him on. She knew that Edward and Rosalie had their doubts about her due to her sudden change of heart towards them, so she knew that she had to work double in order to gain their trust back.

"They could harm one of the boys.." this thought horrified her the most, Her pack meant the world to her, and if one of them got hurt simply because the Cullen's came into the Quileute lands for her graduation, then she'd never forgive herself. Ever. They were in charge of protecting each other, for better or for worse. To think that she was endangering them scared her beyond belief.

"Sam's orders.. he's doing this.. despite hating the leeches with all his heart." She continued on, hearing murmured of agreement from the rest of her pack, causing a small smile to tug at her lips. Sam was doing this to gain advantage, to help protect them in the long run, even if it meant putting them in danger for a few hours. He was willing to take the risk of it meant more people could be saved in the future. He was taking risks for the better of his tribe and Chance couldn't help but respect him for that.

So, in order to avoid anymore confrontations in her mind, Chance Lively smiled. She smiled and thought to herself;

"Everything's going to be ok."

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